The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald

General Stonewall Jackson. Upon one topic only did Washington show any excite- ment. Strong and eager was the anxiety shown to obtain a photograph of the bero of the moment, Scone- wall" Jackson. A few appeared in one of the shops, and were instantly snapped up. Ihousands and tens of thousands could be sold in the cities of the North. The interest excited by thh strange man is as curious as it is unprecedented. A class ate ( f M'Cleilan's at West Point, and there considered slow and and heavy, unfavourably known in Washington as a hypochon- driac and malacle imaginaire, be has exhibited for the last ten months qualities which were little sup- posed to reside in his rugged ard unsolderlike frame, but which will hand his name down for many a generation in the company of those great captains whom men will not willingly let die. More apt for the execution than conception of great movements, leaning upon General LEe as the directing brain, and furnishing the promptest hand, the most dauntless heart, the most ascetic and rigorous self-denial, the greatest rapidity and versatility of movement as his contributions towards the execution of General Lee's strategy, his recent operations in turn- ing General Pope's right, and passing with a force be- lieved not to exceed 30,000 men to the rear of such an army, massed close to its base of operation and in the art of receiving daily large reinforce- ments, command universal wonder and admiration. It is said that, lise Hannibal, he is accustomed to live among his men without distinction Vf dress, with- out greater delicacy of fare, and that it is almost impos- sible, on this account, for a strarger to recognise or distinguish him among them. Every dispatch from his hand has, as its exoraium, "By the blessing of God." Continual are the prayer meetings which he holds among his men, invoking a blessing upon his arms before the battle aaa s thanks for preservation and (as it has rarely failed to happen) tor In fact, they who have seen and heard him uplift his voice in prayer, ana then have witnessed his vigour and prompt energy in the strife, say that once again Cromwell is walking the earth and leading his trusting and enrap- tured hosts to assured victory. It is not necessary to add that Jackson's men idolise and trust their leader enthusiastically, and have the most implicit faith in his conduct, otherwise the bold and daring steps which he has frequently taken, and from which he has never failed to come off triumphantly, would have been utter impos- sibilities.

President Lincoln and his Government. The President, in the midst of his wearing and agonising anxiety, has not altogether abandoned that grim humour which has given him his fame as a raconteur. It is related that a New York deputation recently waited upon him, moved by much the same spirit that formerly prompted the four Liverpool merchants to approach the Emperor of the French, and ipquired eagerly about the true condition of affairs. Among other questions, they asked how many men the Confederates bad in the field. The President paused, and at length answered, Gentle- men, I estimate them at twelve hundred thousand." Aghast at such a figure, the merchants exclaimed, Why, we have only six hundred thousand ourselves! "True," answered the President, "and the rebels only claim to have 400,000 in the field, but then they have such generals as to make one man into three." Few men of those high in office at Washington look lucre worn than Mr. Seward. L :st week he escaped for a few weeks to his country place at Auburn, but the in- exorable and pressing crisis recalled him in four or five days to Washington. In the rooms which are by Englishmen associated with many pleasant recollections, as having been occupied by Mr. Anthony Trollope, labours General Halleck, the reputed successor of Mr. Stanton in the War Department. Stern is the ven- geance meted out by public opinion at this moment aealnst two individuals-Mr. Stanton and General M'Dowell. Whom -hallwo hang ? is the indignant outcry of the press. The answer is prompt and emphatic —" li'Dowell and Stanton." That they are more guilty than anybody else is little credible; but when did any Anglo-Saxon community suffer disaster without marking out some individual for exemplary vengeance? From the battlefield of last week have been conveyed to Boston the lifeless remairs of Colonel Flotchwr Webster, the last representative of a great name. He has died fighting for that Constitution which would probably have succumbed to Mr. Cilboun 30 years ago, if it had not been for the great efforts of Daniel Webster, his father. They have fallen Each in the field of glory; one inarms And ons in council." His loss will be grievously felt throughout New England.

Baltimore. As I write, the condition of the city of Baltimore transcends description. It is known that the Confederates are on the soil of Maryland, and the crowded streets quiver with excitement. Angry glances are exchanged between men as they pass, ana scenes are foreshadowed such as that which Meyerbeer has immortalised in the Bngumots after the singing of the Rataplan Chorus. In the present temper of men's minds, it is hard to say what a day may bring forth. But it is unmistakeaMy evident, that fear of the annihilation of Baltimore will not for a moment daunt her rebellious sons. The ganboats and the fort menace the city with instant destruction, but treason never waa so bold and insolent. The crisis of the rebellion evidently is at hand.

A Spanish Murder.—The Spanish journals give an account or a dreadful murder committed last week at Maldarnelo, a village about five leagues from Riaza in Old Castile. The victim of this crime was a man named Mate, woo had long 1 ved in unhappy terms with his wife Ponciana, of whom he was extremely jealous. Oa the dili.v of the crime they quarrelled when out in the fields, and the husband threatened to kill her. Thinking that he would carry out his threat, tho woman determined to be betorehind with him, and that same evening while her husband wag stooping to take off his shoes, she struck him two heavy blows on the head with a hoe. Though partially stunned he cried out for help, and his wife then st sbbed him with, a kitchen knife until he was quite dead. She nexÍi went.atid csuga hole in the stade, into which she thrust the dead body, and covered it up but as the holowas not (4,et-P enough, the offensive smell from the body soon excited suspicion,, and the crime was discovered. When arrested she confessed her guilt but showed no signs of remorse, and said that sbe. had only done to her husband what ha had intended to do to fiSr.

THE NEW SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON. A meeting was held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, Manchester, on Saturday, at the request of Mr. Harben, the discoverer of a new fibre. Henry Ashworth, Esq., president of the chamber, in the chair. The following gentlemen were presentThomas Bazley, Esq., M.P., R. R. Jackson, Esq., Joseph Leese, Esq., Hugh Mason, Esq., James Burton, jun., Esq., H. J. Leppoc, Esq., H. Nicholls, Esq, S. Hollins, Esq., Malcolm Ross, Esq. Mr. Harben, on being introduced, stated that he was not an inventor, but a discoverer. He then, first, showed fibres on paper, a few threads only second, small specimens in the grey state, as picked by hand, with a small specimen dyed; third, dried specimens of the plant, exhibiting the natural and fibrous state. The discover stated in confidence the name of the plant which furnished the fibres exhib- ited, and then exhibited specimens of the plant in its natural state. Mr. Harben suggested that the un- employed should at once be occupied in collecting the material. He stated, in reply to an inquiry, that he had not gone into particular calculations of expense nor had he made any experiments as to the mode available for cotton spinning machinery, his wish being that on recommendation of the com- mittee, chemists, spinners, and others, may further investigate the properties with a view to public good. Mr. Harben then retired, when, after deliberation, the following resolution was adopted :— Moved by Mr. Bazley, M.P. seconded by Mr. Malcolm RossThat this committee has heard with much interest the statement of Mr. Harben, and have examined the samples and specimens of plants and fibres submitted. This committee not having been asked for any decision on the merits of this discovery, do not express any opinion in its favour or otherwise, and Mr. Harben having expressed his wish without reference to any pecuniary advantage to himself, that the discovery should be given to the world with a view to chemists, manufacturers, and machinists, seeking out the best mode of making it available for the general interests of the trade, this committee acknowledges the disinterested conduct and candour with which Mr. Harben has communi- cated his discovery and views." The resolution having been read to Mr, Harben, that gentlemen, with a view to giving full effect to his intention, desires now to state for the information of the public that his discovery is the applicability of the fibres of the marine plant known as "Zostera marina," or common grass wrack, to manufacturing or other purposes. The material is the common grass wrack or alva, largely used by upholsterers for bed-stuffing. It has also been successfully applied in paper-making.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF ELLESMERE. It is with regret that we announce the death of the Earl of Ellesmere, whose sudden demise will be a severe shock to his family. The lamented earl and his countess left Worsley Hall, Lancashire, to make a series of visits to their relations in Scotland. They had arrived only a few days ago at Balbirnie, on a visit to Mr. John and Lady Georgiana Balfour. The earl died on Friday, at half-past 11 a.m., at Balbirnie. as we learn by a telegram received the same evening. Viscount Brackley left immediately to join his bereaved mother in Scotland. The deceased George Granville Francis Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, of Ellesmere, County Salop, and Viscount Brackley, of Brackley, County Northamp- ton, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was the eldest of the eight children of Francis, the first earl, and Harriet, the present countess dowager. He was born 15th June, 1823, so that he had only recently entered his 40th year. The late peer married 29th April, 1846, Lady Mary Louisa Campbell, fourth and youngest daughter of the late Earl Cawdor, by whom the deceased Earl leaves issue two sons, Francis r-u^ioc, ft,.aiwjiu, Viscount Brackley, born 5th AprIl, 1847; and the Hon. Alfred John Francis, born 6th February, 1854. On the death ofliis fathor, in February, 185/, tuts late nobleman succeeded to the earldom and exten- sive family estates In Lancashire and Surrey. From 1847 up to his removal to the House of Peers in February, 1851, he had a seat in the House of Com- mons as one, of the representatives for the northern division of Staffordshire, During the few years be was in the lower house of parliament he professed strong attachment to the church establishment, and gave his independent support to Lord John Russell's administration, although a liberal conservative in politics, for lie publicly avowed that he would give fair trial to free trade. He was strongly opposed to the endowment of the Roman catholic clergy. At the opening of the session of 1851 he thought proper to resign his seat from inability to pay that attention to his parliamentary duties required in such a posi- tion, on account of shattered health. In 1857 he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel Commandant of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Militia. One of the latest acts of his benevolence was the gift of .&1,000 at the meeting presided over by the Earl of Derby, held at his residence, Bridgewater House, in St. James's, for the relief of the prevailing distress in Lancashire and Cheshire, owing to the cotton famine." As far as his health would allow he was an active and diligent member of the committee of noblemen and gentlemen who came forward to mitigate the sufferings of the unemployed and starving multitudes in Lancashire. He will not only be missed by his sorrowing relations, but also by many of the poor on the large family estates, to whom he was a generous and considerate benefactor. The earldom devolves on the elder of his two sons, Viscount Brackley.

The first shipment from Queensland in quantity of cotton has just been made, some thirty or forty bales having been placed on board the steamer for transmission to Sydney, whence it will be sent on to London. Garotte Robbery.—On Friday morning, at about four o'clock, as Mr. Palmer Taylor, of Drurv-lane, sur- J geon, was returning home after attending a patient, ha was attacked in White Hart-street by two men, who rushed upon him from a doorway in which they had lain concealed until he came up. They knocked him down," and took from him his watch, chain, and appendages, valueXlO. Owing to 1h8 darkness of the spot, and the suddenness of the attack and of their flight, Mr. Taylor saw them but imperfectly, and was not abla to describe them very accurately. A man, supposed to be one of ther. was apprehended and taken to the station-house in Bow-street, but, as Mr. Taylor was unable to identify him, be was discharged. A Young "Firebrand.—The Austrian journals mention the following case of incendiary monomania. For the last three months frequent conflagrations had spread terror and desolation ia a district ef G dlicia without the author of them being discovered. A boy of nine years of age WW) at length surprised and arrested as be was about commencing his tenth fire. la his examination he said that at certain hours of tha day he felt such a desire to set fire to something, that his heart burnt in his body until he bad done so." In one of those fits on the ICth June last, he attempted three times to set on fire the residence of his father-in-law, but without success; he, however, effected his purpose on the follow- ing day, when thirty-six houses and a synagogue were destroyed. On the 1st July he set fire to an infant school, when that building was burnt to the ground. On the 8th of Julv he attempted to burn a house, but the fire was got under. On the loth he set fire to a garden hedge; on the 3rd of August to some laggots and straw; and on the 4th and 5th to houses. The Old Castle Colliery Accident.—Two of the six bodies lost in the pit of the Old Castle Colliery on the 3rd of July were recovered on Tuesday last, and at an inquest held the following day the jury, after hear- ing the evidence, and especially that of Mr. Evans, the Government inspector of mines, returned a verdict "That the deceased came to their death by suffocation, through the innundation of the Old Castle.Colliery on the 3rd of July, and that no blame whatever attached to Messrs. Nevill and Co. and that Mr. Williams, the manager, has used every effort to carry it on with safety. The Government inspector, in the course of his evidence stated that there had been greater improvements in the collieries belonging to this company than in any in his district.

A DISPUTE ABOUT GAME. At St. Alban's Petty Sessions, on Saturday, before the Earl of Verulam and a bench of magistrates, the case of Hopton v. Stapleton was heard. This was a very singular case, in which the plain- tiff sought to inflict the full penalty of 40s. for pur- suit of game in the neighbourhood of St. Alban's. The matter was originally brought before the court on the previous Saturday, when an application was made for an adjournment on the ground that the de- fendant was unavoidably absent in Berkshire. The application was resisted on the allegation that on the day following that on which the summons was served on the defendant, he, under peculiar circumstances, committed a second trespass but the Court, on the condition that the defendant should pay the costs of the day, consented to the requested post- ponement of the hearing. This day the parties were not present, but Mr. Hopton was represented by Mr. G. Annesley, solicitor, of St. Alban's, and Major Stapleton by Mr. T. W. Blagg, so- licitor, of the same place. The object of the plain- tiff's solicitor was evidently to bring before the magistrate some remarkable correspondence which had taken place between the plaintiff and defen- dant on the subject of the trespass, and also between the defendant and the late Mayor of St. Alban's (Mr. Kinder), who is the freeholder of the ground upon which the trespass took place. It will be seen from the few observations made before the Court that the plaintiff's solicitor had not an opportunity of pro- ducing the correspondence, a copy of which was, however, furnished to the reporter. It would be exceedingly unfair to one of the parties connected with the matter to deal with the correspondence, but it is not trespassing upon its comparatively private character to say that a portion of it is in an exceedingly bellicose tone and that had all the writers been of an equally exciteable temperament the probability is that a couple of challenges, if not a brace of duels, would have been the result. With- out in arix way making use of the correspondence in question, it may be stated that Mr. Hopton rents from Mr. Kinder the right of shooting over some 600 acres of land in the neighbourhood of St. Alban's, and that Major Stapleton considered he had a kind of permissive zright from Mr. Kinder to shoot over a small portion of the land in question. Mr. Kinder denies that he ever gave such permission, and stated to Mr. Hopton that the major had no right to be on the ground. Mr. Hopton wrote to Major Stapleton to this effect, and hence the remarkable correspondence which the plaintiff's solicitor was desirous of giving to the world," but which the defendant's solicitor prevented being read by plead- ing guilty to the trespass. Mr. Annesley, at the hearing was proceed- ing to call the attention of the bench to what he termed an aggravated case of trespass on the part of the defendant, in the pursuit of game, when Mr. Blagg said, that since the adjournment of the case he had made inquiries into the matter, and that he was satisfied Major Stapleton had no right to go over the ground. He should therefore plead guilty to the information. Mr. Aniiesley, did not understand whether Mr. Blagg would submit to the full penalty of 403e, and therefore, perhaps, the bench would permit him to go into the particulars of the trespass. Mr. Blagg: It is simply a trespass. Mr. Annesley: It is an extremely aggravated one, and a fine will be totally inadequate to the offence. It is a case that should be made public. Mr. Blagg said it was evident that Mr. Annesley desired the whole of the case to be made public. I TV/I"™ A T..„± A iL.i i ivir. Annesiey o ust so, anct that is what you do not wish. Mr. Blagg: I plead guilty to the trespass, and I do not see how you can go into the case after that. Lord Verulam We know nothing of the case, and cannot tell how to deal with the trespass until we know under what circumstances it was com- mitted. Mr. Blagg: I zLlU willing to suuuw tu me run r Lord Verulam oovi^v^ij a—0i.i, mm, u one gen- tleman pleaded guilty to deliberately trespassing in search of game on the lands of -another gentleman, the full penalty of 40s. was not too much to be enforced. The fine, with the costs of two witnesses and the solicitor for the plaintiff, was immediately paid. The case will again come before the petty sessions on summons for a second trespass, and will probably be subsequent.y heard of before one of the superior courts.

ANOTHER MILITARY MURDER IN CANADA. Within the short period of two months we are called upon to record the details of a third murder, the victim, on sach occasion, being a sergeant of one of the rjgiments stationed here, and the murderer a prvate of the same corps. Yester- day afternoon, about two o'clock, after the 17th regiment had aisembled on the Parade ground of the Jesuit Barracks, and were in the act of falling in, a private of No. 5 Company, named Patrick Tynan, stepped one pace to the front, deliberately levelled his rifle, and shot Colour-sergeant Ryall, who was standing about five paces off. The ball entered his left side, just above the hip, and taking an upwird direction, passed out near the collar-bone, tearing through his heart, and killing him almost instaitly. Sergeant Ryall, after he received his death wound, fell to the ground, and the blood gushed forth from his lacerated body and also from his iiouth, ears, and eyes. Tynan was seized and marchet to the guardhouse cells. On his way there he said le was well aware of the crime he had committed. He expressed himself satisfied when told that no die else had been injured. These are the simple faits of the case. Our reporter proceeded to the ,cene of the murder a short time afterwards, art saw the spot where Colour- Sergeant Ryall hac fallen, clotted with his blood. His body bad beei conveyed to his own room, on the south-west ngle of the building, where it lay covered on t|)Cfloor. His widow and several of his children were ga iered round the remains, weep- ing, and presented a ad spectacle. The coroner was to hold an inquest atialf-past five, but the evidence will not be commened until to-day. On inquiring among the soldiers aout the ground we learned that Tynan had entertains, a grudge against the deceased; that, although knoWlas a quiet man in the regiment, he was still subject t<:temporary fits of insanity, and had only lately retuned from hospital, after one of those fits. Some few kys ago, Colour-sergeant Ryall ordered him to get a iew shako and pair of boots. Tynan replied that t thought those he had were quite good enough. rhe deceased was peremptory in enforcing the orde, when Tynan replied, If f must, I must," and, irough this trifling severity, contemplated the mur<?r he so fearfully carried into effect yesterday. No ther cause is known for the commission of the dee( beyond these above stated. Colour-sergeant Ryailhad been 17, years in the service. He was regaled as a strict and severe disciplinarian, but a vei good man in other respects. Tynan was eight ye% in the regiment, having enlisted in 1854, and WI a shoemaker. Both are natives of Ireland.— Daily News.

INSULTING AN MBECILE, AND ITS REkjLTS. Daniel Dacombe, 48, angular-looking man, was indicted, at the Surrey ^ssions on Wednesday, for' unlawfully and malicioUy cutting and wounding John Taut, with a choppy and butcher's knife,at. Newington. Mr. M'Neven prosec%l, and Mr. Lilley, in- structed by Mr. Neale, clouded the prisoner. The prosecutor, a littleian, whose head and left hand were bandaged up, <11 who appeared to have been frightfully cut abotil and suffering severely from the wounds, said he "s in the employ of Mr. Glover, pork-butcher, Walworth-road. He had known the prisoner some years as an imbecile, but always considered him to be harmless. About eight o'clock on the morning of the 261 h ult. witness was unloading his master's cart at the shop-door, and by some means he accidentally brushed against the pri- soner, who called out," What did you do that for ?"and, following him into tho shop, took up a 71b. weight, which he attempted to strike him with, but he avoided the blow by running into the back shop, where be remained until he was gone. Abut twelve at noon he brought some goods into the shop, when he saw the prisoner there again, but took no notice of him. The prisoner, however, on seeing him, snatched up a chopper, and flung it at him with considerable violence, striking him on the left arm, but not with the sharp edge. The prisoner then seized up the large knife, and rushed upon him, making several thrusts at him with it. Witness closed with him, and threw hitii down, with the view of disarming him, but the prisoner used the knife with such dexterity as to cut him about frightfully. He cut a piece off the top of his head. part of his left ear, and when he put his left hand up to protect himself he actually cut the ends of two of his fingers off. He also inflicted two deep gashes on the top of his head, and cut him on the left shoulder, and had not assistance come he would have murdered him. Witness was carried to the hospital and was still under medical treatment. In cross-examination by Mr. Lilley, Witness said he did not purposely run up against the prisoner with a pig, neither did he provoke him in the least. He joked with him as usual about his wife, and that was all. William Bollard, another man in Mr. Glover's employ, said that he saw the prosecutor accident- ally brush against the prisoner wh ile carrying meat from the cart into the shop. The prisoner got in a passion, rushed to the counter, and seized a 71b. weight, which he was about to throw at the prosecu- tor, but he avoided him by running into the back shop. At twelve o'clock at noon the prisoner came into the shop for a small quantity of meat, when the prosecu- tor entered from the back. As soon as the prisoner saw him, be seized the large knife, rushed at him, and cut him dreadfully. Witness fell upon him and rescued the prosecutor, but not until he had cut part of his ear off and tips of two of his fingers. Witness carried him into the back shop, and a surgeon was sent for. Mr. Lilley then addressed the jury at some length for the prisoner, whose family connections were highly respectable, and who was well known to all the tradespeople and inhabitants of the Walworth- road for his kindness and humanity. He should be able to show that he was aggravated by Taut, and annoyed in such a manner as to provoke him to commit an act he would not otherwise have done. The learned counsel called four witnesses who said that they saw the prosecutor excite the prisoner and push him about on the morning in question. They said lie was in the habit of doing so; well- knowing his weak intellect. 1. A number of highly respectable tradesmen came forward to speak on his behalf, and The chairman having carefully summed up, The jury returned a verdict on the second count, for unlawfully wounding, recommending him to the mercy of the court. The chairman observed that the jury had come to a proper verdict, and he should consider the recommendation by sentencing the prisoner to six months' imprisonment in the county gaol, where he would have the careful attention of the surgeon. The prisoner was then removed.

SERIOUS RWT iN GRAY'S-INN-LANE. On Sunday night a desperate onslaught was made upon the police in Gray's-inn-Iane, by which five constables have been so seriously injured as to be incapacitated from doing duty. It appears that for some time there has been a growing animosity between the Kerry men and those from Tipperarv resiuiiignj mat lOuaniy, aim uu ouuuay uighi, mt constable on nnty that it w"" the determi- nation of the Kerry men tocommence a faction fight, took one into custody but on reaching Baldwin's- gardens, a numerous body of Irishmen sallied out to rescue the prisoner. At this time there were but two policemen, and they were most barbarously treated. The inhabitants being greatly alarmed, and fearing that murder would ensue, sent for reinforce- ments, and soon a body of the G division, headed by Sergeant G 5, a most active and powerful officer, with a number of the City force, arrived. The rioters had then greatly increased in numbers, and a most desperate onslaught was made on the officers with bludgeons of every description, and in self- defence the police were compelled to use their truncheons, inflicting serious injuries on many of the rioters. The police, however, did not escape un- scathed. No. 5 G, a sergeant, had several of his teeth knocked out and was severely bruised about the head and body by being jumped upon; Nos. 157 and 195, G division, were also so seriously injured that they were taken to the hospital, and two constables of the City police have been fright- fully knocked about. After the affray had lasted nearly a hour, a strong body of police arrived from the Bagnigge-wells station, and the rioters aided by a number of women who were indefatigable in sup- plying weapons effected their escape. One, how- ever, was apprehended in Pheasant-court, Gray's- inn-lane, on Monday morning, and the ring-leaders being known to the police cannot long escape the punishment they richly merit.

EXTENSIVE POST OFFioe FRAUDS. The Lynn magistrates were engaged on Wednes- day in investigating a charge of robbery of letters containing money and other valuables preferred against Richard Enefer, the principal money-order clerk in the post-office, and a young man of very respectable connections. For some time past there have been numerous complaints of money, stamps, rings, studs, purses, and other articles of value, which should have passed through the Lynn post-office in tetters never arriving at their place of destination, and -in-consequenee of the somewhat extravagant habits of the prisoner the suspicion fell on him. On Monday an inspector from the missing letter department, and a detective officer, went to Lynn for the purpose of discovering the de- linquent. At half past 9 o'clock a letter was de- posited in the letter-box, containing a. marked half sovereign and 60 postage stamps, the envelope being directed to Mrs. Sibbon, 2, Hinton-place, Tunbridge Wells. That letter should have been forwarded by the 11.10 London mail, in which case it would have passed through the General Post-office in London that afternoon. It did not do so, and In- spector Howson went to the post-office and saw the prisoner, whom lie asked if he was not on duty in the post-office that morning alone. He replied ,cTes." When asked who sorted the letters for the, morning mail, he replied that he did some of them, and added that was not his duty. The inspector asked him how he came to do it," and his reply was that the sorter was late, and he helped him. He denied having seeii a; letter directed to Mrs. Sibbon, Tun- bridge Wells, and was searched, but nothing was found upon him to criminate him. The following day he was apprehended. It appears that the prisoner was in sole charge of the post-office from 8.30 a.m. to 12 at noon, one of the sorters (Fowler) being the only official besides Enefer who was present within those hours, and Fowler was only there from 10.35 to 11.13. The half sove- reign was paid over to a lady named Kemp, who drew the money upon an order that morning. One of the duties devolving upon the money-order clerk was to place his name or initials upon the order when he paid it, whic prisoner had not done. Mrs. Kemp could not swear that the prisoner was the man who paid the money, although she felt certain it was he. The evidence having been gone; through so far as it was possible to complete it, tha magistrates remanded the prisoner. C Mr. Ward, who appeared for-the-prisoner, said any amount of bail was forthcoming if they would acceptit. Mr. Wilkins, for the prosecution, opposed it. The magistrates declined to accept it.

OUTRAGES IN DARTMOOR PRISON. The correspondent of a morning contemporary says that the atrocious assaults committed by con- victs in Dartmoor Prison some time ago have been more than paralleled by those which have recently taken place, and which call loudly for a reform in the system of management on the part of the authori- ties connected with the prison. No later than the afternoon of Thursday last, Warder Rose, who was in charge of fifty-six convicts employed in trenching land, had occasion to stoop down to ex- amine the trench, to see that it was level and properly laid out, when at that moment one of the convicts, named Kemp, came stealthily behind him, and dealt him a fearful blow with the edge of his iron spade on the back of the head, thereby fractur- ing his skull in a frightful manner. The brains pro- truded and the blood rushed forth in a stream from the wound inflicted in this brutal and cowardly as- sault. While the warder lay prostrate and apa- rently lifeless, Kemp attempted to repeat the blow, exclaiming with an oath, that He would give him the finishing stroke." He was, however, prevented from carrying out his fiendish purpose by the principal warder, who happened to witness the assault at a distance of about forty yards. As poor Rose still lay weltering in his blood, his would-be assassin shouted to the other convicts, "Let's see how he likes it; he is one gone upon which his convict comrades, with one or two .exceptions, raised a shout of exultation, declaring that it served him (Rose) right. Not one of the convicts offered to render the least assistance and they even re'used to help to convey the wounded and insensible warder on their shoulders to the prison. I understand, on the best authority, that very little hopes are entertained of Rose's recovery, and that he remains speechless and insensible from the effects of the dreadful injuries inflicted upon him. The prisoner Kemp, by whom this ferocious assault was perpetrated, is a most hardened criminal, hav- ing undergone two former sentences, one of trans- portation and one of penal servitude-; and white undergoing one of the sentences at Dartmoor made a similar attack on a warder named Evans, but did not then succeed in accomplishing his murderous purpose. Kemp is now under sentence of ten years' penal servitude for a burglary committed with vio- lence. No cause can be assigned for the attach on Warder Rose, beyond the savage disposition of the man, and his thirst for blood, to satisfy a feeling of revenge for some imaginary wrong. This attack, brutal and atrocious as it is, is only one among many which have recently occurred. Within the last few weeks a fearful attempt was made on the life of a warder named Cann, by a prisoner named Lomas, who rushed at Cann, knocked him down, and commenced kicking him about the head and face. Cann, however, made a determined re- sistance, and Lomas, seeing that he could not be easily overpowered, seized a carpenter's chisel, an4 made a fearful thrust at him in the direction of his heart but before the blow could take effect the arms of Lomas were tightly pinned by another prisoner named Mitchell, who by so doing undoubtedly saved Cann's life. No sooner, howeverl did Mitchell re- lease his hold upon Lomas than the latter turned ferociously upon Cann's deliverer, and, being thwarted in his design on the life of Cann, sprang like a tiger on his fellow convict Mitchell, thrusting his sharp-pointed chisel with full force into Mitchell's right shoulder, which it deeply penetrated. Mitch* ell's life being in imminent danger owing to this murderous assault, the prison authorities sent for two magistrates, by whom Lomas was committed for trial at the next assizes to be held at Exeter- Lomas underwent a former sentence of penal seryi- tuue at Dartmoor, ana nad only regained kit likerty a few weeks when he committed a garotte robbery for which he was sentenced to four years' penai servitude.. Several other warders, as I am informed, have been recently assaulted with stones and other dan- gerous missiles. Among others mentioned to me, Warder Collin received a severe fracture on th £ head, owing to which his life was for several days in peril. Warder Castle was set on by three convicts and seriously injured Warder Hodge was lately assaulted, and other officers of the prison, not e". cepting the principal warden, have, as represented to me, sustained severe injuries. Even prisoners who in any way express sympathy with, or assist the warders thus brutally assailed, are, as far as oppor- tunity avails, in like manner maltreated also, well- disposed prisoners, who perform what they consider to be a fair day's work, are speedily marked out for vengeance by their more brutal fellow convict labourers and many of them have been injured and are undergoing surgical treatment in conse. quence in the prison hospital. Of such better class of prisoners some have to be placed under the special protection of the prison officers, and are unable to associate or exercise on parade with the general body of convicts, inasmuch as the moment they make their appearance on the ground, a simØ- taneous onslaught is made on them, and it is with difficulty they are rescued. A few nights ago a well-conducted prisoner who had assisted a warder, was taken by his fellow- prisoners into the water-closet, and had to undergo a most severe and cruel castigation. The officer on duty in the ward heard the poor man's cries for mercy and help, but being at the time alone in the ward he could not get into the closet, which was fastened from the inside; nor could he ascertain the names of the perpetrators of this outrage. The injured convict had to be removed to the infirmary> where he now lies. Several columns might be filled with similar revolting instances of cruelty. The acts of violence and infamy that we're practised in olden times in the hulks were not so atrocious the deeds of violence that are now constantly per- petrated on the warders and in Dartmoor prison. No doubt the mere red- tapisfr routine official — who has for -a series, of yeailS enjoyed the sweets and profits-of a good berth; and who has nothing whatever to do with enforcing' discipline or in superintending convict labour- may assert (as was said of a former report from your present correspondent) that it is an exag-j gefation; that the working of the convict systein I at Dartmoor is all but perfect, and that tlie, convicts, with few exceptions, are all thoroughlY reclaimed. But facts, and especially the brutal facts* I have recorded, are stubborn realities..What ,crimeS have all those prisoners committed who have recently been sent back to the penal class at Millbank an Pentonville Prisons? In order to test the fallacy' and mockery of the convict system in general, an4 the brutality of the convicts at Dartmoor in par-, ticular, let any philanthropist obtain an appointment for one week only, and do warder's duty at Dart- moor. The public will probably then be satisfied, not only that the system which is carried out at pre- sent is a total failure in effecting any reformatio11 whatever in the character of the convict, but, on the contrary, that it only tends still further to debus6 and brutalise the criminal It is no unusual occur' rence to see old convicted garotters practising, bf way of experiment, their hellish art on the inexpe^' enced criminal, and, under such teaching, in a ver)r short time rendering him as expert as one of then" selves. Under the present system of prison disci- pline at Dartmoor, it is no exaggeration to saY that all restraint and good order are virtually IJJ abeyance.

On "Wednesday a reward of £ 100 waa .offered bf the Government for the discovery of the person or PerS?.'i who decoyed away from the Lower-road, Islington, El' Hunter, eight years of age, and who hasuot been.he ¡¡¡& of, although several months hare eiapsed since sh# missed.