The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald

A CLERGYMAN CONVICTED OF AN ASSAULT. At the usual weekly sitting of the magistrates for the Hundred of Taverham, in the county of Norfolk* o» Saturday last, the Rev. Samuel Hajward, vicar of salhouse and Wrexham, was charged with assaulting oarah Webster, a young girl! about twenty years of age, at Salhouse, on Sunday, Sept. 3. The magistrates who adjudicated upon the case were Johm-lionee Esa and Colonel Stracey Clitheroe. Mr. Chittoek appeared on behalf of the complainant, and Mr. Linay for ths defendant. defendant. The complainant deposed-that she walked from Norwich to Salhouse on Sunday, the 3rd instant, to. see defendant, with whom she had been. cot-respond- ing, about some money which he had promised to pay ?r ,r' ,Slie met defendant as he was coming from, church after morning service, and requested to speak to him. He said he would have nothing to do with such a worthless ——, and went to his residence, whither complainant followed him. reaching the house she rang the bell, and defandant ans wered the summons She again told him what she wanted, when he pushed her from the step a ong the gravelled walk, threw her into a bush, and kicked her leg. Sheafterwaads went into, defendant s kitchen, being very faint, and'had a glass of water, and found that her dress had been much. torn. Toshowtaat she believed she had a risrht to. goto thedefendant a house ca the Sunday, MT. Chittoek elicited a statement from the complainant that she went into his service when, nearly fifteen years of age, as a general servant. About five-months aft^ she had been in his house he seduced her, and fearing, that she was pregnant shllrtold him, and he- supplied her from time to time with amistrare of gin, lamdanusa, and some dark stuff, which he got from, a chemist's' He recommend sd her to, leave his- service, and promised to get her another situation. Complainant, subsequently found that she: waa not pregmaut, and in 1862 she went, at his invitation, with somafriesda to his house, when he madte an appointment to meet her the following day at the White Hart Inn. Norivich. l-iiej met, anew intercourse took place be- tween them, the birth of a eMM in J-alv, 2863, being, the result. A medical man in Norwich attended com- plamant, aDd defendant paid one of his bills and promised to pay another, bufe did not keep- his word.- and it was to induce hiin to so that she called upon him on the day of the assault. It was. also adduced that, on one oesasion, at- White Hart, defendant, promised to marry her whea Mrs. May ward (who.was in court during the hearing, of case) died. Com- plainant also said that she could not insure findings defendant at home during the and that was why she, called on Sunday. She w-ent. to a house in Norwich waiioh he frequented, and which was occupied by a Miss Ohild, alias Harbord, formerly mistress of Salhouse-sehool, but the lady and defendant re- fused to admit her, In a croes-examination complainaubdenieq being too familiar with two peBsona at Salhouse, and said that defendant, when he kicked her, was wearing the boots in which he walked home from ohurch. The Bev. J. S. G. Cranmer, thoourate of thepar.ishes of Salhouse and Wroxham, deposad te meeting the complainant as he was going to perform his afternoon duties, and ha observed that she was much exhausted and that her dress was much torn. When he saw her again on the following Wednasday she had a large bruise upon her arm, 6 Mrs. Denmark with whom complainasS resides, corroborated the last witness as to the condition of complainant after the assault. She also stated that the defendant on one occasion left a. sovereign with her for eomplainant. ° Mr. Linay, on behalf of defendant, called Sarah, Alexander, a. servant, who stated that he? master did not kick the complainant, that ha had on his carpet slippers, and that she fell down upon the path lu cross-examination she admitted not seeing defendant push the complainant off the steps, and that her master was between herself and complainant. This was all the evidence, and the court was cleared during the deliberation of the magistrates. On the re-admission of the public, The Chairman said to the defendant: We have given this very disagreeable case every attention, and we come to the conclusion, without the slightest hesitation, that we must convict you. It is certainly one of the grossest assaults that ever came before this or any other court. I do not mean to say that > the assault in itself is an aggra- vated one, but still it is an aggravated assault, it being upon a woman. Yours is a distinct case and comes under a clause in which the penalty is heavy. One could hardly believe that a gentleman-I ought not to say that—a person in your position, a clergy- man, having performed his duty on a Sunday, and- going to perform it a second time, should in the in- terval assault a young woman, if it had not been stated upon oath. We have heard other and very disagreeable and most painful and disgraceful allu- sions to what I may almost call facts, which certainly do not come before us, and it is not our duty in any way to dwell upon them; but the assault is proved, and we 6ae you £10, inoluding,costs, in default three months imprisonment. Hard labour is not mentioned we cannot therefore give it. s e defendant had not the money in his possession, and two hours were granted him to obtain it.

THE FENIAN MOVEMENT. At Kinsale, on Monday, a man named Crawley was arrested for high treason. The luggage of passengers arriving by the American steamers at Queenstown is searched by the police for arms and documents. On the arrival of the American steamer at Queenstown on Monday, Eosmson O'Rafferty, a passenger, was ar- rested. After a private investigation he was com- mitted for trial. Small arms were fouud in the lug- gage ot a number of passengers. +1, ^rom Cork, in the Irish Times, states tnat on Wednesday a sergeant-major of the 99th Regiment was shown by the colonel a roll-book taken from one of the Fenians who was arrested, containing a list of names certified as having passed his drill in- structions. The Serjeant-major at once acknowledged his signature, and was taken into custody. A private soldier of the same regiment was also arrested. SThis occurrence is said to have caused great excitement, and a run on the Cork banks is reported. Fenianism. in Liverpool. The Fenian excitement continues unabated in Liver- pool. The rumours of the arrests that have been made of the ringleaders in Ireland, and the knowledge that the police are closely watching suspected persons have caused the greatest consternation amongst the centres 'in Liverpool, the members of which appear to tee, tor the most part as cowardly as they are clumsy in the work of conspiracy. It is also said that the leaders are by no means unanimous in their councils as to the best means to be adopted in the present crisis of the movement; that it has been whispered that there are some of them likely to make tracks" at no distant period, leaving their duped country- men in the lurch; and that in consequence of the ill feeling that prevails among the prin- cipal liberators, more than one truly Irish "shindy" has taken place. On Tuesday night, in the por- tions of the town chiefly inhabited by the natives of tne sister isle, groups 0f excited labourers and artisans might be seen eongregated together dis- cussing matters relating to the Fenia,n movement, or itstening to the newspaper accounts of the arrests that have been made in Ireland. It is only justice to say that the Roman Catholic clergy in the town are doing everything in their power to prevent the members of their congregations joining a. movement which must seem apparent to every reflecting man as fraught with danger to all eoBcernod. This well-timed and judicious advice will no doubt be acted upon by the vast majority of the Catholic community, and the movement will be mainly confined to a "few rash young men and the scum of the Irish population who are always ready to endorse any sclieme, however wild, which has for ita object the hRmbling of the baxon. Suspected Fenianismi in Glasgow and G-rgenoek, A Glasgow paper says" On Monday mornm-v a aaait resident in the East-end called at the Central Po- lice-office, and:stated that late on the previous (Sun- day) night, while walking with a companion iD. some Melds behind Eutherglen, he was surprised to hear the sound of a subdued voice giving drill directions to some men. He went towards the place, and beheld a body of men, numbering between sixty and seventy, march- ing along the field, four abreast. The drill-ceased when he approached, and the men quietly dispersed." The Greenocic Advertiser of Tuesday saysDur- ing several nights- past bodies of men, ranging in numbers from twenty to forty each, have been met with about midnight on roads-in the neighbourhood, marching two deep with military precision,, and evidently under the- command of one of their number. Weare informed' that on one sight lately a large-party of Irishmen entered a spirit sliopin town and asked for the use of the large room for the 'boys.' The landlord,, an Irishman himself, asked who the boys' were, and on being answered 'The Brotherhood,' ordered them out of his premises. It is reverted that the Fenians boast that the local brotherhood is 900 strong." arisian Cpislon of FØn;ilillnism. Referring to the Fenian nuisaaee,. Lea Debats jtooks on its development in America as the natural outlet for a disbanded soldiery turned loose on the oom- munity of which they are henceforth unfitted or unwilling:to resume industrious memberahip. Whea a precipitate stroke of impolicy sent adrift the whole army of dethroned Bosaba, he sowed broadcast the elements of brigandage which cropped up m ubiquitous growth all over the 'Calabrias and elsewhere. Had an issue for this restless residuum of subsided warfare offered itself in Mexico, Maximilian would have had to meet the whole impetus-of discharged idlers bent on buccaneering somewhere. The,topie M much discussed among the working population. of Paris, and the faubourg, artisans are not slow to form a correct estimate of the entire matter. By an, odd coincidence theorigiriiatol's of the scheme have unwit- tingly helped French roletaires to hit the right'nail on the head. In styling themselves-Fenians, they were unaware of what that tera conveyed to the Gallia ear. Des Fa'kcjeans is the most ignoble word of scornful rebuke the. labouring classes habitually apply to those who shirk; honest handicraft for sham pursuits of" this sort. It is a household expression, of which tba root is Italian. (f:évr mentef, and the meaningtest examoli- fied in the lazzaroni of that land. The Fenians in Liverpool. Notwithstanding the active operations of the datec- t it frc>m Ireland and othar places, the leaders of the Ftoian movement in Liverpool manage to hold meetings and discuss the objects of the conspiracy." On Thursday evening a meeting was held in one of the most populous and busy districts of the town. The men present were not all of the lowercases of society for amongst the assembly there were people who so far as monetary matters go, are well to do, and move in the most respectable circles. After the minutes, of previous meetings had been read, several resolutions binding, the assembly to use its. utmost endeavours to support- the Fenian movement both by money and physical force were adopted. On& of the most extra- ordinary; resolutions, however,. wa,s that, whicharelated to the embodiment of a "Fenian fleet," to prey upon British commerce at sea, should the efforts of the Brotherhood prova futile on land. The avidity with whiclhthis resolution was passed was astonishing and the wild and vapouring declamations which followed its acceptation were extraordinary. Theso manifesta- tions, however, might ha^s- been thought mere show hadlit not been for one of the aen present calling out' Now, then, we have pasaad the best motion of the evening. Each man put down his money, we cannot have ships and men unless wo have cash In less than ten minutes-a sum of about < £ 180 was subscribed. The whole proceedings were of the moat orderly cha- racter; there was no rowdyism, no vulgarity. We stated aff days since) that fears were expressed that the voluntees ^tiliery and rifle corps of Liverpool were infected with Fenianism, and we are now told upon the most reliable authority, that the Naval Reserve force of the port is strongly impregnated with the odour of the "Brotherhood." It is stated that, by the last steamer which sailed from Liverpool, an agent of the "Liverpool Centre" was dispatched to New York to communicate the news ot the Dublin arrests and the movements in Liverpool and elsewhere. He was to be joined at Queenstown by a delegation from: Dublin. The treasurer to the Liverpool branch of the Brotherhood, who "bolted" (taking the funds with him) when the Irish arrests were announced, has, it is said, returned, but refuses to give up the money, and under threats of exposure and bringing the whole of the Liverpool Fenians to the gallows, he defies them to press him for the money. We hear that he has given up his business, and is enjoying himself with the funds. It is now stated that accounts of the Fenians' plans and pro- jects were forwarded some time ago to Sir R. Peel and ■1-ey> but that then the accounts were treated as wild and visionary and without danger. Arrest of a Fenian Delegate in Sheffield. We,dnes<3ay afternoon two strangers arrived in feheffleld by the train from Manchester. One was tall and thin, the other was short and stout. In both cases the cast of countenance proclaimed them from the Emerald Isle." A brisk walk of a few minutes brought them to the Town-hall, where they made themselves known as detectives from the Dublin metropolitan police force, and stated that they were the bearers of a warrant for the apprehension of one James Quigley a resident in the town and at of Ireland Thate °f the..Feniaa Brotherhood' Ireland. liia co-operation of the Sheffield detectives were sought, and the house named visited6 bJTno « T Qldgley1'.s ^sidence was isited, but no such person lived there. The detectives sought out during Wednesday night the resorts of the Irish ^habitants, who were !WW toPics> aud into their conversation the detectives entered as if heart and soul with them vtJZJiThey thereby found that the toieraWy well supported in Sheffield, but still did not succeed in obtaining the Rravqlli. r»°Twn 1 Mean ;vhil9 Detective officers WWT Whiteley were proceeding with the in- parta of the twH- Midnight f success, and the pursuit was then r up for ,a tours. Next morning, however it was resumed with success. Brayshsw hid obtained a clue that their man lived in Townhead-street and that he worked for the firm, of Messrs. Wilkinson and the Jiouse in Townhead-street was visited. Qaisrlev's children were its occupants. The read °7er and an examination v>e™ found Zf commenced. Many seditious papers Irish P^^P ThT°l8f em S-everal c°Piea ~of the lnsti /people. The whole were seized, and the detec- tives then drove off to Messrs. Wilkinson's works a?d were shown to a work-room, where Quigley was'pur- suing the trade of a silver-polisher. The warrant for info custodv W«f r-1^d OVer ^im' and be was taken into custody. Smiling scornfully, he said, Well I shall be out before next week at this time." He was Ma'nJi?mLrLt?^T0Wn-ht11' whew'h& Waa seareS Many important documents were found upon him, including a set of accounts showing his expenses raP°n a journey to Antwerp, Brussels, and Holland, as a delegate from the brotherhood. An address to the brotherhood was also found written in his pocket-book. Amongst the correspondence found m his pocket were several letters on the subject of the intended rise of the Fenians, which will no doubt be of considerable use to the Dublin detective police s^-hXwir" brc,'8:i"b8f<,re Town-hall, when The chief constable said: The prisoner Tam™. Quigley now before you, has been apprehended on a warrant, issued by the chief magistrate of the Metro- by wki'ct prisoner is charged with high .reason. The warrant has been Ic r8 /°r exesutionby a Sheffield magistrate, ° metropolitan detec- Jifwt ° cre^im there- 1 iave therefore ™! aC you wlU remand him to Dublin Prisoner: From Sheffield. ShTffieW?ay°r: TeSJ but ^9re before" yoi to prisoner: From Longford, but I liave been, in Sheffield sixtsen years. Mr. A. Smith: But you have been in Longford Prison er Y, es, I was there a short time ago. 1 troubL^fau0grhti) P°°r Pad% 13 alwayS »ettiDS (laughter). ^lHdy°herad.0f *ftemooa ^ey l^ for Ireland, Dr. Feeny on Fanianism. °f theEoman Catholic E. «»rW|CCa910°'' f'hls flock feelingly and ? against the association of the Fenian M,Tncl»nd Sai^ bishop, in his most earnest and impressive style, What are the Fenians? As I understand them, they are a body of men who andP^ff I connection between Ireland and Great Britain by foree of arms. Thev must be a larlv =iatr- T f1 SECR6T ^S,mSLicu- bv rUna\b3?. oath8' are condemned !w chnroh and excommunicated. Ses stT? 'lit tb& ,aP°stl0 of the Gen- say ? every soul be subject to-the G^d bu^r^Vw power except from Uod. but these .that are ordained by God. Therefore, he was resists the power resists the ordinance of th°S^h° resist* purchase to themselves dam- 2 Komans, chap. 13, verses land word?P T^?p apostle write in these memorable words i Tothe Romansj who were then, a8 Christians, suffer^ the most fearful persecutions, and earS martyrdom daily for the faith of Jesus'Christ wl Lave a<lf rwda f the religion, and for the love of order, heaven a first law, to obey the powers that be. We are justiaed at the same time, and even bound by every law to seek and endeavour to obtain by every lawful means for ourselves and our country a t £ ? Cthel1H afr6S 8tate/ But Passing Iway foom that so pregnant with matter who are so-called I^niansr Even though if were lawful to take up arms against England, where are to bo found the disciplined hosts that are to eon- front, on the red battle-field, the greatest emnire in the globe ? England is pekce with the S mockery, then—tile extreme of idAflfW idiotcy—uo- entertain for a moment the the low^^ ^ultltude.,°f undisciplined tradesmen of the lowest class, united with a crowd of youne peasantry, determined, no doubt, but still uiffit in ZeflZ^\TGked undefined mass of American r il i heroes is it not, I say, the rankest nonsonae thlt'th^wi10 of the last reason, to fancy that this horde of undisciplined men, without arms, without cwnmjssa.riat, without leaders', can meet h$ fight legions that m far less propitious times felled the Gaul a,? Waterloo, and smote the Czar far away from. £ _lr beloved England, on of Alma ?" The bishop> then said, "Let them take wanning in time and cease all connection, with the Fenian Society, if they had the folly to attach themselves to it. It will not be neeessary that the Government of the country hood TCrtl.8 K° 7taifra t0,apy out the Brothel aood. will be found, as has alwavs oconi*TC*d I numbers who will rua. forward to obtain, the reward f brettrLP1 impiety in the slaughter of their 2™, leagued m an unholy aUiaace,. branded by God^and his church, and condemned by all men of i AsBest of a Fenian Leader ia Liverpool Certain document fouad after the arrests in Shef- field and Dublin contained such information as in- ucod the Irish to determine, a day or two arresting the leaders in Liverpool: and on Tfehli J Snaallwell and Dawson, of the Dabkn detective department, went to Liverp^ol bear- mg; a warrant signed by Lord for the apprehension of George Archdeacon, a man between 81KTof who has been for Sn? y ars identified, more or less prominently, with movements of fc&ia kiad. Archdeacon took so con- spicuous a part m the rebellion of 1848; that the officers were at the time in search of him bU by adopting the disguise of a priest, he escaped TLThe^i6-^ !? P,°rta of Irelmd to Amerfca. Ihere he reinaaned about seven years, and as he nrw Abmft'th° m+- a nf*nralised America subject. -T there ia iittle doubt that he identified himself with the Feaian movement. Some- ^SSS he returned to England, and took up his residence^ in London for a short time, afterwards removing Manchester for a few months, and about mainedarfefLS° ^T^P0^ wh.0re has re- mained. had .not been long in .Liverpool before it wTi, W n- 4 he was connected with the move- ment thwe. His residenoe for some time has been small -Street, Islington, where he has kept a Periodical shop and carried on a stationery busi- aspeciai feature of which was his agency for the Insh Pmple newspaper. The Dublin officers having put themselves m communication with Mr. Superinten. <W I J T?'I I "16 local detective force, that officer detached Detectives Smith and Laycock to assist them and they went together to Archdeacon's house and found him at home. They called him out and charged mm with high treason. He appeared'sur- prised, and immediately said, "You no right to touch nie. I am an American subject, and I have a paper m my pocket to show it." The officers how- ever, took him into the detective office, and there he was again charged. He demanded to see the warrant and it was shown and read to him. Th 3 Tfs m'n with having been connected with divers ^epeatp^w ? certain act* ot high treason." He duced f^i at ^aS an subjeet, and pro- AmeHr n^ H™ PyP°rtiag to show that he was an sWf ?.„ citizen. Afterwards house in Bidder- flnraim f searched, and a. quantity of letters and other Tirr.! j?,in=' establish his connection with the '^erhood were found. There were letters from ei -London, and various towns ia Lancashire^ and leading officers oS movement in waicn intimated that sums of money Ihad lieen from time to time forwarded to him to enable him to visit various towns, and agitate the movement in this country There were traces of his having been to Burnley, Blackburn, Bolton, and other places in Lancashire on this errand, and it appears that he was designated by the officers of the movement, "the delegate representing Lancashire." Some of the papers were printed, and others were in writing. Large quantities of ^copies of the Irish People were seized m the shop. In consequence of the suddenness with which the arrest was made Archdeacon was taken vul to the station without having an opportunity of com-, municating with his wife and daughter, who were in tHe house. His wife complained bitterly of this, and tokTthe officers that she had lost her father, her brother, and her son "by the English," and that, owing to the English laws, she was about to lose her r^v.r11 i, 18 stated that the authorities in xmoiin have strong evidence to prove that Arch- deacon took a very active part in most of the operations of the organisation in this country. Archdeacon s family have resided at intervals, for very many years, at Castlebar, county Mayo, where TvrS4.«r i.ep- f;n aeademy to which his brother Mattnew (who 13 the author of several booka, some of them records of political agitations in Ireland) and himself succeeded Previous to 1848 he was in Man- chester for a considerable time, and identified himself w^b the Young Ireland movement. It is stated that the relatives of Archdeacon's wife have been prominent agitators in Ireland for two or three gene- rations, and that her grandfather suffered the extreme penalty of the law in '98. Archdeacon was removed to Dublin by the steamer Columbia, which sailed from Liverpool on Saturday mght. Alleged Fenian Cruiser A Hoax. Much excitement was created in Liverpool in the early part of Saturday in consequence of an announce- ment to the effect that a vessel called the Hannah while on the passage from Cardenas to that port, had been overhauled by a screw steamer, which was alleged to be a Fenian cruiser. The following is para- graph which gave rise to the excitement, which ap- peared in the local Shipping Telegraph Report of the American ship, Hannah, from Cardenas, at this port.-On the 15tn Sept., in lat. 50, long. 27 16, fell in with a serew steamer, barque rigged, about 2,000 tons, apparently full of men, and heavily armed. She fired shot across our bow, when we hove to, and set our American ensign, upon which she suddenly altered her course, and steered for a vessel in the distance, hoist- ing a green flag with a harp on it." This report soon gained an extensive circulation, and nothing was talked off for some time but the Fenian cruiser. How- story was. too good to be true, and it was- ultimately discovered that the report was an ingenious- fabrication, and that the Telegraph had been made the victim of a sell.

MORE LIFE. When spring-time prospers in the grass,' And fills the vales with tender bloom, And light winds whisper as they pass Of sunnier days to come: In spite of all the joys she brings To flood and field, to hill and grove This is the song my spirit slngs- More light, more life, more love! And when, her time fulfilled, she goes So gently from her vernal place, And meadow wide and woodland glows With sober summer graoe: When on the stalk the ear is set, nrJV • • kanirest promise bright. AT rii Sln £ s the old song yet— more love, more life, more light! When stubble takes the place of grain, A And shrunken streams steal slow along, And all the faded woods complain Like one who suffers some great wrong; When fires are lit, and everywhere The pleasures of the household rife, My song is solemnised to prayer, Moralove, more light, more life! ALICE OAREY.

THE ALLEGED MURDER IN BEB- MONDSÐY. Henry Rickman, aged 27, described as a labourer, was indicted at the Central Criminal Court, on Fri- day, for the murder of Mary Anne Scott. Mr. Poland, who prosecuted, stated the cireum- B^xnces^of the case, which are tolerably familiar to the puoiic. The prisoner cohabited with the woman Scott, who was the widow of another man. On going home he found the woman drunk, and his tea not ready, She began to light the fire, when the prisoner, his temper, as he said, overcoming him, knocked her down and kicked her. From a wound she received from she heal of his boot the woman died. The learned counsel explained the law of the case, and told the jury that if they did not think the prisoner guilty of muraer they might convict him of the less crime of manslaughter. Inspector Raymond said the circumstance occurred on the 2nd of September, and the prisoner was brought to the staWhouse. He admitted that he had com- nutted the deec and added'that Scott was a widow wnose nusband had been dead about five years. She had Iwed wiuh prisoner for four years. She had two children by her imsband. They had no dispute. When he went in he saw. she. was the worse for liquor. There !le' Prisoner said, "Why don't you get my made some kind of a mumbling noise, but he could not tell what she said. Prisoner said, Any way you will suffer for. this. It is not the first or second time you have served me so." While she was trying to light the fire he got out of temper, and struck her When, she. fell he kicked her with his foot, and tne heel of his boot must have made a gash on her head, wwctt must have caused death. He then went into the yard, and, on returning into the house, he had to iiru her up, but found she was immoveable. He laid her head on a small block of wood, and sent for a doctor by a next-door neighbour. Cross-examined by Mr. Lilley, who conducted the defence: Tne prisoner made the defence voluntarily. -No previous questions were asked him. He was aaspldyed at Hartley's Wharf. Ansche. police-officer was called, and proved that he went to White's- buildings to arrest the prisoner who toli, him a similar tale to that deposed to by the inspector. The prisoner appeared to be overwhelmed with sorrow at what had occurred. He was crying. He said he had given the woman his wages on Friday night, an3 that he expected his tea on the Saturday (the day of the occurrence). G-, Audry said he lived at 92, Russell-street, Ber- mondsey, the next street to White's-buildings. On the evening of September 2nd, about twenty minutes to five, ne saw the deceased. She was not sober. She was 80 intoxicated that she was staggering Another woman was with her, who was also rfoTht, n ^W,aS carrOT a bundle containing known the woman four or five months, and had seen her intoxicated more than a dozen times. The prisoner always acted kindly to Her. He had often sat outside the house rather than go in while the woman was in a state of intoxication. Wnen the deceased was drunk she was exceedingly abusive, and he had seen her fighting on several occa- sions, Mr. Thomas Evans surgeon, said that on Septembpr deceased on the floor. She was dead, her head resting oira block of wood. He found a severe contusion on the forehead above the left eye, and an incised wound at the back of the head. There was not a great deal of brood. The organs of the body were tolerably healthy. Death was caused by the rupture of a bloodvessel. The wound on the back of the head might have been caused by the boot produced The contusion on the forehead might have been caused by a blow. a4ut"? Lmey °r by a dranken Person in falling Wimess Undoubtedly. A slighter blow would be likely to produce a rupture of a bloodvessel when a person was in a state of intoxication. This was the case on the part of the prosecution. Mr. Justice Shee did not think there was any case of murder made out. Mr Poland thought that a verdict: of manslaughter would meet the justice of the case. Mr. Lilley in an earnest speech to the jurv, con- tended that at most the case was one of manslaughter. Colonel Francis Marcus Beresford, one of the pro- prietors of Hartley's Wharfi and magistrate of the county of Surrey, said the prisoner had been in his employment fifteen years, since he was a boy. About eighteen months ago he made him deputy foreman. During the whole of the fifteen years he had behaved m a most exemplary way. Several other witnesses were called, who proved that Ciie prisoner had always been a peaceable, humane, and well-conducted young man. Yr. Justice Shee, in summing up, said that, if under such provocation the prisoner had taken up a deadly weapon and killed the woman with it, there would have been some difficulty in escaping from a verdict of murder. To find a verdict of murder the jury must be convinced that there was a previous intention to kill, It would be for them to decide whether the crime with which the prisoner stood charged was one of murder or manslaughter. The jury without retiring, returned a verdict of Manslaughter, and strongly recommended the pri. soner to mercy. Mr. Lilley asked that he might call one or two wit- nesses as to the character of the woman, with a view to mitigation of punishment, and some evidence was given. Mr. Justice Shee, in pronouncing sentence, said he should attend to the recommendation of the jury, see- ing clearly the grounds on which it proceeded. The prisoner had been guilty of a most unmanly crime. The woman was drank and he was sober, and although he did not intend to kill her, he did actually destroy the life of the deceased. He ordered him to be im- prisoned and kept to hard, labour for nine calendar months.

•MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A LADY FROM POISON. On Thursday Mr. C. J. Carttar resumed an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Reeve, aged forty, the wife of a veterinary surgeon, residing at No. 52, Ashburnham grove, Greenwich. The death is alleged to have occurred through the administration of a oertain deadly poison known as veratria, or white hellebore. Evidence was given by H. R. Palmer, a surgeon of Greenwich, that, at a quarter past four on the morning of August 15, Mr. Reeve called on him, begging that he would come and see his wife, who was exceedingly unwell; He found her convulsed, and heard that she had been seen by another surgeon's assistant, who had given her some medicine, which Mr. Palmer found was a common saline mixture. At five he left her, and at nine he heard that she had died during his absence. Evidence was also given that in making the post- mortem examination the doctors discovered a clot of blood upon the left side of the brain, arising from. the rupture of a bloodvessel, and sufficient to cause death. That might have been occasioned by excessive vomiting. Professor Rodgers, of Pentonville, who had examined certasin articles submitted to him. said he found the kidneys diseased as in "Bright's disease." Different parts were subjected to a distinct system of analysis, mercury and antimony being first searched for, but there wag no trace whatever of any metallio poison. In the wine which had been given to him, he found an alkaloid, being a separation from various plants, and whiah gave indications of the presence of a deadly poison known as veratria, or white hellebore. In the kidneys, viscera, and portions of the liver he found same traces in minute but clear quantities, and in the stomach the poison was in greater qaantities. One fourth of a grain of this poison would be dangerous to life, whether swallowed or taken into the system in any other manner. Half a grain would be very danger- ous, and death would take place in from six to twenty- four hours. The poison was used externally for neu. ralgic pains. He had tested the medicines prescribed by Mr. Hope's assistant; they were perfectly pure. The poison had been absorbed into the blood of the deceased, but from the quantities traced he had no doubt that enough might be detected to cause death. The poison was not an alkaloid to be found in every surgeon's house, and was very rarely bought in large quantities—seldom more than a drachm by surgeons, ordinary analyses the symptoms as ex- hibited by tin deceased would be produced by the poison, being an irritant. 4Dr, Cogan said, after hearing the evidence of Pro- fessor Rodgers, his opinion was that the poison in pro- ducing vomitinghe-cl been the cause of the rupture of the bloodvessel, and that this had been the cause of death. The other medical witnesses having concurred in this opinion, Sergeant Digby, one of the coroner's officers, was directed to proceed, accompanied by Professor Eodgers and Dr. Cogan, to the husband's residence and take possession of the chymical sub- stances they might find. This was done, and a diary kept by the deceased's husband was also taken pos- session of. After the jury had been in consultation with the coroner for some time, the latter said it had been determined to again adjourn the inquiry, and he felt bound to call upon the husband of the deceased to enter into recognisances of X100 to appear before him at the next examination.

THE MURDER OF MAJOR DE VERE. John Currie, nineteen, a. private soldier in the Royal Engineers was placed at the bar of the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday, to take his trial for the wilful murder of Francis Horatio Do Vere, one of his officers. The case appeared to create a great deal of interest, and a number of officers belonging the prisoner's regi- ment were among the auditory. The prisoner is a very fino young man, and before the trial commenced he had a long conference with his solicitor, Mr. G. Lewis. Mr. Justice Shee was the presiding judge. The Solicitor-General (Sir E. P. Collier, M.P.) Mr. Giffard, Q.C., and Mr. Poland conducted the prosecu- tion on behalf of the Secretary for War. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. F. A. Lewis were cousel for the prisoner, instructed by Messrs. Lewis and Lewis of Ely-place. The prisoner exaibibited the most cool demeanour when placed at the bar, and he pleaded not guilty in a firm, composed voice. chSlenge'd called on the jury were Glenerl' in.°Peiling the case, said it was ms duty to stare the circumstances under which a gailant and distinguished officer in the Queen's ser- a gallant and distinguished officer in the Qaeen's ser- vice met his death. Major De Yere at the time he met his deatn was a captain in command of a battalion of Royal Engineers at Chatham, and he was on parade when a rifle shot was heard, and the deceased fell mortally wounded. At first there were hopes that he would recover, but those were not fulfilled, and he died shortly afterwards. Immediately afterwards sentinels were posted round the barracks. The learned Solicitor-General briefly narrated the princi- pal facts of the case, which were fully corroborated by a number of witnesses. The evidence was of exactly the same character as that produced for the magis- trate on the committal of the prisoner. Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. He said that he could not, of course, dispute any of the main facts of the case, and he must admit that the unfortunate officer had come by his death at the hands of the prisoner, and the only point upon which he should trouble them was whether the prisoner, in the meaning of the law, was of sound mind and judgment at the time he committed this act. He than went on to argue that the prisoner had brooded over his supposed wrongs until his mind gave way, and that he com- mitted the act under a homicidal impulse-which he- could not control, and he therefore contended that he was not criminally responsible. learned Judge having summed up, the jury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoner Guilty of wilful murder." Mr. Justice Shea then assumed the black cap, and proceeded to pass sentence of death. He told the prisoner to abandon the slightest hope that any mercy could be extended to him in this world, and he ex- horted him to endeavour to obtain pardon from-God and save his immortal soul. He then directed that the prisoner should be removed to Maidstone, and from thence to the place of execution. The prisoner did not exhibit the slightest emotion when sentence of death was pronounced.

I THE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY OF COM- MERCE. THE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY OF COM- MERCE. The Vienna correspondent of the Daily News com- municates a most important and gladdening piece of news," for the exactness of which he vouches:- At last, he says, a fitting man as Minister of Com- SThk IT and arrangements- with him, as to his perfect agreement with the viaws of the Government and the means for carrying them out are UTIIA But. w3iat is so cheering is that it T fito and unanimous resolve of the present Government to break with the former strictly prohibi- £ t?d' 't remission of some and a total- removal of other duties, to endeavour to make the commerce of Austria as important as it ought to be. In was only because the Ministry were: unable to find a man, who shared their views on the subject and who- i« W-1>, ^neflyi .Z0aIo.aaly, an d consistently. But it W lute^tlon~deed such a step would not b& a wise one—to make suddenly a total change & transition frorn strictest prohibition to free trade,' as we understand it in its fullest sense. The above resolve on the part of the Government is of sueh immense importance that its very announcement ought Pn £ dg{nari ? .P°??ti0n °f the Ministers. In England, I am certain, the news will be received with rejoicinz,, as it offers the best guarantee for the salva- tion of Austria."