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CARDIFF. FORTIFICATIONS AT PENARTH POINT The coast t.f South Wales having been surveyed by the Board of Ordnance for the purpose of selecting sites on which to erect batteries of heavy guns and other permanent defences, for the better protection of this portion cf the ooast, the attention of the authorities has long been drawn to this river, the shore being perfectly defenceless; for from Milford Haven up the entire length of the Bristol Channel there is not a single battery of guns. The harbour of Swansea is to be provided with heavy metal, and the important roadsteads under Pen- arth, are also to be duly defended by a heavy-armed battery on the heights. Several other defences are also spoken of, and it is expected that they will be used for practice by the several regiments of artillery militia which have been raised, particularly the Glamorganshire New Artillery Militia.

TV "FT? RPTT"YT> PUBLIC MEETING ON'THE WAR. On Monday evening last, D. Urquhavt, Esq., addressed the inhabitants of Mcrthyr, in a crowded meeting at the Temperance Hail, on the subject of the present war, en- deavouring to prove the interests of Russia and not of England, would be served by a hot war with that power. He said Russia had bid high for 'talent for many years past, and had succeeded in obtaining the services of men of the greatest amount of foresight and skill to be found in Europe, and, as a consequence, had been able to cope successfully with the diplomatic skill of the world. He regarded Sebastopol itself as a trap prepared by Russia for destroying the armies of England and France. He considered the war, as at present carried on, must inevi- tably so destroy our own power, as to leave us unable to resist the attempts of Russia to extend her empire when in a short time she will have recovered from the effects of the present struggle. But that, if on the other hand we were to wage an honest war with Russia by resuming the right of search," and encouraging and assisting the revolt ot Poland,Finland, and other discontented portions of the Russian empire, then we must as inevitably de- stroy the great power of that empire. At the close of his first address, Mr. Urquhart invited any one to con- trovert his statements. Mr, Thomas Stephens then put a few questions to the lecturer, and endeavoured to show him to be inconsistent and contradictory in his statements, and called in ques- tion the truth of others; to which accusations Mr. Urquhart afterwards replied. And, on the question of his veracity, Mr. Stephens apologised and expressed him- self as satisfied. A few remarks were also made by a Mr. Roberts, of Swansea, and Mr. Protheroe, of Merthyr, t dissenting from the opinion of England's weakness or per- fidy, but evidently agreeing with the lecturer in his. de- sire for a change in the policy of the war. Mr. Urquhart urged, as practical result of the meeting, that these who felt sufficient interest in the subject, should form themselves into a conftnittee of inquiry into the question whether the foreign minister of this country has not for many years past been made a tool of by Rus- sia, for forwarding her ends. And whether the present War was not really for her benefit; and offered to furnish materials for conducting such an inquiry. This we gather to be the object of the inquiry from Mr. Urqu- hart's speech, but he did not put it in this definite form. In fact, we thought the whole of his statements were very indefinite, and we believe few had any clear idea, at the close of the meeting, what Mr. Urquhart's object really was. The fault he found with the mode of carrying on the war, and especially his sympathy with Poland, &c., wae warmly responded to; but there appeared but little sympathy with the opinion that the present war was really working for the benefit of Russia. At the clo3e, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and also to Mr..Urquhart, for taking the trouble to come down to address them.

DETECTION OF FRAUD.—The startling revelations made by JJli. HASSALL, the able author of Food and its Adulterations," before the committee of the House of Commons, have thrown dismay into the camp of the too numerous tribe who profit by the systematic adulteration of our food, our beverage, and our medicines. COD LIVER OIL— £ hat highly popular remedy—so constantly tampered with. has not escaped the vigilant attention of DR. HASSALL. who has borne his high testimony to the invariable purity and excellence of Dr. DE JONOH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OIL, in a letter addressed to Dr. de Jongh, trom which the following is an extract:—" I have more than once, at different t.mec, subjected your Light-Brown Oil to APNI*LYS'8-AND I HIS UNKNOWN TO yoURsELi' and I have always found it to be free from all impurity and rich in the constituents of bile. So great is my confidence in the article, that I usually prescribe it !n preference to any other, in order to make sure of 0b«mi»fr2 7 'V8 purest and best condition." delicious Reralenfca Arabica Food invariable restores a h without medicine, inconvenience or expense, as .t ¡¡nes fifty times its cost in other remedies. T6- VV8/ A. OUT 50,000 testimonials of cures, which had resisted all medicines. Cure No. 4208.— "Eight years dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually re- moved by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time. —Kev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." ^'R(LI?.> -D Oowager Countess of Castlestuart,—Cure 52>0'2-~IV0SSTREV0R, County of Down, Ireland, December 9,1854. ihe Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced in the interest of suffering humanity, to state thatDu Barry s excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness, and irritability of many years standing. This Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers and may be considered a blessing. Enquiries will be cheerfully answered. Although the present age teems with inventions of the highest character and value, few amongst them, if indeed anyone, can compete, either in skilful originality and ingeuuity of design, or simplic ty in construction ;—in a word in absolute utility, with Mr. Whit'es Rloc-Main Patent Level Truss. Thousands already acknowledge with unmistakable sincerity, their gratitude for the relief they have experienced by its adoption, whilst the great bulk of the Surgical profession have pronounced in its favour. Freedom from all clumsy and elaborate appendages, the bestowal of comfort in its wear, and extraordinary cheapness, are the characteristics of this Truss,—Can we marvel therefore at its popularity.

AN OPIUM-EATER. At the Southwark Police-court, on Monday, a tall, 1 fine-looking gentleman, who was described on the S charge sheet as Count Napoleon de Zuechi," and who 1 was dressed in the uniform of a captain of the Paris 1 mounted gendarmerie, was brought before Mr. Seeker S by Frederick Hough, 112 M, from St. Thomas's Hospi- > tal, charged with attempting to commit suicide by 1 taking a large quantity of opium. The constable stated, that on Friday evening, he was 1 on duty in Red Lion-street, Southwark, when he saw the prisoner walking slowly along with his wife. The latter called to him, and said her husband had taken a « large quantity of opium, and she was afraid that k,, had injured himself. Witness took him to his lodging, the Hotel de Normandie, close by, when he became in- ] sensible. He then called in a medical man, who advised his immediate removal to the hospital, when the stomach < pump was used, and after considerable trouble he was restored to animation. The quantity of opium he took ] had such an effect on him that he was unable to leave the hospital until that morning, when he went and took him into custody. He then told witness in broken English that he was in the habit of frequently taking opium, as much as 15 to 20 grains at a time, and that by accident lie took an overdose. Mr. Seeker: I see by his military dress that he appears to belong to the army. Do you know what he is? Constable I understand that he was formerly a cap- tain of the French mounted gendarmerie, and that he was connected with some ellliwte against the government in 1851, and that he made his escape from Paris to this country a short time afterwards. He has documents showing his desire to enlist in the Italian Legion about being formed to assist the allied armies in the Crimea. Mr. Seeker What reason has he assigned for attempt- ing to commit suicide. Is lie in difficulties ? Constable- He has a large gold ring on one of his fingers worth 400f., and his wife says he is in no diffi- culties. An interpreter who was in court said that the Count had been in the army of Africa, and when there he accustomed himself to take opium. Sinco he had been in London he continued it, and his wife accompanied him to the chemist where he purchased it. Mr Seeker to the wife Do you think your husband meant to destroy himself? Wife (in very good English): Oh, no, Sir he only took rather too much. MR. Seeker What does he take it for Wife To cause a pleasant sleep. lie buys lumps of it and chews it. Mr Seeker: What made you call the constable ? W ife: I was afraid he had taken too much opium. We were out taking a walk at the time and he suddenly became unwell. MR. Seeker What is lie? Wife He has been a captain in the French army of Africa, but has not long left France. We have been only a few days in London. Mr. Seeker How iorg has he left the service ? W ife LBAL We have since been refugees. The prisoner here produced an official letter addressed to Capitaine Le Count de Napoleon Zuechi by Lord Panmure, in reply to his application to join the Italian Legion, in which he is referred to the proper officers. The interpreter informed his Worship that such was the prisoner's wish. He had been connected with the Italians in Paris, and want. d to join their iegion against the Russians. He also had no attention to commit uicide. MR. Seeker said: From the looks of the prisoner I believe him to be an opium eater, and, as far as I can see, there appears to be no premeditated attempt to commit suicide, i here can be no doubt of that, there- fore, I shall give him up to his wife, with a caution to be more careful iu taking such a dangerous drug for the future. The interpreter said, the prisoner was very sorry for the trouble he had given, and he should endeavour to leave off taking opium as soon as he could. He was then discharged from custody.

THE ROYAL TlSif~ TO THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON. [FROM A COHRESrONDENT.] Amongst the many interesting circumstances which marked the Royal progress of our revered Queen through France, no incident can be deemed more touchingly memorable than the visit to the Tomb of Xapoleon. It appears that, upon leaving the Champ de Mars, her Majesty, with the Emperor, Prince Albert, and the Royal children, and their suites, visited the Hotel des Invalided, and the Queen of England inspected the tomb of the prisoner of St. Helena, whilst the glorious harmony of one of Mozart's requiems pealed softly and mournfully through the chapel, in honour of the memory of the con- queror of AnsterUtz, and the conquered of Waterloo. A visit to the tomb of departed greatness, ever awakens the sublimest emotions of the heart; but this visit of our Queen, to look upon the ashce of, perhaps, the mightiest conqueror of modern times, the great captive of Britain's prowess, (would that we could add of Britain's clemency,) must have awakened in the mind of that illustrious personage, who is said to be as acutely sensitive as sagely thoughtful, the most serious reflections on the instability and fluctuations of fortune, as regards both monarchs and nations. When her Majesty entered the Fane, where repose the remains of the iirst Napoleon, and gazed on that noble monument, so worthy of ;¡ tho great hero and the great law-giver," what historical recollections must have passed through tho mind of the first English Sovereign, who ever visited the French capital an invited and welcome guest: many, many, associated memories must have presented themselves, which can readily be imaged, regarding him who re-established the throne of Charle- magne, but who had so little need of ancestry as to be enabled to exclaim, I am the Rodolph of my race, my patent dates from Montemottc;" of him whose history so oft seems to us like a romance or a fable. That mighty captain of a multitudinous and chivalric host of warriors; he, whom we find first emerging from a little island in the Mediterranean, as an humble soldat, whom, is a brief pace, we find has become the able general at the head of f t army, unparalleled for courage and devotion, over- twnnirg cities., and dethroning kings, for— ,14 Did he not take a thousand towna ? Did be not win an hundred crowns, Before he wore his own ? After becoming the constitutor of kingdoms, the founder f dynasties, the regenerator of his beloved France, we find the hitherto great conqueror become the defeated general, the dethroned monarch, suing as the humble captive to his mightiest, his most implacable foes, for that clemency, which, alas, for the sake of humanity, he was not fated to experience. Truly indeed, may it be said,that this memorable visit to the resting-place of the remains of Napoleon the First, is well calculated to read a deep- lesson to not only the two mighty Sovereigns of England and France, but to those illustrious youthful personages who on this occasion visited Les Jnvalides. We cannot refrain here from also noticing the uniform urbanity displayed by the Emperor Napoleon the third, throughout the whole of the royal progress,—-more parti- cularly his refined conduct in escorting her Majestytrom the Boulogne Railway station; for the Emperor did not take his seat in the royal carriage, but, with the cour- tesy of a Louis le Grand, and the noble beating of a Francis, be gallantly rode on horseback, by the sule of the royal carriage, laying aside the regality of the Sove- reign for the deference due to a lovely and illustrious guest, by the polished gentleman. Such conduct will re- main indelibly impressed on the memories of both those peoples, whose hearts are now so happily united in inter- national amity, and stamps the character of napoleon the Third, as being noble by nature." Truly may we say of this great Emperor, that Nature, with a matchless hand, sent forth her nobly born, And laughed the paltry attributes of wealth and rank to scorn She moulded with care a spirit rare, half human, half divine, And cries, exulting. Who can make, a gentleman like jpine.' I?

MISCELLANEOUS. TOM THUMB EXCELLED.—A dwarf has been brought to Calcutta from Lucknow, by a Frenchman named Victor. The little individual is only three feet, high and is twenty years of age. He has been taught to dance by 1 a Parisian danseuse, and beats Tom Thumb hollow. His father, very little bigger than himself, accompanies him on his travels, and comes with him to England. THE BRITISH FOREIGN LEGIOX .-On Wednesday, a gcene of an exceedingly interesting and, in some respects, novel character, was witnessed at Sandling-park, the seat of Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., on whose ground were as- sembled the officers and soldiers of the Foreign Legion, encamped at Shorncliffe, partly for the purpose of re- ceiving the honours of a fete, and partly to be presented with their colours at the hands of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. After a review of the troops, the colours were presented with the accustomed ceremony. About 200 ladies and gentlemen subsequently dined together, Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P. presiding. NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEERS.—The attempt to form a coast defence of naval volunteers is a failure. Those raised on the east coast of Scotland, it is said, arc to be disbanded. THK NORTHUMBERLAND FISHERMEN.—SHIELD3, Aug. -he Northumberland fishermen so far have not had a. very profitable herring season, and prices have been very high, from 45s to 50s. per thousand last week, however, they fell, and yesterday very fine fish might be purchased at from 15s. to 18s. per thousand. While the boats were all out on Tuesday morning, a heavy gale came on from the north-west, which has caused a considerable amount of mischief. A few good nets which were laden with fish, were lost, and a fishing craft, named the Luck's All, belonging to this port, sank. Her crew were fortu- nately rescued by tho Caledonian steamboat. MAIDSTONE CAVALRY DEPOT. — On Wednesday, Mademoiselle Isabelle, a French lady, who has effected a revolution in the system of riding and horsebreaking in the Government cavaliy schools of France, arrived at the Maidstone depot. A general order had been issued by Lord Hardinge, desiring that every attention and obedi- ence should be shown her, and under the sanction of this she commenced demonstrating her system at the riding- school. Two young horses, two recruits, and two trained horses were placed at her disposal; and so far as she has yet proceeded with her instruction, it would appear that her plan is to affix to a horse's back a kind of break, from which proceed two reins on each side, which are affixed at different heights on the break, in addition to the usual bridoon rein and bit, and then, the horse's head being in position, she, with a whip, makes the animal go through certain initiatory movements, which -are always practised in our service with a mounted man. She then teaches a recruit to effect this object in the same away, and after- wards mounts him on a trained horse and instructs him how to achieve the same result. There is another difference in her method many portions of the exercise which she teaches a recruit at once in the English schools have hitherto not been thought proper for a man to do until be has been for some time under training. It is thought there will be no difference in the end between her method and that now in practice, but the result will be arrived at by a different and, perhaps, shorter method. She is pronounced clever" by many of the old soldiers of this depot, and she, on the other hand, is understood to have highly praised the method pursued at Maidstone. ACTS OF PARLI.VMT.KT PASSED IN THE LATE SESSION. -The number of public acts passed in the late session was 134, and of local acts, 198. A Roman coin of Faustina the younger, wife of Aure- lius, who died A.D. 175, was picked up a few ago in an excavation. BANKRUPTCY or MESSRS. STRAHAN AND CO. — At ¡ Garraway's Coffee-house, Change alley, Cornhill, Mr. Alderman Farebrother offered to public auction Park Chapel and schools, belonging to Sir John D. Paul, by direction of the assignees. The property consists of a brick-built edifice, with bell tower, known as Park- walk Episcopal Chapel, Chelsea, situated between King's- road and Fuibam-road, with ornamental grounds. The property was put up at £2,000, and sold for £ 3,750. SPIRITS, S-COTLAND.-In the year ending the 1st of July, 1855, 129,485 gallons of rum, and 99,376 gallons of all other foreign and colonial spirits were entered for home consumption in Scotland, making a total of 228,861 gallons, against 260,667 in 1853 5'4; 274,269, in 1852-S; 243,660, in 1851-2; and 277,6-17, in 1850-51. The quantity of British spirits cleared for home consumption in Scotland in 1854-55, amounted to 5,909,790 gallons, against 6,843,986 gallons in 1853-54 7,071,564, in in 1852-536,724,237, in 1851-52; and 7,017,447 gal- lons, in 1850.51. CARNARVON CASTLE.—This ancient pile was crum- bling away to a mere heap cf rubbish, when, a few years since, tbe.Commissioners of Woods and Forests effectually intervened the progress of decay has been checked by repairs; courts have been cleared out, and apartments and galleries so cleansed and renovated, that persons can now Inspect the WRTRAOI»I»E WITH SAFETY and comfort. $H3 ACUTE PASTRYCOOK.—When tho-ftirfs pcoffle get in free to the theatres, they always say the performers do the thing badly. On Wednesday last, at the Opera Comique, a youthful pastrycook, who had secured for do the thing badly. On Wednesdny last, at the Opera Comique, a youthful pastrycook, who had secured for himself a capital and prominent place in the pit, was so strongly imbued with this belief, that on on seeing the singers advance towards the footlamps, and commence the execution of a septet, his anger burst forth, and being determined to show up the trick that was, as he felt convinced, being practised on him and on his compa- felt convinced, being practised on him and on his compa- nions, he cried out in a loud voice, "Only see what the rascals are at! they are singing all together in order that it may be over quickly!" This is the joke of the mo- ment in Paris, and is repeated on every side. TOBACCO IN TURKEY.—It is calculated that the yearly consumption of tobacco in Turkey reaches 300,O0O,o6oibsf, allowing 401bs. a-year each, for 8,000,000 smokers. FLOATING FACTORY.—Messrs. W. and T. Smith, of St. Peter's, Newcastle, are fitting up, and will have ready for Si'a this week, a powerful iron screw steamer, named the Chasseur, to be employed as a floating factory for the army. She will leave the Tyne for Balaklava, which will be her station. The artisans she takes out with her are engine-fitters, shoemakers, coopers, brass-finishers, blacksmiths, house carpenters, and iron and brass founders. A party of miners she takes out will be em- ployed, when necessary, M sinking wells for the army Mrs. Murrell, residing at Yapton, near Bomor EEL* brated the anniversary of her birthday, A few day,'SINCE" surrounded by her five children-three sons and two L 0 daughters, tucii respective ages amounting to 433, years. This venerable lady is 99 years of age, and re" tains her faculties, of which she gave proof, hy sinarinsr the appropriate song of Long have I rambled through the world."— n est Surrey Gazette. ° THE THVXDBASTOIIM OF THURSDAY NiGHT.—Accounts have been received from various parts of the kingdom of the extraordinary thunderstorm which passed over the .country upon the night of Thursday last. In the south end south-eastern parts of England especially, it seems to have raged with unwonted violence; nor was the metro- polis free from its visitation. A correspondent from Chatham states that a terrific storm of rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, went over that town. The wind blew from the-eouth-west, and it appeared to come between the hills, and along the flat country, running in line with the river Med way. Shortly before two o'clock in-the morning the rain fell as from an enoimous water- spout, and poured down the High-street of Chatham in torrents. In the Isle cf Wight, the thunder and light- ning commenced about nine o'clock, andcontinued without intermission for some hours. It was accompanied by a violent hailstorm, which has done incalculable mischief, and during winch, pieces of ice, nearly as large as a small hen's egg, fell in considerable quantities. At Newport, the damage done is enormous, there being scarcely a pane of glass unbroken in any skylight or upper window in the town, and in many cases the tiles and slates were broken by the lumps of ice. The ground floors of almost every house c«i the lower side of the town, including the Bugie hotel and a large number of the principal shops, were completely deluged by the torrents of rain which fell, and which could not be carried off by the drainage. The damage to the harvest is very great, the heads of standing wheat in many cases being cut clean off by the enormous hailstones. Some of the largest which fell in the yard of the Bugle Hotel were collected. Half-a-dozen were sufficient to fill an ordinary sized plate, and a large wine glass was more than filled by two. The rain fell in great abundance during the night, but the thunder and lightning ceased towards morning. THE MOORS.—We subjoin some reports from the Scotch journals. In Aberdcenshire, the weather has been favourable for the sport. The first week's work has been under an average. In Banffshire, &c., the sport ft*- £ ke Banff Journal) has on the whole beer fair, ough the bags have not, except in a few instances, been so weighty as usual. The party at the Duke of Rich- Thal Sf footings, at Glenfiddich, have had fair sport. Wis 79^1 ?rouse bagged by eight guns, during five days, southpvtf 1iace'. Lagganauld shootings, at the and narf of the country, Lord Henry Bentinck Strathdnn » aVe enj?yed rather good sport. On the a late period °n0f S+V°Win? to l'le severity of the frosts at late in bein- BRO^H?^' GR°USE HAVC BE1EN,VER>' very wcak.D TU V,° ™ATUNT7- The young birds are much better than » ,P'EY-MOORS are turning out the number of grouse I° LP,ATED- Generally speaking, so heavy as formerly 10 has not been is decidedly in everV'R^T of grouse in Skye Dumfriesshire the generafr LNFE™R TO *AST YEAR< strong, and wild. Other grouse are scarce, be plentiful; partridges W T 8AME ARE REPORTED TO D«NT-THECOTOYBEI„GG5'AIFEA" *"»>«"». »TA»- is also favourably reported „ UMF10US; black game hares, thanks to green cropping and"v THCRE,IS 110 ]ACK.OF the Lammermoors the Duke of Dni I. clovers. On of grouse, the Marquess of BOWMONL^M21 B'R £ E birds were strong and in excellent OINL-T- ACE' R^E border, and in Westmoreland, the sport is much better than had been expected, e sport IS much better

ACCIDENTS AND CRIMES. COLLISION.—CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 20.—The John Benyon, Benyon, was in contact with the Imperatriz steam transport, No. 150), in the Sea of Marmora, in the light of the 17th August, and foundered. Crew saved. DEATH FROM FRIGHT.—Harriet Curtis, a domestic servant, living at 8, Bolton-row, London, has died from diarrhoea, caused by fright from an explosion of a sub- stance thrown down the area. A Coroner's jury have found a verdict to that effect, and of manslaughter against some person or persons unknown. ENGULPHED IN A QUICKSAXD. -Several persons w£nt from Sunderland to the sands at Jarrow Slake to dredge for shrimps. Among them was a man named Bertram. j He was dredging on the sands, at some distance from the rest, when suddenly he was heard to exclaim, "Lord Jeaus, save us and the next moment he was engulphed in a dangerous quicksand, and sank to rise no more. HARD CASE.—Two labourers, who were hay-makin" on a farm near Chelmsford, left their work a few days ago, to be present at the review of the Essex Yeomanrv, and on the complaint of their employer were sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment and hard labour. Major Palmer, the commandant of tho Yeomanry, asked the Home Secretary to remit their punishment," but Sir Geo. Grey declined, and Major Palmer has published the cor- respondence in the daily journals. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LAMBETH.—Shortly after one o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, a fire which has resulted in the destruction of an immense amount, of property, broke out in the yard of Mr. Myers, the extensive builder, Belvedere-road, Lambeth. The fire raged without inter- mission for an hour and a-half, at the expiration of which time, the yard was very nearly gutted. No fewer than 20 engines proceeded to the spot, and the fireman directed their best energies to the subjugation of the flames, un- fortunately without effect. In consequence of the confu- sion which "prevailed, it was impossible to ascertain the origin of the fire, or to obtain any accurate information as to the amount of loss the Messrs. Myers have sus- tained. EXTENSIVE FIRE.-On Wednesday night, shortly after 10 o'clock, a fire, attended with considerable loss of pro- perty, broke out on the premises of Messrs. Bryan, Donkin, and Co., engineers, Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey. The premises covered an area of nearly three acres of ground, and comprised sundry buildings, including lathe and turn- ing shops, casting and smiths' shops, fitting houses, erecting shops, &c. Each structure was filled with goods of the value of many thousand pounds.. The building in which the fire commenced, was 100 feet long, of propor- tionate width, and was termed the long machine shop," in which a vast number of gas valves and other property was deposited. This building was joined on one side by the smithey, and on the other by the exceedingly spacious workshops, so that when the unwelcome discovery was made, there seemed not the least chance of saviug any portion of the property. It appears that while some of the men were engaged in the engineering shops, they had their attention directed to the long shops," by per- ceiving an nntm! ;J.- e of light in the building. They at once sounded an alarm, and sent off for the assistance of the engines With all possible expedition, the engines of the parish, five of the London Brigade, under the di- rection of Mr Henderson that of the West of En-land office, under the command of Mr. Connorton • and .ever 1 others of the establishment attended. Plenty of water was obtained from the mains of the Southwardand Yaux- companies, from which the firemen went to work in an admirable manner, and, by dint of great persevere they were enabled to cut off the further spread of the flames, but not until they had penetrated the snmhy and caused a great deal of damage m that part of the pre- mibes. xhe long shops were completely burnt down, the contents seriously damaged, and the contiguous build- ings much injured, but not to such an extent as will prevent the ordinary business from being carricd on as usual. As to the origin of the misfortune, nothing that could be depended upon eould be ascertained. The men it appears, bad left off work in the long shops" at nine o'clock, when everything appeared perfectly safe and free from fire. The loss will fall on the Sun and Phcenix fire offices. The police of the M and A divisions rendered great assistance by keeping an immense crowd of specta- tors out of danger. The fire-escape of the parish was soon in attendance; but, fortunately, its services were not required. UOLLISION ON THE EASTERN BOUNTIES ±LAIL"WAY.— The following accident, fortunately not attended with very serious consequences, occurred on Tuesday night on the Eastern Counties railway:—When the Tilbury local train, which leaves that place at 40 minutes past 8 o'clock, reached this side of the Bow Junction, it was discovered that something was the matter with the engine. Suddenly it failed, and before it could be remo-i ved from the line, a Woolwich train, following at the^ usual distance, ran into it, smashing the back pannellina§ of the last carriage, but without any carnage of eithejl train getting off the rails, as the driver of the Wool-w-icH; one immediately reversed his engine. A scene of fearfulj confusion ensued, and the cries for assistance were alarmrfl ing. It was soon discovered that about 16 persons wajj more or less injured from contusions, and several w«jfl| removed at the time to their respective residences, w others were AWARDED an hour afterwards, where Mr. Bale, the station-master, Mr. Capper, the out-door superintendent, Mr. Church and others, afforded every available aid. Messrs. Han- corn and Skipper, the company's medical advisers, were promptly on the spot, and the combined attention of these gentlemen did much to alleviate the alarm and sufferings of the injured, who were subsequently forwarded to their residences in cabs. Not any blame can be attributed to the engine-driver; but it would seem that it lay rather with the signalmen at that particular spot, and will, of course, meet with due inquiry. POISON BY MISTAKE,—A most melancholy event has just occurred at Battle, Sussex, which has resulted in the death of Mrs. Martha Woodhams, aged 61, landlady of the Black Horse Inn. It apj gired from the evidence adduced at the inquest, that en Wednesday morning the deceased's son, seeing she was not well, asked her what was the matter, and she replied "palpitation of the heart;" in the afternoon she vomited several times, and the son, seeing a white sediment in a cup, asked her what it was. To this she replied she had not taken any- thing but the son directly sent for a surgeon, and she then said she had taken arscnis in mistake for carbonate of soda, which she was in the habit of taking. Tho unfortunate woman lingered until next morning, when death ended her sufferings. The jury returned a verdict, "That deceased died by taking arsenic in mistake:" EXTRAORDIRAUY DEATH BY DROWNING.—On Thurs- day last, an inquest was held before H. Hunter Hughes, Esq., at Port Madoc, on the body of Laura, aged two years and eight months, daughter of Mr. Rces Roberts, schoolmaster. The deceased, on the previous Tuesday, whilst playing alone in the yard at the back of the house, fell into an earthenware butter pot, where she was dis- covered by her mother lying with her hand downwards apparently lifeless. There was a email quantity of water in the pot, the depth of which was afterwards ascertained to be only 4-1 inches. Medical assistance was immefli- ately procured, and every means was resorted to restore atUS™'°,n' in vain" Verdict—Accidentally drowned. LXI^SIWR^T *11 accident which has happened to the Re^h- Bedford, thesis6 JfKLknbn°-V<1Tia' At th°rt^npike'entering turnpike entering the toll1?andIforl ^/e Stood UP in the car to pay was ierked on* nf ti, j ?onse<luence was, that he is always placed at° Jese Welsh cars, between tho door and the s^ hp ,^eet patching on his face for some distance l,fa r,'° stopped. He had, ho„™ J'f ™ S? T 1 his hand, that his head was not naueh injuredTTut when he was raised up from his perilous position, it was found that his wrists were both broken and dislocated. The fracture having been skillfully reduced, we are glad to hear that the rev. gentleman is going on well.Womster Chronicle, CHILD MURDEB AT BRISTOL.—The mutilated remains of Melinda Payne were interred on Thursday in Clifton churchyard, in the presence of a large concourse of spec- tators. Notwithstanding the police have been indefati- gable in their researches, nothing has been elicited which throws any light on this mysterious murder. SINGULAR SUICIDE,A Polish Jew, whose name is unknown, committed suicide in a singular manner, at Plymouth on Thursday. He went to the public baths, and was shown into a private bathing-rcom, where he remained so long as to excite suspicion. The attendant forced open the door, which was fastened, and found that the unfortunate man had drowned himself by immersing his head into the water, which was about a foot and a half deep. ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT WOLVERHAMPTON.—ON Thursday last, about midnight, a savage attempt at mur- der was made by an Irish labourer named Harrison, upon a fellow-countryman named Macdermott, a har- vester. Harrison waylaid his victim on his return to his lodgings in a Court off Canal-street, Stafford-street, and when he was about to enter, attacked and wounded him, first with a sickle, and afterwards with a stone weighing between 41b. and 51b. With this, an injury of so severe a character was inflicted upon the head, that three fingers may be passed through the fracture in the skull. After shrieking for help, the unfortunate man fell bleeding and insensible to the ground. A police-constable was fortu- nately at hand, and Harrison was immediately arrested, while Macdermott was conveyed, without delay, to the South Staffordshire Hospital, where he now lies in a pre- carious state. On the way to the police-station Harrison said—" He betrayed me on Wednesday I have given him the trip, and I don't care if I hang for it." A poor fellow was murdered upon the same spot not many months since. The locality is inhabited almost exclu- sively by Irish, and it is notorious that neither person nor property is safe there. Harrison was examined be- fore the borough magistrates on Saturday, and was re- manded. V

GENERAL NEWS. VISIT OF THE COURT TO BALMORAL.—The officials of the Great Northern Railway have received instructions to hold in readiness their train of State carriages for the conveyance,of the Queen and the Royal family from London to Scotland, this week. Most of the furnishings for the new palace at Balmoral have been seat from town, and are now in process of being put up. The Duchess of Kent is at Abergeldie. INCOGNITO.—The Prince of Wales, according to all accounts from Paris, highly enjoyed his trip. He rushed up the various grand staircases of the show palaces, scorn- ing the offered guidance of the maids of honour, and on. Monday evening made a tour of the city incognito, a la Haroun Mraschid, the Emperor himself performing the part of his feithful vizier. While the whole of the royal and imperial party were supposed to be enjoying their dinner in the Elysee, the crowd who waited in the Rue Rivoli, to see them return, were surprised by the appear- ance of a'pmall phaeton, containing a very young gen- tleman, jffho looked and laughed at everything, and asked nt-TAtus questions of his grave companion, who was no Iífi. a person than the Emperor himself, the escort consistinC.aoMy of the confidential coachman who drove the vehicle. THE HEW ACT ON YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS.—The new act to amend the act for the better care and reformation of youthful offenders, and the act to render reformatory and industrial schools in Scotland more available for the benefit of vagrant children, has been printed. The law is now altered with regard to the support of the juvenile offenders by their parents. It is provided that in every ease in. which any juvenile offender shall be detained in a reforfhatory school under the act, the parent or step- parent,"if of such ability, shall be liable to contribute to his support and maintenance a sum not exceeding 5s. per I week. In England, the parties may be required to attend before a magistrate, and if found of ability, an order made on them. In default of payment, a distress war- rant is to issue, and in default of sufficient goods, they may be committed to the house of correction for ten days, unless the money and the expenses be sooner paid. In Scotland, an action for such payment may be raised be- fore the sheriff, or two justices of the peace. The pay- men's ordered may be remitted by the Secretary of State, and in Scotland by the Lord Advocate. In Scotland, any two or more justices of the peace shall, within the bounds of their jurisdiction, have the same powers as are, by the recited act (17 and 18 Yict., c. 86), conferred on any sheriff, magistrate of a burgh, or police magistrate. THE NEW ACT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE.—This measure is entitled "An Act for diminishing expenses and delay in the administration of criminal justice in certain cases." There are twenty-four sections in the act, with a schedule of forms. The object of this act is to determine charges in a summary manner, where the value of the article len shall not exceed in value 5s., or with attempt to commit larceny from the person, or simple larceny. In jj cases the'metropolitan magistrates sitting alone, and in other districts, justices of the peace in petty sessions, can deal summarily with the same, provided tho parties pureed, consent, and the magistrates can dismiss the charges'or commit the offenders for a term of imprison- ment not exceeding three months. Proceedings under the act are to be a bar to other proceedings, and a certifi- cate is to be given. The magistrate can send the cases to I trial if they think fit. Persons may be remanded and discharged on recognisances. Expenses may be allowed by justices under this act. Compensation is to be given to clerks of the peace, and other officers affected by this act. The salary of the chief magistrate of the metropoli- tan police is to be increased to £ 1,500 a year, and it is stated in the new act that the salaries of the other metro- politan magistrates have been increased from £ 1,000 to the limit allowed ( £ 1,200), on account of increased duties. In cases of injuries to property, parties aggrieved rig.,i-v receive compensation,though examined as witnesses. The act which is now in force is not to extend to Scot- land, and it is expected that a good deal of business will arise under its provisions by which delay and expense I will he saved in the administrati on of criminal justice. The act is now in force. THS NEV ACT ON BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PRO- JJ^SORY NOTES.—The important new acton Bills of Ex- Promissory Jsotes, which has just received thffioval assent, has been issued. From and after the sBirof October next, all actions on bills of exchange or gHpiissory notes, commenced within six months after the 3|al|e become due, may be by writ of summons in the hB set forth in the schedule to the act. The plaintiff, ing an affidavit of personal service, may at once gljiMnal judgment, as set forth by another form in the fifchflfule. On a defendant showing a defenee upon the Sfti<|jts, he is to have leave to appear. The judge may, Burner special circumstances, set aside the judgment, and, |Bcertain cases, order a bill to b^rdeposited with the ^Hcer of the court. The holder of a bill may issue one ^B|mons against all the parties. The other provisions to apply the act to other courts. Th&'asct is not to extend to IrdaaJ*or^~Sc<Hfoihcr. A de- fendant must obtain leave within 12 days to appear, or judgment and execution will fellow. Twenty-one men of the 7th Ilussars, 21 from the 3rd Lio-ht Brsgoona, and 19 from the loth Hussars, have ar- rived at the Maidstone depot, as volunteers for the 11th Hussars to fill up vacancies causcd by sickness in the Crimea.' The volunteers are fine men, fit for any service, and more are expected in a few days. A curious dispute has arisen at Norwich. Sir William Foster is a proprietor of the local theatre, and has a right to free entrance. A London lessee took the theatre for a time (Mr. Charles Matthews being the star), and when Sir William showed his silver ticket and claimed entrance, the lessee, knowing nothing of this claim, refused ad- mission. Sir William, however, persisted, and forced entrance by the aid of a policeman. The next evening he presented himself at the theatre accompanied by ten policemen;" and was allowed entrance without opposition. Great excitement was caused the other day amongst the bathers of Ramsgati, by two elephants, belonging to Cooke's troupe, coming down on the sands to bathe amidst the crowd. o At a sale., last week, of the effects, &c., of the late James Harris, Esq., of Queen-souare, Bristol, port wine, of the vintage of 1820, sold for £ 8 5s. the dozen. Some of the cigars -sold at £ 2 10s. the lb. A cod fish was brought ashore at Buckie, which had in its stomach no fewer than 25 full-grown herrings, se- veral of which had been but recently gorged. The first pocket of hops, the growth of 1855, reached the Borough-market on Thursday, Aug. 23, from Mr. ar ri ge, o \aiding, Kent, consigned to Latter, Austen, and Sons, and sold by them to Messrs. Wolton and Co., of JSorwich, at £ 10 10s. per cwt. PROSPECTS FOR THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER.—We are SVPS to tho°tm 0Kr sP°rtiDS friends who attach them- selves to the trigger, that their prospects for the 1st of 2tts >r°s?the FEARED, had Made HAVO'C ALNG tl7«ri bl;ave,5r> aQd weather in the hatching season being favourable to the young birds JcTehmfoTd ChroiucS '° f°Und S° meagre °r 8CarCe' REPRESENTATION ox MAIDSTONE.—Mr. A. J. Beres- ford who formerly represented the borough, has addressed the electors in the Conservative interest. During Thursday night, Mr. Robinson, farmer, of Shaften, had 20 geese destroyed by a fox. The wall of the fold~yard being high, the fox could not carry off any of his victims.

THE CLAPTON POISONING CASE. The adjourned inquest on the body of Mrs. Emma Candy was resumed on Monday, before Mr. Bruges Fry, coroner. Mary Ann Saunders, a servant formerly ia the employ of the deceased, deposed that she had left her service about a month. She lived with Mrs. Candy for four, months. While witness lived "in Mr Candy's service I she had seen him kiss Miss Huntley in the milkhouse. Deceased had also told her that she had seen her husband and Miss Huntiey on the bed together, and that if she caught them again she would makea public talk of them. Mrs. Candy told witness she had seen them more than once. Miss Huntley was more mistress than Mrs. Candy. Deceased had told witness on more than one occasion that she -wouid bang herself. She cried, and appeared to be in great trouble. She did not give any reason for her trouble, more than saying that she was more than a dog under a door. Never heard Mr. and Mrs. Candy quarrel. Miss Hunftley was often poorly, and witness had seen Mr. Candy carry her in her chair to the table Mr. William Candy was recalled, at the suggestion of Mr. T. W. Sauuders, who appeared for the father OF^he deceased, concurred in by Mr. Cruttwell, who attended on behalf of the witness. Mr. Candy stated that he and Miss Huntley were p*osaozt-the time his wife died, about midnight on the 3d. instant, he gave Ms wi^one of the pills, and some of the mixture seat by Mr. Bourne, the surgeon,-and also a powdere very time the mixture was administered. Mr. Bourne had ordered gruel or arrowroot, butdeceased would have rum and water, and said she must have that which her stomach would take. Deceased complained ) before she died of great pain in her bowels, and of being very warm and thirsty; her breath became short. Deceased did not say that she had taken poison or any- thing to destroy herself, and did not charge anyone with poisoning her. Although he had heard that his wife had said she would destroy herself, it did not occur to his miud'that she done so; when he saw her in this dreadful state of suffering; she iievr reproached him during her illness, or at any time with paying undue attention to Miss Huntley. By the Foreman Besides the rum and water, my wife had some porter and gin. By Mr. T. W, Saunders: My wife was sick almost immediately after taking her first medicine. That which she brought up was thrown away by the girl Swift, I believe. Deceased was sick several times on the Thurs- day. I gave her some milk on Friday morning. Miss Huntley slept with her on Thursday night. Deceased did not exhibit symptoms of being much worse till within about 10 minutes of the time of her death. I had no arsenic in my house at the time of my wife's death. I did keep a mixture in my house occasionally to kill insects in my sheep, and rats andmice. I never had any pure iirsenic. I kept the arsenic mixture in my bureau, of which I generally had the keys. By Air. Crutwell: I cannot say that no one besides myself administered any of the medicines sent by Mr. Bourne. My wife had previously been ill and exhibited similar symptoms to those before she died, but not so bad My wife had drawers in her room, one of which she ktptlocked. That drawer has not been searched, that I am aware of. By the Coroner I don't know whether my wife was in the family-way at the time of herdeath. The Coroner having summed up, The jury, after some deliberation, returned the follow- ing verdict: —"We find that the deceased, Emma Candy, died by swallowing a quantity of arsenic, by whom given we have not sufficient evidence to prove.

THE HORRIBLE MURDER IN THE BLACK ROCK GLEN. A variety of rumours, in relation to this mysterious affair, have been in circulation since our last, but very few facts have been elicited. The most important, per- haps, is finding of the jar which the ill-fated clliJd took with her on the errand to Cook's Folly, from which she never returned alive It was felt to be material for the ends of justice that this jar should, if possible, be brought to light, and accordingly, on Monday afternoon, three labourers under the superintendence of three of the police, the whole acting under the directions of Mr. Inspector Attwood, commenced a minute search of the ravine between Black Rock cottages and Durdham- .T,HE, MEN WERE P^VIDED with reaping hooks 1 with which they cut down the underwood, the operation < being commenced onithe right hand side of the path in < which the body of the child was found. After pro- I seeding for a distance of between 45 to 50 yards the police examining the ground as it was cleared, ajar corresponding exactly with the one described as having been TA<K.EN by the child, was found, covered with stones of various sizes, one Of which, weighing between t ib. and 11 lb., was deeply stained with blood. The jar, which was almost empty, containing only about a wine- glass-full of stale beer, was taken charge of by P.C. Ill M E '"EN.AN^ police were occupied during the whole of 1 uesday M continuing the search of the wood, which is to be prosecuted till the whole space between the spot where the murdered body was found and Dardbam- °T°Y,N. HA/ "EEN THOROUGHLY EXAMINED, INCH BY INCH. JNOTHING FURTHER WAS FOUND TENDING TO THROW ANY LIGHT on the murder. With reference to a statement in one of our Saturday contemporaries TO the effect that on the J NIGHT OF this HORRIBLE occurrence a lady had been walk- ing IN the NEIGHBOURHOOD about the time the murder IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE_ TAKEN PLACE, AND HAD SEEN A MAN J I ? T01"? F"USTIAN TROUSERS, IN THE BUSHES, WE LEARN THAT THE LADY IN QUESTION HAS BEEN DISCOVERED THROUGH J THE RESEARCHES OF THE POLICE, BUT IS WHOLLY UNABLE TO speak with certainty as to the dress worn by the man J she saw, or to iden tify him in any other manner. The inquest was resumed on Wednesday at eleven clock. I The Jury having answered to their names, The Coroner observed that since they last separated the magistrates had issued a number of directions to the poltee which they believed to have been committed. In consequence of those directions, and a search made by a number of a men on the hill, the jar was said to have been discovered, and near the jar a stone with marks of blood upon it, both about 50 yards from the spot where the body was found. Those were the oniy facts of im- portance which had beeu discovered since the last meet- ing, and therefore he (the Coroner) would propose that they should now put questions to three or four witnesses and then adjourn again, for up to the present time he believed, nothing had been discovered to attach blame to any particular individual. The first witness to b*> examined would be the constable by whom the iar -Jot discovered. J VVdS Thomas Gregg, P.C 111, was accordingly called and deposed: I was directed by Mr. Inspector Attw^d to search the hill were the body was found, in 0Xr to mdeavour to make some further discovery as to the nurdered child I was accompanied by two other con- ;tables and three labouring men; we were provided with aill-hooks to remove any obstructions to our search; we -emoved all the bushes that interfered with us; after searching for about an hour and a half about 50 yards ibove where the body was found. I discovered the jar produced. lying on its side, concealed by tve large stones; there was no cork in it. but a small quantity of liquor smelUng like stale beer; there wos about a half a wine glass full; a piece of a broken ginger-beer bottle was near the jar; there were marks of blood on a p°"E near the spot; the stone is in the possession of U ^LERE /WAS no path near the spot, which is 3ATLU^ YARDS ON THE right hand from the public Sarah Payne, the wife of James Payne. was then jailed and deposed: I am the mother of the deceased, Melinda Payne, the jar produced by P.C. Grigg, is very much like the one my daughter took with her to fetch he beer from Cook's Folly the last time she went out; the jar was exactly like this but there is no mark upon it by which I can swear to it; on the day of the murder I had six children living of whom the deceased was one; my eldest is a daughter Ki years of age; Melinda was 9 years of age the 2:>th of May last; my youngest child is aged about a year and four months old she was weaned at ten or eleven months; all my children were well on the day of the murder except one little boy five years old. who was taken with fits on the preceed- ing Wednesday; he was attended by Mr. Watts, sur- geon of the Dispensary; my husband was in pe/fectly good health, except a cut he had received from a stone, several days before the murdt-r on his arm above the elbow; it was dressed by Mr. Watts, and I did not see it till the Sunday, when lie showed it to me; I was at home when the little girl was sent for the beer; I sent her !o Cook's Fdliv about six o'clock; I gave her six pence to pay for a quart of beer with; which was just the money I had sent her there on two previous occa- sions she went and returned each time in about an an hour; my husband was at home nursing the baby, with his shoes off, frorp six o'clock until about eight; I did not tell Melinda which road to go but she was well acquainted with the way, for she was in the habit of nursing the baby up and down the gully; she wore a linen bonnet with no ribbon on it, a brown frock and coarse pinafore: she was in the habit of carrying little things in her bosom, but whether she had any on that occasion I do not know. P.C. 113, here produced the piece of black ribbon, &c., which he had found, but the witness was unable to identify them as having belonged to her daughter the ribbon resembled one of hair strings, but she could not say that it was one. Examination resumed when my daughter went away her pinafore was very dirty I have not been W ell enough to wash the clothes or the household linen for some time I don't know the piece of blue ribbon with the little ornament upon it, produced by Mr. Attwood; my daughter possessed many bits of ribbon of various colours, given to her hy different people to trim her doll with, and she was seldom without some of those articles in her bosom my little boy came home from work about half-past six o'clock, and after he had rested a bit I sent him to buy a haif-quartern loaf, and a little after seven he went to meet his sister; I did not tell him which way to go; lie went alone and returned about eight o'clock when lie returned my husband was still at home, not having been out during his absence finding that the little boy had not met his sister, 1 begged my husband to put on his shoes and go and search for her, for fear she had fallen over the rocks my husband said they had better go separately and meet on the down; he went up one gully and the boy and his sister the other 1 remained in the house, it was not dark at the time in about half an hour my little boy returned and told me that they thought they heard some one in the third gully, and his father had told him to run down home that way, and ask me if it was the child 1 sent him off again immediately, and they all three returned about ten o'clock my husband and I then went ont together and searched till twelve; we had each a glass of p rter from Mr. Nash's previously, because my husband complained of being faint; I walked up the gully by Mr. Nash's, with a lantern and my husband climbed up to examine the rocks with another; we met again on the Down we did not call out then. but my children told me that they had been halloaing a great deal before we returned about twelve without having heard or seen anything to excite suspicion I passed the spot where my daughter's body was afterwards found in returning; about twelve I felt so ill, that I was obliged to go home I did not go to bed all night but kept walk- ing about the house, and going in and out till four o'clock, at daybreak I ealled a lodger I had, to assist us in the search, and he and my husband went out; my husband had not gone to bed that night; the lodger returned acout six having left my husband wandering on the Down my little boy went out between six and seven; the first I heard of the discovery of the body was from Mrs. Handy I saw the blood on my husband's trousers the same night he came home with the cut on his arm; I don't think he had any blood on his shirt sleeves, but if there was any, it was very little. for he was working with them tubked up he wore the same shirt until Sunday morning when he was going to search for the child the last time, and then he put on a clean one; he also wore the same trousers; he washed himself and put on a hat instead of the cap he had been wearing, for he said he did not know whom lie might meet; I have never seen such a knife the one produced by Mr. A ttwoodiu my life. Charles Lovering. of 2, Ashton-place-On Sunday week, about 3 o'clwk Hr the afternoon, I was in the Zig Zag with auothor boy named William Cooms; we saw a knife in a square drain hole in the wall about the middle of the path leading from Clifton to Hotwelis I thought it was a walking stick when I first saw it. and put my hand into the hole and pulled out the knife now pro- duced there was some blood on the blade, and Coombs wiped it off with his hand or his sleeve it was evi- dently blood it was very thick upon the knife, which was not wrapped up in anything; I don't know how the knife came; I gave it first of all to Coombs and after- wards to Inspector Attwood; I did not see any one apparently escaping from the place where the knife was found. Thomas Alfred King. of 2, Albemarle-row, a donkey driver in the employ of Mr. Basset.—My employer had several boys, but no men in his service- The boys' names are Frederick Roberts, William Darch. George Bevan, and some others whose names I don't know. I was on Durdham-down in the evening of last Saturday week; 1 met a little girl there who had a jar with her; this was about a quarter to seven; she was about 20 yards from the door leading to Cook's Folly; she ap- peared to be coming from Cook's Folly; I was standing still with a donkey carriage, which had some company in it; I was sitting on the box; 1 did not speak to the little girl nor sho to me; we were not near enough to have any words; I did not see or hear any one else speak to her; I saw Mr. Payne looking for his little girl about nine or a quarter past; at that time I was en the top of Black Rock gulley, where the body was found; Mr. Payne was coming with another little girl and boy towards where I was; the little girl was calling out Melinda," in a loud tone, and I and the boys who were with me answered "Yes." Then they came up to us and asked if we had seen a little girl with ajar, and I said I had The reason of my being out then at that time was that I had taken J I of master's donkeys out to pasture, which I do every night. The little girl I saw had a garden bonnet on and had a jar by her side; I dtd not notice her other drsss. Mr. Payne said we should have some money if we found the girl nd brpagh hw hom., Thomas Bassett, of Gloucester Mew3, Clifton, fly and donkey-oarriage proprietor—I keep three boys constantly employed on the day of the murder I had five engaged they have all been in my service from that time up to the present; I do not kr.ow of any boy of this description being missed lately I have never seen the knife produced before this time. William Skinner, quarryman I live in Paynes house; I was not at home on the evening of Saturday week, when the little child was sent for some beer; I went home about a quarter-past seven; Mrs. Payne soon afterwards sent the little boy to search for his sistar Payne was nursing the youngest child at this time he lad his shoes off; I went out at 25 minutes past seven ind came up to Bristol; I did not return till 12 at night. *hen I found Mr and Mrs. Payne and the other chil- iren up they told me almost as soon as 1 opened the loor, that the child was not found, and asked if I would ?O out and search for it; I agreed to do so at the break day if the child was not to be found they called me J. J0AR o'clock, and I went out with Mr. Payne, but we did not find the body I returned and went to bed before the body was found; I do not know any one who bore the child any malice, or was likely to murder the child; I have never seen the knife produced till I saw it at Clifton-station. By a Juror: I have been with Payne now for some Lime, and never saw the child ill-treated by either of the parents. Mary Ann O'Connor, wife of John O'Connor, of Cook's Folly Tavern; I recollect a little girl coming to I the Folly on the evening of Saturday week, about 20 minutes to seven she was about nine years of age she came for a quart of sixpenny beer, which I put into a jar she brought for it. She told me toat her brother was ill, and she would rather take a cake for her little brother than some lollipops I offered to her. I gave her iwo cakes, one for her brother and one for herself- she eft our place about a quarter to seven, having stayed here about five minutes; the jar the child had with ler was a rouud one, I think, and not flat like the one minutes to seven she was about nine years of age she came for a quart of sixpenny beer, which I put into a iar she brought for it. She told me toat her brother was ill, and she would rather take a cake for her little brother than some lollipops 1 offered to her. I gave her iwo cakes, one for her brother and one for herself- she eft our place about a quarter to seven, having staved here about five minutes; the jar the child had with ler was a round one, I think, and not flat like the one >roduced, but I cannot be certain, the jar had a handle ike the one before me. J AU A AAN<"8 The coroner here stated that he had •, necessary to call the father or the b^v the names of several other witnesses wV* k raltb<?"gh he thought that the ends of iusUce wnnU k °re by an adjournment for a week and Pr.omoted further evidence at present Thi y taW any and, in fact, the citiienJ magistrates, police, deep interest in the case and hi t?ku3g a 7-erJ, investigation the ceSit f i oped by a P?1"?4 discovered. Perpretator of the murder might be TheCorM^r^j^ 3 reward should be offered, applicable Su there Were no funds in thecity chest attend tn S 3 p.urpose' but he should be happy to himeolf y suEf<estion from the jury, and would not j found backwards if a subscription was entered into. The inquiry was then adjourned till Wednesday next.

Several newly-constructed mills, on wheels, with shafts, for the purpose of grinding corn for the army in the Crimea, have just been forwarded there.