Monmouthshire Merlin

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A ukase of the Emperor of Russia, has abolished the preventive censorship of the press in Finland. The Duchess of Sforza Cesarini and her son, the Duke de Ligni, have arrived in London from Turin. "All the French railway companies," says the Steele, have decided on reducing the daily duty of their pomt men from thirteen hours to eight, and at the same time On raising their wages from 2fr. 50c. to 3fr. a day. Count lie Bernstorff, minister of Foreign Affairs in Prussia, has according to a Berlin letter, introduced, since the 1st of the year, an innovation in the mode of communi- eating with his agents in foreign couutnes, as, instead of employing the French language, as previously, he writes in German. BANK ROBBERY IN AUSTRALIA.-In the month of April, 1858, a robbery of £ 1,586 in £ 100 notes occurred at the "Union Bank of Australia. The circumstances of the case remained wrapped in mystery until a few days since, when the robbery was traced to one of the exchange clerks, named Arthur Swete, who subsequently made a full confession of his guilt, besides implicating another 3man, named James O'Connor, who received the stolen notes. Both the prisoners were fully committed, and are now awaiting their trial.-Melbourne Herald, Nov. 26. SOMNAMBULISM EXTKAORDINAHY.—A most remarkable case of this kind took place at Plumpton one night last week, the somnambulist being a boy about nine or ten years of age, the only son of Mr. James Hesket. He was sleeping in a room by himself, and some time during the night he got up, went to a large window, and from it jumped to the ground, a distance of 13 feet. The window was directly above the front door, from which led a number of steps, and by the side of the door stood an iron scraper, so that it was almost a miracle he was not killed on the spot. He, however, sustained little injury save a cut or two upon his face; but the most remarkable fact was, that this tremendous fall failed to awaken him, for he proceeded from the door across three of his father's fields, over a fence into a turnip field. He then retraced his steps home again, and paid a nocturnal visit to his donkey. Here he seems to have awakened, and made the best of his way to the door again, and called loudly for admittance. His father, hearing the noise, went to the window, and was surprised to see a figure dressed in white standing at the door (for the young gentleman had omitted to dress himself before he went out). He asked who was there. Me," was Master Hesket's reply. Who is me T' again demanded the father. Me," was a second time his son's answer. Well, but who is me ?' asked Mr. Hesket. Why, me, it's Jonny Hesket." No doubt this announcement would somewhat surprise the worthy parent. He soon admitted his son, who was sent back to the warmer regions he had so unceremoniously quitted, and the next morning they traced the road he had taken in his moonlight rambles by the blood which had flowed from his nose and the cuts he had received in leaping from the window.- Carlisle Journal. THE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA.—The Crown Princess has sent the following reply to the address of condolence forwarded by the Town Council of Berlin to Her Royal Highness on the occasion of the death of her father, the late Prince Consort of England. The answer Waa read at a meeting of the Council on the 9th inst. HI return my most sincere thanks to the Burgomaster and Town Counoil of Berlin for the sympathy expressed towards me at the great loss sustained by the Royal family and people of England, and which has been to me the greatest grief of my life. In such sorrow we look above terrestrial matters, and seek consolation in that which fades not away. If, perhaps, anything can soften this deep affliction, it is the thought that the loss will be found to be irreparable in the most extended circles and it affords me satisfaction and comforting strength to ob- serve, in the address of the 17th instant, that you refer to the high and singular qualities of my dear father, so early deceased, and which will live for ever. VICTORIA, Crown Princess. Berlin, Dec. 31, 1861.The Berlin correspondent of the Cologne Gazette says — The Crown Princess intends to visit her Royal mother in the latter half of this month, and her Royal Highness will stay in England for some time. It is necessary, however, that the Crown Princess should be in a satisfactory state of health to allow her to undertake such a journey in the filter, and it would appear that her Koyal Highness has been sadly prostrated by the sudden and early death of her beloved father. The inferences which have been drawn from the absence of the Crown Princess from the side of her Royal consort on the occasions on which he has appeared in public of late, and the hopes which have arisen from the expected increase in the domestic happi- ness of the Royal pair, do not appear to have any founda- tion at present." CHARGE OF FORGING RUSSIAN BANK NOTES.-At the Mansion-house, London, on Monday, three Polish Jews, named Woolf Harwitz, commercial-agent, of 4, Little Prescott-street, Goodman's-fields, Chlom Reiohberg, jew- eller, of 12, Haberdasher-place, and Abraham Josephine, a pedlar, of 20, Primrose-street, were brought up by Scott and Brett, City detectives, charged with having in their possession an engraved plate, to strike off five and ten rouble bank notes.—Mr. Sleigh prosecuted for the ^Russian Government, and Mr. M'Dougaland Mr. Riohards defended the accused. —The justice-room was crowded to excess to hear the proceedings, it being reported that the prisoners were connected with others who have been ar- rested on the Continent for having Russian notes in their Possession. The detection of the prisoners arose under the following circumstances :-About three months ago the City police received information from an engraver who had been employed by certain parties to engrave a plate which he had every reason to believe was to be employed in printing forged Russian bank notes, upon which the police put themselves in communication with the representatives of the Russian Minister in this coun- try, and the result was tnat the engraver was to exocute the plate as ordered, and, on its completion and delivery, the police were to act in the matter. This, it appears was done on Saturday, and on Tuesday the officers Brett and Scott apprehended the prisoners at their residences at the East end of the town. In addition to the engraved plate, several impressions taken from it were found in their possession, as also a quantity of type, correspond- ing with the ornamental border of Russian notes. On Reichberg two 100-rouble notes and two 10-rouble notes (go pd) were fpund, likewise some silver. The evidence of the officers and pf the assistant of the Russian Consul- General having been taken, Mr. Alderman Mechi re- manded the prisoners for one week. MR. SEWARD'S INTERNATIONAL LAW CORRECTED.— Historicus," in a letter to the Times, thus meets some of the points of international law as laid down by Mr. Seward in his despatch to Lord Lyons :—" Mr. Seward divides his discpurse into five principal heads. Under the first head he professes to demonstrate that the captured commissioners were clearly'contraband' of war. "Without being able to agree either to his statements or his reason- ings on this point, I am content for the present purpose to assume that he is right. But then, under the second head of the inquiry, I find this remarkable sentence I assume in the present case what, as I read in the Bri- tish authorities, is regarded by Great Britain herself as true maritime law, that the circumstance that the Trent was proceeding from a neutral port to another neutral port does not modify the rights of the belligerent power.' Now, if all that Mr. Seward here means is that the right of search may be exercised by a belligerent, whatever maybe the destination or point of departure of the neutral ship, he is unquestionably right; but if he intends to assert that the neutral destination of the ship has no effect on the question of contraband, he is just as undoubtedly wrong. In a question of contraband the destination of tb* ship is every- thing. Going to a belligerent port, some goods may be and some may not be contraband. But, going bona fide to a neutral port, no goods are, or can be treated as, con- traband. What 'British authorities' Mr. Seward may have read' I cannot pretend to say, but I can supply him with what is regarded by Great Britain,' and I believe by every nation in the world, as true maritime law,' in the simple and decisive words of Lord Stowell: This is a claim for a ship taken, as it is admitted, at the time of cap- ture sailing from Embden, a neutral port—a destination on which, if considered as the real destination, no question of contraband could arise; inasmuch as goods going to a neutral port canmot come under the description of contra- band, all goods going there being equally lawful." (Case of the'Imma,'3 "Robinson's Reports,"p. 167.) And this is, apd always has been, the simple and conclu- sive Answer to the American case. Conceding to them (which might well be disputed) that the persons captured blight have been treated as 'contraband' if on their to a belligerent port, the fact of their real and Jidg neutral destination would have been a ^*nplete defence before a prize court, even if they "Wilt keen taken before such a Court by Captain aemajL The law on this point is stated with perfect There^ and clearness in M. Thouvenel's despatch :— their eapt^ains> therefore, to invoke, in explanation of official ae8patS?'y pretext that they were the bearers of to recall a from the enemy; but this is the moment Which renders t^tance which governs all this affair, and tifiable "The Tr<5,^?n^Uct of the American cruiser unjus- to one of the belBger^?0* destined to a port belonging Country her cargo and & ^ejvas carrying to a neutral was R neutral port that and entire failure of Mr. Seward a ^ere taken. it is the he treats appears from the following e < law is so very liberal in this respect that when contraband is found on board a neutra! vessel, not only ja the contra. band forfeited, but the the vessel which is the vehicle of its passage or transportation being tainted, alSo becomes contraband, and is subjected to capture and conSac&tion Now, every one in the least conversant with the luestion »s perfectly well aware that what is here stated to be the rule with respect to the confiscation of the ship is ^uite the exception and that the general principle (deviated from only under special circumstances) is that the car- of contraband does not involve the forfflitllffi The Lords of the Admiralty havli. conceeded a boon which, although somewhat tardy, will yet be received with gratitude. Their Lordships have decided upon raising the pay and allowances of the sergeants of the Royal Marine Artillery to the same scale as that of their companions in arms-the sergeants of the Royal Artillery. GREAT GRIMSBY.—John Chapman, Esq., of Hill End, Mottram, Cheshire, the chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway and of the Grimsby Docks, has announced his intention of contesting the seat in the Conservative interest. It is not known who is to be the Liberal candidate, but General Angerstein and Mr. Edward Heneage are named. The Direotors of the Crystal Palace, alive to the short- comings of the Exhibition, but, with no notion of rivalling its display, offer to the public the space at their disposal as a sort of supplement to the international show. The area of the Palace is 603,072 square feet. Of this about three-fourths is at present occupied, but by a judicious re-arrangement fully a half, or 300,000 square feet, will be made available for the extraordinary purposes of the year. FATHER DALy.-The suspension of Father Daly is still the great topic in Galway. The petition to the Pope praying for the restoration of the rev. gentleman is being numerously signed. The Freeman's Journal says:— Mr. Daly is Chairman of the Town Corporation, Chair- man of the Gas Company, President of St. Vincent de Paul Society (which he founded), President of the Mecha- nics' Institute, President of the Commercial Society, and Managing Owner and Director of the Lough Corrib Steam Company. He has a plurality of parishes, with the pecu- liarity that one of them was granted him for life by the Court of Rome direct, and he is, we believe, the only in- stance of a vicar in the Roman Catholic Church who had been elected to that office by the people, which took place under the following peculiar circumstances :—It appears that the Catholic families of Galway, from time immemorial, elected for the administration of the offices of their Church a warden and four vicars, and that about the year 1827, a cardinal Legate from Rome at a public meeting of the inhabitants, induced them (on condition that the Pope would give Galway a bishop with some additional parishes) to resign their privileges into his hands. The Legate received great and most important assistance on that occasion from Father Daly. Time passed, the last of the wardens (French) resigned, and was named first Bishop of Galway, and was subsequently Bishop of Kilmacduagn and Kilfenora. Three of the last four vicars have died, and Father Daly remains the only one of those extraordinary dignitaries who were elected by the people to ecclesiastical offices." AN INCIDENT OF CIVIL WAR.-The Lynchburg Repitbli can publishes the following incident:—"Just before the war broke out, and before Lincoln's proclamation was issued, a young Virginian named Summerfield was visit- ing the city of New York, where he made the acquaint- ance of two Misses Holmes, of Waterbury, Vermont. He became somewhat intimate with the young ladies, and the intercourse seemed to be mutually agreeable. The proclamation was issued, and the whole North thrown into a blaze of excitement. On visiting the ladies one evening, at the hour of parting they remarked to Summerfield that their present meeting would pro- bably be the last; they must hurry home to aid in making up the overcoats and clothing for the volunteers from their town. Summerfield expressed his regret that they must leave, but at the same time especially requested them to see that the overcoats were well made, as it was his intention, if he ever met the Vermont regiment in battle, to kill one of them and take his coat. Now for the sequel. Virginia seceded. The 2nd Ver- mont regiment, a portion of which was from the town of Waterbury, was sent to Virginia. The battle of Aia- nasses was fought, in which they were engaged, and so was Summerfield. During the battle Summerfield marked his man, not knowing to what state he belonged the fatal ball sped on its errand of death the victim fell at the flash of the gun, and upan rushing to secure the dead man's arms, Summerfield observed that he had a fine new overcoat strapped to his back, which he de termined to appropriate to his own use. The fight was over, and Summerfield had time to examine his prize, when the coat was marked with the name of Thomas Holmes, and in the pockets were found letters with the names of the sisters whom Summernelu had known in New York, and to whom be had made the re- mark we have quoted, in which the dead man was ad- dressed as brother. He had killed the brother of his friends, and the remark he had made in jest had a me- lancholy fulfilment. Summerfield now wears the coat, and, our informant states, is not a little impressed with the singularity of the coincidence." THE TRADE IN MATRIMONY IN FRANCE.—A French Marquis, whose name the reporters of the legal journals have been kind enough to suppress, but who is said to belong to one of the best families in France, figured this week as defendant in an action brought by a matrimonial agent for fees. The disclosures made show that fortune- hunters in Paris set about their business in a much more direct way than English or even Irish people have any notion of. The Marquis, whose arms hang up in the Crusades gallery at Versailles, but whose means of sub- sistence are impalpable, passed two whole years in negotiation with an eminent matrimonial broker, who, after introducing him to various families with- out success, got tired of his client, and handed him over to a lady occupying a more obscure place in thi ranks of the same profession. He made the transfer on the avowed ground that the Marquis's was a difficult case," just as a physician in large practico might send a troublesome patient to an hospital for incurables. The plaintiff-who, by the way, calls herself a countess -took the marquis in hand, and very soon got him en- gaged to a young lady who suited his book in every re- spect, but from some unexplained cause the match was broken off. Nothing daunted, however, the marquis called upon the entremetteuse and urged her to try again, bringing with him this time his brother, a count, who was also in want of a rich wife. A written contract was drawn up by which the marquis and the count re- spectively covenanted that if Madame should succeed in marrying them to women having fortunes of 300,000f. each (the good round sum of £ 12,000 sterling), a commission of 30,000f. should be paid. The names of young ladies of two different families were specifically mentioned in the document as sub- jects to be operated upon. Strange as it may appear, the nungry and oft rejected marquis was actually married to one Qf the girls scheduled in the nefarious contract. After the marriage he refused to pay the wages of iniquity, and the only contest before the court was, whether the marriage was the direct result of the plaintiffs exertions, or whether it had not been brought about by other means. It was held upon the evidence that although the first in- troduction was effected by the plaintiff, yet that the mar- riage resulted from other and subsequent agency, and therefore she was not entitled to the 30,000f. but the court awarded her 500f. and costs. It is only after a long contest that the French courts have sanctioned these matrimonial brokerages, which used to be most properly objected to, on the grounds of public policy. In almost every case such contracts are frauds upon unsuspecting women, out of whose fortunes the price of a bad husband is paid.-paily News. THE VICTORIA EXPLORING EXPEDITION.—DEATH OF THRFJ4 OF THE TRAVELLERS.—The most important, and J1,t the same time, we regret to say, the most painful in- cident of the present month is the veil that has been removed from the mystery which enveloped the fate of Burke and his companions. The principal facts disclosed are as follow :—Mr. Burke, Mr. Wills, and King arrived at Cooper's Creek on the 21st of April, only a few hours before the departure of Mr. Brahe, on his return to Menindie with the depot party. Mr. Burke and his companions, Messrs. Wills, King, and Gray, had crossed the continent. They retraced their steps to the depot at Cooper's Creek, Gray dying on the road from exhaustion, consequent uporf fatigue and insufficiency of food. Mr. JBurke states his disappointment at finding the station abandoned. In the handwriting of Mr. Wills is conveyed the information that the unfortunate gentlemen were dis- abled from following on the tracks of Mr. Brahe's party, "through the inability of the camels to travel. They subse- quently endeavoured to reach Mount Hopeless, having been informed before they left Melbourne that there was a cattle station within a distance of 150 miles from Cooper's Creek. One of their camels got bogged, and the party being too weak to dig it out, they were compelled to shoot it. They cured some of the flesh and planted it, taking a portion of the meat with them. They also obtained some portion of the meat with them. They also obtained some fl noxdoo," a description of farinaceous berry upon which the natives chiefly subsist. Being compelled to abandon the attempt to make the Mount, they returned to the creek, having been obliged to slaughter their remaining camel by the way. The flesh of the camel having enabled them to recruit their store of provisions, they again started for the South Australian country, but were a second time foiled through want of water. Their food now appears to have consisted almost entirely of nardoo,' which King had been fortunate enough to find. They determined to again try to reach Mount Hopeless, but the party was so exhausted by fatigue and hunger, that it was first of all necessary to obtain sufficient food to sustain their strength. Messrs. Burke and King accordingly set out with the object of getting provisions from the natives Mr. Wills, unable from excessive debility to accompany them, being left behiuuT at his own express request, with sufficient "nardoo" to last eight days. Mr. Burke died three days after leaving, from sheer exhaustion. Two days after- wards, King came upon a native gunyah, and found a quantity of nardoo, which the blacks had stored thece. He rested two days, and then returned to Cooper's Creek, where he found the corpse of Mr. Wills, that unfortunate gentleman having succumbed to his sufferings in the in- terval. King, the only survivor of the party, soon after fell in with a party of natives, and remained with them until Mr. Howitt came up. Such are the leading features of the incidents connected with the lamentable history of the explorers after their return from having solved the great geographical problem which has cost many valuable Eves and an immense amount of treasures in attempts to abravel it. The continent of Australia has been traversed throughout its extent, but of the heroic men who accom- Pwfced this ireraaodou* tag only om WOy, at. Since her bereavement the Queen has lived in the greatest retirement. Her Majesty has only one of hei children as a companion at dinner. Even the King oi the Belgians-near as he is in blood, and intimate as he has been with Her Majesty from her childhood-has not been excepted from this privacy. All the members of the royal family dine together with those relatives or connexions who may be staying on a visit at Osborn, and one is in turn selected to bear Her Majesty company in her private apartments.-Court Journal. THE EDWIN JAMES EXPOSE.—In alluding to the demise of the Earl of Yarborough, the Western Morning News •ays :—" By his death, Lord Worsley goes to the House of Peers, and thus a vacancy for Great Grimsby is cre- ated. It was Lord Worsley whom Mr. Edwin James so unmercifully fleeced, and it was because that very emi- nent Q.C. presented Lord Worsley's bills after they had been paid by the Earl of Yarborough that Mr. Edwin James came to grief. The Earl of Yarborough threatened to expose Mr. James, and consented to stay proceedings only on condition that the learned gentleman' would retire from Parliament and give up the Recordership of Brighton." ANNUAL RETURN OF FIRES FOR 1861.-The report on fires in London during the past year has been issued, and states, inter alia, that the total number of calls I during 1861 had been 1,400. Of these, 89 were falser alarms, 137 proved to be only chimney alarms, 1,183 were fires, of which 53 resulted in the total destruction; of buildings, &c., 332 in considerable damage, and 798 in slight damage. The fires of 1861, compared with 1860, show an increase of 127, and compared with an average of the 28 years during which the establishment has been in existence, the increase is 397. This list does not include trifling damages by fires not sufficiently impor- tant to require the attendance of firemen. Of these no record is anywhere kept, but they may be estimated in round numbers at 4,000; neither does it include the) ordinary calls for chimneys, which may be estimated at 3,000. HEALTH OF THE QUEEN.—The Medical Times and Gazette observes :—"As Sir James Clark spent last week at Osborne as Sir H. Holland and Dr. Watson were there for a day, at the early part of the week; and as Dr. Jenner is still in attendance, it has been supposed that the health of the Queen is suffering. We are glad, however, to be able to assure our readers that such is not the case. The physicians referred to were at Osborne solely for the pur- pose we mentioned last week—namely, to receive the acknowledgments of Her Majesty for their attention to the Prince Consort. Dr. Jenner who has hitherto held the rank of Physician Extraordinary to the Queen, was on Tuesday gazetted as Physician in Ordinary to Her Majesty. These facts are the best answers that can be given to the insinuations which we regret to see continue to find a place even in the columns of some medical journals." We believe that Her Majesty will return to Windsoi Castle in about ten days or a fortnight, subject, however, to alteration from the arrival of Prince Alfred, and the date fixed for the departure of the Prince of Wales for the Holy Land. Prince Alfred has become, by the death of the Prince Consort, the heir presumptive to the Dukedom of Saxe-Cobourg and Gotha, the German Diet having set- tled the succession on the second son to prevent the Dukedom becoming merged into the dominions of the British Crown. In carrying out this idea, we believe that Prince Alfred will, by the expressed wish of the late Prince Consort, inherit all the appanage, income or rights coming to the late Prince from the Duchy. Though this may not be expressed in the Prince's will, yet, as every wish or intention of her late Consort is religiously carried into effect by the Queen, there is no doubt that Prince Alfred will succeed to this portion of his father's estate.— Court Journal. DEATH OF A CARRON WORKMAN WORTH £ 10,000.— On Monday morning last, John Andrew, a. somewhat i celebrated Carron workman, died at the ripe age of 78. John was a remarkable specimen of a hard-working, frugal-living, canny Scotsman. For upwards of sixtyl years he had been connected with the Carron Ironworks, during which time he had succeeded in amassing a I princely fortune for a working man. For about the last five yeaf-s he had retired from labour. Prior to that, his department in the works was that of a foreman iron- dresser, and letter-cutter of loam goods, which, in the days of the late Mr. Joseph Stainton, and in those of the late Mr. Joseph Dawson, was very lucrative. This may be inferred from the fact that the deceased, in the course of his life, amassed about £ 10,000—a very considerable portion of which he made" in Carron. His habits of living were unusually moderate. He was never known to spend a single farthing on luxuries.-Falkirk Herald. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE MEMORIAL OF THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.-It will be remembered that the piembers of the Memorial Committee placed the statue of the Queen, executed by Mr. Durham, at the disposal of the Prince of Wales, who has engaged to defray the cost of a statue of his father, to form part (instead of the intended statue of the Queen) of the Memorial of the Ex- hibition of 1851. General Bruce, in acknowledging this Compliment on behalf of the Prince, says:—"It will be His Royal Highness's desire to find a proper site, in the neighbourhood of the Memorial to the Great Exhibition of 1851, for the erection of this statue. His Royal High- pess, however, feels that at his age he is but little com- petent to decide upon a question of this character, which s seems to him to be one of great importance. His Royal Highness will anxiously seek the best advice and the most valuable opinions on this subject, and I shall then have the honour of again addressing you by His Royal High- ness's direction." PROBABLE RETIREMENT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. —There is a rumour which, however, wants confirmation, that the Duke of Cambridge is not unlikely to give up the command of the army. I believe his medical advisers have recommended him to avoid too much work, and no man can fill the place now-a-days without doing a good deal of work. The Duke will, no doubt, be appointed to some of the high offices held by the Prince Consort, and in a money point of view this would go far towards com- pensating him for the loss of his present office. There are some reasons for considering the rumour as not alto- gether unworthy of attention. If the Duke left, no doubt the military departments would be amalgamated, and the circumlocution which still prevails would alto- gether cease. The Court has hitherto been the great sustaining power of the Horse Guards against the War Office, and in this sense of the word the Court no longer exists. The War Office, within itself, is now very fairly organised. The permanent chiefs pull well together, and conflicts of authority are rare. But when the Horse Guards and the controlling power fall foul of each other, delay and inconvenience are almost the necessary con- sequence. — London Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. A MEMORIAL TO THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.—It is proposed to raise a fund for the erection of a memorial A MEMORIAL TO THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.-It is proposed to raise a fund for the erection of a memorial to the memory of the late lamented Prince Consort, and perpetually to record the popular estimate of his princely character and virtues, to which fund all classes of Her Majesty's subjects will be invited to subscribe. The suggestion now made is that the fund, which will doubt- less be of great magnitude, shall be divided into four equal parts, and with each part a site of freehold land shall be purchased at the east, west, north, and south sides of the metropolis. That there shall be erected on each pite model cottages of the most improved design of those erected by the late Prince Consort. That there shall also be erected on each site baths and washhouses, and a school for the education of the children of the parents residing in the cottages, and in which school reading, j writing, and arithmetic only should be taught. That the tenants of the cottages (the number of which must, of course, depend on the amount to be devoted to the pur- pose) shall be persons of good character and repute, and be selected from the districts in which the cottages are situate. That these tenants shall pay a rental equal to two per cent. on the outlay for the erection of the cottage; for instance, supposing a cottage to cost £150, the tenant I of each cottage would have to pay a rontal of only X3 per annum. That out of the rentals all outgoings on the cot- tages should be paid, and the premises kept in substantial repair, a reserve fund for the re-erection of the cottages also to be formed out of the rental, and the balance divided amongst the tenants of the cottages on the anniversary of the day of the death of the lamented Prince Consort, or laid out in the purchase of prizes to be distributed annu- ally among the tenants' children.—Observer. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND.—It is not generally known that in order to re- oeive news brought by the American packets as they touch at Queenstown, it is necessary that the despatches should be forwarded by telegraph a distance of nearly «ight hundred miles, or about one half of the entire length of the cable which for a short time stretched across the Atlantic. When the steamer calls at Queenstown, its news has to be transmitted from Cork to Dublin, thence to Belfast, thence to Donaghadee, across the Channel to Portpatrick from thence to Dumfries, then to Carlisle and Liverpool, and finally to London. This involves great delay, and numerous breaks in the communication, and mistakes constantly arise from these repeated transmis- tlions. This, however, is by no means all the delay. The steamers call off what is called Roche's Point, and a steamer is now required to convey the despatches up the harbour to Queenstown, the time occupied being an hour and a half. Important as is the news required, there is no telegraph from Roche's Point to Queenstown. It is now proposed to establish a new telegraphic line, which will place Queenstown not only in direct communication with the telegraph station at the entrance to the harbour, but also with the Old Head of Kinsale, from whence tho Atlantic steamer may be sighted several hours earlier than is at present the case. Lord Fermoy has given per- mission to lay a telegraphic wire over his property from Roche's Point, which will be carried on to Queenstown, and join a main line which will connect Cork and Queens- fown with Waterford and Wexford, and thence run to Carnsore Point, projecting a considerable distance into 6t. George's Channel. At this point the line will be sub- merged to St. David's Head, on the Welsh coast, and be continued through Milford, Gloucester, and Bristol, direct to London, the whole line being about half the Iwto of that atmrcseut required fa tyftNWtOWQ 7, ) The correctional tribunal of Paris has just decided that impressions obtained by means of photography are not to be considered works of art, and susceptible of being pirated, as the proofs given by photography are the result of a mere material operation. The tribunal also founded its judgment on the fact that M. Daguerre had formerly sola his process to the state, which intended that the public should enjoy the full benefit of it. A deputation from the departments of the Meuse and the Vosges waited lately on the Prince Imperial to offer him bonbons and comfits, for which those departments are famous. The persons who brought the offering were exceedingly well received by the Prince, and they ven- tured to ask what-they should say respecting the sweet- meats to the parties represented. Tell them," said the Prince, "that I am forbidden to eat any A MOORISH LOAN.—Proposals are mentioned for an Imperial Moorish Loan" of £426,000 sterling, in a five per cent. stock, to be subscribed at 85. The object is to enable the Emperor of Morocco to pay off the in- demnity to Spain and thus to obtain the immediate evacuation of Tetuan by that power. The loan is to be secured by the hypothecation of 50 per cent. of the cus- toms' duties of all the ports of the Moorish empire, which for the last five years have averaged £ 322,904 per annum, and the British Government have entered into a conven- tion to appoint special commissioners to receive these duties, and to pay half-yearly to the contractors for the loan such portion of them as is requisite for the interest and sinking fund. The loan is to be redeemed at par within twenty years by half-yearly drawings of five per cent. THE EXPORTS OF COTTON TO AMERICA.—Cotton still continues to be purchased at Liverpool for exportation to America. The Inman Company, to which the Glasgow belongs, has been largely patronised by the shippers of cotton to New York, as the carrying- capacities and ex- cellent, sailing qualities of the steamers of this company warrant a quick transit for cotton to New York, which appears to be the great desideratum. Several sailing vessels are also taking in cotton for Boston and New York. On looking over the different shipments of cotton from Liverpool to America, from December I to January 11, we find the total to be 14,479 bales, while the quan- tity at sea, en route from America to Liverpool, is 65 bales, against 280,940 bales last year. Of Surats there are 96,300 bales at sea, bound to Liverpool, against 51,731 for the same time last year. SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN QUEENSLAND.—A letter re- ceived by the present mail from Queensland says :—I have to report the occurrence of a sad tragedy in this colony. Mr. Willis (a settler from Victoria) and eighteen of his servants and their families, have been barbarously, murdered by the blacks. It appears that the natives j came to the station of the deceased some time before the perpetration of the massacre. Mr. Willis ordered them off; but as they did not give the slightest indication of their diabolical intentions he did not persist in his op- position to them. They must have seized the opportunity when all at the homestead were busily engaged in their respective occupations, as not one of those who were at home escaped. Vigorous steps have been adopted to teach the delinquents the heinousness of their crime. It is reported that thirty blacks have already been shot, and the police and settlers are still in pursuit, Nothing but lead and steel will teach these savages to respect the lives and property of white men." MR. SEWARD ON SLAVERY.- In a speech delivered at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1848, Mr. Seward said :—" Con- j stitutions and laws can no more rise above the virtue of the people than the limpid stream can climb above its native spring. Inculcate the love of freedom and the equal rights of man under the paternal roof; see tft it in the schools and in the churches; reform your own code, and extend a cordial welcome to the fugitive who lays his weary limbs at your doors, and defend him as you would your paternal gods; correct your own error that slavery has any constitutional guarantee that may not be released and ought not to be relinquished. Say to slavery when it shows its bond (that is the compromise in j the constitution) and demands its pound of flesh, that if it draws one drop of blood its life shall pay the forfeit." Do all this and inculcate all this, in the spirit of modera-1 ytion and benevolence, and not of retaliation and fanati- cism, and you will soon bring the parties of the country into an effective aggression upon slavery. Whenever the public mind shall will the abolition of slavery the way will open for it. I know that you will tell me that this is all too slow. Well, then, go faster if you can, and I will go i with you." MB. BUCHANAN-, M-P., ON THE AMERICAN QUESTION.— Messrs. Buchanan and Daglish, the members for Glasgow, addressed their constituents on Friday night. Mr. j Buchanan, alluding to the American question, said :— The bitter hostility against Britain which is exhibited by the Americans, from whatever cause it proceeds, must be restrained, at least within the forms of international courtesy and law. At this very moment our latest news from America, while holding out prospects of peace, are poisoned with virulent hostility. The Britisher is let off for the present, but the day of vengeance is only delayed. It is a melanoholy prospect to wise and just men on both sides of the Atlantic to witness these ebullitions, to see two great countries of kindred race, having so many common interests, and destined, apparently to run a course of high civilization, and evince to the world the superiority of free institutions, thus distracted by arrogant, selfish, and unreasoning passions. — (Ap- Elause.) It is sad to think, but unfortunately too pro- able, that some day or other we shall be forced into war. Much as I shall deplore that sad necessity, it may be a wise course. I trust the exhibition that has been made by our Government of firmness and decision in these difficult circumstances will produce a salutary effect In America." BARON DE CAMIN AGAIN.—This notorious individual was to have lectured in the Town Hall of Enniskillen, on Wednesday night, Jan. 8th. Some of the Town Commis. sioners complained of their Chairman for giving the use of the Hall for such a purpose. Before the appointed hour, & large and excited crowd assembled in the street -the Protestants determined to hear the lecture, and the Roman Catholics equally determined that they should not have the gratification. The Commissioners were divided as well as the multitude, and entered into the contest with great spirit. Four of them stationed themselves at the foot of the stairs leading to the Hall, declaring that the lecturer should not enter except over their bodies. The other Commissioners vowed, by the freedom which is dear to Protestants, that he should enter and deliver 'lis oration. The crowd, meantime, continued to increase in the streets, and became very noisy. In the midst of the confusion the lecturer was smuggled into the Hall. As the crowds increased they assumed a more menacing atti- tude, and a serious breach of the peace was apprehended. Consequently, a number of the constabulary and about forty soldiers were brought to the spot. Mr. Henry Echlin (a local magistrate) read the Riot Act, and ordered the police to clear the entrance to the Hall. While doing this two or three of them were struck by persons in the crowd. The Fermanagh Reporter has not told us how it fared with the lecturer afterwards. The editor says We remained for an hour in the hall; but as it was pub- lication night with us, and as the lecture had not then commenced, we could remain no longer," THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE. — ANOTHER SOURCE OJ DANGER.—-The Scotsman describes a new American dif- ficulty, which is "now beginning to loom, not in the distance, but quite at hand." Our contemporary says :— It is known that, several months ago, France urged the British Government to join her in recognising the Southern Confederacy, and disregarding the blockade. We hear, from good sources, that the French Go- vernment has renewed that request, and is pushing it with much eagerness and it is considered cer- tain that, when the French Chambers meet on the 27th instant, there will be such expressions of French opfnion as will bring the question into at' least a critical position, and in all probability give much offence to the Americans. There exists in London an active ^and growing party, including many M.P.'s, having for its object an immediate recognition of the Southern Confederacy, on certain understood terms. This party in communication with the quasi representatives of the South in London, and gives out that it sees its way to a desirable arrangement. Our information is, that the South acting through its London agents, is at least willing to have it understood that, in consideration of immediate recognition and the disregard of the "paper blockade," it would engage for these three things-a treaty of free trade; the prohibition of all import of slaves; and the freedom of all blacks born hereafter. It will easily be seen that, if any such terms were offered-but we hesitate to believe the last of them a pressure in favour of the South would come upon the British Government from more than one formidable section of the Public. The relentless and destructive spirit in which the North conducts the civil war cannot but have some direct influence on the feelings of our Govern- ment; but it operates more powerfully in an indirect form, by giving stimulus and material to the parties just mentioned, as engaged in employing pressure from without. Especially a great effect has been created by the news of the last mail regarding the destruction of the harbour of Charleston by the sinking of stone-laden hulks. Besides the prdin&ry or general objections to such an act—objections almost universally acknowledged in practice by the Euro- pean powers—-there are two special objections in the case of America. The Northern government, which resorts to this extreme and almost obsolete act of war, has hitherto shown Itself impotent in the ordinary operations of war, though having on the field about the largest army the world ever gaw. And, again, the peculiar object of the war renders guch an act peculiarly insensate—the object being to bring back as fellow citizens under a democratic republic the people so barbarously and uselessly injured, and to re-unite as part of one country the territory thus sought to be destroyed. Already, as we are informed, that act has given the French Emperor an opportunity of again pressing upon our Cabinet the advice that Europe should —at least to the extent of recognising as a fact the Con- federate Government, and not recognising as a fact the Federal blockade—do something towards bringing tft an end a whose barbarous acts and very natw4 we a to <4Yili§gktw» "If" Mr. Tidd Pratt contradicts the statement that he has decided that the Rev. H. J. Fletcher could not be criminally prosecuted;" and" that neither of the managers or trustees of the Bilston Savings Bank, nor any individual member of them, is liable." He has no power, he observes, to make any such decision. MOURNING FOR THE LATE PRINCE CONSoRT.-The following general order has been issued from the Horse Guards :-His Royal Highness the General Commanding- in-Chief has received the Queen's commands to notify to the army that the mourning for his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort will change on the 17th of the next month, when the full mourning prescribed in the general order of the 18th ultimo will be discontinued. The officers of the army will, from the 17th February, wear with their uniforms a black crape round the left arm till the 10th March, when the mourning will cease. BURGLARY IN DERBYSHIRE. — X290 WORTH OF JEWEL- LERY STOLEN.—On Friday night a most daring burglary was committed by some thieves at Heanor Hall, Derby- shire, the seat of J. Rays, Esq., and the amount of more than dE290 worth of jewellery was obtained. It appears that the burglars effected an entrance through the door by means of boring it with a brace and bit near the lock, which was thus taken off. They proceeded to a room occupied by two ladies, who were asleep at the time, and from this room they took the jewellery. It is supposed that the robbers came from Nottingham. STORM AT WHITBY.—On Saturday night, a storm sprung up somewhat suddenly at Whitby, the wind blowing strong from the N.N.W., several vessels, which had left the har- bour in the morning, were put back again. The Little Henry was driven behind the West Pier, but was got off again, and the John and William, and another vessel, got ashore in Collier Hope, but were both hauled off again. The Herring came in with loss of foremast top. Between nine and tea-o'clock the Little Ben, in attentofhw to take the harbour, struck upon the bar, and was coming behind the East Pier when sne became a complete wreck. The men were conveved to the shore bv means of rones. Loss OF THE PRINCE OF THE SEAS. — The arrival 01 the Australian mail places us in possession of further de- tails respecting the loss of the emigrant ship Prince of the Seas. It appears that the vessel took fire at night, and soon became one mass of flame. Some people who went on board to render assistance had to escape through the cabin windows on to some barges which were lying alongside, and with great difficulty got away safely, as the barges were in imminent danger of being burnt with the ship. The vessel was fired into with a view of scut- tling her, but the shots took no effect. The ship, &c., was entirely lost, though happily the catastrophe was attended with no fatal results. The captain lost all his effects. APPEALS FROM COUNTY COURTS.—There were in 1860, 781,326 plaints entered in the County Courts, for no less an amount than £ 1,882,047 and 467,426 judgments were obtained during the year for £902,739 and for debts ex- clusively. During the first five years after an appeal was given in cases above £ 20, there were 32,954 cases tried before County Court Judges in which an appeal lay, and there were but 142 appeals in all; 43 only of the de- cisions were overruled, and of late years the number has been considerably less ex. gr., in 1860, 19 appeals were set down in the three Common Law Courts at West- minster, new trials were granted in three, and judgment given for the appellant in one case only.—Letter on County Courts to the Lord Chancellor, by Vigil. '1 ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT BY CRINOLINE.—On Satur- day afternoon an inquest was held at the Grand Turk, Ludgate-hill, concerning the death of a domestic servant, sixteen years of age, named Emily Robinson, who resided at Cradley. From the evidence adduced it appeared that on the morning of the 30th ult., the deceased entered the service of Mrs. Farmer, District Works, Smethwick, and on the evening of the same day, while she was in the act of placing something on the mantel-piece, her crinoline came in contact with the fire and she soon became en- veloped in flames. In her fright the poor girl ran scream- ing into the yard, where the flames were extinguished by a neighbour. She was very much burnt, and a surgeon was sent for who at once directed her to be sent to the General Hospital. Soon after her admission she began to sink, and ultimately expired on Thursday from the effects of the fearful injuries she had received. The jury returned a. verdict of Accidental death." CHILD MURDER IN KENT. --The body of a newly born child has been found in a pond in Tunbridg-e Wells, under circumstances which leave no doubt that it had been mur- dered before being thrown into the water. Mr. W. Satchell, the surgeon who examined the body, said there was an abrasion on the top of the head, and marks as though the child had been strangled on the neck. From a post mortem examination he was satisfied the child was born alive. He was also of opinion that the child was thrown into the water after it was dead, and that it had been there upwards of a week, probably ten days. The body was quite naked when found. The jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased child was found to have died from strangulation, but by whom it was caused there was no evidence to show;" the inquiries of the police having failed to elicit to whom the child be- longed. WHOLESALE SHEEP-STEALING IN KENT. — For some months past sheep robberies, to a very serious extent, have been of constant occurrence throughout the Weald of Kent, as many as thirty sheep having been carried off in one week; and although a force of upwards of fifty extra constables have been employed, no clue to the de- predators could be obtained until within the last few days. A man named Finn has, however, now been taken into custody, and under circumstances which leave no doubt that he has been one of the principals concerned in these robberies. He is a master butcher, and his calling for a long time enabled him to escape detection but he having been seen driving seven sheep from the direction of a farm at half-past two o'clock one morning, suspicion was ex- cited, and inquiries led to the discovery of facts which leave no doubt of his guilt. He has been fully committed for trial. A farmer named Wellstead, and a drover in Jiis employ, were also apprehended and brought before the magistrates, but they have since been set at liberty. DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH SALMON POACHERS.—A most desperate affray took place between a number of salmon poachers and five of the Northumberland constabulary, on the Coquet, near Felton, on Saturday night. It seems that extensive depredations have been going on in the upper reaches of this stream by men, belonging to the adjacent villages, poaching salmon that had come up to spawn, and that were out of season. Five police-offi- cers were on the watch on Saturday night, at Bramsheugh, about two miles above Felton, when they encountered three men taking salmon out of the river, but the men fled on seeing the police. The officers, made after them, but in dping so met a second and larger gang, and a des- perate affray took place. The police, however, succeeded in capturing five of them, and on Monday they were brought into Alnwick in carts. The first three men, in their desperate endeavours to escape from the police, actually took to the river, which was sweeping down to the sea with all the force of a swollen mountain stream. Two of them actually succeeded in getting across, but from the third cries of distress were heard after he plunged into the stream, which died away as he was swept lower down, and as no more has been heard of him there is no doubt but that he was drowned. He was a young man, a shoemaker, belonging to Felton. WRECK IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.—The particulars of Le p ICU a very disastrous shipwreck in the Bristol Channel were received at Lloyd's on Saturday. The unfortunate vessel was a fine barque called the Harriet CanUj Captain Chip- man, bound to Gloucester from New York with a cargo of man, bound to Gloucester from New York with a cargo of upwards of 600 tons of wheat. On Thursday evening she was making her way up the Channel for the Severn, the wind blowing strong, when about eight o'clock she struck upon the Skerwether Sands, on the Glamorganshire coast, near the Mumbles. Every effort was made to get her off, but without avail. The water gained rapidly upon her, notwithstanding the active working of tl^ppumps; and, as there was no chance of saving the ill-fated ship, the captain and crew abandoned her in two boats. It was apparent that she would not hold long together, as the sea was breaking over her with great force. The crew, after being buffeted about all night, were picked up in the morning, and landed at Swansea. They had lost everything, and were in a very destitute condition. Later accounts from the wreck state that she had come ashore under the cliffs in the course of Friday night, and, from some unexplained circumstance, had caught fire, and was burning furiously. The cargo (wheat and Indian corn) was coming on shore in small quantities. The Harriet Cann was a fine ship, about five years -old. Her loss and that of the cargo will involve a considerable amount. DESTRUCTION OF A CORN MILL BY FIRE.-On Satur- day morning, a fire broke out in the corn and flour mill of Mr. Edwin Whittingham, situated about half a mile from Crewe station. About one o'clock in the morning, Mr. Whittingham was awoke by a loud noise as of broken tlass falling on the house-top. This was caused by the re having broken some of the mill windows. Mr. Whit- tingham at once got up and discovered the fire raging in his mill. A messenger was despatched to Crewe for en- gines and a good supply of water was obtained from the mill pool; but all exertions availed not to save the mill. the contents of which were completely destroyed, ana nothing but the bare walls left standing. The mill being an old one, and much timber used in its construction, the fire burned most furiously, the crackling of the beams and falling roof and timbers being heard at a considerable distance. The house, which adjoins the mill received considerable damage, and, if the wind had been in that 1 direction, must hVe been destroyed. The furniture was I hurriedly removed from the dwelling, and some villan- I ously-disposed persons, taking advantage of the darkness i and confusion, carried off some portion of it. Two per- I sons who were bearing away the clock were pursued, when I they tossed it over a hedge into a garden, and escaped. One man found to have some of Miss Whittingham's property in his possession was lodged in the Crewe lock-up. It is surmised that the fire originated in the oarelessness of a miller with his lights,' as he only left the premises about thrpe quarters of ail hour before the fire was dis- covered^ Mr. Whittingham's loss is estimated at over £ 2,000, but his insurance in the Royal Exchange office will e nearly cover it. The buildings, which are the property of fcord Crow* are, we Increased exertions are still continued at Woolwich to supply munitions of war to the British possessions in North America. The Spartan has shipped 300 tons of 100-pounder Armstrong shot and shell, 50 tons of medi- cal stores, 100 chests of muskets, and a larg-e amount of beds and bedding, hospital clothing, and stores, and general necessaries for the garrisons of St. John's, New Brunswick, and Halifax. The Wisbech, a screw steamer of 4eavy tonnage, arrived on Monday, awaiting a berth to ship for the same destination.- Tiina. ACCIDENT AT THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.—At about ten o'clock on Sunday evening, considerable excitement was occasioned in the neighbourhood of Euston-square, London, by a report that a large portion of the newly- formed branch of the Underground Railway, commencing at Seymour-street, and extending to Melton-street, Euston-road, had fallen in, and that some of tEe work- men were buried in the debris. On inquiry it was ascer- tained that about 100 yards of the archway had given way, carrying with it an immense quantity of the super- incumbent soil, but providentially the bricklayers and ex- cavators were all absent, the hour appointed for resuming work being twelve o'clock on Sunday night. ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS. — The number ef persons applying to be admitted during the present term and to renew their certificates is 118. Of that number more than 70 are original candidates to become gentlemen, one, &c. which means one of the attorneys of Her Majesty's Court at Westminster." There are more than 10,000 attorneys on the roll, and of the number many carry on business in London, each of whom has to pay a stamp duty of zC9 a year, while the country practitioners pay the annual sum of £ 6. From November to the pre- sent time, large sums have been paid for certificates, being the annual payments, and the revenue tables will show for the quarter a large addition on stamp duty" compared with the preceding quarter. FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER AT CHATHAM.-A very determined act of self-destruction was committed at Chat- ham garrison at an early hour on Saturday morning, by a private soldier, named Alfred Barraclough, belonging to the 94th Regiment, who literally blew his skull to pieces by a shot from his Enfield rifle. The deceased, who was quartered in a house situate in a block of buildings at the rear of Chatham Barracks, rose about two o'clock on Sat- urday morning, and taking his rifle with him, proceeded to a secluded part of the barracks, when he loaded his- piece and fired through his skull, pulling the trigger by means of a piece of string fastened to his right foot. On hearing the report the officer of the guard directed a search to be made of the barracks, when the deceased was found with the skull frightfully shattered. FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.—FOUR MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED.—A terrific explosion occurred on Mon- day morning, at a barn owned by Mr. Dunmore, of Ston- ton Wyville, Leicestershire. A steam threshing machine was at work, belonging to a person named Butcher. It would appear that the engine was rather out of condi- tion, and that several men, including the engine driver, were engaged wrapping a pipe that leaked, when suddenly the boiler exploded. One of the poor fellows was literally blown to atoms—his head being found in one place, his legs in another; while three other men who were killed presented a sickening spectacle. The names of three of them are George Woolman, aged 60; William Woolman, aged 24; and William Lee, aged 23. Three other men were severely injured, and one of them is not expected to survive. AN M.P. DECLARED WITHOUT MEANS.—At the Bridge- water County Court, on Friday a case was heard in which Colonel Tynte, one of the borough members, was the defendant. It was an adjourned judgment summons. At a previous sitting of the Court the case was heard> and relatives of the Colonel called to prove that he was without any source of income, and that the whole of the effects at the family masion, Halswell House, near Bridgewater, belonged to Lady Cooper, a sister of the Colonel, having been bequeathed to her by her late father. Colonel Tynte, himself was said to have left England, and it was not known where he then was. The Judge deferred his decision until Friday, when he said it was quite evident the defendant had no means, and from what had already occurred in that Court, it must be ap- parent to all that the only source of income the defend- ant was proved to possess was derived from the bene- volence of friends, and that he had no funds at his com- mand. The summons was dismissed. TOTAL WRECK OF Two FOREIGN VESSELS IN THE CHANNEL.—On Monday morning the captain, his wife, and daughter, and the crew of the Dutch schooner Peli- can, laden with wheat from Trieste to Antwerp, and which sprung a leak and sank .in mid-channel in the late' gale, were landed at Dover from the brig Eliza Jane of Shoreham. This vessel stood by the Pelican until all hands were picked up she then brought them on to Dover, where they all will be taken care of at the Sailors* Home, and be forwarded to London. They all speak of the great kindness of Captain Lalett, of the brig Eliza. The crew of the French lugger Petit Pierre, run down and- sunk by an Austrian brig, were also brought to the Sailors' Home in an utterly destitute state. The secre- tary of the Home for Shipwrecked Sailors has received a very gratifying letter from the JVonoh minister of marine, expressing the thanks of the Emperor's govern- ment for the efficient services. rendered to the crews of thirty-five wrecked French vessels by the Dover Sailors' Home. METROPOLITAN MEMORIAL OF THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.—On Tuesday, a public meeting was held at the Mansion House, London, for the purpose of considering the propriety of erecting a lasting memorial of the Prince Consort. The chair was taken by the Lord Mayor. On the platform were the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Baron Rothschild, the Bishop of London, the Dean of St. Paul's, the Sheriffs, Mr. Gregson, M.P.; Mr. Western Wood, M.P. Mr. Tite, M.P. Mr. Denman, M.P. Mr. W. R. Crawford, M.P. Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P. Mr. Hanbury, M.P. &c.-A resolution setting forth the services rendered by the Prince Consort, and the propriety of erecting a lasting memorial, was proposed by the Bishop of London, and seconded by Colonel Wilson.-On the motion of Lord Stratford de I Redcliffe, seconded by Mr. Wood, M.P., it was resolved that the memorial should be of a monumental character, subject to the approbation of the Queen.—A resolution, suggesting committees throughout the kingdom, was Agreed to, and a committee was nominated to carry out the resolutions. A FEMALE BLONDIN" IN DANGER.—EXCITING SCENE. —Some excitement was occasioned in Preston, on Monday evening, by the announcement that a "Female Blondin" -Some excitement was occasioned in Preston, on Monday evening, by the announcement that a "Female Blondin" would make a terrific ascent" on a tight wire to the top of the Hippodrome, in a vacant space of ground known as Chaddock's Orchard, opposite the Borough Police Office, in that town. The wire, which was about 150 feet in length, had been affixed at one end to a wooden fixture, about 12 feet high, and at the other to the square cupola, at the apex of the cirque. It was steadied by a number of guy ropes, held on either side by pegs driven in the ground. The wire was an incline, and at its maximum altitude was about 70 feet from the ground. The "Female Blondin," whose real name is Mrs. Potter, and who some time ago, under the professional soubriquet of Madame Salvi travelled with Mr. Pablo Fanque's equestrian troupe, proceeded on her aerial journey, in the presence of some thousands of spectators. When she had proceeded about two-thirds of her perilous journey, it is supposed, owing to the slackness of one of the guy ropes she lost her equilibrium, amid loud screamings and expressions of horror from the crowd below. The intrepid lady, how- ever, with great presence of mind, in her fall caught hold of the wire, and was thus saved from broken bones, if not a broken neck. She remained suspended in that position until the attendants at the Hippodrome, under the direc- tion of the proprietors, Messrs. Lamb and Kitchen, could loosen the wire and lower the lady to the roof of the building. She was much shaken, but happily suffered nothing worse than an abrasion of the hands by hanging by the wire. Nothing daunted she announced her inten- tion to perform her dangerous feat next evening. Mrs. hotter had a similar slip whilst performing on the tight wire at Scarborough, a few months ago, and another narrow escape shortly before at Preston. MURDER OF A COMMERCIAL GENTLEMAN BY GAROTTINO. -On Tuesday morning, at the Worship-street police- court, London, David Cusack was placed at the bar, be- fore Mr. Leigh, charged with robbing Mr. Richard Pearce, a commercial traveller, of a quantity of jewellery. The court was densely crowded, and great interest was manifested in the proceedings. Mr. Webster, inspector of the N division, conducted the case on the part of the police authorities, and Mr. Beard defended the prisoner. The deposition of the deceased having been read, Mr. Webster said that since the deposition was taken Mr. Pearce had died, and he would now produce medical evi- dence to show that the injuries he received had caused his death. Dr. Edward Evans deposed that on the 3rd. instant he was called in to deceased's residence, where he found him very much exhausted, and only partially sensible. That is, he was only coherent when roused, and he would immediately relapse into his former state. "Witness examined his neck, which was and swol- len. The most alarming symptoms exhibited were the disposition to unconsciousness, and his extreme weak- ness. He, however, began to imProve towards the even- ing, and so continued until the 7th, when shivering and other symptoms came on, which made it necessary that an opening should be made in the swelling, from which a large quantity of putrid blood and serum came away. Ha then alternated between improvement and getting worse, until the 9th, when a change came on from the putrid matter being absorbed into the blood from the neck. He never rallied after that time, and on the morning of the 10th he expired at one o'clock, Witness had not as yet concluded a post-mortem examination. Mr. Beard said that he had a perfect answer to the charge, but he would Bot enter into it to-day. He would merely submit to I his worship that the evidence as to the identity was not sufficient to justify a remand His client was a man of respectability, and had very respectable connections. Mr. *Webster said that he had a great mass of additional evi- dence to bring forward, and the case would occupy the court a considerable time. He should therefore request an adjournment for the present, to enable him to bring up his witnesses. After some discussion, the case waa accordingly adjourned, and the proo&er wsu» removed to