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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. THE BARBARIC EI EMFNT IN THE EAST. [From the Times.] The barbaric element is are of inevitable weakness and 8 the very reason 01 cur dominion in the East. A handful of its recover those 200,000,000 subjects because we are open in our dealings, because we abstain from wanton cruelty ami malicious vengeance, because we insult no religion, because we keep order, becausc, in a word, and ou the whole, we give these many nations and divers re ligion* greater peace and tolerwi;u than they would be likely to obtain from one another. A movement which exhibits the contrary (if all these things must therefore be unpopular with all those who do not happen themselves to expect pay or plunder under it. The great bulk of the rich and also of the poor are evidently and most naturally averiv to it. After several generations of British rule. they would rather not return to massacres of women and childieu, to the violent abduction and sale of women, to open gao's, aud general license of plunder and worse crimes or even to what is more terrible than all,—a reigu ol treachery. We have been surprised, it must be confes-ed we have been over confident but this over. confidence, of which the ambitious Mahomedan and the vain Brahmin have taken such an advantage, and they found it no easy to flatter, is a more popular quality with the simpler e'ass than the arts employed against it. The mass of these 200,000,000 know what to expect from us, and they know also whut they are to expect from men whose weapons are secrecy and dissimulation. It is the weak old Asiatic, the traitor and the slave, who has been played against us, The men who went into a deputation to the otli'.ers in the fort of Allah bad, where they were taking rduge, and besought them with tears to show more confidence by returning to the cantonments, and within twenty-four hours bad massacred all but a few, whom they were roasting over a slow fire, with other unutterable cruelties, are not the men to win credit with mankind anywhere, so long as that mankind may choose its rulers. They uou't beloug to a gowning race. There can be nothing noble or generous about them. Even their seeming gentleness is to be suspected. The sleeker, the softer, the emoo'.lier, the more dangerous. There are great varieties of races in llindostan. Some of these areas honest and plaiusjioken as onr-selvcs. Do they wish to be ruled by men whose embraces may be any moment an ambuscade r Thus Car it is evident they do not. The barbaric nature always leans on the stronger element, because it knows it- self, and distrusts those whom it knows to share its own weaknesses. We have suppianted the Mabomedans in their dominion over the Hindoos, because the latter really re- spect us more than they do the Nlahoniedaiis. The tHe of the revolt is N 1, N.L SA R I B. He is the true barbaric tdeal. It is he and his predecessors in the hue of treachery who have kept Asia down since the begiuuing of the world, and made her the property and prey of any stronger race. Yet in a sense this man is Young Asia, and we see what we are to expect from communicating Euro- pean arts and accomplishments to Hindoos without our re- ligion or our manly character. It is said that he is qui e an accomplished gentleman he speaks English fluently and well he was a constant visitor at Cawnpore a great friend of the officers; a companion in their field sports; often invited.to their picnics. His alleged wrongs we have already exposed. He has been entirely made by the British rule, and owes everything, his very existence, to as. Such is the man who, having induced his old friends Wid companions, the officers at Cawupore, to capitulate, as they did chiefly on account of the crowd of poor women and children they had in the fort at the point of starva- tion, mas-acred the whole,-iio, not the whole immediately. Some of the women he sold openly in the ba??aars to his soldiers. About thirty he kept for hiinsUf. All that is known o! iheir subsequent fate is, that wheu this pampered ?,l pcUcd Indiau gcutLcir.»n fouud Uiui :cIL tlic JJU uC f being attacked by General Havelock he brought out theee thirty Englishwomen to the front of his army and struck oil' their heads. There is the picture of Young India. This is the sort of man, not the wretched old puppet at Delhi, not the imbecile King of Oude, who would ttep into the place of Queen Victoria, should the mutiny ever come to anything, III that case, we see in this man the India of the future. for our part, however, we trust to see in him the self-condemnation and early end of this movement. India has learnt something from us; it knows the blessings of peace, order, and law aud it knows what it would be to fall into the hauds of such men as NENA SUIlB. THE CONSERVATIVES IX THE HOUSE. I [From the Morning Hei,ald.-I i-ora ralmerstOn cannot boast of a united aud compact body of followers in the House of Commons like that to be found in the ranks of the Conservatives, while in the Upper House he is completely outnumbered. Yet this legislator does not hesitate to maintain office in spite of the numerous defeats to which he is subjected, by yielding upon some questions, and by keeping others in abeyance. It is evident that by acting in this manner a Minister may contrive to retain power for almost an indefinite period, and it was announced ¡be other day with a certain sem- blance of authority that Lord Palmerston's chief aim is to keep office. The theory is new, and, duriug the ascendancy of men of Liberal opinions, bids fair to become extremely popular, but the reverse would happen were the Conserva- tives in oftice.Iiidignant remonstrances against the pro- ceeding would in that case be uttered by those who now advocate a course of conduct altogether unconstitutional. It is rather remarkable to what lengths Liberal and Radi- cal reformers will sometimes proceed, and in their support of Whig Administrations they give the public a taste of the most severe despotism that is possible under represen- tative institutions. Lord Palmerston himself has violated the constitution OH several occasious, and is, indeed, the most arbitrary Minister that has for many years obtained the direction of affairs. To maintain office with diguity is one thing to hold it until a further tenure becomes impossible another. The latter course has been adopted by every Liberal Admiuis- tratiou since the passimg of the Reform Bill. It is scarcely necessary to go back further in our Parliamentary history, as this is the latest era of Whig ascendancy. Lord Mel- bourne was defeated agaiu and again ere he CJuld be induced to retire, and even after the rejection of his appeal to the electors was unwilling to resign. Exactly llie same occurred with Lord John Russell, and he actually retained office after such ignominious reverses that members sitting upon his owu side of the] louse of Commons asked, in astonish. ment, whether he could not comprehend the meaning of an adverse vote. If the Conservatives have erred at all, it has been by showing themselves too sensitive in this respect. After carrying his great free trade measure Sir Robert Peel resigued at the first adverse vote, on the Irish Arms Bill, although he possessed the sympathies of a majority of the house, and might with justice have appealed to the country. Lord Derby did the same in 1852, and thus honourably maintained the dignity of his party. Lord Palmerston has struggled on in spite of defeats of greater or less importance, al,d seems resolved, like his predecessors, Lords Melbourne and Russell, to keep office as long as possible. In fact, this appears to be his sole object and having adopted one policy in deference to the House.of Commons, he takes up another because it is popular in the country. This playing fast and loose with important questiuns and great principles tends to degrade the character of legislation, and to a certain extent justifies the harsh criticisms that have been recently pas ed upon the House of Commons. In fact the chief doctrine with some of our legislators is, that only a professedly Liberal Administration can for the present be tolerated. They admire neither the meu, the policy, nor the rLLeeirei, but they cannot try the experiment of putting aue ther Govern- ment iu power. This is a fatal error, aud one which has of late years paralysed the machinery of the State. Had there been less compunction about turning out Ministers that indulge in magnificent professions, but actually do nothing, the interests of the public would have been pro- perly regulated; the wholesome check necessary to keep all those who execise authority on the alert would not have been removed, aud in the collision of great parties the progress of our modern civilisation would have been ensured. In fact, Ministers, on findiug that without a policy their ascendency could not be tolerated, must have addressed themselves energetically to the performance of tfieir duties and although the Government might possibly ,tytbe most part have remained in the grasp of its present £ assessors, they would have been compelled to display a higher sense of their responsibilities, while the business of the State would have been executed in a manner befit- ting a great and free people. SEA SIDE ECCENTRICITIES. [From the Observer,] The good folk of some of the most frequented watering places are exceedingly indignant with the remarks which have been made in several of the daily and weekly journals with reference to the indecent manner in which the bath. ing is conducted iu those places but, instead of teeming offended, they ought to feel very much iudebted to the press for having pointed out to them the evil which exists, and which, from long custom, they may have disregarded. Neither have the local authorities taken the remarks and suggestions so made in good part, but have characterised the authors of them as London grumblers, who, if they arc so easily offended, had better stay away. This is very foolish, for if those who have some idea of what is pro- priety were to determine not to take families to any watering place where decency is outraged, [the people of these towns would very soon be brought to their senses, The authorities at Margate and Ramsgate are quite angry at what has been said about the bathing at these places, but ?y w.Mty say littk or nothing on the subject, Iu D.?. however, the case is diffreut. and the question has !acua9e J during the last fortnight. It "'U be ?U?ted tbt, 4ome we.k..ince, Mte?ion was drawn in the Observer to the gross indecency of allowing bathing without machines in front of some of thc best houees in Dover before seven in the morning. Those ob- servations had their due effect on the Local Board of Health, the governing body in Dover, who passed a resolu- lion that all bathing, except from a machine, should be strictly prohibited. No sooner was this known than a strong opposition was got up by the townfolk, aud at the nit meeting this wholesome resolution was rescinded. The same malpractices therefore exist at present in Dover as before. The grounds upon which the lovers of indecency succeeded were that bathing is exceedingly baneficial to hea th that the houses have come to the sea, and not the sea to the houses and that to prohibit open bathing from the beach would be to indict a serious injury on the resi- dent inhabitaitts of the town. It was further urged that as much indecency is practised where machines are used as when bathing takes place from the beach. Neither of these objection, however, hold for a moment. At the east and west end of Dover there is a capital beach and capital bathing, with no houses near. What is to prevent the Dover folk from resorting to this spot for that purpose ? It may entail, perhaps, an additional five or ten minutes' walk, but what is that in comparison to removing tbe ban from some of the best houses in Dover. As it is, no modest female in these localities can pull aside the blind until after seven in the morning, unless she wishes to see some three or four hundred naked men end boys, engaged in all sorts of antics, but a few yards from the houses. Then, as to the hardship to the townsfolk having to go a little further off, it is all very well for them to sneer at what they call the prudish fastidiousness of the visitors but what would Dover be without the presence of these visitors P The towu has but very little trade of its own, and its prosptrity depends very mue ■, if not entirely, on the strangers who visit the place in the season. Common sense should therefore suggest that The inhabitants ought, by every means in their power to render the place as at- tractive as possible, instead of driving visitors away by permitting scenes daily to be enacted which really admit of no defence. It is urged that there is as much indecency practised in bathing from the machines as from the beach. That may be so, but two blacks do not make a white." Because indecency is permitted in one portion of the day, that is no reason why it should he at another- What we contend for is, that decorum should not be outraged at all. Th" bathing from the machines is scandalous, and here at least the authorities might interfere without inj ury to any one. At present there is no distinction between the machine used by ladies and gentlemen. From one machine out jumps a lady, in a bathing dress certainly, but not such as is calculated to hide her proportions while from the next out plunges a gentleman, in natures own garb. There can be no possible reason why the machines should not be kept wholly distinct. It is done at other places where there is nothing like so large a bathing area as at Dover. Herp, the. the Local Board of Health can at least interfere- But it is further asked, I I ladies are so shocked, why do they so crowd about the machines during the bathing honr" This is a difficult question to answer, as it is unquestionably the fact that the most favourite re- iort in the morning is the immediate vicinity of the machines. How ladies can forget what is due to them- salves we are at a loss to imagine. THE FRESH NEWS FROM IXDIA. LFroni the Pt,esv.] The news from India brought by the last mail is horrible and heartrending." There is no other name for it. Delhi not taken General Barnard dead the cholera in the camp; our soldiers dying; Sir Henry Lawrence killed by the rebels; and Sir Hugh Wheeler, one of the noblest and most capable of our Indian Generals, a victim of the fealful massacre at Cawnpore. In this bloody fate every soldier of the garrison and 240 English women nnd children have shared. Again, at Agra, after an obstinate battle," we have lost 14U killed and wounded out of the small garrison, and from their having had recourse to the desperate measure of a sortie. Then we have a mutiny aud a massacre at Sealkote, and a rising at Hyderabad. This is terrible in'elligenee. Let us not attempt to deceive ourselves. It is pregnant with matter for the gravest reflection. In the first place, what is our condition before Delhi. A fortnight since we were told that we had 13,000 men before the city, and that the assault was im. minent. The truth has now come out. We have 2,000 men before Delhi, and we have the cholera in the camp. The rebels, better stored, better fed, and better sheltered, continue their occasional sorties; our men are harassed to death, the rains have set in, and, if we may redit the general opinion of well-in- formed persons in India, Delhi will not be captured for some months. If we pass from Delhi to Cawn. pore, a terrible disaster appals us. The gallant Wheeler, with his heroic band, surrounded by thou- sands of bloodthirsty fanatics, has succumbed, atter a noble defence, to meet a horrible fate. Lucknow, it is true, holds out but it is straitened for provisions the Governor is driven to sorties to keep off the hordes which surround the defences, and they have lost their noble leader. In a word, its position is not reassuring, for we dare scarcely hope that General Havelock will be able to leave Nana Sahib in his rear and push forward to its relief. But if the position of Lucknow is far from setisfactory, that of Agra is most critical. The garrison, after an obstinate battle, driven within its walls, and surrounded by 10,000 mutineers, who, sweeping the country from Neemuch, have swelled their ranks with every vagabond within reach, and pant for the plunder of the town and the massacre of our heroic soldiers. | For the rest, there are now the details for us to pro. ucunn upou the mutiny at Sealkote, the rising at Hydera- bad, or the disposition of the Punjaub, on the one hand, and of Bombay and Madras upon the other. But this great fact is now clear to us, the rebels sweep the province of Bengal, and though they recoil from our terrible bayo- nets, those, alas! are too few and too scattered to maintain any definite ascendancy. In a word, our position is most hazardous. It is true that, with the exception of Agra, we have defeated the rebels wherever we have come in contact with them but the success of General Havelock in the recapture of Cawnpore was only purchased after three desperate engagements. This at least proves Nana Sahib to be noteasily disconcerted, and tobavethe will, the capacity, and the means to give our generals serious trouble. Yet it is not so much the force of the rebels that we dread-we won our ground in the face of greater odds; but it is the thought that pestilence and famine as well as battle may thin their scattered ranks, may strike down the bravest hearts, and render them in camp, in town, or iu garrisou, an easy prey to cruel iiiassacre. It is this that we dread, that they will be worn out be- fore relief is afforded, and a Cabul massacre repeated. Our soldiers and civilians-uay, our very women and ullildreu-at this moment display under terribl, catastrophe and disaster the most illustrious example of fortitude and daring but before relief can reach them from England, their very bones may whiten the plains of Bengal, and in- stead of succouring tke beseiged, we may fiud that we have Hiudostan to reconquer. The rebellion we may rely upon it is not yet exhausted; the flame is burning slowfy, but alas surely, and may yet wrap the whole of llindostan in its embrace. The troops sent out are not adequate to the crisis. We must have an expedition up the Indus-the whole country from the Indus to Delhi is favourable to military operations duriug the raiuy season-and we should despatch the troops with all haste across the Isthmus of Suez. If that fatal inert. ness of the Government which has brought such misfortune and disasters to our doors is persisted iu, aud entire reli. ance rested upon the troops despatched, the country must be prepared to submit to the most serious sacrifices, aud to encounter heartrending calamities.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. HOtrSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The Royal Commissioners having taken their places in front of the throne, the Speaker and several of the House of Commons, in accordance with the summons of Black Rod, appeared at the bar. The LortD CHAXCEILOR read THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GENTLIMI X, We are commanded by the Queen to release you from further attendance in Parliament, and at the same time to express to you the Queen's cordial acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have pesformed your important duties during a session which, though shorter than usual, has, nevertheless, been unusually labo- rious. The Queen commands us to express to you her satisfac- tion that the present state of affairs in Europe inspires a well grounded confidence in the continuance of peace. The arrangements connected with the full execution of the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris have, from various causes, not yet been completed but the Queen trusts hat, by the earnest efforts of the contracting parties to that Treaty, all that remains to be done with reference to its stipulations may ere long he satisfactorily settled. The Queen commands us to inform you that the exten- sive mutinies which have broken out among the native troops of the army of Bengal, followed by serious disturb- ances in many parts of that Presidency, have occasioned to her extreme corcern and the barbarities which have been inflicted upon many British subjects in India, and the suf- ferings which have been eudured, have filled her heart with the deepest grief; while the conduct of many civil and military officers, who have been placed in circumstances of much difficulty, aud have been exposed to great danger, has excited her warmest admiration. The Queen commands us to inform you that she will omit no measure calculated to quell these grave disorders, and the Queen is confident that, with the blessing of Pro- vidence, the powerful means at her disposal will enable her to accomplish that end. GENTLEMEN- or THE Houst or COMMONS, The Queen commands us to thank you for the liberal supplies which you have voted for the service of the present year and for the assurances which you have given her of your readiness to afford her whatever support may be ne-I cessary for the restoration of tranquility in India. The Queen bas been gratified to find that you have heen enabled to provide the amount rcouired to be paid to Den- mark for the redemption of the Sound Dues, without on that account adding to the national debt. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, The Queen commands us to convey to you her heartfelt acknowledgments for the provision which you have made for her beloved daughter the Princess Royal, en her ap- proaching marriage with Prince Frederick William of Prussia. The Queen commands us to inform you that she has seen with satisfaction that, although the present session has been short, you have been able to pass many Acts of great importance, and to which she has given her cordial assent. The Acts for establishing a more efficient jurisdiction for the proving of wills in England and Ireland, correct defects which have for many years been complained of. The Act for amending the law relating to Divor d to Matrimonial Causes will remedy evils which have long been felt. The several Acts for the punishment of fraudulent breaches of trust, For amending the law relating to secondary punish- ments, For amending the law concerning the Joint Stock Haak., Foi- consolidating and amending the law relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency in Ireland, For the better care and treatment of Pauper Lunatics in Scotland, For improving the organisation of the County Police in Scotland. Together with other acts of less importance, but li e- wise tending to the progressive improvement of the law, have met with the Queen's ready assent. We are commanded by the Queen to express to von her confidence that on your return to your several counties you will employ that influence which so justly belongs to you to promote the welfare and happiness of her loyal and faithful people and she prays that the blessing of Almighty God may attend and prosper your endeavours. The Speaker and Commons having retired, their lord- ships separated, aud the session was closed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at one o'clock. The right hon. gentleman and several members of the House proceeded to the bar of the House of Lords, in compliance with the summons of the Black Rod, to hear the Queen's Speech. Ou their return, after hearing the Queen's speech, the assembly separated.

THE MILITIA. The following regiments, most of which were scut on foreign service during the war with Russia, are again to be immediately embodied :-Berks, East Kent, 4th Lanca- shire, Oxford, 2nd Stafford, Wilts, and 1st West York. Which of the Irish regiments are to be embodied will be decided by the Lord-Lieuteaant.

The Franch Tribunal of Commerce has decided that Thurueyssen, father and son, are liable to the full extent for the debts of their sou and brother-in-law, who absconded two or three months ago. SUICIDE or PRINCE GREGORY GHIKJ.—The Courrier de Paris states that Prince Gregory Ghika committed suicide on Tuesday evening, at a chateau, which he has lately purchased near Melan. He shot himself with a fowling piece. The reason for the act has not transpired. MOVEMENTS or TROOPS.—On Monday the steamer Enterprise left Liverpool for Dundalk with a detachment of the 8th Hussars. On Tuesday morning detachments of the 2nd Rifle Brigade and the Royal Artillery arrived at Liverpool on board the Princess from Dublin and in the afternoon the 2nd battalion of the Coldstream Guards em- barked from the new great landing stage on board the Trafalgar for Dublin, whence they will proceed to India. — THHT PATRIOTIC FUND FOR INDIA.—The Count de i. n rsigny has subscribed £100 for the relief of the sufferers In India. Five thousand pounds have been already received by the Mansion House Committee. Under the Presidency of the Lady Mayoress several ladies have formed themselves into district committees for the purpose of collecting funds for the sufferers-namely, Mrs. Henry Chapman, Mrs. Prideux, and Miss Leifchild, for Wanstead Mrs. Edmund Pelly, for Whip's-cross Mrs. H. Ford Barclay, for Walthamstow; Mrs. Buxton, for Leyton- stolle; and Mrs. Wire, for Lewisham. The Lady Mayoress will be at the Mansion-house on Tuesday morning from 10 to 1 o'clock to receive subscriptions and to answer in- quiries, A DUBLIN ArFAIR OF HONOUR.—Lieutenant Sad- lier, of the Tipperary Militia, was brought before the sitting magistrate, at College-street office, on Friday morning, in custody of a police-constable, who had arrested him on a warrant granted the previous day, on the informations of Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq. which stated that Lieutenant Sadlier and Ensign )Iinehin, of the 6th Royal Lancashire Regiment, had a serious altercation at the residence of the former, at Mountpleasant-square, on Wednesday night, when very intemperate language was used by Lieutenant Sadlier towards Mr. Minchin. The information went on to state that a breach of the peace was likely to occur, as the following not had bean receivd by Mr. Minchin from Lieut. Sadlier Dear Minchin -As satisfaction is required, you have it to set, so name your way and I am your man. Yonrsl- Thomas Yernon Sadlier." The foregoing facts having been proved in evidence, the magistrate directed the prisoner to find bail, himself in £500, and two securi- ties of f250 each to keep the peace. The securities were obtained and the bail bonds completed, when Lieut. Sadlier was released from custody. LYNCHING IN AMERICA.—It is time that the Lynch- ings which have recently taken place in Iowa (says the New York Herald) were called by the right names and the legal tribunals of the State were setting about to vindicate the majesty of the law by the punishment of the wretches who have taken the law into their own hands. The hanging of William B. Thomas, in Montezuma, was as foul a murder as was ever perpetrated by a midnight assassin. The Osh- kosb Herald gives the following additional particu- lars of the event No sooner was the decision of the court given (changing the venue, in order that he might have a fair trial) than a regular organised mob of about two hundred men Froceeded to the old court-house, where the prisoner was confined, and demanded, and by force took Thomas from the custody of the sheriff, and amid the terrifying shrieks of the prisoner, and the most hellish revellings of the mob, carried him away to a tree which they had previously prepared, in the suburbs of the town. Here, without even adhering to the customs of lynch law, or abiding by the honour of mob force, they placed the rope around the prisoner's neck, and demanded a confes- sion of the crime. The prisoner pleaded his inno- cence. The rope was drawn over a limb, and the prisoner swung into the air. After a few struggles he was let down, and agaiu demanded to make con- fession. Again he pleaded innocent of the crime. Again lie was hung up and a fire kindled beneath his feet, and partly hanged, partly burned, the victim of an infuriated and lawless mob breathed his last in borribel agony.

THE NEW ACT TO PUNISH FRAUDULENT TRUSTEES AND OTHERS. The act to make better provision for the punishment of frauds committed by trustees, banker and other persons intrusted with property, ill now in operation. There are eighteen sections in the act, which received the Royal as- sent oil the 17th instant. The first provision declares trustees fraudulently disposing of property to be guiity of misdemeanour. This clause cannot be put into force without the sanction of the Attorney-General, or of a judge before wrom a civil proceeding had been commenced, or was pending. It is enacted that any person being a banker, merchant, broker, attorney, or agent, and being intrusted for safe custody with the property of any other person, shall, with intent to defraud, sell, negotiate, transfer, pledge, or in any manner convert or appropriate, to or for his own use, such property, or any part thereof, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour. Persons under powers of at- torney fraudulently selling or parting with property to be guilty of a misdemeanour; and bailees disposing of pro- perty, although the bulk is not broken, to be guilty of larceny. Directors and others of companies, fraudulently appropriating property, or keeping fraudulent accounts, or wilfully destroying books, IJc, or publishing fraudulent statements, to. be guilty of a misdemeanour. The punish- ment for a misdemeanour is not to exceed three years' penal servitude, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for two years only. Fine ai the court may award. Costs are to he allowed in cases of felony, but no mis- demeanour under this act is to be tried at a general or quarter sessions. Civil remedies are rescinded, but con- victions under the act are not admissible as evidence in civil suits, nor tie answer of questions in civil suits to be admitted as evidence in criminal prosecutions.

REPRESENTATION OF OLDHAM.—Several meetings of electors have already taken place in reference to the vacancy caused by the fatal accident to Mr. Piatt, ar.d we under- stand that there is a strong feeling in favour of nominating iNIr. Cobden. EXPLOSION ON BOARD A COAL BRIG.-The Lessing (brig) of Rostock, laden with coals, blew up on Friday morning in Shields Harbour. The vessel sustained con- siderable damage in her bull, masts, and rigging. Several of the crew were severely burnt. MR. J.PI.ATT, M.P., ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.—On Tuesday afternoon, about a quarter past one, James Platt, Esq., one of the members of parliament for Oldham, was accidentally shot on the moors at his estate, near Greenfield, Saddle- worth, and the wounds proved fatal in little more than an hour afterwards. A MAN KILLED AT THE BANI: OF ENGLAND.—On Friday morning, shortly before nine o'clock, a young man named John Cane, aged 18 years, and residing in Clerken well, who was engaged as a plasterer at the Bank of Eng- land, fell from a scaffolding upon a lead flat, a distance of twenty feet, and was killed. REPRESENTATION or MIDBIESEX,—A very large and influential meeting of the electors of Middlesex was held ou Monday evening at the Windsor Castle- Tavern, Ham. mersmith. Mr. Simpson occupied the chair, and intro duced the Hon Mr. Byng to the meeting. Mr. BYlJg, who was accompanied bv Lord John Townshend, Lord Worslev, M.P., Mr. Greofell", M.P., Mr. Edwin James, Q C., lr, Robinson, Mr.llnmphreys, aud other gentlemen, addressed the meeting, and explained his political principles. He was received with much applause. Air. Edwin James, Q.C., was called for by the meeting, and addressed them in an tloqnent speech.—There was no opposition to the return of Mr. Bpg. LUCKY ESCAPE or A THIEF.—Oil Wednesday, a number of people, relatives of a family known by the name of John. o'.iny Gronny's," went to the office of Ir. John S:andring, solicitor, ltocbdale, for the purpose of receiving legacies which had been left to them. Amongst the rest came one named Joseph Taj lor, from Oldham, This man had nothing to receive; but it appears his presence was accessary. The legacies were paid, and all retired. Mr. Standriug aud a junior clerk also left the office to get dinner; and the premises were left in care of a boy who had only been with Mr. Standriug a few weeks. In a few minutes Taylor returned, went into Mr. Standing's private office, and took from the desk eight sovereigns and a cheque for £39, When Ir. Standriug returued, the boy informed him that Taylor had been into his office. An examination was made, and the money missed. Mr. Standring and his junior clerk instantly set oft' in pursuit of the thief, traced him in the direction of Spartli, and thence towards Castleton Old hill, to a field called Stoney Field. Here they found Taylor, who had sat down in the field and pretended to be asleep. Mr. Standring instantly charged him with the robbery, and insisted on searching him, which he did. Taylor then said he would make him pay for that. Nothing daunted, Mr. Standring despatched his clerk to ths Sudden, for police-officer Bradbury, of the county police. In the interim, Taylor was kept on the ground by Mr. Standriug, who said to him, "Now, Taylor, if you'll confess, and produce the money (which had not been found during the search), I will let YOtt off." Ta; lor thereupon confessed, began to cry, begged to bo let off, and rooted up the eight sovereigns and the cheque, which he had hid in the field. Juit as the last sovereigu was found, the officer came up, but having got the money on a promise, Mr. Staudring refused to give him into custody, and so the thief escaped. CAUTIONTO SPORTSMEN.— l'he late lamentable and fatal accideut to Mr. T. Platt, the Liberal member for Oldham, is one of those occurrences with which the shooting season is but too often ushered in. Next Tuesday will, no doubt, witness the debut of many a youthful sportsman, who, amid his zeal for the destruction of partridges, would do well to remember the sad loss of life which has recently taken place. The constant observance of one or two very simple rules would be sufficient to prevent this class of ac- cidents. The first and most obvious is never to carry the gun with the muzzle pointed, r.ot merely at, but in the direction of, any human being. The second is that all parties in the field should walk as much iu a line as possible, carrying their guns either on the shoulder or under the arm, not swinging across it, as is too commonly done, thereby bringing the trigger iuto dangerous proximity with coat and waistcoat buttons. In the next place the hammer should always be at half cock, except at the very moment when frame is expected to rise. 1<1 the act of firing the young sportsman should always remember that he must never shoot at a bird unless the coast is perfectly clear; and in loading that he must avoid hanging over the muzzle of the gun, and never allow his handor fingers to cover it. Simple and obvious as these precautions appear, it is astonishing what a number of even experienced per- sons neglect them, dangling their guns as thev walk with the trigger at full cock, and the muzzles covering their dearest friend dead within a dozen paces; leaning over the barrels as they load, and firing recklessly wheu birds rise, whether any one is in the way or not. It may possibly be of some use at this period of the year to fix our readers' minds upon the point. On so trite aud common sense a subject nothing very new can be said. To repeat and enforce universally acknowledged ruths is all we pretend to.-The Press. A MAGIIE IX CHURCH.—Such certainly was the case when Jack, a magpie well known in the village of in the county of Kent, for his mischievous propensities, entered the village church in the after, noon of Sunday, July 25, 1852, during the time of divine service. Our friend hopped quietly in at the open door, and, for a time, surveyed the congregation recognising many a friend who was wont to greet him with words of kindness and familiarity, but upon this occasion Jack was surprised at finding that no notice was taken of him. At last he seemed de- termined that he would not thus be overlooked, and down the middle aisle he marched, kilockiii, (at the door of each pew, and announcing his arrival to the inmates with a clear loud Here am I." This move had the desired effect, for in a few moments every eye was turned upon our hero. The worthy parson finding himself in a decided minority, and perceiv- ing broad grins coming over the before solemn faces ot his ttock, at once stopped the service and desired the clerk to oject the intruder. But the order was more easily given than executed. Jack was deter- mined not to leave, and so, finding himself pursued, took refuge in a forest of legs belonging to his young friends, the school-children, who did not appear at all unwilling to afford him shelter. The clerk rushed 011. intent upon catching the enemy, and putting an end to this unorthodox proceeding, and over first a bench, and then a child, he stumbled in his attempts to pounce upon the fugitive, who easily evaded his grasp, and always appeared just where the clerk was not, informing him ever and anon of his whereabouts by the old cry, Here am I." At last, with the help ot two or tnree of the congregation who had joined in the pursuit, a capture was effected, and Jack was ignominously turned out and the door closed upon him. After the lapse of a few minutes order and so.etnnity were restored in the church, and the prayers were recommenced and ended without further dis- turbance. The parson, in due time ascended to the pulpit. He gave out his text, and commenced a dis- course calculated to be of much benefit to his hear- ers, but he had not proceeded far when he was in- teirupted by a loud noise, accompanied by rapping at the little window at the back of the pulpit. 'S mg round to ascertain the cause, he beheldourfS riendI Jack pcking at the window, flapping its  & ?ainsL ,t, and scream,ng at the top of its vo e Here am I, here am I," a fact which no one could gainsay or resist laughing at. The worthy parson finding his own gravity and that of his congregation: so entirely upset by what had ??"?. bTJu"ht his ennono a speedy conclusion and dismissed the conT'rLaf Sentence of death wps recorded ?b? in? s? °?.f "?' but upon the petition of a num- ber oi the parishioners it was commuted to tr?s. uort?'?? f ???' fecincts of the church.- Fr-er's Magazine for September.

I THE MURDER IN THE HAMPSFEAD-ROAD. J I THE MURDER IN THAMPSrEAD-RO.\D. I On Saturday Mr. (i. S. Bremt, the deputy coroner for West Middlesex, held an investigation at the Lord Wellington Tavern, University-street, Totten- ham-court-road, into the circumstances attending the death of Gallo Benzonelli, aged 19 years, who died from the effects of injuries inflicted on him with a knife by Cornelius Denny, a smith, on Sunday morn- ing last. The investigation created the greatest ex- citement, and the inquest-room was crowded. The facts of this melancholy case have so recently appeared before the public in the reports of the ex- amination of Dennj at the police-court, that it will suffice to say (without repeating the evidence), that late on Saturday night Cornelius Denny went into the shop of Joseph Baretta, confectioner, at 17, Adam's-row, IIam-pstead-road, in company with some other persons, and requested to be served with some ginger-beer. This request was complied with, after which Denny lay down on a form and went to sleep. About three in the morning the deceased, who was in the employ of Mr. Baretta, woke him up, when an altercation ensued, and in the struggle Denny stabbed the unfortunate man in the abdomen with a clasp knife. The wounded man was taken to the University College Hospital, and Denny was taken into custody. Evidence of identity, and also of Jane Andrews, the nurse to the hospital, having been given, the latter showing that unfavourable symptoms presented them- selves on Sunday evening. Francis Julian Hanley, 366 S, a most active and intelligent officer, deposed that on Sunday evening he was requested (being f- master of several languages) to attend at the hospital and take the depositions of the injured man, which were as follows:- My name is Gallo Benzonelli. I reside at 17, Hamp- stead-road. The prisoner before me is the man that stabbed me. He came into the shop at twelve, mid- night, and ordered three bottles of ginger beer, and then fell asleep- He slept till three in the morning. I awoke him, and asked him to go out. On my doing so, he struck me in the face. I defended myself, and struck him in return. He then took out a knife and stabbed me. Immediately I discovered I was stabbed I returned into the shop. I told the boy, who is called Caesar, that I was stabbed, and that I should soon die. Some one called a policeman, who placed me in a cab, and I was conveyed here." Witness said after taking the deposition in French, he translated it to Denny, who said, "All I have to say is, I am guilty; but I did not stab him in the shop, I stabbed him on the pavement." Denny asked deceased if he would shake hands with him, as he was sorry. Deceased said, Yes, but it is no good. Yon have brought me here. I will shake hands with you, and forgive you, if God will." Mr. Vincent Jackson, a surgeon, deposed that when deceased was admitted into the hospital there was an incised wound in the abdomen, inflicted by some sharp instrument. Six inches of the gut were pro- truding, which he replaced without making a further incision. Inflammation supervened, and he died oil Tuesday from peritonitis, caused, as was proved by a post-mortem examination, by injuries to the peri- toneum, the effect ,f a wound, Serjeant Edwards, 21, S, deposed to hearing a noise at the shop, and accompanying Constable Leverett to the spot. l rancis Leverett, 6S S, gave evidence to show that oil going to the sbop he found deceased and Denny struggling on the pavement. He removed Denny by I force, and found deceased was bleeding, and took prisoner into custody for stabbing the deceased. Other evidence having been given, the Coroner summed up, and the jury returned a verdict ofwilfiti Murder against Cornelius Denny.

AWFUL THUNDERSTORM IN IRELAND. Omagh was visited by a fearful thunderstorm on last Monday evening. For two or three days previ- ous the weaihor had been very close aud sultry and very dark at intervals, particularly in the evenings. About midday on Monday the glass turned rapidly to "change and until half-past (> the clouds were getting thicker. About that time the rain begall to fall-at first slightly, but in a few minutes after very heavily at 15 minutes before 7 the lightning flashed vividly, apd the thunder followed in awful rattles, as if bursting over the town. Flash and clap followed each other in rapid succesfion, and the rain poured in torrents for about 20 minutes, after which the thunder became more distant, and soon ceased, the lightning changing to the sheet description, which flashed away and illumined the country round every two or three seconds for many hours, the rain also bing much lighter, No damage was done by the storm in this town not so, however, in other parts of the district, for at Ednafogary, within two miles of i-mtona, Mr. John Young was instantly killed by the electric fluid in his own house. It appears he had been out superintending his labourers until the rain drove him into the house, and when standing at the parlour fireplace, calming the fears of his wife and daughter (who were greatly terrified), he was struck on the forehead by the electric current, and feJl a corpse into his daughter's arms. Mr. Young's awfully sudden death has created a great sensation in the neighbourhood. He was one of the most independent and respectable farmers in the country—liberal, up- right, and honourable-a hospitable and kind friend, -and will be long and sincerely regretted. We regret to say that Mr. Young's was not the only loss of life we have to record. A fine boy of about ten years of age, youngest son of Mr. John Russell, of Ardstraw- bridge, when driving home some cows, was struck by a flash of lightning and killed on the spot. An elder brother, who was a short distance from him, on seein" him fall, ra!i up to him, telling him )to t t.be frigli- tened, as the danger was now past, but found on ex- amination that the lad was quite dead. A woman named Biddy Donnelly, of Coash, near Dungaunon, was making hay with Alexander Gault; she left for home about 7 111 the evening, but did not return home Next morning she was found lying dead in a small stream of water, about half-way to her own house. There were no marks on her person, and the belief is that she was killed by the lightning, as the storm was raging there at the time. We have .1.0 heard that a man was killed near Pomeroy that evening while in bed with his brother, who was not injured that another man was killed at Orritor, about the same time, and that many animals were killed on the mountains and fields in many parts of the country. In several parts of the county of Donegal the storm was equally severe. Two young men named James Graham and Andrew tfrvine, on their return from the fair of Milford to their residence, near Kilmacrenan, were instantaneously kitted..Three other persons who accompanied them were prostratedby the shock but received comparatively little injury. The wife of a farmer near Ramelton had accompanied the ser- vantmaid to the byre for the purpose of milking the cows, but became so terrified that she returned to the dw ellinghouse, the girl ridiculing her timidity; the servant, however, within a few minutes after, when coming out of the byre, was struck down, and has remained ever since in a state of insensibility. In the vicinity of Buncrana a horse, the property of Mr. Daniel Martin, was killed in the stable, being struck by the lightning, which penetrated through the roof. A man named Baldrick, in the neighbour- hood of Newtowncunningham, had two pigs killed by the destructive fluid. The passengers in a first-class carriage on the Coleraine Railway had a miraculous escape, a Hash of lightning having shattered the windows.—Tyrone Constitution.

Mr. Archibald John Stephens is appointed 1? ?rot?.nchesterintheroomot'Mr.G.A Arney. Mr. Henry George AJIen is appointed '?-?? of Andover ill the room of Mr. Stephens. SUTDDE IN- HOLLOWAY GAOL.-OU Tuesday morning George W ardley, aed tweuty, who had been a frequent inmate of the metropolian gaols, and who was under- SeteUC of month3' imprisonment at Holhwav on a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond, committed suicide by precipitllting himself from the rail- ings of the top lauding in H Corridor. He fell upon the s one steps on the ba?,me?it ?t-r?-. Upon eTanSion his bead ww^ as found to be exteiisively fracture He sufferings Ut an hour, when ?"? put au end to his sufferings. ANOTHER FATAL ??' ?c.DMT.-The 7).?; E??'?? Mail records the death of Mr. R. W. Smith' hoooodd oof fX shooting on Thur,day last in the ne.Khbour ?od of Newport, in .he County of Mavo. Mr Edwards c.u.m of deceased, gives the lowing account of the occurrence About three o'clock in the at?oon one ofourdo?cametoapointonthetopofasmaUb'M? We went up and stood over the dog, ?P?tingth.b& to ri?e, when my poor ?"'? "Maimed, I see the l hiirrdd. IW t i; a dead one, and must be one of those we 6 ?d at above.' tn say.ng so he ran do.n the baDk to S get it, and as I went about to follow, my foot caught in    declivity. In the CalI the barrel of mv gun went off, and awful to relate, lodged the whole of the content. in the back of my unfortunate cousin. He exclaimed, 0 God, I am shot,' and as SOon as I got up I saw him lv*?ng on bis back, about ten vards from me. I ran u? and asked him was he much hurt? At first he said not, as he felt no pain but when I saw  told him so. It is consoling to sta,e that he was able to  empto?  calmly into his Saviour's ha?ds, and then, without a Xteo? ??h he P&83ed iu Iess than ^nty minutes after he wa4 struck."

THE COLLISION ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY. CONVICTION OF THc fENGINE-DRIVER. REBATE, Friday.—This day, at eleven o'clock Henry Taylor, the driver of the engine of the paj senger train which came into collision with the good, train near itedliiii, on Thursday week, underwent a further examination before the magistrates, at the Towii-hall, Iteigate, on the charge of having lected his duty while having the care of his eiigill, thereby endangering the lives of the passengers amongst whom were the Duchess of Inverness, ti, Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. Mrs. Hanbury Tracey, the Rev. Dr. Clark, of Woodford, etc. Some particulars of this disastrous occurrence have already appeared, so that it will be necessary onlv state that the passenger train of which the prisonc- was the driver, ran into some trucks which vver being shunted at the goods station atRedhill, w!ic,' as it is alleged, the signals were dead against hi and he ought to have shut off his steam. The prisoner, who bears a most excellent cliaract, r, was taken into custody directly after the collLi" and placed at the bar on Tuesday last, when be «•- remanded for further evidence. Mr. l'aithi'ull again prosecuted, and Mr. li-inn, j.i defended. Mr. Faithfull said he should proceed against T ;V". lor fo having broken certain rul" of the coinpw-' and quoted rules 31, 3, 33, whlcn showed the si?i at distance and the scmaphore; and 118 aud?.) showing the duty of the driver not to pass any d; tance signal. He should sholr by evidence t;" i\' Taylor had broken the rules. Mr. Burgon took some objections to the rule* 'a-j a great deal of evidence was taken formally to prove that a copy of the book of rules, with the seal of 1> company to it, had been given to Taylor. :\lr. Carpenter, Inspector of the letropo¡itan Police and specially engaged in the Brighton comnauv' service, proved taking Taylor into custody soon after the accident, by order of one of the officials. He Welit up to him, and he (prisoner) said, This i, a [)a,l job we were firing as we came round the curve and did not see the signal until it was too late. I did. everytbing to stop reversed my engine, and the train seemed to come faster forward." Witness ther. took him to Reigate and preferred the chargl" John Ryde deposed: I was under-guard of the 1.30 passenger train from Brighton on Monday Saw the distance sIgnal sOllth 01 the new asylum, about 300 or ,100 yards. It was full on at stop. The sema- phore was also at stop. The train ran by the distance signal at about twenty-five or thirty miles all hour. Cross-examined by Mr. Burgon Do not know that the distance signal was in bad order believe there is a rule that DO goods train should be shunted withia a quarter of an hour before the approach of a passenger train. Benjamin Buckland I am porter and signal ma: at Red Hill goods station. When the "pick ID" train came in at the station I put on the distar.ee and semaphore signals at danger saw the accid, and afterwards the signals werc still at danger. Cross-examined The goods train came in seven- teen minutes before the passenger train was due at Kedbill. There is a rule that the line shall he clear for fifteen minutes before a passenger train j, due. The collision took place ten minutes after tl passe'ner train came in. By the Court: The staff consists of three me:, a: :,it t,? ,tnd one by night, and the station master. Thomas Shilling, the other porter at the statio:" gave corroborative evidence. Mr. Faithfull said that was the case against Taylor. and he contended that he had showlI that Tavlor h"d disobeyed the rules by running by the distance danger signal. Ir. Burgon then addressed the Bench in defence of the prisoner, and the magistrates having con- sulted, the chairman said that the Bench considered that the prisoner had neglected his duty, but they would not send the case to the sessions. L'he Bench had taken into consideration the previous character of the prisoner, and should sentence him to the House of Correction for two months. The Beiul. expressed an opinion that there had been great laxity elsewhere. The prisoner was then locked up.

THE LATE SIR HUGH WHEELER, K.C.B. Major-Guneral Sir Hugh Masscy Wheeler, K.C.B., whose melancholy death at Cawnpore has followed so closely upon the losses which we have sustaineil in fee persons of Sir. H. M. Lawrence and General Barnard, "as one of the most distinguished ollicers in the Indian service, as he proved in the Sikh War. lie was the son of the late Captain Hugh Wheeler, otthe Indian Army, and granJso: of Frank Wheeler, Esq., of Ballywire, county Limerick, by Margaret, eldest daughter of the Right lIon. Hugh, first Lord Massey, in the Irish peerage. He was himself born at Ballywire iu 1789, so that at the time of his death he had barely completed his 68th year, though his services were of more than half a century in standing. He re- ceived his early education at Richmond, Surrey, and at tlit Grammar School, Bath. He entered the miiitarv servic of the East India Company in 1S03, when he received L. first commission in the Bangal Native Infantry. latin- next year he marched with his regiment under Lord Lake against Delhi. Having risen steadily through the inter- mediate ranks, be became Colonel of the 48th Bengal Native Infantry in 1S46, and in the same year was appointed first class brigadier in command of field forces. I n I S j he attained the rauk of Major General. Iu December, 1845, previous to the hard fought battles of Moodkee aud General (then Brigadier) Wheeler, with 4,500 men and twenty-one guns, covered the village of Busseau, where the large depot of stores h d bee- coller;ted for the army under Sir Henrv Hardinge, L,rJ Gough, and Sir Harry Smith, and thus was able to reader most important assistance, which contributed iu no small degree to the gaining of those victories. In IS-li he received the.order of the Dorunee^Empire, and was honoured a few years since for his distinguished merits bv being ap- pointed one of the Aides-de-Camp to the Queea. Having repeatedly been mentioned in terms of high ap- probation by the Commander-in-Chief (Lord Goug:h) allj the Governor-General (SIr Henry Hardinge) for his bril- liant services in the campaign in the Punjaub, and more especially for his capture of the forts of Itungur Suani and Kullalwalha and the heights of Dalla, inhis opera- tions against the rebel Ram Sing, he was creited in ISoO a Knight Commander of the Bath, aud for some time before his lamented death he held command of the military district of Cawnpore. Unlike Sir Henry Lawrence. Sir James Outram, and most other distinguished Eist Indian officers, General Wheeler does not appear to hare beeu employed in any political or civil capacity.

The Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay is to be one of the new Peers, by the title ef Baron Ma- caulay. A DINNER TO CELEBRATE MR. BRIGHT'S RETURN,—A dinner to celebrate th-, return of Mr. Bright as member for Birmingham was held on Monday, at the Stag's Head Summer Line. Mr. Councillor Taylor filled the chair. DROWNING AND GALLANT ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE.—Oa Saturday a most melancholy case of drowning occurred near the south pier at the mouth of the Tyue. Nlr. John Lmmerson, father of Dr. Emmerson, of Howard-street, North Shields, had gone down to the sea to bathe, and being in feeble health, he was knocked down bv the surf, and carried by the back sweep of the waves into the tide, which sets round the end of the pier works with consider- able lorce. Three young men, assistants in Mr. Carder'* drapery establishment, South Shields, heard his cries, aai swain out to his asgistance. One of them got him upjn us shoulders, and the other two attempted to tow them Into the shore, but the tide was sweeping with such force out to sea, and the drowning man clung so rlose to the man who was swimming with him, that after a desperate effort to save him they were obliged to let him ,,0, and they were so exhausted with their efforts that some other swimmer had to go out to their help and take them to land. The poor old man floated further and further out to sea, when Mr. Hudson a young man in Messrs. Humphrey and Evan's establishment, leaped off the pier, and swam ou' to him. lIe got hold of him, and gallantly attempted to n-irhi into the shore, but the current kept fow:1; them out to sea, and he, to save his own life, was obliged at last to abandon Mr- Emmersou, who shortly afterwarls sank, SIlOCKISG ACCIDENT AT MOXTROSE.-Orl Sabbath morning last, ad two meu were returning from their walk along the cliffs, aad when near fr. Sim's bone mill, they »v eu a femalc who seemed to be ia a helpless cJnùition amongst the rocks. They went to her assistance, and found her quite incapable of exertion. She was sj much wounded and stupjtied that she could give but a very incoherent aleollnt of how she came to be there, farther than that she had fallen over the sea wall, and onlv re- covered consciousness when the tide had half covered he. boa\. The men took her in their arms and carried her '3 shoie, which they had ?°°"? reached than thev were called upon by some others to assist them in remove the dead body of a man they had found a little to the west- ward of the reservoir belongiug to the aforesaid bone works. I-ht-y supposed he had failen from the roadway, which is in a very dangerous conci ion, there being ll) parapet or WtiM to guard passengers from falling over, and portions ofthebank have been swept awav by sea and 10 d storms. On hearing that a bodv had been found, the female became much agitateJ, and it was elicited from her taat she and the man found dead were walkiu!, on the roadway together, when both fell over, but she was not aware that he bad been killed. The man was named William Smith, a mechanic, aud the f. male Marv Collia*, a will worker.