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vrobincial Intelligence, I The Great Eastern is now in charge of Mr. Kett, the second officer-Mr. Prowse, the chief officer, having left the ship since she was laid up at Southampton. A crown presentation has arisen from the death of the Rev. John Swire, Vicar of Mansfield, in the North Riding. The vicarage, which is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, is returned as of the annual value of 4661. SCARCITY OF W OBKPBOPLE.-In consequence of the scarcity of hands for the factories in Rossendale, spe- cial efforts have been made to import labourers into the district from the southern counties, but so far the effort has proved a failure. It is said that the scarcity is chiefly in consequence of the rapid increase of co-opera- tive manufactories.-Manchoster Examiner. WILDFOWL SHOOTING.—Sir LydstonNewman, Bart., has been entertaining a large party of fashionables at his seats, Stokely and Mambead Park, Devonshire. At the former place a wildfowl battue was got up, and the result of this novel species of wildfowl shooting was, that upwards of 500 wild duck were bagged; and in the preserves of Mamhead 202 pheasants (nearly all cocks), 30 hares, and 70 febbits, and several woodcock were kilIed.-The Field. FALL or A NOBLB OLD TREE.—During the Me heavy ale of wind the magnificent and unrivalled lime tree in Moor-park, the seat of Lord Ebury, was blown down. This fine old tree will be remembered by many on ac. count of its having been the seat of numbers of visitors, who have encamped under its spreading and pending branches, which extended themselves to the diameter of 140 feet, and 95 feet in height. THB LATB DEAN or ty.-The subscription for restoring the octagon and lantern of Ely Cathedral as a memorial of the late lamented Dean Peacock is slowly increasing. Up to Saturday the total collected was about 4,1201., while the plans prepared by Mr. G. G. Scott will involve an outlay of 5,0001. Lord Overstone has forwarded to the committee the handsome donation of 501. THE CAMBRIDGE COMMHNCBMENT."—Mr. Stirling, the senior wrangler of the year, was educated at the University of Aberdeen, under Professor Thompson, who was himself second wrangler in 1845. The total number of gentlemen who have obtained honours this year is 121 as compared with 181 in 1859. The number of wranglers is the same aslin 1859 the list of senior optimes exhibits a small imcrease, but there is a falling off in the junior optimes. TESTIMONIAL TO A liON-COMMMIONED OFFICER.— Quartermaster Serjeant Robert Moore, 35th, who has returned from his regiment in India, has been presented with a handsome chased goblet, made by A. Lyons, at Chatham. The moneyjfor the testimonial was subscribed by the serjeants ef the 25th Regiment in India, who forwarded it to the depot at Chatham, as a mark of their esteem and respect. The quartermaster serjeant went out with the regiment in 1854 to Bengal, and he was in all the engagements during the rebellion in that presidency. A BIlEs' NEST IN A HotrsB.—A beee nest has been discovered under the flooring and between the joists of the topmost room in the house occupied by Dr. Mack- inder, Caskgate street. The bees numbered some thou- sands, and the quantity of honey and honeycomb accu. mulatisd was prodigious, so much so that itis conjectured the hive must have existed, quite unknown to anyone, for about fourteen years. 'I&e bees are said to have had an outlet into the open air just under the heavy cornice of the building. The nest was taking place in the premises.—Stanford Mercury. PBEL PARK MUSEUM, SALPORD, AND DR. LIVING- STONE.—Though the kindness of Jae. A. Turner, Esq., M.P., a donation has been forwarded to the museum of a number of insects, which are very Ï11terestÏng, as hav- ing been collected by Dr. Livingstone, on tile osnks of the river Zambesi, on the east coast of Afriea. The insects are not new species to the entomologist versed in foreign coleoptera, but coming from this locality, and being collected by the hand of a man so universally known, they will be equally regarded with interest by i the scientific and the unlearned in such matters. The insects are plaeed in a oase by themselves, in the foreign room, and are conspicuously labelled .Salford Weekly Ntws. AN ENEMY TO THE BRITISH OAK.—For some years past a silent unsuspected enemy has been invading the oak forests of England. In all the south-western coun- ties galls, like those which we get from the Levant for the purpose of dyeing black, have been making their ap- pearance, and annually increasing in quite a geometrical ratio. On several occasions the subject has been ad- vertised to in our columns, especially in the year 1855, when Mr. Westwood published a figure ofjthe gall, and a few months later by a correspondent at Worcester. Since that time the mischief thus caused has increased so alarmingly that, unless some effectual stop can be put to the evil, the landowners of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset, and even Gloucestershire, will have to abandon all hope of raising oak timber. The trees have ceased to grow, acorns no longer appear, but in their stead the branches are loaded with hard dry balls. —Gardener's Chronicle. DESTRUCTION OF DB. Hicxxs's MANUSCRIPTS.—A painful rumour has been the topic of conversation in literary circles during the past week. It appears that three large chests full of manuscripts, left by the cele. brated Dr, George Hickes, the deprived Dean of Wor- cester, were consigned to the custody of his bankers after his decease. Owing to the dissolution of the firm, the premises have been lately cleared out, and the whole of these valuable documents committed to the flames in one of the furnaces at the New River Head! Here is a loss, not only to the ecclesiastical student who wishes to form an imtlartialjudgment on the history of the English church at the eventful period of the revolution; but of papers illustrative of the biographical and literary history of the close of the seventeenth century. For it is well known that Dr. H;ckes was a person of such po- litical, ecclesiastical, and literary eminence in his time, that he was in daily- correspondence with the most learned men at home and abroad. It is melancholy to contemplate the loss literature has sustained when we consider that Dugdale, Gibson, Nicolson, Elstob, Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, Wanley, Pepvs, Kettlewell, Jeremy Collier, LodweU, and his bosom mend the pious Robert Nelson, were among his correspondents. Dr, Hickes died on December 15, 1715. Mr. Thomas Bowdler was his executor, and Mr. Annesley the over- seer of his wffl.-Notei and Queries, A LITTLE BIT FOR THE TEETOTALLERS.—Sir George Strickland in a Letter to the Ratepayers," is the au- thority for the followingBy the Report for the year 1859, it appears that the Yorkshire Count3 Asylum contains 445 patients, viz., 235 males, and 210 females. The consumption of beer by the inmates during the year amounted to the surprising quantity of 13,424 gallons, besides a charge for SO ons of ale, and further items for malt and hops, which would make about 417 gallons more, making nearly 14,000 gallons of malt liquor. Be- sides this, there is a charge for porter ofXI16 18s. 9d., or about 1,520 gallons, making, in all, more than 15,000 gallons of malt liquor, consisting of ale, porter, and beer. Then there is a charge ofX81 for wine. That is, a pipe of port wine every year. A pipe contains 116 gallons, or about 690 bottles. And then, what is worst of all, in the year 1858, there is a charge of f 14 for ardent spirits—that most destructive poison. This, taking gin at 2s. a bottle, is a supply of 140 bottles. Moroover, there is a charge of £61 5s. for 3501bs. of tobacco, and 2,016 tobacco-pipes. Now, I at once ask, is this the approved means for curing mental derangement ?" A KITTEN IN THE CRINOLINE.—A few mornings since a young lady, in considerable alarm, stepped into the shop of Mr. Coleman, greengrocer, Queen's road, Brighton, and begged of Mrs. Coleman to be allowed to »o into the parlour to search herself over, as there was Something crawling about her which made her very un- comfortable. Mrs. C. kindly tendered her. assistance to discover the mysterious stranger, and on investigation I soon found a kitten hung up in the trelliswork of her crinoline. A few moments' reflection afforded a solution of how it obtained its whereabouts. The young lady was one of the district visitors, and she had just been to pay a visit to a poor person whose cat was a mamma, and Miss Titt, in her kittenish frolics, had availed her- self of the crinoline to have a game of hoop and hide. It is to be hoped that the attachment of the youthful feline miscreant is no omen that the young lady may hereafter be one of those antiquated spinsters who by tradition are said to have a strong affinity to cats. BIRTH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGB.-On Wednesday last, a married woman, named. (joedet, left the Guild- ford railway station, by a third-class train, with the m. tention of proceeding to Kingston, where she was to meet her husband, who went by the road, on foot, and was going to convey her to the Kingston Union, to awaitthèr accouchement. During the journey, the woman was seized with those premonitary symptoms which plainly indicated to her fellow passengers (these, fortu- nately, consisted of only four females, who were in the same compartment of the carriage) that the advent of another item to our population was at hand. Before arriving at Kingston, the woman gave birth to a daugh- ter. Every attention was paid to the mother and child, who were carefully removed to the apartments of Mr. Mawdsley, the station master, where they were promptly attended by Mr. Coleman. The child born under such peculiar circumstances is, we understand, to be chris- tened Fanny Surbiton." Lr,ery aid that could be afforded, under the peculiar circumstances, was cheer- fijlly rendered, and theladiesofthe neighbourhood were most assiduous in their attentions. The poor woman was, fortunately, so far recovered on Thursday that she Was able to submit to a removal to the Kingston Union, where every care will be taken to ensure her recovery, I a JOINBD IN DEATH.—An old couple, John Kemp and wife, of the respective ages of 74 and 72, were buried together last week at Middlesbro*. They had enjoyed good health for many years. The old man met with an accident a week er two ago, which terminated in death. After one day's illness, his wife, the day after her hus- band's death; joined him in the spirit land. The rule obtained by Lord Brougham for a criminal information against the printer of the Westmoreland Gazette, in respect of a letter in that paper charging his lordship with having an eye to his own private interest in effecting an exchange of land with the trustees of a local charity, has been discharged by consent, the de- fendant apologising and paying costs. It was clearly shown that Lord Brougham had taken no part whatever in the proceedings except in the representative of his brother, who was abroad, and had requested him to act for him in certain formal matters. THE COVENTRY RIBBON MANUFACTURERS AND THB COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCB. -A numerous and influential meeting of ribbon manufacturers was held at St. Mary's Hall, Coventry, on Monday, when it was resolved unanimously to appoint a deputation to pro- ceed to London, to remonstrate against the proposed commercial treaty with France. The Chamber of Com- merce has also deprecated the proposed treaty, and has appointed a committee on the subject. Colonel Wood, who formerly represented Brecknock- shire for forty years, died on Thursday, at the age of eighty-four. He was educated at Harrow and Oxford, and shortly aftar leaving the University he joined the East Middlesex Militia as Lieut.-Colonel, and succeeded to the full colonelcy in 1803. This command he con- tinued to fill up to the time of his decease, serving with the regiment at Aldershot when last embodied. The Countess of Newburgh is now the oldest member of the peerage. Next month she will have completed the ninety-eighth year of her age. Until very recently she could read and work without spectacles, and even now her sight and memory are but very slightly im- paired. Her ladyship is one of the Webbs, of Oldstock, Wilts, and her marriage took place in 1789. She was well acquainted with, artd-well remembers, many of the personal friends of CharlfesJBtutat, and of the adherents of the Stuart cause at Culloden(d rtill takes pleasure in recalling the memory of those .bygone days ot chivalry. THB SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—The works for the narrow gauge line to Exeter are in so forward a state as to induce the hope of its being opened for traffic some time during the ensuing summer. It is reported that it will be opened early in July. It is understood to be the intention of the South Devon Company to lay down a narrow gauge line from Plymouth to Exeter, so as to work in connection with the London and South Western line, as well as the Bristol and Exeter. This will be a great public convenience, as it will enable persons passing between Plymouth and Southampton and Portsmouth, as well as those who prefer going to London by the narrow gauge line, to do so without the inconvenience and annoyance of changing carriages at Exeter. SUDDEN DBATH OP Loan NoRTx.-This nobleman, eldest son of Earl Guilford, ofWaldershare, near Dover, died suddenly at the residence of his mother-in-law, Lady Grey de Ruthyn, at Wateringbury, on Saturday morning at two o'clock. His lordship was thirty years of age, and has left three children, the eldest a boy, and now heir apparent to the earldom of Guilford. His lordship was in his usual health until a few hours previous to the fatal attack, and on Thursday was, during all the day, shooting on the lands of his brother- in-law, Mr. Lancaster Lucas. Mr. Gould, of Watering- burv, was in immediate attendance; and eventually Dr.'WoodfaU. of Maidstone, was summoned, but with- out avail. The information of his lordship's death was received on Saturday by Earl Guilford, his father, who is eighty-eight years of age, with deep emotion. A Fox at A Fix.-A few days since, the South Berks hounds had a smart run, by starting a fine fox close to Pinge Wood. Reynard made away for the Burghfield Meads, and dashed across the Kennet, the hounds also taking water. A. few horsemen, who kept up to the fast pace, crossed the drrwbridge at the Wire Mills. Poor Reynard made his way over the rail, through Coley Park, and up the avenue, and on to Mr. Elisha's brick-kiln, where he was lost, after the hounds had "tried" all the comers without success. It appears that in the course of the night, the occupants of a resi- dence at the brickworks heard a very extraordinary noise in the cellar, so strange that they were not anxious for an immediate 11 interview." In the morning some coals arrived from Mr. Hill's, and on the man descend. ing to place them in the cellar, he encountered poor Pug, whom he seized by the ears! A desperate scratching and struggling ensued, but ultimately he was secured in a sack, and transmitted to H u. Simon?., Esq., who handsomely rewarded the captor, and forwarded Reynard on to "head-quarters for a second day's run. BURIAL OF CAPTAIN HAItRISoif.-The funeral of Captain Harrison took place on Friday at the St. James's Cemetery, Liverpool. The coffin, which was conveyed from the Lime-street station of the London and North Western Railway at about half-past 10, was placed in an unassuming hearse, drawn by two horses, and followed by five mouraing coaches, containing the relatives of the deceased and chief mourners. The cortege was completed by about 200 gentlemen on foot (belonging to the mercantile marine of the port), and 40 or 50 private carriages. The directors of the Great Eastern Company took part in the ceremonial. All along the line of procession the number of spectators was immense, and not less than 30,000 or 35,000 people followed the cortege to the cemetery. The flags of the different public institutions and numerous private establishments were hung half mast high, and the church bells rang muffled peals during the day. At the cemetery, the officers of her Majesty's ship Has- tings and seamen, together with those of the training ship Conway, joined the procession. The grave of the deceased is close to the Huskisson Mausoleum, and around it lie the remains of many men of celebrity. The union jack, which covered the coffin, was, we be- lieve, the subject of some dispute between the naval officers and the undertaker. The naval gentlemen ob- jected to the union jack being thrown over the coffin, on the ground that the deceased was not a member of the British navy. This interpretation of the use of the union jack was, however, very shortly decided, and the coffin passed from the hearse to the chapel, and thence to the grave, covered with that emblem which is the signal of England's power and glory. THB STRAYED SHEEP.—A few days ago a boy about 15 years of age, an apprentice in the neighbourhood of Todmorden, from some little family difference, left his parents' house at the usual time for going to work, but instead of taking that course, armed himself with a pot of preservea and a loaf of bread, and wended his way into Lancashire. He travelled on until night overtook him, and his store of provisions had become exhausted, when, weary and forlorn, he found himself on a barren common, near Bolton, not knowing where next to move. At that critical moment succour came to hand in the person of a worthy divine, who questioned the lad, as- certained the particulars of his case, and acted the part of a good Samaritan. He led him off the common, took him to a respectable house, and procured him a good night's lodging, supper, and breakfast. Early on the following morning, his kind benefactor visited him, and after some conversation he set the wanderer in the right direction for his home, and presented him with a neat gilt-edged pocket Bible, with the following passages in- scribed on the fly leaf:—" AU we like sheep have gone astray, but God hath laid upon him the iniquity of us astray,, I This is the Lord's doings, and it is marvellous in our eyes." He also wrote immediately to the boy's master, and the kind letter and the boy arrived almost simultaneously. The lad was gladly received by his parents and his master, and a suitable reply was des- patched to the rev. gentleman, acknowledging his kind oonduct.-Leeds Mercury.
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ROYAL HIIIT.-To MYSTERY or II MILLIlfG." There are few things on a small scale in the mechanical way which more peof? the popalar mind than what !< called the "milling on the edge* of the goid and silver ooids of Great ritiin. The Tety term "mUUnl" IOU- veM an exact notion of the eptMtien for procoring the serrated circumference of a MTtMign for a le. The uninitiated would imagine that each indtTidMl coin had been put into a lathe and milled, in the same way that the heads of tbe brass screws of mathematical or optical instruments are, by means of a revolving milling tool" pressed closely against their edges while running; but this is qaite amisuke. The fact it.tlkgtWhOnfOlf-&Otit)p machinery has carried forward plain circular piece of metal of slightly less diameter Ulthe eoin it is intended to form, and placed it on the die of a Mint stamping press, a steel eet)M which b88 beea interioriy miiied in a atbe, and wMeh is bond to the ezW *!M of the coin to be struck, vrer the neck of the di«t and encom- pauses loosely the piece of gold or silver, which has been previously made as soft and as brilliant as fire and acid could make it. Then a die affixed to the moveable pin or serew of tbe press descends with much rapidity and force upon the metal to be acted apon; the result is that the two impressions-head and re"ene-are both given at one blow, whilst the Met collar prevents the endue expansion of the soft metal tteaetotM, and Uansfers a copy of ft» interior milling to tbe exterior of the com, w,cb now fit for circulation. When the stamping press i. fa motion the coUM or edge mould westo eaetoMand ?-.St—nt?rn pS?a? is depressed to &Mw the finished e?. obe Srowa .? .Khe ?e.fab..t ?enty thne. per miaate. A coUarofthi.deMriptieaw.ti.w.aMt.id, ?!m?ymittioMOfMTereigMbe!'oMbMom..<nM)M< ?S.!a?f. Such i. Ac key & of wOa*
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%tritiento altu Offences. I THE EXPLOSION AT DARBY'S FIREWORK FACTORY. On Friday morniig, Thomas Bean, aged 24 years, brother-in-law of Mr. Darby, expired at Guy's Hos- nital from the severe injuries he received at the above explosion. An inquest was held on Saturday, and a verdict of Accidental Death returned. DEATH PROM SUFFOCATION IN A BREWER fS VAT.- On Monday afternoon a labourer, named Henry Draper, in the employ of Mr. Butler, brewer, Etting Hill, near Wolverhampton, went into a large vat for the purpose of cleaning it. He had been warned not to do so, but it appeared was unaware of the risk he ran. The vat contained a large quantity of carbonic acid gas, and the unfortunate man had no sooner entered it than he fell down insensible, and it is believed that he died almost inumdiately. im;tIDENT IN SOUTHAMPTON DOCM.—A fatal accident occurred on Saturday in the docks to a young man named Henry Sims, in the employ of the Royal man named Henr l?e M was going to his work, and Mail Company. The man was going to his work, and was crossing a plank to get on board the Seine. There had been a frost during the night, and the plank was covered with a white frost; and as he was walking along his foot slipped and he was precipitated into the water. Every exertion was made to save him, but before he could be rescued life had become extinct. MUTØlY ON BOARD A SHIP IN THE MERSEY. At the Liverpool police court on Tuesday, ten sailors on board the ship Charles Horsfall, bound for Africa, were charged with mutiny and refusing to proceed to sea. The, alleged that they had nit had beef to their tea on Monday, and that the forecastle was too small for the crew. The Captain said that though the vessel had lain in the river for five days, the prisoners did not complain till she was about to sail; that she had had ten men more than his present crew in the same fore- castle, and that in warm latitudes he supplied ham- mocks to such of the men who preferred them to the bunks. The prisoners jwho still 'refused to sail in the ship, were sent topriso; (having each received a double advance on shipping) for ten weeks. FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT BY A HIGHWAY SUR- VEYOR.—On Saturday morning at the Leeds Town Hall, John Hardcastle, surveyor of the Leeds Wood- house Carr, and Meanwood-side Tumpike-road, was charged with forgery and also with having embezzled various sums of money, belonging to the trustees of that road. Mr. H. Richardson was for the prosecution. The prisoner, since 1854, had been employed as sur- veyor of the above road, and a portion of his duty was to pay tradesmen's accounts. In June, August, October and December last, he obtained cheques for 141. Is. 6d. to make these payments, and on the 18th instant he presented his annual accounts, and also vouchers for five billa. The receipts to these accounts were proved to be forgeries, and the prisoner (whose defence was that he intended to repay the money) was committed to the York assizes for trial.-LudI Merwry. Aw MIL DBATH ON THE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY.— On Monday a poor labouring man named Charles Brown, aged 44, was killed instantaneously on the North London Railway, under the following dreadful circumstances. It appears that the deceased, who had only been in the employ of the company a short time, was engaged on the line near the new market, at Isling- ton, when he observed an up goods train approaching on the metals, between which he was at work. With- out, it would seem, looking to see if there was any train approaching the other way, he stepped unfortu- n,.Iy between the down lines, and a down train com- ing up at the moment struck him down and passed over hD, causing instant death. ACCIDENT WITH THE SOUTHDOWN FOXHOUNDS.—An accident beiel Mr. Charles Beard, of Rottingdean, in the hunting field, on Friday. He was out with the Sonthdown foxhounds, and whilst taking a line across country, his horse failed in clearing a bank and deep broad ditch, and fell backwards on him. He was re- moved to Hassock's Gate, and Mr. Boddington, of Ditchling, was called in, and rendered his professional aid. It was discovered that Mr. Beard had sustained a compound fracture of the hip. He was the same evening removed to his residence at Rottingdean, and is doing as well as can be expected. A more enthu- siastic sportsman could not be met with in the county of Sussex, and his absence from the hunting field (which we trust will be of short duration) will be greatly regretted. ANOTHER DEATH THROUGH CRINOLINE. A girl named Ann Watts, residing in Love street, Sheffield, died on Friday morning from injuries sustained on Tuesday at the works of Messrs. W. Guest and Co., button manufacturers. The accident was of the most shocking character. The girl went to the button manu. factory to see her sister who had a few days before commenced working there. The sister was employed in boring horn buttons, at a low work bench, and de- ceased had stood beside the bench for two or three minutes watching her, when her dress, largely extended by crinoline, was caught by a small drum running on a shaft under the work bench. Being unable to tear her clothes from the drum, she was in a moment drawn down and whirled round the shaft, which is only twelve inches from the floor, her head and feet being dashed against the floor and bench at every revolution. A youth named Hail succeeded in a tew m mutes in throwing off the strap by which the machinery was driven, and thus stopping the shaft. When this was done the head and shoulders of the poor girl were found compressed in a shocking manner under the shaft. She was released as quickly as possible, and conveyed to the infirmary. It was there found that her spine had been fractured in several places, and she was otherwise shockingly injured. No hopes were entertained of her recovery from the first. The drum and shaft were wholly unboarded at the time of the accident, but have since been boxed off. The deceased's clothes were torn from her back during the accident. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM CHLOROFORM.—On Thursday, an inquest was held at Salisbury, on the body of Mrs. Julia Whitlock, wife of Mr. E. Whitlock, chemist, who died under the circumstances detailed in the following evidence:—Eliza Cooper deposed, I am a servant to Mr. Whitlock. e ,e a I I went to Mrs. Whit- lock's bedroom and found her lying on the bed, upon her side, with her hands over her face and nose. I cal- led to her, but she did not speak; I took hold of her hand and found it cold; I observed some cotton wool against her nose. The child called Mr. Whitlock into the room. I saw him take hold of her hand and draw them from her face, when he saw the cotton wool against her nose. Her nose and lips were quite blue. I observed a small phial, containing a colourless liquid, on the bed table, close by her side. She was accus- tomed to take chlor.formevery night; she said she;took it for the tooth-ache. Mr. Whitlock knew that she had it of a night; she took it against his wish. They did not live very happily together. I once remember Mrs. Whitlock being very violent when she was refused chloroform. Mr. William Martin Coats, aurgeon, de- posed,-I attended Mrs. Whitlock professionally for many years. from the appearance of the body, and the other facts, I am of opinion that death was caused by inhaling an atmosphere too much loaded with chloro- form. I am aware that Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock did not live comfortably together. Mr. Whitlock s conduct had been that of a too indulgent husband. I am con- vinced that her mind was disordered. Mr. Edwin Whitlock deposed that she was about 37 or 38 years of age. She had taken chloroform for several months to his knowledge. When she first had it she was suffering from tic-douloureux. It was not till lately that she had used it so profusely. She said she must have it. The jury found that the deceased died from an over- dose of chloroform, taken by herself for the purpose of relieving pain.-Bath Gazette. CONVICTION OF SKITTLE SEA .At the sittings ofthe Central Crimnal Court on Monday Samuel Burns, 37, and William Kinghorn, 28, were charged with stealing £40. the property of George Milner. Mr. Giffard prosecuted. The prisoners .were defended by Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Metcalfe. This was one of those robberies that have so frequently taken place of late. The prosecutor, who had just returned form the Crimea, was ?n the Strand on the 6th of October, looking at a Puneh and Judy show, when he was accosted by the prisoner Burns, who told him a tale about his having come to London about a chancery suit, which had just been settled in his favour, and a propolition was made that they should have a glass of ale together. They went to a public-house in Hungerford market for that Purpose: and after the prosecutor had drunk the ale he tecame insensible, and when he recovered he found hi-If at another public-house, on the skittle ground, and both the prisoners were present, and he saw his purse in the hands of Kinghom. The prosecutor was about to call in a policeman, when both the prisoners ran off and succeeded in making their escape; but he met them separately a few days afterwards and gave them into custody, and Bums made a violent resistance before he was see-ed. For the?de&nce, it wu aMued | that the evidence of the identity of the prisoner rnf- horn was most imsuNcient, and, upon the part of tM other prisoners that the 'prosecutor had lost his money at the game of skittles in a legal way. Mr. Perry, the at the clerk at the Lambeth Police Court, was called, and read over the notes which he had taken of the pro- secutor's evidence upon his first examination, and added that Kinghom was, after two examinations, discharged. Mr. Giffard having replied, the Recorder summed up. The'jury found both prisoners guilty. Evidence *vj ,¡yen to piove that both T Ubeen before convicted several times. The Recordw sentenced them to four Ye" penal Beryitude. Mrs. Goodhart, the wife of th.e Rev. C. ¡, Goodh, of Pari Chapel, ??lsea, was killed by the overturnmg of a fiy, top heavy with luggage, 1Il which the unfortu- nate lady was nding, at Brighton, n Wednesday ?ree men, Charles Sharp, James SIate?Pa?ck Sarssaw-Hi on Tuesdy, of breaking into the Church of St. ohn, HoUoway, and stealing clerical robes and otheartlcles. Sharp, an old offender, was sentenced to eight, the others to four years' penal servitude. The conviction of ?y. Lesley, master P?'" Eghsp. merchantman for rlngin political prISoners  merchantmCaMn, U to Liverpool, m fulfilment of a contract vdththe Chilian Government, has been susta?ined, ?on anneal. The objection taken was want of jurisdiction by an English court; it was now laid down that although the defendant was justified in keeping these p?ons prisoners at Chili. as soon as they had left the Chilian waters such justification ceased. THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO BBIBB A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.-On Monday, at the Old Bailey sessions, Mr. West applied, on behalf of the Commissioners of the Admitalty, for permission to withdraw from taking any further proceedings against a person named Sal- mon, who had been committed to take his trial in this court for misdemeanour, in having offered a bribe to a person employed in the Goverment Dockyard at Ports- mouth, the counsel for the Admiralty having come to the conclusion that the evidence would not be sufficient to procure a conviction. The Recorder granted the ap- plication. P1 SHOOXIKG MPRDER IN LivrRpoot,The body of a man was discovered in one of the timber yards near the Canada Docks, Liverpool, on Monday evening, under circumstances which leave ne doubt that a most brutal and cold-blooded murder has been committed. About one o'clock on Monday afternoon, Thomas WiUiun,,a workman employed in Messrs. Houghton and Smith s timber yard, adjoining the Canada Docks, discovered in a cart-way the body of a man lying in a pool of muddy water, and, on examination, he found that death had been caused by a frightful wound on the throat, whieh nearly severed the head from the body. On Sunday night a police constable heard a noise as of some per- sons quarrelling in the timber yard, and he called the Custom House officers' attention to the circumstance. They went over the place together, but c6uld find no !Lef and they reported the incident to the policeman who came on duty at midnight. Nothing of a suspicious nature was noticed, however, on Sunday, and the mur- der remained undiscovered until Monday afternoon, when the workmen came upon the body in the yard. Access can be had from the quays and from the street; but, in either case, it is necessary to get over a high hoarding. It is supposed that the noise the officers heard was caused by the deceased and other persons quarrelling, that he got over the hoarding to escape, and was followed and murdered there. Up to Wed- nesday, although the police have been making every exertion to discover anything in relation to this melan- choly affair, nothing new had transpired further than that a man and woman were seen quarrelling near the spot on Sunday night, but the names or descriptions are not known to the police. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AN NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—Another detention of the northern mail* took place on Tuesday, owing to an accident near the Warrington junction of this line of railway. It appears that a 8 ee1 'al Loods engine from Carlisle to Waring- ton hal detacted its load of trucks and was in the act of crossing the line with its break-van to run back to Parkside, when an engine and post-office tender, leav- ing Liverpool at 11 p.m. to meet the limited up-mail !I at Newton bridge at 11.47 p.m., ran into the goods break. The force of the collision was so great that the break-van was detached from the goods engine, and actually lifted on to the top of the other locomotive, whose driver was so mueh injured that he lost control of his engine, which ran forward at full speed down the Vulcan incline, carrying with it the wreck of the goods break. Its career was not stopped until the en- gine reached the Jockey lane station, where a block occurred that had the effect of detaining the up limited mail and the 10.30 p.m. train from Liverpool. The breaksman of the special goods train, Wiliam Salter, belonging to Preston, was knocked off his van by the collision, and so much injured that his life is despaired of, and the driver of the mail engine is also seriously hurt. After the line had bedh got clear the up-trains proceeded on their journey to London, but on reaching Atherstone, or the Trent Valley Branch, another block 0 ccurted, owing to a collision which had taken place some time pr eou, ly between a t, n of empties and down gooda at that station. Nine waggons were thrown off the rails here, and the line was rendered impassable for nearly four hours.
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RECEPTION OF VOLUNTEERS BY THE I QUEEN. We are authorised to state that the Queen, having accepted the services offered by tho vary numdrons corps of volunteers formed throughout the kingdom, has been graciously pleased to notify her intention of ap- pointing a day for the special and exclusive reception of the officers of those corps at St James's Palace, it having been represented to her Majesty that they gene- rally are desirous of presenting themselves as volunteer officers before her Majesty.
I-'-ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. PONTBPRACT. The nomination of a representative for the borough of Ponteûact to supply the vacancy caused by Mr. Overend, Q.C., having accepted the CMtem Hun- dreds, took place on Monday. Mr. Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (liberal), who was one of the candi- dates at the last election, and Mr. Samuel Waterhouse, of Hops Hall, Halifax (conservative) were the gentle- men ..d. The nomination took place in front of the Town-hall, in the presence of some hundreds of per- sons, who, notwithstanding the severity of the weather -heavy showers of rain and snow falling the whole of the time-ramained patiently to the close of the pro- ceedings, which lasted upwards of an hour and a half. After the candidates had been proposed and seconded, a show of hands was then taken, and it was declared to be in favour of Mr. Childers. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Waterhouse, and took place on Tues- day. CLOSE OP THB POLL. Childers 320 Waterhouse 257 Majority 63 BEVERLEY. The nomination of a candidate to represent this borough in parliament, in the stead of Ralph Walters, Esq., unseated for bribery, took place on Monday. The candidates named were, Mr. J. R. Walker (conserva- tive) and Mr. H. G. Gridley (liberal). The show of hands was declared to be in Mr. Gridley's favour. A poll was demanded by Mr. Walker, and took place on Tuesday. The following is the result:- CLOSE OP THE POLL. Walker 596 Gridley. 473 Majority ——. 123 SCARBOROUGH. The nomination of a member for Scarborough, in con- sequence of the elevation of the Hon. W. H. F. Deni- son to the peerage by the death of his father, the late Right Hon. Lord Londesborough, took place on Tues- day, when Colonel Caulfield's nomination was moved by Mr. Wheldon, and seconded by Mr. Darley; and Mr. Dent was proposed by Mr. W. Rowntree, and seconded by Dr. Cross. Both candidates are of the Liberal school. On the show of hands being taken, the numbers were found to be greatly in favour of Mr. Dent. The poll took place on Wednesday. CLOON OF THE POLL. I Dent 473 Caulfeild 340 1
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Sttt JOHN TRELAWNY'S CRURCR RATE ABOLITION BML.-The following are the provisions ef the Bill to abolish Church Rates, prepared and brought into the House of Commons by Sir J. Trelawny and Dillo. Whereas church rates have for some year* caused to be made or collected in many parishes by reason of the opposition thereto, and in many other parishes where church rates have been made the levying thereof has given rise to litigation and ill-feeling: And whereas it is expedient that the power to make church rates should be abolished. Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen s most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, m this present a=r.t assembled, and C.6mmons, ioritv of the same, as follows: 1. From and after the passing of this Act no church rate shall be made or levied in any parish in England or Wales. 2. Provided always, that in any parish where a sum of money is at the time of the passing of the Act due on the security of church rates to be made or levied in such parish under the provisions of any Act of Parlia. ment, such rates may still be made andlevied pursuant to such provisions for the purpose of paying off the money so due, but not otherwise, unless the same shall have been liquidated. 3. Any churchtate made at any time before the passing of this Act may be collected and recovered in the same way as if this Act had not been passed. 4. This Act may be cited as 1 The Church Rate AboUtion Act, 1860."
I THE CASE OF THE REV. MR.…
I THE CASE OF THE REV. MR. HATCH. The rule calling upon Mr. Pratt, the attorney for the prosecution in thecaseof the Rev. H. Hatch, to explain his conduct in reference thereto, was argued on Monday. Mr. Macaulay, who appeared to oppose the rule, stated that after a warrant had been issued for the ap- prehension of the Rev. Mr. Hatch, and he had ab. sconded, bis wife addressed a letter to Mrs. Plummer, the mother of the two girls, which contained a most pathetic description of the misery and ruin brought upen Mrs. Hatch by the loss of her husband, who, she said, had been obliged to give up his situation as chap- lain. It referred to the extreme destitution into which the writer was brought by the circumstances, and made a strong appeal to Mrs. Plummer to have mercy upon her, and pardon her husband; and concluded by the writer's belief that Mrs. Plummer was ready to do so, or she would not have kissed her (Mrs. Hatch) in the affectionate manner she had done when she last saw her. Mr. Macaulay continued.—After the letter was written, when the warrant had been issued, Mr. Pratt, thinking it would be more delicate to go himself than to send a policeman, went to Mrs. Hatch's; and, being deeply impressed with the state ofmisery in which he saw ;Frs? Hatch, he told her that, unless Mr. Hatch surrendered, the matter must be made known, and Mr. Hatch would be advertised in the ffue and Cry; but that, if he sur. rendered, and admitted the impropriety of his conduct,, no further steps would be taken in the matter. The next day Mr. Hatch surrendered, and on his being asked whether he meant to make an apology to the prosecutor, Mr. Plummer, he said he would not. Mr. Hatch then said to Mr. Pratt, Deal with me as leniently as you can and added the words, "I was mad," or, "I am mad," Mr. Pratt was unable to say which. Mr. James urged that the attorney had been guilty of misconduct in refusing to tell Sir George Lewis whether Mr. Hatch had confessed or not; in this, how- ever, he was decided against by the Court. After considerable discussion, Lord Chief Justice Cockburn said he was of opinion that the rule ought to be discharged. He would not go the length of saying that Mr. Pratt might not have acted in a manner not well advised and judicious. It might be, that an attor- ney who undertook a prosecution ought to steel himself against every consideration of humanity or compassion, and, though the wife of the accused in her affliction had written a letter imploring mercy, he ought to have said, let justice take its course. However that might be, he was of opinion that this application was un- founded. If Mr. Pratt erred, it was on the side of ten- derness and mercy. The rule ought never to have been bfoeu, ndeda. nd mercy, the facts had been known, it never applied for; and, if the facta had been known, it never would have been granted; and, now that the facts are know. it must be discharged. The other Judges were of the same opinion, and the rule was discharged.
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The Queen's Speech was transmitted to Paris by tele- graph in 42 minutes. The document was divided into three parts, each committed to a separte wire. The Lord Chief Baron, president of the Pho- tographic Society, will hold a reception on Monday, at the Suffolk street Gallery. The Photographic Gallery will be open on the same evening. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.-On Saturday Mr. William Peck, of Goswell street road, was shooting in the grounds of Mr. E. Sparrow, at Hampstead, when, carry- ing his fowling-piece under his arm, the pin that fastened the barrels to the stock worked out, and the latter fell to the ground, when both barrels exploded; one charge entered his thigh and the other his stomach, and after lingering some hours,the expired in great agony. agTH? HEALTH OF LONDON.—The deaths registered in London last week were 1,386, which is 96 above the average. There was, however, a derease in smallpox, and a continued decrease in scarlatina. 16 infants died from suffocation, all for the most part, in bed; two children, one at the age of six weeks, the other seven weeks, in the same house, were suffocated in bed, the former on the 7th, and the latter on the 17th ult. The births last week were 2,067. The mean temperature was slightly above the average; ae prevailing wind S.W. There was frequent lightning on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. THE WIIIB DUTIEs.-With regard to the wine dnties, it is alleged that the reduction from the present rate of 5s. 8d. to I s. per gallon will not take place till April, 1861. The rate to be proposed for the intervening period is re- ported to be 3.i. Moreover, when the Is. race is adopted it is not to be uniform. There are to be three rales, ac- cording to strength, namely, is. for all under 15 per cent. ofstrengtb,tlo. 6d. for all under 26 per sent., and 2i. for all under 40 percent. The whole of the French wines, with scarcely an exception, will come within the first class, the greater proportion of ports and sherries will be em. braced in the second, while the third will comprise wines ocrTÍccabJo only for mixing pu-posoa or for distillation. With regard to the intentions as to a change in the spirit duties, the romonrs are less positive, but an impression seems to prevail that there will be a reduction from the existing rate of 15s. to 88. A RUNAWAY MATCH AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.—One of the suits in the Divorce Court last week was Boynton v. Boynton," in which the wife petitioned for a divorce on the ground of cruelty and adulterv. The husband, Capt. Boynton, formerly of the 11th H?u?r;, was the son o? Sir H. Boynton, Bart.; he met Miss Keel- ing, the petitioner, in 1849, when she was only 17, and ing, the her secrei'l at St. George's, Hanover-square. The ladyawas entitred, with her mother, to a sum of 19,000?. After the ceremony they left town by the Great Western Railway, but were stopped at the Slough sta- tion by Captain Hodges, a relation of the lady, who had followed them, and the bridegfbom theM signed some- thing to make a settlement of the 19,0001. on Mrs. Boyn- ton, giving himself one-third, while she was to have two-thirds for her separate use. Within a few weeks after the marriage he began to taunt her about the money and on one occasion he dregged her out of a room, abusing her in outrageous language, and violently shak- ing her, because she had" signed away her money." Other acts of cruelty were alleged; that he locked her up in a dark room at Brussels and at Nice, struck her a violent blow at Cheltenham, and on one occasion brought home a low fellow on the turf, who, by his foul conversation, obliged her to leave the room." Finally he left her, and went to live with another. Captain Boynton, in his evidence, denied or endea- voured to explain the charges of cruelty, but the jury found both the cruelty and the adultery proved, and the Court dissolved the marriage. THE SCHOOL FBIGATE CONWAY AT LIVERPOOL.— This ship is a decided success. At the close of the last half year the boys numbered 49, but on the opening of the school after the Christmas holidays ou Wednes- day there were 102. Mr. M. B. Pizey has been appointed second master, and when ordained he will officiate as the regular chaplain. Mr. Tucker, who has been nine years on board one of H.M.S., has been ap- pointed chief officer. An additional assistant. master will also be appointed shortly. Six new guns, intended for the ship gun drill," are expected shortly to arrive from the Admiralty; and the vessel 'herself has been thoroughly refitted and painted. COLONEL WAUGH AGAIN.—A Paris correspondent of the Time, writes It may interest the numerous friends, acquaintances, and creditors of the eminent' Colonel Waugh to learn that this illustrious person is in Paris, apparently in excellent health and spirits, as the papers were wont to say of his late Majesty George the The colonel is residing in a handsome house, No. 3, Rue Balzac, at a corner of the Rue Lord Byron, formerly the residence of Mr. Lawrence Peel, and situate in one of the most fashionable and healthy quarters of this brilliant city. As I passed the colonel's mansion the other day I saw through an open window his domestics spreading 'the social board,' on which there was no doubt served afterwards a "Aerche repast, as the colonel had guests staying with him at the time, and was alway s a most liberal host. T&s little inci- dent, combined with the excessive deamess of house- rent in Paris, leads me to the conclusion that the ex-lord of Branksea Castle is still in very comfortable, if not affluent circumstances. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.-Two thick octavo blue books, published on Saturday, contain the 25th report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland for the year 1858, with copious appendices, the latter filling the greater part of both volumes. At the close of 1868 there were 5,408 schools at work, being an increase of 71 on the year 1857. The average daily attendance of children was 266,091, and the average number on the rolls for the year was 803,610. Grants of 7,4031. were made towards the erection of 44 ordinary school houses not yet opened. Ten model school houses were also in progress. These 54 schools could accom- modate 8,370 additional children, 122 schools were struck off" in 1858. Of the school children through- out the four provinces of Ireland 29,130 belonged t. the Church, 481,064 were Romanist Dissenters, 57,018 were Presbyterian Dissenters, and 2,216 other (Protestant) Dissenters, 260 national teachers were trained during the year. The gross total number of teachers trained was 309; 6,130 have been trained since the commence- ment of the commissioners' proceedings. The average salaries of these teachers is small, if not paltry-viz-, 211. to 251. ? year. There were 166 agricultural Na- tional Schools in 1858 and 64 workhouse agricultural schools. The receipts of the Board tor the year amounted to 306,2561, and the payments to 262,38(f„ leaving a balance of 48,8671., 131,6231. went for salaries of teach- eri and monitor., 21,62151. for inspection, and 36,822. for book"
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!!abal aitfc jwilttarg I The Sun Insurance Company has, it is said, offered a present of 10 guineas to each of their official staff who may think proper to join rifle corps. A circular has been read to the men belonging to the ships in ordinary at Devonport. Warrant officers are it is said, to rank with -second masters sick attendan? are to have additional pay, and ship's cooks are to be entitled to a bounty if they enter for ten years. SURVEYOR OP THE NAVY.—This title, we understand,1 is to be abolished, and Sir Baldwin Walker, the present possessor of the office, and his successors will be nence- forth styled Comptroller of the Navy." THE PROPOSED GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENT AT WEEDON.—Government, we (Athemu.) hear, has given up the idea of fortifying Weedon, and making it the central for our vast accumulation of military stores and materials. The commissioners appointed to inquire into its advantages -for such a station report- no natural defences. The Army and Navy Gazette states that his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief has called for a return of non-commissioned officers and soldiers who have been placed on the pension list since the beginning of the war with Russia on account of the lots of A leg or an arm, in order that they may be em- ployed in public offices as messengers, &c. ARMSTRONG GUNS.—The m L u f actleof-sir William Armstrong's 12po under guns at Woolwich last week UlCleaøed &om 20, the late weekly ratio, to 45, 16 having been turned out on Tuesday and proved at the Royal Arsenal butt, 15 on Wednesday, and an additional number of 16 was on Friday completed and proved fit for any amount of service. Arragemen are in progress for making a number of 25-pounders, which will be commenced as soon as the requisite implements are prepared. THB ADMIRALTY.—We regret to learn that Viae- Admiral Sir Richard Dundas is at present unwell. His supercession of Vice-Admiral Fanshawe is, we have reason to believe, determined on. The post to be vacated by Sir Richard Dundas will, it is said, be offered to Sir Michael Seymour, M.P. for Devonport.; but with the present prospects of the government it is not probable Sir Michael wil accept it, and run the risk attending a new election. AUGMBNTATION OP THB ARMY.—We stated last week that an addition of men would be made to each of the infantry regiments at home and in the colonies, exclu- sive ofndia. In this augmentation the Foot Guards will be included, an addition of 1,400 men to the brigade, or 200 men to each battalion, being resolved on. No increase of officers will take place. THE INCOME TAX.—The following circular has been sent to paymasters and army agents: War-office, raii-m0 al Ze?. 31, 1859.—Gentlemen,— I am directed by the Income Duty Com!rn;g ionen for this oSee to acquaint you that in the event of advances of pay being made to officers, no deduction for income tax should be made in respect of any portion of such pay as shall accrue after the 5th of April, 1800.—lam, sit? your obedient servant, Denham Robinson, for the commis- sioners. INSPECTION OP VOLUNTEER CORPS.—Col. M'Murdo, C.B., commandant of the military train, has been ap- pointed inspector general of volunteers. There are to be six sub-inspectors, with the rank of brigade-major, but the arrangements respecting the selection of these officers are not yet complete. The depfit of the 14th (the King's Light) D 'z 0?'m from H&ldstone, under the command of Bre,teuZ Col. Gall, C.B., arrived at the North-wall, Dublin, on Friday morning, on board the steam transport Trafalgar, disembarked, and proceeded to Newbridge Barracks, to await the return from India of the service troops of the regiment, which proceeded on foreign service in the year 1841. Considerable numbers of recruits continue to arrive at the camp at Colchester. The huts have been for some time nearly full, and there is now not much spare room, notwithstanding the resent removal to Woolwich of the Dublin Militia Artillery. On Saturday detachments of non -commissioned offi- cers and men selected from the depots of those regimenta which comprise the 1st battalion at Chatham left that garrison, under the command of Captain G. J. Burne, 73d Regiment, and proceeded to Eastbourne, where they are to undergo a course of instruction in rifle firing at long range, previously to embarking for India with at I 0ng .rtue. t to be despatched from England during the ensuing summer. Lord Clyde will be detained longer in India than he anticipated, in consequence of the arrangements which must be made for the Chinese expedition, and the al- terations in the stations and dispositions of the various regimenta in India. It is not probable that the General wjIbe able to leave till the end of March, so that he cannot be in England till the beginning of May. The vertores which have been made to the British officers of the Sikh regiments to volunteer for China have not been attendef with much success.-Army and Navy Gazette. DEATH OP VICE ADMIRAL PHILIP BROWNE.—This fallant officer died at his residence at Parkstone, near oole, on the 25th ultimo, in the 84th year of his age. The deceased officer was born Sept. 16, 1772, and en- tered the navy in 1782, on board the Ruby, 64. He afterwards served many years in the Channel, North Sea, and East Indies, when he joined the Minerva, 38, and assisted at the reduction of Pondicherry, and was employed in her boats cutting out a vessel from under fire of the batteries of that place. He again served in the East Indies and North Sea, and while in the Chan- nel beheld the capture of a large Swedish convoy, and then proceeded to the West Indies. While afterwards commanding the hired armed cutter. Swan; gun brig, Vixen; Plover, sloop j and Hermes, fiigate, he captured numerous smugglers and 11 privateers, mounting 138 guns and manned with 868 men. In 1809 he eo-ope- rat% with the Spanish patriots, and was afterwards at the reduction of Flushing, for which latter service he was officially mentioned and twice Gazetted. He ob- tained flag rank Nov. 9, 1846, and became vice admiral (reserved) April 15, 1854. CAPTURE OP A SLATBR BY H.M.S. PLUTO,—The following letter has been received from a lad on board the P,utg4) H.M. S. Pluto, at sea, Nov. 80, 1859.- We left Mazemba on Friday last, and stood out for a cruise. We are now about 200 miles off the land, and yesterday and the day before we chased a Yankee bri- fantine but this morning-what do you think ?—we ave actually taken the notable Orion, with 888 Slaves on board. Only fancy, after the Yankees have sent her to New York, and she has been let go, and now the Yankees have taken her into the Conga and detained her, and the Triton bad her in tow, that we should take her with very little trouble. I was a glorious sight. I shall never forget it. We saw her at daylight, about 8 or 10 miles off, and steamed after her, coming up to her in about an hour. We did not hoist our colors till:we were close to her, and then she sent up the stars and stripes; then we steamed round her, and our captain hailed to know what ship it was j the fellow sung out Orion, and that he was going to New York; so our captain said he would board her; and as he was step- ping out of the boat to go on board, they hauled down their colours, tore them in half, and hove them over- board. Our men gave three cbeers, which was an- swered by the liberated slaves in a manner that we shall all remember as long as we live. She is a splendid prize. This is a great loss to the slave dealers, as they feel the loss of slaves more than ships, and this makes 2,080 taken in less than two months." From previous letters it appears that this notorious Orion was captured in April last by her Majesty's ship Triton. She then nailed the American flag to her mast, and refused to surrender, but was afterwards taken possession of by the American cruisers and conveyed to New York. ARE VOLUNTEERS TOLL FREE.—A case of considera- ble importance, involving the above question, was tried at the Castle of Exeter, on Friday, before C. Gordon (chairman), Sir J. Y. B. Duckworth, Bart., D. Ð. Davey, W. Miles, A. Stowey, J. R. Griffiths, and 1. Pitman, Eøqrs. Mr. Gardener, lessee of tolls, was summoned by Capt. Dennis Moere, of the Exeter Vo- lunteers, for demanding and taking Is. as toll on a car- nage and two horses-" the said carriage conveying ",olun, lnt'an, dressed in the UD iform of their corps, and h&vmg their NmB and accoutrement4." Captain Moore appeared in Penon, and complained of the de- mand, i:Ter lie act 8 Geo. IV., c. 126, sec. 32, which exempts any carriage conveying volunteer infantry, or any horse ridden by any person belonging to volun- teer infantry, having their arms and accoutrements at the time 9'r exemption, being claimed. Captain Moore proved that he, with two brother officers, Lieuts. Valance and Clarke, went in the carriage and pair to Exmouth for the purpose of inspecting the Volunteer Corps, and that he was on duty. There had been no order given for their attendance, but that day he drilled the company there, and his brother officers misted him. lie was regulated and sworn in under the Vo- lunteer Act, 44 Geo. m. Mr. Toby appeared for the leuee and contended that the Highway Act referred to by Mr. Moore did not apply; that they were sworn in under the Volunteer Act, and that exception (if any) Bhould be claimed under that Act; that the 3rd Geo, IV. only referred to a carriage when hired by the par- ties for conveying volunteer infantry on their march, or otherwise, and that it would be monstrous to contend that any gentleman might dress himself 1Il his rule uniform, go into a carriage, and say he was on duty. The Bench retired, and after a short time returned, de- ciding that the carriage was not a carriage convey volunteer infantry within the meaning of the «e»pfe%] clause.