The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

The first portion of the new bronze coinage, con- sisting of pennies, half-pennies, and farthings, was is.med last week. The execution is very good, and the new coins are altogether much handsomer thall the old ones,  eir comparative snMUnMit imme?nt?y str?es the atteutiollo

AWFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. NEARLY TWO HUËD LIVES LOST. On Saturday a mine quences, happened at the Black Vein PIt, Ih.a, I\ut six miles from Newport, and i Ri?i?a Coal Co. The coriery has been mwo.kso 3,ears, tbe !H'oduetion of steam cod; and 11 9"' was e<)rie88 ted the ?Mud?preM.iti?v?e?mM?mre?e adopted^ Xne pit was ex- mined according to cu. tom on Saturday 9, ",ft.or ammed ?"'? 6 o'clock, about three hundred men de. ?sce'D"de'? d. T?????'?c.k' a terrific explosion o..mT.d, bcended. ?.'??' ? ?cth. --I face; upon inspection it was found that at M?e di?no. fr om the bottom of pit the g? had < C'"??'?" damage was } the SP'"t U"? e S?.?i, As soon as the ventilation would Sl?oY, seMch was instituted. Dead bodies were dis- covered iu sevcla! directions. By about 12 o'clock eleven had been sent up, and by four, 40 more had been collected at the bottom, the whole being brought up in the course cf the evening, and, in carts and on hastily constructed biers, conveyed to their respective houses. The Monmouthshire Merlin says" When our reporter left, between four and five o'clock, search was still being made in the workings by bodies of men. To remain ia the pit any length of time was however, a matter of im- possibility. ? ?"y poor fellows ppe.r?d almost prostrated when they reached the surface. All looked dejected, &l1xions, careworn. Of the precise cause of the accident, bevond the circumstance of its having arisen from fire- damp, it is quite impossible to speak with any degree of certainty. On Saturday evening, Hiscn presented a sad and sickening scene. The deep miit overshadowing the bill" surrounding the pit, the heavy rain, the flitting of the miners' lamps in going to and from the pit, the glare of the immense fire burning at the pit's mouth, and reflected on the pale and anxious countenances of men, and of weeping and moaning women, all gathered together at the scene of desolation, contributed to form a picture of the deepest solemnity. Some families have lost as many as filII mem- bCls by this terrible accident. Throughout the night of Saturday the most active exer- tions were made. Truck loads of timber went up from Newport to aid in the restoration of the air-ways. Mining engineers flocked from all quarters to render assistance. Medical men, colliers from tlier works higher up the val- ley, relatives aud friends of the colliers, eager to ascertain the extent of their bereavement, gathered in crowds in the desolated valley during these hours; and, amidst the black- ness of the midnight, anil the heavy rains, and the grim and sombre shadows of the mountains surrounding" the place of desolation," illumined by the glaring fires around the pit, the work of exhuming the dead still we:iton. Of th c,? extricated during the first three hours after the ex- plosion only thirty-five were alive, In the course ol Satur: day sixty nine bodies, somo burnt aûd chaired, and others that had perished of the "choke damp," had altogether been brought up; and it is supposed that more than 0110 hunched corpses still remain in the workings. In the course of Sunday a large number of personS" visited the seellc of the disaster, eagerly inquiring after the incidents and circumstances of the sitd event. Besides the human bodies, one horse had then beem brought up. From thirty to thirty-five horses altogetherwere destroyed. Three ouly of tire poor animals at work in the pit escaped alive. It has been ascertained that 300 lamps we given out, trimmed and duly locked, for use by the coliiers on Saturday morning. This £ t oneo affords a sufficient proof of the number of men in the works. The night men same out at tive o'clock iI.JU. reporting tbe workings clear of gas. Tho ill-fated colliers who have lost their lives thereupon commenced descending. Sercral wonderful escapes oc- curred in connection with theoalamityr Several of the men who went down the pit were members of the Volunteer Corps at HiscR. One who had taken his turn in the night, met, 011 ascending at five iu the morning, a collier who was unable to take his day turn," who ("kerl him to take it for him. He consented-pullell off his coat, which he had just put on, and was about to go down the pit, when ho suddenly changed his mind, resumed his coat, and saved hjs life by going home. The son of the under-ground manager, lIIr. Harrison, was at work when tire explosion occurred. He was miraculously preserved, for, althongll so close to the actual explosion that he was much burnt and completely stunned, he is alive, and hopes are enter- tained of his recovery. It is staterl; thnt his father, on searching among the bodies for his poor boy, found him (as he believed) a corpse. During Sllllday, and that and theprevionsnight, thseareh in the workings was continued, and the corpses were found I aud brought to the surface, numbering, with those brought up on Saturday, about 100. One portion cf the workings is now discovered to have fallen in, cutting off aU communi- cation with 60 or 70 persons who are beyond it. To reach them will, it is feared, occupy a considerable time, but I little or no expe. tations are entertained that one of the party will be dileovered 8live. When the explosion E:ir '1Ibe 200 e?i ,.d b?y, weI\nthht,e:r}= I only some 30 oscaped Operations are being continued .ith the t.rt vig.u?. It would be premature to gi,. currency to the statements made as to the cause of the catastrophe. The pit was known to be subject to blowers of gas, and the rollIlagewent were cautious in consequence, l,ut it was of no avail; for on Saturday week one of the workmen was summoned before the magistrates of New- port for taking the key of a safety lamp into the pit; and it was deposed by the overman that two other men were detected with nails in their possession, intended doubtless to be usod for opening the safety lamps to obtain lights for smoking. the recklessness of. the in >I>. and point, perhaps, to the origin of the explosion. The Risea Coal Company is composed of Mr. G. lt-dau Hookey, and other ¡¡entlemen. The loss of life is estimated in one account at 150; in IInother nt from 200 to 250. 300 human beings descended the pit. and out of those brought up in three hours, be- tween nine aud twelve a.m., only thirty-five were alive. The coroner's inquest was formally commenced on Tuesday morning, before Mr. W. H. Brewer, depaty coroner, and a jury of fifteen, consisting of residents, in the immediate locality of Pontymeiatr and Itisca, of whom Mr. (ieorge H. Banks, of Pontymeistr, was the foreman. As mi"lit have been expected, however, the proceedings before the coroner were purely formal, and consisted, in fact, of the swearing in of the jury and visiting some of the dead bodies.

COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT MARYPORT. About three o'clock on Monday morning, au explosion took place in the Guslet Pit, Maryport, which resulted in the death of three of the men engaged in it. The down-cast shaft of the pit is about 100 fathoms deep, and at the bottom it is intersected by what is called the water level, runing north and south, and by the rise level and the dip level, extending east and west. At the south end of the water level a new scam of coal has been opened within the last two years, and it was in this place that the explosion oc- curred. It is usual before the coal haggors go down to have the pit inspected, in order to ascertain that no "choke damp" or foul^ir has accumulated, and to see that the place. where the men are to work are all right. One of the deputy viewers, an old man named John Wales, who was on the night" shift," had gone into the pit on Sunday evening to make the usual preliminary inspection, iu the course of which he had found indications of foul air in the workings alreaclyallllded to. Wales was joined in the pit between two and three o'clock on Monday morning by another deputy-viewer, na"wcl Leonard Hell, when the old maa informed him of his suspicions, and the two pro- ceeded to examine the place. It was a rule in the pit that no hagger was allowed to descend this pit until Wales had knocked at the bottom of the shaft as a signal that all was right; but it appears that when tho two men were in- specting the pit some of the baggers had descended. These'were Joseph Beckett, Joseph Mossop, and John Oliphant. They first proceeded to that part of the pit where Leonard Bell was in the habit of locking their lamps, but, no. Cndh.g him there, they locked thorn thorn- ?,i 'to their work. At quarter before three o'clock the g?s fired the coal which Wales and Bell had gone to examine, and a great explosion took place whilst they "'er8 in the midst of it. The other three men were out of the direct line of the level when the explosion occurred. Ojiphant would be about 1,000 or 1,2UU yards from the scene of the explosion; but the blast which was there unaccompanied by lire, caught him and knocked him down. From the position in which Mossop was at the time he escaped unhurt, but liis lamp was extinguished. On his way out he heard Oliphaut moaning, and going towards him dashed a tinful of tea in his face, which somewhat revived him, A noise resembling a rattle ot thunder "US now heard through the pit, and the timber usod by the mcn was thrown down with great violence by the force of the blast, ard the coal carne crashing down where the props had given way. Oil account of the poisonolls gas Mossop was unable to slay and render further assistance to Oliphant, but made his way to thc bottom of the shaft to give the alarm to the men ? 't the pit's mouth, who, to the number of about 50, were awaiting the usual signal pre. paratory to descending. The chief viewer and others made all speed to descend to the assistance of the unfortunate fellows in the pit. They were at first driven back by the foul air, but after again persevering thoy found Oliphant, whom they at once conveyed to a tub of water in which they immersed liim. After suffering from lock-jaw for about an hour, he gradually recovered, lieckett had been at a (list ince from Oliphant, and in the direct line of tho concussion. The men proceeded to seareh for liiui; but the fire-damp was so foul that only Blow progress was maù", aud it was not till eight or nine o'clock that they found his remains, sadly mangled, his head severed from his body. They next directed their search for old Wales and Bell: but it was not until seven o'clock on Monday night that the body of the former was found. His hair was burnt aird singed, and he had appa- rently thrown himself on his face to protect himself from the liiimes rolling over him. The body of Bell had not 1)ê(J11 found on Tuesday.

Owing to the heavy rains, the Tay, Earn, and other atrO,\ln8 in Scotland, overflowed their banks on Sunday, cau ing considerable damage. On Monday eveninf, the Duke of Argyll delivered an intioductory address, in his capacity 01 president, at the first meeting of the session of the Royal Society of EdIn- burgh. His Grace opened by a lengthened reference to the losses sustained by the Society from death during the past year, and afterwards directed attention to one or two H,j\'ct. iu which the progress of science had been impor- tant within the same period. Noticing Mr. Darwin's work "On the Origin of Species," the Duke remarked that the method of creation was a sub j c?et ?o profoundly dark, that no 'I\t tfi;skOc: 'INdo;I'ah to do more than walk carefully round its outer i?ugin, noting here aud there some h:t more .ignifi0lmt than others whieg Ba"m to give hope of entrance into the obscurity which reigus within." SWANSEA.—Mr. R. D. 'Williams lecturcd to a tolerably numerous audience at the Royal Institution on Monday evening, on Entomology. He gave an account of the habits of insects useful to man, the bee and the silkworm =ated of at most length. Next Monday he is to continue the subject by kctwmg on imecta m?unolM tQ man," I On Monday night there wt. a sharp frost at Hambwgn* With much ice. The tides were uncommonly low. Th British eetter Union, from Cork to Seville, 'wM totally lost on the Md ult., on the rocks of Salmedinas. The British schooner Mary Jane, of Swansea, and the larque Bouverie, were ia collision on themh ult. Both had austained damage. • • A letter from Annecy says" We are informed that the works of the tunnel through Mont Ceni. are suspended; some say owing to want of inuds, while others assert that Unexpected difficulties of execution are the cause." The Liverpool Press Guard of Volunteers now numbers upwards of 000 men. A proposition that Mr. George Jl'Corquodule be the Lieutenant-Colonel of the corps has been unanimously carried at a meeting of the members. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wale8. has presented the sum of 9100 to the Union Debating Society at. Oxlorll University, of which he has been for the last year an hono- rary member and his Roval Highness has also given a cup, value £ 100, to be shot for by the University ltille Corps in the current term. The Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank d England, to he elected in March next, will be Mr. Alfred Latham, of the firm of Arbutbnot, Latham, and Co. East India merchants, and Mr. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, of the firm of Finlay, Hodgson, and Co., South American and general merchants. 1111', lionajny Dobree, the present governor, will then have completed his four years' term of office, two years as deputy-governor and two as governor. The rew Liverpool Free Library was thrown open to ti? public for the l?.,t time on Monday forenoon; Tbe building was crowded the whole day, and in the evening there were 400 or 500 persons present at one time. The visitors consisted principally of the more respectable of the working classes. ThL?re were 1,302 volumes handed out for perusal during the day, being more than double thc number usua1l] delivered to readers at the old library in Duko street. On Monday, at Wrexham, two men-uwen Piitchara, alius Jones, The Welsh Jack Slieppard," and Daniel Iiyan, alias Green-were committed to the Denbighshire assizes, on a charge d burglary, at Llanormon. The men had been apprehended with stolen property in their pos- session, in Liverpool; and there are several charges against them. Prichard Ï5 a well-known character in Wrexham and the neighbourhood, from the factthat he has broken out of several gaols in the county, and has been concerned in and suspected of a great many robberies. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT, ANNE PADFIKLD.—Several paragraphs liaveing appeared in the public journals in refe- rence to the case of Anne Padlleld, the convict under sen. tcncc of death in the gaol of Newgate for the murd.Jrof her child, in which it appears to be assumed thatahe nCiWadmita IICrgtlilt, we are requested to state that since hercoliViction the eoevict has made a statement to the ordinary, soiemuly declaring that she had nothing to do with the mnrder, and incriminating other persons. This statement has been submitted by the sheriffs to the Secretary of State, an& is now under investigation.—Globe. THE GALWAY ATLANTIC MAIL COMPACT.—The case ot Irwin, a member of the Irish bar, against Mr. Lever? M.P., which has been tried n,. beWl'o, c- last Bl, 'y in the Court of Common Plea,, the object being to recover compensation for srnices in promoting the for- mation-of the Galway Atlantic Mail Company. The de- fendani pleaded never indebted. lIIr. Lever gave a general denial t, Mr. Irwin's statements, and when tho counsel for the plaintiff was replying on the whole case;, 011 Tuesday, the jury, or "part of them, interfered, and the trial was abruptly brought to an end. The jury had made up their minds about it, and the plaintitf was at once nonsuited. The Queen, with Priaoess-Alice, walked anddrorc in the Home-park on Monday morning, and visited the Dnchess of Kent at Frcgmore. "The Prince Consort went ont shoot- ing, accompanied by Prince Alfred, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimiir, Prince Louis of .Hesse, and Prince Leinin- gon Earl Granville had also the honour of accompanying the Royal party. The Prince of Wales returned to Oxford University, atten&d by Mnjor-General the Hon. R. Bruee and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel. In the afternoon Count Pcrsigny had an audience of Her Majesty, to present his lette" of recall; and Count de Flahault had an audience, to deliver his credentials as Ambassador from the Emperor; of the French. The Hon. Mr. Elliott; hai an audience of- the Queen, on his return from Naples. The serious frauds ia the leather trade, which have occu- pied so-much attention lately, were again the subjects of investigation at tho Guildhall Police-court, on Monday, when Lowi. Robert Poole (of the late firm of Poole and Bryan, do Northampnipt&n, boot and shoe manufacturers), lIIr. Roger Dawson (a solicitor, of Northampton), Mr. •Tames Cooke (a tanner and currier, ot Walsall), George liillingham (a furniture broker, of Northampton), Thomas Chapman (an innkeeper of the same town), and Frederick Valter Ventris (Messrs. Quilter and Bell's, the accountants, clerk), were again examined upon the charge of oonspiring ioøether for the purpose of concealing and embezzling -property to the value of £ 1,200 and upwards, with intent to ■cheat and defraud the creditors of tho bakmpt., Poole and Bryan. Mr. Dawson was discharged, while the other five were committed for trial; bail being accepted for all 'but Poole. COMMITTAL OF A COLLIERY ENGINEER FOR MAN#LAUGHTER. -On Tuesday, Mr. W. H. Phillips, deputy-coroner. for the Wolverhampton district oi South Staffordshire, hold an inquest at Cann Lane, a mining village near that town, on twbody .1 .minor, 22 years of age, named William Smith. The evidence showed that Smith worked in a pit at Prior Fold Colliery, Cann Lane, belonging to Messrs. Whitehouae, and that when- h. wna ooming up the shaft, a few days ago, he found the engine continuing to draw after the cagc was above the mouth of the shaft. Fearing that he should be drawn over the pulley, he leaped out of the cage towards the bank, but failed in reaching the land, iell down the shaft, a distance of 105 yards, and was .killed. The engine was in the charge of one John Mason, who had been signalled by the banksmen that men were -coming up. Nevertheless, he left the handles, and went to fire (being his own stoker) and before he could-get back to the engine- house the accident had .happened.. The jury returned II, verdict of "Manslaughter." and Mason was committed for trial on that. eharge, on the coroner's war- rant, at the next Staffordshire assizes. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ONE OF THE ItrGRY BOARDING- HOUSES.—On Tuesday afternoon, a fire broke out at the house of the Rev. J. B. Smythies, one of the masters of Rugby school, and in whose house upwards oi 40 boys bclongiag to the school are lodged and bouded, They were at dinner when the,fire was discovered, and upon the alarm being given each, hoy rushed to the upper part of the house with the view, of saving what be could; but aa the fire had originated in one of the studies to windward of tha building, and a strong wind blowing at the tinle, the flames had spread with fearful rapidity, enveloping the whole of the upper storey. Consequently.it was almost im- possible to save the contents of the studies many of the boarders have lost all, exccpt the clothes. they wore. The fire engine belonging to the school and the town engine were soon on the spa*; but they were four a time rendered useless, in consequence of the water not being turned on., The masters of the sehooi and the whole of the members, turned out to r.eij Jer all the aid they could. Among the foremost was the Hev. Dr. Temple, t.'1.e Head Master, who ascended to the roof and gave valuable instructions. He had been on the roof but a short time before it begaa, to fall i,,? ,.d although he was requested to descend, he kept bi- p??il-- post till hi. life a. md-g?,?d. The bilr ing was eaticcly gutted. COLLISION OH THE NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—toother collisiol1 occurred on the N'.¡;¡rth-Easte.rn Railway on Tuesday morning, about setciz o'clock, and happily in- flicted no personal injury. It appears that iv cattle train from lad: was shunting near to the junction of the Bedale and Levbourn branch with the main line,whieh is a few bundi-ed' vards north of Northallerton, wljcu what is called the beef" train from Newcastle suddenly came up lit its regular speed, no intimation of danger having been given to the driver eu,"r by signal or otherwise, and a col o. ensued. The ?ffe.t of the shock was to disjoint several of the trucks, ad prostrate then across both up and down rails, which for some time after were blocked up. The obstruction, however, was easily sleared away, being one heap of broken, timber only. Tho rasseng;r train leaving York at six,, and due at Dawijigton at eight, did not arrive until nearly ten o'clock; and that leaving Dar- lingtn at 7.10, and due in York a little after nine, would. not, in all probabi;ity, reach it% destination until noon. The driver oi the shunting train, OR tho ono hand, i;, blamed for ,)??h,g on to the mmn hne hi absolute contra- diction to orders come)'ed ta Hm by signal. O?tb,(,ti?r hand, it is alleged that, althoh the signal for some time had been that be should remain statiouay.it was suddenly reversed, and, therefore, that lie was justified in the move- ment. THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE Snow.—The "private view" at this exhibition took place on Monday. Soon nfter eleven o'clock Bingley-hall began to fill, and from that hour until late in the afternoon the place was one dense crowd. The company comprised, not merely the nobility resident in the neighbouring countijss, but they come as usual from all parts of the countryf The Duke of ilr'rl- horough, tha president, arrived about twelve o'clock. His Grace wos accompanied by the Duchess. The Earl of Shrewsbury, the president elect, was also present. The exhibition is considered a complete success i the short, lorn classes were generally thought to be the best fatted in the haH-the Duke of Beaufort's animal, which took the gold medal, being a remarkably line specimen; the Hereford was scarcely inferior iheDevons were also good • the Scots were small in number. The number of cattle entered for competition was 110. The. Shropshire was a nUJllcrcus class, and the animals very meritorious. Mr. Edward Holland, M.P., took the first prize. Con- sidering how bad a year this has been for slieep, the animals in aU these classes were excellent. The poultry show was not so large as usual, but its exeellonce was rot diminished 011 that account, the feathered tribes oenenllv being weU represented. To the attractions of the exhibition this year is added a show of dogs. It was tried on a small scale last year, and was so far successful that under the auspices of Lord Curzon and other gentlemen, it been this year attempted on a larger anymore tomplete scale, ard so far as thc, collection of dogs goes, With entire success, Sporting animals are in tha greats number, but there are many other varieties of foreign English breeds. There are the dogs from the kennel^ yjf the nobility and gentry all over the country; find the fancy prices placed on Rome of them to prevent h Sale orb something fubulnu*. TherepoFi- tory in whith the dogs were exhibited was literally crammed all through tho iltiy, a large number of those present btirg ladies. huch a collection of these animal* has never Le- fore beep, witnessed in this country. The prizes include a dozen, or more of silver cups, and money prizes from toa gUÙeas downwards. NEATH.—PRESENTATION.—The Rev. E. Thomas, incum- bent of Skewen, who has for the last eight years laboured in that district, has lately been presented with a silk gown, a handsome time-piece, and a gold pencil case, of the value of 20 guineas, by his friends and the members of hip congregation, as a token of their appreciation of his niON. Sir Henry Marsh, tile eraWent Irish physician, dietlaiid, denly of apoplexy, in Dublin, on Saturday. A Constantinople letter states that Mr. Abbott, an Enghsl merchant recently established there, has suspended payment The Bishop of Loretto and Recanati has pronounced the excommunication of the clergy of Santa Casa for hav, ing been guilty of receiving Victor Emmanuel. The C,i,, de Lyons nnnounces a negro sculptor. His name is Williams, and he is a native of Jemuca, quite a lad as yet; hut it seems he is likely to be tha ifrst oi ni,as tS ¡::Jndt to :i:s iett :;r;ct.e tU3 first of his We (Athenmtm) are glad to be able to announce that Mr. Woodward, Her Majesty's new librarian, is preparing plans for the publication of the whole body of the Stuart papers in the Queen's possession. These papers compose, as scholars are well aware, a mass of material for history of very great interest. Mr. Woodward will very soon be ready to submit his proposal to Her Majesty. A cirious ring has been found in the neighbourhood o the Champs Elvseet. It is described as of great value, and has been ornamented with a R 'vil crown and tlit. ciphers V.A." in rubies and diamonds. It contains a stereoscope of most extraordinary niinuteiiess the glasses are not more than an ordinary pin's head in diameter, aniv the tubes scarcely the size of very small crowquills. Thi. marvellous apparatus contains, wo are told, plotogriipllic portraits of the Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales, which to the naked eye arc invisible, but by aid of the glasses already mentioned, appear as large aq the ligures on a small visiting-card. It is asserteli that a box of jewellery addressed to the English Court from Paris, a short time since, was stolen, and the ring in question is supposed to have formed a put of the contents.—Court Journal. RIFLE CONTEST AT WAKEFIED.—There was a ue. shooting match at Wakefield on Monday, the 1st and 2ud companies competing for the possession of two silver me 'I,,Is (one for each corps), which are to be wom for a year by the best shots in the respective c(ympmies. and then to be competed for again. The day was unfavourable, rendering the target very iudistinct. The distances were 150, 200, and 300 yards. Iu the 1st company there was a tie between Sergeant Glover and Private Drake, who made 20 points each. In shooting off the tie Private Drake tired first and missed, and then Sergeant Glover scoring a white beat his antagonist and won the medal. In the second contest a tie took place between Ensign Hart and Private Sowerby for 14 points each. The tie was shot off, Private Sowerby missing and Ensign Hart scoring a white. Fire rounds were tired at each distance, Mr. Scott Russell, an intimate friend of the designer of La Gloire, corrects certain statements made in a letter ad- dressed to tho Times by Mr. II. Vivian, M.P., respecting the renowned armou?-t!lad frigate. Mr. Russell says:— "The Gloire is built on the type ef tbe ler,.ich 90-gun ships Napoleon and Algwiras, only with this ct)adge, that the weight of the iron platen is substituted for the upper decksr armament, heavy I'JIftsts, and rigging, all of which have been removed. For practical purposes-, we may con- sider her as a huge covered eorvette, of SO to .10 gtfus, with a nominal tonnage of 3,100 tons, and an actual displace- ment of between 5,000 aud 6-,1300 tom-a tonnage and dis. placement greater than many of our ships of the line. Her dimensions are about 250 feet fong and 55 fectbepni. Her iron plates are not' 6 inchcs,' bllt exactly 41 English inches thick, like oums; and the iron fc of no 4 peculiar quality/ except that it ife- excellent forged iron. When N'r. Hussey Vivian saw her, her ports were 4 S feet out of the water,' and her plates 1 extend to 8 feet below.' This woild give a breadth of plating-under the ports larger than the fact." RSPUBCHASB OF'POSTAGE STA:IP3.-—Tho Scotsman' pub. lishes a correspondence between the Secretary of the Edin- burgh Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Rowland HilL The Secretary writes:—44 That in the month of March las# the authorities of the Pojt-office gave intimation that provi- sion hall been made at the London Post-oiiice for exchang- ing postage stamps for money at a chorgo of 2i per cent., and that it was then also stated that probably the saise provision would shortly b9 made at tho provincial offices-. The wide publication of this notice has led to an increased number of remittances in the shape of postage stamps, and more especially of the higher priced ones, and as these cannot as yet be exchanged, either for money or for penny stamps, this practice has led to much inconvenience. The Chamber therefore trust that no unnecessary delay will take.place in tally, carrying o-,it the original proposition." In reply, Mr. Rowland Hill wde. on the 30th ult:—1"With reference to your letter of the 7th inst., I have to state that instructions have been given for extending thfr arrange* ment for purchasing postage stamps from the public to the chief offices at Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds, and to the branch office at Leith." ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—Sunday last, being the first Sunday in I d,?.t,. selected for re opening the metro- P. lit.?? Cathedral for Divine service after an intenal of five months, which has been spent in making extensive and costly changes and decorations is the interior of the editiœ. The most notable alteration in the entire removal of the screen end organ at the entrance to the choir, by which an uninterrupted Yista of the building from end to end is obtained. The whole interic1.Cof the dome iiits un- dergone a process of rmiovation, and-portions of its archi- tectural embellishments, as well as olthose in the chlUOCd, have been richly gilded. The pulpit has been removed bask some distance towards the left of the chancel, on the high level of which it now stands in commanding position, and,the reading desk is withdrawn in the same direction. The organ is now placed, beneath the first arch from the altar, on the north side of the choir, where it has been put up in all its integrity, but with some additions in order to adapt it in some degree to the present stage of the art. The choristers' scats h-ive been removed to the upper put of the choir; and the organ is now played from a seat on the same level. Beneath the dome an organ is being erected for the Sunday evening services in that part of the building, which are.to be resumed, towards the end at January. This stupendous instrument was built for the Alhuubra in Leicester^square. DESTRUCTION OF UPWABDS OF £ 700 TVORTH OF WHEAT AftD HAY BY Two BOYS^—Several fires-have recently taken place at the F..hill-U, B,nton, which is occupied by VrI Smith. On the first occasion, a shed, and wheat con- tained in it, were destroyed; and on the second and third occasions sume haystacks were consumed. These firea happened in such a way as to convince lIlr. Smith that they were the work of air incendiary; but although the police were set to work, and iivers suspected persons were closely watched, no one was appreheijded, and the perpetrators appeared likely to escape tbe punishaumt which they de- served. Latterly suspicion fell upon two led. ill the emi^oy of, Mr. Smith, and on being closely interrogated they con- fessed their guilt, and narrated with particular care the Skinner in which the fires had been perpetrated. The boys are John Johnson, 16 years of age, .and Alfred Taylor* 111 years. Taylor is au orphan, and was taken out of the Swinton Workhouse, and he appears to have been the chief and leading offender. Taylor confessed to his master that he had set the stacks on fire, and again when Sergeant Dickinson, with two officers, were gluccd in a secret room, but within hearing, at his master's re- quest he repeated the whole ste?ry. On the first o?asion Taylor and Johnson, carrying a lantern, went t 1WIt lome battens of bay, the. they a ?.. t ?.ver T.yl.r put a light underneath. They stood still until they saw the wheat beÍJ1 to smoke, when they run away.. On the second outision Tiiyloi- went to-drive two calves away from stack of hay, and after doiug so ho struck a match and put it into tha hay; when it began to smoke he hid him- self. On the third occasion Taylor went to a haystack between for-r and five in the: eiormug, carrying a lighted lantern, he then placed the lantern 011 the grou&d, kuocked it over, watched it until the hay began to snke, then lau away. This was the substance of what Taylor stated, On the occasion of the last :\¡-e he was seen by a labourer be. longing, to the farm goiiig in the direction of the stock which was afterwards consumed, carrying a lighted lantern in his hand. After tailing this story in tfee hearing of the constables, the lads wero taken into custody. A'JXGED RELIGIOUS. PERSECUTION I: SCOTLAKD.he following extraordinary statement appears i. the Korth };knt::f:t.actfrn:agaJ)\SppInt£' Friday eteningi?l Johnstonc, on a yc»ng girl named Anne nkine, who has recently been converted to the t rotes- tent faith. It appears that about three months g- the girl became & convert, and nttaeheJ herself to the ministry of the RaY. James Inglis of the United lrcsbyterian Church. The step provoked violent ill-will on. the part of many of the Roman Catholic workers in the flax-mill where she was employed. They gave her the utmost imnoyapce, and had re course- to blows—we suppose, ,h-- they found their arguments driven bk oa them with e.pecte? vi,.City, For the gi,l h. sharp wit. One day, about six months ago, the p?i,,?t ,,?t Ir, ..d endea- voured to Jersuade her to return to Ler old faith on her steady resistance, he informed her that her uncle, with whom she had been brought up, was to be writ- t" for, that he w9ald takc her home by force, and, as he ex p "'el i" "she wrwd be kickcd back to Ire. i:n,' el:sI:i's"iO:: eigro('lUab jd:d of from a question he afterwards put to her, "How much money did you get to become a P?-telit,.t The reply was in a different strain. "Mel'e than you or any one can ercr AA_ .t.wn T"'rllnrtl pay rue back t. i" nua course me UNWE CUULt: M^ "U'I but, as she refused to meet him, he returned without her. A female teacher iu the town was next employed to win hei back, and as she used no weapons but what she thought reason and persuasion, nothing can belaid against her agency. The IJersecutioll had lulled considerably until a few day., ago, and what stirred it up to new fury we cannot dis- cover. Wo can only say that, after an ineffectual attempt on the part of the priest to induce her to come to his 1",u?e on Tue?'y evening, the family with whom h;'¡foï(¡ information that the sooner ? ? left their house it would be the safer for them and for her. She took refuge on Wednesday in the house of the minister. On lhursday evening, having gone with another girl to the lodging, for her clothes, they were waylaid by e?erat men, were told that before the Kew Year the girl's life would be t?ep.?nd bad to make their escape by a back way to the 8 man-e On Friday evening not retunung home fiom "he mill t tlnUllf1c:eJ,;i::Ii,to:fCo, to be en termed; the police were put on the .1c,t, ahu the town searched. She was dMCOYered at length by fc; me ;.?'g women and men, who heard her cries, iymg in Lid behind the Ragged School. She was carried to the mnse ill a most woeful plight, and stated that at the corner of Church-street she 'as suudenly pounced on by four men, who pushed and dragged her in spite cf her Km hey got her to the edge of the f?,?d, when they liftcd her up and threw her over the hedge into the field. They then dragged hel, by the beir up the tlel< bellt her and kicked her. They told her they would not touch her if she would go to the priest, but she steadfastly wftwed. They remained with her nearly two hours, and only fled when the young men and women called in answer to her cries. The police, we understand, are actively engaged in Investigating the whole case. Private M'Selly, Into of the ht Roylq, lyin; in the camp at Colchester, hs ynst heen bv a decree of the Court of Cb^eery, E8,000, with five years' arrears of interest, fortunate recipient was recently discharged after 21 years' service, witli a pension of Is, Bwon Mgyjohatil is at work on a very ImPortAnt colóda1 allegory for Sardinia, r.pr..entmg" IWj Fretd. The additional buildings to the South Kensington MUNG9 "LZr/SXrJ.  It Is stated tbat the Lord. of the A imiraity han resolvlad not to receive in future memorials from naval officers 000, UinWg more than one signature. The Government has decided on ^chingjajotttf company of Hoy"l Engineers to St. Helena to assist *?a ere(iting additional fortincationsv and repairig the de- fences of that island. ,„ t The eldest son of the E arl of Levan and Melville (who hu recently succeeded his brother in those titles) has adoptea as his designation his father's second UU» of Viscount Kirkcaldy, instead of the customary appellation of Viscount Balgonie, which was borne by the ? at(,, Earl and bj'Yhi.s sot'. Precedents for this departure from the ru-dmnrycoursea to be found in the case of the late Duke of Norfolk whO assumed for his second title the style of harl of Arundel and Surrey, instead of the earldom of Surrey alone, M torne by his father), and in other noble families. It is curious that not a single addition, by way oi tion, has been made to the House of Lords during the first el?en months of the year which is now drawing to a close, neither has any fresh creation of a baromt"y  made. ?d Waidha7 bem elevated to the Earldom oDud? and Lords Brougham and Kinnaird have M?'< -1?w nrftnti of Peerages, with remainder to their brothers re- iv,ly; but tho only ad!!ition to the roU of the Upper House have been made by the accessions of the Hoi Mr. ramDbell and Lord Ockham to the baronies ot Strathedcn and Wentworth, while tho House nun}e"0WmaroB members, one by the accession of Lord £ uft"d (Baron Strafford) to his father's Earldom of Strafford and on by the death of Lord Klphinstone, and the ??.?que-t ex- tinction of his English tit!e.-CM?.?ow? A MAX STABBED BY A VOLUTEEn AT DCNCASTJSI:.—Oir Saturday night last, at a lato hour, a workman employed at the great Northern Ratlway Plant, at Uoncaster, named Thos. Smith, was stabbed by a volunteernamedChas. Chris- topher Watson, also employed by the company. Watson h? been attending drill on Saturday afternoon, and after- wards, it would appear, be went to the" Sir Charle" papier beerhouse in St. Sepulchre-gate, and there met iyitli Smith, whom he knew, and whom he offered to toss for a shilling; Smith actiuicsccd. Watson lost the toss, and then refused to pay it. Smith demanded payment, end put out his hand to receive it, but Watson still refused-, a-id the quarrel that ensued caused the landlord to eject- him from the house. Smith left in a few minutes, and on his way home he met Wat.on, ivbc? s??id, N.? you ? yo? w? ?ou?hiUing. Smith said, "Yes, I do." He again put out his hand to' reœivo it, when Watson, who had on his riilo dress, took out his bayonet and stabbed Smith iu the arm, Micting a serious wound. Watson then made his escape, and has not since been heard of. It is thought he left the town after going to his house aud changing his clothes. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION OF GUTTPOWDER.—On Saturday evening, a quantity of gunpowder, about 401b, stored in the shop of Mr. R. Marrison, gunsmith, Oxford-hill, Norwich, became ignaed-, producing most disastrous results. The shop and house of Mr. Marrison wcra reduced' to a com- plete wreck, and the stock of guns, Itc., converted into a mass of almost useless rubbish. The adjoining shop or Mr. Franklin, photographer, printseller, &c., was almost as aeriously injured,- the windows being blown out anl the stock rendered valueless. Several cthsr houses in the Keighbourhood were more or less damaged. A lad named Harrison, who was in charge of Afr. 1I13rri.on's shop when the explosion took place, was killed, his body bemg dread- fully chan-ed and disfigured. Mr. Marrison himself, Wila was in the shop of k. Franklin at the time the accident occurred, was for some time buried with his neighbour beneath a f -.LbLh, and the Ile mi? systems of both sustained of co"'e a- severe shock. Mr. Frankiin especially appearing completdy stupified when extricated. A married sister of Froukliu's, Mrs. Dedy, was, lit the moment the accident happened, in a room over his shop, extending partly over Miiwison's premises; the ceiling of this apartment was blown'away, the room generally gutted, and the unfortunate woman fearfully burnt about the arms and upper part of the body. She was removed to the Nor- folk and Norwich Hospitals where sho remained np to 1Ifon- day in a critical condition, although hopes are enter- tained of her recovery. Mrs. Marrison was in the parlour in the rear of her busbaud'r. shop, with Miss Woodward, a ,isit. but both were ex'ricated from the ruins without being-seriotisly hurt, although Miss Woodward was slightly burned. F.XTR40RMSARY SUICIDE AT ALDERSHOTT ClilP.—Oa Friday afternoon, an inquest was held at the Quean's Hotel, Aldershott, before Mr. Payne, touching the death of Samuel Wells fleJ1ier, paymaster-sergeant in the 9th Lancere, who had committed suicide by shooting, himself the previous morning. It was stated in evidence that the deceased ^destroyed himself by firing in his mouth a pistol loaded with blank cartridge, from- the effects of whish he died instantaneously. It appe1\re(1 that Hillier was a defaulter to the extent of seven pounds, and the follow- ing lettfer, addressed to a comrade, was read:—44 Dear Cliff,-I suppose I'm the last man in the world you would icMigiue to commit such a deed; but under my assumed gaiety I have been frightfully miserable for the last six m.mthn. 13eôid,"S, what have I to live for ? My poor mother, the only person on earth I cared for, is dead. As to death, I look it as calmly in the face as I would a nnmber I report. It is. a most remarkable thing, but I really believe I am pois:>n proof. About ten days .go I tcILartlv}n orïd:n.of¿nohU to t;i"Y: horse. It had no ?ff,?t on me. After that I took eight grains of opium; and again no otfeet, except a slight drowsi- ness. Then four grains of lawrphia no effect. I then took five grains of Lig. Opida. Lidatirus, with the same result. The last mode of exit is a sure one. I know the exact position of the heart, and if a ball doesn't penetrate tbe centre it's strange to IUS. I am sure you: will say, • What a fool to do such a thing,' but my life is truly mise- rable. When I went to London and heard for certainty of •Josephine's marriage with a man I hate above all men, I was nearly driven mad, for, although parted from her for more than six years, I love her more than ever hut yet I accuse her for marrying the uian I hate. Good bye, good bye, Cliff- God bless you.—Yours, not perfectly sane, SAU HILMER." When the Coroner had sumried up, the room was cleared for some time, and the jury., returned a verdict offclo de se. The deceased, who was a young man of twenty-six and respectably connected, had rendered himself very popular amongs* the soldiers by hia amiability of disposition. SINGULAR ACTION FOR LIBEL.—A singular action for libel has been tried by the Lord Chief liaronin the Court of Exchequer and decided in favour of the Daily Telegraph (London), newspaper. Tha plaintiff, Mr. Stockbridge, all attorney's clerk, dissatisfied with one rifle corps, had in* terested'himself in the foomation of a rival corps, which was underthe patronage of General Sir John Yorke Scar- lett. The libel of which Mr. Stockbridge-complained was a satirical mh ertisement in the followiu" terms Scar- let Rifle Rangers.—The undersigned gives notice that he is forming the above co^ps under distinguished patronage. An eligible opportunity is thus offered to respectable young men who, from feelings of disappointment or from neces- sity,may have left ciher corps. It is hoped that the sanction of the War-office may be obtained for securing the services of Blr. Boucher, lato lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Surrey lOftes. To get a commission, make fcarly application to William StocJ<brHge, Esq., tailor, K*a-. nington-green, who will adapt old uniforms at a saull charge." The day but one after the publication of tho libel, an apology was inserted t,>. the effect that the adver- tisement was a "stupid hoax," and had been inadvertently passed by the advertisement clerk. The Chief Baron wai. u,,w ,in gyt) lay it down as law that everytbing was a libel which made a man" slightly uncomfortable." No adver, tiscment clerk could be expectod to road thoroughly every advertisement which passed through his hands; and with regard to the effect of this advertisement on the public, the Chief Baron did not think there were blockheads in the world who would not have known that an advertisement signed William Stockhridge, Esq., tailor," was a hoax. Was it a libel to call a. man a tailor? Every mere ipka to mnke a laugh did not consti- tute a libel; and whatever way have been the scret ma- lignity of the person who caused the insertion of the advertisement, it must have Veen clear to all who read it that it was a hORx. In closing his summing up, his Lord- ship paid his tribate of respect to the Volunteer movement, and, with regard to the liberty of the press* said that this country owed to it every thing except our giprious consti- tuiion. There was a hurst of applause, after which the iUry immediately pronounced for the defendant. SERIOUS CHARGES OF FOKGUKY AG.UKST A LIVERPOOL MERCHANT.—On Monday, liicliard Woe-divai'd Powell, 01 tho firm of Scott, Powell, and Co., tea merchants, of Liverpool, was charged before the Liverpool mr.gijtri'.tes with the above (,¡renee. It was stated that the firm of Scott, Powell and Co: hd dealings with Messrs. Absolom, Croker, and TownF, end, tClt mercnanis, or onaon; me latter tirm becoming dissatisfied, particulady with the want of regularity in the èttiement of accounts, applied to Messrs Scott, Powell, and Co. for a guarantee that their claims would be met. At first it was proposed that Sir. John Scott, senior (father "f the Scott of the firm), should sign the guarantee. This, however, he objected to do, on the ground that lie had already entered into a similar engagement; and ultimately it was arranged by Messrs. Absolom, Croker, and Co., to take bills with the endorsement of Mr. Scott, senior. This arrangement was made by Mr. George Absclom, the repre- tentative in Manchester of the London firm. Throe bills were accordingly prepared by Scott, Powell, and Co.; one for f4i>2 lCs. 2d„ another for 0£-1:! 2s., and a third for £482 Is. üd. They were sent to London, were they wero accepted, and endorsed by Absolorn, Croker, and Townsend. When they became due, application was made to Alr. Scott, sen., but he declared that he had never signed them. Ap- plication was made to Messrs. Scott, Powell, and Co., buUlr. Scott was not to be found. Powell, however, was appre- hended shortly afterwards by Detective-oflicer Laycock, and when told that he was charged with having forged the oait-e of Jelin Scott, sen., to a guarantee for £5,UOO, and to a liil of exchange for £462 liis. 2d., the prisoner said, "I have nothing whatever to do with it: I have several times cau;iollel1 Mr. Scott about that before now." When taken to the police station, Laycock found upon him three ticket, lor luggage left" at the railway station, and on proceeding thither, ihe oiffcer discovered three portmanteaus, contain- ing .severe,! suits of new clothes, fioo in gold, a medicine chest, and a case of revolvers, all of which tho prisoner acknowledged to belong to him. Upon his person also was found between t9 and £ 10 in cash, and in a Bafe at the eour.ting-bouse £ 270. Some argument took place as to the mode in which the bills could have been endorsed and ecrtain technical objections were taken by Mr. Cobb'; but Mr. Aiken, the sitting magistrate, thought that the circum. stances were so suspioious that he must lemaud the prisoner. Bail was refused. Miss Jane C. Martin (says the American Jhnton Courier) has been the appointed keeper of the Marblehead Light. Miss Martin is a daughter of the late Captain Ambrose Martin, who kept the Baker's Island (Salem) 114at for a quarter of a century, and as assistant to her fotber gained g thorough experieu,,# of ligItt-k"ping, status of the late Georgi SUphenion U abonf to W Greeted in the Oxford museum. The Himalaya, troop steamer, Capt. John Seccombt, ii How in harbour, having some defects made good. ".Notice have been issued that Government tenders vill be required for the erection of a large building on the ,ro.ds attached to Fort Pitt G?nerol: fospi il? A Brighton Hotel Company ia advertised, with a e<pit? of £ 75 000. The prop oss is to erect a b.Udig containing ?00 bedrooms, on the i?,3 of the Government ArtWer, ,t.tion,ne.r the Bedford tHoI on the We.t CM. During beerhouse quarrel, on Saturday night week, In Egypt treet, Liverpool? a man named Mvles, a painter, waa o craeUy beaten about the head that he a,,I on the Monday following, in the wirmary, from concussion of the brain. In consequence of the discovery of defalcations by the late secretary of t)M Bri tish Empire Mutual I.ife..aee, and exaggerated accounts hMU? appeared in a daily paper on the ubject, the directors have comidered it prudent to ?htfh the report of M<?r.. Cooper Brother,, the ac- ?Mts who have been employed in the investigation of ?cMeandd?e the amount of deficiency at £9,794. ?e?r?coTered from the d.<au)teri. about ?6,000 in ,y I and the balance has been provided for by life Maurance. T' Tj A RUSIUA I?BorEER CRUSHED TO "DJ TTMI VESSEL. — On Saturday morning last, aboo* nine o'clock, As the crew of the steamer Z. C. l??als 0 were unloading her cargo, they were much surprised to And' th 1dead body of a Hussian la?tium rer firmly embedded between two bales of flax. This unfortunate man was seen on board the vessel atBigfl, and it is supposed that in order to gain a free passage to England he had r,??.t?d himself amongst the ba!? o< f!ax in the hold, no doubt intending to come out of his place of concealment when the vessel got to sea. The crew, however, were not aware that the poor man was in the hold, and they piled numerous bales of flax opon him, by which he was crushed to death. ø ATTEJIPTED MCBEKR IS NuKror.K.—An attempt at mur< der has been made at King's Lynn. The party accused is a man named Robert Ward, and the injured person who has SDme little time been landlady ef a tavern m the town, is named Emma Kayner, It appears that the parties have until within a recent period, been cohabiting together, and that tlier have resided in Lynn for the last ten years. About a month sinee, however, they separated, and Ward made several attempts to renew the intimacy without one. cess. He aiM heard that she was about to get married to ?o Ie other p?on, and in the course of last week told her that he had been informed she intended doing so. An angry disnute followed, in the course of which W .rd made a dash at the woman's throat, saying, "Before she should get married 1,? .YO? do like that." It was tnought at f?,?t? ?wo or three persons who were present dm?g the -1t?r.? cation that it a mere idle threat; but it appeared ?t tl'? was t<?.-iMy in eame.t and ti??t he bad i.. i<Utic??d u, with a razor, .? ??"?uiid six inches in length in the reck Of tho woman. The gash extended from the coUav ?' ne £ t?, Li., it is strange that the windpipe and important veins escaped uninjured. Medical BMietaBce was meekly rendered, and-Ward -? —— in the custody of I liiceman; but so fa- from expressing sorrow fr what he had ?nc, be said he wilted the woman had died. The sufferer has been in a very weak and dangerous state sire* the cr-mmUsion of the outrage, but it is thought she will recover. Tiir LIOAT) CHILD MURDB*<—A special meeting or ne rna;st,,<tes of the divbion w"s held on Friday morning a the police-court, Trowbridge, for the purpose of taking eriJenee in public respeciing the finding of a night dre.. stained with blood at Koad-bill 11m be, n the day the mnr-, dor of Frauds Sa\il!e Kent was discovered. The mam facts in relation to the matter have been already stated, but ata private meeting of the Bench held on Wednesday it was considered desirable that a public investigation should take place, and Friday was fixed for that purpose., The magistrates present were Sir J. W. Awdry, chairman of the Wiltshire Quarter Sessions; Messrs. H. G. h. Lud- )ow, chairman of the Trowbridge ber.ch; Stancorabe, J.' P. Stancoinbe, and the ttev. It Crowley. Captain Meredith, chief of the Wiltshire constabulary, wa!t also in attendance. Ater alon statement from Mr. W. Stancombe in reference te this Iglt 4res, -,I ot1eY circum.tmces, several ?it.? nos.. were cnnnnul. but it is unn(!msary to give their evidence, as the result wag that the magistrates were of opinion that the :(1' had nothing to do with the mwder. When the inquiry was concluded, the chair- man said that the examination had taken place more for the satisfaction of the public than anything else. At the game time, he must say that Mr. Foley was wrong in not lIllentioning the matter to the magistrates, but they who knew him were quite assured that he was only cul- pable in not having done so, and that-the omission pro. ceed-,dfroJII a feeling of delicacy and decency on his part, and not frolll any neglect of duty. Sir J. W. Awdry con- curred, adding that Foley appeared b have acted on his own responsibility in keeping the thing frotn being brought publicly forward. Experienced omcers must exercise- some discretion in not bringing into eases matters which' they were satisfied were urelcvant. In consequence, how- ever. of the very great public interest which had been ex- eihl in thiq case, it had been thought propar to have this public DH,Ugat¡on. It vvm to be regretted that Foley did not oietitio? the circumstance of the finding of the garment at first; but for all he (Sir J. W. Awdry) could see, the officer came to no other than • right con- cludon-that it had nothing to do with the case-and; therefore he did not bring it forward, Mr. Stapleton, the surgeon, said he was present nt the j1(,at-¡¡w/'tem examina- tion: H SRW no llJrk3 of s uffocation, and was of opinion thnt roijult42d instantly from the cutting of the chiid'a throllt. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FAr.52 IMIBISCKMEXT.—'TS* PNOCROIOAL E:y1'}:[ AT C.aiuiarGF.—In the Court of Common Pleas, on Friday and Saturday, the case of Kernpe v. NeviJlc was tried, it being a. action f.r false ;;r.iJl'hri:tb\g :clc\: ;r ';I Chancellor of the Univer&itj of Cambridge, f. ?ptun'nlt the plaintiff wbil in an omnibus on her way toa party of! fri.?d. at he\iord, .,d taking her to the Spinning-house at Cambddge, whe, e she was kept in custody. The defen- dant pleaded not guilty, and justified under the statutes of the University. The ddendnnt also l'ka&d that it had been the custom from timct immcworid for the P,,)et.re íe:hIf;y f:a:t the street*, a:1 to e{c¡, custody all women whom they had reasonable ground to' suspoet were loo.e women. It appeared hom the )pen. b?g statement of Mr. EI"i. James, for the piitiff,, and :n:t eL,:¡nt{:n)ï\I:ITr, l young woni? of good charactcr and respectability, and was riiliag.in all omnibus with a student named Graham, of Emmanuel College, and some musiciallS. to a private rriy at Shelford, on tha iayitation of Mr..<iraham, whom she liud known for some time. Her sister, two young ladiess and the young mallto whom the plaintiff was en-, gaged, were to have been the party in the omnibus, but the latter gentleman could, not [;0. 0. their way, when r. the town gaol, the omnibus wns stopped, and the Vice., Chancellor looked iuto it aud asked if a&ymembers of the TJuiversity were there, and .Mr. Graham gave the Proctori 4is name, and got out, together with hi* brother, who was, with him. After the Proctor had astad them where they, were going, they were all taken to the Spinning-house, andi the plaintiff was taken into a room before the Proctor, and', she was then asked her nallie IInd oC3upation, and she told him that she was II milliner and lived at home with her mother. The matron was then summoned, and she wam. taken to a ccll and Ilt there. In about half an hour she was taken before the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors, and asked, what kind of party she w is going to, and she told them it was to a dance; and she was then, sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment, but was discharged after four days.. This was the imprisonment complained of; and, granting that to some extent the privilege claimed by the University existd the question was whether it was to'be exercised in a spirit contrary to the principles of Jjhsglish justice. For a very long time the Proctors had exercised considerable powers, and it might he that they were essential to the morality of the Cambridge students, The same powers were claimed by the University of Oxford, but the Universities of Edin. burgh, Glasgow, and London were conducted without any. such powers being exercised, and the learned counsel wa, rot aware that the morality of the students of Oxford an41 Cambridge ranked higher than that of the students ot other universities. There had been frequent disputes with, reference to the power and authority of the Proctors. Ia i 1612 there was an indictment for a riot i: in 1515 there was a serious riot, in which a layman was kjjled in 1827 there was an indictment for riot, arising put of the authority of the Froctors; and in 1705 there wa* a i action brought^ against the Vice-Chancellor for imprisoning a married, woman, in which damages were recovered. A. rule, how.: iv?r, was afterwards moved for aWi di?charged, but, what. tver the universal custom might be, relied on by the au,' thonl1". of the University, it could not avail in this case' 41, beyond all doubt or que?it; on, the outrage eom_ittJ.. on me piamuu was in contravention 01 tne spirit 01 the Knglish law, iind the custom could not be sustained. Such ft course of proceeding as that oi examining this young woman without an accuser, and with no one to defend her was repugnant to the principles of justice. The learned counsel challenged the defendant to show that the plaintiff' was anything but a respcctuble and virtuous young womanj and tho Vice-Chancellor had no more right to commit heL, to this private prison than he had to lock her up in hit; own wine cellar, The plaintill' had been subjected t great indignity. She had had her clothes taken off, and' Iwd been compelled while in custody to wear the prison dress, and had been sul/jcctcd to an ofiensive examination! by a medical mm. The evidence, which was very lengthy, :sa cI;f .n;t:sasor the jury rdum",l the following verdict, in &Dswer to the three propositions tk That the pro;ors had gwd grounds for suspecting the plaintiff. That the Vice. Chancellor did not niuke due inquiry, and that the; punishment was undeserved. They thought that the prison was a fit and convcnient'place of contine. ment, and they found a verdict for the plaintiff-damage"; 40s.The Chief Justice said this verdict was not sufficient answer to his questions, and he would put to thezn. the second proposition in writing, to which ho would require an answer-yes or no. It would be in these terms; uDidL the Vicc-Chancellor hear and examine the plaintiff, and was, he satisfied of the matters alleged in respect of the plaintiff by the Proctors that the plaintiff had been in tliQ company of the undergraduates for idle, disorderly, &Qd immoral- ImrpoHes." The jury returned into court it half-past fiv? o'clock, and after the foreman had handod up a paper to th6 Lord Chief Justice, ."id, "The jury t!?not say yes or no? to the question proposed; but they are all of opinion thtf the Vice Chancellor should have made further inquirietj before he imprisoned the plaintiff," The Lord Chief JUI-; ticethen said he would direct a' verdict for the pliLintiM and state his opinion in writing upon it. The paper handed1 up would be retained. The jury were then dischugod, bit lordshiv certifying for a special jury. AVoIvea continue commit great destruction in the neighb. ourhood of Dieppe. They strangled a few days since twenty-six sheep out of twenty-seven, wollch were feeding in a meadow at Rouxmesuil, Bou- I toma% near Dieppe. Some days mviously a calf "'?< had w&pe » fennywa mflew4 ? »w» ?'