Monmouthshire Merlin

MILKING MAID ITHE INIORNING. Witb acorn c„Ps are strewn the lazy rooks sit cawing High upotitbe tallest tree, ^lead my h.?!^ers' n To the milkiug through the lea. Tben calls to me The cuckoo free High upotitbe tallest tree, ^lead my h.?!^ers' n To the milkiug through the lea. Then calls to me The cuckoo free the lazy rooks sit cawing High upotitbe tallest tree, ^lead my h.?!^ers' n To the milkiug through the lea. Tben calls to me The cuckoo free And the blackbird at the dawning Sings clear an ripe, With his golden pipe, To the milking maid in the morning. When the bloom is on the beanstalk, And the hare in green hedge-rows •cashes lier face with the dew-drops, call to my new milch cows. *he partridge springs, on dewy wings, jAnd the phe.sant, under the bough, kahes the sheen of her purple rings, As my mi,k-white heifers low. And sings to me, In greenwood tree, The throstle fine at the dawning; And the sky-lark, he i^pes cheerily 0 the milking maid 10 the morning.

0>EUMIL §tm. CAREER OF A BURGLAR.—Luis Peter Nicolai Ernst, a native of Elsinore, was brought before the borough magistrates at Leeds on Saturday last, having been re- manded from a previous day, charged with committing a burglary at the residence of the Rev. W. Williamson, in- cumbent of Headinglev, near Leeds, and was committed for trial at the next Yorkshire assizes. The prisoner was apprehended at Liverpool, and he admitted having committed the robbery. lie appears to be a very daring character. He was convicted of burg- larv at Gloucester in 1858 at Worcester assizes he was ordered to be imprisoned for two years he was convicted at the Gloucester assizes, stiil more recentiy; anJ since his releasl1 lie has ùven scouring the country. He is wanted" at Birkenhead for a desperate burglary, lie | broke into a blciclvsniith'd house at Rramhain, near Leeds, on the 14th inst., and some of that property was found upon him when apprehended in Liverpool. On the 22;]d of March he assisted in a burglary at Blackmoor, near Leeds, in the house of Mr. Thomas Shires, farmer. On the day previous he was at Manor Heath, near Halifax, inspecting the plate basket of Mr. John Crossley. He was at Sualby, near Scarborough, on the 11th of March, and will be prosecuted for a robbery there; and on the 30th ult. he was at the Ilerdingley parsonage, near Leeds, where he committed the burglary above mentioned. Such is the web which has at present been unravelled by the Leeds police, and it is not yet known how far the catalogue may extend. Ernst appears to have a spice of romance in his composition. He is about 38 years of age, of sallow complexion, middle height, wears gold earrings in his ears, and has many scars about his body the right lower arm is marked, in blue ink, with the figures of a sailor and a woman joining hands, and under- neath are the letters "ANA-LlNii" and a ship with three masts; the left arm is marked, in blue ink, with the figures of a woman, a mermaid, and the letter M" in the centre of a heart; uudt rnealh, the letters MM" and a tree, a man, a woman, and a sea horse, in red and blue ink int rmixed, and the words Anna Maiia Gonza'es a serpent on the left wrist, a man's head in centre of a ring on the back of the left hand a ring with diamond on the third finger of the left hand; be h*s a small silver ring through the nipple of each breast, and on the centre of the br- ast, in blue ink, the figures of Christ and the cross, and a iiia i on the one side and a woman on im* other, Weeping on the front of the left thigh, in blue ink, the figures ot three men and a serpent in a tree; on the front of the I'Ight thigh, the figure of an Indiiii warrior; calf of left leg marked, in blue ink, with the letters PL^> o MSS right calf murked in bine illk with a crown and the ldters" MK MS WLPNEilSCSj" he has a!so a red and brown mark near the bend of tne left eloow. ROGUEKY DEFEATED.—The House of Lords decided an important case on appeal on Thursday. A Mr. KIY, the heir to large property, fell when a minor into the hanib of one J dmstone, who induced him to give acceptances to the amount of £53800 in two years. Smith, an a) torney, discounted £10,000. of thesn Bounties, and a hanker at Waie £ 9.000. Johnstone kept the rest in his own hands. But among them they managed to persuade K,y that the bills had been taken up by various persons who pressed for payment, and under this impression K iv gave security. Smith became Kay's solicitor, borrowed £ 30,000 on tne young man s property, paid a large part of it to Johnstone, and tried to enforce his security. Kay, now in better hand-i, resisted, and the Master of the Rolls decided in bis favour. Smith appealed. Tne House of Lords decided that a deception had been prac- tised on Mr. Kiy, and that it was contrary to every prin- ciple of morality ami equity to give iff ut to s-curiUes O'U,uned in such a manner. The appeal was dismissed QXF 'ROAND* UAMBttIDCE BOAT HACE.—The a.nnUd! boat rate between Oxford and Cambridge University rowers took place on Friday, over the usu.il course, from Putney to Morllake. Considering the attractions of a contemporaneous event at Epsom, and the uninviting state of the weather, there was a good attendance of spectator; Before the start, although the odds were as much as five t ) two in favour of the Cantabs, a slight re- action took place, which the event.fully justified, the Oxford crew winning by several boais lengths. The Cambridge swamped near Barnes Bridge, the boat, goin, down, but the crew were soon picked up or swam to land. DKEADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AT DUNDEE.—On Friday afternoon, about one o'clock, a dreadful boiler ex plosion took plaee at the spinning mill of Messrs. El- wards, of Scouringburn, Dundee, attended by the ILI-s of about 20 lives, the seiious injury of all equal number of persons, and considerable damage to property. The boilers were built partly betowthe level of the street, and were surmounted by a fire-roof building. A public road bounded t..is building on the east, and an iron bridge connected It wit the north wing of the works. The first of the two flats into which the ruined building was divided, consisted of an apartment for drying spun yarn, and the other flat was used for preparing flax, findw.s filled with the heavy machinery necessary for that pur- pose. The poor victi ns were in many instances scalded and mangled so horribly that their relatives could not re- cognise them. One young woman was found gasping for life. h) r mouth fixed open, dreadfully scalded, and her arms literally Dolled. She died soon afier reaching the infirmary. Another young woman was found lying across a sharp iron beam, with a quantity of heavy m'1- chinery above her. She was of course quite dead, and nearly cut through. The heat arising from the hot water and the furnace was so intense that before the un- huppy sufferers coull be helped the hose bad to be re- sorted to to cool the machinery and rubbish. Some of the women were found in the preparing machines, at which they had teen working. One ot them was carried intj the counting-room in a state of excruciating torture, so scalded that the features could scarcely be recognised, part of her tongue cut away, and the skin hanging quite loosely from her fl,sh. Having been madu out to be a Roman Catholic, the priests, who were on the spot, administered extreme unction, per- formed the customary ceremonies in the case of a dying person, and engaged in prayer over her. Several other bodies were entirely roasted, and so mingled that they had lost the appearance of humanity. A woman's boot, with the foot in it, was picked up. The body of Adam Doig, a dryer, was found quite charred. The body of another man was found with the whole Of one hand and the fingers of the other burnt off, and his feet and shoes shrivelled by the fire. Sneeis were provided, into which the remains oi the dead were wrapped as they were dis- interred from the ruins. One of the married women killed was seven months advanced in pregnancy. Another peculiarly distressing incident w..s the death ot a countrywoman who was passing along the road that bounded the bllildinr; on the east. She A as found in a sitting posture, among the rubbish, which bad in a mo- ment overwhelmed her. Several children who weie playing near the same road, escap-d with injuries more or less severe. Among the wonderful escapes was that, of Mr. Tawse, the manager of the mill, who had crossed the iron bridge that connected the building with the north wing, and had liaidly enteied the latter when the explo- sion occuned. One of the fireman had left for dinner at one o'clock, just. in time to escape tie explosion. His f )!nr.:de was found in a sitting posture with one of his i drawn under him opposite the furnace door, and, of quite dead. There are only two conceivable or C0U1S;' ,j)Uble causes of tne tragedy—that the water bad !6d j!' ,i to !>et too low, and that cold water had Oeen a loueu »' » been suddenly *l«d ™t0. l',e i'^ted bmler or that Ule prt<g n/<>f hau been more than tne ooiler- Pbttea were fit, ] to bear. CATI'LE RNOII THE NORTH OF EUROPE.—An effort lias been 1UaJu liie last few days to dispose of the Lowestoft pr lhe North "[Europe Steam Navi- gation COMPANY bJut vv8S no bidding for the factory and adjoining preaii8fc3 ^ho Eastern Counties Railway Company purchased 'h„„vpr the cattle sheds of the company for 2,600 guia it is understood that the importations of cau]e f« n0rth 0f Europe will be resumed at the port du,i„„ th „„.>uing summer. Sir Charles Barry we lhe architect of the new I a ace oi Art ln Piecadill t0 be built for the R.yal Academy. Messrs. barry lnd Banks are tne architects of the adjoining Palace of Science.—AtheurtU" IMI'HOVEMENX3 IN PAKIS. "According to the Moidteur des Architects, l,SGo houses have been pu]|ud do.vn in Pans from the year 18o2 to 1857. Govemmen paid for them an indemnification Hum of 126 111r5o!) lrancs. During the same period 6,552 new ai the valuu of 712 million lrancs, have neei, built, lte- gardmg building at Pans in genera), 22 milii, frail(> were spent in it in 1850, 26 millions in 1851, 28 millions in 1852, and the enormous sum of 250 millions in 1856. A SAD FATE.—Among the passengers who arrived at Southampton in the India mail packet Rtpon, on the 4th inst., was a Major Harriott, whom no one on board seemed to know. He was taken ill at Malta and died at Southampton two days ar,er he landed there. There was no clue as to who he was, and his relatives were ad- vertised for in the London newspapers. His nephew saw the advertisement, and came to Southampton. The M ijor turned out to be one of the judges who presided at the trial of the King of DelhI, and among his baggage w is property to the amount of £ 30,000. He was about 48 years of age, and he has died worth X100,000, [The nephew writes to the papers to say that his uncle's pro- perty is very much smaller than above stated—not ex- ceeding £ 10,000—and that he was the prosecutor of the Kins of Delhi, not one of the judges.] WILLIAMS, THE MISSIONA.RY.-It is stated in a letter from Erronunga that the native who killed the mis- sionary, John Williams, is now attending regularly to instruction, as also his wife. "This man, Ovelau," says the letter (which is written by Mr. Gordon, now a mis- sionary there), "showed me the oven a few weeks ago whire the body of Mr. Williams was cooked. I have taken away some of the stones and the shaft of the ulna. His head was taken two miles further, where the skull still remains, which I expect to obtain. At this latier place I have obtained the sealing-wax which Mr. Wil- liams had in his pocket. The body of iNIr. Hartis ivas taken three miles off, and a few of his bones are buried near to the north-west shore. They have a superstitious dread in going after the remains of these men, because they have heard they were sacred men." THE Divorce AcT.-As an exemplification of the beneficent operation of Lord Palmerston's Divorce Act of 1857, or, as it might be aptly styled, the Married Persons' Relief Act," a return has just been made to the House of Lords, on the motion of Lord "Brougham, show- ing that since January, 1858, no less than 288 petitions have been filed by persons labouring under the yoke of an ill-starred union for an absolute dissolution of the marriage; 184 of these were from husbands, and 104 from wives. 37 dissolutions of marriages were decreed, and six petitions were refused; 143 cases were unde- fended, 134 cas-s were set down for trial at the date of the returns, 165 were appointed to be tried by the full c >urt wiihout juries, 24 by the full court with juries, and 13 by a single judge and jury. The petitions for merely judicial separations (in which case the bonds of matrimony remain undissolved and indissoluble) have only numbered 105-eight from husbands and 97 from wives. Of these 28 were decreed and three refund; 15 eases were undefended. Six of these separation cases are now down for trial. SARDINIA AND THE ITALIAN QUESTION.—The greatest lesire for lhe prosperity ot Sardinia has aUvays existed HI this country. We have always admired the way in which she gained her liberties, and has made herself a living refutation of those assertions which have been constantly put forth, that constitutional Governments are in Itily. For some years her GnvernlIwnl proceeded in a peaceful and prosperous manner, and when she was obli-ed to have recourse to arms her behaviour and her deeds were admired by all men in this country. Bui, my lords, more iateiy, I am sorry to say, she appears to have forgotten that her mission in Italy is one of ex- ample, and that she ought to stand forth as a model and a pattern to the other States. She seems to have forgotten 1 hut military glory may be an appendage of constitutional Government, but that it is not its object. She seems to have forgotten that every victory gained which was not in support of the principle of self-defence and self-pre- servation in her own liberties would be a fmitless vic- tory, and one which would involve her in the greatest J u'fiieultiea with other countries. It is under thejse cir it is for these reasons, which I have imperfectly sketched, as fa" as I can understand them, that tbo position of the northern part of Italy is such as we see with so much regret — Lord Malmeibury's Speech in the Lords on Mon- day. NECESSITY OF VOLUNTEER CORPS IN ENGLAND. We have often called attention to the general subject of National Defence, but always, we are sorry to say, with very limited success. Indeed, it will probably require a great calamity or a thorough fright to make English- men take up the matter in the patriotic spirit of°their grandfathers. We have pointed out the essential weak- ness of our position-a weakness which no construction of line-oi-battle ships, no activity in recruiting for the army or militia, will ever remedy. The Englishman of the present day has forgotten the use of arms. Here there is, on an average, a violent panic every two years about a French invasion and people in the country tear open their second day's newspaper to see whether it is not announced in large capitals that the French are es- tablished on the coast of Kent, and are engaged in bringing over their cavalry and artilery. In the llouse of Com- mons; the discussion of the subject is endless. Fear of the French, and suspicion of what they are doing, are the predominent feeling in the minds of military and naval members; it fin is expression at all times; it is echoed by the Government, it is received with greedy anxi ty by the public, and it becomes the common sub- ject of conversation on the Continent. Who is there conversant in any way with foreigners who does not know that the effect on their minds is in the last degree humiliating to this country ? The French feed their vanity with the tribute we offer them, and firmly believe that the day is soon to come when they are to avenge in London the loss of Canada and India and the fall of Napoleon. There can be only one true defence of a nation like ours,-a large and permanent volunteer force, supported by the spirit and patriotism of our young men, and gradually indoctrinating the country with military knowledge. We are the only people in the world who have not such a force in one form or ano- thcr. We know that if the hour of danger should come volunteers wouldrush forward by hundreds of thousands; but it is to obviate such a panic that we would ask for the speedy restoration of what may be called the old national force of the country. It is not Line legiments -it is not exactly Militia that we want-but men of or- dinary occupations trained by a certain amount of drill to support the regular armed force either in the field or the fortress. There is plenty of wealth and plenty of leisure for the formation of such corps, and the metro- polis alone could furnish a contingent strong enough to garrison any two naval ports of the kingdom.— Times, Loss OF SHIPS AT GUEENLAND.—-Tiie Narwal, of Dundee, has returned from the Greenland seal and whale fishery, and reports heavy losses occasioned by stormy weather in the Arctic regions, In a severe gale on the 19th and 20th of last month, the new steamer Empress of India, of Peterhead, which cost the owners j620,000, was totally wrecked. The Alert, of that port, and the Melinka, of Fraserburgh, were both lost the Kate was stove, and the Sophia, of Aberdeen, suffered damage. The fishing thus far was a failure. No lives were lost. GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.-On Monday evening the anniversary festival of this charity took place at the Freemasons' Tavern, when upwards of 200 gentlemen sit down to dinner. Mr. Charles Mathews" presided, The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been dis- posed of with an unwonted display of enthusiasm, the Crmirman gave the toast of the evening. His speech was entnely of that versatile and humourous kind which those who have once htaid Mr. Mathews speak do not easily forget, and mixed up with professional jokes and laughabie allusions to the colleagues by whom be was surrounded. The report of the fund for last year shewed that the total income amounted to £I,320, while the ex- penditure fell short of that sum by £460, which balance had been transferred to the funded properly of the asso- ciation. Towards to the close of the eveniug the ar)QOU"ce(i a list ot subscriptions of upwards 01 £ o()0. TltIAL Or MR. SICKLES.-The trial of Mr. Sickles for the murder of Mr. Ray commenced at Washington on the 4th. Ilis manner on appearing in the dock is re- ported to have been calm and dignified. He returned the recognition of several of his friends and acquaint- ances, and took his seat beside his counsel, but near the railing that separates the lawyers from the audience. Near by sat the prisoner's father, Mr. Bagiola, father cf Mrs. Sickles, and several of the prisoner's most intimate friends. The prisoner pleaded Not Gui.ty." Buth sides declared they were ready to proceed, and five jurors were sworn, when the panel of 30 was exhausted, and an order was issued to summon 75 talesmen for next day. Up to the evening of the 5th a full jury had not been obtained, as neaily all who had been summoned, ob- tained exemption 011 the ground that they had previously made up their minds on the merits of the case, and could not, therefore, judge impartially. At the close of j the Court on the 5th, 75 more summonses weie issued, I SUICIDE IN BLENHEIM-PAUK.—On Friday afternoon an inquest was held at the Bear Hotel, Woodstock, by Mr. William Brunner, on the body of a Spanish geutle- man, who committed suicide in Blenheim-park. It appears that he went out, as is supposed to make sketches in the park, as he had previously inquired which were the most forest looking parts of the park to make sketches from. He left the inn about 12 o'clock, having pre- viously ordered a dinner to be prepared for him by 6 o'clock in the evening. Josiah Wickson, a labourer, deposed that on Thursday afternoon, a little before 4 o'clock, he was coming along the Combe-bottom, in the park, when he saw an umbrella open on the ground, and Oil going to it he observed at a little distance some one lying on the ground under a clump of trees. On closer examination he found that it was the body of a man lying Oil his face, and a quantity of blood there. Malcolm Keir, inspector of the county police at Woodstock, went to that part of the park where the body was lying, and found that the deceased bad a pistol in one baud, with his fingers on the trigger, and that a bullet had passed from the mouth through the skull and out at the of the hat. Upon the deceased was found among other articles a letter addressed to the Duke of Martborough of which the following is a copy Woodstock, April 14.— My Lord,—I humbly ask your Lordship's pa:don and for- giveness for the great liberty I have taken in coming to put an end to my dreary and miserable existence in your park. It may be a childish feeling, but one cannot blow his brains out in a common road, or one of those culti- vated fields full of cottages, and life, and civilization, and railways, and establishments of all kinds, of which your blessed country of England abound. So I have not found another proper place to die decently than your handsome park, and you must bear the inconvenience of a dead man in jrour grounds. I mean no offence. I have yesterday visited your house, hoping that the sight of good things, and chiefly good paintings, could do me good, and softi n the wild ideas that had led me to put an end to my life but all of no use. Your manor is one of the most noble, splenlid things I saw in my life, and I have travelled about and seen nearly everything worth seeing. You have the finest Reubens that can be seen; that sbuuld have a great attraction for me under other circumstances, but now they have been of no use. I hone, with that splendid house, and park, and paintings, and library, you are happy, my Lord. If that is the case you will nave a kind heart, and pity a poor devil come to die in your grounds. If, on the contrary, you are miserable also, as wealth is a medium, and do not constitute happiness, then you will say like old Dido,—'Nonignara inali, miseris Sllecurere disco,and pity me, and order that they shall leave me quiet, and bury me in the spot 1 have died, and put a cross on it in the Spanish fashion. I will he very grateful in the other world for it if you do so, and wish not to trouble any more your Lordship ah tit, me. I alII, my Lord, yours respectfully, A. ARUOJI jja AYALA," i his letter was addressed outside To his Lord the Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Manor, or where he may be." The following is a copy of a letter addressed to the land- lady of the Inn where deceased had put up My dear Madam,—Pray do not be alarmed when you know I am dead, on account of the payment of expenses at your quiet, comfortable place. I had rest and quiet for iny liist arrangements at your hotel, and comfortable accommoda- tion, and I am grateful for it. I wrote to my fnend in London, Mr. Albert'Rottman, 26, Duncan-terrace, Isling- tor:, London, who will come, no doubt, open my carpet hag, and pay you liberally my last bill on earth. If the letter is losi, and by some chance this gentleman does not come after two months from this date, nor any other person of my relatives or friends and settle your bill, 1 authorise you to open my carpet bag and tuke £ -1 ont'oi £ 11 you will find 111 my purse, and send the carpet baa. witlt tvy- watah. ohain, a ring with a au&l ei' ■■■■" *< 11-- I ui djlcklnj nnrt nii jw contcnta to Messrs. Duff, Gordon, and Co., 79, Great Tower-street, to be sent to my wile I in Spain. Pray forgive me the trouble I cause you. Yours obediently, A. ARROM DE AYALA." REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM PITr.-In the obituary of last week was recorded the death of Mr. John Bui field" I ot Deal, formerly gardener, aged 88 years. In early hfe he had in this capacity lived at Walmer Castle, (,'tir' ng its occupancy by Mr. Pitt, then Prim- Minister, of whom the old man related many interesting anecdotes. O 1 being admitted to the household, he was apprised that his bedroom was so situated that he wouid probably be disturbed by the sounds sometimes to be hoard from his master's chamber, of which he soon had aurlible proof. During the silent hours ot darktuss, the grc:at rnafl ] would rise from his repose, and, pacing his ronm, appear s to be delivering a speech in the most impassioned manner ( his pieparation, in all probability, for a coming conflict in 1 arliament. The gardens at the rear of the castle were this time newly laid out, Mr. Pitt taking much interest in the alteration, and giving personal directions but in the miUnt of these he would become absent, walking to and o »or some time in silence, and then (as one roused from t a reverie) resume his superintendence, inquiring what < he had last planned. During such intervals, 1.5 nil id t never ventured to disturb his master by all inquiry. I Trivial as are these incidents, they show that the highest ( position and most extended influence cannot be enjoyed t without vast and all-absorbing care,. Cneasy lies the t head that wears a crown," and not less so hi< who admi- i nisters the affars of a great empire.—Kent Herald. t PRESENTATION TO THE PRINCESS" FREDERICK WIL- A LIAM.— Messrs. Pool and Lorriiner, Leicester, have made i an elegant present to H.R.II. the Princess Frederick I William of Prussia, of which we take the following ac- f count from the Vossische Zeitung and the National i Zeitungof the 23rd of March 11.R.U. the Princess f Friedrich Wilhelm has been pleased to accept a very ele- gant present from her native country. Messrs. Pool and t Lorrimer, manufacturers, Leicester (England), have 1 manufactured for the new-born Prince a cloak, hood, ( and boots, which are very graceful works of art. The j cloak is of the finest pearl-white French merino, with a s border most elegantly embroidered by hand in white silk, s with the symbolical flowers-lhe rose, shamrock, and V thistle—and a very handsome white silk fnngu. On the four corners of the cloak is very tastefully embroidered f the Prussian eagle. The hood, which is of very rich I white poplin, is embroidered in the same style as the j cloak, and 111 the crown is to be seen the garter hand- somely embroidered. Also two little pairs of woollen 8 boots embroidered with silk. The above articles .vere t placed in white enamelled boxes inlaid wiih gold. Toe s bearer of this present, Mr. Lissack, of Bedford, a Ger- v man—but who has lived about twenty-five years in Eng- land—was chosen for this occasion, and very suitably w, I in reference to his double home. He had the honour, 011 t Friday last, to hand over to the illustrious parents of the young Prince this token of honourable remembrance. A very gracious reception evinced the gratefulness of the Royal pair, which was proved in addition by the pre- £ sentation of a gold medal, on ono side of which is the 1 likeness of H.R.li. Princess Friedrich Wilhelm, and on sentation of a gold medal, on one side of which is the 1 likeness of H.R.H. Princess Frit-drich Wilhelm, and on the other the names of Messrs. Pool and Lorrimer I Leicester. i DEATH OF MACKAY, THE CELFBRATED PIPER. Mr. Angus Mackay, formerly piper to Her Majesty, has been accidentally drowned in the river Nith, Dumfriesshire. Maekay was of a race of hereditary pipers, who obtained ( their instruction at the once celebrated college of the Mac- Cruimius, in the Isle of Skye, which has been swept away in the changes produced by the alt, red state of Gaelic society He was not simply a performer, able to read and note down music, which many 0f im .• can scarcely do but he was a composer of singular ablluT and his style of execution so superior that r, »> of Her Majesty were pleased with ''V''? in less ftble hands would have been Z'orIT TitfE BALL?T-~5r' K#wd"8*te, M P., writing to the Times respecting the majority m uje House of Commons against tne Ballot, remarks:—If Mr. Berkeley's state- ment, that there are 238 members in the House of Com- mons who have at one time or other voted for the ballot, and if his apparent anticipation, that these members would again vote for his faVourite project, be correct, and if these members and their opponents bad all voted on Mr. Wyld's motion for the ballot in a House consist- ing of 625 members, on the 31st of March last, the numbers on a division (after deducting two members fiom each side to act as tellers) would have stood thus Against the ballot .I 381 For the ballot 236 Majority against the ballot 115 AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—A duel has been iouglit oii I tho Downs, near Heighton, between a young American gentleman, for the past. year resideut in Biignton, and a I Russian officer, lately attache in the Legation at Wash- ington. Alter one ineffectual fire, the former was shot m the pistol-hand, wnen the seconds lniei teied, and an explanation, before refused, was teuUcred by th« opposite party, and admitted. explanation, before refused, was teuUcred by the opposite party, and admitted. I MURDER OF AN ASIATIC TRAVELLER.—There is no onger any doubt as to the fate ot Adolf Schlaginweit. Ly the return of one of his attendants (Abdoolah) to Peshawur via Bokhara and C^bul, as well as by a letter Ly the return of one of his attendants (Abdoolah) to Peshawur via Bokhara and Cbul, as well as by a letter of another of them, Mahomed Ameer, addressed to Col. Edwardes, it appears that Adolf Schlaginweit was well received af, Yarkand, though he encountered great diffi- culties in reaching that city. On moving to the north- west, or towards Kokan, he fell in with a horde of fana- tic Mussulm-ins, at Knrgash, and in front of the wa Is of this place he was beheaded by the orders of a ferocious Synd, named WulleeKhan. It is hoped that some of his note-books and observations may be recovered from the natives.—Athencenm, DEPARTURE uF MR. MORPHY.—Mr. Morphy is about quitting Europe. His brother-in-law arrived recently in Paris to see what had kept him so long in check, and they are to proceed at once to New York. Prior to his departure we are, however, promised a work, called i rials and Travels of Mr. Morphy in Europe," which will be edited by his secretary and friend, Mr. F. Ed^e. The committee of the New York Chess Club have raised above six hundred dollars, with which to purchase the proposed testimonial for Paul Morphy. He has has arrived in England once more, after a stay of six months in the French capital. His admirers could not, however, permit him to leave with- out a public demonstration of their full sense of his merits both as a wonderful chess player, and a most straightforward and courteous gentleman. Accordingly upwards of forty of the best players in the French capital invited the American player to a splendid dinner, which took place on Monday, M. St. Affiant in the chair. An euthusiastic reception was accorded to the youthful American. THE CONDEMNED PRISONERS IN CHESTER CASTLE. The two poachers, Richard Boulton and John Danks, who were found guilty of the murder of the two game- keepers at the last assizes 'nd were condemned to death, have been respited. MONUMENT TO THE LATE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD.— It is intended to erect a monument to this beloved noble- man and the subject has been referred to the Earl of Howth, Lord St. Lawrence, and Lord Ingestre. One idea that has been suggested is, the erection of a bronze equestrian statue, which would cost about £ 15'00, in the demesne of Curraghniore another is, erecting such a monument in the centre of the people's park iu this city; while a third is, to imitate the example lately set in the Wellington Memorial, and raise funds to build and endow an institution for the relief of jockeys or huntsmen who are disabled by accident or overtaken by old age. YV hich of the three will be adopted we are not as yet informed; but the latter would be more consonant with the spirit of the age.— Waterford Mail. THE ITALIAN EXILES.—An Italian gentleman residing in Mew York had received a long letter from one of the Neapolitan exiles, dated from Cork, at the conclusion of which he says Our friends in England, and the Eng- listi themselves, have surrounded us with touching demonstrations of sympathy, and through them we have been informed that our countrymen in New York had united, without distinction of political party, in order to prepare us.a hearty welcome and gather LIe means for our rtlief. It gave us much pleasure to hear of this. Afier so many disappointments and sufferings, we are tired of sects and political demonstrations. Had we dis- carded them in 1848, probably we might have been spared the last ten years of agony, and our country would not have sunk in a greater calamity than before. The Lnghsh here think that we dreaded to goto America) tearing tuat we would be regarded as cnmiuals. Ho, we im-w 1 ha', tho s cry of our calamities must h .vc crossed the c»c M. «""i nuittoJ »,f "1- -J 'Ui- l.'lt; m^iuyH cwrrzoa Ameiican people; but many of us were rciiy unaole to cross the ocean at present. Aud then, what to do in New York, not knowing the language Besides, the Sardinian Government having tendered us the hosl pitatity^of their territory, we ivere anxious to accept the gift. No Italian patriot would like to put the ocean be- tween himself and Italy now that we &re on the eve of a new national movement. So wo go to Sardinia. Our material aid will be of but little value during the coming struggle, for our Constitutions are broken. But if our foimer political career, our studies, and the example of iuftenag with constancy should give us any moral ia- auence, tnis wo ofler to our native country." RESTORATION OF THE OLYJIPIC GAMES—A private letter from Athens says —" 1 mentioned some time I ;ince the project on foot for the re-establisment of the Olympic Games, or industrial and agricultural cxhibiti, ns of the products of Greece. Like the celebrated o-ames in the olden time, long past, our modern exhibitions will be held every four years. The first exhibition will take place on the 16th of October, 1809. There will be at I ^he inauguration and during the four weeks of its dura- -ion religious solemnities, and academic sittings and liamatic performances, where wil! be represented the u-agedies oi ancient G.eece, with musical choruses com- posed by Greeks. iiiese festivals will not fail to brino- :rowds from the interior and the conterminous provinces )f lurkey, and will, it is presumed, present much at- .raction for tourists. Though ouly products of Hellenic )1 ndustry and agriculture will be admitted in the Exhibi- ion, yet machinery of better kinds coming from abroad vill be received in the interest of t'le nation. Accord. L ng to the Greek tariff, machinery of every kind is im- ported into Greece free from Customs' duties. It is satis- aciory to find that Greece, entirely occupied by her nternal improvements, is at this moment in a state of lerfect tranquillity." SIXTEEN FOXHOUNDS POISONED.—On Monday last, an infortunate circumstance occurred, by which Mr. P„weil, >f Maesgwynne, has been deprived of a large number of lis nobje pack of foxhounds. It appears that while irawtng portions of Mr. Partiell's plantations, at Llan- tephen, the dogs were seen to eat some bread that was irow 11 along the ground, and almost imaiedi i'ely t!iev Vt.r.i seized with convulsions ani died apparently in jreat neony. It was subsequently ascertained that a juantity 01 poison had b-en mixed with tile Dread, which vas placed in the plainaiums tor toe purposes of'destroy- ng foxes. It is said that Mr. Parnell nas generously ieiermined upon replacing the pack, a task, it must ho idnntted, of no ordinary difficulty, when it is kno-vn riot the dogs which Mr. Powell has unfortunately lost vere favourites, and some oi them of great value. Toe vonuy gentleman has the sympathy ot all, but mure 1. arty.ot t"Se gentlemen who have 111111:1 the chase, by whom alone tho extent of his loss lan be fully known. EXCESSIVE CHASTISEMENT OF SCHOOLBOYS.—The Rev. William Lonsdale, of Brentford Butts, the master of the icademy 18, Duke street, Grosveuor-square, was char ei it the Martooruugh Street Police Court, on Tiu I m a warrant, for unlawfully and crUtiliv n his capacity as schoolmaster, "n; .,1- '] mder thirteen years his „,V Dtack aged ■ I-upil. It appeared that complainant bad shot his f,.iiovv scholars with peas rorn a pea snoot, and had frequently been in the liabit Of g.> doing. The master had warned him, and )n Monday morning, when he repeated the offence, the ilelendant with a cane inflicted filteeu strokes upon his back and shouldeis. The cane which was of the circum- lertnce of a man's thumb, was exhibited in court, and the boy's back stripped for the magistrate's inspection. It was blackened and discoloured in a frightful manner and scored in great raw wheals in all directions. The magistrate said this was not correction but gross bruta- lity, and when inflicted on a boy it was most covvardlv. The defendant was fined Y,5 and cost", or uvo month's imprisonment. Tne fine was paid. OYSTERS AND PUGNACITY.We cannot take upon our- selves to say that the eating of oysters necessarily gives additional impetus to the pugnacious qualities ot human, nature but we have two instances which speculative minds, if so disposed, might torture into immediate cause and effect. The enmity which subsisted between Dr. Walcot (Peter Pindar) and Wiiliam Gilford, LIe editor of the Quarterly Review, as is well know u in literarv circles, was .of the most bitter kind. Peter n-bHsherf '•is Cut at a Cobbler (Gifford bad originally been a shoe- maker), which greviously aunoyeu the irritable critic who made a regular onslaught, m his journal, Oil the satJrtwaJ poet Peter laid down the pen, and resolved on paying back the compliment witii a horse-whip, lie went into an o\ster-shop somewhere ill the Sir,md, where he ate a good supply 01 the fish, and coolly waited t.ii he saw Girturd pass. ilu tii, n gave him a good thrashing, lhe litXl case is of a more iepu!sive character. Beliing- ham, ivho shot Perceval iu liie lobby of t;.e llouse ot ( Commons, in 1812, had, as it came out in evidence at the police-court, been seen recalling himself, in an oyster- Shop at the foot of the Ha) market, about an. hour Ueioie he committed the act of assassination.—Titan, I

!k" j She £ armfv$' tfoittauu 1, 1101188 BREEDING.—Our fairs are overstocked with norses, but so shapeless that it is difficult to say for what purposes most of them are adapted. He thought f mi £ bt safely say that the average value of four-fifths J*. °"r. 'oar-year-oid horses, of all sorts that we see in ni'env r'f't? hardIy £ 2° t0 £ 25> and il is difficu't to seU at..a,ny Prlce- ^ow> tak>ng intoconsidem- an ?Q breeding and rearing, with all risks 0 on' P° w9nfer breeders say they do not pay. average value of the reu.uiuiDfr one-fifth it is difficult 'J ? ey seli readlly/or from £ 40 up to almost any amount you can reasonably conceive. Now, 1 ask tho £ breeders who complain-why do you breed horses at all? Uh they say, to consume the grass properlv we must have cattle, sheep, and horses, too: tbev all differ in their bite so." Very well, then,' if you bre^i bo«eI ot some sort, why won't you breed good ones ? Does an ill-shaped horse consuine less food than a good one ? Is it cneaper to breed poor than good horses ? Home of you may perhaps say, as I have heard others say, that in breeding catile aud sheep you are seldom disappointed- the progeny is always what you expected; while in breed,ng horses you have no id. a what the colour £ shape ot the colt will be until you see it; it is quite » A V~Le.c*"re delivered hu Mr. hv.ms, at H'enloek PI 1 Y L>ESGKipTiON OF FoiiDHtt—Mr. J. W.tdinr hS',u-M "i"' Ueu visitinS China, and I ron^ht with him fiom th t country a new a<*ricuitnrai product. Tins is the IIolcus Saeckarutus, or North China e>uKar Cane, hitherto supposed to be almost exclusively tropical, but which Air. Uiurke has found will grow ex- J m any part of,our i4,and' aad afford upwards ot,Dions per acre of highly nutritious food, eaten with avidity by every description of stock, G A EDEN OPERATIONS. i L9WER AND ^HRUBBEEIES. Lose no time in potting oft bedding plants or pricking them out !"m- ,aTa,ur bo1XtS* poUed become es- tab.ished they should be hardened oft' by gradually inuring them to the opeu air. The hardier kinds may soon be set upon a bed of coal ashes or plunged in old 'au, ashes, or some other light material. Much of the labour of wa'ermg wil! thus be saved, many deaths avoided, aad tne p:ants «ii"L altogether be iu a better stat.. when p anting out season arrive. Patches of showy hardy annuds should now be sown in vacant paces wlncu usually exist in herbaceous beds and in the e ]ges of clumps and borders in the shrubbery. Double poppies, of various colours; lupins, sunflowers, African anil I reuch mangolds, erysimum, clarkias, gilias, col- nnsus, siiene, and uetuophiiu are excellent for that P"r,P .•. A sufficient quantity of cuttings and seedlings 0 f -a ,l1!ir(Jy cl|mbers should now be potted for planting out in May. With such plan's as cobaeas, maurandyas, lopliosperraums, culampehs, loasa, tropseolum canariense &c many bare places on the walls and trellises may be covered an 1 made ornamental which would otherwise be unsightly blemishes. HAIlDY FRUIT A:\D KITCHEN GAUDEN.—Commence disbud,iiug peaches aud nectarines remove a portion of the superfluous shoots now, and in a week or tei- days go over them "ud regulate them finally. Advantage should be tatven ot a fine morning to wash the trees well with the engine. 1 he superfluous shoo:s of apricots should also be removed and the remaining ones carefully ex- amined 111 search of a green caterpillar, which not only in] ues them but eats liolts in the young fruit, thereby causi g it to gum, grow deformed, or fall off before it is stoned. As regards vegetables, continue to make pe nodical sowings of spinach once a fortnight, and peas beans, and turnips once in three weeks. Successional sowmg ot all salads snouid be made with strict regu« larity, and strict regu.arity and proper attention should be paid to preserving them from the ravages of birds and insects. It the crops of onions, leeks, parsnips, beets, s-usify, scorzonera, ami skirret are not yet sown no time should be lost, alJd the latest period for sowing the main crop of carrots is near at hand. A sowing of I.tjltf beaa3 majr now bo made ia early localities TKe-early sawing of this useful vegeiable not unfre- quently gets cut oft by late spring frosts, but when this happens the ground should be left undisturbed, as shoots will be produced from beneath the surface. COTTAGERS GARDENS. Let broad beans be planted between lines of cabbages; a little late spring broccoli may also be sown, and take care to have plenty of winter h^hf '-° sfc/.cee'i t'1* summer crops. Perhaps these may tinnt 11 nc.arc8t KenOman's gardener, if he aUvdv th° ve more than he v,ants, which is almost onWul a r ^Sc'r!etl,u»n?« should be sown whh- riisei cuou'1Ul'ers tor gherkius mav also be raised in some warm sheltered corner. H0w best to jitT"ber rm /,ft8r>Wf;ds Wiil be given ia a futun, nu. tier.—G urdenen L ft > on icie.

TURC MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT KASISGATB.— BV the exertions ot tne police sufficient light has been thrown upon th:s sad occurreuce to entble us to pronounce with suaie certainty that it is a c;.se not of mur.ser but of de.iberate suicide. It is evident that the object of the aeceased was to conceal his identity, and this fact Wiil he found to explain ail rhe mysterious circumstances c nneotc i with the case. Tiie fallowing are a¡lwn: the cucunistances which point most directly to the suicide The spot, where the body was found was ->5 feet from the cliff, and the tide iiad risen some feet above it, high enough to have washed the body to the place where it iy About 8 ) yar )s lower down the beacn, in n-arly a direct line, cuts were found m one of the c.,aik rockii ftmd^^°Tesp°Tdu,ff w,l!l ti,e Ma]e uf lhe hatchet the wjter^ose above""half VS". ^n7w "hilf flo°l Monday morning was about ha i pa-.t j,and tha death rni.ht easily h,v knelt besi'e"it'. In-l placed hifffn" rs on he rock and chopped them off. The hatchet, fin^rs boos all,1 utnulel;a (the articles most likely to rink) Wele lound near this latter spoi, whi e the clothes were fhmuU« Vle seaw*ed near the body. The reporter was informed by experienced boatmen, who accompa- 1 ■' r t0 ti,e de°ea*ed bad chopped off liis at the rock aHuded to, and, had then stibbed nini*e!f to tne heart and fallen instantly dead, is body wouid have ten washed by »ho regular set of V",« ,lde ,ri8llt1 m shore and a little to the north- want, or exactly to the piaca where, in point of fact the ooay was found. The knife, which has been searched for svit a out success, wouid probably have been knocked out or the wound by the body washing against the low rocks, and if the knife had a wooden handle, as many mailer, knives have, it might have floated and been car- rieu out to sea. The medical evidence was that the skm was frayed as would have resulted from the oody washing upon the beach. Why, it may be asked, did tne decease.! chop off his finger.- ? The answer i< fop the same re sou that he had previously bandaged them -v,z., to conceal his identity. One joint of thefirst finger and two jo nts of the second had been ammitauSi some years a^o, and were perfectly healed nAhi mark tne deceased won d be recognised > i determined to take a.l his fingers off H 'T' 'if them during his iournpr in le l,a<1 bandaged trae-d 3 7'-ln or<*er that he might not bo 11111,1 s': e was ho sign of disease or other injury P ins baud 10 tequire a bandage. No doubt that tbe deceased hoped that the lingers wonld Dot be found, The unfortunate man forgot a scrap of paper which was found near the body in the storehouse, and which there is 110 reason to doubt belonged to the deceased. It con- fined these words, written in pencil in indifferent Uerman bear mother,—Here are five dollars—little fa t.lM?^ gH0d hc"t-~HENav NATTBEXGH.» The Ua that the deceased's money was gone has led manv No TV'0 ber'leV? l'lat a Trd?r 1,ad beea ?hh V CU h f °Jy ?"astouna the tide was two hours' ebb, and long before that time country carts may have gv, ,e down to the beac.i, as is frequently the case, for gravel, cr persons may have been, as one was known to be, looKing lor shells. It is> „-e regret to say, notin- piooable thai the deceased was robbed after death. Th« poci.ets of Ins coats were turned insido out, aad two Iront pockets in his angola shirt were ripped open We may add that it is very doubtful whether the deceased '"V011 a,one*' 8S had beeu represented The few «ords addressed 10 his mother lead to the belief that he the'roTrsV /A'5 ?TRES W6-? SCAU;5R' M«CH worn, and of ii silvf f^scriptiou. tie never paid in gold/always i.ee ,T,\T "atvh V,ds Sllver> aa,l not gold as bad a,e^" 16 point, we think, clearly to tbe conc: asioll that the deceased returned trom A merica a disappointed man, reduced in meaus, and that this cir- cumv.ancs, auecthiLj a brain previously weakened by disease, led bun to determine on suicide. At first in- tending to seud his mother some little money, he changed hu miad, and endeavoured by the means we have de- scribed to do away with all trace of his identity, and thus lead his family to the belief that he hitd perished fit sea or in a foreign bind. GEOLOGICAL SUUVJSY OF TASMANIA. — Tasmania having voted £ 5,000 to cover the expenses of a geologi- cal survey of the island, has auplied to the QtQ*n fQ* a competent scientific surveyor. The Colonial Office very properly consulting the bchool of Mines, Sir Bodtrick Murcuison at once lecommcnded Mr. Charles Gould, sou ot the ornithologist. Mr. Charles Gould was a stu- oent at the Government School of Mines, and a success- or Competitor for the Duke of Cornwall's iiihibition, the Board of I rade Exhibition, and for the Forbes Medal. He sailed for the scene of his new labours oa Tuesday, in the Ripon.