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EPITOME OF NEWS. -+-= It appears that in the year ending March last, the revenue from penny stamps was 2519,288 5s.-3d,, and the net produce, L500,259 18s. 6d. Mr. J. S. Mill, M.P., has been made a Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Vienna, on the occasion of its celebrating its 500th anniversary. Collectors of sensation'' relics have actually clipped away portions of the "dooe-s £ eps of Br„ Pritchard & residence. A Yankee, in the indefinite region known as "out "West," has been serving whiskey to his oustomers^ in an old gnn-barrel, instead of a; glass. His wholesale only allows him to sell "by the ba.rreL" Constance Kent still remains in the Wilts County Prison, at Fisherton, Salisbury, no communicatioii having been received of h"er ultimate fate. Her de is still calm and collected, and it is not true that she signified any intention of making a further confession. We hear that the Rev. Arthur Wagner, has been, and still is, supporting Out of his families of the men who were sent to pnsen for their brutal attack on him in the streets iif Brighton. A forthcoming journey of GAiibaldi to Sheinfelden, in Switzerland, having been aimounced in the Preach press, the General, in a letter -to Earl Blind, has contradicted the news as being ■devoid of foundation. The second railway compensation case respecting St. John's-wood I;Luiliray has been heard at the Sheriffs' Court, Bed Lion-squa^, Thomas v. The M^ro- politan and Notting-hill BaiW". The olaimwitis a cow- keeper at St. John's-wood, ^nd claimed a large sum. After, a. long inquiry the amouu* awarded was £ 1,500. The limited liability" fever seems to-be ex- tending to the West-dnd clubs. The United Arts Club, in Hanover-square, t«kes the initiative, and some other older establishments; proprietary clubs are, it is Baid, afcout to follow'the example. The trials of Duties paid daring the year, ohdiug- oz) the 31st of March I'MIt, in the undermentioned; categories, were as follows:—On spirits, £ 10,610,066 13s. 10d., of which £ 463,335 9s. 6Jd. was expended in the collecting on railways, iC439,000 15s. 3d.; on patent medicines, gW,333 Os. 4!d; and on racehorses, 27,746 4s. The death of Mr. William Whitham, of Hudderafield, inventor of several improvements in steam and hydraulic engines, especially in the latter as applied to raining purposes, is recorded. On Saturday night, the Soar borough express train ran into an engine, which was on the, wrong,,Iiue, at Mai ton. The engine '*as smashed, but the passengers escaped, and were sent on, the up-line being clear. The General Credit and Finance Company have notified that on the 15th instant, a payment of 2s..per share, free of income-tax, will be made on account of dividend for the current year, being at the rate of 5 per eent. per annum for the six months. The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom amounted for the past week on 12,079 miles, to 9753,782; and for the corresponding week of last year, 11,660 miles, to £721,432, showing an increase of 419 miles, and of £ 32,350. A telegraphic dispatch from Florence state that an extremely full municipal council have confirmed, by a unanimous vote, the concession for the enlargement -Of Florence as recommended in the report of the former Minister, Peru^si, and embodied in the contract of the G-anfalomere with Messrs. Alfieri, Carmichael, Cresswell, and Breda. On Saturday the whole of the shipwrights, numbering nearly 200 men, employed in the yards which line the banks of the river Wear, near Sunderland, turned out "on strike." The strike is promoted by the Ship- wrights' Union, and the question in dispute is one of time. The operatives of Preston are still strongly in favour of emigration. A party of eight left the town last Week for America, and in a few days they will be followed by more. Amongst the bulk of those remaining there is a complaint of irreglilar work, poor wages, and uncertain prospects. The Advertiser has reason to believe that the alleged large concessions which were said to have been Offered by Austria to Prussia, in the question of the Diichies, have no foundation in fact. A notice appears in the Dublin Gazette to the effect that his Excellency the"Lofd Ligutenant has offered a reward of P,100 to any person who -shall within six months give such information as shall lead to the arrest of the per- petrators of the murder of Thomas Devlin, bailiff, county, Meoth. The Lord Bishop of Manchester has just consecrated a beautiful new church at the village of Weaste, near Eccles. The building is from the designs of Mr, Geo. Gilbert Scott, B.A., and will cost about £ 11,000. Lady Theresa Lewis, widow of Sir Cornewaill Lewis, has returned to Kent-house from a, visit to Here- ford aaid into Radnorshire for the purpose of seeing the testimonials placed in these localities-to the memory of her distinguished husband. Her ladyship expressed -herself well satisfied and greatly gratified at these marks of respect, to his memory. On Saturday Colonel M'Murdo reviewed 3,000 Cheshire volunteers, and an administrative battalion from Flintshire, on the Roodee, at Chester. In addition to the, ordinary evolutions, the troops engaged in a sham fight, in the course of which the volunteer engineers threw a. pontoon bridge across the River Dee. j Crinoline has claimed another vietim^but Hot in the ordinary way- "A yorang woman named Ma y Scott, about 25 years of age, residing m London, was going downstairs to the kitohen, wheii heE;; foot caught in her crinoline, and She was precipitated from the top to the bottom of the stair, head foremost. She fel an her head and brokehèr neck. Death was, of course, instantaneous. n On Sunday evenin 3g, the Benedictine "nrissioii" in London was closed with compkne, and sermon by the superior, who preachedfrotn the words, "The darkness is Peeled, and the true light now shineth." At the conclusion ■of'th^tjorviee, Mr. Lyne announced that the buildingof.tha monastery at Nwiéh was stopped-for want of funds. A diplomatic correspondence has been going -on for the last nine mouths between Austria and Prussia for 37 francs. The cause WItSt a Prussian soldier had been taken ill and teatedat an Aitstrian hospital, the ex- penses in his case being 37 francs. Last year the duty On 'hair PO'wcler amounted to iel,027 12s. 7d, a.nd on armorial bearings to £ 61,560 19s. 6d. Duririfr the past week twenty-seven wrecks have been reported, making a sotal for the present year Of 1,266. Dr. Livingstone, the celebrated Afriran explorer, W now a guest of Colonel Webb, High Sheriff of Nottmg- hamshire, at Newstead Abbey. The Bath papers have made the most oat of the passing visit of Prince Napoleon to the town, even to the length Of telling us at whose shop the Prince purchased a travelling cap! According to a Parliamentary blue-book just issued, the conscience money,, paid into the Exchequer in the year endIng-March last amounted to 97,184. The Americang have been hunting up the cenealogy of General Shermail) and find that he is a descen- dant of Puritans ot the Cromwell type, who emigrated to America in the troublesotae times of CMrles I. A local contemporary says that:-At the exa- mination of one of the public seminaries in a burgh not far frZ Edinburgh, which came off last week, the son of Dr. iMtchard, a lad the was,c.^ie,d fflL™1 to recite before a public ^emytho pieGe entltled ,lThe Orphan Boy." This was cruel, u true A Carmelite monk, writes from BagShat he f ruins of which still exist, was on the oocasim!°J toires, blessed by Pius IX- ifny Mussulmans.^81011 a grand ceremony, attended by maw • _„ i..{ a collection ot eggs and skins At a recent sale Ot _„B oi the great auk, one Of very rare birds, including £ 3810s.; and the fourth fetched £ 29; another £ 33; attird^ oasarca, or ru^' £ 89. Total, £ 122 10s. One egg o £ remarka.ble, as shieldrake fetched £ 1 16s., which is ratter » aki living specimens of the bird are, comparatively spea "S, m all ornithological collections. The).aviest income returned in New York foT, 1864 was R3, 00 a year, but this was only for o-,ie year, the largest steady inC0me being apparently that of who returns it w-. £ 260,000 a year. Some of this enormous wealth will in aye»t or two be transferred to Trinity Onurc ifew York, which m..ay years ago leased to Mr. Astor so large plots of land, nt^ covered with streets and squares. A Pritchard eask. has turned up at the assizes of the Seine Inféneure." A doctor is accused of poisoning his own wife and the àusba. of a lady whom he wished to marry. In the course of a tribJ. in the Civil Court at Lancaster last week, involving a Kght of fishery in Coniston ■water, a curious document was tendered in evidence. It was a long roll in a box, containing txe defendant's (General Le Flemings), pedigree, with the nai^es an(j dates of his ancestors, traoed to the original lie a ien*ing, who came over to England with William the Conqueror. The Queen of the Sandwichi isiands at- tended Divine service at Christ Church, Claj)ilam) on the occasion of the Rev. W. Hoapili, her chaplain, breaching in "i I of the Hawaian mission. The church Was densely wded. Red cloth was laid down from the door at whioh Queen Emma entered to the pew in the central aisfe whjgh reserved for her. The Rev. Bradley Abbott, inoum- 3&nt, conducted the service, which was a choral one, carriid 0lJt with the full ceremonies used by the -f-1^ ^auroh Party. The Rev. W. Hoapili took Ms text from Rom. vii. • A liberal collection was made. Edward Bradshaw, a warehouseman, wis charged before the Liverpool magistrates, with having gorged the name of Thomas Woods, as surety for a mm named Newsham, who had applied to the excise for a ucence for a beerhouse. Woods had consented to become urety, and Newsham had gtiven the name to the exesto officers; but afterwards Woods declined'to be surety. Newsham, however,-took Bradshaw. to the office, and got him to represent himself as Woods, and- sign the latter's name. The facte were admitted, and the prisoner'was re- manded. The Comere Siciliano of Palermo states that four prisoners who had a few, days ago been delivered up to the turnkey of the prison of Yicari in order there to undergo the sentences to Which they had been. condemned, effected their escape that very night after strangling the turnkey. "The most -dangerous o'f these ruffians has since been re- captured the other three are still at large. Lieut.-Colonel Childs, R.A., under orders from ,the commandant? at Woolwich, made the annual inspection 'of this corps on Saturday last at Wellington Barracks. The 'appearance of the men and their drills with heavy guns. in battalion movements and the manual aifd platoon carbine iexerciseS were very goadrand the inspecting officer expressed 'himself as well saiisfied in every respect. g The directors of the South Western Railway Company have resolved to recommend to the proprietors at the half-yearly general meeting on the 17th inst., that the dividend for the half-year ,ending 30th June, 1865, should be at the rate 6f 4t per cent, .per annum on the ordinary capital stock of the company, being the same rate ias was declared for the half-year ending.SOth June, 1864.. The Winchester and Alton Railway is to be opened for traffic on the 1st of September. Some of the German journals state that .petroleum has been discovered in Hanover, and that capital is being subscribed in England to work the wells. A New York paper says that a "Mr. Talbot is producing a "sensation" in 'Virginia city by shooting apples Off the head of Captain Clarkson, with a pistol, at a 'distance of 30 feet. A respectable man, about 45 years of age, was 'run'over and' killed: in Molynewx-street, Marylebone, on Monday. 'Trom documents found on his person his name is ibelieved to be 'Joseph Adams. The body was taken to Marylebone Workhouse. ,South Shields is be constituted a separate port from North Shields. An official communieation has been 'received by the authorities, 'intimating that it had been Idetermined to grant an independent Custom House, and giving instructions for the necessary steps-to be taken in regard to' the boundaries of the new port, f Another ilael among "Wurzburg atudents has had a fatal termination. A candidate of-medicine, who had just passed his final examination, was shot dead by a young jurist. The employers of labour in the iron and coal districts of South Wales are alarmed at the dimetisioul, which have been reached by th&einigtation of labourers to America; and-of which a scarcity of labour is almost certain to be the result, Information has been received by the police that some miscreant had made an attempt to upset the trains on the Great Western Railway-by breaking one of the switches on the junction line crossing Old Oak-common, near Shepherd's.-basli, and placing obstructions across the metal. A reward of 2-50 is offered, for the discovery of the perpetrators. The valley of Brohl, one of the most charming localities on the Rhine, was last week ravaged by a terrible storm. A waterspout, burst over Niederbreisig, at one of its; extremities, and instantly converted all the water-courses into torrents/which swept everything before them, crops, trees, cattle, and'houses. The inhabitants having, been left destitute by this visitation, a public; subscription has been opened for thein, until 'Government can adopt measures of relief. The death of Sir William Johliston,is an- nounced. He was the eighth baronet, and a worthy repre- sentative of a very ancient family. A grand temperance gala, organised by the Lancaster and Morecambe 'total abstinence societies, was held at Morecambe, the other day. $pecial trains ran from all parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, and West- moreland, bringing upwards of 18,000 visitors. In an action for breach of contract at Leeds, in which a'verdict was given for the .plaintiff, it was found that the agreement between the parties was unstamped. The penalty of £1.0 Is. was demanded by the court, and was of course paid before the document could be received in evi- dence. As his lordship remarked, to save a, penny stamp, the plaintif fhad to pay a fine of iClO Is. Sunday was the twenty-first anniversary of the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred Ernest Albert. At Windsor, the bells of St. George's Ghapel and St, John's Ghurch rang merrily in the morningin honour of the Prince attaining his majority, though the usual Royal salutes were deferred, as is customarj "on the occasion of a Royal-birthday filling on a Sunday, till Monday. In London the usual de- •monatrations Of Bags from the Admiralty, 'St. Martin's Church, &e., were made, as is customary on a Royal birth- day. During -the past week the visitors to the South • Kensington Museum have been as followsOn 'Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from ten a.m. to ten ,p.m., 10,572; an Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, students' days (admission to the public, 6d.), open from ten am. till six p:m., 1,676. Total, 12,243: from the opening of the Museum, 5,454,835. A party of excursionists visited the Scotch' Hill of Morven, on" Tuesday, the 1st instant, and during'' their stay on the top-about half an hour-snow fell heavily, the weather at the time being bitterly cold, with a strongi northerly wind I The usual tabular statement, showing the: position of tbe w bo3y, whs roiid on< Monday at the annual conference, at Birmingham. The; total number of axembers is 330,827, of whom nineteen, are; on probation. There is a decrease of2,S32 at the mission: stations. An inquest was recently held at East Cowes, Isle' of Wight, on the body of a boy, aged twelve years, named Urry, who had, contrary to the strict injunctions of his: parents, gone to amuse himself with others in a dangerous part of the river Medina. He got out of his depth, and was in the water half an hour before the body was re-, covered. Dr. Jeans was called in, but could not restore animation. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally Drowned." An inquest was recently held in Luke-street, Mile-end, respecting the death of Mrs. Eliza Andrews, 'aged forty-two,years. Deceased was in the habit of taking arrow-root, and on Thursday night she, in mistake, took a quantity of white precipitate powder with some arrow-root. In a short time she was seized with violent pains, and sus- pecting what had occurred took an emetic of warm water and became better, but no doctor was called in for two days. It was then found impossible to save her life. The jury re- turned a verdict in accordance with the evidence. A young man, named Henry Amis Elder was ex- amined at Hull on the charge of stealing 2217, the property of Messrs. Walker and Smith, oil millers, Wincomlee. The prisoner absconded a short time ago with the money, and proceeded to New York. There he was robbed, and being left penniless, his conscience began to reprove him, and he determined to return to England, and give' himself into custody. This he did a few days ago, and after his state- ment had been read he was remanded. At the Rotherham Court-house, Thomas Such was summoned.tfor illegally taking toll. On Sunday, the 9th of July, a Wesleyan local preacher, named Roebuck, on his way from Mexbro* to Greasbro' to fulfil an appoint- ment, drove up in his cart to the gate kept by the defendant. He demanded exemption from toll. The defendant-refused 'to let him pass free, and while the dispute was going on, a second local preacher drove up, and made a similar demand. He was refused, and toll was paid by both, under protest. The Benchbeheved the exemption under such circum- stances was contrary to the letter of the Act, if not the spirit The defendant was fined 6d. only, and the Beneh hinted that he might appeal. In the Sheriff's Court, at Leeds, a case was tried before Mr. Grey, the under-sheriff, in which Mr. John ■EVoflerick Ingram, oil merchant, Leeds, sued this bank for damages for the non-cashing of a bill for £ 229. On the 24th of February the bill was paid in, and a question was raised as to its navability. It became due on the next day, and Mr Intrram Was not advised until a day or two after that in. had not been met, when his solicitor received information. Mr. Ingram was engaged in the oil trade, and in conse- quence of the bill not being met, he was unable to operate it the market to the extent which is usual at the opening of the year. Mr. D. Seymour, Q.C., and Mr. Middleton were counsel for the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff damages, 41,000.
, HEALTH AND TREATMENT OF…
HEALTH AND TREATMENT OF „ JEFFERSON DAVIS. Kecent adviees from New York give some interesting details as to the state of Mr. Davis's health and general condition. A correspondent of the Herald in a letter dated the 17th July says:—From all the sources of information I am able to command, there xs no Jeff. Davis is slowly, but surely, declining in health from his protracted imprisonment. He will not even avail himself of the opportunities of exercise afforded him, he has a space of about 20 by 20 feet he could walk about in if he chose; but all the long hours of eai^ weary day he sits at the barred embrasure of sullen, silent, speechless. With his chin alternately resting on one hand and then on both, he lookst Ulhntermittinglythrough this opening. Where rest Jhia'eyes and what thoughts atir that brain 5?, • • • I have been told to-day that Jeff, l^avis, it he keeps up his present prison habits and despondency, will not live six weeks longer. Yesterday Mr. Davis requested per- mission for a. chaplain to see him. This is the second request of this kind he has made smce his arrival. Chaplain Kerfoot was sent to his cell. He greeted the chaplain with warmth. "It is to you and to this book" (holding the Bible in his hand) "I must look," he said, for consolation now." The chaplain talked to him of his spiritual eondition,tead to him passages from the Bible, and prayed with him. After the chaplain left, Davis appeared to be in much better spirits than he has been in for some time past. He reads the Bible morning I and evening. Recently, I am told, he protracts these readings much more than at the commencement of his imprisonment. He confesses his belief in the Bible, and professes to have made it the ruling guide of his life. It is evident that he does not fancy being confined ex- clusi-vely to reading the Scriptures, for he sometimes clamours for a different style of literature; but his request in this regard thut far has not been complied with. This refusal to extend his reading privileges, and not permitting him to write to his wife or see letters from her, have formed the burden of his com- plaints. If permission were given Mm to have all the books he wished he could not read much himself, and for the comfort derived from them woald have to rely mainly on others reading to him. One eye is now (almost totally blind, and the other gives indications of !rapidly becoming so. He has complained lately of iseeing objects double. There is every reason jto believe that the execution of the assassination con- jspiratqrs in Washington has been communicated to :Davis within the past three or four days. It is certain (that a great and marked change has come over him, land to'his undoubted knowledge of this execution,the ichange is attributed. His food is of the best quality, ,he has abundance of pure air, and there is no special reason otherwise accounting for present gloominess and decreasing health. The New York correspondent of the Times says:- 'Unless the'statements which are issued eveiy day toonceriiing the health of Mr. Davis aro very false, it ;is not likely that he will remain much longer a cause ;of contention among the Northern people. Hisheaith iis said to be fast failing, and the rigorous nature of this imprisonment daily reduces his shanoes of re- covery. He is not allowed to ,see any one, except the man who brings him his food, and occasionally a doctor. All books are denied him, except the Bible, and he is not permitted to "receive letters, or to write- any, even to his own counsel. It was thought that by postponing his trial public opinion in the North would 'soften towards Davis, but there is no indication of isuch a change; on the contrary, circumstances are i always occurring which strengthen the generall desire to sec the heaviest of punishments fal upon his head. Nothing will satisfy a very large portion of the people but Mr. Davis's life. Even the most moderate men express a feeling of anxiety lest the Government should be contented with his banishment. This eager craving for ven- geance on an individual, notwithstanding the awful visitation which has fallen upon the entire South, and which might seem enough to appease the demands of the most vindictive, may appear very reprehensible to people in England, but it is not so unreasonable as it looks at a distance. Not only can it be explained, but justified; it does not arise from party passion, but from the remembrance of deeds which are more horrible than the English public can have any idea of, and it is constantly fed by new proofs of barbarity perpetrated upon Federal prisoners. If there is any bitterness entertained by the Northern people towards the South—and very rarely indeed have I seen evi- dences of it—it springs from the same cause which makes them talk of Davis as of a being scarcely human. That oause is the incredible and infamous treatment which the Northern captured soldiers re- ceived in Southern prisons. The evidence upon which the charges of cruelty' rest is overwhelming and unanswerable. A sanitary' commission was appointed by the Government to | inquire into the circumstances, and the members of it examined a great many men who had i),eea,prisoners in the South, some of whom were at death's door when they told their story. The testimony has been, published by official sanction, and photographs of a few of the prisoners are prefixed to the narrative. Photographs do not lie, and these pictures of living, skeletons, -covered with and wounds speak for themselves. But stili more painful witnesses against the prisons of the South are to be met with in almost every village in the presence of poor young' fellows who have returned in a state of idiocy, or; paralysed, or eaten up with scurvy. When it is con-i sidered that at Andersonville the Confederates put the! Northern prisoners on a piece (if land without even a; teat to cover them, that a tropical ann beat down' upoa their heads, and that they had not food enough: given them to keep a dog alive, it cannot cause! surprise that mind and body alike broke down. It is, a fact, and an awful one to realise, that around| that prison field of Andersonville 15,000 Northern' soldiers, taken captive, lie buried. Fever and starva- tion laid them all low. In the regular prisons, where; at least shelter from heat or cold was provided, the, men were huddled together so that it was almost im-; possible to breathe in the rooms. When they went to; the windows to get a little fresh air, they were shot; down from outside by the sentinels. This crime is proved to have been committed in scores of cases.! The evidence, as I have said, is before the world; the! Southern leaders do not attempt to contradict it. They only say they did as well as they could, and all' one's wishes and hopes would lead one to beHevef them. Bat here, again# unfortunately, the evidence is -too strong in disproof of their words. At Libby, closer to Davis's house, the prisoners were literally starving.' Their friends in the North heard of this, and sent- them boxes of provisions. These boxes were stored m¡ sheds directly in front of the prison, so that the men) could see them from their windows, but the authorities refused to distribute them. The prisoners died froiii hunger in the sight of plenty. The Southern defence; is that this was a retaliatory measure, used because there had been a complaint about the treatment of Southern men in the North. Bat it is proved beyondj all doubt—and every Confederate soldier, private orj officer, who is questioned on the subject admits it— that in the Northern, prisons no distinction whatever was made between Fedeta.1and Confederate: both were carefully looked after, and always had proper clothing and food. When a Northern prisoner was carried-SoutiL it was common to strip him. of every trinket he possessed, and in many instances to take his clothes from him. "They even took our coata from us," deposed Franklin Dismore, of the 8th Tennessee Cavalry, ¡¡ and,'part of us, had to lie there on the floorin our shirt sleeves." And the same man stated—his words being confirmed by numerous others—" many a man just fell dead walking round trying to keep himself warm, or as he was lying on the floor died during the night; and if you looked out of a window a sentinel would shoot you. They shot some five or six of our boys who were looking out." Colonel Dahlgren was shot at a window in this. way, and buried naked. A man who saw the body swore that the little finger was cat off in order to get at-a ring which Colonel Dahlgren had worn upon it. A doctor who had seen upwards of 6,000 paroled men states that they were all in a half-famished condition when they came to him, and that the lightest diet was almost too much for them at first. The grief in bereaved families for those who fell in battle is slight compared with that which is felt by mothers who know that their sons perished slowly and miserably of hunger and disease. It in easy for you Englishmen to talk about metoy and forgiveness," said alaay, talking of this subjeot, "but how would you have felt towards the Russians if they had starved and murdered 15,000 of your soldiers in one prison P" It is this feeling which extends through every class of society in the North. To condemn it without Weighing the circumstances which produce it is to do less than justice to a people who are ready to shake hands with every Southern man, and to help him with money, provided he was not a leader among them. As a body the Northern people are impatient to be friends with the South. It al is only against the leaders that they bear animosity,, and it is chiefly concentrated upon the head of Davis; for he lived within a stone's throw of Libby Prison, whence the corpses of starved men were daily carried out in large numbers. It may be asked did Davis or General Lee know .of the manner in which Southern prisoners were treated F The North believe they did, and, therefore, as I have said, the cry for their lives, however repulsive it may sound, is not a cry raised without provocation. It is not the wild clamour of a mob; and it is so far deep and general that I believe the Government will have to resist the whole force of public. opinion in the North if Mr. Davis is to save his life. "If," says a writer who truly reflects the views of the people on this subject, "General Lee had been de- termined not to have prisoners starved. or abused, does any one doubt that he could have prevented these things f Nobody ddubts it." And so of Davis —" The chief of a so-called Confederacy who could calmly consider among his official documents in- cendiary plots for the secret destruction of ships, hotels, and cities fall of peaceable people is a chief well worthy to preside over such cruelties; but his only just title is President of Assassins, and the whole civilised world should make common cause against such a miscreant." I do not know whether this argu- ment and this language will be deemed conclusive or satisfactory in England; they are certainly held to be so here, and, after all, it is in America that Mr. Davis l is to be tried. His friends might see a worse fate befall him than hiti deatkrin Fortress Monroe
THE NEWS BUDGET. .
THE NEWS BUDGET. Visitors in England..—A party of Japanese are travelling about this country with the view of gaining some knowledge of our agriculture and manufactures. They were sent over by Prince Satsuma, and have entered into the work of their mission witn great zeal. The other day they visited .some extensive ironworks 'belonging to one of our greatest agricultural imple- ment makers, and they expressed a wonderful amount of delight at the steam ploughs, reapers, and ether things shown to 'them. They quickly understand and 'rapidly manipulate the machinery b-rought before ithem, and generally eihibit the proverbial ingenuity of their race. The Earl of Derby and the Central Relief Committee.—The Earl of Derby came over from Knowsley to Manchester, on Saturday,.for the express purpose of affording to Mr. M'LaChlan, the photo- grapher, the opportunity of taking a likeness of his lordship as chairman of the Central Executive Relief Committee, in accordance with the drawing for a photographic representation of that body prepared by Mr. F. J. Shields, associate of the Old Water 'Colour Society, and some time ago submitted by Colonel Wilson Patten to the committee and much approved of, and which will shortly be completed and i published. Whilst at Mr. M'Lachlan's his lordship readily consented to a likeness being 'taken.for the [purposeof being,placed in thePhotographie Museum, whioh, in accordance with the plan proposed by Mr. M'Lachlan, it was some time ago determined by the corporation to form. Death of the Reeorder of Yorl,Mr. C. H. Elsey, Recorder of York, has expired, after a brief llness, at his residence, near York, at an advanoed. age. The deceased gentleman also held the offices of Recorder of Richmond, Judge of the Court of Record at York, and Clerk of the Peace of the West Riding. He had been in failing health for some time. He had for the last few years only occasionally presided at the, quarter sessions, his place being generally supplied by Mr. Maule, the Recorder of Leeds. Prince Arthur's Visit to Wales.—His Royal! Highness Prince Arthur gladdened the eyes and hearts of the people of the Welsh Principality by being, present at and superintending the uncovering of the' statue of his late father at Tenby. The statue is erected on the Castle-hill there, a most pioturefique., and conspicuous spot, and the proceedings excited the- liveliest interest among the loyal Welsh, all classes of whom were represented in large unmbers. Workmen's Clubs.—Lard Stanley delivered-an; address last week at Birkenhead, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Workmen's-haU, which had been erected for the purpose of social improvement' and recreation, and which is owned to a considerable extent in shares of £1 each by the workmen of the township. Lord Grosvenor, Lord Richard Grosvenor,' Mr. J. Laird, M.P., and a number of working men afterwards addressed the meeting. Supposed Wife Murder in Scotland.—Alex-! ander Veitch, a man of drunken habits, was early last week committed to prison in Edinburgh in default of payment of a fine of 5s. for some offense. On Saturday last he was liberated, and returned to his home in Leith, where he gave his wife a severe beating for not paying his fine. This quarrel must have been Very soon got over, for in the forenoon they were drinking together; but about two p.m. they quarrelled again, and thenceforth the woman appears to have been con-, tinually ill-used 'by her husband, until, on Tuesday, she was found by a,physioian in a state of delirium, without any hope of recovery. She died that night, apparently from concussion of the brain. The husband is in custody. A Reproot to Demonstrative Volunteers. —Colonel Wright, the Deputy-Inspector General of Volunteers, when inspecting the 29th North Middlesex Volunteers, took occasion to read them a valuable lesson on military discipline. After congratulating them on the oreditabie inspection which they had undergone, on the numbers to which they had mus- tered but two days after-the Wimbledon review, and on the silent and excellent manner in which they had gone through their day's work, he pointed oat to them the unmilitary nature of the practice to which they were addicted, of cheering the officer by whom they were inspected. "If," said Colonel Wright, "yon cheer me when I praise you, you will have an equal right to pelt me if on a future occasion I have to censure you." Royston and Hitohin Railway.—At the half- yearly meeting of proprietors, held at the offices, 61, Gracechurch-street, Mr. J. C. Cobbold in the chair, it was resolved, That a dividend at the rate of six per cent, per annum, less income-tax, and Id. per .£65s; stock, for expenses of management, be declared upon the Royston, Hitchin, and Shopreth Consolidated Stock for-the half-year ending August, 1865, and paid forthwith." Major Amsiaok and Mr. John Phillips, the retiring directors, were re-elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. NavalPriza Bounty and Salvage Money.— The account for the year ending March 31st last, exhibiting the receipt and expenditure of naval prize -bounty, salvage, and other moneys, has been issued by the Admiralty. There were received from all sources £ 146,674 3s. lid. To this amount the pro- ceeds of the sale of, slave vessels captured and of ton- nage bounties awarded for slavers contributed X75,026 4s. 5d. There are also included for booty captured at Canton in 1857 1.21,416 17s.; captures for breach of blockade of the Canton River, 1857, < £ 2,590 7s. ltd; bounty for the destruction of pirates, £ 3,714 7s. lid; Indian prize money (naval brigade), £ 1,41417s.4d.; bootycapturedinPegu, £ 1,706 lls.9d stares captured at Kertch and Yenikale in 1855, X27,775 19s. 2d., fcs. Of the gross amount, X146,674 33. lid., there have been distributed X-90,939 4s. 5d., and a balance of X55,734 19s. 6d. I remains in hand. Shocking Accident to a Lady.—0 a Friday night an old lady, the widow of Dr. Smith of Montrose, was killed at the Waverley-bridge Station, Edinburgh. A train of carriages was standing at the platform, and r Mrs. Smith, being wearied, leaned against one of them, without noticing that an engine was approaching to be attached to the train. The engine came up with some force, and, the carriage against which Mrs. Smith was leaning was set in motion. The old lady was thrown down, and the handle of the carriage caught a knitted woollen wrapper that she had on, which caused her to be dragged between the platform and the carriage steps and wheels. She was fearfully crushed, the ribs seeming to have been pressed in upon the heart, instantaneously depriving her of life. When falling Mrs. Smith uttered a piercing shriek, and one of her daughters, Mrs. James Wilson, sprang forward, seized hold of her -other, and attempted to save her. Bat for the presence of mind of a porter who observed the accident, and who jumped forward and caught Mrs. Wilson, she would have shared the fate of her unfortunate mother. As it was, her clothes had become entangled in those of Mrs. Smith, and when drawn back almost every shred was torn from her back. Mrs. Wilson sustained a slight injury on the right side, and two or hreecnts on the logs.-Scotsm-. A Confidential Clerk.—W. Bilton was charged at the Southwark Police-court with stealing several sums of money received by him on behalf of his master, Mr. Toby, boot manufacturer, of Wellington- street, South wark. The prisoner had. received various sums of money, which he ought to have accounted for to his master, but which had never been entered in the books, and had placed the sum of k36 in the savings bank within the last year, although his wages were only 25s. a week.-For the prisoner, it was alleged that the money m the savings bank had been placed there by his wife as her savings, she being a 9 laundress, and that the charge was premature, since the defendant intended to replace the monev supposed to have been lost.—Committed for trial. Emigration.—In the second quarter of 1865 there went out from ports in the United Kingdom, where there are Government Emigration officers, 71,087 emigrants, of whom 52,730 were destined for the United States, 6,643 for British North America, 9,820 for the Australian oolonies, and 1,594 for other parts of the world. More than a fourth part of the emigra- tion consisted of persons of English origin; but the number of Irish emigrants was double that of English, and all the former, except a few thousands, went to the United States. The Scotch who left their native country were about 4,600, The emigration to the United States was not quite equal to that of the same quarter in either of the two preceding years and the numbers who went to other destinations also showed a decrease. The Late Admiral Fitzroy.—A meeting has been held at the ofiice, of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, for the purpose.. of devising means for raising a testimonial to Admiral Fitzroy. Mr. Ferg-a- son, who was the_ principal speaker, dwelt at length upon the great scientific services of the late admiral, who, in his zeal for science, had spent no less than X6,000 of his own private fortuna, so that he had ab- solutely died in debt to the extent of £ 4,500. Of this amount the Government had promised to pay £ 3,000, but still the services of the late admiral to the mer- cantile community were so great that it behoved them to see that iis family were properly provided for. Ul- timately a committee was formed for the purpose of raising a .subscription for a testimonial to Mrs. Fitzroy. Fatal Accident to a Solicitor.—A frightful and fatal accident occurred last week to Mr. E. Fear, a solicitor, living at Sherbourne. Mr. Fear was riding to Yeovil, when, owing to the whistle of a railway engine, his horse bolted, and at the bottom of Middle- street, Yeovil, it came into collision with a wagon, breaking bath the rider's legs and his collar-bone; his chest also was completely smashed in. He survived his injuries until Sunday, when he expired. The horse was so injured that it had to be killed. Death at the Workhouse Wash Tab.—Mr. Humphreys held an inquest at the Green Gate, City- road, on view of the body of Mary Jones, aged 72 years.—The evidence went to prove that deceased was a wjdow, and an inmate of St. Luke's Workhouse dur- ing the past three years. On Wednesday morning last deceased was washing some clothes in the laundry, when she suddenly called to a woman named Mitchell, and said, I am dying." She sat down, but fell back. wards in a state of insensibility. The medical man of the establishment was called, but life was quite extinct.-Dr. Edmund Charles Harris, City-road, said that he found the deceased depd. The body was well nourished, and the post-mortem examination proved that the deceased died from fatty deposits of the heart. It was a remarkable fact that the body was over nourished.—The jury returned a verdict of "Natural death." Meeting of the Kings of Sweden and Den- -mark. King Christian, accompanied by Prince Frederick, returned to Copenhagen on the 31st ult. from an interview with the King and Qiteen of Sweden in the province of Sahonen. King Christian visited the Industrial Exhibition opened a few days ago at Malmo, and was enthusiastically received by the Danish exhibitors. King Charles XV. of Sweden drove several miles on the road from the summer palace at Beckaskog to Malmo to meet his Royal guest. It is not known whether this visit had any political object. The Minister of Finance (Herr David) will return here next week from Carlsbad, and the Government will then come to some resolution respecting the convoca- tion of the represontatives to discuss the question of the Constitution. Serious Charge against a G-entleman.—At the recent assizes for the county Kilkenny, Mr. Jus- tice O'Brien sentenced a gentleman named William Scully, a large landowner in that and other counties, to twelve months' imprisonment for having assaulted a woman named Bridget Tehan, the wife of one of his tenants, by striking her'with a stiok or other instrn- ment on the head, and occasianing her actual bodily harm. It had been alleged, in defence, that she was obstructing him when he and his bailiff were en- deavouring to serve a notice to quit on her husband. A day or two previously Mrs. Tehan obtained a ver- dict,of .£80 damages and 6d. costs against Mr. Scully in a civil action for the same assault. Fatal Accident.-An inq!iest was held at Pem- broke, on Friday, on the body of a man named.Tarner, who was crushed to death by the special train on the Pembroke and Tenby Railway used on Wednesday evening to convey Prince Arthur and his suite on their return from the inauguration ceremony at Tenby on that day. The line is a single one, and in conse- •quence of the pressure of traffic on Wednesday trains ran every hour, meeting-half-way, where, by means of a siding, they crossed each other. The special train left Tenby about half-past foir on Wednesday after- noon, and ran through to Pembroke dook, where the train arrived soon after five o'clock, and his Royal Highness left the station to embark in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, then lying in Milford Haven. Immediately after their departure it was necessary to shunt the train, and Turner, who was the chief porter observing another assistant in the way, pushed him-on one side. In doing this Turner himself slipped, and in a moment fell upon the rails as the carriages were moving along. Before he could rise again the car- riages passed over him, crushing his chest and abdomen in a frightful manner, and causing almost instan- taneous death. Death from Drunkenness.—Mr. Humphreys, coroner for East Middlesex, recently held an inquest at the King's Arms, Beaumont-square, Mile-end, on the body of Elizabeth Osborn, aged 61, who had lived with her husband, a pensioner on the police fund of the K division, in Back's-bnildings, Mile-end-road. The jury accompanied the learned coroner to the house to view the body, when they found the husband in a beastly state of intoxication, staggering about the room. He was the chief witness, but his services were dispensed with. The son, who is thirty years of age, was then called, and was also found to be in a state of half-obliviousness. The evidence showed that on Wednesday night the deceased went home drunk and sat in a chair, and when the son returned he found her dead. She was bleeding from a vein in the left leg, and she had suffered for years from a sloughing ulcer. Mr. Cringle, surgeon, of the Mile-end-road, said that he found the deceased dead. The cause of death was rupture of a diseased vein in the leg, where- by the deceased had bled to death. The coroner re- marked upon the wretched life led by the family, and the jury returned a verdict of "Natural death from hemorrhage of the leg." West London Industrial Exhibition.—An extraordinary meeting of the general committee of the exhibition was held on Saturday evening in the gallery of the Floral-hall, Mr. T. A. Nicholay in the chair, when the following resolution was passed and ordered to be forwarded to the press:—" In conse- quence of the peremptory mandate of the Duke of Bedford, through his agent, Mr. Parker, at the (said) instigation of Mr. Bingley, of the Tavistock Hotel, threatening stringent legal proceedings, the committee intimata that with extreme regret they are compelled p to succumb and suppress during the remaining period of the exhibition the music which as supplementary has proved so attractive and given so much pleasure to thousands. The committee further regret that their hope of reducing their large liabilities, and the consequently large call on the guarantors-the main object of the extension of time-is, by the suppression of the music, likely to be disappointed." The ar- rangement for a musical ceremony at the close, on the /i continue. For this Mr. and Madame Weiss, Messrs. W. H. Harrison and Levns Thomas, Miss Hersee, and others have kindly prolierea their valuable and gratuitous aid; and the committee trust that the exhibition itself will, in the meantime, prove sufficiently attractive to draw to it thousands of their fellow-working men and women, and the committee further express reliance upon re- ceiving the active sympathy of the public ia their trying pecuniary difficulty.
THE WOKING CONVIOT ESTABLISHMENT.
THE WOKING CONVIOT ESTABLISH- MENT. One who has suffered," a merchant of the City, who seems to have got into trouble some years ago, writes to a contemporary in support of the statements of the convict Jarvis as to the state of things at the convict prison-at Wokmg. He says, "I never expected a. prison to be other than a place of punishment Bnt whilst I would express my deep sense of the feme Christian good feeling of all the principal officials of Pentonville, I must express my conviction that the villany practised at Woking, and which the authori- ties take no trouble to prevent, calls loudly for in- qmry. Some of the officials could, if they would, cor- ^n°Sr £ but the £ dare Dot ipeak. r re- member the man Jarvis well. No doubt he was a Uw ei"g01rl? punishment for the in- juries he had committed against society, and I know for a fact he was harshly treated in the prison. At Woking a well-behaved man is treated worse than any slave, while the thorough scoundrels are petted and made much of. The whole system is a curse to this country, and loudly calls for inquiry. I do not be- lieve there ever was a man who was reformed by the English system; and they never can be whilst from the highest in authority to the lowest deceit and cun- ning are the predominant characteristics." This communication being anonymous, should bvno means be received as undiluted truth, until something more is known of the merchant of the City and his trouble." His deep sense of true Christian good feeling" would surely not have made him a patient in that establishment.