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THE LOST SWEETITEART BBGOyBE-ED. &. Sketch of a Lover's Trial, and the Danger of Direct Evidence. tipght morning in the month of May, the ■qtmii-Aj .quiet. village ot Lawn, in Yorkshire, was V t.. r> mto a Rtate of wild excitement by the intelU- g r-.j- Tiial Laura Downing had been murdered. H v rx -io » boc'y had been fsund upon the sanely shore of the 1,a.rge. pond,with ahenfl. AvLO ball had ordered bctwoen tb" eyeiJ, and bad J a (d enu'- lv t ■* 1 i tag empty l-ii. i (ou iu r r 1 ji Lxig circum- 1 > 1 ~G I > 1 V h, <sfJ r. It may be asked who was L3,ür¡:¡, f»-j > .?? She -was. an orphan, and was 0 general favourite ^•longst her associates. Hor father, who had been a £ .c.'r, hard-working1 avan, hid taen df-ad a number of 7tand during tk-3 pi„t i>c or c,„ y?er-i Laura had worJ:cd hard to E'uppœ>t an EJothør; but only a, few months before {he time of which I mite, that crotl-or had dieè, and jj Wra Lid Uved alone in the bttle cot whioh had bsen he home since.sha was bora -3, poriodt according to the parish register, of 19 The ,Cor-cmor osme, and summoned a, jury, and Bu,Ii he could find; and, af due rinaticn and delibc-a'' i ~.n. e wtcKot was rendered, the effect that LILuri!, Dojajrg had come to her 0E?,th by means of afrom a pistol; zv they believ-ad t-r-ar, this pistol hid been in the }1i\,1j(1g of Oliver Castwn.fvc at t13 tine it was thus Gstally discharged, Oiiver C&rt snright was, of arrested, and sent to prison for the murder of Laura Dow-tling. And who was OJivEir CirtwiighfcP- ° ounw, -man, He wag fe yCyears of »Set who had b68¡1 b Jf hud .brought no in b0 village, aaa who had eo,Uuied a f«p. reputation for h»neaty •»u« soRrie^y j tiiougu bo naa Keverbeea r^gasdisd as a very bright or. youth.. Hi8, parenta had ooca been mtornp^ a^f; oafc they ^.d been dead .some yeargj .and OxHrcr had been, at work at the blacksmith's I. m, fcrades antla.d tived wi/ili. tP8man for whom he worked. Iv-jfc peen yourg Ca-rtvrigbt and Laura there had not only been a warm ijihioiaoy, but there had evidently been Sj °ae tiffie eh ongagemest of marriage between irseru. This Qgjg.agament, .aa appeared, in evi^ance ba- J OK tho coroner,, had been broken off Jby the girl dur- icg the previous- winter, and ainoe that time Oiiver had bees. mofoae .aod .dojuoted. A young saan uamad sJirml Severance,, who ha-d eo^e -iirto the village to i in erecting aha,I. been very sAtestive to Laiiua, jhe general impression was thitr she had left the old IOVQ for the new one. Oliver Cad. wright had iche privilege of selectingbis hansel, Prd he Bent.for me. t waa sorry that he c'ld so; for I had Jlf3&,rd po mof the evidence agé;.inst him, that.! not oiily believejirhim guilty of the but I could conceive of no possible HM of de- (enee. btiu el .CQpld,Bpfc Eefuse to go. to lum in his season of trouble. I found him as weak and wailing aa a suffering child. aseemed entirely broker: down, and the jailer told e-ile went. more tbeu half rthe time. Aa I sat Own. by his<side, lie seemeil to read every thought -b ? was paaaiiig within me! for, after having looked "fIito my face a few moments, he caught one of my *"»». •» in his own, aad cried out, in eager tones— t; Oh, sir, I am no5 guilty; ae true as there is a God fh I never did -b&r.m to Laura! I would die -(Tz DQ.v f and .1 suffer because I have lost, her OiH P'ive me if yon can!—not from death—no, no for woutfi rather dia than Hye—but save me from this iiomble aa&pioioaJ I did not bill hex;—I did not harm Hart i nevser so. much as touched a hair of her head vrithany evil ij^teiation! M ^'bo could have killed hw I asked. Fou do sot think she killed herself4>" •" Ro,f' bo replied, qaiokly. hid fiaghinP, and bl.S finsein toMmg into the bosom,of his shirt. I €;tonk i>a«itl Sfeverancg killed her. I left her by the /eft h^c akve. and well-and presently after- paw that bad man come out from the bushes, » ho took his arm, and they walked away by the edgaofthew&ter." U:sr6wrigh'"tf words and manner bad a powerful cf*of «pori »ie, _TJnder ordinary circumstances, I have Sf.id th^ he was speaking the truth; but lhfcre was mnoh fetrtvijj evidence to bø disposed of >« i I coald see my- way clear to believe him now. I eouJd not help sympathising with him; and I was to believe that if he dene the homicide, he had done it under a state of mind which would give |o.od ground* for Betting up a defence of insanity, -3at whea l spoke tss him of this, he waa pained beyond &M £ SU £ e, to listen to the proposition for a moment.. .^ien prooeeded to detail to hin» the circumstances ^• cwa woula be brought up in evidence. F'lcst," said 1, "it will be sworn to by several miaa.0 witnesses that you have, at various times, ■Qeeu hoard to thiaateu L%ura Downing with dire perfionai injnry, if you aaw her again in the company et Diniel severance." Ii Tbat is true," replied the prisoner; "butI only dia it; io frighten her And I meant to frighten her >.<> £ her gooa; for I <jjd not bsliere that Daniel Severance was an honest man." "I'. ,vill be also sworn D that vononce exhibited to a pistol, a\ tho same time telling her i-you haa bougnt it on topose to hhoot her with." ri^rZi^XaiCi not °fr-y^-> but he said that he U(3ver meant her harm-he <"•»to frighten her bad man. it: e^ideKoe I con- f t'l. w011 °f Mbt- I>owni>ig's death t Be(, (lie.y TiT OUj 1:0 ihe Poivd, where you again ^"»- «**»» -h on were seen to have a pistol ia yoar v„,d on i aid you were heard to teka an oath ot her u 1 wc^ldBhoot her if aho Gid not with t aa* "ir NIChol s boy who was drivinghome his ma close oy when yon made the wS j,r. _t." c VE-.fchte the prisoner did net deny. H» he was still trying to fJghten Laura. into ..i"-5 io his: wishes. '• > "thepistol which was found by,the > side has been recognised as your own." 1 ha.« may be," replied Cartwright, for when I 1 1 1 k^: Laura spurned me, and: would not listen, I J .iii my knees and prayed to her. I dropped my .■ 11 pen the ground at that time, and I "know that < • not pick it up again. Sha turned and left mQ (;her8 upon my knees, and there I remained until I saw .1,0* join her. They disappeared together, »nd £ '• l ken-hear ted and forlorn, I crawled home, snd >: hought^ beoauEe they found me in such toitw i that there was-blood upon my hands. Bat, fc i (.od, my hands are clean. Daniel siu it have, found my pistol ana it was he that killed l" Saeh was the substance-of all thaf, I could gain from my client, and Inmost say that,l re,?.Ily thought him basses; and I tried hard to get him to acknowledge homicide, and allow me to set up the plea of 1" sanity; but he would consent to no such thing. TiB solemnity of Ms assurance, and the unmistakable love which he still held for the dead girl, staggered my feelief in Ms guilt exceedingly, there was no variation in few manner of speech at all-nothing in which E could detect the slightest oubward sign of falsehood. Finally I called in two physicians, and they both oeroc i that they would willingly testify under oath • {lhlf>t beydH not consider him of sound mind; and in ,i;it' pregenoo I urged him once more to confess to the kill;g, and I would save him at least from the extreme l?'njl,t-y.of the law. "My God t" he cried, with tears.streaming down ig c-Vieeks, if I thought there was ene drop of that dear girl's blood upon my hands I would kill myself in. t mOtnent t, I never did her harm-never t" W aen we went out from the cell both the physicians "Tpi-essed the opinion that the young man was in- f-L9; &nd I determined, come what would, ta base my defenoe upon that plea. The idea of defending <n eg;a,inet the homicide was not to be thought of. T e evidence was too strong. In iaat, there clid not Fcem to be a link in the chain wanting. At first I based soma hopes mpon the fact that DAKMt Severanco had not been seen since the evening of the girl's death; but his absence waa easily no. c levied for. He had finished the work he had come to do; he had been paid in full for his labour; and he iIli!I1 gone out to the. pond to meet Laura Downing for the 1 fe Hme on that evening, as he was to return to tne neighbsuring town where he lived on the follow- iGvf tro-.Mng. Even, Oliver Cartwright admitted that lae ba so understood it. And there could be nothing change er suspicions in the fact that we conld learn ^Uilag of Saverance'B present wheireabouta, because f it was known that he had been engaged a French [ firm to puti up some mill fittings in the south of France I might make some handle of the absence of this man, bat his employers could produce him at any mosaent, and I was feaAul that he would be a dangerouswiiness: for us. The day of the trial at length came, and, as might be supposed, the court-house was crowded. The. prisoner, pale and wan, and wearing an expression of deepest sorrow, stood up and heard the indictment read, and w-ken be-was asked to answer it, he replied, in a voice that thrilled every one wish its deep in ten- sity of feeling: "Before my G-od I am not guilty! The trial commenced, and the evidence for "the pro- secation was given as I have already explained; only, if possible, it was jmore positive and er ashing ,than 1 had anticipated. In short, the chain that.connsctsd the prisoner with the killing of >the girl was so strong and so int»ctriu. all -its parts, that could-1101 hope to i break it. I opened the defence by proving th^t .-my client had always-been a quiet, inoffensive, industrious, person j and that there was no possible in his Jife, previous to that under consideration, that could lead any one to suppose him eapable of committing so great « crime. I made, allasion to the absen«e of Daniel Severance*and claimed-that his.absence took faom the chain of evidence a most important link, because I bad. every reason, to believe that he w;tl the last person seen with Laura Downing wMla sha was siivo. After thia.I came upon the. main stay of mjrdefo>.o^. I called upon tlie two physicians who had visited and examined my client during his imprisonment, and examined my client during his and they unhiffiitatyagly pronounced tho .prisoner ol nn- sound mind. The. prosecution brought in no to rebut, the; evidence -touching .the prisoner's insanity, though. the prosecuting counsel made a,-deaide.d onslaught upon itin his closing plea; but they ■•brought in testi- mpny, to, rebut the, idpa, thlt DanieISeverano, had been tbel man.seen with Downicg while Ehewas alivo. A Mr..Angers,,a respectable meehanic in the neighbourhood, testified that juiit at. dusk, on the even- ing of the murder, ha sa.w Mr. Severance,at the rail- road station, some three miles distant from the village, .and that he spoke with him on that-occasion. Ha (Angers) waa on horseback,-and waa then his way home, and,.as he parsed .near -the pond, soma fifteen minutes .after having-left Severance at the static^ he saw Laura Downing, standing npon the shore. ft minutes .after having-left Severance at the static^ he I'. 8aw Laura Downing, standing upon the shore. This piece of evidence introduced a new element, and I was not slow to claim that Lsuja Downing .and I was not slow to claim that Lsuja Downing might have killed herself; and. if I could only have w' found a single witness who could, have testified, to the return of my client to his home before dusk, on that fatal evening, £ might hayo made a ssiyicg point here; but I had no such witness, and I wag forced to base my hopes upon the plea of insanity. The judge was very fair in his charge. The jury went out, and I felt sure that friwy would return a verdict against my client, but I did not think they would bring him in guilty of murder. And yet I was not satisfied with the result of my effort. As I cast my eyes upon the prisoner, was deeply moved by the expression of utter anguish; that reated upon his thin, pale face. It was not the-anguiah of fear; but it waa such as results; from, sorrow ana sadness of soul. The jury had been out about ten minutes,, and the mlu court had just arisen for the purpose of retiring, when a disturbance occurred in the passage leading to the outer hall, and in a moment more a female rushed into the court-room. She stopped for aa- instant when she reached the bar, and when her eye rested upon the prisoner she started towards him. He was quickly upon his feet, and as he leaned forward over the iron rail, she threw her arms about his neck. Oliver Oliver! Thank God I am in time! And as these words burst from her lips she would have sunk to the floor had not the oSBeer caught her in his arms. Oliver Cartwright did not utter a syllable. He stood for a moment gasing upon the fainting form that rested within the arms of the ofSaial in attendance, and then sank down mute and senseless. It is LAURA DOWNING Some one said so and as the nasao waa caught by the multitude there followed a seene of excitement which I will not attempt to describe. Bat order was at length restored, and an officer was sent to bring the jury back to their seats. By this time I had taken the girl in charge, and with the assistance of my medical friends she was soon restored to consciousness. Laura Downing, m f repriz persona, certainly stood before us-the same Laura Downing who, according to the best belief t)f all present save h'ars@1f, and accord- ing to the solemn verdict of an intelligent coroner's jury, had been dead several weeks. But sha had not come alone. Two men had come with her, one of j whom was immediately recognised by our physician" as Dr. Charles Crawford, the able suparin^endsnt of an in sane, asylum. As soqn as Laura discovered that I wm the, prisoner's friend and counsel, she asked that she- might ba sulfated to go and I led her to the spot, and the officer allowed her to pass in behind the railing.. She out down by the prisoner's side, and whispered something into his ear. lie seamed; j to be trying to contain himself .but the effort wae-1 vain. He rested his head upon, her bosom, and cried; like a, child. I ? s ft, j Ltlura Downing's story, when she finally clayed ilia. call of the court, was this;— On the morning when OUvel' Cartwright had followed her down to the shori) of the pond,, ska had planned to go away with Daniel Severance. She said. ,-he knew that never meant to harm, her; and, that when he threw .his pistol- away,, and sank cyon his knees befoi'a her, she was very near giving up her wild and wicked scheme; but the tempter prevailed, and she tore herself away from one whom she had loved so long. She went with Severance, and on. their way to the railway sta-,tion they met a ..young womaa who resembled herself so remarkably that her com- panion declared that he should take them for twin sisters. This female," continued Laura, not only resem- bled me in person, but, by a. curious coincidence, sho had on a dress- of the same pattern as my own. Beyer- ance spoke to her; but instead of answering him, she threw up her haaas with a wild scream, and ran from 'j. ua towards the pond." Laura, then went on to say that .she had gqm on to Paris with Daniel Severance, where she had found him to be a villain. Ho did not mean to make her bis wife |;a.s ,he had promised, and she fled from him. Sae stopped hose, and turned towards Oliver. Then sho swept her gaze over the court, a-ad, with her handa clabped upon her bosom, she said, in tones that carried, convlctlon to eVfiry honourable mind— „ J- had been guilty of much—guilty of trifling and or deceiu—butj before God, and as I hope for heavea: I" have been guilty of nothing that true re-; pentance may not wash away She turned again Oliver Cartwright. and thia time Khe rested upon his -bosom, and he .murmured thanks' tii as he_ clasped his arms about her. .\t this point Dr. Crawford oame forward, and said! II" Ac" t he could clear up the mystery as soon as the clothing came for which he bad sent." Meanwhile the jury were instructed anew by the court, and their verdict_wa3_ very quickly rendered, Srelong a EBM. oame in with the clothing which had been taken from the dee.d body that had been found by the pond, and when Dr. Crawford had examined the line*, hs recognised it as haying belonged to. a former pttient of his. She wt3 a young girl," he said, and very intelli- gent but her mind, had been turned by religious ex- citement, aid she fancied that the second advent'of Christ had tome while she slept, and thut the elect had been all t\ken up'into heaven, leaving her behind. In this ffaine tf mina she sought to take her own life, and to prevent that catastrophe, and also to effect a, care, if possible, she was sent to the asylum over which Dr. Irlwford presided. She had been there only two wteks when she managed to escape. We searched for hr far and near, and the other day, as I was on my wa; home, I met this young lady at the railway station. At first I supposed I had found my patient, and I hal been engaged in conversation. with her some minutus before I discovered my mis- take. When I had satisfied myself that I had been mistaken, I told Miss howning of the circumstance, and when I had related t her the story of the unfor- tunate girl of whom I had been in search, she told ma of the girl she had seen iome weeks before in her native place. She was on hw way home, she told me, and, under the ciraumstanco, I felt it to be my duty to accompany her. I four cl ker anxious and uneasy, and when she explained to m, that she had seen an account of her own death in K newspaper, and that Oliver Cartwright had been accused of murder, I 1111:1. pected the truth," v » Asd his ruspicions;bad not led him far astray. The poor, crizy girl had evidently found the pistol which Oliver ,had thrown away, and had-shot. herself, thus accompliahing ihe cheiished purpose of the insane spirit that possessed her. The disfiguring of the face,; .caua^d'iby the wound.between -the eyes, and the burning; of the skin by the powder, had prevented Laura'a nearest friends fcom discovering the mistake. And tended the trial. Ah," -aid a captious friend to mas.S we were; leaving the court-room, here, is another startling, case,ot the unreliability of cireuinstantial evidence." "_Sot so," I replied. The civcnmatwn&ial evidenca; in this ease.was conclusive. It-was the direct evidence that failed. The only direct evidenqe-tiiat upon -which the whole atjpdrafcaetore of • evidence was to smt—-wjp the finding of the coroner's jury; No, no, my fri^ad; in this case we see how. direct evidence-cm a -be made to swear an innocent man's life away." Aa ■ for Ola srer Cartwright, no one has .pretended to' question his sunity since that trial, and at the present, woment he ia one of. the most flourishing tradesmen' in -and I dare say that Laura D-awlaing has been to him a most, and affectionate vviio. I am a frequent; and welcome visitor in their peaceful and i happy horns; and, if outside appearanaes prove ariything, I would aver that a happier oouple.doea not: eiist.
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■5SIT0MB OF I1¥,S.. Boiler 13splosioi3.—A. fearful boiler, explosion ocei-irzed a. the goods station of the YTH1 md Railway, Nottingham, .on Tuesday night, resulting in severe injuries to eix persons..The driver, Joseph Tansley, is pot expected to recover. The.feeman and the guard aro in a piecsriou3 condition. A bust of Mr. Gobdsa will shortly be planed in Westminster Aoboy, the consent of the Dean hs^'rig b.e&a obtained in answerto;a requisition.signed b-ythe Duke of Argyll, Sir Jamee Chuk. Lord Kin- ixofmdf Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Diok^ns,. M?. Disraeli, Sir Joseph Hooker, Mr. Jowett, Maurice,, Mr. Tenny- W. H. ThompaaD, and.the Bishop-,of Oxford. Judgment in the Bancia apd Kir,we0. Prize 'CaBe.-T-.Dr. Lusbii^toEi,, 011 taking bi's^at.at the Admiralty Couri, informed the bar that the court would give judgment ia this o&so on Saturday, the 30th inst. The booty, besides interest, amounts to and as 37>eounsel were amploysd the costa win be very large, probably about < £ 50,000• Arrival of the Hanoverian". Crown Trea- surer in, England.-Baron von Klflnk, the Haso- veiian Minister of Pinanee, arrived -at Southampton, on Tuesday morning in the steam-ship Bremen, from Biemeavbrisging SSpaekstges of -ppeeie belonginst to Government, for .depe¡:,itintoo nJt of England. He proceeded to London by the- half- past 11 train with the treasure. I'atal Leap from a Bridge.— About eight o'bi'OQk on Sunday night a J^dy waa crossing the High Lev'gl-bsidgej at Newcastle, wh<ga a man, appfbreptiy an operative, overtook and accosted her. She turned to see who spoke to her,whn the man "GOod bye. farewell,, mistress-; yóu'll never see me agatia." She was rather startled,, both at his language and, his looks, but thought it best to take no notice of the man. No sooner had he addressed her than he sprang .on to the parapet of the bridge on the western side and: jamped over into the river. A sad accident happened at the comry near Ormskirk, belon-p-ing to, the Crow Orchard Colliery •Company on Monday. A yow$g man, Earned Joslah Hotter, was ascending the shaft in company with two other workmen. When tlio- cage arrived at the top of the shaft, Hotter attempted to land by getting hold of the railing, missed his aira, and fell to the bottom of 'the shafi, a distance of abcafc 220 feet. When brought to the top he was-quite dead, his body being much' smashed. He had been married about a fortnight, and was 20 5 ears of age. The Penny Bank. Failure in Birming- ham.—The payment of a dividend at the rate »f lis. Cti. in the pound, has commenced at the Town- hall, Birmingham, to the depositors in the recent Penny Sunk of that town. A large number of the depositors, all parsons in humble posiliol-a of life, attended at the bank offices on the first day, and (there was some confusion and disorder consequent on the pressure. The number of, deposits represented was 3,228, and the sum actually paid £ 2,513■ 13s. Id. The largeness of the dividend, was in a great measure .owing to a public subscription. Jumping from a Railway T.,ain.-On Satur- day, Mr. Herford,- the Manchester coroner, held .an Inquest over the body of Bichard Brown, whose death was caL,Pi by his .jumping, from a train while in motion. It appeared that on Wdesday làstthe de- ceased had booked at Oxford-road station "for Stret- ford by the 11.30 a.m. train, but he left .'by. the 12.5- ;• a.m., which did not stop at Stretford. As the traiu the station he jumped out, and recGived such injuries as to necessitate his removal to the Infir ary, where he died on Friday. He was found by a plate- layer named Jas. Wright, on the outside rail, ap- parently quite crashed. He had told his wife in the infirmary that he had got into the wrong train and was trying to get out, when he fell. The ju/y returned a verdict of Accidental death." Asqidents During the TliunderBtorm in, the Metropolis.—The storm, on Thursday, night waa- severely felt at Kingaland, Stoke Newington, Totten- ham, Clapton, and the, surrounding neighbourhood. At Edmonton two men were thrown from a cart into the roadway through the horse taking fright at a vivid flash of lightning. One of the men sagtained a com- pound fracture of the right leg, and the other waa also seriohsly hurt. At Clapton, Mr. C. Heaves had a cow and two yearlings killed near an elm tree by the electric fluid. A poor man named Dunn, who had sosght shelter under the tree, was struck by the. lightning. He was brought to town for surgical aid in a state 01 insensibility and blindness. A house in" the Wharf-road was struck by the lightning, and set on fire, but the fire .was soon extinguished. I Awful Destitution in 1-1,a,.tigar-y.-The, details of the distress prevailing in Hungary; and generally' in the eastern provinces of Austria, are truly heart- breaking. In the Bukovina, especially, misery drives, the inhabitants to the very last extremities, parents' offering to sell their children, that the little ones should not die of hunger. A Sclavonio journal states that a. few days since a resident of the Faubonr de Poach, at Tchernovitz, purchased from an unfortunate man three children (two boys and a girl;. After much bargaining the father received nine florins. The same day a peasant woman arrived in the same town with her two daughters—one 12 and the other 14 years of age. She offered them, to a landed proprietor for ten florins each, leaving the latter free to choose. The: gentleman contented himself withgiving alms to the poor woman, without buying her daughters. The mother and children had been in the most complete destitution since the death of the father,, who had expired of hunger. Attempt to Drown a Constable,,—William Onion, a tali, strong, and powerful fellow, was charged before the magistrate at Thames-street, with violently assaulting William Brown, a police-constable, 82 H.—. Dayey, a police-sergeant, 3„ H, said Osiion had been convicted eight times for assaults 011 tho police, and once for beating and disabling a publican, for which' he was sentenced to foDj months' hard labour. On Friday the prisoner was intoxicated in the London liock. He was reeling about on oao of the bridges, and Brown requested him to leave the dock and to be careful of himself and not fall in the water. The pri- soner immediately attacked the policeman, and said he would put him in the water. He made use of the most foul language and threats, and, after striking the constable on the head, and kicking him on the lower part of his parson, he seized him by his stock and endeavoured to force him back into the dock. He ha.d nearly succeeded, when the constable drew his trun- cheon and knocked him down, and if he had not done so ha would have been drowned. The prisoner con- tinued his violence all the way to the station-house, and while there he tore the policeman's clothos.-In- spector Ellis, of the London Dock police, said the pri- soner had been repeatedly turned out of the dock, and in struggles with him his clothes had been torn to pieces. The prisoner was a perfect fury when drunk. —Mr. Paget committed him for trial. .Fatal Hallway Accident.-Aa inquest hag just .been held in. Birmingham on the bocly of Sobert Smith, a builder, 50 years of age. On the 8sh inst., the deceased was getting into a railway carriage at Knowle Station while the train was ia motion, and missing the step, he fell between the line and the platform, one of the whf jL agoves ni He f died m we hospital from the;) effect of hiB.¡j}ir.-œs on ,=-- the 14th met. It appeared that the station master, either in endeavouring to get him into or away from the carriage with the view of saving him, caught him by the clothing, but fell with him on to the line, receiving, however, no hurt. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death." Another Apeidert.-Tha inquest on the body of John .Lucas, aged 49, a guard of the Great Western .'Railway, terminate den Monday. On Sunday morning the dace/iscd arrived witn >\ train from Gloucester at the Spu^haU ,gtafeon, a.:d m consequence of ,.some defects m the,step and hmdia of the break-van* he slipped, between the train and the plaijfosrrp..while the carriages^ ware, still in. motion. The res.ujt.-wag that he sustained cjmipound fracture of .the left: thigh from which he died at the hospital shortly afterwaxda. The jury having inspected the a verdict of Acowantal Death, but considered, that the guide rails.and- steps, unsafe." They framed a resolution to that effect, together with, anggeationa to the .company, and a by 1%. Parkes, their foseman. The ,.Locl. out on the Clyde.—The Associate Masters met on Monday afternoon, and had a prolonged conference. There was submitted a communication from a. meeting of delegates, representing both union .and non-society men, requesting to be informed whether, in the eyeat of a deputation.being appointed to confer with the employers, with a view to a settle- ment of the present dispute, such deputation would be received. The masters resolved that they should forthwith take in. those non-society men who have applied for permission to resume labour. With,re- spect to the delegates' request for,a conference, the secretary was instructed to reply that the employers .were at present having, a conference with- their own workmen with a to. an arrangement, and that, in these circurns,tances,.a confarenqe with tie .delegates appas.red to be nBtieoessary. The: Sale of "Indian Erandee;At the I Dewabary West Biding Court-house, on Monday, Mr. J. 'B. Greenwood waa engaged in hearing several charges against grosers, from Mkfield.and Heokmond- wi'ke, of eeiling a oertain dsng, being methylated I spirits, and known by the name of Indian Brandee." Tlle prosecutions were conducted by Mr. D welly, the solicitor of the Board of Inland Revenue. The com- pound was in each cese,sold by the defendants to Mr. Wiikinaon, the super-sasor of excise residing at Mir- field. The charges were laid under t wo sections of the Act of' Parliament, and the "penalties were £ 150 in each ease-. The bench said the sale of Bllch a dangar- I ous compound, which was a systematic fraud upon the revenue be stopped,'but as they believed the defendants had erred from ignorance, they should inflict a penalty of £ 12;10s. in each case- six in all—-and hoped that it would be a warning* to grocers in other towns. Desecration of St. Giles's Cemetery, St Pancrapi—At Clorkpxiivc-'l Polio- court, on Saturday, an application was made before the sitting magistrate, on behalf of the inhabitants of St. Pancras-road and the surrounding houses, of a nuisance arising from the excavations going on at the St. Giles's Cemetery, St. Pancras»ro;ad, for the- for-niatiou of the London Exten- sion of the- Midland Rail, way. The applicant gave a horrible description of the manner in whish the coffins and bodies they contained had been turned up and ex- posed. He was referred to the sanitary department of the vestry of St. Pancras. It may be stated that a day or so since Dr. Sillier, the medical officer of health, aecompanied by Mr. Curtis, the sanitary inspector, visited the spot. They at once took the necessary steps to preserve the pubHc health, and it is stated that for the present the works are suspended until steps can be taken to find a proper receptacle for the • bones and the cofSas. The Division of Monday Might.—-The fol- lowing are the names rf the- members, not belonging •to the. regular Opposition, who voted ag^inafc the Government on Lord 'Dunkellin'a motion, to substi- tute a rating for a' clear yearly rental franchise in boroughs Aga.1:-Ellís, L. Audovor, Lord Auspn, Major BLririg, Heni-y B jiumont, W, E; i, Biclclulph, Colonel Blennerhasset, E; Browne, Lord J. Bruce, Lord E. Bulkeley, Sir R. Carington, C. Cholmeley, Sir Ms Clinton, Lord A. Clinton, Lord E. { Crosland, Colonel Dering, Sir .B. D,)uiton,,F.. Duff, Robert SlaHo, Eard- IPinlay, A. S. FitzwHliam, Q. Foley, lion Vf. Foster, W; O. Goldsmid. Jt•■ Gregory, W. Groavenor, Earl Grosvenor, Eord E. Heathcote, G. H. Hexieage, E. Horsmau. E,. Iiewo,- R. MacB-vpy, E, Maebie, J. f'Kenua, J. Main-waring. T. Marsh, M. Packel, Colonel Peel, Sir R. Pini, J,; Sritciiard, J. Sheridan, R. 13. Traoyi^.O. R. Dunkellin, Lord (teller) Horribl6 Seath of Two Little Boys.—An inquest was held lRt week at Winsfoad upon the bodies of William Anson, aged fourteen, and Thomas Oakes, aged ten, who were scalded to death at the M-eadowbank Salt Works. Oakes had been sent to the works with the dinners, of his cousin (the other deceased), and uncle, and after dinner the two lads were playing by a huge pan full of salt. This pan is surrounded by hurdles at the distance of two or three yards, and within thia space the lads were standing when a door that bad been taken off its hinges and laid against the hurdles fall upon them, and toppled them right over the rim of thepa-a into the bubbling liquor. Their" heartrending ahtieka brought a man named Minshull to their assistance, and with very little delay he succeeded in getting Oakes out. 'He then fisheo. Anson out, but the poor little fellow was quite dead, and so frightfully scalded that the flesh broke from his body in pieces and left the bones bare. Oakes died within two hours of the accident. A verdict of" Death" waa,returned. The Beform Leag,-A meeting of the Council of the above League was held on Tuesday at two o'clock, to consider the oonree to be adopted in con-1 sequence of the defeat of the Government on Monday, night. The following resolution was unanimously adopted:—" That in the opinioll of this Council a Con- ference of all the Beform.Associations throughout the United Kingdom should be held at an early date, to consider and adopt a. plan of united action for the purpose of obtaining a more complete, comprehensive, and satisfactory Beform Bill than the very moderate measure introduced by the Government; and which, moderate:aa it wag, has been obstructed and defeated by the sham Liberals and the Tory faction in the' House oi Commonsthus showing their hostility to all, real Reform, and absolving all true Relormeis from! further compromise with regard* to the complete en- franchisement of the people." It was also,resolved, "That the secretary be instructed at once to cor res- pond with the National Reform Union, Nortbam. Reform Union, Glasgow Reform Union, and other associations, for the purpose of arranging the pre-, liminariea for such conference. Railway Fares.—" Viator" asks why all the railroads do, not adopt the simple plan of preventing mistakes and overcharges, by printing its. price upon each ticket, and adds I travelled the other day from Windsor to Malvern Wella, wholly on Great-Western lines. At Windsor I asked (by mistake) for a second- class ticl-et to Worcester. The, clerk said, 17a 11 I then corrected myself. aad said, "N° £ .toWorcester but to Malvern Wells." He referred to a book and said, 25a." I happened to know that Malvern Wells is less than.ten miles from VVOrcestcr, and replied, "-It ia impossible the company can eiiarge 8s. for nine miles." He referred again to his book, and said, i" 16s. oa. If I had not happened to know the dis- tance I should have paid ^5s. As it Wa8) j pr63Uiaje the charge of 17s. to Worcester mast have been another error, as it is only f? ,'vern Wells, nine miles further. I assume taat the charge was a iona fide mistake; tbe rather because there mast be very little traffic between the two staaons ■ ar.dlbecaase the clerk (having BO pxinted ticket, for Malvern Wells) wrote one, on which he did state the price—16s. 6d. But why should not the mistake be guarded against by so simple and easy a, precaution ? If I had taken a ticket to Worcester I should certainly have paid 17s. without inqu. iry. f Important Wotica to Continental Pas- sengers. Mr. Jorbes, the general manager of the London, Cnatnaai^and Dover Railway, has forwarded to ns for publication the following notice, received from the manager of the Northern of Prance Rail- T»a^i ° u lr'T^ hasten to inform you that the Rhenish Railway has just advised me, by telegram, that mer- chandise by fast service and goods altogether, as well aa passengers and luggage, can no Ipnger be con- vjsyea to any destination beyond Minden, in the mrection of Hanover, HMbarg, Hamburg, Bremen, Lnbeok, Brunswick, Magdeburg, Berlin, Breslau, I Kcprngeberg, Riga, Stettin, Eydtkuhnen, St. Peters- f burg, Warsaw, Leipzig, and .Dresden. Communica- tion IS maintained, -ap to the present time, with the Rhine, i.e., wili Øologne > sseldorf, Coblence, I Mayeace, Prankfosft, an V Dsden. (Signed) J. -V!J; The PiiMic Health.—In the week just ended;, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the ITaited Kingdom were 4,380; the deaths registered 3,314. The annual rate of mortality was 28 per 1,000 persona living. In London,.the births of ,1,111 boys, and 1,025 girls, in all 2,136 children, were ¡ registered in the week. In the corresponding week of 10 years, 1856 65, the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 1,922. The deaths re- gistered in London during the week were 1.540. It was 'the twenty-second week 0? tho year, and-the was the twenty-second week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week was, with a correction for increase of population, 1,195. The mortality is still very. high. It is in excess of the estimated amount by 345. A' Ship Kim Down witk all Hands in the Channel.—The Board of "Trade has, received the following report from Captain;John Davidson, master following report from Captain John Davidson, master of the Mary Nixon, steamship, 587 tons, respecting a serious colitsion in the Channel, in which a vessel immediately foundered with ail hands. He states that he left Hamburg on the 1st inst., in ballast for Cardiff,, On the night of tbe 4rth, when about half way between Portland and the Isle of Wight, he at that time in the cabin, heard Ward, the second mate, sing out "Hard a port." He immediately ran on deck, ordered the engines to be stopped, and' directed a boat to be put out, which was at once .attended to. A minute after reaching the deck they came in collision with a schooner, which appeared to go .down- immediately Just before- the collision he heard a,.voice from the schooner calling out, "Keep your helm a port;" and schooner calling out, "Keep your helm a port;" and after she went:down he heard a voice aetern his vessel cryipg out for assistance, bat heard no more after- wards. When the boat was lowered they rowed all rouiid for about a quarter of an hour without seeing anyone. The crew then returned. on board, and the steamer proceeded on her voyage. Previous to the collision she was going about eight knots an hour. He did not order the engines to be reversed for fear an one floating might get entangled and injured by the screw. He had no idea of anythiug relating to the name, or where the Bohooner belepged to. Believed her to be an English schooner, as it was an English voice that called out. The only injury to his vessel was the loss of foretopmast, which caught the schooner's yard. The Female Medical Society has just succoss- fully concluded its second session of lectures on mid- wifery and the diseesea of women and children, at its newly-commeaced college in Fitsroy-square. Twenty I ladies have already entered as students, and of these several are now prepared to offer their services to the public as accoucheuses. The second annual meeting was held at the Hanover-square Rooms on Monday at { three o'clock, when the Earl of Skaftabury took the chair. The Late Jonas Webb.-Th-a,statue to the iae?nory of this eminent breeder of sheep has just been erected in the Marketrplace at Cambridge. The like- | ness ia an admirable of Baron Marochetti's best efforts. This testimony is that of all who for the last quarter of a century knew Mr. Webb. The only regret is taatrifc is so anomalous!.? placed. Unpreteni^- ingly the efifey was set up. It was placed on the pedestal, at an early hour on Thursday morning, in the presence of; the yorof Cambridge and other mem- bera of the committee. A Young Lady Burnt to Death.—A very afflicting accident has occurred in the household of the venerable Dean Ramsay, in Ainslie-place, Edinburgh. On Wednesday evening Miss Lucy Cochrane, one of his nieces, and his constant and affectionate com- panion, was passing the fireplace in his dressing-room, when her dress caught fire, and being of light texture it, was in a moment in a blaze. The alarmed young lady ran out to the staircase, calling for help, and among those who first came to her aid was Admiral Ramsay, the dean's brother, who immediately threw his coat around her, and before long the flames were j, put out. The poor girl, however, was so soorohed, and her nervous system had sustained so severe a shock that, notwithstanding the most the highest medical skill, she died neat day about eleven o'clock. The deepest sympathy is felt in Edinburgh for Dean Ramsay for the bereavement he has suffered, and, for the painful circumstances by which his loss has been attended. The deceased young lady with her twin sister, who was present when the tragic occurrence took place, had resided for several years with him. It is scarcely a year since their only j then surviving brother was aooidentaijy shot: de^ while serving with his regiment in India. Heavy Compensation Claim.—On Saturday I a compensation claim, Meeking v. the Corporation of London," which was commenced oh Friday, wad resumed at the Westminster Palace Hotel, before Mr. j Clifton, ^architect, as arbitrator. Mr. Lloyd and Mr. C. Pontifex were oosnsel for the claimant, Mr. Charles Meeking, linendraper and silk mercer, on Molhorn-hill. Mr. Q.C., and the Hon. Mr. Thesiger ap- peared for the City of London. The case on the part of Mr. Meeking was concluded on Saturday. The claim, as presented by Mr. Lloyd, was about ^8100,000. It was proposed that Mr. Meeking should have & portion of property between Bartlett'a-builaings and Fetter-lane, on which new business premises could built. In addition to his premises on Holborn-hill he „ had other land at the spot mentioned, which was re- quired for the Holborn-valley improvements. prinoipal,point in the case was the compensation to be given for the loss of the business on Holborn-hill, which had been considerable, and on which al profit had been mde. The stock was., worth, bet weell ^630,000 and ^249^)00^ and a loss of -010,000, on a. forced sale w;as estimated. Eventually the further hearing was appointed for the 4th of July, when Mr. Hawkish will commence his case on the part of the corporation- Fatal Mine Accident at Camborne.-A most melancholy accident occurred at Condorror/ Mine? Camborne, last week, by which one man was buried j alive and three others seriously injured. It appears that two brothers, pamed Trfilo&r, were working in the back the 230-fathom level, on a good course of t«J, when several tons of stul-Lfell away and. knocked down, the stage on which they were workiog, nearly fill. the level, in which two other miners, named John and William Roberta,^ brothers, were also working. buryø ing the men in the debris. Three of the men, Williaas Roberts, and the two Ireloars, were shortly after ex- tricated, but found to be badly ifl j used. Tho body of John Loberts ia not yet found, and it ia ex- I peoted, from, the great quantity of stuff fallen away» that io will take two or three days at least before the body can possibly be recovered. Ia connection with this moat melancholy affair there waa an extraordinary this most melancholy affair there waa an extraordinary escape o± another miner, naraed Treloar, a son of one m0D- He was at work on the f l*2, j and in the, first moment of danger ™m. s«eer impulse, threw out his hands, which forte- naseiy for him struck a piece of timber in the side of tiao level. To this he held fast until relieved from his papst perilous position, and thus saved his life. C$p- tain Jchn Moyle, who was undergound at the time, also aarrowly escaped. Messrs. Vincent and Harris, sur- geons, were promptly in attendance, but the injuries to the men are of a fatal character, and little, hope is entertained of their recovery. They are e.J1 married- men with families.—WesternMornvftg News. Committal of Fashionable Shoplifters.- Two well-dressed women, who gave the names oi Charlotte Canavan and Mary Ann Wingrove, were brought up on remand before the magistrate at Wandsworth, charged with stealing 86 yards of silk, value £ 14. Mr. Charles Haydon, a drapsr, of High- street, Wandsworth, said that on the 6th inst. the prisoners came into his shop, and asked te be shown some muslin dresses. He gave them seats, and thea walked towards the door. On turning round ha found that both prisoners had left their seats and had walked to the silk department. Ha went up the shop after them, and found Canavan putting something under ,her dress, Wigmore standing before her, p,or. a'ding out her dross so aa to hide her. Witness said to Cana- van, What have you got there?" She replied Nothing," and asked him what he meant. She then stooped, and took the silk from under her dress, threw it under a table near her, and ran out of the shop, fcl- lowed by the other prisoner. Witness sent after them and they were brought back. Canavan then claimed a purse and 30a., which she had left on the counter. He then gave them into custody. The prisoners had been remanded for inquiries, and it turned out that they were not known to the police. Mr. Haynes, for the prisoners, left the case in the, hands,of the magis« trates to deal with, pleading at the time for hita to make a difference ia the oase of ^Vingrove., who went into the shop for the purpose of making a pur- chase. He also stated that the prisoners had re/used to give their addresses, bat that was for a very good reason. They were respectably connected, and did not wish their friends to know of the position iu which they were plaoed. Mr. Ingham 84 he could not make any distraction fes,feween the ^cisoA^re, and sentenced, each fetfee irBplaned ofr 114; <aimth4 nritfe LIARDLABMR.