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inriditS. Sydney Smith, in speaking of the prosy nature of certain sermons, said, They^ are written as if sin were to be taken out of a man like Eve out of Adam, by putting him to sleep. "You are not two, but one," a wedded pair was once gravely reminded by their minister. My dear sir," was the husband's reply, if you heard us some- times you would say we were half a dozen. THE WIFE'S CHANCE.—Late one night that most miserable of all human beings, a drunken husband, after spending his whole time at his club, set out for home. Well," said he to himself, if I find my wife up, I'll scold her: what business has she to sit up, wasting fire and light, eh ? And if I find her in bed, I'll scold her: what right has she to go to bed before I get home?" PHYSIC 'EM, SIR,>—A country doctor being out for a day's shooting, took his errand boy to carry the game bag. Entering a field of turnips, the dog pointed, and the boy, oveijoyed at the prospect of his master's success, exclaimed, Lor', master, there's a covey; if you get near 'em, won't you physic 'em ?" Pliysic them, you young rascal, what do you mean ?" said the doctor. Why, kill'em, to be sure,"I replied the lad. NEAT AND APPROPRIATE.—The Morning Star is anxious to get up a great demonstration in favour of the Reform Bill. We beg to recommend should the bill be massacred among the other innocents of the session, a national apathyeosis" in its honour.- Punch. PROVERBS WORTH PRESERVING.—Hasty people drink the wine of life scalding hot. Death's the only master who takes his servants without a character. A sour-iaced wife fills the tavern. Content's the mother of good digestion. When pride and poverty marry together their children are want and crime. Where hard work kills ten, idleness kills a hundred men. Folly and pride walk side by side. He that borrows binds himself with a neighbour's rope. He that's too good for good advice is too good for his neighbour's company. Friends and photographs never flatter. Wisdom's always at home to those who call. The firmest friends ask the fewest favours. BEGINNING AT THE WRONG END.-A worthy Scotch couple, when asked how their son bad broken down so early in life, gave the following explanation —" When we began life together we worked hard, and lived upon porridge and such like, gradually adding to our comforts as our means improved, until we were able at length to dine on a bit of roast meat and sometimes a boiled chuckie (chicken) but as for Jack, our son, he worked backward, and began with the chuckie first." Dr. M., an army surgeon during the American War, was very fond of a joke (if not perpetrated at his own expense), and had, moreover, a great con- tempt for citizen officers, who were more renowned for their courage than their scholarship. One day, at mess, when the decanter had performed sundry perambulations of the table, Captain S., a brave and accomplished officer, and a great wag, remarked to the doctor (who had been somewhat severe in his remarks on the literary deficiencies of some of the new officers)-' Doctor M., are you acquainted with Captain G. ?' Yes, I know him well,' replied the doctor; 'he's one of the new set. But what of him ?' Nothing in particular,' replied Captain S.: I have just received a letter from him, and I will wager you a dozen of old port that you cannot guess in five guesses how be spells cat.' Done!' said the doctor; 4 it's a wager.' Well, commence guessing,' said o. K, a, double t.' 'No.' 'K, a, t, e.' 'No! try again.' C, a, t, t, e.' 'No! you have missed it again.' Well, then,' returned the doctor, doublet. 'No, that's not the way try agai" p1 ,s your last guess.' C, a, g, h, t.' No,' said S., tlia s not the way; you have lost the wager.' Well, sai the doctor, with much petulance ofinanuer, I how the deuce does he spell it ?' Why, he spells it C, a, t, replied S., with the utmost gravity. Amid the roar of the mess, and almost choking with rage, the doctor sprang to his feet, exclaiming, Captain S., i am too old a man to be trifled with in this manner. A LUCKY IRISHMAN.—Pat, on arriving at an inn after night, went to bed, and was called up in two or three hours, to renew his journey by coach. What will you charge,' said he,' for the bit of lodg- ing ?' A shilling,' was the reply- Sure, he ej > 'an' it was lucky I had to rise so airly; for if I d slept till morning I'd not have had the money to pay the bill.' I keep an excellent table,' said a lady, disputing with one of her boarders. That may be true, ma am, says he, but you put very little upon it, The New York Sun describes a fence made of such crooked rails, that every time a pig crawled through it came out on the same side. THE RETORT LIE.—Perhaps the best retort upon a lie is to outwit it, as Galba did, when a courtier told him that he had bought eels in Sioily five feet long. That,' replied the Emperor, is no wonder; for there they are so long that the fishermen use them for ropes." Two gentlemen took a boat at Blackfriars Bridge to go to the Tower. One of them asked the other, who sat beside him, if he could tell him what countryman the waterman was? lie replied, he could not. Then,' said his friend,' I can he is a Ro-man. A Cockney being told the above said, The pun was wherry good.' A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.—' I fear,' said a country curate to his flock,' when I explained to you, in my last charity sermon, that philanthropy was the love of our species, you must have misunderstood me to say specie, which may account for the smallness of the collection. You will prove, I hope, by your pre- sent contribution, that you are no longer labouring under the same mistake.' SNORING.- The deacons down east have a bad )ractice of snoring loud while asleep in church, vhich appears to disturb some folks there. The 3oston Bee has the following polite notice for one of flem Deacon--is requested not to commence eaoring to-morrow until the sermon is begun, as some persons in the neighbourhood of his pew would like to hear the text.' DIFFIDENCE.- An Irishman charged with an pssault in America was asked by the judge whether be was guilty or not. How can I tell,' was the reply, "till I have heard the evidence r

BOROUGH POLICE. -Ftfit),&t. [Magistrates: THOMAS GRATREX, Esq., Mayor; and E. J. PHILLIPS, Esq.] Elizabeth Powell, a prostitute, who appeared with her features frightfully disfigured, was charged with stealing three sovereigns from the person of John Johns, master of the brig Brilliant, of Bideford. Prosecutor stated that on Tuesday evening he called at Daniel Powell's house (a brothel), in George-street, and remained there with the prisoner that night; he had no money, and on Wednesday morning he returned on board his ship for his purse, in which was £7 10s. he went back to the house in the afternoon, and again saw the prisoner while in the bedroom the prisoner took his purse from his pocket, and took from it three sovereigns he said no- thing to her at the time, but afterwards asked her to put it back the landlady was in the room at the time and knew as much about the robbery as the prisoner they afterwards gave back the purse with f3 10s. in it. The Mayor thought it was a serious charge, and as the land- lady was in court, he ordered her to be placed in the dock with the other prisoner. Prosecutor denied that he was drunk at the time.—P.C. Comley deposed that he was on duty about twelve o'clock on Thursday night, and heard a noise in Powell's house, and went in he saw the captain, and heard him ask the prisoner, Eliza- beth Powell, to return him the J3, and as she refused he gave her into custody. The prosecutor was sober then. The landlady said the girl Powell had the black eyes previously, and had had leaches applied. The girl, Elizabeth Powell, was committed for trial; Ann Powell, the landlady, was discharged. COUNTY POLICE.—SATURDAY. [Magistrates: The Rev. THOMAS POPE, M.A.; THOMAS GRATBEX, Esq., Mayor of Newport; and J. LAWRENCE, Esquire.] RIscA.-William Williams was charged with riding on the Western Valleys Railway without paying the proper fare.-Superintendent Hill stated that the defend- ant took a ticket at the Cross Keys station to Risca, and proceeded on to Newport, where he told the ticket col- lector he had paid the fare. That, however, was not so.. Defendant asserted that he did pay the proper fare. Some doubt existed in the minds of the magistrates, and the defendant was discharged on payment of costs, being warned that a conviction for such an offence hereafter would be visited with a fine of £6. ST. WOOLOS. -Mary Summers and Barnard Donne were again brought up, on remand, charged with utter- ing counterfeit coin at Stow Fair. The Mint declining to prosecute, they were ordered to be discharged. Both prisoners were, however, immediately retaken into cus- tody, accused of stealing 2s. 6J., the moneys of Jacob Jones. The evidence, which had previously been given, was to the effect that the prisoners went into prosecutor's booth and the woman after calling for a pint of baer and it had been drank, suddenly snatched up the half- crown placed by her on the counter, and made off. Both prisoners pleaded guilty. The female prisoner was then further charged and was convicted ot stealing 18. 6d. belonging to Alfred Dando, under the circumstances de- tailed by his sister, at .the previous hearing. I he Ray. T. Pope, in passing sentence, said the Bench wore desirous always to show prisoners as much leniency as they con- sistently could but, in the present instance none could possibly be extended, it being evident thatthe prisoners were in the habit of committing similar oitences to those with which they were charged. The woman especially was known to be guilty of them. Donne was sent to prison for three months Summers for five, two months for one offence, and three for the other. GoLDCUFF.—John Connell, a forbidding old man, a rag and bone collector, was charged with a criminal assault upon a little girl, about twelve years of age, named Mary Ann Bonney, and was committed to the next Quarter Sessions. BOROUGH POLICE.—MONDAY. [Magistrates: HENRY SHEPPAUD, Esq., ex-ilayor; and Alderman EVANS.] Dennis Mahony, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined 7s. 6d., including costs, or seven days' imprison- ment. William Palmer, charged with being drunk and assault- ing a policeman, was fined 6n. John Brown, for creating a disturbance in Georgo street, at three o'clock on Sunday morniDg, after being severely admonished by the Bench, waH fined 5s. or seven days' imprisonment. Catherine Chapman was charged with stealing a silver watch, the properly of Robert Elmore, of Pontypool. Prosecutor said he was a stranger in Newport, having arrived in this town by the seven o'clock train from Ponty- pool, on Saturday evening. He went into the Crown and Anchor beerhouse, where were several girls who asked him to treat" them he paid for some beer, having in his pocket at the time £1 14s. in money, and a silver watch attached to a guard; he made an observation in reference to lodgings, when one of the girls said she could find him a bed he accompanied her to prisoner's house in Friars' fields, where they had more beer; about eleven o'clock, prosecutor and the girl being about to leave the house, the prisoner offered to take care of the watch but prosecutor replied be could do that for himself • afterwards prisoner took the guard to which was attached the watch from prosecutor's neck, but he insisted upon it being returned, and put both watch and gimrd into his jacket pocket; he remained in the house half-an»hour longer, and as he was going away prisoner again took the watch, making the same remark as on the previous occasion; this time he allowed her to retain possession of it, and went with the girl to another house; on making application to prisoner for the watch on Sunday morning, she refused to give it up, unless prosecutor paid her 5s. for taking care of it;" he replied he could not do that, as the girl with whom he had passed the night had taken his money, £llh. 6d.; of this amount, however, witness in the course of his evidence stated that she had afterwards generously returned him 3a. 6d. —The policeman who apprehended the prisoner stated that when he went to her house she had the guard around her neck with the watch altached.-The woman was discharged, and complainant ordered to pay the costs, the Bench remarking that had the prosecutor been in possession of the watch it would doubtless have gone with the money. Sarah Leyson was charged by James Harrhy with wiliully breaking a pane of glass. Defendant acknow- ledged the offence, and said the reason she had done so was that her husband had gone direct from his work after receiving his wages to the house of complainant, where r he remained drinking; she had gone to him several times for the purpose of obtaining some money for necessary household expenses, but he not only refused to give her any, but used most abusive language towards her, when if- uCan,e irritated, and took up a jug containing baer, which sho threw at him, breaking the jug one of com- plalDant I family closed the door in her face, which caused her accidentally to break a pane of glass. In answer to the Bench she said she was willing to pay the amount of tae damage done, but she had no money, not having seen her husband since Saturday.-The Bench advised the complainant to settle the matter with de- fendant's husband, which he consented to do, and the woman was discharged. William Pilkington and Henry Cookings, charged with deserting from H.M. Navy, were ordered on board their ship, the Orion, at Devouport. Robert Tankard was summoned for assaulting Honora Cochrane. Complainant's face bore various coloured marks of a severe blow. Defendant admitted the offence, but pleaded that complainant was in the habit of behaving in a most abusive manner towards his mother. This was ] denied by the complainant.—Fined be., pr seven days' ] imprisonment. Augustine Atherton was charged with feloniously taking away a bench and six window blind rollers, the property of George Cheeseman. Mr. R. J. Cathcart prosecuted Mr. Owen for the defence.—Prosecutor said he was the owner of a house lately occupied by Augqs- tine Atherton, which was taken by the latter about six months ago; at that time there were three benches and six window blind rollers in the house they were fixtures, and were prosecutor's property; he had some conversa- tion with prisoner, in the course of which he told him that Mrs. Wheeler, the previous tenant, being short of benches, he had agreed to leave them in the house for her use, and if he (the prisoner) wished, tho benches might still remain; prisoner replied ho was very thankful, and would leave the benches behind when he removed from the house the benches were in the kitchen where the conversation took place; prosecutor then pointed out six window blind rollers and told prisoner they also belonged to the house; these, too, prisoner promised not to take away when he left; be afterwards occupied the house, and took possession of the articles in question; one quarter's rent had been paid, and two days before the second would have become duo, prisoner moved all his goods, and on going into the house on Wednesday last, prosecutor saw but two benohea left behind; pre- vious to that be had seen the other bench at a house in Market-street; he had given no authority to any one to dispose of the bench the bench produced was his pro- perty he obtained a warrant and afterwards went to Swansea, and there saw five of the rollers in Detective Curtis's hands; one of them was missing.—Cross- examined by Mr. Owen: Witness never sold any fix- tures to Mrs. Wheeler for £2 10s.; when Mrs. Ray took possession of her deceased sister's (Mr. Wheeler's) goods, he pointed out the goods which belonged to himself, and those which belonged to Mrs. Wheeler; was sure there were three benches when defendant took the house he would swear that Mrs. Ray never gave him a table instead of a missing bench the only articles he sold Mrs. Wheeler were the sign and gas fittings; prisoner had brought an action against witness for some beer, but he bad pleaded a sel-off, and gained the suit; the present action did not arise out of the one alluded to; he believed that defendant had purchased the blinds he would swear he did not break into the house; ho was never told that defendant would come back in a few days and pay the rent; he went to a man named Poole, with whom the key had been left, and asked him for it; Poole wished him to give a reoeipt for the futi amount of the quarter's rent, and a bonus of jEl for the key witness did not toll prisoner if he would givo JE7, he would say no more about the matter.—By Mr. Cathcart: There was nothing left in the house but two benohes.-liaao Dowle, said he was a dealer in furniture he bought the bench produced with some other articles on the previous Monday, from prisoner, at the Steam Packet public house, Pill; there were two other benohes in the house, which defendant refused to sell, saying they belonged to his landlord the bargain had been made on the previous Friday.—By the Bench: Defendant said nothing about the rollers; the way in which he spoke about the other two benches would appear as though he wished to act honestly and take nothing but what belonged to him.—John Hawkins said he was in the employ of Mr, Bland, at the South Wales Riilway Station, at Newport; saw the prisoner at the station on Monday with some goods, which were booked for Swansea could not say whether there were window blind rollers prisoner signed the declaration as the sender of the goods in the name of James Bond.—De- tective Curtis deposed that in the execution of his duty under a warrant which he had received he went to Swansea, where he apprehended prisoner, and acquainted him with the charge; he said the benches were left bohind, but witness told him he alluded to the bench sold to Dowle, when he made no answer with reference to the rollers, prisoner said he thought they belonged to him, and referred to an inventory of goods purchased by him from Mrs. Ray he heard prisoner's wife saying they would pay the rent on Monday; never heard prose- secutor offer to settle the matter for £ 7.—This was the case for the prosecution.—Mr. Owen said be wished to make a few remarks, although perhaps the Bench might consider it unnecessary for him to do so. He wished his client to bo cleared from the imputation now east upon him more especially so as the charaoter of a man whose star was not in the ascendant was peculiarly valuable. The matter of the blinds was fully answered by a docu- ment which he produced, and which proved that the pri- soner had bought the blinds and curtains from Mrs. Ray, as part of the property of Mrs. Wheeler, and his impression at the time evidently was that the rollers were included. As to the bench, he should be able to call evidence to prove that it J was missing before .the prisoner took to tho house, and that Mrs. Ray had compensated the prosecutor for the loss by giving him a table. i, The missing bench was subsequently found in a the cellar, and as it had been agreed that the prisoner should pay £ 2 10s. for fixtures, there oould be no ques- tion thrt he looked upon the bench as included therein Mr. Owen contended that tho prisoner had been actuated by a bad feeling resulting from the previous action.—Mr. Sheppard: Do you wish to make anv remark upon the tact of the prisoner assuming a fictitious name ?-Mr. Owen continued Certainly the prisons was not prosperous in bis business at Newport, and he bad an opportuuity by going to Swansea of improving his condition. Apart from his dealings with the prosecutor, the prisoner might have other reasons for wishing to conceal from the public his removal to Swansea. Surely no one would wish to steal away his client's character solely on that ground. If the prosecutor had a claim for rent, he might have sued him, without resorting to the preseut proceedings. "Thero was one very striking fact, namely, that no allusion was made to the rollers in the warrant, and the mention of them now, Mr. Owen designated as an after thought.—Mr. Sheppard We think this case has broken down, Mr. Owen.—Mr. Owen: You consider that my client leaves the court without any aspersion upon his character.—Mr. Shep- paid: We are not here to try his character. We have said all we shall say.—The parties then left, Mr. Owen declaring he should bring another action. Elizabeth Watkins summoned John Lucas for refusing to support her illegitimate child, of .which she alleged he was the father. Mr. Thomas Woollett appeared for the defendant, The case occupied a very considerable time but the Bench were of opinion that the paternity of the defendant was amply proved, and ordered him to pay 2s weekly* Thomas Morgan was summoned by Ann Thomas to answer a-similar charge. The defendant had absconded, but a witness proved that he had acknowledged being the father of the child, and an order was made for 2s. 6d.. a week. WEDNESDAY. [Magistrates: Alderman IIOMFRAY and GEORGE GETH- ING, Esq.] John Warren was charged with stealing a gold wedding ring, the property of Jane Townsend, of Commercial- street. The prosecutrix, who keeps a milliner s shop, stated that on Monday she took off her wedding r ng, and placed it on the window sill with the keep ,P to washing her hands. The prisoner afterwards brought in some coal, and deposited it near the window. Lne ring was subsequently missed. On being appre i e the prisoner said he picked the riiag up on tho coal. in answer to the Bench, Mrs. Townsend said it was quite possible the ring might have fallen down. The prisoner master spoke highly of his general character. Alderman Homfray gave the prisoner some excellent advice, after whioh he was sentenced to a day's imprisonment, oeing tantamount to a discharge.

CURIOUS ACTION ON A BOND,—J• Thomas sued Lord Ougley to recover XZOOIou a bond; and the case was heard in the Court of Common.Pleas on Thursday, The plaintiff had been formerly in Lord Ougley's stud groom, continuing with him from 1824 to When he left, his lordship gave him a bond for an annuity of £ 100 a-year for life, and the annuity was regularly paid down to 1846. In that year the plaintiff wished to go into business, and he consequently applied to the defendant to purchase the bond of him. The defendant agreed to do so, and gave the plaintin £1000 for the bond, which the defendant, as soon as he received it, threw behind the fire, and it was consumed. On this occasion the only other person present was a man named Kidd, and he was now, unfortunately, dead. From to o, until just before the action was brought, no application had been made in reference to the annuity, and the plaintiff only claimed for five years' arrear, when, accord- ing to his own statement, there must have been as much as 13 years' annuity due. One of two conquences, there- fore, must have arisen—either that at the time the bond was purchased it was not handed over, or that a forged bond was now to be produced. Another unfortunate circumstance was, that the Bank of England destroyed their notes after a certain time, so that it was impossible to trace the notes which had been paid for the bond. The plaintiff's case was, that at first the defendant gave the plaintiff a bond on some property called the Heyworth estate, for the annuity of Eloo a year, but afterwards, at his own desire, changed this for a personal bond. The first bond was consequently given up, but no arrangement was ever come to for giving up the bond now sued on. When the plaintiff was in the witness-box two letters to the defendant were put into his hands, as to the authenticity of which he spoke with equivocation amounting to an admission that they were in his own handwriting. In one he spoke of The faithful promise you gave me when I gave you up the bond, that you would never "withhold the hundred from me as long as you live'd and in another he said "If you had written to me and said I have got the bond back, I will never give you another shilling,' I should hayo at to do The plaintiff's counsel being taken by eurpnse, a nonsuit was entered, and the bond and the letters were impounded. On Friday, a meeting was held at the Speech House, to elect a Verderer for the Forest of Dean, in the place of the late Maynard Colchester, Esq., deceased. The High Sheriff was unavoidably absent, but J. Durrup, Esfl the Under Sheriff, presided in his stead. Captain Prob^n proposed and Mr.. H. Crawshay. seconded the Rev.IS.Maahen, of-East back Court, for the sacred office, and there being no other candidate, the rev. gentleman was declared elected.

SETTING FIRE TO A HOUSE TO DEFRAUD AN INSURANCE COMPANY. Eve Bennett, 40, was indicted before Mr. Baron Bramwell, at the Central Crimminal Court, on the 15th inst., for wilfully, maliciously, and feloniously setting fire to a house with intent to defraud the Phoenix Insurance Company. In other counts the intent of the prisoner was laid to injure the owner of the property. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. F. H. Lewis condncted the prosecution on behalf of the vestry of the parish of St. James. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Giffard and Mr. Sharpe. It appeared from the opening speech of the learned counsel for the prosecution, and the evidence adduced to support it, that the husband of the prisoner lived at No. 11, West-street, Golden-square, and carried on there the business of a tailor and dealer in tailor's trimmings, and that in December last he effected an insurance with the Phoenix office for JE600 upon his stock-in-trade, furniture, &c. The fire that was the subject of inquiry, occurred on Sunday evening the 22nd of April, and it appeared that the husband of the prisoner went out about eight o'clock, taking with him a dog, and at this time the prisoner was the only person left in the house. She remained about an hour after her husband had left, and she was then seen to go out and shut the door, and almost immediately afterwards the house was dis- covered to be on fire, and when the firemen and police went in they found the shop was in flames, and that there was also a second fire in the kitchen, and it was their opinion that these two fires could not have been communicated from one to the other, but must have been caused separately. The husband of the prisoner afterwards made a claim upon the nre-onicefbrje341, which was alleged to be very much above the value of the property that was destroyed. It also appeared that the husband of the prisoner had stated in her presence that he was well insured, and that when the prisoner was asked, after the fire had taken place, whether her husband was insured or not, she said that she did not know. In consequence of these facts coming to the knowledge of the coroner, he instituted an inquiry, and the jury returned a verdict that the fire was occasioned wil- fully, and upon this the vestry of the parish of St. James, in which the house is situated, felt it their duty to institute the present prosecution, the insurance company, it. appeared, declining to interfere in the matter. Mr. Giffard made a very able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and said it appeared to him that there really was hardly any evidence whatever to support the charge against her, and that she would never have been placed in her present position but for the interference of the coroner, and his holding what was called an inquest upon the fire, a proceed- ing which the Court of Queen's Bench had receutly declared to be perfectly illegal. Mr. Andrew Trimmins, an architect and surveyor, was examined as a witness for the prisoner, and he stated that he had examined the premises, and dis- covered a fissure in the floor of the shop more than a foot long and an inch wide, through which, in his opinion, the fire might have been communicated from the kitchen to the shop. Mr. Baron Bramwell summed up the evidence with great clearness and impartiality, and the jury, after deliberating for a considerable time, found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended her strongly to meroy. Mr. Sleigh informed the Court that about two t5 years ago the premises of the prisoner's husband were destroyed by fire, and the prisoner made a claim of X220 upon the County Fire-office, but the circum- stances were so suspicious that the claim was resisted, and it was eventually compromised by the husband receiving the sum of £ 90. Baron Bramwell, in passing sentence, said he agreed with the verdict, but at the same time thought it was probable the prisoner was merely the instru- ment of another. He could not, however, treat such an offence lightly, and the sentence upon her would be that of four years' penal servitude. THE CASE OF PROSELYTISM IN NOR. FOLK. NORWICH, JUNE 16.—Although the journey made by Master Vansittart to town for the purpose of iden- tifying a person who was supposed to be the individual who induced him to cut and run" from his school at Rackbeath was not attended with success, the police are not without hopes that they shall be able to execute the warrant granted by the local magis- trates. Mr. Hitchman, the superintendent of "the Norwich police, has been actively engaged in prose- cuting his inquiries, and has been in London durin" the last day or two. The name of the priest who accosted Master Vansittart at Rackheath has hitherto been spelt Giugini," but in a police description which has been issued, and in which a handsome re- ward is offered for information likely to lead to his apprehension, he is referred to as «Euguine a Tr°u!aa J?ath?lic Priest of the Jesuit persuasion." father Euguine, who, it is stated, is not an Italian, out a Spaniard, is further described as a foreigner, between 40 and 50 years of age stout, about 5 feet & inches high, with grayish hair; occasionally wears a wig, and has deep black eye-lashes, black, small eyes, and Roman nose." His dress is particularized as a a dark blue coat, check trousers, and Italian hat." It was at first stated that no one but Master Van. sittart had seen this mysterious stranger" in the neighbourhood of Rackheath. but from inquiries made to-day, it appears that some such person was noticed in the village by several persons; and, so far as the investigation has yet proceeded, nothing has transpired to discredit Master Yansittart's story in any particular, notwithstanding the doubt and ridicule whicn Mr. Bowyer, M. P., in a letter published in The Times of Friday, has sought to cast upon the young gentleman's narrative. The case was to have come on for further hearing on Monday next, but on Friday afternon Mr. Atkinson, the solicitor engaged by Mr. Vansittart, applied to the magistrates to order a further remand to the 25th inst., on the ground that the police had not yet been able to arrest the other Catholic priest mentioned in the evidence of Master Vansittart. Mr. Browne asked Mr. Atkinson whether he had any ground for supposing that in the event of the case being remanded to Monday week the now missing priest would by that time be apprehended. Mr. Atkinson said, from information he had re- ceived, he was led to form such a conclusion. If Mr. ?1™unan» superintendent of the Norwich police, had been fortunate enough to take the missing priest, he should have been prepared to go on with the case on Monday, as originally arranged. He would not ask for a further remand unless there were reasonable grounds for doing so. Mr. Browne: You would not ask unless there was something extraordinary. Mr. Mendham having observed that what he had said was stated entirely on his own responsibility, as he had not had time to communicate with his client, the remand applied for was granted. It is understood that the eminent counsel" who is to appear at the next hearing for Canon Dalton is Mr. Serjeant Shee.

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LORD OVERSTONE ON THE RESULTS OF INVASION. The following extract from the replies of Lord Overstone to queries put to him by the Commissioners of National Defences will be read with interest: 2. Question 2 asks my opinion of the probable effects of the occupation of London by an invading army,—books, security, and public property having been previously removed, and private property being respected by the invader. I cannot contemplate or trace to its consequences such a supposition. My only answer is,-it must never be. In proportion as a country has advanced in civilization, and in commercial and manufactur- ing prosperity, the metropolis of that country be- comes more and more intimately connected with all the operations and interests of the whole community, it becomes the centre, the heart of the entire social and industrial system. The movements of the cen- tral city become connected by an indefinite number of the most delicate links with the daily transactions of every town in the empire. Ruere illa non possunt et non hæc codem labefaetata motu concidant. An invading army occupying London will be in possession of the centre of our Govermental system, the centre of internal communication, the centre in which a large proportion of the transactions of the whole country is daily adjusted, the centre of our financial system and, as Woolwich, must of course be included in the fate of London, the enemy will hold the great depot of our military resources. Can any doubt exist as to the effects of this P But the enemy will respect private property, and will endeavour to allay alarm, to restore confidence, to obviate confusion, and to give to his presence the character of a purely military occupation. What, it is asked in question 5, will be the results of this ? I believe that in the case supposed there would exist a prevalent feeling that the fatal blow bad been struck; that the deep humiliation had been sustained that the means of satisfying his exactions are under the command of the enemy jlthat the means of far- ther and effectual resistance are doubtful, while the calamities attending it are certain and overwhelm- ing. Under these circumstances, many, no doubt, with a noble spirit, would counsel determined and persevering resistance at all hazards and under any sacrifice; but many would deem such courage to be recklessness, and would think the time come for bending under the blow, and that no rational alter- native remains but that of purchasing the withdrawal of the enemy upon the best terms that could be ob-' tained. Which of these conflicting views would prevail I cannot undertake to determine. The efforts, however, of a country thus humi- liated, paralyzed, dispirited, and divided in opinion, would not, I fear, lead to any satisfactory result. The safety of the country, as much as its honour, require that the integrity of the empire be defended on the sea principally, and in the first instance and in case of any serious mishap there, we must be pre- pared to fight the battle upon the first inch of ground upon which a foreign foe sets his hostile foot. Our riches, the complicated nature of our social and monetary system, the limited extent of our country, the necessity of internal order and confidence for the maintenance of our manufacturing population, would, I fear, be found to render a prolonged conflict upon our own soil perhaps impracticable, at all events fatal to all that constitutes the power, the well-being, and the happiness of the country. 3. A serious apprehension of invason, still more the actual landing of an invading army in force, would, I apprehend, necessitate the immediate suspension uf specie payments by the Bank of England this would be followed by the prevalence of monetary alarm, partaking more or less, according to circum- stances, of the character of panic. Money would be withdrawn from savings banks, from country banks, from all parties holding money at call. To meet these demands Governmentsecurities must be brought to market in unusual quantities at a time when the credit of the Government would be shaken, and the disposition to invest in Government securities would from the same cause be seriously checked. The consequence is obvious a heavy fall in the price of public securities, a prostration of public credit, and grievous inconvenience, amounting not impro- bably to the absolute suspensionof the usual course of monetary operations. In this country the use of money is economized by various complicated expedients to an extent in- finitely greater than in any other country. The effi- ciency of these expedients depends upon the undis- turbed state of social order and public confidence; they would be at once paralyzed by any serious invasion of the country. More money would be required for the purposes of circulation when more money could not be had and the existing amount of money would be rapidly secreted for safety. Money, and the substitute for money, credit, would disappear simultaneously. To what extent would this go ? No man can say beforehand. But these results would be more disastrous in England than in any other country, on account of the complicated character of our monetary arrangements, which renders the whole system peculiarly sensitive to any movement tending to produce disorder or discredit. 4. The fourth question directs attention to the effect which an invasion of England may be expected to produce upon the prosperity of other countries, and the strong reaction which it is supposed this might cause against the author of the aggression. I cannot doubt that the consequences of any blow inflicted upon the prosperity of England would be felt, and seriously felt, through every quarter of the globe to which trade and commerce have pene- trated. A large portion of the productive energies of the world are sustained by British capital and British credit. Look at our annual exports, amounting to about 100,000,000 of sterling value. This indicates the extent to which other countries derive the supply of their necessaries or their luxuries from British industry. Look again at our annual imports, swell- ing to the same amount, and thus showing the extent to which other countries find a market for their products in British prosperity. The country from which these gigantic transactions ema- nate cannot be seriously injured without disastrous consequences to every country which directly or in- directly has held intercourse with her. Such is the beneficen t law of international commercial intercourse; all trading countries have a common interest in the progressive prosperity of their neighbours, and no doubt can be entertained that the effects of a blow which an invasion of England would inflict upon our commercial prosperity must vibrate through the whole trading world, But these effects will be very slightly estimated by anticipation; it is only after the fatal occurrence other nations will fully recognize the extent to which their interests are involved in the well-being of this country. Our safety must in no degree be left dependent upon the precarious and tardy sympathy of other countries. The aid to be derived from this source will arise after the evil has been consummated. With ourselves alone must rest the defence of our country. We have every inducement to make our system of national defence complete and effectual, because the calamities and misery which a successful invasion of England must produce would be far more serious than any of which the world has yet had experience.'

SAD ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE ROYAL ALBERT -On Saturday afternoon, while the dcoks of the Royal Albert were thronged with visitors, the dress of a lqrl^ in passing one of the signal cuna caueht tS» t y'- hammer, and brought it over upon ^he ful. PT) n Sb0 zi"it Lnt of .hn'J ""fortunately was either standing in arm blown Jr" working about it, had his wis nm fi close to the shoulder. The poor fellow oh" ™ptly attended to by the medical officers of the ip, ana was, we believe, brought to Leith Hospital in the erening. The sad event caused much consternation as well as regret among the visitors, and the lady who had unwittingly been its cauee fainted.—StoUman,

THE POTENTATES' MEETING, There are times in the lives of all men when they have a claim to our pity, and just now the man with the most claim to it is the Emperor of the French He is encountering almost irresistible temptation" But the other day it was arranged that he should go to Baden Baden to meet the Prince Regent of Prussia, in order, it was said, to renew the mutual confidence shaken by some expressions in a private letter which a busybody had got hold of and taken to Paris. The Emperor must see the Prince of Prussia, and receive from his own lips the assurances that no minister could be authorised to convey. So the Prince of Prussia arrived at Baden on Thursday evening and the Emperor was expected to arrive last night. The story, as told, affected nobody else, and there was no reason why the two should not despatch the business in half-an-hour, and be gone their several ways. But Germany does not give Emperors so scant a measure of civility. When a great pike comes into her waters every minnow must, come to greet him. There they all are,—such a There they conflux as one never thought to see till the Archangel gathered them. The Grand Duke of Baden, the King of Bavaria, and the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar had already arrived yesterday afternoon. There were expected the Kings of Saxony, Wur- temburg, and Hanover; the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt; the Dukes of Coburg-Gotha and Nassau. All the Kings, and it is not said how many other Sovereign Princes, are to assist at the meeting between the Emperor and the Prince Regent. What can all this mean ? One certainly has read of the like before. It used to be said that history never repeats itself," but an older authority says" there is nothing new under the sun." If you open a window MntbSU!?tmerS ,reDiDg you have a similar result. £ Pt fi6r ?! emer,ges from the outer darkness, flies at the candles, wheels a giddy circle or two, is absorbed m the fiery vortex, and falls to the table writhing and spinning in unavailing agony. All these people are just doing what their fathers did; before them. It runs in the blood. A great English naturalist affirms that trout inherit from their fore- fathers a horror of the hook and a scepticism as to bait. The German trout love the hook, and raise at the coarsest bait. Nothing deters them, The Ger- man crow sees his father nailed to the barn door, and flies into the selfsame toils. The visit of the Prince Regent to Baden is, of course, casual. He happened to be going there by the invariable ill-luck that is always taking a certain class of persons into harm's way. The Emperor of the French hearing of his visit, invites himself to share the pleasure of the excursion. The Prince Regent is afraid that the smaller Powers of Germany will put an ill construction on the interview, and conclude, in fact, that in return for the Rhenish pro- vinces the Emperor is about to present Prussia with a sackful of little crowns. Nothing, however, would please the Emperor so much as a personal interview with the numerous victims of these morbid suspicions. So they are all to be present-ostensibly to see that they are not sold in their absence, but we should think also with the idea that positive advantages are not altogether out of the question. The man who can destroy them can do them good, if he thinks fit. The map of Europe is disjointed; landmarks are removed; there is giving and taking; a State threat- ened with absorption may reasonably plead not only for existence, but for a modest degree of aggrandize- ment so every crowned head in Germany, excepting Austria, is to do honour to the Emperor of the French. How pleasant it must be to be reminded of the events not quite two generations back! Would they like another Confederation of the Rhine ? The gambling-tables are opened on that familiar scene, and principalities are the stake. Is it to be roulette or rouge-et-noir? We should like to see them all put down their title-deeds on the table, and to watch their countenances as the imperial croupier rakes them all into his .heap. It is scarcely possible to pity those who invoke their own doom, and commit felo de se in the act of dishonest expectation. The Emperors feelings can only be those of a modem sportsman as he enters a well-stocked preserve and sees the foolish birds bustling about on all sides npi «yUt ourstelvesJlm°n? the bystanders at this new Con versa ion House," as they call the place at Baden, and bet how many rouleaux the Emperor will 7n ntl apd.h°W T'ch s,.na11 change he will fling back to the Piince of Prussia. He really cannot help it. It is the curse of Kings to be surrounded." We need not say that Austria is delighted. The meet- ing at Villafranca was nothing to this, for how could the Emperor of Austria help the stupidity of his Generals? Indeed, he made the best bargain he could, and certainly did not court his fate by obse- quiousness. Nothing, however, but an actual appe- tite for self-humiliation could bring Prussia, with a crowd of small Sovereigns, to attend the levee of a French Emperor at Baden! For our part, we are sorry to see the material of which Central Europe is composed. We seem to be surrounded by illusions. They seem to flutter round a substantial. Emperor in flesh and blood as the shades gaped and gibbered about tineas in the infernal regions. It is of no use to have even wishes about such people. They must go their own way, for good or for evil. If they simply disappear, it can make no difference, and cer- tainly will not diminish the stock of European virtue -Titizes.

TRAGEDY IN MISSISSIPPI.—The Vicksburv (Mississippi) Sun of the 29th ult. records the followiaT account of a dreadful tragedy near that city;—"A few years ago Mr. Lafayette Leo was married to a youn» ady of this coaoty, Miss Hicks, and remained for somi time at the residence of his wile's father. In a short time Lee gave unmistakeable evidence of being din. satisfied, and treated his young wife unkindly. A tem- porary separation took place, during which MraJ Lee remained at her father's house until a reconciliation was effected. Lee a few months ago went to Hazlehurst for the purpose of teaching school. He was unsuccessful, and finally returned to this county and solicited the assistance of Mr, Flowers (who was a relative). Mr Fiowers generously tendered the hospitalities of his house to Lee and his wife, who accepted them. Mr. Flowers frequently saw enough to convince himself that Lee treated his wife unkindly, and remonstrated with him and urged him to make some exertion to support his family, proffering to assist him in any laudable effort. On Thursday last Mrs. Lee expressed her anxiety to see her mother, and a wish to visit her home if she conld obtain conveyance. Mr. Flowers informed her that his carriage was at her service for that purpose whenever she wished it. Lee remarked that she should not go. and threatened to kill her if she did so. Having been rd. peatedly threatened by him in a like manner, she did not appear alarmed. On Friday the subject was again alluded to, and Lee persisted in his threat. A short time after Mrs. Lee sat down to play a ^ame of chess with Mr Flowers, Lee occupying a position immediately behind Mr. Flowers. In a few moments an exDressinn If ,CU1UU was noticed upon the face of Mrs. Lel whTan--0^- be gazing at her husband. Mr. Flowers thinkiK n K that Lee was suddenly taken ill ',ltunl"Dg Perhapa what Was the matter Tho d -and asked hi^ nothing was the matter with him38^ 8lV6n ^at when the report of n i resunied hiap^y, started conXr.5 „ffl-"M,.heari» and Mrs* Flowers immedistli that 6ho was shot. Mr. supported her sinlci y fcau8ht her on his loft arm and a«Hin at hi, iff I Lee now ad™nced and fired ?h £ il L' fd °T at Mr- Flowe»- Mrs. Lee by left arm of M y to tlie floor> supported by the nock^t n, a f" 3 °wers' who drew a revolver from hia fihrmldn^ Partlal,y turning, fired fire times (over hia shoulder) at Lee. Each ball took effect in the face of .i66/- °T ufal tbo "fiht temple, one near the middle of tue loiehead, one near tho left temple, one in the jaw, and the other just above the mouth. Lee fell and died immediately. The wound inflicted on Mre. Lee was of a most dangerous character. The ball entered just above the right breast, ranging downwards to the waist, and coming out near the spine. At the last accounts she was in a most critical condition. Elsewhere we learn from the Sun that not only the coroner's jury, but all the neighbours best acquainted with the aftair, fully approve 3VSS? of M" s