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Mr. Strad, in a farewell address to his Nottingham constituents., states that he was informed "the Queen was desirous of marking the interest which she takes in the great manufacturing industry of the country, and her desire that this important element of our national wealth should be represented in the Upper House of Parliament."

The candidate first in the field in the Liberal interest for the vacant seat was Mr. John Remington Mills. In his address he stated that he would support "the cause of civil and religious liberty"; "Liberal principles" of administration ; economy so far as is consistent with the security of the nation and the perpetuation of peace ; the reform of the Courts Eccle- siastical; the abolition of church-rates ; Parliamentary reform, and vote by ballot. Then Mr. Ernest Jones, the notorious Chartist, reappeared as a candidate for Nottingham, upon Chartist "principles." Before the nomination took place, Mr. Charles Paget of Ruddington Grange was invited to enter the field by the Liberal party, and he consented. This led Mr. Mills to withdraw, rather than incur the charge of dividing the Liberal interest.

At the nomination, on Wednesday, Mr. Paget was proposed by Mr. ex-Mayor Thackeray, and seconded by Mr. A. Murdella. Mr. Ernest Jones was proposed by Mr. Councillor Sweet and seconded by Mr. Maw- son. Mr. Paget made a speech of moderate Liberalism. He would ex- tend the franchise, if it could be done with safety. If they could get a solid and good foundation, then the wider the basis the better. Now, how are we to obtain a good, solid foundation ? By educating the people. "The question of education is the foundation of all politics." He should be for holding the pursestrings with a firm but not a niggardly hand.

He trusted there was a feeling abroad in the country which would compel the Government to give us an efficient army, led by efficient officers. A feeling was entertained in the country that we ought to lay out a great deal of money in preparation for a future war. On that question he would say a few words. If any of that assembly contemplated a severe competition in their business in twenty years, would they go to a machine-maker to manufacture an immense quantity of machinery, and then let it lie by for twenty years until it was thoroughly out of date? The case was much stronger than this with regard to warlike implements. We are on the verge of immense improvements in our artillery, and to lay in immense stores for warlike purposes now would be throwing away our money. In this great country of England there is such a vast amount of machinery, that at what- ever time we wanted to go to war all we wanted could be very rapidly made. Therefore he should be against all great establishments, because they press upon the people in the shape of taxation, and are in the means of laying up a quantity of arms that would prove inferior n the day of trial. (Cheers...) Jones, ones, after making a hustings speech, retired; and Mr. Paget was declared duly elected. The inhabitants of Sheffield, the Mayor presiding, entertained the of- ficers of the Fourth Dragoon Guards at a public dinner in the Cutlers' Hall, on Tuesday. Among those present, were Lord Cardigan, Colonel Hodge, eommanding the Regiment, Lieutenant Massey, a boy of nine- teen, known as "Redan Massey,' Lord Wharncliffc, and Mr. Stuart Wortley. Lieutenant Massey, whose health was among the toasts, made a little speech, closing as follows—

"I do not know that I deserve such a compliment. I am sure I simply did my duty, and only what any other officers placed in my position would have done ; for we all felt that the honour of Old England was in our keeping, and that we would have died a thousand deaths to preserve it untarnished."

Major-General Windham was the hero of an ovation at Leamington on the same day. They gave him a public breakfast, and he made a speech. Among other things, he did justice to those who have not won honours like himself-

" I served chiefly on the staff; but I had also a good deal of duty to per- form in the trenches, and, therefore, know remarkably well the difference of the two services. I do think that those officers who went through the whole campaign in the trenches of Sebastopol deserve the thanks of every indivi- dual in this country. It is all mighty fine to canter down to the trenches for a few minutes, as I did before I was made a Brigadier-General. It is very well to expose one's self to sudden danger, which is soon over, and soon forgotten ; but it is a different thing to go day after day, night after night, through dirt, wet, misery—destitute of comfort—yet always to have sufficient moral force to Ray that, because it is my duty, I will not give in. That is precisely what the unnoticed regimental officers did during the siege of Sebastopol."

The National Reformatory Union intend to hold a Conference in Bristol on the 20th, 21st, and 22d August. Their object in doing so is to obtain and diffuse information on the progress of the Reformatorymovement. At a meeting recently held in the private room of Mr. Commissioner Hill at the Bristol Bankruptcy Court, a committee was appointed to carry out the arrangements. There will be an opening meeting, soirees, excur- sions, and probably a public dinner. Lord Stanley will preside at the Conference ; and papers are promised by Miss Carpenter, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Frederick Hill, and others. Among those who will also take part in the proceedings, are Mr. Miles Mr. E. B. Wheatley, Chairman of Quarter-Sessions for the West Riding, Sir Arthur Elton, Mr. Canon Girdlestone, Lord Robert Cecil, and the Reverend Sydney Turner.

Mr. Gillow mentioned at the preliminary meeting that a new Reform- atory had been opened at Arno's Yale, near Bristol. This was formerly an asylum for female penitents, which, it was thought, might be made self-supporting. The experiment failed in consequence of the fierce com- petition in the neighbourhood, and the Penitentiary became a Reforma- tory for boys.

Some time since, a committee of Kent Magistrates was appointed to consider the propriety of establishing a Juvenile Reformatory for the county. They recently made their report to a meeting at Maidstone, Lord Sydney in the chair. The upshot of the deliberation was, that instead of building a school, or amalgamating with Sussex, a certain number of juvenile delinquents should be annually sent to Redhill.

The Duke of Bedford has erected, at his sole expense, school-accom- modation at Tavistock for 650 children. These schools, called "the British schools," were opened on the 19th instant. The incident was chiefly remarkable for the muster of the Bedford interest, Lord John Russell being the star. The Duke of Bedford promised to promote edu- cation in Tavistock to the utmost of his power-

" I have long considered that to .provide good dwellings for the labouring classes, and to provide good education for all, with the advantages of reli- gious and moral instruction, are among the first duties, as they are among the best pleasures, of a landlord."

There was also a special resolution of welcome for Lord John ; a com- pliment duly honoured by him in a speech pointing to the importance and progress of education.

The British Association is to meet next Wednesday, at Cheltenham. On that day the Duke of Argyll will resign the chair; and his successor, Dr. Daubeney, will deliver the usual inaugural address. The President's dinner will be given on the following Tuesday, and the proceedings will close towards the end of the week.

At Exeter Assizes, Private George Marston, of the Thirteenth Dragoons, was convicted of shooting at Corporal Fraser. The Corporal was not wounded. Before sentence, something came to Mr. Baron Martin's know- ledge, that induced him to make further inquiries. It then appeared that Corporal Fraser had seduced Marston's wife ; when Marston interfered, Fraser was heard to say that he would "serve him out at drill " : after this Marston fired at the Corporal. Mr. Baron Martin observed that it was not to be tolerated that officers should hold out a threat to the men under them that they would "serve them out" at their drill if they did not allow them to debauch their wives. He thought in this instance the commanding- officer's attention ought to be called to the matter. The prisoner had re- ceived the greatest provocation that could be offered to a man, and the Judge did not think he ought to punish him : but still the prisoner must not take the law into his own hands. He would be discharged upon entering into his men recognizance to appear to receive judgment when called upon.

At Durham Assizes, on Saturday, John Cain and Richard Rayne were tried for the murder of Mr. Robert Stirling, the young surgeon who was murdered and robbed at Burnopfield, on the highway, at mid-day, on the 1st November last. The evidence against the accused was entirely circum- stantial; strong in many points, in others it appears to have been unsatis- factory. The counsel for the prisoners urged that the testimony was not inconsistent with their innocence of this crime : it did not conclusively bring it home to them. The Jury consulted for two hours, and then ac- quitted both the accused.

At Newcastle Assizes, Thomas Fothergill was tried for the murder of John Smith. The two were employed at a quarry ; Smith made dispa- raging and exasperating remarks on Fothergill ; who then repeatedly struck him with a pickaxe, causing his death. The Jury convicted him of man- slaughter only: Mr. Justice Willes commented on his resorting to such a weapon as a pickaxe : if he was annoyed, why not have used his fists ? Such an outrage must be punished severely : and he sentenced the culprit to be transported for life.

At Warwick Assizes, the Reverend Patrick King, lately curate of Aston, was tried for attempting to drown a male infant, which is supposed to have been his own illegitimate offspring : he left it near a pond. The Judge in- timated that the evidence did not make out the charge and directed an ac- quittal. King was then charged with exposing the child, and also with a

common assault. Having pleaded guilty to the charge of assault, lie was sentenced to be imprisoned for six months.

William Brown, convicted of the murder of Edward Woodcock and his grandson near Melton Mowbray, was executed at Leicester on Friday last week. He persisted to the last in asserting his innocence. In order to bring him to a sense of his position, he was shown his grave on Thursday.; and the only remark he made was, " Ah ! it's a nice place, aint it ? I shall like to lie under the trees." (The grave was dug near to some trees.) Seve- ral of his friends visited him on Thursday, and he requested his father "to come and see him turned off." The old man secured a seat at a public-house window exactly opposite the drop, occupied it some hours before the execu- tion, and regaled himself with beer. The convict had expressed a wish to be allowed to address the crowd, saying he should speak for an hour. The -officials told him he might say what he pleased ; and for that purpose he was led out a few minutes before eight o'clock. His fitther recognized him by waving a handkerchief. The prisoner made a low bow, but did not attempt to utter a word, his courage seemingly having given way.

Mr. Cornelius Evans, formerly manager of the Tewkesbury branch of the Gloucestershire Banking Company, has been committed for trial for embez- zling the moneys of the bank. It appears that he had "cooked" the ac- counts of the branch more than once, to hide the deficiency ; directing a • clerk to put down the balances of several customers at a less amount than they really were.

Two extensive robberies of jewellers' shops have been effected in the West .Riding of Yorkshire, by skilful burglars, at High Harrogate and Ripon. The Ripon tradesman had taken extra precautions to secure his property, in consequence of the robbery at Harrogate : in vain—the robbers entered his premises, made free with his comestibles, and carried off. 4001. worth of goods; the unconscious jeweller, who slept with his door open, hearing no- thing of them.

After a very long investigation, the Coroner's Jury who sat on the bodies of the persons killed by the collision in the Mersey between the Mail and the Excelsior have pronounced that the disaster was attributable to the people -of the Excelsior : their verdict was "Manslaughter" against the pilot, William Bewer, and the mate, William Shaw ; while they reprimanded the master of the Excelsior for not maintaining greater discipline on board.

A fatal arising from negligence, occurred at Church Fenton sta- tion, on the North-Eastern Railway, soon after midnight on Saturday morn- ing. A heavy excursion-train was returning from Market Weighton, where there had been a_ cattle-show, to Harrogate. At Church Fenton it was necessary for the train to cross the line twice to detach some horse-boxes. While the train was thus placed across the road, a goods-train came up from York and dashed into the excursion-train, cutting it in half, and smashing four carriages. Two persons were killed on the spot—john Coupland, a farm-bailiff of Clifford, and Mr. Braim, innkeeper of Tadcaster ; Mr. Water- house junior, timber-merchant of Tadcaster, sustained hurts which were thought likely to be fatal ; six other passengers had limbs fractured or were seriously wounded; and ten or twelve were hurt to a less degree. The -.cause of the accident was clearly shown at the inquest, which com- menced on Monday and finished on Wednesday : it was a double negligence. The driver of the excursion-train, the guard of the luggage-train, and the driver of the same train, stated that the distance-signal was useless because the lamp had either not been lighted at all, or had been blown out by the -Winal.—a most unusual occurrence. Had this lamp been burning, the people of the luggage-train would have stopped in time to prevent the collision. But there was an act of gross negligence at the station itself— the " all-right " signal or white light was exhibited at the time the excur- sion-train stood athwart the road ! The driver of the luggage-train seeing no lamp at the distance-signal, and a white lamp at the station, con- tinued his course, his train not having to stop at Church Fenton. . Archer, a lad of fifteen, employed to take charge of gates and the distance- - signal during the night, said that he had known the lamps to go out often. On the night -of the accident there was no wind. Archer said George Spivey had the general charge of the signals at night. Only Spivey and Archer were in attendance. When he saw the goods-train approaching, before its time, he signalled to the station to the signalman : he believed that Spivey was at that time engaged with the excursion-train. Archer had never com- Timm- ed of the lamps going out. The fireman of the goods-train corroborated preceding witnesses—there was no light at the distance-signal, and a white light at the station. A man employed at Church Fenton deposed that he had known the lamps to go out. A passenger stated that the excursion- train was much behind its time. Wing, the stationmaster, explained that it WRS not his " duty " to remain up to receive the excursion-train. Captain O'Brien, secretary to the Company, expressed an opinion that the arrange- ments at Church Fenton were sufficient, if strictly carried out, to make the traffic safe. George Spivey volunteered a statement. He said that he turned on the proper signals when the excursion-train arrived. After the -collision he found that the lamp of the distance-signal was not burning. The jury retired for an hour and a half, and then brought in a verdict of " Manslaughter " against George Spivey. They added to the verdict—" And that the Company were highly to blame in despatching the goods-train at an earlier hour than was specified in the working time-table, and also in not having a more efficient staff at Fenton station, on the return of the excursion-train from Market Weighton." Spivey was taken into custody, and the Coroner made out a warrant for his committal to York Castle.

Mr. John Price Haat a Birmingham Scripture Reader, has been killed by falling from a precipice near Bangor, while attempting to descend from the summit of earned& David.

Three yotmg ladies—Miss Margaret Hinde, her sister Isabella, and Miss Jane Hodgson their cousin, all of Carlisle—have been drowned while bathing in the sea near Port Carlisle : they suddenly fell into a deep hole or channel in the sands.

Miss Allen, an elderly lady, has been killed at the Ben Rhydding hydro- pathic establishment, by falling at night from a lofty window which she had opened while walking in her sleep.