'Ube Vrobintes.

Viscount Milton has been elected for Mahon, in the room of Mr. Chil- ders, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

A movement was recently commenced in Bradford, emanating from the ' Short Time Committee, having for its object the effecting an exchange of Mr. Hardy, the present Member, for Lord Ashley; the former gentleman being willing to retire in favour of his Lordship. The electors who stand pledged to Colonel Thompson demurred to this arrangement; and two meetings have been held, at which the matter was fully discussed. The result of the last and more important meeting was a resolution declaring their intention of bringing forward Colonel Thompson as a candidate, in the case of Mr. Hardy's retirement.—Manchester Guardian.

The sum of 3,0001. has been subscribed at Birmingham towards the " quarter of a million " League fund.

A school of design is in course of organization at Leeds, under the auspices of the Leeds Mechanics Institution. Upwards of 701. has been subscribed towards the expense; and the Government are to make a grant of casts, models, &c.

The Chairman of the Surrey Easter Sessions, in addressing the Grand Jury on Monday, remarked that crime seemed to be fast decreasing in that county: the calendar was becoming lighter each session.

The old controversy between the Magistrates of Buckinghamshire and the Reverend Mr. Cox, the Chaplain of Aylesbury Gaol, about the giving up of John Tawell's written confession, was revived at the Easter Court of Quarter-sessions, held last week. The Court decided, by a mrkjority- of

six to three, that the Chaplain be required to lay the document on the table. Mr. Cox refused to comply; asserting that he came under s‘pso- mho to Tawell not to give up the paper, and no power on earth should induce him to break his word.

Last week, the Reverend William Howell Lloyd, formerly a minister of the Church of England, was received into the Church of Rome, at the chapel of the Bishop's House, Birmingham.

The greatest consternation was occasioned at Dover on Monday, by the- announcement on the doors of the banking-house of Latham and Com- pany, that the business of the bank was " suspended." It is feared from the great number of small depositors that the loss will be severely felt by numerous individuals. The immediate cause of the stoppage was, the senior partner of the firm (Mr. Henshaw Latham) having died suddenly on Friday morning; though it is said the affairs of the bank have long been in an embarrassed state; but up to that time it had been kept secret.

The extensive house of Messrs. Came and Telo was announced on Wed- nesday as having stopped payment, with liabilities exceeding 100,0001. in amount: some statements reach a much higher sum.—Liverpool Mercury.

It is very distressing to witness at least fifty good houses and shops to be let in the principal parts of the once flourishing market-town of Basing- stoke; the railway having destroyed the coaching business, which, some years ago, was the chief support of the inhabitants. Then there were at least between thirty and forty coaches daily through the town; now, not more than an eighth part of that number.—Globe.

At the quarterly meeting of iron-masters, held at Dudley on Saturday, prices were maintained; but it was felt there as elsewhere that it was a mere " bolstering up," and that the tendency was for a fall.

The conversion of the Earl of Essex to Free-trade light was announced by himself at the half-yearly meeting of the Watford Farmers Club, held on Tuesday week. The Club had met to discuss the question of " tenant- rights "; and, after a paper had been read on the subject, by Mr. Clutter- buck, strongly advocating compensation for outlay, a resolution was passed, " That the question of tenant-rights is well worthy of consideration, as equally calculated to promote the interests of both landlord and tenant, and the advancement of practical agriculture." The Club then adjourned to dinner. The Earl of Essex presided; and in proposing the prosperity of the Club as a toast, he took occasion to expound his views on the sub- ject of protection-

" That prop on which you have been accustomed to lean for years past, and whichyou have been accustomed to consider as conducive to your success—that prop, I believe, is about to be removed. That broken reed protection, which you have long been accustomed to depend upon, is about to be taken from you; and therefore I think you will agree with me, that if ever it was essential, it is now more than ever essential that you should exert yourselves." It was impossible that any great change could be brought about without inflicting injury on some persons; and in the case of agriculture, two classes of farmers would suffer,—thine who have been farming without capital, and who should never have been farmers at all; and those who, having capital, possess not sufficient confidence in their own energies, or in the productive powers of the soil, to employ that capital to the best advantage. There is another class who have both capital and skill; and of them he should say, that they could not do better than embark their capital in the soil, for it was sure to yield them a handsome return. " Those men who have the courage to avow and to throw over their ancient prejudices, and who pos- sess minds sufficiently strong to induce them to adopt all known improvements those men, I believe, will live to see the day when the present measures will con- fer the greatest benefit upon themselves and the country' and they will arrive at a pitch of prosperity hitherto unknown. They, will find that which they have hitherto been disposed to depend upon is most fallacious: they will find that it robbed them of one-half the energy which, as Englishmen of intelligence, they ought to possess; they will find that they have hitherto been ignorant of what they themselves are capable of doing, and of what the soil of England is capable of pro- ducing ; they will find themselves as ignorant in those respects as a man who, having been accustomed to go upon crotches all his life, is of what he could do if the use of his limbs were restored to him."

Lord Essex believed that it is more for the advantage of farmers to grow four quarters an acre at forty shillings, than three at fifty shillings. So with regard to meat: he should wish to see so great a quantity of meat raised in this coun- try that the farmers could afford to sell it at two-thirds of the prices it is now fetching. What would be the consequence of that? Why, that those who now eat meat once or twice a week at the utmost, would eat it two or three times a week; and thus, as regards the producer, the increased consumption would more than equal the diminution in price.

He believed that the abolition of protection would prove highly beneficial to the manufacturers • and he was convinced, from the sympathy which exists be- tween the manufacturing and agricultural interests, that whatever proved ad- vantageous to the one would operate favourably on the other. He advised the farmers to follow the example of the manufacturers, and take advantage of every assistance which capital and science and art afforded.

Lord Essex alluded in the following terms to his own change of opinion. "Many of you, no doubt, have been surprised, after hearing me address you not long ago at the meeting at St. Alban's on the subject of the Corn-laws—you must have been surprised to hear me express the sentiments I have just uttered. I own—and I do so with a feeling somewhat akin to shame—that the sentiments I then expressed were adopted by me at the time when Providence first cast me among you; previous to which period I took but little interest in this subject. I found myself cast among those whose lot was fixed to the soil, and whose whole interest and prosperity were dependent on the soil; and, at a moment when the subject of the Corn-laws first became most interesting, with that facility which most people are too apt to show in adopting opinions that apparently favour their • interests, nterests, I adopted the opinions of those among whom I was classed; and I

take shame to mysell when I say that I did so without duly inquiring and fairly considering the subject. I continued to maintain those opinions until I saw that the question was coming to a crisis ;.and then I found, after deep consideration and strict inquiry, that those opinions were erroneous. I saw that the crisis would shortly arrive, when, m the House of Lords, I should be called upon to give a vote upon this question; and I then felt that my preconceived opinions, however honest they might have been, were not sufficient grounds on which to give a vote on this deeply important subject. I felt that, as a member of the House of Lords' I was bound to reconsider the question—as an honest man to give an unbiassed vote, and therefore to devote the same attention and give the same good consideration to every argument and statement made on oue side of the question, as, I am ashamed to say, I had hitherto given only to those on the other. The result was, that I came to the conclusion that the fears which are entertained on this subject will prove erroneous. I have already stated that I believe the-new measures will be productive of great good. When I consider the progressive state of the population of this country—a population increasing a thousand souls- a day—I cannot believe that the farming of this country, however much it has im- proved, can possibly keep pace with that increase of the population. When you

consider that the first want of all people is a sufficiency of food, I think you will allow that the measure is justified by the circumstances of the times; and I would have you take my word for it, that the employment of capital, and the exercise of skill, will not be injurious but will produce this effect—that both the employed and employer will be ultimately more happy and prosperous."

The sentiments of Lord Essex excited nothing like opposition: his health as the patron and supporter of the Club was drunk immediately afterwards with hearty cheers. Mr. N. Hibbert was the only person who expressed anything like dissent— "I cannot," said Mr. Hibbert, "allow the observations that the chairman has made to pass without saying that I totally. differ with him in his views of this ques- tion. Now, I am not going to enter into the argument I entirely admit that protection is a broken reed; but my noble friend and I must differ as to those by whom that reed has been broken. Come what may, I think there can be no doubt of this, that it will put every farmer on his mettle. Whether it will put him on his mettle by the extraordinary benefits that he is to realize, or whether it will put him on his mettle by the extraordinary difficulties he will have to en- counter, it matters not to a meeting like the present. We are all engaged in something we cannot get out of. I am not one of those who take the most gloomy views of the measures now before us; but I do think they have been in- troduced in a manner and with a rapidity—I had almost said with a ferocity— which will throw on those whose capital is engaged in the production of food the most extraordinary difficulties. Now, if that is the case, it appears to me that associations like our own must be of most eminent utility. I for one will not de spend; for I think, that when these measures shall have been fully brought into operation, at the end of that time, either by the increased demand which will arise in consequence of these measures—(" Hear, hear!" from Lord Essex)--or in consequence of the increased facilities which will be given to some of the opera- tions of farming, or perhaps in consequence of all of us coming down in some of our demands, agriculture may at the end of that period be as progressive as it is at present."

As to the labourers, Mr. Hibbert started an opinion of some importance —the greater encouragement of task-work; a plan which he thought would benefit the farmer, and at the same time materially improve the physical and moral condition of the labourer.

The fifth anniversary of the Birmingham Athenic Institute was cele- brated on Tuesday, at the Society's rooms, by a dinner and a ball. The attendance was more numerous than last year; but many excuses for non- attendance were received from the more wealthy and influential patrons of the institution; amongst others, from Lord Lyttelton, Sir John Hanmer, M.P., Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., Mr. Dugdale, M.P., and Mr. Newdegate, M.P. Lord John Manners presided at the dinner; and made several appropriate speeches during the evening.

In reference to a complimentary remark made by Mr. Taylor, the Vice-Presi- dent, as to his Lordship a devotion to the interests of the Institute, Lord John re- marked, that, in his opinion, the advantages derivable from attending such meetings and taking part in such pursuits greatly preponderated in favour of the higher classes. But be that as it may, he was convinced that one of the greatest evils of modern society—for the evil was not confined to England—had been the gradual severance of the different classes of society; and anything which brought them together—anything which proved that they had a common interest as they had a common descent, and afterwards, as he hoped, the same ascent—must of necessity confer the greatest and most lasting benefit upon the entire community. The opposition and cavilling which the Institute encounterd at the outset had died away. " Well, then, gentlemen, all honour, I say, to thoseyoung working men of Bir- mingham who dared to be founders of such an institution, and who dared, against no httle obloquy and misrepresentation, to cherish the infant tree which now gives zest and recreation to so many under its spreading branches. The fact is, there are many excellent people whose knowledge and ideas are bounded by their own experience, and who dread the slightest departure from the beaten track they have ever trod, and who mistake all change, whether it be the renovation of an old custom or the adoption of a new one, for a revolution: thus, all work and no play having become the characteristic of modern English industry, any the slightest return to those heartier, more just, more manly, and especially more English habits and customs, which acquired for our country the name of ' merry England,' was, and in many instances still is, regarded by that very respectable class of modern critics; as a dangerous innovation, subversive of the morals and industry of the people, and sure in the long run to end in

the destruction of Church and State. • • • * • What have we done? Why, we have shown, without parade, without unnecessarily shocking those prejudices I have alluded to, seizing whatever opportunities were afforded us, that the people of England who work so hard and so readily, can stand the trial of a few days' holyday in the course of the year; that a cricket-match does not necessarily imply the bowling-down of the pillars of state; and that a village dance need not end in dancing off the crown from her Majesty's head." He considered the Athenic Institution to be one of many links of a great chain of social progress. The earlier closing of shops, and the reduction of hours in factories, were parts of the same movement " In the rural districts, too, a great advance has been made. The maypole has been again erected in sent, and cricket and manly games are fostered and enconraged; and I look forward, in the coarse of a few weeks, to be present at a festive meeting of three rural villages, where, after the service of the Church by those who wish it, the rest of the day will be spent under the walls of my father's castle, in manly games and harmless amusements."

" The old Roman satirist's prayer has furnished you with a motto for your society Mens sane in corpore sane': and so it ought to be. A sound mind and sound body is your joint object; and well and wisely, in my opinion, have you deter- mined on that union: for to those actively engaged in the pursuits of honourable industry, the addition of literary labour, unless cheered and brightened by invi- gorating exercise, cannot but be burdensome and enervating; but by this wise tempering of work with play, and both with intellectual study and all under the mastery of religion, how ennobling becomes the life of an English artisan ! His is the hopeful soul, the elastic step, the contented mind, the cheerful heart. To him the manly games and the manly literature of his ancestors are open and ac- cessible, while enjoying the pure air or gazing on the green beauty of some English valley, or drinking in ' the thoughts that breathe and words that burn' of some English master of song. Then, indeed, may he bless God that his lot has been cast in a land of revealed religion, equal laws, ancestral fame, and sterling quali- ties. Such, it pleases me to think, is your case."

A fanatical "revival " has broken out in Birmingham. The Reverend J. Caughey, of the Wesleyan Episcopal Church in America, is the instru- ment; and the effect is described as of a most extraordinary and unprece- dented character. For sixty successive nights the spacious chapel in Cherry Street was filled to overflow; and, with the view of obtaining more enlarged accommodation, Mr. Canghey has been obliged to remove to another part of the town-

" The same results," says the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, "have followed as at the previous meetings; • and no pen can describe what these results really are. Some idea of the character of the sermon, however, may be formed

• from a brief account of what occurred on Sunday. After a short sermon in the

morning, of a practical kind, but chiefly remarkable for the declamatory character of the style, those who ' were seeking salvation' were incited to attend the meet- ing in the afternoon. At this service, preparations were made to assist all who might go forward in their inquiries and aspirations, by about thirty lay and clerical preachers, who had previously taken their place within the altar there for that purpose. Mr. Canghey now invited the inquirers to come forward to the altar, and when they were saved, others would have the opportunity of to their place.' A good many, principally females, at once obeyed the call; and then commenced a scene of the most maniacal description which can possibly be conceived. The exhibition of the Unknown Tongues was nothing in comparison with it. Some were sighing, others crying; some ejaculating Scripture phrases with great violence of speech and gesture; and some, again, seemed absorbed in rhap- sody of silent devotion. As they knelt round the altar, almost every inquirer had one if not more of these spiritual advisers kneeling before her, in close conversa- tion; while others, less devotedly engaged exclaimed, ' The work goes on! the work goes on I' By and by, several of those most strongly affected were removed into the Vestry, where they were attended by Mr. Caughey's assistants; but two worshipers, a man and his wife,. clang to the rails of the altar with something like a death-grasp, and continued in that position for fully half an hour. Around these persons about a dozen young ministers were grouped: one planted himself on his knees immediately in front of the woman, and while vehemently entreat- ing her to believe, first one and then another of the congregation fell on his knees, and in a state of the greatest excitement continued in prayer.' others were sing- ing; and, just as the noise began to quiet a little, the person in front of the woman stood up and cried out, Glory! glory ! she believes r—when the whole assembly within the altar rails burst forth in a strain of the wildest acelamation ' Glory ! glory ! Hallelujah ! Amen.' In the midst of this mglie, Mr. Caughey, who had been quietly overlooking the exhibition from the pulpit, walked down, and taking his place by the side of the distressed woman, told the audience that she would 'get saved that afternoon: the voice of God had said so to him; and as her hus- band had got saved last week, he was now wrestling in prayer that his wife might get saved too.' Again the young man already referred to got up, and exclaiming, She's saved!' the whole chorus, in the most frantic man- ner, burst forth afresh in the exclamation, Glory, glory ! ' This was too much for human nature. The poor woman now completely broke down; the blood seemed dancing in every vein of her head; and when about to leave the altar, she fell into the arms of her husband, in an almost lifeless state. In this condition she was taken to the Vestry, accompanied by the young men who sur- rounded her; and the door was shut. In the evening, Mr. Canghey preached from the text, This year thou shalt die'; and, after assuring the audience that he had been commissioned by the Lord to warn some in that assembly that this year they must die, related the particulars of the cases which had illustrated the truth of his Divine commission when preaching on the same text before. The one was that of a gentleman, who had become so alarmed under the sermon, that he told his wife 'that he could stand it no longer'; went home, had just time to say he had insured his life for a thousand pounds, that he had has soul also insured in heaven, and died. The other was that of a poor man in York, who, after the service, said to his wife that he had no doubt but that year he should die, as Mr. Caughey, had told him ; and in less than ten days he was found by a gentleman passing by the wayside, resting on a bed of chaff, and uttering the words, God have mercy on me !' and he died. The effect of these anecdotes, as told by the speaker, was such that but few people of weak minds could withstand them; and when the speaker had worked the feelings of his audience to the highest pitch of excitement, there was enough in the scene to drive even wise men mad. Having requested the gas-keeper not to tarn on the gas till he gave orders for it, the sepulchral gloom, as night came down, was made a great deal of. This period was devoted to the exercise of &salon ; in which the speaker called upon all who were impressed to follow hinein his vow to re- nounce the world, the Devil, and the flesh'; and after a while, the gas was turned on, when a shout of exultation, praising God that he had illumined at the same time the minds of the people present, closed this service. Than followed a repe- tition of the scenes enacted in the afternoon, and, we believe, with the same or Similar effects."

The Ramsgate Railway was opened on Monday, by an excursion of the Directors and their friends from London, and a gratuitous trip of a large number of the Ramsgate people to Canterbury. The train from London started at half-past eleven o'clock, and arrived at Ramsgate at twenty mi- nutes past two. The length of the line from Canterbury to Ramsgate is fifteen miles and three-quarters; the only intermediate station is at Minster. Ramsgate is distant from London by rail 97i miles: the express- trains will accomplish the journey in less than three hours.

The ill-fated Eastern Counties Railway has been the scene of another fearful accident, but which, fortunately, was unattended with the loss of human life. Of the various accounts that have been published, one which appeared in the Times gives the best description of the disaster. "The directors of the Railway in order to meet the convenience of the subscribers to the Newmarket Craven meeting, determined to run a special train from Shoreditch on Sunday afternoon, at half-past one o'clock, to Chesterford; undertaking to do the distance direct to Newmarket within four hours. For this occasion, more than usual pains were adopted in selecting first-rate engines, carriages, drivers, guards, &c., with a view of avoiding the least mishap, and to show the Newmarket gentlemen' what could be done on the Eastern Counties Railway.' At the appointed time on Sunday, the: train started, conveying Lord and Lady Chesterfield, Lord E. Russell, and the ante of the sporting world, amounting to near one hundred. In advance, drawing. the train, were two of the finest engines that the company possess. The tram was rather heavy. Next to the tender of the second engine were five horse-boxes, then a second-class carriage, three first-class carriages, three second- class, and two trucks at the rear. The officials being anxious to promote the best arrangement and promptitude in the passage of the train, proceeded with it; the locomotive superintendent, Mr. Scott, being on the first engine; Mr. Roney, the secretary, on the second; and Mr. Waddington, the deputy-chairman of the company, in a first-class carriage, accompanied by some of the directors of the company. The train stopped at Lea Bridge station to take up passengers; up to which period everything worked favourably, with prospects of a pleasant and quick trip. It appears that here Mr. Roney joined Mr. Scott on the foremost engine, and in a few seconds the train resumed its journey. The special express speed must, it seems, at this juncture have been got up; and by the time the train had passed Edmonton station it was travelling at the rate of forty-three miles an hoar. The gentlemen on the engine had just tested the speed for two miles, when they were considerably alarmed by a peculiar dragging movement on the engine they were on; and on looking towards the train, they saw sufficient to convince them that an accident had occurred. The train was then midway between Edmonton and Ponder's-end station, about nine and a half miles from the Metropolis. The second engine they saw had left the rails, and was tearing up the road fearfully, dragging with it the train: almost instantaneously the steam of both engines was shut ofE For the moment, no- thing short of the second engine dragging the train into a large ditch was ex- pected. Such was the momentum, however, of the foremost one, that it still held the metal, and absolutely dragged on the second one, and eventually forced it on to the rails, uninjured, the firemen and stokers retaining their position. The fate of the carriage portion of the train, however, was far more untortunate, and the preservation of the peeeengers can be scarcely conceived. It followed the course of the second engine on the permanent way for about twenty-five yards; when the coupling which held it snapped asunder and as the engine retook the rails the train shot down the embankment into a 'ditch filled with water. The crash of the carriages was terrific, and the alarm of the passengers may be conceived. The horse-boxes were partly buried in the ditch, and almost crushed to pieces by the weight of the carriages pitching upon them. The next carriage—a second- class one, containing a number of porters, who were going down to assist at the Chesterford station during the races—was thrown on its side. Such was the concussion, that every portion of it, except the aide uppermost and the flooring, was knocked away; and yet, incredible as it may appear, not a soul inside was hurt. The second guard was on the roof of this carriage; and how he escaped destruction is surprising, as the next carriage, a first-class one, mounted the roof. He was found among the fragments bleeding from the head, and at first it was thought he was mortally wounded. He has, however, since_greatly recovered. The remaining carriages were more or less damaged: the chief guard was saved by being hoisted on to the wires of the electric telegraph, and tilted over into the ditch, luckily escaping with a ducking." The passengers were found to be un- hurt. Of the horses, two were killed, and another so much damaged that it was necessary to kill it. The loss to the Company is estimated at 3,0001. or 4,0001.

On Tuesday afternoon, General Pasley inspected the locality where the acci- dent happened, as well as the engines and carriages. His opinion of the cause of it did not transpire. One surmise is, that the oscillation of the second engine caused it to rise and leave the rails; another, that a rail at a joint shifted and shot out after the first engine had passed over, and threw the second one off.

An extraordinary accident happened on the Brandling Junction Railway on Sunday morning. "The ten o'dock train from Gateshead was proceeding at a rapid rate from Brockley Whins to Shields, when, on taking a curve near the Jar- row Alkali Works, the engine got off the line, dragged the tender with it, and having become disconnected from the passenger-carriages by the breaking of the coupling-chain, dashed over the embankment, and through the re if of a row of dwelling-houses, on the ground-floor of one of which it finally at pped, resting on its end, with the tender above it, poised in a most fearful position. The only in- mates of the house were two women and a child; all of whom were most seriously hurt. The force of the engine, and its great weight, seems to have cut through the building almost like a razor; which accounts for the inmates of the neigh- bouring houses having sustained but little injury. The engine-man and stoker were thrown from the engine, and alighted on that portion of the roof which re- mained standing, receiving serious contusions by the fall. One passenger, who was riding outside the train, had both his legs broken." None of the carriages were dragged from the line, though many of the passengers were much hurt by the concussion. It is said brat two or three houses must be pulled down to effect the removal of the engine.

Sarah Ripon, one of the women who were in the house, has since died from the extensive scalds inflicted by the boiling water. An inquest has been commenced on the body; but as yet no evidence has been adduced to show the cause of the disaster: it is supposed, however, that it was produced by something having been placed or fallen on the rail, forcing the engine off.

A viaduct on the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway, about a mile from Brighton, has given way in two places; so that the arches must be rebuilt. The wet weather is supposed to have weakened the foundation. It is a fortunate circumstance that the defect has thus opportunely shown itself, for the line was to have been opened in May. Its completion will be deferred for about two months.

The young quicksets along the London and Birmingham Railway have under- gone a new method of training. Instead of being allowed to grow perpendicularly, 46ey are iuclinedkin the direction of the line, and interlaced, so as to resemble the device made by the swords of the morris-dancers when put together. This has been done from London to Rugby; and the cost of so simple an operation has exceeded 5,0001. The object is to make the fence a fall protection against cattle: by the former method, the cattle could readily force the thorns on each side, and get through; but by this expedient a full and effectual barrier will be opposed to them, and the replacing of the present railing as it perishes will become unneces- sary. The cost of replacing the railing from London to Rugby would be at least 30,000/.

A tremendous explosion of fire-damp occurred at Bilston on Wednesday morn- ing. In consequence of the Easter holydays, the men had not been at work since Saturday; on a party descending the shah they were cautioned by a " doggie " not to commence work till he came down; despite of this one man would enter a seam with a candle—in a few momenta the gas blew up. Two men and three lads were killed. The explosion was heard for a great distance, and the flames blazed out of the shaft, though it is nearly ninety yards deep.

A miner has been killed in St. Marys burial-ground, Liverpool, by the falling in of a grave while lie was at work. The Liverpool Mercury says that most dis- graceful are pursued in this cemetery; a grave is dug about twenty-- our feet deep, seven long, and four wide; and into this are packed sixty bodies ! A miner has been killed in a coal-pit at Rugby, in Lancashire, by an explosion of fire-damp. The disaster was caused by a man neglecting to work an engine by which a lower pit was cleared of water and a passage formed for the escape of g'as: he had been drinking for three days, leaving the engine unattended. A verdict of " Manslaughter " has been returned against him by a Coroner's Jury. The Jupiter steamer, from Cork to Bristol, ran aground the other night in the Severn, and heeled over. Seven valuable hunters, eight oxen, and two hun- dred pigs, fell into the water, and were drowned, while the rest of the cargo and the vessel were damaged. No human life was lost.

The Doncaster Gazette mentions, that during a heavy flood which occurred last week, a boat used for passing the Trent to an osier holt, not far from Gains- borough, was capsized; and the whole of those on board, amounting to thirty persons, were drowned.

There was a great snow-storm last week at Standedge. It lasted for three days and nights; and in some of the mountain-passes where the snow drifted, it became many yards deep: all traffic was at an end for a time; and coaches, carts, and waggons, were abandoned in many places. No lives were lost.

On Tuesday week, fifty tubs of spirits were taken under very singular circum- stances. Abutting the sea, upon the grounds of the Clifton Baths near the fort at Margate, is a lime-kiln; and the lime-burner, from time to time, as he required chalk for making lime, penetrated the cliff until he reached one of those deep na- tural caverns formed by the sea. It is easy to conceive, that a line attached to tubs or packages, sunk within a certain distance at high-water, during the dark winter night, could be drawn within the mysterious depths of the cavern and brought on the cliff through the aperture of the lime-kiln. What adds to the singularity of the case is, that the lime-kiln is rented of a gentleman who for many years has been the Solicitor to the Treasury, and a most vigilant officer. Sus- picion was disarmed by the very nature of the hiding-place, which is also within a very short distance of the Coast Guard station. The information came from Deal.—Kentish Paper.

Biddle and Sheriff, two tinkers, accused by a third, Skerry, of participating in the murder of Mr. Mobbs, near Steeple Aston, in October 1842, have been com- mitted for trial by the Oxford Magistrates. The approver has also been sent to prison for safe custody. Yarham, the man convicted of the murder of Mrs. Candler at Yarmouth, was hanged at Norwich on Saturday. An immense concourse of people were present. The criminal made no confession.