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The second detachment of the Balaklava railway corps, 80 in number, set out from Blackwell on Tuesday, in the steam-ship Hesperus. The -vessel also carried 800 tons of rails, sleepers, and other material. The men were fine stalwart specimens, nearly all young and in their prime. Before they departed, Captain Andrews, the managing director of the North of Europe Steam Navigation Company, addressed them on the fore- deck ; explaining to them the object of the expedition ; telling them that the eyes of Europe are uponothem ; -that they would labour in a good cause, the cause ofjustice and fair-play ; and he was sure they would never flinch from their duty,-come in what shape it might, whether at the point

• of the pick or the bayonet. The privations they would have to bear ap- pear more terrible at home than they would in the Crimea.

But they were free Englishmen, at liberty to.go or stay, and not Russian serfs who could not cell their souls their own ; and he doubted not that the British navvy would prove himself as great a benefactor in repelling the -evils of barbarism abroad as he has been in extending the blessings of civili- - zation at home.

Lord Henry Clinton, -brother-of the Duke of Newcastle, also addressed the men, to the same purport ; saying further, that the Duke of New- castle would have been proud to make their acquaintance, but that he was detained by public business. These addresses called forth repeated cheering, echoed .by the4wowil ashore who witnessed the scene and the departure of themlhip.

Mr. Robert Owen isinowitn old man, but he still believes the dream of his.feitily youth. On Flaw,11Fear's Day, a crowd_assembled in St. Martin's Hall at his summons; and 'he fixed on the 14th May next as the initial day of the millennium, which will then be inaugurated by the usual cere- mony-7" a great aggregate meeting of delegates from all governments, countries, religions, sects, parties, and classes," by whose instrumentality the condition of the human race is to undergo a total change, &c. &o. 'Several other enthusiasts also addressed the multitude.

At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, Alexander Macdonald -was tried for uttering a bill for 160/. knowing pia indorsement on it to be forged. The bill was drawn in,California, on the Ague Ala Company in London ; it was sent to Donald Ross, at Walworth, by his brother ; before it came Ross had died of cholera ; before its arriving at maturity, Ross's wife also died of the epidemic, leaving a child ten years of age. Macdonald appeared as the friend of the fatally, took charge of the child, arranged for-the burial of the mother, and took possession of what effects there were. Subsequently he

presented the bill in question at the Ague Fria Company's indoreed "Donald Boss"; and the money was paid. 'Macdonald immediately-plunged into a course of outrageous drunkenness. When arrested, he denied that he had written the indorsement—Mrs. Ross wrote It; and he pretended that he was acting as administrator for the child. 'The Jury beheredthat the in- dorsement was by Mrs. Row, but convicted the accused :for:uttering the in- strument knowing the signature to be forged. Sentence, four years' penal servitude.

On Wednesday, Mr. -Richard Nunn was tried for transposing an old hall- mark of the Goldsmiths' Company to a new gold ring. The chief witness, who ordered the ring, was an Irishman named Austin : in cross-examination he gave such an indifferent account of himself and his antecedents, that it was evident his evidence could not be relied on ; the Lord Chief justice in- terposed, and the counsel for the Goldsmiths' Company withdrew item the prosecution. Mr. Nunn was acquitted, amid a burst of cheers.

On Thursday, 'Emanuel Barthelemy was tried, not, as might shave been supposed, for the-murder of Mr. Moore, who was first killed, but -of Charles Collard, whom he shot in resisting Collard's-gallant attempt to arrest him. Nothing new transpired, and--no-clue whatever was afforded-4e -the mysteor of the prisoner's conduct. In hisaddress for Barthelemy, Mr. Collier com- plained that his client was tried first for killing Collard : had lie been tried for killing Moore, Mr. Collier would have endeavoured to ahowthat his crime was only manslaughter ; that Moore and the prisoner had quarrelled and scuffled, and in the struggle the homicide had been committed. As to the death of Collard, might he not have been accidentally shot-in the confusion caused by a number of persons attempting to arrest the Erenchman, who was armed like most foreigners? The Lord Chief Justice instructed the Tary, that the crime charged in -the indictment was equally a murder as-if the trial had been taken -on the case of Moore. The Jury, after a sheet absence, returned a verdict of "guilty," but with-a strong recommendation to the merorof the-Court and the Sovereign. The Lord Chid Justice pro- nounced.sentence of death. He held out no hopes _of.a commutation of the

• punishment ; though the Jury's recommendation should be forwarded to the proper quarter : he knew not upon what ground the Jury recommended mercy, as he could not find a single circumstance of mitigation. Barthelemy, who is said to be a ferocious, repulsive-looking man, exhibited no-emotion from first to last.

Policeman Charles King, of the C division, who usually acted in private Clothes, has been. remanded by the Bow Street Magistrate, charged as an ac- complice of convicted thieves. The only 'witness yet examined is John Reeves, a boy of fourteen, who was recently sent to prison ler picking pockets. He states that he and two other boys acted under Kines dire:thou an street robberies, the proceeds being divided among the four,; when.awatch was stolen, King sold it. Reeves estimates that he picked .poekets at the rate of 901. to .1001. a week at one period ; he-kept a pony, and.rode "in the Parks mostly" at that prosperous season ! This boy's testimony is to-be sup- 'ported by other-evidence. Policeman King has -offered no _defenae.iis yet.

Benjamin Hooper Spier is in custody charged with forging a-oheek for 8701. upon Messrs. Spooner and Attwood, the hankers. Spier 'wasformerly in their employ ; after he had left them, on the 18th of last month, a note purporting to be signed by Messrs. -Stevens and Sons, iron-founders, was

• presented at the bank, requesting that a.check-book might be watt° them,; a check-book was given to the messenger; in the afternoon a-Check for 3701., taken from-the new check-book, and signed "Stevens and Sons," was paid at the batik, in large motes. Both the letter and -the cheek -mere forged. On the afternoon of the-18th, Spier employed a ticket-porter to,get,gold.et Alie Bank of England for_the.2701. of notes, with directions to,ree.et him at .n ,public-house ; the porter got the gold, and it was handed to 'Spier.in the presence of the publican. Both porter and publican 'fully identify Spier. There are two curious circumstances yet unexplained. With the forged note -requesting the cheek-book Messrs. Stevens and Sons pass-book was sent., Mr. Stevens sent the book, but knew nothing of the note. On the 18th the cancelled cheek was put in the pocket of the pass-book ; but when Mr. Ste- Inns received the book the forged check was nolonger in it.

Mr. O'Keefe, a wine-cooper, was passing through Keats Court,-Spitalfields, between eight and nine in the evening, when three men seized, overpowered, and robbed him, taking his watch, chain, and money. The Police, however, soon had the robbers in custody, and the Worship Street 'Magistrate has committed them. Mr. O'Keefe knew -Keine Court was a dangerous locality, 'and only passed-through it because he was ,pressed fur time.

Mr. Norton, the Lambeth Magistrate, has severelycensured Mr. Herring, .the relieving-officer of Newington, for negligence in the discharge of his functions : instead of making proper inquiries into the necessities of appli- cants for relief, Herring contented himself with getting them so many loaves of bread a week,—very inadequate aid for a sick family, without -fuel, or anything to support nature or assuage suffering but dry bread. In several instances the-Magistrate has granted money aid from the poor-box.

Some Excise-officers recently made a good seizure in Little Cadogan Place, Chelsea ; where they found an illicit distillery, capable of defrauding- the .revenue at the rate of 16/. in twenty-four hours. Iwo men who were ap- prehended have been sent to prison.