those who had the conducting of the case, direct that the recognizances should be estreated, and all the expenses of the witnesses disallowed, except those who had attended to give evidence. The jury, under the direction of the learned judge, in the absence of evidence, acquitted the prisoners.

3. At the Oxford University, the Delegates of Appeals in Congregation gave their decision in the case of M Mullen versus Hampden, Regius Professor of Divinity. Mr. M'Mullen was a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity; and Dr. Hampden gave the following subjects for his exercises :

"1. The Church of England does not teach, nor can it be proved from Scripture, that any change takes place in the elements of consecration in the Lord's supper.

"2. It is a mode of expression calculated to give erroneous views of Divine revelation, to speak of Scripture and tradition as joint authorities in the matter of Christian doctrine."

Mr. M'Mullen refused to write on these subjects, and claimed to select his own. Dr. Hampden, therefore, prevented the bestowal of the degree; and the candidate brought an action in the Vice-Chancellor's Court against the Professor. When the cause came on, the defendant objected that the plaintiff's "libel" was faulty and inadmissible. The Court decided that it should be amended and admitted. Against that decree Dr. Hampden appealed to the Delegates of Appeals in Congregation; who now reversed the judgment of the Assessor, with costs. Notice of another appeal to the Delegates was given by Mr. McMullen's proctor.

5. ACCIDENT TO HER MAJESTY. An accident, which was, happily, attended with no serious result, occurred to Her Majesty this morning in the immediate vicinity of the village of Horton, near Datchet. The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, proceeded to the meeting of his H. R. Prince Albert's harriers (which took place at the Manor-house at Horton) in an open pony-phaeton and pair, driven by a postilion, who took too short a turn in entering the road near the Five Bells, and the near wheel of the carriage, from the rottenness of the side of the road, (occasioned by the late frost and rapid thaw,) sank into the ditch. The carriage was thrown against the hedge; the horse upon which the postilion was riding sinking in from the same cause. Her Majesty and the Marchioness of Douro were speedily rescued from their perilous position by Colonel Arbuthnot, who was in attendance upon the Queen on horseback. A small pony carriage, belonging to Mr. Holderness, of Horton, passing by at the moment, the use of it to Her Majesty was immediately proffered by the lady who was driving, and graciously accepted by the Queen, who was driven back to the Castle by Colonel Arbuthnot, attended by the Lady in Waiting. The hounds being near the spot, a messenger was immediately despatched to Prince Albert, who accompanied Her Majesty on her return on horseback. The labourers who assisted in getting the carriage out of the ditch were liberally rewarded by command of the Queen.

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treating his children. It appeared that this gentleman, who was a person of good fortune, had discharged his valet for some fault; and the latter, out of revenge, went and lodged the above complaint against him. The Commissary of Police, accompanied by a medical man, proceeded to Mr. T-'s residence, and found on the backs of his two little girls some black and blue marks. Mr. T at once admitted that those marks were caused by a small horsewhip, which he used for correcting his children. On the trial, a number of persons came forward, and bore testimony to the general good health of the children. Several English ladies declared that they had seen the little girls about the time of the Commissary's visit, and that they appeared to be both gay and cheerful. M. de Noé, captain in a hussar regiment quartered in the town, declared that a kinder man than Mr. T- could not be found, but that it was the habit in England for parents to correct their children with a rod or whip. He had himself been educated at a public school in that country, and knew it to be a fact. After a lengthened sitting, the Court deliberated for half an hour, and then declared that Mr. T-, having been proved to have given blows to his children, be fined 50f. and pay the costs. M. de Noé was grievously mistaken in supposing that English parents flog their daughters with a horsewhip. It is to be lamented that the Court in this instance had not the power to sentence Mr. T— [if we knew the name we would publish it] to the treadmill for a few months.

7. MURDER. A great sensation was cansed in the neighbourhood of Guildford this morning, from Lord Grantley's keeper having been

found in the canal close to his lordship's preserves, which join the house, murdered. It appears he was at the public-house at Bramley between eight and nine o'clock yesterday evening, where there was a raffle for a fat hog, and said to the landlord he must go round his lordship's preserves, to look after the pheasants, and would return in an hour or so to take supper, after which he never was seen alive.Guns were heard about that hour in the direction the body was found, and it is supposed he came on the poachers instantly, who not being able to get away, and most likely being recognized by the keeper, shot him through the head, and, from the mangled appearance, must have brutally beat him about the head, then dragged him about twenty yards, and thrown him into the canal, which is close to the spot. The marks of a severe struggle between the parties was very evident, and the ground was covered with blood. His hat and stick were left on the bank. He was a most powerful man, and lived with the late Lord Grantley. He was a great favourite of the present lord, and left a wife and seven children.

8. MYSTERIOUS DEATH.-Mr. Crisford, the proprietor for many years of the Bull, one of the principal hotels of Cambridge, was found drowned in the Cam this morning, under circumstances in which it was difficult to come to a conclusion whether his death proceeded from accident or selfdestruction. A labourer perceived a hat lying on the bank, near a place called the Bull Leys, and a few yards from this in the river he observed a human body standing upright with the water coming up barely over the head. This body proved to be that of Mr.

Crisford. He had his gloves on, and his coat was buttoned up to his chin. The body was cold, the face black, and the clothes dirty. as if he had fallen to the mud at the bottom, and had been struggling to get out. The man who thus found the body called another labourer to assist in getting him out. Mr. Crisford's land near the river was called the Bull Leys. The bank is very steep, and there was but one firm footmark on it. The deceased's back was towards the bank when found. A servant-girl of the deceased, deposed on the inquest to having seen him in the morning. He had been poorly the night before, but told her he felt something better. She observed something unusually strange in his manner the previous day. Deceased always wore spectacles, and on the morning on which he was found in the water he was seen walking along the bank at an early hour without them, and proceeding with his head down. The Coroner's jury charge could not come to a conclusion as to whether the deceased had thrown himself into the water, or was accidentally drowned, and returned a verdict accordingly.

9. CRUEL DRIVING.-At Hitchen Petty Sessions, Alexander Burke was examined on a charge of cruelly using a pony. He undertook to drive it in a gig, against a stage-coach, from Bedford to London and back, and to London again next morning; but it died at Shefford on the return to Bedford, from congestion of blood in the lungs. There was a horse in harness with it, as a leader," which was changed from time to time. The Magistrates inflicted the full penalty of 40s. and costs; regretting that the law did not authorise a heavier fine.

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POLICEMAN SHOT BY A CLERGYMAN.-Policeman Wintle, of the Hertfordshire Constabulary, was going his rounds lately in the morning, and, according to his practice, after making a tour on the grounds of Childwick Hall, at St. Albans, the residence of the reverend Mr. Brogden, he continued his walk towards Harpenden.— Hearing the report of fire-arms, he returned. He had scarcely entered the grounds when he received several shots in various parts of his head, body, and limbs. He was removed, in a very dangerous condition, to the Hertford Infirmary. Mr. Brogden said, that he thought some one was loitering about his grounds for an unlawful purpose; and that he called out to Wintle, but receiving no answer, fired.Wintle, however, said that he did not hear Mr. Brogden call out. Some policemen went to arrest Mr. Brogden; but hearing of their intention, a neighbouring magistrate undertook to be answerable for the clergyman's appearance. The policeman died, and Mr. Brogden was afterwards tried on the charge of Manslaughter, and acquitted.

WILL FORGERIES. -An examination into a wholesale forgery of wills lately occupied the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, and the accused were re-examined today. They were Mr. Barber, of the firm of Barber and Bircham, solicitors, in New Bridge-street— the other partner being in no way implicated-and a Mr. Fletcher; and yesterday, Mrs. Georgiana Dorey, the wife of a respectable shopkeeper in Oxford-street, was added to the list of prisoners. The first case was that of a Miss Ann Slack, who had property left her by her father, amounting to

more than 6,000l. She seems to have been not very astute in business. Her guardian, Mr. Hulme, had the management of her affairs; and he transferred stock to her name in two separate sums; furnishing her with money as she required it. The guardian died in 1832; and the lady, who up to that time had lived in Smith-street, Chelsea, went to reside with a married sister and her husband, Captain Foskett. Miss Slack continued to receive dividends at the Bank, on one part of the stock, while the rest remained forgotten; and having been unclaimed for ten years, was, on the 6th June, 1842, transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt; and Mr. Barber became aware of the transfer. On the pretext that he was empowered to convey some funded property bequeathed to a Miss Ann Slack, by a lady who had died six weeks before at Bath, he applied to Captain Foskett, apparently to settle some doubts as to the identity of his sister-in-law; and thus obtained information respecting the owner of the unclaimed dividend, and also Miss Slack's signature. A will in her name was now produced at Doctors' Commons, purporting to bequeath the unclaimed stock to her niece, Emma Slack; a note purporting to be from Emma Slack was addressed to the Governor of the Bank, requesting that the stock might be transferred to her; and a person answering to that name attended at the Bank, and received the dividends due on the stock. Mr. Fletcher first appeared in the business as introducing Miss Emma Slack to Mr. Barber.

In the next case, the forged will of a Mrs. Mary Hunt, of Queen's

square, Bristol, was proved at Doctors' Commons by Barber; who afterwards received the amount mentioned in the will, with the interest for ten years. Barber was accompanied on the occasion by a person who called himself Thomas Hunt, and who pretended to be the executor. That the document was forged there could be no doubt, as Mary Hunt died in 1806, while the will proved by Barber made it appear that she did not die before 1829. A book belonging Fletcher contained an entry of the name of Mary Hunt, the amount of unclaimed money due, and the name of the solicitor; and Fletcher was suspected of having personated Thomas Hunt.

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The third case, which was just like those described, related to the will of Elizabeth Burchard, in which the property bequeathed amounted to 2000l. The prisoners were remanded.

10. DREADFUL MURDER AND SUICIDE. This evening the parish of St. Paul, Deptford, was thrown into an extraordinary state of excitement by the discovery of a horrid murder of two children in Giffen-street, Deptford. It appears that the father of the hapless children, on returning home soon after five o'clock, and going into the back parlour to meet his wife and children, found her with her throat dreadfully cut, lying with her head towards the foot of the bed, weltering in her blood, but still alive, and on getting a light he discovered his two children aged eighteen months and two years, lying at their mother's feet, next the head of the bed, with their throats so dreadfully cut that life must have become almost immediately afterwards extinct. In this dreadful state of things he ran out and in

formed the police, three of whom entered the premises and immediately sent for Dr. Arthur, the parish surgeon, and another gentleman, who came at once to the scene of horror, sewed up the wound in the unhappy woman's throat, and bandaged it. By this time the churchwardens, &c., had arrived, and searched the place, and after some time they found a razor covered with blood, and with which the fatal tragedy had been enacted. The name of the father was John Fawley Hutchinson, recently carrying on the business of a licensed victualler at Fulham.

12. TRIAL FOR MURDER. In the Edinburgh High Court of Justiciary to-day, Christina Gilmour was tried for the murder of John Gilmour, her husband, at Inchinnan, in January, 1843. Mrs. Gilmour was the first person surrendered on a criminal charge by the United States, under the Ashburton Treaty. Her appearance was attractive, and her bearing decorous. She was the daughter of Mr. Cochrane, a substantial farmer of Ayrshire; and her husband was the son of a neighbour in a similar condition of life. She was about twenty-three years old at the time of her marriage; her husband about thirty. An attachment had been formed five years before, between Christina and John Anderson, another neighbour; but the girl was obliged by her parents to marry Gilmour. It was said that though they lived together for six weeks, and regularly retired to the same bedroom, Mrs. Gilmour never undressed during the whole time. At the trial, it was proved that they did not appear to live unhappily together. In a declaration which he had made, Mrs. Gilmour said that she was upbraided by her hus

band, while he was lying ill, with having broken his heart; to which she replied, that he had already broken hers, that he was not her choice, and that she could never feel towards him as a wife should feel towards a husband. Such were the circumstances under which, six weeks after their marriage, Gilmour fell ill, with all the symptoms of having been poisoned by arsenic, and died; it was proved that a post mortem examination of his remains detected the presence of arsenic; and that his wife had purchased some. On the other hand, it was made clear that arsenic was habitually used at their farm for the destruction of rats; that Mrs. Gilmour attended her husband sedulously during his illness, made no opposition to calling in medical advice, and, in short, showed no evidence of conscious guilt and no desire for concealment: she herself wished the authorities to disinter the body. In a letter which she wrote to Anderson, after Gilmour's death, but before she went to America, she complained that she was sent away, though she did not say by whom; she said that otherwise she would have staid "till all was settled about John Gilmour's death;" and admitted that she had bought arsenic, but to take it herself. In her declaration, she said that she bought it for poisoning rats. These were the principal points of the evidence on both sides. The jury returned a verdict of " Not Proven."