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Anthem, “ My heart is inditing,” was given after thesermou by 
Mrs. Weiss, Mr. Jones, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Weiss, and another, 
whose name did not transpire. The attendance was not so 
large os had been anticipated, but parties are reserving 
themselves for the Elijah and the Messiah, all the reserved 
tickets for which performances were already disposed of — a 
circumstance we believe beyond precedent. The attendance 
at the cathedral exhibited a remarkable coincidence, the 
numbers present being 1,305, whereas at the last Worcester 
Festival the number was 1,312. The collection at the doors 
for the benefit of the clergy charity was nearly £250, which . 
included £25 given by the Corporation. Among others pre- | 
sent were Lord Samlys, Lord Ward, Lord Haddington, Sir 
E. H. Lechmore, Mr. Laslott, M.P., Mr. Pakingtou, &c. 
At the Carignano a drama has been produced called 
“ L’Assedio di Silistria,” in which Turks and Russians per- 
form prodigies of valour. One of the principal episodes is a 
love-passage between the daughter of Mussa Pacha and a son 
of the Russian general, the marriage of the lovers concluding 
the piece. 
At Turin a new opera, by M. Cagnoni, entitled “ Amori e 
Trappolo,” has been well received at the Teatro Qerbino. 
Mme. Lipparini, the prima donna, is well spoken of, and the 
other performers, Messrs. Errani, Bonafous, and Frizzi, are 
also eulogised. 
Mdlle. Rachel is announced to make her rentree. at the 
Fran^aise, on the 10th, as Camille, in "Horace.” Brcssont 
will only appear in about six weeks, and comes back in a new 
piece ; Madame Plessy’s rentree will not take place for some 
months to come. 
In consequence of the difficulties which have arisen between 
M. Perrin and the Dramatic Authors’ Society, he has deemed 
it expedient to resign the management of the ThdAtre 
Lyrique, the privilege of which is now consequently in 
abeyance. 
Ai.l real lovers of the drama will be charmed to learn that 
the admirable comedian, Bouff£, whose state of health had 
been for a length of time considered nearly hopeless, lias 
surprisingly recovered, and will shortly again delight the 
public with his performances. 
San Francisco, California, July 15. — We had a slight 
disturbance in the streets the other day, which curiously 
illustrates the liberty of the press in this free country. Mr. 
Bateman, the father of the two little actresses, so well known 
for the precocity of their talents, and whom you had iu 
England some time ago, offered a prize of $1,000 for a drama 
to be enacted by the children. There were tweutv-one com- 
petitors, but all their compositions weie rejected, on the 
ground that they did not suit the children's talents, and a 
drama was produced which carried off the prize. Immediately 
after the award, it was discovered that tlie successful piece 
was written by Mrs. Batemau, the mother, and she confessed 
that she threw it off in an incredibly short time. The editor 
of the California Chronicle, an exceedingly well-conducted 
paper, in a sharp criticism, easily accounted for the facility 
and despatch with which the prize drama was produced, by the 
fact that it was plagiarized — taken wholesale from a play or 
a farce written for the stage some time back, iu which 
the scene was laid in California. This discovery created 
u great sensation, and Mr. Bateman determined to take his 
revenge, “ according to the manner of the country.” He 
waited, with several of his friends, in the street, until the 
editor cainc by, when he attacked him with his fist. This 
is the proved testimony as given by the editor : — “ A friend 
parried the blow. I drew my pistol (he had been warned, 
and armed himself on his way to his office), and at the 
instant was seized from behind, and my arms pinioned by a 
stout man, an accessory to this attempted murder ; and, being 
thrown upon my knees iu the struggle to retain my weapon, 
one of Bateman’s friends held me while Bateman fired at me 
twice from behind a cart, where he lmd shielded himself.” A 
general firing hereupon took place, and, as the streets were 
crowded, and ten shots were fired, it seems a miracle that no one 
was killed. The matter was investigated before the Recorder 
(the police magistrate), and he punished the offence by a fine of 
$300 imposed upon Mr. Bateman. Judging from the Re- 
corder's reasoning, I should conclude that, had the firing not 
takeu place in the public streets, where the lives of “ women 
and children ” were put in danger, the assailant would have 
been let off scot-free. The editors of this country are iu 
oontinual scrapes, and several of them have been shot for 
their writings. 
PROVINCIAL. 
Excessive Mortality from Cholera. — Deptford, Mou- 
day Evening. — Since Friday a portion of the lower part of 
this town, near the dockyard, lias been the scene of a terrible 
visitation of cholera. Between midnight of Thursday and 
thi3 morning nearly forty human beings have perished in one 
street alone, and it was stated this afternoon that there 
are nearly twenty more hopeless cases lying iu the same street 
and the adjacent courts. The immediate locality of this terrible 
outbreak is New-street, Wellington-street, Deptford, a long 
street of old houses, many of them uninhabitable or in ruins, 
while, with few exceptions, all those which are tenanted are 
in a very dilapidated state. The inhabitants are principally 
decent labouring people. Up to Thursday last there had 
been a few cases of sickness creating no alarm. Upon that 
evening a man working at the Crystal Palace was brought to 
his house in New-street, ill of the cholera. His landlady, who let 
him in, was so alarmed at his appearance, that she was instantly 
takeu ill, and before daybreak both hod died. Before twelve 
o'clock the next day (whether through sudden panic or other- 
wise) others were dead and dying, and the mortality has kept 
spreading since then, to the fearful extent above mentioned. 
The bodies of the deceased parties were not removed or even 
coffined until last night about eleven o’clock ; when the paro- 
chial authorities came into the street with a van. As many 
Bhella as possible were obtained, and the bodies brought out 
of the houses iu sheets and turned into the coffins, and taken 
to the dead-house in the churchyard, a small brick building, 
not above 100 yards from the place. Owing to the number 
of bodies some had to be removed uncoffined, a few have been 
left by their friends undressed. In one instance, a young 
man, an engineer, who lived in a small cottage, had been left 
there dead. The place was locked up, and had been some 
days, and the authorities had to force the door to get at the 
body. It is scarcely possible to describe the scene of misery. 
Small knots of women and children may be seen crying in 
the streets, afraid to enter their houses. All of the medical 
gentlemen of the district have been unremitting in then- 
attentions. In Flagon-court, a small cul <l< sac turning out 
°f Wellington-etreet, four children in one family died in a 
few hours. 
Tavistock. — A School of Design ha3 just been established 
THE FIELD. 
in this town, and Mr. T. Chevalier has been appointed the 
master by the Government department of Science and Art, 
Marlborough-house. His Grace the Duke of Bedford has 
kindly presented the local committee with £10 towards 
defraying the expenses of the cost of the models, &c., for the 
school ; his Graco has also signified his intention of paying 
the whole cost of the models for the three public schools, 
that they may at once be connected with the Institution. 
WrcHWooD Forest Fair.— This delightful holiday will be 
held on the plains of Wychwood Forest, on Wednesday the 
13th inst. To lovers of rural scenery and pic-uie parties, this 
event, as usual, will afford a rich treat ; access being easily 
obtainable by Great Western Railway to Oxford, thence by 
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway. From the 
immense multitude of persous expected from all quarters, it 
has been found requisite to debar the public from crossing 
the fields and plantations, and to recommend them to keep 
to the main road, leading from the station to the scene of 
gaiety. 
Cholera. — Sunderland, September G, 1854. — Two cases 
were reported last week as having beeu fatal ; both parties 
were of intemperate habits, and resided in an unhealthy 
locality. The health of this thickly populous town is iu 
general exceedingly good. 
SCOTLAND. 
Bequest to the Poor of Perth. — William Walker, Esq., 
of London, has bequeathed £1,000 to the poor of his native 
city, to be expended in blankets, coals, and oatmeal, in the 
month of November in every year. 
The Dirtiest Town in all Scotland.— We have this 
week had a visit from an officer of the Board of Health, who 
has r. ported that he has found Wiek the dirtiest Jtown ill all 
Scotland . — Northern Ensi'jn. 
^nliie SiMlignirr. 
SOUTHWARK. 
Attempted Murder op ax Infant bv a Mother. — Atrocious 
Case. — Jane Harrington » a dirty-loolung female, twenty-six year* of 
age, described on the charge-sheet as the wife of a carpenter's labourer, 
residing at No. 0, Harrow -street. Mint-street, Southward, a densely- 
populated neighbourhood, chiefly Inhabited by tho lowest character*, 
was brought before Mr. A'Bcckctt by Sergeant (lidding, 7 M, an active 
officer, charged with wilfully administering a deleterious drug to her 
infant child, seventeen days old, with intent to destroy its life. — Sergeant 
Golding stated that he received information, while on duty about ono 
o'clock that afternoon in the neighbourhood of St. George's Church, 
that a child had been poisoned by its mother, at No a, Harrow-street, 
in the Mint. Witness proceeded there nt once, and, on making inquiries 
of parties in the lower port of the house, he was directed to a back 
room on the first floor. The room in question was miserably furnished, 
and on a scanty bed lie found a male infant in a dying Mute. The 
prisoner was in the same room with other parties connected with the 
house, who followed him in, and he then went up to her and naked her 
what she had done to the infant ? She replied, in a sorrowful mood, 
that the lad made a mistake, and gave the child a quantity of laudunum 
instead of the medicine directed by the doctor. Witness looked nt tho 
infant, and found it in a very emaciated state, which induced him to 
convey it immediately to St. George's workhouse, and place it under 
medical attendance. He then took the prisoner into custody, and 
charged her with attempting to destroy her child. — Mr. A’Bockett 
Did she say anything in answer to tho charge ? — Sergeant Golding 
All she said was, that she administered a quantity of laudanum to the 
child by mistake, and she was sorry for it — Mr. A'Beckctt: Have you 
heard how she has treated the infant ? — Golding: Yes, sir. 1 have 
been told by one of the lodgers that, on Monday evening, site left the 
infant out in the streets quite cold, and refused to take it In, although 
repeatedly asked by the neighbours. — Mr. A'llookott: Have you any 
evidence in court to prove that? — Golding : 1 have not. sir, us 1 have 
only Just now taken the prisoner into custody. However, I shall bo 
able to produce witnesses on a future day, to prove that the prisoner 
has acted very cruelly to the iufunt. She found she could not leuve it 
exposed to the cold, and then sho administered laudanum to the Infant. 
— Mr. A'Beckctt: Where is the infant now? — Golding: In tho In- 
firmary of St. George's workhouse; hut I don’t expect it will live many 
hours. — Mr. A'Beckctt : Have you reason to believe that she Intended 
to destroy the child's life? — Golding: I have, sir; and, if she Is 
remanded for a day or two, I shall be able to bring forward witnesses 
to substantiate that fuct. — Mr. A'Beckctt : What is her husband t — 
Golding : He is a carpenter’s labourer, and, I believe, a very steady 
man; but the prisoner is a badly-conducted female, and her mhul 
appears to be impaired with drink. — Mr. A'Beckctt: Then you 
have no evidence to give against her to-day beyond what you have 
stated? — Golding: I have not, sir. — Mr. A'Beckctt: Then I shall 
remand her, to enable yon to produce the witnesses, and in the mean- 
time you will be nble to ascertain the state of tho infant. — Tho prisoner, 
who seemed to Le quite unconscious of the offence she was charged 
with, remained silent duving the examination of the sergeant. She 
appeared to be labouring under a species of insanity, and was, by 
direction of the magistrate, immediately conveyed by tho gaoler to 
Horscrr.onger-lane gaol. 
LAMBETH. 
The sergeant on duty from the L division of police informed the 
magistrate that a charge appeared iu ono of the sheets against Sarah 
Russell, a prostitute, who had been locked up, on Saturday night, for 
drunkenness. In the course of the morning sho, at her urgent request, 
was removed to her lodgings, where she was attended by the divisional 
surgeon, and died on that morning. 
In another charge of drunkenness the constable who took It had 
since been siezed with cholera, and could not attend. — The magistrate 
at once discharged the party in custody. 
BRUTAL MURDER OK AN INFANT BY ITS NURSE. 
FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF TUB PRISONER. 
On Tuesday, upon the arrival of the Government van ut the Marl- 
borough-street Police-court from the House of Detention, Clerkenwell, 
a considerable crowd of persons had assembled in order that they 
might have nn opportunity of indulging their curiosity by seeing the 
woman. Trophy Knight, who, on Wednesday, the 30th ult., was charged 
at Marylebono Police-court, before Mr. long, with the wilful murder 
of on Infant entrusted to her to nurse and take proper care of. Upon 
the prisoner alighting from the vehicle she was saluted with cries of, 
“You cruel creature, you murderess.' 1 and the same ebullition* of 
execration continued until she was formally given into the custody of 
Addey, the gaoler, by whom she was locked up hi one of the cell*. 
When the prisoner was placed at the bar, she was, as upon the former 
occasion, quite cool and collected, and paid not the slightest regard to 
the anxiety evinced in the case by a crowded court, composed princi- 
pally of very respectable persons, whose sympathies hod been aroused 
in reference to the brutality in question. 
Inspector Allison, D, prior to any witness being called, said Your 
worship. I have attended at the inquest held this day before Mr. 
Wakley. and the jury have returned a verdict of wilful murder against 
Trophy Knight, the prisoner. — Mr. Long (to the inspector) : You have 
other evidence to bring forward, have you not ? — Inspector : I hove the 
mother of the child here, air; she was not here before. — Mr. Long: 
Let her be sworn. 
Anne Groves, a respectably-attired woman, here got up into tho 
witness-box. She was almost overpowered by her feelings for a time, 
but, after a gush of tears, she was enabled to make her statement. — 
Mr. Long . Where do you reside? — Witness: At 18, Bcrkeley-strcet, 
West— Mr. long : Did you give birth to a child ?— Witness : I did, 
sir.— Mr. Long: Into whose care did you give It ?— Witness ; Into the 
prisoner'*.— Mr. Long: How old was It ? — Witness: Eleven months. — 
Mr. Long : Had It been baptised ? — Witness: Yes. — Mr. Long: What 
was its name ?— Witness : Henry. 
Mr. Long directed that the mother should At onco go to the hospital 
with tho view of Identifying tho hotly. She did so, and was accom- 
panied thither iu a cab by Mr. Orinrod, tho house surgeon of the insti- 
tution, a* also by Inspector Allison. Upon their return the prisoner 
was again placed at the bar. 
Mr. Long (to Ann Groves) : You havo been to tho hospital and seen 
the body of the child ?— Witness : I havo, sir.— Mr. Long : Is that child 
yours? — Witness (sobbing): It Is, sir. 
The surgeon, Mr. Orinrod, having boon re-sworn, said: Since tho 
iT|t| ° . 1 hftvo ma,, ° 11 1 ’Otl-morltm examination of tlio body of tho 
child, and I found tho head covered with bruises, apparently 
caused »t different times. There were scratches nil over tho lace, and 
mm K > oi the kind on the buttocks and on the hack. I examined 
the head first, and on removing tho scalp 1 found blood effused between 
tho scalp aiul tho membrane that covore the pericranium. Tho effusion 
corresponded with the mark* of the external bruises. There was a 
fissure over the right aide of tho lYontuI bone, which, however, did not 
penotrnto through it; it was about an inch long. On removing tho 
skull-cap I found blood effused over the surface of tho bruin, between 
tho brain and the duixi main-. There was much blood also effused at 
tho hose of tho brain, more particularly on tho left side. Tho bleeding 
did not seem to come from the rupture of any largo vessels, but (Torn 
several smaller vessel* Iu tho dura .mater. Those appearances wore 
quite sufficient to nocount for tho child's death.— Mr, Long: What 
other appearances did you olwcrvo ? — Witness : l examined the chest 
and the abdomen, and I found every Internal organ perfectly healthy ; 
some of the glnml* about the mesentery were slightly enlarged, but not 
tuberoulurly, so that emaciation proceeded from starvation and not 
from disease. I believe that the blows which the child received, hi the 
emaciated condition iu which It wua, were the cause of its death. 
l>u\i.i, lU'.l I), said: 1 was on duty on Tuesday, tho 20th August, In 
Cambridge -place, near St. George » Hospital, mid saw a crowd of persons 
coming from there, amongst whom was the prisoner. I asked what 
was tlie matter, and was told l»y a party present that tho prisoner ought 
to bo taken Into custody for killing her child. 1 asked prisoner where 
the cliihl was, and she said It wax in the hospltul. I went in and saw 
the liuusc-siirgcoii, now hero. He gave the prisoner In charge. — Mr. 
Long Did she make any remarks ?— Witness : Not then, your worship) 
but on the way to tho station-house, sho Said, "I have not killed th# 
child, nor Ill-used it In any way ; it fell off tlie hod and struck It* mouth 
mi tlie corner of a box." 1 saw upon the bed-lianglng* some mark* of 
blood, which wore quite fresh. 
Mi . Long (to the prisoner) : Do you wish to n*k the witness any 
questions? — Prisoner (indifferently) : No, sir, 1 have nothing to »ay to 
him. 
There being no further evidence, the wholo of the depositions were 
read over l.y Mr. Phillip*, tho clerk. 
Mr. Long (to the prisoner) You arc charged with the wilful murder 
of a child. Havo you anything to say? You arc not obllgod to say 
anything unless yon think proper ; but whatever you do say will be token 
down In writing, and may be given in evidence against you upon your 
trial.— Prisoner (calmly) : I sliull reserve my defence. 
She wns fully committed for trial for the murder of the infunt, and 
when brought out of tho cell by Addey, the gaoler, and led by him to 
the van which wo* to convoy her to Newgate, the execration* against her 
were loud and deep. 
THE INQUEST. 
On Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, Mr. Wakley resumed the Inquiry 
into the causo of the death of Henry Grove*, nil Infant child, who, It was 
alleged, had died from brutal Injuries inflicted upon It by Trophy 
Knight, with whom the unfortunate deceased had been placed a* a 
nurse-child, nt the Hank of England puhlle-liouso, South-hank, Wlmrf- 
rood, Paddington, near M. Mary'* Hospital. The following letter wo* 
read : — 
Whitehall, Sept. 2 1861. 
Sir,— I am directed liy Viscount Palmerston to acknowledge the receipt 
of \oiir letter « f till* date relative (o an Inquest before yon which Htuuda 
adjourned to Tuesday next, the f>th Inst., upon the body of a child named 
Henry Grove* , mid I am to infnriii you that Id* lordship h.ut liiNtrueted 
the governor of the IIouno of Detention at Clorkonwoll, that he ha* no 
objection to hi* producing the woman. Trophy Knight, now in Ida 
custody, charged with the murder of the child, ut the adjourned in- 
quest, in the custody of IiIb own officers. 
Lord Palmerston, however, do . Ire* that you will expressly understand 
that this course In not to Interfere with the appearance of the prisoner 
Knight before the imigUlrutuu by whom sho stands committed at tho 
time appointed for her examination. 1 am u!*o to desire that you will 
make a requisition, in duo form, to tlio governor of tho House of De- 
tention, for the production of the prisoner ut the Inquest.— I am, Sir, 
your obedient servant, (Signed) H. WaddiKOTon. 
1 ho*. Wakley, Esq., Coroner for Middlesex. 
Tho Coroner also rend tlu< letter written by him to tlio gaoler of th« 
House of Detention, and Ids reply, enclosing a copy of the resolution of 
tho court of quarter sessions, on tho report of the visiting Justices, as 
explanatory of hi* rca*ons fur not being able to comply with the 
Coroner's request to produce the prisoner, tho resolution being a direc- 
tion to the gaoler not to send any prisoner before a coroner unless ho 
had a competent authority. The Coroner *alil the refusal of the gaoler 
to produce the prisoner would, he should suppose, enable Lord Palmer- 
ston to look into the subject, and ascertain what really was Ills power. 
After a sonicwhut prolonged Inquiry tho Jury returned a verdict of 
"Wilful Murder agulnst Trophy Knight." Tho Coroner then bound 
over the several witnesses to appear and give evidence on the trial, and 
issued hi* warrant for committal of tho prisoner to Newgate. Tho 
prisoner Trophy Knight was at an early hour conveyed In the prison 
von to Marylebono police-court, tho proceeding* of which appear In 
another column. 
/oreigii Sntglliggiifg. 
FRANCE. 
( From our oten Correspondent.) 
Paris. Thursday, Sept. 7. 
Discontent in the Army of the East- -Impression made by 
Prince Albert at Boulogne -The other lloyal Visitors — The 
Emperor Dr. Verons Memoirs Louis Philippe — M. 
Thiers —Mile. Rachel— Ministerial Mismanagement of the 
Grand Opera — Family Attachment Extraordinary — Ncxo 
Race-course at Paris. 
Uoly reports are flying about town from the army in tho 
East, which is described by letters from Vania and Constanti- 
nople us so thoroughly disheartened and disgusted with the 
nmerable inaction to which it has been kept so long, that 
there have been more than once apprehensions of open mu- 
tiny. The troops from Africa compare the proceedings of 
their former commander* iu Algeria with their present in- 
glorious idleness. The indefatigable activity of the late 
Marshal Bugeaud is referred to with delight, and the names of 
Changarnier and Lamorici&re are constantly in their mouths 
in Contrast with that of St. A maud ; and cries for these 
generals, who have so often led them to victory, have beeu 
heard from the men, in spite of the expostulations of their 
officers. It is very possible that there may be some ex- 
aggeration iu these accounts, but that deep dissatisfaction 
prevails there is no doubt. Its worst feature is, that all 
the world feels that the discontent of tlie soldiers is founded 
on reason and justice. 
The Black Sea and the Baltic have been this week rather 
thrown into tho buck ground by the brilliant doings at the 
camp iu the north, which have absorbed general attention. 
Tho feeling occasioned by tho royal visits to the Emperor is 
one of unmixed satisfaction, though the extreme brevity of 
