The New York Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1856, Page 7

THE PARISH WILL CASE. PEE @urregste’s Court. Before A. W. Bradford, Kaq. {NATION OF THE REV. DR. TAYLOR—OONTINUED. @ Did you ever bold any religious conversations with iv. Parish? A. Frequently. Q. Please state in what F such conversations arose, and were conducted. Wr. Parich’s habitual turn of mind was very despond. through bis illness. It became my duty to suggest to the consoling doctrines or our religion, the cheering they opened, and the hopes they inspired. He al- ys heard me with marked attention; would express hig jade by squeezing my hand, pressing my band, and ‘ing me to come again soon. J ascertained this by his oking toward Mrs. Parish when I was about to leave Bhe would say, ‘‘Do you wish me to invite the ovtor to come again”? and he nodding his head quickly, d looking at me wita great kindness. Q. Did you ever i to him from the Scriptures? A. Short portions of vipture oveasionally, but constantly quo! the cheer. texts of the Bible. Q. What was” his manner and after the reading of the Scriptures by you He always heard me with devout attention, and ced deep feeling. ‘Q. Can you state any parts of the piu which you so read to him? A. It wonld be ber difficult for me to recall them. Portions of the on on the Mount'he was always interested in. Q. Did ever read to him from the Prayer Book otherwise p m the administration of the Secrament? A. I do not ewber that I did. Q. In these interviews in relation Sune, and * religions bog Ho ad Gy of reading es of which you have spoken, did you su C got Hr. Parish understood what was baid dad road ‘bis presence? A. I entertained no doubt upon that 1 mean after the occavion of his baptism,to which [ we already alluded, when’! had some misgivings as 1 already raid. If I could make that stronger I would, 1 did not conceive it possibly for any one to as to his general intel y . Were uo im the habit of calling or visiting im a ral way ot Mr. Parish’s, subsequent to his attack? Toalled frequently at the house, as 4 leisure served. ‘At these calls, what was the habit of Mr. Parish in re- 410 the ordinw y courtesies of society? A. He re- ed his friends kindly, and seemed disposed to offer such courtesies "as were in his power. Q , in respect to invitations to yourself or an , that you observed? A. Mr. Parish cont. d the old fashioned nares of having a waiter, h wine and other refreshments on the table be- e him, and would very politely invite them to help elves—it I called in the early evening, and rose to way before the tea was brought in, he would evince pointment, and, turning to Mes. Parish, would signif ober his wish that I should wait for a cup of tea. q did be signify his disappointment and his wish? A. would look at me disapprovingly and, when turnin, o Mrs. Parish, she would immediately say, “ Do you wis! to press the doctor to stay to tea’”’—he would immedi- Wy signify his acquiescence by nodding bis head, as and emiling approvingly—all of which was most ly understood by those » although perhaps difficult to describe. Q. Did he ever offer wine to u, and, if 10, in what manner? A. He bas frequently so, by pointing to the decanter before him, modding his bead while looking towards 0 @ Can you mention any instances of four conversation with him at these general calls? . As the calls were general so the conversation was, st cases, ns al; he seemed to take an interest ia remarks of different persons present, and if he failed o eatch the meaning would arrest the conversation until é matter was explained to him; for instance, I remem- on-one occasion, when there were several persons mbled in bis library, I indulged in a little pleasant dinage with the Messrs. Delafield, who happpened to incorrigible old bachelors, remarking that Thad been aiting patiently through a long course of years for a from one or both of them, for my professional ser- , and naming a most estimable lady of our acquaint- Ince ‘and a near neighbor of theirs, expressed my sur- ey had never had the taste er spirit to as ¢ to the office of making her happy; this direct appeal them raised a laugh at their expense, which Mr. Parish directly understanding, appealed to me to know what had said; he did this with as much earnestness and as igibly us he could wave done if he had had the er of kpeech; I approached him and said, you did not ‘what passed and wish to know; he signified that that ras it, and smiling as genially as the rest of us, he ointed his finger reproachfully at these two gentle Pid you repeat to Mr. Pariah what yeu hai already nsaying? A. Idid. Q. How did Mr. Parish signify ‘that was it? A. By nodding his head, and looking quiringly ag usual in such cases. Q. How did Mr. Par- th indicate that he wanted this repeated, what you had to the Messrs. Delafield, before you approached him’ |. Looking towards me, raising bis fingers, and saying yab, on ty Zab, yan i yah, yah; yah, yah.” Q Io .e sounds which you have given as made by Mr. Parish, ith the look or gesture of inquiry which you have des- ‘bed, did you observe what ‘the intonation of these ds was? A. It was a tone of interrogation, and ‘always intended to express that, When | said’ that » hooked inquiringly and said “yah, yab.” Q Do ou remember any instance of conversation with r. Parish, having any connection with a fall of snow in lecity? A. Inthe winter of 1554-5 there had been a savy fall of snow, which rendered the passage of our ow streets more or less dangerous for carriages; I per to call at Mr. Parish’s house just as Mr. and . Parish had returned trom @ drive to Wall street; I Mrs. Parish very much flurried and nervous from peril to which she had been exposed in passing rough Wall street iu her carriage; sue complained bit ly of the unpleasantness of being obliged to go there; . Parish looked at her reprouchfully and sadly, and d to use his exclamations of surprise and re- shaking his head sorrowfully; I can give you an on of that if it will convey auything to your , and if you can write it down; he raised bie hand th the ey iy ee ea his —_ and ‘ad repeatedly, saying, ‘yah, yal,”” rather drawn tina reproachfx! intonation that he was made unhappy her complaints, and looking ut her at the same time; , “You think, Pat she is making too ch of alittle thing, and eo think; not Wail street for the pleasure of it but be- her duty calls her there, and if her duty calls her, ‘must with you.” He immediately replied, ”’ nodding his head and raising his two ‘and pointing to hor, as much as to say, you aow fe what 1 would sail to you. Q. Do you remem. any conversation with Mr. Parish en the subject of . David Austin, and if #0, please to state it’ A. At one my visits, the subject of Mr. Austin’s failure became a hic of conversation ; Mr. Parish evinced great interest ir. ag = Lange me by hs usual look, hvement of ‘the fingers, and intonation of interrogation, him more about the failure; I asked him if he to know if it was an utter and complete failure, he, ing by nodding his head and wait- for reply, that such was his wish; I then him such was the general bolief; he seemed be affected by it, bis tears ran rapidly down cheeks, and his look was that of sorrow and regret. ve this subject ever br up ag iB betwoen you ? It was, repeatedly, by Mr. ting’ towardsthe rite, usta Vist hia casual lex and tons of inter. cation; that house wee at the northwest cornor of jon square and Sixteent! street, visible from Mr. Pa- ‘s window; Mr. Pars) wns seated in his Mbrary at time ; | would , to you wish to inquire afer Mr he would bis head yand feay, “yah, yah,” his mode of expression; Id then that the good old gentieman waa well, and sustained with equanimity; he would bw an A looks, tones of sorrow and tears. of “ay wah A Ercaduees on which you have described, and euggestions aaoo ty you, \ araeue, on his coos of se A. By saying, no, so, rapidly; and ing blo bend at the onene time with @ negative mo- ved of it; and then looking for a further what he wantei to know, he times quickly, and say, yes, when Mr. Parish intended to question or appeal made to he had the habit of saying no, and shaking the head motion, Stowheg that up with the affirm. bead, as if he would say, no, no. then nodding his and which there is no appeal. your observation of Mr. Parish after the attack, $49, what was the condition of hic mind? A. I had myself the least doubt of the soundness of his mind, ‘could | have Cn omnag ‘Ut any intelligent person ness. Judge FAmonds— You have ee Ss coeeetiene made by Mr. Pa- charitab| after nia attack, oan =. at éd as a communicant, or otherwise r ularly admit nber of any religious society? A. f did not. Q atany time, within ten years prior to his attack him to make a contribution to any charity, or at pt in any way to induce him to such anaet? A. I did in any instance succeed? A. I did Q. State c A. To the best of my recollection ‘t was Year 1846 that I started a subscription among the ‘of my charge for the erection of a free chapel for modation of such persons a@ could not afford to ship in Our expensive churches; Mr. Parish was the number who subscribed $150 each towards ad my impression ie, although upon that will not be positive, that he, with others, subscription before he was struck with no other instance occurs to me at present, the $250 subscription was doubled or repeated, n was it done, and who knows the fact’ A. It was , if done at ail, before July, 1849; who prosented the cription list to him, I do not now know, but the fact ‘be carily ascertained by myeelf, by reference to the of subscriptions in my own possession; [ cannot at ‘ent come any nearer the date. Q. On the occasions jo you administered the Sacrament of the Lord’s ver, did Mre. Parish the domestic, Mary Ann, domed Mrs. Parish, always; to the best of my tion, Mary Ann was pr ‘and united in the ament, except on the Grst oceasion. Q. Do you know ame of this servant, and by whom she ts now em: dy A. I know her by no other name but Mary Ann, have recently seen hor at the residence of Mrs. Pa’ fn what capacity she is employed thore I know not as any other porson present at any of these adminis trations of the Lord’s Supper, oxcept the three persons bamed aed yourself? A. Thave Dot at & that Saturday evening, y condition which indicated the near approach of death? A. 1 do not remember any euch oxcasion. Q. You mentioned @ receipt by you of $200; about how much time elapsed, as best remember, between the comyer- sation at which the $15 were given and the receipt of tae $200? A. I should now say two or three days, but speak hegitatingly; it was some short space of time. A. About how much time elapsed between your conversation at the house about the organ and your receipt of the $400 check? A. 1 think it was received the next day. Q. Who banded it to you, at.what place, and what name ‘was subscribed to the check? A. I bave no recollection who handed t; it was delivered at my rectory, in Broad- way; Mrs. Parich’s name, to the best of bp ee ageragee ‘was subseribed to the check. Q. Did Mr. Parish, at the time you saw him after his attack, always wear spec- tacies? A. To the best of my recoll , he aways did, baving one pair to read with, and apother to see at a dis- tance; he changed bis glasses upon reading. ia your interviews witb bim, bad he not his glasses always ov? 4.1 shouid say yes, sir, decidedly; always on, to the best of my lection. Q. Have you any knowledge or recotlection as to whether he wore glasses of great con- vexity or not? A. Ihave no knowledge upon that sub- ject; I never or examined his glasses. Q. You ‘bay that he used one pair of glasses to read; did you ever see him read? A. I have seen him read ly; and Tsay that he used one pair to read aud another to see at a distance, because I remember distinctly on one occasion fee him adjust his glasses in order to read something the ‘was brought to his notice. Q. In what way, and by what act, did he adjust his glasses? A. If I remember rightly, with his left hand; be was bringing s glass down which be wore upon his forehead, while the other was upon his nose; I then inquired whether it was necessary for him to use different glasses when read- ing from those which he used to assist his sight ordinarily; he replied that it was, by nodding his head in his ‘usual way cf answering aftiri ely. Q. Who was present on this occasion? A. MM rish Was present, and no one else that | now remem Who was it brought this vecding mailer to his notice, and how was that done? 4. Upon point I have no dis- Unct recollection. Q. books, paper or papers did you ever see Mr. Parish read? A. Ihave seen bim reading his prayer book during the administration ot the sacrament repeatedly ; I have seen him reading a news- paper, but what paper Iam unable to say; that is all. Q. Did he always road the prayer book during the admi- nistration of the sacrament? A. In the latter part of his illness I should say he discontinued the use of the prayer book; before that, he did read it always. Q. Who tur- nished him a prayer book on these occasions ?. A. Mrs. Q. Was ne instructed or directed by anynody at what place to read? A. He was; places were found for him, and 96 soon as they were pointed out, be would nod his’ head, to ehow that he understood; { would on such occasions wait until I saw that Mr. Parish was pre- pared to go on with the service; Mrs. Parish, standing or sitting by bis sife, would point out the places and turn the leaves; in the carlier stages of his illness he always insisted upon standing. and knelt where it was proper that he should kneel; in the latter years of his illness he would sit during the 'service; when he sat, the book was usually upon a chair, or the arm of the chair, or a table before him; when he stood, he held the book in his left hand, ‘Mrs Parish reading with him, sn apy wwe peryons ‘might read together. Q. About how leng betore his death did he cease to use or read in the prayer book? A. I should speak hesitatingly as to the time, but about eighteen months or two years. Q. Did he always stand at communion trom and including the first service during the earlier stages of his illaess? A. Ishould ssy that he did; there may have been an occa- sional exception; 1 remember none such. Q. Down to how late a period of his life did this practice of standing continue? A. The precise time I cannot fix, but it was until he grew heavy and weaker than he bed been and found it inconvenient to stand; I should say it was eighteen months or two years before bis death; I will add to that, I desired he should take the position most convenient to himself; I expressed that desire. Q. At the services did or did ‘not Mrs. Parish kneel at the proper places? A. She always did as far as 1 know and believe. Q. Do you rewember any instances in which Mr. Parish omitted to kneel at the same time? A. I rememer many instances in which Mr. Parish, in the latter years of his life, did not kneel, but not in the earlier years. Q. You observed that he insisted upon standing; did you in the earlier periods of bis illness endeavor in any way to pre- vent his#o standing? A. I cid, by expressing to him my wieh that he should not stand or kneel if it fatigued him to do #0; there was no other or further agency that. Q. In what way did Mr. Parish kneel during those ser- vices? please describe the operation. A. I have no re- collection of any peculiarity in his manuer of kneeling, nor am J able to describe any such manuer. Q. Did he kneel with only one knee or both? A. | should say they were both bent, but as I only passed before him in admi- pistering the elements, it made no impression upon me; it did not’ strike me as peculiar. Q. When you say kneel, do you mean to say that his knee or knees were placed upon the floor? A. That is my meaning. Q. What is now your best recollection as to whetber be placed both knees upon the floor or only one? A. If I had not been asked the question! should have said that both knees were bent; it is altogether pos- sible that one only was bent. Q. we you any pre rent recollection of the fact as to whether one knee only, or both knees, were placed upon the floor? A. 1 wilt not be positive upon that point, for I attached no importance to the position. Q Did he bend his knee or knees, or rest itor them, upon the floor himself, or was he aided in gots down to that posture by some other person’ A. am unable to answer that question positively; my own duties would necessarily direct my attention from the parties ged with me in the ceremony. Q. Did you observe the fact sufficiently at any of these services to enable you to state from recollection whether Mr. Parish got down upon his knees himself, or was placed in that posture by the aid of some other person’ A. Tam unable to say. Q. When did you first observe a newspaper’ A. It is impossible for ould say withia the first year of his ines. Q. To late a period in his life did you ob- serve him reading the paper? A. I think that I have al- ready said to about e! months or two years preced ing bis decease. Q. Ind you ever see amy other person beside his wife present when he was thus reading the bewspaper? A. I remember no such occasion. Q. On the occasions when you saw him reading the paper. you Sind it in his band when you came in, or did it up after you came in? A. As T remember I have both seen it with him in his band after | came in, and have seen him take it up after I have entered. Q. How ofen, according to Fag! best recollection, have you seen him have the paper in his hand reading? ‘A. Two or three times. Q. How long at any one time have you seen him have the paper in his hand, apparent- ly reading it’ A. It was generally put away when I en- tered ; I have seen him, w! ition was drawn to any one thing, take up the paper and look at the artic:e to which attention was drawn. Q. Have you ever seen bim holding the newspaper im his hand, and apparently engaged in the act of reading for as long a period as three minutes? A, I should say T had, Q. For how long a period atthe utmost? A, From five to eeven minutes, while reading a short article, Q. Can you name any particular article, short or otherwise, which he thas looked at’ A. 1 cannot at this time. Q Can you specify and’ describe the occurrence and oc casion when he thus looked at an article, and by whom and by what means his attention was drawn to it? A. I cannot at this length of time. Q. Can you now remember whether, on any such oocasion, he took up Se eer ie. self with bis own hand, and without its being to him’ A. To the best of my recollection on the occasion I allude to he took it with his own hand. Q. About time was that? A. To the best of my recollection whhin the first year of his illness. Q [id you ever know before Mr. Parish’s illness, or did he inform you whether he and ever been attached to, or a professing or attending member of any denomination except Grace church? A. I have no recollection of his telling me anything of the kind, ‘or did 1 know of it. Q De you remember whether, in any way or form, by a present to yourself or otherwise, Mr. Parish ever contributed “to any religious or chari table purpose prior to his illness, except his pew in Grace chureh, and his subscription for the chapel’ A. He never presented anything to me prior to his illness, nor do I know of any such coutribution. Q. Ascording to your best recollection, what was the whole length of the interview at which you received the fifteen dollars spoken of? A. It was a communion occasion, and therefore some time was taken—eay three quarters of an hour. Q. About HE 2iires : te ip ie iF i hes rel = i >e ie i Hi iY a ek Fgisttet E i t z 3 i z i ze non-compliance with his wishes? A. He did exhi tation . Was it quite or nearly a’ give rome contribution at each crament? A. It was. @. As nearly as You can recollect, ‘wae the money always handed to you by Mr. Parish, ex cept in this instance of the $15? A. It occurs to me tha’ in the earlier celebrations of the communion Mrs. Parish would take the money from her bag as ahe did at that nd band it to him and be to me; on later occasions take it from his own pocket; when he handed it t was always gold. @. At or about how period was his practice of taking the y from his own pocket commenced ? A. I should say about the second year of his iiiness. Q. bo you think that the $15 occurrence was cartier thy that? A. That was about the month of April, 1851. Please to describe separately, each by iteclf, the various words or sounds you heard ym Mr. Parieh after his at- tack, giving at the same time with each sound or set of sonnds, any pe or gesticulation with which it w nceompanied? A. Mr. Parish would say ‘“Yes,’’ nodding his head; he would say “No” sometimes shaking his head pace, a then nodding it up and down at the same time. He would say ‘yah, , yab,’? generally holding up his hand with the ‘two fingers extended; an other one he would say ‘yea, yea, yea,” when it was ves; he rarely said yes more than once, and then it would run into yea, | am not certain whether there wat any ges ture with that; he need his hand eo constantly it ts cim cult now to say with what words he associated the mo si 3 2 F 3 tion of the band; he would say ‘nay, pay,” a¢ a conti nuation of no, and i) would ron off into an indesinite sound expressive of deepondency; it was accompa by a chaking of the head; 1 don’t kne of anything m @ Did you ever bear him say 4 and stop tere withent off to itions?”A, I shoyll say not; be generally r the alirmaliva enswer. Q. When he eaid * yes,” and bis voice went on Topeasing. $id ih ob: serve to the end the same sound, or how dii it v A. He eaid “yes” plainty but once, and then would fall off into yea, yea—; yea. Q. Did you ever bear him gay, no, and slop @, Without runni ion? Awa genera! thing, he but! would not gay that be never said no, butonce. Q. ‘When he said no, and his voice went on repeating, did he continue the same sound, or did it vary, and ifso, how ? A. It would vary in quickness of utterance, and also in slowness of sound; he did not repeat no as a general thing, but changed it into a softer sound of nay. Q. Can you now say that you ever heard Mr. Parish, after his Attack, say ‘no,’ or “aay,” simply once, and not run on or continue repetitions of sounds? 4, I cannot say po- ie! that] Ca he RD 1 sadormandaente i wi ving & y NO, or some of its repeti- tions, lig his head from side, to side he sometimes altered that gesture, towards the Jast, and nodded be head up and down in the form which you took for ap affirmative ges- ture? A. He did so, and gave grea‘er emphasis to the no, Q. Were any persons called in to act as sponsors at the baptism? A. Mrs. Parish acted as sponsor; I had no other sponsor; it was a case of sickness. Q. Is it not a usual ceremony, whether sickness exists or not, to hat two sponsors, one of each sex, when that can be conve niently done? A. In ordinary eases it is so; in cases o sickness, or under peculiar circumstances 0’ any sort ‘that requirement is often dispensed with. Q. Is it not & rule or practice of your chyrch not to adminster tha Lord’s Supper until the subject has received the ordi- ance or rite of confirmation by the hands of a bishop? A. Such is the usage and requirement of the church in the case of children; with persons of mature and under peculiar circumstances, confirmation is widely dispensed with. Q. Is it not a rule and usage of the charch, not- withstanding that baptism may have been administered after mature 7 to require conirmation before administering lord’s supper, unless there is some e reason for dispensing with nh? A. With pereons in healtw and in rie § circumstances such is the rule and usage, but, like er good rules, it admits of exceptions. Q. Is not the Presence ‘of a bishop imdispensable to confirmation? A. itis. Q. Considering ‘that on the 30th of March, 1850, Mr. Parish was in ap- pareatly good general health, that his countenance had reoovered its usual expression, and having reference to his place of residence and tbe ‘proximity of the bishop’s abode, was there any difficulty or serious impediment to his confirmation? A. It is enough for the purposes of ‘Uns issue that I did not deem it necessary or best to call inany bishop upon that occasion. @. Is it not considered, itt your church, an indiepensable thing to the administration of the Lord’s Supper, thatthe subject should have, and sa- tisfactorily manifest bis faith im the doctrines ot thatchurch? A. A person having already answered the questions pro posed to him at baptism is not, in our church, required to make any other confession of his faith. Q. Can you not give the last question, as a distinst proposition touch- ing the Jaw of your church, an answer meeting the in- quiry? A. 1 answer no; forall persons, “ religiously and devoutly disposed,” are invited 10 take the Lord’s Supper, without any peculiarity of faith. Q. Were you any of the times when you administered the Supper, that Mr. Parish did not or could not write his desires or wishes’ A. I was aware of it. Q. Did you ever advise or urge him to write his wishes, or to use letters in any way, in order to convey them? ‘A. In the very early stages of his ilIness, I did so urge bim to obtain a black board, and _— writing with his left hand. Q. Did you do so only ov one occasion of frequent ly? A. ‘The subject was frequently the topic of conversa- tion, during my earlier interviews with him in his |!Iness. Q. What sounds, signs, or gestures, if any, were made by Mr. Parish when you advised him t practise writi a8 faras you remember? A. At Grst be sai yea,”’ nodding bis head that he would; after my renewing the subject, he said, ‘No, nay,”” dingly, as being past hope. @. How early was that YY A. It was within a few montis after November; 1849; within a few months of my first visiting him. Q: Did you see himat any time aiter his attack, and before ; the Sd of November, 1549? A. Lhad seen lyn: I saw him in the month of September, J thi it was the 27th, according to a little memorandum I find among my papers, that was the firet time; 1 pext saw him on the Iith of October; 1 don’t think I saw him again till the day of tle baptism. Q. Please to state the particulars of your intercourse with him, and what you saw of him at each, o* these inter- views’ A. On the 17th of September I think | saw him, and found him in a very feeble condition in hie room up is arm chair; I spoke for Idid not at that at he would ever lev his room; | think that the subject of his baptism was then firet introdacad by Mrs. Parish; she told mo that he bad never been baptised, and l'appealed to Mr. Parish whether that was true, be giving me to understand that was so, by nodding bis head; my impression is that "he did not make any sound on that occasion; after a little religious tion and a prayer, | lefthim; I have no recollec acking him any ‘more questions at that time, excegt whether it was his wish to be baptised; he signitied that it was, by nodding his head again. 1 don't recollect time suppose the sound! 1 can’t fx or recall that, if there was a sound; It was a distinct acquiescence; 1 remember no other response from him at that interview; on the 11th of October 1 saw him, to the best of recollection: he wes then very feeble; I believe he was sit ting in his arm chair by the side of his bed, and had been very ill; there was further religions conversation, and further alluston to his baptism, but he was so very feeble that my visit was very brief; to the best of my recollec- tion J addressed no remark or question to him which pro- duced any other response than a nodding of the head. Q. Had you not great apprehensions at each of these visits that he would very shortly die’ A. 1 thought that very probable. @. What reasons induced you to omit proceeding to administer the sacrament of baptiam at either of these interviews? A. Atthe first interview I thought it better to see a little more of Mr. Parish, and ‘at the second interview he was so feeble that I deemed it unadvisable to produce excitement in any way. Q What was the condition of his bodily health at the September interview? A. He was a very sick man at that time, but not #0 feeble as | found him in October. Q. Did be not appear to you at that September interview to be ina state of fatuity? A. His look was without ex- pression, the muscles of his face having been rendered rigid and inflexible by the paralysis, which gave him the appearance of the absence of expression. Question re- peated. A. If] bad judged only from bis lack of expres- sion, I might readily have come to such a conclusion, but bis sensibie and intelligent reply to such questions as were ed to him would dissipate such a conclusion. Q Mr. Parish habitually weep avd indulge in tears through his illness? A. Whenever excited, hie tears ould seem to flow spontaneously, without his control. Q. When questions or saggestions were made to him, was he prompt or slow with his responses? A. Generally as Prompt as persons usually are. Q. On the first occasion, when the sacrament was about to be administered, but was Not did you not advise or inform him at the commencement of the interview that you had come fer that purpose’ A. I did. Q. How did he respond to that? A. evine uneasiness and unpreparedness to go on with it. Q. sign, Or gesture, or sound did he respond with on first intimation’ 'A, Looking at me with great kind ness, but sbaki bis head saying, “No, no, my, nay,’’ WiMing bis hand at the same time and making ‘usual motion with hie finger. @. How long previously to this call bad you been notitied to come or given notice of = intention to call for this purpowe’ A. There had een & previous appointment of the time, to the beet of my recollection; it had been made some weeks before that. Q. Throughout his tlinees had not Mr. Parish’s temper and habit become very irritable? A [never raw many manifestations of much irritability. 1895 8s ME. Parish ever at church after his attack in ver, tomy knowledge. Direct examination re asked on the cross-examination, not Mr. Parish, before his attack strongly marked by certain characteris what did you observe in these respects in Mr. Parish after his at tack. (Objected to. Objection sustained.) Q. After Mr Farieh's attack, what did you observe ia hie conduct in respect of discourtesy towards bie wife or any other por- son? A. [never observed any instance of cither disconrtesy Or Want of reepect towards hie wife or any other person The further hearing of this protracted case was ad journed to September next. Barn of the tarlo—Seve: on Lake Lives Lost. ‘From the Kingston (C. W.) News jureday evening, 17th inet. the a from Montreal, bound to Lake Erie, passed Kingston har bor about ball-pact 8 o'clock, and when three miles above Nine Mile Point, fire was discovered in the flrebold, where aq flames, Lovie ——, fireman. Frank Farmer, Baylis, and Wm. MoMillen, deok bands. R. Kincaird, steward. Female cook, name unknown, shipped at Montreal. A female friend of the steward, named Sara ——, sup posed to have been betrothed to him. Mrs. Benton, her puree and three children. A French Canadian passenger, named Jaques I Bois, and Nicholas Butler, lamp boy. the few saved were Mr. Benton, late of the Montreal and Champlain Railway, husband to Ben ton and father of one of the children, the two others being under his care. Mr. W. D. Handyside, purser, to whom we are indebted for these melancholy particulars, he having saved himself by clinging to the rudder, with two other men, for about an hour or more, and was taken up by @ fisherman from the potnt, |S aw mate, several hands, and others who abstained ‘om entering the email boat, were saved by throwing themeelves into the water, with planks and such other buoyant articles as presented themselves at the trying moment. While those mentioned were clinging to the rudder, a keg of powder, which the purser had. in Mon- treal, carefully stowed in the forward part of the fore hold, exploded with a loud concussion, throwing quanti ties 6f burning wood piled on the deck high into the air, and scattering it over the surface of the water, The schooner Mary Adelaide, Captain Davis, and the schooner Flying Cloud, Captain ——, at the time boat- ing about the offing, hastened, with praiseworthy celerity, against a head wind, w the burning vessel, and succeeded in rescuing those floating about im the water, who, we are instructed to say, are inexpressil, fey for theit kind and bumane treatment whi hoard their respective vessels. The two schooners con ed to beat about the track of the vessel until near yhabt. bot with no particular result, The wind, as betore stated, blew moderately down tho lake, ond the burning propeller slowly floated down the vel with her stern to the wind, and was watol! by mber of people on the shore throughout the nigh nul her reduced bulk strack the at At the puint at four o'wlock Friday morning. tT. Handy-ide is Of opmion that if the wafortunate por. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1656. sons bad not been so precipitaie, and bad shown mcre coolpess under the circumstances, there wat ample timo to bave pie great precautions, und they al) might have ver Bento is fhe Daving, besides jos! 3 mn ie sufferer, ws . his wife and hfs apparel, fur piture Jes. ™E Pensoxs Savep.—W. D. Bandyside, Purser; Frank Langley, second engincer, Moses Le Fevre, freman; John Gremore, do.; D. Perrault, do; Timothy Ward,’ deck band; Robert Perry, do.; ‘Alex. Campbell, wheelman; Robert Delaney, mate; J. Benton, passenger; Napoleon Charbonault, Louls Broeseau, and & carpenter, pame unknown, from Quebec. The Burning of the Steamer Northern In- [From the Buffalo Advertiser, July 19.) The following is the statement of W. H. Wetmore, frst mate of the Northern Indiana, who was in command of the vessel at the time of the accident:— We left Buflalo Wednesday evening, July 16, at seven o'clock, with a medium load. The crew numbered be- tween Any and sixty. Thursday morning, about ten minutes past 11 o'clock, when about half way between Point au Pelee reef and Point au Pelee lighthouse, while I ‘was on the the engineer sent a man to me and said be wanted me bh I supposed there was some disturbance with the men and ran immediately below, aud when I reached there Feady, and.afachig tio he fo ugige, afr Fea, y, aching i er . Mr. F. , “My God, Mr. Wetmore, she’s are.” There ig a round hole usually covered with a of iron, which was off, between the engine room and the smoke pipe, on the star- board side. I saw a light underneath the main deck. turned about and ran to call the men, passipg gome on ‘the deck, whom I told to run to the engineer. 1 proveed- ed tothe forecastle, where two or three of themen were sleeping, and told them to rouse. I immediate- ly ran back te the engineer, and found be ha! got to work with the fire engine, and also saw the flames bursting through the hatches. J eaw she was badly on fire, aud ran to call the second mate, for th purpose of altering her course. As 1 4 on the pom nade deck I met him, and he said, “My God, Mr. Wet- more, what’s the mater?’ [told him, “she’s burning up.”’’ Tran into the pilot house, and belped him to alter the course of the vessel for the nearest point of Poiut au Pelee Island, supposing she would make tbe island before her engine would stop. 1 then returned to the main deck to"the engineer, when I found the tlames had driven off those working the fire engine. and the flames madly rash- ing on. again went to the promenade deck, and found the fire bursting through the upper deck around the en- gine; thence I ran to my room, which was alongside the wheelhouse, to get my axes, and bad hard work wo got back through the flames, which burned my hands considera- bly. As I came forward I met the second mate and one of the wheelsmen, who said they had the boats out on the cranes. I wen; {mmediately on to the promenade deck with my axes, and when got there I saw the forward Ddoat was crowded with men. I felt sure they would all be lost, unless 1 could get them out ef it. I took an axe in my hand and ran forward, and told them they would all be lost uniess they got out. Mr. Farrer, the engineer, and the secon’ engineer were trying to puli them out of the boat, and svicceeded in get- ting some out by the greatest possible exertion. At that moment the cranes gave way, by the weight of those in the boat, and she went down end forward and spilled mort of them ito the water. The boat would hoid eigh- teen or bday and was crowded to exceas. When she went down | knew what would result. and «id not stop to look at her, but turned round aad met the men whom I had sent aft. They said they could not get aft, as the flames would pot permit them. 1 then turned to the pas- sengers, and begged them to keep coo! and I would save them all, at the sume tume knowing there were about two. cords of plank about half way aft on the larboard side. lran where the plank was, and also called to the crew and such of the passengers as were near, and urged thea to get the planks out. J brought ont an ar@cul and then went back to the opposite side and brought another load. I constantly urged the passengers to obey my orders, and I would insure safety, I got them at work getting out plank and wood work, such as doors and panelhngs. The engineers and second mate were assisting me all the time. The panel work was all cut away, and as fast as gol out was passed to the parsengers. We then rushed into the cabin and hauled out the din- ing tables and drew them forward. We then spread them out in full length. and dropped them overboard to the passengers who were floating in the water, We threw them over bottom side up, and Likewise threw over side tables, sofas, arm chairs, etc., which were in the cabin. this time the boat had stopped. I cannot tell exactly when sbe did stop, but am contdent she could not have run over amie from the time when the fire broke out. After getting all out of the cabin, we cominenced cutting away the fenders, and urging men Ww get upon them. We cut away everything that could afford an: sistance. 1 went forward on the promenade deck. The engineer and second mate and wheelsmen went be: low on the forecastie deck, and commenced passing every - thing out of the torecastle deck. About this time one ot the pitsengers called my attention to one ot the broken crane stanchions, aud we tried to get it out bat did not succeed. i tinally managed to cut it off with aa axe. A weman sbortly after came to me and said, “1 am alone with four little childen.”’ She had one at the time in her arms. I took it and passed it up to the passenger above spoken of, who was on deck. The woman then passed me the other three children. Soon after, another woman passed me a babe about six months old. Just previous to this time, the Mississippi, whi was about five or six miles astern when the broke out, bad picked up moet of them in the water. By this time her small boats and those ublic came ide to pick those off from The boats wore full of lifs pre- The persons in the boats kept throwiag the buoys overboard, and called to the passengers to jump over. The women seemed afraid to do thie. A passen- ger about this time said to me, “Take this child and I will go and put them (the passengers who would not jump) overboard.’’ I took the child, and bad another un- der my arm and three more c! tome. The ger (whose name | did not learn) worked heroically, and succeeded in getting three women and some men into the water, and then I lowered,the children away to them by heaving lines. My friend, the enger, was the last man, with the exception of myse! rt who left the vessel. Previous to lea’ her I walked aft from fifteen to twenty feet and st there without experiencing any in- convenience from the flames. 1 then lowered mysel the forecastle over the side to sce if there was any one. 1 found no one, and lowered myself into one of the Missis sippi’s boats which just came out. We pulled the boat round to the stern of the steamer and took oif two men who were hanging to the rudder. We then pulled round to the leeward and saw some in the wheel. | called out to them to swim out from the boat if they could. They not doing it, we pulled under the lee of the wheel house aud then underneath, and found two ladies and a gentleman; got them on and told the men to back away, as there was danger of the wheel house dropping on to ua. We then pulled for the Mississippi, and on arriving there, asked Capt. Langley for @ boat to assist in saving the wresk. We took a life boat and rowed t> the pro- age Republic, and asked him to take hold of the wreck, whioh be ceded, She was then tows lies grounded 200 feot from the shore. I should think I coul! have remained half an hour after we abandoned her without any inconvenience, When the hy were discovered, ee se a citement and panic prevailed passengers, i in mrp ny rita any En oer and no ai was to m; a to obey m vould ull have been sated, 9 =r 4 at not a single person wonld have orders, or w ion h Bad y observed presence of mind. I did not see le drown, lo: constantly after the boat ‘and those on board. It is my impression that bot more t! jwenty persons were lo#t, and of those, the majority were lost by the falling of the forward boat in the early part of the disaster. I deny that the Northern Indiana was racing at the time; we were nearly an hour behind time when we started, and were ranning at ordi- Bary speed. We are allowed nyt forty pounds, and to thirty pounds. pay *, and a , energ: good behavior « my oflicers and crew, incortee to the noble and efficient eflorts of the officers and crew of the Mississippi, and the Republic. Capts. Langley and Weaver did all their power to aid ws in saving them the credit of saving #0 many lives is duc. Two or three sail vessels, the names of which Ido not know, likewise rendered every assistance in their power. I know that some Were picked up by these vessels, but prepare sengers in the ® The life boate were let down, the passengers jum; into them im masees, and swamp thom nme Some would buckle about them the life irver before pen Anil up, and over. in the afver cabin were forced overboard by the flames, which were driven back by the wind, and the panic and wild excite- by means ofa piece of a staunch eon, which be seized while floating in the water. His trip sheet, however, was lost, and he is consequently unable to give the list or names of lost, man whom we stated having been taken on Pressly. By the steward of the Mice pi we learn of two more lost, whose names have not yet mentioned, viz: N. Commonford, head waiter, of Rochester, N. Y., and Ezra Herrick, berthmaker, of Chautanque county. From Mr. Taylor, steward of the Southern Michigan, which arrived here at noon, we learn that Captain Forbes, Perkins an! Dorr were left yesterday mor at the scene of the wreck with 15 or 20 men, P grapnels, &e. The 8. M. stopped on her down trip, Wut wae not signalled to stop az agreed. The tug Relief was sent hence last night to afford whatever assistance was ne comsary, JD. Rexford, Faq., of Janceville, Wisconsin, formerly of Chenango county, this State, was saved from th steamer Northern Indiana, burnt the 17th, on Lake frye. being picked up by @ small boat, a distance from the burning vessel, after being over hour im the water day as having died after the Mississippi, was named ‘The Braman Slaver. PNITRD STATES DISTRICT covnr. Before Hon. Jodge Betts. Jety S1.—William Pinto, first mate of the slaver Bra man, Who Was convicted on Saturday of volwatarily serving on board that brig, was thie day sentenced wo two years’ imprisonment, and to pay a fine of $0. Twelve of the crew, Who were tried and acquitted, wore discharged AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. Feshions for July. [From Galfgnani’s Messenger, July 4.) Flowers are very much worn th.s season, both in the hair and as Ornaments for dresses. A very elegant wim- mibg Of this deseription has espaaalsannis sie to be very much admired. It is a mixture of and faded vine leaves. with al! kinds of fruit, on a pl white dress; it has @ very lively, and even rich appearance Goid and silver ribbons are also very much in favor for trimming dresses Promenade dresses have had their share of attention. ‘We must also describe some remarkable both for their richness and elegance. A dress of sea green, with three flounces of a deeper shade, and watered, each orna- mented with three rows of very narrow black velvet. ‘The body, with basques, had a frill of moire, trimmed with velvets, and the sleeves three frills to match. With this was worn a green moire mantelet, with two rows of broad black lace, and a white tulle bonnet entirely co- vered with bunches of li'ac, which fell over the curtain. Blonde and lilac ornamented the inside front. Over a light biue silk dress we have lately seen a man- telet echarpe, the silk part of which was very narrow, It had two rows of ice, the upper one reaching to the Waist, and the other to the bottom of the dress, forming @ kind of pardessus; this Fy bed of mantelet is very elegant, and is generally made of Cambrai lace. Mantelets echarpe made of white or black lace are much worn, trimmed witb a tlounce of very wide lace, anda ruche round the top, which is worn very low on the shoulders. They are also made of muslin, witha ribbon to match the dress run in the tem, and one or two flounces of embroidered muslin; this last mantle is much ip favor amongst young ladies. Bonnets.—Some made of silk are stil! worn, although those made of crape, tulle, or fancy materials, are more im favor just now. A poult de-soie bonnet, trimmed with & wide pointed blonde; two bouillons of crape, separated by a bionde on the bonnet; a white feather on the front, fastened by a full blown rose; a wide curtain of silk, trimmed with blonde; very fuil cap of blonde, trimmé with small roees. A bonnet of tulle, fancy straw, and crape lise, alternately, has a charming effect. On one side @ bouquet of Indiian roses, and on the other a bunch of narrow ribbon. A bonnet’ of fancy =traw, trimmed with bunches of purple honeysuckle, of which some flow: ers were carried under the curtain, and others to the edge of the front, joining those of the inside; on the oppo- site side, a bow formed with a barbe of black lace. Fine inside of the bonnet was trimmed with Chiné ribbons, mixed with black lace and small bunches of honeysuckle, The English Australian Mall Contract. From the London Economist. } The important subject to which we adverted last week —the postal and passenger service between this country and the Australian colonies—bas been brought to a prac tical conclusion by the acceptance of a tender made by a powerful and respeciable company in Glasgow for the establighment of a line of large steamers from Southamp- ton to Alexandria, and from Suez, by way of Point de Galle and round Cape Lewin, to Melbourne and Sydney, performing the passage monthly each way. In connec- tion with this service, of course a mail through France, via Marseilles, will be made up. The time stipulated for is, from Southampton to Alexandria, twelve days and twelve hours, and to Suez fourteen days: the time from Suez to Melbourne, outward, thirty nine ‘8, and from Melbourne to Suez, homeward, thirty tive days; so that, adding seven days tor the journey through France, we thall have a portal and passenger service from Loudon to Melbourne in forty-six days, and from Melbourne to London in forty two days. Allowing four days (including stoppage at Melbourne) each way more for Sydney, the time occupied will be fifty days outward and forty-six days homeward. The first boat to be employed in this service will sai) from Southampton with passengers and @ mail in October, and will arrive at Melbourne in time to commence theregular service yto Suez in January; the second boat will leave Southampton in November, the third in December, and the fourth in January, «li arriv ing intime to continue the service from Syduey aud Mel bourne, monthly, in regular succoasion, after January. ‘The first mail will leave this country direct in the month of February, to arrive at Suez in time to be carried on by the Janvary boat arriving from Melbovrne, and in time algo to bring back the Australian mails brought by that boat. Itis tobe hoped that an arrangemeat will be made by which this new overland service will leave this country at dates intermediate with the present India mails, so that at least asfaras Point de Galle we shall have the advantage of an additional mail every month to those which we now have; and we trust that it may be found practicable to put on branch steamers from Point de Galle to Caleutta in counaction with this line, so that the additonal monthly mail may be made able for India. The sum to be paid service to the company undertuking Jess than £155,(00a year—one half of which will be contributed by the colonies. This seems a very large sub- sidy and can only be justified, first, by the great urgency of the service ; and next, that the company which has been fortunate enough to obtain the contract were not only prepared to commence it sooner thin any other of the candidates, but that they undertook perform it quicker by several days, and that they gave the best as- surance for the due performance of the service by unre- servedly adupting the penalties which are made to apply to any failure in point of time. Hitherto penalties have been little better than a farce, because they have rarel: been enforced; and where any discretion or doubt is | in such cases it is plain that will seldom be acted upon. In the the present instance the penalties will apply from whatever cause delay may arise. Time in no case more forcibly than with regard to postal arrangements can be said to be money ; if the time pro) 4 is faith fully kept, the public wili not begrudge the price to be paid: if, on the other hand, time is loet, the cost to the public will be reduced. #v, on the other hand, no stroug- er inducement could be heid out to the company under. taxing the service to spare no cest in order to faaintain the terms of their contract than the certainty of a large reduction in their subsidy in the event of delay, which money they will rather be induced to spend in order to prevent it. On the other hand, too, the government pro- poses to give an additional subsidy of £30 for every day within the stipvlated time in which the service | sto be performed. ere is, therctore, by this arrangement, not only the strongest inducement held out to avoid a breach of the contract by loss of time, bat also to shorten the time, should improvements in the construction of steamboats make that possible. We learn that already there is in contemplation a plan of connecting Point de Galle by telegraph, through the Indian system, with this country, Fo when that shal! be accomplished, it will be possible to send a je from Lendon to Mel- bourne by telegraph to Point de Galle, and thence by steamboat, and receive a reply in about tifty days. Mortality on Board it Ships. During the year 1855, the mortality on board the ships which carried emigrants to the United States appears to have been very small. In 104 ships, which carried 42,354 emigrants to New York, the deaths are said to have been only 100, or 23 per ‘cent, while in 25 ships, which carried 9,674 emigrants to Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, the deaths are alleged to have been onl: it. In five ships, which conveyed ate een tof 21 percent, Alinough we have vue depend wt .27 per cent. we have to depend for these returns on ship owners and masters, we tec no reason to doubt their substantial correctness ; and they Are connistent with the report of the Secretary of State of the United States which has been published at Washing. ton, and with such returns as we have been able tw pro- cure from other quarters. The reduced numbers in cach vessel, and the improved circumstances of those who went out, are the most obvious explanation of this exemp- tion from disease. We do not find, however, thatthe ratioof mortality was ae the ships carrying a large number of passengers iu others, since in nineteen ships which sailed for New York with upwards of 500 passen. gers cach, and carrying in the whole 11,962 souls, the deaths were only 26 or -21 per cent, while in five ships, carrying more n 600 passengers each, which sail for Boston and Philadelphia, the deaths were only three out oF 2.917, or ‘10 per cent. When this result is com* pared w th the great mortality produced by cholera and other diseases in former years, it must bo cousidered as eminently satisfactory. We subjoin a table similar to we have given in former reports, showing tae dis- ition of the mortality with reference to the numbers on board — cack hip. of tie, Parsee, Passenger Pi . Deaths Under 260. 8... 6. 6,504, 225...... 17 Affairs in Russia. [Correspondence of London Times. | Benny, July 1. ‘The Im | family waa, at the date ot last advices st burg, about to repair to Habsal, on the coast of the Baltic, e to the island of Dago, for the benefit of sea . The Emperor himself, however, Will leave St, only bis present stay at Zarekoescio he is much occupied in tnapecting troops, great numbers of whom are continually ee, . many of them being en routs for , in ‘hood of which they are to be bere do hanor to the approaching greece to do hanor entire Kremlin, for instance, is being and renevated, the whole building is surrounded by , and about a thousand workmen are em- em in its embellishment. In the streets, more vilarly in those that lead towards the Kremlin, the Rouses are all of them being furbished up. In those alleries and baleo- a pw prt hae ; are readily engaged and places even on been raised to the extent of Sr cent; in other cases of pew contracts being concluded the landlords baye re served to themselves the free disposition over the lodg. ing on the day of the coronation. Nor are persons want ing who speculate on a more anent alvantage, for on all sides handsome shops and elegant botels are being opened. Many Indies also have thought this a fitting op. portunity to assume the Russian cortume ae their habitual dregs The Znoltde publiches the letter with which the hm peror accompanied the order of St, Andrew which | conferred on the Minister President, Raron Vou Mar fel, during his late visit here, It runs thas: — Your zeal in the eervice of our faithful ally and fr his Majesty the King of Prussia, entitles you to o cerest respect. As a proof of the same, also of our ac know !edgment of your constant endeavors to strong) n the friendly relations existing between Raseia rn we nominate you a Kolght of the Order of Sin drew. Conveying to you herewith the insignta o0 th Order, we remain, your well affectioned, - Purenam, June 2, 1856, ALEXANDER, Th deviation from the practice that seemed to he ob taining of late, the Jnralide publishes also the conten paseed on Colonel Chowen II. (Moven,) lately in com mand of the Grenadier Regiment “King of the Nethor janvs,’ In consequence Of various iWegal agis he '§ first instance officer of the elite, and it 1s assumed that the nt publication of the tentence just ate time rt of the sentences of the courte- marual are being kept from the knowledge of the publie very promi when for the most pel is meant to intimate that im future the Guard is aot to be exempt from all | consequences ofany yn ye In one part of Russia, namely in the Crimea, free had for a time obtained in consequence of the extensive purchases made there by the Russians, of foreign: Fad told to them by the allies, and imported by the imto the interior of Russia without the payment et: duty. The yarious prohibitions of this free trade: to have availed very littie; but just of late, ae. trom Simpheropol state, there have Custom established at Perekop, Genitche, and on the bridge; the posta stationed along the line ot have also been very much strengthened, General Count Strogonotf, the Governor of has issued the strictest orders that all g with, not having passed the Custom house, ve seized as contraband. The treatment of foreigners entering Poland from the German side is described as having become much less irksome and vexatious than it formerly was. Tbis im- provement is ascribed toa recent issue of freab tions by Prince Gortschakoff. The tenor of these new in- structions is, that in future any anpoyance to travellers shall be punisbed equally with excessive nce that proceeds from carelessness and laziness: moreover, wherever anything like bribery ie detected, not only shail the official who has been guilty of acoept- ing the bribe be put on his trial, but also those above him and thore beneath him in office shall be liable to exami- nation as to whetber they were privy or accessory Ww it, or derived any profit from it. As far as thege istruo- tions go they would seem to promire much for a gradual improvement in the conduct of the Custom House officers on the frontier; but it must not be that similar instructions were also issued in the reign of the late Emperor; the officials were for a time ‘at the prospect of ruin put before them (for they notoriously caunot live upon their salaries), but, after due cogita- tion and consultation, they hit upon an expedient perfectly defoated the’ whole tatention of the new i ons. They sent a deputation to St. Petersburg to pre- sent @ petition to the Emperor, in which they unreser- vedly recegnized the justice of the instructions lately issued, but pointed out, xt the same time, that no bribes could be received if none were given, and that in fact it ‘was the briber on whom the greatest amount of culpa- bility rested, and who most merited punishment. Emperor innocently enough fell into the trap, and or- dered that in future all persons giving or offering bribes should be amerable to punishment. The result in ‘was tbat the system of bribery was continued ag much as ever, with this especial difference, that all parties were equally interested in not betraying each other. The Projected Suez Ship Canal. The European Commission of Engiaeers, assem! in Paris to discuss the details of the ee for cutti canal across the Isthmus of Suez, have brought their to a close, The following isu summary statement of the resolutions agreed upon at the various sittings: The commission have rejected the system of indirect tracts across Egypt, and have nag! oe ‘the principle of a direc, cutting from Suez to the Mediterranean 2. They have rejected the system of supplying the maritime canal from the fresh water of the Nile, and have adopted tha! which supplies it with sea water, 3. They have discussed the advantages and inconveniences of a canal, with continu- ous embankments, from one sea to the other; and at the cloge of this discussion it was decided that the canal should not be embapked in its passage across the Bitter Lakes, 4. The effect of the interpssition of the Bitter Lakes, thus left open to the waters of the canal, being to neutralise the tidal currents, the commission have con- sidered that the locks proposed at each end of the canal, at Suez and Pelusium, would not be tndispensable. They’ have left it open, however, to establish these locks at a future period should they be judged necessary. 5. It bas confirmed the breadth of 100 metres (328 {t.) at the water line, and 66 metres (207 ft.) at the bottom, throughout the main course of the cana{; for the portion 20 kilometres (1234 miles) in length, between Suez and the Bitter Lakes, which is to be lined with stove, the breadth is reduced to 80 metres at the water lines (262 ft.), and 48 metres (150 fect) at the bottom. 6, The see: tion of the precursory scbeme drawn up by the Viceroy's engineers is in cther respects maintained. 7. As regards the entrance into the Mediterranean, to be called Port Said, the commission adopt the pian of jetties proposed by those of its members who Vey ye to Egypt, with the exception that the breadth of the ‘channel ‘will be 400 metres, or 1,812 feet, instead of 500 on ia fv.) and an inner basin will be added, As regarda the port of Suez, on the Red Sea, the commission adopt the situation and direction given to the channel. The breadth will be 300 metres, (954 oe) instead of 40, and an inner basin will be added. jetties wil) termini ita depth of six metres (19 ft. 8 in.), low ter, and a broad channel in the direction of the jetties will be dredged to a depth of nine metres (203, ft. 9 in.) 9. The commission declare that beacon lights of the first order will have to be established to point out shoals on the Feyptianfcoast and on the shores of the Red asa becessary consequence of opening the canal. 10 A for taking in stores and refitting will be created in axe Menzalch. 11. As regards the auxilliary canals supplied with fresh water from toe Nile, while the commission preter, in a technical point of view, the plan of a canal from Zagazig, near Bilbies, they leave the chowe of the best mode of executing it to the judgment of the - neers to whom the works will be entrusted 12. from the detailed information given by the naval members of the commission, it is lished that the na- Vigation of the Red Sea is as favorable as that of the diteraanean and the Adriatic. This was the substance of the opiasen given to the commision by rat who has performed se Obte '. THE COUNTESS OF ST. GERMANS. [From the London Post, July 4.) We have to record the demise of the Countess of St. Germans, who ¢cicd on Wednesday at noon, at the fami): mansion in Dover street. Her ladyship had been oon- ined to her room about a month, but po serious appre- hensions were entertained by the members of her family until Tuesday last, when her medical advisers, Sir Benja- ‘min Brodie, Mr. ht and Mr. Stone, gave up all hopes of ber recovery. deceased, Jemima, Countess of St. Germans, was dai of ughter second Cornwallis, by Lady Louisa, earth anconion of 4 fourth Duke of Gordon, abd was bora 2th april, 1803. Her ladyship married 24 ber, 182, the Barf of St. Germans (| Lord Bliet), by whom she leaves surviv- ing five sons and an onl: rhter, married? to the Hon. and Rev. Ree Feesuang? THE EARL OF CORK. <fFrom the London Post, Jul a ‘The Far! of Cork and Orrery died on s:dence in Hamilton place. noble the great age of 89, and was the senior Tiu0 the duoghter "ot 'W,. Yuynta, Bag. of eo daughter . Poyni e Berks, who ‘tied in 1854, He Ca beak ane whom was the late Lieutenant Colonel Boyle, of the Cold- stream Guards, who died of cholera on the passage from Varna to the Crimea. The eldest, Viscount Dungarvan, married in 1828 a daughter of Lord Howth, ant ‘lied im 1834, leaving three sons and two daughters’ the citest of whom, Viscount Dungarvan, M. P. Frome becomes Far! of Cork, in succeasion to ine b = Earl married three years nce jurgh, daughter of the Marchipness of Clat er. The Emily ée Miscellaneous E The Count de Moatalembert, erning on the Imperial concession to the Orleans family, says: —If there be in the world princes so abject, s0 Of the honor of food, as to accept benefits so conferred, 1 will be one of the legislators to inflict this humil If—which God forbid—princes of the irbon could be induced to actin such « manner wards princes of the ee ay laosoee- tain the same sentiments and the same tor Lam one of those who serve justice The g g z z 5 3 gE PR Lgrmye 9, ER ET f ;fays In Rome, the headquarters ‘will be found the loweet standard ‘of morality | | HE fii; ie ij sd ne a tits f z= Hs i being nothing ei ethan pasted on the musiin. A man has for selling such articles. It is stated that the oak manent Pane ing in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, at . per ‘och, wo the hangman, resides. The “interesting ” said, meets with Le 4 purcharers. vepetue's > y been selling extensively in Wie course is being spun as the demand Neh moreaden = Ata dinner lately given to Sir gow, Sir ‘Archibald ‘aio " er a goon tse toast, “Her Majesty's Allies, the Emperor of and their Majesties the Sulta: said —The great Napoleon wala fo i yk aaa half a century Europe would be either repubjican or Con- enck. That memorable expression, Pregnant in meaning, which the world did not percotve at the pola ory we now see, had been gifted almost with a Ppropbe uc spirit, as indicating the position in which we are now placed. He would say where the danger of the republican was to he fund. believed no ove,could look acrow At lantic, but h® would see the d, there was that, ere long, Napoleon's words would ve reali and prove that within the time specified Europe might be either rv publican or Coseaek. The alliance (Freneb and Dug’\:h) ‘was the only secure bulwark against this, The London News of July 2, eays.—The worship of icness takes the form of Territorial aguree son ' ful nations; and it muet be allowed for in the two suit conten the United St ting yonrh. ounting by years, and Resse ! s