Vrutaurial.
Marshal Pelissier, Duke of Malakoff, landed at Dover on Thursday. He was received by General Maunsell, Commandant of the district, and the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Donegal, and the Marquis Lon- donderry, commanders of Militia regiments. The Marshal recog- nized among the officers present some of his old companions in arms. The Mayor and Corporation welcomed him with an address of congratu- lation, to which he replied, in French, as follows- " Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen—I thank you with every feeling of gratifi- cation for the reception you have accorded me upon my arrival here. No- thing could have afforded me greater pleasure than my appointment as Am- bassador to this country, and it will always be my earnest desire to preserve those cordial relations which have hitherto existed between France and England. If this pleasure could have been enhanced, it has been by my meeting on landing here several in whom I recognize old comrades."
He immediately took his seat in the train for London.
Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Keppel has informed the electors of Ports- mouth that should Lord Monck decline to contest the borough, he will become a candidate for their suffrages. Sir Henry is a Liberal.
The members of the Cotton Supply Association entertained the stran- gers present at the annual meeting, last week, at dinner on the evening of the 9th instant. Among those present were Sir James Brooke, Colonel Patten M.P., Sir John Potter M.P., Mr. J. A. Otway, Mr. Denby Sey- mour M.P., Mr. Aspinal Turner M.P., and Mr. Thomas Clegg. The speakers regard India as the country towards which we must look for a sufficient supply of cotton to meet the shortcomings of the American supplies.
The Lord Chancellor has set aside a list of eight gentlemen recom- mended by the Bath Town-Council for appointments as unpaid Magis- trates, and he has appointed six others whose names were derived from his private correspondents. The Worcestereh ire Chronicle sees in this a return to the old Tory regime, and foresees "that in a very short time the Worcester Bench will get an infusion of now Conservative blood."
At Bristol Assizes, Miss Besozzi, a governess, brought an action against Harris, the keeper of a tavern on the Steep Helms, an islet in the Bristol Channel, to recover compensation for wounds inflicted by a bear. Harris had a bear chained in his garden ; as Miss Besozzi walked along a path the brute sprang on her, threw her down, seized her by the thigh, and held her for some time, spite of the efforts of several persons to release her. Probably she will suffer for life from the hurts and the shock to the system. The de- fendant pleaded that the bear was " civilized," he had never exhibited any savageness before ; he was chained ; the plaintiff must have known the bear was there ; she ought not to have gone so near him. The Jury gave 501. damages.
Edwin Hart, a clerk at Southsea, is in custody on the charge of murdering Daniel Hart or Howard at Portsmouth—the tradesman who was shot at the door of his lodgings, about midnight, by a man who was unrecognized at the moment, and who got away. Circumstances have come to light, pointing suspicion to Edwin Hart, who is brother to the murdered man.
Major Croker and his coachman have been drowned in a fish-pond near St. Blayzey, Cornwall. The pond was overgrown with weed ; the Major and his servant were in a punt clearing away the weed ; by some mischance the boat was upset, they fell into the water, became entangled in the weed, and perished.
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