... In three several trials, wislich have taken place within the last week, and have excited an unusual degree of public atten- tion, the question of responisibility on the ground of mental . ability to discern between right and wrong was the main point on which the decision turned, In the first of the three eases O alluded to,-the great will cause of The Earl of Sefton v. 6t Hopwood, the issue ...

... | I SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. OPENING OF THE BOMBARDMENT. APRIL 10. The Times has published the following despatch from Vienna, dated Monday evening :-Onl the evening of the 9th the bombardment of Sebastopol commenced. The cannonade had lasted twelve hours when the courier left; and the advantage appeared to be with the allies, but no signal success had been obtained. The Morning Herald of ...

... I GENERAL INTELLIGENCE r The Earl of Cardigan was mounted at the review on ~v Tuesday week on the chestnut horse which carried him e o0 successfully through the famous charge at Balaklava. Manchester has subscribed 229,022, Salford £3,775, and the Manchester Unity of Odd-Fellows £2,500 to the Patriotic Fund: of the thousands of persons who pro- tmised contributions, not one failed to pay. e ...

... j 1 HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, APRIL 16. The house sat for a short time, but no business of any general interest was brought under consideration. TUESDAY, APRIL 17. Their lordships met at five o'clock. The Cambridge University Bill was read the second time, the statement of its provisions being postponed by the Lord Chancellor, at the request of Lord Lyndhurst, until the notice for going into ...

... TEE BALTIC. I (From the second edition of the Wednesday's Mfforning Herald.) The following private telegraphic deepatc has been received in Paris :- WARSAW, 8th.-The Russians are concentrating 120,000 men in the Baltic provinces. Two divisions of the fleet are at Cronstadt; a third division is divided between Sweaborg and Revel. There are, besides, in the waters of the Baltic, 300 gun boats, ...

... ?? PARLIAMENT. I 1 .1 ,SL OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MtARCa 30. I - ?? OF LORDS, FIIDAY, MALRCd 31U. I-t -Thwe Bart of ELLENrBOROUGH seized the 1' i ,f fle adiournment for the recess to survey the ; '' ...

... L'UvD B-I(U(U 1M'S RESO)LUTIONS ON I CRI.MIXAL PROC FDURE. La; At a~~, ?? 1._ rs ?? ?? I ---8t i rlL r .J IJfl.X. 1. Thlat it is the duty of the government to provide ?? atelll fur the execution of the criminal law, by the -l~n, thle .securing, and theprosecution of offenders. ,. -lst the local pOliCD establishmnents ought to be - . er tiao direct superintendence and control of the led .^ andI ...

... I I ~ THE RUSSIAN DEFEAT BEFORE crs, MALAKOFF. fr (From a Suipp lemient to the London Gazette.) DESPATCH FROM LORD RAGLAN. Before Sebastopol, March 24. My Lord,-On themorninigof the 22nd, the French ith troops in the advanced parallel moved forward and drove ith the enemy out of the rifle pits in their immediate front, ot- hot nothing of any importance occurred during the day. Early in the ...

... ins - the It is a fortunate thing for the newspaper readers of this or- empire that the task of catering for their information does not aed devolve upon members of the government. Had that been the ease they would not at the present moment have got much Ul further in the History of lngacnl than Movements of The Pretender-Confirmation of the Alareniug Intelligence of the 31- Flighlanders at ...

... WITIIERNWICK CHURCH RESTORATION. ?? E smae a_ it TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET.' .e SIn,-Having soon an account of the opening of our If church in your paper of last Friday, in which it is stated s that to the indefatigable exertions and energy of the .1 Rev. G. F. Wade the restoration of the church is mainly .r owing, I cannot allow such a statement to pass with- if out observing ...

... VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND E X P RE SS. We gave in our last the speech of the Emperor at o Guildhali, London, yesterday week, in reply to the tC address of the Corporation of London. The Imperial guests left the Guildhail at four o'cloclc I and returned to Buckingham Palace. In the Strand they diverged to the right, passed along the front of the National Gallery, proceeded up Regent-street, and ...

... ISECOND EDJTJONI PAOEET-0OFFIOE, Friday, 2 p.m. (Telegraphic Despatch) T HE C RI ME A, (From floe second edition of the Morning Herald.)- A despatchllfrom General Canrobert of the 14th states that our troops having driven the enemy from their strong positions on the left, remained in possession of them, and are making considerable advances. Another despatch from the Critnea, dated the 14th, ...