public meeting on the 9th inst., that they fully coincide
in the propriety of the re-constitution of the Anti-Corn
Law League, and will strenuously support it.—On the
18th inst., the subscription to the League Fund amounted
to £ 62,318.

The following is an official statement of the Distribution
of the Army at home and abroad on the 1st January
1852:—

In Great Britain:
Cavalry       .           .           .         .                          4622
Foot Guards       .          .          .              .               4504
Infantry of the Line           .            .              .        21,003
Recruiting troops and companies      .                     1858
                                                                           ———— 31,987

In Ireland:
Cavalry        .           .       .          .              .             2022
Infantry             .          .          .          .           .       14,536
                                                                            _______ 16,558

Abroad (exclusive of India):
Cavalry        .         .              .           .                        425
Infantry       .      .             .            .            .           30,364
West India Regiments   .       .          .          .            2740
Colonial Corps     .               .          .        .               4550
                                                                              _______ 38,079

In India:
Cavalry         .                .            .               .              3345
Infantry   .            .                .            .               .     23,443
                                                                              ________ 26,788

Total effective rank and file  .       .       .         .                      113,412

The above official statement excludes officers, non-
commissioned officers, drummers, and trumpeters; these
ranks, however, may be stated in the proportion of
about 1 to 71/2, which would give 15,000 more—making
a total of 129,000 in round numbers of all ranks serving
at home and abroad (including India) on January 1, 1852.

NARRATIVE OF LAW AND CRIME.

At the opening of the Aylesbury Assizes, on the 1st
inst., a Point of Difference occurred between the Judge
and Mr. Scott Murray, the high sheriff of Berks. A
few years ago, Mr. Murray was perverted to the Romish
faith; and, as the high sheriff always appoints a chaplain,
whose privileges and duty it is to accompany the
sheriff and judges of assize on all occasions, and to
preach the assize sermon, Mr. Murray appointed a
Roman Catholic chaplain, selecting Mr. Morris, who,
like himself, had seceded from the Church of England.
This reverend gentleman accompanied the sheriff and
Mr. Justice Crompton to the church door of the hamlet
of Walton, whence, having there deposited the learned
judge, they proceeded to the Roman Catholic chapel,
and afterwards took up his lordship. When both the
courts were opened on the following day, for the
despatch of business, the high sheriff was again
attended by Mr. Morris as his chaplain. Lord Campbell,
in his charge to the grand jury, adverted to this
circumstance in terms of disapprobation. "The high
sheriff," his lordship said, "without meaning in the
slightest degree to be guilty of an impropriety, and,
indeed, being informed it had been done in other
counties, has appointed a chaplain of his own religion,
and that chaplain has appeared in the garb of his order
in accompanying the high sheriff and her Majesty's
judges coming from the place where the sheriff meets
them to the place where we now are. Gentlemen, that
I do not approve of; and I think it my duty to say that
I hope such an occurrence will not be repeated." Lord
Campbell having set aside the idea that he was actuated
by any illiberal motive, proceeded to say: "The sheriff
appoints a chaplain who is to appear as the chaplain of
the judges, and who is expected to take his seat in the
same carriage as the judges, and to sit beside the judges
in the court. That chaplain, therefore, becomes the
chaplain of the judges, and the Protestant religion is the
religion of the judges of this country." The grand jury,
at the close of the day, in making their presentment,
expressed their thanks for his lordship's observations on
the subject of the attendance of the chaplain, and
assured him of their unanimous concurrence in his
sentiments. Mr. Seott Murray has published a letter
justifying his conduct, and pointing out several recent
precedents for it.

Edwin Harris was tried, on the 2nd, at the Winchester
Assizes, for Stabbing his Wife, with intent to murder
her. It appeared that these persons, who seemed decent
people, had been married twenty years. Differences at
last arose between them, which ended in a separation;
but they had so far become reconciled as to meet and
walk together; and shortly before Christmas-day they
arranged to dine together on that day, and he gave her
money to purchase the dinner. They met again the
next day, and he then wanted some of the money back
again, and she returned him some part of it. He was in
liquor, and she went to his lodging with him to take
care of him. He kissed her many times, and cried very
much. She begged him not to cry, and said she would
come and see him in the morning, when he would be
better. She left him, and went home. They met again
on the 27th of December. She went to his lodging,
and made his tea. He cried, and kissed her. They saw
his landlord, who said he wondered he would be seen
with his wife after what he had called her. His
countenance instantly changed. She said he dared not
repeat the words in her presence, and she became
angry, and said if he repeated it she would slap his
face; she had always been a faithful and virtuous wife
to him, and had supported herself by staymaking during
the time she lived separately from him. After the
words had passed in the public-house, they left, and
walked together some distance without speaking a word.
At length the prisoner said, "What did he say?"
alluding to what the landlord had said. He then said,
"There's no knowing the heart of any man;" and he
began to push his wife. She told him not to do so. He
laid hold of her, and she thought he was going to kiss
her. She remonstrated with him, and she then saw
him draw a knife from his pocket, and he attempted to
cut her throat. She screamed, and they fell; he was
still endeavouring to cut her throat. The cuts went
through her shawl, bonnet, and ribands, and five
wounds were inflicted on her face and neck. At the
instant a young woman came up and seized the hand in
which was the knife, and pulled his head back. She
contrived to hold his hand and the knife for some time,
till he got his hand away, and again cut at his wife,
who screamed "Murder!" and said, "My dear, don't
cut my throat!" The other woman said, "You bad
man, you 've killed the woman," and she ran and
procured assistance. She returned, and took the prisoner
by the collar. He said, "I 'm not going to run away."
She said, "I'll take care you don't, you bad man;"
and she gave him into the custody of two policemen.
The wife was confined to her bed for some time. When
the prisoner was sober he was very kind to his wife;
but he was given to drink, and was then very excitable;
he would change in a moment. It was urged for the
defence that the prisoner's act arose from an
uncontrollable jealous impulse. The jury returned a verdict
of Guilty, with intent to do grievous bodily harm;
and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life.
Mr. Justice Talfourd told the young woman who had
tendered such assistance, that he could not let her go
without saying how much they were all indebted to her
for the great courage she had displayed; he had never
heard of any one acting so well, He had the power of
awarding a small sum to a person for apprehending a
felon; and he should, therefore, in this case award her
£ 5, and he hoped she would purchase some trifle that
might be kept by her and her family in remembrance of
her courageous act.

At the Oxford Circuit, on the 3rd instant, William
Kalabergo was tried for the Murder of his Uncle. On
the 9th of January last, the uncle, who was a silversmith
at Banbury, left that town with his horse and cart laden
with goods, accompanied by his nephew. They were
on their way home, and when coming down Wilscotehill,
near Banbury, the uncle was shot in the head, and
his body was discovered a few minutes after lying on the
road. The nephew got through a gap, and proceeded a
certain distance along the fields, and then getting again
into the road, went on to Banbury, to the house of the
Catholic priest, but was not admitted, as he could not
make himself understood. He then went to his uncle's
house, and, as far as competent, not being able to speak
English, made the housekeeper and the lodgers understand