a room, licensed as a place of worship for a sect of
"Protestant dissenters," and had interrupted the
preacher. The charge was proved, but it was
maintained, in defence, that the Mormons have no right to
claim the protection of the law as "Protestant dissenters;"
their doctrine being anti-Christian. In summing
up, however, the Bench emphatically instructed the
jury, that the absurdity or otherwise of any particular
doctrine had nothing to do with the case: if the
Mormons were to be disturbed on the ground that
they are not Christians, what could prevent an
over-zealous Christian from annoying the worshippers
in a Jewish synagogue? where would this end?
These Mormons obeyed the laws of the country; they
were legally at religious worship. The jury
pronounced a verdict of "Guilty." Mr. Hepburn was
merely held to bail to come up for judgment if
required: he having previously promised not to disturb
the Mormons again.

At Guildhall, on the 13th inst., Thomas Dennis, a
boy of fourteen, was charged with Robbery and
Attempting to Shoot a Policeman. He had stolen £5 from
his mother, and absconded; a policeman seized him in
the Victoria Theatre; he immediately drew out a pistol
and attempted to fire—it was loaded with powder and
shot, capped, and cocked; when disarmed of this, he
produced a second loaded pistol. He said he had bought
the pistols and ammunition to shoot his father. He was
remanded for further evidence.

At the Marylebone Police Court, Anne Parker, a
married woman, was committed for Attempting to
Drown one of her Children in the canal of the Regent's
Park. A policeman came up in time to rescue the child,
which was struggling in the water. The woman
admitted that she had intended to drown her second
child, who was with her, and then to destroy herself.
It seems that she came from Plaistow: she said her
husband, after beating her, had deserted his family.
The mother and children exhibited great affection for
each other. The children have been sent to the
Marylebone Workhouse.

A great Orange Demonstration, at Londonderry, on
the l5th instant, was followed by a Railway Disaster,
suspected to have been caused by an atrocious attempt
to destroy the lives of the Orangemen on their return.
A body of Protestants from Enniskillen, 900 in number,
paid a visit to Londonderry, headed by the Earl of
Enniskillen. They were greeted at the railway station
by a salute of artillery from the Apprentice Boys; and
were received by Sir Robert Bateson, the Dean of
Derry, Mr. Henry Darcus, the Mayor, and a host of
local notables. Having entered the city by the Ferry-
gate, they paraded round the wall to Walker's Pillar,
on which was unfurled a crimson banner, with the
figures "1688" in the centre, surrounded by four smaller
flags, on which were respectively inscribed, "Derry,"
"Enniskillen," "Aughrim," "Boyne." The cathedral
was also decorated with crimson banners. Here a platform
was erected; and here, Sir Robert Bateson taking
the chair, Mr. R. Gregg read an address to the loyal
inhabitants of Enniskillen from "the Apprentice Boys
and other Protestant citizens of Londonderry"—full of
praise of the men who defended Derry in 1688-'9, and
ended with a pledge, "That, should ever any other
occasion offer in our time tending to deprive us of the
legal rights and privileges achieved by our ancestors in
1688-'9, by the invasion of foreign influence or domestic
internal treachery, we shall not hesitate, in defence of
civil and religious freedom, and the Protestant Crown
of Great Britain, to unfurl and rally round our common
banner of No surrender." Lord Enniskillen made a
speech; more guns were fired, and cheers given for
"No surrender and the Derry boys;" and about four
o'clock the Orange excursionists departed. On its way
back to Enniskillen, the train narrowly escaped destruction.
Near the Trillick station, on the top of an
embankment, it was suddenly checked: one of the two
engines by which it was propelled started off and ran
down the embankment; the second engine arrested in
its course, came into collision with the carriages; and
Lord Enniskillen, who rode on the engine, was jammed
between it and the foremost carriage. One engine driver
was killed, and other two were greatly hurt. It was
dark; the consternation was general; and there were
only two lamps to light the frightened crowd. "The
cause of the accident," says the Fermanagh Mail,
"was found to be several stones—one of them weighing
close upon three hundred weight—which had been
placed by some fiendish miscreants upon the line; and
these were preceded by a few smaller ones, evidently
designed to throw the engines off the rail before coming
to the larger block, in the hope that the latter would
then the better turn them down a precipitous steep of
about thirty or forty feet in depth, caused by the earth
which had been thrown in at this spot to raise the line
to a proper level, and at which there is no parapet or
protecting wall. As a train had passed along the line
about twenty minutes previously, it is manifest the
fiendish concoctors of this diabolical scheme were lying
in wait some time to accomplish their purpose, and that
the object of their deadly intention was the more
numerously freighted train containing the Derry visitors;
and, so solicitous were they that failure should not
attend them, that about a mile further on the line was
similarly obstructed. Happily, at the time of the collision
the engines were proceeding rather slowly: to
which may be attributed, in a great measure, the slight
nature of the casualties; for had they been going at a
rapid rate, and turned off down the embankment, taking
the carriages along with them, few could have escaped
with their lives." It is stated that the country-people
who assembled were very unwilling to render aid to the
crowd of passengers, who were helplessly left twelve
miles from their homes. They found their way to
Ballina Mallard, a village near by, and got home in
detachments late next morning. Several persons have
been arrested on suspicion; and an inquest has begun;
but the Coroner declines to let the proceedings be made
public. [A letter has just appeared in the Times from
Sir R. Bateson, denying that, at Londonderry, there
were any flags, Orange speeches, or other proceedings
calculated to cause excitement.]

The proceedings of the Central Criminal Court, on
the 18th instant, were alarmingly interrupted by an
Attempt at Murder. An elderly person, of respectable
appearance, who had been sitting on the seat under the
Judges' bench, deliberately got up and walked to the
counsel's table, and placing himself close to Mr. Giffard,
who was the first gentleman on the seat, he said, in an
earnest and solemn tone, "Do you remember Cardiff?"
and at the same instant placed the muzzle of a pistol
close to his cheek, and pulled the trigger. The pistol
exploded with a slight report; and from what was afterwards
observed, it appeared that the bullet which it
had contained had dropped from the barrel. The
powder being thus scattered, the fatal intention was
frustrated, and the effect of the discharge was merely
to occasion a slight injury to the cheek of Mr. Giffard.
The assailant was immediately seized, and when about
to be searched produced a second pistol, loaded with
ball. Mr. Giffard pronounced the assassin to be an
utter stranger to him. The prisoner was conveyed into
the Sheriffs' parlour, and examined before two Aldermen.
He said his name is Hugh Pollard Willoughby;
that he is a clergyman, residing at Oxford, and brother
to Sir Henry P. Willoughby. He desired to have the
assistance of Mr. Clarkson; and that barrister was
fetched. Only sufficient evidence was taken to warrant
the remand of the prisoner. He behaved with great
composure; but his appearance denoted insanity. He
is Rector of Burthorpe in Gloucestershire, and Marsh
Baldon, near Oxford. On the 23rd the case was again
brought forward, and the prisoner was committed for
trial.

The working of the Ticket of Leave System has been
illustrated by a trial at the Middlesex Sessions on the
19th inst., when John Macdonald was convicted of
stealing a purse. In passing sentence, Serjeant Adams
gave a history of this young man, aged 17. He said:
On the 28th of June, 1848, being then only 13 years of
age, he was convicted of felony, and sentenced to
imprisonment for two days, and to be whipped; on the
15th of October, 1849, he was again sent to prison for a
month; on the 4th of December, in the same year, for
another month; on the l5th of March, 1850, for three
months; on the 6th of July following, for three months;