officers had been threatened with retaliation, and it was deemed advisable to remove the force from Dagenham to other stations, supplying their place by a draft from the Metropolitan Police. Among these was a young man named George Clarke. Clarke was ordered on the night of Monday, June 29, on the beat at the Four Wants, where he was left by his sergeant. He was not found on his beat on the following morning when the sergeant (Parsons) went his round. After waiting some considerable time Sergeant Parsons returned to the station, and reported Clarke absent. At six o'clock on Tuesday morning, when the other men came off duty, the poor fellow was not among them, and then some anxiety was manifested by his brother constables about him.Suspicions were then aroused that Clarke had been the victim of some foul play, and the Dagenham Waters, and numerous ponds in the vicinity of the village, were dragged for his body; but without any trace of it being discovered. The con Throughout the whole of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the search was continued, and it was not until late on Friday evening that the body was found. stables having failed in finding the body of the deceased in the water, commenced searching the corn and potato fields in the immediate vicinity. After passing through a potato field belonging to a gentleman named Collier, one of the constables remarked that there was a strong and very unpleasant smell in the atmosphere, and on his proceeding a few paces further he discovered a policeman's staff, much cut and chopped about, lying in the ditch which separated the potato from the corn field. This circumstance left no doubt that the body was not far off, a fact more strongly supported by the discovery, at no considerable distance, of a police cutlass sticking in the hedge, and covered with blood and human hair. About ten or twelve yards further on, towards the centre of the field, was immediately after discovered the body of the deceased man, face uppermost, in a most dreadful state of decomposition, and so shockingly mutilated and covered with blood that scarcely a single feature was discernible. Mr. Collins, a surgeon residing in the neighbourhood, was sent for to examine the wounds of the deceased before the body was removed from the field. The result was that the whole of the back part of the poor fellow's head was found to be completely beaten in. There were other dreadful injuries. The scalp had been torn from the head and was lying by the side of the body, and with such violence had the deceased been thrown to the ground, that, notwithstanding its hardness, occasioned by the dryness of the weather, the body had made a complete indentation. The corpse was with much difficulty removed to the ruins of an old house near the Four Wants. Here a further examination of the body was made; and on the removal of the deceased's stock, a frightful wound in the throat several inches in length presented itself, besides. several others, and the thick leather stock was found to be cut through in several places. There was also a wound passing completely through the neck from the right to the left (corresponding with the cuts in the stock), precisely similar to those made by butchers in the sticking of sheep. These injuries. had evidently been inflicted by a sharp double-edged knife or dirk. At the back of the neck was a deep cut, believed to be done with a cutlass, extending down to, and nearly severing the spine, as also a similar wound on the shoulders. The forefinger of the deceased's left hand was cut off, and there were other frightful wounds and injuries about his body. The spot where the body was found is about a quarter of a mile from the main road leading to Romford, and the same distance from the deceased's beat; he had no business where his remains were discovered, unless in pursuit of some one. An examination of the spot where the body was found left no doubt that the struggle between the unfortunate constable and his assailants must have been of a most desperate character. The corn was trodden down for a distance of ten or twelve yards around where the body lay in every direction, and here and there were to be seen several patches and spots of blood; the poor fellow, too, was found to have a quantity of wheat tightly grasped in his right hand. The most experienced of the London police were speedily on the spot, but notwithstanding their utmost diligence, and the large rewards that were offered, not the slightest clue to the perpetration could be obtained. It came out, however, in the course of the investigation, that Sergeant Parsons and the other members of the force stationed at Dagenham had, either to cover some neglect of duty or for graver reasons, given a false account of their proceedings on the night of the murder, and they, or at least Parsons, fell under great suspicion they were given into custody and placed under strict surveillance; nothing further, how ever, appeared to implicate them in the murder, and they were discharged and dismissed the force. The atrocity of the deed, and the mystery surrounding it, created great sensation. THE WEATHER.-The unprecedented heat of the weather is deserving of commemoration. In London, on Sunday, the thermometer in some situations ranged as high as 95° in the shade, and in Manchester 87°. The heat at Paris reached 974° in the shade. With three exceptions, this was the highest point reached during the last fifty years: in 1800 the thermometer ascended as high; in 1802 it attained 105°; and in 1825, 104°. The overcharged atmosphere was relieved at length by tremendous storms of rain and hail, accompanied by thunder and lightning, and considerable damage was done in some parts of the kingdom. THE RE-ELECTIONS. The reelections consequent upon the ministerial arrangements have taken place in most cases without opposition, and with successful opposition in one case only. The new Prime Minister, Lord John Russell, was re-elected for the City of London, on the 8th instant, without any opposition. After he had been declared duly elected, the noble Lord addressed the Livery, reviewing the progress of financial reform since his election, and highly eulogizing the conduct of Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Cobden; and holding out prospects of renewed prosperity for the future. noble Lord was received with much enthusiasm by his friends, and with great cordiality by the leaders of the other party. The Sir G. Grey, Devonport, Colonel Fox, Tower Hamlets, Capt. F. Berkeley, Gloucester, Mr. Gibson Craig, Edinburgh- Rt. Hon. C. Buller, Lichfield, Mr. Rich, Richmond, Lord Morpeth, Yorkshire, W. R., Rt. Hon. C. Wood, Halifax, Viscount Palmerston, Tiverton, Mr. Labouchere, Taunton, Mr. Rutherford, Leith, Lord R. Grosvenor, Chester, Mr. Fox Maule, Perth, were re-elected without opposition. At Nottingham, Sir John Hobhouse was threatened with a show of opposition by Mr. Feargus O'Connor, the Chartist; but the show of hands being unfavourable, the latter declined to proceed to the poll, and Sir John was re-elected. The Worcester election was attended with somewhat singular circumstances. Sir Thomas Wilde, the new Attorney-General, had arrived in the city, preparing to be re-elected on Wednesday. About eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, Sir Denis Le Marchant arrived at the Bell Hotel with the news of the death of Sir Nicolas Tindal, and bearing a letter from Lord John Russell to Sir Thomas Wilde, offering him the vacant place of Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Sir Thomas instantly accepted the appointment, and announced the fact in a letter to the mayor; and the proffered services of Sir Denis Le Marchant having been accepted by some of the leading electors, who were hastily summoned, it was resolved to substitute him for Sir Thomas Wilde on the following morning. By daybreak, copies of the letter from Sir Thomas to the mayor announcing his elevation to the bench, and an address from Sir Denis Le Marchant, offering himself as a candidate in his place, appeared in the placards. The election took place in the Guildhall. The mayor, with an expression of regret at the loss of the services of Sir Thomas Wilde, nominated Sir Denis Le Marchant, of Common Place, Surrey, as member for Worcester. No opposition having been offered, Sir Denis was declared duly elected. At Plymouth, the return of Viscount Ebrington was opposed by Mr. Vincent, a Chartist, and a poll took place, when Lord Ebrington obtained 714 votes, Mr. Vincent 187. At St. Alban's the only serious contest took place, and here the Earl of Listowel, one of the new Lords in Waiting, was defeated by a large majority by Mr. Bond Cabbell of benevolent celebrity. At Edinburgh Mr. Macaulay, who had become obnoxious to some of the stricter religionists on account of the universal toleration of his principles, received violent opposition from Sir Culling Eardley Smith, but was re-elected by a large majority. In consequence of the elevation to the peerage of the highly-esteemed nobleman Lord Francis Egerton, now Earl of Ellesmere, a new representative for South Lancashire was found in Mr. William Brown, an eminent merchant of Liverpool, of liberal principles, but so universally respected as to meet with no opposition from the Conservative gentry of the county. 9. FEARFUL CATASTROPHE. THIRTY-NINE PERSONS DROWNED.During the storms caused by the overcharged atmosphere, the fol lowing fearful catastrophe occurred at the East Wheal Rose Silver and Lead Mine, about eight miles north of Truro, in consequence of a violent thunder-storm bursting over the mine and the immediate vicinity, the rain falling in torrents. The workings of the mine run north and south through the middle of a natural amphitheatre, with only one outlet, a narrow ravine at the north. The rain, which appeared to fall in almost solid masses, poured in on the basin in which the mine is situate from all the hills around, and the outlet was insufficient for the rapidly accumulated waters; the storm altogether lasted but little more than an hour, and was so partial as scarcely to extend beyond the limits of the hills which encircle the site of the mine; yet so great was the accumulation of water, that a complete torrent poured down the shaft of the mine, flooding the works. At the time, 200 miners, men and lads, were below. The rush of air caused by the entry of the water, and its breaking down large portions of the mine, put out the lights; but the people in the higher levels groped their way to the bottom of the shaft, where every exertion was made to draw them up. In the evening there were still forty-three missing; four came up early next morning; the remaining thirty-nine were drowned, or buried under the earth which fell on the flood's washing away the supports of the galleries. The mine was 100 fathoms deep, and it was flooded to above the 50-fathom level. the cloud formed by the living mass, that it completely obscured the sun from the people on board the continental steamers, on their passage, for many hundreds of yards, while the insects strewed the decks in all directions. The flight reached England about twelve o'clock at noon, and dispersed themselves inland and along shore, darkening the air as they went. During the sea passage of the butterflies the weather was calm and sunny, with scarcely a puff of wind stirring; but an hour or so after they reached terra firma, it came on to blow very hard from the S. W., the direction whence the insects came. 15. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.Very great excitement having prevailed in the neighbourhood of Hounslow, owing to a report that a soldier had died from the severity of a military flogging, the matter was taken up by the magistrates and parish officers; and notwithstanding the opposition of the military officers, who will not permit that what takes place within barracks shall be subjected to the investigation of the civil authorities when they can by any means prevent it, a coroner's inquest was holden on the body of Frederick John White, a private in the 7th Hussars, the alleged sufferer. It The inquest was holden at the George the Fourth Inn, Hounslow Heath. The jury went to the barracks to view the corpse. was in a coffin; and on being turned round on its face, the back, from the nape of the neck down to the loins, presented a deep purple appearance. In the middle of the back, between the shoulders, where the greatest inflammation had evidently been, a great piece of skin, nine inches one way and eight inches the other, had been cut away. The coroner inquired where the skin was, and by whom it had been cut off; and was told it had been cut off by Dr. Read, who had been sent down by the Horse Guards to perform a post mortem examination of the body it should be looked for. Much delay was occasioned by the search; and eventually a piece of skin was brought, which, however, was not a fifth part of the whole. On the reassembling of the jury in their room, the coroner inquired if any of the relatives of the deceased were present? The adjutant of the regiment said there were not he had not written to them on the subject; it was only known from the deceased's attestation where they were to be found. Mr. Wakley advised an adjournment, in order that the relations of the man might be present, that two military surgeons who had examined the body might be summoned to give evidence, and that a surgeon nominated by the jury might examine the corpse. The inquiry was accordingly adjourned, and resumed on the Monday following. A brother of the deceased was present at the adjourned inquiry. A number of soldiers were examined, who described the flogging inflicted on White. It was done under the sentence of a court-martial, who had found him guilty of striking his sergeant across the breast with a poker. The punishment was one hundred and fifty lashes: the surgeon did not interfere during their infliction, nor did the culprit complain; the whole number of strokes was administered. Two farriers wielded the cats; which, said one witness, made the punishment more severe than in other regiments; trumpeters, mere youths, being ge Several of the nerally employed. soldiers, but none of the officers fainted during the punishment. When it was over, White walked to the hospital. There he was treated for the cure of his lacerated back; when that was getting well, he experienced an attack of sickness, which he considered was the result of the flogging. A soldier, who was in the hospital, declared that Dr. Warren, the regimental surgeon, had assented to White's notion that the punishment had brought on the sickness. That sickness terminated in death. As described by the soldiers, White's ailments were a pain in the left side, a violent beating of the heart, boils on the back, and pains in the legs. These appear to have arisen after the mangled back had pretty well healed. One witness remarked, that punishment by the cat was of frequent recurrence in the regiment; in America it had been more frequent than since the troops had come home. After the punishment had been inflicted, Colonel Whyte addressed the men, declaring that White's conduct had been brutal; he was determined to repress it; and he told the men to say to the culprit when he recovered, that if he misbehaved again he should be punished in the |