The Express. — London, England, 1852-07-29 00:00:00

the erpros)3. TO t . olt It Et; I'ON 11421 TS, A InAztl tblithe2 r t w Tbe Eaveroo," oosetiotag :to moo tovoilbres treeettr.'u yottaber.l roomy Tumidity sad !tidy , obitg, ta tun edvettoostrott uorne.ed for " Tto Itayraelmoloo Loaning pars. moo no at the °dice, IN bouvorkrotrobt. by Two o'clock so the day of pabloNstsoo. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE . Ti,. DAT —Marring. •A.145..........AMeue. ob. Ca. useasow —Marna& lb. 1112...-...Afterrse. 11. Um. LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 29. Ceuttsts. is an unlucky place fur pretenders. The pretenders of 1`432. have, in their way, been as roughly handled there as the pretender of 1745 was in the persons of his followers. The Derbyites have done their worst in Cardiac, and been drummed out of town to the tune of "the Rogue's March." This is no exaggeration ; the disclosure made by Sir James linemen of the agency upon which his opponents re-' lied fur victory, covers them with opprobrium. But the peep afforded by Sir JAR r.s into the pew lralia el the (*Anton, gives us an insight into combi nations and operations extending over • much wider range of country than Carlisle. It has helped to drag into light a very important though until lately almost. unknown agent of the Ikrbyites. Our friend Mr. Fitalt—the confidential correspon dent of " It'. 1/.7 of the (*iirlton Club—turns out to be • person of much greater consequence than was imagined. This clerk of the course and barber—die regarded on account of his seemingly humble posi tion—poem:sees, it seeno, a genius for political com bination never before poesessed by any tensor or scraper of chins since the " Figaro" of BEAUMAR CHAP', and wield* an amount of political influence never before poisoned by one of his profession except the Ohne le Male of louts IX. Such a political gem cannot with propriety be left shrouded in the obscurity of his provincial retreat : Loam largo ! al Barbie?, ; Al &omen Sine eat:, The local TiVkillefiet, of this great man is Shrews bury, and shrew sbury, it will be remembered, had the hollow to bo represented from IN II to Itsti by no less • person than the pmeent Memento* of the Excliseivee. But Mr. FROL'S interference in elections extends far beyond the sphere of his local residence. In 1.17 he was busy in Ludlow and Carlisle: of his doing.; in that year in l erns's, the Carlton (lob was cognisant; in Inel2 we have the Carlton Club invoking his aid in Derby. Mr. FRU!. is no mere subordinate agent; he is " a man in authority "in the Conservative army, " having !addicts under him." Simple Sir James Ottani% and Sir J tsts.-.'s equally simple friends, having been warned to be on their guard against )lr. FRAIL of shrewshury, sent emissaries thither to make themselves nequainted with the personal op. pearance of tl:e man, and watched at the Carlisle station for his advent. But the Derby letter and its results show that Mr. FILM. works not in person, but by his emissaries. He keeps on foot a whole regiment of dexterous bribers. Ile remains in mys terious concealment, and operates by the agency of others. A letter to Mr. FRAIL ensures the appearance of one of his emissaries at Derby who is trusted rith untold gold, not from any confi dence. repoeed in himself. but because his employers know that Mr. FRAIL can keep him right. A par. liamentars committee would gain no moro by appre hending Slr. Fuaii. and immuring him within stone walls than the French Countess iu "Henry VI." did by trepanning Tirlbot. Talbot (Earl of Shrews bury by the way) told the Countess that he was merely the name and shadow of the man so much dreaded in France—that his soldiers were his thews and sinews. Mr. Fit ‘it, might tell a com mittee that he. too, is a mere name—that in his or ganised briers his strength Is seated, as SAMPSON'S was in his hair. Mr. FRAIL is exactly such a character as novelists delight in. No external show of power or greatness about him. Throughout the year he cuts hair and Aare, like any ordinary barber; at certain seasons he acts as clerk of the course. The 'heedless may pass him by as a person of no note or consequence. If a lord or gentleman is seen to speak to him, men fancy that some question is asked about the arrangements of the next races, or some commis sion given to crop and dock a squad of livened at tendants by wholesale. Whereas the balance of a general eleetion may be trembling in the hands of the obscure barber. The seeming shaver of chins may be disposing of a dozen constituencies while appearing to ply his vocation, as Rai Roy intrigued for the Jacobites while he seemed engrossed with the sale of a drove of black cattle, and Grind orf, in the " Miller and his Men," laid a whole province under contribution while he seemed to think of nothing but his mill. The mysterious barber of Shrewsbury conceals the meddling, prying, intriguing spirit of Dame Ursula Soddleehap under the meek deport ment of her hen-pecked spouse. 'there is something terrible in the contemplation of such unapparent power. A luckless Liberal can didate or agent, under the comb and scissors of FRAIL fancies he is whiling away the time in equities@ gossip with one of a proverbially garrulous prefer non, while in fact he is having all his party's secrets wormed out of him. With stealthy pace, stolid countenance, and en ears the barber receives his humbler customers in his shop and waits upon his more affluent employers at their homes or hotels; and nobody suspect', him of being the link of com munication between holders of and hunters after place in the Carlton Club, and a dexterous band of electioneering agents scattered over the whole country, each it may be concealing his real calling under some humble vocation to which be seems entirely devoted. Mr. FRAIL is the Robin Hood of politic., with his band of friars and millers mingling unsuspected in all circles. Mr. FRAIL is for the Carlton the ear of Dionysius to which all political intelligence flows from his own nume rous spies; he is the aide-de-camp of the club, to convey its orders to its mercenaries wherever quar tered on the day of battle. Ile' holds in his hands in • great measure the destinies of the Conservative WI; It is upon their FRAMS that the Derbyites rely for the maintenance of their power. They debate in parliament, they harangue on hustings and at meet- Inge of electors; but all these things are merely the gabble with which a conjuror diverts attention from the machinery and associates by whom his tricks are executed. While Chancellors cf the Exchequer, " W. Ito" of the Carlton.club, and all their genteel allies are talking, the Faaltar are doing. While the Liberals are arguing with ministers, the Featto are packing the House of Commons. The Derbyites are wiser in their generation than their political opponents. A professional electioneering agent is of necessity an object of jealousy and our reillunee ; if his headamarters are in the metropolis, all his motions are easily watched. But who would suspect or keep an eye upon an obscure barber, in an obscure country town ? The Derbyites disclaim with warmth the imputa tion of being fastidiously aristocratic in their tastes and associations. And they have • right to de ass They are by no means scrupulous or exclusive in their choice of friends and allies. They keep on civil terms with gentlemen at the clubs, but for their confidants and trusted enadjutors they select not merely men of the lower rank.% hut the least respectable among them. They are inveterately addicted to what f eatly deserves to be called low companT. 'f he scope and range of Mr. Shrewsbury FRAIL'S operations have yet been but partially and im perfectly diseloecd. With how many constituencies he may have tampered, how much money has teas placed at his &penal, nu one can conjecture. And how many FRAU-4 may lie stealthily mming about in England it is impossible to say. But their name must he Legion, for nothing else can account for the gain of so many seats by a party of whose leaders it was only known that they have abjured all their old principles, not what new ones they have picked up instead of them. THE retention of office by Lord IfEltBY'S Foreign fiecrttuty—the hero of the Ko too ceremony per formed at the feet of the Emperor of AI:STRIA in the elm) of Mr. MATIMIL—is produriog its inevitable results. Every weak and insignificant government has been encouraged by it to strut, and vapour, and bully at the expense of Englishmen. " We have only Lord Nl.ii.wr.miettv to deal with," they say, when the Bolmalel lit conies on them, and they . give safe vent to their insolence on any stray british subject that comes terns them. Incidents illuatrativo of this galling truth are of upon Ar painful du That the Papal governor at Ancona had wantonly and Inprovokedly insulted the British consul there; se timidly, That King Bonney polioe had with it violence suppressed the school of an English gentle man ; and, luatly, That the Turkish governor of the Dardanelleshadcauseelthebastinadotoboadministered to two lonian. The Neal olitan police emulates the aggression committed by the Austrian on British mis sionaries in Hungary; the Turkish governor treats British subjects after the fashion of the Tuscan autho rities; the Papal _Monsignors., in the ease of Mr. DAVIS, acts up to the example set him by hie supe riors in the case of Mr. NIURRAT. To be an English man on the Continent, at this moment, is to be the ob ject of the petulanccand oppression ofeeery Doyberry. " The little dogs and all—Tray. Blanche, and Sweet heart, how they bark at us." Haying seen with what resignation Lord MALMESKRY has pocketed the affronts of Austria, and even Tuscany, the King of the Lazzarone, the Priest on the seven hills, and the Commander of the Faithful, all deem him a safe object whereon to exercise their puny valour. Our object is not to appeal to what Lord MAlD sros E would call the " bull-dog " propensities of our countrymen. We leave that to the Denim satellites who try to get up invasion panics, who defend our overgrown naval and military establishments, and who lead the country, groaning under a burden of use less armour, with, the cur-addition of militia bills. Our object is to prevent war, by diminishing the chance of provocation to war. Joint BULL is not the most patient of animals under insult and provocation. He is not disposed to sit tamely under blows accompanied by derision and insult. Ile will not keep his temper long if he is to be pointed out to the world as the big bully whom every petty whip ster can kick and buffet with impunity. Nor would it be prudent for him to do so. The habit of mal treating every Englishman who comes in ithin their reach will grow upon the paltry despots of the Con tinent if not peremptorily checked. It can be checked as yet by firm language and a tranquil, resolute de portment; but delay will encourage to more intole rable aggressions, for which it may only be possible to obtain redress by recourse to arms. But a dig nified, temperate, successful assertion of the rights o f Englishmen in foreign lands, is conduct of which Lord NI eI.MESItraT Ins shown himself incapable. Every Englishman who visits countries that are accessible, and called (bv courtesy at least) civilised j —whether in search of honest gain, health, instruc tion, or even amusement--has a right to rely upon the protection of his government. When irregular adventurers penetrate into Bokhara or Central Africa. the impossibility of reaehiag the rude des pots who may there opmesa or murder them may afford an excuse for leaving such offences against the English nation unpunished. Bat where the of fenders are within reach, every Englishman has si right to expect that wherever his legitimate avocations may call him, there will the eye or his government be open, there will its arm be prompt to ensure to him defence or redress. The government that neglects ell discharge this duty exposes is country tow:damp. and contempt encourages to the perpetration d wrong and injury. On points of national honour, as on points of par. *tonal honour, there are no doubt such things as fads ish, unmanly sensitiveness, and undue pmnip titude in seeking redress by violence. When Englishmen are silly enough to involve themselves in the intrigues and cabals of barbarous or semi-barbarous states, strict justice as well as pru dence may sometimes suggest the propriety of leav ing them to endure the well deserved consequences of their folly. And few will defend such measures as the concentrating the force of a British fleet, large enough to blow the Mores out of the water, upon the kingdom of Greece, in behalf of such a very equivocal gentlemanasnonPAcirico. But to lookonwithapathy and folded arms, when by a tacit conspiracy of Con tinental despots bona fide English subjects are sub jected to intolerable wrongs, although every day adds ,to the list of unprovoked injuries, is to degrade the country in the estimation of all men, to compromise its interests, and to risk its entanglement in costly, haglorious, unprofitable wars. The Derbyites boast that there is no one object fir the attainment of which the hostile majority in the House of Commons can be brought to act in concert. We shall see, when parliament meets, whether this gross libel on the common sense and patriotism of the majority is in so far justified by its truth, that they cannot even sacrifice paltry personal spleens and jealousies in order to combine to wrest the management of foreign affairs from a MALMES BURY ; and to unite in his degradation all who may make common cause with him. We shall see whether the parliamentary party which seeks to give itself airs as the exclusive depositary of English sentiment and national honour, will abet Lord Dzienv's Foreign Secretary—literally foreign, for not one English feeling appears to animate his breast. Every hour that the minister who betrayed Mr. MATHER, who has deserted Mr. MCRRAY, who has tamely endured Tuscan insults, who has invited the aggressions of a Turkish governor, the Papal au thonties, and King Boan.e's police, remains in office is a national obloquy and a national peril. elq►at weekly crowded in woe our - ce. On Tuesday last they us three abreast. On that day it duty to inform our readers—tint. FRANCE. CIIANGES IN THE FRENCH MINISTRY. (BY SUBMARINE TELEORAIIi.) (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY MOINIKO. Dronyn de L'Huys is appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs; Magna for Public Works; Lefebvre Duruite • Senator. PARIS, WZDSZSDAT EVENINO. The Moniteur states that the increase of money in the treasury has enabled the Minister of Finance to reimburse to the Hank of France 25 millions on ac count of the loan of 50 millions made by the bank to the treasury in March, leritl. This reimbursement was made en the 26th inst. The funeral of General Gourgaud took place to da,. the death of this officer of the empire, following so closely on that of Marshal Excelmans, reminds one' of Soule* exclamation on hearing of the successive dying off of several of his brothers in arms : " Est ce qu'on bet le rappel li haat ? " The funeral ceremony took place at tho church of St. Louis d'Antin, and was so similar in most respects to that which has been already described on the interment of Marshal Execlmans, that a repetition of the circumstances would be tedious. Thu only feature worth observing in this funeral was the total absence of all persons connected with the household of Louis Napoleon, a circumstance attributable in all likelihood to the dis closures made by Sir Walter Scott concerning the correspondence of General Gourgaud from St. Helena with the British government. Gaspard Gourgaud was born at Versailles, on Sept. 11, 1783, and was brought up at the house of his maternal uncle, Henri Gourgaud, the comedian, so well known in the annals of the Theltre Francais by ,the petcdunimie of Bagmen. After having been at the Polytechnic School and at that of Metz, he en tered in 1801 the 6th Foot Artillery, and in 1803 became the aide.de-camp of General Fouche, who had discovered his abilities. The battles of the em pire succeeded with wonderful rapidity, and at Tabor, Austerlitz, lens, Friedland, Euling, and, above all Wagram, Gourgaud gave proofs of an in telligence and courage which gained him the honour of being appointed orderly-officer to the Emperor, whose life, according to generally received ac counts of the Russian campagne, ho was so fortunate as to save upon two occasions. Itostopchin, the Russian general, in his depair, had I placed under the Kremlin and the neighbouring buildings nearly 309,000 th. weight of gunpowder, fur the purpose of blowing up the staff, the military howwhold, and the guard of the Emperor. The the was already set to the match, which was slowly burning, when Gourgaud. without measuring the ' extent of the dangt r, rushed into the golf, and site ecrded in extinguishing the match, and so saved the Emperor and the principal generals. Again, at Brienne, on Jan. 29, 1814, the Emperor found self enveloped by a body of Cossacks, who pressed hem closely. At that moment one of them, lance in hand, spurred at Napoleon, and would have cer tainly transfixed him, had not Gourgaud dashed THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1852 between, and, lodging a ball in the soldier's chin, saved the Emperor's life. It was to recompense that act of devotedness, that Napoleon, throwing himself into his aide-dc-camp's arms, gave him that sword so dear to his first remiuiscences, as having worn it when ho gained his first battle in Italy as General Bonaparte. That sword °oersted wore at the battle of Waterloo. The name of General Gourgand was brought be fore the public in a more equivocal farm by Scott in his Life of Napoleon, who, during his researches in the archives of the foreign-office, turned up several lettere of the Emperor's aide-de camp from St. Helena, which contained important revelations as to the Em peror's more intimate life and views in his island prison. The noise may bo remembered which was made in France at this disclosure, which was on the eve of being maintained by Sir Walter in a more warlike manner than seemed tither suitable to his age or domestic position. But Gourguud's splecu evaporated in a pamphlet, skewing up other more palpable errors of the poet'slife of Napoleon. The municipal elections are nearly terminated in the department of the Pas de Calais. They have in many 'esteems been unfavourable to the govern ment. The municipal electors iu several communes have resented the despotic innovation by which they were deprived of a voice in the appointment of their mayors, and have in a marked manner declined to elect as members of the municipal councils the may or, and assistant mayors recently nominated. At St. Aubin-Auzin M. Charles Wattelet, the new mayor, only obtained 18 votes out of 100, and his assistant had but 13. At Avion the mayor was also thrown out, and his predecessor was chosen by 134 votes out of 143. At the important town of Arras the mayor, M. Plichon, barely secured his election, being Ale last but one upon a list of 20 councillors. His assistant was the last, and obtained only four rotes above the fourth part of the registered electors requited by the law to the validity of the election. Ewa this melancholy success was attributable to the large number of abstentions. Out of 6,201 electors at Arras hut 2.212 took part in the vote. The Proyres deg Pus do ('dais ventures to observe in reference to these facts, that the population seems to bo awak ening from the prostrate state into which it had fallen. Although it has been stated that the go vernment did not intend to designate government candidate, for the departmcutal elections, some of the prefects have taken upon themselves to do so. A comniunilai in the (hennas, a journal of the Loiret, makes known the names of two official candi dates for the functions of councillor of an arrondisse ment. This is cited as the first example of candi datsithip officially patronised by the local authori ties. But I learn to day that the sonic thing has been done throughout the department of the Gi ronde. It i. reported that ten new senators are about to be created. Four of the persons selected for this dig- laity aro generals, four bishops, and two ex-peers. The month of October is now mentioned as the epoch at which the President counts upon making his definitive entrance into the Tuileries. I regret to state that Count d*Orsay's illness has assumed a much graver character; and, sii,ce his re turn from Dieppe, whence he was fetched by the Duke de Guiche on Monday, his state is such as to present very little hope of recovery. The preparations for the fete of August 15 are already beginning on the Trocadcro. This festive spectacle will be quite in the style of the fetes given in the time of the Empire and Restoration. The fountains of the Champs ElyKes arc to flow with wine instead of water. Three nights ago the extensive spinning mills at Bourroux, near Tours, belonging to MM. Raze, cloth manufacturers, caught fire, and in spite of the exer tions of the firemen and the inhabitants of the neigh bourhood, the whole building was destroyed with all it contained. The lose is estimated at upwards of 200,000 fr. More than sixty families have been thrown out of employment by this calamity. The cause of the tire is nut known. Mgr. Alexandre Devie, Bishop of Belley, expired on the 25th inst. in his episcopal palace, aged 85. lie was 29 years Bishop of Belley, and had, under Louis Philippe, refused the archbishopric of Rheims. The inhabitants of the quarters in which the gas works of Paris are situated have petitioned the muni cipality fur the removal of all those establishments out of Paris, on the ground that they are injurious to the public health. This question has often been de bated, and hitherto it has been thought by the mu nicipalit7 that the gas works were tnuoxious. It is now behoved, however, that the three companies in terested will consent to the removal. At the Bourse tho Four-and-a-Half per Cents. rose 20c., closing 103.53; the Threes rose 30c., and closed at 72.75. Bank of France shares rose 45f. Tho Lyons Railway rose 25 ; Strasbourg, 22.50 ; Orleans, 12.60; Northern, 10; Marseilles, 6.25; Rouen and Havre, 2.30 each; Dieppe, 1.25. TURKEY. By the Levant mail we have received Constantino ple journals to the 14th. They contain nothing res pecting the demands made by the English and French embassies for reparation for outrages to Englishmen and Frenchmen. They announce the departure of &sad Boy for London, to take the post of first secretory of the Turkish embassy. Mehemet Ali Pacha, son of the late Viceroy of Egypt, had ar rived at Constantinople. The Journal (le Constanti nople says: For some days past it has been rumoured at Constanti nople that disturbances hove taken place in the Isle of Candia. Letters from that island, dab,' two days ago, contain no suck news. We must say, however, that in consequence of some deplorable acts which show that the spirit of the constitution (Tanzimst) has not penetrated the minds of everybody, great emotion prevailed at liettimo, and in other parts of the island. A letter from Belgrade, Bth inst., says: It is seriously in contemplation to construct a railway between Belgrade and Constantinople. It is an English company which bu an idea of this undertaking. Two engineers have been charged to eeeee y the country, and to visit the spots by which it will be most desirable to carry it. They were recently at this place, and have by this time returned to Constantinople. They have expressed their astonishment at finding that the difficulties of the ground arc trilling in comparison to the importance of the undertaking. They would only have from 16 to 18 tunnels, and those very short, to cut, six of which arc under the Balkans. This same company had an idea of continuing the name railway into Asia, so that when the lino was completed, the journey from Loudon to Bombay might be made in 16 days. The governor of Damascus, Izzet I'acha, has been appointed governor of Djedda, in the place of Aghiali Pacha, who has been appointed governor of Damas cus. Ethan Pacha and Ilaireddin Pacha, who dur ing the last Tear have been in Conatantiuople upon a mission on the affairs of Egypt, have left for /ilex audria in the Ottoman steamer Pervas-Ilahri. MALTA, ict.r 22. The latest news arrived from the Beet, reached by the Triton, which vessel, was to relieve thedlleduss, arrived here on tho 15th inst. The admiral wan then cruising off Malaga, and it was thought probable he would remain dimes the summer months off the Spanish comet. BELGIUM. The total receipts of the state railways in Belgium, during the first six months of the year, were 7,761,342 fr. In the corresponding period of last year they were only 6,840,9441 r. SWITZERLAND. A Fribourg journal announces that the Federal Council has rtfcrred the petition of the conunitteo of Posieux to tho Council of State at Friburg. GERMANY. On the 23rd the following foar statesmen of the Darmstadt coalition held a conference at Leipaic : M. de Pfordten, president of the council of ministers of Bavaria, MM. de Beast and Behr from Dresden, and Colonel de Meiseder, representative of Bavaria at the Customs Congress of Berlin. They have had several meetings, but the subject of their delibera. tions is not known. It is stated the visit of the Princes John and Albert of Saxony to Berlin related to a proposed change in the commercial policy of Saxony. A letter from Stutgardt says : The congress of the directors of e lima of German rail ways will assemble here in a few days. Fitly directors will be present at this meeting at which will be also present a certain number of official agents representing ler, ral small states of the Confederation. This meeting will this year have a great importance. The question is to establish a uniform working on all the line., and a regu lar tariff. The interesting international questions with regard to re-loading, price of transport, &e, will be brought forward, end it is important that foreign lines should be also represented at the congress. It is said here that the French limes will stud an engineer of the Ponts-et- Chausikes to represent them. The f junction of the lino from Paris to Strasbourg wilt the Bavarian frontier, moreover, ne , essitates the presence of a French agent to support the interests attached to the future working of the French lines united to the Prussian and German ones. ITALY. PIEDMONT. The Risorgimento of Turin, of the 25th, in giving an account of the communal elections of that city, states that the electors have been much more nume rous this year than the last, the number being 1,313, whereas there were but 87i last year. The elections have all been in a liberal sense. At Chambery also the liberal (or ministerial) list hu been triumphant. TUSCANY. The Opini,ne of Turin quotes a letter from Flo rence of the 20th, relating to the ministerial crisis, and which states that on the preceding day, in con seauence of a warm conversation between the Grand !hike and M. lialdasseroni, the latter, as well as all the other members of the cabinet resigned, and that M. !lamella was sent for to form a new cabinet. M. l'uccioni was spoken of fur the interior, M. llicchierai for Grace and Justice, and M. Tartini for the Finance. Nevertheless, on the following day, according to this correspondent, the aspect of matters was completely changed, in consequence of a note hem the British Minister, intimating that England would see with displeasure the government of the country in the hands of the elericul party ; which note hos induced the Grand Duke to reca l naldiuk. 'heron i. The Tuscan Muniteur of the 21st announces that the telegraphic lines of Tuscany have been put into communication with the foreign lines by a connection between Lucca and Mass► di Carrara. Cpe Cottrt. OSBORNE, WEDNERDAY. Iter Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by Princess Airco and Princess Helena, aa , l attended by the Counter of Gainsburough, drove over to Carisbrooke C.utle yesterday afternwn. The Hun. Colonel Grey was in attendance on horseback. Thu Duchess of Gloucester, atten ted by Lady Caroline Murray and tho Mon. Eleanor Stanley, also drove to Curia brooke. Lord Alfred Paget had the honour of being invited to dinner yesterday. The Princess of Ilohenlohe Langenbaurg, with Prince Charles and the Princess Adelaide, arrived at Clarence house, St. James's, yesterday morning. Her Serene High nem, with the young prince sod princess, returned to Frog more in the afternoon. The Duke of Leeds had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Homo-office. Mr. Drag had also an interview the right hoar. secretary. The Bishop of Cape Town had an iutcrview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Colonial-oilier:. The Hon. H. Butler Johnstone, M.P., and Mr. 11. P. Gipps, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday. Mr. Thomas Somers Cock•, jun., had an ,interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most lion. Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber. The lords present were—Lord Cranworth, Lord Justice Knight Bruce, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. Judgment was given in the appeal from British Guiana, " Watson and Watson v. Hackett." ELOPEMENT FROM LIVERPOOL. Daring the past few days the conversation of nearly all classes in Liverpool has been confined to an elopement which has just taken place, and which, from the relative position in life of the lady and gentleman, has caused no little gossip, particularly in those plies " where merchants most do congregate." The gentleman is a married mau, with a family. The lady is a handsome young widow, well known as the proprietress of on' of the leading hotels in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange. The gentleman is one of the wealthiest of the " merchant princes" of Liver pool, and a partner in cue of the leading firma of the town. Luxuriating in the superabundance of this world's goods, ho some time ago added to his distinctive position as an influential british merchant the character of ' lord and master" of an "old ancestral hall" in a neighbouring county, which hal formerly Menthe residence of a branch of one of the meet ancient families in England. A few year. ego the head of tho ancient family alluded to was compelled to dispose of the whole of his patrimonial estates ant " lordly halls." The principal family seat (which commands a beautiful view of the estuary of the Mersey), together with ita extensive demesne, was purchased by the wealthiest banker in Liverpool, whilst a neighbouring mansion, with its broad acres, scarcely inferior to the before-named, became the property of the gentleman who is the sub ject of this narrative. Ile married the daughter of his late and sister to his present partner, the fruit of such marriage being four children with the pros pect of a fifth. The marriage took place under unusually happy auspices. The father of the bride, who was then an alderman of Liverpool, is said to have settled upon his daughter the sum of 30,0*01., whilst the bridegroom inside a settlement upon her of 10,000/. Stich are the circumstances, so far as the hero of this story is concerned, and it only remains to remark, as re parole the heroine, before narrating the flight of the fugi tives, that she is reported to be an exceedingly fascinating personage, the mother of two interesting children, and that she left her home on this occaason in possession of no less a stun than 3,0001. It appears that the fugitives left Liverpool on Tuesday morning last, by the four o'clock early mail, for London. The lady left her hotel alone, and (no doubt by previous appointment) met the gentleman at tho railway station. They were seen to enter the same carriage, and it his since been ascertained from the officials in charge of the train that thus in company they travelled to London. A ! letter is said to have been received from the gentleman on Saturday, bearing the Folkestone postmark; whilst still more corroborative proofs of the arrangements previously made between the parties were discovered in the course of yesterday. The gentleman, whose annual income is variously stated to amount to 4,0001. and 5,000,, independently of his inte rest in the Liverpool house, is said to have taken with him upwards of 12,0001., which, with the lady's 3,0001., will for some time provide the " ways and means" for their conti nental excursion. It is understood that a member of the legal profession has been despatched in search of the gen Orman, with the view of some arrangement being made with regard to the family. It is currently rumoured that steps will be taken fur procuring a divorce, and it is not unlikely that the affair will be the means of calling into requisition the services of the gentlemen of the long robe. THE SOUTHEND WEECKERB.—Tho Shipping Ga slate thus comments on the extraordinary act of piracy by Bouthend boatmen, of which some particulars appeared in I yestertlay'e e.zpreat : " Amongst our shipping gence will be found • report from Sheerness, which we have no doubt will be read with astonishment. Sheerness is a garrison town, one of our principal naval stations, with seldom less than 6 or 8 of her Majesty's ships, large and small, lying in the harbour, the command of which is en trusted to • vice-admiral, an officer whom we know to be of an active and energetic mind. A British vessel is wrecked within two or three miles of these ships-of-war, and a pirati cal expedition immediately sets out from the fashierable watering place of Southend, armed with axes for the nefarious purpose they had in view. These men, with their deadly weapons, drove off the crew of the vessel, and then set about cutting and taking away the span, rigging, and indeed everything they could lay their hands upon. On the circumstance becoming known to the admi ral at Sheerness, one of her Majesty's steamers, with a party of marines, was sent to protect the wreck ; the pirates wore of course driven off; they retreated to Southend, the place from which the expedition originally Oct out, and hero two of the vessels were captured and taken possession of. One would have supposed that this might have been sufficient to deter them from any further attempt. No such thing, how ever; they returned again to their work—of course during the absence of the steamer sent to protect the vessel—cut sway her masts, anal n newed the process of plunder, until at last it was found necessary to send another steamer, with • party of marines on board, to remain by the wreck. When we read of such occurrences on the coast of Borneo, New Guinea, or other parts of the Eastern Archi pelago, we come to the conclusion that no punishment would be too severe for such ruthless savagem ; and in what respect, we ask, are the wreckers of Southend better than the pirates of Borneo or the Celebes ? Really such seenes arc sufficient to make a person blush for the civilisation of the people on our coast. The diagneetul occurrence that is recorded in our columns today has happened almost at the very port of our metropolis. It has not been on the wild coast of Cornwall, or the north-west of Ireland, but at Sheerness, that this open violence has been perpetrated ; and a place which is almost in hourly communication with the City has shown an utter disregard of the laws of the' country, and • hardened determination iti the commirsion of crime, which could scarcely have been expected from the rude race that irhabit the wild, of Connemara. We ear- ' neatly hope that the parties arc known, arid that they will meet the punishment they so richly deserve." BUFIT OF LORD DENmAN.—A bust of Lord Den• man will, in the course of a few days, be placed in the hall of the Law Institution, Chancery. lane, by the members of that institution and the profession generally, to mark their appreciation of his many amiable qualities sad the' great ability displayed in the discharge of his arduous duties while Lord Chief Justice of England. The bust,' which is the site of life, is from the chisel of Christopher Moor. THE BARONESS VON BECK'S CASE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WAavricx, JOLT 28. CONSTANT HENNA Lt TAOISM/A V. OXORON DAMSON, 111 NRY WITTUN TYNDALL, RICHARD PEYTON, AND Mallon RYLAND. The action by Constant Derra de Moroda for false impri sonment, to which references was made in yesterday's Es press, came on for trial to-day, before Baron Alderson and s re ja c l ik u astances under which the action arose are fresh in public recollection. In the month of September last yeas an Hungarian lily styling herself the Baroness von Beck, visited Birmingham, and was accompaided by the pluintiff, who acted as her secretary. The parties took up their resi dence at the Clarendon Hotel. They were subsequently in vited by Mr. Henry Tyndall, a solicitor in Birmingham, to take up their residence at his house, Madame von Beck being at the time in ill-health. In consequence of circum stances which afterwards transpired, the lady and her se cretary were taken into custody by the police at Mr. Tyndall's house, on the night of the 30th of August, and lodged in the borough prison. As they were being brought up bur nation before the magistrates on the fullowing morning, Madame von Beck died. The magistrates wars then in formed of the eircumstuncea under which the prosecution had been commenced, and the charge not being premed, Mr. Derra was discharged. It ia to recover damages for this " false and malicious taking into custody and imprisonment, " without reasona ble end probable cause ," that the action has been brought. The defendants are Mr. George 'Dawson, M.A., Mr. Arthur Ryland, Mr. Henry Wilton Tyndall, and Mr. Abel I'e too. On the special jury being called, Rev( n gentlemen only answered their 11:110eS, Mr. Serjeant Miller accordingly prayed a " tales." For the plaintiff, Mr. Serjeant Miller awl Mr. Field ; and for the defendants, Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., Mr. Mellor, Q.C., and Mr. Hayes. Mr. Serjeant Miller opened the case by an elaborate detail of the circumstances of the case. Ile said that the plaintiff came before them seeking compensation for one of the most wanton and scandalous outrages ever off red to any man possessed of the feelings, hoauur, and character, of a gentleman. Of the poor creature iu her grave, who had been so cruelly bunted to death, he need say nothing ; she was beyond the reach of her persecutors, and required no redress. The plaintiff remained to vindicete his own character and his own honour, and, having heard the ease throughout, it a mild be for the jury to soy whether what the defendants had done lied been without a reasonable or pro bable cause that the plaintiff was guilty of any crime, and whether his persecutors had not been actuated by vindictive motives for the purpose of gratifying other persons who did not appear as principal parties in the trausaction. The learned counsel described the birth, parentage, and educa tion of the plaintiff, the high connexion of big family in Hungary, and the honourable post which his father, a noble II birth, still filled under the Emperor et Austria as King of Hungary. The plaintiff, who had been in the Austrian army, entertaining different political views to his father, quitted that service, ant after travelling some years, came to England, where he arrived in April, 1351 ; and one of the calumnies to which Lc hod been subjected was, that he was disowned by his parents — an assertion utterly at variance with the fact. Shortly after his arrival in England, he became acquainted with the Baroness von Beck, who had sonic time previously published au interesting work on the subject of her put adventures in Hungary. She was meditating the publication of another work on her own account, and as the intimacy between the plaintiff and the Baroness von Beck increased. the former, from the purest and most benevolent motives, agreed to waist in forwarding its publication Mr. of Bishopegate- street, having consente d to become its printer. Tho lady was in ill-health and poor circumstances. The plaintiff not only lent her money but aided her in every way in his power ; never having the s li g ht es t ca u se t o doubt her being the person she repre sented herself to be. Ultimately, on the suggestion of Mr. Gilpin, the Baroness proceeded to Birmingham, to procure 'Ascriptions fur her book. The plaintiff, at her earliest re quest, accompanied her, and having presented their letters of introduction, amongst them being one to Mr. Joseph Sturge, who . paid If. 4s. in advance, the plaintiff afterwards procured an introduction to Mr. George Dawson, who con sented to receive a visit from the Baroness. That gentleman took an interest in her—he " in the most delicate and feel ing manner " (the learned counsel said), not ouly offered to subscribe for her book, but ho wrapped up the amount of his subscription in a piece of paper and presented it to the plaintiff. The Barman, through him, expressed her gratitude, and solicited his interest in procuring subscribers to her work; he consented, and, through his instrumentality, Mr. Tyndall, Mr. Ryland, and Mr. l'eytun, the other eleteudante, became subscribers. Shortly afterwards the lady fell ill; Mr. Dawson, on the application of the plaintiff, sent his own surgeon to her aid ; the lady's illness increasing, Mr. Tyndall invited her to his house, whither she was removed, and remained until the time when she was taken into custody, the plaintiff having also, on the earnest and repeated invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Tyndall, become their guest. There he also was treated with unvarying kindness, until the night of the 29th August, when he was taken into custody • but the learned counsel said, three or four days previously to this it was noticed that Mr. Tyndall was much from home. On that evening Mr. Tyndall had a party; they had been playing French theatricals on the night previoualy,and it was intended they should be repeated. Plaintiff wait sitting at the pianoforte liken Mr. Tyndall came behind him and asked him to :rep out of the room. He did so, and imme diately that he did so, withou: a word of explanation, he was pounced upon by Mr. 'randy and another policeman ; he was dragged through the passages, and, like a felon, publicly searched, and locked up in a prison all night with nothing but • bench for his accommodation. The learned counsel minutely entered into all the succeeding circum stances of the case as they appear in evidence., and con• eluded by calling upon the jury to mark their sense of the character of a most diabolical outrage, • violation of the law, and an utter disregard of that which even hos pitality ought to have been sufficient to induce Mr. Tyra. dell to save his guest from—by the most exemplary damages, ouch as would to some extent remove that foul scandal and blot and disgrace which had, by this transac tion, been cast not only on the English law—which was sufficient to bring a blush into the face of Englishmen—but which the jury . might to some extent remove by vindicating in open court, in the face of Europe, the character of their countrymen for fairness, openness, and for • full rerognitien of that which was due to hospitality; aye, and as would show to the world that a British jury would sever sanction so scandalous • violation of the law as that of which the de fendants had been guilty, which there was no pretence for, and which, in the case of these foreigners and exiles, could , under any circumstances, have been justified. The first witness called was Mr. William Henry Gem, the clerk to the magistrates at Birmingham, who produced the depositions taken in the matter of the Baronets von Beck and the plaintiff, before Mr. James James, the magis trate who granted the warrant. By Mr. Macaulay—l was present at the hearing at the police office on the 30th of August. I do not know the handwriting of the parties who signed the depositions. [The learned counsel reserved his cross-examination until this was proved.] Inspector Tandy,of the Birmingham force, sworn—l was present at the time the depositions were taken before the magistrate in August last. lam unable to identify the sig natures of the four persons who signed the depositions. [These were the signatures of the four defendants.] I am not the officer who arrested the plaintiff and the Baroness von Beck. I never had the warrant. Mr. Superinten .ent Stephens arrested the plaintiff. I saw the warrant in his hands. I assisted in conveying the plaintiff to the police office. By Mr. Idseaulay—l searched the plaintifr; he made • little objection. I did not put hint to any indignity. I took from him a pocket-book and some letters; they were re turned to him on the following day. Re-examined by Mr. Berjt. Miller—l don't know that two of the letters were withheld. Baron Aldenon—Why did you search him ? What wu the charge ? Witness—Bo was charged with obtaining money under false pretences ; and it's usual to search. Baron Aldenon (with emphasis)—Then, sir, it ought not to be usual to search persons in such cases. In a charge of felony it might be necessary, but here certainly it was not necessary to search. if a person is charged with treason, you wouldn't search fur the treason in his pocket. Witness—Accidents have happened front persons not being searched. Baron Alderson—Ab, people have bad poison about them, I suppose. There wu no likelihood of that in thiscase, you know. Searching is an indignity, and ought not to be gene rally done. Mr. It. A. Stephens, the superintendent of police at Bir mingham, was next called by Mr. Serjeant Miller, with the purpose of examining him on the subject of the warrant, but the answer was " that Mr. Stephens was not in Warwick." Mr. W. H. Gem, the clerk to the magistrates at Birming ham, identided the signatures of Mr. Tyndall and Mr. Ry land, two of the defendants to their depositions, on which the warrant was granted. M. Constant Dome do Morale, the plaintiff, examined by Mr. fierjeant Miller—l am a native of l'esth in Hun. gory. My father is a private gentleman. lie tills the office of equerry to the King of Hungary, which is here ditary in my family. My !entity is noble. I was educated in the Military College at Vienna. After, I entered the Austrian army at 16 years old. After 1 left the army 1 tra velled. I am now 31 years of age. In 1331 1 came to London, and soon afterwards made the acquaintance of the Baroness von Beck. This was on the sath of April, I having arrived on the Ist. 1 called upon Mr. Bentley, and asked him for the liatunesa's address, and called upon her I accordingly. 1 visited her two or three times, end in the coarse of my visits lent her five pounds. 1 learnt from her that she was about to publish another book, and upon her invitation eceoinpanied hoe to Itantsgate to visit the gentle ,' men who had translated her first :wok, and who was about translating a second. I saw Mr. Garvey. This was about the l end of July or the Ist of August. I saw the Baronets sety Mr. Garvey 10/. on account of the translation. 1 also accompanied her to Mr. Gilpin, who recommended her 'to go to Birmingham and solicit subscriptions fur the book. Titree letters of introduction were afterwards given by hint to the Baroceta to gentlemen in Birmingham. The book was to ho published by Mr. Gilpin. The Baroness insisted that I should accompany her to Birmingham: I consented to accompany her after repeated solicitations ; she was very feeble hut in gool health ; she appeared to be, about fiti years of ego. It was arranged that 1 should assist in getting subscriptions for her book. I was to hare no remuneration ; my own feeling was that o f ki n d ness t o h er. I paid my own expenses to Birmingham. We took up our abode at the Clarendon. We presented our letters of in- troduction nest day. All three gentlemen egrce.l to sub- scribe, and Mr. &urge paid ‘s. re pr ove ,. tuns for subscriber, printed by Mr. Gilpin. [A copy was put in and read., and set forth the purees. of the Barone' to publish, under the title of o The Story of her Life," the leading incideuts in her ch. (meted career.] • Elimination of witness continued—l lied male the acquaintance of a Mr. Hill, in Birmingham, who nitro, duced me to Mr. Dawson. I asked Mr. Dawson to allo w me to introduce the Baroness von Beck to him ; desired me to take her to him ' and I did so. M r . L awson sgrsed to subscribe for the book, and paid 11 is. fur it. The mosey was wrapped up in a piece of paper. He said, That in the payment for the sub s c r i p ti on. " I think that is the sense of hie words. I translated what he said to the Baroness; she thanked Mr. Darwin, and requeatt d M et t o assist her in getting subecribers. Mr. Dawson awed about the first book, and the Baroness seat it in the evening to his house. Afterwards, we were ievinel to Mr. Deeson'a house. I think that gentleman is a Lecturer and a clergy. man. I think he is • clergyman at a new church. Baron Aldenon—He is a lecturer at a &wanting chaptl, I suppose. Examination of witness continut Barone, was ill at Mr. Dawson s, and after we returned to the leer .1:e was ill all night. She did not solicit subscriptsen. after wards. We arrived in Birmingham on the 4th of Ammo, and the Sunday afterwards, the loth, we dined at Mr. ley. tun's. The neat day 1 called un Mr. Daw.on, and Asked him to recommend a physician. Ile w stt his brother in-law, Mr. Crompton. The Baroness continual ill, and ee t h e Tuesday attervrarde a lady fetch, it her to Mr. Ty, dew,. Mr. Peyton sent his carriage for that purpose. I atom. palsied her to Mr. Tyndall'', but returned to the hoed, Afterwards 1 removed to Mr. Tyndall). huuse, le. lady haling begged me to do so. The Benin's' continued %my ill. I remember the evening of t h e 211.1, of Aumed. Mr, 'Tyndall was not at home on that day. Ile was sear e d, at home for four or five days. We played Front, private theatricals on that evening, and w. re to do won the m at , There were present Mr. and Mrs. letweeti, Mr. 1'.2 ten, Mr. and Mrs. Ryland, Madame Jacob, M. Itasougi, and e th„ . At the time I was sitting at the piano, Mr. Tymeill mine and touched me ton the shoulder; he raid that a wished to speak to me outside. Ile said so in his send kindly manner. Mr. Tyndall heal never asked us e h ew I became acquained with the liatolleSti. When I not out o f the room two pslicemen came to me ; tie y gave m e my hat, and by force put me in a cab and t edc in, to the statien. I was searched in a public room before the Mteetire oflitere. I objected, but Mr. Tandy insisttil. and I wee obliged to submit. Down to that time I lead re sec beta told what the charge was. I asked Mr. 'Lindy in the "'T riage. He insulted me, and said I was a thief. Baron Alderson --linable improper, no doubt ; h e t te at in no way elf, eta the defendants. Examination continued—l was Imiced up in a cell ht Mon-street all night; there war only a lunch to the pace. The cell-door was maned in the usernieg. I a e . ai sato . 4 to the washing-place in the certider. I then me se a Baronies in her prison. She said, '• We are •eu., d al tieing impostors afterward she asked for a plipician and for water. On my way kilo the court at !. er a pas,.. .1 the Baroness, who 11%.*. WI Si chair. She app. ate) to be dying. Tb y took me to the coact ; a etaisteAt steed by my bide. There were sttle r pr,smit rs standsne near. A p rson mode a statement about me. I have ben Mr. Da,. eon write. The signature to the depaition is in M. heed. writing. Mr. Deletion and Mr. Tyndall were pre. nt, an d examined before the magistrates. 131 r. Ity lend was peasant. Afterwards I was discharged. I have always been on fritudly terms with my lath' ran 1 mother. I have re ceived money from them. The Rev. Mr. Wingate brougLt me mon. y and litter*. Baron Alderson—When's the information on which the warrant was granted 2 I have only the depositions Le. fore Me. Mr. Gem, the magistrate's clerk, said—.My lord, the de positions produced are those• on which the warrant was granted. I was not present at the time they were taken. Baron Alderson—Where, I say, is the information ? have nothing before me but the detioNitions of Isar peeves. Suppose John Smith prefers a charge or asks for a warrant, he gets nelson, to make a statement in support of it. Is your declaration, brother Miller, you say that without rea sonable and probable cause the plaintiff was taken into cus tody, and that under false pretences the 1/. 4*. was obtained. from Mr. George Dawson. Now I ask aaain for the infor mation. The thing is most irregular as it stands. Give me the warrant. Were these p' moos taken to preeu with out a warrant ? If so, an action should have been brought against the magistrate. Scrj. Miller—lie is dead. Baron Al•lerson—Then bring en action against the con stables. You ace we have nothing but four depusiti..ns; my present impression is that tins won't do. Mr. Gem, how was thin case brought on ? One would think Pout• thing like the forms of justice would be observed, even in Bir mingham. Mr. Gem—The case was called on, my lord, and the charge stated. Baron Alderson—Was it not reduced to writing? there no warrant read ? Mr. Gem—No, my lord. Baron Alderson—[ suppose yin can't do things regularly. You see here I am in a ditlle , ilty because we have neither information nor warrant. I think these courts in Birming ham require some of that reform that we hear M much about. Here are persons taken into custody and brought before the magistrates at Birmingham and nobody knows who makes the charge against them. This i 1 very, very wrong._ Mr. W. 11. Gem the 111 rig istrat N clerk, re-examined— At the hearing before the nmei.iratis a gentleman from London made a statement about t pr, , ent plaintiff - hating obtained 11. 4.. from Mr. Dawsnii, tor %hem he appeared. M. Constant Dern re-called—l heard Mr. Smith make the charge against me in the Court at Birmingham for Mr. Dawpon. Baron Aldenon—You see we have mailer the informa tion on which the warrant waii gr.int‘.l nor the warrant, nor the person who executed it. tierjeant Miller—My lord, the person here .10 took the plaintiff into cumody ; we auppo.ed, of course, !hat he had the warrant, and, now it turns out that he mitt had it. Baron Alderson—Well, I erm't help you. The deposiuons of MOSUL Dewsou and Tyndall were ben read. Baron Alderson—Those depts. tionv arc oaths of credulity —nothing ns,re. Mr. Dawson s he ves the woman was not what she pretended to he --outding more. It's only his belief. M. Derra cross-examined by Mr. Macaulay—lf the event had not happened, we should have returned to London on the Saturday or the day after. I don't know how many subscribers we got with the assistance of Mr. Tyndall and Mr. Dawson. I do not think we not a hundred subscri bers. The arrangement with Mr. Gilpin was that he was to receive the expence of printing and publishing only. I left the army because I was going to be married. I in tended to live on an allowance from my father. I came to England to see the Exhibiti in. I h uve been here eve? since I arrived in April hut year. I have not spoken to Mr. Bentley, except incidentally, on the subject of this trial. An Irish gentleman named Hart recommended me to my solicitors. The Baroness nev, r spoke French to me. The letter you put into my hand, writ:en in French and signed by her, is not written by her. Meat Austrian ladies can speak French ; but the Vainness you Beck was between 50 and 60 years of age, and educa•ion was nut so spread in her time. She spok e to me in German, and spoke the Sclavonic language like a native. I do not s tre ak Cou " rt myse or I l u f ienn S a he du w rin hi g the e re'hme had residedigneuithe ast t three Emperors; she never told me in what capacity. She told me that she had married the Baron Von Beck in the north part of Hungary. I did not know him ; I have never met any one who did. I met a gentleman named Ceryoni at the Baroness's lodgings, in Dean-street, Soho. I met other gentlemen there as well. Atter I was liberated I received my money, which I bad left at Mr. Tyndall's house when I was taken by the police. I rip:died to Mr. Tyndall for the money on account of the subscriptions Ile did not give it me, but said he would guarantee Mt when the first volume appeared. I never applied to M. Ilejnik for money. The learned counsel was about to croon-examine the witness relative to the evidence respecting him given by M. Ilajnik in his evidence before the magistrates at Bir mingham, but Baron Alderson refused to take any cog nizance of M. Hajnik's evidence, on the ground that that person had not signed his depositi o n; lie said that this was another specimen of the irregular manner in which proceedings were conducted in the Birmingham police-court. Mr. Macaulay—You see, my lord, when the proceedings dropped Mr. Gem thought it was unnecessary to complete the depositions or to get them signed. Baron Alderson—Then, I say, that's disgraceful. I shall put down no depositions taken. Ills Lordship retired to consult Mr. Justice Coleridge. On his return, he said that his learned brother was of opi nion that notwithstanding the irregularity or the loose notes of M. Ilajuik's depositions had been prepared by Mr. Gem, M. Derry might be examined respecting it. the exiunination of AL lutist int Vern was then re sumed by Mr. Macaulay—l did not say in the court at Birmingham that General Vetter had cautioned mo against the Baroness von Beck, for that she wan an adventurer. I never heard that Mr. 1 oulinin Smith was a member of the Hungarian committee. I heard Mr. Smith read letters in the Birmingham court — letters which he s id were from Hungarians. I never heard the magistrates say that they would have proceeded differ ently if the two bad been living. I only heard p e ople say I was discharged." I did thank M. Ilajnik at the Birming ham court, but in a sarcastic way. I said to him that I del not think a countryman would behave as Kind as he dud. (Laughter.) I did not hear Mr. Toultnin Smith say to the magistrates tl.at he haul only laid the ease before them to show the grounds on which the parties bad been Maw into custody. Me examined by Mr. Serjeant Miller—l had no reason to doubt the baroness being other than she represented her self to be. The notes made by Mr. Oern, the magistrate's clerk, of the evidence of M. Ilajnik in the police -court at Birmingham were then read by the l'ormer. 'the purport of it was that the &cooed was a spy named Itaeidula, and not the Ba roness Von Beck. In croay.examittation Mr. Gem said — Mr. Toulmin Smith told the magistrates the , the unto. tunate event having happened, they desired to do no more than lay before them the circumstances under which the prosecution was oomotenctd. I don't remember the magi strates using that the parties had only done right to ap. preltendiup Mix person and the Il.none , s von Beck. • 'the evidence of Measro. Dawson and Tyndol bvi'ore the magiotrates was also read. Mr. (lent—There were only three witnesses examined before the magistrates. M. Xneter Gorski was then sworn and examined through the medium of an interpreter-1 was a lieutenant under General Bent in the Polish legion of the ligueriaa MARI Pate tha W. Dere It would the elm to thi Woofs. MET Tuemlay the I.r arect, S recoruar Bard, M. I:3 N from Au sorrel, s pointed, former C