The Express. — London, England, 1858-02-26 00:00:00

lir rEE CH.ditOß .40.41 NAT BR. I. BUTT, X?. The committee re-assembled yesterday morning; Sir denies Graham, Barr, M.P., in the chair. Mr. Roebuck, in answer to • queen°. put by the chair man, raid he prop.eed to-day to call Mr. James Coffey, one of the brothers or the last witness, and Mrs. Parr, the lady whom name wee so frequently mentioned yesterday. To- morrow hr should call Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P., Mr. Man pie.. M.P., the chairman of the Best India Company, and Sir Jam,, Weir Hogg, one of mho directors. Mr. Pea.y having teen informed by the chairman that the coomiiime would sit on Saturday, said he proposed to examine Mr. Butt on that day. A clerk in the Bank of India proved paying the amount of the cheque drawn by the Ameer in favour of Mr. Butt. Mrs. Parr wee called. The first question put to her by Mr. Roebuck was se to the residence of her beamed. She said he was in Muesli, sail from a letter she had received that morning, she feared he was dead. She said she was • trafficker in opera bone*, and resoled at 17, Old Bond-street. Mr. Code, introducedi the Ameer to her at bee bout, and she obtained opera boxes for bin, as well as executing other OCClUliNticalP with which the Ameer expressed himself much satiated. Mr. butt risked her in her box at the opera, and told ber he we going to India for the Amor, and should return a very rich man. Ile tutted her about the advisability of fending the Ameer beck to India. To this she made ao pisitive answer, am she thought Mr. Batt was intend- Mg to entrap her, and she told him so. The Amer book a gnat fancy to her youngest son, and em she was about taking her son to Paris to End • college for him. the Atneer expressed • wish that they might meet in Paris. They did meet, and travelled on in the same railway train to Vienna. Mr. Coffey travelled with then. At all the stations along the route when the Ameer staved she stayed also. At Vienna they remained in the same hMal, and their apartments were on the same door. While she was there the chamberlain of the King of Sweden called upon her in reference to the affairs of the ADMIT. On returning to Ragland she heard that a telegram had been sent to Mr. Vernon Smith aspersing her character, and she oommunl• cited with that gentleman at the Board of Control. She re ceived • letter from Mr. Granville Vernon (Mr. V. Smith's son), stating that 'nothing had been said about her in the telegram, and remarking, If I can be of any further service to you in this matter please to let me know." Clime chairman and the other members of the committee spied that them last words were in a different handwriting, and written with • different ink from the bodLELIte lett, r. In an interview she bad with Sir Hamilton that gentleman said that Mr. Butt had informed that Mr. (-Miry wise blackguard, sad that therefore he (Mr H. Seymour) was anxious to hunt him down. She serer heard that she had been introduced to any one em Mrs. Coffey. She had heard that the had been :Token of in telegraphic commu nications as Mrs. Coffey, the Ameer having, it was said, come to the conclusion that the lady he had seen in Mr. Coffey's apartment was his wife. In the course of her jouroey she went to Venice, whence she wrote to Mr. Coffey, re questing to me him, as she (bought it was not right that he should go away with aspersions resting upon him of which he was innocent. Mr. Strout Deasy said that before he proceeded with the craw examination of the witness he would request that Minn Ali Allib&r, en agent of the Ameer in England, should be culled to prove two letters which he had received from the Ameer—one from Paris sad one from Trieste—during his outward journey to India. Mims Ali Ahhber was called, and produced the two letters, both of whisk hs send were written to him in Persian by the Amcor. The lost of these was from Perla requesting him to examine the hotel bills, which he said he would forward from Cairo, and requesting him to go to the Mercantile Bank in London to vet him 2,000 rupee, lie said he wished witness to examine them to ascertain whether he bad been robbed by that son of Satan (Mr. Coffey), who was detaining him. Mr. Roebuck objected to thia letter being read, iaaamuch gait did not beer the usual formal signature, which, however, the witness said was not necerary. Upon this point the room was C. 11.1 1, I. On the readmission of parties, the witness was recalled, sad read the remainder of the letter, in which the Anvers re quested him not to allow one ailment to pass, but to proceed to the bank for 2,000 rupees, and to remit it to him without delay. He expressed a hope ihat the money would reach him before his arrival at Trieste, as "the bastard" was de taining him on the journey. The Arn er requested that hie compliments might be given to Sir George Cork, Sir Henry Rawlinson, and Lord Ellsabor oug h. Th e letter was d ined to him in English, but he did not know the hand writing. The seal was that of the Ameer. The Ameer did . sot know his address, and he, therefore, forwarded it to the Mercantile Bank. The inside of both letters was in the same handwriting. The second letter was from Tri co ts; no date. The following were the material portions •• Before this I rent you a letter from Paris, and in that letter I explained to you the cireammances of the bad conduct of this devil. Up to this day I have received no answer— perhaps through the villany of this accursed you have not received it. However, this is the circumstance of this place. On my arrival at Paris instantly I told him to pre pare fur proceeding to-morrow morning. He told me he was sick, and made many excuses. He kept me in Patna for four or flee days, end then he left Pans. In every stage he makes excuses gad pretences. At some places he kept me five days, and in another place he kept me Mx days, and all for ao benefit. I arrived at Trieste on the 21st. On my arrival, the boat had started for Alexan dria. Now ha tells me, What ran I do ? Anoth er boat may go in another 16 days. That is also doubtful. It may or may not go.' At other times he makes other excuses, and tell me to get to Akbar, my minister, to send tne on to Bombay. At other times he tells me the English government have ordered me not to go to Scinde, and sometimes he tells me that Mr. Butt is coming, and that I had better wait for km. This is the fourth day that 1 am remaining et Trieste, and I have nothing to do here. There is no one here who muderstanda my language. The men of this place even do mot speak F:oglivta. You know that Mr. Vernon Smith and BM G. Clerk pressed me to go quick and perform services for the English. How can Igo quick when Imu here like • r? Oh, my friend, the disposition of this Satan I. Tell Sir George Clerk that I was going quick for the 11111TiCII of the English, but what can I d fur 1 don't under eland the langusge, and I am perfectly helpless. Perhaps I may be detained here for another month. God knows fur what purpose this Satan det-dr.: me," . --• Mr. Roebuck asked the witness several questions, in reply to which he said he was formerly on good term with Mr. Coffey, the petitioner, and Mr. David Coffey, hie brother, but they trealid the Ammer disrespectfully, end he told them of it. They presented to the Anwer accounts which were umatiefectory. He (wittier) examined them, and found them to be very confused. They did not slate any dates or pieces, and Mr. Coffey refund to mention the names of the preona to whom he had paid the money. Since that time he had spoken to Mr. Coffey, but there was not that cordiality between them which formerly misted. Mrs.. Parr was recalled and crow -examined by Mr. 84r just Dewy —Sbe did not s ee M r . B ut t in 1856. In 1867 she thought she saw him four hmem ; on mellowest= at her own house. On the second occasion she was mealtime ee a gent/moan in bee drawing room on loudness, when the deer T opened sod Mr. Butt and Mr. Colby aim la. The gentleman who was with her wee Sir Alassaist Cockburn. In consequence of what passed, Sir Alassmier Mr. Butt to his house. Sir Alexander Cockberasever copyread to her en opinion in reference to the Ameer's loyalty or disloyalty. Mr. Coffey was °every Intimate terms Mth her while in London, and came to her home almost daily. The Amer came pretty frequently also. flhe was frequently in the habit of taking opera hose' for him. While on the route she frequently heard Mr. Coffey urge the Amem to go on. Mr. Coffey spoke Hiodostanee, which she did not understand. What she said to the Ammer was translated to him ty ea interpreter. She did not think ahe should be much surprised to bear that the Amon had complained of Mr. Coffey detaining him on hie journey, as she had reaaon to believe that the Amore was not sincere. His pantomime wee perfect, and he knew English well enough to ootivey what he wanted. She might doubt his sincerity to his own agent—that would &peso upon whore his agent wee. If it was the perms she th oug h t t h e learned eerjeant maw, Itit wee very possible the Armee might deceive hha. meant Ali be the last witness. She seat far Ali Akhhar last Thursday. and he A celled her in reference t o • b ox for which the meer was inepos debted to her. At that interview he told her that Mr. Coffey led told such 'tortes of him es constantly to keep him la het water. Her object in going to Si, liamil'on Seymour wee to relieve herself from the aspersions thrown upon her eke meter in orenimion with the charge of Mrs. Coffey. She had been anxious that this eaysnare should not take plate. She had et ',Wood all the matter to Mr. Roebuck. Ones she saw him at her own house, and once at his ; mote then that —primp' half a dozen times—and always in reference to the peados. She had to en deprived of her husband, bat elm d never gone by any other name than that of her haelmill and her own. Her own name wea Ryan, and she now traded under the name of Ryan and Co. She had never threatened to publish any statement or memoir with regard to my gen geom. She had never demanded from any one my ma of money fir suppressing or withholding such publication. She lad sever been threatened with prose tiou on aceouat of such a publication. (The witness entered into a long Maar meet on this matter.) She stated that she once met a lady m a packet, 'ad was informed that she was not a proper person. Thie lady mme to her home and read • which she ( Me.. Parr) Imprudently mentioned to lo a n gi= him a umber of parliament, and a member of the gem mat, who imprudently mentioned it again. She proceeded to say that a Mr. Hawke bad celled upon her with mimed to the paper alluded to, but she did not know that it wen to re km°, to any threatened publication. Mr. Hawke did sot threaten a to prosecution agium, t end site did sof haw The d that be held oat such a threat against the lady referred to. ocument was kfl for • long time to Maims. Her without ker permission, and showed it to a barrister in the Temple. The document was highly defamatory, ia the manes of so me o f the !lighten people in England brin ,tl Matra( conversations she alleged to have had with there. HIM said she intended publishing it. la the document it use stated that she bed paid t be 260 &nem as •fee, le bring m radon on Ire baba end Itegalmet a distinguished perste, for a breath of promise of sesseless, woe ow tlis gentleman's WWI that Kr. linerke 864 os at should t sayM t ae. hat ehe had not the doemoont to her pre wittier The wittier said that she could disprove the intimeaskaa mat spa her by the evidence of spacebars of pasilement mid Maim of distinction, end if thaw gumption. Isere mellstied In elm hoped she might be allowed to mill taws pus arsa. (Laughter.) Rurstnation continued—Sas never saw Yr. Mika Jams, Q.C., on the subject of that publication, Sts Wee THE PAPRFSS. FRIDAY FVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1858. acquainted with Mrs. C•diey. That lady I candy coned at her house to inquire whether Mr. Cuftoy wee than. Yr. Cagy wen staying there. Mrs. C..ffey continued to ring at the bell, sad wham t.,ld her that if she would not come up stairs she should be obliged to do that which would be very disagreeable. Mr. flerjeant Deem now malted that the crosreuraina tion might close, in order that ho might psoduos Mr. Hawke. By the Chairman—ln her conversations with Mr. Butt that gentleman never made any statement in referent* to his arrangements with the Aoherr. He mid, however, dm when he came back from India he should be a rich man; that he had been acting in parliament and with the government for the purpose of getting the Ameer's lands restored to him ; and that he had been successful in obtaining a compromise with Mr. Yemen Smith on the part of the government. Mr. Butt said that when ho had finished this matter he should be able to get the affairs of other Indian prince% settled, and thus obtain great wealth. She wee quite ewo that Mr. Butt alluded to hi. exertions in partiament. Mr. Serjeant Kinglake—She knew that Mr. Coffey had stated that, if it was thought mammary, he would detain the Amcor, but she never heard that he said he would take him back to England if a hint wore given. The committee adjourned at 4 o'clock until 12 o'clock to morrow. THE MURDER AID ROBBERY BY 17OP.RJONER IN THE HAYAUBSET. The following particulars have been collected from reliable sources On Tuesday night a foreigner (a German or Italian) ac costed three Freu' girls in the 'meet, and, after • short conversation, accompanied one of them, known as Madame Louise, to her lodgings, No. 8, Arundel-place, Haymarket, • house kept for, and inhabited by, foreign prostltutes. They wont to bed, and nothing more was heard of them until Wednesday morning at one o'clock,when the foreigner left the house, the servant letting him out, and noticing nothing particular about him. In the course of the day, when dinner time came, and Madame Louise did not make her appear ance, thekeeper of the house and the lodgers began to have their suspicions ; and about seven o'clock in the evening they resolved to search the room, when they were horrified at finding Madame Lodes deed, and quite black in the face from strangulation and there were finger-marks on the throat, and indications of a violent struggle. Medical aid was Immediately procured ; bat the doctor, Mr. Tothill, of Chinks - street , pronounced that the woman had been dead for some hours. There was • small quantity of bleed on the pillows. On examining the room, ft was discovered that nearly all the weari ng apparel of the dead woman was missing ; also some pawnbrokers' duplicates and money. The black velvet cloak the deceased wore when she met the foreigner was also gone. As the earrinp weretorn from the ears of the deceased it would seem that robbery was the motive of this barbarous murder. The demand was a Frenchwoman, about twenty-two years of age, and when she came to England, about six or eight months ago, set up the business of a laundress M Little Windmill street. Being encumbered with two children she could not get a maintenance by laundry work, and then she Rined the numerous hard o f f ore i gn prostitutes who parade egent-street and the neighbouring streets. On the evening when the deceased went home with the foreigner she Is knows ! to have worn a gold watch and chain, which can nowhere be found. Inspector Perk, of the C division, was engaged throughout yesterday in the inquiry. At 12 o'clock last night the greatest possible excitement prevailed in the Haymarket and neighbourhood, consequent upon a report that the murderer had been apprehended; and in a few minutes afterwards a man, closely guarded by the police, was taken to the Vine-street police station, followed by several hundreds of persons, many of whom manifested their horror and detestation of the supposed murderer by hissing and hocitl_ng. The man was taken helm Acting- Inspector Webb ; and the servant girl, and other prase in the house where the orbits was perpetrated, were suesmcned with a view to identify the prisoner in custody. When they arrived, how ever, much to the disappointment of all present, they said he was not the aressin. He was at once set at liberty, In a date of considerable agitation, caused by the enormity of the accusation preferred against him. He was an Englishman. ' Last evening Mr. Tothtll, the divisional surgeon, made an examination of the body of the murdered woman. He dis covered make round the neck, as if her throat bad been firmly grasped by her unnatural assailant, in order to throttle her. He came to the conclusion that the un fortunate woman had been smothered with a pillow, and the prevented from raising any outcry. In addition to the articles mentioned above, the mur derer took two silk dresses belonging to the deceased, and also an alpaca skirt and jacket, a white &ilk parasol, a cape with a hood attached, and various other articles of wearing apparel. The aerrant-girl remembers that when she saw the man leave the home he had a parcel with him. Before leaving, he securely locked the door of the room, and took the key away with him. From the fact that the murderer had been seen loitering about the neighbourhood for two or three nights previously, the police are of opinion that he had been watching for • female having an extensive display of jewellery, and that be induced the woman to take him home, with the fixed deter mination of taking her life, for the purpose of committing the robbery. Labe inulltgena. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—Fes, 25. (Sittings at NW Pries at duildliall. Before Lord Campbell sad a Special Jury.) ROYAL BRITISH BANK. ELTTINTII DST. TER QUERN V. MONTEREY sitovnt, EDWARD WIDAILE, HENRY DUNNING MACLEOD, IIICH ',SG HARTLEY KEN NEDY, WILLIAM DANIEL OWEN, JOHN STAPLETON, AND HUGH MINES CAMERON. Mr. Huddleston said, in addressing the jury on the part of Mr. Humphry Brown, he laboured under considerable dis advantage, because he was unable, like his learned friends who had preieded him, to appeal to their sympathies and feelings on the ground that his client had no direct personal interest in the monetary transactions of the bank. He ad mitted at once that Mr. Brown had availed himself of the re sources of the bank, and that he was now a debtor to it to a large amount ; and he did not disguise from them that he was awfully conscious of the prejudice which existed arra his client, not only in the jury box, hut eliewhere—• prejudice of which he did not complain, because Mr. Drown had brought it on him self, but against which he emplered them to be upm their guard. He could not but see in his watchful anxiety for his client, that the ordinary approaches to their understandings had been closed by prejudice against him—prejudice which might be judified to some extent, but yet was most unfair if it prevented justice being done. He knew the jury were sincerely anxious to do what was fair and right, and certainly the attention and care with which they had investigated this remarkable and prolonged ore were almost unparalleled on the part of s jury in the annals of justice; but, nevertheless, he hared that it would almost be beyond thew power to en liredy divest their minds of the prevailing prejudice to which be had adverted. He therefore entreated their indulgers while he went into the facts of Mr. Brown's car. That gestlentsa came into the bank is February, 1853. His poet don at that time was the lame as Mr. Stapleton's, whin the letter joined the bank in 1865. The bank had then been formed, and bad already a considerable amount of bad debts, but all he knewof 'testate was obtained from the last report sad be lance-sheet. It had been insinuated that he joined the beak for purposes of his own, but such was not the fact, he having been induced to come into it by the representations of Mr. Muttons, who said it had progressed moot satidsctorily ; but although nominated by the directors he would net take his seat at board until his choice had been approved of by the body of shareholders. He was elected at the same time as Sir John Shelley and although It was said the name of that gentle man had been improperly used by the directors ; Mr. Brown was not aware of that ; and coking to the name of Sir John and the other names on the direction, he of course entertained a high opinion of the bank, and he also thought that his ad vent to the board was welcomed and sought for. At that time, instead of being embarrassed, Mr. Brown was well to do in the world. His had been a varied and chequered ca reer. Having early in life embarked in trade with his father, he bemuses bankrupt in 1831, and again in 1835, but hie separate metre had paid 20s. in the pound. He afterwards carried on an extensive business as a carrier, and developed a new species of industry, which was exceedingly lucrative, via., traffic taking, for the purpose of giving evidence before railway committees. He realised a large fortune by his dif ferent specnlsUms, bat a considerable part of it he subse quently lost. He had held the highest civic offices in the town where he was born, educated, and brought up, and some of them more than once, and he had had the honour of representing that place in parliament. At that period he was worth 20,0001., and had been worth more. A story had been circulated which had poisoned the public mind, and rendered the very name of Mr. Humphrey ;grown a byeword. That story Sir F. Theidger had been in duced to repeat, and it had remained with all its baneful In fluence on the minds of the jury until Mr. Barnard dispelled it ; but until then it had no doubt the died of making them look with & jaundiced eye upon Mr. Brown's nee. The story was that his client opened an account with the Royal British Bank by payitig in • sum of 18/. 145., while he owed it when itclosed ita doors as much as 17,0001. But they were told by Mr. Barnard that he found • crossed cheque for 181. 14e. among Mr. Brown's papers, and that at his (Bar nard's) seggestion It was sent through the Royal British Bank to r. Brown's private bankers in the country. After wards Mr. Brown did open a drawing account, and during the first three or four months 9,0001. was paid to his credit in respect of bills discounted, and at the end of that period he bad between 5,0001. and 6,0001. at his credit, and the bank charged six per cent. for discounting his bills, while they only Snowed two per cent. on his deposits. Besides that, during his transactions with the bank, nearly half-a-million of money on good bills found its way through the credit side of his account, and be was debited for dis counts with a charge of 10,0001. The learned counsel then proceeded to show the bone fide nature of the securities which he had given to the bank. With regard to the Mag dalena, which ma about to be emoyed as a transpo rt , she had been transferred to Mr. W ilton,e because Mr. Brown, being a member of parliament, could not enter into • con tract with the government. This was one of the matters of prejudice imparted Into the case of which he had so bitterly complained. In March, 1855, Mr. Brown, properly feeling that it was not a correct thing for a director to have had • large amount of his paper out in the bank,waa desirous of giv ing it the best security in his power. At that time he owed the beak about 60,0001., and he gave as securities the six rends on which there was then no mortgage. Those vessels had cost Mr. Brown 65,0001.. and there was 27,0001. of freight, making an aggregate of 92,0001. He would con tend that this was an ample security for Mr. Brown's debt ; but in addition to this he gave them security on other ves sels. He had, therefore, some reason to complain that Sir F. Tltaidger had opened that Mr. Brown had given no secu rity for his debt. There were two other charges against Mr. Brown which be would deal with, in order to remove the pre judice. Sir F. Theeiger had staled that Mr. Brown had dealt unfairly with the freight of the Hornet. Now, they would find by Mr. Brown's pass-book that on this date two same of 2,0001. and two sums of 1,0001. were paid into the bank ; and it could be proved that the remaining 6001. had been fairly paid for the disbursement of the vessel at Liver pool. Then, as to the Gloucester ships, it was doubtful if the bank intended to hold security on them; but the 4,0001. borrowed by Mr. Brown on them from the Gloucester Banking Company VS/ paid to his amount in the Royal British Bank. He would show them that the real evidence against Mr. Brown was shadowy. If they wire to convict him on prejudice then he had no hope ; if they were to convict him on evidence, then he had confident expectations of the result of the issue. Even if they should think the overt acts wore proved, and yet that there was no conspiracy, then they could not find any of the defendants guilty, for conspiracy was the mime. Mr. Brown was net party to conspiracy. Had he not expressed himself es ready to reelien his seat at the board in favour of men of com mercial experience, though thus he might give up the tittle power he might possess if his securities came to be dealt with? Was that conspiracy? What Mr. Brown would have to deplore for the remainder of hts life was, that he, as • director, had obtained large accommodation from the bank by the discount of his own bills. This, he would admit, must create a prejudice ; but If, on the other side, the securities had tamed out good securities, then this discount account would have been a profitable account. If they tried the car by prejudice he had no hope ; if they tried it by the evidence he bad a asnguine expectation that they must, as re gutted Mr. Brown, pronounce • verdict of acquittal. (Amphora) Mr.Lserrence then addressed the jury oath* part of Mr. H. Domain Macleod, who, ha said, was a member of an ancient is which Scotland might feel justly proud. His father wra ii ?ord-lieettenant of the county of Roes, and had repro seated the borough in im:burnt ; he pursued his studies at one of the English univentides, and in 1849 was called to the bar, and up to that period be bad aejoyed • • character for truthfulness and honour. He became a director of this bank in 1863, but took no active part in its affairs until the end of that year. From that time, however he continued to set honestly end zealously as a dire Mer d o ing the beet he could for the interestsof the bank, goingierly to all the beanies, and giving between 200 and 300 attentlasees during cm year ,• but no proof had been given that he had asked for or receive d any personal benefit from the beak. The learned counsel then commented on different parts of the evidence which affected his client, and submitted that slthough be might have shown • want of knowledge and experience in matters of banking, he had come out of the trying ordeal of this investigation without any imputation on his character r an honest man. He then appealed to the jury, not, at the outset of his career to blight the prospects of a young man of honour and intelligence, whose SVSVI• MIMS' might yet do credit to his profession and his country His connexion with the Royal British Bask, though tenet unfortunate, had not been criminal. It had been said that he left the bank a ruined man ruined in fortune be might be, but he (the learned counsel) trusted the jury would say he was not ruined in character or credit, and that they would a verdict of not guilty as regarded him upon this promo Mr. D. Seymour, who aered on behalf of Mr. Cameron, said they were now approaching the last acme of this event ful sad extraordinary trial, and it would soon be their duty to pronounce by their solemn verdict whether the crown had made out the charge contained in the information of the Attorney-General, that the several defendants combined and confederated together in an unholy league for the detestable object of publishing knowingly false and headland state ments for the purpose of entrappiog the public, or whether there was not a wide distinction and difference between criminal motives and sanguine hopes—between arras of judgment and overt acts of conspiracy. 411 his learned friends had appealed to the jury for their indulgeece ; but U any counsel ever rose under a terrible sense of responsibility in a court of justice, and felt it necessary to them their in dulgence, it was he, in entering upon the defames of Mr. Cameron. His client was in this pitiful position, that he was connected with the bank from first to last, and that in his person were centred everything which calumny could Miltand the most malignant enemy whisper; and to that t ei o be added the fact that the other defendants, instead of taking the generous and manly mune of confronting him with the evidence, had, at the last moment, attempted to vin dicate their position. and to effect their deliverance by 'mei filing his client. He had to complain that Sir F. Thesiger had, In his opening for the prosecution, repeatedly accused Mr. Cameron of frauds which had no /114/4008 but in his brief. One of those charge' produced a great sensation In the court, and had no doubt • terrible efface upon the Math of the key. It was the sad and moving steep ee as man who en the kat flaw of the bank's miens se Wl= to dips* his little series on the perms. sonsass_ of Mr. Osatoroa that the Mg pssossloi as Ws a sp thee Beak of ltsgt.al Bait had Set sesinue• bum perted Ifs Noland be vas WAN tree 1a laurel Oat sielumott but now it turned out to be a perfect 1; unity. This showed that they should be careful to draw a line between prejudice and proof, between accusation unsupported 'v evidence arid small fade on the testimony of witnesses. Avery learned gentleman who had gone before him had by ropes; charge or inuendo endeavoured to shift the responsibility from his client to the shoulders of Mr. Cameron. They had made him a scapegoat, and sought to purchase the escape of their clients at the cost of Mr. Cameron's utter destruction. He (Mr. Seymour) was no accuser of Mr. Stapleton, but Sir F. Kelly had represented that the moment that gentle man caught sight of the 4001. bill which Mr. Cameron had discounted for Mr. Brown without consulting the directors, he never looked with any friendly eye upon Mr. Cameron; and he was desirous to distinctly deny the truth of that asser tion. tip to the 12th July, 1856, at all events, the most friendly relations subsiatedbetweenthem, both in their correspondence and in private life. What conclusion was to be drawn from I that That there was nothing in hie conduct which an honourable man like Mr. Stapleton could condemn, or else that the latter could keep one face towards his friend, and put on another behind his back. But the truth was that this alleged hostility was the mere Invention of those who in structed Sir F. Kelly, and had not been oommunicated to him by Mr. Stapleton himself, who was above resorting to each a device in order to procure his own escape. The learned counsel then alluded to Mr. Cameron's high position in Scotland, and to his intimacy with Sir Jas. Matheson and Mr. A. Matheson, and staked the jury if it was probable that he would have so far sacrificed the friendship and good opinion of gentlemen of such eminence, wealth, and influ ence, who could have been of great assistance to himself and family, as to induce the brother-in-law of the latter (Mr. Stapleton) to join a bank which he knew to be in a hopelessly insolvent state, and even to solicit themselves to join the direction of that bank. Still less was it probable that he would allow his own son-in-law (Mr. Macleod) to embark his whole fortune in an undertaking which he knew or even suspected was in an unsound state. The learned counsel i then said t was erroneous to suppose that Mr. Cameron was the originator of the bank, it having been promoted by Mr. M'Gregor and Mr. Mu ll en., the former of whom came to Mr. Cameron, who was then carrying on bunnies in London as a parliamentary agent, for the purpose of obtaining his assistance in procuring a charter of incorporation. Then ad verting to the charge made against his client of discounting bills surreptitiously behind the back of the directors, Mr. Seymour drew attention to a clause in the deed of settlement, which expressly gave the general manager the power of discounting bills, in cases of emergency in the abs of the directors, and in serted that if the directors bad taken Mr. Cameron's advice and acted upon it, instead of treating him in the way they did, the bank would have weathered the storm, and been now in a mound and nourishing condition. After dealing with various points In the evidence, showing by the corre spondence that Mr. Cameron remained upon terms of friend ship with Mr. Stapleton, Mr. Kodiak, and Mr. Kennedy, until the very lost, be concluded by making a very earnest, eloquent, and powerful appeal to the sympathies of the jury onhehalf of Ma client. His address was followed by considerable applause. Mr. Alex. Matheson called and examined by Mr. Bovill, who appeared for Mr. Btapleton—l em of the firm of Ma theson end Company. lam also a director of the Bonk of England, and M.P. for Inverness boroughs. I am also brother-in-law of Mr. Stapleton. I have known Mr. Ca merae since 1839. It was during a visit from China to this country that I first knew him. I own considerable in the north of Scotland . My uncle, Sir J. Metheso p n r ,Tt r hi owner of the Isle of Lewis. When I knew Mr. Cameron he was an influential man is the county of Ross. He ma naged the estates of some of the principal landowners in the county, and held several important °Mow. I appointed him the manager of an estate I purchased. He stood very high, end I have met him at, the best houses in the county. In the spring of 1855 Mr. Stapleton said to me, that feeling the time hanging heavily on his bands, he wanted to be placed on the direction of some company. Afterwards Mr. Cameron said he would be giad to place any gentleman I might recommend on the direction of the Royal British Bank. In 1855 I mid to him Mr. Stapleton wished for • situation of that description, but I did not think he knew anything of basking or commercial businees. Mr. Cameron said he thought he would be useful, as he was a Wert-and gentleman. I invited them to meet at my table. Mr. Ca meron was also agent for Si James Matheson. Mr. Sta pleton consented to become a director. I never doubted what Mr. Cameron told me about the bank. I had full confi dence in him. He told me that 'it had succeeded end was doing a profitable business. In September, 1856, he wrote to me in Scotland, saying that there was a run upon the bank, which made him very uncomfortable; that be believed if some persona of known wealth could be induced to take shares in the bank its affairs would be retrieved, and the con fidence of the public in it would be completely restored. He then added, if one of my partners, whom I might name, satisfied himself of the state of the bank by inspecting the books, there would be no risk in my taking shares ; and he then sated if I would take any, saying if I did so it would be all right. I was not at home when the letter arrived, and I did not get it until the bank stopped. Mr. Stapleton did not know much about business. I have known him since 1847. In my intercourse with him I have always found him a most correct, truthful, and highly honourable man. Examined by Mr. Lawrence--I have known Mr. Macleod, the defendant, for many years, and I give him the same character for honour and truthfulness. His father, and his gonadial:or_ , were both lord-lieutenants of Cromarty. Examined by Mr. D. Seymour—l had such confidence in Mr. Cameron that I would have trusted hint with any sum of money without a receipt. Mr. Slade said he proposed to call some winnow, on the part of Mr. Owen, as to character. Mr. S. Morley, of Wood-street, examined—l have Imown Mr. Owen 20 years. He was a customer of ours, and has always been most thoroughly upright. He was the founder of the Drapers' Benevolent Institution. Mr. Hoare, of the firm of Hoare and Co., beakers—l hays known Mr. Owen 13 years as a friend, and I have a high opinion of his character and of his honour. Mr. Hitchcock, of St. Paul's-churchyard, who had known him 20 years, gave limner testimony. Mr. Slade mid Mr. Justice Byles had promised to come if he possibly oould, to speak to Mr. Owen's character. He supposed he was unable to attend. alley, examined by Mr. Hennedy—l am en air constant, and was formerly clerk to Mr. H. Brown. I was in his employ about five years. When I ant =tend his service, in 1853 I took the management of • silk mill. At that time I think he was worth 22,0001. His property con sisted of goods and freehold property. He desired _mete take an account of ell his property. I mode it rep from whet he told roe. _ _ -- Mr. James Tyler_, an accountant, who investigated the aa °cants between Mr. Brown and his assignees, said the amount claimed by the assignees of the Royal British Beak was 636731. In that there were claim', which, if proved, reduced it to 58,0001. There was interest charged to Mr. Brown by the bank on his account to the sum of 9,1291. The amount charged for the insurance of his ship was nearly 1,0001. Ilia hooka represented that in January, 1853, he ha d • surplus of upwards of 22,0001. Mr. Forbes M'Donald, called by Mr. D. Seymour—l am a civil engineer, land agent, and valuer, residing at Dingwall. I am in the commission of the peace for the county of Ross. I know the property of Mr. Cameron within the borough of Dingwall. It consists of land and hoarse. Some of the principal inns and principal buildings of the town are on the property. In 1857 I surveyed the property at the request of the of the National Bank of Sootland. I valued it at 12,542 . I think it is property which will increase in value. Mr. Cameron obtained seven or eight medal' from the Highland Society for the cultivation of the land. I have come from Scotland at my own expense to give evidence fur Mr. Cameron. I have known him all my life. He has always borne the very highest character for honesty and CramCram-examine:l—The property has on it the National Bank and the prison and other public buildings. I have reload the land at 40 yeas' purchase. Re-examined—l have known land in Scotland sold at 107 )sate' purchase. Within the last few years seven estates have been mid in the immediate neighbourhood, and the ave rage:.apto: at ertdelt they were sold was 56 years' parches% at the present yearly rent. • • • Dr. inshaw—l am 80 years of age, and have cense to London entirely at my own expense to speak to Mr. Came ron's chamoisr. I have been medical adviser for all the leading femilla in the county of Ross, and have known liv. Cameron ever since he was born. He has always in my experience bass an honest and upright man. I have had money transaction with him. I think his estate at Ding wall Is valuable. There is no better land in Scotland. I do not think the has witness has overrated its value. . . _ Mr. E. Sullen, a vecial pleader, said Mr. Macleod was formerly his pupil, aM he had knows him 10 or 11 years con tinuously. Re always found him to be a min of high honour and integrity. The court adjourned at half•psst firs o'clock, it being understood that after the examination of two 'ransoms who were named, for some of the defendants, neat 'sneaky, Mr. Atherton should reply on the part of the crown. The CTOWII. CEIVTEAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD LoJAT.—FFB. 25. (Bef o re Kr. Sufic., Wightman.) Reny isiteerd Legge, Young m$ of gentlemanly ap pearance, sarreagesed re rake his trial upon an indictment which charged that he, being ia the memos of her Majesty as paymaster of the t a d R eg i mm :t of Royal West Surrey on th e p re u m bl i i v c ell atoo in u thsat,tamcapa city that d i ew it:llllfu llarg e Waume lY and of f in ei ce on 7 oualy embezzled a sum of 1,300[., portion ; - )f the moneys 00 re ceived. -- In other counts the prisoner was charged with unlawfully appropriating a large sum of money he ha,' received on account of the public to his own use. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Bodkin conclude,' the fro secution. which wsa instituted by direction of the' Wsr o®ce. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Kerr, of the Nor thern circuit, were specially retained for the defence. Mr. F. C. Kerby, accountant-general to the army, was ax-' amined in reference to the accounts that had been sent in by the prisoner, and which appeared to be of a very complicated character, and for a considerable time the court and the learned conned on both sides appeared to be pum..led tea very considerable extent. The result appeared to be that although the prisoner seemed to have claimed for payments alleged to have been made, and which were represented not to have been paid in point of fact, to the amount of over 4,0001., he had, in the course of the period during which he held the office of paymaster debited himself 7,0001. more than he had actually received. Mr. Justice Wightman interposed, and asked the Soli citor-General whether he thought he ought to proceed further with the case P It wee clear there had been long, complicated, running accounts, and the result appeared to be that in transactions to the amount o. 23,0001. there wee a balance of 1,3001. only against the prisoner, it being at the setae time admitted that In several quarters there was a balance in his favour. The question for the jury was, whether or not a felony had been committed. The Solicitor-General said he was entirely in the bands of his lordship • and it the jury should be of opinion, from what they had already heart that the deficiency was to be ac counted for by the prisoners youth, and his ignorance of accounts, he had no instructions to press the inquiry. The jury expressed a dubs to have some evidence se to the non-payment of the sums which the prisoner in his accounts represented had been paid by him. Mr. Justice Wightmaa then said that the case bad better proceed. . _ _ _ In further cross-examination, Mr. Kerby stated that the prisoner's accounts bore every indication of having been made out by a Fenton who was ignorant of such matters. Mr. Justice Wightman, in the coarse of the examination, again interposed, and said he really did not see how the charge of embezzlement was supported. At the close of a long series of accounts there appeared to be a balance against the p ri soner, and even the actual amount of that balance ap peared to be disputed ; and under such circumstances he thought it could hardly be sai d that the prisoner was guilty of embezzling it. The Solicitor-General expressed himself ready to withdraw from the prosecution; but the jury did not appear willing that the cue should be stopped, and further evidence was accord ingly gone into. The Earl of Lovelace, the colonel of the regiment, Lieut.- Colonel Parrett, and a number of other officers, were ex amined, sad they proved that they received their pay from Mews. Cox and Co., and that the only money they received from the prisoner was for allowanorn for forage, lodging, 6:c. Evidence was also given that, although the prisoner had paid for a portion of the articles supplied to the hospital, the greater portion was supplied by different government con tractors, and that they were paid by the government, and not by the prisoner. Hutton, a sheriff's officer, proved that in February, 1866, he had a writ of 8. fa. against the prisoner, and he paid the amount, 121. 10e., by a cheque upon the bank or Messrs. Heydon, at Guildford. • Evidence was then given that during the yeses 1866 and 1868 a number of writs were issued against the prisoner for debts incurred at Oxford, and it appeared tkat these debts were settled by cheque of the prisoner on Mears. Cox and Co., and by cash. said that this was the cue for the Mr. Chambers then made a very earnest and able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Justice Wightman summed up the cue very briefly, and he particularly called the attention of the jury to the fact of the accounts having extended over a period of fifteen menthe, and also that even at present the prosecution did not attempt to prove the exact amount that was represinted to have been embezzled. He also observed that it wee the very essence of the offence of embezzlement that there should be an intention to defraud, and if that was not clearly made out to their satisfaction, the prisoner was entitled to a verdict. The Jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the prisoner wu at once discharged front custody. TEE SUPPOSED ..1( CEDER YEAR CARLISLE At Carlisle assizes, before Mr. Baron Martin, on Wednesda Jacob Skelton was indicted for the murder of his father - la-law, Robert Irwin, on Christmas-day last. The demised was an ged man of 85 years, who lived with the prisoner and his wife in a cottage at Fenton, a village six miles from Carlisle. He paid his eon-in-law be. a week for his board and lodgMg. The old man had saved 2001. or 3001., and was believed to poises, more . The prisoner had used very . offensive language to him and of him—had a great enmity to his opinions and manner of life—called him a Methody, and wished him "cold in the gob." Besides this he told a man named Armstrong he would give him 101. to shoot him. He bad evidently dwelt upon the old tom's property and contemplated his death—tailing Arm strong the old man had 1,0001., which would all come to him, and telling others that he should take a farm with it. Moreover, at the time of the old man's death, the prisoner was prosecuting two respectable men on a charge of robbing biro on the highway; and said to a witness he would soon have plenty of money and would go on with the prosecution. On the night before the murder • neighbour named Parkin came to the prisoner's house and invited Irwin to go to a prayer meeting in the morning at the home of Mr. Taylor, a neighbour, who, with the old man and Perkin, were Wee leyaas. As Parkin was going away the prisoner came and told him it was a foolish thing to go to Mr. Taylor's, and begged him not to go. In the result he did not go. The prayer meeSng was expected to last two hours. Deoraed got cep a little Übee sfi o'clock nest morning. The distance to Taylor's was only shout 600 yards. He took his stick and his lantern, as it was quite dark. He wee nod seen by a man named BeU, a servant of Mr. Taylor's, who, as he was taking hay to feed some sheep, found Irwin lying on his back on the grans—not on the metalled path. He was in smisible, but not do ad. lie had a wound on the left side of hie head, and his clothes were all dirtied on the right side. The inference was that he had received a blow on the left side, which had thrown him on the right aide. On a closer examination the medical men called in gonad another wound over the left ear. The principal wound had been produced by a violent blow—the small bed been driven in and fractured—and the wound was prelim form. The doctors were of opinion that the wound bad been inflicted by • hammer—the one by its head, and the other by its smaller end—the one while the man was standing, the other when he was on the ground. In his pockets were found hie hymn book, his watch, and 6!. lbw The murder had there fore been committed by some one who had no derire to kill him for the sake of plunder. The old man, more over. was very much respected • he was without an enemy in the world. The prisoner Ind his wife were the only living in the house , except some small children. 7.h:the police-ofticer inquird for a hammer, he at onoe produced one somewhat peculiar, and it the the principal Irwin , ' exactly ; the length and the breadth were the same— the size and the shape of the head the same. No trams of blood, however, could be found on the hammer, or anything belonging to the prisoner. Fur the defence, Mr. C. Forster, his counsel, suggested that the old man might have been knocked down by • horse gallopping along the road that dark morning, and that a sharp stone, which had been picked up covered with blood, might have cowed the wounds in his head. The prisoner was found Not o&6ilty. As soon as the verdict was announced some persons in the aaUsrr t began to biro, when the Judge said— " ' I wish you would bring some person before me who hes been making nee of those expressions. Let one be brought before me, and I will commit him for two years. It was amcet lade cent exhibition." Turning to the jury, his lordship said that, in his judgment, the case was one of mere suspicion, and was not established by that proof which ought to lead to • conviction of the peisonsr. ESCAPE OF • CONVICT IN THE THAMES.—lll formation was yesterday communicated to the metrosontam lion of the swaps of • convict, sword George Haynes, from the ship True Briton, lying in the Thames, o ff Deptford. It ar get a number of convicts had been rustily pieced st= the above ship for conveyance to Bermrm. Batty in the evening a boat with five or sic pawns, apparently seafaring men, Ina observed approaching the weed by the "entry on duty, who warted them not to come near. The answ er to this wu that they had bats sent from the Bremen's Home to work the ship, and that they wished to see the captain or the chief officer. Neither of thee officials being on board at the time—a fact well known to the party—they inquired for the person in chirp of the ship, sad wen armed on deck. One of the man was observed with a bundle under his emu, but nothing particular was thought of this circumstance at the moment. Oa being informed that some mistake moat have been made Is sending them to join the "hip, as all the crew had been engaged, they complained loudly of the hardship which had been practised upon them, and repeated, in ths event of their hammock' being brought down to the ship, that they should be instantlent back. They then left. and a dew lours afterwards Keynes was missed from his quarters, herbs& ft is mused, during the above parleyiag, become = s of thilierms sewn to ramekin of we orthe men, Irmo's' clothing, which be bed placed over his mark* dross, sod left Ws ship rssobserved. The boat was seas be precool in the direction of =wall Matra, when the petty hada; sod from bigotries slam mode it sums a cob era Reidy wefts le Nam than away. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Fan. 25. The ocatrt eat at Westminster to-day for the purpose of delivering judgments in awes previously argued. HILL V. ERVT.-THE PRINTING TRADE. Mr. Baron Watson delivered the judgment in this MIN which had come before the court on a special caw, raising • q;m i s i ln of great importance to printers. The plaintiff,' ea to be paid for the composition of standing advertise ments according to • scale, which was disputed by the de fendant, a printer, in whose employ they were. It appeared that the parties, having formerly disagreed when certain rules were drawn up for the guidance of the trade at large, subsequently other differences led to litigation, when the matter was referred to arbitration, and the first question mind was whether the award then made was as between the parties, or was binding on the trade gonarally. On this point the court was of opinion that the award ma only binding 012 the parties, and that it was competent to the court to decide upon the true construction of the rules The eeoond question was whether, according to the rules of the trade, the plaintiffs were entitled to charge on • certain scale which might be distributed over different pages. The court was of opinion that the compositor had a right to charge in such oases ac cording to the some, and was not limited to charging for the mere time occupied in arranging the advertisements. The plaintiffs were, therefore, entitled to recover. Judgment mocedlngly. Omni. PAirci.—Ors SHILLING DAT. ••••• TiivissAT,Frs. 26.—Ahaires so wank 063; OM by ems Woks% 211 ; Islii, 0114. THE POLICE COURTS. WOIBH!P 7 STR . BET. A married lady ;it; plai;stratlie7b7;cl;arged with picking the pocket of a domestic servent, named Caroline Nunn, at the Shoreditch terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway . The prosecutrix stated that she arrived from Roraima= the previous night in one of the railway carriages, and while passing into the main road noticed the accused, who kept close by her side until she reached the street, when she rapidly made off. The anspicion of witness being excited she examined her pocket, and found that a purse, which was safe on her alighting from the carriage, had been stolen. On apprising one of the railway officers of her loss, he advised her to follow the person she sus pected, which she did, but saw nothing of her until she: reached Pitfield-street, a quarter of a mile from the station, where she met priaoaer, and, instantly recognising her u the person referred to, c alled a policeman and gave her into custody. Prisoner at the time wu approaching her from an opposite direction, accompanied by another lady ; but witnessfelt satisfied, from her drew and general appear &ace, that she was the same person who had robbed her. Police-constable N 206, who had taken prisoner into cur tody by desire of the proseentrix, stated that she exhibited extreme s urp rise and consternation at the time, and declared that she had never seen the woman until the moment other arrest. As the accusation, however, was persisted in, he was compelled to take her to the station house, when she was detained on the charge. Mr. Child, of the firm of Wire and Child, who attended for the defence, stated that he was personally well acquainted with the lady's family, and assured the magistrate that a more gross and unfounded charge had never been brought tato a court of justice. At the time the alleged robbery =a committed, his client was attending pub%) worship at a chapel in Finsbury, half a mile from the place referred to immediately idler leaving which she was suddenly pounced upon by the complainant, who banded her over to the police on this scandalous accusation. Several whams' of respectability baring given evidence corrobontios rill,. Child's statement, The magistrate said that it was manifest the charge was utterly without foundation, and greatly regretted th.e an noyance and inconvenience to which the accused had been subjected, but of course she would leave the bar without the sl*htest stain on her character. WESTMINSTER. John Blackman U:el6;1;i Redman, two respectable looking men, stated to come from Bath and Brighton, were placed at the bar, charged with burglariously breakin g into the house of • police constable. John William Norman, 248 A, said—At two o'clock this morning I was awoke by a noise at the street door of my house, No, 10, Great Queen-street. I was in bed in the back parlour, and saw • light in the passage. I thought it might be one of my lodgers. I heard the parlour door open. My wife called out " Who's there F' and the light wee eatiaguished. I looked out of the bedroom door and saw two men leave the pasiago, pulling the street door to after them. One of my lodpre had • gentleman to see him, and I thought it might be them point out. I went to bed again. About ten minutes after heard the latch of the door go again, and this time I got oat of bed and encountered the prisoner Blackman in the pee mge. I asked him what he wanted, and then seized him. He struggled and got away, but I caught him again at the door. He then pulled me into the street, when I shouted for meietanoe. Two policemen came up; one captured Black man, and the other pursued Redman. Blackman said that a female took him to the house in d struck • light. She went to the corner of rstit;e'stal an ', when he followed her, but having left his stick he returned for it, when prosecutor laid hold of him. He knew nothing whatever about Redman. Rama denied all about it. Prosecutor said he had four females in his house—an old lady 76 years of age, his own wife, one of his lodger's wives, who he knew wan in bed at the time, and a servant, who also, he believed, was in bed. Prisoners were remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A woman named Bull, living in Thomas-street, St. George's, applied for advice. A lodger had died in her hones, leaving no known relations. Having property, and amongst it a gold watch, she took it and left it with an undertaker to • security for the funeral expenses. The undertaker, however, bad thought better of the contract, and having refused to bury the deceased she wished to know how she wu to regain pos. seed= of the watch. Mr. Deaden thought that the perish authorities wore the proper parties to take charge of the effects of • deemed mien virtu relations were unknown, and directed me of the constables attached to this court, Hubberety, to go to the Union and make known the CirCUMAII2OIII. The pariah odious, it appeared, interfered promptly, aad undertook the funeral ceremony. They also took peseemket of the property of the deceased, and of • savings bank book. showing that a sum of about 401. was in the name of the deceased. The woman vb.-, kept the house brought • bill of IL kr attendance on the deceased, among the items of which was If. for si touting the police-court, to Mr. Burke, and asked to be paid the amount. Mr. Bud= refused to entertain the application, remolds( that the charge of 1/. for applying to him for advice was • step which required some effrontery to take. A Madame& aided to know If ha had any remedy fa thie case wth was taken ill at the house of • relative. To defray =pewee, be sot bar 40i. In a writing-desk. His wife died, but before her decease she stated that she bad sot made used the money, which would be found exteadlted in t h e wr:thirdeak. Wheat the wnung-dtek vas opened the death hie wife, the 40/. bed disappeared. Mr. Beadozi could give no assistiinee. LAMBETH. Phillip Wiebor, a German, and Sophie Wieter, his . 4 who have been in ons..adlainaa Friday , for stealing ~ • watch end jewellery fron: the Daum of a German gee neer Norwood, were *eau' at the bar. 1 if r. Inspector Emmerson, f the P division, dep.: 06 1 6 , on Saturday lost he went to • i:auat tit Lang-alley, Bid"'" gate, where they rented a room, there found a nu l l; of letter addressed to various ber,oolent individuals, silk list of the addressee of others, and ',Nam* documents ab i papers, all of which satisfied him that Were ey..i eta .„, letter writers, end carried it ac to a consid,,,‘. extent. A letter from Colonel Phipps, addrened the male prisoner, in reply to some comiounicatinA4 been received containing a post-ofiloe older for 21 . The prisoners had been here 11 months, and had Old is dtt inent places, but principally in Whltechapel. One geru o gentleman to whom they had applied for relief offered to p r their ex penses to Germany but they refused to go. Kr. F erguson, F the chief clerk e to the liendicity, ow a, w i e ty het, had a onomunication from Buckingham Pal io fn soti o nnos in the prisoners, who had evidently been t to d h . some to the prios Consort, and the report which Ind bolt returned was not :wearable. Mr. Norioacidm`t think the evidence of the robbery v ll sufficient, but the circonistancee were suspicious. Mel." course would be I. send the prieoners back to Germany, ai with that object he should band over the Post-office order:: Mr. Ferguson, to take Colonel Phipps's opinion uto application in paying • portion of the expense, in mai m the prisoners home. MARKETS GOTPON.—Liriaieet, Fn. 16.—Oar mann today MI7 eery ma Imprploored. and the prices mere mew Aral. 10 MO bale. clanged Ink mdudloj 4.000 Amara, at 4441.t0 Yd.; 400 hi:final.. at Cid. to 140 Perram. at Bd. to ; 41 MOM, et 7 .to &I. ; .10 Menet/KM at lid. to f 4.; and ACM American. 2.000 ban Minn on mean* and for cdport. 13ILZ.—Tai 15.—The public 1 of Ilk have termleakd this ism ing. the pareladars el which are annexed. with a oomperattm flew d those at Sham of October bed. The attedee wee good bat aa utsl Share wee very little private bidding. nearly everything nine takes In at dam preview ram By contract lem than real Us; been &mud MOM main with little sharettoe. 30e end IPt.. being somleele sad Mrof No. I, 3. add 3 Tad. ;13a. to lea. for Tm . 214.. Id. for (Soto. Bengal,' Immix m much The Awake In lb e heads of oorwomwe are decidedly anal, ba t mat eskeeteled peeitket of patios moray. with other mow. ked mike Wen entrenely cautioss. WOOL AND woßarxD.—lia•DroaD Feb, 15.—Very little cod MS to changed hands. the demand haring somewhat subtler( Blmplore hold art ermly, and Winer* are not In a position to ow rq neat getout The wooly of goal wool In the marker Is very how. Nolte sad brakes are not so meth in demand as they were two ce Woo ereab aire,_ the recent advance having operated somewhat to ethnic ow Meow Them is no Improvement In the yarn drparowent, ay gee logger time that some houses had begun to run In satictpatios la Is worement has not been maintained. The current price no yansgra not ewer the cost of top, and spinners find It more to theft mbar curtail production. The adranced price for cotton mines Ito ode.: to bade. In the arias. In the piece market the greatest WNW d motion Is observable on all allot and manufacturers keep dote owb very low. There has Lean a little more doing In the moshomet set WNW Is • totter feeling erlseed than we have observed for societies geals 00BN.—Thatenrunt N. las. 25.—M Gloucester market, on Ms Ik, wheat saki mall,: u Woreeeter c the same day, slowly, at Mom owly, tee Otterof the preview week. Barley rather more Inquired for. Osta Id., and beam Is. per quarter Maw. During the present wed the vivre trade boo ruled dull, without alteration In value. Barley ealy takaa ha IMall Gate rather cheaper. Bean% tending doenwa p held fee previous tate. At Wolverhampton. ymterdm, wheat ma.. altered to nine, with little doing therein. At Mb day market it. Imes moderate amply of wheat, and the turn lo prim more to Emmet tbe buyer hat we make no alteration In our quotations. Barley qtly as dear. Beans. peon, and oats, all rather cheaper. DiMial. rm. l6—We hada tdr ropply of wheat, erldell meta del nag at bet week. priers. the tuna being elbbtly to Wow of the bey r. The hest Maim fel. realised lase weak Mom but inferior ins glow ci mks. and the tars o . Wept, bett, 47.. to Ws. per or.; mlddlbe, laferlor, 33. to Ws. Barky, Ma be 3. usta, 21. WM. meek ; tka to Ma to Peas. 365. to 45e. flour, fine, 3b. to 36a pit seem& fdls. Jive DlMeniewas. 16.—There wm only • Weeder attendance at We mark* Ind with a limited demand for all dmalptiora lenh z ol= li and tem Atha lower prime mem watmitted lo in the wie eilee4d. but the decline wm not mdleleatly enemies to amble m to Ata tedium oar Ke quotation. Osta and oatmeal met a doe We at peed= dieh hewn mattered. Egyptian beam and logien no la per quarter Ware. - _ II SWAIM, Fes. 24.—At ow eOIIItICIAD 1041111 them WM a pies. Wel sa Kai: oath of all sort. rake 4S at the peke of last week. The folio an the poet prices .—W Wet, white. old. 60 . to Mt; smels. to ; red, old, 41s. to flu.; eels. 46. to Ws.. Wiry. g 40. to 6.1. ; grindlog, 3 Is. to Ms. ; nos, pet 111.404 Vis. to VOn; al itri to no. to SI. ; Weak 3d. to 40h Psr 4t.: pas. /0a: =ma. Na NEWIrST. Plll. SIL—Wa had a moderate nprtly of wheat. yak 6'll Wu* on lama rather la (avow of the bona ♦ as* Veda it barl47. athiadai rata., one fair Ripply. Oda Mar . lad 100. althea! drag& thatunas ha. 26.—With a moderato amply dm trade le rather Im• Leo ad, Wheat sells mire readily, and barley 4 in to to. per qr. (tala and beam maintain shdr previous value. Willi/01D, TEL IL—We base Ind ;mall /applies of grain it moo het dace hethroloy, and the value of all articles Is fully sultalued. with • fair amount of buolocee peeing. Wl= moo out Muth be put chased ou mob ferourable term. gootscace, Pas. 24.—Ws had In the market to-day 1,824 on. Waft 1,341 qrs. barley. 2,218 qrs. WA end 434 gm beam Them ewe sold—Whew 1,93; barley, 919 ; oats. 1,393; sad been., 316 We There wee • Wee market to -day. tales wen eateedleilla WM. NO manse up, with the weeption of hews. A. °cmpered with left week— Wheat. awe at leet on top, awl 7d. up on eremite ; tacky. la op to top, sad la 64. up on swage: ow, mme as last on top. sod Pd apm FIdO: bean% same on top, sad 41. down GO AMOCO. Prime per he emarter:—Whent, Ws. to Os. Porky. VA 6,1. to 3'a Ors. .to 33e. Helps, 31s. to 43e Weight of top wbeft Milk; herby. Wit.; oats, 4400. ; sod beam. kite. par baabeL GLASGOW, In.. 24.—There woe • fair ettendseee at Oda day's market Rook end dour are rather cheaper than on this day week, and Me deemed is quite of s retell elosnecter. Baxley b flrm, and malting 34. to Id. dearer. Onto dull, sad the turn cheaper. Oatmeal doer ale. Talus imetweed. Beam make paw Pew ere KW deem, 34. made In retell iota laden oorm 21. per WOW paid. CATTLE—Nswoar, Irs3.l4.—We had an waste show of Meeto but of sheep only well. Trade hem ao to beef. The Mime VW-. Beef, k 6d. to 7e. dd. per stone ; mutton, 646. to 7d. per lb. Th en were 126 bows, nod 49) sheep penned in the markets Eoiesoson, 4.n. ft—Thera we a lam supply of Weep Mb =War, the number being 4,944. or 510 lea than Wt week. Balm lather deg, but prime much the tame as those obtained last week. At the des s comidereblo quantity were tumid. Top igloo of the beet blaelsafel madam, lid. to 7d.; Cheaft ditto, from 6d. to 7d. ; ewes wd tete rim, from 5.1. to 64. per lb. The supply of cattle .n. Wm, the ember being 887, or 38 more than tee week. Wee too dull, and prior doves kW 6d. per stone amegared with Wove obteleed last met, sad a dearenee not Oak& Top Woo of the best bed, 6. 34. $0 de. ed. ; curreat pries, k m.bM. and inferior, from la to 1144rar hapenal stow. led WA from fe. to I teed . We stow Bo to week old ings. trom 6s. 31. to fis. per We had to ths WOW today—Eneep. 4,946; fat onto, NI ;m1 owe, 114; end Idga WO. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES. 4. L. Crawfwd, Captala Slasiman, idled from Llesepest cs thetted c ol September, for Etsmusnah, aird bee not limes teas heard of. r. British Qesen, Hemmed*, s total wreck ter moraing."—ustaa, Pah. u. [ Iters.—Briush Pores, front the Tyne to Liam, sell through the Downs on the rad of February.] Galatea, which salad fres tale port fee the Cape of Good Hope, bee rinse mu bed, with lots of .moor.—Orsreseed, Feb. 25. Hops, Wen with vela, kw the United Kingdom, bee berm Went Met on the coast al Syria. Crew repwterl to be er..d.—Lisrptel. Feb.ll. ?Amason, Caseate Spied% salted fr fAreFfrfs l Fa *l 4k of September for St. lege do Cubs, and ascot since been t ensed VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Wenn (Wom). Jar Jamie., Wu. 13, Wt. 13, N.. la& Si W. Hapton= we aw Labe Rtlaernow (Mau= bargoo). brow Lomas kw Bombay, he.% Wt. N., too. 19 W. SEABORNE MAILS. The following notice we' lased from the Postmaster-General yesortiey, iz. Ih formation has been received from t he agents at Liverpoticl the United States Mail Packet (Collins lime), hosteler' • oonveying the MAN between that port and Now York nude contract with the United Stater government, that those packets have ceased running. Also that malt/ for ithosesies sad Sierra Leone will be made up ix London cm the mein otthe 2nd proximo, to be forwarded by bar Majeoty's steamer Buffalo, appointed to mil from Deward as morning of the 3rd proximo. BIRTHS, MARNIAGINS, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. IDW MIDS. —TA fat °rattail , tense. gwafotdthiro. the wife of Ye an. W. Z. Matz* of • me. ILtliL/11.—ftb.11, the trifs of 11. Plumb, Bar, of &Rowboat& Navies abbot, Dimas, of a &aslar. Wan IN OTON.-110). at llassitad Amok the wife of 0 . M. La* tattoo. pq., of a dasibtos• N ILSOIC—reb. 13, at Upper Cagan, tat a* of T. J. Deism, ffire, • darailtier. DAVI - M-lo\ 13, at foradto Rodiar. item Wanks. tits Roo. Mrs. A. andlo, of • OM ONYTll.—fah. 21, MMoontoadlormant. Dublin. the wife of M.D. analk, Zoo., of a too. TEClllAff.—ffeb. 21. a t Milbank leetory. Hilda th e wife a the Be.. J. B. Violas. of via. WALDION.—fah. fl, at CardW, the wife of 0. Waitron, Eq, of a ItmsWor. DURILIAGUS. BROWN—WILIGHT.-IA. 23. LI Alt Salute, St. Jobob,rood, by • 11. H. Oarr, D. Strom IR., of Lisodaff.plaoe, Cardi ff . to ARM /AMY 011itiOttIN &Uttar Of th. WA De , J. Writnt. Chaplain to am ILLLO. MISTOALTZ—BROWN.—ftb 23, at Fun birettas. mai Tart bt Ow ter. yam DUNI, J. W. liateralfa Nab, of *comb Wow Tralii to &acrid &Wows, daughter ot G. 13TO•rri. Eta, of Ma Moot. ton Ball. 11011.1aT—IIAWYAIL—Valt. 13, at Trinity Otairob. WWlltalff. ao lac Da Odds. Mr. It. IL Mona& to ]lie Ana Noonima. lteloaabt Soda WIIID—LISIOBLY.—VaIt. IL at Sontoostat la to R n i si 'mob. dr. W. IrtMtli. to Phalka, d tbe Ida IL Lialib. Nov. bob lidL W AT H—wvreoir.—Pda. la Ilautot 11=1 . W• J BlTtabittb i s_ll.&.• WOW 01 be AMA &WIWI d Yr. W. Wasiak of DIATEL BIAIIIITON.-70b. U. Lessmorwahas. 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