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m u Wide al io door, compared with Lees4on, that he could pestilent without some further anewence: a third said that he ~„a ts ler the tieceseity of keeping eight servants, and had to pay 0, In more than in this country, and that ail other etpessaes wre In proportion. lie inquired into the grounds of them Mate asto, a nd found them nut at all exaggerated. bite represented his N b e y so far from being solidest, that It would not be enough to strP"t even the clerk in !shaker. Others stated that at the close „r t h e year they must and tbemselVes unable to pay their debts without sr increase of salary. Then came one with his beahh broken, sod his fortune injured, requiring same pinwislen to be mode for t i re . He had watched this part of the eipenditure from Me begin png, sod baring inquired Into the minds of these complaints, he was Nod to say that they were not eiaggerated. :sir. FIER L said, the iniliolicy and impropriety of allowing 'their Comb to embark in Commercial pursuits, was very clear. No fo r w ould go to Solids America without the hope of adequate I . em ,,,ration ; 500 L a year there was not equal to the SUM amount b een; and besides a person going nut in the character of an English tong was liable to imposition, from the idea that he must be a rue Of wealth. A particular description of penmen should be W..cted for the purpose of being sent to South America—not each would think it necessary to occupy large houses and to give grand rterinlelelltq. 111:51B said, they should take example from the United Stud sf Ariterica, ail whose Diplomatic Agents and Consuls had but a Wry moderate allowance.—The Resolution was agreed to. The following were agrzed to— afire,lo7, for Consuls' Superannuated Allowances. ,1140 000, Bills from New South Wales. Nr. HUME thought this Vote deserving the notice of the Committee. The increase of this branch of expenditure was truly doming. Mr. W. HORTON said, the increase of couvicts was very large of late years; the grant for their support had not Increased in pro portion. From the prosperous state of the Celeaks, however, that sum in a short time would be decreased. On the Resolution granting .C 20,400 for the purposes of Emi gration, Mr. HU3II? repeated the observations which be bad frequently nude on the subject of (Migration. He thought the present a good eoportunlty to call the attention of the Government to the proposi tions which he made In the earlier part of the Session. me. W. HORTON was surprised at the How Gentleman, for be always conddetud him as one of the strongest opposers to emi gration to Upper Canada. He called upon the Hots. Gentleman to peruse the Report of the Committee, as to the practicability of riming emigration into effect. • The vote was sub.equenly agreed to. Also, .C 50,000, to In demnify the American Slave Proprietors. Mt. CANNING said, this sum was fixed upon by the arbitrators beano the English stipulator and the American proprietors. He hail mentioned the subject in the early part of the Session, and it taro seemed to meet the concurrence of the House. The proprietors originally shed two millions of dollars compensation. Mr. HUME thought the compromise obtained at too high a price.—The following Resolutions were agreed to : £3.040 for Civil Establishment. 10,640 ditto Noes Scotia. Mr. HUM wfled to tale the sense of the House upon this trinclihe considered exorbitant. hr. W. HORTON thought the Committee could not take cog names of this ease. The House would he enabled next year to fu more into detail, and then he had no doubt the country would k mom than convinced of its utility. . _ Colonel DAVIES thought the expenses ought to be folly sifted. Mr. /11.0.1 E consented to wait the result of the ensuing year. The roßewing Grants, ♦is. 1.5.100 for Civil Establishments for New Brunswick. 4,000 ditto Bermuda. 2820 ditto Prince Edward's Island. 11,461 ditto Newfoundland. IS xis ditto Sierra Leone. 34,8 0 ditto Gold Coast. 2,442 ditto ColonialServlem And 16.182 for the-Society for promulgating the Christian reli lisp la the Colonies, were agreed to, after some desultory remarks from hlt. Alderman Weinman, Mr. Huns, Mr. W. HOUTON, Mr. H. DRUMMOND, Mr. W•11.111DION, Mr. ESTCOORT, Lord Mu.vow, tiir C WRIIIRSILL, and Lord SAMSON. Mt. BERRIES moved, that 26,0001. be granted for the new Military Canalin Canada. Mr. HU NIB opposed the grant, without an etplanation of its diem. The country had already largely subscribed for canals in tie Weßond and Niagara districts. Mr. W I LMOT-HORTON assured the Honourable Member the present vote was not for the Welland nor Niagara Canal, but ler a midge military oesumunicatics growing out of the necessity lei military defense. Mn. HUSKISSON contended, that the only question was, whe ther we would abandon a most beneficial, (in a commercial and ma ritime point of view), Colony, or keep up the proposed line of military defence, and consequently the present water eommenica not? If the former were the object of the Hon. Member, it was Neither the wish nor policy of the country at large; if not, his ob jections Were groundless. The system of defence had received the Approbatioa br every engineer that has been consulted, and was un imam winter the superintendence of the Duke of Wellington. Mr. C. PELHAM did not see the necessity of the proposed line if defence. Mr. HUME was not for throwing up the possession of the Canada; but for infusing a spirit of ecouumiring the resources of the Mother Country, and obtaining full information. 11r. W. HORTON relied; that a Commissioner under the con ned of the Duke of Wellinglan had agreed to these plans, which, wattover, could only be properly understood by military men. Alderm.cn WAITHMAN hoped the House would suspend its tittiSm till they were Its possession of the proper estimates. Sit it. W I LSON thotighti in a military paint of view alone, the loss( &hare and military communication to be actually necessary Is protect the Canada. against iovasion. The plans should not bit mdr pu►lit, as it would be only cottimunleating them to our ene- San; and thereby deteriorating their practical utility. Mr. HUME did not want the plan, but an estimate of the whole HUSILISSON Said such an estimate should and would be kid Wore the Horse—(Hear). Mt. AId.WMTIIMA N and Mr.WAREHRTON thought the hie Would be withheld till the Retimate be laid before the House. *E OWEN declared that no measure mold heneht or please St Colony more than the object of the proposed grant.—The Re lating was then agreed to. .Lesport was voted for Store s an d E ng i neers i n N ew S out h wiles and Van Diemen's Land. 4014716 was voted to the Disembodied Militia in the United Leedom. The Chairman reported proves!, the House resumed, and the was ordered to be re:Heed to-morrow. J. WROTTESLEY postponed the first reading Of the NU beaded upon the Report of the Committee on the Petition against lieturo of Members for Coventry; tiU the sod instant. The second reading of the Dissenters Marriage BM was peso. lend to Thursday next. * A. GRANT brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply of Friday last. The several Resolutions *ere agreed to 'about observation. The Seetch Parochial Settlelletest Bill west through a Committee. Abe Report to be taken lotottandileiation on Friday nett. he other Orders of the Day were them disposed of, tad the House adjourned at Twit.ve o'CLoct. WESTMINSTER MEETING. In contequenceof a notification from Messrs.Comoret, 4t: NT, and others, that it was their intention to harangue populace yesterday, two or three workmen com menced erecting hustings opposite Sr. Paul's, Covent ;aeclen, shortly before twelve o'clock; but in a few 7 4ilutes Mr. La; the High Constable of Westminster, tOi a large body of the Police arrived, and; sans care %ollie, commenced pulling down the platform, as an *unction to the footway. Those persons who had been most active in getting up the Meeting, protested against infringement of the freedom of discussion; but the "stables persisted in performing their duty, and in a. fftrninutrs the hustings were demolished. Mi. Pitt, the surveyor, then proceeded to Bow -street, a T'd applied to the Bitting Magistrates to give directions, 1° t hew hificeis to prevent a breach of the peace, and to I:l3t'on him and th e ot h er i n di v id ua l s w h o h a d ca ll e d 41 1166 0 g, in thepe t formance of w hat they con s ide re d "„„itY 1 0 thei r Ki ng an d Country. 0 ice Sitting M ag i strate (M r. H ALLS ) sa id, t h at i n hi s The the Meeting was illegal; and that, under the ~4 11a g Act, the constables were quite right in removing , piciorin, which was an obsuuction in a public:ll thoiettghfare. As to the protection of ;he peace, the Magistrate said. that in the event of a breach of the i peed he was quite sale the ricers would do their duty, and take the offender, whoever he might be. in charge. Mr. Pitt then exhibited his tight hand. the thumb of which, he said, had been cruelly bruised by one of the constables, whilst he (Mr. Pitt) was engaged in pew forming what he considered his doty to his country. The Magistrate condoled with Mr. Pitt on the injury done to his thumb; but informed him, that if he meant to makes charge of assault, the party complained against must be brought up, and then the matter might be fairly dealt with. Whilst Mr. Pitt was engaged an this conference with the Magistrate, the other members of the Committee were occupied in devising means to meet the exigency of the 01.3111C11t h and enable them to effect their purpose of addressing the mob, which by this timehad considerably augmented. After an interval of about an hour, during which the enlightened electors who were assembled, amused themselves by Pinging about dead dogs, and cabbage heads, and playing offa variety of practical jokes equally good, a shout announced the arrival of Mr. Hunt's blacking car, beating outside, in large letters, the word 4, Matchless," and carrying within the leaders of popular feeling, and the redoubted oppo nents of the existing Administration, in the person of Messrs. Hunt and Cobbett. The car having drawn up in front of St. Paul's, Mr. Lee, the High Constable, in formed Mr. Hunt that he could not permit him to ob littruct the public thoroughfare. and that if he did not drive on, the constables would force him to do so. Mr. Hunt teplied to this intimation by a volley of abuse directed against the constables, and particularly against Lee, whom he characterised as the person who went down to Botley to take Cobbett. Mr. Cobbett himself also addressed the multitude, but was very indistinctly heard. Mr. Lea again informed the party that they must not remain to obstruct the thoroughfare. The officers finding that Mr. Hunt and his associates refused to attend to their suggestion, proceeded to force on the horses, which Mr. Hunt's charioteer manfully resisted, and he was at length taken into custody, and lodged in Covent Garden watchhouse. Whilst this was passing, Mr. Hunt occasionally addressed the populace, and we understood him to say, that the rascals who had coalesced with the Ministers to rob the Public, had arranged that he should be prevented from being heard. But this was just what he wanted. Burdett and Hobhouse did not dare to meet them—they were afraid—and therefore they wished to prevent them from being heard. At the conclusion of tbit,address, Mr. Hunt seized the horses' reins, and observing that as they would not be allowed to speak truth in Covent Garden, they would speak it elsewhere, drove off, to the infinite mortification of those who had disbursed their sixpences for places on the roofs of the Greengrocers stalls. It was generally understood amongst the crowd, that the orators had proceeded to Lincoln's Inn-square, and a great number of persons proceeded in that dirge tion ; but it appeared that the fear of the Marlborough street Officers repeating the interruption, prevented them from turning Lincoln's Inn-square into a theatre of ora tory. They therefore drove, after some short delay, to Wellington -street, near Waterloo-bridge, where, it ap peared, they were allowed to proceed, without any fur ther interruption. On our arrival at Wellington -street, we found Mr. Pitt commencing his address to the Meeting. He said they were met there to perform an important duty as ,Englishmen. He would read them an address, which he proposed should be submitted to his Majesty, pre viously to doing which, however, he would merely say, by way of preface, that if the light-fingered gentleman who had just eased him of his watch, chain, and seals, would be so good as to bring them back to him, he would give him five pounds reward—(Laughter.— Mr. Pitt then read the address. Mr. HUNT now stood forward, and said, although he should second this address, in order to prevent the people of Westminster from being made puppets of, he should propose an address of his own, which be con ceived would be much more worthy of his Majesty's acceptance. They had been called together for the pur pose of congratulating the King on the exercise of his prerogative. Now, before be congratulated his Majesty on the accession of the new Ministry, he should like to see some tangible act which they would perform.— Would they take off 2d. a pot from their porter, and 4d. a loaf from their bread? —or, he would be glad to know, would they take off a single one of the taxes? Mr. Hunt concluded by reading the following Address as an amendment to that of Mr. Pitt r " MAY IT PLEAS, YOVB Maaanr---Wei your Majesty's &Wel subjects, think ourselves called upon, by Me .cant ants of loyalty and attachment which we bear to your Majesty, to congratulate your Majesty on your fitmaesa in having exercised your undoubted prerogative in choosing your Prime Minister ' in debar.* of what did appear, and what still appears to us, to b are been an attempt, on the part of certain persons, to dictate to your Majesty in the making of that choke. " Vnt, may it please your Majesty, while we thus congratulate your Majesty ; while we thus are mindful of the Royal rights of your Majesty, we, not unmiodful of our worn undoubted rights, and of that which is necessary to preserve or to restore them, should be wantiug in justice to ourselves, and In fidelity to your Majesty, were we to refrain front expressing our deep regret, that the petsoa on whom the choice of your Majesty has fallen, should have already declared his decided and never ceasing hostility to that great measure, Parliamentary Reform, which we deem abso lutely necessary to oar restoration to real freedom and happiness ; and not more necessary to these than to the permanent greatness of the nation, and to tbt dignity and security of Our Majesty. *roue." Mr. Consery then came forward and said' that he merely wished to express hit reasons for seconding the Address mowed by Mr. Hunt. He did not mean to enter into their Court intrigues. sr I.don't care who a.e in. or who are out, or how they were turned out, or how the remainder came in. I care not what the colour of their conduct is, whether dirty or clear • I only look to you; I am anxious only to see what eff ect it will bare on you and me, and all of us—i-(Gireat applause). He had always looked on Reform as the cause of the peo ple—as their last hope, by which they were to expect a rescue from their miserable condition, in which they had been so long placed, and still continued—(Ap plauses). They might hurl him from the place where he now was; they Might trample him under their feet, and prove him as great an impostor as the persons whJ unconstitutionally prevented their meeting that Jay, if they ever found him turning tail on the great cause, which tho:e persons, who new cheered oo Mr. Canning, had so often told them was their only remedy fur their grievances—(Applause). Lord John Russell and Mr. Brougham now say that the people care nothing about reform—that the country is too well governed—ia fact, that retry thing has been going on smack. forsooth, for the last three or four years—that we were all satisfied r th , .n, if we were, what a , clatter have these men been keeping up about it for so many long years--(Laughter). But thefaet was, that the size of their sails, and the thoutandi and thousands, `of their poi r countrynten who were starving by the road side, proved the faiseood of what Lord J. R.issell arid Mr. Brougham asserted. If it were told to him, when a boy, that it should have been deeared from the King's Bench that bread and water ought to be the general food of the labouring classes, anci4at the Magistrates of Berkshire made a greater allowanse i Ur the convicted felon than the working poor man ;1 east if he were told that Lord John Russell and Mr. Brougham should say that the country were satisfied, be (Mr. Cobbett) would tell the man who should men tion all this to him, that he was a fool or a fanatic.— The speaker then alluded to the taxes on bread, beer, Ste. and said, that while he congratulated his Majesty on the exercise of his prerogative, he regretted that his choice shonld have fallen on a man who had declared himself hostile to reform"—(Applause). A Mr. O'Leartx thought it his duty to say a few words on the subject of the meeting. As an Irishman and a Papist, he would say, if nothing but emancipa tion were granted, the people of England and Ireland would gain nothing; to make it valitable, Reform must follow it. If emancipation was granted it would take a great weapon out of the hands of Ministers.— For when you ask for Reform—they frighten you with the bugbear of " No Popery:' Mr. Hunt's Address was then pot from the Chair, and carried unanimously. Thanks were voted to Mr. Pitt, which passed una nimously. Mr. PITT returned thanks for the honour done him, and regretted that so much opposition had been given to their meeting. He did not know that Sir Francis Burdett had anything to do with the interruption, but it was a fact that a friend of his was seen in King street, Covent-garden, that morning. Thanks were then voted to Messrs. Hunt and Cobbett, who shortly returned thanks. It was proposed that the Address should be presented to the King by Messrs. Hunt, Cebbett, Mr. Tucker, and Mr. Pitt. Mr. HUNT said, he would propose that their long and their short Representatives—(a laugh)—Sir F. Burdett and Mr. Hobhouse, should be added to the deputation. This being done. the names were put from the Chair, and carried nem. gm The mob then dispersed, most of them facing towards St: Giles's. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF ICING'S BENCH, NAT 14. THR KING V. TAR WARIFIRLDR. in consequence of this day being the time appointed for the defendants above named to be brought up for judgment, all the avenues to the Court were beset at an early hour. The principal entrance to Westminster Hall was barricadoed, and the other Means of access secured against all but persons of respectability, having business in the Hall, and their friends; and if these pre cautions had not been taken, the Court would have been crammed to suffocation. As it was, long before the Judges took their seats, all the seats in the galleries were occupied by Ladies of fashion and respectability, and every other place was equally filled. _ _ _ _ _ Shortly before ten o'clock ibe two Messrs. Wakefield. entered the Court, and took a seat immediately under the Students' box. At ten precisely the Judges took their seats, and the Attorney.Geaeral, who led the defence, not having ar rived, Mr. Gurney prayed the judgment of the Court is a case of common assault, which occupied a short time. During this interval Edward Gibbon Wakefield was engaged in making marginal notes in a printed report of the trial at Lancaster. The elder brother wore a blue frock coat, black stock, and white gloves ; the younger wore a blue body coat, and also white gloves. The elder brother appeared particularly grave • but the younger one appeared as gay as usual, and irequently smiled during the leading of the report. At twenty minutes after ten Mr. Sergeant Cross entered the Court, and being called upon to move by Lord Tentenhin, brought on the ease in the following manner Mr. Sergeant Caoss.—.My Lords, I have to move for the judgment of the Court upon Edward Gibbon Wake field and William Wakefield, who were convicted at the last Lancaster Assizes of a conspiracy, in having, by a forged and counterfeit letter, contrived to carry away a young Lady, of the name of Ellen Turner, from the protection of ber parents, and afterwards having, by fraud and intimidation, contrived to force the said Miss Ellen Turner to marry the defendant, Edward Gibbon Wakefield. The defendants, my Lords, now stand before the Court for judgment. Mr. Baotnattaia.—My Lord, I have just seen the Attorney-General, who is Counsel for one of the defend ants. He is up stairs, and I have sent for him. Lord Taneaavaa—This matter was appointed to come on fir.t. It is now twenty minutes beyond the time appointed, and we must proceed. Here are two indictments, brother Cross, which will you take? or do you move for judgment upon them both ? Mr. Sergeant Caoss—Upon the indictment for the conspiracy, my Lord. The ATTORNRY.GENERAL now entered the Court, and Mr. Justice LITTLIDALE proceeded to read Mr. Baron Hullock's report of the trial at the last Lancaster As sizes, and the reading occupied nearly two hours. Affidavits were then put in in mitigation of punish. ment. The first was that of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, in which be set out that he possessed an unlimited in fluence over the mind of his brother William, who was wholly blameless in the pan he had taken in the trans action of carrying off Miss Turner. He also alleged that rhe expense he had been put to in his defence was immense, and had exceeded 3003. and he had already suffered between four and five months' imprisonment upon this charge. The affidavit of William Wakefield was next put in, and alleged that he had been over.persuaded by his brother to take any part in the transaction in question, when he had come to England solely for the purpose of arranging the terms of the marriage settlement of his' present wife, the daughter of Sir John Sidney, Bart.— He explained the circumstance of his leaving Lancaster at the time of last autumnal Assizes, by stating, that as he alone would then have been tried, the case of his brother would have been anticipated, and he would have been miner rally prejudiced. He therefore hazarded the risk of his vecognizances being e.treated, in order his trial might take place at the same time as that of his brother. The ATTONNIZT ESERAL then addressed the Court on b.half of Mr. illiam Wakefield. He no longer appeared in behal of the other defendant, Mr. Edward , Gibbon, who would make any observations be thought nece,sary for bimaelf. The person for whom the Learned Counsel now. appeared was an extremely young MM. He bad stated' the. strongest of ec:ion subsisteu beStaven 11:mself : 4nci his brother, mixt he ie . ti!rl 'Or.allr that species of controul which often elicited the b* feelings - of the human heart. _ Dist observation l a y MI much upon the turface that the Lvarned Counsel ref it unncenary td do more than make. it, and he trosied their Lordships would see, that in Mr. William Wake. field's individual case (without the least intentmii to palliate the crime of which he was convicted) his conduct was entirely mired up in an amiable attachutear. There was one circumst ince which it *xi necessary to advert to, namely, the conduct of Mr. W: Wakefield, in leaving Lancaster at the last Surnititht Assites. The Court, however, would pet ceihe, that sucit an indiscretion had not been committed for the purpose of frustrating public justice, because he had subs!. Trendy surrendered, add his eondoet in that respect pro.. ceeded entirely from the same regard for his brother, by which he had been influenced when he unhappily par took in the present transaction, knowing that his brol ther's case might be prejudiced by his own trial takin4 place first. The Learned Counsel would say, thit though he had not the slightest knowledge of Mr. WI Wakefield's intention, he certainly did feel that the easel of the other defendant might be materially prejudiced by the trial, taking place separately. That opinioti Might have reached the ear of the defendant, Mr. Wat. Wakefield, and have influenced his conduct, though cer tainly neither the Learned Counsel, nor his other legal advisers, knew of the measures he projected. With. these short observations the Learned Counsel Would 'leave the case of his client in the hands of the Court. Mr. COLTMAN said a very few word. on that part of the evidence relating to the transaction at Manchester. Mr. J. PARK; on the same side, felt it unneikisefe SD offer any further observations to those that had been ,whade. Mr. Edward Gibbonlirakefield then addressed the Court from a written defence. He appeared in that Court, he said, convicted of a grave and serious offe ee, and begged their Lordships indulgence while he ad , dressed to them some observations in mitigation of the sentence about to be passed upon him; and though he *RI aware that it was highly presumptuous in him, . irbe n he might have had one of the ablest advocates at the Bar, yet from peculiar reasons, he had been hduced to adopt that, perhaps, dangerous course.-s He might, without indisctetion, inform the Court, that notwithstanding his recognitances, to the amount of ten thousand pounds, to appear there to receive the sentence of the Court, were still in existence, he bad been confined in Lancaster Jail ever since his trial, and as he had arrived in town but yesterday, he had been precluded from efficiently advising wish tiny professional man. Perhaps also he might be esteemed imprudent in pursuing this course, when he had received no aisistartce in preparing the observaa tions he was about to offer. He urgently pressed upon the attention of the Court, that, notwithstanda ing the seriousness of the charge, he ought not to receive a sentence more serious than had been passed in other cases of a similar nature. He adverted to the case of the King v. Bowditch and others, and drew a distinction between that case and his own. -.4-fle imputed to Mr. Sergeant Cro.s an utter igs norance of the law, when at the trial he stated, that jf the whole crime had been consummated in England, he (the defendant) would hive ex; laird his crime on the walls of Lancaster Castle, by the hands of the public executioner. Such a statement mast have proceeded from ignorance, or, if it did not, from a de sign to hurt the feelings of a man who had already enough to bear. He complained that by a manoeuvre resorted to by the prosecutor's advisers in framing the indictments, he had been shut out from proving that he had used no force in carrying off Miss T. and therefore he bad not been fairly tried as to that which formed the most serious part of the charge on the present occasion. Throughout he spoke of Miss T. as his wife, and urged that while he at the trial wished to save her from that vol. gar gaze which her production inCour t would subject her toithe feelings of the prosecutors were very different ;and though be had abstained from putting to her a single question which was not absolutely necessary, yet, on the other side, his witnesses had been cross-examined in a manner to raise a suspicion out of doors that her purity was not still preserved. He was aware that he should be subject to the strongest animadversions from the Counsel on the other side, but he begged again to remind their Lordships, that he ought only to receive such a punishment as was proportioned to his case, without reference to the feelings of the prosecutors; and he felt convinced that the Learned Judges would on this ,Occasion, as they did upon.all others, sheer that they sat in this Court to administer justice, and not vengeance. ,He contended that the course that had been adopted bad deprived him of the opportunity of bringing lee ward his witnesses to repel the charge of fraud on his wife. He had wished to repel this charge of fraud, but had been prevented. He believed, however, he should have an opportunity of repelling it hereafter, and therefore he abstained at present from reading affi davits, so voluminous that the mere reading wtald oc cupy the Coutt several hours, and would reserve them for the time when Mr. Turner should apply to the House of Lords for a bill of pains and penalties, a course which he (iVIr.W.) knew Mr. Turner meant to pur sue, and whenhe would not be able to make use of the technicalities which had been so skilfully managed at the trial. He had been tried twice for one offence. He hoped, however, that he should not be punished on both con victions. lie was proceeding to cite and comment upon some paragraphs which had been published in a Mac. clesfield Paper, which belongs to the prosecutor's attor ney, when be was interrupted by the Court intimating that they could only hear facts on affidavit. He then commented in terms of great earnestness on the cruelty of having called his wife into the witness box, of havidg thus needlessly exposed her to the gaze of the multi tude, and of bringing on discussions from which every man of delicacy would shrink with abhorrence. He had done ail in his power to prevent her appearance in that box, and when unable to prevent it, and she was forced into it, he had abstained trom asking her a single ques tion. He concluded by addressing the Court in mtri. gatien of fine, from the enormous expenses and pecuniary sacrifices he had already been compelled to make. A heavy floe would be in effect tantamount to imprison ment for life. Sergeant Cnoss, for the prosecution, began by de claring that he had hoped nothing would have been said to lead to an observation on either side. He re lied the charges of delay and consequent expense of 1 having had to appear twice before trial, by throwing back the cause of this delay en the defendants them selves. He should ill acquit his duty to the public by laatering into a t dispute with the person now in juslg. Allot trforethe Court. He admitted that he WO .I ii ,e.aalle made a mistake in staring that the (barge , ,t 'titoi,:d, Woultliati been a eapftil felony; but he bad }1 1 1 1 • '4' . , j , • ' 4 : ) 1 : I 1 . • • . I i ' I i • • 1 1 I , ' . 1 I I II , . I i . • . 1 If • , t i I . `` i. - , { ( . e i I I t 1 . i r . i • e , I { , i t i 1 1 , . % . • r i 1 1 i e . . .., r t 11 . . . . 1 1 : j A. • 1 ' i 1 I 1 • I • 1 1 I I i If A 1 a A r