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Ina (Miss as light as Paton and magician's than could a desolate I rat( rtlay e 11•'ood, to iancellor is acted buil- business , tranttected ling, at the .atior. before y Cavalry of rittwl to the iee how far Md. Envoy Ex- Nlajesty jointly with Mr. Charles iu tlw Batik bvitilq of the othachild is tf bunils.ani redeemed to OTIATED It ball-yearly By, the let of y succeeding t Mr. N. M. t. Swithin's a hat thereof, ie purpose of ure, ru•d Are, ar. or the 2d of t• just publish c,,vertp.ipieten, a. among irony -2. Public l'ha i•aly end Spain It;inn Opera-7. The Dream. and the hitecture, Ne.B. 2. News of the of Science-16. .w links. Uu. d Fashion,' - fee in pared', WM ire Is. - TILE SILK TRADE. 'On Thumlay a very nurnecous meeting of Silk Weavere foot place, pursuaet to public notice. at the Sunday Scnool.house, Fri ars'-otount, Behead green, for the purpose of receiving the report of a Committee apt-meted at a precious General :tinting. to pre. pare a Memorial to his Alejeer v'e Ministers expressive of the ore ...et alarming situation or trade. A little after one o'clock the large room of that extensive establishment became so crowded. that notwithstanding the coldness (tithe weather the windows were obliged to be opened. to afford air. Hundreds were outside, not being able to gain admittance Mr. Julian' Pessox was called to the chair; and after reading the requisition. ee briefly addressed the meeting, and cc qaested their part Mellor attention to the reading of the draught of a Ali-moral which the Committee had prepared. Alt. %Cohan said, that being one of the Committee appointed at a general meeting, of the trade, he and his colleagues con seined it their duty first to coin information ; and they accord ingly tepaired to the India Home, where they saw a vast quan tity of goods selling. some of a middling and others of an inferior quality. but not one yard that hurt been manufactured in Spitaltields or Beth:tat-green. Accerdii g to the bonding system, the petr el:errs, by tinier. we ekly S!Illne on these articles until the nth July. might then 'being them into market, upon paying a duty of thine tier cent. afar that day. Therefore the French would posers thenwe'v.o of the fir tcy and flowered branch, and the silk in the C nipany's warehouses would follow in the train of the staple elide. leaving the entire market in their hands, and the looms in this country silent. Having obtained this information. the Corn. millets proceeded at once to one of his Majesty's principal Ali !huts, who received them with much politetiess, and after laying before him a short teatement of the distress of the trade, he in. qaired as to its cause. They replied that it arose from the new , reguiatioes. lie then 'eked why they considered their distress to have arisen from the new regulattoro ? They answered, because it flared much from all former distresses. Healers now would not buy, but were endeavouring to dispome of the:r stuck, in the hoot of being able, after the 5 , 1% of July, to purchase the French irks cheaper. The Right Hon. Gentleman then asked whether they thought the ditty was too high or too low, and said that If they had any propresidoi to make it would be taken into eon. SKICTIII4.II. They answered that it was their decided opinion that the duty was both too high and too low—too high, as it acted as a bounty en smugglirg, and too low for the preservation of the silk trade in Eaglaud. lie then observed that he thought it was so platten-A as to present sninggling ; to which the Committee replied. that mooting, under the new regulations, would he carried on to an exteet never before knnwn, as in dist case detection would be rendered slime' impossible; but as the law stood at the present time. if ouch goods were got safely into the country, they, being considered contrahand, were always seirdale. lie (the Right lion. (ientleman) then assured the Cmuniittee that Government would do every timing in its power for the benefit of the trade, that t' e door of application was open, and they might make their grievances at all times known. Mr. Wallis then entered into a lengthened view of the many a dvantages which the French enjoyed in the disproportion in the price of food. fuel, and manner of living. besides their poses ion of the raw material : and under such cir cue:stances he considered AU per cent• not a sufficient protecting duty. lie then said it wetild he highly necessary, and he ootrld strongly recommend. that the presentation of their Memorial should be accompanied by a statement of the number of looms out of employ, which could be taken in one day. Such a return, with the prestot unprecedented increase of pauperism in that district. would surely induce his Majesty's AI hostels to do something for the ameli oration of their condition. lle w, old respectfully im plore hie alejeety's Ministers seriously to reflect, before, at this in. clement arises, they threw toe tent of thousands engaged in the silk trade on the parishes for retie. and he would advise the inha. brims of the respective parishes to crone forward and join them in the prayer of their Petition ; for if they neglected to do so. the text Petition front thesis would lie for the removal of the poor laws, as they would be utt:rly unable to bear the burdea. Mr. Ne'ailis sat &ion amidst great (heeling. Isle. Ilan HIS. mother of the Committee, proceeded to read the Memorial. a Inch is addressed—To the Hieht Hon. the President, and the o her Mo. Members of the Board of Trade: it sets out with a declaration of their lung-acknowledged leyalty, and then represents the deplorable situ Mon in which they are placed, in comemtenee of • removal of the prohibitory laws ; and states the many disolsan , ages they labour under, arising from the price of provisions, as 1.61 as the Frerch being possessed of the best raw m sorrels. siteh as could not be counterbalanced by any otiperionty of British machiiiery. It further stated that they dig not mean to attempt to discuss the policy of the subject with his Alajery's (.1 nomment; that they, however, consoler it one of vast impnetaace to so large a body of people as the silk.weavers, and. where the very existerce of so many thou. winds of English etthjects are so vitally interested. It also suites, that Irons the high price of provisions in Eng. land, compared with that of other coo:vein, it would be int. impossible to compete a ith the French in the article of silk. under the pro Wing dui of 10 par cent. it further sets forth a firm con fide and belief that his Alejeny's Government did hared to accomplish a national benefit ; but if tens of thoustuids who have hi hero contributed to the relief of the poor, see, by • supposed liberal policy of free trade," become paupers themselves, what is to be done? It concludes by saying they are not Statesmen, and she refore cannot semen a remedy, and trusts they shall never mulish or forfeit the good opinion hitherto entertained of them for loyalty, obethence, and e , oid order, but throw themselves under the immediate and powerful protection ef his Majesty's Goveen mem. The Meninrial, which was of great length, having been concluded. was followed by loud end continued cheering. The CHAIIIMAN thee asked if any person had any thing to offer, se was it their wish to have it put clause by clause. A nuns. her of voices exclair eel et No !" Alt. Dor LTEIt ti,. - :. moved hint the Alereoriel read should be received and approved of as the Memorial of the weavers of Spitale fields oral its vicinity. The motion was pissed with torroiltunue applause. After the rise nt presenting the Memorial had been confided to a (Maintain, it was then proposed that the suggestions of Mr. Wallis respecting a return of the unoccupied looms, to accom pany the Memorial. should be token into consideration. A desultory conversation here took place, but ended in the offer of one hundred persons, who eoluntenly engaged to make a return, by Monday of all tl:e idle )rams in the perishes of elpitaltields, ahnal.green, Mile-rid, and St. .John's, Hackney. Thanks were then voted to the Sehoolioseter, for the use of the MOM}, and afterwards to the Chiirmen, when the meeting sepa rated. THE CORN LAWS. - SILK TRADE —We lament to learn that in the city of coventry upwards of two thousand weavers have been ihravrn wholly out of employ within the last fortnight. In .tacchsfield the manufacturers are abandoning their trade n great numbers. In Congleton the weavers are put . 'pm) hal f-breed ; that is, the silk-manufacturers, instead of turning Off half their workmen, employ them three days in the week, and are the-, enabled to give half wages to 'he whole numixr, but it is not expected that even this i'umane apportionment can be continued many weeks nmasln Derby the distress arising hum th e number that have been thrown up is daily increasing; the priest severe weather adds greatly to the wee of suffering: t y TUE EDI F0:I OF TIIE BRITISH PRESS. cuttwrt,:mliousi --- _ _ _.........-- ana highly.respeete , de Meeting of owners and oe `,l t—ln the mists . ' rWm tit 11 by the Board of Trade to t ; ,;tantif.ttfurers of !Meech stlehl. it is s m u t t i nt tin, hail, iii ra l an i df a , ; ,, t l lint o, t i ne lo nt o t t i i i i ty of or t s h e e t z. held : t i the Town ,nt &Arm existing in the Silk Trade is, in a _rat Farquharson, F..q. in the Chair! ' In" ‘ftleA jul''' read the requisition, and stated the 1 .. ~..,,..;:tiotnegxttro33tiLym,excretritsoirlif;s7ptetaralltiivetens tifuligeern7lotynta,ti nohe. ;Fi l e o l t. 'r ha e, r o a o se „t o o et w . having ua ul use his he,t efforts to promote Atleence. Now, such an argnintlit, to a very limited t- n r i t e a t t l o n but one as to the importance of the pr . ea t e it i t , er t co ri o te ld ol e t o lt , e meeting; wo ul d e confident that 'eery gentleman subject they lied :aer t, may he correct. but, at the same time, it inust hii thtereti t:), mind of the Rt. lion. 111 r. II itskisson. that :sir .lottir M T 'Amon E SMITH, Hart. then rose anti addressed li e stale d, as bie fi rm and unbiassed conviction, that i; .$ not exactly ctowistent to suppose ate operative of any the me-ting. she the prosperity and security of tr:e landed interest were involved ~'ier trade cooltl he cenvertttl into a silk-weaver in a very a aware of many, if any at ,o i , ezr i o n s t p o er o ft . y mt and security theto f n t ec he n c ,i om r com munity at large. IV hen they ?; a t i r y t , n b e e n a Ir a of with the ta t space of time (and I an) n poor-rates . tither, and taxes, which, Jnot t exelt a is v S r i b e ing out of employ previous to the introduction of and therefore it may he fairl y in- much greater pressure on the agricultural than on any other class the measure of 'S I M ; for , d, that the prese nt distress, so prevalent throughout the I of . Inc community, it was self-evident that were a fr e e ita p o rtstion to be slowed. it would be imposeible for wliele of the silk manufacturing districts of this kingdom. o ti f le C" n " f ir" this entiltrY non% a7i,te front rich a cause--hut from the anticipated tries. ° w " h e ere t ' l w ie e e r e t rei c rl n ne aerewaitthitill'oestinfl:l7.nbut from foreign and where by fur the heavier part of which are utterly unknown. ammtation of foreign wrought silk into this country in July nest. This is the real mow or tlle vt ry great ilia- i A remedy for this evil had been euggested, by imposing a protect_ ing duty on importation ; but it' wheat might. in the course of the tits which is so severely felt in all the difillent branches l li a t st , o a ti t Lni Fr, have b e en but from the Baltic, with a fair pro. of the trade. As a alight proof of this fact, I can &mire per quarter, and if at Odessa it the Right Ilan. Gentleman (Mr. Iluskisson), that above mieht be purchased a a t t l.l. l6. pe 9d rquarttr, he would ask what protect. „ sae-third of the 'elk- weavers l'at(o e p t ployeti by Inc rie- log duty that Parliament could poreibly venture to propose would vi , us to the meas ure of his :ilajesty a Goverittnent before act as a security against our markets' o verflowing with foreign alluded to being brought forward, are now to/ally destitute turn ? The c omequence niust be, that first the poor lands of this c h 7 t : 6 ltry, and t uli f int rely every acre now employed in tillage, would 4 employment, and ottlist some effectual anti 'meetly relief be afforded to the present tleoressed state of the Silk Trade, re, ta ro t w h n e o te u na o t 4 tw tw o aln ilav l e 'l n is o la f t a n r itni t s o w oc ou c l u d then zei a v t e u r l hatipened nulls , again occur, and with all our lim P d Y t . hrown out of the vast number of distr. ss,ll poor dependent upon its pro dangerous and cithwation. The coffers of our great coni.nerciel and tradn pi will every week increase to a very s liming degree ; and it is really revolting to the feelings , kti.ts might groan with gold. butt they would want bread s to K tat, lion. Baronet concluded by reading the resolutions and the of humanity to sec so many worthy and industrious faint- ( Tl .' e . Lea daily driven to the sad necessity of asking fur athnis- peti tion to peiernem.) T e R ev. 11. C. N EATMAN then rose, and said the qoestion on into the poor-houses of the differfoit parishes is which before them was, whether the agriculture of Great Britain Coq belting. Such a elate of Unties Cannot long exist with- wia could entite it led , whether it was to all the sup opofpe rrt and ainotint i m portance to all ot hers, which Parliament giv ers, o ut being productive of the most arrious and motnentous and could he abandoned to its fete either with impunity or ' , lvan. ,Aotectueite - s. In the year 1136, a statute was pawed in the 15th Henry F:oto what little experience I have bad in the trade at ' Nl e ,.to promote the welfare of agriculture rb allowing h.. I borne. and the cotnpartsens I have lately made of our own lion of corn, thereby estendittaf the deinent y l for itseo t nnu e n z iptio ll n. m anufacturt ti broad goals with those of France and Italy, rcl.i:h the home market in thole days dal not supply to an extent sufficient to insure an adequate remuneration to the grower , : and lam so convinced of the impossii.ility of the English silk other n i the year 1163, in the third year of Edward IV, his successor, an manufacturer to enter into successful competition under t i .. l l(J i 1 e statute price in stkrahsosneltelrestrictrearthe iin heol zo i r .pa tat li ii d in of foreign corn u a ny apparent regulations with those of the other nations of io market Europe, that should his Maksty's Government still ad- in;; equal to 21. 4s. of the present currency of Englan p r q uarter , Theae taco here to the principle of admitting foreign niarmfactitred caws` ere c o esidered to be the fonnintion of the Corn Laws of this silt pods, under antreircumstatices, into this country, it oury ; nett we should find that where the principle which they eetoreed had been acted up to, this country had flourished ; and aOl become my duty, in defence of my property embarked a here a deviation had been made from it , thetreee and misery had to the trade, to cease to be any longer a manufacturer, been the inevitable consequence. In the'rei . 11 of Henry}} V VII , and thereby adding tan hundred familLs to those already in a Vll 1. Edward VI, anon' Pillip aial Mary, g a different Henry pre. date of Vit etelletiness and want • railed, art! distress eet the limners ensued to such a degree City, Jan. 13, BM l, that compulsory statutes wee passed to urge and force them to cul tivate the ground, even at a certain loss. In the reign of Charles 1., and during the protectorate of Cromwell, as might be expected uuder such circentstance*, matters veer by no means mended ; and , the preamble of an Act passed in the 15th year of Charles ‘ —paseed with a view of reguheing the importation and export3tion ' of corn, but which failed of its object for a reason which lie need not mention--eulticienly showed the extreme poverty and degreda tion • o which England was reduced by the unlimited importation of corn from abroad. " Forasmuch as the encouraging of tillage ought to be in an especial manner regarded aid endeavoured ; and the surest and effectual:at nicatts of promoting and advancing any trade. occupa tion, or mystery. being by rendering it profitable to users thereof; and great quanteien of land within this kingdom for the present lying in a manner waste, and yielding little, which might thereby he improvel to considerable profit and advantage (if sufficient ea. couragement were given for the laying out of cost and labour on the same) anil thereby much more corn produced, greater numbers of people, horses, and cattle employed, and other lands also ren dered more valuable." At the time of the Revolution a better policy prevailed ; hut it was not till the year 1791 of the late reign that the Corn Laws of this country were placed upon a permanent basis. The ques tion theretare being, whether this system could be departed from with safety, he preceeded next to inquire into the state of the agricultural interests at the present moment. The imposts and burdens upon the land, consisting of poor's and county rate, tithe, and highway assessments, amounted to at least 8, in the pound, or he might say 401. per cent. • though Mr. Ricardo had been pleased to estimate the same as low as 10!. per cent.; and the cost of an acre of Wheat, including the common charges of cultiva tion, did no„ and could not, amount to lees than 10/. per acre. Now 675. b.oing admitted to be a remunerating price at this time, taking into consideration the remission of taxes pressing upon the agricultutists, which had been repealed within the last five years, and taking 28 bushels to he the average amount per acre of the produce of the same, and rating the whole at 80. per bushel, he arrived at the sum of 111. 15e. gross value, and deduct ing the 101. therefrom. as the Celts of production, rent, and inci dental charges, there remained but IL las. over, as the compensa tion for risk, contingencies, and extra profit. But it had been proved that foreign corn at Odessa in 1822, as stated by Mr. Sully, could be bought at IGs. per quarter, and could be brought to this country at the sum of 325. per quarter. Fo reign corn generally could be brought in at 455., the prime cost being ga s. per quarter, taking 20s. as the import duty. But the remunerating price in this country being allowed on all bands to be 675., here was a loss to the British grower of 11. 2s. per quarter, or 331. per cent. ; and if Mr. Ricardo 's proposal, of 20s. duty to decline Is. per annum till it reached 10s. per quarter, when wheat was at 70s, should be adopted, here would be a lose of 2/. 4s. per quarter, or a loss of 661. per cm , . amounting to absolute ruin ! Toe (lucre's of the year 1819 was occasioned by the importation of 1,600.0(10 quarters of went, coupled with the importations of 1817 and 1818; of which immense quantity no less than 590,000 quarters remained upon hand at the beginning of that year, having glutted the whole country to absolute satiety, and having produced distress (together with the depreciation of the enteency) lout which this country was but just emancipated et the present moment. But the cost of these qmantitics of wheat amounted to the following sum. : In the year 1817 - - . . ..7ra.e93 vitro 1318 - 13,271,629 Ditto 1819 - - - 3,000,000 Melting a total of . £24 035,5'24 or nearly half the amount of the revenue of this country ! So that. in the same proportion as the depreciation of price took place, the energies of this country were still further depressed by the con traction of the circulating medium ; and which would, of itself, be sufficient to produce disorder and want of confidence, if car ried on merely to one half of the amount here quoted. There was, however, a much more serious evil which he hail yet to notice, and that wag, the effect of being rendered thus dependent upon foreign countries for our supplies. Mr. Adam Smith had admitted that " all countries which depend upon others for any portion of their fond can only have an ephemeral existence." Mr. !Malthus has said, that •• it is the great surolus produce in England, arising from her agriculture, which enables her to support such a vast body of manufactures, such formidable fleets and armies, such a crowd of persons engaged in the liberal professions, and a proportion of the society living on money rents, very far beyond what has ever been known in any other country in the ivorld." Now by some persons it was dec tied wise and expedient to give up these ad vantages in order to trust to a supply that was, at times, pre carious—to a supply that might be withheld in a moment of caprice or hostility , as has been the ca s e under the dynasty of Napoleon; but which supply, even if granted, would utterly fail of being made safficieut for the purposes of supporting the population of this country. Mr. George Rose had said, • that the whole cf the north of Europe could nut furnish England with six months' supply over and above their own wants." By referring to a most valuable document in his possession—one of the last , if not the very last report of that most excellent and learned man, the late Lord Sheffield, he found the following statement It cannot be too often repeated, that if the tillage should fail, or our harvest be deficient, so far that we s'muld want something more than two months' consumption, all our wealth, and all the measures that it is possible to adopt would not secure to us a sufficient supply. The public is perhape not fully aware of the calamity that may ethic from a decrease of tillage, and increase of population. To explain the above alsertier. it is nece , sary to observe that the quantity of wheat that came from abro id in the year 1796 amounted to 820,381 quarters, and of flour 205,866 cwt. one.third more than hail ever 1 been imported before ' • yet this was only a sufficiency f or the 'consumption of two - th irds of the people for thirty-nine dart 1" The importa ion of wheat and flaw into Great Britain in the year 1800, the flour bang reduced into quarters, was 1,278.108 quarters, and was only a sutlicieecy for fifty-eight days subsist. nee for eight millions or people, although every practicable means had been used, by bounties and otherwise, to procure the largest supply possible. The value of grain of all kinds imported into Great Britain in 1840 and 1301 amounted to the enormous sum of 21.001.00U1. sterling. The freight alone, all in foreign vessels, amounted to an immense sum, and was actually required in gold ; in the production of which quantity, upwards of half a million (or 511,20) acres might have been profitably cultivated in this country ! heaving the meeting to decide upon the evidence which he had adduced, as to the policy or impolicy of thus render ing ouraelves dependent upon Foreign countries for our supplies— to decide upon the cirect which the throwing out of cultivation all the interior soils, amounting at least to two thirds of the arable land of this kingdom, would produce upon the agricultural Intermit, by throwing the unemployed population upon them for support, at the very time when, above ell other periods, they were unable to annl that relief—lie proceeded next to inquire whether the ma nufacturing and coninterciel interest were in that state, either of inertness or distress, as to require these sacrifices from the land. owners of England. IThe ?emend speaker then read • number of tables, to 'Mow the well-known fact of the advance in com merce and manufactures in the last seventy years, and particularly since 1815.1—1 n the article of silk, the exports of manufactured produce for 1321 were 118,3/11. & for 11123, 141,0001.: being an increase of 22,b'291., and no more ; and the state of that trade at present was in a situation of comparative and progressive decay. But did that circitnietance militate against his views of the system of prosperity which this cou ntr y had arrived at, under the opera. don of the present restrictive laws in favour of articul;i:re? Certainly not; it confirmed every syllable which he had uttefed in favour of proteedon to the eapitartets of this kingdom, whether (*accrued in agriculture, or SOLOULSGLIIref 'SA genual. The silk sit to th st ttl t•. 7 1 r. tt c( t' THE BRITISH PRESS trade flnurished as long as protecting duties against the imports- Lion of foreign silks were maintained; but, in an evil hour, the de parted spirit of a modern econontint, now no more, hovered user the councils of the notion, and peistaided Ministers to relax those duties, and lower thtnn to a ruinous extent. And what was the consequence? 4410.000 EMIR. embarked in this important depart 'tient of trade, were as the eve of being thrown out of eniplay, and 11.000,000/. of capital abruptly withdrawn and diverted into another channel ! He affirmed that Ministers had broken down in the first experiment which they had tried; and free trade, either in manufactures or in torn, cool) never be entered into by this country with another. Granted, that the manufacturers of this article had overtrsded t that the home and foreign market had been glutted to a surfeit; this was an evil that would WC itself ; a temporary suspension of capital would right the evil. But be fore equal laws were applied to diffetent countries, it should be shown that they were in equal condition, and equal circumstances as to the subject matter of the oso;iosed equality. 'Silt at site very threshold of this case he found enough to convince hint that Ministers were wrong. Fran T produced the raw article of silk on her own territory; England imported it, at a considerable ex- . pense! He alluded to this circumstance with a vi ew, not merely o f showing that the experimental system of po:itical economy which Ministers were pursuing was likely to be productive of serious injury to the country, if they carried it farther—if they did not pause in their career—but also to show that so far from there being any . )us: grounds of jealousy between the agricultural and manufacturing interests, there was an identity of interest dem:oiling an equality of protec tion. He had read in the interesting memoirs of the faithful Sully, that the inhabitants of 31 ontpensier a, d Villerranche, during the civil war, under Henry the Fourth of France, being determined to destroy one another by a strange simultaneous movement, drew off the whole of their forces, and during the night reached the walls of these respective towns. and, finding them undefended, were amazed at the dawn of day to find that they had aeized the citadel and treasure of their opponent, but that each had lost its own. Anti so it would be with rite manufacturers of Great Britain. if, by ' attending to the idle clamour for cheap bread, by goading the Le gisiamre of this country to adopt, indiscriminately, the principles of free trade—tor " Importunity will move And gain what is denied to lore." ••• If, by aiding and abetting the new and visionary schemes of me- dern economists. they succeeded in effecting any great alteration in the present laws which protected the agriculture of England, they would, in all probability, intlee,:, if Ministers were not de terred by these public expressions of opinion. succeed is polling down the mighty and colossal fabric which represented the interests of the land owners anti occupiers of the kingdom : Ina he felt that he was speaking prophetically, when he declared th .t they them selves, and all that belonged to them, would be buried beneath the rains, together with all that wss'dear to them in the country in which they lived. Wilt these impre,:ainns lie most heartily seconded the resolutions which Its) been moved by the lion. Baronet, and gave them his most cordial annrohation. It was then moved by Sir J. W. Sat IT II that a Satiety be form ed in the county of Dorset for the protec tion of agrimitute, and that J. J. Farquharson, Em. be President of such Society. Seconded by J. Bas ran D. Esq. and carried unaniinuusly. The petition tni bath Houses of Parliament was moved and read by Sir J. W. Savant. Lieutenant-General BINGHAM moved that the petition be adopted. Seconded by J. CREE. lag. and carried unanimously. It was then moved that the petition to the House of Lords be presented by Earl Digby, and to the Commons by E. B. Portman, Esq. Among the numerous agriculturists present we noticed Sir J. Smith, Gen. Bingham, J. J. Farquharson. Esq. I). P. Okeden, Esq., the Reverend 11. F. Yeattrum, T. H. Bastard, J. Cree, Esq., and nearly two hundred agriculturists of the first respects. bility LAW 2VO7'ICES. CoURT OF KING'S BENCH. ximmtsrx CAIJ37:I TO DE TRIED DT 9PECTAL IE2IEI -......--.. .. - THIS DAY AT WES - IDINsTEH. v Rolland I Phillip. v Batoter. lisrll v i;iielm Gold pein v Drain. I the douise of Bulkley T; le King v Hewett, Esq. V. ‘cittard Shgne v Berkeley, E sq . Doe. en the sev.tiemi.teit of Ken- I Thou/min v. Neve. aington and atonber v Forte.t. Than wits be no itoin'enon Julia to-day. T..41V I NTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING's ESTMINSTER, FRIDAY, JAN. 13. Sittingt &jure the I.onD retire . JUSTICE and a Special Jury. COI. F. MAW V. SYM MONS. Thin was an action brought by the plaintiff', who is a retired tradesman, living in Lower Brook-street, flroavenor-square, to re cover from the defendant, who is a getillentan of Meiotic tesiding at Padditigton.green, the sum of 1.0001. on a Bill of Exchange, &awe by a person named Delisle, on and accepted by the defend. ant on the 6:h of December 1823. payable a; 12 months after date, and which was endorsed by Delisle to a person named 31ago, who endorsed it over to the plaintiff. 3lr. Brougham and 31e. Park conducted the came for the plain tiff; and 3lr. Searlett and 31r. Chitty appeared on behalf of the defendant. 31r. litlnt7ollAM having proved the aeteptance by the defend- Ant, and the several endorsement. on the said he should rest hin ease upon the ground of Ins client being entitled to recover as being the holder of the bill when it became due. If, however. his Learned Friend Mr. Searlett should make it necessary for the plain. tiff to adduce further testimony to establish his right, he was pre pared to do so. Mr. SCARLF.TT said his Learned Friend no doubt anticipated that further eviaetice would be required before he could prevail on the Jury to give the plaintiff their verdict. He on the part of the defendant addressed them with great confiden T as to the result of this trial ; for he had not the least doubt of bring able most wk. factorily to convince them, that not only had the bill, which was the subject of the present action, been obtain I by 31r. 3Psgn, who was the plaintiff's immediate endorser, upon an usurious consider. atio:t, but also that the plaintiff' himeeir was the holder of it, not for a, valuable, but for a colourable consideration only ; and when he should have proved this, his Lordship would tell them, that upon a bill obtained under such circumstances it was not compe tent for the plaintiff to maintain an action in a Court of Law. Mr. Augustus Dellsle was called to prove these fasts. This person stated himself to be a gentleman of literary pursuits, and to be author of the French opera Agamemnon. He said he was a native of France, and came to this country a few years ago, with a viewlto write for, and heotherwiee connected with, the stage; but his dramatic speculations wire not so profitable as he expected them to he, and he consequently became embarras.ed. Having occa sion for noire ntoney in November. 1823, he made applicatinn to the defendant (who had frequently berme acemomodated him in the same way), for a loan of 2,000/. The defendant proposed to give hint his acceptance. for two several sums of 1,000/., at 12 and at 10 months date, which lie accordingly took. Soon afterwards the witness applied to Mago to discount these two bills, who re ferred him to a person named ('oaten, a mercer, living in St. 31artin'e-lane. On the witness calling at Coates's, the latter in formed him that the hills should be discounted, provided he Delisle) 41111111 allow 3751. to be deducted for the discount. After some hesitation, the witness assented to this proposition, and on a subsequent day he met Alago by appointment at Coates's house, and received from him the whole amount of the two hills, Mago deducting only the lawful discount of Live per cent. But the wit nc,s, in pursuance of the original agreement made between him and Coates, afterwards gave to Coates two checks for the differ ence between the sum so deducted by Magri awl the B ] sl. which it had been agreed should he paid in the transaction. Cross-examined by Mr. littOttottAM.—The witness had been in prison both in this country and in France for debt. He was quite certain that on his first applying to Alago to discount the bill, Mago referred him to Coates to eff e ct the arrangement, and that the ntoney to be paid by him for the accommodation was 3751., which was accordingly paid by Mago's lino deducting the legal charge, and then by Coates's being afterwards paid the difference. Mago was not present when the witness paid the cheek to Coates. Coates was then called, but did not appear, and he was called upon his subpeena. Mr. Buotrottaats in order to meet the evidence of Dag, called Henry Mago, who Pared that he was in the habit of dis counting good bills. In November or December 1823, Delisle (whom he bad known before) called on iiiin to discount the de fendant's two acceptances Inc 10001. each, and in order to induce the witness to do so, Delisle represented the detendant to be a man of large property, that he kept his 'carriage and two footmen, and was l,kely to become a good customer with hint (the witness), who was by trade a tailor. The witness agreed to diaconnt the bills, and lie accordingly paid the full value of them to Delisle, deduct ing only the lawful charge of 51. per cent. amounting to about 98/. 3s. He had never received a farthing more than the legal dis count, nor did he refer Delisle to Coves to settle as to the premium to be paid. Coates had never acted for hint as his agent in the transaction. In September or October 1024, he was going abroad, and he deposited the two hills of exchange with the plaintiff' who gave him his check for 20001. on Chambers and Co. the bankers, as a security. His object for depositing the two bills with the plaintiff' was for security, and in order that they might be regularly presented for payment, in cue they should become due before he plaintiff from abroad. On his coming back a to this country the returned to him one of the billy, andltept the other, for which he gave him (the witness), bills at short dates, rather ex ceedn in amount the value of the defendant's acceptance. He belie i ved g Coates had of late been frequently at the office of the at torney for the defendant. In his cross-examination by Sir. Sceitterrv. this witness ac knowledged that he had been intimately acquainted with Coates for upwards of 20 years, and had had various dealings with him, both as a draper and mercer, and also in the way of discounting bills ; so far at least as discounting bills for persons who were re commended to him by Coates, but he did not keep tin account of discounts with Pates. It was certainly true that he paid the money to Delisle at Coates's house, which arose from the circum stance of his being frequently in the habit of going there ; but he did not make it it rule to go to Coates's house to discour t bills for the persons whom that individual might recommend to him. One of the mull bills received by him from the plaintiff, in part consi deration of the defendant's acceptance, via a bill for 4001. drawn by the plaintiff's attorney, 31r. Vincent. He was not aware that any of the other small hills which the plaintiff' paid to him had been discounted by Mr. Vincent for a Mr. Legg. The several bills of exchange were then put in anti read, end also a letter front the defendant to 31ago, thanking him for the handsome manner in which he bad conducted himself in the trans.. action, and requesting Mtn to accommodate the defendant with a loan of money. In reply to this evidence Sir. Seent.ETT called Mr. It. Hu DSO); (the defendant's attorney), who stated that he had never seen Coves in his life; that he had, after much difficulty, found him out, at .1 subpcenaed hint to attend, but .tad never had elnotes taken of the testimony he could give. "'homes Frederick Everett, formerly a clerk in the bankirg house of Chambers and Co., stated that lie was in the habit 'of making the entries in the account which the plaintiff kept with that firm previous to its failure, and that there neve; was a balance at any one time between the I st of January to the Ul.ll of Novem ber, 1824, of more than 260!. in the plaintiff 's favour. If a check of the plaintiff's for 2000/. were presented to the bank witout ef fects to that amount being in hand, it certainly would not have been paid. Mr. Thomas Legg proved that four of the bills which had been put in as being part of those which were paid by the plaintiff to Mago, in consideration** the bill of exchange which was the subject of this action. were drawn by biro (the witnees) anti that they were discounted for him by Me. Vincent, the pleintiffs at. torney. The evidence on both sides having closed, Mr. Semi LET T addressee the Jury on thatamint of it which had been offered by the plaintiff in reply. Ile first dwelt upon the comparative credit due to Delisle and to Mago, and saiii that as Daigle had bees released by the defendant, he was no longer reapon. sible on the bill, and therefore had no interest in the cause, whilst Mago, being an endorser of the bill, would, in case the plaintitT had really paid a valuable consideration fur the bill, be liable to hint for the amount; :lingo therefore had a direct interest in obtaining • verdict for the plaintiff, and compelling the defendant to pay te bill; fat then the plaintiff' would have no claim upon him ; but h if the Jury should give is verdict to the defendant, Mago would still be liable to the plaintiff. There was no satisfactory reason given why Mago met !Delisle at Coates's premises; or why Coates in. deed had been at all engaged in the transaction ; anti without such an explanation the Jury must inevitably come that contract was in point of fact made for Illago a own personal benefit, and that Coates and Mago had acted in collusion. The Learned Counsel then adverted to the evidence as to the consideration said to be paid by the plaintiff to Mago for the bill, and contended that it was merely a, colourable consideration. The check which the plaintiff gave for 20001. without a date. on Chambers and Co., at a time when be had only a balance of 2501. or 2601. in their hands, SUM a piece of trash, and not worthy a serious observation. One of the bills given by the plaintiff to !flag° wee a diehonoured draught dishonoured at that ray time when so paid by him. Four other bills were drawn by Legg, and endorsed to Mr. Vincent, who had endorsed them to the plaintiff. but Mr.dVincent. it unfortunately happened, was confined with the gout, and could not thevefore ex plain this transaction ; nor that which related to the promissory note which he had given to his client the plaintiff, and wk.& also formed part of the consideration to Mega would Vincent's evidence would have been very important to have cleared up this mystify, and which, without expluatioo, made the thing appear very ems. picioue. When a person bag • bill of exchange which had a month to run, he must be In one of two situations—that was, he must want the money, or he must not. If he wanted the tinnuey, he would get the bill discounted. If, then, 31r. Map had wanted the money, why did he receive those various bills from the plaintiff, several of which would not become due foe some months after the bill of exchange itself ? Could any man entertain the least doubt that this was altogether a fictitious soasideratien ? The firm clue d**, then, far them to consider was whether this bill waedissounted on a n usurious onnaldscation g and nest, whether the plaintiff sad E isen only a colourable eousideration fin it. Whether tits usury taus owe la their offset goal or Lad, dials petatellsed duty PROVINCIAL BANKS. PLYMOUTH BANK. MEETING OF TIIE CREGITORS.-SECOND DAT. At eleven o'cloc7; on Sa.urtlay the Commissioners again met, and the attendance of the creditors, anxious to prove their debts and to obtain information of the proceedings, was as numerous as on the day before. Nothing of any importance transpired at this meeting. The time was chiefly occupied in proving debts, to which great facility was afforded by the addition of several tables, and the voluntary attendance of a number of professional gentle men, among whom an active rivalry exists that pro mises to be beneficial to the interest of the crolitors at large. Several lively altercations took piece in the room during the day ; awl considerable uproar was at one time excited by Mr. Jagu's charging Mr. 'fink with baying held private meetings of creditors at Tavistoek and other places, for the purpose of maturing his own plans. Mr. Tink denied that he had used any improper measures, and accused Mr. Jago of attempting to raise a popular feeling against him. His proceedings, he said, had been founded on straight-forward justice and integrity. Another meeting will be held by adjournment WI 'Hie 18th instant, fur proof of debts and election oflassigneesPigmouth Jurraftl. - _ .CAMBRIDGE BANK. We regret to state that Messrs. Hoflick, Nub, Searle, and Co. bankers, of this town, are declared bankrupts. This circumstance will of course occasion delay in the settlement of their affairs ; hut it is still confidently ex- Feted that the creditors will be paid in full, and that there will be a considerable surplus. WISBECII BANK. A commission of bankrupt has been issued against the firm of Messrs. James Hill and Son, bankers, of Wisbech. BOSTON BANK. The Committee appointed at a meeting of the creditors of Mears. ingleow and Son, bankers, of Boston, have found it impracticable to carry into effect the contemplated arrangement mentioned in our last, namely, an assignment for the general benefit of the creditors, and consequently a commission of bankrupt has been issued against the firm. —Cambridg: Chronicle. ASHBURTON BANK. The highly-respeztable banking-house of Brown, Vin son, and Coming, at Ashburton, resumed payment of their notes on Monday last, agyeeably to public notice. The deposits will be paid off by two instalments, one-half in six months, and the remainder in twelve months, allowing S per cent. interest to the holders for that time.—Durset County Chrunk It vins reported at Frankfort on the 6th inst. that the Ex-King of Sweden, Gustavus IV. had arrived at Warsaw. Accounts from the Hague of the Sth inst. affirm that the Prince of ()range was to set out for St. Petersburgh on the evening of that day. The remains of the late M. David were removed on the 7th, With great solemnity, to she building attached to the Church of St. Michael, where the dead are deposited. A great number of artists and admirers of his talents followed the funeral.—Brussels Paper. Letters from Port-au-Prince, St. Domingo, dated Nov. 7, state that island to be deluged with rain, and the crops destroyed. Two English vessels 'were waiting for cargoes since June, and there was no expectation of their being loaded before January. Extract from a letter from the agent to Lloyd's at Con stantinople, dated Dec. 10:—" The Maria, Middleton, which lately arrived from Odessa, and discharged a cargo of corn, consisting of 21,300 killos, has been refused per mission by the Turkish Government to return again into the Black Sea, as being larger than the size stipulated by treaty, which is limited to 16.000 killos (400 tons).* It is untlerswod that the Porte means to enforce this regulation with more rigour than heretofore." The 411genzeine ZeUang, of the 6th instant, confirms the previous accounts of the Porte having acted on the advice given some time ago by Ibrahim Pacha, and re solved to negotiate with the Greeks. On this interesting point, it is said, " the notorious Hussein Bey, formerly Director of the Arsenal, and Netljeb Effendi, Agent of the Viceroy of Egypt, were unexpectedly summoned before the Divan, and sent to the Morea on a mission, the ob ject of which is said to be to obtain the submission of the Greeks by negotiation. Opinions differ respecting the cause of this conduct of the Porte ; but every body is convinced that it would not adopt such a measure except in a case of extremity. Many persons think that it is more owing to energetic language held by the European Am hassadors, in consequence of M. Minziacky's complaints. The insurrection in Candia, though not suppressed, can hardly be the cause, as the Porte has hitherto paid little attention to such partial insurrections." We are most happy to have it in our power to inform our readers, that, although Sir William Curtis has suf fered from a slight cold and sore throat, yet the latest ac counts from Ramsgate assure us that he is rapidly recover ing both in health and spirits. IncrAnox.—We regret to learn from the Worcester Chronicle that this veteran vocalist, who was to have sung at a concert in that city last Monday, was tel attending, "having experienced a paralytic seizure, which, we lament to say, it is feared will be followed by fatal sou sequences." was to execute them as they stood; and if this bill was itta• counted toe an usnrious coi.sidersaion, it could not be made the subject of an action by any of the parties who were privy to the transaction. Tney wmild again have the opportunity of bearing ids , Loaned Fr;eusl ( dr. Brougham), and h reniai;ied to be sew wire. tha he &mid bolster up this affair, anti make it appear any tiring better than one of great suspicion and that was tonged thrtiegierat with the grossest usury and fraud. Mr. linoenwa sr said in reply, that lie by no means isteoded object to any dung that had been said with respect to the charge of usury. Bard as it might be, where a person had advanced bin that. sand nottnits, that lie should ' by the sets of others be prevented into recovering it, yet the law was as it was, and they must state it as ft was ; and he meant to show that by that law the plaintiff had so unquestionable right to a verdict. The Jury must be satisfied that there was luxury on the part of Mago himself, and not merely On the part of Coate*, before any thing could affect the plaintiff ugh, law now stood, supposing usury was proved to have entered !noway p not the transaction Ma bill of caching° ; yet in the hands of at holder for a valuable consideration, that bill was as good as fr vs usury lied been committed, unless it should be shown that *a holder previously knew there was such usury. The only evidence of usury in this cats was that of Deltale, who stated that he wag referred by Mago to Coates. There was not a tittle of evldowee that any of the money paid by Delisle to Coates ever cense to Mello's hands. Mago had positively sworn that he did not refer Do. lisle to Coatis, and had never received a jarthingbeyond the legal die. count. Was it not possible that Dellsle might be mistaken as to the supposed reference to Coates ? Was it not more reasonable to behave him to have forgotten the facts in that respect, than to slippage Mr. 'dingo to have most wilfully and deliberately perjured hiroself from the begming to the end ? If Mago were so guilty as it wee pretended, why had he kept back the other WOOL bill, wllvkla formed the eithject of the next action ? For if usury was attlldie4 to the bill tr.w before the Court. it equally attached to the other bill, upon which dingo was himself suing the present defendant as the acceptor. With regard to sonic of the bills paid by the plaits. tiff to Mago not becoming due an soon as the 19111.11. bill, it siollt be recollected that the defendant had written Mayo a letter; id which lie gave him to understand that it was very probable Delieli . would not he prepared to honour that bill when due; and thee, WWI also reason in believe that the defendant would. not be able tel MRS his own acceptance ; Mr. Mago therefore thought it better to bare other bills, though of a longer date, to run , which he was certain would be duly honoured, than to hold the hill of a shorter date which there was every reason to believe would not be honoured., The Learned Counsel aguin impressed it on the Jury to reflect to the very serious charge which their verdict would amount to a against Msgo, should that verdict be adverse to the plaintire claim. The LORD CtftEr JUSTICE summed up the evidence, observing that the two questions raised For the consideration of the Jury /Re first. did Mago discount the bill at a legal discount, or not; and if he did, did the plaintiff give him honestly and fairly a considers. tion for it ? The proof of the consideration snood entirely on the evidence of sLign ; butt if they brilered Debate, and thought that M ago did receive, either by himself or through the intervention of Coates, more than five per cent. discount, then it would be digital% for them to believe the mount given by Maces, as to the trans. action between hint and the plaintiff. Should they, however, be. have Dclisle as to the usury, and Magn as to the consideration paid to him by the plaintiff. then the plaintiff would be entitled to their verdict; but if the impeachment of part of Manes evidence should incline them to riiibelit.re the whole of it, then their verdict moat be for the defendant. The Jury, having consulted tr7gether a quarter of an bone, ift. turned a verdict for the defendant. .NSOINENT DEBTORS' COURT, FBIDAr, JAY. 13 Several in.olvents. whose petitions were now opposed, wens brought up this day and discharged. The cues were of no public OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Fatiuy, JaN.l3. MURDER, Mary Cabs, aged 44, stood indicted for the wilful murder of Maurice Fitzgerald, on the 26th of December, by wounding hint with a chap instrument on the left breast, in consequence of what% he died. She was also charged, on the Coroner's Ingnen, like offence. The unfortunate woman came into Court with a child, about two years old. In her arms. MI. BRODERICK stated the case for the prosecution. Mary Casey examined—On the 26th of December tat I wen coming into my house—the prisoner and her husband were appa rently going into their own house. They were quarrelling and beating one another. I went to bed. I heard the prisoner say so' Fitzgerald, " What brought you to my place ; ('U let you know you have got no business in toy place.' I got out of my bed, and looked out of the window. ;ly husband would not let me go dam stairs. I saw the body of a man on a shutter: Cain and three others were can ying it away. I went down, and followed the men . with the body for a short time, and then returned to the prisoner. I said to her, " What a pity to murder the poor man." She an swered, " If there's a KM betireen me and my husband, what's that to you. What right have tno here ?" By the LORD Corte BARON—The dingingt of the abort* was present when I spoke to her. Hannah Lucan examined—f heard a quarrel between bits. Cain and her husband, about eight o'clock on the evening of the 26th December. I was standing at the window which looks one into the yard. I could see distinctly by the gee light, which le clone to my window. There was no light in Cain's yard- Cain's gate was shut, but I could see ova it. I saw Marta Fitignobi in the yard with Cain, his wife and daughter. The prisoner said to the deceased, +` Maurice Fitzgerald, you vagabond, ill la rya know you have no business in my place." 1 saw the peleoneett the time she said so ; she got hold of Fitzgerald, whom 1 saw between the prisoner and her daughter, and no sooner did they get' bold of hint than he fell. Somebody screeched °t i t " Murder I " sew no more. I afterwards saw the body taken away on a door oe shutter. I then saw the prisoner come out and shut the yard door. Next morning I saw her wash the stones. The prisoner here aid something in a low tone, which was quite inaudible. By the Loan Crime . Banort—l saw the husband stand at the yard gate when Fitzgerald was standing between the primate mat her daughter. Fitzgerald was standing still. Bridget Riley exantined—l lodge at the same house as the pd. soner. Fitzgerald was sitting with me on the evening of the d6ih, about three quarters of an hone. I heard Mrs. Cain and her hen: band quarrelling ; I was going down but Fitzgerald prevented me, and went down himself to pacify them. In about five mama after Margaret Cain, the daughter, called to one to go down that the man was killed; on going down I caw Fitzgerald sitting on the threshold, and the daughter holding his head. I saw a noon* on Fitzgerald's left breast, and the daughter stopping the . blood; he was speechless at the time. There was a great dal 'M blood; I claimed my hands and exclaimed, " Who killed the hand No answer was returned; I told the daughter to keep heyto the wound, and I would run over for the doctor I did not see the prironer then; I went for the doctor to Hatton-ganien. - Oa my return I saw Fitzgerald on the shutter ; he was ducat than.' The doctor was with me, and said, on looking at the body, " that it was of no use, as the man was dead." I then went borne, be; did not see the prisoner then. When Fitzgerald went down hie was as sober as I am. I afterwards saw hie body at the Caracas's inquest. By the LORD CHIEF BARON—When - Fitozereld and I Mai+ up stairs, tile noise below resembled that of lighting; they wee. quarrelling. Samuel Caiger, patrol—l went to Ilom's.tronet in comesquebte . of a noise; I saw Fitzeetald, ('aid, at.d the prisoner and sato others. The prisoner was near the yard gate, it appeared to as. Ott was trying to get to her !weaned. The daughter ands itzgaski. appeared to be pulling Cain into the ho use. The rito had a: slender table-knife In her hand, wilt the blade upwards. Shir oushed against them as if wishing to go to her husband. The her. band was standing inside. Somebody eried—" Here's the yawls. man," on which they went into the hones and shut the gate, which was about seven or eight feet high. After the door was shat heard a female's voice exclaim—" D—o you, I'll stab yott." ins; heard the prisoner's voice afterwards I think it was he, ban X. will not be positive. I went away then, .payihg no further aquas don to it, supposing it to be au Irish quarrel. That was oot Irty , heat. In about a quarter of ah hour or twenty minutes aftererin4 I awe a man brought on a shutter. On going to the miaow* house I found her lying in bed , ha v i n g a l l her clothes on except k shoes. I took her to the watchhouse. She did not appear re bee very sober. I observed the atones near the door look as if they i ki po t been trashed. 1 went to the house next day and searched it. knife (a black-bandied common kitchen-knife), I suppose to Wilma one she had in her hand. There were three knives found. Mary Cabman examined—l - house; lie reared out that be wi down at the door, while attempting body taken away an a shutter, and heard the Woman in the t prisoner ray to the woman. in a your soul, do you think we killed what the woman said to this, but th brougtit him there ? That's coming John Cartwright, a bey twelve lows r—Between eight and nir prisoner's gate, when I saw ; against the pig-sty, about thr, house. The daughter was along his breast. He said—" Oh, I'm de. she was tryinto atop the blood--she the house, t he mother came the daughternot to take-him in he was standing up straight, ant when he fell OR bb knees and sus band Riley his 'preset. and the fc Ri to come down. 'll' that said that Fltzgeral and dose I stopped till tire day Were putting the body on the 1111 at her ove door bUdag the light— , home to bed. By the' Loup Cult, Est°. had • knife itt his hand, the daughter to Mts. Riley. When several paw — aid that the &anted had • kr Patrick Riley, &Soy II Tests weber called out teliw to coos in hue arms. I tudriuty Isabel =Felt smudge lip um I" itstbe Ws—aby did' Mr. Iltiplisslatiusell the • re were Cline imoics mum.. saw Fitzgerald at the duor of At/ was murdered ; as he spoke he lea. piing, to go to the gate. I saw the 1 ter. I then went tato the Yard,. .1 ' e Lae-pair crying. I heard tbar ,n answer to soutething, " lied the man?" I could not await P but the prisoner again said, " Whiz Luring to the 1 relve yeses of age, deposed is folow ins o clock I heard a noise it 14. Cain at the gate, and Fitzgerald. three yards from ti e door of thy. long with him, haring i:er hatgl l'in dead.' It appeared to me, that; rd—site was trying o tape anti' out' from under the shed, and tol.N n there. When I firat saw Fitrgerdit ,nd walking slowly towards the dote,' sunk down. The daughter had ono other on I.i. head—she called out to. Ire. Riley hallooed out—.“ Murder !"' itrgerald lizd a knife in his hand aid) :11 the body was triter away. Whet. the shutter the ri,..nner was standlag: light—she acid netting. I thru webtr ori—NYhon the prisoner mid that hp tatteiter ilia nothing—only called our , I persons cone aftetwards the dotaghlep, tnife in his hand. ars old—On the n;glit in qtbestion er. une to her..—The tinsoner had a chll4. Luber say to Mts. Cain, " You sillait s ' n r The prisoner answered, " Wbes- litt he not stay in his Win place P" surgeon-4 tzamined the dame,. • .. • J ! ,i; I it i I • , I - 1 1"; t. -. r • ? :4 r. L,. f'4l 4 4 a 4 , / 4 I r i t 1 ,1 i i p I •