The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-25 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT: After a few words from Lord CRANWORTIT, their lord ships divided— HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to the Con wilidated Fund (£18,000,000) and the Exchequer Bills Bill. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, and Earl St. Germans. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the `woolsack -at five o'clock. Contents .................... 3B Non-contents ................ Majority The clause was then agreed to, as was clause 1. Clauses 5 and 6 were struck out, and On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR the following clauses were substituted : Clause A. " Where7r Tiracr the Lunacy Regulation Act, 1853, the Lord C i nslicellor entrusted as aforesaid, shall think it, right the inquiry should be before a jury, he shall 1) ; nis order direct an issue to be tried in ono of her Ma jesty's superior courts of common law at Westminster, and the question in such issue shall be, whether the alleged insane person is of unsound mind, and incapable of go verning himself and managing his affairs, and the provi sions of the Lunacy Regulation Act of 1853, with respect to commissioners of lunacy, and orders for inquiry to be tried by a jury, and the trial thereof and the constitution of the jury shall apply to any issue to be directed as afore said, and the trial thereof, and subject thereto such issue • and the trial thereof shall be regulated by the act Bth and 9th Vic.' And generally the verdict to have the same force to all intents and purposed as an inquisition under a commission of lunacy. Clause B enacted that reference to other acts to inquisi tion to apply to verdict on issue. Clauses up to 16 were agreed to with some verbal amend ments. THE REVISED CODE. Lord ST. LEONARDS preseutfad petitions against the revised code. Lord CHELMSFORD also pr' rented petitions against the revised code, The Earl of SH A.F".;;E.S7,3IJRY also presented similar petitions with a sizn':tar -grayer. r THIRD READINGS. The Cat er The followin'o bills were read a thi r d t i me and passed : Assurance. POLAND. , The - Earl of CAR.NARV ON had given notice of his " - lention to call the attention of the house to the present state of Poland, and also to ask her Majesty's Government whether Prinee3 Gortschakoff's circular letter of the 20th March, 186 1 e, had been communicated to them. He said, in conseq:aence of an appeal to him by his noble and learned friend (Lord Chelmsford) ha should postpone doing so for the present. INDIA STOCKS TRANSFER BILL. This bill, on the motion of the Duke o f ARGYLL, was reefe a second time. L.I7NACY REGULATION BILL. Their hardships went into committee on this bill. elouSses 1 and 2 were agreed to. Upon clause 3, after a short discussion with regard to so.me technical objections, Lord CHELMSFORD said he rose tQ ',sieve the first amendment of which he had given notieSs. He was appre hensive that their lordships might consider that his amend ment Was of no consequence, instead of one, as he :con ceived; off serious importance. They were legislating confeewdly under circumstances of pressure, arising from a late proceeding under a commission of lunacy. The extra ordinary length of that :trial, the nature of the evidence 'given, and the contradictory evidence of the medical men, conspired to raise a feeling in the public mind that the law was defective and required alteration. He was always apprehensive that when a Legislature yielded too hastily to a demanil for a change in the law they might be hurried into a species of legislation they might afterwards regret. He was not afraid to say, that notwith standing all the objections made, he believed the law of 1 1858, for venich they were indebted to his noble and learned friend ( * lord St. Leonards), had worked exceedingly well, and lead answered every object that could be desired. Sin sae that act came into operation in October, 1853, there . heed been 561 comm i ssions of lunacy, out of which only 20 /lad been determined by juries, 12 of these 20 were settled in less than a day, and the rest, with two or three excep tions, in a very short time. No lees than 541 cases of these commissions had been decided, without the intervention of a jury, merely by the judgment of the master upon the evi dence quietly and privately brought before him. Nothing could be of greater interest than these facts, because they showed hov much the feelings of many families had been spared, 'while the necessary protection the unfortunate objects of those inquiries required was thrown around them. But ',he proceeding to which he had referred had made the Po:olic anxious that some means should be devised by which, if possible, th e l ength of such inquiries might in future be prevented. In order, therefore, to meet this desire the third clause had been proposed. That clause contained two provisions which it wee; assumed would be calculated to prevent ankh lengthened proceedings, The first of these two provirsions was, that evidence as to anything done or said by ',:he person who was the subject of the inquiry, as to h is demeanour or state of mind at any time being more tha'a two years before the time of the inquiry, should not be; received; and the second provision was, that the opinion Of any medical practitioner should not be admissible as evidence of insanity. Now, he thought he could satisfy their lordships that both of these provisions were extremely objectionable, Suppose a man were attacked with chronic insanity, which had been stealing on for years, would it not be impossible to confine evidence within any limits whatever ? The clause proposed to limit the inquiry to two years; but if a man laboured under mental delusion for many many years, how would that me o et such. a case as th e c l ause contemplated ? It was well kn wn with what ex t reme reluctance families sued out a rale:do n of lunacy against a relative, and would not that els e . ? ting them to t wo years have a most pernicious Wd He believed evidence would be excluded of a most Important character if the time were so limited; that it would fetter the discretion not only of the judge, but the master in lunacy, and by fixing an arbitrary rule materially affect the interests of justice. He referred to the case of Bl‘Naghten,who attempted to assault the Queen some years back, showing the danger of relying on the evidence of a medical man in cases of insanity, without his having pre viously examined the alleged lunatic. In cases of wills, where the testator's soundness of mind was called in ques tion, they were always compelled to admit medical testi mony, and that of a man who had a previous knowledge of the manners and habits of the deceased. Lord CRANWORTH thought, with all respect for the master in lunacy and the jury who tried the Windham case, THE REVISED CODE. the real remedy for the evils complained of would be to have Mr. BAINES gave notice, that when the house went such cases tried before one of the superior judges. D • , into committee on th e e d uca ti on gran t, he would move for the 11 year s th a t h e had acted as common law judge he xtever knew an i ns t ance where counsel refused to attend to a return showing th e re li g i on o f th e persons receiving the capitation grant, and also the circumstances of the re d suggestion from the jud ge . If the. Court thought the in- cipients of such bo u nty. H e wou ld a l so move that ste ps quiry wa s ex t en d ed too fat a hint from him to that effect should be taken to prevent this grant being extended to would be sufficient to prevent prolixity ; and he did not schools which did not stand in need of such assistance. think the present proposal necessary. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The LORD CHANCELLOR said Ilia attention had Lord R. MONTAGU asked the Secretary to the Tree been called to the necessity of legislation on this • subject by the enormity of what took place at a rnt trial. He sury whether the P os t-office authorities had undertaken to .act as agents in the International Exhibition for certain thought 'embed detected certain anomalies in the manner railway companies for the issue of tickets, forwarding of in which that case was conducted. He did not think it parcels, and advising applicants as to the routes to be taken; right that in trying such a person the case should be and whether this had been done under the sanction of the c'erried back indefinitely. No one could possibly be pre- Treasury. seared to meet allegations with regard to what occurred in his infancy. Th e fi rst witness examined said when he Mr. F. PEEL said he believed there:was an o ffi ce for th e purpose, such as was described by the noble lord, but it became acquainted with the subject of the inquiry he had no connection with the Post-office or the Treasury. (Windham) wee four years of age, he was of infirm mental BANKRUPTCY BILL OF LAST YEAR. organisation, r. VANCE asked th e Att orne y-G ene r a l if it was the congenitally, and w as expec t e d to end his M after Year..l3 In idiocy. This witness—a medical man —was intention of the Government to introduce any measure to asked What led him to arrive at this conjecture, and he alter or amend the Bankruptcy Bill of last session. answered that the shape of the boy's head (a boy of four The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said if the measure Sears of age) had led him to that conclusion. "It was which. had been adopted was not successful a bill on the larger behind than before —his foreheadwa s not in due pr o _ subject would be introduced by Government this session. -portion to the back part of his hea.d." Was it right to extend DIIPOTB FOR EMIGRANTS. the inquiry backwards for twenty years to ascertain such Mr. KII•iIsiAIItD asked the Under Secretary of State for particulars? He thought it necessary to have some lilies the Colonies, whether he had any objection to direct the laid down to get rid of such an anomaly. By the rules h e limigration Commissioners to report upon the expediency had laid down he did not mean to exclude medical testi- of establishin g depots in the ports of London, Liverpool, 1 and elsewhere, kt. for the mony. He did not want to exclude the evidence of what areception of einigtants waiting for medical man might observe, but to exclude fancies and idle 1 b uu C. 70 . 11TESCUE said if the hon. member . would theories not ~ varranted by any inductions founded on fact. Mr. . . apply to the Colonial-cfeee by letter he would receive the One of the medical witnesses inferred the boy's imbecility information he required. from the, fact that his head measured 22k inches round, whereas a man's head would require 22 inches and no more! C:APT - LIRE_ OF A BRITISH VESSEL BY THE What was required in an investigation of this kind was to GREGORY asked the Under Secretary of State for UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. hrrive at a moral conclusion from facts, and not to ascertain Mr. whether the dise ase was d ement i a, amentia, monomania, P oroign Affairs if the attention of the Government had mania, melancholia, or monoman i a combined with fatuity. b een called to the reported capture, in Mexican waters, of One medi ca l w i tness was asked whether in cases of this .La with the British vessel buan, laden cotton, by a cruiser description the jury cou ld not form as tersest an opinion as of the United States ? a medical man, and he said, " I think in a case like this a Mr. LAYARD said the attention of her Majesty's At- Lyman is as competent to come to a right conclusion on torney-General had been called to this subject, and he had all the facts as lam myself." He (the Lord Chancellor) instructed Lord Lyons t o take th e matter up, and that noble admitted that medical men were more accurate observers man had communicated with Mr. Seward, and steps were than ordinary persons, but what was sought by the bill taken for the protection of British interests. was to prevent the substitution of opinions for facts. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. Frequently it was found that the opinions of six medical On the order for going into committee upon the Poor Then would be opposed to six others of the same tribe ; but Relief (Ireland) Bill a discussion aroso upon various in if *ally one of the opposite, and that the jury were to (Lc- M r . GREGORY, premising that it was important cept opinions for facts, one of the parties in the case might not to bring the central authority administering the be damaged. Much confusion sometimes arose among poor law into collision with public opinion in Ire medical gentlemen from the circumstance of their not land, observed that the present mode , of dismissing Roman truderstanding me dical terms. In a certain case six me- Catholic chaplains at the workhouses was a great cause of .cal gentleman decided that there was delusion and no de- dissatisfaction and offence, and suggested that where a li tinna, and six more were of opinion that there was delirium Roman Catholic chaplain was to be remonstrated with or a " no delusion. The mann er i n w hich these inquiries were dismissed, a communication should in the first instance be rdeeted, so far as medical testimony was concerned, had hold with the spiritual authority by whom he had been ap dirle,Positively odious, and the evil required to be reme- pointed. This concession, though slight and simple, would, i - 'lf they struck at that evil they should pluck it out he believed, remove a great cause of disagreement. .3 , the fe - d dis '' ) ; and put an end to that which was a reproach Mr. OSBORNE complained of the constitution of the wanandePoa". What could bo more unreasonable than to Poor Law Commission. The great proportion of the per establish his irkeanity over a man's entire life in search of evidence to sons requiring poor law relief in Ireland were Roman There was allst distinction to be Catholics, whereas the members of the Board were all drawn betweeootthepopinions of medic men as regarded the Protestats. state of mind ettiona supposed to be labouring under 1 Sir R. PEEL, in replying to objections, said he had which . luiln2ligit,annsdonth:Zitt7tBrilaflamedical men in post mortem exa- never found any of that groat dissatisfaction Wit,hbecause in the latter case they Gregory supposed to exist on the score of the removal of had actual facts to deal iy stated at the I,„ ' t wherea win the former case Romaa Catholic chaplains without the authority of their the; mere te -conjectures on bishop. If the Commissioners acted (as they did) towards things they had not th. e . mselv es „en• For the in most part Roman Catholic chaplains cases of lunacy the opinions of medical but the law of evide nce did were purely Protestant chaplains, ho did not understand the force of speculative ; it grown nee did not practically ex- Mr. Gregory's objection, and could not accede to his pro for int, _, elude them, because had to zzost a precedent petal. With regard to the constitution of the Poor Law conelcius: ions from the judges and juries to be taught 'ye thaat.iininsanjurity3: Board, it was true that there was no Roman Catholic com was a physical disease and not the subject of re . eiissioner upon it, but the members of the board were and that they were bound to derive their selected for their qualifications and fitness, without refe medical opinion. Now what he desired to that they should make the jury arrive at their e e s o abli e sil e , w as rents to their creed, and he thought it would bo most inju to the sanity or insanity et . the alleged lunatiel l y - z e z dieions tc import sectarian differences into the administra.- tion of the law. He was mire that the commissioners, proof and testimony of things done or said by the party,en by s eculative evidence, whether Roman Catholic or Protestant, would exercise their f aretions with the strictest impartiality. not to be in any degree influenced hips would giv e C, On these grounds he trusted their lorpds their sanction to the clause. (Hear, beer.) This Preliminary discussion continued for some time, chip voith reference to these two matters. ITpon its ter. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY desired to ex plain that to the ex- t n h " c na c t l imi the ' clauses use went into committee upon the bill, and what he had stated the other evening referre d . . Laments. l T .E h i e ,s eet nl ee all7 : laond uls to the eighth were agreed to, after much de ceptions which should be made in cases of homicidal mania bate w a ith s" ou ght to ex time. relative to the period over which the inquiry d . e . al . COLLEGE OP Been e/ II then ordered to report progress, tend. With regard to other cases, they would have to ,in this bill. This bill was d lIS ICIANS (IRELAND) BILL. with the present state of mind of the individual. 110 'jai 1 The linuNe went into n enled the absurd character of medical certificates, on which P= .^ AND l O c I , J , 1 , t , 5 ,AAttc , ,, , , ,, AMENDMENT BILL parties had frequently been deprived of their liberty, an( Trir. 130 1 3 VERT E said there wer e e , t . . . real/stained that it was on facts and facts alone that any alleged lunatic should be subjected to confinement. in relation to shores, with which thi d r !'in 111:ivito rights bill would interfere, The remaining clauses of the bill were then agreed to with some verbal amendments, and the house resumed. The report was ordered to be brought up on Thursday, after which their lordships adjourned at 20 minutes to 10 o'clock. HOUSE 01? COMMONS—YESTERDAY, The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and p asse d : Bollington (Presbury) Improvement and Lighting—Brid port Road (Second District)—Faringdon Railway—Folke stone to Barham Downs Road—Londen and Blackwall Railway—Norwich Corporation—Ross Turnpike Trust— Wycombe Railway. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Barnsley Local Board of Health—Garston and Liverpool Railway—Heckmondwike Gas—Kington and Eardisley Railway—London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way (Junction Railway at Battersea, &c.)--New Chappel, Lindfield, and Brighton, &c., Roads—Oldham, Ashton under-Lyne, and Guide Bridge Junction Railway—Stock ton and Darlington Railway (Towlaw and Crook—Tend ring Hundred Railway, Wareham Roads—Weymouth and Portland Railway and Extension to Harbour--Woolwich, Plumstead, and Charlton, &c., Gas—and Kent County Gaol and Lunatic Asylum (Water Supply). ROYAL COMMISSION. Col. CLIFFORD, Yeoman of the Black Rod, summoned hon. members to the Upper House to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several private bills, for which see Lords' report. EDINBURGH, DUNFERMLINE, AND PERTH JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. C. BRUCE moved that the report of the Standing Orders Committee of 14th March, in the case of the Edin burgh, Dunfermline, and Perth Junction Railway petition, for leave to deposit a petition for a bill, be read ; that the rail ways and works proposed to be authorisedbythebilltowhich such petition relates being of great importance to the coun ties of Fife and Kinross, and all the North of Scotland, and it being extremely desirable that they should be considered in the present session, in which a bill for authorising a partially competing scheme has been introduced into Par liament, leave be given to deposit a petition for a bill, pur suant to the prayer of the said petition. Mr. WEMYSS seconded the motion, and said that this railway would traverse a very important mineral district in Scotland. He contended that this subject was one of national importance as far as Scotland was concerned. Colonel PATTEN said that the committee of standing orders considered that there had been a breach of the rules of Parliament in reference to the private bill by the com pany in question. There was no feeling on the part of the committee in respect to the'merits of the bill, and they dealt with it merely as regarded the rules relating to standing orders. Sir F. GOLDSMIDT said he was one of the committee that had rejected the bill, and he considered its rejection was justified by the merits of the bill itself as well as by its non compliance with certain rules of the house. He considered the line stopping short of Edinburgh was a radical defect is the bill, and therefore on that ground he felt bound to oppose it. Mr. ADAMS =tended that the railway proposed to be constructed would be of great advantage to Scotland, and that the rules of the house should have been strictly ad hered to with respect to a matter of such importance. After some remarks from Sir J. Fergusson, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. Henley. Mr. MASSEY said that he did not think the parties in this case were entitled to any consideration, as they had not remedied the defects pointed out last session. Mr. C. BRUCE said that after the expression of feel ing of hon. members he would withdraw his motion. ADMIRALTY COURT (IRELAND). Mr. MAGUIRE gave notice that he should move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the procedure in the Ad miralty Court in Ireland. MAJOR O'REILLY. A petition against the return of the hon. and gallant mem ber for Longford was presented, and ordered to lie on the table. THE SUN, LOSDON, TUBS 01 EVENING, MARCH si2s, 1862, and which he thought ought not to be allowed by the house to be taken away. Clauses Ito inclusive were then agreed to. Mr. N. GIBSON said it was proposed, upon considera tion, to give up the proposed amended clause. The clause was accordingly abandoned. Clause 0, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the bill, as were clauses 10 to 17 inclusive. Clause 18 was then agreed to, as were also clauses 19, 20, b 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26. On clause 27 being proposed, several obj ec ti ons were urged against the powers which this clause conferred upon the Board of Trade. Mr. M. GIBSON defended the clause as it stood. Captain JERVIS opposed the clause, and hoped the committee would reject it altogether. After some further discussion, in which several members took part, Captain JERVIS moved the omission of the clause, and on a division, the numbers were— • For the clause Against it . „ 7l Majority The clause was consequently negatived, end the Govern ment defeated. Several other clauses having been agreed to, Mr. M. GIBSON moved an additional clause, which he said was simply intended to save the rights of the Duchy of Cornwall, and did not confer any new rights upon it. Mr. A. SMITH moved that the clause be withrawn. The committee divided— For the clause .... AgOnst it Majority for it The clause was then ordered to stand part of the bill. Mr. A. SMITH explained that the opposition to the clause just passed was founded upon the underhand con duct of the Government in a previous bill relating to the duchy. The house then resumed, and the CHAIRMAN reported the bill with its amendments. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS ACTS (1861) AMEND- MENT BILL. This bill passed through committee, after an explana tion from the Home Secretary that it was intended to re main in force till 1867. MUTINY BILL. The house then went into cotnniitt•ze on the Mutiny Bill. Clauses to 21 inclusive having been agreed to, On clause 22, Mr. WHITE said that flogging in the army had, he was happy to say, greatly decreased during the last few years, and he went into the statistics of the subject to prove the statement. He said it appeared from the returns that 179 men were flogged in 1861; and in 1860, 512. In the year 1858 there was no flogging in all but 69 regiments; in 1859, in all but 34 regiments; and in 1860, in all but 19 regi ments. Believing, however, that flogging was detrimental to the army, and degrading to the national character, lie moved the omission of the clause ; and he begged to state that so long as he was honoured with a seat in that house, he should never cease to do his utmost to abolish that bar barous practice. Sir G. C. LEWIS said this decrease was attributable to a general order issued at the end of 1359, by which no sol dier could be flogged until he had been degraded from the first class into the second of the two which it created. The effect had been to reduce the number of lashes, and the clause itself limited the number to 50. He hoped the com mittee would adhere to the clause. Mr. PEASE observed that the statement of the right hem gentleman himself was conclusive against the pro priety of retaining the punishment, and he hoped the com mittee would throw out the clause. The committee divided and the numbers were— For the clause Against it Majority for ... The clause was then ordered to stand part of the bill. On clause 26, providing for branding soldiers with the letter D, or with the letters B C, on the breast, to signify " deserter," or "bad character," Mr, HENNESSY moved to omit it, but did not divid e the committee, and the clause, with the remaining ones, was agreed to. The house then resumed. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill passed through committee. :PUBLIC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) ACTS AMEND- MENT BILL. Mr. MUIR moved the second rsading of this bill, which he said he hoped would be allowed to pass, as it had been framed in accordance with principles which had received the sanction of Scotch members generally. Mr. BUCHANAN said ho had no intention of opposing the bill, and he gave credit to the intentions of the holl and learned gentleman who had charge of it. He had in tended to improve it by consolidating it with the other two bills on the subject, but did not intend to offer any impedi ment to its progress. The bill was then read a second time. BLEACHFIELDS (WOMEN AND CHILDREN EMPLOYMENT) BILL. This bill was road a third time and passed. The house then adjourned at half-past one o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. TRADE MARKS. The committee on this bill met again yesterday. Mr. Roebuck in the chair. The other members of the committee are—Mr. Milner Gibson, the Attor ney General, Sir H. Cairns, Mr. Alderman Cope land, Mr. Crossley, Mr. Hassard, Mr. Crum-Ewing, Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Potter, Sir F. Goldsmid, and Mr. Warner. Mr. Rylands, a member of the council of the Bir mingham Chamber of Commerce, and ex-mayor of the borough, was the first witness examined. He said—The Chamber of Commerce are very anxious to see some statutes passed which shall prevent fraudulent imitations, by something more than the mere payment of costs and damages. They wish the offence to be made a misdemeanour, subject to fine and imprisonment. Registration ought to be made part of any act that may be passed on the sub ject. I would register the trade mark. It appears to me unnecessary to register the names of the manufacturers who do not adopt a mark. There aro many manufacturers who depend upon their names alone, and if any one imitates their names with a fraudulent intention, a new remedy should be given in such case, because the object is either to simplify the evidence againstoffenders or to give warning to manufacturers who may unwittingly adopt a mark used by other persons. In the case of a manufec turer of the same name as myself I should consider an emblem necessary, and should have to register. The emblem and the name should be both registered. 1 The remedies proposed in the bill aro simple and inexpensive, and I do not see why they should not be extended for the benefit of persons who use their names only without trade marks. There would be no difficulty in adopting an efficienl system of re gistration, and I believe it would pay its expenses. Mr. Bartlett, needle manufacturer of Redditch, produced a book showing the genuine labels used by his firm and some counterfeit labels. The latter, he said, are made in Germany. They are engraved at Aachen, and the object is to enable the Prussian manufacturers to get rid of a bad article at a good price. My firm has never taken legal proceedings because we were told that there being no law in England enabling foreigners to obtain redress they could give us none. I believe it to be of the utmost importance to have a system of registration along with the name, accompanied by a summary juris diction. Mr. James Wright, button manufacturer, of Bir mingham, believed the adoption of trade marks by manufacturers would become general. Ho had adopted one, but was not aware whether it was a new one, or whether any other person had a prior right to it. An act of Parliament which would enable him to ascertain such a point would be very desirable. He know of an expensive Chancery suit now in progress, which had been caused by the adoption by one of part of the compound mark used by another. That suit might have been avoided under an efficient system of registration. He thought the magistrates would form a competent tribunal for the decision of trade mark cases. The committee then adjourned. SEWAGE OF TOWNS. The select committee appointed to inquire into the best means of utilising the sewage of the cities and towns of England, with a view to the reduction of local taxation and the benefit of agriculture, met yesterday for the purpose of taking evidence. Dr. Brady presided. The other !umbers of the com mittee are—Mr. Adderley, Mr. Adertne,Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Bristow, Mr. Blencowo, Mr. Ducane, Colonel Farm, Mr. Gregson, Mr. Gore Langton, Viscount Holmcsdale, Mr. Roupell, Sir F. Smith, Mr. Paget, and Mr. Whitbread. The Earl of Essex was the first witness called. In reply to questions by the chairman ho said_l re ceive on my estat e the sewage from Watford. The population amounts to about 4,000 persons. I have e e l s ' e l t n applied the sewa ge to Italian rye gra ss , w h eat, usag°l thesew ut c l a z s In all. d portion of park grass. was applied w ith ver y great success. On seven acres o f I talian rye grass I fat i n l tened 13 bullocks, kept seven or eight horses and ponies, and an indefinite number of pigs. It has increased the value of the sewage lands. After deducting the charge for the sewage there was a net increase in the value of the crops per acre of £2 7s. 6d. The quantity of sewage which I obtain per day is from 60,0(0 to 80,000 gallons—about 270 or 280 tons. The coat is from a penny to five far things per ton. I believe sewage might generally be drained off for three farthings per ton, and in some cases for one halfpenny. At three farthings per ton it will pay well ; but at a halfpenny per ton it will pay uncommonly well. I should have had greater success my operations had been pro perly conducted in the first instance. In very hot weather some evaporation takes place, but in wet weather it is very small. The sewage manure has a permanent influence on the land, and I can see the benefit of it for two or three crops. The land increases in value in consequence of a continuous system of sewage. In spreading a large quantity there is an offensive smell, but that may be in a great measure avoided by applying it near to the ground instead of from an elevation ; and after it has been five minutes on the ground the smell is not at all offensive. The health of the men b,v whom the sewage has been applied has not suffered in the slightest degree. The whole of my estate would be increased in value if the tenants had a constant supply of sewage. There can be no doubt as to the inherent value of sewage. I agree with the observations in the report of the Royal com missioners that the disposal of sewage would in many towns solve the question of drainage. By Mr. Ayrton—The sewage is conveyed from the town in close pipes underground. When there is a decided downfall of rain I can cut it off from the tanks, and then the storm water goes off into a stream. I cannot state exactly the increased value of the land to which the sewage is applied, but I can speak positively as to the de cided improvement of all the crops. Dr. Robert Angus Smith, of Manchester, exa mined.-1 have given a good deal of attention to the question of sewage, and have examined the sewage of many districts. The most complete exa mination which I made was that at Carlisle. The amount of ammonia was seldom more than 11 grains to the gallon. In London the quantity is seven grains per gallon. Notwithstanding the fact of the quantity of ammonia at Carlisle being so small, the effect of putting it upon the land has been very decided. The Carlisle sewage contains about five grains of solid matter per gallon. The sewage of London contains about 300 grains per gallon. Cattle can be fed on sewage land with great advantage. They seem to prefer it to other land, and thrive upon it very well. I believe the annual value of the sewage of London is about £1,450,000. The application of sewage to land is in some respects injurious to health. It takes some time to get com pletely absorbed into the soil, but when it is com pletely taken into and mixed with the soil, it is totally disinfective. The committee then adjourned. South Wales, Shropshire, Yorkshire, Northumber land, and adjoining counties. A most interesting collection of British - minerals is coming from the lead hills of Scotland, with specimens of all the I most remarkable products of that mining district. Nor in this list must British gold ores be forgotten. A fine collection of auriferous quartz is to come from Merionethshire, and auriferous gossan from Devon.l Ireland sends specimens of her fine granites and beautiful marbles and serpentines, with some good minerals. In this division of the class the polished granites and serpentines of Cornwall, and the varie gated ornamental marbles of Derbyshire, will be most conspicuous objects. There will also be a large collection of the various descriptions of stone used in building. Classes 2,3, and 4, are under the superintendence of Mr. C. W. Quin, F.C.S., who, like the rest, has worked indefatigably in obtaining the best possible subjects for exhibition in his de partment. These three classes are devoted respec tively to chymistry, food, and raw materials. The chymico-pharmaceutical section of the Exhibition (Class 2) can boast of a collection which, for variety and excellence, has never yet been equalled. The exhibitors include more than 200 of the greatest manufacturers in the country. Hardly a name of emissence is missing in any branch of chymical manufacture, from Magenta and borax down to matches and blacking. A complete series of drugs, systematically arranged by a committee of the most eminent members of the Pharmaceutical So ciety, assisted by Professor Redwood, hal; been prepared. This collection will be particularly in teresting and instructive to pharmaceutists, and its:value will be still further enhanced by the society's permission to allow specimens to be handled and examined, under the care of a cura tor. A very interesting collection of chymicals, illustrating the improvements made in calico print ing and dyeing since 1851, has been formed, at the suggestion of Dr. Playfair, by Mr. R. Rumney, of Manchester, whose practical knowledge as a chy mist and manufacturer renders him admirably fitted for the work. In no department of applied ehy mistry have such strides been made within the last ten years as in dyeing and calico printing ; and in the history of these useful arts, perhaps no similar period has been so fruitful in good results. A col lection of products illustrating the discovery of the coal tar dyes formed by the first workman in this fertile field, Mr. W. H. Perkin, is also to be shown, and all the various dyes will be admirably repre sented. Fine collections of cinchona and alkaloids are shown by Messrs. Howards and others, and a trophy is in course of formation, consisting of large crystals of copper, alum, &c., arranged artistically together so as to form splendid masses of colour. One single block of alum which is said to weigh no less than seven tons is coming from the Metropolitan Alum Works. Dr. Stenhouse, F.R.S., and Professor Brodie each exhibit collections of rare chymical substances discovered by themselves. Mr. Church, Dr. Muller, Mr. De la Rue, and others, also send largely. Windsor and Newton send a case of colours and ultramarine of different qualities, worth upwards of £1,000; Smith and Co. send fine ex amples of orchil and other lichen dyes; and among the odds and ends is an article called " concen trated fish manure." A circular drawn up by the superintendent, is about to be issued to the exhibi tors, subjecting them to most stringent regulations as to alcohol, ether, or corrosive acids and salts. In class 3 (food) there will be an immense collec tion of preserved animal and vegetable provisions of every conceivable description. All the great tea dealers send samples of teas, coffees, and cocoas, many of them containing specimens quite New to this country. A complete collection of dried and preserved fruits of every kind comes from Fort num and Mason's and there will be every known variety of hops, with pickles, preserves, beer, and biscuits. Some giant corn, with ears, eight or nine inches long, is shown by Mr. Hallet, of Brighton, which he calls "pedigree wheat," having raised it by constantly selecting the grains of the largest ears year after year. A fine collection of agricultural seeds will also be shown, with speci mens of cereals from all the chief corn dealers. Preserved meats have a great many representatives, which shows how vastly this trade has recently ia creased. But a short time since it was almost un known. Fentum, of Bond-street, and others, exhibit some most exquisite ivory carvings and turnings, and there will be a very beautiful collec tion of wax flowers. One lady exhibits a copy in wax of a large bank of wild flowers. There will, of course, be every variety of soaps, with wax, stearine, composite, paraffin, and tallow candles. Gutta-percha, indiarubbcr, and vulcanite in every possible variety of form and article will be shown. A large collection of wools is sent by the Agricul tural Society, and the Duke of Marlborough also exhibits wools and a pair of blankets. There will be a splendid show of hardwoods, tusks, mother of-pearl, end shells, with horn and tortoiseshell goods, paper, and paper-making materials. The food trophy of Class 3 will be erected in the nave, from the designs and under the direction of Messrs. Gilbert. There will also be an exceedingly hand some trophy of raw materials (Class 4), from the designs by Mr. Leighton, F.S.A., also in the nave, to correspond with that of food. Both these have been got up, and the expense of their erection borne, by the sub-committees of the metropolitan committees of the respective classes.—Times, THE INTERNA lIONAL EXHIBITION. The remarks which we felt called upon to make upon the tardiness of English exhibitors i n sen di ng in their goods have produced very good effect. All are apparently now hurrying forward as f as t as possible, and during Friday and Saturday the goods came in briskly. Great activity is also being shown (though not a day too soon) in fitti ng up courts and counters ; and on Saturday partitions and enclosures for the English side were being made in all directions, and the whole building rang With the noise of saws and hammers. If the work is carried on in this spirit the English may still recover the ground they have lost by their own procrastination, butlthere must be no relaxa tion in their efforts between this and the day for opening. The snow has shown that many parts of the glass ridge-and-furrow roofs are still far from water-tight, and the northern courts, especially along the walls of the refreshment rooms, are very leaky. These defects must be made good at once, for it will be quite useless to urge on the delivery of goods in places where the water during heavy showers drips through the sashes on to the cases beneath. An immense mass of the eastern dome scaffolding is now down, sufficient to allow much of the effect of Mr. Grace's decoration to be seen. It more than realises the expectations which were formed when the preliminary attempt was made on a small model, and comes out remarkably well. The capitals of the great main columns have been richly gilt, while the columns themselves are painted of a deep Venetian red or chocolate colour, which shows their massive ness very well, and renders them conspicuous for what they really are, the chief supports of the dome above. It has been proposed to paint a wreath of flowers twining like a garland down these pillars, but such a decoration would have the effect of di minishing their apparent bulk, and destroying in appearance their architectural purpose. They can not look better than they do now, and Mr. Grace would be wise to let well alone. The sunlike orna ment at the apex of the interior of the dome does not have all the effect that could be desired, but the walls beneath the dome belt, the belt itself, and the ribs above aro all that can be wished. It is to be hoped that now this last and most difficult of the decorations is finished, the remainder of the scaf folds themselves will soon be removed. The refresh ment saloons in the upper story of the arcades over looking the Horticultural Gardens are nearly finished. The view from the windows of these over the gardens will be one of the most charming in London. The flower show in the gardens on Wed nesday last gave a good idea of what the scene will be from this point during summer. The superintendents of the various classes are now working almost day and night to get up their different departments to the highest perfection. On their care and diligence the success of the Exhibi tion greatly depends, and the Commissioners have been most fortunate in their selection of these gen tlemen, each of whom is eminent for his skill and knowledge of the arts, sciences, or manufactures committed to his care. As there is little to record in the daily progress of the building, a short ac count of the principal objects expected by the superintendents in each class will, we think, be interesting to our readers. As however it is barely possible to give more than one or two classes in a single notice, we shall take occasion to resume the subject from time to time, taking them in the order in which they stand in the official catalogue. Mr. R. Hunt, F.R.S., has sole charge of Class 1, which includes mining, minerals, and mining materials, all of which will be shown in a portion of the eastern annexe. In this class one of the most important and prominent groups will be examples of the applica tion of the beautiful new metal aluminium, by Bele, of Newcastle, which will include several most elabo rate works of art. The examples of iron will be remarkable as comprising every possible variety of specimens of rough and hammered ironwork, and one foundation is being laid to receive a double throw crank weighing upwards of 25 tons, made at a single forging by the Mersey Steel Works. Rail way metals of enormous length, rolled in a single piece, without a weld, will be exhibited among other things by the Blaenavon . and Butterley Companies. One rail is upwards of 80ft. long, and another no less than 117 ft., made without joint or weld, at a single rolling. Enormous armour plates and sheets of wrought iron will illustrate the strides made in this branch of manufactures since 1851 ; and Lord is sending some w o nde r f u l exam pl e s of bars of iron Dudley tied cold i n t o p er f ec t G or di an k no t s and tangles. Messrs. Schneider, of Ulverston, will show a very large and costly model of their ironworks, eo as to illustrate the most recent improvements in the bl as t f urnace. Th e Northum berland and D urham Coal Trade Association are sending model s to exh i b i t tho best metho d s o f ventilating mines, and of the newest and most ap proved underground engi • ac companied by fin e (man Sunderland Committee will be represented by a engineering appliances. The model of their docks with all their admirable ap paratus for loading coal. These models will be ac of each district. specimens of coal, and some of a the great coalfields Nearly examples of the mineral product's blocks weigh upwards of three tons. Specimens of copper , tin, and lead, with fine collections of the ores of these metals, will come from Cornwall ) send the single ASSIZE INTEL LIGRA CB. HOME CIIICUIT.—LEWES, MARcu 24. THE ACCIDENT AT THE CLAYTON TUNNEL. The commission for the county of Sussex was opened in this town yesterday by Mr, Justice Wightman, and owing to there not having been a winter gaol delivery, and other causes, the criminal business is heavier than has ever been remembered in this county. The gaol calender already contains the names of 65 prisoners, and there are no less than three charges of murder in it, besides a number of other very serious offences. The case, however, that will probably create the greatest public interest will be the charges of manslaughter arising out of the frightful accident that took place last autumn at the Clayton tunnel upon the Brighton Railway, when, it will be remembered, there was an awful destruction of human life. The question involved in these inquiries is of such vastimportance in reference to the safety of railway passengers, that the following particulars in reference to the subject will no doubt be of interest. It will be remembered that the coroner's jury, after several meetings, and fully lure s ; j:ating all the circumstances, re turned a verdict oilYlanslaughter against Mr. Legge, the station -master at lelton, upon the ground 11 that the fatal accident had beet occasioned by some negligence on his part. The usual eel'irse, in such of cases, is to return the inquisition to the clerk assize, and, under ordinary circumstances, cotnaZi are instructed to prosecute. It was expected that the railway company would have taken some steps to have so serious a matter fully inquired into, but it appears they have taken no steps in the matter, and their solicitor at Brighton has not given any intimation of his intention to prefer bills of indict ment before the grand jury, and the probable result of this would have been that no witnesses would be in attendance to give evidence in support of the in quisition, there would have been no solicitor or counsel to conduct the case, and from the want of proof the inquisiti on wou ld have failed, and there would have been an end of the matter. It appears however that the officials upon this circuit who re present the crown in criminal matters, having regard to the importance of this question, and with a view to obviate as far as possible the failure of justice from the facts not being laid in a proper manner before the court, intend to send up bills of indictment to the grand jury in all the cases, and thus all chance of t he inquiry being stopped by any technical objections to he coroner's inquisitiou a failure of justice from the : ric l ui .7 o , or be t a b v e o i i n d g e d , on a s ducted in a p ro p er m a nn e r, -+ion of the counsel will be retained by the dim:— . s court to tak e care th a t a ll the necessary stek are taken to have, this very serious matter fully inquire,. into. It is also understood that the Town Clerk of Brighton, as the legal adviser of the magistrates of that division, will also assist in the prosecution. There are upwards of 50 witnesses to be examined in support of these charges, and during the last few days subpoenas have been applied for by the Town Clerk of Brighton to procure the attendance of seve ral other witnesses, whose evidence is considered likely to throw some light upon the dreadful cala mity. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.--DERBY, March 24. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) THE DERBY MURDER: The trial of Richard Thorley, aged 35, for the murder of his sweetheart, Eliza Morrow, at Der b y , on the 13th day of Feb. last, haying been fixed to take place at nine o'clock this morning, at an early - hour large crowds began to collect in the vicinity of the hail, but such were the admirable arrangements of the chief co - astable, Mr. Fox, that all those who h. id business to transact in the court were comfor tably seated before the " crush" were allowed to enter. The trial excited great interest, particularly as it was stated that a course of defence would be pursued that would reduce the crime to man slaughter. The prisoner, after a short hesitation, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Manson and Mr. Huish appeared for the pro secution. and Mr. leatman for the defence. Mr. Manson then stated the case for the prose cution. Mr. Joseph German, surgeon, Derby, was, on the night of the 13th February, fetched to the house of a woman named Eliza Morrow bet v;reen eight and nine o'clock. He found Morrow with her throat cutin several places, and, from the nat are of the wounds, they could not possibly have been in flicted by the deceased's own hands. The wounds in the neck were deep and long, on e of them extend ing from the back of the head to the front of the throat, whilst another laid open the large vessels of the neck. The woman died in about a minute after German's arrival. One of the wounds was a particularly jagged one, and whoever inflicted the injuries must have met with considerable resistance on the part of the victim. The last time the mur dered woman was seen alive she was standing at the top of the Court No, 4, Agard-street, Derby, talking to the prisoner. Subsequently a man was . seen by some bays who were playing in the street at the top of the yard to put his arm round the neck of the deceased, and lead her towards the top of the court. The man asked one of the lads, named Wib berley, what they were doing there, and so fright ened them that they:ran away. Directly afterwards, however, Wibberley heard a scream and returnee to the top of the yard, when he saw man forcing'a woman up against the wall. The woman struggled and fell down, and the man on the top of her. The woman's screams were heard by a female named Underwood, and also by a female named Boswell, both of whom ran out of their houses into the court, when they saw the deceased upon the ground and a man upon the top of her. That man they would swear was the prisoner 'Thor ley. The man got up and ran away. Mr. German, surgeon, was sent for, and quickly attended, but the poor woman died in about a minute after his arrival. A razor was picked up close to the spot by the woman Boswell, who handed it to Mr. Ger man, and that gentleman gave it into the custody of Inspector Fearn, of the Derby police. Search was then made for Thorley. About a quarter-past eight o'clock the same evening he went to the Spa Inn, Abbey-street, Derby, kept by a Mr. Chapman. He appeared very hurried and agitated, and his hands and face were covered with blood, and one of his hands between the forefinger and the thumb was cut. The company in the public-house asked him what he had been doing, and he replied that he had been in an Irish row at the Abbey Inn, in the same street, and after drinking two bottles of ginger -beer, he shook hands with all the persons present, and bade them farewell. The statement about the row at the Abbey Inn was not true, and the landlord of the house would be called to prove that it was not. Eventually, about 10 o'clock the same evening, the prisoner was taken into custody in Canal-street by a detective officer, to whom he made a statement. _ _ _ Evidence was then called in support of the above facts, after which Mr. Yeatman addressed the jury for the prisoner, and Mr. Justice Williams having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Richard Thorley." The prisoner was not at all moved on the verdict being pronounced. The Clerk of the Arraigns then said—Richard Thorley, what have you to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon you ? Prisoner—lt will make no difference in my sen tence, but I wish to say that three of the witnesses have spoken falsely. Sentence of death was then passed in the usual form. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—MARciI 24. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE ALLEGED MURDER BY A FARMER NEAR BRIDGWATER. Wm. Chard, 40, farmer, was indicted for the wilful murder of Parnell Howe, at Weston Zoyland, on the 15th February. The prisoner surrendered to take his trial, and pleaded not guilty in a firm voice. Mr. Thring stated the facts of the case. The prisoner, it appeared, was an opulent farmer, living upon his own estate, at a farm called Andersea Farm, in the parish of Weston Zoyland, near Bridgwater. The deceased was 21 years of age, and had been in prisoner's service a year and nine months. He had been in the habit of ill-using her frequently, and on the day in question he shot her —accidentally it was alleged on his behalf, he being then under the influence of drink—with a double-barrelled gun, the injuries causing almost immediate death. At the inquest on the body of the deceased the jury found a verdict of accidental death. The evidence on behalf of the prosecution was of considerable length. At its conclusion, Sergeant Kinglake addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that the evidence would neither bear out a charge of murder nor manslaughter, but was proof of the death of the girl having resulted from accident. The jury retired for about ten minutes, and re turned with a verdict of Guilty of manslaughter. The learned Judge, in sentencing him, said he had been convicted of the crime of manslaughter, and in the verdict of the jury he entirely coincided. He did not believe from the evidence that he deliberately intended either to kill the deceased, or to do her grievous bodily harm by shooting. But at the same time he had been guilty of a brutal assault combined with gross negligence, ending in the death of an un offending and innocent person. He then sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. MIDDLESEX SESSlONS—blarch, 24. The adjourned general sessions of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced yesterday at the Court-house on Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant Judge ; Mr. Payne, deputy; Mr. Pownall, chairman, and a bench of magistrates. The calendar contains the names of 87 prisoners, of whom 15 are charged with misdemeanour, and 72 with felony. The Assistant Judge delivered the usual charge to the grand jury. Several judgment cases were disposed of. Henry Percival, John Beaumont, Simon Claydon, and Henry Blake, convicted last session of a rob bery at a house in Rheidol-terrace, Islington, while the family were at chapel on a Sunday evening, were brought up. It was proved that all the pri soners except Claydon had been previously con victed. His lordship sentenced Percival and Beaumont each to five years' penal servitude, Blake to ten years, and Claydon to eighteen months. James Christie, a prisoner who was convicted of defrauding the relations of poor prisoners, by falsely representing himself to be a warder of the House of I Correction, Coldbath-fields, was sentenced to three / years' penal servitude. Joseph Elkin, 40, a railway guard, was indicted for stealing two £:5 notes, the property of the Great Northern Railway Company, his masters. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Bosley prosecuted, instructed by Mr. Wontner ; Mr. Ribton appeared on behalf of the prisoner. .The prisoner at first pleaded not guilty, but after wards ~.,--ithdrew that plea and confessed. H e was „,:ntenced to penal servitude for five years. Edward Scones, 31, warehouseman, was indicted for embezzling the sum of 145., received by him on account of Alfred Webb Mills, his master. He pleaded guilty, but urged that he meant no felony; he should have paid the money. Thep duty roscut b or y s p a r i a d ae h e c a t t h in o g. thought be had performed a public long have you His lordship (to prisoner)-- - How been in custody ? Prisoner —A fortnight last Saturday, my lord. His Lordship--The sentence upon you is that you enter into a recognisance of £5O to come up for judgment when called upon so to do. The prisoner was at once discharged. (Before Mr. Payne.) John Johnson, 26, dyer, was indicted for feloni ously breaking and entering the dwelling house of John Daniel, with intent to steal the goods and chattels of James O'Bryan. The prosecutor was a corn dealer in Molten street; and at 6 o'clock on the morning of the 3d he heard a noise in his bedroom, and on looking up he saw a man at his table. He said, "Is that Mr. n i e i ?" and the man (the prisoner) said, "Yes." he need not ini n d . However, he d i d He ti . w :t asked what he wa n t e d ; h e repl i e d i t was all right, mind; ju,7Ping out of bed, and finding it was not Mr. Daniel, h t . -, tried to seize him, but the pri soner got away, and Zas captured in Brook-street. Thi s was another robbers'. or rather attempt, by false keys, and it may be mentioned that this class of offence is again on the increaic. The prisoner, who was known as an expert house breaker, was sentenced to four years' penal servi tude. _ _ H. 13rogder, ' convicted last session of robbing ready furnish e d lodgings, was brought up for judg ment. He p re t en d e d to be insane, and• threw on© of his boots at the judge, and begged for penal ser vitude. He had been twice convicted as a deserter, t and made an assertion, which was con tradicted, he had been brought to his present poh ition througha father who had squandered £ 90,000. Ha was sentenced to two years' hard labour. POLIOE iNTELLIG.ENCE,--211arch 24. MARYLEBONE.—VI alter Hill, aged 24, resid ing at 17, Hall-park, Paddington, pacer 11,anA Age,: was charged with wilfully stabbing FredeCiekc liaw— and William Richardson, with intent to mzirder. Mr. Herring appeared on behalf of the and said, as one of the men who had been siabbed v o.s not now in attendance, he should reserve, ilei remarks he might have to make for a future (Ow sion. 111 r. Mansfield — ls the second party g oing prosee ite ? pr ironer , Inspect ter Mackerell—He is too badly wounded to Mr.attend. Mansfi4M—Then let us just take enougil evidence to jusisilY a remand. William Richa'rd,con (a young man, and NVII° appeared with his r. 4 - 1 1: side at No. 1, Chu t arm in a sling)—said I re' i • e h -lane, Portland-town. °_, ;l Saturday night last a -street b c , ut half past 12 I vw coming down New Chur," ll with Allen (the man stabbed) and two friCn.ls- I was a little in advance, and as we passed the' 2larylebone Thea tre I saw the prisoner in company' with two female s ' Shortly after I heard a disturbant.v, round, the prisoner said to Allen, is Iyhat made yeti ~ push my wife ?" Allen denied haNSing done 0 0 ) . and on lookieg when he (prisoner) raid " You did, and .1 -11 giv e 31)11 A.llO one that will do for you for a day or two • went into the road and put himself in a fightifl attitude, and was followed up by Hill, who eab b , e f him in the face with a knife. There was no P.t.l blow struck. Allen called out that he was stabt;ei; and said "For God's sake go and stop him." I ell • the knife in lajs hand. I ran after the prisoner apt threw .him down on his bac k, and exclaimed, I have got you."' He replied, " Yes, and 3 have got you, you ---," at the same time I fe myself stabbed in:the- arm. I said to my brothe that he (prisoner) had said " You don't mean to say .809" and ran after thoe dabbed me. My brother_ other if he ionell eu prisoner, and overtook him ha the Edgware - r 0 1 when he . threatened to stab my him or attempted to apprehend ilim. The pollee at this time came up, and he was give,.n - into custodi' Mr. Mansfield—What did he stab ) ou with ? , Witness—l believe it was a knife he s t a bbed nl e I with. Mr. Mansfied—Did you see the man Allen stabbed ? Witness--Yes, sir, I did. I saw the knife in pri• soner's hand. , 1 Richardson continued—After I was stabbea,„ went to St. Mary's Hospital to have my wounuw dressed. (He here exhibited his arm, which 014 bound up in hospital bandages. He had been stabbed right in the centre of the muscle.) Mr. Mansfield—When is it expected that the other man will be able to attend ? ~.. . Frederick George Graves, of 132, Sr. Alban 0 place, Edgware-road, said he would not: - be able t ° attend for some time yet. Mr. Mansfield—ls he in any danger ? inr Mr. Graves—l cannot say that there is 01, - „f pending danger, although there is a great det" " inflammation. Mr. Mansfield then remanded the prisoner. p Mr. Herring—Will you take bail for the prisoner,' Mr. Mansfield—l cannot. Was the pigmy' drunk at the time ? Richardson—l think ho had been drinking. Mr. Herring—l have refrained flew putting 9 ,,1 3 1 1, question to the witness at present. I sha ll be si'„ to show that the prisoner was not drunk at t he tilY Prisoner was then removed to the cells. FOUTHWARK.—A respectable looking youo6' woman named Catherine Morris was broug ht before Mr. Burcham, charged with robbing her mistreset the landlady of the Unicorn Tavern, Blackensir street, opposite the police-court. Mrs. Mary Smith, the landlady of the hotel I° question, said that a fortnight ago the prisoner :r tered her service as barmaid, and three days aft wards she found her lying behind the bar the moors for liquor. Witness remonstrated with her, tall her that if she so misconducted herself sgah l i t should discharge her. The prisoner proiniseu amend, and she passed over it. After that she beg i 'd to suspect her honesty, consequently she mark some shillings on Friday last, and put them the till. On Saturday witness missed three of O b i; marked shillings, when she communicated with t police. A constable was called, and witness tgL the prisoner of her suspicions. SlYie admittetheme she had stolen the three shillings, and took .: out of her pocket. She had a bottl e of gin curiously contrived pocket under the front of het dress, and in her boxes were found two other bottleo of gin. Witness believed that she comnaOlced rob bing the first day she entered her service, And ha' continued to do so to a serious extent. Mr. Burcham asked if she had a characterwit4 her. Mrs. Smith replied that she had an character with her, but she had reason to believe. was false. It purported to come from Mr. Sraelall3.? Scotch stores, Bayswater-road. Witness had siir ascertained tat she had been turned out of aid: Vickress's, in the Strand, where she was barn for drunkenness. he Mr. Burcham asked the prisoner whether she would be tried by him or go to the sessions ? vs The prisoner said she was guilty, and would lea excelleil! it to his worship to deal with her. Mr. Burcham sentenced her to four months' lista labour at Wandsworth. COUN2.RI MARKE 2 PS: • COLCHESTER-311mm 22. To-day a small supply of wheat, but trade rather slovit and late prices only maintained for the best conditioneo parcels. Malting barley scarce, but maintains its price, Beans and peas were both dull, at late rates. Wheat, white ..54s 6Ss Beans, Mazagan..36s 400 red 46s 64s middle & small.4os 440 Barley Oats —s —s gray ...... 38 s 420 CHELMSFORD—Minos 21. A fair supply of wheat to-day, with a dull marketinferior again. Fri( es may be quoted at last week's r' samples samples could net be get rid of at lo ss than is reduction. Spring corn at late rates, and very d ull. Wheat, old white 27s 58s teas, P ar t r idge. , „ 37s 4 10 new 46s 65s White .......... 39s 46 4 old red 26s 50s Boiling .. 41s 47 0 new .51s Ole Dun 36s 400 Barley ..30s 3 9s Ditto new ......—s 4 Chevalier 3os 42s Beans, Tick, old ..35s 41 0 Grinding ... 24s 32s now_ 35s 4 10 Ma1t.,... Ole 07s Harrow Ticks ~37s 4 3 ° Chevalier , 64s 693 new.. 37s 04 4 ` 2 ,1 Oats 23s 30s Nazagari . ..3`.:s ou" GLOUCESTER—MAncit 22. A good supply of English wheat, wh;ch met a bir s a l e at prices in favour of the buyer. Foreign sold slowly at decline of is per qr. Barley and beans is to 2s chesPeL Oats unaltered. KIRKCALDY GRAIN—MARCH 22. We had moderato supplies to .day of all deseriPtie ° of grain. Sales tolerably brisk at previous prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First ....40s Od I 2Gs Od 2os Od. Second ..48s Od 295 - 6 d 23s Od Third....sBs Od. 32s Od 29s Od [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Secured.—The cold, blighting, eas t er ly winds are Tor ° trying to the constitution than bthilesuesveartezitafsr,osatn.a Ddeitseorr: dered stomach, sick headache, bilious mination of blood to the head can be at once rectified V llolloway's purifying Pills. A course of this excellen t medicine secures all from the assaults or consequences of disease; it will ward off the direst contagious disorders or, root them out from the system. These Pills are the b est correctives of the dry hard skin caused by keen winds or 1 1 foul stomach. No one need hesitate about the propriety of taking Holloway's Pills on all occasions wh en their ic e `; ings warn them that something is wrong with them. `- single dose works wonders, BIRTHS. CAVE.—On the 22d inst., at Torquay, the wife of Comma s " der John H. Cave, R.N., o f a daughter. , JAFFRAY.—On the 24th inst., at 28, Eaton-square, t- 11° wife of Arthur W. Jaffray, Esq., of a daughter. LYON.—On the 23d inst., at 4, Grosvenor-gate, Park-lan e ' Mrs. William Lyon, of a son. SCOTT.—On the 19th inst., at Norton House, Southse!' the wife of Beresford Scott, Esq., R.N., H.M.S. Quee' of a son. MAIDLIAGES. ADAMS-13ELLINI.—On the 22d inst., at St. James's, rio` cadilly, Samuel Adams, jun., Esq., of Musley, Ware Hertfordshire, to Cicely Bellini, of Oslorno •terraoef Clapham-road. FAWKES—MEEHAN.—On the 22d inst., At St. Judo's , Southsea, George P. Fawkes, Esq., 26t! Carneroniao sl to Julia Anne Susan, only child of Lielt.-Col. Georg ° Walter Meehan, Staff. DEATHS. BAKEn.—On the 22d inst., at Kingswalden, Bury, Georg e Baker, Esq., aged 72. COItRIE.—On the 22 , 1 inst., at Worthing, Edgar Conic) Esq. of Arlington Manor, Newbury, aged 74. DRAKI.—On the 23(l_inst„ at Tiverton, Devon, John C°l' lard Drake, aged 62. EARLS.—On the 22d inst., at Tunbridge•wells, Earle, Eq., aged Gl. PENNINGTON.—On the 23d inst., at Clapham-coraraonl Pennington, Esq , agcd GS. REEVE.—On the 22d inst„ at Clapham, Elizabeth, widovi of the'ate Joon Reeve, Esq., of Guildford, aged 90. Ty LER.—On the 23d inst., at Clapham-rise, Spencer Tyler, Esq., aged 49. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPL/N' 112, Strand, Print t r, a t T im SUN Off i ce, No. 1 12 ! in the Precin c t o f the S in th u County 01 Strand, r Naod. Savoy, Middlesex—Tuesday, March 25, 1802, ~~ . ,Of r. ~„.