The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-02 00:00:00

PERSONAL LIBER7Y LV 7HE FEDERAL STATES. (From Vie Aew York World of .Nov. 12.) 'Whoever has a sister, a wife, or a daughter, and I desires to know what pangs may come to him through those tender ties ; whoever would learn (beyond what Naples and the Inquisition can teach) to what outrageous lengths the unbridled, un punished exercise of unlawful, despotic power will run, may learn from the correspondence in the case of Mrs. Brinsmade which we publish this morning. Mrs. Brinsmade., a young and beautiful woman, hardly out of her teens, possessing therefore neither the self•restraint which comes with years nor the cautious reticence of the other sex, two months ago came North, under a pass from General Butler, in the New Orleans steamer, in order to spend the winter with her relativs in Washington and Troy. Arrived in the former city, she is arrested without warrant, imprisoned without trial, denied commu nication with her friends, kept closely guarded, at length brought on to this city and thrown into prison in the Forty-seventh -street station-house. Tlll ' oll o a hackman employed by the officer in charge of her, her friends in this city learn of the outrage; they apply civilly to the infamous Ken nedy, who made the arrest, to know its cause. They are assailed with imprecations and threats that they too shall be locked up if the inquiry is repeated. Assured by a deputy that the prisoner is to be sent to her father in New Orleans by the next steamer, her friends cr.intent themselves with the hope that, although 'every form of law, every guarantee of civil and personal liberty has been violated by one of the:r appointed custodians, the sufferer had at least can'Aped without loss of life or of that which is dearer. lint her wrongs were not yet ended. They did not know the Kennedy. Perhaps they had never heard of cell No. 4. 35 days afterwards a letter was received by one of her friends, from which it was le'.rnt that she was a close prisoner in the Forty seventh-street station-house, waited upon only by male attendants, fed with prisoner's fare, a part of the time prostrated by illness as well as grief, every instinct of decency thus violated as well as every form of law. Two ladies then apply to the Kennedy for permis sion to see their friend. It is denied. They ask what are the charges and who the accusers. " I, the Ken nedy, am the accuser; I arrested her. I put her and keep her 'where she is, and she ought to be hanged." Hopeless of redress from the brute whom this infamy blasts up and down through all his lineage and all in his posterity, Mrs. Brinamade's friends applied to Provost Marshal Gen. Draper (Mr. Dra per promptly addressed himself to the Judge Advo• cate Genr.:3ral, who said that he knew nothing of the "ae) to Mr. Kennedy, who replied that she was held. by order of Colonel Baker, Provost Marshal of Washington ; to Colonel Baker and the Assistant Secretary of War, who replied (proving that Ken nedy of course had lied) that the arrest had been made by one of Mr. Kennedy's officers, and that Mrs. Brinsmade was detained by him without any authority whatever from the War Department; whereupon Mr. Draper got from the Kennedy an order for the lady's release, went in person and executed it, and left her in the charge of her friends. It is but justice to say that the War Department is no further responsible for this particular outrage than as responsibility as implied in its having been guilty of similar ones, in its having committed despotic and illegal power into the hands of a petty Caligula, and in its having hitherto connived at every license to which the itchings of a paltry police despot and the instincts of a brute had goaded him on. Of Mr. Draper it only needs to be said, to those who do not know him, that his humanity and his sense of justice needed no second or long appeal, and that the functions of an office which never ought to have been created are redeemed from utter detestation in the character of a gentleman by whom it never ought to have been assumed. But of the Kennedy, whose own peculiar and un divided crime this is—a crime of which the War Department denies knowledge and responsibility— what can be said that will not insult by its tame ness every citizen who has thought himself under free government, protected in his liberty and per sonal rights by laws and penalties, by humane rulers, and all the environments of an advanced CiNilizatirm • what can be staid that will not shock by its feebleness whoever has a young daughter, sister, or wife, to-day as liable as this fair lady was to be incarcerated in her helplessness, to be subjected to the will of a man whom laws only protect in the exercise of unlawful power, whom the guardians of law neither punish nor remove, from whom fear neither extorts rude justice, nor youth, nor beauty, nor innocence persuades to compassion ? Tliere are fools and fanatics who will say that this young woman, this child, for trolling a Secesh song and for wearing the garments of her sex, in which quinine may be more easily concealed than in dress coats and white cravats, i 9 doubtless a spy, and, as the Kennedy says, "ought to be hung." To them we confidently look for such patriotic displays as idiots are capable of, and the charges of treason which have been so common against all who be lieve that it is not worth while to lose our liberties in the effort to save them. But to the loyal and intelligent men, to the patriotic and noble women of this city and of the country, with the facts above admitted by the War Department, and endorsed by theProvost-Marshal- General, we confidently appeal, and ask if a help less woman shall thus suffer. To the custodians tied interpreters of law we appeal, who know that law is in its nature sovereign, and that its restraints are just as obligatory upon the rulers who admini ster it as upon the people who obey it ; who are in structed in its binding sanctions and know the dangers of their disregard; them we ask if such outrages against every law shall go unpunished. To the Government we appeal, and ask if the usurpations which it has permitted, which Forts Lafayette and 'Warren to-day perpetuate and hide, must be o ver t oppe d b y t h ese outrages w hi c h it dis claims. We ask if President Lincoln must be posted in the contempt of the world—must the un lawful power which he still persists in using be consigned to men who make it more than lawless, and whose instincts would cover what is shameless with shame. To the Grand Jury now in session we appeal, and demand that they lose no time in indicting this Kennedy, the disgrace of the city, the country, and his sex. There must be somewhere justice and law for a helpless woman, and retribution for a Kennedy. The following correspondence between the coun sel of Mrs. Brinsmade and Simeon Draper, Esq., Pr, ovost-Marshal Gencral, is published by request of her friends : "TO SIMEON DRAPER, ESQ. " Office of Bowdoin, Larocques, and Barlow, No. 45, „ Dear Sir, -.The William-atreet, New York, Nov. 8. Orleans have friends of Mrs. Brinsmade, late of New with b e ; urea r t e l' A tated me to ascertain the facts connected stantially se fouch and w i n , Prisonment. I believe they are sub ', About two months passDnsm a since Mrs. Brinsmade, the wife of Bealßjilady about '2O years of age, having a from Gen, Orleans, having been 1 5 arrived in this city from New A. James, a highly C p l by by her father, Mr. Theodore pheipsble merchant of that city, in the charge of Dr. of the surgeons of the steamer upon which he had' s : " " She brought letters from °Zered her p assage. Scott and Co. and other g e ntleme r n father t° Messrs. J. D. Vitt Rouse by Upon her arrival here she was accompanied to°lththei requested by Com an invalid naval officer, who had b ee , modore Morris, at New Orleans, t,o protect Washington, was to ';Mrs. Brinsmade 's object in visiting the the ad n aalist her ' reside with her uncles, one of them in where, afterarned other in Troy. She remained a few days in this cit trooklyn and then went to Washington, ina i u i n g four days, she was arrested by Marshal Baker, who k e pt her a close prisoner for four days, carefully guarded. •' Some ten days after she le f t this city for Washington a hackman called on r o e u of ht h i e n ofrriLetnhdestrinainNoetwthYork, and and conve a y P e r d e to yi T e said that a lady nis,-;ht by a detect:: fr omr.glV ash in gto n , station, and that her name was Forty_seventh-street police Mrs. Brinsmade. "An immediate application f was made to Mr. Kennedy for the canoe of her arrest and or p ermission This was rudely refused b y Mr. Kennedy, to see her. who threatened to lock np the applicant i f the inquiry was repeated. "Another friend of Mrs. Brinsmade t hen saw a deputy marshal, and was informed that she could only be seen by permission of Mr. Kennedy. He stated that she was con fined in the Forty-seventh-street station-house ; that sh o e . was a giddy, foolish, seceah woman, who had been sfrginc, secesh songs ; that it was thought best to send her home to her father at New Orleans, and that she would a +il in a day or two, but that no one would be allowed to see her, " With this assurance her friends were obliged to be con tented, "Thirty-five days afterwards a letter was r ceived by one of her friends, stating that she was still a c ose prisoner in the Forty .seventh-street station-house. "Application was at once made to you. Her friends were informed that you knew nothing of her case, that you would at once address the proper authority at Washington for information, and if in your power would release her. "Pending this correspondence two ladies, the wives of two of our most reputable merchants, who had been for many years the neighbours and friends of Mrs. Brinsmade, called upon Mr. Kennedy for permission to see her. " They asked ' What were the charges against her, and who were her accusers _ " Mr. Kennedy, v in his usual manner, answered, I, madam, am her accuser ; she is a general spy ; from the moment she set her foot in this city my presence over shadowed her. I did not leave her for a moment. She went to Brooklyn to visit her friends ; I watched her, and when she returned to the Everett House I watched her there. She went to Washington, and when I got her in the right place I arrested her and brought her back here and put her where she is.' " In reply to the inquiry if there was no more proper place for the confinement of this lady than a police-station, he said,—' No, that was the place for her. That her whole conduct on board ship indicated that she was a spy, and that she ought to be hung—that a thoughtless, giddy thing like her and the one who was arrested a few days since in Wash ington, who was making a waggon of herself, carrying quinine to the rebels, were the very ones to be employed as spies, and that they all ought to be hung,' " In reply to the inquiry as to whether she was to be kept shut up where she then was and had been for five weeks, and her friends unable to see her or know where she was, he replied, That is with the department.' Through your kind intervention, after this long confine ment, this lady on Monday was restored to her friends. " I learn that she was arrested without the authority of any one in Washington; that the fact of her arrest was never reported by Mr. Kennedy to any department of the Government; that no charges had ever been filed, and that even her name was unknown at the War Department ; that so soon as you were enabled to learn the facts you obtained from Mr. Kennedy her release. "Will you be so kind as to examine the facts as I have related them, and inform me whether or not they are cor rectly stated, so far as they have come to your knowledge ? "Yours very truly, "SAMUEL L. M. BARLOW." "TO SAMUEL L. M. BARLOW, ESQ., NEW YORK. "Office of the Provost-Marshal-General of the War Department, New York, Nov. 10. " Dear Sir,—ln reply to yours of the Bth inst. I can only state that up to the 29th ult. I had no knowledge whatever with regard to Mrs. Brinsmade's case. On that day Mrs. Elliott called and informed me that she was under arrest, and inquired what was the cause. "I on the same day wrote to - Washington, directing in quiry to be made of the Judge-Advocate-General. " On the lst inst. I was informed that the Judge-Advo cate-General knew nothing about the case. "Upon this I asked Mr. Kennedy by what authority he held her as a prisoner ; he replied that she was arrested and held by order of Colonel Baker, the Provost-Marshal of Washington. This I forwarded to Washington, and on the 3d inst. received from Colonel Baker and the Assistant Secretary of War information by telegraph to the effect that the arrest had been made by one of Mr. Kennedy's officers, and Mrs. Brinsmade was detained by him without authority from the War Department. " I then called upon Mr. Kennedy, received from him an order directing Mrs. Brinsmade's release, and went with it to the station house, took her from it and placed her in charge of her friends. " The foregoing is all the information that I can give bearing on the subject. " Your obedient servant, "S. DRAPER, Provost-Marshal-General." 11-1 E NAVY. The Royal Sovereign, shield ship, being con verted at Portsmouth, is making rather more satis factory progress now than a short time since. The massive timber beds on which the towers, guns, and shields will revolve are very forward, the foremost bed, in fact, being finished, and the manner in which it has been put together reflects the highest credit on the shipwright depart ment of the yard. The circular rims of these beds are formed of bent strips of American white oak. The central iron cylinders, each one of which will be fixed in the centre of each bed, as a supporting pivot for the guns and shields, will be commenced in the smithery, but each cylinder will take some weeks in its manufacture, owing to the want of the requi site mechanical means for carrying out such unusu ally heavy and peculiar work. In building up each cylinder two plates are first forged, each plate being 7ft. bin. in length, 3ft. T i n. in width, and tin. 1 in thickness. They are next bent, each longitudi nally in a semi-circle. After this last operation has been completed under the Nasmyth hammer, they are conveyed to the steam factory to have their edges bevilled for welding, which is carried out in the smithery with binding iron. The rough cylin der thus completed is afterwards turned inside and out in the lathes of the steam factory. No. 1 cylin der of the Royal Sovereign has gone through about one-half of this process. 210 hands are now em ployed upon the ship, chiefly on the beds for the guns and shields, fixing the iron beams for the upper deck in readiness for receiving the plating and planking, and the fitting of the main deck. The external planking round the stern is now completed, and a gang of men are employed, under the direc t tion of the officer who has charge of the ship's con version, working overtime to get out the moulds for her after armour plates as quickly as possible. The machinery for bending the plates is not yet in working order, but it has now reached such a stage 1 that hopes are entertained of its being available in about ten days or a fortnight. The building which contains the hydraulic machinery and the annealing furnaces for preparing the plates has been built at the north end of the yard, near the shed under which the Roy al Alfred is being converted from a 90 gun line-of-battle ship to a 40 gun iron plated frigate. Workmen are now employed in preparing the launching ways and cradle for the launch of this ship, which is ordered for January next. Upwards of 200 hands are em ployed upon her, but great delay has taken place owing to the non-delivery of her iron beams and up per deck plating by the contractors. It is almost needless to say that as yet she has none of her ar mour plating attached to her sides. The Sutlej screw frigate, Capt. M. Connolly, bearing the flag of the future Commander-in-Chief on the Pacific station (Rear-Admiral of the White J. Kiogcombe), went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Spithoad on the completion of her out fit, and will sail for her destination about Thursday next if her trial at the measured mile, which is ap pointed to take place to-morrow, should prove to be perfectly satisfactory. A large party of ladies and gentlemen, guests of the Admiral and officers of the ship, went out of the harbour in the frigate, and afterwards returned to the shore in one of the steam tenders. The Alegcora screw troopship, Commander Hen derson, will sail from Portsmouth to-day for Queens town. The Arrogant screw frigate, Commodore IV. Ed monstone, has gone into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead after inspection and discharging ammuni tion, and has been berthed alongside the dockyard to dismantle and clear out for p - ,ying out of corn- mission. The Algiers screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. E. B. Rice, was yesterday inspected at Spithead by Rear- Admiral Hon. George Grey, and, after discharging powder and shell, &c., will steam into Portsmouth harbour to prepare for paying out of commission. The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 21, flag of Com modore F. B. P. Seymour, C. 8., just returned from the Australian station, having discharged her shot zruale:htFeh es:t: and shell, got up steam on Saturday morning and proceeded from Plymouth Sound into Flamoaze, where she was inspected by Port Admiral Sir H. Stewart, preparatory to her being dismantled and paid off. She will be placed in the third division of the steam reserve at Devonport. Orders have been received at Devon port to pre pare tit egamfr. steamship Princess Royal, 73, Mr. pen nant by Ap ai r t i r i s, n n e l x a t s . tor, for the reception of the pen- Aw r h t e h r u e r s C he u had " fr om e m i g a t t h e e a Emerald, hepe e the Channel Captain been to relic.© d the homeward bound, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Fri da y, orders to dutsp-ecial to Saturdayresume'Probably t ab o ly n The Lily, 4 guns, screw y' steam gn vesael, 702 tons, 200-horse power, Commander Henry a H which has recently been fitted at Sheerness foarriseeyr: Mrs. Cooke was yesterday brought up for re-exa mination before the Lord Mayor at Guildhall, when an immense number attended to hear the case. The prisoner was again defended by Mr. H. Breary. The witness Ann Clancy was recalled, and in ad dition to her former evidence about Mrs. Cooke (the prisoner) offering to give her £5 if she would put something in the flour bin in the prosecutor's house, she now deposed that she remembered the prisoner had at the time the conversation referred to took place asked her to go out and fetch some packets of rat powder, observing also that if she could get " shut" of the old gentleman, Mr. Edwin (her hus band) would soon die of grief. She also added that they were a bad. family. Soon after this the witness was discharged from Mrs. Cooke's service. Mr. Cooke, sen., was also called, and after depos ing to some unimportant facts, he was cross-exa mired relative to some domestic pecuniary matters. From this evidence it would seem that the prisoner possessed some money, the whole, or most part of which had been invested in the purchase of the prisoner's husband's business in Coney-street. Money matters therefore it seems has partaken largely in the family differences of the Cookes. He also stated that in consequence of the former attempts to poison he had, for the sake of precaution, ordered the servants to procure flour in small quantities of a dealer in the neighbourhood, thus preventing the possibility of too large a quan tity of poisoned flour being made at once. The re mainder of the witnesses, 12 in number, were then called, from whose evidence it appeared the prisoner on a recent visit to her father-in-law's house was left alone with the servant, when she took the op portunity to ask several questions relative to the fastenings of toe back and office doors, between which places the flour bin is said to have been placed. Mr_ Wm. Proctor, M.D., of York, had re ceived a quantity of flour, bread, and mince pies, which had been taken possession of by the police immediately after the last poisoning took place. He subjected those articles to chemical analysis. In the bread loaf he detected a very considerable quan tity of arsenic; in the flour, however, there was a very large quantity of that poison very unequally diffused, just as the appearance would be presented if a person had placed a quantity of arsenic it. it, and then the portions of flour had been taken out from time t o time. In the mince pie he discovered 221 grains of pure arsenic; and from the piece of mince pie he obtained about 12 grains. He consi dered that between 3 and 4 grains was a fatal dose. He had attended the family when they were ill, and he was of opinion that they were suffering from poisoning by some mineral poison. The result of the case was not known when our parcel left. A GENTLE iWAN KILLED IN FENCING WI? H KNIVES. Yesterday a little before 5 o'clock Hugh Morris, porter at Danes-inn, was brought before Mr, Corrie, at Bow. street, charged with causing the death of Mr. Edward Leigh, a gentleman. John Thos. Ford, waiter at the Somerset Hotel, Strand, deposed—On Thursday, November 30, be tween half-past 7 and 8 o'clock, Mr. Leigh and the prisoner came to our coffee-room and ordered dinner. Mr. Corrie•—ls Mr. Leigh the man who is dead ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Currie—What was he ? Witness—A gentleman, sir. They ordered dinner for themselves. rttinis time s ne s e — hr ,e Y ww e hso,oks woke r e Mr . . Corrie—W ere th ey go i ng t o dine together? up, M sa ne r ea . Leigh fiantd tihn e w g etman table. out et.e andt After r e a f as t shortthe W r p t risoner, gone, he went in search of him. Mr. Leigh came in, and, finding the prisoner wus gone, went out to look for him, acrd they returned together. They dined together, and, after dinner, began to play with the cheese•knives, Morris showing Mr. Leigh the difference between " carte" and "tierce," Morris not being able to show it to his satisfaction sitting down. And then with the knives Morris showed the way they should protect themselves. Mr. Leigh held the knife in that way, and Morris held his under, so. (Ti e witness explained his meaning by gestures, which may be described thus :—Leigh holding the knife with his thumb on the end of the handle, and the blade protruding from under the little finger; and Morris with the end of the handle under the little finger, and the blade protruding from between the fore-finger and the thumb.) Both struck together, Leigh over Morris's shoulder, Morris at Leigh's belly, just a little above the groin, on the right side. Mr. Leigh put his band to the place, and sat down. I asked him if anything was the matter—if he was hurt ? He said "No." ' Morris immediately said, "My God! I am sure I This was an action brought by Mr. Bramston Bateman, a livery-stable keeper and jobmaster, re siding at Radnor -mews, Paddington, against the defendant, :Mr. William Frederick Windham, late of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk, to recover a sum of £9 165., for hire of broughams and horses, under cir cumstances detailed in the subjoined evidence. The defendant paid 30s. into court, and as to the rest pleaded never indebted. Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Lloyd were coun sel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. D. Keane for the defendant. Mr. Huddleston, in opening the case, said the sum sought to be recovered was for broughams used by Mrs. Windham from Jan. 31 to Feb. 8 in the present year, and during the time the investigation was going on at Westminster into the sanity of Mr. Windham, her husband, whose history was so well known to the public. The carriages were supplied while Mrs. Windham was living with her husband at 34, Clarendon-gardens, Paddington. She some times went in them shopping, sometimes to her solicitor's, and on other occasions to 'Westminster Hall, to hear how the inquiry was going on. On the Bth Feb. she was driven about town all day, and then to the Eastern Counties Railway Station, for the purpose of going to Felbrigg Hall. The learned counsel said he should be able to prove an expressed or implied contract on the part of defen dant, and ths.t he had himself promised to pay the plaintiff. Mr. Bramston Bateman, the plaintiff, said he knew the defendant, Mr. Windham, but not his wife. In January last a servant, who said he was Mr. Windham's pad groom, called and ordered a carriage to go to 34, Clarendon-gardens. That was on the 31st. He sent the brougham with a single horse and the coachman. It was away five hours and a quarter, and the charge was lls. 6d. for the carriage and 3s. 6d. for the coachman ; from the 2d to the Bth he sent a carriage and pair each day. His whole charges were reasonable. He sent his bill, by order, to Clarendon-gardens. Afterwards he re ceived a letter from Mr. Windham's solicitors re questing him to send another account, and he did so. On Feb. 28 he met Mr. Windham in Clifton gardens and asked him to pay his bill, and he said if he would send it next day to 10, Clifton-gardens, where he was then living, he would pay it if it were £lOO, adding, "thank God I am not broken yet." He sent him the bill but he never got the money. Cross-examined—l had seen Mr. Windham be fore. I met him in Clifton-gardens. 1 had met him four years before at Hampton races. He was with a friend of mine. Ido not know who else was with him. He was getting into a Hansom cab. When I met him in Clifton-gardens he was coming out of a public-house. J. Lucy, a coachman of the plaintiff's, said he drove the brougham on the 31st of January, and also from the 3d to the 7th of February. He drove Mrs. Windham and, he believed, her sister. Sometimes he had two, sometimes three, and sometimes four inside. Sometimes he drove her to her solicitor's, Clifton-street, Bond -street, and to various shops. Once there was a gentleman in the brougham, but he could not say whether it was Mr. Windham, as he did not know him. Cross-examined—l do not know whether he was a foreigner. He was a dark gentleman, and came from Clarendon-gardens. William Wright, another coachman, said that on the Bth of February h e drove Mrs. Windham to several paces about town, and finally set her down at the E astern Counties Railway. There was a gen tleman inside with her. Mrs. Windham told him to send in the bill on Monday, and it should be paid. The pad groom went in a cab with her lug gage, and came with him on the box of the brougham. He told witness that Mrs. Windham was going by the train. Cross-examined —I did not know who the gentle man was i ns id e . He was not, I think, a foreigner. I brought him back, and I put him down in South ampton-street, Fitzroy-square. George C. Bateman, the son of the plaintiff, said he took the bill to No. 10, Clifton-gardens, and gave it to the footman. He said Mr. Windham was at home, and went into a back room on the gronnd floor. Witness heard some one say, "Ifit is cor rect, I will send a cheque in the morning." Sup posed it was Mr. Windham, but did not know. The footman came and told him what he had heard. John Smith, a builder, said he knew the plain tiff, and while working at a house in Clifton-road, on the 28th of February last, he saw him talking to a gentleman. Th e gentleman, whom he did not know at the time, was getting into a cab, and he heard him say to the plaintiff, "If she does not pay I will." Cross-examined —I was in the balcony of a house. George Aplin, a cheesemonger and poulterer, Chichester-street,Westbou r ne - terrace, said he knew Mr. Windham, and the person they called Mrs. Windham. (Laughter.) He supplied them with goods at 10,Clifton-gardens, but he never saw them there. They afterwards took a house at 3, West bourne-terrace, and he saw them there several times. When he stood at his shop door he could see all that was going on at their door, and he could also see into the dining-room. He had seen them dining together. He took proceedings in the county court for his bill against Mr. Windham. Before that he saw him, and he said he was going to his solicitor's, and if he (witness) called next morning he shoald be paid. He went next morning and saw a lady who answered, he supposed, for Mrs. Wind ham, but he did not know her. He did not get his money on that occasion, but it was paid before the case came to trial in the county court. He received a cheque, but he could not say whose. By Mr. Baron Martin—At this time were they living together? Witness—Yes. I saw them walking together, reading together, and in the carriage together, fre quently. Mr. Angell, an attorney, proved having sued Mr. Windham for debts contracted with several trades men who supplied goods to the house at Clarendon gardens, and that all these debts had been paid. This being the evidence for the plaintiff, Mr. Karslake, in opening the case on the part of the defence, said that though the sum claimed in this action was trifling, it was only one of a series of claims against Mr. Windham, and therefore in volved an important principle. He would not go through the history of the early connection of Mr. and Mrs. Windham. They were all aware who Mrs. Windham was, and what her life was before Mr, Windham became infatuated with her and married her, and the only question was whether Mr. Windham was liable for this and the other debts which she had contracted under similar circumstances. He contended that he was not liable. Mrs. Windl - am was a lady living under the protection of a gentleman or gentlemen when he became attracted by her beauty ; and when he mar ried her in August, 1861, he was a minor or a ward in the Court of Chancery, or had only just escaped from that court. For what purpose that marriage was brought about was not material to the present inquiry ; but there could be no doubt that it was with the view of getting the extravagant settle ment made on that event. In addition to other be nefits she derived under such settlement an annuity of £BOO a year settled on her until 1869, and after that period she was to receive £1,500 a year, charged on the F e lb r i gg an d other estates in Norfolk. Almost up t o t h e momen t of her mar riage she was livin g w i t h some other gentle man, but she accomp an i e d h er husband abroad and remained with him a wee k in Paris. From the moment he married her he had no control over her of any sort or kind. Sh e did what she liked, vice in the North American and West India station, was inspected on Saturday last by Capt. William G. Luard, of her Majesty's ship Formidable, 26, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir William G. Hope Johnstone, Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness. The inspection was made previous to her departure for Plymouth en route for Cuba. She left Sheerness yesterday The Conquestador, fourth-rate sailing vessel, which has for some time been used as a powder ship at Woolwich, has recently been repaired and re fitted at Sheerness dock. She was towed by the Medusa, paddlewheel tender to her Majesty's ship shee r n C e s u e m f b e e r r a p n l y d 'A u l t a h s , t e e r n jSaabtuezrdalay o l a a n e t e , , w fromh where re she will be employed as a powder vessel at that station. have hit you!" Mr. Leigh said, will show you." He unbuttoned his trousers, and I saw that he was wounded. The blood was flaying, but not to any extent. I took Mr, Leigh itto a private room, and sent for a doctor (Mr. Dunn,, who dressed the wound. By Mr. Dunn's advice by remained at the hotel. He died on Sunday moiling about a quarter after 11 o'clock. They had nit quarrelled. They were laughing and joking with Each other all the dinner-time. Mr. Corrie—As far as you can juige—indeed, you say so—it was an accident ? Witness—Purely so. Inspector Brimacombe said that MI. Leigh, the elder brother of the deceased, was it court. He knew nothing of the facts of the case. Mr. Corrie—There seems to be no doubt as to the facts of the case. The witness saw the whole trans action. Of course I shall require mo:e evidence. You know nothing of the case, Mr. Leigh ? Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, appointed Dec. 4, 1857, Admiral Superin tendent of the dockyard at Devonport, retires from his duties there to-day (Monday), and will be suc ceeded by Rear-Admiral of the Blue Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, C.B. The large target erected at Shoeburyness for the recent experiments with the 70-pounder, 120 poun der, and other Whitworth guns, is to be at once repaired with the iron plates used in the construc tion of the Achilles, 50, and the Royal Oak, 34, at Chatham Dockyard, in readiness for some further experiments which will be made under the direction of the Ordnance Select Committee. The target is to be repaired under the superintendence of Mr. W. Baskcamb, one of the foremen of shipwrights at Chatham Dockyard. Mr. Leigh—No. My brother said nothing to me about it. I believe he told the surgeon it was more his fault than that of Mr. Morris. My brother was 24 years of age, and was reading for the Ear. Mr. Corrie—l will remand him. I will take bail for his appearance. (To the prisoner)—Can you get bail? The Prisoner—Yes, sir. Mr. Corrie—l shall require two sureties in £5O each, and your own recognizance in £lOO. Ultimately Mr. Corrie accepted one bail in £lOO instead of two in £5O, and, the recognizances having been entered into, the prisoner was liberated. LAW IN7ELLIGENCE, Dec. 1. 711 E ARMY. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Major-Gen. Hamilton, Vice• President of the Council of Military Education, and Major-Gen. Sir F. Abbott, returned to town yesterday evening from an official visit to the Royal College, at Sand hurst. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, after Term, at Westminster, before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.) BATEMAN V. WINDHAM - MR. AND MRS. WINDHAM- MORE DISCLOSURES. The detachments of men, belonging to various re giments serving in the Mediterranean, who arrived at Portsmouth in her Majesty's ship Algiers on Fri day last, were yesterday forwarded on to their re spective destinations :—Lieut. Leigh, Ist battalion 22d Foot, Lieut. Smith, 21 battalion 9th Foot, Ensign Galley, 2d battalion 22d Foot, 19 men, 20 women, and 29 children proceeding to Chatham and - Woolwich, and 26 other men joining the depots of their regiments. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War-office since Nov. 1 : Gen. W. Jervois, K,H., col. of the 76th Regiment; Lieut.-Gen. W. Cullen, Royal Artillery ; Major- Gen. G. M. Eden, col. of the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment; and Sir W. G. Moore, K.C.8., col.-com mandant of the 60th Rifles. Cols.—E. S. Blake, C. 8., Royal Artillery, and T. Dobbin, 3d Dragoon Guards. Lieut.-Cols.—P. Ellis, Royal Artillery ; A. Splaine, 81st Regiment; and W. Atkin, Royal Canadian Rifles. Capts.—G. F. King, 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry ; J. D. Malcolm, 28th Re giment ; J. S. Gould, 63d Regiment; and H. Capa dose. Lieuts.—J. D. Strange, Royal Artillery ; H. Jameson, 74th Highlanders ; F. N. H. Rocke, 96th Regiment ; S. Bolton, 23d Royal Welsh Fusi liers ; and J. Robertson, 79th Highlanders. En signs—J. V. Bates, 2d Royals; J. G. Knight, Ist West India Regiment ; and J. C. Schot. Pay master—T. Trick. Surgeons—E. A. Brien, Ist West India Regiment; and W. M. Wilkins, 41st Regiment. Assistant-Surgeons—J. Clarke, M.D., 13th Light Infantry ; and W. Page. Assistant- Commissary-General—T. Williams. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1862. THE MYSTERIOUS POISONINGS IN YORK. -- - went where she liked, and would listen to no re monstrance on his part. They came back ftom Paris in the early pAA of September, and lived together at Felbrigg for a short time. He wished her to remain there and be the mistress of his house, but she went against her will, and the object of her leaving afterwards became apparent. She was acquainted with a person of whom she was much fonder than Mr. Windham, and went with him to Dublin and elsewhere, and lived with him in open and barefaced adultery. At the latter end of December, 1861, proceedings in lunacy were come !fle eced against Mr. Windhern, and continued through the whole of that month and January fol lowing. During the whole of that period she re• mained away from Felbrigg against Mr. Windham's will, though every comfort and luxury were provided for her there, including carriage and horses. She chose, however) to remain away, but she was pro vided with ample funds, and besides the proceeds of the settlement she had jewels of great value. She lived in open adultery with the person in question, a singer of great eminence, at Clarendon-gardens and if she chose to leave her husband, and more especially for the purpose of committing adultery with other men, she could not legally pledge her husband's credit for debts contracted by her while living in that immoral state. She actually drove about in these very broughams with her paramour. Mr. Windham during this time remained at Fel brigg, and was totally ignorant of the career she was pursuing. Under these circumstances he was clearly not responsible for the debt now sought to be recovered. Mr. Frederick William - Windham, the defendant, was then called, and examined by Mr. Kerslake. He said—l married my wife in August, 1861. Her name was Agnes Ann Rogers, but she passed under the name of Willoughby. Before then she had been living under the protection of a gentleman. After the marriage we went to Paris and remained there a fortnight. The eldest sister of my wife went with me. I was then on good terms with my wife. In September we came to London, and stayed a night at Morley's Hotel. Next morninfs we went home to Felbrigg. That was on the 16th or 17th. We remained together at Felbrigg until the beginning of October. She then went away without me, and went to Dublin. She said her doctor recom mended her to go there. She remained away a fortnight or three weeks, and then came back to Felbrigg. She remained there till the middle of November, and then went away again. I stayed at Felbrigg until the commission of lunacy was issued in December. When she left she did so against my consent, and I did not know where she went to. The commission lasted through December and January. I first met her outside here during the inquiry. I requested her to come back, and she said she would after the trial. She kept away from me until the Bth of July last. I did not know that she was living at Clarendon gardens until Mr. Davies informed me after the trial. I had nothing to do with taking the house. I had carriages and horses at Fetbrigg, and also some carriages in London. I had a phaeton in town during the trial. I had also a brougham at my house, 132, Piccadilly. She could have lived there if she chose. After the Bth of February she re mained with me three weeks at Felbrigg. After wards she came to London to see the doctor, on the ground of being ill. She went to a house I had pro vided for her in town in Clifton-gardens. When I went up there she had gone. I understand that she afterwards went to Spain. In August, 1862, I wee reconciled to her. She kept on writing let ters begging and praying me to let her come back. At last I found it was impossible to bear with her any longer. I lived with her in West bourne-terrace i❑ July, and in August we went on an excursion in a yacht to Boulogne. I know nothing as to what she did between the 31st of January and the Bth of February, or where she was. I was never at Clarendon-gardens in my life. Ido not know Mr. Bateman, the plaintiff. I never said I would pay him the bill if it were £lOO. I ence met a man dressed like a Norfolk pig -dealer, who informed me that he had received a cheque from Mrs. Windham signed by me. (Laughter.) I said that was very probable, but I knew nothing about it. I took the house at 10, Clifton-gardens for her for a month. That was in February last. I paid twenty-one guineas to the auctioneer for the month. She went there on the Saturday and left on the Monday. I never saw the plaintiff at Hampton races. I left Eton at Christmas, 1856. I was with my mother at Torquay in 1857, and in 1858 I was at a private tutor's. lam now 22 years of age. Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston—l was at Hampton races with my mother about three years ago, that is the only time I ever was there. I do not know that my wife's illness was caused by me. Were you not labouring from disease ?—I might have been. Were you not ill at the time you married Miss Willoughby—l decline to answer any such ques tions. They have nothing to do with this case. Was it not in consequence of her illness commu nicated by you that she came up to town. I decline to answer the question. Mr. Baron Martin—l think he is quite justified in saying so. Defendant—The first time she left me she went to Dublin, and not to see a doctor. The doctor saw her at Felbrigg Hall first, and she came to town to see him in February. I believe she was ill while she was away from me. Mr. Huddleston—Was she ill when she was with you ? Defendant—l shall not answer the question. Yates, my pad groom, did not come to London with Mrs. Windham. She would not let him go with her. Ido not know if Messrs. Gregory, my solici tors, have applied to the plaintiff for the amount of this bill. I gave them instructions after the trial to get in all my bills and settle them. I assisted to get out a list, and we put down Mrs. Windham's debts as far as we could ascertain. I cannot recol lect if the plaintiff's bill was amongst the lot. My solicitors were instructed to get in all the bills and discharge them. I heard from Mr. Davies of Mrs. Windham's leaving Clarendon-gardens. I saw her twice during the trial. She drove down in her brougham to Westminster Hall. I spoke to her on each occason in presence of my solici tor, but I do not recollect if I shook hands with her. She told me she was staying at the Euston Hotel, but I did not go there to see her. I did not see her after she left Felbrigg Hall till I saw her in the brougham ; in fact, I made no inquiries about her. I hired a house in Clifton-gardens. Wnen she saw me she asked me how the trial was going on. I did not make a dis turbance at Clifton-gardens. There was no party there at the time I went there, only my servants. My footman was there in possession of the plate. I was not going to leave it there except in charge of my servant. I had no chance of living there with Mrs. Windham. She went there on Saturday. I went back to Felbrigg Hall, and when I came up again on the Monday she was gone. (Laughter, in which the defendant heartily joined). I think her running away from Clifton-gardens is the same as her running away from Felbrigg Hall. I went to live with her at Westbourne-terrace in July, in consequence of the letters I received from her solici tor, and also from herself, in which she begged me to come back and she would live quietly with me, I remained there with her about two months, till I found what she had been at again. (Laughter.) I afterwards learnt that she had been to Spain and Dublin. Mr. Huddleston—Did you know who she had been with to Dublin ? Defendant—She said with the opera company. (Laughter.) That is all I know about it. Had you heard that she had been living with Giuglini ? I heard many reports, but nothing positive. I made no inquiries. I did not trouble myself about it. I did not inquire where she had been before. I went back to live with her. She asked me to forgive her for what had passed. For what were you to forgive her ?—That I can't tell. - - Had you not learnt that she had been living with this opera singer P—Not positively. Had you not reason to believe it P—l never saw them together ? Did she promise to give him up?—She said nothing to me about it. (Laughter.) Did you not make inquiries about it?—No, I minded my own business, not hers. When I went back to her in July I did not ask her where she had been. I had signed a deed of separation, and I had no reason to ask her. I heard sb.e was living in Westhourne-terrace alone. Who did you hear she had been in Dublin with ? —Her sister and a servant. Not with Giuglini ?—Oh, yes, with the opera company. There were reports that she had been seen with Giuglini. Having signed a deed of sepa ration I had nothing more to think of her. I heard enough about Giuglini during the trial. I have heard that Giughni used to visit her in the day time. I suppose at Clarendon-gardens. I do not know where she was living. Did you not think it worth your while to inquire? —Certainly not. During the trial I was advised by my solicitor not toldo so. I had my interest to look after then, not hers. (Laughter.) Were you at Clifton-gardens on the 28th Febru ary ?—I was there about two hours. I never saw a soul there except the footman, and I went back to Shoreditch station. I recollect a shabbily-dressed man, looking, as we should say in Norfolk, " like a pig dealer," who said something to me as I got into the cab. It mi g ht h ave b een th e pl a i n tiff, but he is dressed differ en tl y now . Id o no t know the plain tiff. I do not recollect what I said to the person who accosted me on th a t occas ion. I Re - examined—Mrs. Windham had left me before the trial, or she could have gone to my house in Piccadilly. She never honoured me with her pre sence there. I had no control over her, she would do as she liked. (Laughter.) When she left me she went alone. I advertised in the papers that in cons sequence of her scandalous conduct I would not be answerable for her debts, and directed my solicitor to get in my bills and discharge them. A separation took place in June, 1862, by which I was not to molest her, and I should not have gone near her afterwards if she had not bothered my life out. (Laughter.) She took a house in Westbourne-ter raee, and paid for it out of her own money. She was constantly writing to me, and I went back. I spent a great deal of money, az2d I then separated from her again. Mary Ann tiecker deposed—l was in Mrs. Wind ham's service in 1861 and 1862. I was with her at Bilborough House, St. John's-wood, Manchester, Newcastle, Clarendon-gardens, and other places. I was in her service before her marriage, when she was under the protection of a gentleman. The first time I saw her after her marriage was at the Euston Hotel. She afterwards went to Glasgow. I went into her service when she returned to Bilborough House. She kept a French servant, John Foyle, who acted as footman, myself, and there was a cook for a short time. I attended on her. The first or second day 1 was sent for to light a fire in the bed room. She and Giuglini were in bed together at the time. He lived in the house for a fortnight or three weeks. Mr. Huddleston—Where did you say you saw them ? Mr. Baron Martin—You have got them in bed together what more do you want ? Mr. Keane—How often did you see them in bed together ? Witness—Every night. Did they appear to be living as man and wife ? I believe so. (Laughter.) They did the same at Liverpool and Manchester. When she lived at Clarendon-gardene, Giuglini came at night and left in the morning. In what part of the house used he to spend the night ?—in the bedroom. (Laughter.) And did you see them together as man and wife in the house ?—I suppose so. I saw them in bed to gether. That lasted up to the time of Mrs. Wind ham's going to Felhrigg Hall on the Bth February. I have not lived with her since. Cross-enamined—l went to Felbrigg Hall with her. John Foyle did not. He was Mrs. Windham's servant. I did not mention to any one that she was living with Giuglini. I was not asked. J3hn Foyle deposed—l went with Mrs. Wind ham in 1856, when she was Miss Willoughby. I acted as her eoachman and drove her about town. She Was then living in Orchard street, under the protection of a gentleman. I first knew Giuglini from his visiting her there. Before her marriage I used to drive her to Somers-terrace, Brompton, where Giuglini resided. I recollect the marriage taking place in 1861, a week or fortnight after I saw her at the Euston Hotel. I then went into her service again, and at her directions I went to Mr. Poole's and was measured for my clothes. I went with her to Bilborough House. Giuglini ;came there to live. Mrs. Windham was living with Giuglini at the time of the lunacy in quiry. Mrs. Windham accompanied Giuglini on a professional tour. I was left in charge of the house. I have taken bills up to the bed-room and seen them in bed together as man and wife. It was the same at Clarendon-gardens. Giuglini used to go out in the brougham with her. I never saw the defen dant at Bilborough House or Clarendon-gardens , Mrs. Decker was recalled—l never saw Mr. Windham at either of the above places. The deed was then put in, by which Mrs. Wind ham was entitled to an income of £BOO a year. This was the defendant's case. Mr. Baron Martin said, that being so, he was pre pared to tell the jury that if they believed the de fendant's witnesses he was entitled to the verdict. Mr. Huddleston said in that case it would be idle for him to struggle with the case farther. Assum ing adultery had been committed, would not the condonation in Westbourne-terrace make the defen dant liable ? The conversation that he proved on the 28th Feb. was a recognition of the wife's authority to pledge the husband's credit. Mr. Baron Martin said that probably in the case of a kept woman it might, but not in that of a wife. Mr. Huddleston said that probably his lordship would give him an opportunity of challenging that ruling. Mr. Baron Martin said he did not want leave. He could move without it. He should direct the jury that by law aimarried woman could to a cer tain extent bind her husband ; but if she were liv ing apart from him and committed adultery, she absolutely destroyed her agency, and ceased to have any power to bind her husband, and every contract she made under these circumstances was void as against the husband. Condonation had no effect, for the contract arose here at the moment it was made, and the work and labour done, and anything that subsequently passed between the plaintiff and defendant could not at all affect his liability. In point of law he never was liable, and it was not only law but reason and common sense. The Jury then returned a verdict for the defen dant. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Dec. 1. The December general sessions of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced yesterday morning at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green, before Nlr. Bodkin, assistant judge, and a bench of magistrates. The calendar is very heavy, consider ing the short time which has elapsed wince (he ter mination of the former session on Friday week, there being 93 prisoners for trial, 82 being charged with felony, and 11 with misdemeanor. The state of education of the prisoners was reported as lower than the average, for amongst the number com mitted 19 could neither read or write, 49 read and write but imperfectly, 19 could read only, and five were described as being able to read and write well. The grand jury having been sworn, The Assistant Judge addressed them as follows : —Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,—At the last ses sions held in this court I felt it necessary to make some allusion to the recent increase of crime in the metropolis, and particularly to the fre quent occurrence of those daring outrages upon the persons and property of individuals by which the streets and highways had become altogether unsafe, and the lives of those who frequented them constantly placed in jeopardy, and I intimated that this alarming state of things would make it the duty of those in any way entrusted with the admi nistration of the criminal law to visit with the ut mast severity all who might be convicted of such offences. I fear that it is not a temporary increase of the officers of the police, or a spasmodic recourse to unusual severity, that can satisfactorily secure the public safety. No doubt the removal from the streets of a considerable number of hardened crimi nals is a direct and positive advantage, but we un fortunately see that these diabolical attacks are still occurring. We must therefore look further for a solution of the difficulty, and I think it will be found in a great measure attributable to the system upon which convicts have been treated since the period when the power to pass sentence of transportation was abolished, and penal servitude adopted as a substitute. I was enabled not long since to visit the convict prisons at Dartmoor and at Portland, which are I believe amongst the most important in the kingdom, and where large numbers are undergoing penal servitude. I shall not for obvious reasons go into detail, but I confess that upon the whole I be came strongly impressed by the belief that the sys tem pursued in those establishments was not calcu lated to deter from the commission of crime those who are habitually following it as a trade. The ex perience of many years' practice at the bar has con vinced me that, as a general rule, the fear of tran sportation is much more powerful in restraining offenders, and certainly in a greater degree influ ences their associates and connections. Though lost and degraded, it is rare indeed that any individual is so isolated as not to have relatives or ac quaintances interested in his fate, and from these the cry has constantly arisen for " any amount of imprisonment so that he can be saved from transportation," and I have no doubt that the certainty of such a separation acted in very many cases upon the associates of criminals, and induced them to use their influ ence, vicious and profligate though they might be, in preventing the commission of desperate offences, sure to be visited by this dreaded penalty. This is, of course, a question for the legislature to deal with, bat so far as the opinion of those who have to bear the burden has been pronounced, there seems a ge neral concurrence in what has been so truly said, " that a confirmed thief is never so expensive as when he is at large." Supposing the mor e desperate re offenders to be removed in the way suggested, s would remain by fin- the most num erous elas t s l ervitude would whose treatment m still see to requireuoders carefuletitenc sentence of f previ sion. One to omfethweams the obvious improvements distinction s w t e h e a n t occurred • and thosesernz(l,ll:o hpaednaptrseevrvictlituusdi; f t! or nd t e h r e g fi o r n s e t time t pun i shment .l ca nnot help thinking that if the latter class were doomed to much more rigorous treatment they would be perpetual examples of what the former would have to experien ce if, b y a return to their previous habits, they rendered themselves again amenable to the justice of the country. ASSAULT ON TUE POLICE. Joseph 18, a soldi er , was i ndicted for nn lawJohn Laskey, a po li ce-consta b le, '‘n the execution of his duty. assaulting The prosecutor, police-constable, 224, stated fully imbY' aMME that on Tuesday, the 11th ult., he was on duty • at Algeston, near Acton, and observed the prisoner a beershop door without cap or boots. Witness had previously had a cap brought to him, and. he asked prisoner if it betot;god to him, and he said it did. Witness then afL`ted him for his pass, but he refused to show it. ;-le then asked him what he had done with his b:lo ts, and he said that he had sold them. Witness take him into custody , but the priso ner said he should ran away. Witness ran after him , and caught him, at the time drawing his truncheon. to defend himself, but did not use it. The prisoner then drew an iron poker from his clothes , and struck him so violently on the bead with it that he fell senseless, and remained so for some time. When he came to himself the prisoner was gone, but another constable coming up , they Went in pursuit, and found him at Perivale. Thos. Denton, 273 T, corroborated the ev-idetieer and added that the prisoner said that not a ll tv A e police force should take him, and struggled en' fought very violently. Laskey's head was much swollen. Thomas Searle, a sergeant in the Grenadiec Guards, stationed at Wellingto n Barracks, said the' prisoner was a private soldier in the same batty bap' On the 9 th of November he was confined to ba r racks for punishment. He broke out of barracue k B , and he did not see him again until he was in tody. He was not absent on leave. The prisoner in his defence said the policema n struck him first. The jury found him guilty. Mr. Payne sentenced the pri soner to be kept to hard labour for six mouths, with av intimation that the sentence would have been heavier but from the knowledge he had that the prisoner would be furob r- ther punished under the military law bery of his regimental necessaries. for the HEARTLESS MURDER IN DUBZIN. This day a woman named Catherine Gavan was broug ht ` up at Capel-street police-office, charged with the murder of her male infant child, by drowning it in a y°x ld. near the " mound" in the Phoenix-park. The prison who was in custody of Acting-inspectors Smith and Kings. of the G division, appears to be about 25 years of age, O ct of dark complexion ; her eyes are black and deeply set, he r brows seem to protrude more than they really do owing to her low narrow forehead receding. Her mouth is large , heavy, and sensuous, and her nose is sharp and slightly hooked. The general expression of her face is sinister' to the extreme. She was decently dressed, and did not alp' pear to be in indigent circumstances. It will be reuterty w ilful bered that a few days since the body of a male in was found drowned in a pool s ear the mound in the park. Mr. Davis, county coroner, held au in q uest, when it trans' pired in evidence that a woman was seen near the P 1 °° where the body was found with a child in 130" arms under very suspicious circumstances. On the medical testimonY it was proved that the infant h ad been drowned, end rth: jury returned a verdict of wi lful murder a g ainst some Pe t' ~ or persons unknown. The clothes w hich had been on body of the infant were returned by the police, and were taken' by Smith and King to the several l y in g -in hospitals in the city and to the North and South Union Workhouses. •E' Ca tile the North Union Workhouse the y discovered that ale rine Gavan had been th ere and had been delivered of e tided ra „ infant about two mon ths before this day they proceed se ll a • the North-wall where the accused was in the habit of l 3 ing fruit. They told her tha t the y were p olicemen e l6' that they wanted to know what she done with the fine h re° child of which she had been confined in the hospital of te ee North Union Workhouse. She re p lied that her child Ws° dead and buried, and that it died in her arms in the strt. They then took her into custody and conveyed her to the d e t e ctive office where the clothes w hich were found en ? deceased child were shown to her. These clothes consistee of too flannel petticoats, a portion of a plaid shawl, and shirt. She was cautioned not to say any thing that would criminate herself, as it would be used a trial. She then said—" There is no use in denying , t h ile e truth—the clothes are mine." During the time' that '' r foregoing facts were being given in evidence the pritO7tiet remained quite unmoved, and seemed to treat the l ea e gaizet her on ller charge preferred against her with the greatest indiffer elle She n : She is not married and retitled in Meath-street. t he trived to earn a comfor table su pp ort b y sellin g fruit at s t ea m e rs and at the shops on the North - wall. The presi,(ll:g' i magistrate (Mr. Sttonge) said that h e would remand case to Monday. It is supposed by the police that the accused is the 00T who who was seen with the child at the park on the evening ng the murder was committed. She was tak en u p too Gra 10°',,. pram prison in close custody, after leaving the a mg quite unconcerned. COUNTRY DIAI4ALab• COLCHESTER—Nov. 29. : P A fair supply of wheat at ma rket, but mostly in pew to r °° ' condition. Fine samples keep up their price? aid „p in other sorts was dull. B arle y as of late. .Beane were in buyers' faveur. 348 ' 36° Wheat, white. 46s 52 s B eans, Maza g an .. , 4 /0 re d 42s 48s m iddle & small 3O Barley 42s 43 Oats GLOUCESTER—Nov. 29. We had a moderate supply of wheat from the farras!l' to•day. Trade fair, and prices were at fully last weel and rates. Foreign wheat was rat her more inquired after, unc hanged in value. Barley, oats, and beans not 0111" altered. CHELMSFORD—Nov. 28. market 08 Ihe supply of good wheat to-da y at the te a A t gr e a tly improved, and in some instances rosy be quo Is per qr higher. Spring corn a slow business. 3/s es Wheat, old white...37s 53s teas, Partridge-.• • . 395 408 new .. 37a 49s White ........ . 400 43 old red....42s 48s Boiling .. ....... 3 5 8 3E* O n ew 38s 46s Dun ........... ~..8 Barley 28 s 355 D itto new ..... .."--,! 39s Chevalier 2Bs 38 s Beans, T ick, old • • 3 " e .....s Grinding 22s 30s n ew• • ~, 58 40 0 Malt.... 61 s 6 7s Harrow T icks ... 0 .-0 Chevalier . 64s 69s n eW• • 2 - - - ' OB 38 0 Oats 20s 28 s Mazagan ...•' -- KIRKCALDY GRAIN—NoT. 29. To-day there was a large supply of all kinds offgrortai4ii:.-- Sales slow. Wheat and oats at is decline on prices. Barley sold at last week's rates. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....4os Od I 28s Od 228 Od Second ..49e Od 29 s Od 23s Od Third....sls Od 32s Od 24s Od ARK ET. the close of the marke t ' Walls End• 6. 6, 9 17 Acorn Close ......... ..17 6 Tunstall ........ •• • .7 Eden ................ 6 Hetton ........ • • • ' Hartlepool.. ...... . • •• •,5 6_ Trimdon Hartlepool :is Kelloe ......... •••' • . 18 '! South Kelloe.. ....... . 1 1 7 S ou th Hartlepool..• • • 16 Russel's Hetton ..... . 9 i s r ) Cassop .............. 16 Clennell. ............. Ships at market, 70 ; sold, 43. COAL frloes of Coal per Ton at s. d. Bell's Primrose l5 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting 23 6 Do. Anthracite 21 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ...15 6 Holywell 17 0 Hastings Hartley l5 6 West Hartley 15 6 Lambert's West Hart- ley 15 6 North Pelton Gas 15 0 • i v- Snow fell rather heavily two nigh ts ago In in neighbourhood of Lons-le-Saulnier (Jura), par ticular l y the tho valley at the entrance of which the town is situated' erea [ADVERTISEMENTA—HoIIoway's Pills.—F an be Tongue,Tainted Breath—No personal disadvantag es more annoying than those disagreeable afflietions, Wwer. are quickly removed by Holloway's Pills. Their d rdigee ful cleansing properties will soon rectify impaiV„,, en the tion, and take away all its vexatious s ymptoms. 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Churc h BURNETT--ALVENDAR.—On the ISt inst., at the co ol/ of the H ol y Trinity, Haverstock-hill, Alexander 0 , ta . Burne tt, F.1.A., to Mary Agnes, eldest daugh ter of ° phen Allender, of Hawley-road, Kentish-town . , ba ge, Beg' s 178inbbtohnes27Ethsqult‘.,vaantsSaagien,t A- 1 1 3 ' to d(l'i GIBBONS — ich l3 , R VOli Emily Sarah, elder daughter ' of II " Hy. Geo.Bro wn ' Higham House, Blackheath. ASHWORTH.—On the 28DthEuAltl.,Hat8Daventrn M iss '.3 81 14cci14 Ashworth, aged 80. DEE Zn ci. t , h a e ge 2 d Bt 6 h 7. ult., at Hutton, Somerset, John DANIEIL.—On the 29th ult at Dump ton Hall, R arOgste' theMortlock Daniel?, aged 49. HuatEs.—On the 29th ult„ at Lieut.-Col, Hughes, aged 67. HARDING.—On the 28th ult., at Dawlish, John Ilar Esq., ag ed 72. 10/ V a lentine STEVENS.—On the 30th ult. , Stevens, Egloreeo, publisher, of Bell-yard, Lincoln' s -inn, and Brook -!3 Hammersmith, aged 69. 3 9 1 Staill - THourE.—On the 2 9 th ult., George Thorpe, of ing-lane, L.C., aged 37. - A pf...1 1 N f LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN e s f tr N an o d . , ll l 2 o , Sthtreanpdr,eci;nriciattoeri, tahtels'uaEvcS,y7inOtthhecec,,ollol; of Ithallegies..—Tuesday, December 2., 186. Z. SMII -