The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-16 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BRISTOL AND EXETER. The report of the directors states that the conso lidated stock on the 31st of Dec. last amounted to 2,022,4601., the preference stock to 804,574/ , and the debentures to 878,730/. Of the total receipts, the sum of 95,6531. remains unexpended. The ba lance of revenue account, including the sum of 3,358/. brought forward from the previous half-year is 66,674/., and the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the half year, carrying forward a balance of 16,1124 SOUTH WALES, The directors state in their report that the de pression in the trade of the country has continued to exercise an injurious effect upon the traffic during the past half-year. The receipts during that period amounted to 173,6671. as against 188,5051. for the corresponding half of 1857, show ing a decrease of 14,8381. This result is attributable in a great measure to the depression of the iron and coal trades, and also to the increased competition caused by the extreme lowness of the freights for shipping. Some improvement has taken place in the traffic receipts, and from intimations which have been received from some of the largest coal freighters upon the railway the directors believe that they are justified in looking forward to the resumption of mire active operations during the current year. In addition to diminished receipts, the revenue is also affected by the charge 0f5,0001. on account for the relaying of the line to the west of Swansea, of 5001. on account of the moiety of th• cost of the Newport station, and by a sum of 2,0001. credited to the accident account and now charged against revenue. In comparing the expenses of the last half-year with those of the corresponding period of 1857, it will be seen that there is an in creased charge for maintenance of way. The ba lance of 50,9951. will, after meeting all preference charges admit of the payment of a dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum, leaving 2,3211. to be carried forward to the next half year. The expenditure charged to capital during the half-year has been limited to 24,0631. The capital remaining to be issued under the powers of the Act of 1855 amounts to 379,9801. Of this sum the directors propose at present to raise about 200,000/., of which it is assumed that 100,0001. will be required in the course of the next 12 months, the remainder being raised at such later period as the requirements of the company may render necessary. The capital is required to meet liabilities already existing, and for the construction of works rendered necessary to meet the demand for increased accommodation, more particularly at Milford Haven. The capital account shows that 4,490,549 1 . had been received, and 4,457,705/. ex pended, leaving a balance of 32,8441. The revenue account for the half-year ending 31st of December last showed that 173,668/. had been received, and 110,708/, expended, leaving a balance of 62,9601. AMB ERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON. The directors of this company state that the available balance amounts to 13,7621., from which the directors propose a dividend of 3s. 3d. per share, amounting to 13,7311., payable on the Ist of March next. The capital account shows that 1,033,0341. had been expended. BLYTH AND TYNE. The directors of this company state in their re port that, notwithstanding the general depression of trade during the past half-year, the receipts of the company have bee' very slightly diminished. At the same time the working expenses are con siderably reduced, leaving the net balance larger than that of the corresponding half-year of 1857. The gross income of the half-year is 35,6931., which, after deducting working expenses, interest on de bentures, way-leaves, and other charges, leaves a net balance of 12,1301. applicable to dividend, out of which the directors propose to pay a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum on the original preference shares, 81 per cent. on the ordinary and extension shares, and 5 per cent. on the A and B preference shares, which will leave a balance of 1,673/. to be carried to the reserve fund. NORTH LONDON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Railway Station, Euston square ; Mr. R. D. Mangles in the chair. Mr. CHUBB, the secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. _ The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders and the public on the successful working of their little line. It was very useful to the London and North- Western in conveying traffic to and from their warehouses in Hay-don-square, and the close alliance of the two companies was mutually beneficial to both. The opening of the Hampstead Junction Railway in the course of the summer would give them a considerable accession of traffic. The Great Northern Railway Company had formed a junction with their line near King's-cross, for the purpose of conveying goods to the Great Northern ware houses in te city on the Blackwall Railway, which would, no doubt, be as useful to them as the Haydon-square depot was to the London and North-Western Company. With regard to the late accident on the line, the matter had been investi gated by the directors and the officers of the Board of Trade, and it appeared that no serious blame was imputable to any one, but that it had occurred in consequence of the density of the fog, and owing to the defective working of some signals which were intended to be self-acting. A large sum had been set apart for compensatinn ; in fact, a larger sum than had been paid out. There was no serious prospect of diminution to any future dividend from that accident. He was always of opinion that Lord Campbell's Act inflicted great injustice on railway companies from the manner in which it operated. The amount of compensation depended upon the position and the sum the party was earning prior to the accident, instead of depending on the amount paid for fares, or by way of insurance. The direc• tors felt that great credit was due to their secretary and manager, Mr. Chubb, who had a very difficult and delicate task to perform in settling with those who had been injured. He had performed that heavy task fully to the satisfaction of the directors, and he hoped to the satisfaction of the shareholders and all concerned. Resolutions were passed adopting the report ; de claring a dividend of 21. 10s. per cent. for the past half-year on the paid•up capital of the company ; converting the 101. shares, amounting to 75,000/., into capital stock of the company, and re-electing 111 r- G. G. Glyn, M.P. ' and Mr. G. Allender , the retiring di rectors, and Mr. Saunderson, the retiring auditor. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings ROYSTON AND HITCHIN. .The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at the ofice, St. Helen's•place, Mr. W. Reed in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the main object of the meet ing was to declare a dividend, which was guaran teed to them by the Great Northern Railway Company. He then moved a formal resolution, declaring a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum for the past half-year, less income-tax, and 14d. per 6/. ss. Stock for expenses, on the Royston and Hitchin and Shepreth Stocks. The motion was seconded and adopted. Mr. J. Arbouin, and Mr. J. Phillips, the retiring directors, were re-elected, and the meeting sepa rated. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WEST - ERN. The al f-y-early meeting of this company held on Saturday, passed off with less discussion than usual. It has been finally arranged that all points in dispute between the Great Southern and Western and Midland Great Western companies shall be left to the arbitration of Captain Pugh, nominated by the former company, and Mr. Watkins,. nomi nated by the latter, with power t o appoint an umpire, whose decision shall be final. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. The report and statement of accounts show a net revenue for the half-year ending the 31st December (including the 45/. from last account) amounting to. 7,041/. Out of this sum the directors recomm end a dividend for the half-year of 1/. 17s. 6d. per cent., being at the rate of 3t, per cent. per annum, amounting to 6,756/., and leaving 285/. to the credit of the next account. The accident to the north wall of the inner dock has occasioned much delay in the. completion of that dock, and some loss of revenue to the company ; but it is expected that the dock may be opened for the reception of vessels in the course of the next month. The dock will then afford at its quays and jetties ample accom modation, with abundant depth of water, to a con siderable number of the largest class of ships and steamers, with every facility for loading and dis charging their cargoes, and for their conveyance by rail to and from the ship's side t o every part o f Great Britain. The extra charges in cense qnence of strengthening the works will make the cost of the dock amount t o £ 50,000, and will re ire an additional sum 0 f, i 10,000, to meet which die directors recommend the creation of a fu r th er amount of fixed 5 per cent. preference stock, 450 000 ma king-the total THE NAVY, On Monday last the screw steam-sloo? Wasp, Commander Frederick H. Stirling, was paid off at Sheerness. Yesterday the screw steam-sloop S wallow, Com mander Charles L. Waddilove, was paid off at Sheerness. Both ships' companies, on being in spected here, were highly complimented by the - - Commander-in-Chief and the Flag Captain. An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness yard for the Phaeton, 50 guns, sailing frigate, to be immediately converted into a screw steam fri gate, for which purpose she will be lengthened 35 feet. Commodore H. E. Edgell has been appointed to the Retribution, on the East India and China station, vice Captain Charles Barker. Captain George 0. Willes has been appointed to the Chesapeake, as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral James Hope, C. 8., the newly appointed Commander in-Chief on the East India and China station. Her Majesty's screw steam transport Himalaya, Commander John Seccombe, at Portsmouth, fitting to convey troops to the Cape of Good Hope, will have her crew paid down on the 17th instant, be officially inspected on the 21st, and embark troops on the 22d inst. Her Majesty's ship Rodney, 90, at Portsmouth, has been towed down from her harbour moorings and placed alongside the Pitch-house Jetty at the dockyard, to receive her temporary outfit prior to proceeding round to Chatham, where she will go into dock. The Algiers, 91, screw, Captain W. O'Callaghan, received a great number of men yesterday from the outports. She has fidded topmasts, and to-day will go alongside her berthing hulk, Bellerophon, in Portsmouth Harbour. The Indus, 78, flag of Vice Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, Captain J. C. D. Hay.—Extract of a private letter, from Barbadoes, bearing date Jan. 26,, 1859 :—" We remain at this port about ten days longer, and sail from hence to Port Royal, Jamaica, remain there three weeks or a month, then return to Bermuda, where we shall stay about two months, and letters go to Halifax for the sum mer ; so that all letters had better be directed to Bermuda' until further notice." The Lizard, steam vessel, arrived at 'Chatham on Monday afternoon. She brought up the Royal Marines and the Royal Marine Artillery from the Wasp, 13, Commander F. H. Stirling, which was paid off on Monday. The Nankin, 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore the Hon. Keith Stewart, is ordered by the Admiralty to be paid off on Friday, the 18th inst., and Capt. William M. Mansell, and fifteen of the Royal Marines, on that day will join head quarters at Chatham, and First Lieutenant Ardley H. F. Barnes, with fifteen privates, will proceed to Woolwich to join their head-quarters at that division. Dr. Miller (known as " Simoom doctor," because of the skilful medical aid rendered both to English and Russians at Eupatoria, Alma, &c., during the war) has been appointed to the Diadem, 32, screw, Captain W. Moorsom, C. 8., at Greytown, vice Dr, Heath, appointed to hospital service at Jamaica. Dr. Miller takes passage from Southampton in the next Royal West India mail packet. REPORTED Loss OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ORlON.—There is a report from Cork that Her Majesty's ship Orion, 90 guns, is missing, and that serious apprehensions are felt for her safety. She accompanied the Channel fleet from Queenstown towards Bantry, and during the late storm sepa rated from her companions. Steam ships have been searching for her, but down to last evening there were no tidings of her. INCREASE TO THE CHANNEL FLEET.—It is rumoured in the naval circles that the Admiralty have it in contemplation to make an additional. augmentation to the Channel squadron by the com missioning of the Majestic, the Colossus, and the Emerald, screw steam ships, their united powers of steam being 1,400-horse power, and carrying 211 broadside guns, besides pivot guns. We are in formed that the three ships will be put in commis sion during the week. ROYAL NAVY.—Notice was published yesterday, by order of the Admiralty, that ordinary seamen of the first and second class will now be received for the Royal Navy; and they will be rated accordin ,, to their capacities. Their ages and height must be as undermentioned, viz. :—Age, first class, 20 to 28 ; height, 5 feet 51 inches. Second class, 19 to 22 ; height, 5 feet 6 inches. FATAL OCCURRENCE ON BOARD THE GUARD SHIP NILE.—A dreadful accident (says the Cork Exa miner) occurred on board the Nile, on Thursday. In the storm that blew on the morning of that day she dragged her anchors, and floated a consi derable distance. Some time after steam was got up in order that she might return to her anchorage, but either through the negligence of those on board, or the ill-conditioned state of the ship, the boiler burst, killing the engineer and seriously injuring four of the crew. HAYTL-ABDICATION OF THE EMPEROR. The Jamaica papers announce the arrival there of the Emperor Soulouque, who hadlbeen compelled to abdicate his Imperial Throne in Hayti. The Morn ing Journal says—On Saturday last (Jan. 22) the 'trans ort Melbourne, which had left this port some clays re with troops for England, and been detai at Hayti, returned, having on board the ex-Emperor, his family, and suite, consisting of the Empress, two daughters of the Emperor, and their attendants, General Vil de Ben, governor of the capital ; General Desalines, prefect of police ; General Baron Damier, Secretary of State. On the landing of the party the greatest ex citement prevailed in town, particularly among the Haytian refugees expatriated by Soulouque at and since his accession, some of whom, it is believed, meditated violence to his person. The black peo ple here are 'to a man in favour of Soulouque, as may be inferred from the demonstrations they made upon his landing. They rushed in thousands along the streets to gain a sight of him, so much so that a strong escort of the police had to be em ployed to keep off the crowd whilst the ex-Emperor and party were proceeding to their lodgings. A Te Deum was chanted at the new Roman Catholic chapel on Monday morning : by request of the Haytian refugees, in thanksgiving to God for the amicable manner in which the troubles of Hayti have passed over. It appears that on arriving at Port-au-Prince Gen. Geffrard sent a flag of truce to the Emperor offering him his life and protection to his family if he would abdicate his power and save the people of Hayti from the horrors of a civil war. Soulouque demanded time to consider, which was, allowed him, but before the allotted time had expired, the Impe rial troops laid down their arms and made common cause with the followers of Geffrard. The Empe ror, no longer left to his choice, proceeded to make out his papers of abdication, and on the 15th he caused the following proclamation to be made :-- HAYTTANS—CaIIed by the will of the people to govern the destinies of Hayti all my care and anxieties - have con stantly been for the welfare of my citizens and the pros perity of my country. I held hopes that I could have relied on the affections of those who elevated me to the supreme power, but the last events that have taken place do not permit me to doubt the true sentiments of the people. I have too much friendship for my country to hesitate in sacrificing myself for the' good of all. I abdicate, and have only one wish, that Hayti may be as happy as my heart has always desired.—Done at Port-au-Prince, 15th day of January, 1859, in the 56th year of Independence. (Signed) • FAITSTIN. A gentleman at Hayti, writing to a friend in this city (Kingston) says :—" It is spoken of here as a glorious revolution, as thousands of weapons were drawn, but not a single life lost. President Gar rard is a soldier every inch of him. The' Emperor and his partisans have received all the kindness and protection that a truly noble and humane man could give them. The mob was ready to tear them to pieces, if they had not been restrained by the President. You will receive enclosed a copy of the abdication. The ex-Emperor was escorted by Capt. ithe M , C rea , captain of Artillery, and the. French Con sul, with a strong escort of the. President's guards. I cannot say the Consulate on Governor made his escape from board the Melbourne ; popular indignation is very much Emperor Soulouq ue is said oused against him. The to be immensely rich ; his wealth is estimatedt uPwards of £500,000 banked in Europe. He has upwardsof t lOO houses, in Hayti. At the breaking out of the revolu tion, he had at t he palace £30,000 goldendtwo millions of paper dollars. The paper money he had to leave, which the mob divided among themselves, and a good deal of gold was found in the Empress's and Princess's rooms. The mob took it all. He has a laige amount of money and valuables with him. The Emperor is accompanied by M. Petion Faubert, who is a grandson of Petion, one of the former presidents, The Emperor requested him to accompany him, and General Geffrard kindly ac corded the favour." In consequence of several per sons having at tempted to insultthe ex-Emperor Soulouque, orders were issued to the police yesterday_ (Jan. 24 ), y Mr. Justice Girod, and afterwards by his honour the Mayor, not to allow persons to congregate in front of the residence of his Majesty. Two Hay tians were taken before the sitting magistrates, and ordered to enter into sureties, themselves in £lOO each, and two sureties in £5O each, to keep the peace towards the ex-Emperor Soulouque and all 1 the subjects of her Majesty the Queen. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1859. BURSTING OF TILE CRINAN CANAL, A farmer on the banks of the canal, who suffered by the late terrible overflowing of the waters, thus describes the catastrophe :—" I suppose you will have heard by this time of the sad disaster that has happened here by the breaking down of one of the reservoirs of the Crinan Canal. It took place on the night of Wednesday, the 2d inst., about 7 o'clock, and has made an awful destruction; but, thank God, there are no lives lost, although there were some very narrow escapes and a great deal of damage done to property ; and I am sorry to say that I am among the heaviest of the losers. My farm was swept over (almost every foot of it, excepting the knowe where the dwelling-house stands) by a volume of water not less than 10 feet deep. Six of my corn stacks were taken away clean, and as far as I saw them, going down towards the sea, they were quite whole—not one sheaf of them removed from another. The remaining six stacks of corn and six of hay, which were left in the stackyard, a stone wall which stood behind them preventing them from being carried off, were almost over the tops in the water. All my potatoes and turnips were also swept away. The place where the water broke forth and entered into the canal is about 100 -ards above Carinban Inn. It carried walls, em bankments, locks, and everything that stood in its way before it. The walls and roof of the inn are still standing, but all the man's furniture and effects are a total wreck. You can have no idea, nor can I describe to you the appearance of the first ap proach of the flood coming down my meadows, about a mile above my house. The noise of the waters was most alarming ; they carried everything before them, the cattle and people that happened to be on the road at the time flying for their lives. I was in bed when the alarm was first given ; and you may depend upon it there was very little time lost in dressing. I had just got all my cattle and horses out of the byres and stables, and up on to the high ground at my own door, when in a few minutes I was completely surrounded—no thing to be heardbut the roaring of waters on all sides of me, my friends and neighbours meanwhile running round the sides of the hills seeking me, thinking they would never see me again until they found me in Lochflue among the frcoh herrins a. I put On mPn to estimate the damage done, and find that it is about £2OO ; but we cannot yet rightly ascertain what damage is done to the land, as the water is not altogether subsided. The canal is in the hands of Government, and it is hoped that they will not allow me and others to come to such a sad loss." —Glasgow Herald. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The deaths registered in London, which, in the previous week, had fallen to 1,243, were 1,274 in the week that ended last Saturday—showing an increase, but not of considerable amount. In the ten years 1849-58 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,180 ; but as the deaths returned for last week occurred in a population which has increased, they can only be compared with the average raised pro portionally to the increase—namely, 1,298. The actual number of deaths last week was, there fore, rather less than the number obtained by cal culation. The deaths arising from scarlatina and diphtheria continue slightly on the decrease, the numbers from the two diseases together in the last three weeks having been 113, 92, and 89. Nineteen deaths from diphtheria occurred last week in the following sub districts one in St. John, Paddington, one in Hanover-square, one in Belgrave, two in Christ church, Alarylebone, one in Kentish Town, two in Islington West, one in Islington East, one in Stam ford-hill, one in St. Giles's North, one in St. George, Holborn, one in Holywell,.Shoreditch, one in St. Leonard, Shoreditch, one in Hoxton New Town, one in Haggerston West, one in Spitalfields, one in Kent road, and one in Battersea. It appears that all, except two, occurred on the north side of the river. The indi cations of an increase of small-pox which the re ports of recent weeks have contained are now very decidedly confirmed, the deaths from this disease having risen last week to 29. Twenty-four of these occurred in the central and east districts, the parts chiefly infested being situated in the sub-districts of Finsbury, Whitecross-street, East and West Haggerston. The registrar of Finsbury recorded no less than six deaths from small-pox last week, two of these in a family at 19, Cowper-street. He states that an unusual number of children are suffering from this complaint in Paradise-place and Cowper street, that the locality is well paved and drained, but lies rather low, and that the habits of the poor people who occupy it are very dirty. Of seven nonagenarians, whose deaths were re gistered last week, six were 90 and 91 years of age, and a woman was 96 years. . Last week the births of 898 boys and 856 girls, in all 1,754 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58 the average number was 1,713. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.353 in. The barometrical readings varied from 29.15 in. on Sunday to 29.63 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the week was 42.4 deg., which is 3.5 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean daily temperature rose considerably above the average on the last four days. The thermometer fell to 30.8 deg. on Tuesday, the lowest point in the week, and rose to its highest point, 52.2 deg., on Saturday. Tho range of the week was, there fore, 21.4. The mean daily range was 11.4. The difference between the mean dew-point tempera ture and air temperdture was 3.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 89. The wind blew almost every day from the south-west. Rain fell to the amount of 0.48 in. FEARFUL VOYAGE. The late passage of the steamer North American, from Liverpool to Portland, United States, with 140 souls, is thus graphically described by one of the passengers :—" We left the Mersey on the 22d Dec., during a severe gale of wind from the south east ; and such was the state of the weather, that it was found impossible for the pilot to leave, so he was carried across the Atlantic. At 7 p.m. on the Ist Jan., the captain calculated that we must be very near Cape Race. As it was thick weather, with continued snow storms, Capt. M'Master shaped his course so as to give the Cape a wide berth.' All went well up to nine o'clock, when we were alarmed in the saloon by the cry of ' Star- board ; hard a-starboard !' given by the officer on duty. Then followed a violent shock that threw us to the floor. A moment of extreme anxiety and terror succeeded. The lashings of the boats were cut away, and the boats provisioned and lowered in five minutes, and their crews told off to meet the emergency. In the meantime the machinery was reversed, and we moved slowly astern. This was the critical moment, for we expected the vessel to sink in deep water. As soon as the excitement had somewhat subsided I proceeded on deck, and could just discern through the haze and snow the precipi tous coast on which we had struck. All around were frantic passengers, rushing to and fro, life belts in hand, and apparently undecided whether to leap overboard or not. No one slept that awful night. At last the morning arrived, and we found the crew hard at work pumping ; the bowsprit was gone, and there was an immense hole extending from just above watermark to the very keel, a distance of from 15 to 20 feet. (This we could perceive as the vessel was lifted at the bows by the heavy sea.) The hole was large enough, as one of the sailors expressed it, ' for an omnibus to drive through.' The first compartment—the ship being constructed in eight—was full of water, some 30 tons or more, while the second was gradually filling, as some of the rivets dividing the first from the second were dis placed by the force of the shock. The passengers were divided into gangs for the pumps, and we all took a turn every alternate four hours. At times we would gain on the water, while at others it would gain on us three feet or more in a couple of hours. Seeing our dangerous condition, Captain M'Master deter mined to bear up for St. John's, Newfoundland ; but an adverse wind arose, which baffled all hope of reaching that port, so we made for Halifax, NOva Scotia, a distance of 400 miles, the pumps constantly at play. To add to our misfortunes the cold was intense. The vessel was coated with ice. Ropes an inch in thickness swelled to a diameter of two and three inches. On the fourth day of our troubles, January 4, our eyes were gladdened by the sight of land, and shortly after mid-day we anchored in the harbour of Halifax, . . . Such was our high appreciation of Captain APMaster's coolness, presence of mind, and seamanship, that, before leaving the ship, we presented him with a complimentary address, signed by all the passen gers.—Manchester Examiner. Delicate chest, tender lungs.—Throughout Great Britain . [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills and Ointment— . and easterly winds generally set in about the early spring, continue many weeks. They are dry, irritating an very injurious to weak lungs ; causing cough at first, followed by inflammation throughout the pulmonary tubes. To allay this morbid sensibility and soothe the irritable chest, no thing yet discovered is so efficient as Holloway's remedies. The Pills taken internally, while the Ointment is rubbed upon the back an d chest, ensure the purification of the blood in the lungs, prevent congestion or stagnation, re lieve respiration, remove cough, with which disappear the many dangers ever hovering round a disordered chest. likewise, fortify- the l ungs a gainst the gil es tit e o mel ac c it i ;t e li s, trawiti944 9f tvinveroftwe. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Feb. 15 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings at Nisi Prius after Term at Westminster. (Before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) DICKSON V. THE EARL OF WILTON. This was the fifth day of the trial of this impor tant case, and the court was, as it has been through out the whole inquiry, densely crowded, a large portion of the spectators being military men. Mr. Edwin James, counsel for the plaintiff, on Lord Campbell taking his seat on the bench, rose to address the jury upon the whole case. They must be fully sensible, he said, that the result of the trial to Colonel Dickson would either be his honour and happiness, or his misery and degradation for life. It was not merely the question so constantly re peated by the Attorney-General, whether the noble lord, whose position, wealth, connections, and social relations had been so prominently brought forward, was a deliberate and malignant libeller, or not, but substantially a question between man and man, be cause in a court of jilstice we ought to stand upon the same equality as we should before the eternal throne of justice. Though his lordship was born with a coronet on his brow, he was subject to the same emotions and passions as the meanest creature ; and the real question was whether he had not in a moment of annoyance, petulance, and irritation penned the two libels charged and uttered the calumnies about Col. Dickson to Mr. Thos. Dun combe, which, upon his own confessing, it was per fectly clear he did. That was a question of vital importance, and it was impossible to shut one's eyes to the fact that the case had brought to light the most extraordinary - conduct which had been ever revealed in an English court of justice—that it showed by what machinery and upon what statements the cha racter and honour of a soldier, earned during a career of 33 years, might be for ever ruined and destroyed, and an officer cashiered from the army without even an opportunity for explanation. The Earl of Wilton's answer to the written libels, and the verbal slander uttered to Mr. Dun combo was—" I am sheltered from the responsibility of them, as they are privileged communications, and unless you think there was an absence of good faith, lam entitled to your verdict." That propo sition was easily understood ; but he (the learned counocl) alcould prove hogrmil that, looking to the whole circumstances of this extraordinary case, the Earl of Wilton could not avail himself of such a defence. But there came another matter, which was of far deeper importance to Col. Dick son—viz., that when the Earl of Wilton was called to account for these libels, he was not content with protecting himself by the defence that they were privileged communications, but before the Court and the public he attempted to prove the justifica tion which he had placed on the record ; he tried to justify his accusation that Col. Dickson had been guilty of embezzlement. These were substantially the questions for their consideration. He had no wish to say anything unkind of his lordship, except in the strict discharge of his duty as an advocate, but it was quite obvious that he very much misun derstood his position as colonel commanding the regiment. The Attorney-General said he was totally irresponsible for the whole conduct of the regiment, that he scarcely ever went near it, and never inter fered in the ordinary discipline of the regiment. Every military man would tell them that regiments of the line and militia regiments stood in a very different position as regarded the duties of the full colonel. In the former, a colonelship was often given only as an honest reward for services rendered to the country, but the colonel of an embodied regi ment of militia was solely responsible to the executive, and the Earl of Wilton entertained avert' extraordinary notion of his duties, if when draw ing his pay and forage money as colonel, out of the large sum taken out of ;the taxes of the people for the maintenance of the militia, he only visited the regiment once in his uniform, and took no part whatever in its encouragement, and remained, as some of his letters showed, at Newmarket, enjoying himself, and probably training his horses instead of training his men at Bethnal-green. (Laughter.) What was the conduct of other colonels of militia ? Lord Methuen, the cothmander of the Wilts Militia, went with his men to Corfu, and Mr. Wil son Patten, the colonel of the Lancashire Militia, did duty with his regiment at Gibraltar, both re ceiving the thanks of the House of Commons for the services they had rendered to the country; and the Duke of Richmond, a thorough soldier, and colonel of the Sussex Militia, invariably went with his men, and never received a farthing of the public money unless he did some duty by way of return. The truth was that Col. Dickson, being a good sol dier and a strict disciplinarian, was not very much liked by the young and inexperienced officers, al though beloved by the men, and that a gross and scandalous libel was organised against him by the former. The learned counsel then commented with severity upon the composition of the regimental board appointed by the Earl of Wilton to inquire into the charges against Col. Dickson, observing that p, tribunal consisting of three inferior officers to try a superior officer, was a mere farce, and revolt ing to the dictates of justice. It was like the Chief Justice of England being put upon his trial before a board composed of the Attorney-General and two of the leading Queen's counsel, the former being anxi ous to jump into his lordship's place, and the Queen's counsel hoping to attain the dignity of Attorney-General. (Laughter.) The people remem bered Alma and Inkerman, and loved their army, but they hated injustice and tyranny ; and although he complained of Lord Combermere for dismissing Col. Dickson in the way he did, and upon state ments which he candidly confessed he did not under stand, and thus committed an act most unjust to a worthy and honest soldier, he was rather disposed to attribute what he did to the vice of the system in the army, for he believed that his lordship would rather allow his sword arm to wither than know ingly do injustice to any man. Mr. James next ad verted to Lord Wilton's interview with Mr. bun combe, and said the jury would most likely be of opinion that his lordship went to that honourable and incorruptible public man in the hope of bring ing to bear upon him his social position and his long acquaintance with him, in order to induce Mr. bun combe to stifle inquiry into the case in the House of Commons. The hon. member for Finsbury might not be rich, but his integrity was proof against the lordly influence of the Earl of 'Wilton, who hoped on seeing him; to stop an investigation in the House of Commons, which must have covered as this trial would do, with ridicule, if not with dis grace, the administration of her Majesty's army, when such documents as those produced proceeded from head-quarters. After referring to the details of the case, the learned counsel concluded by saying that the parties met in count on unequal grounds. The plaintiff had against him a nobleman of wealth and influence, who, he (Mr. James) admitted to be of high character and honour, but who, in a mo ment of petulance, was led to that which, on re flection, he no doubt regretted. On the other hand, there was Col. Dickson, who had no patrimony but his honour, and no wealth but his sword and cha racter. In their hands the scales of justice would be held evenly; and he asked them for a verdict which would restore Col. Dickson to the position which he had done nothing to forfeit—a verdict which, founded on 0. strong sense of impartiality and justice, would give as much satisfaction to the country and to his client as to their own hearts and consciences. There was applause when the learned counsel resumed his seat. Lord Campbell then summed up the evidence. His lordship said,—ln the course of this protracted trial I have caught a severe cold, and I am afraid that I shall have some difficulty in making my summing-ip heard by you all; but I will do my best to make you understand the questions of law which I have to lay down, and the questions of fact which you are to determine. My address to you will be very brief, for I have observed that you have heard it very ably discussed on the one side and on the other, and, without any assistance from me on the facts, you must be prepared to come to a satisfactory conclusion. 'rho action is brought upon two alleged libels of the 26th of May and 24th of July, 1858, and also for verbal slander. To the whole of this declaration the defendant has pleaded the general issue of " not guilty ;" not denying, as I understand it, that he wrote the letters, or that he spoke the words,but claiming a privilege for the communications which he made. He has also pleaded, secondly, that what he wrote and spoke is true in matter of fact. You will do well to keep these questions separate in your minds. The first question is, whether these were what the law calls privileged communications ; for, if so, the defendant is not called upon to prove their truth, provided they were made in good faith. The law most reasonably says that what is written or spoken in the course of business, or in a matter of serious interest, where a person has a duty to per form or an interest to consult, and addresses a per son who has a like interest and relative duty to perform, the communication is privileged. In the year 1855 there was a case in this court in which the law on this subject was most properly laid down. His lordship here read an extract from the judgment of this Court in the case of " Harrison v. Bush" (5 E. and 8., 348), as follows : " A communication made bona fide upon any subject matter in which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged, if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain eliminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would bo slanderous and actionable." Whether or not the occasion gives that privilege is a question of law for the judge ; but whether the party had fairly and properly conducted himself in the exercise of it is a question for the jury. I, there fore, as the judge, tell you that, in point of law, all the eeraMllllieittions to Lord Coraberraere, to the War-office, and to Mr. Duncombe were privileged ; but, whether that privilege has been abused is for the jury. If it has been abused, the privilege is gone ; but if the communications were made bona fide, and in the discharge of duty merely, they are privileged. The defendant was colonel of the regi ment, and Lord Combermere was his immediate superior; and if there was any misconduct which ought to be communicated to a superior officer, he did no more than his duty in communicating it. This will apply to both the papers of the 26th of May and the 24th of July. Mr. James makes a distinction between these cases and that of the slander uttered to Mr. Duncombe ; but my direction to you is, that if, on that occa sion, Lord Wilton acted from a sense of duty merely, he would be privileged in what he said. He had heard from Gen. Peel that Mr. Duncombe wished to see him, and he had heard that a question was about to be put in the House of Commons on a matter of interest ; and, if he went to Mr. Dun combe to communicate that which he believed to be true, to enable Mr. Duncombe to do his duty as a member of the House of Commons, my opinion is that that is a privileged communication. But if he abused that privilege, and from any motive other than a sense of duty, or from what the law calls " malice," made a charge, and said what could not be justified in point of truth, and his object was to prevent Mr. Duncombe from bringing those pro ceedings before the House of Commons, and so pre venting justice from being done, then the privilege is gone. It lies on the party who would deprive the other party of his privilege to show what the law calls " malice." But by that term is meant, not only spite, for any indirect motive, other than a sense of duty, is what the law calls "malice." You will say whether the defendant acted from a sense of duty, and bonafide, or from a feeling of irritation, and whether, acting at the suggestion of others, he went beyond the law. His lordship proceeded : Mr. James had stated several circumstances which he considered had taken away the defendant's pri vilege; but, until the contrary was shown, it must be presumed that a party had acted bona fide. His lordship thought he might say that the defendant (Lord Wilton) had always hitherto borne a good character as an amiable nobleman, and he hoped that, whatever might be the event of this trial, he would continue to do so to the end of his life. But the best of men sometimes erred, and the jury might think that Lord Wilton had been actuated for the time by motives which could not be justi fied, and had surrendered himself to those who had a spite against Col. Dickson, though he himself had none. Mr. James had relied on the constitu tion of the Regimental Board of June, 1857 ; but it appeared that Lord Wilton had promised to ask the Queen to knight Col. Dickson, and down to that time there seemed to have been no change of feel ing. He (Lord Campbell) could not but lament the constitution of that board, but thought that Lord Wilton, acting as he did in the matter under the advice of Colonel North, was not blameable for it. If the plaintiff was to be affected by the decision it was improper that he should be tried by three offi cers who.were immediately under him. Such was the weakness of human nature, that those who sat as judges should not have a shadow of interest in the matter. His lordship instanced the case of a clergyman about to be tried for any immorality which might lead to his deprivation, and said that, if the bishop happened to be the patron of the liv ing, the law would not allow that bishop to sit as the judge. Whenever men might be swayed by interested motives they ought to be kept out of the way of temptation. However, his lordship thought Lord Wilton was not to blame in that matter, for at that time he looked on the plaintiff with regard and esteem. His lordship then came to what was done on the regimental board, and observed that Lord Wilton was still less answerable for that. Considering the questions referred to them the re port was very strange. But when the report was made Lord Wilton did not seem to be inclined to act upon it, and stopped till the month of March, 1858 ; and even then he did not seem inclined to take any steps until he was urged to do it by , Capt. Dixon, who was a bitter enemy of Col. Dickson. Lord Wilton saw Lord Combermere in Jan., 1858, but made no communication, intimating that this report was to be laid before him, as a foundation for the plaintiff's (Col. Dickson's) removal. On the 11th March the report was sent in to Lord Comber mere, and by this time the rencontre with Captain Dixon in the Haymarket had taken place, and Capt. Poley was actively employed. Before the 26th May, 1858 (the date of the first libel), it would ap pear that the debts of the regiment had been left unpaid ; that the defendant (Lord Wilton) had been sued for those debts, and believed that Col. Dickson had instigated the Messrs. Sharpus to bring that action. This might have irritated :Lord Wilton. Then it appeared that the letter of the 26th May was not written by Lord Wilton, but by Capt. Poley, and adopted by , Lord Wilton, who thus became answerable for it. Still, if it was•sineerely adopted by , him, and if he was doing no more than ' his duty, he was protected. The language, how , ever, of the letter was peculiar. It had been said that Lord Wilton was not the plaintiff's accuser; but by that letter he made himself so in express terms. It began thus : " With reference to your Lordship's letter of the Ist inst. I beg to inform your Lordship, for the information of the Secretary of State for War, why I consider that Lieut.- Colonel Dickson's conduct has rendered it imperative on me, as Colonel commanding the regiment,' to suggest his immediate removal from it. He was the accuser, and he required Col. Dickson's immediate removal from the regiment. He might be a just accuser, but he was the accuser ; and the jury would say whether the grounds which he set down were the true grounds on which he proceeded. His Lordship said he had felt astonished at hearing the Attorney-General talking with levity of an officer being dismissed from his regiment on the ground of pecuniary fraud. If an officer of the Queen's army was dismissed from his regiment for misconduct, or required to resign to prevent his dis missal, he (Lord Campbell) took it that the officer was for ever disgraced. Some of the charges con tained in the libel were of a grave nature, but there were others which his Lordship was surprised to see put in as ground for dismissal. The charge of em bezzling £2O 2s. 11d. of the Cremorne money was certainly a serious charge ; but as to his not holding mess meetings of accounts, that was well known to Lord Wilton, and he took no steps in the matter. Then, as to the charge of expending £250 in enter tainments, that excited his surprise still more, con sidering that Lord Wilton, was assisting at one of those ceremonies (the presentation of new colours) and had liberally contributed a sum which Colonel. Dickson thought he ought to pay. He was rather surprised to find that brought forward by defendant as a charge upon which the plaintiff ought to be dismissed. Another charge was that orders were given by the plaintiff for goods, though, as to the crockery and china, the defendant was fully aware of that order, and was present when the specimens were shown, and himself recommended one of them. The Attorney-General was wrong in saying that Lord Wilton was not a member of the mess ; for, according to Colonel North's evidence, he was entitled to take the chair. With regard to the plates, it appeared in evidence that Lord Wilton was aware of the order, he was present when it was given, and it must be considered as his order. There was also a charge a bout which little had been said—that of insulting Captain Dixon, and accusing him of improper malversation in his accounts, and the charge about the plaintiff's employing a spy in the regiment. The letter then concluded thus :—" I feel that I should be failing in my duty as colonel of the regiment, and as well as for the credit of the corps, if I did not recommend to your Lordship his immediate removal from the service." His Lordship then referred to the second libel, the letter of the 24th of July, 1858, which charged the plaintiff with retaining the sum of £25 given by Lord Wilton and Colonel North to the sergeants' mess, and the conversation with Mr. Duucombe in which the defendant charged the plaintiff with having received and retained regi mental funds, and instigated Messrs. Sharpus and Co. to sue the defendant. With respect to this conversation, his Lordship said the law would justify anything-which the defendant might bona fide say to Mr. Duncombe as a member of the House of Commons, for his information as such member. He then proceeded to read over the ver sions which Mr. Duncombe and Lord Wilton gave of what passed on that occasion, and observed that he believed both parties spoke the truth according to what they believed took place. If Lord Wilton went to Mr. Duncombe and spoke the words bona fide, and with the view to put him in possession of the real facts of the case, he was protected, and en titled to the verdict on that count ; but, if his object was to prejudice Mr. Duncombe against the plaintiff, and he had the indirect purpose of pre venting him from putting his question in the House of Commons, he was not protected, but the jury ought to find a verdict for the plaintiff. The same rule would apply to all the counts in the declaration. His Lordship then expressed his regret at the treatment which the plaintiff had received at the hands of Lord Combermere; for it was impossible not to see that in that stage of the case justice was not well administered,because, while Lord Combermere declared he could not un derstand the matter, he nevertheless pronounced his judgment that Col. Dickson should be removed. His lordship had no doubt that Lord Combermere acted in the matter without in the remotest degree believing that he was doing wrong. It was impossible to look on Lord Combermere's glorious career with out admiration ; but at the same time we could not shut our eyes to the fact that in no department of the State should justice be so administered. His lordship . (whose voice had by this time become Almost inaudible) proceeded to observe on the plaintiff's dismissal by Gen. Peel (in the letter of receive letters ,from the prisoners' victims; from all 30th Juno), and said he could not understand how parts of the I. baited Kingdom. Gen. Peel could have signed that order. His lord- Mr. Simps on was called, and. proved that he ship referred to the proceedings which in ancient knew the two mon, Read and Thompson, in Jan. times were supposed to take place in inferis, where 1854. At tha t tu ne the y carried on business in the the judge castigatque anditque dolos ; but in so low C a ledonian-ror us oilmen. They owed him some a tone as to be at times quite inaudible. As we money, but h e could never get it. They passed understood his lordship, he drew a comparison be- there as broth era. tween the proceedings below and those in the War- M r . Inspec toi • Whicher said he had received office, rather in favour of the latter and exculpated several lettefs, cc ,mplaining not only of the com- Gen. Peel from the imputation of deciding against pany represented by the prisoners, but of numerous the plaintiff without investigation, at the same time others. time that his lordship expressed his regret that Mr. Corrie—Al id so have I. such affairs should be proceeded with in a manner Mr. Whicher (continued) --The names of the to incur such risks. It was to be regretted that other companies complained of are the St. James's the plaintiff could not have been tried by a court- Advance Fund, Z. 1, St. James's-street, London. martial, where, from his lordship's own experience Mr. Corrie-1 'e the prisoners connected with while at the bar, he was able to say justice was that society ? fairly and satisfactorily Administered. But, where Mr. Inspector Whicher—No ; the others are the a court-martial could not be held, it seemed that Commercial Lot in Association, 9, Worcester-street , there was no mode of proceeding w here j ustice S., London ; th' General Loan and Discount Com could be satisfactorily administered. Great coin- pany, Gordon-s ,t reet, W. London ; and the Metro plaints had been made of the mode in wh ich the p olitan and Pro vincial dredit Company, 2, Arthur inquiry at the War-office had been conducted , and street, Oxford!-t ;treet, London. He thought the he (Lord Campbell) must say that it would have beot plan for t 3 provincial papers to adopt would been more proper if Lord Wilton, who was in b e , when they — receive the advertisments, to refer fact the accuser, had attended. His lordship made to their London agents, for it appeared that when some observations on the non-publication of the they im,crted t advertisements they did not get report of that board, and proceeded to con- their *money. (A laugh.) The prisoner Smith had demo the private interviews which had taken been convicted of stealing a copper. When the place between Lord Wilton and Lord Combermere. prisoners were a; nprehended in Tavistock -place there That was what a common law judge in this country could be no dou. bt that they intended to start a fresh would spurn instantly; though in foreign countries company, for he found a number of new circulars , such practices as soliciting the judges prevailed. and two impress ions in wax, of seals, engraved- These private interviews between Lord Wilton and g , Tavistock Adva. Ice Company," and " Tavistock Lord Combermere were to be regretted, because Advance Investmien t Company, 22, Tavistock-plac e, Lord Wilton was the accuser, and Colonel Dickson Russell-square, Lone, 'on, W.C. ' was the accused, and the judge ought not to have Several other charE ;es having been proved, heard the one except in the presence of the other. Inspector Whiche) e said when the prisoners w ere It was to be regretted that Lord Combermere and taken into custody ht asked the female what she ' the 'War-office did not regulate their proceedings had done with the MC niey she had received from the according to the proceedings which took place in Post - office , when she ) node no re p l y . He then re courts of law. The jury, however, must not allow peated the question, a nd she said something to the their minds to be prejudiced by the constitution of prisoner Thompson, which he could not hear the regimental board, or by the conduct of the board Thompson then said the party who had got th e of inquiry at the War-office ; but the question which money had gone out , ant d God knows where he h ad they would have to decide was, whether, looking , at got to by that time. 'F he prisoner Read called t he all the circumstances of the case, the defendant female prisoner his sun_ t several times. (Lord Wilton) from other motives than a sense of Sergeant Devitt, 22said he had had the pri- - duty, wrote the letters of the 26th of May and the soners Read and Thomi ),Ron in custody in May, 18 55, 24th of July. If in writing them Lord Wilton was on a charge of obtaininA- a quantity of sulphate of actuated only by a sense of duty, he was entitled to barytes by false preter twes, of the value of about a verdict ; but if, without having anypersonal spite £24, from Mr. T. and I Stevens, of Matlock, is against Colonel Dickson he was actuated by a feel- Derbyshire, when they w ere sentenced to 12 months ing of irritation, and a wish to have the plaintiff hard labour. They then i passed as brothers. removed from the regiment, or in weakness surren - Mr. Lewis , jun., an, a Mr. Wakeling at s ome dered himself to the adjutant, Captain Foley, who length addresse d the mag. istrate for their respective framed the indictment against the plaintiff, he was clients, and contended t hat there was no cafe answerable for what he had done from other mo- against Thompson and the woman. tives than a sense of duty, and the jury ought to Mr. Corrie discharged St nith, and committed the find a verdict for the plaintiff. His Lordship said other prisoners for trial. .He would, however, re the next question was whether the plea of justifica- mand them for a week. tion was substantially proved, for, if it was, that Mr. Inspector Whicher said he thought he s hould was an answer to the action, and the jury must find be prepared with further evidence against Thom?' their verdict for the defendant. His Lordship then son. went through the various charges seriatim, and Mr. Corrie refused bail. said it was for the jury to say whether or not they were proved. His Lordship said the jury must find all the charges proved in each plea before they could find a verdict for the defendant on the several pleas of justification, but if they found any of the charges proved, that ought to weigh in mitigation of damages. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and were twice called back in consequence of some dis satisfaction expressed by the counsel of the de fendant with his Lordship's ruling in point of law, and they were directed to find their verdict on each issue separately. After an absence of about two hours the jury returned into court, and found for the plaintiff on all the issues, negativing the defendant's bona fides and pleas of justification, and assessing 2001. as damages for the slander, and Si. for the libels. - The court and avenues were densely crowded throughout the trial, and when the verdict was given some applause burst from the friends of the plaintiff, which was immediately checked by the officers of the court. But as soon as the audience had reached the outside of the court, they, and a crowd which had assembled, uttered shouts of triumph as the plaintiff got into a cab and drove away. T- I THAMES.—John Purcell, a tall sun-burnt Irish" man, who has been a police-constable in Australia, and only returned to this country on Monday, Wt charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself and his money, and also with refug' ing to pay a cab fare. George Turner, a cab-driver, said he was h oed by the prisoner to take him to the East lua u ' Docks, and his fare came to 9s. Mr. Yardley—Nine shillings ; how is that ? Turner—Two shillings was my fare for taking him and another man to the East India Docks' and then I charge 7s. for waiting three hours an d a half. The prisoner and his friend drank a go o l deal of liquor, and I was obliged to drive him aro his friend to the station-house. Mr. Yardley asked the prisoner if he was willing to pay the cab-driver. The prisoner —Yes, sir. lam much obliged t° him for the care he has taken of me and my mone,:,' I was appointed to the police force which left tin; country for Australia a few years ago, and ha , ' only just returned. Mr. Yardley—l perceive by the police-sheet yl had a large sum (xso) about you, and that is safe. You ought to give the cabman someth inb for his loss of time. The prisoner said he was most willing to do 0 . ..° 1 and hoped the magistrate would at once r elcar him, as he wanted to leave London for Dut i/n% this day. a Mr. Yardley—Very well ; pay the cabman, X ll go where you please. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Feb. 15. BOW -STREET.--Two dissipated-lookieg women were charged with stealing wearing apparel under the following circumstances :-- The elder prisoner, Mary Ann Stratford, was in the habit of dressing herself in such a way as to induce the belief that she was far advanced in preg nancy. In. this disguise she presented herself at the residence of several medical men, and, assuming a languid air, solicited charity, or a recommenda tion to some hospital, and during the absence of the servant from the hall, contrived to possess her self of any portable articles that might be hanging there, and then disappeared. In this way she stole a coat from the house of Dr. Morgan, in Charlotte street, Fitzroy-square. The second prisoner, Mary Maxwell, was usually employed to pledge the articles thus stolen, and at once pleaded guilty on being placed at the bar, stating that she was " given to drink," and " did not know what she was about half the time." Two separate cases having been proved, The prisoner Stratford, while admitting her guilt in one case, strongly protested that she was innocent of the charge preferred against her by Dr. Morgan. She called Heaven to witness that the doctor was mistaken as to her identity, adding that "she did not want more put upon her than she was, guilty of." She declared that she never entered the doctor's house in her life. Dr. Morgan—l am certain this was the woman (pointing to Stratford, an extremely slender female) who said she was nine months gone. (A laugh.) The prisoner protested, how - ever, that she Was innocent, and implored the magistrate to send for the real woman, who lodged in the same house, and who was very near her confinement. (This was done, but no such person could be found, or had ever lived there). His worship committed both the prisoners to six months' hard labour. WORSHIP-STREET.—Edward Driscoll, 25, well known as an associate of skittle sharpers, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with stealing four sovereigns, the moneys of Richard Neale, a young man residing at Heckford, near Reepham, m the county of Norfolk. The prosecutor said—l came from home on Sa turday last with this carpet bag, and a trifle more than four pounds in gold. Well, this morning, about 10 o'clock, while passing along Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street, I met a respectable-looking old gentleman, wearing a long black coat. He got into conversation with me, and said as how he was a, cattle dealer, but to my mind he was like a parson ranter. He asked me to have a sup of beer, and we went into a public house handy ; then a young man came in, a stranger to botlf'bf us, but somehow the old gentleman and he got chatting, and it was pro posed between them that one should try to throw a 141 b. weight 35 yards for a wager of mutton chops, wine, and cigars. They asked me to go and see all fair, and we went to the Three Loggerheads, near to Shoreditch' church. On entering the skittle ground, I for the first time saw the prisoner, and after a short game, in which he played very badly with another person, he offered to wager a £5 note against four sovereigns that he would knock the skittles down in a certain number of throws, but I now forget how many. Well, the money was posted on one of the seats, but without even attempting to throw, he suddenly snatched all of it up and ran out. I only turned to secure my carpet bag, and then following, caught him about 50 yards from the house, and took him back, but when a police officer came, only ls. 7d. was found upon him. Mr. D'.Eyncourt—What is your business iu Lon don ? Prosecutor—l came to look for a situation, if I could find one, in the police. I can soon send for my character, if you want it. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Now, listen to me. I have determined upon sending this man before a jury, and I am also determined that you shall prosecute him. Not only the money you have been robbed of, but perhaps more than six times the amount, may be offered for you not to appear against him, but you must do so. We are well acquainted with these tricks of sharpers, and several of the rogues have escaped in consequence of their victims being tampered with during a remand. lam resolved to put a stop to this, by holding the complaining par ties bound over in heavy recognisances to attend the trial. Every endeavour will be made to appre hend the accomplices of the prisoner. The police constable must not allow you to go away, and you will now enter into a solemn obligation to attend here when required, and also at the sessions. The prosecutor was then bound over in his own recognisances of £lOO. CLERKENWELL.--John Morris Read, alias John Campbell, Samuel Thompson, Ann Thompson, alias Barnett, and Thomas Smith (the latter of whom has been convicted of stealing a copper), who have lately been ca rr y in g on b usiness as the Mercantile Loan Fund Association , 2 , Weymouth terrace, New North-road, London, were brought up on remand, charged with conspiracy to defraud. The particulars of the former examinations have already appeared in this journal. So extensive has been the business carried on by the prisoners, that although the case has been remanded for a fort night, both Mr. Corrie and Inspector % hither (who has charge of the case) continue daily to COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—FEB. 11. We had a fair attendance of both town and country I lers and dealers at our corn exchange this morning, but:t','A sales proceeded only very slowly, and holders were fort7it to submit to a reduction of about ld per cental on w il l ;5 and 2d on flour ; it was not possible, however, to obtain tt l i t concession on choice qualities. Indian corn was little d e in, and there is no change to notice in value. Oats nn,, oatmeal are both steady at very full prices. Egyptian be' are held finuly. read and barley aeareely inquired for. LEEDS—FEB. 15. "li' The supply of wheat is good, but mostly in p o ar cor, , tion, and such meets with little attention ; fine dry sair l l ) :L e d are held for last week's rates, but the business transa cl 'o is on a limited scale. Barley as before. Beans rather niAr plentiful. - Averages for the week : Wheat .5,133 qrsr., at 41s 61d Barley . ...... . . 1,039 „ 3ss 4d Oats l7B „ 24s 2d Rye ll „ 34s. 8d Beans 29 „ 42s 6d Peas •• • 5 7, 42s Od Arrivals this week : Vv ~ Wheat . 2,829 qrs. Oats Barley Beans Rapeseed 4OO Linseed ... NORWICH CATTLE—FEB. 12. There was a large show of store cattle to-day, consis ti .l of Scots, shorthorns, Irish, and Devons. Sales were ve " dull, but at the close of the market one-fourth remained 011 ,: sold. The selling price for Scots was 4s to 4s 6d ; sh otr horns, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Irish, 3s 6d to 4s per stone of 141; estimated weight when fat. Fat beasts firm at 7s 6d to —very prime, 8s 6d per stone. Sheep—Fat sheep, 8s Od to Bs6d, prime Lots 9s per stone'. A good show, and sales firm. Pigs—Good store pigs, 15s to 20s per head. Fat p OJ3 ' 5s 6d to Cs, prime 6s 641 per stone. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—FEB. 15. to Eastern Counties, 12 9-16— Midland, 1028 g--Ches. and Holyheads, 48 4—Caledonians, 85g 5g —Lancaslof, and Yorkshire, 95k—London and North-Westerns, 96 6 1 East Lancashire, 951 61—Dutch Rhenish,' 5475 Grand Trunk of Canada, 7t 7k—Great Western, 562 Great Western of Canada, 15i 16—Dovers, 22 5-16 --North British, 621—York and North Midland, 78/1, 4 . Berwicks, 941—Leeds Northern, 481 48I—North vv 4o , tern, 13I—Leeds, 48I—Great Northern, 105 106--DP"- A, 88 89—Sheffields, 38g. LEEDS—FEB. 15. Midlands, 1023—Great Westerns, 564 Leeds, Bt ford, and Halifax, 2 pm—North Western, 13 11-16- 40 ' Northern A, 881—Merrifield Mine, 4s dis. MANCHESTER—FEB. 15. There was an active business doing, and prices tether firm. Leeds, 96—D overs , 24—Eastern Counties, 12 , j 1 e . Sheffields, 381—Londons, 96S—North British, 621-- - ,,tf l t donians, 85R—Berwicks, 94—Grand Trunks , Western, 561. BIRMINGHAM—FEB. 15. The closing prices in market to-day were as f0110w5...,* Midlands, 102—North Staffords, dis.—Birmingham Stour Valleys, B—South Staffords, 11 I.—North NV'est -13 11-16. BIRTHS. CORBETT.—On the 13th inst., at 13, York-terrace, Le, ingten, tha wife of Henry Corbett, Esq., of Tilstollv Lodge, Cheshire, of a son. GODFREY.—On the 14th inst., at Cheriton Bishop, Devon the wife of J. It R. Godfrey, Esq., of a son. WARDALE.—OR the 14th inst., at the Rectory, Orchest°l/ St. Mary, the wife of the Rev. J. Wardale, of a son. Woon.--On the 14th inst., at 49, St. George's-road, 0/ ‘ cleston-square, the wife of Joseph Wood, Esq., of a son' MAARIAGES „ ti ter STRACHEY..—GRA.NT.—On the 4th ult., at Calcutta, A Richard Strachey, Bengal Engineers, to Jane, dauP of the Hon. J. P. Grant, Member of Council of Govero ° General of India. Woon---Eiaas.—On the 15th inst., at St. Bartholomewi the Less, the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., assistant chaP l l , .) of St. Bartholomew's Ho s pit a l , t o J ane El ean or, t' t daughter of the late J o h n Ellis, Esq of Denbigh-str ee Pimlico. DEATHS. COLE.—On the 13th inst., at Lisson-grove, Mr. Min C° lc ' aged 68. D A B V e I n D g S a N A r . — m O y. n the 14th inst., at his residence, Susse % : terrace, Hyde-park, Lieut.-Colonel - W. Waiter Davids c " e r a Don]).—On the 14th inst., at Brightwell,nearWalling o- i Mr. Wm. Dodd, aged 84. the inst., at 23, Cadogan-place, the In Lady Duff; widow of General the Hon. Sir Alex. Du G.C.H., and mother of the Earl of Fife. DWIGHT.—On the 16th ult., at Belize, Honduras, Del 3 , ll M; Assistant Commissary-Gen. G. S. Dwight, youngest P°,l, of W. M. Dwight,.Esq., of the Camberwell New -r° aged 30. filer KING.—On the 13th inst., at Edmonton, Mr. N. a King, aged 55. • it Monnis.--At Richmond, Surrey, Frances, eldest sun"- „. 17 ir sister of the late Sir John Morris, Bart., of Sketty-r' Glamorganshire, aged 80. ---4- IST, TT at LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO Yu of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N°' of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the colaw Middlesex, Wednesday, Februar 18, 1859, `~ .....