The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-13 00:00:00

VOLUNTEER CORPS. ST. PANCRAS. Last night a numerous meeting of the inhabi tants of St. Pancras was held at the vestry hall for the purpose of promoting the formation of a rifle corps in the district. Mr. CAMERON, churchwarden,Whb was called to the r . /lair, said that the meeting was convened in consequence of a requisition of ratepayers to the -vestry, who were asked to have the sense of the parish taken as to whether they would join in that movement, which was now universal from the north of Scotland to the south of Englan 1. He looked -upon the present as essentially a peace movement, andit to show that it was such they had amongst them the Rev. Canon Dale, the vicar of the parish. (Cheers.) They might have joined the neighbour ing parish of Marylebmie, but it would be incon venient for them to 'go for drill in Wormwood Serubbs. They had a population of 200,000, and out of that number they ought to be able to form a respectable corps of their own. (Hear-) He hoped it would be no exclusive corps, but that its ranks would be open to all corners. (Hear.) He did not believe that there would be an invasion of the coml . try„butfr it was w ise to be prepared to meet any eventuality. (Hear.) A letter was read from Lord Fermoy, dated from . Ireland, expressing his, approvatof the object of the meeting and his regret at not being able to attend. The Roy. Canon DALE proposed the first resolu tion. He agreed with the chairman that this was a. peace movement, because there was no bettor Preservative of peace in the `vicinity of a powerful neighbour than to be prepared to ward off any blow that-might be intended. If he had any doubt on that,point it was removed by the resolution which he had to propose, and which affirmed that the meeting, though earnestly desirous that friendly relations ,sheturd 'continue to .exist with foreign states, was deeply impressed with the conviction that the training of the people to the use of arms was the most effectual means of averting the calamities of war and securing the advantages of peace and commercial prosperity, and that it was therefore desirable that a rifle brigade should be formed in the parish. He sincerely desired that friendly relations might exist between France and England, He recollected the time indeed when the two countries regarded themselves as natural enemies, frit he hoped the time was come when they might regard themselves as natural allies. (Hear.) The people of this country did not want to attack any other nation. All they wanted was to preserve their own,and with God's assistance they would he able to accomplish that object. (Cheers.) They had recently seen it stated that great nations should not fear but appreciate each other. Well, by this movement they showed that they did not fear, but that they appreciated their , neighbours, and when the British people became, as lie hoped it would, the British *army under the influence of the present movement, they could roll back any army that might assail them, and not leave a man to tell the tale except those who might be spared by the mercy'of the victors. (Cheers.) That being their position, that the arming of the people was the most effectual means of maintaining peace,then came the necessary conclusion of the resolution that it was desirable and necessary that a volun teer rifle corps should be at once formed in the parish, and that the meeting should give it its sup port. Why should the parish of St. Pancras be the last to come forward in the defence of what all men held dear ? He trusted that the movement would be no class movement, but that the mechanics and artisans, who had a great stake in the peace and prosperity of the country, should be called forth to stand in its defence. (Hear, hear.) Those persons who like himself were disqualified by pro fession. and by years from joining in the ranks should provide a substitute. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe that the Emperor Napoleon desired to invade this country • but he was at the head of a powerful army, and he might not always be able to restrain their wishes and warlike propensities. They ought, therefore, to g uard against being taken unprepared. He would aso recommend them not to be over confident. The time was when it was the general belief in England that every English man could beat two Frenchmen. (A laugh.) But he believed the French were the best soldiers on the continent—he did not say they were the best off the continent—and as he was armed thrice who had his quarrel just, there was no,boasting in say ing that an Englishman at home was equal to a Frenchman abroad. . (Hear, hear.) Their • great national poet said : "Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, Bear it, that the opposer may beware of thee " (Hear.) That was the feeling that ought to animate the people of England at that moment. (Hear, hear.) On still higher authority he would say to them, " Be. of gOod'courage ; play the man for the cities of your God, and the Lord do what seenteth him good." (Cheers.) Mr. BIKER seconded the motion. As a man of peace and ajustice of the peace, he cordially seconded theresolution.: lie had in his early days witnessed the horrors of war, and he 'did not wish to see them again, particularly in his own country, but he felt assured that the best mode of ,preventing such scenes was to be prepared to repel invasion, if such, a thing Was contemplated.' He did not in the least suspect the Emperor of the.Freneb of a desire or intention to invade a country where he had been so well received as a guest ; but they were told not to put their trust in princes, but in God and their own right arm. Therefore he asked them to join the, movement. (Hear, hear.) The motion was put and carried unanimously.. Mr. FISHER moved the second resolution. to the effect, that in order to establish an efficient . corps it was desirable that the subscription for effective members should be £1 ls.,and the &Mations for honorary members should be £5 ss. . Mr. Ross, jun., seconded-the resolution. Mr. E. JAMES, M.P., said he intended to defer to a general meeting of his constituents, which he had tailed for the 16th of January, for.. the - purpose of addressing them on that and other. topics, any ex pression of opinion on this subject; but -finding that there was a strong 'feeling in . the parish on the ques tion of the volunteer movement, he thought it to be his duty to appear amongst them. He believed that any intention of_ an invasion of England was far from the mind of the Emperor Napoleon ; but they must recollect that he was an autocrat. (Hear, hear.) He did not use that word ofninsively, but to indicate that everything depended on the will of one man. ,(Hear, hear.) They knew .that, on the Ist of January last, an intimation of hostility was given to Austria. which ended in a declaration of war. Now, in England they loved freedom too well to be liked by the other nations of Europe. A country, therefore, like England ought to be at least pre pared to meet any attempt that might be made against her. .In a country which possessed no free press and no constitutional government where the question of pace or. war could be discussed, it was of the utmost importance that we should be pre pared to meet any emergency that might arise. He did not meats to say more than that. They heard of great naval armaments in France, of depots for her steamers in her arsenals. Was not this calcu lated to make England feel uneasy'-(hear, hear) — and to make them ask if nil this was meant for England. (Hear.) As a military nation, they were ready to ackno4edge the high position of France; but the commerce of France was not so extensive as to require the protection of such a navy as she possessed and was preparing. For whom, then, were these' itt4shty armaments intended ? He did not say they were intended' for them, ,be cause he dill not bslieve that the Emperor Napo leon dreamed or 'slaking war upon them at that moment. He relieved that the Emperor Napo leon was te:er' sagacious for that, but they could not tell what might take place when the question of war depended on the fiat of one man. (Hear.) Under such circumstances it.was the duty of Eng land to be I.repared for any eventuality... (Hear.) Ile hoped the present movement would be entered 11 1 30 n seriously and solemnly, and not - for the pur pose of mere display. He th ere f ore hoped that th e Working class whose patriotism and love of country were as-sincere as those of any other class would be enabled to take part in it. ( heat%) He hoped it , was not got up in order that a Lord May or as such 'should b e t h e colonel, and an alderman as such the captain of th e corps. (near.) They were much better employed •i n presiding •at dinners at the Mansion-house than in playing at so ldi ers . (Hear.) He supp or t e d the movement, because it tsmded to spread a feeling of loyalty amongst the people. IL, dianot believe tlifit thjzige of chivalry 'was dead amongst the - people of England, but that they were still prepared to take arms, not for the purpose of carrying the horrors of war into other countries, hut to prevent them, and to show their love of country and their devotion to the crovsn. The motion was then put and adopted. On the motion of Mr. WYATT, which was seconded by Mr. Ross, sen., a committee was appointed to carry out the foregoing resolutions._ i _ Captain WILK H tssos, of the gh z . l c/a. teßifles, mace some practical and useful ohserratio d n . s on rifle corps; after which the meeting separate an, TilE Bninsu (Ath e neetem) nettnee With great satisfaction that the trustees of the Bri. , tiSh. Museum have at len;:7th taken into serious considera tion the difficulties, in which they are placed by our vast accumulation of literary and scientific treasures. Something will now, we trust,. be done. At a very full meeting of the board, after considerable discus ,, ,ion as to the principle of separation, the trustees have appointed a sub-committee to consider and report on the subject. The Speaker of the House of Commons, as representative of the powers that pay, is to act as chairman of the sub-committee. ismavioti 1., LONDON, TtEBDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1,2, 18ta 1 ~r 1 (1111 LAW INTELLIGENCE, Dec. 12. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Frills, at Guildhall, before Mr., Justice. Blackburn and agommon Jury.) AI MITAGE V. CIIAPLIN. Mr. E. James and Mr. H. James were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Petersdorff and Mr. B. C. Robinson for the defendant. This was an action for breach' of promise of mar, singe. Mr. E. James stated that the plaintiff, a very ire- spectable young lady, had: brought this action to recover damages from the defendant for having broken his engagement to marry 'her, -ander very trying circumstances. The plaintiff and defendant ' became acquainted in 1855, and an attachment was formed which continued until the latter end of 1858, when defendant chose to break it Offon the pretence that he was too ill to marry her; but at that very time it would appear that he was actually paying his addresses to another young lady, whom he mars vied last September. Defendant had visited the plaintiff's friends during the courtship, and par taken of their hospitality, and she and her friends had visited defendant at his country house at Syden ham. lie had sent her presents . trom time to time; and written about - 375 letters to her, and promised her marriage. The plaintiff had bees much attached to the defendant, and-when it was broken off re ceived a severe shock. in consequence. David Wilkin e -I, am the -plaintiff's uncle, and senior partner in the firm of Wilkin and Pugh, of St. 111ary-"axe. My wife and I brought up and educated the plaintiff, who is now 24 years old. In 1855 she was shopwoman and manager at Mr. Turner's, a confectioner in the South-Eastern 'Railway Arcade. The defendant then ,kept a jeweller's and watchmaker's shop in the, arcade. After a communication from the plaintiff to me the defendant was introduced, and visited at my house two or three tithes a week, and occasionally dined there, and I introduced him to my sisteras the gen tleman who was paying' his addresses to my niece. He paid her very marked attention, and visited at my house for two years. I understood that he had taken a house at Forest-hill, and I gave my niece permission to visit him there: I heard that my niece went to see the defendant's friends. Irk the spring of 1858 I was negotiating for a business in the confectionery line . at - Cheltenham for my son, and intended that the plaintiff should go there to manage it for him.. I asked- the defendant if he would have any objection to her going. He said, " No, his circumstances at present would not per mit him to marry her," and he then made no com , plaint of ill health or chronic disease. In the course of that year my niece received these two letters from the defendant : "My darling Girl,—l hope dear, you got home quite safe last night.. It was better, indeed, dear girl, to tell you last night. Ido so hope, dear, you do not doubt me--do you now, my girl ? I love you as much as ever, dear ; and I think of you the same day by day as I am the same Robert, dear Clara, awl always Was. " Good bye, dearest Clara, " With best love, your affectionate, "ROBERT." "Dear Clara.—lf you leave England, 'dear, I must and will -see you before you go, to tell you, dear, that I am the same to you as I ever was. I love and honouryou,:dear good heart, and truly think, dear, there is not a better woman on this earth. I am afraid, dear, I have sunk much in your love ; 0, but do not for a moment think it is for any cause I would not marry you, but the one I have told you, dear girl. You have not thought so of my sisters and mother, as they have not a word or thought in it. Pardon me, dear, for writing this to make it painful to you, but I must do it, and wish 1" . could bear the pain for you. - why do you say I shall not know whereyou go, and bow you are, dear? ' • " Good bye, dear girl, with best love, yOur ever affec tionate "'ROBERT." In consequence of these letters and what was com municated to me, I called on the defendant, and asked if it was true as to his inability to marry. He said it was true. I told him I did - not believe it, and that I should watch him very narrowly. I asked for his doctor's name; and he gave me the name of O'Neil, Aldersgate-street. He - said nothing about the plaintiff's having rescinded the contract. I said, " Young-gentleman, if I find you have been deceiv ing' my niece, I'll punish you." My niece has been living at home about 12 months, ever since she left her situation at Highgate?- The defendant is about 26*years of age. • • Cross-examined—The plaintiff was assistant to a pastry-cook. She left the arcade about two years ago, and went to another situation at Highgate. In September, 1858, the plaintiff and defendant met laet; I cannot . say I have seen them together for the last two years, as I do not interfere with that department. (A laugh.) He never represented to me that the business in the arcade belonged to' hiS father, nor do I know it. It is a small -shop; but a very profitable -one. Re-examined'—The defendant was in the Artillery Company, and sent my niece his portrait in the company's uniform. The defendant's photograph -in the uniform of the Artillery Company was then put in'in evidence, and also an invoice describing the business as the de fendant's. Martha Pearse—l am sister to the last witness, and aunt to the plaintiff. I was introduced to the ,defendant'as - the gentleman who was paying his addresses to Clara. Since the match was broken off the plaintiff has been very - different to what she was. In fact she hays been ill. They appeared partially attached, and he always behaved as if he intended to Make her his wife. Alfred Wilkin—l am a cousin of the plaintiff. I became scquainted with the defendant through the plaintiff. He told'me that the rent and taxes of his shop earneto about £l5O per year. He is now living in rather a handsome eight-roomed house at Forest-hill. I have seen him riding on horseback and in a chaise, his own, I believe. • Mr. Sergeant Petersdorff—The defendant was rather fond of show, was he not ? Witness—Wells I think he was rather fast. (A la_ugh.) • Mary Ann am a cousin of the plain tiff. ••••I went to Forest-hill once - to the defendant's house there, with my cousin, who presided at -the table. The defendant was two years and nine months paying his addresses - to the plaintiff, and I considered glut they svere engaged- persons, and that he was going to marry the plaintiff when he was in a position' to do so. Ceoss-examined—The house at Forest-hill was a small cottage, not the same as that in which he now lives. Margaret Wilkhf, another cousin of the plaintiff, gave similar testimony to the last witness. John Fisher--4 am a baker and confectioner at Highgate. The plaintiff came as shopwoman to me in Nov., 1856, and left at Christmas, 1858. in the latter part of the service sl -- e fretted very much, and did not attend to the business. 'I did not know the cause, and told her she had better leave. John Chandler—l was at the defendant's wed ding breakfast, and heard him return thanks. Mr. James—l believe it was a very gay one ? Witness'—A gay one !It was very much after the 'fashion of my oWTI. Amelia Spaekman—The defendant married my eldest daughter. Op the 20th Jan., 1858, the de fendant naked my permisSion to pay•his addresses to my daughter. My daughter had been previously visiting in London for about six weeks, at the Chap lins, among others. My daughter has received £1,200 since the inarriage.'. I believe the defen dant rentsilie house at'Forest-hill of his father. The fellowing'was put in evidence as a specimen of ttie defendant's letters to• the plaintiff : • "My own dear, dear Clara,—lf you only knew the great anguish of my mind you 'would forgive me,' I know, for causing so much unhappiness to one I do so dearly love, end one I know to be the best and dearest girl on earth. I say this coolly, dear, for I am the sante as always, 'and would not tell you a falsehood. .-I know, dear, lam greatly to blame in letting you go to ingligate; but Lthought of what you said on my first love `and respect for you, that you did not mind waiting for some time for me; and I am cer tain ron will not find any one who would think and make it his duty to do more to make you. happy, &c. P.S.—My dear girl, do receive-this as it comes from me from the very depth of my heart ; and do not think, because I let you-go home alone by.yoursolf, I lova you any the less, but more and more every day, and my only wish is I was near you. now to- ask your forgiveness iu .person, and give me ono dear kiss." Mr. E. James then addressed the jury at the close of the plaintiff's case, and said that the de fendant's answer to this action would be a mere ap peal to them in mitigation of damages. It was a mere pretence to suggest that the business belonged to the father, as he was in court, and did not deny that it belonged to his son. As an act of justice to the plaintiff, something like,a reason or suggestion should be given in palliation of the defendant's con duct-, but the defendant gave none.- It was clear, said the learned' counsel, that lie had seen Miss Spackman, and intended to throw the plaintiff off when he set up the pretence of inability to marry her. Mr. Sergeant Peterttdmff addressed the jury for the defendant, and said that other parties were in terested in the inquiry besides the defendant, and exhorted the jury not to give such damages as would in effect he to masse the defendant's wife to pay them out of the few hundreds she had received on her marriage, and hefurther reminded them that the proper test was to consider the defendant's posi Lion before his marriage, and then estimate what the plaintiff had lost by the breach of the englgc— !teat. : Of that the plaintiff's present house and meaßs were not the criterion. • The learned Judge having summed up the case, The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff 11'11111e c 'lllag es iL i ol jury, . l. at the sitting of the court,. complained that they shopld be a stu d nm su O g, n o. e e d st e e v d etiy o day n , and detained the whole day , the judge that a part should be sum moned on alter nate days. The learned judge said he felt the hardship, but NUE SUN; did not see the remedy. However, to-morrow - he would not call on any of those gentlemen who had already served, until all the names of the others had been called, and the defaulters fined: . COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) Tina' V. THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. This was one. of several actions which have arisen out of the lamentable fall of the geometrical stone ,staircase at the Polytechnic in January last. In one action, tried at .Kingston, a verdict of £lO was recovered. In another, there was a nonsuit. In the present instance (in which the trial coin inenced on Saturday) the evidence was lengthy and contradictory. The declaration charged that the defendants, the directors of the institution, had so carelessly constructed and maintained the staircase that it fell, the plaintiff being ene of the injured parties. The evidence for the plaintiff was heard on • Saturday: . • , . The evidence for the defendants was now heard, and took up the greater part of the.day. ' It was admitted that the building was erected before it waS'leased to the institution in 1838; so that they had nothing to do With the original con struction of the staircase. The staircase was found in 18.8 very much worn, and it was deemed neces sary to repair the step's, which was done by letting in an iron trellis into each step, cutting away the stone to the depth of an inch and a quarter, and fining Up the interstices of the ironwork with con crete or cement. On the evening of the 3d of January, while people were descending the stair case, it broke away from the top-landing, all the steps breaking off close to the wall. The witnesses for the plaintiff stated that the stones' had been weakened or split by the operation of cutting them to let in the ironwork. The witnesses for the de fendants stated that the cause of the catastrophe was the want of a•prnper "joggle-joint" at the point of junction between the top stair and. the landing. Which was an original defect in the constraction of the Staircase hefOre the building came into the pos session of the defendants. 'They also spoke. to a defect in the stone itself (hy reason of fossils, in it),. ,both defects being latent, and, not discernible by ordinary care. Part of- the case for the defendants . w as that the cutting into the,steps 'to let in the iron could not . have caused the break, because stone staircases in various public buildings had been safely repaired by letting in stone slabs of. greater thickness than the ironwork in the present instance. One of the defendants' witnesses, ,Mr., M. Nelson,. an arphiteet of eminence, expressed his decided opinion, which he said ho had entertained for years, that geometrical staircases were 'unsafe and improper for public buildings, because sudden jerks or vibrations struck hidden flaws and produced ac cidents. 'He added, , however,.. that • the •most eminent architects were of a contrary opinion, .and continued to erect such staircases for public build- in gs. The Lord Chief Justice laid it down that if - the accident arose from an original defect, either in the material or the construction of tho staircase, the defendants having, taken it as safe would not be liable. His lordship left it to the jury, on the whole case, whether that was so, or whether, if the mode of repair adopted was i m p ro p er and was the cause of the catastrophe, there was any negligence on the part of the defendants in allowing it to be adopted. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— mages, £l5O. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. J. T. Clark were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. J. Brown for the defendants. Two similar actions by the same person on behalf of two of his chihlren were tried at the same time by the same jury, and a verdict of £25 in each case was given. COURT OF EXCIIEQUER. ;Sittings at Nisi Prius before the LOrd Chief Baron and a Special Jury.) BRIDGES V. .BAKER.—TnE SOUTH ESSEX•ELECTION This was an action brought by the .plaintiff, Air. William ,Bridges, the proprietor of the Green Dragon, Bishopsgate-street, against Mr. Wingfield Baker, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate at the late election fol. the Southern Division of ESsex. The declaration stated that the plaintiff sued the defendant for the use and occupation of certain rooms in the Green Dragon, used us committee rooms, kir Meat, drink, and lodging supplied to the defendant and others, at his request, and on an account stated. . The defendant simply' pleaded "Never indebted." Mr. Bovill and Meadows were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Woollett represented the defendant. • 'Mr. Bovill opened the case for the plaintiff, and stated the chief circumstances, from which it ap-. is arecl that at the last general ele . etion tt , e Green )ragoii had been used :is the head-quarters of the .oudon Committee of Mr. Wirprfield Baker, the Liberal candidate for South Eisex, and that after the contest plaintiff sent in a bill to Al r. Baker for the use of rooms and for refrtAments to the eorn-' rnittee,'&e., amounting to 1;172 17s. 4d., of which Mr. Baker had paid £lOB 45., but disputed his liability as to the balance, £64 13s. 4d. Mr. Frederick Smith examined—l am. a mem ber of the bar. . Mr. Wingfield Baker was the unsuccessful candidate for Seitth Essex at the last election. In 1857 he' successfully contested the division. I was a very active member of his committee: • The' committee 'in 1857. consisted. chiefly of Mr. Tindal. Atkinson and myself. lie was the expense agent, and called me on. At the last election, in the spring of this year, Mr. lames Parker, of Chelmsford, wlis the cx - pense agent. Mr. James—What an " expense agent" is I do not know. We all know what an expensive agent is. (Laughter.) Mr. Bovill—lle Was the general gent. Exaniihation continued—l was not the 'chair man: Mr. Gurney, of Lombard-stract, wns•adver tised'as the chairman, but we never saw him. Ho was the ornamental chairman. saw Mr. Baker in reference to tho election ,before the dissolution took place.' I was Very much averse to taking part in the election, but I was much pressed. Mr. Baker . asked abcut my fee, and I said I Would leave it to him. it was arranged that •1 should have 100 guineas. Finding it inconvenient to go home daily, I took up my residence at the Green Dragon. That was with the knowledge of both Mr. Baker and Mr. Parker. Mr.' Littler also came to the Green Dragon. It is important in election matters to Watch how the candidates' speeches . are reported, so that nothing shall appear to injure them with their constituents. Mr. Bilker's.speeches had been mis reported, and part of our duties was to correct them. Mr. Bakti:, and Mr. Parker used to partake of the refreshnients. Sometiines,when 31r. Baker had attended meetings, we had refreshments on our re turn, When correcting the manuscript of the re porter. Perhaps the reporter .had a chop for sup per. Very likely he did if he was not a voter. The account was mude:ont in my name; in order to pre vent,voters coming in and getting refreshments on account of the committee. Ido not . think Mr. Baker or Mr. Parker ever paid anything. There . . is an item in the account for 76 breakfasts at half-a-crown apiece. It was in order to get the canvassers together to bring up the voters to the poll—which had answered so well in 1857, indeed, think that manceuvre won the election in 1857--that I ordered breakfasts to be providei for them. Cross-examined—l looked upon my position in 1859 as a general agent to carry out the election. I was not merely the manager of the London corn= mittee. • •Mr. Gurney was the sleeping chairman, and I was the actin; chairman. 'Mr. James—You never slept at all. (Laughter.) CrosS•eXamination continued—l have, not seen the bill which, has been paid. Mr. Littler was en gaged as an'agent by Mr. Baker to assist him in the conduct of the eleetion. I received £l,OOO from Mr. Baker in three - sums, of £200; £5OO, and £3OO. I will explain this. There were a numberof clerks and eatiYarleers, and when the account was checked they had to be paid on Saturday. I had an account • with my private bankers of £2OO, and I arranged with them fora rower to overdraw, in case I had to pay more on the • Saturday. When Mr. Baker heard this he said, " Oh, you ought to have the money," and he gave me the £5OO. The money was gat given to me to pay for Mr. Baker's refresh ments, or Mr. Parker's sherry. Mr. James—You have used that expression two or three times. Did Mr. Baker ever have a dinner Out of the . account ? %Vitneas—Yes, he dined with me once. There are two bottles of champagne in the bill. That. was when there were two editors who.were very influ ential in the county, and had given In great assist ance in their columns. We asked . them to take something with us,.and we had' the champagne. (Laughter.) I thought that a very legitimate Mode of conducting an election. (Laughter.) The Lon don expenses were not £5,000. The account as certified by the election, auditor is what • I call a fraud on public'eredulitv. (Laughter.) it is made out se as to show that the expenses were very large in London, anal very small in the country. For instance, I do not see the fee of 600 guineas paid to Mr. Parker. Re-examined—l have furnished all the vouchers to Mr. Parker. The hooka were regularly kept. I have no action against or dipute with 'AI r. Baker. the plaintiff in this ac tier), and arn the proprietor of the Green Dragon, in Bishopsgate-street. Before the itzst election . Mr. Pallier, of Chelmsford, came to me, but I objected to have the committee there, on account of the trou ble on previous occasions. Mr. Parker said I must make it convenient, and as the bow had been ad- . . vertised as•.the committee-r00m,,1 took them in. Mr. Parker saidl must make it answer my purpose. I asked him whom I was to look' to for payment, and he said, I will see,that everything is paid." I charged £3 3s. a-day for three rooms, and a guinea a-day for one. All my charges are fair and reason- L able- I sent in my account Shortll2 12s. Mr. Wil son and. Mr. Copeland came to me with the large r I account I had sent in, and said I must alter it in form, because the election auditor would not pass it. I therefore made out separate accounts, according to their instructions. I afterwards accepted a cheque for £99 4s. from Mr. Copeland, on his assuring mo that it would be without prejudice to further claims. Mrs. Bridger, the plaintiff's wife, was then called . and proved - that when she asked to whom some sherry should be booked, Mr. Smith said she 'might enter it to Mr. Littler, of Baker's Committee, for convenience. sake.. Mr. James—Can you give the name of any , per son but Smith and Littler who ever ordered refresh ments ? The Lord. Chief Baron—l suppose not. Mr. Bovill—There are the 76 breakfasts. The Lord Chief Baron—That is charged to the committee-room. • This closed the plaintiffs case.. Mr. Janies submitted there was no evidence of any authority to contract this debt. Why should 'Mr. Baker be liable When there was nothing to show it had been brought to his knowledge that Mr. Smith and Mr. Littler had been eating, drink .. ng, and sleep?ng at the Green Dragon at his ex- pence. The Lord Chief Baron—lt ' might well have entered into his mind if he had seen them there. (Laughter.) Mr. James—But they had had their fee. The Lord Chief Baron—Hit had been an attorney the case might have been different. I thought a barrister had al waYs his fee and his grub. (Laughter) Mr. James—l thought it was always the other way —that the attorney had the best of it. (Great laughter.) The Lord. Chief Baron-1 cannot say ; there is no evidence of 'authority. Mr. Bridger, the plaintiff, was here recalled at Mr. James's request, and stated in reply to ques tions, there might have been two bills, one in Mr. Littler's name and the other to Mr. Baker's com mittee. A Juror—Were both bills, though under different headings, for the purposes of Baker's committee ? Witness—They were. Mr. James, without addressing the jury for the defence, called - - Mr. Albert Copeland, a solicitor, of Chelmsford, who had conducted the election for Mr. Baker, under the direction of Mr. Parker, who proved that he 'had gone to the Green Dragon and given up the committee-rooms. Witness had told the plaintiff, that the £ll7 account was not in a proper shape, and he could not recognise the other for £42 odd as against Mr. Baker at all, because it belonged to Mr. Littler. It had Mr. Littler's name on it. Wit ness agreed to.pay £99 4s. and £9. The £99 4s. was to be paid subject to the election auditor's ap proval. The £9 was advanced to Mr. Roberts, and that was paid at once by witness. He objected to pay for the 76 breakfasts. The Lord Chief Baron—Did you think Mr. Littler was to pay for the breakfasts ? Witness—l thought the payment would be il legal. Cross-examined—l paid Mr. Bridger £99 4s. by a cheque of Mr. Baker's.. That sum was to have nothing to do with any previous account. Mr. James said that now the question was rather one for his lordship than the jury. The Lord Chief Baron—The question is simply whether Mr. Smith and Mr. Littler were to be there as the whole committee in free quarters. Mr. James—The question, I submit, my lord, is whether they had authority to pledge Mr. Baker's credit. The Lord Chief Baron—l think there is evidence of authority. Mr. James—Your lordship will be good enough ,o take a note of my objection. The jury then returned a verdict for the plaintiff :or £64 13s. 4d., the amount claimed. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. (Before F. Bailey, Esq., Judge.) • THE LATE ELECTION FOR MARYLEBON E.—FORSTER V. DICKSON. , . This action, heard on a former day and adjourned for his Honour's consideration, was brought by the plaintiff, publisher of the Panci•as and Ilolborn Times, a local paper, against the defendant, Col. Dickson, the late unsuccessful. candidate for the representation , of the borough of Marylebone, to recover an amount due for 2,000 copies of the said paper, printing certain bills and addresses, and the costs of advertisements relative to the election. Mr. Anderson, as before, was for the plaintiff; and Mr. C. Dod, solicitor,. Great Portland-street, for Coloiiel Dickson, in whose behalf it was alleged, on the case being gone into previously, that a Mr. Watson, tradesman of Tottenham-court-road, had, as an agent for the Colonel, incurred the debt. The Judge now said-4 appears the work claimed for was done,,advertisements published, and paper supplied on orde.r of a Mr. Watson; who, for a short time prior to.the sth July,' acted as agent for the de fendant, although he received no written appoint:- ment as agent up to that day. The sth July was the day of nomination, the 6th the election. The: first item in plaintiffs bill is for 5,000 bills, and the order is dated the 28 th June , signed by Mr. Watson, not as agent of Col. Dickson, but as chairman of Col. Dickson's committee for the election • receipt for those bills is dated I st July, signed Henry Dixon,. secretary. it does not appear who personally.gavd the order for 22,000 addresses, but Mr. Watson says that all articles charged for in plaintiff's account were ordered by his direction. A receipt for the de livery of these 22,000 addresses is produced, signed for H. Dixon, J. W. By section 520 of the act of Parliament there was nothingto limit the right of any creditor to bring any action, or otherwise to pro ceed against any candidate for expenses connected with an election. ~By section 522. personal expenses. of any candidate, and, expenses of advertising in newspapers aforesaid any election, shall be defrayed by the candidate himself, or his authority. These are all provisions of the Corrupt Practices Act which it is material to notice. Upon the facts now stated, I am of opinion that Watson never had . any autho-. rity from defendant to pledge his credit, and plain tiff had no reason to suppose he had any such autho rity. Watson was riot duly constituted an agent of defendant until the sth ,July, and work and goOds for which payment is sought to be recovered in the account were done and supplied before that day. Watson says they were ordered by his direction, but no order wasgiven by any one professing to act as his (defendant's) agent. It further appeared that, a few days before the sth July, defendant authoris'ed Watson to act as his agent, and. handed over to him 500 sovereigns, upon Watson's assurance that that sum would be more than sufficient to defray the defendant's election expenses. Indeed, he gua ranteed that - the expenses should or would not exceed £3OO. By the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act of '1854, section 524, " No Person shall pay any expenses of any election candidate, or to or under authority of an election auditor, except allowed by the art." Sections 22 and 25 said, "The candidate and his agents by him appointed in writing, may Were . the day of nomination pay any lawful and reasonable expenses' of election which he or. they. shall bona • ; fide believe fit and proper to be paid, in readY•money, and payment of which cannot con veniently be postponed." 5-31, the same act says, " Each candidate shall before or at nomination de - - clare to the election auditor, in Writing, the name or names of his agent or agents for election expenses Who shall be appointed, in writing ; and. no other than' such ag;erfts shall have authority to expend any money or incur any expenses, of or relating to an election in the name or on behalf of a candidate, and such agents may pay any of the current ex penses of an election ° necessary to be, paid, in ready money." 'Whatever authority Watson may have had under the written appointment, I consider that he had no authority before that appointment to pledge defendant's credit, for which lie had not even an implied authority, being merely defendant's agent to lay out £5OO in defraying expenSes. It was, however, contended that the subsequent ap pointment of Watson operated fas a ratification of his previous act. There . are no words in the ap - • poiutment expreSsing 'anintent to ratify any pre vious act of Watson,. before whose appointment as anent there was no evidence,to show that Colonel Dickson knew that previously thereto he had pledged his (the Colonel's). credit. His judgment was, therefore, for the defendant with costs. " SEVEN YiAttit." By jULIA. KAVANACIFt, author of "Natlialie," &c., 3 viols.--The publication of this work must add 'still greater celebrity to the reputation of Miss Ka vanagh, who already holds a high po'sition in the first rank of modern novel-writers. Miss Kayanag,h has never suc ceeded to a larger extent in any one of her previous works of fiction than in these' volumes.- We meet In them the same genial spirit she has always manifested, the same morale which , gives such a charm to her thoughts, and the ,same kindliness of purpOse, combined with originality, which male e kly her one of the most popul ar authors .of the day. — W ee Messenger. H [ADvERTISEmENT.I -- o lloway's Ointment and Pills.— 'Heal-alt.—Ss winter approaches the system becomes feeble, and is far more liable to be attacked by disease. F.verybody in the late autumn shou ld take some cooling and purifying niedicine, than which none stands superior to H exe ol loway'its s Pills Now, too, especially will his Ointment rt wholesome influence over all classes of skin diseas, which may be trifling now, but being neglected, Will ere spring, have nUtterially changed for the worse. Nothing, equals Het iloway's Ointment for all external ailments, whether super ficial, deep, simple, or complicated. 'These purifying - Pills exercise the most beneficial action over every Internal organ. From the combined use of Ointment and Pills the body, how soever af fl icted, non. regains tone and vgour. ASSIZE IN TELLIGE'N OE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LivERP ooL, Dee.. 10. The commission was opened on Saturday last in the absence of either of the judges named . in it by Mr. Robert Sowler, Q.C. Mr: .13arc. , n Martin ar rived late in the evening in Liverpool, and.attended divine service at • St. George's-church. yesterday morning. This day (Monday) his lordship pro ceeded to charge the grand jury,,and afterwards to. trythe prisoners named,in the calendar. They are not so numerous: as usual at this perk Id of the year, but the offences are chiefly of a violent description. Cities of manslaughter and stabbing. form a large. proportion of the list. • • The civil business will not comnierrce before Fri. day next, the. 16th, at noon, by which time Mr. Justice Willes is to arrive from Chestier, and pro eeed to try causes. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) ;omas Titherington was indicted for burglary . in the house of William Dodson, at North Meols, and stealing, a drawer, money, and. other property, on the 28th of August. Mr. Ashton CrOss . prosecuted. The offence, was traced home to the prisoner chiefly through the identification by the witnesses of a pair of boots which had boon ctropped,,,, along With the drawer in question, by the thief on that night, and were brought into court. This was seen by the police-constable on duty, who could not speak positively to the prisoner being the man, The evidence of the . shopkeeper who had sold ir similar pair of boots to those produced to the pri soner on the 26th of July, of a companion who had `Seen a similar pair in possession of the prisoner, and of the person in whose house the prisoner lodged, who was called and spoke to the fact of his going out on the Saturday with boots on his feet and re turning on the Sunday morning without any was also taken. The robbery was committed during the night of Saturday. The prisoner defended, himself with some enfty, if not discretion, asking' one of themitnesses if he knew whether he was on, his heels'or 'his head; calling another a liar, and 'making use of the Lancashire idioms in a mariner , which amused the bystanders. The jury found hitn guilty. Sentence deferred. :Bridget Lenaghan was indicted for bigamy with one Patrick Mooney, her first husband being then alive. Mr. Ratites was for the prosecution. • From the opening it appeared that the prisoner was married to her first husband in the year 1843, in the county of Mayo in Ireland, and had been deserted by him in a few months. The second marriage took place in 1854. The judge elicited from the ! second husband that there had been squabbles between him and the prisoner, insomuch that they had not lived together for several years. He o'avearer into custody on this charge. A witness proved that the first husband was alive as recently as the Ist of November last. Thu prisoner declared that she hail not heard of or from her first husband for more than nine years before her second mar- riage. The jury acquitted the prisoner. The Judge declined to allow the costs. Thomas Clarke was charged with assaulting and.. robbing James Burns. Mr. Deighton prosecuted ; Mr. Scott defended. The prisoner was found guilty. The Judge, in passing sentence, reminded the prisoner that ho had received sentence for various offences thirteen times, and condemned him to ten years' penal servitude. Edwin Moorhouse was indicted for robbery with violence from the person of James Hammond, in Ashton-under-Lyne. ' Mr. Holkcr was for the prosecution ; Mr. Scott for the defence. The robbery was clearly proved. It appeared the prisoner had received sentence of one year's imprisonment for robbery in 1858, which expired only a few days before he 'committed this . offence. Sentence., ten years' penal servitude. ._, WESTERN CIRCUIT—EXETER, Dec. 12. The coinniission for holding the. special gaol' de livery for the county of Devon was opened •in this city on Saturday afternoon by Mr. Baron Chan nel!. Ills lordship attended divine service yester day at the CathedraL This morning the business commenced. In the county there are the names of twenty" prisoners for trial in . the calendar ; the offences are of such a character that the doors of the court .mist be closed during the trial of nine prisoners. In the city there are two prisoners.* ' Mr. Baron Channel', in charging the grand jury, said he had a serious ground of complaint against some person ; at present, without inquiry, he did not know against whom. The grand jury Were aware that it was • now considered necessary in several instances to hold what was called a winter assize. The Secretary of State decided' on the . 'Counties in which these, special assizes should be held, and in order to guide him he had returns made to him from the different gads in the king dom of the 'umber of prisoners in custody. That return had :been made up to. the sth of November, and it would then appear that there were but seven , prisoners for trial in this county. There was no. complaint against the respectable. governor 'of the gaol of this county. The returns having been re ceived by the Secretary of State , and the counties in which assizes were to be held .being determined 'upon, the judges then fixed the different days for holding the assizes ; it was, therefore, of the utmost importance that the number of prisoners should' be accurately given.. There was; however, no return made of a case a man named Kavanagh, in which there were no less than 28 witnesses in the deposiL, tiqps, although. it would ,seem that the man was committed in, July or. August. The inconvenience to which this might read might be the unavoidable adjournment of :the assizes until after. Christmas. The charge 'against the prisoner was of a verygrave character —namely, scuttling. a vessel with intent to defraud the underwriters ; it would be a case requiring their great consideration. Emily Ann Ormond was indicted for feloniously marrying John Vosper Blacklce, cf the parish of Charles, onAhe 13th nf November last, her former husband being alive.. It appeared that the prisoner, who was only 20 years . of age, was- married to Osmond on the 23d of February last, at the office of the Registrar of Mar riages, and she was married to Blaeklee on-the 13th of November last bY banns. The defence was au address to the Court in. miti gation of puniShment. The first husband had told the girl to go home, and the- -second went to sea soon after the marriage. The jury foundthe prisoner Guilty, and she was sentenced to two months' imprisonment without hard labour. r • r t., a`~r ~ POLICE INTELLIGENCE —Dec. 12. LAMBETIL—LANDLADY AND LoDG-txts.--,,..... M'Leod, the wife of a gentleman who has just re turned from a . diplomatic appointment., attended before Mr. Elliott in compliance to a warrant charging her with assa ulting Mrs. Mary Mellis , lady living at No. I GrOve-place, Brixton-road. Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared on behalf of the defen dant, and, from the testimony of Mrs. Mellis and her witnesses, it appeared that Mrs. M‘Ledd and her husband occupied her parlours, and . that owing to a series of disagreements, she (Mrs. Mellis), gave her notice to quit. This circum stance seemed to have increased rather than allayed the difference, and Mrs. M'Leod having some ale bottles to wash, insisted upon them being washed in the parlour, while Mrs. Mellis desir ed diffe tharen they should he washed in the scullery. The on the point ran high,.when Mrs. M'Leod, hating got the - servant in .the parlour, locked the door, and kept her there until she washed tlieicked vio•- bottles. Mrs. Mellis, while this was going ,k• lently at the door, called out lustily for her servant, Fanny, to attend another lady lodger, who had been ringing for'.'soine time ;• but Mrs. M'Leod paid no attention to , the calls and . kept Fanny till the. bottles had2l)cm all washed. A second cause of strife again arose from the services of Fanny being . required, to put_ some coals on the fire, 'an but Dim.d to im . t ee liately post a letter, by Ms. M‘Leod, I'S Mellis insisted on her prior claim to the use of her servant, and Fanny, found herself and midst of a difficulty. She wasin the passage, Mrs, M‘Leod . pas s until she entered the refused to allow her to jaarlour and attended to the fire; while Mrs. Mellis called to her to pass' Out by the front door. To pre vent this Mrs. M'Leod caught the young woman by one hand, and was' dragging her towards the parlour, when Master Mellis courageously caught hold of the servant:by the other hand and pulled her away. Mrs, nLeed, smarting doubtless from the triumph of. the youth, directed her attention towards Mrs. Mellis, .and exclaiming, "Now, you old cat, I'll give you some cold water—take that;" and, suiting the action to the word, threw the con, tents of a jug of cold water over her, or rather on the front of her person. reply to the charge, • Mr. Lewis saie that Mr. M'Leod, having recently returned from abroad, had commissioned the bus band of the complainant. to 'procure for him a fur nished house; but instead of doing so, he re mended that .gentleman 'to' take his own furnished parlours, proMising to make him and Mrs. IW I Le o e d perfectly comfortable. ;How far they had carried out that promise, his worshiP had some opportunity of judging from-what he had heard of the ease. So: far from studying their, Comfort,.as had been pro , •mrsed, every conceivable mode of annoyance •had been resorted to; and the consequence was that Mrs. M'Leod had actually to get' ut of a bed of sicknesS' to attend and answer the case . Mr. Elliott, without offering a word of comment, convicted the defendai it in a penalty of 20s and 4s costs, which was immediately paid. THE Poor.-Box.--Tile Magistrate requested an acknowledgment of £2O from C. H. S. for the poor box. GREENWICH.—ROBBES.Y BY. A JEWELLER'S SHOPWOMAN.—Susan Marquis, aged 18, a respect-- able-looking young woman, was charged on remand with stealing, one gold. and four other finger rings, two brooches, a gilt 'bracelet, two silver'seals, and other articles, the property of her employer, Mr. John Sulman 4 jeweller, of Stockwell-street, Green wich. It appeared that the prisoner had been but nine days in the employ of the prosecutor, who had re ceived a tery high recommendation of her from a lady to whom her family were known, as of the highest respectability. Missing articles from his stock, the prisoner was suspected, and when ques tioned as to whether she had any of his goods in her possession, she at first expreksed surprise, but subseauently produe6d the articles in question from her bores, saying she could not resist the tempta tion of taking them. The prisoner, in reply to to the magistrate, said. she was guilty. , The prosecutor strongly recommended the pri soner to mercy, both on tLecourit, of her youth and the respectability of her connexions. Mr. Seeker said 'it Wrik a qtiestion with him 'whether he should not be departing from the strict ine bf his duty in not sending. the prisoner before a jury to be tried. She had been guilty of a very Serious offence iii robbing a person into whose em ploy she had . entered, and - which was an offence for which she was liable to a very severe punishment. It appeared to him, however, that in her case a more merciful view might be taken, and that a .• smaller punishment than otherwise might have been passed would have the desired corrective effect of checking such practices for the future. I, The prisoner was then sentenced to four months' imprisonment in the House of Correction , with hard labour. ROBBERY Af 'A TAVERN.-Emily Smith, aged 25, most fashionably attired, was charged with stealing two half.crowns, and a two•shilling piece, the moneys of her employer, Mr."F. White, pro prietor of the White Horse Tavern, Lee. The prisoner had been in the employ of the pro secutor as barmaid .about twelve months, and on Friday evening a half-crown and three shillings being found concealed under the 'bowl in the till used for copper money, the coins were marked, and the following morning they were found to have been removed. The prisoner being the only person in the bar suiPicons were excited against her. On Saturday night, after the house was closed, the till was again inspected, when two half-crowns and a florin were found concealed under ~the copper bowl. Detective officer Brown, 98 R, was then called in, and the coins being marked • in his presence, were replaced in the till, and having been found to have been taken away at ten o'clock on Sunday morn ing, the officer Brown was called in, and on .search ing the prisoner took from her pockets the coins in question. The prisoner's purse was also examined, and the half-crown marked on_ the night of Friday was found in it, when the prisoner requested prose cutor to let her go, and she was given into custody. Mr. Seeker remanded the prisoner .for a week, and refused to Accept bail for her appearance. • WANDSWORTIL—CONVICTION OF A MARINE STORE DEALER.—Andrew King, a youth about 19, and Elizabeth Bennett, the keeper of a marine store shop in Vauxhall-walk, were brought before Mr. Ingham, on remand, the former charged with robbing his employers, Messrs. Francis and Co., cement manufacturers, of Nine-elms, and the latter with being unlawfully in possession of the stolen property. Mr. Binns defended.tbe female prisoner. It appeared front the evidence of Mr. Drake, foreman to Messrs. Francis, and police-constable llornblow, of the V division, that the male pri soner had been in the prosecutors' service up wards of seven years, and he was always con sidered a well-conducted and honest youth. On Tuesday eveninglast, a quantity of copper wire and some brass bearings were missed from •a cellar after King had been sent there and left. He shortly afterwards quitted the premises, and when he re turned the foreman told him that things had been missed during' the last twelve months, and if he would tell the truth he would forgive him. The prisoner then said he had taken the copper wire and brass bearings, and had sold them at a Marine Store dealer's. 'He 'denied having taken anything else. Hornblow, was then called in, and they all proceeded to Bennett's shop. The constable went in first, and asked her if she had bought any wire and brass &oaf a youth that evening, and she stoutly denied that she had. .King was then called in, and she also asserted that she did not know him. King, however, said that site was the woman who had purchased the wire. • The constable then desired ,her to produce the property, and she then called out to her aunt to bring up two bags from the kitchen. Her request was .complied with, and the stolen pro- perty was found in the bags amongst some rags. The officer then asked her for tier book to show that. she had entered the purchase, and it then appeared - that she did not keep one, and gave an excuse that she did not know it was necessary, as she had only been in the business three or four months. It, how ever, subsequently transpired that she formerly kept a shop in Princes-street, Lambeth, and on one occasion was fined LE, for the unlawful possession of some property which had been stolen. Ry the direction of the magistrate King was called as a witness, and said he went into the shop, and put the metal in the scale, and she paid him 2s. Nothing was said on either side. She did not ask his name or address, nor inquire where he had obtained the property. He never sold anything before. Mr. Binns contended that the property consisted of old metal, and were such things as any marine store dealer would pUrchase. Mr. Ingham said she had had a caution before, and he should now commit her for two months with hard labour, without the option of paying a fine. The other prisoner was then discharged with a caution. EXTRAORDINA.RY DEATH BY PRUSSIC • ACID. , - Yesterday afteinoon Mr. Wm. Payne, the City coroner, he a lengthened inquiry, at the Portugal Hotel, Fleet-street, into thp death of Mr. E. A. Lloyd, which resulted. from the administering of prussic acid, under the following circumstances Wm. Bryan said he was head waiter at the Por tugal Hotel. The deceased gentleman went to the hotel on Monday last, and engaged apartments. On Wednesday evening he retired to his room early, and the next day he.was found in his bed dead. Deceased had stayed at the hotel before. Mr. of Barnet, said he was an officer in the Edmonton (Middlesex) Rifles. Had known de ceased some time. He had always gone by the name of E. Arthur Lloyd., ,lle was formerly a non-corn. missioned officer in the first battalion Rifle Brigade, Stationed at Portsmouth, and for the past four years lie had acted as dispenser to the regiment. Last saw him: alive on the 9th of November, when wit ness left him at Portsmouth. Expected he would lave been in London before then, as he lent de mised some money,,which he promised, to return in a week. On Monday last received a letter from deceased, stating that he had arrived in town and would see him at Barnet on Thursday or Friday.. He saw a notice in the papers which caused him to attend. Know deceased was coming to London to receive some money left him by a late aunt. His father. was the head surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. . The Coroner- 7 -That is the Dr. Lloyd, of Bedford row. Air. Care (the eleik)—Yes, sir, and he has a son who is at present the house-surgeon at St. Baitho tomew's. . It was here suggested that the father and brother should be sent for. Mr. W. C. Dempsy, surgeon, of 97, Fleet-street, said that when he was called in on Thursday after noon death had taken place about an hour. Found nothing in the room, but on turning up the pillow there was a two ounce phial half filled with prussic acid, and the mouth smelt strongly of that poison. 'The acid was 1 per cent. weaker than Scheele's, two or three drops of which is sufficient to cause death. Had the bottle been full he must have taken more than an ounce. The bottle was not labelled, so it was impossible to say where it was purchased. Was certain deceased died. from the effrcts of prussic acid. It was here announced that Mr. Lloyd, the house-surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, had arrived, and the learned Coroner kindly' undertook to retire, and gently break the news to Mr. Lloyd. The Coroner, on his return, said that Mr. Lloyd, km., had arrived, arid Was deeply distressed on_ being infoimed of the sudden and frightful death of his brother... • . Mr. Lloyd said an uncle of deceased saw him last, and he lived at Paddington; and therefore it would be the best course to .adopt to adjourn the inquiry. said that the uncle could not have sr en deceased for more than six months, unless it was since he had been in town from last Monday. The investigation wafahen adjourned. • [AnvEnnsEnTNT.] -- 7 11 r. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has tst published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free u y post for two, stamps). It should be road by all who arc about buying a watch, as it crniWns prices and import ant information as to—What watch to buy where to buy it 1 and how to use it I TILE EMPRESS'S APARTMENTS THE TUILERIES. , • ' ______L—. 7 ----_ • A. , . correspondent -'of the Independ an e e Berge .. ,• writes ;,---,, I had the good fortune to visit the other clay the private apartments of the Empress at the Tnileriee.,• Workmen had been engaged on them for two years, 'during the absence of their Maje tieS. These suites of rooms, which run in a paral lel line with the reception. rooms on the draw ti ng" ng- room floor, consist of an• ante - c hamber, a Wai roam for the ladies of honour, a saloon of a udience, • a private room for her Majesty; that is to say, Or - most retired and private of the suite. le or , • " The Empress, whose preference for the sty Louis XVI. is well known, has• desired her apart ments in question to be entirely.decorated after the fashion and taste of Marie Antoinette. . M. Le fuel received orders to renew the elegant ornainell tation. of Trianon in this Parisian palace. Art and industry have done marvels u nder his super intendence, so that wo see again the graceful araliespies, the rounded tapering Volutes, the ex quisite garlands, and the fine carvings of the latter part of the eighteenth century. All the mode ls are unique, and executed with admirable nicety, front the door handles to the chimney p ieces, the panels and Sq to uares of glass, end the whole furniture, from timepieces tong in the fireplace, is to • . the ton.r, harmony with this style of decoration. e Th e . fi rs t saloon, of, a pale green, ;is ador ned with arabesques of a rather deeper tint. Medallions glisten in the panels, and within them are birds, paintedby M. Appert. The prevailing colour of the seco nd saloon is a rosy white, the ara besquei a re rose-coloured. The tops of the doors, the enclostir.es or frames of' tho panelling, the medallions, natal natural flowers, sometimes on a white groun", sometimes on a gilt one, executed with charm freedom and freshness, by a young artist, vio nanie Lias slipped my memory. Then. comes th e • private saloon of the Empress, the grounder whic i ` • is likewise of a very light green, and the of which• Contain the portraits of her ladies of , . honour, painted •by M. Dubuffe ; then her Br at withdrawing room, lined with green stuff, on Whlc"' ..' are hung valuable pictures; the doors of this cabl" net and the next are of aramanth and palissander• set' off by bronzes, gilt, and' admirably chased. 11,1° panelling new' bronzes are of inimitable finish, and decide d : l the locks, the arabesques of the chicane'''. deco the. marble, slabs that issue from .M. Christofflo f factory are capable of competing with the wor ks ° the illustrious Gouttierea. The tesaelated 11°°r7 ceilings, and chimneys, reveal a taste so pure al l ! , refined that they reflect honour on M. " The staircase leading to these appartment° le entirely of stucco, and its accompanying baluStra" the looks like a fringe or iron and gold. BetviPPT l . 0 two spiral turns of the staircase a medallion coots' p a group of three children bearing the attributeil .1, the 'Empire, and sciilptured by Madams' N° ein , • Lefuel. :..,5. Constant. . • . " These private•apartments, which have been2 l ; ' ready occupied by her Majesty the Empress s . her return front Compiegne, are a work of rt, an d decidedly one of the masterpiece s of decOrativ l' , f ri in our age, owing to the delicate care tliat skits „",, • bestowed on every part of their arrangnmon' COUNTRY ArAlarilTs - ► ,t1:1u --. COLCHESTER—Dac. 10. '44of A fair supply of ;hetit; the best samples takaTii_ivronef, at last week's rates ; inferior parcels not mUuch ji-1;100es ~Malting• baileys keep sup in- price, and grinding t s i t ild Ni ere difficult to sell at a considerable decline. 13e4" 383 to pais is per. qr. loWer. ' • v s to 3 65 Wheat, white 44s to 52s I B ea ns, Mazagan• • 4EO red 38s to 4Gs Middle Si snail' . 40c 386 to 42 4 Barl‘4 , Y M Ipeas sto 50s White ..... 3 - is to Oats lBs to . 28s Grey.. ........ • • CHELMSFORD--DEe. 9. ft last With a. The. quantity of wheat shown to - d a y was •-' A wo o , good attendance. A very flat business, and the let; ' beans, . advtince declined is for all qualitie s. Barley, 03 and peas also is lower, with a slow trade. 335 to 3 95 - Whoa,. white 42s to 52s Peas, Partridge... to 40 . S ' . red 40s to 45s White .. . .... . 3 355 to 418 naiiey - .• • ••• .': 3ls to 39s Boiling .. ;''' .. 3 3 s to 3 ' 14 ' Chevalier 33s to 44s , Dun. •. .... 39 , td 41 5 C:inding 22s t0 . 28s Beans, Tick •• • • ' 6os to 66s . Chevalier ' 63s to •688 • . 'Harrow .11,1 T gan.i.cl.7 t° .• tO 143 1l It : Oats 22s to 32s , • . , • - ' DERBY—DiC le. Tod ° At market yesterday wheat,was a moderato s ho'W• , l a st active, With an improvement of Is on the currencies of • week. Oats a slow sale. Barley a small scanty supply, but firm in price. . 074 04 VVhite wheat, new, 44s to 52s Barley, grinding.., 04 .. 24 0 %4 i , Red do. 4OB to 47s Oats ld ~.o 9•• .... • 2 , 24 tO .. 01(1 whitg ) 44s to 52s New do .......... .. to 50S n to 4 5 ' shins'. -136" lted do . : ... ...Os to 47s . 1 Beans.. .......... 4" Barley, malting... :38s to 42s 1 Beans, lICNY ...... 4v3 ~ . . . , . • .. . OXFORD—DEc. 10. for wh icil An averago Quantity 'Of wheat On Offer to -day, were fine .• the trade was good for e samples ; and ot her sort* I . qr. as dear. White ruled at 45s to 525, red 40 s to 4 6 ' f e o 4Bo i ; 13arloy, 28s to 36s oats, 19s to 2Ss • be ans, 396 looar, hog peas, 39s to ' 42S ; hioilerS, 43s to 46s per q t. ' 33s per sack. Hay, from £3 5s to £ 4 Os per ton. N,ORITIAMPTO?.7-'-DP.c. 10. , w ith , At thisnom-market wheat was in .tolerable suPPLY'os to afair trade, at a slight decline—prices ranging' 44s for old ; now, 3Ss to 455. Thero WAS an easier b v y passing in barley-2.8s to 42s per qr. - Oats• with Apo sale, quoted at 23s , to 34s per 24. stone. 8ea,,. , ° 6 O. to to 50s; new, ' 338 to , 40s. Rye, to 0 • ye, —s 665. frotaus. _OO . ---- GLOITCESTER—DEc. 10. da nce' anu At our market there was rather .a good atten,,,e, a fair business done. Prices advanced 6d to ls te n t _ is rates of this day se'nnight—viz English white wile'aer. to 475; red, 41s to 44s per qr. " Foreign wo also 'tips. Barley is in less request, at 35s to 3Ss for nialting (11'111 English oats, 26s to 275; Irish, its 6(1 to 23s 6d. - —_ COAL MARKET —DSc. 12• market') 4 (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of tho In 0 , Buddlo's',West Hartleyl4 6 Clark' s. d, Davison's West Hart ley l4 6 Walls En d ' .17 6 Tanfiold Moor Butes-1i 3 Gibson .. . 1 ..... '.. .1 9 o 0 Wylam l5 9 Heugh Ha 11... . ...... . 1 9 _ West Thirtley l4 9 Acorn Close ........ .. 2 1, : Hastings Hartley - 14 - 6 .Birchgrove Graig ° a ..V 0 Howard's West Hart- Haswell .. • ... .•.•.. . • 19 _ ley 14 6 Eden. ............. . 16 0 Lambert's West Hart- Whitworth.. • .. ' ley 14 6 Ships at m k t, 13—Sold, 10. ar e Clark's West kiartlei..l3, 6 FOREIGN MAIL PACIC Er OS tters are despatch ibl ei by morning; Ma N % 31All p i : soprl°h rier doe fan* SoutbainP:. ......... Liver pool:: Liverpoo DevonP or SouthaMP. ........... ,SouthaMP. Southinp• Southamp• ............ SonthamP• _ ......... I , sou than l P . IStsutharoP. SoutharnP• . ... • ....... I SouthanlP• iGalwaY • • ' ool• Liven Soutli')aloi • Liverp ool. [n the following table E signifies that le' by eirenin,g,malls from London, and DI DESTINATIONS. Despatch of Mails. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and tlavans , via New Dec. 1?, _II Dec. 19, E York Canada, src. (by Canadn. pckt ) Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St:Helena • ; China, Penang, and Singa rtei,ovriaSit,trhsaergetson . •• Gibraltar, via Southampton lionduras and Bleivfields ... • India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton DUO, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton . Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland ' United States and British N., America - (by British packet) Ditto (by U. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Terteriffe West India, California, Vene zncia, Chili, Punt, Grey town, New Granada, f.cc. Dec. 23, El Dec. 14, E Jan. .6i E Dec.2o, E Dec. —, M Dec. —, Dec. 17. .01 Dee. 20. 31, Dec. Dee. —, Dec. 19 Jan. 9, 31 pee. 17, Id • Dec. Dec. 19. •1%, Jan. 2. 1!1 Dec. 1 7 . -41 Dec. 17, E r ) Deo. 14, ", Dec. 23 Dec. 17Hijk4,02iti...2111.,---11P. BIRTHS. CALizow,-:—On the 12th inst., at Forest -hill, the w it.° (3 % e P arc, Calrow, Esq. , of a daughter. , tre , th Go RE.—On the 10th inst., a t 55, Mountjoy-s'l dent, wife of Ralph Gore, Esq., of a son. , 1N KENT.—On the 10th inst ,at Norwood, I\irs. xa. of a daughter. ci te 1 ) 4 Y RAGLAN.—On the 11 th inst. , at 58, Rutland -0 ' Raglan, of a son. CA ( T h L u I r N e Gc: j ii, ! 6' ,4 Piccadilly,ALLr 31.-4Q3Litautitliele:4lltel7n:yinCSsta.7iinagt, St. - 31)f C4B' j"".110) °I - L S 111 1 1 t s r . C . __, S o t r . 1 Brompton-crescent, to Miss Florenco Lou- °3 is. PL l " ) ‘;T " — ul P dc ; il ii , cultist% church, Hampstead, Thorium Platt, Es(1•• 01. ' -in liter• ol jathmeefelsiltli inst./ at t t ," `.olll'B** inn, barrister-at-law, to Emily Ann eldest dilloinlis. the late Charles Phillips, Es q•, ono o'f 1. 14 : 8 ' sioners for the belief of Insolvent Debtos. D E A T I I S. - of Cain lv,./ ./ • BROWN.—On the 1 1 th inst Mr• Themas roman, berwell-green, S. it Writ!, t 11: DF .ATIL—On the 10th inst., at Clapham, Ju.. a ' f rtaery eldest ,daughter of the late T. E. Death, • E .,, q ., o of Aldo ate, city. f 17 19 GANi,T.—On the 11th inst , Mr. James Gann, o leeneburch-street, aged 76. •' JlO. Gro •s, G Rl' ' c ••• “—On the 1001 inst., at Edinburgh, • Esq . ., of EccleS, W.S. An dre Ng INDLuwicK.--On the 12Ih inst., at Brompton, Inderwick, Esq., lt.N., aged 78. ' t Captain - ermyn-stree , Kmnar.—On the 10th inst., at 20, I • Wajter Kirby, R.N., N.H. ~,40/Ibet Mgrs.—On the Bth inst at Branlridge-park, Po ~ • Sussex, George Meek, aged 58. 1.- Colonel.lbe WALvor,r..--On the 10th inst., at Sydentnn, „„„ccacialy, Jermyn.-street, .1:1 Hon. John -Walpole, of 58, aged 73. U Cr LoNuoN ; Printed and Published by MT.IIDO tY of 00. of,No. 11'2, Strand, Printer, at The SO (ace, Strand, in the Pl:oeinet' of the Savoy, tie COO Midilasex, Tuesday, December 13,4869. S ♦ Pee' Pee"' Dee lg vec• e d° ' ll a 0 ' " Oee' 13 pcc• over 19 dle lle• 1 01$ ocr ' a° of c' - 13 Igo Vec• 1 Jan' vcc• i 4 oord" De e ' 16- ~_ ~!- fan• ~~ p!, ter ti aith t he ni ki; tlO4 V4I %,.