The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

MA MINISTERIAL CRISIS. (From the Morning Herald.) From the moment of Lord Palmerston's defeat and subsequent retirement from office forebodings the most gloomy have proceeded from those who desired to persuade the public that nothing but a purely Liberal Administration is just now possible. The Conservative leader's case was declared to be perfectly hopeless, and all his efforts were conse quently derided. At one moment the noble earl was stated to have encountered obstruction in this direction, and at another in that ; and his failure was predicted with that ready assurance which fortunately is not always borne out by the result. Probably the ingenious concoctors of such fallacies Imagined, that because they were incredulous and discontented, the rest of the nation must be in the same unhappy frame of mind. Their sagacity is for once at fault, and the obstacles and repulses by which Lord Derby was to have been so speedily overwhelmed and annihilated resolve themselves into the idle coinage of the heat-oppressed brain. This statesman's opponents feared lest he should succeed, and they accordingly determined to repre sent success as illusive if not impossible. From various quarters the new Premier con tinues to receive cordial and even unsolicited as surances of support. Those above the paltry pre judices of the hoer are unanimous in their opinion that Lord Derby's appointment affords a striking illustration of the popular principle of the right man in the right place. If a statesman who commands a clear working majority in the Howe of Lords, and who is, moreover, at the head of by far the most numerous party in the lower branch of the Legislature, is not the proper person to undertake the formation of a Cabinet at this juncture, we would, with due sub mission, inquire in what direction, or in what company, are we to search for the fortunate candi date f The Peelite section, as we have already shown, have no rank and tile to second the efforts of those chiefs, the heroes of debate, and the country is not prepared for the rule of the Man chester clique. Could Lord John Russell, with his ninety-nine followers, be expected to form a strong government ? The member for London has on more occasions than one manifested an unfor tunate tendency to unsettle and embroil, but we do not remember a single instance in which his interference has conducted to the restoration of tranquillity, or had the effect of quelling the rising storm. His mission is certainly not to heal differ ences, or to temper animosities ; he does not bear the olive branch in his hand when he launches forth into the political tempest, Far other aims impel him upon his adventurous flight. Lord John Russell is much more likely to create confusion, or to break up a cabinet, than to rescue the state from imminent danger, and to evoke concord out of the elements of rife and contention. The Durham letter, the Sebastopol committee, and the Vienna Conferences rise up in judgment against this weak and vacillating politician ; and the public are only too glad that such a mischief-loving free booter of the Senate is not quite so powerful as he might wish. In 1852 Lord Derby gave proof of rare administra tive ability, and, although some of his colleagues were untried men, the short session of four months' u rat ion was remarkable both for the number and the utility of the measures which it produced. Ne less than 88 public acts were carried, and in the same session 198 private bills received the Royal assent. Such were the results achieved by legislators whom the nation was taught to ridicule and despise. Under their able direction the militia was organised, the defences of the country were strengthened, and five acts passed dealing with religion and the Church. The law reforms, affected under the able guidance of Lord St. Leonards, gained theapplauso of members of all sections of the community. The Court of Chancery was reformed, the jurisdiction of the county courts was extended, and no less than 14 measures securing wholesome changes in the law and the administration of justice were adopted. Public works and the public health were not ne glected, and amendments in the laws connected with the franchise and the representation of the people were made with the most beneficial results. A variety of subjects that we cannot now reca pitulate occupied the attention of these earnest and vigilant legislators, and we shall not exceed the truth by asserting that in every department of the state the invigorating influences of their enlightened rule were felt. The people perceived that they at length possessed a Government, composed of able administrators, devoted to the public service, and determined at all hazards to fulfil the duties of their high yet onerous posts. Nor was it only in matters relating to home le g islation that the Conservative Cabinet of 1852 proved so suc cessful. With foreign powers the most cordial good fellowship was maintained, and an alli ance between the people as well as the Governments of France and England founded and cemented. Though ridiculed and sneered at for his prompt and open recognition of the French empire, Lord Mal mesbury persevered in cultivating a good under standing with France, and on his retirement from office had the satisfaction of seeing his policy adopted by those opponents who at one time affected to treat it with disdain. Over that Administration, the members of which in so short a time accomplished great things, doing the work in a quiet and an unobtrusive manner, the present Premier presided. On this occasion Lord Derby accepts office under much more favour able circumstances. The Conservative ranks have mince 1852 received considerable accessions of strength ; differences between them and the fol lowers of the late Sir Robert Peel have been re moved ; the Opposition is utterly disorganised, being divided into various warring bands ; and the fatal consequences of the forcible ejection of the Conservative Cabinet in the winter of 1852 have taught the nation a wholesome lesson. In politics, as well as in everything else, honesty is the best policy, and each party can justly claim fair play. Had this principle been kept properly in view on that occasion, the nation might have escaped many perils, and grievous sacrifices would have been avoided. The error committed in 1852 will not be repeated. The Senate as well as the country are resolved that upon its merits shall the new Ad ministration stand or fall. All irritating causes have been removed, and everything seems to augur a long and prosperous career. No one understands better than Lord Derby the nature of the task which he has accepted ; few could bring higher abilities or purer intentions to the discharge of its important and manifold duties. The words used by the noble earl upon a former occasion are equally applicable at the present time. In his place in the House of Lords, on Friday, the 27th of February, 1852, Lord Derby concluded his explanation of the reasons that induced him to accept office in thaw memorable words :—" In the course of the dis charge of its duties no consideration shall sway me except that which led me to accept it—the para mount consideration of public duty. With that feeling on my mi n d, wi th t h e d eep conviction of the sincerity of my own m o ti ves , an d trust i ng to the guidance and the blessing of a higher power than my own, I venture to undertake a task from which I might well have shrunk appalled by its magni tude ; and, be the period of my Ad m i n istra tion* longer or shorter, not only shall I have attained the highest object of personal ambition, but I shall have fulfilled one of the highest ends of human being, if in the course of it I can have in the slightest degree advanced the great objects of peace on earth, good will among men'—the social, the moral, the reli gious improvement of my country—and if I can contribute to the safety, the 'honour, and the wel fare of our Sovereign and her dominions.'" These are noble se n timents, in all respects worthy of the brat Minister of England. (Birmingham Daily Pre.m.) Lord John Russell is pre-eminently the man fo the situation. to (Ediniurgh. Exp ress.) If Lord Derby should fail form a ministry with which he can face parliament, we are sanguine that the task will b e committed to the hands of Lord J. Russell, who, with Sir James Graham and the leading Peelites and independent Liberals, occupies a position that would enable him to deal with the French Government in that firm and dignified the manner which alone will satisfy the opinion of man country. (iYoraern Dail y Exp ~u s. A few of Lord Palmerst on, ) s friends in the e in p i r s e ter s hold by the opinion that th e d efeated will noon speedily be recalled to office. Thy ~i , ,1 1,.t it _ or (The Northern, Whifj.) throve quietly 1 j should h connived atL own st n ?def w T e he thing is not at an improvable.Palmeraton back I :l3l lx , * ,,ii atei must have Lord (The Bri. k Y ., d ; \ Were Lord Palmersto n j tchn (1 % 41 i..,, . " all. 7 the es:mutt ;11ba he began this time las -47, 'Pursue t policy lion, he would again appe a l °l.l the Chineseh cie that would only be to receive mation of the decision of the House of a e° l „ n c , fl ,' against him. The noble lord certainly e r ' like a rocket last year amidst splendid mounted and sparks and loud huzzas, to come down this year in darkness and solitude, very little noticed and very like a stick. In whatever manner the present crisis in ministerial affairs may turn out, Lord Palmerston's career seems at an end. Be may be pitied ; but he never will be, and pro bably ne ver has been, resp ected. The defeat of the ministers opens an entirely new prospect to the liberal party, and will demand from them a vigorous, wise, and comprehensive olicy, 1 TFIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, was not married, to whom the bad subsequently assented to be married in Scotland ; but, not feel ing satisfied afterwards with that marriage cere mony, had been married again at Liverpool, and that the present prosecution was really instituted by Wilson to get rid of her, that he might marry another woman. His Lordship said, enough had been stated to satisfy him that this was not a case for punishment. Indeed, he had been at a loss to understand why the prosecution had been instituted, as the pri soner was clearly the wife of Carruthers, who was dead, and not of Wilson. The prisoner must take care not to annoy Wilson, and he should discharge her on her own recognisances not to do so, and she was now a free woman. The prisoner left the clock apparently highly de lighted at the result of the trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 24. MANSION-HOUSE.—THE PASSPORT DIFFI CULTY.—SeveraI applications having been made to the Lord Mayor, pending the usual police business, for recommendations for passports to France, and much delay and inconvenience having been occa sioned thereby to the professional gentlemen and witnesses in attendance The Lord Mayor said—Howeverl anxious I may be to facilitate the objects and wishes of the appli cants, I find that the public) inconvenience result ing from these interruptions is becoming intoler able. lam of opinion that it would be advisable that those who require letters from me should apply between 11 and 12 o'clock in the morning, or after the charges of the day are disposed of. It must be remembered by those who seek the accommoda tion, that all justices of the peace, and all the bank ing firms, possess the same power I can exercise on such occasions, and it would certainly be desir able if applicants would go to parties who are less occupied with public duties than myself.. Tho in timation which I thus give must be considered as a sufficient communication upon the subject to those residing out of the district of the court. I must restrict the office of entertaining applications to those alone who reside within my district,and it is also essential that even those should be person ally introduced by some individual known to me or to the Ocilla, a written identification not being of any avail. GUILDHALL.—George Brown, a rent aild debt collector, appeared on bail before Mr. Alder man Copeland for further examination, relative to the charge of obtaining money under false pre tences. Mr. Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, attended fur the prisoner. Elizabeth Porter said her husband had been sum moned to the Sheriffs' Court in the City, and she attended, but the case had been called on, and an order made for payment before she was aware of it. The prisoner accosted her previously in the court, offering to plead her case for her, and get the amount ordered to be paid reduced to is. per month, if she would give him ls. She gave him that amount, but he had not done that which he promised, and she had since ascertained he was not a solicitor. Cross-examined---He did not say he had other business there as a debt-collector, and that he would do what he could for her. He never said what he was. She afterwards taw the prisoner, and he told her the order was to pay half the amount in three weeks, and the other half in s . x weeks, and she was perfectly satisfied. She had since found the order was to pay the debt in 14 days. Mr. Buchanan said the defendant was a very respectable person, and not one of those persons who usually hang about the county courts for the purpose of preying upon the poor. On this occa sion ho had summoned several persons, and it was while waiting for those cases to be called on that the complainant importuned him to intercede fur her in court. Alderman Copeland inquired of Mr. Buchanan, if, from his experience, he could state that practi e was permitted that these persons should act as ad vocates for poor people in the county courts. Mr. Buchanan said, unfortunately it was allowed, not only by the judge, but by Act of Parliament also, and great injustice was often done to both plaintiffs and defendants, particularly to the fornvr, who employed these agents. Alderman Copeland slid he was obliged to Mr. Buchanan for the information, for he certainly thought it was a practice that shout' be brought under the notice of the law officers of the Crown. With regard to the prisoner, it WAS shown that he knew an order had been made when he received the ls. ; and the charge against him was therefore dismissed ; but if any case of the kind should he brought before him and proved, he should certainly send it for trial. BOW-STREET.—NoeI Jarrold, a French refu gee, described on the charge-sheet as a boot-closer, was brought before Mr. Henry for disorderly con duct and assault on Sergeant Hornsby, 14 F, on the occasion of the examination of M. Bernard, on Monday. _ _ As the witnesses were leaving the court on Mon day evenine, at the close of the examination, seve ral of them, officers of the French police, were as sailed by the foreigner a who formed a considerable portion of the crowd in the street. So noisy and threatening had been the demeanour of those per sons for some time previously, that it had been found necessary to collect a force of about 50 con stables to keep order, and the presence of the po lice prevented the commission of any act of violence near the court. As one of the inspectors of French police was leaving the court, he was assailed with cries of " G---.(l.—French spy," from a knot of refugees, the prisoner being ono of those whom the sergeant heard utter that expression. The inspec tor appealed for protection to Hornsby, who ac cordingly conducted him down Bow-street and Wellington-street as far as Tavistock-street. The prisoner and his companions kept up with them, surrounding them, and continuing their abuse. Prisoner made several attempts to strike the French officer, but Hornsby warded off the blows, till he was himself struck in the face by the prisoner. The inside of his cheek was cut against his teeth. A foreman attended on the part of the prisoner's employer, M. Thiene, bootmaker, Regent-street, to give him a character, and to interpret for him, as he could not s l eek En g lish. H e d en i e d th a t h e had raised his hand against any one, and added that he would never strike an English policeman. He c tiled a witness, who said he did not see any blow struck. Mr. Henry said the fact that the witness did n ,t see it was inconsistent with the statement of the constable, who must surely know whether the pri soner struck him or no, and who was certainly not a man likely to misrepresent. It might be true that defendant did not mean to strike the English offi cer' but aimed the blow at the F renc h man ; b ut i f that were so, it was a very serious offence, as the law punished very heavily any attempt to molest a witness. If the French inspector had been pre sent, he (Mr. Henry) would have imposed a heavy penalty for the attack on him. But the prisoner certainly struck Hornsby, fur which he must be fined 21., or in default sentenced to 21. days' im prisonment in the .Hotase of Correction. Godfrey Knowles, a private in the Coldstream Guards, was charged with cutting and wounding Sergeant Hammerton of that regiment, with intent to murder him, at the Wellington Barracks. James Pemberton, a private in the Coldstreams, said that the prisoner, who had been absent for a few days, came into barracks about one o'clock that morning. He had had a little to drink. He lay down ou his bed for two or three minutes, and then began to throw his boots about. The sergeant of the guard, Charles Hammerton, desired him to keep quiet, and threatened to put him in the guard room. He defied the sergeant to do so. He then felt about for his kit, and, it was supposed, found his razor. He left the room for a while, and on coming back threatened to cutHammet ton's throat if he attempted to put him in the guardroom. Hate merton got up and dressed, desiring two of the men to do the same, in order to r,move the prisoner, who still continued the di,turhauce. Defendant then made a slash at him with therazor, which wit ness now saw for the first time. He cut the sergeant across the breast from right to left, the weaken passing through his undresscoat and deep into the flesh. The sergeant, apparently unconscious of the wound, grappled with him and threw him on the bed. but received several severe cuts, one under the left breast, and one across the face. Hammerton came to witness at the further end of the room, and said, "He has cut my throat." Witness got up the a s n e c r l g e t a o o n t k , s a n e s c p k o , n g a e n , d a t o nd ld wiped him to the to l b d l o h o i c „ l 3 . from d down, or he would bleed to death. Hethen opened the window, and the sergeant got out, as the pri soner, who was iu the middle of the room, seemed about to make a second attack. After that, he said he was not sorry for what he had done. Witness approached iiim, and he said with an oath, that he would cut his (Pemberton's) throat too. Witness took a musket, and brandishing it over him, or dered him to stand. He was then disarmed and he said, iinv, taken to the ituardroom. Befores tabbing Hammel-ton for you." Hammerton was conveyed to the hospi tal served i years, and I will serve 20 in a cab, and was found to be in so bad a state that it was not likely he would be able to attend for three -weeks will attend to take Mr * IleEnTY— . I can adjourn th© case from week to Week. f or , Alo wo Tell the surgeon if there is any change caution, the depositions. thing to day, n:asked te risoner if he had any actcling the usual and pointing ''''Fi'll,:thvlee YATAL AND MILITARY 12fTELLIGENCE, A Royal warrant has been issued stating that every non-commissioned officer above the rank of corporal serving in the regular army shall receive an addition of 2d. to the present daily pay of his rank, and shall have no claim to good conduct pay assigned to the ranks below that of sergeant. Yesterday orders were received at Chatham gar rison directing Major-Gen. W. H. Eden to hold in readiness the following officers and troops to em bark on Saturday, at Gravesend, on board the steam-ship Antelope for Kurrachee, for the purpose of augmenting the service companies of their re spective regiments in India :—The Ist bat. 7th Royal Fusiliers 61 non-commissioned officers and men ; Ensign d. M. Prendergast and 16 men of the 52d Light Infantry; Ensign U. Murphy and 29 men of all ranks of the 61st ; 13 men of the 70th ; Lieut. R Swift and 10 men of the 81st ; 17 nien of the 94th ; and Ensign P. H. Dobbs, with 30 non-com missioned officers and men of the 98th. Rear-Admiral of the White the Hon. G. Grey, the newly-appointed superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, arrived at Southsea last evening, and will this morning proceed to hoist his flag and supersede Vice-Admiral Martin. The Atlas, 91, one of the large screw steam-ships ordered to be constructed at Chatham Dockyard, has been commenced, and will be built on the same slip as that from which the Renown was recently launched. The following will be the dimensions of the Atlas :—Length between perpendiculars, 244 ft. 9 in. ; length for tonnage, 210 ft. ; extreme breadth, 55 ft. 4 in. ; breadth for tonnage, 54 ft. 6 in. ; breadth moulded, 53 ft. 8 in. ; depth of hold, 24 ft. 6 in. ; burden in tons, 3,317. With a desire of contributing to the comforts of the soldiers' mess, and of remedying the acknow ledged evils produced by the present monotonous system of barrack cookery, Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, Commandant of Woolwich Gar rison, has introduced the newly invented appa ratus brought forward by Capt. Grant, R. E. The object and advantages of the new stove having been detailed by General Williams to his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief on his late visit to Woolwich, the Duke was pleased to approve its immediate erection. The apparatus was yesterday put int) full operation experimentally, when the various processes of cooking 12 cwt. of potatoes and other vegetables, frying, stewing, baking, dzc., for the supply of the three ordinary meals for 1,000 soldiers, were satisfactorily performed. A large perpendicular oven, in accordance with the requisite scale of the establishment, forms a most important portion of the apparatus, the heat of which is easily reduced and regulated by means of a small ventilator in the door, and which likewise serves to carry off any superfluous steam arising from the crowded state of the oven. On the other side of the shaft in which the oven is fixed a huge iron plate supplies facilities for boiling, stewing, (Ire. The fuel used on the occasion did not exceed six bushels of coals. _ _ The steam-transport Rhadamanthus, Mr. F. R. Sturdee, R.N., commanding, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning from Portsmouth and Chatham, and was ordered to prepare for a cargo of steam gear for the western yards forthwith. The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Gargon got up steam yesterday morning in Woolwich basin a nd tried her machinery, which, together with the entire ship, has undergone thorough repairs. The freight-ship Susan commenced shipping war stores yesterday from Woolwich for Malta, and the steam-transport Gibraltar, for Gibraltar ; the latter vessel is to sail on the 28th inst. A considerable reduction in the factory estab lishment of Woolwich Dockyard has been ordered to meet the reduced scale of expenditure voted for that department of the Naval service ; 40 of the factory labourers have consequently received notices of dismissal. The Arrogant,46, screw-frigate, the pioneer of the auxiliary screw fleet, is ordered to be given over to Capt. L. G. Heath, C. B. to do duty as a coast volunteer vessel, in lieu of the Melampus, old sailing frigate, which is being towed up from Southampton Water to be dismantled. Commander J. H. Selwyn, Commander F. H. Shortt, and Commander J. P. Luce were yesterday promoted to the rank of Captains ; Commander G. M. Balfour to the Syren, vice Selwyn, promoted ; and Commander M. R. Pechell to the Wanderer, vice Luce, promoted. SPRING ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. CARLISLE, FEB. 23. Mr. Baron Martin arrived here yesterday at noon, and opened the commission. Mr. Justice Byles arrived from Appleby about 5 o'clock. Their lord ships having attended Divine service, the Courts sat this morning at 11 o'clock. There were two causes on the civil side, one an action about a watercourse, and the other for money lent. On the criminal side the calendar contains an entry of the names of 14 prisoners. One of them is charged with murder, the rest with minor offences. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) For nearly three hours, until 2 o'clock, the pri soners arraigned pleaded guilty as fast as the grand jury brought in bills. Joshua Sewell was indicted for shooting at Thomas Lancaster with intent to maim him, at Kirkland, on the 14th of January last. Mr. Monk, Q.C., and Mr. Scott prosecuted ; and Mr. Price defended the prisoner. It appeared that Thomas Lancaster and a party of young men had been drinking in the village of Kirkland on the night in question at a publiuhouse, and on leaving there at 12 o'clock they took it into their beads to pass the defendant's house and en deavoured to knock up his maid-servant by throw ing earth at her window. The prisoner's attention was attracted by this, and he threw open a window sash to tell them to go away—that he knew them all. They, however, threw clods at him through his window. He then threatened to shoot if they did not go away, and, coming downstairs to his doorway with a gun fired it off in the direction of the young men. The shot from the gun struck Thomas Lancaster in the face and destroyed the sight of one eye. For the defence it was contended that the shot was fired, not at them, but for the purpose of frightening them away, and that the injury was an accidental one. His lordship having summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding. Sentence was deferred. Mary Simpson Carruthero, a handsome-looking woman, apparently about 36 years of age, was in dicted for bigamy in havicr , intermarried with William Amos Wilson, at Gretna, on the I st of November, 1838, her former husband being then alive. Mr. M'Oubray prosecuted, and Mr. Campbell Foster defended the prisoner. It appeared that in May, 1838, the prisoner had been driven in a gig to Sark tollbar, over Gretna bridge, from Carlisle, by Richard Carruthers, a butcher of Carlisle, she then being only 16 years of age, and in the presence of the driver, a man named Moore, was married by Janet Beattie, the daughter of the tollbar-keeper, according to the law of Scotland. This event took place at two o'clock in the morning, and the cross-examination elicited that a great deal of frolic and joking was going on at the time, Carruthers saying they had come to be married, and Janet Beattie saying she could soon manage that for them, making them join hands, and asking them if they were single and willing to be married, which questions were answered in the affirmative, declared them to be lawfully married. The ceremony was preceded and finished by glasses of whisky for the driver and husband, tire., and the parties drove back to Car- Lsl-?, where there was some evidence that the pri soner, who was the daughter of a barber in Car lisle, lived with Carruthers about a mouth. In November in that year William Amos Wilson, now a veterinary surgeon at Liverpool, was paying his addresses to the prisoner, and told her he had heard she was married. She denied it, and he then per suaded her, or, as he said, she persuaded him, to run off to Gretna and be married, and the cere mony was again performed there by another priest, the village publican, named Linton. After this the prisoner appeared to have lived, with occasional in tervals of separation during quarrels, with Wilson until the present time. In 1846, at Liverpool, to some objection and to make the marriage surer, they were married again at St. Martin's Church au in Liverpool. Carruthers died about 4years tra,t,aa after e rtheli cross-examination ving l 9 years with theof pWriisl,e)noenr,eblieclitreldd instituted this prosecution against her, apparently who lived with him as his child by him. Scotch with the intention of Scotland werelPon© Jane Gra,hain, ,i,s housekeeper, and had a etts" proved marriages in riage contracts werecl°f Scotch law. Ilia Lordship being The prisoner was foundearleoyi, lawfulinicl according to the proyeat.h at both that the guilty. mitigation of punishment,rsaVil%ederence The learned counselfo say that the prisoner at the tim e Hiss©, being a girl of only 16 years oPe mar mar then, i n of instructed to frolic driven with Carruthers, as stat a i; tollbar, but had no idea that the ceremo n o y h t s4 S t i ir e k a n gone through in the way described was a marriage, and had afterwards persist©d to Wilson that etao out to him that, if the m an should die, he would 1 be tried for his life, Prisoner—l do not know what transpired after I a we e k. got into barracks. He ewas a then remanded-for CLERKENWELL—Tum NEw PASSPORT REGULA TIONS.—SINGULAR APPLI , OATION.—Two Neapolitans applied to Mr. Tyrwhitt for recommendations to the Foreign-office, for passports to enable them to go to Napier. They were not known either to the magistrate or to the officers of the court. They had previously applied to the Neapolitan Minister, who had refused to comply with the wishes of the applicant.. Mr. Tyrwbitt said that it was a singular reason for npplying to him for the necessary recommendation t 3 the Foreign-office, when the applicants had been refused by the Neapolitan Minister. He could only grant re commendations t) British subjects, or naturalised British subjects, and he should, therefore, refuse the application. If any wrong Lad been done to the appli cants, it had not been done through the British authori ties, but had been caused by their own ambassador. 11TAELBOROL I GH-STREET.—THE HYDE-PIRK MEETING. —24 r. Shaen, of Bedford-row, accompanied by one of the committee who promoted the last Sue day's meeting in Hyde -park, attended, in consequetice of the remarks reported to have fallen from the magis trate at the conclu:ion of the charges of disorderly con duct ors Sunday in Hyde -park, heard in thi-, court on Monday last, and begged to be allowed to make a short sitatement on behalf of those he represented. Mr. Bead on raid he had read the report alluded to in the papers of the day, and could only say he considered it quite a fair report. He had stated that ruffians and rickpockets had been drawn together, and this must have been foreseen 33 a conseque nce b y th ose who pro moted that meeting. The applicant had the course open to him of making what explanation he pleased, but the police court was not the place for that purpose, and therefore he must decline to hear him. He considered that applicant could make his explanation on the part of the committee through the medium of the papers. Mr. Shaen submitted that the explanation be attended to offer ought to be heard and made public. Mr. Boadon said he had no control over reporters. They m ght do as they liked. Bnt he should certainly decline to bear any statement on the subject in court, because, as he had said before, that was not the place for such purpose. He (Ur, B3aden) could only repeat that ruffians and thieves had been called together through the meeting. Mr. Shaen—Just as they are on public occasions— racecourses, precessions, lairs, and the like. Mr. Beadon—But not on a Sunday. He considered that applicant had better, if it should be thought neces sary, make his explanation in the public papers. He had nothing to do Kith the public pres s, and could not permit the business of the court to be interrupted by such an application. Mr. Shaen, hoping at least that the press would notice that his application had been refused, withdrew. LAM B ETH.--WEIOLESALE SuasHlNG.—Mary DuC ton, a middle aged woman, who stated her place of resi dence to be Whiteero , s-street, St. Luke's, and Margaret West, a young woman, who gave her address, 4, Baker's-terrace, Shoreditch Church, were brought before Mr. Elliott on the following charge : Sarah Barker, barmaid to Mr. Hill, of the Gibraltar Tavern, St. (.4- roa d,- roa d, S ou th war k, sa id, a short ti me before the pri soner Dutton came to the bar, called for half a pi n t o f b eer, an d ten d ere d i n payment a counterfeit sixpence. Witness broke it with her teeth and throw both pieces on the counter, when the prisoner said it wa.s a very hard case, as she had been pis' paid for her work with the bad six pence and other moneys. Mr. Frederick Hill said that having heard th© conversation between his barmaid, the last witness, and the pri soner D utton, an d see i ng t h e l a tt er pick up the two pieces of the broken sixpence from the counter, he determined on watching her. He accordingly passed out at a side door, and while crossing tlio road he observed Dutton making signs with leer band to some person, and then go to the front of Mr. George Butterfield's, the Fountain, nearly opposite, and stoop down for a moment at the grating. Site was then joined by the prisoner West, and both walked towards Lambeth-road, where they separated, and Dutton entered Mr. Healey's, the St. George's Tavern. He (Mr. Hill) followed her, and just as he got in she was in the act of tendering a sixpence in payment for half a pint of beer, which was pronounced by the barmaid to be a bad one, and placed on the counter again. Witness instantly laid hold of the prisoner and the sixpence, charged her with uttering one of a similar description just before at his own house, and handed her over to the chare of a constable. He (Mr. }Hill) then took a constable with him to secure the other prisoner, whom they found at a short distance from the house standing by the Blind School. He (Mr. Hill) laid hold of one of her hands, and the policeman the other, and the latter took a bad sixe• pence from the hand he laid hold of. She struggled hard, and while doing so he saw a black bag which had been taken from the same hand by the constable, and which contained counterfeit money. After both prisoners had been se cured, w itness -went to the Fountain, and having t, slit Mr. Butterworth what had occurred, both went down to the cellar, and each picked up the half of the counterfeit sixpence produced, and which they found right under the grating over which he had seen the prisoner Dutton stoop. Miss Bonner, barmaid to Mr. Healey, the St. George's Tavern, corroborated the testimony of Mr. Hill, respecting the counterfeit sixpence offered to her by the prisoner Dutton. Police-constable, 193 L, deposed to having re ceived the prisoner Dutton into custody, and find ing 2s nd. in good money on her. Constable, 125, spoke to having secured the prisoner West, and Sergeant Budd, 9 L, produced a black bag, con taining 14 counterfeit sixpences, which he had taken from the prisoner. The br(ken sixpence which the prisoner Dutton had first Offered was positively sworn to by Miss Barker, barmaid of Mr. Hill ; and Mr. Hill himself h.d sworn to the pieces as those picked up in Mr. Butt er fi e ld' s by himself and th e o th er b y Mr. But presence, yet the c l er k f rom th e c te e i l . l a a e r l , d7i e n his Mint Office applied to the magiArate that the testimony of Mr. Butterfield might also be taken, and also that ho might be bound over as a witness. The prisoner Dutton, in reply to the charge, said she was not aware the sixpences were bad, and West declared that the black bag with the counter feit sixpences in it had been given to her to take care of by the other prisoner, who gave her 2 3 / 4 d. for doing so. The prisoners were fully committ e d f or t r i a l publicans were double sufferers ' foi in the first pl ace their pots were stolen cases of of Hill tlais description the (addressing th e mag i strate) said that in ca to make the base coin, and there were no class of tradesmen who suffered more by the passing of had money than they did. Mr. Butterfield said that on the night before no less than four attempts to pass base money had been made at his house, and he could not help thinking that the law on the subject required immediate attention. EFFECTS OF P )1?---TUNE-TLLING. A man named John 1117;0; was charged at the Halifax police-court on Tuesday with having unlaw fully pretended to use subtle craft—to wit, pal mistry—to deceive and impose on c er t a i n o f Her Majesty's subjects. From the evidence adduced it appeared that the informant, Elizabeth Bon and ny, a a young com ;o i mz about twenty E t i en years of age , Ambler, want to the lodgings of the prisoner to have their fortunes told. He taek them into a room and told them to sit down, saying h e suppose d th e y understood his terms. Th ey replied they did not, on which he informed thetn what his charge was, and the young women hiving consented to pay the sum, Hodg,4ou examined their hands, muttered some gibberish, and then took out a pack of cards, which the girls by his direction cut five times. He told 130 " Y she wo u ld h ave two o ff ers o f marr i age within the year, and Ambler that her cards were very bad, two young men being anxious to marry her, andopposi tion on e o f th e m continually frustrat i ng the other the wi zar d directed her to read the first chap ter of Ruth when she got home, and to wish three times. The girls then paid their money and left the fortuneteller, on tho understanding that they were to return in a fort ni ,, ht. On their wty home Ambler said Bho felt alarmed, and was afraid to read the first chapter of Ruth lest the devil should take her. Afterwards sh 3 appeared nervous, and became gradually worse until Thursday last, when she was quite deranged. She raved and screamed in gre it fright constantly, and was almost unmili age.able. O n one occasion she cou ld no t b e k ep t m ea, and l e f t th e house almost nak3d. S he was a teacher in a Sabbath school at Hilitax. The Fri s7ner deni e l all recollection or knowledge o f t h e gTI4, and a l io that Ambler's illness could h ave b een -- the re,ult of any such visit, owing to the time th at had elapsed since it was alleged to have taken place. The superi n t endent of police proonce d a b e lt f oun d upon the prisoner, under his outer clothing, after he had been taken into cus!ody. It was composed of a coarse materi a l, and on the side worn nex t to g the body was a magnet and three crosses and four medals carefully sewn - up, together viith directions for fortune-telling, notes received from his corres pondents, and pieces of parchment clvered with h ie r o glyphics. The Bench committed the prisoner to the House of Correctton for three months, with hard labou r , and expresse d th e i r regret that the law did n o t a ll ow them to awar d a severer punish ment. John St. Auhy n having got, nut o f hi s equt - _ TnII PIGS 1.7. , 11) THE COUNTY AlEllllBll.—The late Sir county rnernbrr, o f hi : canv ass in a coach and six, and used to ttll a story , when he was a p a g. to pay kis coolphinentQ to the Worthy freeholder, hearing the "Nile say to her husband, Sir John i 3 coming," "Jan, Jan, turn the p i gs o u t of t he parlour, FEBRUARY 26, 18NS. TRIAL OF THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK DIRECTORS. COURT Or QUEEN'S BENCH, GUILDHALL. (Sitting at Nisi Prius, betore Lord Campbell and a Speoial Jury.) THE QUEEN V. BROWN AND OTHERS. TzIITH DAY. [The following appeared in saecessive editions of The Sun of yesterday : The trial of the information against the directors and manager of the Royal British Bank for conspiring by false pretences to defraud the shareholders and cus tomers and the public, was this day resumed. The same counsel appeared as before. Mr. Atherton said that the prosecution had had time to look into the remainder of the evidence they propo,ed to call since the adjournment last night, and they had come to the conclusion that after the intimation of his lordship's opinion that no evidence should be given on this information relative to what occurred in 1856, they would not occupy further time on that head, bat pass o❑ to the evidence of shareholders and depositors to prove they were ignorant of the affairs of the bank. Mr. Thomas Cantrill, Mr. Marotta, Mr. Beatie, Mr. R. Mitchell, Mr. D. -tesvart, Dr. Richards, and Mr. J Sidcombe (servant), were call,d to prove the above fact. Some of Weal stated they received the six per cent. dividend. Mr. Atherton said he proposed to prove the known worthlessness of some of the securities by the directors in 1855. Mr. Scott, sharebroker, was recalled. He stated that in December, 1855, Eastern Archipelago shares were unmarketable ; Strand Bridge shares were about 51. per share at that time ; Wark worth Duck shares he never heard of in the market; the Irishßeet-root Sugar Company shares were valueless, and there was no market for Irish Peat shares ; the Chartered Australian Gold Company were only worth a tew shillings. (The above were a part of Mr. Macgregor's securities.) Mr. Cooper, clerk to Mr. Lee (official assignee to the Royal British Bank bankruptcy), stated—The debts proved and claimed under the bankruptcy amounted to 537,6461. ls. 6d. There had been collected 279 0831. 3s. Bcl. The official manager returned 5,0001. as indemnity. There were 33,0001. out , tanding, making 317,083/. 3s. 8.1. No debts were proved upon the capital which had been lost. The Welsh mines were sold on Feb. 8, 1858, for 6,0001. to the landlord. By Mr. James—The legal expenses under the fiat were 8,0001. Mr. James—That won't cover them. Witness—The whole of the 1-gal expenses of working the estate amounted to 22,0001. It included the official assignee's expenses and the 5,0001. for the official manager. He did not know if the water had been let into the mine during its working by the official manager. The landlord claimed 10,0001. damages, and brought an action of ejectment, which had been compromised ; two dividends had been paid out of the estate of Ss. 6d. and 2s. 6d. in the pound, 2s. in the pound mere was expected, and 4e. in the pound from contri butors under the winding-up order. Some other evidence wa4 given relative to proceedings in bankruptcy, in connection with e.•t , ites having refer ence to the claims of the bank. Mr. 11. Brown's "state had realised 20 8161. 154. 4:f.; Mr. Macgregor' , , 1,9881 124. 6d. ; Mr. Cochrane's,2,ol7/. 10s. ; and Mr. Blacker's, 3751. At present nothing had been received from the Islington Cattle-market, Mr. Gwv rine, Mr. Mullens, and Mr. Cameron's estates ; 6,000/.j additional was expected from Mr. H, Brown's es ate. __ The plant of the Welsh works was valued by Messrs. Fuller and Horsey for the as.ignees at 13,000/. or 14,0001., at a forced sale, and 38,000/. r 40 0001. to a willing incoming tenant, subj pct to 1,5001. arrears of rent and dilapidations to a considerable extent. 'roe lease wa- , not valued from it* being considered worthless. Mr. Seymour—That was after they let the wa' er into the mine.. (Laughter.) . , Mr. Paddison recalled, and, in answer to Mr. James, said that Mr. Dumlerr's reference to the Bank of E,gland when he opened his account with the Royal British Bank, led to the latter discounting his bills to so large an extent, and their becoming involved with the Wel- h mines. On the last day of the Royal British Bank's existence there was in cash, bills, and at the Bank of England, at the chief office and at the branches, 189,234 After some further evidence on points of detail rela tive to evidence given in the course of the trial, . . Mr. Atherton ssid he had closed the case for the Crown. Lord Campbell said he thought he might now con gratulate Sir F. Kelly on his appointment as Attorney. General—(applause)—and that then he would take precedence in addressing the jury, notwithstanding the rule that the learned counsel for the first-named defendant first addressed the jury. Sir F. Kelly asked, if looking at the dates of the balance-sheets of June, 1855, and December, 1855, in connection with the time when Mr. Stapleton joined the bank, he ought to be called upon to address the jury. Lord CarDpbell said, in his opinion, the case against the defendants varied very considerably, but he must leave it to the learned gentlemen who conducted the prosecution to say what course they would pursue. Mr. Atherton, for the Crown, said he must ask the opinion of the jury-in the case of Mr. Stapleton. Sir F. Kelly said that although he could not but express the deep anxiety he felt in a case like this, and representing as he did Mr. Stapleton. he thought it was his duty to appeal to the learned judge, now that the case for the Crown was concluded, te ask whether it could fairly be said there was a scintilla of evidence affecting the honour, the character, or the conduct of Mr. Stapleton, and he must declare with profound sincerity that it was wi h no regret ha had heard the answer of the learned judge and the determination (though, perhaps, with surprise) he had heard from the representatives of the Crown to take their verdict in the case of Mr. Stapleton, for during the long and arduous investigation day by day of this complicated and ten portant case, every moment had he longed for the opportunity of bringing under the calm, patient, and impartial consideration the case of the gentleman who had entrusted it to him. Fur he ventured to say that if at the close of this great cause he should not leave the Court with• out the shadow or the shade of a etain or a suspicion on his character, no man in this free and enlightened country, where justice was administered more purely, and, he believed, was a nearer approach to perfection than in any other country in the world, could hold his character, his honour, or his happiness safe for a single moment if he had the misfortune to be connected with an establishment like the Royal British Bank. He at the outset woul I call their attention not in the technical language of the Taw, but plainly and intelligently as to what was the na ure .f the caarge made against Mr. Stiple ton and the ether defendants, and ho entreated their attention more especially to the time—to the period of time which the charge embraced, and to that to which it was exclusively confined, not that he had any interest in excluding from their attention any fact that bad been proved in evidence from she earliest e-tahli.hment of the Royal British Bank to the present time, but because he felt it was e,ential, in order thoroughly to apprehenu the bearing of the facts of tee case upon the character, con duct, and motives of Mr. Stapleton to welch the indict went related, the period of the time during which th e censpiracy was said to have been formed, and by which the public, it was stated, bail been defrauded and deceived; comprising the period between the early part of December, 1855, and the let of Feutuary, 1856, when the balance-sheet and the report up to the 31st of December, 1855, were published at th e meeting of shareholders. A great deal of evidence hate been laid before them most material in its character, and essential and indispensable in the prosecution of the case from the earliest period of the establishment of the Royal British Bank down to the moment of it s f a il ure , and even up to the present tine when they were called upon to try this case, but it must be proved in evidence that the directors of the Royal British Bank had a knowledge of the real state of the bank and made state ments that were false, to defraud the public ; and what the judge had to deal with was, whether one or two or more of the defendants conspired to defraud and impose upon the public by the publication of the balance sheet lAA report up to 31st December, 1855, which were materially and substantially false, and which they knew to be false when they published it to the world, and the onarge from which, through their verdict, he had to deliver Mr. Stapleton was that before nr at the time when the balance-sheet, up to 31st Dec. 1855, was published to the shareholders he knew they were substantially and materially false, and that knowing so, he was a party to the publication to the shareholders and the world at large. If it be brought home to zelr. Stapleton that such was the fact, they ought to pronounce a verdict of guilty against him, but when he had called their attention to the undoubted and unquestionable taws of the case, in respect of the dates of their transaction, they would find that to charge Mr. Stapleton with a Izeowltalie, on the 12th Feb., 1856. that the balance-sheet was fele- to the extent of 100,000/ or more by reason of bad debts, &c., they might as well charge him (tbe learned counsel) and teete (tee jury) wit:t the ea .e oiLece, who never heard of these transactions till long after the failure of the bank, and they became notorious to the public out of doors. The learned coun-el then referred to the period when Mr. Stapleton became a depositor and , director on 31st Ju y, 1855, and if the bank was sound on the 31st of December, 1855, it was also seund at the time when Mr. Stapleton joined the bank, and if it were true that the balance sheet was wrong at one time it was perfectly clear, and had been preyed, it was false at any other period ; and Mr. Stapleton, in the boor when he be came a shareholder of the Royal British Bank, in July, 1855, became a ruined man. He was the deceived, and not the deceiver—he was the victim, and not the perpe trator of the crime with which he was charged 'Th , ei learned g e n tl eman then referred to Mr. Stapleton 's family connections, and his relationship to Sir James Matheson, member of a well-known commercial house in the City, and passed on to his joining the bank. He then stated that Mr. Stapleton was not a wealthy man, as bis deposit with the hank showed, but it also showed that he had no accommodation Mallet he was connected with _t. Referring to the balance-sheet, the learned gentleman raid thst Mr. Cameron and those who acted under him were responsible for the production of the balance-sbeets, because it had been shown that none of the directors were allowed to examine the sta tistical tables on which they were made out, Mr. Cameron believing the directors had no right to interfere with the executive. When Mr. Stapleton joined the Royal Br-tie;. Benk he believed be bad joined a solver), establishment, and there was nothing on t he faneof thi gsto is a sn picion that anything was wrong. During 1855, the period when Mr. Stapleton was a director, he was absent for a considerable period during the long vacation, 'and again when Lady Matheson met with a lamentable accident that deprived her of her life; but. it was true that he attended the court meetings from October, 1855, to February, 1856, when the conspiracy wet seid to have taken place But no evidence had been given that such was the case ; for it had not been shown what they did or said with a view of defrauding the shareholders of the bank, and he defied the prosecution to do so. Mr. Staple ton assiduously attended to the meetings of the court and of the former committees during the above period, when he took a prominent part in considering the state of four debts—one 'was the bills of H. Brown, and after wards his debt ; the second wag the Welsh mines ; thirdly, the debt of Oliver ; and fourthly,• Racker' , . debt. In consequer'ce of an irregularity cerninitted by Mr. Cameron in reference to Brown's debt, Mr. Staple ton was annoyed with both Caeneron and Brown, th, result of which was that the former retired from the general management, and the latter from the directory, and yet Mr. Stapleton was charged with a con-piracy with men with whom he held no communication at the , ime when it wet stated the conspiracy took place. He called on the prosecution to state the day, the time, and occasion, and the moment when Mr. Stapleton conspired with Cameron and Brown, and defied the public at the time when he was not on speaking t-rms wish them. To conspire, it was iwcessery that parties should be on good t lns, and the offence commenced ie , ecret, and therefore it did not appear at all probable that ^lr. Stapleton conspired with these parties, and at the time when Cameron was ivakir.g out the halance-sheet up to December, 1855. Tie complained of the course adapted by the Crown in making all the directors defendants, which had the effect of shutting all their mouths, and preventing them giving that explaiiation ot the circum stances of thecasewhichit wa-i desirable should he known. The learned gentleman, with wane minuteness of detail, entered on a consideration of the evidence that had been adduced on the part of the prosecution in reference tu the debts incurred by the British Beuk, and the securi ties taken, as well as the meetings of the Court of Direc tors and the committee meetings, in the c iur-e of a rece he ar_ ued that with regard to Brown's debt he had given a greater security than his debt, but that the deprecia tion in the value of ships, and the forced sales under the bankruptcy, were the causes that led to their deprecia tion. Of the whole of the deets said to be incurred, Brown's was the only one that ever came h•fere Mr. Stapleton in detail. At that time (1855) Mr. Brown was in good credit, and no man would have dared to have said then that he was insolvent. Had it heel. stated at a meeting of shareholders the party woud have been proceeded against by Mr. Brown, who, triers wee no doubt, would have received exemplary damages fie.in such a jury as themselves, under the direo ion of his lordship. The evidence chewed that Mr. Cameron estab lished the bank upon a series of leading principles, one of which was that the manager shout t have tke sole control of the debts and making up the balance sheet, without the interfere ea of the directors. The directors in succession, from 1849 to 1855, had acquiesced in it, and Cameron had repri uanded arid threatened the dismissal of a clerk for merely having communicated to a director something that came within hie (Cameron's) peculiar functions of general manager, The balance.eheet of Dec., 1855, was made up and prepared by Mr. Cameron, with experiences person, under his control, who had lenses to ail the book. of the bank, and after earde duly audited by the auditors appointed by the shareholders, and was it to be expecte. , theta young and inexperienced directors, 3 monthe' stand • log could have had susoicion that he was being deceived. The prosecution had taken 12 mon , hg to deal with the-e accounts, and arrive at the result which bad take:, 10 days to prove. Yet all that was supposed by the pro secution to have been known in same isc.imprehensive way by Mr. Stapleton at one meeting of the director., or from conversations with the directors, in ao incre dibly short period of time Referrit g to the value of the Welsh mines in Dec, 1855, the learned g , etleuran said Mr. Stapleton had not been down to examine t iern, ano it be had he doubted it he would be able to form ae opt Il ion of heir value more than he was to the exect distence of the earth from one of the fixed star , . M.-. Stapleio. was never called on to torn his attention to their value, and from all he had heard he was led to believe 'Oa y were valuable and productive. E,th. rin Nov. or Dee. his attention was called to a report thee had bete pre sented to the bank tnat it rail way cernoweicetion ceuid be made from the pi 's mouth with the South Wales Railway, the mines wank amp.yrepay the bask for its act. vances. There were only ',hree or four meetings in reference to the mines, and the result was that an arr :ngeoien had been made by the Bank with the Llynvie Valley Com mittee teat would accomplish the above ebj et, and thereby increase their value, The learned gentleman referred to the report of Mr. Clarke that genet not be found, which valued the mites at 93,000/. in 1851, end remarked that there was no evidence to show that information had been communicated t Mr. Stapleton that this estimate was an erroneous one ; and, referring to the sale of the mines very recently f 6,000/., he said that, in May 1856, Mr. Strict valued the mines as worth 16,000/ a-year,and which would have made them ample security for the advances of the bank The mines were not worth loss in Doc., 1855, than they were in June, 1855, and if Mr. Stapleton had been asked a question of that kind he would have been answered they had always been treated in the same way, and he would .of course have considered they had been treated rightly under toe superintendence of the previous directors. All the other debts existed in June as they did in Dee , and he knew as little of them then as he did in June. If they were bad debts so much the worse, and if they had not been entered as they ought to have been, that w the fault of those who prepared the balance-sheet in June, 1855, when Mr. Stapleton joined the directory. After some further remarks on the bad debts of the bank, and the publication ,it false reports and balance-sheete, the learned g , ntitttinatt, is conclusion, said he did not rest Mr. Stapletoc's ease on the question 4 good or tad debts, but that when he became a shareholder he be• lieved that the balanc-oeheet o. 1855, and the report ee Jan e 1856, published in February f lio ving, were cor rece, and that he had no reason to believe the insolvent at that time was insolvent. Lord Campbell said tot Sir F. Thesiger admitted, in his opening addres-, that when Mr. Stapleton came inta the directery he as igeoraut of the stAte of toe bank. Sir F. Ko ly—Exactly so. It was teat that had led him earnestly and confidently to hope that when the case fir the prosecution was closes that those e-1 , represented his friend, Sir F. Teesiger, who had been justly elevated to the distinguished office of L ird Chancellor, that they would have done Mr. Stapl-ton the tardy justice of consenting to his acquittal at that stage of the prncesdinge. He, however, defieo learned friend to point out any one particle of evidence against Mr. Stapleton. He said tome was noee ; eve to the last moment of its exi.tence he heliev-d in i s solvency. The failure of the hank took him as much by surprise as it did the public, and it was enly a few days before he wrote his relative, Mr. Alex. Mathe,ee, to j in the hank, believing that it would become ene of the leading ins itutions of the metropolis. He C intended there was nothieg in Mr. Stapleton's conduct that cold cast suspicion on the honour, the integrity, and good name of that.gentlernin. (Applause-) L ,rd Campbell said he hoped such ebultien of feeling would net be reeea ed, and that the persons present would recollect they were in - a court of justice, Mr. Sergeant Shee, in addressing the jury for Mr. Alderman Kennedy, said that that gentleman had epeet the greater period of hip li sin India. He was the son of an Indian general officer, and bad himself spent 32 years of his life in India, as physician general at &en bay, and when he reei e ned his appointment he left Bom b 4,) , in the enj.‘yment of the hietiest peg.ible estimeti , m for his honour and integri y Mr. Aid. IC.,unedy, when he arrived in this couniry, with an ample compe , micy, war+ about 55 years of age, and he was desirous of obtaining some means of employing it to his own benefit and that of his countr, men, He became a member of_ the Cor poration of London in 1854, when he was elected an alderman for the ware of Cheap, and whatever iniget have been said of the Corp ration of London, they had never yet admitted or allowed a man to remain a mem ber of the Corporation whose character was open to the slightest eu-picion avainst hie credit, whico was a strong presureptiee of his honourable character in his favour. Mr. Aldertuai. Keinnedy was one of the oriei nal promoters of the bank, in which tie had staked the whole of his fortune, and during the time he had been connected with it he had never trafficked in its shares or earned a shilling in connection with it. He was one of the earliest promoters of the bank, and when he be. came a ears of some di,counts in connection with Mac gregor, who, from his having been under-secretary to the Board of Trade in S;r R. Peel's Government, was be lieved to be a wan of substance and respectability. He left the directory, but was induced to return in Oct., 1854, and remained till the stoppage of the bank, doing his bet to mitigate the losses that had been incurred since its establishment. The learned gentleman then referred to the evidence given of the connection of Mr Alderman Kennedy with toe losses of the bank, .and his conspiracy to defraud the publ i c by Inter!, there res id be en c t , i , n e g the state du b ato ,, of b t t h mr )e t . arAikl,daerni.nd Alderman b n K ce e n b c , lu e i d i s on k s b a e i w d of some locks-UP of the hank, through the Welsh mires and other advances, but there was no reason to believe °J I -at is ' bli,Y,ll(t).tflearll athan g t‘i w l a u s l I t t ' la n a s only wants , ' h wa 7t ele ee m e B , 7 imitiereial strength at th e b oard till after the bankruptcy s t tl e- i c e u b r t r i i e k s to wake rt one of the safest and ,ourelett of itveied in tit, kingdom. Be trougly expreosed his con vio.ion teat it was i m posinble to say Mr. Althrinan Kennedy had been guilty of the charge of conspiracy by whine he w „, to render desola , e the hearths and hnme , of those tor whose benefit he was induced to eetable,h the bank. li,- irne lored them to remember that drrieg the end et 1855 and nearly the whole of 1856, Mr. Alderman Kennedy was prevented horn attending to the board meetings owing to his having•to discharge the arduous and responende dal of sheriff of London arid Middl sex— an t,ffice the most laborious that could he found, from its occupying the time of the holder both by dayand night—in the termer in dischai wig the busin , es part of the office, and by night dispensing hospitality a , countenancing acts of charity sad benevolence ouethe whol e p er i o d of his year of office. If Mr. All ter h - f .ou g Kennedy was absent, how could he have conspired with others to defraud the pub ic ; tend if he had been r;N)4- nisarit of the true state of the bank, it was not likely he would have brought his brother-in-law, Mr. L. M Valiant, into the Directory in Feb. 1856, and have induced his nephew anti nietiler-in-law to become d, po ,,itore. The learned gentleman's address occupied the court till its rising at half-past five o'clock. There are four other learned gentlemen to address the jury in support of their respective clients. It is under stood that some of them intend to call witnesses, but it is confidently anticipated the case will be concluded by Saturday night. PRESCOTT, THE AMSRICAN HISTORIAL—We regret to learn, by a letter dated "Boston, United States, February 5," that this celebrated writer is suffering from an attack of parallaivi—SCo(smco. A PUG ITITE SLAVE SN LIVERPOOL. (Frew the Liverpool Albion.) On Seturd y after noon a pair fugitive slave, who arrived three weeks ago at Liverpool, from New Orleans, stowed away in the hold of a cotton ship, was brought to this office. The following is his own plain unvarnished tale, taken down as the , narrative fell from his lips. " My name is Torn Wilson, I arrived here in a iship called the Metropolis, Captain Foster. lam slave-horn ; I have been under slave bondage ever since I wa s }>o, I be n lamreiw 45 years old. o ged to Mr. Henry F •straan, of New York, cot ten-pres-er. I wal tied• r hue for the space of *even yea's. Before then 1 belonged to Colonel Barr, ef W- othord, Teere 1 had a wife and three children, I, esides having had another child which died. I was stilt' by auction by Major Beirds, auct:ooeer, f• ir 2,500 dole., and was taken d ,, Wri to New Orl ens, sway from my wife and chil dren, and I haven't -e-n them since. Shortly after I got there Mr. Fast me overseer, Berka, commenced to ill-us , me. I didn't umletsrand tying the cotton; it •- as new - to me, and I was awkward, so I was flo. - 41 ed. They used ei tie it e down across a cotton bale, and give me 200 iir 300 with a leather strap. I am marked with the whip from the ankle-bone to tha crown of my heal. Soule years before I was sold from Miss', vip t t 1 the over seer there, because I resisted punishment once, cut my right arm across the muscle, and then had it stitched up. He did that, as he said, to weaken me, because I was too strong in the arm. Anout a year and a half miter I had been it. New Orletns I ran into the woods. I was followed by Burks and a pack of blood-hou is into the Baddenrush Swamp. The dogs soon caught, me. They tore my legs and 'body with their teeth. Here are the marks yet. [As he spoke he turned up his trousers' legging, and exposed form , deble seams, extending up the calf and above the knee-joint.] Burks (he continued) le ido up to me with his gun, and shot me in the hip with 14 buck-s , ot, which can be seen and examined at any time. The dogs continued to pin me wit.) thee teeth. After that I knowed nothing about what they did to me for about a week. When I got a little s-rong they burned nay back with a red-hot iron, and my legs with spirits of turpentine, to punish me for escap ing. They put an iron collar round my neck, which I wore for eieht months, besides two irons, one on each leg. After treat I was watched very closely ; but cne night, about a week after Christ mas, I tax away, and hid myself under the sawdust in a sawmill pit, b-low New Orleans. I was fol lowed by Barks, the overseer, and the dogs, but they did not fin f me. I crept out and ran away, for more safety, to the Great Salt-water Lake, behind 0t leans, sec , etiug myself under the bushes and vines. Thrre a e alligators in the lake, and as I waleit up to tie knees in the water, the alligators followed me, grunting and bel lowing' and trying to get me. I had sev eral times to climb up trees to escape them ; but I felt safer aesong the alligators then among the white men. In the morning, at 4 -o'clock, I went down to the wharf. On the road I came actors some of the men who were cuts watching for me, with guns ant dogs. It was jiist getting light. I begat to whistle and sing, and walked close by them, and they paid no a t etition to me. Wh en I go', down to the wharf, sine of the coloured crew I of the American cot sh p 111-tropoliti took Me ° ll board, an l tint me away among the hales. On e ot the eidollreit well Spa on mo ' and there W3s a seatch for me th a t d ay; but they did not find me, though they cone very near me, and le trembled to think I should ho taken back an d t inured. I was frig iterate', toe, for the coloured men who had befriended we. I was k e pt out of the sight f th e white teen,• and Captain Foster did not know aiivthii g about it meil atter the men had been paid if at L:verpeol. I remained hid from a week after Chi istmas until about three weeks ago, when the ship came here. During the t 2 I was secreted I was kept alive by the coloured men who hal been so good to me. Thief brought rue soieetlene to eat and d r i n k eve ry night. Whe n I fi rst l anded here 7,5 frightened a!: every white mau I passed, and ''' t inyeelf attout w h ere I cou l I , and b egged at nigh t fit bread. I was a f ra id I s h ou l d he taken i nto slavery, fig ,in. I did not know I could not boa slave here." With regard to the future, poor " Tom said he would be giad to take a fireman's place ` il .„ board a coa st i ng steamer. When in slimily' America, ho had been hired out as a fireman on oneL of the lake ste amers . H e sa id ho cou ld do thet work very well, and could stand any heat. i n duced tO " From inquiries w e h ave ma d e we a re th b-liove that, the foregoing narrative, which reads like a lost chapter o f "Un c le T o m' s Cabin," Is O D' k taut ia y true. amoun t of Countr, NlartEets KDINBUit, II HAY AND STRAW MARB.ET FEI3. 23. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 7s Od to 104 Od per kemple of 6 it eln L g Iron ; wheat do., 5s 0,1 to 7s Od ; barl e y do., 5s 6,1. to "" 64. Hay from 103. to 12d. EDINBURGH DIE.A.L—FEB. 23. There were in the market to-day 14 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 33s 6d and —a. DA.LICEITEI MEAL NIARK ET—FEB, 22. , of There were i n th e mar k e t t o -n ay 8 b ags o f oatmeal, v barleytneal, and 0 pot bailey. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. I -- Thirodi a imperial 0 Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od i --8 Od Pes,seineal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od. —s Od ---i Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od s Od ---4 DUBLIN, FEB. 23. An active trade in c orn to-day, and the tra nsactions in v ;t:t vv, r , n e zt 2 b d e 6 q , uo ..o te( . l 26 t od th , erates of last w oci e ek o l2 o g a s . rail ditto, '' ixg, —a to —a OA ditto now,Od; gr i ... . % s l a tna Ci"l e s ::l, 14s to 15s Od ; bare, new, a Ott to --s 0 ' ;barley, O l d tin to g, 1 1 4 3 4 ttolilttBos, 110 , Vt 6 Oti , r 34 , ,- d, -23 s Od to 25s Od per brl ; .1.- , E ,' flour, l wl o 6 Oil to 203 001 per cwt.; [n tiara corn 31 0 ' 33 6d Pe r , s 1 r 440 lba 146 to 1., COAL qait WI -FEB. 24. Prices of Coals per ton al the close of the market Wsllsead, io di d ;elrolat 15 0 ,5 [Liddell 17 8 , ralnwellgate 6 ;assop lB 6 Celloe 19 ~iisoll's tlotton. 1 n Ball l5 6 Oowell's Duffryn Steam gi ships at market, 23 ; sold, 14. a. d. Bates's West Hartley . 13 ti, Tyue Main .. 12 0' Waiktq• Primrose . l2 t Ward's West Hartley l4 0 wa►llmid. Acorn Close l7 C Northumberland East 13 Eden Haug❑ . 17 j LOOAL aLJQ Kts MAX If LIVERPooL—Fas. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE—There was a fair smowit of busitir i !' the market opening firm, and closing at the best. ji quotations are for the account ending March 15 . Or B 4l. Truuus, I.i 4-6hutlields, .1k) I—Eabtenu Counties, 7- Lti x d North British, 13 —Cs fiat) as, 201 2 . 2, o — N H oi o t l b yti m ett i. , , iLk a e n u c h as e h a i d re :ito , c l k i , 2 1_3 , t id - r ad n, 481 2 1— Lan casidre cx d --13erwicks, 21 H--Leeds Northern, 25 g Loudons, Yorkshire, 9l GitA FEB. 24. STOCX EXCIIANGE. —This market was firmer to -day, and improved towards the close. Midlands, 100$--Loud 0 and North- Westerns, 10—Great Westerns, 62i --S°ll Stafford*, 101 —Birmingham Fire Office shares SON. I IiAJACiIitSTB.II, FEB. 24. • EXCHANGE. - A d N ay 7.- p - r A ine v i e p r a y lly fai f r or bu: e in xt ess ac ti c o o i a n n g t. in_ li t zu l i tho trAnsaetiuns : —Leeds, 951—D0 verom_, 9 11oh -1 1a8l ci orT I :Illic L nl o gr A k ;C t' n and North IVQsieru, 101 —.Shefftolds,,M..., sliolaudo, 100 4 —Truliks 12 15-16 Canadas , _ 74 " Nor th Non , - Eastern Counti es , 12g —its t Lancashire 91 , j 91:40. 6!affuras, :i d — Birkenhead, 73—L ee d s 6 Pre"____..,sl/ BIRTHS. B • mum —On the 17th inst., at St. Leonard'S-011'Seao wife of Rear-Admiral B e th une, C . 8 ., a a son. . j.• ThitsclN—Ou the 2 ;d hist , at Upper Claptnn, t he wif° J—Nelson, Bsq., of a daught er . goy Avir,E—On the 23d inst at Fouhnore Rectory, near stun, the lion. Mrs. Arzhtic Satile, of a son. trot, WALTER—OII the 21th in,t. , at 40, Upper G r osvenor -5. the wife of J. Walter, Esq., 31. Y., of a son. MAIIILLAGES. .Churc h ' V - m Bsows lanT --On the 23d lust, a t at All ff platy'St. John's-wo u d, DavAl Brown,. Esq of '`.-dsger of t" Cardiff, to Anna Mari youngest (1°':10, late Rev. Jose,,h Wright, Cuaplain to the 11 •'" DEAT 116. Barn91:41114: BROS —On the 22d inst ,at Mount Fort House, , woocl' square, Islington, Mr . . Wm. Brass, of Silver-street,, rAli‘ street, Cheapside, aged 84. F BLAKISTON—On the 23d inst., at St. Leouard's-011-'e c ces, wife of Peyton Blakiston, M.D., F.R.S., ag ect esl„,, FRANC' i 011 the 23d inst., at Ford-place, Stiffoid,i''" Samuel Francis, Esq., aged 74. , litiolA rci HArtgisoN—On the 23d inst. , at Wolverton, Bucks, Harrison, Esq., aged 79 . , i ; WO' HA:dm:rim—On the 24th inst., at 9, Howe-street, r.. 0 Tens. H a milton, lira iteJt. o f V 5 4" L AmpET —On the 21st inst., William Lionel L am p et, the Highlan d s , near Baubuay, Oxfordshire, aged US' f li 1)&l ay —O n the 24th inst., Sarah, wife of Mr. B. Pe , ill ° Rockingham-row, Now Kent-road, aged 92. of ll ,l ' smisoEß , --Ou the 23d inSt., at Bellair Villa, Tulse.lh, ° tie d eu ly, Horatio John , elde , t surviving s o n of Mr. lora Stringer, Leadeuhall-strcet. --... __. ...-."---.... :,0101)0N Printt,,l zc.o i',o,ll,,;itni b y !,1 t : a)i Au, aL The Jets Onic e ' an ti 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in c° of Middlesex, Thuzsday, February 20, 18581