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THE HAYDOCK-LODGE LUNATIC ASYLUM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOW. Sra,—You will greatly oblige me by allowing; me to correct an error which appears in the newspapers, in the reports of the speech which I addressed to the House of Commons yesterday. I attribute no blame to the gentlemen who wrote those reports. In addressing so few Members as were present on that occasion, during so long a period it is difficult to sustain the voice at a pitch which will enable the speaker to be heard in the galleries. In the absence of a large audience the neces sary stimulus for loud speaking is wanting. The error to which I allude refers to the relative positions of Mr. Coode and Mr. Mott, as they have been described in their own statements before the Poor-law Commission ers and the Lunacy Commissioners respectively—state ments quite distinct, and made at different times and places. My information on the subject was derived from two official documents: first, the minute of the Poor-law Commissioners, dated June 13th; secondly, the report of the Commissioners of Lunacy, dated July 23d. (Extract from the Minute of the Poor-law Commission. ers, June 13, 1846.) " It appeared from Mr. Coode's explanation that his legal interest in the establishment is only that of a land lord; but, inasmuch as he stated that the actual lessee (in whose name the license is taken out) is a person nearly connected with him by blood, the Commissioners thought that the arrangement was, on the whole, not compatible with his office of assistant-secretary." (Extract from the Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy.) EXAMINATION OF MR. MOTT, ON THE 15TH OF JULY, 1846. "Mr. Mott, the Superintendent of the asylum, was also afterwards summoned to attend the Commissioners in London, with the view, chiefly, of their ascertaining what portion of his time and attention was devoted to objects unconnected with the asylum. Mr. Mott attended before the Commissioners on the 15th of July instant, and, in answer to their interrogatories, informed them that he had been appointed, in the month of October, 1845, auditor of certain poor-law unions, and commenced his duties regularly at the end of March last, and that finding the labours involved in his appointment were inconsistent with his duty as Superintendent of the Haydock Lodge Asylum, he bad resigned the latter office in favour of Mr. Whelan (formerly steward of the Hanwell Asylum), and that he should continue to exercise the duties of Superintendent of Haydock Lodge only until the license of that house could be legally transferred into Mr. Whelan's name." These papers must speak for themselves. I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient see• vent, THOMAS WAKLEY. 33, Bedford•square, Aug. 27, 1846. TRIAL OF • JOSEPH HENRI FOR THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF LOUIS PHILIPPE. PARIS, AUG. 25.—The trial of Henri having been fixed for Tuesday, 25th inst., the preparations were made in the Chamber of Peers, which had constituted itself into a court of justice. The excitement in Paris was very trifling, and the tribunes in the Chamber were but mode rately filled with spectators. At a quarter past twelve o'clock the Peers took their seats, and their names were called over by one of the secretaries. The same arrange ments were made as during the trial of Pierre Lecomte on the 4th and sth of June last. . t he prisoner Henri is a pale, short man, fifty-one years of age. His forehead recedes considerably, and his nose is large and projecting. He wore spectacles, and was dressed in black. His appearance resembled that of a respectable mechanic in his Sunday attire. His demeanour, on taking his seat, was perfectly composed, and when questioned by the Chancelier Due Pasquier, he replied with calmness and in a loud tone, and whilst the act of accusation was read he paid great attention. The act, after giving the details of the attempt (which have already appeared in our columns) urged that Henri was in full possession of his faculties, and was as sane as he had been during the thirty years he had been in business as a maker of fancy articles in steel. He was interrogated at length by the Chancellor, and replied without reservation to all the questions, stating that he " he fired at the King in consequence of the great mis fortunes he had suffered. For six years he had medi tated suicide; and unable to kill himself, he had tried some means by which he should be killed. He made up his mind to fire on some distinguished person, but did not mean to kill, only to touch (que je touche), to bit, and, when be fired he said to himself, Fire—touch or not touch, it will be all the same.' " No one knew his intentions but himself. He premeditated the two shots. His pistols were charged with slugs in each, the powder being rammed down with a strong wad of white paper. Had intended to fire on the lit of July, when he mounted guard in the Legion (7th) to which he belonged, and took his pistols with him, but afterwards delayed it, being unwilling to throw a stain on his company, and from respect for the National Guard ; then resolved to fire on the King on July 29, and did so. He stated, with much emphasis, that though he had worked hard and never done the least wrong, yet he was unsuccessful in business, in debt, and miserable ; and he thought of this attempt as the best way to get rid of his life, which was a burthen to him. And as he could not kill himself, he resolved that men should kill him. He had foreseen all, and had not failed in his desire. He did not wish to live longer, but to be de stroyed (aneunti). This portion of his statement he made with excitement and gesticulation, and he conti nued for nearly an hour to explain his motives, and all he had suffered for six years. About two o'clock, when he seemed exhausted, a basin of broth was brought to him, which he drank eagerly, his hands shaking very much. He then took a pinch of snuff with much gusto, and again replied to the questions of the Procureur-General, Hebert, with the same readiness he had displayed towards the Chancellor ; bat when the Procureur used the word " kill," he said, " You always use the word kill, (taw), I meant only to fire at (tirer sur) some great person age." The Procureur-General then read to him some extracts from a manuscript found at his abode, and which was entitled "Premeditation "and which extended to 220 closely-written pages, as well as other papers, all of which formed a thick " blue book" when in type. In these works there were such passages as " When a man is determined to leave this life, the plan is to fire at some great personage, end kill him, or be killed." The Pro cureur pressed him closely on these words, and his ex planation was by no means clear ; but he persisted in saying he meant to hit or wound, but not to kill. Other passages, quoted by M. Hebert, he combatted by saying he had changed his views since he wrote some of those passages. The Marquis de Boissy then remarking that the ac cused seemed fatigued, proposed a short adjournment, which took place for half an hour. At three o'clock the interrogatory was resumed, and at half-past three the ex amination of the witnesses commenced, and continued when the express left Paris. It is expected that the trial will conclude to-morrow. REGISTRATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON.—Tho final address and advice of the council of the Anti-Corn-law League to attend to the forthcoming registration has been promptly responded to in the City of London. the labours of the League in this department and locality having been secured and continued by a few of its local and most patriotic friends ere there was time to arrange any new association for this purpose; and great seems to have been the need, if we may judge from the results ; s i nce , i n sp i te o f the ascertained numericalinferiority of the Tory interest on the existing register, which we have good authority for stating to be up wards of 2,000, they seem determined to contest the battle field in the Registration Court with more zeal than ever, inspirited perhaps by the dissolution of the League, the con dition of parties being such that with vigilance of the Tory agency, and with abeyance of that of the Reformers, the City might possibly be secured in their favour. The number of notices of objections which have been posted on both sides, but especially on the part of the Tories, considerably exceeds that of any former occa sion, and in the course of Monday and Tuesday (the two last days for serving such notices) there was posted by the Reformers close upon 1,800 objections, house hold and livery, and on the part of the Tories nearly 4,009. The disparity of these numbers shows most strongly the peremptory necessity of energy on the part of the Reformers, not only if they wish to secure the vantage-ground they at present possess, but if they would save the great commercial citadel of the world from being carried by assault. The fluctu ating character of the constituency of the city of London is seen by the present state of the lists of the household voters, there being 1,665 of the names on the existing register omitted from the new lists, being upwards of 13 per cent. on the whole. The total number of names on the new list of household voters is 14,258, of which 3,364 are new names, being nearly 23 1 / 2 per cent. of the gross number, but which number will, of course, be considerably reduced on the bearing of the objections. The Reformers have likewise made upwards of 300 claims to be registered. EXTRAORDINARY S ITICIDE.— WO :inf., lay considerable sensation was cccasioned at Clapham, in consequence of a young man named Reynolds, assistant to Mr. Powis, , a sur geon, committing suicide by taking prussic acid. The cir cumstance excited more than usual interest, from the fact of the deceased, who was the son of parents of humble circum stances, having been taken out of the streets by Mr. Powis, and educated by that gentleman. The deceased, who was in his 18th year, and generally of a cheerful disposition, was left by his master in the surgery about three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon to prep are some med i c i ne, and, on his return, in a short time afterwards, Mr. Powis found him lying on the floor dead, with a bottle conta . ining some prussic acid lying by his side. Sev era l l etters were found in his pocket, one from a servant girl to whom h e b a d been paying his addresses , requesting him to think no more of her • as also letters to his father and mother, and master. In her; of which he speaks of taking poison. He had also sent a letter to the young woman alluded to; all of them are r h apsodical, a nd exhibited a decided alienation of mind. Information of the circumstance his been forwarded to Mr. Higgs, the co roner for the district. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON AND HASTINGS RAILWAY.—FLIRTHER PARTICULARS. --The gen tleman who had his leg fractured turns out to be a clergy man, the Rev. Mr. Brown, of Tonbridge, who at present is in possession* of 42, Marina, Hastings, with his family. Th ere were in the train two medical gentlemen — viz., Mr. Wotton, of kiterov-square, London, and Dr. Hamilton. With these gentlemen's assistance the limb was set, and he was con veyed to Hastings by a special train in the evening, and is doing well. The st o ker i s in a very bad state. The engine driver, to whose negligence the accident is attributed, has absconded, and has not since been heard of. There were about forty passengers in the train. - T RE PRICE OF LuxuntEs.—R has become a subject of considerable complaint that the price of the aristocratic amusement of knocking down a London policeman has latterly being quoted as high as hi., a sum which, considering the ordinary quality of the article assaulted, is generally thought to be very exorbitant. The extravagance of the price is the more striking when compared with the muc h mo r e reasonable rate at which the same sort of amusement may be had in the provinces. We find , from a police case at Devon l iort, that the sentries on duty there may be knocked down f o , , Is. each—that being the fine imposed oa some one who treat. td himself to a little pugilistic pastime. We have no doubt t bat they might be knocked down all round for sorhething h mss, as there is always "a reduction on taking a quantity." Perhaps, however, the liberal principle of charging a si. vie sentry at the wholesale price, may be adopted oy the Vagistratee.—Punch. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, Auguet 27. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) GRAHAM V. MYFTES. This was an action to recover the sum of 201., the balance of an I 0 U. The defendant pleaded pay ment. Mr. THOMAS, for the plaintiff, stated the case. In the year 1839 a person of the name of Edwards became bankrupt, and his property was seized by the assignees. The defendant, however, claimed property to a con siderable amount, and the plaintiff was employed to take an inventory and to give evidence on the trial, which he had done, and it was for that he now claimed. The de fendant had pleaded payment ; and no doubt it would be submitted that he must have satisfied the taxing master that he had done so before the costs would be allowed. An affidavit to that effect had, in fact, been made by Mr. Yates, his attorney, and a person named Edward Kelly, who was then a clerk to the de fendant. He (Mr. Thomas) would, however, be able distinctly to prove that not only had the plaintiff not been paid, but that other witnesses had also brought similar actions, but defendant had settled them. Under such circumstances, he apprehended the jury would give a verdict for the plaintiff. For the plaintiff several respectable witnesses were called to prove the value of the work, and a demand of the balance, and promise to pay. Evidence was also given that other actions had been brought. To rebut this, Kelly was called, and said he is now foreman to Mr. Cohen, a rag dealer in Clerkenwell, and swore positively that he paid all the witnesses, and took receipts which he had handed over to the former attor ney of defendant. This the witnesses denied. He had previously given each witness an I 0 U, and did not ask for them back. Lewis Nathan was called, and he deposed to an en tirely different settlement, namely, by a payment of 5/. by defendent himself. Mr. THOMAS was proceeding to address the jury, but the Under-Sheriff said he thought the case fell to the ground as the receipts were not produced. The jury said they were quite satisfied, and gave a vet diet for the amount claimed. COURT-MARTIAL ON THE HON. CAPTAIN GORDON, R.N. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY EVENIN G.-A naval court-martial assembled this morning on board the Victory, 104, ordinary guard-ship in this harbour, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, C. 8., Superintendent of the Dockyard, to try Captain the Hon. John Gordon, RN., of the America, 50-gun frigate, upon the following charge:— "For that he the said Captain the Hon. John Gordon, being then in the actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet, and Captain and Commanding Officer of her Majesty's ship America, did, on the 26th day of April, 1846, sail with her Majesty's said ship America, from Valparaiso in Chili, for England, in disobedience of the orders of Rear •Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, then his superior officer, and Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels em ployed and to be employed in the Pacific, and in breach of the 22d Article of War. l ' The Court was composed of the following members: — Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Admiral of the Blue, and Com mander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Spithead and in Portsmouth harbour, president; Rear- Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8.; Captain John Pasco, of the Victory; Captain Henry Ducie Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent; Captain Sir James Everard Home, Bart., of the North Star; Captain John Robb, of the Gladiator. Mr. Greetham, the Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet, attended the Court. • Owing to the circumstances of the case, and the high rank of the prisoner, who is brother of the Earl of Aber • deen, very great interest was excited, and the cabin was crowded to excess. By the courtesy, we believe, of the president, a table and chairs apart from the crowd were allowed for the press, that officer rightly judging that the Court was substantially made public, not by admit ting the party at the door, but by giving reasonah]e ac commodation to those who lay before the entire people what passes in a quiet court. The doors were opened at a quarter before ten o'clock, and on entering we found the Court constituted. Cap tain Gordon stood within the barrier, at the foot of the table at which the Court sat. His brother, the Hon. W. Gordon. M.P., late a Lord of the Admiralty, entered with the crowd, and was near the accused during the day.. The members of the Court being sworn, The Deputy JUDGE-ADVOCATE proceeded to state the circumstances, and began by reading a letter from Captain Gordon to the Secretary of the Admiralty, dated from the America, Valparaiso, April 22, 1846, inclosing a copy of a letter written that day to the Commander-in-Chief, and of a requisition signed by the merchants who had embarked specie on board the America ; the letter added, " I only regret, for the protection of British interests, I have been compelled to act as I have done without being able first to obtain the sanction of the Commanner-in-Chief, as it would re quire several months before I could hear from him. I also enclose a copy of his last orders to me here." The following were the three enclosures : "Her Majesty's ship America, Valparaiso, April 22, 1846. " Sir,—l had the honour to forward to you on the 18th of March, by her Majesty's ketch Spy, all my correspondence and documents relative to the service I have been detached upon these last twelve months, and many documents respect ing the Oregon treaty; also a very strong requisition from the merchants at Mazatlan, and others who have embarked treasure on board this ship for conveyance to Valparaiso and England to the amount of very near 2,000.000 dollars, re questing that from the insurances having been effected in this ship, their property should not be transhipped into any vessel of inferior force pending the present unsettled state of the differences with the United States of America. A copy of this document was sent me, together with a letter under a flying seal, directed t o y ou from her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Tepic, strongly recommending the adoption of that measure. It is a very important document, and has caused me great anxiety of mind to decide how to act. But after taking the opinions of the senior lieutenant, and another officer of the civil branch, I determined to avoid all risk, and proceed at once to England with the treasure under my charge; for I could not feel justified, under such circum stances, in transferring so large an amount of specie into a vessel carrying but 18 guns; and, although I cannot think war with America will be declared for some time yet, recol lecting the circumstance of the Guerriere and Little Belt, before any declaration of the late war with the United States, and as the insurance has been effected in this ship. should anything happen, the conse quence would be ruinous to the merchants and owners of the treasure entrusted to me, and I am not quite certain if I should not myself be responsible, having been ordered to act for the protection of their interests. When I arrived at San Bias from the Sandwich Islands, in December, after re ceiving the necessary information from her Majesty Minister in Mexico, that pacific relations were likely to c on ti nue be tn-een the United States and Mexico, and from the opinion expressed by her Majesty's Consul at Tepic, and others, that an amicable settlement was likely to be made on the Oregon boundary question, I therefore proceeded to obey your orders of October 10, 1845, and sent an extract from them to her Majesty's Consul, informing him of my arrival for the pro tection of British interests, and that I was to embark any treasure the merchants were desirous of sending to Valparaiso or England, and proceeded to Mazatlan, acting under his directions. The end of February I left Mazatlan, having embarked a very large amount of specie, and I very much regret not having met you here to take your directions how to proceed, being well aware of the great responsibility I am now compelled to act under. By a letter received from you the day before I sailed, I was inclined to think that, unless you came yourself, you would send the Fisgard, and that it depended on what or d ers came b y the December mail, whether you would think it necessary to collect a force to the northward. The Fisgard arrived after I left Mazatlan, and I communicated with her at San Bias, where I had to wait twenty-four hours to get the De cember mail from England, by which no mention was made in your dispatches of the Oregon or California ; and I am led to believe, respecting the latter place, our Go vernment have at present no desire to interfere. Therefore, under the peculiar and difficult situation I find myself placed in, I trust the decision I have arrived at will meet with your approbation, and that my short absence will not materially interfere with . s-our arrangements for the service of the sta tion. I have directed Captain Onslow to continue to execute the orders you have left, and to act as if, according to those orders, he had sent the Salamander home to England, and remain here for your further instructions respecting the dis posal of her Majesty's ship under his command ; and I con clude by assuring you that I have acted throughout to the best of my judgment, and have not been led by personal in terest to adopt the line of conduct I have felt it my duty to do. Indeed, had I waited a few months according to the routine of the service, it would have become my duty to take a freight home to England, which, with what I am entitled to for bringing this to Valparaiso, would be far more profit • able ; and, further, I have to assure you that I have acted to the best of my judgment.—l have the honour to be, &c., " J. GORDON. " To Rear -Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, G.C.H., Commander-in-Chief." "Sir,—We, the undersigned merchants residing in Ma zatlan, having shipped a large amount of treasure on board her Majesty's ship America, are desirous of its arrival in England with as little delay as possible; and as in the pre sent unsettled state of the differences with the United States of America, we are anxious to have our property protected by a vessel of large force, we beg to request that you will be pleased to represent to Admiral Seymour, the Commander in-Chief, the importance to us that the voyage of the America should be continued to England, in order to prevent all delay at Valparaiso, but particularly to avoid having EO large an amount of specie exposed to the risk of conveyance by a vessel of inferior force. It is also to be borne in mind that the insurance which is effected in England will be by the America, which might lead to doubts in settling losses if transhipped to a less powerful vessel. Under these circum stances, we hope you will use your best endeavours in our behalf, that the America may be permitted to carry our treasures to England without transhipping the same at Val paraiso. " Port of Mazatlan, Janury 13, 1846. "F.de la Forre Jecker and Co. "P. Foot. " Haas Denghausen and Co. " Francis Cook. " Uhde and Pini. " Parrott and Co. " Vega Hermanos. " J. R. Molter and Co. " Runhardt and Ewald. " Redonnet, Echeguren, " Mott, Talbot, and Co and Co. " To Eustace Barron, Esq., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Tepic." At the foot of the foregoing- document Captain Gordon had written—" The original document, with a letter from Mr. Consul Barron strongly recommending the measure, sent to me under a fiying seal, was furnished to the Commander-in-Chief at sea, by the Spy, and I neglected taking a copy of the letter signed Barron Forbes, and Co.,' who have embarked a great amount of specie." Sir G. F. Seymour's instructions, also inclosed, were as follows : "By Sir George Francis Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., Rear- Admiral of the Blue, and Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels employed and to be em ployed in the Pacific. " In case of your return to this port during my absence, and the question between Great Britain and the United States remaining unsettled, and making it advisable that the squadron should assemble and receive my orders for their further proceedings, you are, as soon as you can complete the necessary refit and supplies of her Majesty's ship under your command, to return to the northward, for the purpose of joining my flag, calling at Callao and San Blas, in order to receive any information or directions which I may leave at either port for your guidance. In the event of the state of THE SUN, LONDON, - FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, IM6. affairs making the return of the America to the northward clearly unnecessary, you are to remain on the coast of Chili and Peru, for the protection of British interests, until further orders. " Given on board her Majesty's ship, Collingwood, Valpa paraiso, this 13th of February, 1846. " GroF. SEYMOUR, " Rear• Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. " To the Hon. John Gordon, Captain of her Majesty's ship, America." The following letter was next read by the Deputy- Judge-Advocate; it was addressed by Captain Gordon to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and dated— " Her Majesty's ship America. Spithead, Aug. 19, 1846. " I have had the honour to receive your letter of the Bth of July, informing me that my conduct in proceeding to England, as stated in my letter to Sir G. F. Seymour of the 22d of April, appeared to their Lordships to be so reprehen sible that they had determined on investigating it by a court-martial. I had hoped that the reasons assigned in my letter to the Admiralty, and the explanations given therein, would have proved sufficient to justify in the sight of their Lordships the step I had taken. I need not say with what deep concern I find that this is not the case, and that my conduct on this occasion has been such as to bring me under the displeasure of their Lordships. Under these circum stances I feel hound to admit that I have judged erroneously, but I beg most respectfully to assure their Lordships that I have not been influenced by any unworthy motives. I acted on a full consideration of what appeared to me at the time to be the best; if I have erred, it has not been from any undue regard to personal advantage, and still less with any desire to deprive a brother officer of what might justly be his due. I beg now to mention that as soon as I became in formed, on my arrival here, of the opinion entertained by their Lordships of this matter, I have at once, and without any hesitation, taken measures for reserving, to be transferred to the agent of Captain Onslow, of the Daphne, or any other officer who may have sufferel pecuniary loss by any error in my judgment on the occasion, the whole amount of whatever may be derived from this conveyance to England. I beg to call to the attention of their Lordships that in none of the orders from Sir G. F. Seymour did I receive any instructions for the diposal of the freight on my arrival at Valparaiso further than to embark such specie as the merchants in Mexico wished to send to Mexico or to England, or in the orders left for me at Valparaiso. Deeply suffering under a sense of their Lordship? displeasure, I cannot conclude with out humbly expressing a hope that, under all the circum stances of the case, their Lordships may be disposed to take a less unfavourable view of my conduct than they announced in your letter of the Bth of July." The foregoing letter enclosed all Sir G. F. Seymour's orders ; the only relevant one not above given was the following : "By Sir George Francis Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., Rear- Admiral of the Blue, and Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels employed and to be employed in the Pacific Ocean. " You are hereby required and directed, on the arrival of the America at this anchorage, to embark the stores and pro visions intended for her, at present in the store-houses of Messrs. Rhodes and Co., of Honolulu ; and having so done, you are, as soon as your ship is ready for sea, to proceed to complete her water, either at Hilo in Owyhee, or at Hanalai in Atooi, as you may deem most desirable. Having com pleted your water, you are to proceed to San Bias, unless you shall have become apprised of circumstances which shall in duce you to consider that it will be for the advantage of her Majesty's service that you should return previously to the coast of Upper Californa, in which case you are to proceed there in the first instance, and to be guided by circumstances as to your stay. On the arrival of the America at San Bias, you will put yourself in immediate communication with her Majesty's Consul at Tepic, and learn from him the present political relations between Great Britain and the United States, as far as they are known, and those also between the United States and Mexico; and you will direct your sub sequent conduct in the manner most calculated to afford pro tection and confidence to her Majesty's subjects in the latter republic. If you have good reason for believing that friendly relations between Great Britain and the United States are likely to be preserved, and there is no necessity for your con tinued stay on the coast of Mexico to protect the commerce of British subjects, you are, after embarking on board such specie as the merchants wish to send to Valparaiso or to England, to leave the coast of Mexico the end of January,* and to proceed to Valparaiso, where you will receive further orders. If, on the contrary, you shall have reason to believe that an accommodation of the questions between Great Bri tain and the United States is unlikely or uncertain, you are instead of leaving the northern part of the Pacific, in the America, at the time specified, to send the Frolic or Modeste, to Valparaiso, with the freight then collected. You are also to consider those sloops under your orders until they receive other directions from me, observing that you will probably find the first upon the coast of Mexico, to which she is about to proceed, and the latter is directed to return to Woahoo when she has executed the service on which she is at present em ployed on the north-west coast. You will afford the mer chants every assistance, consistant with your instructions, in embarking treasure, either on board the America or one of the sloops under your orders, during your continuance on the coast, at the usual shipping porta. I enclose you a copy of an order I had sent forward by the Modeste to the Sandwich. Islands, directing you to proceed to Monterey and San Fran cisco, had the America arrived here previous to the Coiling wood. I wish the principle of these orders still to guide your conduct, in case of your proceeding to that quarter, as far as they are consistent with what you have learned, from good authority in Mexico, to be the present policy of her Majesty's Government ; but instead of proceeding there immediately, as directed at the commencement of the said order, you are to be guided by your own discretion, founded on the informa tion you have received relative to that province, whether and when you shall proceed there. You are, as directed on a previous occasion, to open dispatches which may arrive in Mexico bearing my address ; and should any of these orders or letters be confidential, you will see the necessity of observ ing the greatest reserve on the subjects to which they relate, and to cause copies or extracts to be made thereof for my in formation, should you have an opportunity of communicating with me ; but you are to leave the public letters from Eng land still in the care of her Majesty's Consul, as there will be probably duplicates thereof sent to Valparaiso by Panama, and it is desirable that if circumstances should call me to Safi Blas, I should find there the public communications sent to me by that route. ' Gillen on board of her Majesty's ship Collingwood, llono lulu, this 10th October, 1845. "G. F. SEYAIOUR, " Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Hon. John Gordon, Captain of her Majesty's ship America." Another letter from Captain Gordon to the Secretary of the Admiralty was next read ; it was dated Aueust 20, 1846, and ran thus : " With reference to my letter of yesterday's date, I omitted to forward, ;for the information of their Lordships, the en closed extract from the orders of Sir G. F. Seymour, under which Captain Onslow, of the Daphne, was acting, by which it appears that the amount of specie expected from Mexico was inconsiderable; but having, under the alarm of hostili ties between Mexico and the United States, shipped a large amount of treasure, with a strong requisition from the ship pers who bad effected their insurances in this ship, together with the urgent request from her Majesty's Consul, induced me, after mature consideration, to accede to their solicita tions, and not to tranship it into a vessel of such an inferior force." The extract from the orders to Captain Onslow was as follows : " Should the amount of treasure expected from Mexico not be such as to fully justify the employment of a ship of war for its conveyance, and the Salamander should be re turned from the islands, you are to tranship itinto her instead of conveying it in the Daphne, and you are to remain on the coast of Chili and Peru until further orders. You are to con duct the duties which may be required on this coast for the protection of British trade and the furtherance of the public service, to cause or apply for the transfer of the specie ex pected from Mexico to the ship you command, and proceed with the same to Spithead, reporting your arrival to the Secretary to the Admiralty." With this paper the statement of the Judge-Advocate concluded, and the Court Was cleared for a short time. On our re. admission, this officer stated to the Court that Captain Gordon requested that "his friend" might be allowed to attend him. Leave being granted, the barrier was opened to admit Mr. Hoskins, the respectable solicitor, who is the Mayor of Portsmouth. Courts. martial scarcely recognizing a lawyer, the accused is obliged to resort to a fiction, and call his attorney " his friend." Captain Gordon was then allowed a seat, and r,aorders muefrel February of JUDGE-ADVOCA TE ca ll e d ev i dence in support of theirF. ym charge. se It uuconsisted fthe I p 3 r . o l d B u 4 c 6 ti , on an o d f Sir October 10, 1845, with the log-book of the America, and the letters of Captain Gordon. Mr. HosiiiNs then proceeded to read Captain Gor don's defence, as follows: Mr. President and Gentlemen of this Honourable Court;—lt is with feelings of painful emotion that lam called upon to defend myself before this honourable tri bunal, against the charge of disobedience to the orders of my Commander-in-Chief. My answer to that charge, however, 'shall consist of a plain and unvarnished state ment of facts as they occurred, comprising, as it neces sarily must, the order which I received from Rear-Ad miral Sir George Francis Seymour on the 10th of Octo ber, 1845 ; the course I adopted in obeying it ; the circumstances in which I was placed by carrying that order into execution ; the discretion necessary to be exercised when placed in those circumstances; and the determination at which, after mature deliberation, I arrived. And I cannot fail to hope that, after having made that statement, this Honourable Court will feel satisfied that I have not been guilty even of an error in judgment, but that I hay: exercised a sound discretion, and that, impelled by a sense of duty alone, I have adopted the only proper course which the position in which I was placed had left open for my adoption. On the arrival of the America at Honolulu, on the 21st of Oc tober, 1845, I received from the Commander-in-Chief the order bearing date the 10th day of the same month, which is already before the Court. In pursuance of this order I sailed in the America from Honolulu on the 2d of November, 1845, and reached San Blas on the 10th of December following, when we proceeded, on the 17th of December, to Mazatlan, which we reached on the 22d of that month, and continued there till the end of February, 1846. It will be seen by this order that a discretion was vested in me by the Commander-in-Chief, as to the course of my proceedings, depending on the information I should obtain as to the continuance of friendly rela tions between Great Britain and the United States of America. My continued and anxious attention, there fore, was devoted to the procuring of such information on this subject as I could obtain ; and with this view, pursuant to the order which has been read, I put myself in immediate communication with the British Consul at Tepia on that subject, and continued to communicate with him during the whole time of our stay at Mazatlan. I here take the liberty of putting before the Court the information which I received, both from the Commander- in-Chief and from the British Consul at Tepic, on the subject which so much engaged my attention. The ori ginal letters will be handed . in to the Court, but as they contain references to other matters, I have extracted such parts as relate only to the point in question, and which are as follow: " FROM TIIE COMMANDER• IN• CHIEF., " llonolulu, Oct. 10, 1845. "I have no word of Oregon, or probable war, since the letter of 'March, which you saw in duplicate at Tepic, and I am not in possession of the news of our Government relative to California, and I am therefore less inclined to fetter you about that country while you remain in charge of the north coast; the Columb us i s aga i n expec t e d i n t hi s quar t e r, but I aminclined to think the Oregon matter will be settled." * If no ship should have arrived to relieve you at the end of January, you are at liberty *.o prolong your departure from the coast of Mexico to the end of February, if you 81141 think fit.—G. F. S. "FROM THE SAME , "I am afraid no ship will come up to Mexico until after I get to Valparaiso, to order either Daphne or Fisgard, or any larger frigate that may be necessary to be there, after you come away, if you find it right to come away in February." " Valparaiso, Jan. 10, 1846. "The Cormorant is daily expected from Payta, with the October mail, or perhaps Captain Gordon may go on to Pa nama and bring me that of December. The expectation of her daily arrival has prevented me sending off the Fisgard; but unless I am induced to come on in the Collingwood to the northward at once, I shall probably detach the Fisgard in that direction." FROM THE SAME. "None of the mails yet arrived have brought me a word about the Oregon since the letters and orders you saw before you left the coast of Mexico last year." " Valparaiso, Jan. 15, 184 G. "I wrote you on the 10th, but if you remain on the coast of Mexico this will perhaps reach you earlier by the Fisgard. I have the official Admiralty letters directed here to the early part of October; they contain no mention of Oregon or any other subject of any consequence, and I have never re ceived a paper in which that country or California is men tioned since that you saw on your way to the northward. Before the Fisgard arrives it is probable that the November and December mail will reach San Blas, and may show more what is likely to be the event. I intend leaving this early next month to get the December mail at Payta, and probably that of January, and then come on to San Blas, if the affairs which make a collection of the squadron expedient have not ended, which I think doubtful or unlikely. This is uncertain about reaching you, and I have not attempted to fetter the exercise of your discretion by any precise orders if you remain on the coast." FROM HER BRITANNIC MAJUSTY'S CONSUL AT TEPIC. " February 28. " I see nothing to make me believe there will be a war about Oregon ; they are debating the affai r i n th e A mer i can Congress. and the upshot will he much bluster and nothing done; but your dispatches will enable :N ou to know the views of England, of which I am ignorant." Being satisfied, therefore, from these communication, as well as from other sources (for I lost no opportunity of seeking information wherever it could be obtained) that there was no probability of the friendly relations be tween this country and the United States being dis turbed, and it being unnecessary for me to continue on the coast of Mexico for the protection of British in terests, I proceeded to obey that part of the Commander in-Chief's order of the 10th October, 1845, which directs me to embark on board the America such specie as the merchants might wish to send to Valparaiso or to Eng land, and then to leave the coast of Mexico in January or February, and to proceed to Valparaiso, where I should receive further orders. I accordingly commenced receiving on board specie belonging to the merchants, and whilst doing so I addressed a letter to her Britannia Majesty's Consul at Tepic, requesting his opinion as to the course I should pursue, to which I received the follow ing reply:— "Tepic, January 21,1846. " Since you ask me my opinion about your own move ments, I shall say that I think you had better go on as you are doing, receive specie, and remain at Mazatlan as long as you prudently can—l should think till about the 20th of February. Come down to San Blas, be there about the 21st, and leave on the let of March. This would give you another month to see how affairs turn out. lam certain Paredes will be out with whatever plan he may be hatching; and who knows but something may turn up that may make the American Commodore take himself oil' before the time you are ready to sail? I enclose you a copy of a document signed by the merchants at Mazatlan, and now under signa ture by those of this place, and which I shall send to the admiral, in hopes it may induce him to send you home. It is really very desirable that property should be on board a stout vessel in these times, and you have now two vessels to leave. Sir Thomas Thompson can look atter the Yankees, and all you could do is to look after them, for whatever may happen I presume you would not tight them without a war being declared with England." Having, therefore, received on board specie to the amount of 1,800,000 dollars to be conveyed to England, and having sailed from Mazatlan on the 27th of Februry and San Bias on the following day, I reached Valpa raiso on the 20th of April Before leaving Mazatlan, however, the requisition (alluded to in the letter which has just been read) from the merchants who had shipped treasure on board the America, was addressed and sent to the British Consul at Tepic, requesting him to repre sent to the Commander-in-Chief the importance to their interests of having the specie conveyed to England in the America, and that it might not be transhipped into any vessel of inferior force. A copy of this docu• ment was sent'to me, together with a letter, under a flying seal, directed to the Commander-in-Chief, from her Majesty's Consul at Tepic, strongly recommending the adoption of that measure. This important docu ment has already been read. On my reaching Valpa raiso I was placed in circumstances of great perplexity and responsibility, since neither did the order of my Commander-in-Chief, of the 10th of October, 1845, nor that of the 13th of February, 1846, contain any directions as to the disposal of the treasure which I had on board. Entrusted, therefore, as I was with so large an amount of property belonging to British merchants for safe conveyance to England—insured as that pro perty had been (although without my previous know ledge) as specie to be conveyed to this country by the America—receiving, as I had done, a copy of so power ful an appeal from the merchants to whom this treasure belonged—left, as I was, without the possibility of coin municating with my Commander-in-Chief for several months, I felt a great weight of responsibility in deter mining what course I ought to pursue. I had no fear whatever of war with America, but still under the feel ings of irritation manifested by individual officers of the United States, there was the possibility of a hostile encounter with a vessel of small force, conveying so large an amount of treasure—an event which might have proved, in all respects, most disastrous in its consequences. That the dread of such an encounter was felt by all the merchants at Mazatlan I shall be able to show by the testimony of one of those gentlemen, Mr. Kelly, who being in England, and seeing by the public prints that I was about to be tried by court-martial, kindly wrote to me from Liverpool, volunteering that evidence which he is here to-day prepared to give. From that gentleman's testimony the Court will learn that insurances could not be effected upon freight sent home to England under the war rate of 3 per cent., in stead of the usual rate of 1 per cent., and that the mer chants knowing that on a former occasion, when there was a probability of hostilities between the United States and Mexico, the Americans took pesses,ion of California before any declaration of war, were naturally in a great state of alarm, lest the treasure belong ing to them, if sent by a ship of inferior force, might come into collision with an Ame rican ship of larger force, and be captured. From the orders also left by the Commander-in-Chief for Captain Onslow, of the Daphne, that the treasure, which mi g ht be brought from San las should be sent to England, either by the Salamander, if a small amount, or by the Daphne, if a larger sum, it was perfectly obvious that it was the Commander-in-Chief's desire that the amount of force to be employed for ,the protection of the specie should be proportioned to the amount to be protected; whilst it was equally clear that the orders did not con template so large an amount of treasure being brought from San Blas as was shipped by the merchants fur its special protection on board the America. I was still further impressed with the necessity of having this large amount of specie conveyed by a ship of superior force to the Daphne., by the fact that the Commander in-Chief had himself evinced a doubt as to the safety of sending specie to England by the Daphne, by giving directions for the insura.ric , 3 of his share of whatever amount might be transmitted by that vessel. After, therefore, devoting the whole sener g ies of my mind to the consideration of the subject, and most maturely deliberating on the step which ought to be taken, and after seeking the opinion of those upon whose judgment reliance might be placed, I felt assured that it was my duty to convey to Eng land in the / America the treasure which had been so en trusted to me, and I had no hesitation in believing then, as I do at the present moment, that the decision at which I arr ived would be fully approved by my Com mander-in-Chief, to whom I wrote at Valparaiso the letter .of the 22d April last, which has already been read. The contents of that letter will, at once show that 1 was not acting in wilful and, upjUstifiable disobedience to the orders of the Commander-in- Chief, but that I was actuated only by an anxious desire, under the peculiar circumstances in which I was placed, to discharge what I fully believed to be my duty. 1 .1. may appeal to the experience of this Hon. Court in p.rc,of of the fact, that in the course of our ser- vice, and - e specially on foreign stations, an officer is sometimes p: laced in circumstances which must necessa rily invest hi m with a large amount of discretion in the discharge of his duty, even to an apparent deviation from orders - received. In those circumstances I have been placed; that discretion I have exercised to the very best of my Judgment; and it is satisfactory for me to know that it have been borne out in the opinion under which I ac,to d, by a continuance of the peaceful relations between this country and the United States; for this Hon. Court, •will, I trust, readily believe me when I say that if I had for one moment believed it probable that those peace ft d relations would have been disturbed, no considerati an whatever should have induced me to pro ceed to En gl and without express orders from my Com mander-in- Cliief. The Daphne was left by me for th e protection of B r iti s h i n t eres t s in Mexico, and I a m not aware 'clia t either her Majesty's service or any inte rests whate , ve:r can have suffered from the step which I have felt it to be my duty to take. On my arrival in England I was. surprised to find that an order for court martial had been issued to try me for disobedience of the Comma: liler-in-Chief's order of the 13th February, and that th e mos t ca l umn i ous an d e xaggerated misrepre sentations of the circumstances of this case were reported in the publ is newspapers. I trust that it is scarcely necessary fi w me, in the presence of this lion. Court, to give a distinct and indignant denial to the imputation of my hay ing been actuated by base and mercenary motives in 1 winging this freight to England. Those who know me bt , st will at once pronounce me incapable of having so a. eted from any undue regard to personal ad. vantage, eve n although its amount bad been large, in stead of beit g, as it is, comparatively small. And, as a proof that I 4.. ave not been actuated by any interested mo tive, I beg ► tc mention th a t I t oo k the earliest opportu nity on my Lei rival at home of adopting measures for reserving the ifs hole amount of whatever might be derived from the conva yance of this treasure to England, in order that the same may be transferred to the agent of Cap tain (Maw, of the Daphne, or any other officer who may have I .uffered pecuniary loss from the step which I b tvie taken, although no complaint or re monstrance has been made by Captain Onslow or any other offict I may also add, as another proof of my not bei 'mg influenced byselfish or interested motives, that before •t, 'e left Mexico I distributed amongst my ship's comp any more than 1,0001., part of moneys that were at ray sole disposal, whilst the remainder was ex pended in d acorations to her Majesty's ship which I have the honour . to command. The letter addressed by me from Spiihea, d to the Admiralty was written under poig nant feelings ..of regret, that I should, by a discharge of what I concei ed to be my duty, have incurred the dis pleasure of th eir Lordships ; and any expression contained in that letter, .of my having acted erroneously, was in tended to co nv e y m y acqu i escence i n an d d e f erence t o their Lordshi ra' judgment, and - no: as admitting that I ' was influenced by any other than what I firmly be lieved to be a sense of duty when I left Valparaiso. It now only remains, Sir and gentlemen, for me to thank you for the patient attention which you have given to my explanation of the circumstances under which I now stand before you. That explanation will, I trust, be satisfactory to the high-minded and distinguished Bri tish officers of which this court is composed. To such honourable keeping I may safely confide my character, dearer to me than life itself. For many years engaged in the same service as yourself, I have to the present moment borne an irreproachable name. I rely with confidence on your justice and impartiality, and, re tiring as I shall do from this court with the conscious ness of having, to the best of my judgment, discharged my duty, I trust that I shall carry with me the approval of this Honourable Court ; and that I shall be at once restored to the service of my Sovereign and my country, possessed of that jewel of inestimable value to a British officer—an unblemished reputation. Mr. Kelly, a merchant, carrying on business at Mazatlan. was then called and sworn. He stated that he had shipped nearly 2ii,000/. on board the America ; that the merchants at Mazatlan felt alarm, and sent the requisition to Captain Gordon, and that in fact the underwriters in England exacted treble premium for in suring against capture. The merchants felt more sure by having their specie on beard so large a vessel ; though he for himself should scarcely suppose the Americans would take specie out of an English man-of-war by force, no declaration of war being made. The witness stated that the American force in those seas consisted of two frigates, three sloops, and two store-ships. Captain ROBB—As a British merchant, do you con sider that your interests would have materially suffered if the requisition had not been attended to ? Witness— As circumstances have turned out, I see now that they would not ; but at that time, with a large amount of property at stake, there was great anxiety in the unset tled state of affairs.) The case being then closed, the Court was cleared. In about 20 minutes the doors were opened, and the follow ing witnesses were called by the Court and examined by the DEPUTY JUDGE-ADVOCATE : Lieutenant Agassiz—l am First Lieutenant of the America. Captain Gordon consulted with me in re gard to taking the treasure home to England in the America from Valparaiso. The first time I told him it was difficult to give an opinion, not knowing all the circumstances, and I must be prejudiced, as I wished to go home. Captain Gordon replied, "So do I ; but it is against my interest, as it will be my next turn for freight ; but I think I am bound to go home by this requisition." I asked time to consider, and after wards understanding that Admiral Seymour's orders were not against it, 1 said I thought he would be obliged to go home ; if anything hapi,ened to the freight I thought the insurance office would come upon him. He had told me the Admiral's orders were not against his going home ; that his orders were distinct, to protect British property—British interests. I believe the Americans had at Mazatlan, when we left, two 50-gun frigates, two 22-gun corvettes, and a schooner ; but I cannot speak to the calibre of the guns, for I never was on board. The French had a frigate at Mazatlan, and a brig and corvette at Valparaiso. There was, I believe, no English frigate in the Pacific of the size of the America when she left Valparaiso for England. No treasure was taken out of the Daphne. Mr. C. Thorndike, the master, sworn—The Americans had at Mazatlan, when we left, two frigates, two or three corvettes, and one store-ship. I was never on board them. The Commodore's ship was the Savannah ; the other frigate was the Constitution. One of the cor vettes was the Portsmouth, I remember. They called the frigates 50-guns, but I believe they mounted 54. There was, I believe, no English frigate in the Pacific, of the size of the America, when she sailed from Val paraiso for England ; the Grampus was expected daily; in fact so much so, that we thought a large vessel ice saw the next day was that. I do not know what force the Americans bad in the Pacific. The French frgate had left Mazatlan before we did. 'When we were at Valparaiso, the Commander-in-Chief was reported to be to the northward, at San Blas ; we bad called there on our way, but I did not hear that he was then ex pected there. It would take three or four weeks for the America to sail from Valparaiso to San Bias. Coln Wm. Lindsay, second lieutenant of the America, was then sworn and examined by the DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE. What force had the Americans at Mazatlan when the America sailed from that place?—Two frigates, two cur vettes' one small schooner, a n d a s t ore - s hip. Sir C. OGLE—Do you know the force of those ships? —No ; they were large frigatos ; 44 or 46 guns they called them. Captain CaAm—Never mind what they called them. Sir C. OGLE--Did you go on board of them?—l went on board the Commodore's. Do you know what metal the frigates carried—what was the actual number of their guns?—l do not know. Do you know the names of the frigates?—The Savan nah and the COnstitution. Was there any English frigate in the Pacific of the size of the America when she sailed for England from Valparaiso?—Yes ; the Fisgard and the Talbot were there. Admiral PARKER—Do you call the Fisgard the size of the America?—No. You don't understand the question. Was there any English faigate in the Pacific of the size of the America when you sailed for England?—l don't know. What force had the Americans in the Pacific?—l am not aware. What had the French? —I am not aware. Was any treasure taken out of the Daphn e ?—N o ne. Captain CHADS—HOW long were you lying in com pany with the American frigates ?—I do not know the exact time; perhaps six weeks. . Were you doing duty in the America at that time? — Y es. How far were the American frigates from you?— About 500 yards. ___ Was there any rumour of a difference between Eng land and America at that time respecting the Oregon territory?—Not officially; not to my knowledge; not that I heard of. Had you no knowledge that there was a requisition from merchants to carry the treasure to England in con sequence of some difference?—Yes; so far as that they had written a requisition for the America to go home with the money. Captain CHAPS—Did you not feel it your duty as an officer to ascertain the force of ships that might have been your enemy next day— to count their ports?—Yes. State the force—The Savannah had 48 32-pounders, but I believe six of them on the main deck were of heavier calibre. The Constitution had 44 or 46 guns. Captain CRAGS observed—Your evidence is not what it ought to be, sir, as an officer, and you have given it with great hesitation and prevarication, and that the Court ought to consider. PRESIDENT—Certainly it has :been with great diffi culty that we haie extracted the evidence from you. Captain Pasco made an observation to the President, and the court was again cleared. After the lapse of a few minutes the doors were opened. The "PRESIDENT then, addressing the last witness, said —k am extremely sorry to be authorised by the Court to express their opinion of your conduct in giving your evidence as unbecoming the character of an officer ; and that opinion of the Court will be recorded. Lieutenant Lindsay—l am very sorry the Court should view my conduct in that light. I was not aware that I should be called as a witness until twelve o'clock, or I should have endeavoured to have collected my thoughts on the subject, and should have been able to have answered more explicitly. The master was again recalled, and was asked by the Court, how. long was the run from Mazatlan to Valpa raiso to which he replied, that the average passage was about four or five weeks. Captain Gordon remarked—You said 90 days. The PREPIIDENT then inquired of Captain Gordon, if ho had anything more to offer, and having answered in the negative, the Court was then ordered to be cleared for the last time, it being about ten minutes past one. At a quarter-past two admission was again obtained, when the following verdict was read by the Deputy Judge Advocate, after reciting the charges, the Court standing with their cocked-hats and gloves on : " Having heard the evidence produced in support of the charge, and by Captain the Hon. John Gordon in his defence, and what he has alleged in aid thereof, and having maturely and deliberately weighed and consi dered the whole, the Court is of opinion that the charge has been fully proved against Captain the Hon. John Gordon, but that in sailing from Valparaiso for England in the said ship America, with the said treasure on board her, the said Captain the Hon. J. Gordon was not actuated by his private pecuniary advantage. And the Court do adjudge the said Captain the Hon. John Gordon to be severely reprimanded, and the said Captain the Hon. John Gordon is hereby reprimanded accord ingly." The Court then rose, and left the ship. The result was received by the majority of the assembly with some thing like disappointment, and appeared very much to surprise the Gallant Captain himself. The feeling among the officers was evidently in his favour after hearing the evidence and defence. The Master at Arms having presented Captain Gordon with his sword, in company with his brother, he went ashore in his gig. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT,—Liverpool, Aug. 25. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) William Clapham was indicted for the wilful murder of Abraham Tweedale, at Salford, in the month of August, 1845, by striking him on the head with a piece of iron. Mr. Brandt and Mr. Halton conducted the prosecu tion; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Coun sel, that at the summer assizes in the year 1845 the pri soner was arraigned on this charge before the Lord Chief Baron, and appearing from his demeanour to be insane, a jury was empannelled to ascertain the fact. They having found that he was insane, he was removed under the warrant of the Secretary of State to llaydock lodge. During the last assizes it was intimated that the prisoner had quite recovered his intellects, and ho was accordingly removed to the gaol at Kirkdale fur the purpose of taking his trial; but this removal having taken place at a late period of the assizes, the trial was, with the prisoner's consent, postponed till the present sittings. The appearance of the prisoner was that of a person not yet restored to perfect mental health. His eye was wild, and frequently, during the trial, seemed for some seconds to be fixed on vacancy. He was apparently, however, quite able to understand the nature of the in vestigation. It appeared that a short time before this unfortunate occurrence took place, the prisoner had been committed to the gaol at Salford for two months, as a punishment for some trifling offence ; and, in consequence of his health not being very good, and certain singularities of manner, which seemed connected with some affection of the mind, ho was removed to the hospital. From the' testimony of a person of the name of Hartley, who was at that time also in gaol and an inmate of the hospital, I he was, about a quarter before one o'clock on the 2d of August, standing at the dresser in the lobby, when he heard a cry from the hospital. An old man of the name of Vent was in the hospital also, and it was his voice the witness heard, crying out, " William, William, a man's murdered." The witness ran up into the room where the prisoner was. The prisoner met him about a yard from the door, having in his hand a long thin plate of iron, which had formed part of one of the iron bed steads. Witness seized him. He did not speak, but looked at witness very earnestly and steadfastly. His Lace was all sprinkled with blood. Witness helped to take him down into the yard. As the old man, Vent, was descending the stairs he " chucked" the iron after him. When he got into the yard he said, " Well, I've done it at last." Found the deceased, Tweedale, lyinc , on the bed in the room i n w hi c h t h e pr i soner had been. He was lying on his right side, with several cuts upon his head. Witness had seen the prisoner in the yard shortly before this occurrence. He was swinging about a pair of stockings. From the testimony of a turnkey of the name of Wright, in whose care the prisoner was placed after this occurrence, it appeared that he was very communi cative, and persisted in talking to the witness, notwith standing the latter endeavoured to induce him to desist. He said that five years before he had been the best workman in the parish ; and that if any one had told him then that he would be imprisoned two months it would have killed him. He inquired if the man was dead, and if he would be hung. He said it was drink which had brought him to gaol. On hearing the voice of the governor, who was coming up stairs, he flung himself back in his chair, and opened his mouth and eyes as if he were an idiot. - It appeared from the statement of another turnkey, who assisted in securing him, that he asked if the man was dead ; and upon the witness telling him he didn't know, he replied it mattered nothing, for he should have murdered a man at Otley. • Mr. Davis, the governor of the gaol, said, that on hearing the alarm, he ran to the hospital, and gave orders tor the prisoner to be handcuffed. The prisoner said, " You need not do that, I wish to be hanged." His con • duct had been very peculiar, from the time of his coming into the gaol. He had been, in consequence of his state of health, put to wool-picking with a number of others. He was constantly making use of foolish expressions and gestures, which caused the other prisoners to laugh, and he was removed to a workshop by himself. He was found on one occasion with his braces round his neck. pulling them tight, as if attempting to strangle himself. On another occasion he was found with his head cut and bleeding very much, from knocking it against the wall. He said it was to ease his head. He was finally removed to the hospital on Monday, 28th July. From the statement of the superintendent of the ward, the prisoner, while there, was very eccentric in his manner. He at one time refused to eat his food, on the ground of having had so many teeth drawn. He said he was going mad, and refused to rise from his bed. Mr. Stott, the surgeon, stated that the head of the de ceased had been nearly broken to pieces. There were no fewer than fifteen distinct blows to be traced. The prisoner showed many symptoms of weakness of mind. Thinks he was not of sane mind at the time. Mr. Chalmers, surgeon at Kirkdale gaol, stated that the prisoner, when committed to the gaol, was perfectly insane, and remained so up to the time of his removal to Haydock-lodge. Verdict—Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity. Benjamin Barrett was indicted for the manslaughter of William Seddon, at Kearsley. Mr. Brandt and Mr. Holton appeared for the prose cution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Monk. The charge against the prisoner alleged in the indict ment was in substance that he was in the employment of William Stott and others at a certain colliery, and was employed to superintend an engine there for punl ing out the water from the workings, and thereby keeping a free passage for the atmospheric air, and thereby dissipating certain noxious gases, and espe cially carburetted hydrogen, which, in the absence of such free passage, would accumulate in the colliery. That the prisoner absented himself from the said col liery, and neglected to superintend the said engine, and thereby prevented a free passage of the atmospheric air through the workings, and thereby caused the said gases to accumulate in the workings, and caused large quan tities of carburetted hydrogen and other gases, which had so accumulated in the colliery, to surround the deceased, who was a collier employed in the said colliery, and using a lighted candle therein, had caused the said gases so caused to surround the deceased to explode and burn the deceased, giving him divers mortal wounds, of which he died. It appeared from the statement made in opening the case, that at Kearsley there is a colliery belonging to W. Stott and others. Connected with the pit which is now worked is an old mine, and there run between them certain passages for the admission of air to ventilate the mine. At the old pit is the engine in question, which is used for pumping out the water in the passages of that mine, which would otherwise rise so high as to prevent the passage from the old to the new mine, and thus cut off the necessary supply. The prisoner absented himself for three days from his duties in attending the engine. In consequence the water accumulated, cut off the supply of fresh air, and the result was, that when the deceased, with others, descended into the mine with a candle, an explosion took place which caused his death. On the opening of the case, Mr. MONK objected that the facts stated, if proved, would not show any indict able offence. It is a mere nonfeasance, and that a mere breach of a civil contract. A mere nonfeasance cannot make a person criminally liable, except when it is the neglect to discharge a duty imposed by law, as of a parent to support an infant child. To make any one, in other cases, liable to a criminal charge, there must be an act done. In reply, it was urged that this case was similar to that of a carter who leaves his cart in the street, or stops to speak to a companion, and the horse, in consequence, runs over a person. His LORDSHIP said that in that case the cart was set in motion by the party's negligence. Here them was nothing of the kind. There was a mere abstaining from doing anything. In the case of driving a cart, the law imposes on the person who undertakes to drive it the the duty of taking care of it. The Learned COUNSEL suggested the case of a porter on a railway, where he had neglected the proper placing of the points, by which the carriages ran off the road and a party was killed. His LORDSHIP said that in that case there had pro bably been an act done by the party in at first placing the points in the wrong direction. After some further argument, his Lordship decided on hearing the evidence, and on the facts appearing as above shortly stated his Lordship stopped the case. Verdict, Not Guilty. Richard Wigeall was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Kitty Wignall, at Liverpool, on the 15th of June last. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Blair conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. At kinson. It appeared that the prisoner and his wife occupied a cellar in Gore-street, in Toxteth-park, in this town, and on the day in question he had had some dispute with a woman of the name of Bogue respecting some panes which he was to have put in her cellar. He afterwards went into his own cellar, a here his wife was, and the neighbours heard a noise as of some parties quarrelling. One of them looked in and saw him striking with his fist towards the bed, and the deceased was then crying out " I'm not a w-; never give in to be called a w-." A Mrs. Moreton, who lived adjoining, went in, and he was then striking the deceased with his fist as she sat on the bed. He took up a stool and struck her twice on the head with it. Mrs. Moreton succeeded in getting it from him, and the deceased sat down on a chair. The pri soner knocked her down and kicked her on the head. Mrs Moreton then left the cellar, taking the prisoner's two children with her, and the prisoner then came to the door and threw some water over the children who were assembled, having been attracted by the disturb ance. The deceased tried to get out, but he would not let her and closed the door. Some of the parties stand , ing round opened it, and the prisoner was then seen to kick the deceased as she lay on the ground, and to strike her with a piece of wood. He came out shortly after, threw up his cap, and said he didn't care for any man in Gore-street. On the neighbours going in, the poor woman was found in her last agonies, and died in a few minutes. There was found to be a cut on the back of the head, an abrasion on the temple, and various bruises on other parts of the body. None of them were in them selves dangerous, but, on an internal examination, there was found to be a large effusion of blood in the brain, which had been produced by external violence, and had caused her death. . . _ _ Mr. Atkinson addressed the jury for the defence. - - llis LORDSIIIP summed up ; and the jury, after being some time in deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty of manslaughter, adding, that it was their unanimous opinion it was one of the most aggravated cases that had ever come before a jury. To be transported for life. The Court, on the civil side, was engaged the whole day with the trial of a question of fraudulent preference, which was of no public interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MARLBOROUGH -STREET. John Hoyle, a gentlemanly -dressed young man, was charged before Mr. Hardwick with wantonly extinguish-• ing one of the street gas lamps, in Great Tichfield-street, about half past one o'clock that morning. The police-constable on the beat observed the prisoner putting out the lamp, and supposing, from his joyously excited manner, that he intended benighting the street, at once took him into custody. He then expressed his sorrow for what he bad done, and walked quietly to the station . house. A gentleman, who attended from the gas company who contract to light the parish of St. Marylebone, pro duced the Act of Parliament incorporating the company, and pointed out to Mr. Hardwick the clause relating to wilfully extinguishing street lamps, and which is to the effect that any person extinguishing a street lamp shall be liable to a fine of not more than SZ, nor less than 40s. He observed that the gas company were deter mined to press every case of this kind in the severest manner, as the offence was very much on the increase. The prisoner expressed his extreme sorrow for what he had done, which he attributed to the influence of liquor ; the moment he had turned the gas off his con science smote him, and he saw his error. He hoped the worthy magistrate would be lenient, as, although he moved in a respectable sphere, he was not in a situation to pay a heavy fine. Mr. lIARDWICR said that by these tricks streets were put in complete darkness, and robberies perpetrated; the most serious consequences frequently followed such mischievous, unthinking practices—practices which must be repressed. As the prisoner had felt and expressed his sense of his error, he would mitigate the penalty upon him to 405., or one month's imprisonment; but he wished it to be made publicly known, and he hoped t he reporters would take notice of the case, that in all future instances he would inflict the full penalty of 5/. ATTEMPT TO POISON Dit' „ F GRATTAN'S FAMILY-DEATH OF ONE - THE SUFFERERS. A most diabolical attempt to poison the whole family of Dr. Gratt an , o f Druminond House, county Kildare; mare on the 1 7th i ns t. Hi s e ld es t son , a lad of fifteen, died in consequence; and Mrs. Grattan' th e four surviving children, and a servant maid are still in a very rreearious condition. F rom t ' .e c i rcumstan ces broug l , to light at the inq ues t, an d f rom w h at we h a ve leartleu from other sources, it would appear that Dr. Grant p' alarmed at the wide-spread failure of the potato croPoi and anxious to make timely provision for the %onto his labourers likely to be deprived by this InYst er , i ^" visitation of much of their ordinary food, 1151 ' h ii 0 small supply of Indian meal brought from Du" it at his own cost for the purpose of introduci n g , io amongst them and familiarising them tn use. Some prejudice against it having been nlested, Doctor Gratt an , i n or d er to remove it, if Pea sible, determined to use it in his own family ; a nd uP finding that his domestic servants refused even to Pr e Psi. it, insisted on their doing so, and stood by until his rections were obeyed. Of th e mea l t h us prepared ber and all his children p ar t oo k ; i n t h e ki tc h e n ' th e r s , e a r Tants refused to eat it, a n d th e i r s h are was g iven to k; g calves, all of which di e d shortly after. The fol lowle :. morning Doctor Grattan wa s actually engaged in li nv ei e r tigating this extraordinary occurrence, which bad an i uo C diately been spread abroad amongst the ign ° b e a peasantry as to the effect of the Indian corn, w e ; his eldest son called him to breakfast, men tionil eu the same time that th e y h a d j ust b rea kfast e " t hat flummary, and what was very curious' , they were every one o f th em s i c k and he miting ; and true it was. Wh en h e reac h e d the hous e 0$ , found Mrs. Grattan, th e f our c hild ren , and a ge ria by maid exhibiting all the s y m pt oms o f poisoningg n ue arsenic. The doctor h av i ng b y hi s acc id en tal ahs e- • - ve escaped partaking of the poisoned food, was able t ° h a d instant assistance to the unfortunate sufferers, an d pre used the ordinary antidotes and remedies hours u e , - er a medical assistance could possibly have reached t,P er from any other quarter. To this most providential tea currence it may in all human probability be attr ib , ll ,o that any of them are now living. In spite of evelli t he his eldest son died within 21 hours, and the others 0 ' family are not out of danger. a nd, An inquest was held u p on th e b o d y o f they ollntti4 unfortunate victim on F r id a y, an d a ver di c t itoP" c ; of the cook in the trans ac ti on was f oun d , i n consequelbe which she has been committed to Naas g aol• bu t, matter, however, is still far from being cleared uP; bev il the investigation is bei ng ac ti ve l y carried on by R v ic oo tet More O'Ferrall, Esq., M.P.; assisted by W ra ' r cfang , Esq., J.P.; J. 11. Naugle, Esq , J.P.; and J. t hst E, q., stipendiary ma g i s t ra t e . W e h ave eve ry VT ° fit ii the perpetrators of thi s aw f u l a ff a i r w ill he P,re t t l ig discovered and brought t o justice.—Dublin E ve Post. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, AUG. 27.—Wind N.E., light pleasant breeze' fine clear weather. Tif eetlc DEAL, AUG. 26.—Wi n d N.E. , strong. -21. Arrd. „ s o, Norelius, Bahia, and sld. for Gothenburg. 26. Acajou,P and sld. for the Baltic. n Bre ni p e so rl' OFF SANDGATE, AUG. 23.—Dr. Syntax, Lagu- - OFF DEACHIC HEAD, Aug. 26.—Emma, Packwow nambuco, for Br. men. ID o°4' FALMOUTH, AUG. 26.—Wind E.-24. Off port, ous, Fraser, Sierra Leone, for Plymouth. c LIVERPOOL, AUG. 26.—Wi n d S . E.-25. Std 2 ;1 40 Hughes, Cal cu tt a ; ' Camilla, Jackson, Demerara; e ansl shire, Rattray, Maranham ; Agoet ne t, Mosher SSew Narragamet, and Embl em , Smith, Destilicelio; 1 101 -51 , Miramichi ; Hyndford, M'Alpine, St. Qu ebec' N.S ; Naomi, Walsh, Dalhousie; Christiana, Magee' do Let Ceylon, M'Alley, ditto; Susan, Gray, ditto; Coeur dpro cwt "' Kendal, Montreal; Magnet, Marton, ditto; Baron „"d, ' her, Flinn, ditto; llarriet, Williams, Newfoundia far port, Devonshir,e Champlain, Springfield. 1,011( 1 ° 11 BRIDLINGTON, AUG. 25.—Arrd. Alert, Fisher, the Orkneys, to stop a leak. Qu ebec ' LANCASTER, AUG. 20.—SId. Charlotte, Fanee , Alcyone, Stricks, Quebec. OFF TUSKAR ' AUG. 25.—Tom Moore, f or Live r po ol. v, KINGSTOWN, AUG. 25.—Arrd. Lib er ty, MiralP ;e od Conic, AUG. 23.—Arrd. Agnes, Johnson, Beliz, e 'h... 24th for Liverpool. 24. B ar l ow , T oo d y, Pug us p o rt Manchester, Brown, Quebec. frOrri &C 4 RAMSGATE, AUG. 25.—The Agnes, Owen, rung, Madoc to Hamburgh has p u t i n w i t h mas ts, sl ) having been in contact. 30' a STOCKTON, AUG. 24.—Arrd. Friendship, Tindle, michi ; Henrietta Sophi a , W a t son , Quebec. CAPE CLXAR, 21.—Arrd. Sea Bird, Resti„ol ohe ibt Fleetwood; Concardia, New Orleans for Liverpool. • CORN AVERAGES GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COO fel l For the Week ended Aug. 22, 1846, made up from the Returilvid Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in En g land and per Imperial Quarter. I ?Ott WHEAT. 1 BA R LEY . OATS. i RTE. BEANS . I . 4g ~ PRICE .. 45s I 1 d 27s 5d 23 s 3 d 30 s 10 d 388 8d ~ ' A , 0 ,1 DUTY... lOs Od 4s Od Is Gd 4s Od 4 s Od MARKET NE WS—(YESTERD' 21,XMLLT ATILIZIEET S. d SouTrtaLL, AUG. 26.—We had a very steady dent /1 01 the primest Bente and Sheep, but other kinds of st ne „ - 95 4 1 somewhat neglected :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s; Illatt ° , l '", to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 214 ' Pork, 4s to 4s 6der Blbs, to sink the offa. gel° RomFoRD, AUG. p 26.—0 n the whole, we l had a veil pi' trade, on the following terms :—Beet; from 2s Sd to , 4s 46clt ° ton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 4 s 6d t o 5 s 6d ; Veal , "c e lfet 48 4d; and Pork, 3s 10d t o 4 s 6d p er 81b s . Suckling Cr ab 18s to 28s; quarter-old st ore Pi gs , 16 s to 18s; an d Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 181 each. LEWES, AUG. 25—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d; to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4 101 Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per 81bs. Supply moderate, flZu firm. NEVTGATE AND LEADENEIAX. I " t be Full average supplies of Meat were on sale, yet os 6J t o mand was firm, at very full prices :—Beef, , 4 ; Ve% 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4 " 'by lb 3s 4d to 43 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per albs. 31uttot,$0,10 carcase. _______ ~ ON' WAY MAIZZETS. SivirrntrrELD.—Old Meadow Hay, 31 55 to 4/; s _, e :ditt ° ' 2/ 5s to 31 15s; Old Clover, 41 103 to 5/ 16s i IN e t "straf , 318 s to 4/ 18s; Oat Straw. 1/ 123 to 11 14s ; -W -1 ' e ,1 4 , - , 11 14s to 11 16s per load. Supply good, and trade " - . 11. TO CUMBI, ,IILAND.—to ,i l , o t , dit t° ' Ohl Meadow Ilay, 31 8s ditto, 3 2/ 53 to 3/ 16s; Old Clover, 4/ 8s to 51 15s; l' e stilt / 58 to 4/ 153; Oat Straw, 1/ 1 9 9 to 1/ 14s; W ri beat jua is " 1/ 14s to 1/16s per load. A moderate - supply, an d 3 4 demand. ... rev . 0.0, WIIITECIIAMIL.—OId Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41;,, T -1 ' 4 . 0 . it W ' 2/ 5s to 3/ 15s; Old Clover, 41 5s to 6 1 ;srra e lv, , lll4* 3/10s to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1114 s • Wheat q uot 3ti°l" "to 1/ 16s per load. Trade dull, at the Love even' DEATH FROM GLUTTONY.—On Sunda , " at Thil l ig man named James Holden, a weaver, residinf., , met. son's-buildings, Pinmill Brow, aged about , vv y . '• i t 4 ppet r : death under the circumstances detailed h el° en,ln e u ej b a d lately ', ja that a person named Joseph Walton d, and entrie s t, , t jas beer-house in Naylor-street, Oldham r°aSaturday 'aig'„ v a crOf several of his friends at the opening, On . b S e o e m f; e al l'h t o be d d id ec n ea o s t ed at l t v e a n s d ob o s n er S v evening, and amongst them the deceased. . _.. a cio d He had dispatched the contents of one plate, arid ben . l.„ oac_ With another, containing three pieces, he f•Jreed tir e fel; cessively into his mouth, without allowing hi mse lf tllu ito l e a d tiar t d o aY at w v e e Tu r ht 34 o . l3ll, _l :l 6 Y ele , acrossto as p i i f e c h e . e m li ,e e re in g l o m in e g dia o t u e t l , down, and was evidently chokuindstgi: black. Mr. Storer, surgeon, was sent for, and render‘e r o f an nvery hour.possible The d assistance, eceased bhuatdhei boasted ro ifn o so r r n f e eaa v Ybe w itb s b r. ; i r % . u o u s -h i t h_ 53 : 1 e i turning l i i .. “ ,,:_i j 2 I 511i a q dt e d ee c1 0 4 00 01 11:: t;i 'e l i i iir e al b i l 'eee . tbu i iii i :, : t ti , ` t e ; t: raw eggs with the shells, as many bunches of I.3 , n u s ltil'i and bottoms, &c. ; and he ate his meat as if be ~,— n t ivg .° eat fast enough. The quantity he was then a tte rl - apli`to, swallow was between five and six ounces. Dir. — bodi -- the Borough Coroner, held an inquest on the msA cb7 ) , Friday, at the Nottingham Castle, Oldham-road , Ao ce, t i, ter, and the above facts having been given in ev'", a dlb c jury returned a verdict of " Died from accidents' 11 ,111 tion."—Manchester Guardian. aO O ~,,,, 0 , CRICKET.—THE AIARYLEBONE CLUB AND ...- . lm ESq• 10 V. TRE NORTIIERN COUNTIES, WITH A. 3117NN, rung . 00 match terminated by the Counties losing hY 58 , 0 01 s c l i, their second innings their score was 69. The ' j o gs, was, Marylebone, first innings, 119; second in ° Counties, first innings, 69; second innings, 6 3 . ,ret l3l : TUE CHARITY COMMISs/ON.—lt itpp „rs frora bs obef o on Wednesday made public, that the expenses whic h fror a t i s, incurred by the. Charity Commission in each Ye ar in 1° " 1 ( commencement in 1818 to the final termination woo amounted to 261,8261. Is. 0 1 ,4 d. Mr. Hume wishe d 0 01' ,be A re the expense incurred in each year, which could p c " re as the accounts were made up to certain periods. The 19 EA p periods vE R Tis embraced El vtEN i T n . 3 t the B x D . ......• ~,,550, • -• ..... A 0 r . 111 ,, WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT - 14 bp- t 1. , ' Robert Stei , hens, or Barkingside, near the Red lio nse 'uslr''tfie thigh nineteen years ago, which affected his knee so seri% go to 0 , L ob o l n i e d e on h ll im osp t i o tai re f l o in r q s u e is v h en h , i: ee t k ra s le as a shoemaker ' tn .. tO Lu tlf•' tale his leg, he left, and for eleven t y h e e ar s s 'ir ei g id e rre s a fering, two of which he was completely helpless and bet ee ts, ve d now by using Holloway's Ointment and Pills for five u_o ii, able to dress himself and walk by the aid of crutches, w a il dr7a t probability of a certain cure. These medicines are sold, b , Y , SO P _.....e gists, and at Professor Holloway's E.tablishment, ''''''' London. BIRTHS. Ga On the 23.1 inst., the wife of the Rev. F. g Vit of a son. frO u— On the 23d inst., at Hamilton-terrace, St. John's" Mrs. Prothero, of a daughter. 14°. 13 On the 24th inst., at Southsea, the lady of the Musson, of the Island of Jamaica, of a son. p r ooo On the 24th inst., the wife of the Rev. J. H. dth Vicar of Houghton, Norfolk, of a daughter. niata if- On the 25th inst., at Highbury-place, Mrs. of a son. 1 e MARRIED. iLiw ern ". On the 19th inst., at Portsmouth, Mr. Abraham ''-., yol•P kitEl h Portsmouth, to Belle, eldest daughter of Mozley 4 of Barbadoes. va cii. t ., On the 25th inst., at Basingstoke, Mr. J. S. gym Do- Guildford, to Mary Anne, second - daughter of Chav man, Esc . _....-"" DIED. On the 20th inet., Ed war d Russell, only son ofleff. Ja On the of Grove-road Mile- 22d inst., at , Wormley end. Herts, Mr. D. RAYnig:lol On the 23d inst., at Hackney, Sidney, third 13011 of Simpson, aged 16. osz atoilm On the 23d i ns t., at Haverhill, Essex , So p hia the daughter of the Rev. J. Davies, aged 20. a _ relict o f 0 10 On the 23d inst., at Highfield House, Sa ra " , late John Fowler, Es q. Xelir , r °l cit On the 23d inst., in York-place, Camberw e— Mr. John William Taylor, aged 67. On the 24th inst., at Bath, Robert C. Sconce , E ic kl r if 0 1 ' On the 25th inst., at Devonshire-place, Virandswori Charles Reeves, Esq., aged 49 London: Printed and Published by MURD O YOLrlia% sll Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. IV'," of the savoy, 111 1 , 112 CQUAL7 Vt 31.1(1041/4 0 4 28. 1840. CI; 11 riok, „„ e o t , i shor t fze. 449 vi J 4 1 4 0 Z,', to 44 , I , 4.4'4 3 t. T o e t4l 4; wth, te ll e t 10 1 4,/ 4 ,ki kt t 1342 e; Sta 4 N. -41 1144 t,;t t it N t s l )4,lti F . _l.