The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-02 00:00:00

of January have been at the rate of rs. 6 13-8 per cent. per annum on the 3apital stock of 4,000 per share. The demand fee bills of exchange is small, and our quotations remain at 1 10i to 1 104 for ordinary first class paper. Shippers of indigo, silk, and combs find a ready market for their bills in the export warehouse at the rate of 1 10 per rupee. Freights ha.e continued firm at our last quotations, viz, 4/. for seitpetre 4/. ss. sugar, and 41 . 10 s. rice , to London. Arrivals of ships have been more numerous, but tonnage, though consequently more abundant, has not been more than sufficient to meet the demand for it. Since the mail came in an advance is wanted. Indigo—With the rapid decrease of disposable stock, the public auctions, since our last issue, have become less frequently and more limited in quantity, offering at the same time a smaller proportion of desirable qualities in all sorts. The latter circumstance, moderating the previous eagerness in general buying, a further rise in prices met with a check, these ruling for badly• mixed and ordinary goods here and there a trifle lower, whilst the better brought as much above former extreme rates; thereby maintaining an unalterable average value. Sugar—The demand has evinced increased activity, and prices for all sorts have improved 4 annas ; for Benares, which still remains very scarce, 8 annas. The reported transactions since our last are 1,700 bags of Benares, superior Ist, 8.10 to 8 12, fair Ist, 8 to 8-4, 2d, 7 to 7-12 ; 2,500 bags of Garputta, good white, 6- 14 to 6-15, fair, 6 8 to 6 12, middling, 6-6 to 6 8 ; 300 bags of Dumma, gray, 5-10, yellow, 4.14 ; 310 bags of Khaur, low brawn, 2-12 ; and 600 bags of Jag gery, low, 2-7. Saltpetre—The inquiry has resumed an extended activity at extreme previous rates, and the reported transactions since our last issue amount to 200 bags refined at 6 ; 1,500 bags of Gudna, 6.4 to 6.5 ; 250 bags of Cawnrore, 6 6 to 6-8; 1,400 bags of Allygunge, 5-10 to 5 15 ; and 4,000 bags of Chupra, 5 4 to 6. Rice—This pulse remains neglected, and home ship ments proceed principally on native account. Since our last the reported transactions were limited to 3,500 bags table sorb, bold best 2.2, fair 1.9 to 1-12; 3,700 bags Be lem 0-15 6 to 1-0. Raw Silk—The demand for this staple has remained active, but the supply has continued very moderate; prices are higher. Reported sales-30 mds. Cossimba zaar, at 7-13 per fy. seer; 35 at 7-14; 48 at 7-15; 60 at 8; 32 at 8 2; 35 at 8-5; 20 at 8.14; 30 Gonateah, at 7.4; 32 Bauleah, at 5-15; 30 at 6; 16 at 6.2; 20 at 6.4; 50 Commercolly, at 9-10; 18 mds. Hurripaul, at 7-4 per ba zaar seer; 10 at 7-14; 22 at 8; 10 at 8-8. Silk Piece Goods—The market has been very sparingly supplied with corahs; the inquiry for these has been firmly supported, and prices have improved. Re ported sales-1,000 pieces of Cossimbazaar corahs, at 95; 800 at 100; 1,000 at 101 per corge. The best descrip tions are quoted at 110 to 120 per corge. Hides—Since our report of the past month several new buyers for the British market have come into the bazaar. The imports being very small has caused a competition for the few parcels which have arrived, and, consequently, a considerable advance in prices. The continental buyers have taken several parcels of medium and good Patna at advanced rates. The Americans have not done much this month in cow hides, but are again buyers of buffalo hides and goat skins. The bazaar just now is perfectly clear of stock. Jute—Shipments still go on freely, but the market has qualities. Reported sal es , been bared of the desirable 500 bales at 7 per bale; 200 at 9; 1,000 at 9-8; 500 at 9 10; 950 at 9-12. COtton—We have neither sales nor exports to report in this article. _ . Opium—This drug continued to improve in price till it reached 910 for Patna; and our present quotations are 900 to 910 Patna, 890 to 895 Benares. Business is in abeyance pending the feurth sale, which takes place to-day. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. British Cotton Piece Goods—Since our report, dated the 7th instant, per steamer Oriental, we have continued to experience a steady and quiet business in all of the chief staple cotton piece goods. In gray as well as bleached skirtings, jaconets, and madapollains there has been hardly so much animation as was observable a little while back, but, ai stocks are so exceedingly moderate, this circumstance has scarcely acted in any way upon prices. Mule twist is comparatively quiet, and where sales are at all pressed, lower rates have to be submitted to. Scotch goods are in slightly better favour, and sales of all descriptions have been made more freely, while books and low mulls, from their actual scarcity, are in good demand at rising prices. Generally speaking, the metal market is rather inactive, but prices are stationary, excepting for spelter, which is again higher. Gray Shirtings—Latterly there has not been quite so brisk a demand for any description of cloths, but stocks of all sorts are very moderate, which fully supports prices of 40-inch goods; for 45-inch and wider goods there is an improved inquiry. Imports in January White Shirtings have remained comparatively quiet, and, if anything, prices have receded. Imports in January, 26,026 pieces. White Twills—These have been in continued fair e!quest, at former prices. Imports in January, 1,650 pieces. Madapollama—Are without alteration, prices of both gray and bleached being well maintained, in consequence of continued light stocks. Imports in January:—Gray, 12,531 pieces; white, 1,601. Jaconets—Hardly any change has taken place in re gard to white goods, which are eagerly bought up at full rates. Transactions in gray have been to a fair extent, and a good demand prevails for all qualities. Imports in January, gray, 37,995 pieces; white, 47311 pieces. White Cambrics-36 and 45 in c h goo d s have improved in demand to a small extent, which has caused a rise of about 1 anna per piece on the common and ordinary qualities. There is, however, no improvement whatever in 56 inches 24 yards goods, which are even more de pressed than ever. It is now almost impossible to realize above rs. 4-8 to 4-13 for the best descriptions. Imports in January, 703 pieces. White Figured Cambrica and Shirtings—Continue without change. Book Mullins—A good demand continues to prevail for the Rangoon sorts, which are exceedingly scarce, and No. 1 of first-rate make sells readily at rupees 1.6 per piece, a higher price than has been attainable for same years. In fine descriptions there is a fair amount of business doing. Imports in January, 3,380 pieces. Turkey Red Mulls—We hear of some of the very best makes and finish becoming a little more valuable, but, generally speaking, these goods are very dull. Turkey Red Printed Mulls—There is now a little more inclination to do business in these goods, but, so far, it has not led to any transactions of importance, nor are we at all sanguine of a rapid improvement. Turkey Red Twills and Cambrics—As mentioned in our last, twills are now rather more marketable, espe cially the wider cloths ; and narrow cambrics still main tain a good position. Prints and Chintzes—These, of all classes, are now very difficult of sale to any extent. For the Cabul market there has been some little inquiry, but this has been met, and dealers from that distant quarter are on the point of setting out for home without having taken any great quantity of printed goods. Woollens—Hardly any thing has been done in these, and the season is rapidly passing awa3. Mule Twist—lnquiry, as observed in our last report, has a good deal subsided, and prices are again a trifle lower, especially for No. 50. Stock in first hands is very moderate, which will no doubt strongly support prices; but just at the moment, in order to sell, lower prices must be accepted. Imports in January, 732,0251b5. Coloured Yarns—There has been less doing in Tur key red yarn of all qualities, and prices are a shade lower. In other colours no sales are reported. Copper—The market is rather inactive, although prices have hardly undergone any change. We q uote tile at Sicca rs. 34 ; sheathing, Co.'s, 39 to 39 8. Iron—This metal has continued to maintain a some what better tone; sales have been on a larger scale, and at rather better prices. Hoop and steel continued mo derately supplied, and we refer to our former quotations for the value of both. Steel—No transactions are recorded, nor have we heard of any alteration in its value. Lead—The same remark applies to this metal. Beer—We hear of no change in prices, and the stock in first hands is smell. Allsopp's being entirely cleared off. MONEY MARKET. CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, BANK STOCK. &c. Transfer Five per Cent....rupees 10 0 0 to 11 0 0 prem New ditto Sicca ditto ... 3 4 0 to 3 8 0 ditto. Company's rs. Four per Cent l6 0 0 t o 16 8 0 di tto. Sicca rupees, ditto Bank of Bengal Shares, Co.'s rs 1,500 to 1,550 prem. Agra Bank ditto N. W. Bank ditto' par. Cawnpore Bank ditto FREIGHTS. To London. To Liverpool. £a. d. £s. d. £s. d. £s. d. Sugar ... 450t0 4 7 6 426t0 0 0 0 Saltpetre ... 4 0 oto 4 2 6 4 0 oto 0 0 0 Rice 4 7 6t04 10 0 4 0 oto 4 5 0 Jute 4 0 oto 0 0 0 317 6to 4 0 0 Fides ... 4 10 oto 4 la 0 Indigo ... 5 0 Raw Silk ... 5 0 0 _ - To Mauritius. Rice (Company's". rupees) payable there ... 1-10.0 to 1- 12 - 0 per bag. To China. Cotton ... Nominal. Opium ... $7 0 0 to 8 0 0 per chest. Arrivals have been rather more numerous, but not more than sufficient for present wants, and rates have been steady. We regret that we are not in a condition to an nounce any progress in the negotiations fo r the pacific settlement of th e S c hl eswig - Holstein question. The Danish Minister at the Court of London has officially informed the British Government that the notice of blockade issued by the Danish Government, on the 7th inst., will not impede British navigation in the river Elbe; but no assurance has been given that, were hostilities to be renewed, the peaceable navigation of that river would be secured to British mer chants. The latest accounts from Copenhagen are of a very warlike character. It is reported that the King of Denmark will not abate a jot of his claims to the sovereignty of the Duchies. Meanwhile, the merchants of this port aro suffering greatly from the uncertainty which prevails upon this question. They know not what to do, and turn in vain to the Government for any &finite instructions. Some of our local sages will tell us, three months hence, that these mercantile embarrassments were the result of free-trade! We cannot forget tint they did so aftsr the termination of the last blockade of the German ports. The losses sus. tained by this port were attributed to free- trade, and not to the wickedly aggressive designs of the King of Prussia. We sincerely trust, however, that in the course of a few days we shall receive eceourts of the final adjustment of a ll diff erences b etween the Courts of Berlin and Copenhagen,—fiuli Advertiser. THE SU N, ;,"iiitZi Xllitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE STAN FIELD-HALL MURDERS. TRIAL OF RUSH. BY EXPRESS.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) NORWICH, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The excitement with respect to the trial of Rush con nues unabated; and I am informed that parties continue to flock, not only from places in the country, but from far more remote distances, in the hope of being enabled to get a glimpse at the accused. Of cow se, a great many are disappointed in their desire ; but, nevertheless, numbers are gratified who have a friend at court. Yesterday the jury twice attended Divine service in the Cathedral—morning and afternoon. Of course, they were kept carefully apart from the rest of the congregation; indeed, they have been properly and carefully kept, by the di rection of the Sheriffs, from communicating with any one on the subject of the trial. It appears that in the room at the Maid's Head there is a piano, and one of the jury being an adept at that instrument, entertained his colleaguesyesterday by playing them " Before Jehovah's awful throne," and other pieces of sacred music, the jury joining in chorus. The court was again crowded this morning. Mr. Baron Rolfe took his seat on the bench at a quarter before nine o'clock. Rush immediately was placed in the dock, bringing, as before, a vast quantity of papers with him. Hs looked very well. Mr. Baron RoLYE intimated to the prisoner that he had received two notes with respect to the witness Howe. It was very improper to write to a judge whilst tryirg a prisoner. He had handed the letters to the counsel tor the prosecution. Rush made no observation, but requested that he might be permitted to postpone his cross-examination of the witness fur a short time, as he had just received a letter with respect to him. George Point, one of the county constabulary, proved being called to Stanfield, about nine o'clock on the night of the murder, Tuesday, the 28th of November, of see ing the bodies, of finding five slugs where the body of the elder Mr. Jermy had lain. Other constables arrived shortly rt , ter him. By the direction of the magistrates he and other constables went to Potash Farm. They got there about half-past two. lie heard a dog bark from the back 1. remises at three o'clock. The lad Savory was the first to come out of the house. The prisoner here applied to be allowed to sit whilst he was not cross-examining the witnesses, as he had a long time to be in that court. Mr. Baron ROLFE told him if he informed him he was unable to stand, even during the cross-examination, he would permit him to sit. The stool, which had been forgotten, was here brought to the prisoner and placed in the dock. Examimuion continued—The lad came out of the washhouse at the back, went across the yard towards the stable, and back again with a lantern. Sent a message by him to the prisoner that he wanted to speak to him. The prisoner came down to the kitchen, and he (witness) went into him. I said, " You must consider you are my prisoner on suspicion of murdering the two Mr. Jermys last night." I handcuffed him at the same time. He said first, " The two Mr. Jermys murdered?" and then, "I don't like that; God knows lam clear of that." I examined him and found some small keys upon him, a sovereign and half-sovereign, and lits. 6d. in silver; found 14 other large keys of different sizes. Rush—l hope your Lordship will have the keys pro duced. Mr. Sergeant BYLEs—Oh, certainly. Examination continued—Found also a pocket-book containing a cheque, dated 25th Nov., 1848, drawn by a person named Candlar on Messrs. Gurney, in favour of the prisoner, for 491. 10s. Mr. Sergeant BYLES read several of the entries, among which were—Sept. 1848, ",Potash interest due—prin cipal due 30th of Nov. 1848." Friday, Oct. 27 " called on Jermy : be has found out that I em in earnest at last." Nos. 21, Tuesday—" With the; Recorder in the morning, and agreed to sae him in the afternoon." There was another .ntry on the 30th of November, which the Learned Counsel said he ought not to read. The packet was, therefore, handed to his Lordship, who perused it. - Rush asked when he should have an opportunity of looking at the pocket-book. Mr. Sergeant BYLES said when he had done with the witness. Rush complained that this book, which contained im portant dates of the most vital consequence to him, had been kept from him both during his previous examina tions and whilst in the gaol. A copy would have been of great importance to him. The book was handed up to the prisoner. Cross. examination continued—Found also a white handkerchief upon him. Went up stairs with Rush; his room door was open; he examined it. The prisoner gave him the keys of the cupboard. He found there two double-barrelled guns. (All these articles were produced.) Robert Thompson produced the guns, and proved re ceiving them from the last witness. The guns were loaded and capped; he unloaded them. Mr. Sergeant BYLES remarked that every article was in the keeping of a single policeman. Examination of Point continued—He unloaded the guns, but re-loaded them with the same shot. Mr. Sergeant BYLES, who had . one of them, handed it quickly back to the policeman, saying "You had better take it back again," which caused some laughter—in which the prisoner heartily joined, making a jocular re mark to the gaoler. [lt appeared that the guns were not capped, and therefore not dangerous.] Point said the barrel of one gun was 26 inches, and the other 31 inches. Mr. Sergeant BYLES (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to txumme the witness? Rush—Yt s; I have a rather long cross-examination for him.—(Laughter.) At the request of Rush the charges were withdrawn from the guns by Thompson, which he watched intently, laughing slightly at the rather bungling and nervous manner in which it wac done. Hush said he did not want all the shot examined. He wanted to see the bullets. The contents of the barrels were handed to the JUDGE, who rtmsiked that the shot were of different sizes, and that he could not see how this bore upon the ca,e. Rush said he wished to have the shot (which were ' handed to bite.); he wished to look at them. Examination of Point continued—Saw a powder-flask on the table, and in the cupboard, also a box containing bullets. Remarked to the prisoner, "You used to have pistols," to which he replied " I used to have, but I don't now.""Went with the prisoner to Bridewell in a gig. On the way, the time being between 7 and 8 in the morning, the prisoner said, "Is there any one suspected besides me?" Replied that I did not know. Nothing had been said to induce him to ask this ques tion. Ile said, " I have been on better terms of late with the old gentle man than I used to be ; the old one and I could not get on." He said further, " I think it was the last time I was at the hall that I told the old gentleman that I would not sign (I think that was the word) it the young one was in the room. The old gentleman told the young one to leave the room, but the young one said he thought he had a right to remain;" also that he had called at the lodge (he understood he meant the night before, but he did not say so) to ascertain if the young one was at home, but finding he was not at home, he did not go in. Ile said twice he was sorry for them. On Wednesday evening I examined the clocks at Potash and Stanfield-hall with a watch. The Potash clock was the fastest; the difference was a quarter of an hour. Ile was in his charge until he took him to Bridewell, except during the time he had his breakfast in the custody of Osborn. Rush, also at Potash said to him, "It was (alluding to the murder)iabout eight o'clock, do you say." Mortar, a policeman, said, "No one said so but yourself." Another policeman heard Rush make use of the expres sion. Whilst there he was shown a pair of boots by Savory in 'the washhouse which were wet : he found another pair of patent leather under the prisoner's bed, but they were dry. He found a thick pair in the washhouse, which were dry. He found a fourth pair in the kit chen ; but the pair he had mentioned only were wet. Walked yesterday from Stanfield to Potash, and it took him just fourteen minutes.—(Sensation.) Cross examined by Rush—The leads had been in his possession since the night of the murder. Got to the hail, on the night of the murder, at twenty minutes after nine. Amos and Mortar went up with the witness to the bedroom. On his solemn oath he did not find a carpet bag at Potash. Did solemnsc ean y o a h ul a i r h e o r ne w v i e g r o h r a a d n y t t h h e i n n g s r o p f 'l as t e tt-hbeagsoritn. O hi n s hands, nor di • d he (Rush) tell him that there were three keys the purse which he had taken from them. Said at the farm something about some papers in the cup board which he wi s h e d to have take care care of, and might h a ve promised that he would do so. The keys had never been out of his possession —would swear positively that Mortar made use of the wor d s , speaking of Rush's allusion to the time of the murder, " No one said so but yourself." None of the police mentioned the time; you alone did so. Did not pick up any bullets from the floor and place them in a box. (The prisoner here asked a vast number of the most trivial questions, evidently w i t h the view of detecting some trifling discrepancy i n his testimony, but he failed to shake it in the least.) • Then he went to Potash on the Wednesday, the day after the murder. He did not find any of the locks • broken, neither did he see any papers lying about. Went to Potash with Emily Sandford on the Friday after he had been examined. Several police were there. Rush—Did you not hear one of the policemen say in going from Wy m • ondham to Bridewell, that the time of the murder had been mentioned at Potash when I was taken into custody? Witness—l said I had a distant impression that the time had been mentioned. I then thought so. Rush—Did I not ask on the way who was the police man that mentioned the time at Potash?—No, you did not. Bush—Did I not say something about some one hav ing made a slip of the tongue?—l did not hear you. I heard you ask who mentioned the time. Rush here asked the witness some questions about finding a powder-flask. LOIstDON, MONDAY-- EVENING-, APRIL .2, 1819. The witness repeated his former trsimony. Rush, who had got somewhat warm, and spoke in a loud voice, suid he would not ask the witness any more questions. Mr. Baron ROLFE said he wished to remind the pri soner that though his cross-examination of the witness might bring out some minor discrepancies, yet' in ten thousand more important points he led him to corrobo rate what he had said. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FROM OUR OWN REPORTER. NORWICH, SIX O'CLOCK. The next witness proved seeing Rash going towards Wymondham on the evening of the murder. Bacon (sheriff's officer) proved distraining on Rush's farm, in 1837, and his using the threat that he would do for Mr. Jermy and Mr. Clarke on the first oppor tunity." Lanier and Thomas Jermy, the claimant, were next cross-examined. Howe was recalled and sharply cross-examined by the prisoner, as to his character and connexions, of which he gave a fair account. He had been taken to Bow-street for writing fictitiouslorders on the Lyceum but Mr. Jardine, the magistrate, and Mr. Charles Matthews were satisfied it was a joke. He swore posi tively to the use by Rush of the expression at Sim monde, the night-house, in Catharine-street, Strand, that " he would serve Mr. Jermy with a notice of ejectment for another world," and that if he was a fighting man he should knock him down like a bull. All the documents were read, and the case for the prosecution closed at half-past five, when the Court rose, Rush having sought permission to reserve his defence till the morning. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING, Six o'CLocK. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Lugar—taken 8 to 1 agat Fernhill 12 to 1 agst Do•the•Boys 14 to 1 agat Executor—taken NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Fernhill—taken 6 to 1 agst Canezou 7 to 1 agst Tisiphone TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3 to 1 agst Honeycomb 3 to 1 agst Nunnykirk 8 to 1 agst Indus CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agat Loupgarou 22 to 1 agst Chanticleer 25 to 1 agst Geraldine 25 to 1 agst Inheritress 40 to 1 agat John Cosser DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman 7 to 1 agst Tadmor 30 to 1 agst Indus 40 to 1 agst Chatterer 50 to 1 agat Magician MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. The. Earl of MALMESBURY presented a petition against the rate in aid. THE POLES. The Earl of EGLINTONI explained that be had seen reported in the public journals the conversation which had taken place in that Honse on the subject of the Poles, and begged to state that he bad on a previous occasion stated that although he had the highest admiration for some of the Poles, yet that many of them had been turbulent, and, notwith standing all that had passed on Friday, he repeated that he thought that neither the Poles nor any other foreigner ought to receive any allowances from this country. The Earl of HARROWBY explained. After a few words from the Earl of MOUNTCASHEL and the Earl of EGLINTON, the subject dropped. PETITIONS. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition against the rate in aid from Tipperary, stating that the peti tioners would prefer the imposition of an income-tax. Lord MONTEAGLE presented several petitions against the rate in aid. The Noble Lord then proceeded to hail the proposition of Sir Robert Peel as full of hope for Ireland, and he trusted it would receive due con sideration. The Noble Lord also presented a petition in favour of settling national differences by arbitration. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition in favour of the undertaking of Public Works in Ireland. The Noble Earl also expressed his high approval of the proposition of Sir Robert Peel, and trusted that now those propositions had been propounded by such high authority it would obtain more consideration than it had obtained when propounded by an individual like himself. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table certain papers relating to Ireland. NORTH OF ITALY. Lord BROUGHAM asked if it was true that the Polish General who commanded the Sardinian army bad been recommended to King Charles Albert by the Eng lish Government? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the indi vidual alluded to (he could not pronounce his name) had not been at all recommended by the English Go vernment to Charles Albert; neither had any other indi vidual been so recommended. The Earl of ABERDEEN was not surprised at the report, as the English Government had shown some partiality to Sardinia and hostility towards Austria, and as this Pole had at a former period been em ployed by the English Government.• And he must say he never had seen such perfect unanimity among all prties as at the result of this contest. He believed that an armis tice had taken place without our intervention, and he hoped our mediation would not be interposed in making the peace, as he felt convinced that our mediation only tended to continue the state of war. The King of Sar dinia had broken his treaty with us as well as with Aus tria, and therefore there could be no ground to call upon us to mediate. "In God's name," said the Noble Earl, " let the French Government have the entire credit of preserving the integrity of Piedmont if they consider it expedient to to do, but let not us adopt the strange dreams of M. Lamartine. The Marquis of LANDSOW NE said that ho believed the Polish General alluded to hsd been some years ago employed by our ambassador at Constantinople. The Noble Lord had no public grounds whatever for saying that we bad shown any partiality to the King of Sardinia.---:(Hear, hear.) The Noble Earl had acted upon information that was partial.—(llear, hear.) The whole information would soon be before the House, and he thought the Noble Earl would have done well to have waited for full information before accusing his country of partiality. The Government had not and did not intend to offer mediation; but if that mediation should this year be asked by both parties, as they had been asked by both parties last year, they should consider the question open to consideration. The Earl of ABERDEEN considered that the Go vernment had shown partiality by not publishing the Austrian dispatch, and he considered our whole conduct had been marked by partiality, when we offered media tion in the month of August, in favour of Sardinia. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Oar mediation was asked fur by Austria in the month of May. He thought it was unjust in the Noble Earl to pronounce a deliberate judgment on the conduct of the Government, in the absence of evidence, when the whole of the evi dence was about to be laid before the House. Lord BROUGHAM believed that the Government bad done all they could bona fide to prevent the last impru dent outbreak of Charles Albert, who had paid the penalty of his rashness, and bad defended his throne with courage; but nothing could exceed his disgust and contempt and aversion for those Milanese who had deserted him. He wished the Government had shown the same prudence in 1847 that they had in 1849, but_in 1847 they threatened Austria. The Earl of ELLENBOROIJGH thought that his Noble Friend was wrong in wishing to leave the promotion of the interests of the Sardinian monarchy to him alone. That settlement was at the Treaty of Vienna, and our honour was as much concerned in preserving that integrity as the honour of France, and if France interposed to pre serve the integrity of Piedmont, he hoped that England would also do her part to preserve that integrity. The Earl of ABERDEEN explained that what he had said was an unhappy attempt at a joke.--(Hear.) He considered the integrity of Piedmont was in no dan ger. If it were, he agreed that England ought to inter fere to preserve it. Lord BROUGHAM hoped it would go forth that never had there been a victory which gave such universal satisfaction as had the victory. of Radetaky.—(" Oh, oh," from Lord Aberdeen.) Earl FITZ WILLIAM thought that throughout this debate they bad been too hard on foreigners. They had accused Charles Albert of perfidy and ambition. If be were guilty of perfidy and ambition, had n•t Frederick the Great of Prussia been also gnilty of per fidy and ambition—(Hear, hear, from Lord Aberdeen) —yet he was the ally of England, and was supported in his ambitious views by England.—(Hear, hear.) Charles Albert had been driven out by the Liberals of Genoa. It should be recollected that although Spanish Sovereigns had reigned in Italy for some centuries, yet Italy had never been subject to the German yoke until the treaty of Utrecht. Ile thought they had heard a little too much of perfidy and ambition, considering that in other cases where that perfidy and ambition had been success ful, we had been among the first to hail its success. MUTINY BILL. The Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed. Trig LATE VICTORY IN INDIA The Duke of RICIIMOND asked if the Government had received any return of the names of the officers who had fallen in the late victory. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said t h e Government had received no r e t urns of the names of the officers who had fallen. The Marquis of ABERDEEN presented a petition against the rato in aid, and expressed his approval of the proposal of Sir R. Peel. PROTECTION OF JUSTICES (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second reading of this Bill.—Agreed to. RECOVERY OF WAGES (IRELAND) BILL. s (I B r n) Bill. BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE move d t h e second y SE of S wagesSlo N reading of therRETTT Lord CAMPBELL moved the Committee on this Bil. After a short couTersation the Bill passed through Committee. The marine Mutiny Bill and the Indemnity Bill wree respectively read a third time, and their Lordships ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock. - ' THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time: Argyll Canal (Abandonment of Undertaking, &c.) Bill. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Additional Capital and Amendment of Acts) Bill. Reck:Life Assurance Company Bill. Warrington Waterworks (Amendment of Act and Power to raise additional Capital) Bill. Permission was given for bringing up a proposed clause to the following Bill:—North Western Railway (Extension of Lancaster Branch, Abandonment of Wil liam Lands Branch, New Road to Settle Station, Ex tension of Time for Purchase of Lands and Construction of Works) Bill. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE POLICE BILL, &F.. On the motion for considering the report on the Ash ton-under-Lyne Police, Markets, and Improvement Acts Extension and Amendment, and transference of Gas and Waterworks and other Property to the Corporation Bill, Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the Bill be recom mitted, and that the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, the London and North-Western Railway Company, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire Railway Company be heard by their counsel, agents, and witnesses before the Committee against the said Bill, in respect of matter introduced in the B ill in Committee, on their respective petitions deposited in the Private Bill-office on Friday, 29th of March. Mr. W. PATTEN proposed that instead of adopting the motion of the llon. Member for Salford, the Bill should be recommitted altogether, and not in the way proposed by the lion. Member. Mr. HINDLEY said the railway companies in the neighbourhood opposed the Bill, because their property would be rateable like all other property. An egree meet had formerly been come to with the Earl of Stam ford, the lord of the manor, and the canal companies in the vicinity, for exempting clay and other minerals from contributing to the rates, whereupon the railway . compa nies turned round and asked a similar exemption with respect to their property, which he thought was un reasonable. Ho did hope his Hon. Friend the Member for Salford would not press his motion. Mr. GREENE coincided in the suggestion thrown out by the Hon. Member for North Lanceshirep The amendment of Mr. Wilson Patten was then agreed to without a division. REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were taken into consideration and agreed to:— Hartlepool Gas and Waterworks Bill. Wareham Docks (Construction of Docks near Wareham, and Entrance thereto from Wareham Channel) Bill. JAMES'S DIVORCE BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. RICE presented several petitions from Dover in favour of referring national disputes to arbitration. Mr DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee, against the Registration of Marriages Bill for Scotland. Sir P. EGERTON presented a petition from Birken head against any alteration in th• navigation-laws. Mr. ELLIOT presented several petitions from various places in Scotland against the Registration of Marriages Bill for Scotland. Mr. BROWN presented a petition from Lancashire in favour of a superannuated fund for the relief and maintenance of aged and infirm poor -law officers. Mr. SOTHERVN presented a petition from Devizes, agreed to at a large meeting of agriculturists at that place on Friday last, and signed by the High Sheriff of the county, who was chairman of the meeting, praying the House to devise measures for the relief of the exist - ing agricultural distress, by abolishing the malt and hop duties. Mr. HOWARD presented a petition from a place in Cumberland in favour of arbitration in cases of national disputes. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Mel combo Regis in favour of the Marriage Act Amend ment Bill. Mr. BOURKE presented a petition from Kildare against the Rate in Aid Bill. Viscount JOCELYN presented similar petitions from different parts of Ireland. SUNDAY RAILWAY _TRAVELLING (SCOT- LAND). Mr. COWAN presented petitions frcm various parts of Scotland against the Bill for compelling the railway companies in Scotland to run tra ins on Sundays. Sir G. CLERK presented several petitions to the same effect. Colonel MUIR also presented similar petitions. Mr. GROGAN presented petitions from -various parts of Ireland against the Rate in Aid Bill. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from the dis• tillers in Ireland, praying that feeilities might be afforded for bonding spirits. ASSESSMENT OF HIGHWAYS FOR PAROCHIAL HATES. Lord H. VANE presented several petitions, praying for a new assessment of railways to parochial rates, and for a reduction of the amount levied upon the lines for highway rates. LAW OF MARRIAGE. Mr. STUART WOItTLEY, in the absence of his Hon. Friend the Member for the West Riding, presented a petition from the solicitors and other respectable inha bitants of Doncaster in favour of the proposed alteration of the law of marriage to enable a widower to marry the sister of his (licensed wife. RATE IN AID BILL. Mr. STAFFORD presented petitions from several places in the county of Tipperary against the Rate in Aid Bill. ADULTERATION OF COFFEE BY CHICORY. Mr. ANSTEY presented a petition numerously signed by the coffeehouse-keepers of London, praying that the order of the 31st A ugus t, 1840, a ll ow i ng the introduc tion of chicory free of duty, may be rescinded. They stated that the allowance for such a practice was in the highest degree detrimental to the poor, and injurious to the fair deafer. He gave notice that ho 010%111 to morrow move that the petition be printed with the votes. ECCLESIASTICAL OPPRESSION. Captain JONES presented a petition from the county of Derry, praying that an investigation might be made into the case of Mr. Shore, and that immediate relief might be granted to him. ALLOWANCE TO POOR-LAW OFFICERS. Mr. URQUHART presented petitions from a large number of the officers engaged under the poor-law guardians in the county of Stafford, a nd also from a great number of th e most respectable inhabitants of Stafford, praying that superanuation allowances might be granted to the poor-law officers. CLERGY RELIEF BILL. Mr. BROWN brought up the report upon the Bill. THE IRISH CHURCH. Mr. OSBORNE gave notice that after Easter he would move that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to take into con sideration the temporalities of the Irish Church. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") COLONIAL POLICY. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said that, after Easter, he would submit to the c ons id era ti on of the House a motion on the subject of the colonial policy of the Bri tish empire. PLURALITY OF LIVINGS. Mr. HUME gave notice of his intention (to•morrow) to move for a return of all c l eg y men , holding two or more benefices in the Chu rc h, w h o h a d b een app o i n t e d since the passing of the last Act, together with the amount of income derived from their livings, and the number of the population comprised within each of them. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. MACKINIs!ON gave notice of his intention to postpone his motion relative to the nomination of a Committee upon Smithfield Market, until Tuesday, 17th of next month, in consequence of a public meeting hav ing been advertised to be held in the city in that interval. COLLECTION OF MALT - DUTY. Sir EDWARD BUXTON asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he could lay before the House an account of the expense of collecting the malt duty, and of the net amount received from it in each of the years ending January 5, 1847, 1848, and 1849. He said he had been induced to ask the question, as a great deal of misrepresentation existed with reference to the ex penses of collecting the malt-duty. It had been stated by one public print that it amounted to a million and a half. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was much obliged to the Hon. Baronet for giving him an opportunity of answering the question. The expense for collecting the whole Excise duties only amounted to 900,0001., and, therefore, the collection of only a portion of those duties—the malt'duty—could'not amount to a million and a half—(Hear). He found, from papers which lay on the table of the House, that the whole ex pense of collecting the malt-tax was 188,0001. The net proceeeds of the malt duty was in the last three years as follows:—In 1846, 5,084,0001. ; in 1847, 4,456,0001.; and in the last year, 5,224,0001. COLOISIAL LAW. Mr. EWART asked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies a question relative to statements which have appeared in the Sydney papers, of the ex ecu ti on o f a man for a crime not capitally punishable by the laws of this country. . Mr. HAWES replied that it was true that a person in November, 1848, was executed for the crime of rape, but according to the laws of the colony rape was punish able by death. MONTE VIDEO. In reply to a question from Mr. URQUHART, Lord PALMERSTON said that a Buenos Ayres ship of war sailing to Monte Video had been captured by the British and French squadrons in the former port, but upon an intimation given to the Buenos Ayres admiral commanding the vessel in question, that all' French or English subjects on board must immediately quit her, end the vessel her. self return to Monte Video; the admiral forsook the ship, and she was was therefore taken possession of by the blockading squadron. NEAPOLITAN WAR. Mr. URQUHART wished to ask the Noble Lord whether the declarations issued by the French Foreign Minister, on the subject of the Neopolitan dis putes, had been issued in consequence of commuuica tions which had taken place with the British Gavernment. Lord PALAIERSTOON was understood to reply in the negative. MONTE VIDEO. Mr. EWART, adverting to the former question, wished to know when it was likely the blockade would cease? Lord PALMERSTON thought, from the general as pect of affairs, that the matter would be shortly arranged, but he hoped the Hoe. Gentleman auderatood that the blockade in no way impeded tho operations and progress of British commerce.—(Hear, hear.) RUSSIAN FLEET IN THE BOSPHORUS. Mr. C. ANSTEY gave notice that to-morrow he should ask the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had received any intelli gence, official or private, of,any demand addressed to the Ottoman Power for the admission of a Russian fleet into the Bosphorus, and whether any means had been used to obtain such admission, and whether Government was prepared to resist and prevent such an invasion of the rights of the country under existing treaties. Lord PALMERSTON said he could answer the question then,—(Hear, hear.) No such demand bad been made by the Russian Government.—(Hear, hear.) That was the Russian Government had not demanded permission for a Russian squadron to enter the Bos phorus.—(Hear, hear.) IRISH COURT OF EQUITY. Mr. B. R. OSBORNE said on a former occasion he took occasion to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Government in tended to introduce any bill for regulating the fees of the equity department of the Court of Exchequer iu Ireland, and the Right Hon. Gentle man replied, that as a committee was on the subject, he could not answer the question until he had received its report.—(Hear, hear.—Now he had since searched the votes for the appointment of such committee, but be could find nothing of the sort.—(Hear, hear.) He begged to ask whether there was any intention on the part of the Government to bring in a Bill this session for regulating the fees in the Court of Exchequer in Equity in Ireland ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he did not state that there w as a C omm i ttee s itting up stairs on the fees of the Court of Exchequer in Equity in Ireland. THE GAOL OF NENAGH. Mr. SCULLY i kished to inform the House that be had seen it stated in re cent judge's charge for the county of Tipperary, that there were no less than 68 prisoners con fined iu the gaol of Nenagh under sentence of transporta tion; that typhus fever had broken out in the gaol; that some of the cells in the hospital were so small as to be sixteen feet square, and that in many cases the prisoners lay four in a bed. He would ask the Secretary for the Home Department if it was not an exceedingly inconve nient practice to keep convicts for a considerable time in a gaol previous to transportation. Sir G. GREY said he had not received any official information respecting the state of th• gaol in question; nor had he seen the judge's charge which the Hon. Mem ber had referred to. He had received no communication on the subject from the Irish Government. He knew that with respect to some of the gaols in lieland, that addi tional accommodation had to some extent been afforded. LORDS' REPORTS ON IRISH POOR LAWS. Sir H. H. BARRON moved that an address be con. veyed to the House of Lordi, requesting their Lord ships to communicate to this House copies of all reports of their Lordships on the subject of Irish poor-laws.—Agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. In reply to a question by Mr. GLA DSTONE, Lord J. RUSSELL said he proposed to bring on the Parliamentary Oaths Bill on Monday the 30th instant. ORDERS OE THE DAY. Lord J. RUSSELL rose to move, that on Thursday the 19th day of April, and every alternate Thursday fol lowing, orders of the day have precedence of notices of motions. He felt there could be no doubt that that rule, if adopted by the House would contribute to the dispatch of business. It appeared to him that for se veral years past, Gentlemen had brought forward mea sures of the very last importance on Thursdays; and the consequence had been that Hon. Members had asked Bills to be proceeded with which it was utterly impossi ble to proceed with, there being so little time allowed to go into the considerotion of Bills brought forward by the Government ; and another consequence had been that many Bills of great importance had been brought forward at a very late period of the session, and the other House of Parliament had refused to consider those Bills on account of the lateness of the period when those Bills were carried up to them. He did not mean to propose that, in every case, orders of the day should have preference of notices of motion on Thursdays. He should think an arrange ment might occasionally be made by which in certain Bills, Which were of such interest that they could not well be taken out of their course, the rule might be varied. With regard to the measure with respect to oaths taken of Members of Parliament, he would propose that that should be taken the first Thursday after the recess. With respeet to the navigation laws he trusted that the House would allow the report on that measure to be received during the present sitting and if they did so he would propose to fix the third reading for the 23d of April. With respect to the Rate-in-Aid Bill provided, the Government got votes on account, he should hope that the debate , on the second reading of the Bill would close to-night, so that they might come to a decision upon it. The motion for the large grants of which he had given notice was likely to give rise to considerable discussion ; and it would be inconvenient that a question like that should be postponed till after the recess. He should, therefore, propose, if the Rate in Aid Bill was read a second time, that evening that it should be committed on the 16th of the present month, he wished to dispose of all these ques tions before be proceeded to the other business before :he house. Mr. HUME doubted very much, judging by the ex perience of last Session, whether the encroachment on the privileges of Members would be attended with success. He thought that if the Noble Lord had delayed the motion until next June, it 'would have a much better efflict. lie would strongly suggest to the Noble Lord to wait till the end of May if not to the middle of June, before he tried the experiments. He would, therefore, move as an amendment to the motion of the Noble Lord, that inetean of the 19th of April, the 31st of May should he inserted, and after that date, he had no of that the Government shou!d take every Thursday if they pleased. Lord JOHN RUSSELL made a few observations in reply to the observations of Mr. Hume, which were totally inaudible in the gallery. MI. EWART conceived that if this system were to be agreedto, there would be less chance than ever for pri vate Members to introdtre their business to the House; for if it were to be left till the end of the session, there would be greater difficulty than ever in making a House, especially when there were many notices of the kr. A. STAFFORD was proceeding to ask a ques tion on a partcular subject, when he was called to order, and reminded that there was a question already before the House. Mr. HUME thought that if this motion were to be acceded to that the tErms of the motion ought at any rate to be extended to the second Thursday in May. Lord J. RUSSELL was ready to accede to the mo tion of his Hon. Friend to the extent that he would say every alternate, instead of every Thursday. Air. STUART WORTLEY said that the alteration of the law of Marriage Bill was fixed for the 19th of April, and if the other subject were to be brought before the House, there would bar a palpable impossibility of ob taining any discussion upon it. He was quite willing to postpone the matter to a future day. _ _ _ Lord J. RUSSELL said that if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would postpone his Bill till the 3d of May, he would offer no opposition to the introduction or discus sion of the measure. To this Mr. WORTLEY agreed, and the matter:was so arranged. Sir R. PEEL said that a notice stood on the paper for to-morrow night, with respect to the affairs of the Punjaub which it would be very inconveniet to bring before the House without a longer notice.—(Hear.) Mr. OSBORNE said that this was only another attempt on the part of the Government to deprive the independent Members of their privileges. One thing had been given up a fter another till concession only seemed to lead to concession. He was sorry to observe that his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose had set the worst example of all in last session agreeing to a sot of rules which materially :crippled the rights of private Members, and this session he had ac ceded to another set of rules which were equally mis chievou3. After a few words from Mr. BRIGHT, deprecating she alteration, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that in order to a -et the wishes of the House, instead of every Thursday he would propose that on every alternate day orders of the day should take preceeelce of notices of motion. Mr. HUME having acceded to this arrangement, the resolution was agreed to without a division. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Lord J. RUSSELL then fixed the bringing up of the report of the Navigation Laws for the 19th inst. and the third reading for the 23d. SUPPLY AND RATE IN AID. In reply to Mr. A STAFFORD, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was his intention to take the committee of supply before the debate on the Rate in Aid. BISHOPWEARMOUTH RECTORY. Lord CASTLEREAGH said he had received a statement from Mr. Davidson, the receiver of the Rec- tory of Bishopwearmouth during the time of Dr. Wel lesley, which seriously impugned the facts stated by the Hon. Member forCoekermouth,on the occasion of his bring ing the state of the rectory under the consideration of the and as it was of importance not only to the individuals concerned, but to the Church itself, he would read to the House the communication of Mr. Davidson. It ap peared from his letter that Dr. Wellesley took posses sion of the living in 1827, and the average return of his income from all sources during the 21 years he held the living did not average more than 3,9001. The greatest amount ever received in any year was 4,000/.; whereas the Hon. Gentleman stated that sixseen years ago the income amounted to no less than 5,000/. The general result of the settlement was this, that the increase never exceeded 3,4501., from which had to be deducted for parochial rate courts, &c., 9304 leaving only 2,5321., cut of which Dr. Wel lesley paid for the repairs of churches and contributed to charities sums which had never been less than 2004 a year.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HORSMAN said, as the Noble Lord had given him no notice of his intention to make his statement, it was difficult for him to follow him through the details of his matter.--(llear, hear.) The state ment he made was upon the authority of parties with whom no doubt the Noble Lord was well ac quainted, and who were quite likely to be correctin their information, and ho must, therefore, adhere to the state ment which ho made, which he still maintained was correct in every essential particular.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord said he had stated that 16 years ago Dr. Wellesley's income was 4,5004 Now he did no such thing. He merely made a calculation from the doctor's sources of income, which would make the amount appear to be 4,6001. per annum,—(Cties of " However, he still beli eyed his statement was founded upon accurate details , and so ha should continue to think until he was c , avinced to the contrary.—(Hear.) VAN DIESIAN'S LAND. Upon the suggest ion of Lord J. RUSSELL, Mr. ANSTEr :postponed his motion on the subject of certain illegal ordinances relative to the taxation of the people of Elm' colony. AC CIDENTS IN MINES. In reply to a qt testion from Mr. HUME, Sir G. GREY ...stated that the attention of tho Go vernment was at present directed to the subject of acci dents in mines, with the view of ascertaining whether smile means could not be devised to prevent the repeti tion of any frightful calamities. SUPPLY. The House then went intoaCoinmittee of Supply, Mr, Bernal in the Chair. Upon a rote of 50,000/. beinproposed for the new Houses of Parliament. Mr. OSBORNE said he wished to draw the attention cf the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the house to this vote. They were now called upon regularly every year to vote larger sums of money for the new Houses of Parliament, and he thought, if the Finan cial Reform Association of Liverpool, instead of troubling themselves so much about soldiers coats, bad directed their attention to this subject would have done a great deal of good.—(Hear, hear.) Already this had exceeded that estimate by 800,0002 He had heard that those Houses of Parliament could not be finished under leas than three millions and a half. He thought it would be exceedingly de sirable that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should call for a vote of a large sum to finish those Houses of Par liament at once.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME thought it exceedingly desirable that before they proceeded any further the House should be .provided with an estimate of the probable expense that would be required fur com pleting the works. He thought it was exceed ingly _ objectionable to ♦ote that or any sum of money until the House was furnished with such an estimate. Mr. GREENE rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE STA_NFIELD-HALL MURDERS. TRIAL OF RUSH. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER) NORWICH, SATURDAY. (Emily Sandford's evidence, continued from our Third Edition of Saturday.) Examination continued—When the conversation took place with respect to the:poachers, and the anecdote of Bruce and the spider was related, she said she feared there was something more than poachers that took him out; to which he said he should like her better if she did not make any remarks of the kind, telling her " not to ask him any question then." Rush—Now I will ask you who told you I intended to send you to France? Witness (crying)—My Lord, am I obliged to answer that question? he wishes me to expose matters in connexion with my family. Rush disclaimed any intention of the kind; ho merely wished an explicit reply to the question. Witness—One of my brothers told me you had said so: you did say so. Al the request of Rush Mrs. Bryant (who bad sat by the side of the witness) was directed to leave the court. Cross-examination resumed—Mrs. Bryant had told her to keep her spirits up; that was all she had said to her. Mrs. Bryant was called back. Cross-examination resumed—lnvariably made copies of all letters sent out by the prisoner to different parties. Had seen letters to the prisoner from Mr. Jenny; but this was sometime before the murder. Ho told her that the letters were Mr. Jermy's ; she only knew his writing from what he bad told her. Knew he received some time ago a copy of an old will in a soiled envelope, on which a number of postage stamps were pasted, from the Rev. Mr. Preston, Mr. Jermy's father. Believed she made a copy of a letter which the prisoner had directed to Mr. Jermy on the subject of the will. Rush said he had given the prosecution notice to pro duce the document—it was a lithographed letter. Cross-examination continued—Knew he had in pos session a vast quantity of old documents relating to pro perty—they were usually spread on a table in the "living-room." Having been asked if she had particu larly noticed any of the papers, she said she had noticed one mysterious letter written by James Rush, the pri soner's son, to his sister, in which her name (witness's) was mentioned. Mr. Baron ROLFE thought the purport of the letter immaterial. No further question was, therefore, asked with respect to it. Cross-examination continued—Had seen a small parchment book; but did not recollect his taking some of the leaves out of it to make a parcel. On the day follow ing the murder (Wednesday) Mr. • Winterworth came and took possession of the papers after the prisoner had been taken into custody. She was not told that she would be kept in custody until she had given her evidence. She went with him in a gig, Savory sitting behind. Rush—Was anything said to you when you were going to the hall? Witness—Nothing further thun some generalobservationv. Rush—Did you see Hubbersty, the police officer, ;herd? %Viincss—Yes, I did. Rush—Was there any conversation about what had passed th© night before? Witness—Not the least. Rush—Had you any tea when you got back to Pot ash after going to the liridewell ou Thursday? Witness —Yes. Rush—What took place? Witness—l don't recollect anything that took place, I don't know anything more about it than you do. Ru►h—llo you not recollect when I asked Mr. John Cann whether he took down your examination on oath in December, he turned round and spoke to you? W itness —Mr. John Cann never did tura round and speak to me. __ _ Rush—Do you not recollect that Mr. Thomas Jermy refused to sign the agreement which was drawn up fur him and Lanier in blylne street? Witness—l think he expressed great reluctance to the inquiry. Rush—How long do you think I was at breakfast the morning after the murder? Witness—l can't say. Rush—Do you recollect me saying to the policeman that Mr. Cann was my enemy? Witness—l do not re collect it. Rush—Do you recollect Mr. Salter coming to Potash on the Ist of December, 1847, when my poor mother was there. Witness—Yes. Rush—Were you there when he passed through the room where my mother was? Witness—Yes. Rush—Do you likewise recollect taking ninety-nine sovereigns and fourpcace off the table? Witness—Yes, I believe I did. JUDGE-What passed? Witness—Rush said, " I have tendered these sovereigns to Mr. Salter." Rush—Did I not tell you to keep that money, as I wanted to prove that I had tendered it to Mr. Salter? Witness—Yes, you did; and I took it and made a little memorandum of it. Rush —Have you, since your examination, had any communication with Mr. Wilson as to what was to of be come you after this trial? Wltness—Yes, I have. Rush—Have you applied to Mr. Cann? IV ituess— Yes. - Rush—To any other solicitor? Witness—No. Rush—Have you received any money since I left you? Witness—No. Rush—Have you been promised any?—Witness said no, I have not. Rush—Do you know who was in the room when I was examined at Bridewell? Witness—No, Ido not recol lect all of them. Rush—What did the coroner ask you when he examined. you? Did he look to any papers for his questions? Wit ness—No, I saw none. Rush—On the night of the sth of October, when I went from Potash, did I not tell you that I was going to see Mr. Jermy, and what it was for? Witness—No, you did not. Rush—Did we not come to an understanding that all letters between us were to be burned? Witness — You used to say that if I would burn your letters you would burn mine. When you wrote to me in London you shays persisted in having the letters burned. JUDGE—If you press these things, which are imma terial, I shall confine you to the strict line of examina tion. Not one-third of the questions you have put have been relevant. Rush—ilave you not told me that I should never marry any one else, if I did not marry you? Witness —You told me that, and I „charged you with being un faithfuL Rush—Did you not tell Mrs. Stacey that I was going to get married to an aunt of y ours, who resided at Maiden head? Witness—Yes, I did so, but it was by your di rection. Between ourselves, I always treated the matter as a mere joke. Rush—Did you not cry very mach about it? Witness —Yes. , Rush—Did I not say, " Come to me and kiss me, and I will forget all ,bout it." Witness—l went up to my room, and presently you came up, and said, " We must make it up; think no more about it." Rush—A paper marked C, dated October 10th, has been produced; what did you copy that from? Witness —I copied it from another paper. Rush—Rave you not said that a piece of paperp! copied from was a copy of certain of my writings? w" ness—l copied it from a rough copy of yours. Rush—Will you swear that y o u did si g n h at Potash in my' presence? Witness a—e Tuesday at a that paper al sure it is one of the two signed by your side Potash, before the mag istrate s , that I told work for you to. do—more copies t o b e you I had more w hush—Did you say made? Witness--Yes. . Potash: JUDGE—When did ho say that to you? Wi tness _ Shortly after I went t o Rush ...-Did I not give you anythin g w h en I said so? IWaimtner:lost—stlir(elo3n•oltigianvi: you gave m e anyt hi ng then, but me two letters to copy very soon afterwards. Rush—Was anything a said b outhalf-crown stamps? Witness—Yes; I d rew some agreements upon half,a9wu stamps. The witness here exhibited signs of faintness, and a medical gentleman, who bad been in court from the commencement of her evidence, spoke to her on the subject. Itush (to the witness)—Did the medical gentleman say anything to you except as to the state of your health? Witness—No, nothing. Rush—Atter you lutd been at gm Onteey'6 eight or ten days, what did I bring you there? Witness-4074' writing paper. Rush—On your solemn oath, did you copy any paper fur me, at Mrs. Stacey's, and read it afterivards - . ness—Certainly I did. I remember it distinctly. Rush—What paper was that ?—(Three documents were handed to the witness). JUDGE —Which of these papers was it you wrote at Mrs. Stacey's? Witness—That was the one (handing it to the Judge). Rush —You solemnly swear that is the document you wrote at Mrs. Stacey's Witness—l do swear that. Rush—Which of them did you write at Potash? Wit ness—l wrote at Potash the paper about the Felming ham leases. Rush—Upon your oath, was not all, you have stated about drawing out these papers prepared for you by , Mr. Cann ? In other words, is it not all false? Wit ness—No. Mr. Pensen, the Governor of Norwich Castle, was then called and examined—l was present at the cross examination of Emily Sandford, on December 3d. I heard the prisoner say, "If she signs that (her deposi tion), I hope her hand may rot off ; and if she has a child by me, I hope it may be born with a brand on it." After I heard those expressions, I received a letter from him. I received one from him before. Cross-examined by Rush—l received a note from Mr. Cann, which I showed to the prisoner. I produce a carpet bag which the prisoner handed to me. The lock was removed. It is in the same state as when the prisoner gave it me. That is all I know of it. I know the magistrates to some extent prevented communication between the prisoner and Emily Sandford, but still the prisoner saw her. The next witness called was Honor Holmes, ex amined by Mr. Evans—ln November last I resided at Stanfield-hall. On the evening of the 28th of Novem ber, in consequence of something said to me, I went to the bridge over the road. That was about half-past eight o'clock. Near the bridge I found two young men, Harvey and Todd, and also Clark and Leach, two of the maid-servants at the hall. We all went through the gate at the end of the bridge, towards Kettringham.gate, but after I got through the gate I heard the report of a gun or pistol. I was looking from the house at that time. I did not see anything. We all went towards Kettringham-gate. Just after we got through the gate I heard the bell ring. I immediately turned back. I went into the house by the back way and the stables. In doing so I should not cross the bridge. I went in by the stable-yard. On going in I left the shrubbery on the left hand. I heard Chestney call when I got in. I found her at the bottom of the staircase. Some time afterwards, about twenty minutes, I picked up the paper produced. It is as follows: " There are seven of us here, three of us inside and four outside the hall, all armed as you see us two. If any of you servantsoffer to leave the premises,'or follow, you'll be shot dead. Therefore, all of you keep in the servants' hall, and you nor any one else will take any harm, for we are only come to take possession of the Stanfield hall property. (Signed) "THOMAS JERXT, the owner." The document was written on the cover of an account book. I picked it up by Elias Chestney's feet, in the passage leading from the kitchen to the staircase-hall. Some few weeks previous to the murder I heard a noise in front of the house. It was like a person walking past. It was about eight o'clock in the evening. The kitchen window looks out towards the front of the house. I have heard this noise three or four times. When I heard it I looked out to endeavour to see any one. I observed a person going across the lawn. It appeared like a man in a cloak. The man was going towards the Wymond ham Lodge. It was about two hundred yards from the house. About a week before I saw a man on the lawn. Eliza Chestney was with me at the time. Cross-examined by Rush—Before I met the parties en the night of November, the cook, Reed, was with me, and I left her in the servants' hall. When I went to the bridge I bad no bonnet or shawl on. No one went back for the bonnet and shawl. Mary Clark told me there were people at the gate who wanted to speak to me. Rush—Whenlyou went out where was I standing? Witness—Outside the gate. Cross-examination continued—Clark said she would go back for her shawl and bonnet, but I told her not to do so. At that time Clark was outside the gate with three young men. We all left the gate when we heard the report of a gun. I recollect Thomas being there when we heard the report of the first gun. I was stand ing next to him when the gun went off the first time. I heard a groan. Harvey said he saw a man near the door, and that he beard somebody. I heard the door bang very loud. I knew it was the banging of the door. It was not like the noise of a gun. Two or three minutes afterwards I heard two more reports. Before I hoard the bell I was about 150 yards from the hall. We all stopped when we heard the bell. I afterwards went back. Eliza Chestney was at the foot of the staircase. I went in. At that time I did not see Wilson. I knew her. I heard of the papers being picked up when Mr. Stanley came in. I heard the two reports quite plain. The paper which I picked up I gave to Mr. Clark. From the time I left the bridge to the time I reached the hall on the night of the 28th of November I did not see the hall. There was a light in the butler's pantry when I returned. Rush—lf any one after the report had passed along by the right side of the porch would you not have seen it? Witness—l don't know, I was not thinking of it at Om time. Rush—Did yon see Miss Sandford, or the " widow James," as she is called, the day after the murder ? Witness—Yts; I saw her in the cock's pantry, at Stan field .hall. Rush—What was she there for ? Witness—To be examined. Cross-examination continued—Emily Sandford told me she felt ♦ery faint, and I got her some water. Sho asked how Mrs. Jermy was. She did not ask me any questions as to how it happaned. She said it was a dreadful thing. She did rot mention your (the prisoner's) name. I have not seen Emily Sandford between the time of her leaving the hall and the trial. We have the newspapers to read at the hall. Re-examined by Mr. EvANs—We all turned round when we heard the report, and then ran on. Rush objected to some questions put by the Learned Counsel. The JUDGE—When you beard the two reports, how far had you got from the bridge ? Witness—About ILO yards. Mr. EVANS —Which did you bear first, the two reports or the bell ring? Witness—The two reports. JUDGE— When you heard the bell ring, how far had you got from the bridge? Witness—About 140 )ards. John Stanley examined by Mr. PRENDERGAST—He said I was at Stanfield-hall on the night of the murders. I went there about 9 o'clock. This paper (the threaten• ing notice dropped in the passage) was given me by Watson. Cross-examined by Ilush-,lt was about 9 o'clock. I was at my brother's in the early part of the evening, near the church at Wymondbam. I went to the hall by myself. I passed Mr. J. Cann as I was going up. I don't remember seeing any one at Wymondham Lodge. On arriving at the hall I saw Mr. Jcrmy lying dead at the porch. I bad not heard any report or a gun. I left Wymondham seven or eight minutes after I heard of the murder. It was about twenty minutes after eight that I heard of it. I ran home and got my horse, and started immediately. I was told that the man who committed the murders was a short stout man. I had no description of his dress. I have seen pamphlets by you (prisoner) relative to your disagreement with Mr. Jermy. Jesse White, examined by Mr. Sergeant By - LE3—I am an accountant, residing at Wymondbam. I have known the prisoner ten or twelve years. At one time he was an auctioneer. I acted as his clerk part of the time. About four years, perhaps. He made inventories and other papers in his business. I have copied some that he has made. I have seen him write a good many times. I have seen his writing since he left off being an auctioneer, but not very frt quently. I have written for him since I left him. Sergeant BYLES —ls this his handwriting? (handing a letter addressed by the prisoner to Mr. Cann.) Wit ness—lt is. Sergeant BYLIS—Is that his handwriting? (banding up two letters, one dated April 28, 1848, and another October 2, 1848) Witness—lt is. Rush—What are your reasons for thinking that it is my handwriting? Witness—Certain letters in the words, particularly the j, f, and p. Rush—How long is it since you did any writing for me? Witness—Last Lent Assizes. Rush—How long were you writing for me then? Wituess—One day, besides copying some manuscripts. I hai not done anything for you three or four years before that. Rush—Will you swear that is my handwriting? Witness—l will swear I believe it to be. Mr. Sergeant BYLES re•exasnined the witness at con siderable length on the subject of the handwriting, the formation of the letters, and directed his attention to several figures in the documents. Brom the general character of the writing, and from the peculiar forma tion of certain letters, the witness fully believed the handwriting to be that of the prisoner Rush. 1 0 8 f t fi ve N°r w books, icl Some ee yearslarge o ag ne o s , Thomas Jerrold, examined by , Mr. EYANI—• am a colour,. and two of another. The m er e sets of mercantile accountant i b n oo l k ß s 4 el 4 le , r l an m d a s d t e atio so n • The consequence is, books. They consisted and two small ones; of the large books the covers of a i is t a h e very s a m books. found at Potash) are of that a very strong light same ti me. thing. a Tho se tiro b eet would be next to the cover in dt t h h ae r y e . e fibreo w stk e ru re ire o dd f Il ri n e aflea! the daY• (those similar m ake. They oohoeskye a s - w t e a r e e m m . a d I e t Those covers (the one containing the threatening notice dropped in Mr Jerm ' s house) are o f t h e same description. The line s . y are unusually wid e f ur or di vary accounts. The lines are ruled before the books are made up. I have no doubt the cover produced is from one of the books made at our house, one set of which was sold to the prisoner. Cross•examined by Rush—He had made one hundred sets of books previously, but that they had larg+ r labels than that from which the prisoner had his. The lines perceptible on the cover of the book were not alone on that which was sold to the prisoner. Rush—Will you cut a piece of paper exactly the size of the one on your books now produced, and see it it corresponds with the size of the label torn off the book thrown into Stanfield-hall, and on which the threatening notice was written? J uDoE —You can do that in time for your defence. Rush—l have a right to have it now. JUDGE—No, you here nut the right; but you shall hive it. Some further conversation ensued upon this matter, which eventually dropped. ' Samuel Bignold, Esq., mayor of Norwich, proved that certain documents found in Rush's possession, and pur porting to bear the signature of the late Mr. Isaac Jerroy, were forgeries, the signature:sllK4 kelog ill OA