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Munster, rather than this rate in aid; or let tilere be fair income-tax as far as it is just and • • on the landlords; but let not sueh a uf,ju , s tax uL lin posed on the industrious poor of Ulster.— (]fear, liar.) Mr. REYNOLDS was prepared to support the present measure, but very reluctantly, for if he could avoid the vote he would avoid it, but it was because (f the awful distress of the people.—(Laughter and cheers.) He un derstood those cheers, but should explain his meaning, and he would, therefore, say, that it was on the same principle of necessity that he suppor , ed it as others on the opposite were against it. He had proved his since• rity, though he h a d be e n accu sed of the want of it by his dividing the House on his motion on that question, when he had been deserted by the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman (Major Blackall), and the Hon. Memb er for Kerry (Mr. H. Herbert), who had given notice of a motion to saddle the income-tax on the people of Ire. land ; but he believed that that Honourable Member (Mr. Herbert) wished to throw that tax from the shoul ders of the landlord on those of the shopkeepers. He then alluded to the speech of the Honourable Member for B uc kinghamshir e (Mr. Di srae li) , as being one that proved a thorough ignorance of the geography and c.n dition of Ireland. He thought it most unjust and inhu man for the people of Ul ster to refuse this sixpenny rate in aid, as if the property and loyalty of Ireland were confined to that province, but he could assure Honourable Gentlemen from Ulster that such was not the case, for Connaught and Munster, no less than Lein ster, were generally as wealthy and as loyal as Ulster. He then alluded to the Act for the improvement of the Shannon, and said that the Honourable Member for Ros common (Mr. French) had taken 12,0001 from the Con solidated Fund, and as much more from twelve counties, some of which had no connexion whatever with that noble river, and asked the House was not that a rate in aid?—(Laughter.) Major BLACKALL said that he did not propose that the income-tax should be extended in all its integrity to Ireland, such as it is in England, but that the neces sary provision should be made for the poor by those who had it in their power to relieve distress, and did not do so.—(Hear, hear.) He certainly thought that an in come-tax was much more easily got rid of than a rate in aid, when once imposed, but he should very =eh object to an income-tax extended in all its integrity to Ireland. Being without a detail of the expenditure, or the application of the money, he should vote that night against the rate in aid, but he should be most willing in any way to consent to a fair amount of Imperial taxa tion in Ireland. Mr. FRENCH explained that Sir John Burgoyne had given it as his opinion that the improvement of the Shannon, being a national object, should be defrayed by a national rate. The Bill had been drawn up in accord ance with that opinion. Mr. TENNENT said he should vote against this most unhappy measure of her Majesty's Government. He thought that, least of all, this should be made a question of religion. It was a constitutional question of the greatest consequence, and he could assure the Govern. ment that, at the bottom of a great deal of apparently superficial talking, there was a great deal of determined resolution that was hostile to it. If Imperial taxation were not properly assessed in Ireland, he would assert that the Government were not entitled to balance one evil by another, in the manner they contemplated, and which he earnestly hoped they would abandon—(Hear.) Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND said that, under the name of a rate in aid he conceived that the question might be asked,whether this was a rate to increase pauperism or diminish it? From the Government blue book he might infer that it was a rate to increase it. Thinking so, he rose to propose three things. First, to make the unions support themselves. It was nonsense to talk of a labour market in Ireland, for there was none; and if they would only set a plain English farmer to teach the Irish to he was sure they would do a great deal of good. In the second place, he would recommend a sound sys tem of emigration, and in the last, to get rid of middle men, who were the real evil. Captain ARCIIDALL briefly addressed the House against the Bill, giving-tho Go►ernment full credit for their courage in propounding and pursuing it. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority for Ministers... --55 The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. LABOUR-RATE IN IRELAND. Mr. P. SCROI'E moved for leave to bring in a Bill to promote the employment of labourers in Ireland by a proportionate exemption from poor -rate. Mr. STAFFORD opposed the introduction of a mea sure involving a very material change in the poor-law of Ireland by any private Member. If any such change were necessary it ought to be made on the responsibility of the Government, and what he wished to know was, whether the Government, by sanctioning the introduc tion of the Bill, were willing to adopt the principle of a labour-rate? Lord J. RUSSELL confessed that he should not have been disposed to offer any opposition to the Honourable Member for Stroud bringing in this Bill, but the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Stafford) having raised the question by thinking it necessary to oppose the Bill in the first in stance, he (Lord J. Russell) owned that he was quite opposed to the principle of the measure—(Hear)—and, therefore, it the House should be called upon to give a decision upon it to-night, he must give his vote in oppo sition to the introduction of the Bill. Mr. P. SCROPE considered it rather hard that the principle of the Bill should be decided upon before a single word had fallen from him as to what that princi ple was, or what the Bill itself contained. He had pur posely abstained from addressing the House, because the lateness of the hour would not admit of his entering into a vindication of the principle of the measure. He hoped the House would extend to him the usual in dulgence, and a'low the Bill to be brought in and read a first time, reserving a discussion of its principle to the second reading. Mr. MANGLES hoped the Hon. Gentlemen would persist in pressing his motion. Colonel DUNNE, although often differing from the Hon. Member for Stroud, was nevertheless certain that his object was to bring forward a measure that would be useful to Ireland; he, therefore, thought it desirable that the Bill should be laid before the House. Sir It. PEEL observed that there were some Bills so objectionable in principle, and so utterly unworthy of consideration, as to make it quite right to refuse their being brought in, but he must say that the present state of Ireland might demand some such remedy as that which was now proposed ; and, considering the great and disinterested labours which the Hon. Gentleman had devoted to all questions connected with the interests of the poor and destitute of Ireland, and remembering the obloquy to which he had exposed himself, he (Sir R. Peel) did think that an opportunity should be given to the Hon. Gentleman to explain his proposition, in stead of the Bill being hastily rejected that night. But he would suggest to the Hon. Gentleman that he had better withdraw his notice now, and put it for some day when that opportunity might be afforded him. If how ever, the lion. Gentleman persisted in bringing in the Bill to-night, he should cordially support the motion fur his doing so. After — a few words from Mr. FRENCII and Major BLACYALL in favour of the motion, Sir G. GREY remarked that it was an unusual thing to bring in a Bill without the House being made aware of the nature of its provisions; he, therefore, hoped the Ron. Gentleman would adopt the suggestion of the sight Hon. Baronet and withdraw his motion, and take another opportunity of stating what was the precise ob ject of his Bill. - Mr. H. HERBERT objected to the Bill being intro ,duced, as it would excite hopes in Ireland which were -certain to be disappointed. Mr. OSBORNE thought it better to excite hope in ireland than despair, and considered it most ungracious to refuse the lion. Gentleman an opportunity of explain ing his measure. Mr. P. SCROPE wished to defer to the feeling of the House, and would, if it were their pleasure, withdraw his ustion—(Cries of " No! no!" •• Yes! yes!")—otherwise be would persist in pressing it to a division. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. During our ab.ence we understood that Lord J. RUS SELL urged the Hon. Mk mber for Northamptonshire not to divide the House against the introduction of the Bill, and intimated that, i' be persisted in doing so. he (Lord John Russell) would vote with the Hon. Member for Stroud. The House then divined; when there appeared— For the introduction of the Bill ... 108 Against it _ ... ... 15 -93 Majority... SUNDAY TRAINS. Mr. FORBES presented a petition from Stirlingshire, against the compelling the running of railway trains on Sundays. Mr. LOCKE then moved for leave to introduce a Bill to secure to the public, on Sundays, a limited and rea sonable use of the railways which conveyed passengers on the other days of the week. He remarked, that the petitions which had been presented and the agitation which had taken place on this subject wer e qu i te beside the object of his simple Bill, which had been very much misconceived in Scotland. Its object merely was to se cure that the railways should carry p assengers in th ose trains which were used fur the conveyance and post letter-bags on the Sundays. There of the mails was nothing for the in it ini m i ca l t o a proper f ee li ng o f re spect Sab bath as a d a y o f rest , or w hi c h was inconsistent with hoped, Christian prin c ipl es .—(H ear , h ear .) H e there fore, that th e H ouse wou ld a ll ow t h e Bill to be intro duced and p r i nte d , t h at i ts mer i ts, w h atever they were, might be mad e k nown to t h e pu bli c d ur i ng t h e recess. Mr. FORBES sa id t h at t h e peop l e o f S cot l an d wer perfectly we ll aware of the nature of the Hon. Gentle man's proposal, and were strongly and conscientiously opposed to it. Ile hoped the Government would not sanction th e measure. He objected to the introduction of the Bill. Mr. COWAN begg.id to say that he felt the strongest t9Asiblq objection to the Bill, but he hoped the Hon. Member for Stirlingshire would not put the House to the troubl e of dividing against it at that late hour. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that at an early period of the session he had stated, in reply to a question from the lion. Member for Honiton (3lr. Locke), that al though, speaking for himself, he believed it was quite consistent with a due observance of the sanctity of the Sabbath to allow, under proper restrictions and regula tions, the running of railway trains on Sundays, and that he hoped to see this opinion prevail in Scotland, yet he was not prepared, on the part of the Government, to bring in a 13ill to compel railway companies, in contra diction of what he believed and knew to be an opinion strongly entertained by a large class of the community in Scotland, to take that course. lie still entertained very great doubts whether it was expedient to do so. He was inclined to think that they would be more likely to at:oomph-di the object of seeing passengers conveyed, as now in England, on Sundays as well as on other days, under ouch restrictions and regulations as would pre serve the sanctity of the Sabbath, which was so honour able a characteristic of Scotland, by leaving the matter ' to the discretion and sense of the railway comp:lnks of . Soot,LrAJ , tyy a . t-rrtrin:, lo• c. upon on ar, hear.) Under these circumstances. ho could net plodge himself to vote for the twconWng reading of the Bill; but, at the same time, he thought it would be ungracious to the Hon. Gentleman who propoAed it. especially as he had stated that his views had boc.n misrepresented, not to allow him to have it put in a shape for circulation in Scot land.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. G. DUNCAN born testimony to the strong feel ing which prevailed in Scotland against the Bill; but thought th a t, if i ts p rov i s i ons were known, there would be less objection to After a few words from Mr. STAFFORD, ridiculing the conduct of Government in voting for the introduction of Bills to which they were professedly opposed, Mr. MANGLES was sorry the Hon. Member for Northatnptonshire had not yet recovered from the effect of the late division. A noble lady had not been able to come up to attend the deathbed of her father, in con sequence of the regulations of a railway in the north. Parliament had given the railways a monopoly, and no free-trader ever objected to regulate monopolies. Mr. S. WORTLEY would vote against the Bill, which interfered both with private property and with the rights of conscience. Sir G. GREY reminded the Right Hon. Gentleman that all railways were compelled to carry the mails or. Sunday. The principle on which the Right Hon. Gen tleman objected to the Bill as an interference with the rights of property implied an abdication, on the part of that House, of the right to control railways. He was not prepared to legislate in opposition to the strong feeling of Scotland; but the object of the Bill was dif ferent from that which was supposed in the petitions pre sented on the subject. Mr. E. ELLIa objected to a compulsory measure. The company on whose line a noble lady had been prevented from travelling had since rescinded their re gulation. Mr. SEYMER could not support a compulsory Bill. Mr. AGLIONBY supported the Bill. It was said to be an interference with private property and the rights of conscience. But railways had been formed by a most glaring infringement of private property; and the inter ference with the rights of conscience was on the part of the railway proprietors, and those Seotchmen who re fused to allow Sunday trains. Sir E. BUXTON objected to a Bill intended to force people to do that to which they conscientiously objected. Mr. DRUMMOND—The whole of this case of con science in Scotland, it seems, resolves itself into the question whether there should be one or two carriages in a Sunday train.—(Laughter.) The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion ... ••• ••• 58 Against it ... ... 20 Majority .. . —3B _ Mr. HUME obtained leave Co bring in a Bill to es tablish county financial boards for the adminstration of county rates and expenditure in England and Wales, which was afterwards brought in. Sir G. GREY, in the absence of Lord J. Russell, ob tained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Ecclesiasti ca l C omm i ss i oners f or E ng l an d, which was afterwards brought in. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL brought in the Ad mini.tration of Justice Bill, and the Portugal Treaties Stipulation Bill. The House adjourned at Two o'Clock. PARLIAMEN TARP DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. j TUESDAY, APRIL 3. POOR-LAWS (IRELAND—RATE IN AID) BILL. Order for Second' Reading; read ; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, •That the Bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day six months:"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 193. Abdy. T. N. Goddard, A. L. Pechell, Captain Acland, Sir T. Graham, Sir James Peel,.Sir Robert Adair, it. Shafto Greene Thomas Peel, Frederick Aglionby, IL Grenfell, C. Pascos Peto, Samuel Anderson, Arthur Grey, Sir G. Pigott, Francis ♦nson, Colonel Grosvenor, Earl Plowden, W. 11. • Amon, Viscount Guest, Sir J. Price, Sir Robert Armstrong, Sir A. Hallyburton, Lord Pryse, Pryse Armstrong, R. B. Harcourt, G. Pusey, Philip Ashley, Lord llardcastle, J. A. Reid. Colonel Bagshaw, John Ilastie, Archibald Reynolds, John Baines, M. T. Hawes, B. Ricardo, Osman Baring, Sir F. Hay, Lord John Rice, E R. Baring, Thomas Hayter, W. G. Rich, Henry Bass, M. T. Headlam, T. E. Romilly, Sir John Bellew, R. M. Henry, Alexander Rumbold, C. E. Berkeley, Captain Heywood, James Rushout, Captain Berkeley, H. Ileyworth, Lawrence Russell, Lord J. Berkeley, C. L. G. Ilindley, C. Russell, F. C. 11. Bernal, Ralph llobhouse, Sir John Sanders, George Birch, Sir T. llobhouse, T. B. Scholefield, William Bouverie, E. P. nogg, Sir J. W. Seymer,:Henry Ker Boyle, Colonel Hope, H. T. Seymour, Lord Bramston, T' W. Howard, Lord E. Shea., R. D . Bright, John Howard, C_ W. G. Sheil, R. L. Brocklehurst, J. Hume, Joseph Smith, R. V. Brotherton, J. Jervis, Sir John Smith, J. A.' Brown, W. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, M. Tucker Browne, It. D. Keppel, G. T. Smith, J. Benjamin Bruce, Lord E. Kershaw, James Smollett, A. Banbury, E. H. Kildare,:Marquis of Somers, J. P.= Busfeild, W. King, P. J. Somerville, Sir W. Buxton, Sir E. Labouchere, Henry Strickland, Sir G. Cardwell, Edward Lascelles, W. S. Stuart, Lord Dudley Carter, J. B. Lewis, Sir T. Stuart,. Lord J. Cavendish, G. IL Lewis, G. C. Tancred, H. W. Childers, J. W. Locke, Joseph Thicknesse, R. A. Clay, James Lygon, General Thompson, Colonel Clay, Sir W. Mackinnon, W. Thompson, George Clerk, Sir G. M'Cullagh, W. T. Thornely, Thomas Cobden, It. M'Gregor, John Towneley, John Collins, W. Mahon, O'Gorman Townley, R. G. Copeland, Alderman Mangles, R. D. Townshend, Captain Cowper, W F. Marshall, J. G. Turner, G. J. Craig, W. G. Matheson, Alex. Villiers, Charles Denison, W. J. Matheson, Colonel Wall, C. B. Duncan, George Maule, Fox Walmsley, Sir J. Dundas, Admiral Melgund, Viscount Walter, John Ebrington, Lord Mitchell, A. T. Ward, H. G. Ellice, Edward Moffatt, George Watkins, Colonel Ellice, E., jun. Moore, G. H. Wellesley, Lord C. Ellis, John Morrie, David Westhead, J. P. Elliot, John E. Mostyn, E. Wilcox, Brodie Emlyn, Viscount Mowatt, Francis Williams, John Enfield, Viscount Mure, Colonel Williamson, Sir H. Evans, Sir Do Lacy Norreys, Lord Wilson, James Evans, William Norreys, Sir D. Wilson, Matthew Ewart, William O'Connor, FearglLS Wood, Sir Charles Fagan, William Ogle, S. C. Wood, W. P. Fergus, John Ossulton, Lord Wyld,)James Ferguson, Col. Owen, Sir J. Wyvill, Marmaduke Fordyce, A. D. Paget, Lord A. Forster, M. Paget, Lord George TELLERS. Fortescue, J. W. Palmerston, Viscount Hill, Lord Marcus Fox, W. J. Parker, Jolla GI ey, R. W. Glyn, G. C. Patten, W. MINORITY-NOES, 138. Adair, Hugh E. Fitzpatrick, J W. Milton, Viscount Adderley, C. B. Fitawilliam, G. W Monadll, William Alexander, N. Forbes, Wm. Morgan, 11. K. Archdall, Captaii2 Fortescue, Chichester Mundy, William Arkwright, George Fox, R. M. Napier, Joseph Bagge, W. Fox, S. L. Newdegate, C. N. Baldock, E. 11. French, F. Nugent, Sir Percy Baldwin, C. B. Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Barron, Sir 11. Gaskell, J. M. O'Flaherty, Anthony Bateson, T. Gore, W. R. 0. Osborne, Ralph Beresford, William Goulburn, Henry Pigot, Sir R. Blackall, S. W. Grace, 0. D. Repton, G. W. J. Blackstone, W. S. Granby, Marquis of Richards, Richard Blake, Martin J. Greene, John Rulford, Francis Bolder°, Henry Grogan, Edward Sadleir, John Bourke, Richard S. liaggitt, F. it. Sandars, Joseph Bowles, Admiral Raiford, Sir H. Scott, Francis Boyd, John Hall, Colonel Scrope, G. P. Broadley, 11. Hamilton, J. IL Scully, Francis lirooke, Sir A. B. Hamilton, Lord C. Sidney, Alderman liruen, Colonel Harris, Captain Simeon, John huller, Sir J. Y. Ilayea, Sir E. Somerset, Captain Burroughes, H. N. Herbert, Henry A. Spooner, R. _ . Calla g han, P. 'ferries, John C. - , -- Stafford, Augustus Castlereagh, Visc. Hervey, Lord A. Stanley, 11. H. Caulfeild, J. 31. Horsman, Edward Stephenson, Robert Chandos, Marquis Howard, Sir R. Stuart, J. - Chichester, Lord J. Jocelyn, Viscount Sullivan, Michael Christy, Samuel Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Sutton, Henry . . Clements, Charles Jones, Captain Taylor, T. E. Clive, IlenryFt. Keogh, William Tenison,, E K. Cobbold, J. C. Ker, Rickard Tennent, R. J. Cocks, 'Thomas S. Knightley,Sir:C. Thesiger, Sir F. Cole, H. A. Knox, Colone Trevor, G. U. Colebrooke, Sir T. Lawless, Cecil Tyrell, Sir J. T. Conolly, Thomas Lennard, T. B. Verner, Sir W. . , Clifton, J.J. Lincoln, Earl of Vesey, T. Crawford, W. S. Lockhart, W. Vyse, R. 11. Darner, Colonel Lang, Walter Waddington, 11. S. Dawson, T. V. Lopes, Sir Ralph Walpole, Spencer Dick, Quintin Lowther, Henry Williams, T. P. Drummond, Henry M'lcagkten, Sir E. Willoughby, Sir 11. Dunne, Francis P. Meagher, Thomas Wortley, J. S. Egerton, Sir P. Mahon, Viscount Young, Sir John Esicourt, J. B. B. Manners, Lord G. TELLER. Fellowes, E. Maxwell, J. P. Hamilton, G._A. Ferguson, Sir R. Meux, Sir 11. Corry, 11. EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR (IRELAND.) Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be given to bring in a BRA to promote the employment of Labour in Ireland, by a proportionate exemption from Poor•rate." The House divided MAJORITY—AYES, 108. Aglionby, 11. A. French, F. Paget, Lord A. Anderson, Arthar Gaskell, J. M. Palmer, Roundell Armstrong, R. H. Grace, 0. D. Palmerston, Vis. Baines, M. T. Greene, John Parker, John Baring, Sir F. 'P. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Peel, Sir Robert Bass, M. T. Grey, Sir G. Peel, Frederick Bellew, R. M. Grey, R. W. Peto, Samuel Berkeley, CaptaVt Hastie, Archibald Pigott, Francis Berkeley, C. L. Hawes, Benjamin Pryse, Pryse Bernal, Ralph Heywood, James Reynolds, John Birch, Sir Thomas Hey - worth, L. Ricardo, Osman Blackall, S. W. Hill, Lord Marcus Rich, Henry Blake, M. J. Hindley, Charles Romilly, Sir John Boldero, 11. G. Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, Lord J. Bouverie, E. P. Horsman, E. Russell, F. C. Brotherton, J. Howard, Lord E. Sandars, J. wOl, Edward Jervis,nome, Bunbury, E. H. Howard, C. W. Schelefleld, W. Buxton, sir E. Joseph Seymer, H. K. (lard • Sir John Smith, J. A. Childers, J. w, Clerk Sir G. Keppel, George T. Somerville, Slr W. Cobbold, John C. Kershaw, James Spooner, Richard Cowan, Charles Labouchere, Henry Stuart, Lord 0. Cowper, W. F. Lascelles, W. S. St uar t , L or d J . Lincoln, Earl of Sullivan, Michael Craig, W. G. Locke, Joseph 31 `Cutlagh, W. T. Tentson, IL. K. lhicknesse; C l o t, Denison, W. J. Lockhart, W. Drummond, Ilkiltry lo A n ' el Duncan, George , Mahon, O'Gorman Th omp son, Thornely, T. F. P Dunne, P. Matheson, Colonel Townshed, Captain Ebrington, Viscount Melgund, Visc oun t Vesey, Hon. T. Egerton, Sir P • Mena, Sir Henry W esthead ,J. P. Ellice, Edward Moffatt, George Will oughby, sir 11. Ellis, John Morris, David Wilson, J ames Elliot, John Norreys, Sir D. Woretly, j, s, TELLERS. Fordyce, A. D. Nu gent, Sir Percy Estcourt, J. B. B. Scrope,. . Ogle, S. C. G. P. Fortescue, J. W. Osborne, Ralph Mangles, R. D. MINORITY—NOES, 15. Adderley, C. B, forbes, W. Taylor, T. E. Baldock, E. H. Granby, Marquis of Verner, Sir W. Bourke, It. S. Grogan, Edward Young, Sir John Baler, Sir Y. Magan, NV. U. TELLERS. Christy, Samuel Somerset, Captain Stafford, Augustus Conolly, Thomas Stanley, E. H. Herbert, 11. A. Contents •of Sunday's Observer, April 1 :--Ten folio columns of the Trial of Rush, to Saturday night ; three folio columns of Parochial Proceedings at Meryl°. bone, Pancrce4;, and Paddington ; one column of the Liverpool lquirder ; one column of the Fire at the Olympic Th are ; Society of British Artists, a column and a half ; the probable Summary of the Quarter's Revenue ; '3OO Births. Marriages, and Deaths ; about 100 us.eful :tdvertisements, including the Public Amuse ments ; arid sixteen folio columns of Miscellaneous News. Ne xt Sunday, April 8, to render Rush's Trial complete irr. the two Observers, a gratuitous supplement will be pub lis)aed. THE STANFIELD-HALL MURDERS. TRIAL OF RUSH. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) NORWICH, TUESDAY. Before the replrters were admitted this morning the Governor, Mr, Pinson, called them together, an.' ex pressed a hope that they would keep their penknives, or anythiug which might be made available as a weapon, out of the reach of Rush, stating that he did not ask this without reason. We understand that during the night the prisoner became exceedingly violent, and vowed revenge towards the witnesses who had given evidence against him. It was, therefore, feared that he might lay violent hands upon his own life if the means were placed within his power, or attack any one within his reach. In con sequence of the threats used, and the apparently ungo vernable rage which had taken possession of the prisoner, the spikes round the dock were covered, some time before the meeting of the court, with long and stout pieces of wood. The conduct of Rush during the night, we were told, was ferocious in the extreme, and more like that of a demon than a human being. The prisoner (with whom turnkeys have been in the habit of sitting up every night, and who have kept a strict watch over him), however, slept a good deal last night; his violence came on early in the morning. These revelations caused the greatest excitement in the court, which was crowded. Mr. Baron Rolfe took his seat at a quarter to nine o'clock. The jury assembled shortly before. Before the prisoner was brought in the Under-Sheriff stated that a man, then in custody and present, had called out to the jury when leaving their omnibus and entering the Maid's Head, last night, " Gentlemen, I hope you will be merciful to Mr. Rush." Archibald Macdonald, the man referred to, apolo gised for his conduct, and declared that it was merely addressed to a person whom he knew in the omnibus, and not with any bad intention. Mr. Baron ROLFE said it was extremely important that the jury should not be communicated with before giving their verdict. His conduct was most improper; as, however, he had not sought to injure the prisoner he should discharge him. Rush shortly after entered the dock. We did not no tice any change in his appearance. Having carefully arranged his papers, a proceeding which occupied some time, ho applied to be permitted to put a few questions to Howe. Mr. Baron ROLFE said he did not know whether he ought to allow it, because the evidence was altogether irrelevant—whether innocent or guilty he did not believe it could affect him. Rush said he was happy to hear this. Mr. Baron ROLFE said, however, it was for the jury to judge. Rush said he only wished to put two or three questions. llowe was called and examined by Rush—Was in the habit of frequenting the " Wheatsheaf " in London. Knew persons in the habit of going there of the name of Durrant and Hythe. Had spoken to the former about the murder. Never said he would go to Norwich and give evidence if his expenses were paid, in order that he might have a lark with his friends in Norwich. Did not say ha would give evidence on either side for 20/. He had said he had been out on the " spree" with the prisoner, which was the case, and that ho had said he " was a jolly good fellow." RUSH'S DEFENCE. Rush then proceeded to address the jury in his de fence. He spoke first in a thick voice, but soon re gained his usual composure. He implored them to deal justly with him, and at the outset pro claimed his innocence, admitting freely that from the enmity that existed between him and the Jermys, it was but natural he should have been suspected of this horrible crime the most grave and important charge that they could be called upon to try. He complained that no communication was allowed to pass between him and his solicitor, except it was seen by the governor of the Castle, by order of the magistrates, which was a gross violation of the confidence that, always existed between an accused person and his professional adviser. His solicitor had sent a memorial to Sir George Grey, who had declined to interfere. He had had many difficulties thrown in his way, and this was not the least of them. He trusted that his Lordship would, as far as was consistent with his position as Judge, assist him in his defence.; Mr. Baron ROLFE bowed assent. Rush went on to complain that witnesses had been examined against him, without either himself or the reporters being present, which he considered not only cruel in the extreme, but unconstitutional. Thomas Jermy, the claimant of the Stanfield Hall, estate, had arranged with him that he (Rush), with all the strength he could muster, should take possession of the hall, as he had done some years before. He promised to come to Potash-farm to set about this either on the Saturday or the Monday, at eight o'clock. They spoke together about it by the hay-stack, in his farmyard, on the Friday morning. He (Rush) said it was a difficult thing to do, and that they might expect a resistance. He (Jermy) said " Nonsense," that it could easily be accomplished, and there was no fear of soldiers. Jenny and Larner then left him, and went to Stanfield-hall. Ile followed them a little way, but returned to Potash, about eleven o'clock the same morn ing. They communicated again with him on the subject; but he declined to aid them, they having told him that they could get plenty of help, and that it would be well to accomplish there purpose in a morning, The reason he (Rush) was at Potash at that time was in or der that he might prevent his son from joining in the attempt. Some talk was made about its taking place at night. To, this he strongly objected, saying, "at any rate, don't make up your mind until the morning." Ile spoke to a person named "Joe "on the matter. He should be able clearly to satisfy his Lordship and:the jury that he did not leave Potash-farm on the night of the murder until sight or half-past eight. He then went out; at first he thought he would go over to the ball, but recollecting what he had said, he made up his mind not to go. He walked towards the fence of the hall, about five minutes' walk, when he heard the report of a gun or pis tol. He then heard another, but not quite so loud. He was struck with amazement, as,he thought if they intended to take fire-arms with them that they would only be used for the purpose of intimidation. He then heard the alarm hell rung loudly and distinctly. He hastened back to Potash as quick as he could, going into the house by the garden gate. lie had seen the lawyer of the parties twice—once at Norwich, and once at Potash.—(The statement of the prisoner was somewhat rambling, and it was not without difficulty that we were enabled to cull the above.) His Lordship had said be did not think Howe's evidence im portant. He did not think so. His evidence was brought forward as most important to the ends of the prosecution. Surely the expres sion that "he would serve Mr. Jermy with an ejectment for another world "—if he was an honest man—a crt ditable witness, as he was not—but just the reverse, as several letters ho had received from perfect strangers showed—the proof of the use of such an expression was most important evidence against him. Howe would swear anything, and he should show he was utterly unworthy of belief. Why then was Jesse White called to prove that he wrote the threatening notices on the copy-book covers ? He had not any thing like the opportunities of becoming acquainted with his handwriting that Glasgow had. Why was he not called? He was too honest, like White, to swear to what was false. The happiness of his dear young children (the prisoner has a large family living at Felmingham) depends upon the issue of this trial. God knew ho was innocent. He had nothing on his mind, and ho defied the prosecution,notwithstanding all the skill of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, to prove on , atom of important evidence against him, notwith standing all the evidence they have called. Before he had done, he would show them that he was utterly in nocent of this crime, and . he trusted God Almighty would give him strength to support him to the end of that inves tigation. As true as he was standing there in that dock, he should show that his suspicions were well founded. Ile had not the least fear of the result, and he hoped God Almighty would give them the means of seeing the case in its true light, and that he was innocent. lie should give satisfactory reasons why he wont out. In short, he should show them that he knew no more about the murders than any of them. He did not at any time shoot much, but it so happened at the time of the murder he did shoot a good deal. There was one important witness, an honest fellow, whom they dared not call. They had threatened him with the prison ; but ho should call him. Tho evidence with re spect to the boots was as gross a piece of evidence as could be produced; he should show it in a different light. Then, with respect to the straw littered along the soft soil, it had been there since the harvest, and was the track the pigs took to the fields. There were some important questions that he should have liked to have put to Mrs. ermy ; had she not been so ill, poor thing, he should have pressed the production of her evidence. The prisoner here asked the Judge, as he wished to call again two or three of the witnesses for the prosecu tion, whether he should do so before he proceeded? The JUDGE—What do you mean by calling othe r wit nesses? The Prisoner—Those I want to call. There's Savory, Branchlow, and another. The JUDGE —You must conclude all you have to say before you call any witnesses. The prisoner proceeded—ln considering the bearing of the evidence they ought to compare the evidence given by the same witness in one place with his evi dence given in another; and on hearing the depositions read he hoped they would compare them carefully. For instance, there was Watson the butler's evidence. Let them look to what he said before the magistrates and afterwards. He was fairly forced to what he said, poor fellow. He believed there never had been a man so and was willi ng to give his evidence pressed as he h a d b een. His impression was that Wat son was honest, right, but that he was forced to do otherwise, and he could prove his evidence was completely wrong. (The prisoner then proceeded to read the depositions of Watson before the magistrates and before the coroner.) They would remark that he omitted many things be fore the latter which he had sworn to in the other depositions. He said, for instance, he saw a man cum i o g up the passage with a mask on his face, and described how his arms were, &c. Before the co roner be omitted all these particulars, and in court he said that as soon as he left the pantry he saw a man turn ihecorner. The time between the first and second shots, as stated by other witnesses, was not the same as that stated by Watson. In ta ct, it was clear t here were two people in the hall from the descript ion, and that what was called witnesses the hall - door banging was the seco n d r b e y 2 so or m t. ° With regard to Watson's evidenc e , th at t h e man he saw was: like bite, such thoughti could never come i n to head wirh,,ot bin out then:. The nyto. I.e sai:l, :An;:icil p,,,t1t1 ; W . F.; Wit, it not quite clear that Watson could not observe what he was like ? But he had riot given the same evidence here that he gave butore the rn:igistra,tes. There Branch low's evidence Was most important for him, and if his Lordship wished for justicz. he should have insisted upon its being read. He now came ,to the evidence of Mar garet Rid, the cook. lie hoped the jury would remem ber that evidence, for he stood there before God and his country, and he defied them to find anything against him if that evidence was attended to. He asked them to com pare the evidence which Reid gave before the coroner with what she had stated there. His firm belief was that she never saw any one in the passage at all.' Before he was done he would show that his cloak was pliced on him at the Bridewell to see if she recognised him, but she failed to do so. The JunGE—l think you are justified in asking that that should be done again. The prisoner would certainly like it. There was nothing sufficient in the evidence to satisfy a jury that anybody saw a man coming along the passage at all. Here was a great cloak reaching down to his legs, and yet was it not extraordinary that Reid should have given such evidence? She said the cloak might have been held up, but she admitted that his hand was down; and sho swore before the coroner that the cloak which the man wore did not reach beyond his knee. He would produce the garment which he had on that night. He would prove the reason why he went out at nights, and that Emily Sandford had seen him go out, and told the prosecution what his dress was, and they have con cocted all this evidence and put it into the mouths of the witnesses. He would produce the dress he wore the night of the murders, and he was not ashamed to own that he wore it. He had most important documents to show, and one particularly so, which Mr. Jermy handed him on the 21st, and which, if produced by the prosecu tion, would show that he was at the time in his (the prisoner's) power. It would be no great advantage to him, perhaps, to produce that paper, but it would show the confidential footing on which Mr. Jermy's father was with him; and that, being one of his best friends, he (the prisoner) could not do anything against his family beyond protecting himself. The jury would bear well in mind what Reid said about his wearing his head on one side. He never heard of such a thing be fore. He wanted nothing but the facts and truth of the thing, and that would come out before he had done. She said the man was walking quicker than he (the prisoner) usually did; but how could she see this with Miss Jermy between her and him ? The prosecution had not produced that young lady. The poor boy who was put into the box yesterday spoke the truth; and why, therefore, should she not be brought forward? He now came to the case of Honor Holmes, the kitchen maid, and it would be his duty to read the facts in her evidence which were in his favour. She went with the other par ties in the direction in which this man must have come in going to or leaving the hall. It was impossible for him to have gone in that direction without knowing that they were there; and did the jury think he could have had impudence enough to go through all these people on such an object? Holmes must have seen or heard something of the man described if she returned when she stated. Harvey's evidence, the jury would see, had been tampered with, he (the prisoner) knew how very well. The evidence had been twisted and twirled in every direction. Reid used the word " intervened" in h& r examination, and yet she acknowleged that she did not understand its meaning. He had no he sitation in saying that God Almighty would enable him to make his evidence appear clear to them. Another most important point was the time that Holmes was gone. He would prove that it was not as stated. She states that five or six days before the inurd , -r she observed a light on the lawn, and the ap pearance of a man with a cloak. Now, was it likely that a man there with an intention to commit murder should have a light? It was well known that he had had a dark lantern for years, and the jury, as practical men, were quite aware that it was much better not to show a light if a person wanted to detect anything wrong among his servants. Where was the farmer that had not a dark lantern? Then, he would ask, how had Harvey given his evidence? How could any man have got there and shot Mr. Jermy while these people were about the door? It was impossible without being seen by these servants. Then, there was another thing—why should all these people have run away if they thought there was anything serious going on? These servants were running about the hall, and yet they had never been ex • amined before the coroner. He would show that there never was a man who had been treated as he had. If the reporters had been admitted at previous inquiries the public would have kdown what was going on. They would find that, please God Almighty, in spite of all that could be done against him he would be able to look his enemies in the face. He hoped God Almighty would make it appear how this thing was working, There was every excuse for Mrs. Jermy's deposition, considering the situation she was in, and the situation in which she thought he was. The jury would recollect the evidence which had been given as toMiss Sandford being at the hall for 12 hours. Ho had no doubt that she was examined over and over again that night, notwithstanding Mr. Cann's statement. Ho thought that she was honest enough—ho did not think she was so bad as that, poor thing; and if he knew whom she had been examined be fore, he would have had them examined as witnesses, no matter how hostile they might be. The servants denied that they had seen the newspapers; but was that at all likely? Then he wished to examine Mr. Clarke. The JUDGE—He merely produced papers, but if you wish to examine him he will be here in an hour. Prisoner—Then as to Futter; they had heard bow he had given his evidence as to the means of crossing the drain. It was a very dangerous place to walk over i n the daytime even, and at night not one man in a hun dred could pass. Then about laying down the straw. This was a piece of beans, and the pigs used to go back and forward, the straw being put there to keep them on that side of the field when their bellies were filled. This was the result of the fuss which had been made about the straw. His impression was that it was at that very time a bean stubble. As to time, Stanley's was the most direct evidence of any. His evidence, and Watson's taken with it, showed that the murder took place later than stated, and that it must have been very near nine o'clock. Coming to the evidence of Pont, Mortar, Amos, and Osborne, he would show the purpose of the bare. faced, impudent evidence they had given. He called their attention to this to show the way in which the evi dence had been got up, for that must come out. There was no doubt that the fellow Pout had studied his first depositions in the papers, for he repeated the very words ho used before the coroner; but let them compare what he said with the evidence of others, and then they would see the difference. They would find that these men concocted the point about time. At the time he could observe their drift, and that was the reason he put certain questions. They had got up the story of his saying that young Jermy was his enemy; but was it likely that he would make such a statement if he was guilty; and the jury would recollect that though it was stated he said so in the presence of Miss Sandford, she had no recollection of it. Then about the papers, that fellow Pont told the other men what they ought to say as he went out of court, and they bad done so. It showed the injustice to which he had been subjected. About the evidence Osborne gave as to seeing the parties go up stairs at Potash, he wanted to explain away that statement. Thompson, however, said that no one went up stairs with him (the prisoner) but Amos and Mortar, and it was clear from the post lion in which Osborne stood that he could not have seen them. The evidence of these parties he hoped they would well consider in all its bearings. Tho words to which they spoke differed; and the jury heard what Punt swore yesterday as to seeing Mortar taking him by the arm. When a man would swear false in one way, then he would do so in another also. Then as to the boots. The first description of them which Pont gave was that they were getting dry and had been washed; while before the coroner he said they were wet. The contradictions on this subject were many, and the p . r a o- . secution had not called the most important w4n n e o ssth could speak to the fact. Emily Sandforciliedb.adHe would recol lection of the boots having nhgir boots t o f o o t r s been L a s s night. o v'h'eashagdoi produce the very boots he had f game, which he must F 1 • h at e ming am, and he would there. His home was not want his servants to here e w make that point clear to the jury before he was done. As, to a pair found below the bed, one of the fellows swore that there was fresh dirt upon them, which showed what such witnesses were prepared to say against hitn. He declared solemnly that he never had them on that day. Again, each of the police swore that he took the guns and uncapped them himself, and men doneth o a n t h i who would not stop at small falsehoods would not stop at large either. Thompson swore that the closet docr was broken open, when he must have known that it was not. As he said before, he would call Sa vory to show the way in which he had been preserv ing the game, and the pains ho had taken. He examined Emily Sandford about this, and the jury heard what she said. He had also to bring forward Mr. Stokes to show the feeling between him and the deceased Mr. Jermy. There was no ill feeling between them that was not expressed by him (the prisoner) in an open and manly way. Ile had said much more to Mr. Jermy himself than to any one else on the subject. He sent a copy of his pamphlet to him when it was first published, and he had no doubt it still existed to prove the fact. He had particularly wished to know who the witnesses were that were to be brought against him, and there was plenty of time to do so; but that information had been withheld. The banks along: the fields between Potash and the hall were very much broken, and, with ditches to cross and other impediments, it would be most dan gerous, and ho thought almost impossible, to pass along them in a dark night; but particularly it would be impossible to do so in a quarter of an hour, the time taken by the police-constable to walk it during the day. They had heard what Mr. Cann said about the witness Emily Sandford. Had she spoken the truth at first there would not have been enough evidence to commit him; but finding that she was unduly tampered with, she was induced to say what has led her to the statements which she now made. Notwithstanding what had been said that Emily Sandford was left alone at the hall, he was sure the jury would not believe that all the time she was there she was not often under examination. Honor Holmes stated that she was examined at three o'clock. If she had said now what she said on her second examination there would have been no evidence against him. This Cann had been keeping off and on with him; but if he was going to die just now he would say that there was nothing wrong in the evidence which Emily Sandford gave on her second examination. If he had the truth of what took place in the brown parlour, he could clear up the whole mystery in five minutes. He believed Watson to be an honest fellow, and that he gave his evidence in the brown parlour correctly enough; and that it was subsequently the story of the mask an 4 all that was got up. The Jury saw how Mrs. Bryant has been a go-between between Mr. Cann and Emily Sandford, They would find that Mr. Cann pressed the latter on the point that she was upon her oath %then exas-eiessi before the iessistest-,,,, 1)7,1 the jiirs th 17,1; thst a s iltable you: g. 1 soo litii that, ;lid liot know that she was upon her oath, asd that she, spoke the truth .Iceordin4.ly ? He was cx clikdrel from her examination, but he would Ina have cared for that if the reporters had been admitted, as they would have seen justice done. She was placed before Cann, Hubbersty, and Co., end they would remember what Hubbersty said last night. lie hoped the reporters had given that evidence correctly in the papers, as it was most important. Hubbersty stated that ha was not aware her evidence was read over to Emily Sandford, or if she si gne d it, b u t t h e j ury wou ld not be lieve that evidence ho was sure. He must have known it. Was it likely that when Emily Sandford was giving that most important evidence in the Castle to Mr.Cann's father, Mr. Cann himself was away? Mr. Cann said that he took his (the prisoner's) watch as a security for a previous debt, but he could prove that it was not so. They might say that that was not very material; but he would show that it was; that he had been prevented in consequence from getting up his defence as he ought, and that the evidence which had been got up against him in so extraordinary a manner ought to be rejected by the jury. When Emily Sandford was giving her evidence, some one said to her, " What you are now stating is not correct." Was it wonderful that he should become excited after hearing that? Had the reporters been in the room then, and his pocket book been given him, the whole case would have been blown in the air, and ho would not have been there now. Ho would show before it was done that it was im possible to look at the agreements that had been spoken of without coming to the conclusion that the whole evi dence had been got up from beginning to end. Mrs. Bryant talked Ito Emily Sandford at her examination constantly, and apologised to the magistrates for doing so; but why was that apology necessary if she was doing as she said, nothing but asking her if she wanted water? Again, Mr. Cann stated that he found but one letter be tween himself and him. He was employed by the pri soner's father's executors, and for his mother, in an action for ejectment brought against her, and then to turn about in the way that he has done! He (the pri soner) denied that he owed Mr. Cann a single half penny, except in respect of this last ejectment against his mother. It was well known that ho was at Stanfield Hall on the 21st, and yet none of the servants saw him there, not even Watson. He used sometimes to see Mr. Jermy himself at the window, and would then go right into him. He used to go there between eight and nine o'clock in the evening in this way, and did not be lieve he had seen these servants who talked so much about his appearance, more than three or four times in his life. To the best of his knowledge he was never objected to at Stanfield hall except once, and that was when they were at issue about the Felmingham farm. With rogard to the agreements there was no foundation for the statements Emily Sandford had made about them. The concealed aperture in the closet at Potash he dis covered accidently, and as it struck him as a convenient place for shoving papers into he used it for that purpose. The evidence of flubbertsy and Mr. Cann as to the dis covery of his papers there, was inconsistent. The former gave his evidence on that point very fairly; but Mr. Caun turned up the white of his eyes when he was an swering his questions. As to the evidence of Emily Sandford she has made from time to time so many state ments that one would have fancied it was complete before she was placed in the witness box; but on comparing what she has said formerly with her statements made in court, it was quite clear that she had said much more than she knew anything about. The prisoner was pro ceeding to another point, when The JUDGE said, as you have concluded your obser vations about Mr. Cann's evidence, perhaps now, if you peel fatigued, this will be a proper time for your taking some refreshment. The prisoner sail, he was not fatigued, but would let his Lordship know when he was. With reference to the wig, it was well known that some time ago he was losing his hair, and i❑ consequence he ordered a wig from Norwich, which upon trial did not fit him. He in con sequence returned it to the barber, who sent it back to him again, and brought an action in the County Court for the price. It might be remembered that he put the wig on in court to decide the luestion. That was a well-known fact, and he declared to God there was no secret about it. The jury here intimated a wish to retire for refresh ment, and the Court adjourned for a quarter of an hour. On the resumption of the proceedings— The prisoner said, that Elizi's Chestney's evidence be fore the Court the jury would compare with that given before the coroner and magistrates. She declared that the man who fired at her had neither hat nor cap on, but how could she, poor thing, have time to observe more than his general appearance, for there was the report of the gun, and the smoke, and all that sort of thing to pre vent her? If such evidence as she had given as to the shape of his head and his hair was to be sufficient, ho thought there was no evidence which might not be re ceived. It was quite monstrous that such things should be taken against him—a man with a large family; and he told them to reject such evidence in spite of anything his Lordship or counsel might tell them. What could be more conspicuous than going out with a wig on one's head, and supposing ho had used it that it would be suf fered to remain where it had been found afterwards? In tins, as in everything else, God Almighty had been his guide, and he saw that in spite of all they had done, they could not bring home such a charge against him. Allow he had been a persecuted man, he had no ill- feeling towards Mr. Jermy; indeed ho had far more ill-feeling against his solicitors than him. All attempts that bad been made to prove that had failed. The putting on of this wig be fore Eliza Chestney, poor thing, could only have been intended to work upon her feelings, and it showed how tar the prosecution had gone in getting up the case against him. He now came to the evidence of Emily Sandford, and he said now, as he said before, that it was the only evidence against him. He must go on with her evidence, and show why the jury ought to reject it from the evidence which she had given before. He would prove that her evidence from beginning to end was totally unworthy of credit, and he would do so from her own words. He would show that she had been in fluenced by what she had hoard at the Hall. A great deal had been said about his going out late at night. As it was well known, people were in the habit of poaching over the farm—which was well stocked with game, particularly at that season of the year— he used to go out to watch the poachers; and there fore all the statements she made on this sub ject were quite true. He must admit the connexion that had existed between him and Emily Sandford, but there was an understanding as to their future mode of living; for he telt it would be advisable for her family and for his children that she should cease to hold that position in his house, and should become his house keeper. She could not help being aware of this arrange ment; but from the manner in which she had given her evidence the jury would see she was anything but friendly towards him, whatever she had been before. They had all heard her speak of the tears that had fallen from him—ho had good reason 0 ask her about them. The fact was, she wanted to go to a concert at Norwich, and he had given her a promise to take her. He bought a ticket for five. His two eldest daughters, his son, and his son's wife, went with it. On considera tion he thought he could not let her go. When he re fused her she bore it so good and kindly that he could not held being affected, knowing how he had treated her. and seeing her so patient. (The prisoner's voice faltered very much here, and became almost choked with emo tion.) She agreed directly when he told her she could not go except by herself, for, recollecting the situation she was to hold in his house, he could not accompany her to the concert. He would have c onvinced her that the statement she made as to what took place was incorrect, but when she said there was not more than an hour and a half between the time he went out and came in, he thought it immaterial to press her. He thought the Learned Gentlemen would try hard to bring in all about a ie wa tches in evidence; but he had evidence about the t i m e which would show clearly how the matter stood, and how long he was out that night. She said he went out about eight o'clock. Now, let them recollect what liar vey, Holmes, and the others said was the time when they were at the Hall, as well as the nature of the ground between Potash and it—that there were three ditches, two of them very deep—and they would see it was im possible fur any one to go from Potash to Stanfield and back in double the time which appeared to have elapsed, comparing her statement of the time he went out and their account of the occurrence which took place. Hervey deposed it was half past seven o'clock when he left Wymondhana. He went to the Hall and stood there chatting for some time with the servants et the moat gate. Then be said ho saw some thing near the porch like a figure of a man, and that after the revort he saw something fly up like wadding with a bright flame about 12 yards high. That was a most extraordinary thing. It might show the man, whoever be was, did not intend the harm he had done. As to the statement, he had no doubt it was a mistake in some respects, but it showed at all events that the witness was at the hall at the time. It would not be possible if he saw the man at the loft side of the porch for the latter to have_ gone round to the passage in the time which the witnesses state to have elapsed between the first and second reports; in fact, as he suspected, the other man must have been in the passage at the time of the first shot. Chestney and Reid were sitting by the fire talking, and very likely that he went some way along the passage before their attention was drawn to him by a rustling as he went along. But why had not all the people who were at the gate that night been examined ? No one but Harvey talked of seeing a light in the hall before he heard the re port ; in fact, it could not be. It was not likely Mr. Jermy was shot the moment he opened the door, and as it remained open for the time they should have seen the light there. Suppose there had been only one man, and that man himself, did they believe it possible he would have taken the course attributed to him? Why, lie knew every chink and cranny in the hall. Did they think, then, he would have gone round, after firing the gun, to the passage? How could he tell that the ser vants were not all there close by? Wait to go round to meet them all! The fact was, if it had been he, ho would have gone in at the porch door. It was a most awful and extraordinary thing for one man to think that an other would run in among a lot of people to do such a . deed as this; and he said, beside that, there was irt suf ticient time, even on the longest calculation given in evidence, for a man to have run rou nd to the passage from the porch. Emily Sandford stated, that the even ing they drove over to Stanfield she was fact had never as very anxious to The go with him. Well, so s ho was. struck before,h and he never be fore knew of the rig maroletitcm count of their proceedings. There was some mystery about a ll this that ho could not clear up. Great stresshad been laid on the papers and agreements relat ,lgt the farm. If he could have Mrs. Jermy on the table he could get a good deal out for them as to what she knew of the Rev. Mr. Preston's will. He would take his oath he never had heard of the papers before with the use which they had heard. They had all heard of how she cried and sobbed when he asked her to copy the e papers. So she had, poor thine ; be nui. for the re..see had goieti. No! The Lei a u . that :the feared he was going to marry again, and tie.• letter in Question related to the subject of her fears. She had told them that he expressed great anxiety that it should not fall into the hands of his children. Lord of Heaven and earth! to be sure he had! Would it not be worse that a letter of such a kind should fall into the hands of young children than into those of a stranger almost? Though never mar, loved wife mere truly and faithfully than he had loved Emily Sandford, she always thought he was going to get married and to leave her. Well, but if her story were true, where were all her fine feelings and her sensibility at Potash farm? They had had no crying or sobbing there, and yet if her story was true he hud asked her to copy and sign papers which she must have known to be false—all her three deposi tions agreed on that point. Had she not the same feel ings then as before? And she must hare known the name of Isaac Jermy to those papers was a forgery, and yet she neither sobbed nor cried, nor expressed the least dis inclination to sign them. It was not very likely indeed that he would ask her to do so if she had exhibited all those fine feelings before. Whichever way they looked at this story they would find that it was totally false. " Murder would out," and he had no hesitation in saying that the real facts of the case at Stanfield-hall would soon come to light. He hoped God Almighty would convince Mrs. Jermy of the truth, and that she would be at last brought to feel that whet he stated about the interview with Mr. Jermy was correct. If he was going out on any bad intent, or on such a horrid deed that night, he would have taken care to have been seen by sore of his men, who could prove where he was out, and that he said he was going out after poachers. The basest lie that ever was said on God's earth was that he ever drank anything out of a bottle. It was what he called a fifth or sixth edition, and her statement as to this fact varied in her evidence, but in every shape it was untrue. She would make the jury believe that he was drunk. Most people who knew him could say that he suffered wonderfully from bilious headache at short intervals, and the reason why he told Emily Sand ford to leave the room on the night in question very probably was that he was ill at the time, and he had heard that a man who was in difficul ties was taking away the game by wholesale, and that was one reason why he went out earlier than usual on Friday night. As to the pair of stockings that were "muddy," they all knew it was quite ridiculous to talk of such of such a thing. They were introduced merely to give the Learned Gentlemen an opportunity of getting up their case. Then they make all this fuss about his going to Felmingham, and about the closet being burned. Why, it really was the case that the closet where the papers were kept was set on fire accidentally by the servant. But what had that to do with the case? Yes, they wanted to make it appear that papers had been burnt. If she believed him guilty of the charge, whom had Emily Sandford to look to? Her friends had not a farthing. They must consider, then, what a great temptation she was under, and how many motives she might have for all her story. She had said he was not well that night. Ho was, indeed, wonder. fully hurt because he had refused her going to the con cert, and she took it so gently, and that made him seem unwell. He would be on his oath, if he was dying, that it was an hour after tea before he went out. At first Emily Sandford spoke the truth, but she deviated from it afterwards; and if she had adhered to what she told the magistrates (which was the fact), they would see it was impossible for him to have done so foul a deed in the time. What was the meaning of all the talk they had heard about fires at Potash and fires at Felmingham? She distinctly contradicted her first statement when she said the fire at l'otash was bright and good that night. Next, let them look to what she said took place when he came home. Emily Sand ford could have seen him if she pleased when she opened the door, but she did not do so. As to the things which were found in the House, be never locked them up or made any secret of them. All her depositions agreed that she went to bed at nine o'clock, or half-past, and the time was impressed on her because she must have looked at the watch when she wound it up. The fact wag, he told her to wind it up, and she had done so; but she denied it, es well as all the questions he had asked her about unfastening her dress, because in her examination before the magistrates she said she had only been in the room for a minute; when she asked what was amiss, he said something had happened, and that he would tell her as soon as she got into her own room. He had done so. (The prisoner became confused for a moment). No, he would not say that; but he would take his oath he told her something had happened at Stanfield-hall, but she said she did not want to hear it; and it was all owing to his not insisting on telling her that so much trouble had followed. No one could possibly think that he had committed so foul a deed on such evidence as had been adduced, and he never for a moment imagined that she could have thought him guilty of it, or he would have insisted on telling her. lie was sure that every thing of importance to him had been rubbed out and do. stroyed in his pocket-book. Where, too, he asked, was the pocket-book of 1847? His firm impression was, that there were more people seen, and that the servants would not explain the reason why the fact was concealed. This was another proof that the evidence had been manu factured. Watson, who had most time to observe the man, might have imagined that he looked as described, and all the rest have taken their story from him. With reference to the evidence produced to establish his hand writing on the copy-book by Jesse White, it was a ter rible thing for a man to screw up his courage to swear as that man had done. White, had; said that he would give up the figures, but he might as well give up the letters to, poor fellow. He contended, as to Gar rold's evidence, that the fact of his hand shaking so that he eould not cut a small slip of paper, proved clearly, that he had sworn what ho was not sure of. But this was the way in which the whole case had been got up. For example, that fellow Cann brought for examina tion against him a man like Howe, one of the worst characters in London. The prisoner was still proceeding with his defence at half-past seven o'clock. The JUDGE said, that as the jury appeared quito fatigued by their long sitting, he wished to know how long the prisoner's defence was likely to last ? The prisoner said, some hours longer. In consequence the Court, at eight o'clock, adjourned —the prisoner having been about ten hours and a half o❑ his legs. Eliza Chestney has had a relapse, owing to the impru dent announcement of the death of a brother. The worst consequences were for some time apprehended, but hap pily she is now again convalescent. Rush summoned a witness from London last evening, by electric teletraph. The gentleman arrived here by the first train this morning. NAVAL IN TELLIGhNCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.— The Reynard screw steamer, Commander P. Cracroft, arrived this morning at ~pithead, from Gibraltar. Last night, after passing through the needles (no opportunity from violence of weather and other uncontrollable circumstances having before presented itself), at about 11 45 P. M. she. " beat to quarters," the ship under all possible sail, stud dingsails slow and aloft, cast loose, and fired three rounds and both broadsides once, and secured the guns again in thirteen minutes I This was done in pur suance of an Admiralty order, which enjoins that once at least in six mouths the commanders of all ships specified in the order shall take their crews by sur prise, by exercising at general quarters in the night, without previous notice, in order to test their efficiency, &c. The Reynard came into harbour this afternoon, to refit for foreign service. The St. Vincent, Penelope, and Polyphemus, are hourly expected at this port, where orders to be paid off immediately have been some time awaiting them. The llibernia and the Queen will be paid off at De vonport.. The Planet freight ship, Captain Booth, with detach ments of Royal Artillery and the 42d Highlanders, for Bermuda, sailed this morning. Wind, N.W., light breezes and dark cloudy weather. CASE OF MR. SHORE. (From the Western 7lmes.) Thu Right lion. Earl Fortt scue, Lord High Steward of the Queen's Household and Lord-Lieutenant of Devon, has contributed the sum of 201. towards the fund for the relief of Mr. Shore, which the Noble Earl transmitted in the following letter:— " Clovelly Court, April 2, 1849. " Sir, —Understanding that some of the friends of religious liberty, who, at the late meetings at Exeter and in London, expressed their sympathy for your sufferings, have followed up that expression with some contributions for your relief, I beg to add the enclosed for the same object. In doing so, however, I wish not to be misunderstood. As the legality of the pro ceedings against you has been affirmed by every court, civil as well as ecclesiastical, to which they have been referred, I cannot impugn, though I may regret, the conduct of those by whom such proceedings were insti tuted, but I have a right to denounce the inconsistency and injustice of that state of the law under which, as we have so frequently seen of late, clergymen seceding from the Church of England are allowed to undertake the ministry of the Church of Rome; whilst those who, like yourself, desire to devote their services to a dissent ing congregation, subject themselves thereby to prosecu tions and costs. " I hope that the just and tolerant spirit of our Legis lature will soon remove this blot from our statute-book , and that all seceders will be protected alike in following the dictates of their conscience, and in doing what they consider their duty to God. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient servant, •6 FoRTESC UE. " Rev. J. Shore." EZETEa_TTALL A g rand performance of sacred anight, the of Handel's music was given last Coronation Anthem,. Z kth Pr iest, and . Haydn's t he Creatson. The principa l attraction, which oratorio, drew together one of the most cro w d e d au di ences that ever c ongregated within the precincts of Exeter ball. was Mdlle. Jenny Lind, who sang the soprano part in the Creation. The main object of the performance was a charitable one. Mdlle. Jenny Lind accorded her cervices gratuitously, and after the band, chorus, and principal ?Angers are paid, the surplus will be divided among the Royal Society of Musicians, the Society of Female Mu sieians, the Choral Fund, the Royal Academy of Music, and the Governesses' Benevolent Institution. The receij its averaged, we understand, between 1,4001., and 1,50 1 1./.; which will guarantee at least 8501. for the benefit or those institutions. Tho performance was honoured ,by the presence of her Majesty and. Prince Albert, wb to were attended with a numerous suite. Mrs. .13 arrow (late Miss Julia Bennett) has retired from the s Cage. We are sorry for it, and hope that she . may yet change her mind, as we can spare, in the present tip ate of the drama, one of its fairest. arserp.ezte.l ~i ' iir TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUS 'LL, M:P.. &P. Sec. &c. N.........' ---, .....,--; 1 M. L• i d,— Most ,iucvre.y ou 1 copgratukoe tlirefia l . .'— habitants no t on ly o f I re l an d b ut o f G reat B r i tt i n, that w 7l ttlx , your Lordship and Lord Clarendon have -convinced " Dr. Arnold's One eyed Men," and that the Cabinet have at last recognised the principle, " That there is a dis tinction in the present anomilous,c - ofiditioii of Ireland b revity c i willrc m permit,stanc s . the-' which cads for appropri a t e r eme di es , h owever contrary they might be to th e p r i nc i p l es o f sound po li cy under ordinary sp r ir L it o , r a d n sb d ip as ,s far a.; I letter quote h of t y e oo ob servations to the deputation of Irish Members. Your Lordship proceeded to indicate three of the re medies on which the Cabinet are agreed, viz., assistance in the formation of railroads in the destitute districts— lending more money to Irish landlords, enabling them to employ the people—and arterial drainage; all most excellent, but yet, as a matter of fact capable of the strictest proof, not combining the maximum ciremploy ment with the minimum of expenditure, to the extent the reclamation of waste lands would have done; but I suppose it was politic to soften the fall of your Chan cellor of the Exchequer. However, the principle that interference by the Go vernment in the employment of the people, is, under the circumstances, a matter of duty, being fully admitted, it will be comparatively easy to apply that principle as occasion may require—following Lord Stanley's states manlike view of the wisdom of applying to different distressed localities that remedy which is most appro priate: to one, arterial drainage; to another, encourage ment of fisheries; to a third, the reclamation of waste lands; to others, the formation of harbours, railroads, and emigration. Bat I warn your Lordship to be very careful how these remedies are applied. Remember that the plan of Lord Besborough was most excellent in theory, and un doubtedly would have worked well, if the Government, in stead of waiting so long for the return of the potato, had given proper consideration to the detail—keep closely inview the fact, that however unprofitable pauper labour may be, when employed by the union, it is infinitely more so when in the service of the State, and do not forget the Shannon job. Sir Robert Peel, always at the-fag end of the right view of every question with which his name is con nected, having at last discovered the truth of that which Cobbett advanced nearly half a century back, now calls upon the Irish nation to give up waiting for the potato—modest request, forsooth, from him I—the truth being that no bog trotter in Connemara has more anxiously waited for the return of the potato than Sir R. Peel and those Members who opposed your Lordship's measure for the reclamation of waste lands. But " truth is great and will prevail." Had Sir Robert Peel made this notable discovery when he was in power, the first year the potato partially failed, what misery would not have been averted, what money saved, and how infinitely better would have been the condition of the Irish people ! For it was Sir R. Peel who, while waiting for the re turn of the potato, introduced the withering plan of giving food without work, finding it less troublesome to do this than to devise, as a statesman should have done, some means of meeting a national calamity other than feeding the people in idleness, and whistling for the potato. It was the introduction of this pernicious practice by Sir Robert Peel which was one of the principal causes of the failure of Lord Besborough's plan. The labourer, who had been demoralised by receiving food without earning it, was not likely to make an efficient workman in the succeeding year; however, Sir Robert is now expiating his sin by travestying Lord Bacon, and proposing to colo nize a country teeming with inhabitants. When your Lordship introduced the measure for the reclamation of waste lands, Sir Robert Peel, still gaping for the return of the potato, untruly described it as the draining of bogs, and ridiculed it as undeserving of con sideration; yet let him compare the following table with his colonizing scheme:— SIR ROBERT PEEL'S PLAN. RECLAMATION Or WASTE Purchase of 10,000 acres LAND. of land, rent varying from Purchase of 10,000 acres 20s. to 40s. per acre; free of waste land, rental vary rental, after deducting poor ing from 2s. 6d. to ss. per rate, say 20s. per acre, acre; free rental, alter de -10,0001., at 25 years' pur- ducting poor rate, say chase or 250,0001. 1,500/., per annum, at 25 years' purchase, 37,5001. So that Sir Robert Peel's colonizing scheme would re quire above six times the capital to take the first step, viz., to acquire the property; and after this, the reclama tion of waste lands would require far more capital ex pended in the employment of the people than the im provement of land could possibly absorb—in truth, Sir Robert Peel's plan is nothing more or less than a plan for the benefit of the mortgagee, caring nothing about the Irish landlord, the Irish tenant, the Irish labourer, or the pockets of the British people. I have the honour to remain, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, Corwar, April 2, 1849. RIGBY WASON. TO THE SECRETAR Y OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On the subject of Savings Banks, and the question whether the liovernment did or did not hold out the existence of Government security for money lodged in them, I beg to copy the following paper, or dered by the liousa of Commons to be printed:— CHELSEA PENSIONERS (IRELAND). RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The Douse of Com mons, dated 13 March 1849 ;—for, COPY " of a CIRCUtAn addressed from the War Office to the Staff Officers in Ireland, on the Subject of Diposrrs in SAVINGS BANKS by CHELSEA PENSIONERS, dated the 23d day of September 1843." EXTRACT from a CIRCULAR Lirrita from the Secretary-at- War addressed to the Staff Officers in Ireland, on the Sub ject of DEPOSITS in SAN-D;(3S BANKS by CHELSEA PEI SIONER.S, dated the 23d January 1843. " For this purpose, when the Staff Officer observes that any Pensioner is in receipt of wages sufficient for his support, he will point out the propriety of putting aside a portion of his Pension in a Savings Bank, to meet the contingencies of sickness and want of employment, when they may happen to occur; and in order to afford the Pensioner every informa tion which may induce him to do so, the Staff Officer will place in some prominent part of his office the Rules of the Savings Banks, and explain to every Pensioner in full em ployment, that for whatever sums he may lodge there, Government security will be afforded him for repayment, with interest. If the Pensioner consents that a certain por tion, per month or per quarter, of his Pension shall be so de posited, the Officer will facilitate the arrangement by every means in his power. It is hoped that by due attention to the interest of the Pensioner in this respect, without, at the same time, exercis ing any unwarrantable degree of interference with his private affairs, much may be:done to ameliorate his condition, and at tach him to his Officer, by a feeling of gratitude for thus pro tecting him against the risk of destitution when suffering from sickness or the want of employment." N. B.—There was no Circular from the War Office of the 23d of September 1843. War Office, 23 March 1849. 172. F. JSIAULE. On Monday the 2d, and on Tuesday, the debate was continued on the Rate in Aid (Ireland) Bill, which was read a second time, by 193 against 133. Mr. Herbert's amendment for substituting an Income and Property Tax to bo raised i❑ Ireland in addition to any taxes of Mat kind already raised there, is to be movQd in Com mittee; which will give an opportunity of testing the strength of the desire to see the charge more fairly laid on wealth. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, April 4, 1849. NORTH HANTS ELECTION. WINCIII>TER, TUESDAY. STATE OF THE POLL. Portal. Shaw. ▪ 121 ... 120 ... 75 ... 131 ... 114 ... 57 ... 175 ... 125 • 159 ... 47 • 129 ... 89 76 ... 94 Winchester, four o'clock Andover, four o'clock Alton, three o'clock ... Basingstoke, four o'clock Kingsclere, two o'clock Odidam, four o'clock Petvnfield, three o'clock 849 ... 663 Majority for Portal ... 186 Mr. Shaw's trit-nds appear very sanguine of being at the head of the poll to -morrow. THE NEW NOVEL, " LADS ALICE."—High life as it really exists in the more exclusive circles has rarely been pourtrayed with fidelity even in the best novels ; but a work has just been issued under the title of "Lady Alice," which the most exclusive coteries, it is said, have acknowledged to be eminently characteris tic and faithful. It is at once a picture of high per sonages, the high Church party, and high principles, as existing in high places. The story, too, is equally elevated with those who are made to figure in it. and evidently proceeds from a mind of a high order. "Lady Alice" is a production that will interest the !ditto the re ligious, fashionable, and literary and ivaition-of the peculiar character of the work, world. - Frani the author, the name of the writer• it is understood, is not intended to be divulged. —Evening Paper. T AL I;; W D ° ow eL n - - WmlnEcno7cAE.Bitp.rammitEn:2l:_zs ci.,A.T4euT.,teliDonsioarmenßetm-tOGoarroe:nieaernAnatleßriSoaßifiril Artillery;ga rrison ; Inspector of the t o h f e opc a l imor t a l Major eowe o n r re - Lieutenant-Colonel En ß g o li y sh al , Carriage m m an d D i n e g . ulG•ofGfe;noßrdeorayolnalLEacnyineers; Lieutenant-Colonel Chal- Director-General Director Artillery; mar,. Lieute nant-ColonelAssistant- Hardinge, , at eleven o'clock at the b n u s i of thfeALabora tory ; and Major Burn, Assistant . assembled f t e i c o to th r e o Ro rtillery, yal Ar senal,t to witn ess exper i ments to test t h e strengt h o f a o-gun battery construc t e d o f a p a t en t e d material. Captain Lawrence, Royal Artillery, also attended in charge of a two-gun detachment to man one B:inch howit zer, from which shells were fired, and one 32-pounder garrison gnn, from which solid shot were fired. Thirty rounds were fired from the howitzer with the usual ser vice-charge of powder, and 30 rounds from the 3 2- pounder gun, and the battery stood remarkably well, although the firing from the 32-pounder gun was tried at extreme angles, which directed a great portion of the explosive force against the work. The composition of the battery is kept secret, but it may be described as having a bituminous appearance, into which a great quantity of gravel and other substances has been poured when the composition was in a fluid state. Two plat forms have also been constructed of the same material, and the one on which the 32 pounder gun is placed stood well; but the other was partially injured by thellowit zer carriage. The axle of the 32-pounder gun carriage, formedofiron, was broken, and the wood of the howili zer carriage injured. - The . Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na tAonal Debt held a quarterly meeting . yesterday, „Tito ChancellorOf the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy Governor were present. L Mr. Higher!), Secretary and Comptroller -General,.-General,. Val i is - attendance. _T• it THE sV LONDON, WEDNESId - Ar EVENING, APRIL 4, 1849, ..., ~....., -tom,, I I%