The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-29 00:00:00

FE4I3BAL TROOPS .IN WASHINGTON. They gave us the Representatives' Chamber for quarters. Without running the gauntlet of caucus primary and election, every one of us attained that sacred shrine. In we marched, tramp, tramp. Bayo nets took the place of buncombe. The frowsy crea tures in ill•made dress coats, shimmering satin waistcoats, and hats of the tile model, who lounge, spit, and vociferate there, and name themselves M.C., wore off. Our neat uniforms and 'oright barrels showed to great advantage, compared with the usual costumes of the usual dramatis persona of the scene. It was dramatic business, our entrance there. The new Chamber is gorgeous, but ineffective. Its ceil ing is flat, and panelled with transparencies. Each panel is a coat of arms of a State, painted on glass. I could not see that the impartial sunbeams, tem pered by this skylight, had burnt away the insignia of the malcontent State. Nor had any rampant Se cessionist thought to punch any of the seven lost Pleiads out from that firmament with a long pole. Crimson and gold are the prevailing hues of the de coration. There is no unity and breadth of colouring. The desks of the members radiate in double files from a white marble tribune at the centre of the semi circle. In came the new actors on this scene. Our presence here was the inevitable sequel of past events. We appeared with bayonets and bullets because of the bosh uttered on this floor; because of the bills—with treasonable stump-speeches in their bellies—passed here; because of the cowardice of the poltroons, the imbecility of the dodgers, and the arrogance of the bullies, who had here co-ope. rated to blind and corrupt the minds of the people. Talk had made a miserable mess of it. The Ohm; ratio was now appealed to. Some of our companies were marched upstairs into the galleries. The sofas were to be their beds. With their white cross belts and bright breastplates, they made a very pic turesque body of spectators for whatever happened in the hall, and never failed to applaud in the right or the wrong place at will. Most of us were be stowed in the amphitheatre. Each desk received its man. He was to scribble o n it b y d ay , an d s l eep under it by night. When the desks were all taken, the companies overflowed into the corners and into the lobbies. The Staff took committee-rooms. The Colonel reigned in the Speaker's parlour. Once in, first, we washed. . . But the best of the enter tainment was within the Capitol. Some three thousand or more of us were now quartered there. The Massachusetts Eighth were under the dome. No fear of want of air for them. The Massachu setts Sixth were eloquent for their State in the Senate Chamber. It was singularly hitting, among the many coincidences in the history of this regiment, that they should be there, tacitly aveng ing the assault upon Sumner, and•the attempts to bully the impregnable Wilson. In the recesses, caves, and crypts of the Capitol what other legions were bestowed Ido not know. I daily lost myself, and sometimes, when out of my reckoning, was put on the way by sentries of strange corps—a Reading Light Infantry man, or some other. We all frater nised. There was a fine enthusiasm among us ; but not the soldierly rivalry in discipline that may grow up in future between men of different States acting together, but the brotherhood of ardent fe lows first in the field and earnest in the cause. All our life in the Capitol was most dramatic and sensa tional. Before it was fairly in the dim interior of that representatives' chamber, the reveilles of the different regiments came through the corridors. Every snorer's trumpet suddenly paused. The im pressive sound of the hushed breathing of a thou sand sleepers, marking off the fleet moments of the night, gave way to a most vociferous uproar. The boy element is large in the 7th Regiment: Its slang dictionary is peculiar and unabridged. As soon as wo woke the pit began to chaff the galleries and the galleries the pit. W e are a ll owe d no i se ad libitum. Our riotous tendencies, if they existed, escaped by the safety-valve of the larynx. We joked, we shouted, we sang, we mounted the speaker's desk and made speeches—always to the point— for if any but a wit ventured to give tongue he was coughed down without ceremony. Let the M.C.'s adopt this plan, and silence their dunces. With all our jollity we preserved very tolerable decorum. The regiment is assez bien compose. Many of the privates are distinctly gentlemen of breeding and character. The tone is mainly good, and the esprit de corps high. If the colonel should say, "Up boys, and at'em !" I know that the Seventh would do brilliantly an the field. I speak now of its behaviour indoors. This certainly did it credit. Our thousand did the Capitol little harm th a t a cor p ora l' s guar d o f Biddies with mops and tubs could not repair in a forenoon's campaign. Perhaps we should have fierved our country better by a little Vandalism. The decorations of the Capitol have a slight flavour of the South-Western steamboat saloon. The pic tures (now, by the way carefully covered) would most of them be the better if the figures were bayo neted and the backgrounds sabred out. Both pic tures and decorations belong to that bygone epoch of our country when men shaved the moustache, dressed like parsons, said " Sir," and chewed tobacco —a transition epoch now become an historic blank. The home correspondence of our legion of young heroes is illimitable. Every one had his little tale of active service to relate. A decimation of the regi ment, more or less, had profited by the tender mo ment of departure to pop the question and to receive the dulcet " Yes." These lucky fellows were, of course, writing to I)ulcinea regularly, three meals of love a day. Mr. Van. Wyck, M.C., and a brace of colleagues, were kept hard at work all day giv ing franks and saving threepennies to the ardent scribes. Uncle Sam lost certainly 3,000 cents a-day in this manner. What crypts and dens, caves and cellars there are under that great structure! And barrels of flour in every one of them this month of May, 1861. Do civilians eat in this proportion ? Or does long standing in the "position of a soldier" (vide " tactics" for a view of that graceful pose) in crease a man's capacity for bread and beef so enor mously ? It was infinitely picturesque in these dim vaults by night. Sentries were posted at every turn, Their guns gleamed in the gaslight. Sleepers were lying in their blankets wherever the stones were sofest. Then in the guard-room the guard were waiting for their turn. We have not had much of the scenery in America, and the physiognomy of volunteer military life is quite distinct from any thing one sees in European service. The people have never had occasion until now to occupy their palace with armed men.—iitlantie Monthly. WOOL-0140 WING IN Q UEENSLA ND. At the monthly meeting of the Bradford Cham ber of Commerce, held on Monday evening last, the following letter, addressed to Mr. H. W. Ripley, th o e v p e r r e n s m id e t n n t t .h ,w as read :—" Queensland , Australia, o —I have the honour Brisbane, Aug. 20, 1861. Sir, the 14th inst., nour to acknowledge the receipt, on of 3 also of samples of. wool, b and copies of an address from the Bradford Chamber through her Maj es t y ' s preirnoc!al Commerce, forwarded for the Colonies. I have caused the of State ed the address to be published in the Governm en t Gazette of ;Ind the samples of wool to be exhibited this colony, i n formation. It will at all times afford great f°rgeneral plea sure both to myie l f and Government, to all means in our p ower the im p ortant o bjects of the Wool Supply Association. You are doubtless aware that this colony of Queensland, which was separated from New South Wales in D e . cember, 1859, is, in proportion to its population, the largest producer of wool of any country in the world. On the 31st of December, 1860, the European inhabitants were estimated at only 28,000 souls ; white during 1860 there were exported 5,007,1671 b. of wool, of the estimated value of £444,118 19s. 3d. By the census returns of April, 1861, it appeared that there were then 3,449,350 sheep in Queensland. We are receiving weekly fresh accessions of pope' lation, capital, andstock, both from the neighbouring Australian colonies and from the United Kingdom , The colony of Queensland i.:mbraces the whole north-eastern portion of the Australian continent It covers an area three times greater than that of France, and 10 times greater than that of England andsettlements Wales. The pastoral already ex tend over a territory more extensive than that of the British Islands. You are at liberty to make any use of this ___l have the letter which you may think proper honour to remain, Sir, your most obedient servant,U. F. BowEN, Governor." LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 28. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nini Prius in Middlesex, More Mr. ' Justice Willes and a Common Su .y.) TAPPIN V. NUNN-SEDUCTIO 4. The plaintiff in this case was a w ow woman, and she claimed damages for the seduction of her daughter, Eliza Tappin. Mr. Haddlestone appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantyne and Mr. J. I. Powell were engaged for the defendant. It appeared from the opening . speech that the defendant, Mr. W. Nunn, was in business as a patent lamp-manufacturer, in St. George's-in-the- East ; that he met Miss Tappin at a public ball room ; that he introduced himself as Capt. Brown, and that this introduction led to an acquaintance which ultimately ended in her ruin. Eliza Tappin was called and examined—l am the daughter of the plaintiff. lam 23 years old. My mother is a dressmaker, living in Pollard's-row. Bethnal-green-road. I was in the employment of Mr. Cope, a flower-maker, for seven or eight years previous to 1859. My mother worked for the wife of Mr. Hayward, who keeps the Eagle Tavern. In December, 1858, I went to th e E ag l e T av ern, where there is a dance once a-week. I went with Miss Bonsor, who is since dead. I was there introduced to the defendant by Amelia Bonsor as Captain Brown. I have learned since that he is a manu- facturer of port and starboard lights for the navy, and that he is a married man. I saw him at the Eagle many times, and danced with him. He took me to Madame Tussaud's on the 28th Decem ber. Miss Bonsor was to go, but lid not. The defendant paid me attentions. I wes led to sup pose that his intentions were honourable. I sin cerely believed him to be a single man. He several times took liberties with me, but I told him I would raise an alarm if he did not desist. On the 17th January, 1859, I met him by appointment at Somerset-house. He went into Somerset-house and I stayed at the Admiralty door. We went to dine at an hotel in the Strand afterwards. He said he had been at Somerset-house on business, and had done more that day than he had ever done in his life before. We then went to a coffee-house and had tea. We then went into a cab to Cheapside, the defendant being so ill from bronchitis that he could not walk. He got out of the cab because the air in the cab was too close. In Bishopsgate-street he said he was so ill he could not walk. He asked me to ac compay him to the house of a friend. lie took me up into a bedroom, and when I saw it was a bed room I entreated him to let me go. He said, if I would stay till he recovered he would let me go as I came. I was overpowered. He seduced me. On my oath I had never before been acquainted with any man. I saw him on the following Sun day at a place they called Harry Levy's, in the Mile-end-road, when he made a laugh of it, but said he would be a good friend if I would hold my tongue. I found I was in the family way in January, 1860. He had then left me. I sent to him, and he came and said it was a bad job, and offered me £5, which I refused. He then asked me to meet him, and said he would see what he could do for me. I met him at the George public-house, in:Commercial-road. From thence he went to his solicitor, Mr. Young, who, he said, when he came back advised him not to give me any money. I was confined on the 4th October, 1860. He saw me nearly home, and promised to meet me on the following Saturday. He took me to several places, and ulti mately to an hotel on Tower-hill, where he gave me £lO. He made me sign a paper, but Ido not know what it contained. My earnings were from 15s. to 20s. a week, bat working 16 or 18 hours a day, in consequence of my being in the family way. The defendant sent me L 2 during my confinement. I was ill ten weeks, and the last month of that time he gave me 10s. a week. Cross-examined—l am not now going by the name of Tappin, but by that of Mrs. Capue. I have lived under the protection of Mr. Capue for eight months. I met Mr. Capue at the Eagle Tavern. The attorney bringing the action is not employed by Mr. Capue. My child is living with my mother, and is brought by her to see me at Mr. Capue's. Mr. Capue is a general merchant in Leadenhall street. I had never been to the Eagle for amuse ment more than three times before I met the defen dant at about Christmas, 1858, There are many daughters of working people go there. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—And many girls of another sort ? Witness—l suppose so. You find them every where. (A laugh.) The only other dancing place I went to was Harry Levy's, and I will swear that for 12 or 18 months previous to Christmas, 1858, I had not been in the habit of going to dancing saloons. I swear that Mr. Hayward never said, "I suppose you know who is the father of your child ? and that I never replied, " No, I wish I did." I have not for three years associated with prostitutes at the Eagle, nor has Mr. Hayward threatened to turn me out of the room if I did not behave myself decently. Re-examined—l worked until the day before my confinement, but afterwards, having lost my cha racter, could get no work. I had no alternative but living with Mr. Capue, or going upon the streets or starving. Mrs. Tappin (the plaintiff)—l have been a widow 11 years. My husband was a patent cart-grease manufacturer in Bethnal-green. Since his death I have maintained myself, my son, and while neces sary my daughter by dressmaking. Whilst my daughter was in work she gave me every farthing of her earnings. I did not know that my daughter was in the family-way until Aug., 1860, and then she left home because I could not have the disgrace at home. She was as goad a girl as ever lived to me before then. She used to assist me at my work after she had done her own, and used to do my household work also. Cross-examined—When my daughter began to stay out late, I inquired where she had been, and she said she had a young man—a captain. She stayed out as late as half-past ten or eleven, and she said she had been to take a walk. .1 never saw any gentleman with her. Re-examined—She never said anything about his promising to marry her. Mr. Justice Willes—The previous witness did not say so herself. Mr. Cornelius eye—Eliza Tappin conducted herself very well until the last twelve months, when she was very irregular with her work. She worked out of doors at this time, and sometimes she would only do one or two days' work a week. Mr. George Sheen—l keep a coffee-house in Bethnal green-road, and I have known the plaintiff and her daughter for 16 years. The daughter has borne a very good character until the last year or two, when she became very irregular. Mr. Gammage—The plaintiff's daughter came to lodge at my house in Jubilee-street, to be confined, and conducted herself with the greatest propriety whilst there. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said he had not, like his friend Mr. Huddleston, the pleasant task of defend ing " injured virtue," but he had to defend a person who, in the situation in which he was placed, would be likely to meet with anything but sympathy. His client was a husband and had thres children, and ho believed that but for these. facts they would never have heard of this action ; but the jury must consi• der that they had no tnow to punish immorality in a neighbour, but to consider whether the plaintiff's daughter had by her conduct entitled her mother to damages. Mr Justice Willer said he had great difficulty in seeing what the loss of services on the part of the mother was. If no child had been born there would certainly have been no right of action ; and it seemed that the turning the daughter out of doors before her confinement was an election on the part of the mother to have done with her, and a determination not to brinc , forward her shame any more. He must reserve that part for the consideration of the full Court. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, in continuation, said in most instances a defendant in a case of this kind had to rely upon a speech of his counsel; hut in this case he should call witnesses who would prove conclusively that the plaintiff's daughter had com mitted gross perjury in giving her evidence. He then detailed the circumstances which he should prove, stating that the defendant, with two friends the defendant himself, being in joke, called Capt. Brown, and another of them Captain Allbosh— (laughter)—met the plaintiff's daughter at a dancing saloon in July, 1858 ; that she introduced herself to them, and that she was apparently at that time whitchhe was ba b de anything but a mo d es t woman . (Towards th e conc l us i on o f t h e l earne d sergean t' s address y el wa t a o s redto b brought into court, a`proceed in lug that trieedawn twith atte mpt such success to excite sympathy, simila r " Bardell v. Pieltwiek." Mr. Wm. N unn — On the day of Fairlop F a ir, in l E B a s g B l , e I T a w v a e s r nwiint with h t e wo evening.fried4- We we n t t o th e saowr thethe plaintiff's daughter there on that evening f She was dancing and walking about thefirgrstartndstir". She came to our table and asked me t o treat h eri did so. She sat down with us drinking between the dances. I was there several times between that night and Christmas. She was generally dancing. She introduced herself to us as Miss Jackson. On the 28th December, I went to a bal masque at the K i ng ' s Arms with my two friends. I saw the ng I plain tiff'sthec ou rse ofen h. i daught er therln dancing. I danced that ev wit her for the first time. left the room and went back to the ball and she aaccommodation.We came h h with er to a ouse of morning, she asked me at two in the went on dancing. Ga ve her half sovereign. When I went ho me y, and she did meet me if I would meet her next da THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOV.OIII3EII 29, 1861. in the City, and went with me to Somerset-house. I never went with her to Madame Tussaud's. On that day we went to a brothel in Wych-street, and I again made her a present. We afterwards went to the Lyceum. I ltft her at Bishopsgate Church, she saying she was going home, and afterwards to the Eagle. Two or three weeks afterwards I met her at the Eagle, and whenever I was there I saw her. On a subsequent occasion she went with me to Somerset-house ; and on that occasion we went again to a brothel, as well as on other occasions. About five or six weeks after Christmas, 1859, I went with her to a brothel kept by a person named King. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine complained that the at tention of those engaged in the case was distracted by the child not being so quiet as it might be. Mr. Justice Willes said the child must be taken out of court. Mr. Huddleston, however, observed that for the purpose of seeing the likeness it would be necessary to have the baby in court. (Laughter.) Mr. Justice Willes—lf it is necessary to see it, it is not necessary to hear it. (Laughter.) The defence being closed, the jury, after consider ing the matter for a short time, said that they were unanimously of opinion that the defendant was the father of the child, and they assessed the damages at £25. In answer to his lordship they added that they did not think that there was what was popularly called a seduction, but that the defendant picked the girl up and got her with child. His lordship, after some little discussion, said he would consider in what shape the case should be put, for the purpose of taking the opinion of the full court upon the matter. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Nov. 28. THE MURDER AT DEPTFORD. George Inkpen, described in the calendar as being 20 years of age, and by trade a hammerman, was placed at the bar to plead to an indictment charging him with the wilful murder of Margaret Edmunds, and also to the coroner's inquisition, charging him as an accessory to the murder. The officer of the court having read the abstract of the indictment and the finding of the coroner's inquisition, Mr. Justice Byles interfered, and after a short conference with Mr. Avery, the clerk of arraigns, directed that the prisoner should be given in charge to the jury on the indictment only, as the finding of the coroner's inquisition raised an important question of law which might as well be avoided if possible. The prisoner, who is a simple•looking youth, with a mild expression of countenance, was then arraigned on the indictment for wilful murder, and in a low but firm tone of voice pleaded not guilty. Mr. F. H. Lewis conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh, with whom was Mr. Orridge, the de ' fence. Mr. F. H. Lewis, in opening the case, briefly alluded in feeling terms to the painful nature of the transaction which gave rise to this prosecution, and proceeded to detail the facts as they are disclosed in the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecu tion, and having done so, called Stephen Ellis, who deposed that he was an in spector of the t division of metropolitan police, stationed at Greenwich, and that, from information he had received from some friends of the prisoner, he went on the evening of the 11th of the present month to Amelia-terrace, Deptford, where the pri soner resided. He then asked to see the prisoner, and was told that he was upstairs in bed. Shortly afterwards the prisoner came down, and witness asked him to walk a short way with him. At that time three or four of the prisoner's friends, some of whom had given information to the police, were present. When the prisoner came outside the door, witness said to him, " I suppose you can point out the spot where it occurred ?" The prisoner then said, " I will tell you all about it," and then went on to say as follows—" I had been to a footrace at Hackney-wick, and came down by the train, and got out at the High-street, Deptford. I then went to call on Brimell, the barber, and then went to the Lord Duncan public-house in the High-street. Whilst I was at the bar there, she (meaning the deceased) came in for the supper beer, and I went out after her, and we had some conversation, and she asked me to have some of the beer, which I did, and we drank it between us. In the course of fur ther conversation, she said it was of no use living, for her friends were always nagging' at her. We then walked down the Mornington-road, towards the Surrey Canal, and when we got there she pro posed that we should drown ourselves. She asked me if I had got a handkerchief to tie ourselves together with, and I produced one, which she said was too short, and that it was not long enough to tie us both together. She then said I have got some tape with me, but I did not bring it out for that purpose. I then said that I had got some boot laces, and that they would do, and we then fastened ourselves together, and she said she did not think she would be able to sink because of her crinoline. We then threw ourselves into the canal, she having put her arms round my neck. We turned over in the water two or three times, and the string or laces broke and we were separated, and she seemed to be soon drowned. I got out on the opposite side of the canal, and instantly got in again, and tried to get her out, but could not find her. I then swam across the canal and got out and went home. Before we got into the canal I was very bad, and she was obliged to hold me up." The witness then proceeded to say that seeing the prisoner shivering, be asked him if he felt any better now. The prisoner replied " Yes, and if I had been like this some time ago, I should not have had this charge against me." The prisoner then pointed out where it would be likely to find the body of the deceased, and soon afterwards her body was discovered and got out of the water quite dead. The prisoner then asked to be allowed to look at her face, and inquired if she was disfigured. Witness permitted him to look at her face, and on seeing it the prisoner said, " She is so changed." In his cross-examination by Mr. Sleigh, the wit- ness stated that the prisoner told him he had been drinking freely, and mentioned the places where he had been at during the day. Mary Ann Collins was next examined, and stated that the deceased was her sister, and was 24 years of age. She had seen her alive on the night of the 10th Nov., and she was then in good spirits, as, in fact, she always was. The deceased has kept com pany with the prisoner for about two years. Mrs. S. Russell, the wife of Mr. Russell of the Income Tax Department of Revenue at Deptford, proved that deceased was in her service as house maid, and that she was always a girl of very good spirits. Witness last saw her alive about half-past 7 o'clock on the evening of the 11th inst., when she was going out for their supper beer, and at that time her spirits were as usual, and she did not evince any singularity of conduct or demeanour. The deceased was only sent out for a Pint of beer. The landlord of the Lord Duncan public-house was then called, and stated that he well remem bered the prisoner, whom he had long known, being at his bar on the evening in question. The prisoner was a very sober young man. He came into the house at about half-past 7, and witness believed he had partaken of either a pint or glass of porter. He saw the deceased come in for her beer, and he no ticed that she and the prisoner spoke together. When she went out she reopened the door almost immediately, and beckoned the prisoner to come out to her. The prisoner did so, and they appeared then to be the best possible friends. Mrs. Sarah Lewis was next examined, and proved she lived in a cottage built under one of the rail way arches, near the scene of the occurrence, and that on the night in question she heard a loud scream as if from a female. Another person, residing in an adjoining house, also deposed to having heard a scream, which she described as a fearful one and of long duration. John Rossiter stated that he met the prisoner in a lane leading from that part of the canal where the body of the deceased was found. The prisoner was running and was very wet, looking as if he had been overboard. Further evidence was given, the substance of which was to the following effect :—That the boot lace which the prisoner had spoken of was three days after finding the body, dragged up from the canal, at no great distance from where the body was found, by police-constable Turner, 237 R; and it also appeared that the prisoner had been, as stated, to the foot-race with the waiter at the Ship and Bell public-house, East Greenwich, and that they had drunk, between three of them, half a pint of brandy, and subsequently a pint of ale between two, and that the prisoner had had nothing to eat during the time he and Ibis friend the waiter were out, with the exception of a biscuit, of which he had only taken a mouthful. While they were drinking the ale, a man came in with boot-laces, and the pri soner and the waiter each bought one, in order to get rid of him. The laces were long leather ones, of the same description as the ones taken out of the canal, and now produced. Mr. Joseph Henderson, surgeon, of High-street, Deptford, p rove d th a t h e had examined the body of the deceased, w h o h a d di e i o f su ff o cation, produced by drowning. e upon upperThereher person,p a r were e o r e f w tinht with thee marksleft exceptionar m o of violence and o f whatever a bruise on th two slight brui ses in a of corresponding th line up the body upon the left s id e had been e head, which, in all pro bability,occasionedsutby deceased having fallen against som e hard substance. The csalseeigfl, i for n o a ver prosecuti onfezlin s having cr all a c d e dr . closed, that there was a total absence of any e P s rtio e f o o n f t m en a dea malice prepense on the part of the prisoner, so as to eat blish or support a charge of wilful murder ; and he argued that from the confused state the prisoner was in from having been drinking, his mind was not in a state to clearly understand what was going on. His own statement showed that she placed her arms round his neck, a circumstance which indi cated that he was acting under her directions. Several witnesses were then called, who stated the prisoner to be a very humane, sober, and well disposed youg man. Mr. Justice Byles, in summing up the case to the jury, remarked that the case was of a most painful character to all parties. HisPordship minutely re capitulated the whole of the evidence, and explained to the jury the law affecting it. His lordship stated that where two persons agreed together to commit suicide, and only one dies, the party agree ing and taking part in the act was clearly guilty of murder, and liable to the consequences of the crime. The prisoner's own statement fully established that he had agreed with the deceased to join in the act which had proved fatal to her. The jury, after a brief consultation in their box, expressed a wish to retire; but as they were about to leave the jury -box, The foreman asked his lordship whether, if they believed the account given by the prisoner of the transaction was a true one, the offence amounted to wilful murder. Mr. Justice Byles—Certainly it would. The jury again conferred for a very brief space of time, and at length returned a verdict of guilty, strongly recommending the prisoner to mercy. Mr. Justice Byles—Then you think his story was in every particular true ? Foreman—We do. Mr. Justice Byles—And that there was not any malice on his part ? The jury (almost unanimously)—No, not the slightest. The prisoner was then asked the usual question, whether he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, but he made no reply. Mr. Justice Byles then assumed the black cap, and, with great emotion, said this was a most pain ful case, and he entirely agreed in the opinion ex pressed by the jury as to the absence of all malice; and he would take every care that the recommen dation to mercy, and the opinions they had ex pressed, should be forwarded to the proper quarter. At present it only remained for him to pass the sentence of the law, directing the removal of the prisoner to the gaol of the county in which the offence had been committed, namely, Kent. His lordship then passed the sentence in the usual form and words, adding the aspiration—May the Lord have mercy on your soul. The prisoner, who maintained uncommon self possession during the whole of the proceedings, then bowed and calmly withdrew from the dock. Samuel Thomas Gillard, a letter-carrier, who had pleaded guilty to an indictment for stealing a post letter containing a sovereign, was brought up for judgment, and sentenced to three years' penal ser vitude. feloniously killing and slaying Sarah Penfold, his wife. Mr. Cooper prosecuted, and Mr. Best defended. The evidence adduced disclosed that the prisoner and his wife lodged at 3, York-place, Pitt-street, Old Kent-road, and that on the 12th November inst. the landlady, Mrs. Jones, was attracted by scream ing and quarrelling in their room, which she en tered, and found the wife lying all in a heap behind the door. The wife stated that her husband (the prisoner) having refused to give her any breakfast she had pulled his hair, and he had struck her a blow which had knocked her down. She seemed in great pain, and was removed to a neighbour's room, and remained there for some time. The prisoner was then very kind to her, and sent for brandy to relieve her, and applied a plaster to her side. She was then taken to her own bed, out of which, how ever, she fell, and died on the following day. A post mortem examination disclosed that the spleen had been ruptured, and had caused her death. The medical man attributed the rupture to a heavy fall, caused by a blow. Mr. Best addressed the jury in an able speech, contending that the injury might have been caused by the fall out of bed. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recom mended him to mercy, and The Recorder sentenced him to eight months' hard labour. _ _ _ _ towards him language calculated to lead to a breach of the peace. Mr. Giffard, the barrister, attended on behalf of the defendant. Mr. Bush said that on the morning of Saturday, the 16th inst., he was coming to town by train on the South-Western Railway, and at the Barnes Station observed defendant get into the compart ment of a first-class carriage next to that which he was in. The defendant's friend got in first, and observing the defendant himself put a short pipe into his mouth before getting into the carriage, he called to him and said, " Will you have the good ness to put that pipe out ?" Nothing more occurred at that time; but as the train had reached the Waterloo Station, and just as he had got out of the carriage, the defendant came up to him and said, "Are you the person who spoke to me at the Barnes Station ?" and he replied " Yes." The defendant then said, " Why did you, a per fect stranger and a person I do not know, speak to me in that way." He (Mr. Bush) re plied, " Because I saw you were smoking, and asked you to put your pipe ou t, The defendant said, "Itis a lie." Witness said he saw him put the pipe into his mouth and saw smoke issue from it. The defendant replied, "It is a lie, a d—d lie, and you are a d—d infernal liar." The defendant continued to follow him, and said, "I have a great mind to hit you, to teach you not to speak to me again :" and made use of an expression which he did not wish to repeat. He asked him his name, but he refused to give it, and on reaching his cham bers he (Mr. Bush) committed to writing all that had been said. This he submitted to some of his friends, to take their opinion as to what he should do in reference to the matter, and they were of opinion that ho could not pass it over ; and he ap plied for and took out the present summons. In cross-examination by Mr. Giffard—Mr. Bush said he was not aware that the train at the Barnes station had passed the platform; but said that neither the defendant or his friend were about to get into the carriage that he was when he called out to the former to put out his pipe. Was quite certain he prefaced the request with the courteous expression, - " Will you have the goodness," and th a t the deman was not made in a peremptory and in sulting tone. On the contrary, his tone and manner were gentlemanlike. Mr. Giffard, in his address to the Court, in reply to complainant, said that the morning in question was a very frosty one, and his friend and client, Mr. Sheriff, as well as the gentleman who accom panied him, had smoked their pipes from their resi dence to the Barnes station, but discontinued on reaching that place. On reaching the station the train had slightly shot beyond the platform, so that Mr. Sheriff and his friends had some slight difficulty in getting into a first-class carriage. Having an umbrella in one hand and his pipe in the other, and requiring the use of both hands, he, at the moment, thought his mouth would be the safest place for his pipe. He placed it there, and, while getting into the carriage, heard somebody exclaim, "Put that pipe out;" but at the moment thought it came from some friend, or some person who knew him, and who said it in a joke. Finding, however, that it came from a stranger, and showing to the gentle men who were in the carriage with him that he was not smoking—on the contrary, that his pipe was out—he had determined on asking for an explana tion. He did ask for that explanation ; and when Mr. Bush had repeated that he had seen smoke come from his mouth after his denial of the fact, he did say the assertion was a lie. The complainant, however, could not complain much if he chose to doubt and disregard the assertion of a gentle man, and thereby give the lie pointedly, if he re ceived the lie direct. Highly respectable witnesses were called whose tes timony bore out the statement of the learned gen tleman, and said the tone of the complainant in the first instance was that of a person in authority, and emphatically denied that the defendant had made use of any disgusting expression. Mr. Elliott observed that when a person was seen with a short pipe in his mouth it was but natural to infer that he was smoking, and he did not see the impropriety of any passenger asking him to put the pipe out. The language of the defendant was cal culated to provoke a breach of the peace, and he must therefore put in bail for six months. IMMORAL TRAFFIC IN BELGIAN GIRLS AND WOMEN. Mr. 'Albert, interpreter to the Marlborough street Police-court, and one of the agents of the Society for the• Protection of Women and Children, Duke-street, St. James's, yesterday begged permis sion, with the sanction of the society, of which Lord Raynham was president, to make the following statement to Mr. Tyrwhitt, with the view of obtain ing magisterial advice and co-operation in a matter of great importance. Some short time ago the ma gistrates at this court had received a letter from a foreign woman, detailing particulars of an immoral traffic in young foreign girls and women, and stat ing that some of the girls were detained is a house of ill-fame agaiust their will, and were , obliged to give themselves up to a life of prostitution. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he perfectly well remembered receiving such a letter, and that he had at once for warded it to the society. Mr. Albert continued—The parties for whom the protection of the law was now sought were young girls brought over from Belgium—some under the pretence of being provided with situations, others without the knowiedge and consent of their parents, and all compelled to enter upon a course of prosti tution. The principal agent in this scandalous _traffic was a Belgian, who kept a house of ill-fame in Marylebone, and who had already been con victed and punished in his own country. The girls whom he got into his clutches had no possible means of escape. They were supplied with clothes, jewellery, and board at this man's expense, and no matter how large the profits of their un happy life they wore always brought in debt. Be sides being confined to the house they were fre quently beaten and otherwise ill-used by the keeper of the house. The society had bees at great pains to collect evidence, and they had so far succeeded as to be able to prove that young girls of the ages of 13 to 15 were regularly brought from Belgium to London ; that the person who procured the girls in Belgium received a stipulated sum, according to the youth and attractions of tho victim. Some of these un fortunate girls were the children of respect able parents ; some had even been enticed from boarding schools without the knowledge of their parents, and the majority had been deluded by false pretences of one kind or other. The difficulty which the society experience was to get at these girls to ascertain from their lips whether they were de tained against their consent, and by what means they had been induced to leave their homes. The girls were too strictly watched for the society to hope to get such positive proof as they required. The proceedings of the parties here and in Belgium had become so notorious, and the traffic so increas ing, that the society, wh o had fully prepared them selves with evidence, had resolved to attempt to deal with the evil, and had authorised him to lay the matter before the magistrates of this court for their advice, and in the hope that they would point out the course of law the society ought to follow to effect their object. Mr. Tyrwhitt suggested that some person should be sent to the house to collect statements from the girls themselves privately. Mr. Albert did not think this would be a prac ticable proceeding. Mr. Tyrwhitt said there could be no difficulty in getting access to the house, and if it was then found that any of the inmates were kept there against their will they might insist on being released. Mr. Albert said it might appear strange to say that girls could be kept in a house against their will in this country, and perhaps it might be impossible in the case of English girls ; but with a Belgian girl it was different, for she was ignorant of the laws, and being in debt and in fear of the keeper of the house she might think he had power to im prison her, and even if she got free, where was she to go ? The worst cases were those girls of tender age who had been taken away from their parents, some perhaps willingly, others by false statements and promises. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he doubted whether the Ab duction Act applied to Belgium. Mr. Albert—lf the mother of one of these children came over and deposed that her child had been taken from her care without her consent, would not that constitute a case within the operation of the law ? Mr. Tyra hitt did not think the offence could be dealt with here in that form. He had no doubt the publicity which the matter would receive would have a very salutary effect. With respect to girls detained, as alleged, against their will, a resort to the Habeas Corpus Act was easy. Mr. Albert said that would no doubt be effectual as regarded an individual case, but the society took higher ground—they desired not only to bring the offenders to justice, but to put an end to the base traffic altogether. In the Norton-street case the authorities of Marylebone had interfered with suc cess. He hoped their attention would be drawn to this matter, which was within their district. Some further remarks and suggestions having been made, Mr. Albert thanked the magistrate, and left the court. BENSON'S WATCHES AND CLOCKs.•-." Perfection of mechanism."—Morning Post. Gold watches, sto Ico guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every construc tion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to their use. Watches sent free and safe by post on receipt of a remittance. —J. W. Benson, 33 and 31, Ludgate-hill, 0 and 1 47, Cornbill, London E.C, Established 170. . .._ ______ The Court then adjourned to Monday, Dec. 16. POLICE INIELLIfIENCE, Nov. 28. MANSION-HOUSE. A respectably-dressed young woman, about 24 years of age, named Eliza beth Rush, and described as a domestic servant,was , brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with forg ing and uttering a cheque of £5 18s., purporting to be signed by Mr. W. P. Bennett, with intent to de fraud Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., bankers, London. Mr. Mullens appeared to conduct the prosecution on the part of the Bankers' Protection Association. Mary Peacock, a young woman in the service of Mr. Rayner, of Clapham-rise, butcher, said she had known -the prisoner for about two years. In Just last she paid her a visit at Clapham rise and told her that she was then living at Mrs. Tollitt's, who kept a boarding-school at Colnbrook, near Slough. The prisoner stopped in town three days, and she (witness) lent 3s. 6d , and after she had left she sent her some dresses, as she had requested her, which amounted to 1 ls. 6d. On the 30th October she received from the prisoner a letter, which enclosed the cheque produced for £5 18s. upon Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., stating that a young man with whom she had been keep ing company had died, and asked her to get the cheque cashed, or, if she could not get out, to lend her what she could to enable her to go to his funeral. She accordingly presented the cheque at Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co.'s, and was detained there until she had given an explanation as to how she became possessed of it. Mr. Evison, cashier to Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., said the-cheque produced was presented to him by the last witness, and he immediately saw that it was not Mr. Bennett's signature. Webb, a detective officer, said he apprehended the prisoner at Stoke Newington, and on telling her the charge she said the writing on the cheque was hers, and she was sorry for what she had done. He had also ascertained that the prisoner had been living at Mrs. Tollitt's, and Mr. Bennett was lodging there. Mr. Mullens asked for a remand, that Mr. Ben nett might be brought to London. The prisoner was accordingly remanded. CLERKENWELL.—CARD.PLAYING IN PUBLIC HOUSES.-Mr. Wm. Monks, of the Cheshire Cheese Tavern, Dean-street, Holborn, was summoned for knowingly permitting gaming with cards to be carried on in his premises. Mr. Lewis appeared on behalf of the defendant. Samuel Wheeler, police-constable, 18 E, stated that on Tuesday night last, about a quarter past 11, in company with another constable, he visited de fendant's house, and on entering the skittle-ground he discovered four men engaged playing cards. He asked them what they were playing for. Mr. Lewis said he must object to that mode of proceeding. The men might be called and their evi dence taken. It was:not his intention to dispute the fact of the playing at cards, but the gaming. Witness continued—There was no beer about that he could see. He went to the defendant's v% ife and asked her if she was aware of the card-playing in the house. She said she was, and that they were playing for beer, and that she did not see any harm in a game at cards. Robert Lambert, 135 S, the warrant officer, said when be served the warrant the defendant said he saw no harm in playing a game at cards. Mr. Lewis contended there was no evidence to pr6ve the gaming except the words of the wife, and he submitted that the husband was not responsible for the words she had uttered, for that was not evi -1 dence legally. She might be the agent in the con- Acting his business, but not his agent to speak. Mr. D'Eyncourt—The defendant's wife managed the business, and he must also take it that the de fendant sanctioned it, and that there was gaming for beer,:which he looked upon as proved by the words of the wife in his absence. Geo. Winster said he was one of the four playing at cards on the night when the constable came in. They had been playing at all-fives. The defendant joined them in the game, and was playing when the police-constable came in, and he said they were only having a friendly game. John Cornelius said he was also in the house at the time, and played at cards, he believed at cribbage. There were no stakes played for. The answer the party made, who was asked by the constable, was that they played for beer sometimes. There was a pet of beer standing on a table which belonged to some men who had won it at a game of skittles. Mr. D'Eyncourt remarked that the witness was proving another act of gaming. Mr. Lewis said that was nothing in connection with the present case, which he contended still re mained unproved. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he should not like to believe the witnesses had come there to commit perjury, but he still felt inclined to credit the statement of the:constable. The defendant allowed au agent — his wife—to conduct the business, and he must be held responsible for acts which he sanctions, for if that were not so, a man might employ an agent who committed wrong for him, and then he could turn round and say he was not bound by what he did. He would, under the circumstances, and sup posing the witnesses had made a mistake, call upon the defendant to pay the cost of the summons. Mr. Lewis contended that it had not been proved, and called upon his worship to dismiss the charge. The constable was recalled, and said he heard distinctly that they were playing for beer. Mr. D'Eyncourt said as Mr. Lewis had insisted upon a decision, he should take time to consider it, as he had never heard the objection made by him before. He (Mr. Lewis) had made every possible objection to its being settled by the payment of the cost of the summons, and he should, therefore, con sider the points of the evidence, and give a decision in a week. MARY LE B ONE . —RIGHT OF REFUSING SEATS IN OMNIBUSES.—IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC.— Thomas Baugham, a conductor of one of the London General Conveyance omnibuses, running from the Royal Oak, Paddington, to the Bank of England, appeared on a summons for refusing to admit into his vehicle, on Thursday the 21st inst., three gentle men who were desirous of taking their places therein, in which there was plenty of room. Mr: William Garton, the road inspector of the company, was in attendance to watch the case. Mr: Levison, a gentleman, deposed that on Thurs day morning last, at a quarter past nine, he and two friends went to the Royal Oak , and wished to enter the defendant's omnibus as passengers. They were not allowed to take their seats, though there was room enough inside for four persons. Mr. Mansfield—When you wore about to get in, what did he say to you ? Complainant—He said, " We are full and cannot take you. The seats that are empty are already en gaged." Mr. Crossley, of Westbourne Park, one of the parties who-was with complainant at the time, was called, and corroborated his evidence. Mr. Mansfield—What is your answer to this ? Defendant-Places were engaged by Alderman Phillips and his sons, who regularly ride with him into the City, and these places are kept for them. This being the case, he could not let them in. Mr. Mansfield—lt does not appear to me that you have a right to refuse admission where there is room. His Worship, after referring to the act, consulted with Mr. Phillips, the chief clerk, when he said (addressing the defendant)—lf you can point out anything in the Act of Parliament which will show there is power to reserve seats you can do so. Is there any one here to prove that the vacant seats had been paid for ? Defendant said there was not. Mr. Garton observed that such was the case, but that the parties who had engaged the seats were not now present. Mr. Mansfield, after some further proceedings had been gone into, said he (defendant) was not justified in refusing the parties admission to his vehicle. He should fine him 10s., and 2s. costs. --- LAMBETIL—TIIE GREAT SMOKE QUESTION. —Mr. W. Moon Sheriff, solicitor, of 7, Lincoln's- Inn-fields, appeared before Mr. Elliott, to answer to a summons taken out against him by Mr. Frank Whitaker Bush, chancery barrister , of 9, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn-fields, charging him. with hating used TIIIRD COURT. (Before Thomas Chambers, Esq., Q.C., Common Sergeant.) At the sitting of the Court this morning James Underwood Joslyn, who was acquitted last night on a charge of embezzlement, again surrendered in discharge of his bail to answer another indictment. He pleaded Not Guilty, and on the application of counsel the trial was postponed to the next sessions, and the prisoner was again allowed to be at large on his former bail. George Wells, who had pleaded Guilty on a pre vious day to an indictment charging him with having set fire to an haystack at Edgware, was placed at the bar for judgment. A police-constable was called, who informed the Court that the prisoner bore an exceedingly bad character, and had been several times in custody. The Common Sergeant sentenced the prisoner to six years' penal servitude. Mary Ann Hollis, 38, hawker, was convicted of feloniously wounding Mary Stanley, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. I)ickie prosecuted. It appeared that the prosecutrix had been the principle witness against certain companions of the prisoner, and that on her evidence they had been convicted of felony at a recent Newington Ses sions; and that the prisoner had waylaid and committed a savage assault upon her with a murderous weapon, which was produced in Court, something like a butcher's steel, but longer, with which he stabbed her, down the head, inflicting serious bodily injuries. The Common Sergeant sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Alfred Shea, 19, labourer, was convicted of felo niously breaking and entering the dwelling-house -of Hannah Gurney and stealing therein three money boxes and a writing desk. Mr, Horry prosecuted, and Mr. Diekie defended. The prisoner pleaded guilty to two other indict- meats of the same character; and there were no less than eight or nine other charges against hint. It appeared from the evidence of the police that he was a most expert burglar and always " worked" entirely by himself and without any accomplices. The Common Sergeant sentenced him to four years penal servitude. Henry Nicholls, 21, labourer, and John Waldron, 21, carpenter, were indicted for stealing one half chest of tea, value £3, the property of the Midland Railway Company. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Poland prosecuted. The prisoners, it appeared, were well known to the police as thieves, and were in the habit of plun dering carriers vans, and had been seen by the police to follow a van belonging to the Midland Railway Company, and to take from it a chest of tea as described in the indictment. The evidence was most conclusive and the jury found them guilty. The Common Sergeant sentenced Nicholls to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 calendar months ; and Waldren, against whom a former con viction was proved, to four years penal servitude. FOURTH COURT. William Swaine, a respectable-looking man, aged 49, and described as a clerk, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with embezzling and steal ing the several sums of £3 Gs., £1 6s. 3d., and £B, the moneys of George Evans, his master. He also pleaded'guilty to a second indictment charging him with obtaining money under false pretences. Mr. Orridge, who appeared for the prosecution, informed the Court that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor, a warehouseman, car rying on business at 44, Cannon-street, City, for two years and a half, and had commenced robbing his master within six months after he had entered into the employment. He had, however, in order to hide his delinquencies, systematically falsified the books of the firm. The prisoner, in explanation, said he had unhap pily listened to the voice of the devil, and from the moment he had commenced his dishonourable course he had been a prey to the bitterest remorse. The Recorder observed that this was a very bad case; for in addition to his dishonesty, the prisoner had falsified the books of his empoyer ; a circum stance which greatly aggravated his offence. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be kept in penal servitude for the term of three years. Henry Jackson, 31, dealer, and. Eliza Jackson, 28, his wife, were indicted for Obtaining from Henry Sowdon and another, by means of false pretences, divers quantities of household furniture to the amount of £l5B 168. Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Best defended the prisoners, It appeared that in the month, of July last the male prisoner called at the warehouse of the prose cutor in Commercial-place, Old Kent-road, and ordered a large quantity of furniture, carpets, cur tains, and other articles necessary for a house, to be sent to No. 5, Grove-place, Hill-street, Peckham. He gave the name Edward Lowe, and said he kept a banking account with Messrs. Hill and Sons, Smithfield, and that his family had been cattle salesmen for a century. He added that he was about to be married, and that the bride elect would call and select other articles. Ca the following day the female prisoner, accompanied by her servant, called at the warehouse, and was introduced by the male prisoner as the lady to whom he was about to be married, and that she had come to select some goods. The lady accordingly selected goods to the amount of £27 more, which were sent also to the prisoner's residence. Upon application for pay ment the soi-disant Mr. Lowe was never to be found at home, and finally, it was discovered that all the goods had been disposed of by the prisoner to a Mr. Best, a furniture broker, in the Westminster road. It was also proved that a Mr. Edward Lowe banked with Messrs. Hill, and was a cattle sales man, but that he knew nothing of the prisoners, and had never authorised them to use his name in any way whatever. Mr. Best declined to address the jury on behalf of the male prisoner, but contended that the female was entitled to an acquittal. The Jury acquitted the female, but found themale prisoner guilty. Henry Jackson and Eliza Jackson, his wife, were again tried on another indictment for obtaining from Mr. Pace, ironmonger, 42, Blackman-street, Borough, goods to the amount of £5B, by means of false pretences. The case was precisely similar to the former one, and The Jury found the man guilty, and acquitted the female. The Recorder sentenced him to 12 months' im prisonment with hard labour. Moses Fonfold, 33, shoemaker, was indicted for i 41 ,, iI MIS matters connected ihe Ministm of Public Works of a commission to inquire into the The nomination by van : )f railways in France, is with the construction and wor..l'i' considered by the Paris journalsain measure of great pub lic utility. The Constitutionnet tract .8 out in the follow a ing m anner the duties which must dovels on the body so rap pointeda- :—" On Jan. 1 last the netweirl of the French wayseomprised a general extent of 16,4% 0 kilometres (5-Bths of a mile each), of which 9,448 were work, and 7,942 e ither constructed or to be so. In col the queue of the laws il voted during the last session, the tot .extent of the net work has been increased to 18,265 k ometres, of which 16,570 are conceded to diffe r e nt cook Waft', and 1,695 are provisionally undertaken by the State. The 16,570 kilometres conceded to the different com panies include all the first and sec and class lines which correspond exactly to the rank - wb Lich the Imperial and departmental roads hold among the 1 rablic highways. The 1,695 kilometeres undertaken by the St tte, and to which will be added in thenext sessions at least 2 000 more, which are energetically called for by the populatio as, form a great part of what is called the third net-work, c orresponding to the vicinal roads. This third network is int lispensable, but all competent judges admit that it will only give a small yield. If constructed and worked on the Saino conditions as the first two, the third would be attended with ruinous con sequences, or, in other words, would be impossible. The moment has therefore come for studying a system of con struction less complicated, perhaps less perfect, but less costly, such, in short, as would suit for lines m hich will not be run over either by express trains or by heavy goods trains, like those of the principal lines which have a vast amount of traffic. The working, like the cond.' notion, mus be simplified. The present system makes the annual ex penses amount to from 7,000 fr. to erha B,ooofr. for every down to kilo inetre worked, but they may pps be brought 3,690 fr. by the introduction on those small lines of a plan o f wo rlring similar to that alopted on the S wire and on some of the German railways '. The Become' part of the programme relates to the working of railways already open to circulation. Complaints are made generally that thy' speed on most of the great French lines is insufficient— not, in tea r exceeding on an average 45 kilometres for express trains t uid 30 for ordinary ones. The question brought before the Legislative Body at the sitting of the 25th June last, by M. Auguste Chevalier, be • came the object of a discussion which then led to no result, but which will not have been finale vs, since the Govern ment bas thought proper to have it exa mined into. Lastly, the economical working of the third network, as well as the accelerated working of the two others, involves another most serious question, and which, under . its multiple form, fills the third and fourth articles of M. Rout her' s programme. We allude to the security of the passengers, which justly holds a prominent place in the pre-occupations of the Em • peror's Government. It is a real inquiry that is about to be opened, and which cannot but be advantageous to the public, as well as to the interest of the companies themoelves. The composition of the commission furnishes a guarantee for a useful work and for a practical t esult. The directors of the two principal companies—the Orleans and Lyons=- have been appointed on it, as well as o bodiesetent m en selected from among the great of the State, and the principal chiefs of the Administra tive Service. The discussion will, therefore, be serious and complete, and cannot fail to lead to satisfactory solutions, the opportuneness, not to say the urgency, of which is uni versally admitted." COUN2BY MARKL2S. --- BIRMINGHAM —Nov. 28. At to-day's market there was a less supply of English wheat from the farmers, which found buyers at the rates of this day week. Foreign descriptions lower. 1- arley again Gd cheaper. Oats, beans, and peas all dull, and tending downwards. MANCHESTER—Nov. 28. Thero was an inactive market; sellers were unwilling to give way in prices, and quotations nominally unaltered, but in some cases the turn was in buyers' favour. NEWARK—Nov. 27. At to-day's corn market the quantity of wheat exhibited was short, and a fair amount of business was done at pric s in favour of buyers. Barley comes forward freely, at is to 2s lower in price. Other grain sold as before. White wheat, new, 60s to 63s Barley, 4 , rinding 29s to 315 Red do. 55s to 51s Oats, old, .. oos to 35? Old white 6OB to 63s New do 23s to 27s Red do. 46s to 56s 1 8ean5...... 453 to 470 Barley, malting... .32s:to 39s 1 Beans, new., 44s to -5 Peas, ....488 to 540. CORK—Nov. 27. The following were the quotations this morning :—Re d wheat, 10s Od to 29s 6d ; white, 20s Od to 3380 d; barley 9s Od to 19s Gd ; oats, 8s Od to 14s 3d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—Nov. 27. Wheat on the top 3s Od down ..average Os 2d down. Barley on the top is down.... average Os 3d down. Oats on the top is 6d down average is 10d down. Beans on the top 2s 6d up ...average is lid up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 792 qrs Sold 650 qrs Barley... 2721 qrs Sold 21138 qrs Oats 1656 qrs Sold 1096 qrs Beans 73 qrs Sold 26 qrs Averages per Imperial quarter. _ Whe.at... .-............ £2 18 6 0- 122 ha ' - New wheal ... -12ths Barley ll2 6 11-12ths - Oats 1 4 7 8-12ths Beans DERBY SMITHFIELD—Nov. 26. The supply of fat beasts to-day was short, and the best disposed of at high prices. The supply of sheep was un usually small, and the demand was good. Pigs were in in plentiful supply. Fat calves scarce. Beet 6d to 61d Veal 7td to 81 Mutton .. 7d to 8d Pork Lamb 7ld to 8d Rough fat 4s 8d per stone. Hides, 3d to 41d ; calf skins, 5d to 6d. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Dec, 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape V,erds, by British packet. Dec. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Dec. 2. via Marseilles Nov. 27. Falkland Islands -. . Gibraltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 2. via Marseilles. Nov. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Dec. 6. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 2. —_. via Marseilles Nov. 27. Newfoundland - Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Dec. 6. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Nov. 27. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec. 10 . Bahamas, via New York ' Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California,and British Columbia.. 1 Nov. 28. The Imperial Court of Algiers has just given judgment in the case of an appeal from a :decision of the cadi of Cherchell under the following circumstances : Some time ago an Arab butcher named Hamiti was sued for a pretended debt of 5,000 fr. by another Arab, named Ben-Saadoun , who obtained a judgment in his own favour by means of three false witnesses, and the partiality of the cadi of Cherchell, his uncle. As every vestige of the poor man's property was swept away by that decision, and as he had vainly attempted to obtain justice he went to France and laid his case befk re the Emperor in person at St. Cloud. His Majesty gave orders that the matter should be fully investigated, and the result was that the perjury of the three witnesses was proved, and they were accordingly tried, and condemned to three years' imprisonment and 4,000 f. damages. After this trial, Hamiti sued his pre tended creditor for the return of the property seized, but the cadi of Cherchell declared himself incompetent to enter tain the case. From that judgment Hamiti appealed to the Imperial Court, which has just declared that the cadi of Cherchell ought to have tried the cause ; it also decided on the merits of the suit, and condemned Ben Saadotm to pay Hamiti 6,000 fr. damages, with costs. BIRTHS. BOODLE. —On the 27th inst., at 4, Palace-gardens-terrace, Kensington, the wife of Henry Trelawny Boodle, Esq., of a son. FILIPP.—On the 27th inst., at 56, Camden-square, the wife of George Fripp, Esq., of a son. GOULBURN.—On the 22d inst., at 106, Eaton-square, Mrs. Goulburn, of a daughter. MARRIAGES, JEBB—JENK INSON.—On the 27th inst., at Battersea parish church, the Rev. J. B. Jobb, M.A., of Walton Lodge, Derbyshire, to Mary Frances, eldest daughter of the Rev S. Jenkinson, vicar of Battersea. SPOTTISWOODE—ARBUTHNOT.— On the 27th inst., at Bexley Church, William, eldest son of Andrew Spottis woode, Esq., to Eliza Taylor, eldest daughter of W. U. Arbuthnot, Esq., of B:idgen-place, Kent. DEATHS. BARBER,—On the 27th inst., at Mitcham-common, James Ellis E. Barber, Esq.,t_aged 66. Cuoss. —On the 26th inst., at Prescot, Lancashire,Williara Cross, Esq., solicitor, of the firm of Rowson and Cross, aged 59. DAMES. — On the 24th inst., at his residence, Forest House, Forest-gate, West Ham, Essex, Charles Richard Dames, Esq., aged 69. FINNIS.—On the 27th inst., at Park-gate, Wanstead, Essex, Ann Lydia, wifo of Mr. Alderman Finn's, aged 57. KEER.—On the 27th inst., at Edinburgh, the Lady Robert Kerr. MOORS.—On the 26th inst., at 2. Tenter(len-street, Han over-square, James Adolphus Moore, Esq., R.M.A., agei 71. THURSBY.—On the 26th inst., at Leamington, Charles F. Thursby,',Esq , aged 36. LONDON : Printed and Published by AIURDO YOUNG, of No. in, Strand, Printer, at ME SuN Office, No. 112,Strand. in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the County of Middlesex, Friday, Noyeraber 29, 1861.