The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-26 00:00:00

THE CARLTON CLUB. (Front the Morning Herald.) We wish to direct attention to the account given elsewhere of the great meeting at the Carlton Club, upon the subject of the proposed resolutions of Lord Ranelagh, relative to the continued " active presence" of certain individuals in that club, from the principles of which they had so widely separated themselves. It is difficult for any persons whose sensibilities as gentlemen have not been blunted by the laxity with which aberrations from principle in political life have unfortunately been considered of late, and the criminal forbearance which has been shown to the most flagrant breaches of the commo'n rules of political honesty and honour—we say it is difficult for such to conceive how an intimation such as was conveyed to those gentlemen on 'Saturday could have possibly become necessary. It is, however, only an additional proof that the separation which modern philosophy has endea voured to establish between personal and political honour is as impracticable as it is manifestly incon sistent with sound ethics. It is utterly hopeless that the man who considers himself at liberty to break his plighted word, either to his party or his constituents in public life, can continue to enter tain those Dice sentiments of personal honour which render possible the existence of that confidence which ought to subsist amongst all men drawn to gether by unity of sentiment and reliance upon pro fessions of similarity of objects, either in private or public life. . . . Forbearance was long exercised towards those gentlemen, grounded principally on the expectation, that, when the one question upon which a difference was said to exist had been finally decided, their natural leanings and the recollection of early asso ciation would bring them back to the party from which they had separated upon a question which they professed to consider one of merely fiscal policy. This expectation, however, was not realised, and it now appears that even during the election of 1852, when the continuance of the party to which these gentlemen professed to belong was at stake, they did not scruple to make use of the very house of the society, the principles of whose foundation they were attempting to undermine, as a place of meeting in which to hold discussions for a purpose hostile to its existence. The blunted feelings to which we have alluded must have become very dull indeed when warrant ed in concocting•electioneering plans, in the carry ing out of which Messrs. Edmund O'Flaherty, Sad leir, Stoner, and others, since creditably made known to the country, were the active agents, ab solutely under the roof of a Conservative club. The subject, however, is not one on which a writer can dwell with pleasure ; and we hope, now that the opinion of the vast majority of the members of the club has been unmistakeably ex pressed, that the object for which it was founded was a political one, the gentlemen in question will see the propriety of refraining from intruding them selves upon a society in which their presence has long produced distrust, and in the minds of whose members it must now, after what has passed, pro duce feelings of the most unmistakeable contempt. As an instance of the inconvenience, not to say worse, occasioned by the line of conduct which we reprehend, we may mention an occurrence which took place only the other day, when a private con versation beti,veen two members of the club was made the subject of a very severe inculpation of the con duct of the members generally in the columns of a morning contemporay. The fact that the assertion on which this attack was founded was utterly un true, namely, that Lord Derby still continued a member of Brookes'—which ho quitted in 1834—0 f course makes no difference in the fact that a con versation, which ought to be considered in a cer tain degree confidential, was forthwith communi cated to a hostile journal, and made the founda tion of censorious commentary. Once more we repeat that the question at issue is more one that should be decided by the rules of that code of honour to which all men in the posi tion of gentlemen are expected to conform, than by the lax code of morality now unhappily widely tolerated among professional politicians. THE TYRANNY OF CAIVT. -- _-ip. - --_ In answer to a question by Mr. Otway, Lord Palmerston gave the following account of his rea sons for discontinuing the performance of bands in the parks on Sunday evenings : "I received last week a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury stating upon his own part, and upo►► the part of his episcopal brethren, reasons why he conceived that, in deference to the religious feelings of a large part of the community, it would be desirable that the bands playing on a Sunday evening should cease. To that letter I re plied that I had originally concurred in the arrangement that bands should play in Kensington-gardens and Hyde park on a Sunday; that my opinion has been and still was—for I had heard nothing to alter my views—that such an arrangement would afford an innocent recrea tion, combined with fresh air and healthy exercise, to the inhabitants of the metropolis ; but'l said that, con sidering the feeling which had been expressed by himself as the head of the church, and having also had represen tations made to me that that feeling was shared by'va rious other persons, I had to ask myself whether the advantage which would arise from the continuance of those bands on a Sunday would compensate for the evil which might arise from running counter to the religious feelings of a large portion of the community, and to that question I was compelled t ? reply that it would not. 1 therefore took immediate Ceps to discontinue the play ing of those bands in the parks on a Sunday, but that prohibition does not apply to other towns," The reason thus assigned for the concession is in the very teeth of the principle to be maintained, which is that in the domain of conscience no one has a right to dictate to another, saying, Do this because Ido it, or do it not because Ido it not Lord Pal merson remains of opinion that music is an innocent recreation which may with great advantage be ex tended to the working classes in lieu of coarse and pernicious pleasures. But the Pharisees and Puri tans are of opinion that the working man needs no relaxation, that he should toil for six days and pray the seventh, and so toil and pray and toil and pray to the end of his dreary days. They could not tolerate the music in the parks, it troubled their peace, as Mordecai in the king's gate poisoned the existence of Haman; and Lord Palmerston is of opinion that no advantage which the working people or the public generally could derive from the recreation in question could counterbalance the evil of opposing the opinions and dictation of that portion of the community which dubs itself serious. The determination is thus not on the merits, nor in obedience to a majority, or in respect oenumbers, but it is a yielding to the mere veto of asceticism. The noes have it absolutely. Upon the same rule, if the Archbishop of Canter bury should disapprove of the running of railways, or the plying of steam-b oa t s on the Sunday, and his feeling should be shared in by some other per sons, Lord Palmerston would, in consistency with his present concession, be bound to yield. He has allowed the claim of one part of the community to a tyranny over the other. The Pharisees who say they are better than others are to have their own way with them, and the lovers of gloom aro to make gloom the order of the day. As one man's meat is auother's poison, so one man's pleasure is another's pain, and the discontent of the Maw worms or Paulites (of the Bank of Faith) is allowed to prevail against the health and profitable enjoy . ment j of their neighbours. A kip part of the public is to be denied a good, not because it hurts any other part, but because it does not square with the practice and opinions of Judaic Sabbatarians. Turn the question the other way. What if the anti-Puritanical partof the public wore tam' it re pugnant tottieir feeline ° zthatanymembers of the com munity should deny themselves y enjoyments of a refined nature after the discharge of the religious duties, and' should proscribe such nonconformity as antisocial, and also as tending to continue the ha bits of the grosser sensual indulgences. Drunken ness is the curse of thin country. It is the main source of sin and crime. Whatever serves to detach the people from this master vivo contributes to the cause of religion and morality, and whatever tends the other w a y has the opposite effect. N ow, pre cisely in p ro portion to the austere ob servance of the Sabb a th i s f oun d the prevalence of ineb r i ty. The Scotch are more addicted to drink th an the English, and the town in Scotland where the obser- Vance of the Sabbath is the most rigorous is a l so the foulest stye of intoxication. Time people there wallow in drink from Saturday night to Tuesday morning. They have nothinf , else to do. No steam-boat moves on the Sunday, no train runs, no omnibus plies, everythieg is a t a s tand except the bottle. As Edinburgh is the caPital of the Scottish nation, so Glasgow is that of the Sottish people. And the Archbishop of Canterbury and his fol lowers would make another Glasgo w of this huge metropolis if they had their way. No matter what their object may be, they are in effect the allies of the publicans and dram-shops. They stand between the people and all attempts to wean them from their habits of drink to innocent pleasures tending to re finement.. If intolerance ever could be justified it would be intolerance oh' the religious feelings which have taken a turn so counter to the best interests of society ; and when Lord Palmerston had to con sider whether he should or should not, in deference to a Puritanic clam our , discontinue a means of diverting the people from the pothouse and dram shop, he should have asked, instead of the question above quoted, whether any advantage arising from such a concession would compensate the evil of running counter to the moral improvement of a large part of the community....Exonyiner. THE ADVOCATES LICENCE. Lord Campbell has expressed the hope that journals will abstain from any comment upon the evidence given on the trial of W. Palmer till the de livery of the verdict. So be it ; but there is a point out of the domain of evidence, and not touching in any way on the question of the prisoner's guilt or in nocence, which we feel free and provoked to discuss. It is the conduct of counsel. The question we would raise has nothing to do with what Palmer has done or has not done, and we would request our readers to suppose any other prisoner in his place, in con sidering the fitness or unfitness of his advocate's conduct, both with reference to public interests and professional character. The rule of professional conduct ought to be uniform, the same in all circumstances, but it is observable that in cases strongly engaging the public attention the advocate's zeal moves him to positions which he does not hold on ordinary oc casions. Since the trial of Thurtell there has hardly been a remarkable case in which the counsel for the prisoner has not wept for his client, or pro tested his solemn belief in his innocence. Now, it this were the rule in all cases, we should see no more objection to it than to any other mere form to which no signifiance is attached ; but the advocate of the man charged with sheep-stealing, or any undramatic offence, does not deal in protes tations of innocence. He uses his best endeavour to show that the man is not guilty according to the evidence, but he does not introduce his own belief as an unsworn witness in his favour. Why is this ? Is it the thing at stake that makes the ditfarenee ? Hardly so, for character is not less precious than life, and between cases of life and death the diffe rence is observable, for the prisoner who does not engage the public interest never obtains the benefit of the advocate's solemn or passionate assurances of innocence. Is it, then, when the Court becomes dramatic, the belief of innocence becomes a stage property of the advocate ; or is it that in these great cases the proportionably large fee retains the belief in ques tion, together with the other services? However that may be, does the protestation carry weight or not ? Has it, or has it not, weight on the minds of the jury ? If the answer is in the affirmative, what must be the effect when the advocate does not deal in these assurances ? and how big with prejudice must be the abstinence. How differently, then, must fare the prisoner with a counsel with a belief in his innocence, and without a belief ! And who that could afford it would not engage a true believer ? It is the advocate's part and duty to deal with evidence, to deal with argument on the facts, to deal with law ; but not to intrude his own belief upon the Court before the stage for belief in any one has arrived, namely, the completion of the case. Mr. Sergeant Shee is not the first by several who has turned voucher for his client ; but ho has, per haps more strongly than any of his predecessors, exemplified the vice of the practice. " I am moved by the task that is before me, but I am not dismayed. I have this further cause for not being altogether overcome in discussing the mass of evidence which has been laid before you. When the papers in the ease came into my hands I had formed no opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner. My mind was perf,ctly free to form what I trust will prove to be a right judgment span the case, and—l say it in all sincerity—. having read these papers, I commenced his defence with an entire conviction of his innocence. I believe that truer words were never pronounced than the words he uttered when he said " Not Guilty" to this charge, and if I fail in establishing his innocence to your satisfaction I shall have very great misgivings that my failure is attributable only to my own inability to do justice to his case, and not to any weakness in the case itself." Here is a pretence to a judicial function and authority. He, the advocate, professes ex parte to have formed a right judgment, and to have come to the conclusion to which no one else certainly had a right to arrive, of the verdict warranted by un heard evidence. Now let us suppose for a moment that the case had been of another character, and that Mr. Sergeant Shea had been as much prejudiced as he was in this instance prepossessed in favour of his client, would he have thought himself at liberty to intimate his belief? No, assuredly not. But after this specimen of his zeal, the absence of his assurance of innocence must always be supposed to argue his conviction of the guilt of his client. The tendency therefore is to raise fees to such an amount as may insure belief in innecence, and the effect of this on the character of the profession cannot but be debasing. It is the hiring of a false pre tence. In the honourable services of the ad vocate none of them exceed the province of truth. He may defend the worst cause against a conclusion not borne out by facts proved, or by the rule of law, but he cannot invent or put forth what is false. Do we impute such conduct to Mr. Sergeant Slice ? No ; we have no right to dispute the truth of his protestation, but we have the right and we do dispute the propriety of his giving utterance to a judgment in anticipation of the judgment of the Court, and tending to bias the jury unduly. We maintain that the counsel for the prisoner has no right to turn himself into a witness for the prisoner, a voucher or sponsor for the prisoner. He is free to employ all his ar guments, his learning, his technical skill in his client's behalf, but not his word-of-mouth belief in his innocence. - In another passage of his speech Mr.' Sergeant Shoe thus endeavoured to intimidate the jury :-=-•• You have been told that this was done to cover ap pearances. Done to cover appearances! No—no—no! .Yeu cannot believe it. It is not in human nature. It cannot be true. You caareit find hint guilty—you dare not find him guilty en the supposition of its truth. The country will not stand by you if you believe it to be true. You will be impeached before the world if you say that it is true. I believe in myponscience that it is false, and that consistently with the rules that govern human nature it cannot pos. sibly be true. (Sensation and murmurs of applause.) Murmurs of applause ! The actor with his rant had succeeded in turning the court into a theatre. So the jury were not to dare to believe one way, the country would not stand by them if they, be lieved certain statements true ; they wore to be impeached if they believed iu the truth. Mr. Ser geant Shoe alone was free to believe in his t.con science, and his belief was to overrule and sup press all other belief. The jury, if they thought otherwise, were not to dare to give a verdict ac cording to their oaths ! So blusters Mr. Sergeant Shea. But why use the words, on his conscience ? Would 115 not be more to the purpose to say, "I believe on my fee that it is false ?" That is a pro testation thoroughly intelligible, and measuring the extent to which it merits credit. It is for the interests of justice, and for the honour of the pro fession, that' it should be considered and deter mined whether or not Mr. Sergeant Shoe has ex ceeded the advocate's licence in the passage of liia speech we have quoted. The judges did not stop him for a good reason ; but rule should stop such practices for the future, and the members, of the bar, aided by the judge, should draw the border lines to what takes to itself the name of the advo cate's'zeal passing the bounds of his fair licence.— Examiner. A CHILD OF FIVE SHOT BY HIS COUSIN, A CHILD OF SEVEN. Just before the conclusion of the business at the Croydon Police Court, on Saturday, a little child, named George Sales, only seven years of age, was brought before the ma gistrates, Capt. Kemtnis, J. W. Sutherland, and T. Byron, Eerie., by Sergeant Armstrong, 31 I', charged with causing the death of Edward Sales, his cousin,. aged about five years, by shooting him with a gun at Warliugham, a em ill village, about five miles from Croydon. The grandfather of the child, a cattle doctor, named Standing, was in court. The sergeant deposed From information I received about half-past twelve to-day (Saturday), I proceeded to the house of Richard Sales, at Warlingham. I there found the body of a child, named Edward Sales, lying on the floor dead ; he appeared to be about five years of age. He had been shot through the head, the shot having ee tered just under the right ear, and passed out at tho left. There was something like brains lying upon the table. I also found the gun produced. [lt was a very old sin gle-barrel gun there was no fastening to secure the barrel in the stock, and the lock was broken out.] The little boy said "that when the gun went off it fell down, and so became broken." The gun was near the body, and had every appearance of having been recently discharged. When I went the house was locked up, and the little boy taken to his grandfather's. The place was covered with blood. The prisoner said he found the gun in a drawer, and put it together. The magistrates 'considered this impossible, but upon the gun beiug given to the child he, after a very little time, arranged it properly. househe officer continued.—There was a little Girl in the sta w th it a h t t a h y e o c u h n i g h e i r re when it . occurred, and s ° lle maid the , g u t Was lying down by the side of the table. She tame child, of three years of age, fired it, and not th' • • is boy; hut i that I think impossible, as Ido nbt to Croydon eould lift it. Aftervarls, as we were coming imagine h e child ' bY theetaMnialrskraernateleetr until next% s t o . n it ;) at r hye sari b e h e e . n . () the gun. I should think Ord. li t e he l g s i andfather melihneticmasee case, inquest will_ be held. T cslaotstei Saturday; h;e in n t t h h e e r into his recognisance of 10/. for hisapp ' e ' a li ta p nce. go home..with his n'r Isaac Standing, allowed n w h e is i enteringto [ A DVERTISEUENT.] acyijleraellOt f : m s I : vu n ar t : y a Iv, m. Pills ly. Turner,inv a lti b a l e factorya nd or o t certain operative e the at afflicted with an inveterate scurvy, or skin disease,er'"- which seemed impossible to cure, as he tried various e medics without effect ; however, he was at last induced to try Holloway's ointment and pills, and by the u se of these invaluable medicines he has been completely cured, and not the least appearance of the disease remains o n any part of his body. His bealth also is greatly irct proyecl.—Sold by all medicine vendors througildut world ; at Professor .Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by Muir,A. Starn p m a, a C l o ta. nstantinople ; Guidicy, Smyrna ; and THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN IN G - MAY '26, 1.856. THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF TEE ROUSE 0]! LORDS. The following is the report of the Select Com mittee appointed to inquire whether it is expedient to make any, and, if so, what provision for more effec' ually securing the efficient exercise of the functions of the House of Lords as a Court of Appellate Jurisdiction ; and, further, how any such provision would affect the general character of the House ; and to report their opinion thereupon : " That the committee have met, and, in pursuing the important inquiry intrusted to them, have examined several of the leading counsel employed in the business of appeal at your lordships' bar, and subsequently the Lord Justict-Clerk, the Lord Justice-General of Scot land, the Master of the Rolls, Vice• Chancellor Stuart, and Lord St. Leonard's. " Among these witnesses there appears to be a very general agreement as to the expediency of retaining the appellate jurisdiction of the House, and in this view the curmaittee entirely concur. " Although some of the witnesses have stated that the working of :he present tribunal is perfectly efficient and satisfactc , ry, and testimony has been generally borne to the wisdom and impartiality with which the law has been administered by it, yet there is a great preponder- ance of opinion in favour of some change in the manner in which the appellate business of the House of Lords is at present conducted. " The principal objections raised by the witnesses against the present constitution and practice of this ulti mate Court of Appeal are as follow : "1. That none of the Law Lords, except the Lord Chancellor, being bound to attend, there is an uncer tainty as to the number of those peers who may assist at the hearing of any case - ; and that the attendance of peers who, from want of professional knowledge and ex perience, decline to interfere in the proceedings, takes away from the solemnity of the tribunal, and leads to misconception on the part of the public, when their pre sence is only required in order to make a house. " 2. That delay, sometimes inconvenient to the suit ors, and prejudicial to the regular administration of jus tice, is caused by the house not being able to sit during the whole of that portion of the year during which the inferior courts are open. "3. That the administration of Scotch law has been at all times unsatisfactory from the want of familiarity with the Scotch law, consequent upon the law lords being exclusively English judges. " 4. That there is an unnecessary expense attending some of the forms of proceeding. " 5. That the mode of delivering judgment, and the absence of official dress, deprive tiie house of the 'so lemnity which attends ordinary judicial proceedings. " The committee have carefully considered these ob jections raised by the witnesses, and also the various sug gestions that have bean made with a view of meeting. them ; and they have to submit the following as the con clusion to which they have come : " 1. It appears from the evidence, that for the last 10 or 15 year. the appeals have been heard sometimes by as many as four law lords, sometimes by three or two, and instances have been adduced where appeals have been beard and decided in this house, with advantage to the law and satisfaction to the public, by the Lord Chancellor or one law lord alone. The committee are, however, of opinion that, considerinq the importance of the causes brought to this ultimate Court of Appeal, the house shou'd, as a general rule, be able to reckon on the attendance of not less than three law lords to assist in the hearing of all appeals ' • but in making this recoin mervietion, the committee by no means wish to discou rage the atten lance of other members of the house. " Although during certain p-riods the number of law lords in regular attendance on the appellate business has been adequate to meet the requirements of the public and the profession, experience has proved that such at tendance cannot always be relied on. Hitherto, those by whom this duty has Veen discharged have been for the most part ex-Chauc allors. The committee are of opinion that the attendance of others equally qualified to sit with those peers in judgment on the decision of the in faior courts would be best secured by the creation of other lerrel offices, is connexion with the Howe , of Lords, with such malaries as would insure their ac ceptance by the most eminent judges. The committee are, therefore, of opinion that it is desirable that two offices should be created, to be held by two law lords, whose duty it should be to assist the house in the per f irmance of its judicial duties ; and they accordingly re commend that her Majesty should be empowered to ap point two lords to be deputy-speakers of the House of Lords, with felaries attached to their offices. The com mittee do not propose that these appointments should interfere with her Majesty's power to appoint unpaid deputy-sixalzers of the house. " As the lords holding the proposed offices would be intrusted with judicial duties of the highest importance, and as the committee believe experience to afforl the only sure test of /he fitness of even eminent lawyers for such duties, they would further recommend that persons who have held some high judicial office in the United Kingdom for not less than five years should alone be elizible for these appointments. _ _ " They recommend that the office of a paid deputy a the house should be held by the same tenure as the office of a judge, and that awry such person shall receive, out of the consolidated fund, a yearly salary of 6,0001., or such yearly sum as, with any pension to which he may be entitled for past services, will make up a yearly income of 6,00)'„ so long as he shall hold the said office. I "2. With respect to the delay which now occurs in bearing appeals, from the sittings of the house not being co-extensive with the sittings of the inferior courts, the committee advise that the house should be enabled to authorise its sittings to be resumed or continued for the hearing of appeals only at such times as may be deemed expedient for the exercise of the appellate jurisdiction, notwithstanding the prorogation of Parliament. "3. The committee have paid great attention to the important evidence which they have heard on the subject of Scotch appeals. Nearly all the witnesses who spoke to this part of the subject admit that very material advan tages have been derived by Scotland in the course of the administration of the law by the House of Lords, and some of them are of opinion that it is still advisable to keep the appellate jurisdiction entirely distinct from the Scotch bench and bar ; hut on the ether hand, arguments were urged, with considerable force, against the anomaly of the final court of appeal from Scotland being so con stituted as never to comprehend a Scotch judge, or any person necessarily acquainted with Scotch law. It ap pears that the majority of the bar, and the Writers of the Signet in Edinburgh, are in favour of one of the members of this Appellate Court being a Scotch lawyer. It is not proved that this is the opinion either of the mer cantile classes or of the community at large in Scotland. The committee are,of opinion that no fixed and invari able rule should be adopted on this subject. "4. The committee recommend to the attention of the house the complaints which they have quoted above as to the unnecessary expense of some of the proceedings of the house, particularly in respect to the printing of the cases. They are of opinion that this, together with other suggestions for the prevention of delay, are ques tions which will be beat dealt with by the Lord Chancel lor and the lords who assist him in hearing appeals. "5, The committee have heard much conflicting evi dence as to the best mode of delivering judgments. It is argued, on the one hand, that the great principles of law are best elucidated by separate judgments, when the judges in the Court of Appeal differ in opinion, and that the separate declaration of opinion is satisfactory to the suitors, as.proving that great attention has been paid to the cause. Oa the other hand it is ur .asd, that such divisions diminish the authority of the tribunal of ulti mate rasort, and tend to produce uncertainty in the law, without any countervailing advantage ; and the example of the Judicial Committee, where differences of opinion are not expressed, has been quoted as favourable to the deliberation being in private, and the opinion of the ma jority given as the collective judgment of the tribunal. The committee are of opinion that this is a matter of dis cretion, which must be left to be arranged among those who hear and decide the appeals ; but they recommend that those who hear the appeals should have leave to sit at the table, and deliver their opinions sitting. " The attention of the committee has been drawn to the difficulty which may. in some cases, be felt hereafter, of appointing the most fit persons to judical offices con nected with the House of Lords, if it can not be done without conferring on them hereditary peerages; and it appears to the committee advisab!e, that any person ap pointed to such an office should be enabled, by autho rity of Parliament, to sit and vote in the house, and enjoy a I the rights and privileges of a peer of Parliament, under a patent conferring a peerage for life only, if the Crown may have granted, or shall grant, the same to such persons in preference to an hereditary peerage ; pro vided always, that not more than four persons shall have seats in the house at one time as peers for life. , "The committee recommend that in all raspects, ex. cepting these where change has been recommended in this report, the functions of the Lord Chancellor and the rights and privileges of the whole body of peers shall remain unaffected. "And the committee have directed the minutes of evi dence taken before then to be laid before your lordships. "May 20." RAILWAYS AND DOCKS. —The surveyor of the Liver pool Dock Trustees reported on Thursday that the can• nesion between the lines of railway belonging to the trustees, at the north end of the Sandon dock, and the high lines of railway communicating with . the Lancashire and Yorkshire and London ,and North-Western R way* are now completed, 'and that a circuit. by rail is now complete on_ the dem( quays. . • A. SCOTCH LAWYER, CAUGHT !—A. lawyer, says the Berwick Advertiser, lately pleading in a sheriff's court, in a case of right of way, thus addressed the bench : " My lord, the road in question is of na use whatever ; indeed, it is rather a nuisance, as it is only frequented by blackguard boys and profligate young men and women. I knoww - the road." Sheriff—"Youhave walked the road ?" Lawyer—" A hundred times." Sheriff—" You gi ve, yourself a bad character." (Laughter.) THE HOLY COAT.—The Messager de lac Cliaritj says : —"lt is known that our Saviour wore, according to the custom of the Jews, three garments—a tunic, a , robe, and a cloak. His cloak was divided on Golgotha, his robs is at Treves, and his tunic, which the Virgin Mary wove for him, is at Argenteuil, two leagues from Paris. According to a firmly-established tradition, the holy robe' was brought from Constantinople to the west of Europe, and it is to Charlemagne that this treasure is due. St. Gregory, of Tours, in his ' Glory of the Martyrs,' says:-. = ' The tunic without a seam was brought to France in the reign of Charlemagne, and placed in the convent of Argenteuil, where his sister and daugh ter were nuns.' In all times the robe has been held in groat veneration.'" To the above story, repeated by the . T /i o n• u iv rs e , P 3 d ieci th l e 47 .D y eb e a a t r s s b o e b fo j r ec e t e a b t a h r a ie t ni S ag ai a n o t vi G a r s e b g o o r r n y . , of LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND. On Saturday the 24th anniversary of the Literary Asso ciation of the Ft iends of Poland took place at the rooms of the institution, Sussex-chambers, Duke-street, St. James's, and was very numerously and inluentially attended. Ths Marquis of Breadalbane, the president, occupied the chair, and amongst the noblem en an d ge ntlemen present were the Marquis of Townshend, Earl Fortescue, the Earl of Harrington, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Earl Fitz. william, the Earl of Zetland, Viscount Raynhatn, M.P., R. Monckton Wines, Esq., M.P., Joseph Ferguson, E4q., M.P., Isaac Butt, Esq., M.P., Colonel H. Solway, the Rev. Dr. Worthington, &c. The noble CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, observed that as the present period was especially critical as regarded the interests of that unhappy country, which demanded the eare of that association, and formed the bond of their union, he (the noble president) was most anxious that nothing should be said or done there that day that could iu the least prejudice its present position or future prospects. In the first place, he must express his regret that the events of the last year afforded no grounds of congratula tion, as he believed it might truly be said, that the great Polish question had made no progress, either in the war or by the peace. But though it had not advanced, neither had it retrograded. It remained exactly as it was, founded indeed on those immutable principles ofjustice and huma nity, its nature could not be changed. The flagrant im morality of the original act of spoliation must still be con sidered one of the greatest political curses and blunders ever perpetrated by the European powers. (Applause.) Though the nature, however, of the original act could not be changed, its results and consequences might be, and even now, by just concessions, and by a wise and benig nant rule and policy, great political ameliorations might be made, and liberty and happi ness p reva il whe r e there i s now only slavery and wretchedness. However ardent their owe feelings might be at that meeting, however warmly interested in the important subjects that must arise in their own minds, he (the noble President) did hope they should agree on that occasion, that it would be peon burly me wise to enter too closely into the various topics of political excitement, for thus advantage was often afforded to parties holding inimical opinions. He urged his Polish friends to receive this advice from one who had ever felt the strongest) sympathy for them in their attachment to their beloved country, illustrious by so many heroic cha racters. roland as a nation must ever remain renowned in history, and the Poles illustrious fur all their glorious deeds. Throughout the world they already possessed the esteem and admiration due to their inflexible constancy, and patience amids'e the trials they had encountered, and when duty called them to war they had ever been in the fore most ranks to prove their courage and prowess. It might he destined for the inscratable purposes of Divine Provi dence that the restoration of Poland should be aceioved under the olive tree of peace rather than during the thunder of war. Already to the throne of Russia had ascended a monarch, whose disposition seemed more fa vourable to improvement and liberal ideas and views. He therefore urged the patriotic Poles, whilst they still retained that constancy and courage for which theglvere prover bial, to be guided by prudence and moderation, as by that means their most ardent desire for a happy future to Po laud was most likely to be accomplished. By that means it might be designed that those noble patriots now exiled in foreign climes might again breathe the air of their be loved country, its nationalities be recognised and secured, and a governnient suited to its wants and wishes, with just and generous laws, be firmly established. (Loud applause) Earl FORTESCHE moved the first resolution, !` That, whilst our minds remain unchanged as to the merits of the great Polish question, still, considering the inudiar circum eLeuces of the present period, this association does not con sider it expedient to take any course or pronouaee any opi woe that might in the lease prejudice the cause of I'olaud in the opinion of any of its friends. Its determination, therefore, is to wait events, in the anxious hope that some thing may yet be done for the Polish nation, if not com mensurate with its wants and wishes, yet permanently conducive to its general prosperity, and not inconsistent with its national honour." The noble lord observed, whilst agreeing with the recommendations of his noble friend, the president, upon the desirability of expressing their opinions with calmness and forbearance at the pre sent time, he bagged leave to declare that he gave up none of the opinions he had ever hold as to the immutable jus tice of the cause of Poland in her right to a restoration to her nationality, and of his deep regret that the question of such restoration had not been made a part and parcel of the terms of the present peace. (Cheers.) Mr. FIIRGUSON, M.P., seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. W. L. BIRKBECK, the hon. sto•etary, read the v. p3rt, which, after noticing the concert given by the Princess afarcAline Czartoryski, at the house of the Marquis of Breadalbane, from which the fonds of the association de rived a clear profit of 4351. 18s. 6d., stated that the total income of the association for the current year had amounted to 7391. 14s. 61., and the expenditure to 8901., of which 2161 11s. had been expended in relieving 535 cases of dis tress. The council alleged that the rejection, at the great meeting on the Bth of August, in St. Martin's-hall, of a petition to Parliament in favour of Polish independence, and the formation of a Polish legion, was due to the efforts of the gentlemen who considered that all measures for the benefit of Poland should be postponed until Lord Palmer ston had been dismissed from office, and that occurrence had prevented a general manifestation of public feeling in favour of Poland throughout this country. It was not until the month of November last that arrangements were made for the enlistment of Polish volunteers in the pay of England, under the name of " Cossacks of the Sultan ;" but, notwithstandinc , the short period which elapsed before peace was concluded, and the dis couragements which Polish volunteers had previously met with, about 2,000 men enrolled themselves, and now formed a body conspicuous for their soldier-like appearance and excellent behaviour. The report referred to several occasions in which Polish refugees had rendered essential service to the allies during the war, and particularly to the i ostanca of the brave Capt. Dymock's interpreter, who, by addressing the Russian soldiers in their own language, and telling them that they were surrounded, had induced them to fly, leaving their artillery, at.the passage of the Ingour. The report expressed a hopo that the English Government would use its best endeavours, in pursuance of the pledge given to the Polish volunteers for the purpose of inducing the Turkish Government to maintain this valuable force, notwithstanding the termination of the war, and after no ticing the petition addressed to her Majesty, and the me• morial presents I to Lord Palmerston on behalf «..f the as sociation during the progress of the negotiations at Paris, it proceeded to point out that the war had demonstrated the insufficiency of Germany as a barrier to resist the en croachments of Russia;' and showed that the assertions so frequently made by persons unacquainted with Poland, that tkere were no longer Poles to be found except amongst the nobility, and the political refugees was a mere inven tion unsupported by a shadow of evidence. That, wherever on opportunity had been offered by the Polish private sol diers of bearing arms against Russia, they had seized it with the utmost eagerness, and had thus formed the fallacy of the statement that the class from which they aro taken, the peasantry have lost their ancient patriotism, and been converted into Russi a n s . Th e re p or t concluded by stating the determination of the association to fulfil its primary duty of proelaiming the truth respecting Poland. The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON moved theadoption of the report, and expressed his regret that the restoration of Poland had not formed a part and parcel of the recant ne gotiations for peace. At the same time he must confess that he felt much astonished at the silence of Poland dur io the recent war. The Earl of HARRINGTON seconded the resolution. Ho had hoped that the late war in which we had been engaged. With Russia would have led to some advantages for, if not to the restoration of, P o l an d. H e confessed, therefore, that he was much disappointed with the terms of the con clusion of peace, and did not approve of it because he could not believe that it was a permanent peace, but merely a cessation of arms. Be it, as it may, he thought this was not a time when they should desert the cause of Poland. The noble lord cited the will of Peter the Great, the main point of which was to secure the subjugation of Poland in order to aggrandise the whole power of Europe in the hands of Russia, and contended that, in order to secure the balance of power in Europe and a permanent and last ing pe ice, the restoration of Poland as a barrier to the fu ture aggressive policy of Russia was indispensable. The resolution was put and carried non. con. The fLogro MAYOR. in !moving a vote of thanks to the Princess Alercelline Czartoryski for the course she had taken with a view of alleviating the sufferings of her dis. tressed and :exiled countrymen, expressed his deep sym pathy in the cause of Poland, and his admiration of the objects of that institution. kr. MONCKTON MILNES, M.P., seconded the resolution, and observed that he never anticipated that the late war would work the regeneration of •Poland, because he con curred with a great French statesman who knew a great deal about Russia, who remarked that the moment the war touched the question of Poland then Russia would make peace. (Hear. hear.) The Marquis of TOWNSHEND moyed, and Earl FITZWIL LIAM seconded, the re-election of the Marquis of Breadal bane as oresident of the association for the ensuing year, which was carried unanimously amidst loud applause, and the noble chairman returned thanks.. On the motion of Mr. REALES, seconded by Lord RAYN HAM, his grace the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Har r..wby, the Earl of Scarborough, the Right 'Hon. the Earl of 11.-ufn;ton, Earl Fitzwii lam, the Earl of Shaft3sbury, E trl Fortescle, and the EArl of Zetland, were elected vice-presilents, and the council have also been appointed for the ensuing year. A deputation from the Polish Historical Society, com posed of ColOnels Szyriva, Smolinski, and Zaba, presented an address expressive of their gratitude for the services rendered to their country by the friends of Pelabd. Thanks were voted to the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, for permitting the matinee musiecee of the Princess Czartoryski to be given in their mansion, and for the generous hospitality and courteous reception which they extended to the company present on that occasion, and to the distinguished artists who generously offered their gratuitous services. The Earl of ZETLAND moved, and Captain SZULCZEWS3I seconded, a vote of thanks to the noble chairman for pre siding over the meeting ; and after an ac k now l e d gment from him; and a fear words from Mr. L. Eirkbeck and Earl Fitzwilliam, the meeting separated. F OREIGN SuGAR.--Returns, moved for by-Mr. Mof fatt, M.P., show that the gross quantity of unrefined foreign sugar entered for home consumption in 1855 amounted to 2,321,431 cwt., against 2,439,291 cwt, in 1854( 1,531,978 cwt. in 1853, 682,526 •owl-. in 1852, and 1,379,040 cwt. in 1851. The quantity . of refined sugar and candy retained for home consumption was 277,897 cwt. The aggregate quantity of sugar of all Sorts obtained for home consumption last year was 2,599,331 cwt. Of the unrefined sugar 862,931 cwt. were imported from Cuba, 255 ,741 from Port Rico, 561,512 from Brazil, and 376,864 cwt. from the Philip pine Islands. ATTACK ON A FAMILY BY A BULL. On Tuesday morn imf last, a bull being driven to a slaughter-house, near Wbitmore-lane, in Cardiff, dashed into Mary Ann-street, and, being closely prassed by his pursuers, rushed into a house, where the inmates, five in nutulser, 'were at breakfast, and commenced an indiscriminate attack. Among th em was a blind man named Harding, about w h o was knocked do wn an d so much SO years o f age , injured that his life is in danger. A man natned Elias Williams was severely gored in his side by the infuriated animal ; the whole of the articles of furniture, including a clock, were smashed to pieces. A female and some children were extricated through the window by a m in. tianlan, 'who removed the fastenings with his bayonet from the outside. The bull having broken a stairca se an d through a partition-wall, turned round - into the street, and dashed up Charles.a .- reet :Ind out of the town, when, aft,..r a revere Q ittse, !te, eriven into an outlio 1 , 4 and steured. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S.-SATURDA.Y. Room, terrace, and yard presented an animated ap pearance, The assemblage comprised numbers of turfites from all parts of the kingdom—all anxious to ascertain the latest indications of the Derby aspect, and to regu late their speculations accordingly. The transactions were, however, comparatively few ; in fact, the close approach of the Derby was never in our experience marked by so little betting. The strength with which Vandermulin was again sup ported somewhat weakened the position of Wentworth ; whilst the former advanced to 6 to 1 taken to "money," the latter fell back to 7 to 2 offered. At the commencement Fazzoletto showed a slight ten dency to improvement, but it was quickly checked by the disposition which was manifested to lay against him, and sto 1 was currently offered at the close. Cannobie returned with increa , ed force to 8 to 1, and Artillery was in good demand at 9 to 1. 25 and 30 to 1 were laid against Flyby-Night. 40 to 1 offered against the Coroner. At 1,000 to 15 the investniects on Puck ex ceeded 15C/. 1,000 even was betted between Artillery and Vander/11On. 400 to 200 on Wentworth against Cannobie. Bto Ito 1501. against Coroner, Ellington, and Yellow Jack. 9t02 to 2001., and 4tol to 1001. against Cannobie and Vandermulin coupled.. 375 to 25 against Fazzoletto winning the Derby and Mincepie the Oaks, and 600 to 25 against Vandermulin and Mincepie for the Facnc events. CLOSING PRICES. THE DERBY. 7to 2 agst Wentworth (offered) sto 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Vandermulin (taken) Bto 1 agst Cannobie (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Artillery (take 9to 1) 25 to 1 agst Ellington 25 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken) 30 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night 1000 to 30 agst Bird in Hand (offered) • . 40 to 1 agst Coroner (offered) • 50 to 1 agst Astrologus (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) 50 to 1 agst Barbarina colt (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Puck (taken) c THE OAKS. 3to 1 agst Mincepie (taken . to 1001.) 4 to 1 agst Mermaid (taken) Seto 1 agst Kalipyge (taken) 9to 1 agst Tyne (taken) 10 to 1 egst Cerva (taken) LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END. THE DERBY. 7to 2 agst Wentworth (taken to 4001.) 11 to 2 agst Fazzoletto (taken to 2001., and aft. offered) 6to 1 agst Cannobie (taken freely) 9to 1 agst Artillery (taken) 9to 1 agst Vandermulin (taken) 20 to 1 aget Ellington (taken) 28 to 1 aget Bird in Hand (taken and offere 1) 30 to 1 aget Fly-by-Night (offered) 40 to 1 agst Barbarina c (taken and offered) 50 to 1 aget Puck (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) 13 to 1 aget Ellington and Bird-in-Hand coupled (taken) 12 to 1 tpZet Yellow Jack and Bird-in-111nd (t) First, Second, or Third. 2 to 1 aget Cannobie (taken) 2 to 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken) 4to 1 aget Yellow Jack (taken) 5 to 1 agst Ellington (taken) 10 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) OAKS. 2to 1 agst Mincepie (taken) RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS. On Tuesday, the 27th, and on Thursday, the 29tb, trains ut the usual• first and second class fares will run from London to Epsom from 7 a.m. to 11 10 a.m., and from Epsom to London after 7 p.m. Additional fast trains will run from London to Eirom from 11.16 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., returning from Epsom from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. On the Derby day and• Oaks day, WednaQday, the 28th, and Friday, the 30th, trains will run at the usual first and second class fares from London to Epsom from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and from Epsom to London after 8 p.m. Additional fast trains will ran from London to Epsom from 9:5 a.m. to 1.20 p.m and from Epsom to Loudon from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. On the Derby day and Oaks day a special express train will also leave the London.bridge term►nus at 1:45 p.m. precisely, arriving at Epinm iu time for the race. The ordinary trains between London and Croyden, and London and Epsom, will be entirely suspended during the hours above advertised. EXCURSION TRAINS.—For the special accommodation of visitors to London during the Peace Festival, the London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway Company propose to run excursion traits from all their stations every day, from this day (Monday) to Saturday, inclu sive. It may, therefore, be expected that a vast number of excursionists will avail themselves of the opportunity of adding to their list of sights and entertainments " trip to Epsom on the Derby Day." YACHTING. ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB. RYDE, MAY 22. YACHTS AT AND OFF THE STATION, Georgians, Capt. Thellusson. Shadow Sir Gilbert East, Bart. Surprise Extravaganza GLASGOW, MAY 20, A rendezvous of yachts belonging to this club will take in Gourodc Bay, on Tuesday, the 3i June, at ten o'clock a.m., for the purpose of cruising in flout for a few days. The regatta will take place at Dunoon in the month of August, the date to be fixed hereafter. PROGRAMME OF THE LONDON FIREWORKS ON THE 29TH INST.—Lord Palmerston will let off the squibs and crackers ; Sir James Graham, the serpents ; Mr. Glad stone, the Roman candles ; Lord John Russell, the blue lights ; Lord Aberdeen and Sydney Herbert, the Cathe rine wheels, to honour of the grandmother of their friend Nicholas ; Bernal Osborne and Lome, the rockets ; the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, and Sir C. Lewis, collecting thesticks; and Wils ' n acting as gene ral powder-monkey on the occasion. It is also expected that Mr. Disiaeli will be in attendance with a few heifer matches to help his rivals to strike a light, in case of any failures in the exhibition. Prince Albert will also be pre sent. His faded popularity well entitles him to be called " the light of other days,"—Phiz. [ADVERTISRMANT.I 7 -EP3031 RACES.—SteTtr AND HEARING. SPECTACLES, POWEReULTELESCOPES,OPERA, RACE AND PERS PNCTIVE OLAMES,—Messrs, S, and B. 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Mr. Fisher now appeared as counsel for Mr. Taylor, p printer; and Mr. Macrae supported. The point raised was a vexatious defence to Mr Tayloi's action, but the necessary evidence was not produced, and another adjournment was opposed. It was remarked that the insolvent had been four months iu prison. Mr. Commissioner Phillips declined to grant a further adjournment, and ordered the insolvent to be discharged. lie was accordingly discharged. AN EXCELLENT DETERMINATION. His Honour intimated his determination to rise at four o'clock, and in the midst of a case, when that hour arrived, adjourn the court. It is to be hop;-!,cl that the learned com missioner will not relax the resolution he has adopted on the present occasion. POLICE INTELLIGENOE. 7 -•May 24. CLERKENWELL.—SHOCKING CASE OF GROSS PER JUItY.---,THE LATE ROMANTIC AFFAIR AT LAMBETH. J ames Mullett, a master baker, carrying on business at No. 7, Clarence-place, Clapham-road. - appeared before Mr. Corrie, in answer to a summons taken out by Sophia Beckett to show cause why he should not contribute to the support of an illegitimate child d which he was alleged to be the father. Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for tho complainant, and Mr. Pelham for the defendant. Mr. Lewis, in opening the case, said that the matter had been before the magistrate at Worship-street, but on that occasion the complainant failed to establish her case. A few days afterwards the complainant took the child to the de fendant's shop, and having placed it on the counter, walked away. On that occasion she was followed and given into custody for deserting her child, but when the case was heard before the Hon. Mr. Norton he dismissed it, anti ' number of respectable parties in the court having assured the magistrate that sbehad been m os t un j us tl y t rea t e d , f or that even the complainant's wife had at Worship-street declared she sincerely felt for her, Mr. Norton recom mended her to take out a fresh summons against him. That course had been adopted, and he (Ur. Lewis) felt satisfied that, from the fresh evidence be, should adduce before his worship, an order would be made on the defend ant for the support of his child. Sophia Beckett was then sworn and deposed as follows : —1 am a single woman, and reside with try mother at G 7, Brewer-street, Somers-town. In May, 18a5, I was in the service of the defendant. I hid a male bastard child, born on the IGth of March last. It is now alive, and the de fendant Mullett is the father of it. and no one else; I never knew a man either before or after him. I was in his service in October twelvemonth, and continued there up to the middle of last year. After I had been in his service six weeks he offered mo money to seduce me. The first "occasion of his connection with me was in June last. My mistress sent me upstairs to get some "London Journals," and while I was in my bed-room the defenclant‘came behind me in his shirt and drawers, put me on the bed and smo thered me over. I screamed out, but he had connection with me. My mistress came upstairs and met him coming out of my room. She began abusing him. I ran down stairs and claimed the assistance of a carpenter, who was there. My dress was loose and my hair down my shoulders. I remained there some days after that, and then left. It made me very ill ; my head ached and nose bled for three months on and off. I did not know I was in the family way until my sister aecucod me of it. That was three months after the connection. Cross-examined-1 do swear that defendant had inter eoursa with me. My mistress took in the "London Jour nals," and gave them to mo to lock up. That afternoon she sent me u?letairs for them. I screamed, and my mistress came up. It was all against my will. My mistress said to me, " Has your master succeeded ?" and I replied " No ;" fcr being no scholar, 'I did not know wh a t s h e meant. When 1 was at the Worship-street police-court I did not say any thing about the carpenter. Re-examined—lt was done in my bedroom. My clothes wore not much tumbled. The bed was. It was all rumpled, as if it had not bean made: My mistress saw me putting it straight. She said she was sure my master had been with me. My screams brought my mistress up. He pulled the bod clothes down and put them over my head. My hair was rumpled when the carpenter saw me. My nose bled, and nay mistress sent for a ' surgeon. I fainted away the same night. John Walling said—l am a carpenter, and reside at 21, Everett-street, Great Russell-square. In the spring of 1835 I was engaged at defendant's house, doing some work. I remember the complainant being servant there at the time. On a Monday afternoon in. May I remember her coming to me in the kitchen, with her hair in a disordered state, and her dress the same. She complained of her matter having abused her upstairs. I heard the defend ant's wife upstairs just after call him a black villain and a rogue. Since then the defendant has been to my hoube about this case, and said if I would attend he would pay mo for my trouble. Ho said he wanted me to speak the truth, and that all he' wanted me for was to_ prove the girl wrong in the dates. I told him th a t I saw the girl come down into the kitchen with her hair and dress in disorder, when he said he was not aware that I knew anything about it. He also said that they wanted to bring him father df the child, and that I was to state nothing but the day of the month I was working there. I told hint that he knew he had had connexion with the girl. Cross-examined—Mrs. Mullett was upstairS. The com plainant's brother has asked me to come here. He has not promised to pay me. Eliza Harwood said she was lately servant to the defend ant, and had charge of one of his shops at Stockwell. Sue was examined at 'Worship-street, but after that the defendant discharged her because she stated all she know about the matter. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mullett had spoken to herabout the complainant. On one occasion the defend. ant said he had " bested" Sophia, but that it would never have happened if it had not been for his wife's cursed jea lousy. Mrs. Mary Huggins sworn—l am married and live in Union-street. Complainant is my sister. At about three months after she left htr place I and some other partied went to the defendant's house. I had previously found that my sister was very ill. She kept getting worse, and at last she told ma she was in the family way. When we entered the defendant's shop we saw Mrs. Mullett there, and I told her Sophia was in the family way. She said hp was a lain. The ilefeudant then came into the shop, and upon beinc , told of their err an d, h e sa id , " W e l l, you can do your best and , do your wors I will do nothing until the law compels me, and then it will have to find me." Ile then loft the shop, when his wife calul him back and said, " Coale and answer for yourself. I remember the circum stance well, and it is black against us." I told the defend ant that he had ruined my sister, when he replied, "I dare say she was bad before I knew her." .11ines Beckett and Matildaßeckett stated that when the co - nplainant and the defendant were at the Stockwell Po lice-station, they heard Mullett say that if the girl had come to him in a quiet way, he would not have minded paying the half-crown a week. Other witnesses having been called, who proved the re sult the interview at thedcfendaart's shop, and his using the words, "I dare say she was bad before I knew her," Mr. Pelham proceeded to remark on the evidence, and contended that the expression "Iknew her" might refer to her getting into his service. The case had been heard by Mr. .Rammill, who, after adjourning it, and givi ng it hi s best consideration, had dismissed it; and he thought'it was only to annoy his client that he had been brought here. That such was the case there could be no doubt; and, to show the animus of the parties, it might be mentioned that since the complainant was at Lambeth a petition had been got up, beaded, "To the benevo lent public, and particularly to the inhabitants of Brixton, Stockwell, and the vicinity." He should place the defendant in the box, and he would state that the whole of the complainant's story was an entire fabrication. The defendant was then called and sworn. He said I was in court and heard complainant swear that I had con nection with her on the bed. I swear that is not true, I never had connection with her then, norat any time what ever. I admit I was up-stairs, as was my custom, to get some rest in the afternoon. My wife did come up stairs just as I came to the door with nothing on but my shirt and drawers. The•girl was up-st a i rs a t t h e time, and my wife, who is of a very jealous disposition, taxed her with having been with me. Complainant went away because she was ill. I suppose her mistress gave her notice. I swear most positively that I never had connection with her. Cross-examined—All that the complainant has stated is false. The carpenter has told a lie, and I will indict him for perjury. In fact all the witnesses are liars; and I can prove it. My wife has been jealous of me before, perhaps not without cause, because I was seen to kiss a previous servant. Mr. Corrie said that the case was one of some difficulty, the more so that he sat in review of a brother magistrate's decision. He thought that Mr. Hammill had relied upoa the medical evidence when he dismissed the case, for he saw that the surgeon, in answer to the question whether, "Supposing an intercourse took place at menstruation, is is likely conception would take place ?" the answer was, "It is possible, but not probable. It would if it took place immediately after." There were some parts of the evidence in which troth sides agreed, and that was in the wife's going up-stairs, and having a suspicion of what had occurred. The girl's story was, in his opinion, con firmed by this evidence of the carpenter, who, he must say, had given his evidence very fairly. It was a very painful case, for ono or the other had committed perjury. There were several matters which the defendant hail failed to meet,-and he should, therefore, believing the girl and her witnesses, make the usual order with costs. Mr. Pelhain at once gave notice of appeal. • WORSHIP-STREET. Abraham Geo. Pellatt and Joseph Pargiter, police-constables of the G division, were placed at the bar, for final examinatio n , before Mr.,Ham mill, charged with having burglariously entered and plun dered the premises of Mr. F. Frebout, landlord of the Angel and Crown public-house, in Tabernacle-square, Finsbury. Mr. Martin, the superintendent of the division, attended as before to watch the case, which excit e d an unusua l de gree of interest in a crowded court. Tho particulars of the former examination have already appeared in this paper, and the following additional evi dence was now proceeded with : Mrs. Jane Frebout, the prosecutor's mother, stated that at 12 o'clock on the night in question she retired to rest with her family, - but si •Aly before 5 o'clock next.mlerning she was called up by the police, and on hastening down stairs discovered the street door open, anti several con stables in possession of the place. The lower peat of the premises had evidently been ' rens irked, and the counter was strewed with the fragments of broken bottles and flooded with spirits. She also missed some silver and copper money from the till, and two glass cases of cigars had beeq nearly emptied of their contents. It was the duty of the barman to sleep in the house, but on that occasion, after witness went to bed, he went out without permission, and abseute I himself during the night. Edward Eccles, the I a 'man, was then recalled, and in answer to questions front the magistrate, admitted having left the house without leave, and that he did not return until 7 o'clock on the following morning. He had previ ously apprised the prisoner Pellatt, who was on duty on the beat, that he intended to "make a night of it," and at the same time directed attention to the door, which would probably be insecurely fastened, Ann Doherty, a fellow-servant of the last witness, de , posed to her having let out the latter at the time re ferred to, and that she afterwards secure d the door by means of a bolt, which she carefully shot into ad'orifice in the floor, and found it to be perfectly fast. ..The prosecutor here intitnated that he had since exa mined the fasleniegs, and found that the enor could be forced open by external p r essure, and the bolt-h o ly w as partly choked with sawdust. Police-constable Cooke, G 74, corrotorated the evidence of tho constables who were examined at the former hear ing as to the discovery of the prisoners in the house at four a o'clock in the morning, in a state of intoxication, and a d e4 that, besides the large quantity of cigars and other article] which were found upon them, the prisoner Pargiter trived to pull of a bottle of rum of brandy from his pock! which he dashed to pieces on his way to the station-bon e. Mr. Lewis, jun. who appeared for Pargiter, m ade $ 5 urgent appeal to induce the magistrate to accept his client, iu consideration of his previous good meter'ch' but Mr. Hammill peremptorly refused to accede to the i‘P; plication, and ord ere d b o th pr i soners to b e comm itted , trial. C 0 try rylarket3. HA.DDINGTON CORN MARKET—MAY 23. • BlA ri Ai . WHEAT. BARLEY OATS. 723 Oa 443 Od 1 329 Od la _ _ First_ second 6tis 6d 1 41s 4d j 293 2(1 j 420 i ti Third 69s Oct 1363 Od / 24s 6d 1 49 3 13 Total quautity of wheat in market, 906 qrs., 85 , 7 ,' 61 ,11 Pt PP barleyqp., 1 ",.,•::,1 oats 333 qrs:; 3 1 ' " so ij Of PP ,!, beans 1i . 6 qrs., 110 PP PP PP AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. , . op -i Wheat, 31. 6 0 o.l2ths 1 Barley, ...2/. 1 4 0 " . ' 2 01 Oats, ... 11. 9 2 2-12ths 1 Beans, .....21. 2 3 3' DALKEITII GRAIN MARKET—MAT 22. ~ Qrs. Best. C urren t. InW it e,l 491 Wheat 69s Od oos ' Od 00s 0d~,. 791 Oats 3ls 4 ( 1 210 Barley 43s Od ()0s 0,1 ..... . 2: .. 5 03 . 69 Peas & beans 46i Od ooa O i l .. .... :.. 4-'4 ABERDEEN—MAT 23. Potato oats 25s Od to 25s 6d 1401bs per bye ~.C ommonCoen oats 94s Od to 24s 6,1 Bere 36s Od to 37s Od 36s Od to 37s ',d Barley 1 531bs Wheat, red (spring)s6s Od to 603- Od , white 6ss 0(1 to 70s Od 621bs 1 P Oatmeal ' 193 Od to 20s Od per boll. Flour 53s Od to 54s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. i v OJ Beef, per lb 6d to 8d I Butte r , R ib. O s 10d t°,:ii MuttOn, per lb Gd to` id I Eggs, lidos. Os 6d to 6 1 Lamb, do., Os 9d to Of+ 9A Hens, p pair 3s Od to d 3 01 Veal, ner 1b...... 6d to Os 9d Chi c k ens ,d o. 2 s 6d to : 31 ' 0J Pork, per st...Cs Od to Gs Gd Ducks, do., 2s 6d t 053 Salmon, per lb Os to Os Duckli ngs ,O s Oa to o '' 01 Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, eac h 5 s Odto t , ) ,! qJ Tallow, p stone, 3s9d to 4s Od Potatoes, pr pe c k, 6d Rabbits, each 9d to 10d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per. cwt.—sOd Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen --d to RETAIL PRICES. Flour, 141 b —s Od to 3s Od. Barley flour,l4lb.Os PA t° 1t Oatmeal Os Od to 2s Od. dust, Os to-'Ol Beremeal ....Os Od to is 10d per lb 2 d to Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s I'd 5i115........................ 4-lb. 10af...8d. I 2-lb. 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. to 4s 6d. DUBLIN, MAY 23. We have no quotable alteration to report in the e - c i 0, ties of Friday last. A brisk demand f or w heat, o° -.o' improved demand for Indian corn. Other deseriptiow grain dull. 41 t`'' White wheat, 38s Od to 43s ; red ditto, 353 Od t° barley, 14s 6:1 to 20s Od ; oats, lls 3d to 14s Cd. ; rarV, —s Od to —s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 14s Od t o 15 s GI ; flour. 9.1 s Od to 273 Od per cwt ; Inctiau cern, 29s OJ to t er 480 11:04 SEABORNE MAILS. signifies thatthe mails are wont from the General petr 'the night—and by the morning--despatch.) ' Gay erroon ma to in General Pnat- Office, London.* W l' I/ Fro2l ~i' ;, a d o 41, Port, Ito Dißp %taw'. ......,,,,, - ---- p Liverpool .• :, Im' (Liverpool Southama Sonthampton. Dover . or to Plymouth .• I Dover • SoutharepOn Southampton( ,„ Dover .. . • 1 9 41 " 16. Southarip 'Joll Jun °a rte' Various port iSouthamp kJ. 1 3 ' 5) Southampton 111. T Soutlieunpro'' , ofs) (Dover .• • • Southrit.opt:in Dover .. - Dover .... ,TWIC 44 pouthemptor, Bouthempdoe London Southniriptor. Dover ..... Southamptor Plymouth .. Dover Dover.. A .„ Hol.; head Southampton (M a9' Southampton Liverpool ... • I Dover 4- 1 3110 , I r 4 It 0 I SouthautptenJune Dover Southampton? , 6 0 Various port , raw Dover Southampton t‘outharaptont Various ports voiAl Dover Dover .... •• I ,0 1 Routhampton Sc. OJtIYTI fl . .tmeriea(byitrittpack)N knieriep, (by United Sta. packet) .. .N .'Worsts (by U.Stotts enact) ..........N kustralia (via South ampton) ..........M Ditto (via Marseilles) N; Ditto (via Cape of Good' Africa Wes t Coast) .. N koza!idria .......... N 4.10 xandria ........ Datounas ........... bi deigium Brasil Dumas AyreS Tyl °ape of Good Hope Cape of Good Hope ..N Cia,se de Verdi Ceylon (ace ln3ta) Ceylon.. Channel Isles China. •• • • Constantinople Constantinople Cont. of Europe M Egypt (see India) & Gibraltar Greece (soo India) _ Groytolin IlarnOtirgh [lava/limb M Holland .. Eloadara.s india (via.Soittilarapt.)M India (via Ma.racilles)lil lonian' Tees (sof) Ttidia) Eraland & ti Tatsl)... -- n•• •• •• • • •• •• •• M kiadoira .. .......... 111 Afaledra •• •• •• •• .141 9.01' nTta (2so Pia) isialta •••• •• •• •• •• • •Iri Mauritius (coo India) blanrithis Wezico .9 •• •• ••111 Naples. •• •• •1 , 4 Max Granada Now Zealand •••• •• • • •• Papal mates •• P0 . 1111 , 3U1S • • •• • • • • •• Peru ••••••••• • • • •• Se Part Natal •• •• •• •• • •1 , 3!eily •• •••• •• Tuscany •• •• •• •• • • ..3.; Vonezuels at Van Diemen's t•RnC,Oe, d.ustralia) •• • • 11.• • a Weir Every Friday .... 23d of the month 4,9, .4,1 30 of TII 401 20th of mon 11th of tho Fruint - J 9th of the month.. 9th of the moot!, 9th of ths month NfOß.,Wed.,kFrE'. d 617th of moatl, Otce a month.... 1 4,13,18,23,&Xis of in 4th & 20th of mon. Twice daily 'Twice dai1y...... 14,7,17,23,27 'tai 2nd 417th of Mon. 'Tuesday & Friday 2nd of the month Daily. ......„ „.. c I the month, 4th t 20th of m0r,.1 9th& 2 f,th of month 7, IL & 27 of mon Twice daily.. 17, 9, 17, & ; 47 9th of the month 1 . ,13d of month .... 18, IS, &; 28 of mon 114th of tho month 2nil of the month.. s thlsth2sthofmon: 2.1 & 17thof month ,By private Sthlhth2sthofmon. Ith l7 th27thothion. 27th of mon. fly private skip... sthisth2lsthofmoo, s thl s th2sthofmon : US; 17th 01 month 18outhunptanl 1218: - 17th of mona ...4 When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the MAWS ~ ~..d o AA ' L'll ,101 s'atehed on the follo w i ng day, with the exceptien of the n ionthampton), and the M a l ta, b oth of which will be des : 4 preceding day. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, MAY 24. (0 i STOCK EXCEIANG.—The market has been ve r -r e t4 6 / to-day, a n d p r i ces are a shade lower than Yot,bloj with very f ew t ransact i ons. Dublin and Belfast,... agif London and N or th W estern, 10144 Lancash."oll" Yorkshire, 91 i—Midlands 77$ 21 $ i—North and Berwick, 20q—south Eastern,' 21$—Grand Tv; p Canada, 84 d.—Great Western of Canada, new, Luxembourg constituted, 74 d. MANCHESTER, MAY 24. STOOK EXCIFIA.NGE.—This market has been -- a 2O fair busi ness to-day, and prices closed ver y firm lows :—Midlands, 77;i—Leeds, 94—Eastern Coun o 4 60 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29k --- ;7dif. 21 7-16—Great Northern A, 98—North Stafford, East Lancashire, 196. BIRMINGHAM, MAT 24. t f ,, , STOOK EXOHANGE.—There h as b een a doll ii mt9l ir) to-day, but prices were about the same as yeti' ; loc i ' Midland, 77—Eastern Counties, 10—London and: gsl' Western, Ei g hth s , 4 di s .—Birmingham Old Cansio, LEEDS, MAX 21. ol„STOOK EXCAANGE.—The sales this morning l ir the follo w i ng ra t es : North Eastern, Leeds; 91111, 2,i prom. —N or th W estern, Q—Lancashire and Yor ) 903—Dovers, 21i. . 1 1 ; Smourart MEPTI NG .—O n Th urs d ay evening, v "6 O/A ult., Captain James Law, of the East India, Coatile,: Service, eldest son o f t h e R ev. Chancellor Law, g'reitt,l, at Banwell aft er an a b sence o f nearly 14 years. rob' ously enough, the gallant 'captain and his ven t) O a father travelled from Bristol to Ban well station. %lig; train, in the same carr i age , seate d opposite eaclie ese They both alight e d f rom t h e tra i n, not knovrio,rfla, t , other. The captai n , see i ng a gentleman's Ci%lit's waiting at the station, inquired of the Chancel) ir re e carriage it was. "Why ?" was t h e C han cellor ' s 1 0 . " what do you want to know for'?" "Because' 1 0 ; swered the c a pt a i n , "if i t i s Chancellor Lali`!" his son James." After this unexpected rneetivblo o , then both got into the carriage, and were - dri. - veu 0 51 to the Cav es , a t B anwell. The ringers wens s°;o3lo' prise,' of it, and the bells sent forth merry posits , were continued next day.—Bristol Mirror. BIRTHS. Or A SON. 9 On the 22(1 inst., at Hodnet Rectory, Shroparif ° ' ~ Cnolmondely. . tom On the 22(1 inst., at 53, High-street, Can2ol- the wife.of John Scott, Esq. OW A DAIIGIITZB. 10 wife On the 23d inst., at the Newarke, Leicester the Sir Mylles Cave Browne Cave, Bart. jr, . u 99, - On the ~zd inst., a t 8 , Glocoster-gardens, wide' the wife of Lieut. St )pford, MARRIED. tte. On the 22d inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanslanil David, so n o f Ch arles Chapman, Esq., former ° 5 0' ham, Surrey, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Oakley Curling,'Esq., of the Isle of Thanet, Kent. stoP; On the 22d inst. at Southborough, Kent, Rolla ley, E sq ., of Tunbridge -wells, t o M ar th a , wid , Pyr late. Francis Gadd, Esq., of Southborough. DIED. Pile. • On the 22d inst., 10, Y or k- ga t e, R egen t' s - P er-4 Pinder, Esq., aged 74. On the 22 inst., at Newton Villa, Westbourxi e-e. O Colonel James Lewis Bastion, C. 8., formerly of the Foot. lo ot On the 22d inst. at Rathurles, near Nenagh, Ire 4' Ashton Benyon, Beg., 63d Regiment, eldest son of S t. Benyon, Esq., of Stetch wor th-p ar k, near Newurer)lclit" On the 21st inst., at th e C resc ent, Tanntecl, - 314 ' of some, aped St. On the 23d inst., at Brixton-hill, Mary, the W ife Mr. Hislop, of Gutter-lane, aged 66. v telt 4ir On the 19th inst., at 7, Glocester-place l -°T goo square, Robert, sixth son of the late Joseph Henry, '— solicitor, of Dominick•street, Dublin, aged 32. —..4 nfo• LONDON: Printed and Publi s h e d by MURDO ,r ► of No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er a t The Sun Office, 5 0 . ~- " "o f Strand, in the Precin c t o f th e Savoy, in the Mul l * . MiddieNexs Monday, May 25,1856. 1)A. TI.T Roo Ten tilt; Whc Gen Can Aric will ZS. lIONT MOP fa ah, F Inco 9 0,0 i 28,0( the I Who buc Paid, ...----. of th am! to Oh ee'se Wh o also will ; GLnl 4 Tra ev eni Str ou IN, a feral)] cii.; of r ee holder 3, 11E d aY, t COs.] the 12 such I :eYan ell e , a E'OT nor w for th, said o . 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