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LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 23. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. HOPE Y. AGUADO—CRIII. CON. This case, having been specially fixed for to-day, the court was crowded to excess from an early hour. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Bevil], and Mr. Phipson (in structed by Messrs. Few and Co.) appeared for the plaintiff. The Attorney-General, Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, and Mr. Wise (instructed by Messrs Grover and Coare) represented the defendant. Mr. Phipson having stated the pleadings, Sir F. Thesiger addressed the jury. This he said was one of those painful cases which, unhappily, sometimes disturbed the ordinary business of courts of law, and be came subjects of public inquiry ; and he must confess that he never appeared as an aselvocate in cases of this description without feeling tho -nest invincible repug nance to the discharge of his duty. He was oppressed with a sense of the degraded position in which a bus band was placed who was compelled to appear in court to complain of one of the greatest social injuries public eye could be infliCted, and to disclose to t he eye those circumstances which pride an d delicacy would alike make him anxious to conceal, instead of parading, as it were, his wrongs before strangers, in , o . rder to ask from them a redress which wor e infinitely more the appearance of insult than of satisfaction.. But the plaintiff had no choice in a case of t hi s d escr i pt ion, where the wife had forgotten - her marriage vow, and dishonoured her husband b y her infidelity. Although all laws, human and divine, justified him in putting her away, the tribunal of th e highest power in this country rdquired, before severing the marriage tie, that the husband should appear before a jury and obtain a verdict in his favour. The plaintiff was therefore compelled to come before a jury, to open up the secret. recesses of his domestic life to the public gaze, and to ask from the jury a description of redress which none but a most sordid and grovelling mind could con ceive to be a satisfaction for the wrong which he had sustained, and which disgraced the hand that received it. The plaintiff had no alternative but to bow to the law, and appear before the jury, and he (Sir F. Thesiger) would, therefore, on his behalf, shortly and simply state to them the circumstances of the case, abstaining as much as possible in the outset from any comment upon the facts, because he should be certain to have another opportunity of addressing the jury. The plaintiff, Mr. Adrian Hope, was the second son of the late Mr. Hope, the eminent banker, and better known as the author of " Anastasius." Mrs. Hope, the unhappy subject of this inquiry, was ithe only child of General Count Rapp, the, as the jury probably well remembered, was aide e-eamp to Napoleon 1., Emperor of the French. The parties were married by special license on the 21st July, 1836, in the house of Mr. Hope's eldest brother, in Duchess-street, Portland-place. Mr. Hope was at that time 25 years of age, and Mrs. Hope 19. There had been eight children born after the marriage, but only ilve survived—three daughters and two sons. The eldest daughter was born in 1837, and the youngest son and child is the month of May, 1847—a date which the jury would find to be significant in the course of this inquiry. After the marriage the parties resided for some time at Mr. Hope's house, in Carlton-gardens. They then went abroad, and lived at various places in France, and from the. year 1842 to the year 1846 occasionally Tlsited England and Holland, where Mr. Hops had an estate, called Boeweek. He had also a great farm in Holland, which had descended to him from his father and his ancestors, and which rendered it necessary for rim to visit that country frequently.. In the year 1846, they took up their residence in a mansion of Mr. trope's on the Quay D'Oreay, in Paris. There they continued to reside down to the latest period to which the attention of the jury wouhl be directed. He (Sir F. Thesiger) believed he should be able to satisfy the jury that during the first years of their marriage they lived upon the most affectionate terms. He knew that it was usual in cases of this description to call before the jury the friends and relatives of the family to speak to the terms on which the parties were living together. No such evidence would be produced before the jury upon the present occasion, but he should resort to another source to satisfy them on the subject ; and he must confess that it had always appeared to him that evidence of the description which he had mentioned was illusory and unsatisfac tory, because it was perfectly well known that it was usual in the country ,to lay a decent covering ever domestic life, which prevented the secret springs from being known, and by the conventional courtesies of life, in the presence of third persons, a husband or wife would always smooth a ruffled brow, or check the rising passions of an • angry heart. And, therefore, persons who were merely strangers or acquaintances, or friends, or even relations, who were not in habits of daily and bendy intercourse with the parties, had no correct notion of the real state of their feelings. But there were other persons, the importance of whose testimony could not be overrated—from whom it was impossible to conceal the fact, if there wag alienation of feeling. He alluded, of course, to the servants of the family. Persons could not always be upon their guard, even before their do mestice, who necessarily lsecame peculiarly acq uainted with the state o f a ff ect i on b etween their m aster and mistress. He should be able to show, by the •d of the servants, that although there were circa:A=li which, perhaps, rendered them not precisely adapted to each other, yet that Mr. Hope was invariably kind and attentive to Mrs. Hope, and, with the exception of what be might call occasional outbreaks between them, Mrs. Hope seemed to entertain an affection and respect for her husband. Their tastes, however, were not precisely similar—Mrs. Hope was fond of a round of gaiety ; she moved in f shionable circles, whilst Mr. Hope was a shy and retiring man, preferred his study and his books, was of rather ialelent lie bite, and, partici.la upon mone tary affairs, was passively subject at times to the influ ences, with which he was surrounded, but that the par ties lived for a considerable time iii the most porfect affection, he thoi 4 lit, the jury would entertain no doubt whatever ; unless, indeed, the letters which he was about to read were the result of hypocrisy on the part of Mrs. Hope. Of course he had nu desire to produce these letters ; it was painful to be compelled to pro duce letters between husband and wife, which e of course, were never intended to see the light beyond the eyes of the husband. Their production, however, became absolutely necessary in this case, and therefore be (Sir F. Thesiger) must break those rules which he should otterwise have prescribed to himself, and read only two of the letters, which would be sufficient far his purpose. The first letter which he would read was a letter from Mrs. Hope to her husband, and was dated seven years after their marriage. It was dated July 21, 1843, and was in these terms : " Illy dearest Love,—To-day is seven years since we belonged to each other, and I cannot let, it pass without writingto you. Let us hope we may pass many more as happily and united as we have passed these seven years. The child is well again, but as cross as two sticks.—Yours most affectionately. "M. H." Another letter was dated November 29, 1841 : "My dearest Adriau,—l turn roam} my head to look at the clock. -I dare say you are at Carlton . : arde I ho pe to Gcd yon are comfortable and near a nice fire, n a s. nd m uch tired. My dear hushamd, how I wish y you.n were e with me. There is not a day I don't wish to joinonly fear I have is, if I do get with you, that, havigme yo s , n t n t e o ar c you TOO will keepme long in England. I want your utmost to coni c oma back to our poor chicks. You will do back as soon as possible. The children love you, and I che rish you and press you to my heart with all the strength of affection and peace. God bless and protect you, and may he soon bring you back to me safo and well.--Eve r yours affectionately, " H. H." He (Sir F. Thesiger) had already stated to the jury that Mr. Hope took up his residence in the Quay d'Orsay, in Paris, in the year 1846. It was in the beginning of that year that the family first became acquainted with the defendant, the Count Aguado, who was formerly a banker in Spain. Count Aguado was then residing with his family in the Place Vendome. He visited the first circles in Paris. From the evidence which he (Sir h. Thesiger) would lay before the jury, he thought that they would entertain no doubt at all that from an early period alter Count Aguado's acquaintance with Mr. and Mrs. Hope, too close an intimacy grew up between the count and Mrs. Hope—that so early as the year 1846 a cri minal intercourse had taken place between them. That intercourse he (Sir F. Thesiger) would trace year by year for several years by the production of a body of evidence upon the subject which, unless the witnesses were wholly to be discredited, would be perfectly over whelming. The discovery of that fatal state of things was made almost accidentally. In the year 1853, in consequence of differences which-bad arisen between Mr. and Mrs.. Hope, be separated from her, and brought to England three daughters, leaving the other children (two boys) with Mrs. Hope. A question arose before the tribunal of this country and of France with regard to the custody of those children. Mr. Hope, of course, resorted to professional advice, and was desirous of showing that Mrs. Hope was not a fit person to be the guardian of these boys. He was not at that time aware or suspicious of any criminality on her part, but lie considered that there were circumstances in her conduct which might induce the court to believe that the boys ought not to be, entrusted to her. Inquiries were set on foot, suspi cions were excited as those inquiries proceeded, and, a closer investigation was made. Fact after fact was de veloped, till at last the whole of the secrets of many *et years were discovered, and evidence which he (Sir ?-Thesiger) would lay before the jury was obtained. r° " tean Mr. neared that Hope had for years been sure ded by unfaithful servants—persons who had not eencealed the intercourse between Count Aguade an ite m of that it , t. ope, but who had ass i s t e d i n th e carrying on H o pe a ue d — h t i esTree. The difficulties with which Mr. in a p :gal advisers had had to contend, more especi not only to obtain evidence, hut to secure t ally he witeV:::: was when it s an s , obtained, could hardly be conceived. hey w h om , no doubt, duced before the however, would be prc• Many of them were persons upon a evera .I ; . ervations would be ma de, as being of tha . t . es, 101 l he had already at theirYi who had con cealed c from —servants of tenni luded. master the dishonour of his wil e , jury would carefully consider the charact f course the nature of their evidence er of those wit nesses, and t he ; but from the • structious which he had received, he was not in the el* C fin est degree appehensive that their testimony Would bleghit tbe least degree shaken. 11 e wou ld no 4' to detail. to the jureesinaply and plainly t he c ircumstances which lie proposed to lay before them for ti purpos e of estab lishing the case against the defendant. Mr. R ope ing taken possession of his house in the Quai d'osay in the month of' June, 1846, persons were enag e d to make it fit for the residence of his family. In the month of August, 1846, Mrs. Hope expressed a wish to take to the Hague her son, who, she believed, was then suf fering from a scrofulous affection. Mr. Hope gave her e permission to go, and she arrived at the Frascati H o tel, at the Hague, in the same month. The. Agu ado family and the defendant, Count Aguado, were at the Frascati Hotel at that time. Whether Mrs. Hope was aware of that fact or not before she went to the Hague, the jury would possibly be able to judge after THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1854. they had heard the evidence which would be produced. But be that as it might, she found the Count Aguado there. She had in the Frascati Hotel a salon and two bedrooms, which were numbered 136. They were at the end of a passage where the other visitors at the hotel would have no occasion to go. Whether the Count Aguado changed his bedroom or not after the arrival of Mrs. Hope, he (Sir F. Thesiger) was unable to say, but he certainly occupied numbered 122, which was at a considerable distance from the apartments which were occupied by the Aguado family, and there was a com munication by mea ns of a bridge between a passage into which his bedroom, No. 122, opened, and a passage into which Mrs. Hope's bedroom opened. He (Sir F. Thesi ger) should be able to show, by the evidence of the set , rants of the hotel at that time, that they frequently surprised tha Count and M rs . H ope a t a ti me w h en th ere we re familiarities and liberties passing between them, which no man would dare to attempt with a virtuous woman, no married woman who had a due sense of her duties would permit. They were often seen kissing each other. It was unpleasant to enter into all these minute details, but they were essential to the case. The Count had been frequently found in Mrs. Hope's arms with his arm round Mrs. Hope's waist ; and upon one occasion, he believed, with his hand in her bosom. He was in the habit of going continually into her bedroom, and even ~f arranging his dress in her presence there. There was One inst4nce which was spoken to by one witness, which, if the jury should think her testimony credible, was con . . . elusive upon the subject. It appeared that there was a ball at the Frascati Hotel in the month of August, and titer that ball one of the servants, who was going up .tairs to her room, observed Count Aguado enter Mrs. Hope's bedroom. That was at two o'clock in the morn ng. The servant watched for some time to see whether he would come out again ; and whilst she was watching, fatigued, he (Sir F. Thesiger) supposed with the exer tions of the night, she fell asleep, and remained asleep until four o'clock. She then retired, and at seven o'clock in the morning, as she was going round to the different rooms for the purpose of taking away the boots and shoes to be cleaned, she observed the Count Aguado go from Mrs. Hope's bedroom to his own bedroom, No. 122, over the bridge undressed. She observed the doer of Mrs. Hope's bedroom ajar, • she entered, and observed the count's slippers by the bed. She took the slippers up and threw them into the count's room. Now, if the evidence of that witness was to be believed, and he (Sir F. Thesiger) saw no reason at present for doubting her testimony, for he could not conceive what interest she could have in coming to England to state what was entirely false, he thought he was warranted in saying that there could be no doubt whatever that upon that occasion a criminal intercourse had taken place between the Count Aguado and Mrs. Hope. Mrs. Hope returned to Paris, and it appears probable that her stay had been prolonged beyond what Mr. Hope bad expected, because on thefollo wing day the defendant, Count Aguado, had also returned to Paris, and a pereon named Young, one of that class to which he (Sir F. Thesiger) had already alluded, and whom he would call as a witness, was asked by the Count Aguado whether Mr. Hope was angry at Mrs. Hope's having stayed away so long. Showing, therefore, he (Sir F. Thesiger) thought, pretty clearly, that Mrs. Hope's return was expected before that period. Toward the end of that year, 1846, about the month of October, he believed, Mrs. Hope changed her bedroom in the house in Quai D'Orsay, and denied her husband access to that room which she had taken. Whether they had separate rooms before that time or not, he (Sir F. Thesiger) could not very clearly ascertain. He rather thought that they had, but at all events at that time, as he would be able to show, she actually locked the door to prevent Mr. Hope having access to her room. An incident occurred at that time which would be spoken to by a wit ness—a servant of the name of Ann Rouse, who would de pose that, one day in the month of October, 1846, Mrs. Hope, about noon, requested Mr. Hope to go and take a walk. Mrs. Hope was then in bed. She also told the nurse to take the children out for a walk, and she told Ann Rouse to go down to her luncheon, or by whatever other name a meal at that time of the day might be called by. Ann Rouse was rather surprised at these various preparations, and she did not go down stairs, but went into a room adjoining Mrs. Hope's bed room. In a very short time after Mr. Hope was gone, and the nurse had taken the children out, the defen dant, Count Aguado, came into the house, went into Mrs. Hope's bedroom, and was there nearly an hour. In May, 1847, just nine months, after Mrs. Hope's visit to the Hague the youngest child was born, and le (Sir F. Thesiger) thought the jury would have very little doubt in their minds that at all events the Count Aguado believed himself to be the father of that child, and Mr. Hope had this distressing pain to endure, that, in addi tion to the injury which he had received from Count Aguade, the seed of an adulterer was mixed with his own legitimate offspring. In that year, 1847, the Count, who was living with his family in the Place - Vendome, took an apartment in the Rue de Monseau ; and he (Sir F. Thesiger) would be able to show that upon one occa sion the witness Young was sent by Mrs. Hope to the defendant at those apartments to say that she could not come to him because she was detained by Mr. Hope with respect to some accounts. The apartment consisted of a bed-room, in which there was a bed, and that, he believed, was the only apartment occupied by the defen dant. There was also a fire in the room, and the room appeared to be ready for the reception of some one. In the .year 1848 the French Revolution broke out, and Mr. and Mrs. Rope, in the spring of that y vu ea t r z,„p qu a i t tte th d e Paris, and came to England. T hey fire. Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone • but, in a few days after wards, Mr. Hope went to reside with Mrs. Kitchener, at Folkestone, where the family remained for a few months. Mr. Hope in April that year left Folkestone with his eldest daughter and one of the governesses for the pur pose of visiting his estate. at Res beck, Holland. fie left Mrs. Hepe and the rest of the family behind. The mo ment Mr. Hope was gone Mrs. Hope sent Yeut; off to Boulogne for the defendant, Count Aguado. The count accompanied Young to England. The Count took apart ments in the Pavilion Hotel in Folkestone, but beyond sleeping and breakfasting there, he (Sir Frederick Thei ger) believed the count was never in the hotel at all, but passed his days invariably with Mrs. Hope in the house of Mrs. Kitchener. They were in the habit of going out together, no other person accompanying them, for three or four hours. There was a cottage in the neighbour hood of Folkestone, which belonged to Mrs. Kitthener, and in which there was nobody residing. It was how ever, fully furnished, and upon one occasion Mrs. Hope desired to have the key of it. The key was procured, and Mrs. Kitchener afterwards met the Count Aguado and Mrs. Hope coming from the direction of the cottage with some flowers—a bouquet, which the count carried in his hand. They stated that they had got the flowers from the garden of the cottage. There was also another little incident, which he (Sir F. Thesiger) thought ought to be mentioned. Mrs. Hope desired that a piano should be placed in her room at Mrs. Kitchener's. That piano it appeared was intended for Count Aguado, Mrs. Hope not playing upon it, but the count frequently em ployed himself in doing so. Mrs. Hope heard from her husband shortly before his return, and she was exceed ingly anxious that Mrs. Kitchener should remove the piano out of his way as quickly as possible. She was extremely violent with His. Kitchener because she did not perform that task as quickly as she desired. Mrs. Kitchener was obliged, therefore, to remove the piano to the cottage. The Count Aguado left the Pavilion Hotel for France, as Mrs. Kitchener believed, ;theta two hours before the arrival of Mr. Hope. The jury would have before them the evidence of Mrs. Kitchener as well as that of Young and of Ann Rouse, which would show that the Count Aguado was constantly in the society of Mrs. Hope during his stay at Folkestone, and that he was frequently in the habit of remaining at the house of Mrs. Kitchener until a late hour in the evening. Mr. Hope returned and took up his residence at Mrs. Kitchener's, and on the Saturday before the expiration of the term for which he had hired the apartments there he with a portion of his family left Mrs. Kitchener's, leaving Mrs, Hope. Mr. Hope, with some of his children, proceeded to his estate at Bosbeek, in Holland. The moment Mr. Hope was gone with his children, Mrs. Hope made pre parations for visiting Paris, and she gave instructions to Young to say that she had gone to London. Young, acting upon these instruetions, told Mrs. Kitchener that Mrs. Hope bad gone to London. He, however, accom panied her to the Boulogne boat at Folkestone, and saw her take ber departure by it. On the Tuesday or Wed nesday following Mrs. Hope returned from Boulogne by the steamer. Mrs. Kitchener's suspicions were roused ; she thought that Mrs. Hope had not gone abroad, but to London. Young bad requested Mrs. Kitchener to give him the latch key, in order that he might open the door in case Mrs. Hope should return late, and he had made arrangements with Ann Rouse that he was to throw up gravel to the window as a signal. The count had a villa, to which Callandie was in the habit of driving her. A circumstance in 1849 which showed the feeling of jealousy which had seized on Mrs. Hope in reference to the Count Aguado following on the strong passion which he had inspired. She sent for Callandie and questioned him as to the amours of the count with other women. Callandie repeated that to the count, who replied—" You know my affairs ; you, therefore, know best how to reply." They would recollect that Mrs. Hope had several carriages of her own, so that there was no necessity for her using the other, which was engaged for her by the count. 1111850 Mrs. Hope went 'to Havre, and Young on that occasion accompa nied her. She took with her the two boys—the reason assigned being their health. In that year Count Aguado, es in 1846, was staying at the Hotel Frascati, and Mrs.. Hope, on going there, occupied the same rooms as before. The Count Aguado did not occupy the same rooms as before, but albedroom, 104, between which room and Mrs. Hope's, there was a door. A servant at the hotel would describe as having surprised Mrs. Hope and the Count in the same familiarities as in former years, and she would also tell them that bhe had seen Mrs. Hope come from the count's bed-room at two o'clock in the morning. He would cite another instance of the great familiarity which existed between Mrs. Hope and the Count Aguado. It was the custom at Havre for both sexes to bathe at no great distance from each other, the women having on bathing dresses which entirely covered their persons, and the men wearing short drawers, which came up to the middle. On :one occa sion the count had gone to the hotel, and was told by the servant that Mrs. Hope had gone to bathe, and had desired that he should follow her. The servant, prompted by curiosity, watched the count to the beach, out aclos t e ng eo e n th ta e and there he observed the count, having undressed him self in his own tent, join iMrs. ?'lope ; they both swain hallow water, they walked on hand-in-hand together— itpo de contact with they returned, and got into ly wi b th an a j d u e would be for ' jury to marriedxt o r judge d hi g iao c dpy o e f_the propriety of such having l' into o d htherentetnhte, passedco unt t o h n e . t a o t h ea iß t z b n ibit l ln the year 1851, being the year of land, and Mr. Sops and Mrs: Hope came to.Eng w h P e e r e w Isummoned to the seat of Mar shal Beresford ford, was at that time . ly to z po d ' a s ng m e o r t o h n e s r ly , Lady He eereresi mained there till her death ; but Mrs. Hope, having remained one night in town, had gone to the Pavilion Hotel, at Folkestone, where she took rooms 58 and 59, saying she should want a room for a friend, as she ex pected some of her sister's family. The rooms were situ ated at the end of the passage, and communicated by double doors. In room 58 there were two beds, one of which was placed before the door, thus blocking up the communication. On the same evening a Count Aguado arrived, and proceeded to occupy room 58, which he stated had been engaged for him. That night a circumstance occurred which would be detailed by a witness who had been brought from Ireland, where he was in creditable em• ployment, and who at the period alluded to was a porter at the Pavilion. He would state that his suspicions had been excited, and if he were pressed, he would tell them why ; and that on going round at 12 or 1 o'clock in the morn ing to put out the lights, he had heard the ♦oice of a man in Mrs. Hope's bed-chamber, 59 ; that he drew near the door, put his ear to the key-hole, and that he hen heard a conversation and other matters which it would be unnecessary now to detail, which left no doubt of the guilty act having been committed. But there was additional testimony. The following morning the servant sound that the bed which was before the door, in room 58, had been forced, and a piece of wood was found on the floor, all of which circumstances could leave no doubt but there had been access from 58 to 59 during the night. The parties came to the Pavilion on the sth, and remained there till the 9th. They intended to go to France, and he would show them that the count having on the evening of the Bth directed himself to be called before five o'clock the following morning, if the weather was moderate, he was called at that liur by Richards, when, followed by Richards, the count went into Mrs. Hope's room, and a discussion took place whether they should start or not. He believed they did not de cide on starting, and the Count Aguado kept passing while dressing to and fro between his dressing-room and Mrs. Hope's. There could be no doubt but that there had been access between 58 and 59, and he would ask them, as reasonable men, what conclusion they could draw from this fact alone ? In April, 1852, when the count arrived at Frascati s, the persons of the hotel were so satisfied that Mrs. Hope would follow, that they looked out for her. They occupied the same rooms on this as on the former occasion, but beyond that, no fact had come out which he could lay before the jury. He had told them that in the year 1852 the parties had separateJ in consequence of their differences; and he had also referred to the disputes which had arisen re lative to the guardianship of the children. After the separation Mrs. Hope removed to the Rue Faubourg St. llonore, where the count was frequently and openly seen, being perhaps no longer deterred by the presence of the husband. He had now come to the close of this dis- tressing case. He had told them that he desired to dis charge this part of his duty by merely opening, simply and plainly, the facts of the case, and he would keep his word. He would new lay the evidence before them, and he trusted, when they heard it, they would experience no difficulty in discharging the duty which they had to perform. The Rev. William Harness was then called, and proved the marriage. James Young, valet to Mr. Hope, the plaintiff, said— In August, 1846, Mrs. Hope went with a daughter, a son, and a nurze to Havre. She was absent about three weeks. The next day after her return Mrs. Hope sent me with a note to Count Aguado. I saw the count. He asked me how Mr. Hope received her, and whether be was angry at her not being back before. I said that I had not heard that he was. Frequently after that day Mrs. Hope sent letters to the count. They were fre quently sent by me. Mr. Hope never saw them. I received directions from Mrs. Hope to take them to the count, and to give ter the answers. Something had been said by Mr. Hope about my going out. I commu nicated what Mr. Hope said to Mrs. Hope. She gave me directions what I was to say. If I were asked where I had been, I was to say I ha I been at the English chemist's. He lived on the way to the Place Vendome. The sending of notes between Mrs. Hope and the count continued till the year 1852. In May, 1847, the young est child, a boy, was born. He was born at the Quai d'Orsay. After he could walk, I have taken him several times to the mules house in the Place Vendome. I have done so by the orders of Mrs. Hope. Lord Campbell—By order of Mrs. Hope? Witn9ss—Yes, my lord. I have taken the youngest boy there 20 times or more. I remember an evening party at Mr. Hope's in 1849. The defendant was there. The youngest boy was in the room. The defendant said to me, " Don't let this little blackguard come near me : he will call me papa." In 1848, in consequence of the revolution, Mr. and Mrs. Hope, with their family, left Paris. They went to the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone ; and after staying there a few hours they took Mrs. Kit chener's house, No. 1, Albion-villas. That was near the church. Mr. Hope went over, a fortnight after, to Bosbeck, with his eldest daughter and her governess. Very shortly afterwards Mrs. Hope ordered me to go to , Boulogne to meet the Count Aguado. I went there and met the count. He came over with me to Dover. I went on from that to Folkestone. I next saw the count at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. He came to lodge there. Mrs. Hope returned a fortnight afterwards L'om Bosbeck. The count remained at Folkestone about a fortnight. I saw aim every day at Mrs. Kitchener's house. He was in the habit of remaining there all day till 10 or 11 at night. I believe he was there occasion ally when I went to bed. He used to dine with Mrs. Hope every day. Before Mr. Hope went away there was no piano in the room at Mrs. Kitchener's. There was one there during the count's stay. I never saw Mrs. Hope play upon it. 1 have seen the count play upon it. 'When the count went away the piano was re moved. I think Mr. Hope arrived the same day that the count went away. There was a cottage belonging to Mrs. Kitchener outside the town of Folkestone. It was unoccupied. It was opposite the viaduct. Mrs. Kit chener ks-pt the key. Mr. Hope, after his return, re mained till June. He then went back to Holland with his three daughters and their governess, Madlle. Junot Mrs. remained at Folkestone with the two boys and another governess. About the following day after Mr. Hope left I went with Mrs. Hope to a steam-packet in Folkestone harbour. It was going to Boulogne. She left by that packet. She desired me to say that she was gone to London. She also told me to meet the 8 o'clock boat from Boulogne on Wednesday night. On the Wed nesday I met her at the boat. I went home with her to Mrs. Kitchener's and threw up some gravel at the window of the room occupied by the children on the second floor. Ann Murray, now Ann Rouse, was also there, and threw up the gravel by a previous arrange. ment with Ann Rouse, and Mrs. Kitchener opened the door. On the following day Mrs. Hope and the rest of the family left with me for Bosbeck. I posted several letters at Folkestonefrons Mrs. Hope to the Count. Mrs. Hope remained at Bosbeck about one month. I , re mained with Mr. Hope. Ann Murray and two of the boys went with Mrs. Hope. Mr. Hope remained a month or more at Bosbeck with histbreedaughters. Mr. Hope and the rest of the family went to Mr. Henry Hope, at Deepden, near Dorking. Mrs. Hope and the two boys were there when he arrived. They remained there three weeks or a month. They left in the beginnine. of November, 1848, for Brussels. About a fortnight after our arrival the Count Esguadoarrived there, and remained until within a fortnight of our departure. Mr. Hope arrived in Paris on New Year's day, 1849. Mrs. Hope had been there two days before. Before I saw the Count Aguado in Brussels several letters were posted by me from Mrs. Hope to the count. The defendant, the Count Aguado, was also in Paris. Mrs. Hope had very handsome carriages —open and shut, two or three of each sort. In that year I knew a man named Cal landie. Hs drove a very handsome private brougham, engaged by the count. I have frequently seen Mrs. Hope in that brougham. When Mrs. Hope was in Paris I have seen this brougham drawn up at a distance from the house, in the Quai D'Oreety. I have seen Mrs. Hope get into it. The count had apartments besides those in the Place Vendome, in the Rue de Monceaux. I have been there with messages from Mrs. Hope. I only recollect going there once. I gave the count the message " that Mrs. Hope could not come according to appointment." The apartments consisted of a Email entrance-hall and a bed room, handsomely furnished. I think he bad the whole floor. I remember Mrs. Hope going to Havre in the end of July, 1849. She went with her two boys, two nurses, and myself. The eldest never had good health. They went to Frascati's hotel at Havre. They occupied rooms on the first floor, looking on to the sea. Mrs. Hope had No. 106 sitting-room, and one bed-room adjoining ; 104, was the count's room. There was a door from the count's room to Mrs. Hope's bedroom. Mr. Hope did not remain there quite three weeks ; the count left two days before Mrs. Hope did. In 1851, the year of the Exhibition, Mr. Hope came to England, and Mrs. lispe followed. Lady Beresford at that time was dan gerously ill, and Mr. Hope went down to her. After she died Mr. Hope left for Paris, and stayed there two days. He then went to tosbeck, his seat in Holland. The young ladies were there. Mrs. Hope romained in Paris with the two boys. Mr. Hope remained at Bosbeck a month or six weeks, and then he rejoined Mrs. Hope in Paris. In 1852 Mr. Hope was unwell, and went to the baths. Mrs. Hope was also very un well at the end of that year. Mr. Hope was with her throughout the whole of that illness. He was very at tentive to her all the time. I have never told Mr. Hope anything that I knew about these matters. I told his solicitor what I knew about them three or four months ago. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Wilkins—l am aware now it is longer than three months since I first com municated what I knew to Mr. Feir, the solicitor. It was about the month of May. I said to him I had never seen anything improper between them. Serjeant Wilkins—That is not an answer to my ques tion, and I will have one. Witness—Yes. I did tell bim I knew nothing improper between them. I had no conversation with Mr. Hope on this subject until about 12 days ago. Did not then state to him what, I have said to day. I told him what the witness ' told me. I do not recollect having ever taken or posted letters to Mr, Hope on the subject. I have been at the office of Mr. Hope's solicitor lately several times. I have talked with Mr. Alexander Hope on this subject. The Count Aguado liVed with his mother and brother. Ho Visited Mr. Hope a good deal. Mr. Hope has visited him, but not very often. They were on the most intimate terms with each other. Mr. and Mrs. Hope, at the break ing out of the French Revolution, took refuge in the resi dence of Count Aguado, in the Place Vendome. I did not accompany them. They were there one night only. Mr. Hope treated me as his confidential servant. I received 501. a year from him, besides perquisites. (Laughter.) I remember having had a conversation in July or August of the present year with Constant Babot. Ho was the children's footman. I can speak French. I did not say to him if Mrs. Hope would not give up her son, I would destroy her. I did not say to him, "Je la perdrai a tort is raison." I did say that if she would give up the two boys, I would not appear against her, but I did not say so with reference to the giving up of the eldest son. The butler of Mr. Hope has never urged me to give evidence for Mrs. Hope. I have never been threatened to be taken into custody for having threatened Mrs. Hope. On the 29th of September last I was pummelled by the police for having spoken very civilly to Mrs. Hope as to the giving up of the children to Mr. Hope, who knew qv.' nothing of my visit to her. I had not arranged that visit with any person. The count's mother often gave the eldest son bon-bons, and fondled him when I St took him to the coups residence in the Place Vendome. IA; Other persons were in the habit of paying morning visits to Mrs. Hope at the time that Count Aguade 50 was present. Mr. Hope and his children were frequently isi present at such visits. I cannot tell the name of the packet by which I went to Boulogne, nor the name of a 31 eingle person on board who knew me. I saw the count in b. 41. I went back straight to Dover in order to proceed to Mrs. Kitchener's. I returned to Dover by a steamer, but can't tell the name of it. Mrs. Sarah Kitchener was next .xamined. She said Mr. and Mrs. Hope and family resided in my house at Folkestone three months in 1848. Shortly after the arrival of the family at my house, Mr. Hope went with his eldest daughter and one of the governesses to Hol land. On the following day the defendant came to my house, and had some of his meals there. Near to my house was an unoccupied cottage. Mrs. Hope went (Thee or twice to it. I met the defendant on one occa sion coming back from the cottage in company with Mrs. Hope. She said that the cottage was a very pretty spot. Shortly afterwards a piano was brought to my house. It was removed by order of Mrs. Hope the day before Mr. Hope returned. tdore Mr. Hope returned Mrs. Hope left my house, saying that she was going to London. I remember her return. I was then waiting for her return. I heard some pebbles thrown up at the window. I saw Mrs. Hope enter the house ; she was accompanied by a young man. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Wilkins—l live upon my means. I was a lodging -house keeper at Folkestone for three years. I have been living in Star-street, Edg , ware-road, the last seven months. I receive assistance from my friends. I know Mr. Hart, the attorney. I have never received anything, nor the promise of any thing, from Mr. Hope. I drown my cares occasionally, but that is my business. I never quarrelled with Mrs. Hope. I was always on the best terms with her. Re-examined by Sir F. Thesiger—There was a quarrel between me and Mrs. Hope on the morning before she left. John Boxer said—l am a clerk to Messrs. Pickford 150 and Company, at Folkestone. In consequence of in- 163 structions gives to me by Mrs. Kitchener, I went down 16f, to the harbour at Folkstone, to watch the arrival of the St. steamboat from Boulogne. That was in June, 1846, to Di the best of my recollection. I saw the steamboat about 1 1 half-past twelve o'clock at night. I saw Mrs. Hope 2 1A leave the steamboat. I then went by a short route to St: Mrs. Kitoheners's, and arrived there a few minutes be- St. fore Mrs. Hope. When she arrived at Mrs. Kitchner's 20 I heard gravel thrown up to the window. 10 Cross-examined—l did not know that I was taking up 12 the dirty part of a spy. I had no idea of the motive St. that Mrs. Kitchener had in seeking me to watch the 50 I Boulogne steamer. Mrs. Kitchener desired me, as soon 40 as I saw Mrs. Hope leave the steam-boat, to proceed to 25 , her (Kitchener s) house as quickly as possible. I can- t not tell whether Mrs. Hope tried the door of the house 2a before she threw up the gravel. I got into the house by st. one of the windows. I was applied to with respect to St. this matter about two or three months ago, for the first 50 time,. by the plaintiff's attorney. Mr. G. W. Howe, land agent near Maidstone, said— I was steward to Mr. Andrian Hope in 1848. Mrs. Hope, on the occasion of a visit to Mr. Adrian Hope's house, gave me a letter whilst I was in the park at Deepdene (the residence of Mr. Adrian Hope), with in structions to give it to a gentleman whom I would find waiting in the waiting-room at the Redhill station. The letter was directed to the Count Aguado. I proceeded to the waiting-room with the letter in my hand. As I ' entered the room, a gentleman who was there rose and held out his hand to receive the letter. He read it in my presence, and at once wrote an answer in pencil, which he desired me to give to Mrs. Hope. I delivered it to j her accordingly. A few days afterwards I happened to I call at the White Hart at Reigate for the purpose of seeing Mr. Clatten. I entered a room there, in which I expected to see him ; but instead I saw Mrs. Hope sitting on a sofa together with the same gentleman to whom I had delivered the letter from Mrs. Hope at the Redhill station. The gentleman had his arm round Mrs. Hope's waist. I instantly withdrew. I saw the car riage from Deepdene, near the White Hart, which was being slowly driven about. Marie Demaison (through a French interpreter) said —ln the year 1848 I was concierge at the Frascati's Hotel at the Hague, and had been so 18 months pre viously. I frequently saw the defendant and Mrs. Hope together. Have seen the defendant's hand in her bosom, and her head reclining on his arm, and have also seen them kiss each other. I have seen Mrs. Hope go into the defendant's bed-room, in which she remained for some time. At two o'clock on the morn ing after a ball at the hotel, I saw the defendant erker Mrs-. Hope's bed-room en chemise. At the conclusion of this witness's examination the court adjourned till Wednesday. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MaNcnEsTER, Dec. 22.—There is hard , .y any notice able change in our market as compared with Tuesday last. The Greek merchants continue to purchise yarns and goods suitable for their markets ; the producers are consequently well supplied with contracts, in many cases for some weeks to come, and prices are maintained at the highest point. For South America some business is in progress. The advices from India have given no impulse to the demand for that quarter, which, there fore, remains languid. The Germans and the Dutch are buying cautiously and for immediate delivery, as their customers watch very closely the declining tendency which has latterly characterised our market and that of Liverpool. On the whole, the balance of influences 1.. rather on the side of increased quietness. LEICESTER. Dec. 21.—The approach of Christmas finds the workmen better employed in all branches of our trade, except the straight down kinds in the middle gauges, the circular frames interfering considerably with this sort. The yarn market is firm, with a fair business doing. Notwithstanding the long depression which has so long continued in the Bradford and Yorkshire mar kets, wools have remained firm, and are now looking upwards. We hear of 28s. per ton being given for first-rate farmers' lots. NOTTINGHAM, Dec. 21.—The lace and hosiery trades are as inactive as is usually the case at this season, and until Christmas is turned it would be unreasonable to expect a change for the better. A fair spring trade is looked for, which may reasonably be expected. 10 5 20 20 WOOLLEN TRADE. (Prom the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEEDS, Dec. 23.—As is usual at this period of the year, the woollen markets have been very flat this week. The trade in the warehouses was very quiet din ing the early part of the week, but since Wednesday several of the principal London buyers have made their appear ance and caused considerable bustle and animation, but hitherto, we believe, they have not purchased much, am they allege they are merely on the look out for some thing jobbish, or below the market. HUDDERSFIELD, Dec. 19.—The market to-day was a dl' ithieonwaelhowever, events in Australia, gloom r has been cast little more animated in th e wareho uses than on many preceding weeks, a larger number of b , wuyeershabevine no ginim. at tendance.opvroeryetruhie: district Inst to t r e the cloth-hall, report. in which several large houses are inv olved. BRADFORD, —Things are a s du ll and dispirited as they can be, and it is hardly to be ex p ec ted that a change for fr l m h the -Al untoward a d l the better will take place at this season. Yarns—There is more inquiry, but the prices are such as deter spinners from producing. With the limited production, however, higher prices must soon be realised. Pieces--Opera tions are limited, and the supply is only equal to the de mand. A manufacturer of moreens has succumbed to the pressure of the times, for that branch of the trade is a very profitless one. HALIFAX; Dec. H.—Web:lye had rather less activity in the piece market to-day than last week. In yarns we have no alteration to notice. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAN ESTATES BILL.—A bill to make better provision for the management of Epis copal and Capitular Estates, brought in by the Marquis of Blandford, M.P., and Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., proposes, among other arrangements,- to vest in the " Church Estates Commissioners," appointed under the act 13th and 14th Victoria, cap. 94, all the profits, emoluments, and revenues of episcopal and capitular estates, as respects any see in which no avoidance has happened since the Ist of January, 1848, and the bishop whereof does not already receive a fixed income, from and after the first avoidance of such see, and,as respects all other ecclesiastical corporations, from the commence. ment of this act, with a proviso that this investiture is solely for the purposes of this act. When the act comes into operation an agreement may be made between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and for the payment of the net income fixed by Parliament as the in. come of their sees. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners may, in certain cases, place tithes under the control of the bishops as part of their incomes, but no new lease of such tithes is to be granted in future. Existing bishops (who succeeded before the let of January, 1848) may accede to the provisions of this act, and come into arrangements affecting future bishops. A saving clause allows bishops to farm land not exceeding 100 acres, such land to be deemed the glebe or demesne land of the see. Deans and chapters are required to furnish the Ecclesiastical Commissioners with information respecting charges and outgoings, and returns of moneys received from certain sources, the deficiency to be supplied by the commissioners. After three years the management of real estate may be transferred to corporations aggregate at their special request. Payments made by the commission ors are to be charged on the common fund of the Eccle siastical Commissioners for England. Clause 18 trans fors the powers of the 14th and 15th of Victoria, cap. 104, and the 17th and 18th of Victoria, cap. 116, to the Church Ritates Commissioners. The act is not to interfere with certain Parliamentary powers of sale and exchange granted by the 42d of George 111., cap. 116, &c. No existing Order in Council is to interfere with the provisions of this act. No palace of a bishop or house of residence of any member of an ecclesiastical corporation is to be let on lease. The commissioners are empowered by clause 25 to give compensation to persons affected by this act. The two Orders in Council of the 10th of September, 1852, and the 17th of De cember' 1852, for securi ng mone y p a y m e n ts to the Dean and Chapters of York and Carlisle, are to remain un affected by this act, w hi c h i s t o come into force on the let of January, 1856. SHARE MARKETS. (SATURDAY.) RAILWAYS. R,4ILWATt. Nosing Prices on Saturiay. linslnovm done on Saturday. LOOAberdeen .......-....•. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley 29 Birkenll. Lanesh. - „ Cheshire Junet aB Do. Chesil. 114 Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £20... 30 Myth & Tyn origt na £25 (issd. at £45, 100 Bristol and Exeter_ 100 Caledonian. 121 s. 'Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester & Holy}lca , l all Cork and Bandon all Cork., Black, dl Pas.; 16 Corn Cricir Junction 15 Dal clfastJunc all Dundee Forth &Aber (leen Junction all Do. New '''''' "...• 100 Gast all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock Eq, Do.: Now A 100 East Lancashire WO I Edinburgh& Glasgow 9!, Edinb. and Peebles... 100 Edin. Prlh di Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow& S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock ..JO Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail, Gua. Stk all Irish South-Easter , all Lancaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 19 Do., Fifths 11 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Liv. Crsby. &Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Load. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Loud, and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths ... 1 Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B 21 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn 42), Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all LiAndrrydi Col erain e all Lndndrg. & 100 Vanch,Sh, f. & Lincln 4j Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Nlidland 100 Do. Birning. &Derb 3 all Midi& G. West. (I re, ) 22' Do. Half Shares All Newcastle & Carlisle 5i Nownikt.BuryExten. 21. Nwpt. Aberg. &Hrfd. 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint' and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3 ? Northn.Counties Un. WO North British alli North Devon, No. 1. all Do., No. 2 all Do., A A Deferred all Do., 2 B Guarantee 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch. all Do. Leads LOO Do. York all North London Do. New .tlO 11 1 N.&S.Wetra.,Hamp stead, and City Jo.. 17' North Stafforelshiri , .. all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.... 1.00 Oxford, Worcestor,& Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth Wt) 4cottish Central 1.00 Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. & Herefd Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,full; paid up at per ce, ill louth D2VOII 00 'ioath Enatern South Wales 5 =l. Yrksh. & Riv. Due 5 Do 8 itaines, Wok &Wol , 11 tockton & Darlin.:. .6: Stockton S. llartlepl. 100 rail' Vale . 9 Do. .£lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Monies 'Haven Dock and 11,,ilway all Vale of Neath all V,iterf I. & Kilkenm ;111 - -VaterfordAELimericii 13 West Cornwa l l 3 West End of Londoi , and Crystal Palace all West London Wimbledn&Croydoe,, 20 -20 i 41 - 5 8 8i 13 —l2 d 16 - 17 7 .- 6 93 - 95 60i - 61 14 - 15 9 - 11 *i - i 6/- 74 11a 15 118 11; 23 - 30 20 - 22 ' - 70 - 71 53 - 55 14i : ki 67 - 69 891 - 006 1 77 - 79 123 - 125 90 - 92 70 706 58 - 62 - 77 6 - 8 6 - 8 72i -73 i 5A -- 54 ••• ...( . 106 107 100 —104 N hd * d 83 -- 84 9 • 8 I 9 8 23 - 24 6 8 i 69 41 - 42 1.1 - pm 10i - 96 2.1 49 - 51 34 31 32 8 10 74 731 = 741 7 61 4 4 121 —12 i 52 -- 53 par ip 4d. 0 4B dR(I 6 60 id—ip 31 - 32 60 - 62 8 - 44 - 46 11 - 13 58i • 59, 28,1' - 29. i -i, 35 - 37 6171 4 - 4 20- 6 - 7 6 - 7 FOREIGN. all Antworpezßotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Tleziers to Graisseaaac 2a. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India.Serip' Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all Ea.st Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 10 Gd. Junct. of France 12l Grd. Tk of CanadaA is all Do. do 1l Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Ct. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninaula 1 Do. New 5 per cent.' all Gt.WestunofCanad, Shares all Do. Bds., payablo's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. all Do. do., '73, without, option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lako Const. & Basic' all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations. ! 0 Lyons and Genova 12 Lyons & Mediterran /16i Madras 2 Do. New :31 Maria Antonia all Do. do. Now 2 Melbourne Dk. & all Namur & Liege (with interest) - all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France. all D 0.20/. Sh s.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 31 p. c. & red. at dur. 88 yrs.l from 1 Jan. 185 all Do. 201. 3 p. c BdP. (fmy. B. dr Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPret 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen._ 10 ParisCacn di Chcrbrg all Rouen and Havre 20. Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse_ all Do. 5 p. cent. Pref. 10 Southern of France 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5i per c. Pref 12 Western of France_ 13 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand fia 64 11 3 - Ad-ip . p 31 -- 31 d 3O -- 318 1 -- lAp A -gig 7i - 6i 8 - 7 9 7(1 10 - 81 21 3 par ip 161 - 171 id 6 2 d par 2 d par 2 d -- par ... dis 3 3 i 2 2i d —IP . ... d par 6 3 - 7 _ii = iii 12i -- 12 8h - 9. 19i - 191 46 -- 48 38 -- 40 pm 20i -- 21 id -- 2i . lid 71 —7i ••• - ••• ... - pm ----- . 4 i - 5-11, i 16i - 171 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. all Australasia all Sri tish Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 , colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 16 English Scottish and Australian all Loud. CiArt. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 Loudon Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial ! of England 10 Do. Now - _ _ ." - 22 ; ) National of Ireland all Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia... Do. Now LL Melon of London, " 80 -- 82 . -- ••• 1 a , 3- d 3 2id 21i - 22 ii L 40 38 - 40 ..• 41 -- 43 68 - 70 ••• .... twi, 25 St, 20 St, 00 2F 20 20 20 10 10 89i 90 60i ex arra 73 2/ 107 1001 i 1i 83i 42i 684 9i 9 LINE) LEA;3ED AT FIXED !LENT. Leasing Compans Closing Prices, on Saturday. RAILWAY?. `Tedford and Blotchley Bnekghainsh Clydesdale Jc E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Distr.& Dn. Fr Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. T Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference, Lon.,Til., &S.' Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Nianch. Bstn. and Matlock. Yfiddlosbro' & Red car. Aidld.Bradfd • Northern aTy'! Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p • Prest. & Wyr, Do. 2 Shares. floystn.&Hit. Shef.Roth Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Stailordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&gorurst London N. West. TA.&N.W. Caledon... CA.Nrthn. ICaldonian. Ot. Westn Yk. New. & terw. Y. & N Id Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co. igorfolk L.& N. IV Sr, Midid. nekton & Darlingt. Aidland.. Count 1)o Do &N.W &LnltYl Do :3tNorthol Lancash& - Yorksh. A. Mclean itockt. & Darlingt ltWestn 95 - 100 98 - 100 130 - 135 - ... 103 : iiii ..• -- ••• - - 13 - 132 23 - 24 11 -11 i 2B - 2i }i - P 3 57 - 59 ... .- .. 130 - 135 24 2 d 30 - 31 92 - 94 PREFERENCE SHARES Abordee a .. Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne 10 per e. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO %ester & Holyhead Guar. 5?., per cent , Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons2 p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) , 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. o. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... Do. W., 10 ner cent. Do. 10/. Delientr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p. ets. East and West York shire June. Fifths Minh Prth.&D undo, 4 per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 41 p. c. Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prei Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof. St Gt. Westn. (Borks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) I/o. con. red. 4i p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. Da. do: 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Ches. Gua. Stk. Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brightor Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct London & S. Wester' Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Londy. & Enni,. Sh. I Kan. , Sher & Lin. Shares, No.l. ..• Do. New, £lO Do. £6 ‘farypt .&Carl.4 p c Du. 4i per mkt Do Consol.6 p.e.St. i)o. Cousol. Bristol Sz Birm. 6 per cent—. Do. Pref. 4A per eon, Yorfolk Debenture . Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stool. 00. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 5t,! ; per ct. prof Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c north British 4. E. Borg, 4 p.a-. P. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 p.c Do. do. Quarters 4i- Do. York & r. North Staffordshiro.. Oxford, Worcester, A Wolverh.£ls, 6V):e =cot. Cent. ,New Pre Do. 5 per cent . 3outh Devon OA. fixed,4? percent 4. Eastern (Readily. Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4; per cent 4. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar 3 Wales Gila. 4p. C Do. do. 4i p. c.... -3tocliton and Dar lington, 5 per cent Do. , do. do, IStockton and Hartle• pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 IWaterfd.SLKilk.6p.c, 97 - 100 94 - 96 51 - 61 - 121 - 134 60 - 65 x 5 107 - 109 99 - 101 6 - 6A 94 - 96 89 - 91 91 - 93 04 -10 i 16 - 17 10 - 104 71 -73 Y 18 19,3 - 94 133 - 141 13 - 133 135 ••• ''''' .. 2i- 31, li/ - Ili 4 - iP t 23 135 ld - DO 104 - 106 100 - 102 90 - 92 3 - 32 1 - 0 111 - 113 11 13 id par 22} -22 j 95 - 3.00 15 - 18 - 41) 'ii : i;f , MINES. Agua Fria ...... Auglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gtl.Dtachy of. I.3l,nnarvon Iron and Coal British Iron. ,Brazilianlmp.(issue:l at i!5 pm Do. Cocßes & Cuiwin Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Ct•eqk Clare,nd,m Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • Cobre Copper Colonial Gohl Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7} p. cent Copiapo . English and Austin, Copper Swag Co Fortuna General 'lt.NuggetVeinlieg. Great Polgooth Liberty Linares.. Nlariquita Nlexican&S.Amerien [dew Granada New Linares Mining, and Smelting Co ' Nouveau Monde Pontgiba ud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba.... South Australian.... Tin Croft .. United Mexican IValler West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia Yuba.. ;,1 ... 1 - 14 A - - 5 - 7 6 - 7 2 t ; 3 - 14 30 - 32 A - Ad par 46 48 50 55 par 2 r 14 16 1 par 4p 14 16 i - I 8 ... 9 3 - $ 7 - ii if - ii 15 - 16 I - 23 - 25 6 - 8 3} - 1 - 14 1 - 2 2 - 3 4 - I. 'EOTTS 36 L - 37 21 2d 160 105 1001 -11 E) 34- - 34• 1 . 84 *a. .--. ... i ."... 31 ... - .. i - 1. 2 _ 2• - 61 -- 63 1i --*2 - 39 - 1 - 1 12i 213 ad .00 5 LOO all all all all all all 6 LOO LOO all 10 100 100 MIS CELLA Aubin Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn . Pei fic. Mai! Australn. Royal Mai' Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada C j an ,n a . d a a n Ci t o j r. uly 6 . Crystal Palace Crystal Pal.of Franc( Eastern Steam El e etricTelegraph(A) Electric Teleg. of Ir. lion. Steam( Screw tea s Nav t i c g a a i t ; , Irish Beetroot Sugar ;Magdalena St. Navin. nediter a N n. 1 ::Eavat. Pat. : am Foe; geth & crlands Land. peStcar N, Steam l I.of reninsalar & Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron C 0.,.., Royal Mail Steam .. Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land iubmar. Telegraph 32,3 100 all I Do. Registered. Z 4.,! Divinou'a lerkuc• Rusin on Satur lay ALTERATION IN THE MAIL SERVICE TO PENANG, SINGAPORE, AND CHINA. General Post-office, Dec., 1854. The mails from Penang, Singapore, and China, will in future be forwarded once a month only, instead of twice a month ; and the packet service, which hitherto bas not extended beyond Hong Kong, will be carried on to Shanghai. The mails for the above places intended to be de spatched by the route of Southampton, will be made up in London on the morning of the 4th of every month (commencing in January), and those via Marseilles on the evening of the 9th of every month. When, however, the 4th of the months falls on Sunday, the mails via Southampton will be made up in London on the previous evening, and when the 9th of the months falls on a Sunday, the mails via Marseilles will be made up on the evening of the following day. ItoiLAND HILL, Secretary. REDUCTION OF FRENCH FOSTAGE. A new postal treaty has been entered into with France, the principal effect of which will be the reduction of the postage upon pre-paid letters weighing not more than one quarter of au ounce (a weight which includes the grzat majority), to 4d., instead of Bd. or 10d., as heretofore. This reduced po:,tage of 4d. will carry the letter from any part of the United Kingdom to any part of France or Algeria. If the letter be posted unpaid, the 'charge will be double. Under the provisions of this treaty, the postage on letters passing through England or France will also in many cases be reduced. On all these points detailed information will be issued. The new treaty will come into operation on the Ist of January. COUNTRY MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MILNE. 50a Od MARKET-DEC. 22. First WHEAT. BASIST OATS. 85s Oa 37s 0(1 32s 6d Second 7ss 8d 's 35s 8d ) 30s 4d ) 45s 81 Third - 6os Od 132 s 9d i 26s Od 1 41s Od Total quantity of I#heat in market, 643 qrs., 557 sold 71 PP barley ~ 700 qrs., 646 sold PP PP PP oats 526 qrs., 507 arid PP PP beans PP 108 qrs., 87 Witt AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL WYARTER. Wheat, 31. 15 8 10-12ths 1 Barley, ...11. 15 8 5-12ths Oats, ... 1/. 10 4 7-12tha 1 Beans, V. 5 8 3.l2ths DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Dm. 21. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 395 Wheat 81s Od oos Od 1359 Oats 3ls 8d OOs Od ... ...... 24s NI 1174 Barley 3Bs Od OOs Oct 33 Peas & beans 51s 6d oos Od , 43s Id ABERDEEN-DEC. 22. The prices of grain to-day are—Oats, 'oos Od to 00s Od a 40 lbs per bushel; new oats, 24 s 6d t o 25s Od, 401bs pet bushel ; bore, 31s Od to 31s 61, 531bs per bushel ; barley, 303 6d to 31a Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 60s Od 1• 61s Od, 6211)3 per bushel ; wheat, white, 68s Od to na Od, 621b3 per bushel ; oatmeal, iOs Od to 20s Od per boll; flour, 56s Od to 58s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, 61 to 8d ; mutton, ditto, 6d. to 8d ; veal, ditto, 7d to 91; pork, per lb, Os 51 to Os 61 • salmon, per lb, is 01 to Os Od; rabbits, each, 01 to Od ; tallow, per stone, 5s 91 to Os Od potatoes, per peck, 8d to Os 91 • butter, per ib, lid to 12d ; eggs, per doz, Os 101 to Os 11:1; hens, , per pair, 3i Od to 3s 61 ; chickens, ditto, 2s 01 to 2s 6d ; ducks, ditto, 2s 01 to 2s 61 ; ducklings, ditto, 23 6d to 4s Od ; turkeys, 35 61 to 4s 01 ; geese, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s 01 ' • butter for exportation (present cure), per cw t, 82 s t o 00s Od ; ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s 01 ' • eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 6d to 7d ; 41b loaf, 71 • 21Cloaf, ; pork, tine small, Os Od to es Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os Od; lamb, per qr., Os to Oa 01 ; cheese, per imperial atone, 54 6d to 7s. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-0110 6 Fey the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made in From wl at When COUNTRIES. in General Past- fort due in ,Oftlee, London.* Dispatched, Emeand. kmerica(byllrit.pack)E Every Friday .• • Liverpool ... Each Mon America (by United Sts. packet) • • • • •• • • • • Liverpool ... Jan. 3 America (by U. Stater packet) ..........N ••••• • • • • • Southampton Australia (via South ampton) ..........M jan. 4 . Ditto (via Marseilles) NiJan 9 Ditto (via Cape of Geed hope) Dec. 4 ....... Unter,llll Africa (West Coast) ..N 23.1 of the month.. Plymouth .. E 3,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...... Alexandria.. —ld 4th & 20th of mon. Southeinfolld Bahamas ...........N 17th of the month eenthamptoi Belgium Dai1y............ Dover ...... Daily Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. 3outhampun Dec. 16 Buenos Ayres .. .... 34 9th of the month.. iout hainp tel. Cape of Good Hope ..N Various ports Uncertain: Cape of Good Hope ..E Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the montl Sotithamptoi. Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ...........N Channel Isles .. ..15 Mon ~Wed.,&Fril. Southampton ru.l Mit Chi 11........ .. hi 2d & 17th of montl 9suthamptoL China (see India) Constantinople 1,13,113,23,&28 °fie D0ver...... Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton •.;ont. of Europe M & N Twice.daily Egypt (see India) Franco . .. .M & N Twiee daily • ilbraltar m 1,7, 17, 20, 27 am B.ntthampton, Dec 20 Greece (see, India) Dreytown ..........31 2nd eft 17th of redo. ionthamptoe Arrived Flamburgli ..........N Tuesday & Friday London iiavannah 31 2nd of the month soethampt• it Dec. 16 ilolland ............ M Daily.. ...• ...... Dover Dally Honduras 31 17t1t of the month. Suuthainp: on India (viaSouthampt.)3l,4th & 20th of mot. PlymAttli Dcc. 15 India (via Mareeilles)l4 9th& 25th of month Dover lonian Isles (see India) 7. 17, & 27 of mon Dover.. Ireland ..1V1 & N Twice daily ...... note head ‘ ..lTwieedeey Lisbon ti 7,9, 17, & 27 of nt. Southampton Dec. 16 Atade:ra Ai 9th of the month ,Southrnploal teasleira •s• 231 of month ....'Liverpool Dec i 1 Malta (seo India) efalta 8,18, & 23 of mon. Dover ......IDec. 2) tattritius ( see India) Wendt:us ..........N 14th of tho month Mexico •• •• .ad 2nd of the month.. Southampton Dee. 16 Naples ...... sthisth2sthofmon. Dover ...... • Jew Granada 2d & 17th of month.Southamptot New Zealand By private ship .. Various port Utref tt n Papal States ....E s thlsth2 s thofmon. Dover ...... Peninsula ......'....3f Ithl7th27thotinon. Southamptol• Peril ••••eq••• • • • • • At & 27th of mon. Southampton, Port Natal By private ship... Various ports'Uncertaiv Sicily ........ ..... .N sthleth2stholenon, Dover ...... ruscany ............N s thl s th2sthofmen. Dover ...... Venezuela ...... AI 2d& 17th of month Southampton Dec. 16 Van Diem en's Land (see Australia) .. West Indies eel& 17th ot monti. Rentheemtni. Southntnptot ,IDec. 16 114 13i 1/dSp 17th o! mono When any of these dates fall o'i a Sunday, the mails will he de spatched on the following diy, with the exception of the India via Sonthainpton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the preceding day. WIND AND WEATIIER REPORT. SATURDAY, Dee. 23. Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weather. Greenwich ... ...... W Partially cloudy. Lothbury .... ..... No wind Fine—Cloudy. Manchester Sheffield W. Fine. Wakefield Whitehaven Mary por t Lancaster' Carl isle Bradford S.E. Stoke-on-Trent ... N. W Fine. Leeds -. Fine. Lowestoft W Derby S.W .. ........ Stormy. Stamford N.W Fine. Norman ton N. W ]frosty. Chesterfield N. W Tine. Nottingham Masborough Burton-on -Trent W. Leicester W. Fine—Cloudy. Holyhead Bangor N.W......... Fine. Dublin N. W Unsettled. Liverpool .......... N. W Fine. Ipswich Yarmouth • N.W Fine. Lea niington ........ No wind. Fine Cold. Hague W. ...... ...... Fine. York Glasgow Edinburgh W. ........... Fine. Aberdeen Perth Stirling Cupar . Dundee ............ N.W. ...... Frost. ... W. Darlington ......... S ........... Fine. . W Fi ne. Hull W. Fine. Bridlington Scarborough Whitby Greenhill 5.W.......... Fine—Cold. Southampton N.W......... Fino. Cowes W. .. ... Fine. Poole Portsmouth Dorchester 8ri5t01.......... N.W ......... Fine—Mindy— Cold. Bath ......... S.E . ......... Fine—Foggy. Gloucester ......... N.W ......... Fine. Taunton ..... Torquay ....... N. W...., ... Fine. ............ S.W Cloudy. Haverford west W Cloudy. Swansea .......... .. N.W Cloudy. Cardiff ............... W. . Cloudy. Plymouth ......... W. Rain. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 19th inst., at Croydon, the wife of Captain J. N. Strange, R N. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 17th inst., at Westhorpe Lodge, Southwell, Notts, the wife of John Marfleet, jun., Esq. MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at Intwood Church, George, the fourth son cf the Chevalier Bunsen, to Emma, second daughter of the late Henry Birkbeck, Esq., of Keswick, Norfolk. On the 20th inst., at 38, Drummond•place, Edinburgh, W. Duncan, Esq., S.S.C., to Eliza Hallyburton, fourth daughter of Adam Black, Esq. DIED. - - - On the 22d inst., at Wilderness Park , the Marc hioness of Camden. Bucks On the 23d inst., at Great Marlow , ,the Rey. G. H. Peel, aged 76. On the 22d inst., at 11, Berkelsy-square, W m . H owe Windham, Esq., of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk. . LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of ex, Monday, December 25, UK 100 100 100 201 100 20 20 40 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 601 rli i 1001 &1 ~ 211 i 5 10 Bt. St. 5 20 126 25 20 25 10 1.0.6 20 20 20 25 40 5 St. 25 1.3.5 all 15 D all all all lli all ALS. 110 i 31 4,