The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-12 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION• CRACOW, March 11 (Evening). The following proclamation of General Langie wicz, dated Merch 10, has been published:— " Countrymen !—ln the name of the Most High, the most patriotic sons of Poland have commenced a struggle caused by terrible abuses, and directed against the eternal enemies of liberty and civilisa tion. Notwithstanding the extremely unfavour able circumstances in which the enemy, by a great increase of oppression, hastened the armed conflict, the struggle commenced by an unarmed people has already lasted two months, gains strength, and developes itEelf with energy. In presence of this war to the death, the massacres, the pil lage, the conflagrations, which mark the pro gress of the enemy, Poland feels painfully the absence of a visible central power capable of direc ting the forces engaged in the struggle, and of summoning new assistance to the field. Although the nation possesses more capable and worthy citi zens than I, and although thoromzhly conscious of the heavy duties of the office and the weight of re sponsibility which it involves, the gravity and ne cessity of the moment have decided me, after con sultation with the Provisional Government, to assume the surrema power of Dictator, which I shall surrender to the representatives of the nation as soon as the yoke of the Muscovite is shaken off. " While retaining the immediate direction of military operations in my own hands, I recognise the necessity of establishing a civil Government, whose functions will be regulated by a special ordi nance. Continuing the work of the Provisional Government, I confirm the principles of liberty and equality to all citizens, granting land to the peasants, with indemnity to the proprietors. " Poles of all provinces beneath the Muscovite yoke, I summon you to the struggle against the domination of Russian barbarism. The concord of all citizens, irrespective of difference of classes and religion, community of sacrifices, and unity of strength, will render our now scattered forces terri ble to the enemy, and ensure the independence of our country. " To arras for the liberty and independence of our fatherland. (Signed) LANGIEWICZ." The proclamation has produced a prodigious effect. CRACOW, March 10, Evening. Preparations for a battle are being made on both sides. General Langiewicz intends to proclaim himself Dictator and Chief of the National Government. LE3IBERG, March 11 Evening. By resolution of the Central National Committee General Langiewicz has been proclaimed Dictator of Poland. GeneralWysozki has been appointed his military coadjutor, while the direCtion of the civil adminis tration has been entrusted to Poentkowski. News from Warsaw of the 6th reports repeated successes on the part of the Poles, and states that the insurrection is making greater progress. There are daily encounters between the Russians and Poles in the neighbourhood of Warsaw, in which the fo►mer are generally worsted; and it would appear that the good fortune which attended them at the commencement of the outbreak, before the Poles were properly organised, has now deserted them. A fight took place on the sth inst. between the opposing forces at the village of Wionzowno, when the Russians sustained a signal defeat. This place is situate on the road to Lublin, about four miles from Warsaw. A report was prevalent on the 6th at Warsaw that the towns of Plock and Kalisch had been taken by the insurgents, but this is not generally credited. The Russian official or gan, the Dziennik, contained no accounts of engage ments on the day mentioned, though on the 7th there was a goodly show of bulletins from the pro vinces, announcing wonderful victories on the part of the imperial troops. Wounded soldiers are daily brought into Warsaw, and are taken to the hospitals, which are now overflowing. The Grand Duke Constantine is stated to be about to under take the active command of the army in Poland, and different motives are alleged as actuating his imperial highness in this resolve; but itis generally thought that he desires to restore discipline in the army, which has now been suffered to retrograde to such a degree as to give rise to the excesses com mitted by the Russian troops. A few days since we announced by telegraph that an engagement had taken place between the Russians and Poles at Pieskowa Skala, at Tarnawa, and Skala. The Czas of the 6th inst. now furnishes us with the following details of this affair : "Langiewicz, united with Jezioranski, had his headquarters on the 2d and 3d inst. at Pieskowa Skala. Early on the 4th, with the greater part of his force, over 4,000 men strong, he left Pieskowa Skala for Skala, leaving a rear-gaard of about 500 behind him, under Jezioranski. Langiewicz bad ap parently heard that a Russian corps, numbering somethousands of men, was moving upon Pieskowa Skala from Olkusz by way of Przeginia and Salous kowa, while a weaker Russian corps, which Prince Bagration had detached from Miechow, was on the march from the east. Langiewicz proceeded against this last body with overpowering strength, sent a corps towards Tarnawa, and surrounded Skala so as to fall on the Russian flank. However, soon after Langiewicz had moved out of Pieskowa Skala, the Russians from Olkusz marched against the smaller force left at that place under Jezioranski. At first the Russians only sent in a few hundred men, and the insurgents, who occupied the mas sive buildings at the toot of the castle—which is situated on a high rock—and the castle itself opened a lively fire on them, but in a short time two Russian battalions were sent to the support of their comrades. The Poles retired from the lower buildings, which were immediately occupied, plun dered, and se t on fi re by th e R uss i ans . In the mean time the castle itself was attacked by the imperial troops, who brought their artillery into play. There were but few insurgents in the castle—which is accessible on one side—and these few were partly unarmed, or only possessed scyth es , w hi c h h a d no t been prepared for fighting. On this account they withdrew from the castle, which had been set on fire by Russian grenades, and Jezioranski, with his entire division, took up a strong position in a wood on the northern declivity of the mountain. The Russians then applied the torch to the agricultural buildings, breweries, and many houses in Pieskowa Skala, killed several of the inhabitants, and with ' drew towards Suloskowa. Langiewicz attacked in the rear the Russians who had mo ved out of Mie chow, and who had possessed themselves of the churchyard outside Skala, and drove them from their position. The Rucisians lost from 60 to 100 men, the Poles 30. The Russians, who retreated to Slomniki by way of Iwanowice and Przestanski, where their scattered forces were united, carried off three dead with them and amongst them an officer. A portion of the insurgents pursued the Russians, the others rested at Smarzewice. Another body of insurgents occupy the village of Szyce, in the wes tern portion of the valley of Pieskowa Skala." Doug LE QCREWED :DTEAMSIIIFS.—It is only with in the last three or four years that improved war ships have received any large share of attention, and we are still in the midst of most radical changes in their con struction. It has already 'been found that ships of the War rior class require from S to 12 minutes, and from half a mile to th re e quarters of a mile of sea room, to complete the cir cle under full steam, If opposed to vessels having the power of manoeuvring rapidly, none of our iron-plated ships, of whatever construction, could act as rams, for th ey cou l d not are, to some b e steered to strike a blow against a vessel capa b le of rea dily moving out of th e wa y . Partly in order, e also, to bring heavy guns to bear ag ainst an agile enemy, w extent, adopting the revo lvin g cupola system, the m er i ts of which are still very questionable. With double scre ws , osi , turn on however, a war steamer may ta ke up any position, her centre, or, in other words, alm ost or quite within her own length, and through the full circle, in less than four minutes, giving less than two minutes betw een each broad side, if the guns can be loaded and fired fast enough. A ship with two screws may be steered either ahead or astern in the most perfect manner, the facility of going straight astern being often of the very utmost importance. Double screws being each of less diameter than single screws, can, therefore, be name deeply immersed. and be thus made more effective, while, also, they are more out of danger. In the event of any accidental failure of one screw, the ship can a lways be worked by the other. In the best arrangement of which the double screw system admits, there is neither screw well nor stern post, and the rudders, for there should be two, would be completely out of the reach of shot.— Znginee, Extraordinary Number of Fires during the Illuminations. The firemen of the London Brigade—during the hours that occurred by the million of sight-seekers witnessing the gorgeous, and we may say, unprece dented displays of illuminations, and whilst persons were being trampled under foot and crushed to death—were called out and obliged to wend their way, the best they could, through immense masses of people, with their ponderous engines. During the time the illuminations were being got ready, and whilst they were in full operation, a great num ber of fires took place—some of them from the gas employed in lighting up the devices, and others from different causes. The annexed contains the short facts of the principal fires :—Just at the mo ment that a scream was heard proceeding from some thousand voices on Ludgate-hilt, a general cry of " Fire" was raised, when Acting-foreman Perryer started with his engines from Farringdon-street, High Holborn, Crown-street, and the Chandos street Stations, including one powerful la❑d steamer, by Shand and Mason, or Biackfriars road. Upon this force arriving at Cardington-street, Hampstead-road, it was found that the extensive factory of Rand, Thorpe, and Co., collapsable tube makers, was in flames. The fire at the same time was attacking with full vigour the premises of Messrs. G. F. Graham, buiider, No. 24, in the same street. The building alone was two storeys high, whilst the factory was between 50 and 100 feet long, and nearly 30 feet wade. The pro perty in the two places was of great extent and worth some thousands of pounds. The powerful engines of Messrs. Merryweather, as well as the parish engine, had previously arrived, but they were found inadequate to subdue so great a body of flame. Plenty of water having been obtained, the fore man, under the command of Mr. Perryer, went to work in a most praiseworthy manner, but the flames continued to progress for a considerable time, and they were not extinguished until the factory of Messrs. Rand, Thorpe, and Co. was nearly de stroyed, and the valuable contents consumed. The two-storey workshops of Mr. Graham, the builder, are also partly consumed. The first-named firm was insured in the Sun Fire Office, but it is un known whether Mr. Graham was insured. The National Gallery was to some extent placed in great jeopardy, owing to the woodwork behind one of the immense stars in front of the building taking fire. The occurrence caused some little con sternation at the moment, many imagining that the noble building would be destroyed. The engines of the brigade, and one of the steamers by Shand and Mason soon attended, and the workmen, with the aid of the firemen, soon extinguished the fire, and before much damage was done. A fire also took place on the premises of Mr. Samuel Garrett, No. 45, King-street, Hammer smith. The flames commenced in the second floor, from some unknown cause. The engines of the brigade, by great trouble, managed to reach the spot, and the firemen of the brigade, with the parish engineer, managed to get the fire extinguished, but not till considerable damage was done to the build ing, end the contents by fire and water. A fire also broke out, whilst the streets were nearly impassable, on the premises of Mr. Gibbons, No. 10, Smith's-court, Great Windmill-street, Hay market. The engines of the London Brigade, and one of the land steamers by Shand and Mason, managed to reach the spot, but the fire could not be extinguished until a vast deal of property was consumed. The sufferer was uninsured. About the same time the firemen were called to attend a fire on the premises of Mr. C. Browne, No. 8, Lisle-street, Leicester-square. It commenced from some unexplained cause, and when discovered had obtained a firm hold of the first floor. The en gines with difficulty succeeded in getting the flames extinguished, but the damage done was great. The loss will fall upon the Globe Office. During the time the illuminations were shining with the greatest brilliancy, the sight-seekers of Oxford street, were well nigh deprived of one of the grandest illuminations in that extensive thorough fare. Owing to the wind having blown one of the lights against one of the variegated pieces of the framework, set the same in flames, and in an instant a quantity of illuminating lamps were de, molished. The inmates and strangers succeeded in getting the fire extinguished before any damage was done to the building and no very considerable damage to the illumination. It was rumoured that that a man had been killed whilst assisting, but we have the authority of Nosotti to state that the ru mour was altogether without foundation. The engines of the brigade and parish had also to force their way through the crowded streets to a fire that had broken out on the premises of Mr. J. James, grocer, No. 2, James-place, Bath-street, City road. A good supply of water was obtained, and the firemen, under the direction of Mr. Bridges, the foreman of the A district, went to work, and happily succeeded in getting the fire subdued, bat not until the front shops were nearly burned out. The cause of the fire is unknown. The sufferer was insured in the General Fire Office. A fire also happened at No. 9, Agnes•terrace, Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, belonging to Mr. Paine, which nearly destroyed the ground floor. Another fire took place on Loudon-bridge whilst one of the tripods was being lighted, which burned one of the casings round a group of statuary, which caused great alarm. SEWAGE AND PROFIT. One of the most conclusive experiments recorded in the evidence given before the Select Committee on the Sewage of Towns is that of Mr. Philip Skin. ner Miles, of King's Weston, an old gloomy house that once belonged to the Lords de Cliffird, and built by the cumbrous genius of Vanbrugb. The architect, however, lived in the days before house drainage was discovered, and the result was that the sewage of the mansion trickled down the side of the road which led to it. This disgusting nuisance was not only offensive to the sight,- but in hot weather was very offansive to the nose, and the work of drainage became one of necessity. But Mr. Miles did not content himself with building an ex pensive drain, but, following the lead of Mr. Alder man Mechi, he determined to collect the sewage of his house, containing 30 persons, together with the rain-fall, into a closed tank containing about 7,009 gallons, which he ventilated by a pipe running up the chimney, which effectually took away all smell. i The sewage was connuoted by pipes to about 12 acres of grass and to two acres of ploughed land, and distributed by means of a gotta percha hose. The result is that these fields hav e b een i m p rove d in value from 55 5. an acre t o £5 10s., while th e produce has, been immenr , ely increas e d. Two crops a year so thick that they cannot stand up, and the crop is always good if the season bo vet or dry. This sewaged grass, moreover, comes in full a month earlier than ordinary grass, thus giving that " early bite" the advantage of which all farmers 60 well know; moreover, the herbage is full and thick to the end of November. The cattle are ravenous after the rich succulent herbage thus produced, and will eat it immediately the dressing has been applied, and Mr. Miles tells us that dairymaids cannot account for the great increase of the cream which has taken place since the experiment has been in operation. This seems very like a transformation scene one sees in a pantomime rather than reality. The foul and filthy lane, at fairy's touch, becomes changed to a smiling meadow ; the milkmaids are overpowered by the flow of cream, and the land is burdened with its crops; the stock gets rapidly fat, and the turnips grow so quickly as to get without the reach of the "fly." The good fairy and the appliances, in this case, consists of an old man who can dress the whole • of the fields in the course of the day ; and the ma chinery is comprised in the tank, a small conduct ing pipe, and a hyd ran t w i t h a fl ex ibl e gutta - perc h a • hose.---Onc e a Week. [ADVERTISEMENT.] sudden 10intment.—Change fickleness of this climate able Weather.—The sadly disturbs the general e f ,Z tions of the throat and chest earteilfrune public health. Holloway's renowned renowned d in every household, and the readiest means of cur: remedies. They prevent congestion twice soothing e a a nc liay over inflammation, ulce ration, bronchitis, hoarseness, and cough, and marked . Ointment only requires to be well rubbed the throat and chest, to effect an immediat e improvement in all the symptoms of disease produce a radical cure. Both Ointment and Pills ar :T e e M e y d of danger, being compounds of the finest balsams inti mately allied by nature and accurately combined by art. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1863. Assault on the Editor of the " Figaro." A general subject of conversation in Paris during the last two or three days is an attack, of which M. de Villemessant has been the object, at his own re sidence, on the part of a member of the Legislative Body. The motive of this act of violence was the following article in the liga7o on the projected marriage between M. Ed. About and the daughter of Madame Denain, of the Theatre Francais ; " The _Figaro ought to know everything, even that which is it mystery to the rest of the world. Now, everyone is ignorant that at the present time M. Edmond About is on the point of bidding adieu to a bachelor's life. The young and bril liant writer is in a few weeks to marry the daughter of a ei-tA•vant dramatic nota bility of the Theatre Francais, retired in a —fromage d'cr. The mother is a clever woman, still young, and who was rather more celebrated for beauty than her talent ; the future bride, who is charming, brings a portion of half a million in cash ; as much in diamonds, precious stones, valua ble lace, &c., and, moreover, expectations estimated at 1,200,000 f. or 1,500,000 f. Just to think that so many poor writers pass all their lives over their desks to go at last to die at the Maison Dubois or at Sainte-Perine, whilst it has only required one campaign for 111. About to become a millionaire, like Villars, after the battle of Denain !" The following are the particulars of the case as published by M. de Villemessant in the Ftgaro— " Oar number of last week contained the fol- lowing paragraph :—' On Wednesday night my residence was violated, and my vigorous consti tution alone saved me from being the victim of an infamous outrage. I had the imprudence, out of respect fcr the present position of the guilty party, to treat him as a gentleman. After eight hours' reflection, he sent a written answer re fusing all kind of satisfaction. I have now, there fore, only to have recourse to the tribunals, and have already lodged my complaint.' On the evening of the same day the Presse pub lished the following answer : " A person who acknowledges that a note in a journal this day applied to him begs us to announce that he protests against the assertions contained in the said note.' I had yielded to advice and resigned myself to await the trial before publishing the particulars of the infamous attack made on my person ; but the lines published by the Presse compel me to adopt another course. Moreover, as a report has been set afloat that M. Didier had thrown his card in my face, and that it was I who refused to fight, I cannot allow public opinion to be misled for a single moment, and therefore now state the affair in full as follows :—On Wednesday evening, about a quarter past six, a person came to my residence, who gave the name of Didier, and, instead of wait ing in the ante-chamber, which was lighted, fol lowed my servant into a dark passage. I was at the moment in Madame de Villemessant's room at the farther end of the apartment. I told the ser vant to show the person into my study, and 1 im mediately rose to go and receive him. A lamp burning in the chamber I was leaving threw its light o❑ me and left my visitor in complete obscurity. As I . was bowing to received several blows on my head and body from a loaded cane. I immediately rushed farward, and seizing him with one hand, struck him several blows with the other, defending myself as well as Icould withoutknowingwho wasmy assailant. My wife hearing the noise of the struggle which passed without a word being exchanged, cried out, Help, help.' My valet and another man servant were soon on the spot, and the latter seized my antagonist by the throat and held him so tight that he could not utter a word. I then sent for the commissary of police, and hastened to reassure my wife, who had been crying for help till she lost her voice, I next returned to the ante-chamber to get sight of my aggressor's face, but during my momen tary absence my servants had imprudently allowed him to escape. As he went away he said, lam Henri Didier, deputy to the Legislative Body ; I have given it to him well.' All this passed in less time than is required to relate it. Such are the facts which were a few minutes after consigned to a proces verbal by the commissary of police. A physician, who had been sent for will bear witness to the traces of violence left on my person. My left hand with which I had held my cowardly assailant, was covered with blood which was not mine. I ma; add that I have no acquaintance what ever with the person named Didier, that his name has never been mentioned in the " Figaro," and that in coming to my house he had no motive, avowable or otherwise, for so doing even in the character of a brave man who comes to demand satisfaction for an offence of any kind." The same evening M. de Lescure went to M. Didier, in the name of M. de Villemessant, to inform him that the latter intended to send two gentlemen whom he had selected as his seconds to delnand satisfaction. To this intimation M. Didier replied by the following note ; " Paris, sth March. " Sir,—l will give M. de Villemessant any hon ourable reparation. Satisfaction in money is quite sufficient .—Accept, &c., H. DIDIER." On Thursday morning M. de Villemessant's seconds —M. Henri de Pene and Baron de Bazancourt— received the same answer, and M. de Villemessant then decided on lodging a complaint with the Pro cureur-Imperial. Here, however, an obstacle arises. M. Didier, being a member of the Legisla tive Body, cannot be prosecuted without the authorisation of the Chamber, which will be demanded by the Procureur-Imperial if M. de Villemessant persists in prosecuting; and should it be refused, M. de Villemessant will wait till after dissolution. On Friday, however, M. Didier changed his mind, and wrote to M. de Villemes sant's seconds that he was willing to fight. The editor of the _Figaro then consulted his seconds and the Marquis du Hallay, all well versed in the code of honour, and it was unanimously decided that he should abide by M. Dither's first answer, and so the matter stands for the present.— Galignani. HAINALULT AND EPPING FORRESTS. A Parliamentary return has just bet n issued show ing the nature of the rights possessed by the Crown over these forests. It appears that Hainault and Epping Forests, commonly so called, constituted what is or was property called Waltham Forest. As regards Hainault Forest, the Crown has no forestal rights in or over that forest, since by the Act 14 and 15 Viet., c. 48 (1851), and the award of The commissioners made in pursuance thereof, bear ing date the 6th day of November, 1852, the forest of Hainault was disafforested, and an allotment of Or. 3p. of land, in lieu and satisfaction of the fore stal (and other) fights of the Crown in and over the same forest, was by such award allotted to her Majesty in severalty, discharged of all common and other rights. The nature of the Crown's forestal and other rights in or over Hainault Forest, before its disafforestation, and the nature of the Crown's torestal rights (remaining undisposed of), in or over Epping Forest, will be seen from the following extracts from the fifteenth report of the com missioners appointed under the Act 26 Geo. 111., c. 87, to inquire into the state and condition of the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown, dated the 28th of March, 1793, and pre sented to the House of Commons, and ordered to be printed on the same day, viz., " The Forest of Walth am , w hi c h compr i ses th e t wo extensive tracts of land commonly called Epping Forrest and Hainault F orest , i s situated in the south-west part of the cou n ty o f E ssex , an d a dj o i ns tile counties of Middlesex and Hertford. The lands which belong to the Crown in this forest exclusive of some detached parts granted by lease are situated in the part called Hainault Forest, or more properly East and West Hainault Walks, and lie within the parishes of Barking and D Igenham. We have not met with any proof of the Crown being entitled to any other lands within the forest than those com prehended in the foregoing statement except such as are held under lease from the Crown, and are in cluded in the schedule annexed in our first report as part of the demised land revenue. The Crown has in this, as in other forests, an unlimited right to keep deer in all the unenclosed woods and wastes within the perambulation, unless some parts have been disafforested by grants which have not come to our knowledge. The extent of the open forest is not inconsiderable, the King's woods in the E ist and West Hainault containing, by statute measure, 2,939 acres, and the rest of the open forest, in which the soil belongs to private proprietors, containing by computation about 9,000 acres. In both the Crown has the unlimited right to keep deer." LAW INTELLIGENCE—March 11. COURT OF DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES. (Before the Judge-Ordinary and a Common Jury.) DART V. DART. ' This was a petition by a husband for a judicial separation, on the ground of cruelty. The respondent pleaded that she had not been guilty of cruelty ; that if she had committed any acts of violence they were provoked and justified by her husband's misconduct; and that he had been guilty of cruelty which entitled her to a judicial separation. Dr. Wambey appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. E. C. Clarkson for the respondent. Rich. Dart, the petitioner, is a coach lace manufacturer, living in Bedford-street, Covent-gat den. H made the ac quaintance of the respondent by calling upon her as a tract distributor of an Independent chapel shortly before the death of her first husband. He continued his visits to her when she was a widow, and on Aug. 1, 1857, they were married. According to Mr. Dart's account he discovered soon after the marriage that his wife was in the habit of drinking more than was good for her, and that her temper, especially when she had been drinking too much, was very violent. He de scribed a number of quarrels which had taken place between them on various subjects, many of them ending in acts of violence. Among other complaints that he made against her was that of annoying him in the presence of his workpeople and customers. She also used to keep him awake at night by talking. < n one occasion, after he had been kept awake in this way until 8 o'clock in the morning, he got out of bed to dress himself, meaning to go downstairs. She ran to the door to try and get possession of the key, but he pushed her to the ground, and prevented her from doing so, and he said that they then went to bed and slept comfortably. He described several other " tussles " of the same kind, in which he had been obliged to hold her arms and restrain her violence, and she had struck him in the face with her fist, and had broken his spectacles. In October, 1860, she threw a tea caddy at him, and threatened him with a knife, and he called in a policeman. She made a disturbance in the street, and was taken before a magistrate, who bound her over to keep the peace and sent her to prison, where she remained for a fortnight. She used some threatening ex pressions as to what she would do to her husband when she was released, and he thereupon presented this petition. A girl in Mr. Dart's employment, named Jane Bowes, and other witnesses were called to corroborate his evidence. Mrs. Dart was called on the other side, and denied many of the acts of violence of which her husband had accused her. Their quarrels, as she represented, arose from her re monstrances with him a bouthis familiaritywith Jane Bowes. She complained of his going with Jane Bowes to prayer meetings at 6 in the morning and to chapel afterwards, and of his being on ene occasion in her bedroom, where he had gone, he said, to see how the weather was. It was admitted on behalf of the respondent that her jealousy of Jane Bowes was without any foundation ; but it was contended that it accounted for the respondent's conduct, and that Mr. Dart might have restored peace to his household by removing her chief cause of complaint. Mrs. Dart further accused her husband of having given her a black eye and knocked her down and committed other acts of aggravated cruelty. The Judge Ordinary, in summing up, said that the dread ful and inveterate habit of drunkenness, which explained so many of the matrimonial miseries exhibited in this court, appeared to him to be the key to the conduct of the respon dent. The jury found a verdict for the petitioner. COURT OF ADMIRALTY. (Before Dr. Luhington and Trinity Masters.) THE ELIZA BENCKE-SALVAGE. The Court was occupied during the whole day in taking evidence in this case. The examination of the witnesses was not completed at the time of adjournment. Dr. Waddilove and Mr. Clarkson appeared for the sal vors, Mr. Brett, Q.C., aad Mr. V. Lushington for the owners of the ship. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—DORCHESTER, March 5. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Shee.) Edwin Alfred Preedy, aged 20, was indicted for the wilful murder of Charles Evans, at Portland, on the Bth of Sep. tember. Mr. P oulden and Mr. H, T. Cole were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Prideaux defended the prisoner, When called upon to plead, The prisoner said—l did the act, but not intentionally, sir. The Clerk of the Arraigns—You must say " guilty" or "not guilty." Prisoner—lf it is a matter of form, I say "not guilty," sir, _ _ --- • Mr. Poulden opened the case, merely stating the facts as they appeared in the evidence. Mr. Clay—l am the governor of the convict prison. The prisoner came from Millbank to the prison on the 14th of March under sentence of three years' penal servitude. Evans had been shoemaker warder. Cross-examined—lt was for stealing wearing apparel after a former conviction. John Moore—l was a convict. On the Bth of September I was in the cleaning gang. It is a part of my duty to carry the dinners in tins to the convicts. A knife is put under the doors. Three of us go round with a warder to collect the tins and knives. I went on this occasion with Evans, the warder, and Ashton and Scholefield, convicts. When we came to tha prisoner's cell Evans unlocked the door and Schofield put out his hand for the knife. The prisoner had his knife in his right hand and his tin in his left. He looked at us, pushed the men on one side, let drop his tin, and rushed after Evans, the officer, to the next door, seized Evans with his left hand, raised the knife with his right hand, and struck him under the ear with the knife. We dropped the trays, and seized the prisoner while he had the knife in the wound. He seemed to jerk the knife in the wound. He then pulled the knife out. At this moment a scene took place which, we believe, has never been witnessed in a court of justice. When the pri soner first came to the bar he looked a very harmless young man, but during the evidence he became restless, and sharply asked a question. Immediately after the answer the pri soner threw one leg and arm over the front of the dock, and very:nearly succeeded in getting over. Two warders who were in the dock rushed at him and seized him, and other warders jumped into the dock, and an almost deadly strug gle took place, the prisoner kicking, fighting, and roaring more like a wild beast than a human being, and it required nearly ten strong men to hold him. Several bad hold of arms, This continuediuid some f were ar so tl e d m in i g nu h t i e m s, by an t d h we hair n n h f i his i l a e it ceased it was only because he was held fast. The ferocit y of the man was bey ond an y thin g that can well be ima g ined . ghse and ad. The surgeon of the gaol, who was in court, went to him, and was then called by the Judge, to whom he stated that this was a repetition of what he had seen before in the gaol. His observation would not justify his saying th a t th e pri soner was insane. His opinion was that he was perfectly sensible to all that was going on. The Judge then told the prisoner that the trial should proceed, because the surgeon was of opinion that he knew what was going on. The surgeon asked the prisoner if heknew him. Prisoner—Of course I do, Shake hands. You are a friend of mine. The prisoner then began struggling again, and was very violent. It was suggested to the Judge that, as well for the safety of the prisoner as for others, it would be better to put irons on him. The Judge said he did not like to do this ; but the vio lence continuing, his lordship gave way, and consented to the irons being put on. The prisoner was then heavily ironed and strapped—cer tainly as much as any maniac could be : but it was some time before this could be managed, on accoußt of his ex treme violence. After half an hour's delay the Judge went out to consult Mr. Justice Byles, and their lordships remained in con sultation for a considerable length of time, and the prisoner appeared to be completely exhausted, and appeared ae it were asleep. Another surgeon was sent for, and Mr. Sergeant Shee returned into court, and ordered the prisoner to be taken into a private room and examined by the surgeon. With some difficulty the prisoner was car ried out of court. After another half-hour's delay business was resumed, and the following witnesses were examined : Alfred Anson—l am a surgeon of this town. Since the adjournment of the Court I hays examined the prisoner, and in nay judgment at this moment he is in perfect pos session of his understanding, and is perfectly able to under stand what is going on. John Good, the surgeon of the gaol, gave similar testi mony. Dr. William Houghton, the surgeon of the convict prison at Portland, confirmed the testimony of the other two medical men. The Judge then said that the trial must proceed. It was extremely painful to him to be obliged to sanction the re straint under which the prisoner was placed, but from his conduct it was necessary that it should be continued, and as much force as was necessary, but not more, would be used to enable the trial to proceed. Altogether the scene was painful beyond description, and the writer of these lines very nearly suffered by the pri soner's violence, for his heavy boot when thrown over the dock came close to our reporter's head. John Moore's evidence was then proceeded with—l seized him first, and Ashton seized his arm and wrenched it back. The prisoner cried out " Murder 1" and let the knife drop out of his hand. We had a struggle with the prisoner. He attempted to get down, as if to the knife. I got on his back. He made a rush at Roberts, another warder, who came up. We then all secured him. Evans ran round i he hall, and I did not see him again. Ctoss-examined—Each man is locked in a separate cell during dinn er. The prisoner rushed upon Evans imme diately the cell door was opened. The prisoner was very violent, but not so much so as he has been here this morn ing. The other persons who were present were called and coa -1 firmed this evidence. James Douglas—l am assistant-warder at Portland, I have charge of refractory cells. After the death of Evans I took the prisoner. I searched him. I locked him up. I visited him shortly after. I asked 'aim, "Why did you stab Mr. Evans?" Prisoner said, "In he dead ?" I replied, " I don't know." He said, " I hope he is; I intended to murder him." I said, " Well, but you must have had some motive for it ; what was your motive ?" He put his hand out and said, " There, Mr. Douglas, I must have done it, for I took my Bible down during dinner-time, and swore I would take his life when he opened the door, or on the first opportunity." I then said, "You never would have done that without some motive ; what was your motive ?" He said, "There was something between him and me that you don't know of." I said, " Would it not have been more manly to strike him with your fist F' He made no answer. I did not then know whether Evans was dead or serioitsly hurt. I did not then talk more. After that we talked ire- quently. We did not talk of the subject again. The chap lain, Mr. Doby, in my presence, went in to the prisoner, who ordered him out of the cell ; and on the same night, about 8, the prisoner asked me if I thought he would be allowed to have a priest while at Dorchester, as he was a Catholic. I said, I supposed that he would ; I did not know. Cross-examined—He had been in a refractory cell about five or ten minutes after the occurrence—within an hour— when he had this conversation, He was then excited, but seemed to know perfectly what, he was talking about. He did not tell me what it was between him and Evans. I did not ask him. I don't know if Evans was a regular warder. He was trades warder. Mr. Houghton, recalled—l am a surgeon at the prison at Portland. I was called on the Bth of September to see Evans, about ten minutes past five o'clock, in the in firmary. I was there when he arrived. He was then dying, and could not speak nor swallow wine. I examined him, and found a wcund under the right ear, in the neck. I saw a knife. The wound was two inches and a half deep, separating the carotid artery, the jugular vein, and the great vein of the neck. It also passed to the root of the tongue. He died shortly after—less than five minutes from tbat. The blow must have been very violent. It could undoubt edly have been made by the knife produced. Evidently it was done by the knife. The bone was turned up, which was done by a twist of the knife. I afterwards saw Preedy. I had only once seen him in the infirmary during six months. I think 1 saw him in the evening. I saw nothing particu• lar. He left three days afterwards for the County Prison. I was present at the examination before the justices. He made a statement before them. He asked if the man was dead. He made a statement, and appeared calm. I observed nothing of unsoundness of mind—no inconsistency denoting insanity. 1 have never seen an instance of latent insanity. I have heard of them. A violent blow on the head might produce insanity. It would possibly develope a previous tendency. I don't know if that is more than possible, I have not had a great de.,l of experience in insanity. I be lieve, upon an exciting cause, it might show itself again where there was previous insanity. It is where genital— if not hereditary, insanity might possibly be latent, and then break out. It would be likely to du so upon an exciting cause arising. It is doubtful if it is so in various cases of mania. Ido not say it could not be so. It might. I nave not seen homicidal mania. I don't know if that or suicidal mania might so develope. Re-examined—l had him under my charge from the Ist to the 10th of May. I saw nothing peculiar,—only a small boil on his finger. George Underwood—l am superintendent of police. I received the prisoner on the 13th of September. I brought him in a fly. I talked to him on the way about this event. He talked very rationally. When we came to Chiel Church, at Portland, there were some Merry-Andrews tumbling in the street. He laughed at them. I said, " You don't feel your position much." He said, " No, I want to keep that out of my head. I don't want to talk much about that at all." He then wanted to know how long it would be before he was tried. I said, "In March," He said "he hoped he should keep his spirits up as well as the man did who shot the detective." I said, " What man do you mean ?" Ile said " Don't you recollect, when a man was fetched from abroad, that he shot the detective cowing back? If I can keep up my spirits as well as that man did, we'll have a regular flare up the morning I am hung." He told me the chaplain had visited him at Portland, and he told him he did not want to see the old b----, for he was a Catholic. He said, " lam sorry 1 killed the man, as the warders tell me he was a very good sort of man and had a large family. lam sorry for the family." He said, "They have been treating me wrong altogether. It you do a little thing they punish you. They worked me up, so I determined to kill the first that came." He was very quiet. Cross-examined—He did not tell me how he was worked up. lam sure he said he would murder the first that came. I can recollect it quite well. He did Rot say anything about his being murdered himself. He said it would have been the first that came. He was referring to Evans's death, I have no doubt. I have nothing to do with Dorchester Prison. Mr. J. V. Laurence—l am governor of Dorchester Gaol. Prisoner came in on the 13th September. His conduct at first was very violent. It continued more or less violent until the 16th November. Since then his conduct improved; in.fact it was very good, with one or two exceptions. I re peatedly spoke to him about his violence. I advised him to behave well, and on one occasion I asked him the cause of his conduct generally, Once he said it was to keep up hs spirits. 1 cannot say the exact words—the effect was to keep his thoughts from dwelling on his position. I asked him to tell me the reason of his behaviour, and I inferred it was that he did not like to be alone. Upon that I spoke to the magistrates. He was removed into a ward with others. While in my custody I think he has known what he was about. In my judgment he was sane, and Ido not think his violence proceeded from insanity. Cross-examined—His violence was very great, just as to day—that is once or twice. think he had his senses about him on those occasions. He destroyed everything that was given him, and consequently he was naked for two days, and not so violent then, but would destroy the clothes. His body was not black or blue from cold. He must have been cold. I put hinkwith others for his better conduct when he said he did not like to be alone. I put him with others by leave of the magistrates, their order being necessary. There were people with him to prevent injury to himself. He put his legs through the glass. I don't know if he tried to put his head through the bars. He was very gentle at times. He had more than one tame sparrow in prison in the ward to which he was removed. I believe he caught three in the yard and had another given to him. He was careful of them. One was injured, and he took it under his care. He tended it carefully. It died. He was distressed at its death. He was in great sorrow at the death of the sparrow, By the Judge—He destroyed his clothes ? Had he a bed ? Witness—He had destroyed the mattress and rug. I ctn't speak positively ; he was left naked through the night. Mr. J. Good—l am surgeon of the gaol at Dorchester. I have frequently seen the prisoner in the gaol, twice a week and oftener—not much under medical treatment. 1 have frequently seen him violent. In my judgment he knew what he was about. In my opinion it did not proceed from insanity. I never saw him under such circumstances as would make me think him insane. Cross-examined—His conduct was better after being with others, I have confidence in my opinion about ques tions of insanity from my expeeence. If I have formed my opinion deliberately I adhere to it. The witness was cross-examined as to his evidence on a former trial, with a view of shaking his decision. Mr. Curme, the partner of the last witness, who some times attended for him at the gaol, corroborated him as to the state of mind of the prisoner. He admitted that he was now under great excitement, but he thought a good deal of it was assumed. By the Judge—lf he had had concussion of the brain in early life, would the disgrace and misery of penal servitude create such excitement as to produce derangement of the reason ? Witness—lt might. The statement of the prisoner was read, in which he said that the man had tyrannised over him and made him lie with his clothes out of the bed, and had told him that his mother had died during the last week, and that he had murdered her, and would be murdered himself, and this had driven him mad. Mr. Prideaux then addressed the jury for the prisoner. They were to say whether he had committed murder of malice aforethought. The prisoner had said he had done the act, but not intentionally. He had shown his respect for truth by not at first pleading not guilty, and yet this man was accused of shamming maniacal violence which re sembled that of the wild beast more than that of a human being. If it was shamming he was the most accomplished actor that ever lived. When he understood what ho was about he had shrunk from telling an untruth. Let them look at the circumstances under which the act was com mitted. The murderer generally selected seclusion for the perpetration of such an act. There were numbers by ; im mediate discovery was certain. In consequence of his good conduct he had been selected to be a " cleaner," to carry the knives to his unhappy fellow convicts, and at such times he might have had a better chance of escape than he had when he committed the act, and yet he had not selected that time for the committal of this act. There had not been any evi dence to show any motive for the act. The wild statements made by the prisoner were more consistent with his inno cence than his guilt. There was a fact most simple but most touching; his gentleness towards, his love of those who were kind to him. He was acutely sensible to kindness. The man who stood before them for murder had shown the most tender love and care for a wounded sparrow, and when it died he grieved and wept over it. (Here the prisoner was sensibly affected.) When a man's feelings were strong it frequently happened that he was led into the commission of that which was wrong. The medical man admitted that where the brain had once been diseased some exciting cause would reproduce, and would produce what they had seen to day, maniacal fury. He thought the evidence he should call, however deeply they might grieve at the sight they had that d ay witnessed, would show that the prisoner could not have been responsible for the act he had committed. It was only when the predisposing cause arose that the insa nity was exhibited—reason was deprived of her seat in the brain. He could not dive into the heart of any man, there was but One who could. They must endeavour to find, by the feather in the air, which way the wind was blowing , but some cause might have arisen in his heart which had produced that state of mind which at one time had pre existed. There was a delusion in his statement of the war der coming to his cell and telling him that his mother was dead, and that he had to be murdered. What a state of anxiety was in his mind when he believed that he had murdered his mother, and that he was to be murdered for it t Would not that be a clue to judge of his state of mind ? (The prisoner's mother is still Ming ) Murder was the reigning object in his mind, and immediately tine act was , ommitted the first expression he uttered was "Murder I" It was the one thing preying upon his mind. With a wild, frantic cry he repeated that word several times, and he had committed the act when his mind was wrong and his reason suspended. He had been brooding over Lt in his cell for an hour and a half until his brain was turned. What was the something he spoke of as being be- ;weep him and Evans but the delusion in his mind that Evans had told him he had murdered his mother, and must be murdered for it himself ? Th y could not doubt that he had the grew est affection for his mother, and the mr,ment the delusion of hi , having murdered her got possession of his mind all was lost, and he said he felt he must do it, and he had taken down his bible, and upon it had sworn that he would kill the first who came. Was it an act improbable for him with his diseased mind to corn • mit ? It was his fate on the day in which the remains of the beloved Prince Consort were consigned to the tomb to be engaged in the trial of a charge of minder. That was a day of sorrow and affliction. This was a day—albeit a time for penitential sorrow and sett- abaseme,A—in which every thing was to be lost sight of in !he heartfelt joy and thank fulness ofa grateful nation raising up their voice to Heaven in praise and thankfulness to Almighty Gad for the na tional benefits which they trusted would follow. Here alone was sorrowing and bitterness ; there was a cloud of glo an over them ; their hopes were converted into misery and anxiety instead of hilarity and joy. Let them not mar the day by condemning an unhappy maniac to an untimely end. Ann Edwards—l am the mother of the prisoner. I mar ried Mr. Edwards after the death of the prisoner's father. 1 remember an accident to him Ns hen only four years old, injuring his head severely, blood flowing from his nose and mouth, and he was very sitrk. The soars are on his head now. Was like other children before this accident. After wards was very restless in his sleep and cried and howled during the night. He did not do so before the accident. This lasted until he was 13. Slept in my room after the accident. He was very strange in his manner. While at school he was again beaten on the head; and afterwards, when he was 13, my present husband beat him violently about the head. He did not live with me after that. I saw him from time to time, and he did not always know what he was about. Cross-examined—He cried and screamed in his sleep. He did not seem then to be right. I used to bathe his neat'. He never seemed stupid before the accident. Was at school from seven to ten years old. Then lived with me and learnt to read and write. He was 13 whenhe leit me to live with his aunt. Prisoner worked for nine months with his step father. I believe he has been a soldier in tha 85th. When the mother looked round and saw her unhappy on she fell down in an agony of grief, exclaiming, " Oh, my poor son!" The prisoner upon this again became violent, but he was so manacled that three men were able to manage him. Mary Smith.—l am aunt of the prisoner. Prisoner was an intelligent lad before the accident. He was very poorly when I saw him after the accident. Some time atter I saw the mark on his head. It seemed to have been a heavy blow. I saw him frequently afterwards. He seemed stupid and passionate after the accident. I don't know if he was so before the accident. Was a very curious boy. Would never do as other children. Was always the same atterwards We never thought him right, nor the neighbours. Always seemed frightened when left alone. From what his mother told me I fetched the prisoner away. I saw the blood trom the cane, and marks upon his head and body. h e seemed to have been much hurt. From that time he lived with me. I took out a summons against the prisoner's stepfather. Prisoner lived with me about three years. I had to move my lodgings frequently in consequence of his conduct being strange. I applied to a magistrate in London to have him placed somewhere. He did not always seem to know what he was about. He never slept soundly. ki e got out of bed one night but did not know he had done so in the morning. Witness here detailed several eccentric acts of the prisoner. 0 i her children teased prisoner. He slept in my room. He would never sleep alone. He was then about 13 years old. He came home to me once with his head shaved, He was then over 14 years old. He had been away four or five months. He was ill when he returned. He said he had been in the workhouse for three months, and the nurse told him he hati been mad. He did not know what had been done to him. I have otten heard him moan in his sleep. He never answered. I never believed him to be qui+ e right. He was a corporal in the army. He has always been the same. Cross-examined—He was 13 years old when he came to me first. His being frightened at the carpet. bag was a my mother's, when he was seven years old. He was sullen sometimes, and very violent. He would not go to Nchoul much. He lived about three years and a halt with me. I was obliged to leave my lodgings through his conduct. Used to cry frequently. I did not see his stepfather beat him. I saw several lumps on his head. He said the nurse at St. Giles's Workhouse told him he had bad a fever. None of his employers would keep him. Had worked at printing and bootclosing. Was 17 years old when he joined the army. Had left me two years before. Never remem bered his dreams. Re-examined-1 asked him about his dream in conse quence of what I heard him do in his sleep. By the Judge—l have been married and had children. Prisoner was seat to a House of Occupation. He had rob bed his mother. Was committed to the House of Occupation after a consultation with the police, for we did not know what to do with him. Mr. Poulden having addressed the jury in reply, The learned Judge summed up the case to the jury. The prisoner could not be found guilty unless they were satisfied that he was a moral agent, knew what he was doing, and that it was wrong. They must not allow their judgment to be diverted by the painful scene they had witnessed that day. The surgeons had stated that in their opinion the pri soner understood what was going on. The learned judge, having explained the law to the jury, read over great part of the evidence. There was no doubt this young man com mitted the act, and he was not to be exonerated if he knew what he was doing and that it was wrong. The jury retired for about 20 minutes, and then returned a verdict of guilty. The learned Judge, having put on the black cap, then addressed the prisoner. You have been convicted, after a very patient investigation of all the circumstances of your case, of the heinous crime of wilful murder. Evidence has been given by near relatives of yours of peculiarities in your character and conduct in early years, on which, no doubt, it was hoped the jury might be induced to take a merciful consideration of your case; but they, as firm men— having the plain facts before them that you, having on no former occasion given any symptoms of insanity, did rush out of your cell and with the knife in your hand stab cuss. Evans to death—have found you guilty. I t is impossible for me to say, after the attention we have paid to your case that I see any reason to find fault with the verdict of the jury. As I have no alternative by law lam bound to pro nounce upon you the sentence of death. I entreat you be fore I pronounce that sentence to attend for a few minutes to the exhortation which I feel it my duty, as a matter of charity and kindness to you, to address to you, You will be taken from the place where you now are back to prison, and there you will have every opportunity of preparing yourself to obtain that mercy from Heaven which you can not expect on earth. You said in prison that you did not choose to be attended by the chaplain of the gaol, and that you desired to be attended by a clergyman of the church to which you belong. You have only to ask for the at tendance of a clergyman of your own persuasion and you may be quite sure that your desire will be granted; and I implore you to lose no time in availing yourself of the services of a spiritual adviser in whom you place confidence. Do not delude yourself with hopes of pardon. I see no thing that would warrant me in giving you encouragement to entertain any such hopes. The best thing you can do is at once to prepare yourself for another world by repent ance and prayer, and attending to the exhortations of the rev, gentleman who will be with you. If you do so you will have more peace of mind than you can expect at this moment. You will find in the advice he gives you more consolation than you can now form an idea of, You must be punished in order that an example may be set to others disposed to evil deeds like yourself; but remem ber that you have, in the dreadful calamity which has overtaken you, this great consolation, you will not die a sudden death, witho u t ti me f or p re p ar ation, as Charles Evans did. You will have time to make your peace with Almighty God. The learned judge then passed upon the prisoner the awful sentence of death, at the conclusion of which the prisoner bowed very reverentially. He was then surrounded by officers, five of whom had guarded him, although so manacled that he could scarcely move, and he was removed in quiet. During the commencement of the sentence the bells were heard ringing a merry peal, which, however, was put a stop to by Mr. Coombs, the under-sheriff, to whom much praise is due for the manner in which the court has been kept. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, March 11. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) Elizabeth Young, 18, described as a laundress, was in dicted for unlawfuly attempting and endeavouring felo niously to commit the crime of self-murder. It appeared from the evidence that about half-past one o'clock on the morning of the 14th of Feb., the prisoner, who was in the company of a young man, was seen by a policeman in the New-road, Hammersmith. He had not long passed them when he heard a splash in a pond that was near to the place. The policeman made his way to the spot, and found the young woman in the pond, lying on her back. He pulled her out, and she was then insensible. The man soon afterwards returned, and the policeman asked hitu to fetch a surgeon. but he refused to do so, and in a very careless way said she did not want a surgeon. She said she had thrown herself into the pond because she was tired of her life. John Grant, a labourer, was called, and, in answer to questions from the Assistant -Judge, said that three weeks ago he was with the prisoner at a singing-rcom at Ham mersmith. She was alone when he met her, but he did not go away with her. He saw her the next day, and stayed out with her until a late hour at night, He went part of the' way home with her, but she threatened to drown herself if he did not go back with her. He struck her because she was drunk, and she had struck him. She had a friend who attended her at the Hammersmith Police-court, be believed her aunt, and she offered to take her home with, her. They had a few words together the night before , about a young man, and the prisoner told him that the. other young man had said that if ho caught them together he would pay him out. He subsequently saw the young man referred to, and he denied having said anything of the kind. This led to an altercation between them, and he admitted that he then did strike her. She then said that if he did not go back with her she would urown hersll4 and he said she might go and do so. Tht, prisoner leaded guilty, and expressed her great con trition for what she had done. The Assistant-Judge said that the si , uation of the wit ness Grant was one of the most disgraceful it which anY man could be placed. Mr. Harwood Harwood (one of the magistrates on the bench)—Your conduct has been heartless and disgraceful,. for I saw you laughing while you have been in the witnesor box. This witness, who had hitherto maintained a tone of the most brazen effrontery, now assumed one of great subrnie -1 sion, saying he was very sorry for it, and this would be 0 ' ward g to him. The Assis ant -Judge said he hoped that the prisoner bac?, seen the great crime which she had attempted to commit; but, to allow the chaplain to visit her, he should defer pass ing sentence until the ext session Then, addressing , he witnt ss Grant, re said that, to mark their sense of him, b e should refuse to allow him any expense out of the county funds. Thomas Curtain and Martin Case were in icted for steal ing two pairs of boots, the property of Thomas Piper. Edward Wilkins, police-constable 65 E, said that on the 3d March he was spoken to, and saw the prisoner Curtain running in Red Lion-street. He lest sight of him tor a fey/ minutes, and then he saw the prisoners together. He caught Curtain, and found a pair of boots upon him. Before he , (witness) spoke to him he said, " All right ; I've got theta- Thomas Barnett, a carver, of Macclesfield-street, City road, confirmed this evidence. The jury acquitted Case, and found Curtain guilty. A previous conviction was proved against Curtain. The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to be kept in pena l servitude for four years. John Watts, 60, sawyer, was indicted for fraudulently obtaining from William Gatehouse the sum of 55., within' tent to cheat and defraud The prosecutor said he lived at No. 65, Broad•stree t, Lambeth, and was a brush-board slitter. On Friday, the 13th of February, the prisoner took him to Starch-gresno Hammersmith, and showed him a number of chesnut treea which had been recently felled. He said that there were 12 of them altogether, that he had bought them that morning for 155., and had paid for them. Witness agreed to buy them for 355., and paid him ss. on account, or as deposit money. The prisoner agreed to send the timber home, but after waiting for some days, and finding that the timber was not forthcoming, prosecutor made inquiries of 01 . 0 oviner of the land, and then satisfied himself that the pr" saner had not bought the timber. He paid the prisoner the ss. in consequence of his statement about purchasing the timber and his right to sell it, and believing that hl e statement was true. George Axton, brickmaker, and leaseholder of certain land at Starch-green, Hammersmith, called Bassene_park• The last witness called had been to him and pointed out ; the t lace where he had 12 chestnut trees, which had been cut down since Christ mas last. The prisoner had not bought them, and had no right to sell them. He knew nothing of him. Edward Brooks, of Brook-green, timber dealer, said 110 saw the 1 chestnut trees belonging to Mr. Axton felled tdß tssene-park, and he inquired if they were for sale, an was informed that they were not. About a month ago he walked with the prisoner to the place and pointed out the trees to them, and asked what he thought they were worth if he could buy them. Be said they were worth from 20 to 255. After that Mr. Axton informed him that they wer e not for sale. He never told the prisoner that he had bough t them, and that he could buy them of him. After a long consultation, the jury acquitted the prisoner' COUNTRY MARKETS. d-_. LYNN CORN. White 51s to 53s j Barley .... 37s to 3„ 88 tt.d.. 49 s t o 51 s 1 G r i n ding.... ..30s to 3 Beans .38s to 42s 1 Oats.. New sto —s Peas .20 —s s ttoo HULL CORN. Wheat.... Old white per qr. .... 50s Od to 5 3 s 9 ~ °,, Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 52s Od to 57s ,)°,\' Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 62.= '',.‘'), Baltic and Hamburg. red St. Petersburg and Riga, old , Os Od to 52s 0(1 Barley.... English malting 3ls Od to 38s O a Grinding 27s 6d to 29s °° Saal and Oderbruck ..., 368 Od to 388 O d Holstein and Danish 2Bs Od to 29s °' c , Grinding Oat' English, old 26s Od to .288 Archangel and Riga, per st 081 2 3 / 4d to 13 d Friesland Friesland and Dutch osl3d to 081 3 f , 0812 A co Swedish and Danish a 08 13 ' ~d Beans .... English, old, per qr . 45s Od to 46s " ) ,4 New pigeon New tick. Egyptian t'eas Foreign boilers ... 36s Od n. 38 'd Ou Grinding Tares ....Spring. —s Od to -.. -4 -' ' Indian Corn 33s Od to 34's ",,; Linseed, feeding .1. crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 5 0 to £lO 10 0 Foreign Rape cakes 6 5 oto 61u 6 Bones NEWARK—WEDNESDAY. White wheat new, 52s to 54s Barley, gnnding .. 29s 0) 314 Red do. Oats, 448 to 49s 1 New do old,, • • .... .. 30- 0 305 ? Old white sBs to 60s 1 21- o 2 Red do. 52s to 56s Beans.. 444 to 489 P., 40$ Barley, malting.... 38s to 42s i Beans, new as t° Peas, ....358 to 38a. COAL ruts of Coal per Too a e. d. Attti, ET. the olotit- Ot the u,+:rke'• Walls End. I l e tt o n l7 9 south Hetton ..• 16 6 , Gostorth 15 0 South Ke110e.... ..... .14 6 9 lieugti Brsddyll's Hutton .... . 16 3 Tzimdon Hartlepool .1 4 0 Whitworth ........... 9 Wharneliffe 1iaawe11........ ...... 1 2 9 Riddell •. . ,4 9 South Hartlepool et, 68; solJ, 38. Byass's Bebside West Hartley . ... 14 6 Davison's West Hart-14 1ey........... 6 H North sHa Gasrtley 13 .... 14 6 Felton 0 :21 1 02 2 00 0 1 a a A n r- fl u e: :RI: li Moor te Moor .B . .... siker Primrose 11 0 Carway and Duffryn Carway and Duffryn Malting , 22 0 Ships at mark, Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. A. 21 ' us:,ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar' via Marseilles drAzil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. Mar. 3 • China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southaroptiw.M ar • 4 1 5, via Marseilles .. • Ma i Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via South,tnipton _Mar. A via Marseilles....lo, India (Bombay), via Southampton .. via Marseilles Mar. 7. Portugal.... Mar 6 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampt , via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, ty Brit. pncku , Mar. 4' by U.S. wicket ~ 6, by Canadian i;sekei Mae' 10 W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritie Mar. 1 2 Bahamas, via New York Mexico. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, I ',in i F b 25 California. and British ' C01umbia....... .i ' irths. MAY.—On - the 11th inst., B at 67 Russell-square, the wife q 0 Bowen May, Esq., of a son. PELLEW.—On the 11th inst., at Kensington, flenrY Pellew, Esq., of a son. TIPPING.—On the sth inst., at Devonport Hall. h e sbir e ' the wife of Lieut.. Col. Tipping, of a daughter' Marriages. -,,,,,it BRENT—SNOAD.—On the 10th inst., at Ashford, ri-- - : Daniel Brent, of Queen's College, Cambridge, t o Erour daughter of the late Rev. E. H. Snoad, M. A,, of A- s ' . ford. DOUGLAS—MOORS. -011 the sth inst., at Charlcotobt Bath, Caroline Annie , the second daughter of Willlo Douglas, Esq., late Madras U.S., to C. liinton Moore, Esq., of the Royal Canadian Rifles. WYMAN—LUCAS.--On the 12th inst. , a t HolyTrioitit ar ks t3b Kentish-town, Edward Frank, Youngest son of -Li W yma n, Esq., o f Snaresbrook, to Elizabeth Sosoto ' on l y d a ughter of the late Wm. Lucas, Esq., stead. of OP- Deaths. ~k yPet AY'Lfs.—On the 6th lust , at Shrewsbury, Da v id Esq., C.E., aged 45. FISHER. —On the 9th inst ,at W* b ne near I' le°- bury, Elizabeth, wife of . W. Fish in e t r er ; ur FENNEIL—On the 6th inst Th P ais Fenner, Esq. Orllas _eehttrii, of Broxbourne, lints, and Linden Lodge, . 6 aged 80. STARKIL—On th e 11th i ns t a t his residence 4, Stra nd, Charing-cross, J ames Starkie, Esq., age d 77, terton. URE.—On th e 10 t h i ns t at Park-street , London, 149 s for Ure, Esq., l ate o f irook-street, and formerly 111. P. Weymouth, aged 86. Padding ton' WAITS.--On the 6th inst., at Dudley-grove, „,, John Doughty Waite, Esq., late olShippon 'louse , 11 ' -- Abingdon, Berkshire. London : Printed and Publish ed b y WILLIAM ANDRI 4WS,: of No. 112, Strand , Print er, at z Surf Of fi c e, No. 1: Vi Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County pt Middlesex. —Thursday, Much 12, 18e&