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TBE SUN, LOM)ON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1863, The Court Martial on Colonel Crawley, ALDERSHOT SOUTH CAMP, Tuesday. The proceedings of this long-talked-of court mar tial commenced to-day, at the Club, Aldershot, v.-laion had been extensively prepared for the event. Tie court was opened at eleven o'clock precisely. Sir G. Wetherell, G.C.8., The president , having taken his seat, the members of the Court were first sworn by the officiatiag judge advocate, Colonel Pipon. Tables were arranged on each side of that at which the members of the court martial Fat, that on the right being occupied by the official prosecutor Sir A. Horsford, assisted by Mr. Denison, the deputy judge advocate. The judge advocate was aso present. At the table on the left the prisoner sat with his legal advisers, Mr. W. Vernon Har court, Q.C., and sir. Waller, of the Chancery bar. At the same table sat Colonel James Crawley, the brother of the prisoner. A number of officers occu pied scats at the upper end of the room. The Court having been sworn and the warrant read, The officiating Judge Advocate read the charges, and asked the prisoner whether he pleaded guilty or not guilty. Colonel Crawley—Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Court—l humbly submit myself to the judg ment of the Court whether I ought to be called upon to plead to the charges as they are at present framed. I protest against the charges on tw ed o grounds—First, because the ch ar g es are so I'm.t. in their nature that they do not admit of my going into the substantial merit s of the whole h c i a c s h e ave respect to the grievous irnputation:n w officer h and been made on my character asara charged with a gentleman. And while I certain acts, I am, at the sam e time pre cluded from show in g the circ umstances out of which those acts arose, and the . condition of things which to constituted e true justification of my conduct. Secondly, as to the first charge, I have an objection to offer of a dlfferent character. The first charge, while it does not deny but explicitly a d m it s that the o rder for the close arrest under which Regimental Sergeant Major Lilley was con fined was proper and justifiable, does not allege in what the unnecessary and undue severity of which I am accused is supposed to consist. I am, therefore, left in ignorance of the particular acts with which I a m charged, and am much embarrassed in not knowing with what evidence I ought to be prepared to meet them. In this respect I am advised, that the framing of the first charge differs altogether from the course pursued in any other tribunal, criminal or civil. In a criminal proceeding the prisoner is in formed by the indictment and the depositions of the details of the case he is called upon to meet. In a civil cause the court will always take care that the defendant be supplied with the particulars of the charge brought against him. It has been laid down on the highest authority that vagueness in the charge is as objectionable in proceedings before military as before civil tribunals. I have applied to the prose cution to be allowed to inspect and have copies of the,depositions of the witnesses taken in India, which would have informed me of the particulers to which the first charge is pointed. This request has, how ever, been refused. I beg leave to read to the court the correspondence which has passed between me and the authorities on the subject : " 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, London, Oct. 14, 1863. " Sir,—l have the honour to request that you will be pleased to bring to the notice of his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief the foli9wing state ment with reference to the charges which, as I ao officially informed, are to be preferred against me at my approach ing trial. Nearly two years have now elapsed since I Ant became the subject of attack from the press in India, and for upwards of a twelvemonth past my character as a gentleman and my conduct as a commanding officer have been assailed and impugned by the press at home in a manner which I believe to be almost unprecedented. I have been branded as a murderer and a tyrant, threatened with an indictment for manslaughter, as well as with pro ceedings in the civil courts of this country, and learned that on my arrival in England I should be hooted and pelted by the mob, and that the fate of Governor Wall awaited me. In fact, I believe that within living memory the character of no man has suffered more from public in dignation and execration than has mine. I admit, however, that the statements of interested and unscrupulous parties, which have been too hastily believed, may have justified expressions of public opinion against me. If I were really guilty of the accusations which have been brought against me I should justly deserve the measure of punishment with which I have been threatened. I have the consolation of knowing that before I left India the more respectable por tion of the Indian press had honourably and candidly ad mitted that it was grossly misled by the misstatements and misrepresentations of parties hostile to me, and that in making the acknowledgment it has done me all the justice in its power. I did hope that the court martial by which I am about to be tried would have afforded me the opportu nity of meeting, not only the very limited and narrow charges on which it is at present proposed to try me, but of satisfying my countrymen how unjustly my character and conduct have been assailed. I have hitherto, in deference to the well recognised rule of both naval and military ser vices, which in matters of duty and discipline enjoins Lhat no officer shall enter into a controversy with the public press, persistently abstained from, in any manner, noticing the attack to which I have been subjected ; consequently I have heretofore ben unable to offer any explanation of my conduct, or to vindicate my character in any way what ever. Under these circumstances the perusal of the charg es on which I am to be arraigned has produced to , me a feeling of cruel disappointment, inasmuch am : aril satisfied that the present charges will not en ure to g i ve th a t acc ount of my conduct which the justice of the case so imperatively demands. Indepen dent of mytenor .Own wishes, too, I was led to believe from the inquiry ' of the the debates i n both houses of Parliament that an to ling,land bevetY fullest description would on my return such inq u i ry and it is my earnest entreaty that appeal to his It chaffs:'(-7 be ordered. I, therefore, confidently ing in Chief, to T call l a illghness the Field Marshal Command afford me the opposta e the charges to be so extended as to limited accusations on which of publicly meeting not only the tried, but also of refuti ng I am informed I am to be gthe all ega ti ons a ff ec ti ng me with re f er ence to the death of s s i o n into hospital of Seraeriltgeaat-Maior Lilley, the admis ge man i a s, and all the infamous slanders Wakefield as a raving ilave so pertinaciously cir culated respecting o b e di e nt, humble servant, the honour to be your " T 6 . ‘ L_ z) i tc e ot u n. t Bl ..-Colonel, 1 (Signed) 130, Dragoons," Horse Guards With reference to your letter " Sir, concluding wifh the following words, ‘tlreth_vieseelfalo4r:ehiinst., hi s Royal Highne ss, to confi dently Commanding in Chief to cause the char ges to be so arshal tended as to afford rue the opportu n nitvf not only the limited accueatio of o ref w . leh I informed ‘s uting u s , lam be tried, but also affecting me with reference to . the death of Sergss allegations Lilley,the admission into hospital of S c er e ge i a n n fa tl o ' a jl. t ? li va a k i: field as a ' raving maniac,' an 1l h cs me,' I arauds slanders so so pertinaciously circulated respect his Royal Highness to inform yon that he does n , :; ' propos e to to make any alteration in or additsiotuhetochtahreg.,saurpgoensPrwaile:h: have been already notified to you a you will be arraigned at the court martial ah)ut to be held for your trial.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, f "J. YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant Generals. askin. " P.S. lam desired to tak e this opportunity o ou what date after the 4th proxim o y ou meet the said charges, will be prepared tco' " J. Y. SCARLETT, A,G." " b Suffoik-street, Oct. 23. " Sir,—l have had the honour to receive your letter of the 17th inst. acquainting me that his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief does not propose to make any alteration in or addition to the ch ar g es already notified to me as those upon which I am to be arrai g ned at the court martial about to be held for my trial. " In reply I must express my exceeding great regret at this intimation, but I am very hopeful hisßoyal ho eful that ness will b e graciously pleased to reconsider the m atter,for the reasons which I shall lay before rim, as I am quite su re it is his parties implia(tiubstantial justice shalt be done to all the public sh catelall be a s these transactions, and that the gene ralatisfied by means of the impending in quiry that nothing isheld back either on the part of the prosecution or the defendant which is essential to be made known for their c l ear and impartial judgment. I am ad vised by my solicitor, who has carefully studied and consi dered all the documents submitted to him, together with the charges as they are now framed, with a view to preparing my defence, that the first aharge meet stoo vague in its nature rat to enable him s atisfacto rily to it. o He inf orms me th a t s i n civil action s in like caec a of sap Pd stet© in meriting, as o wou ld compel the prosecuting party toe injury th e judges ate an m d p a complained he believes of, and ained nearly as he c ould, the specific in j uries the dates wh en they were committed, there is no di fferent law or practice prevailin g martial, he thin ks that upon a proper application in courts the same privilege will now b e granted to me by his Royal Highness, Again, my solicit or advises me that it is essential to my com pl e te defence and ju stification before the public that the charges should be further enlarged, to enable me to put in evidence all the official correspondence conceruing th e course and the particulars of the arrest of Sergeant Major Lilley and his two companions, because this correspondence discloses every material circumstance connected with the procedure, and will, as he advises me, prove to the public that I only discharged my duty in the steps I took on that occasion. I feel persuaded that the advice my sclicitor has given me is based upon his long experience ; and as I have the fullest reliance ou his judgm Ili - , and in his desire to see substantial justice done both to me and to all who are concerned in the pending court martial. I submit his matured suggestion with confidence to his Royal High ness, and venture to believe they will bo graciously ac cepted. lam most anxious that the court martial should be proceeded with as soon as possible, and after I shall have received your reply to this japplication I shall be able to name on what date after the 4th proximo I shall be pre pared to meet the charges in accordance with the request contained in the postcript to your letter of the 17th inst.— I am, &c. "T. R. CUA:WLEY. " To the Adjutant General, Horse Guards," " Horse Guards, Oct. 31, 1863. " Sir, —Having had the honour to lay before the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief your letter of the 23d, I am directed to acquaint you in reply that his Royal Highness does not find therein any sufficient cause for deviating from the decision commun icated to you in my letter of the 17th inst., and I am to add, with reference to your suggestion, that the specific injuries complained of, and the dates when they were committed, should be stated in writing, that his Royal Highness is informed by his responsible legal adviser in matters of this nature that he sees no suf f icient reason why that should be done.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servant, "J. YORKE SCARLETT. To Lieut. Colonel Crawley, 6th Dragoons." 4; South Camp, Aldershot, Nov. 5, 1863, Sir,--I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your commun ication dated 31st ult., i n rep l y to my letter of the 23d, informing me that his Royal Highness does not find therein any sufficient cause for deviating from the de cision communicated to me in your letter of the 17th Octo ber—and with reference to my suggestion that the specific injuries complained of, and the dates when they were com mitted, should be stated in writing, his Royal Highness is informed by his responsible legal adviser that ho sees no reason why that should be done. I hope I shall be par doned by his Royal Highness for expressing how much I lament his final decision on this point, as I cannot but feel that I shall have no opportunity on my trial to repel or to refute the terrible calumnies with which I have been assailed, nor to give that straightforward and full explana tion of my conduct which is essential to its being properly understood by the public, and it will still be open to the unscrupulous men who have traduced me to persevere, as / understand is their disclosed intention, in their efforts to injure me in public estimation, I bow, however, in all humility to his Royal Highness's decision, and have merely to add that I shall be prepared for the assembling of the court martial on any day that may be named." With these remarks I humbly submit to the judg ment of the Court. _ _ Sir A. Horsford, in reply, said that Colonel Crawley desired to be tried on other charges. It has been decided, however, that the prisoner shall be tried upon the charges submitted to the Court, and which the judge advocate general has decided are sufficient in law. The members of the Court then retired for delibe ration, and on re-entering the chamber, The President said that the Court had considered the matters adduced before them by the prisoner, and saw no reason why it should not at once pro ceed with the trial. He now begged to ask Colonel Crawley whether he pleaded guilty or not to the charges. Colonel Crawley—l plead not guilty to both the one charge and the other. Sir A. Horsford, as official prosecutor, then pro ceeded to address the Court as follows :—I appear before you, with the deputy judge advocate, gen tlemen, on the part of the Prosecution, and I think it my duty both towards the Court and the pri soner to state at the outset, with as much pre cision and clearness as I can, what are the issues which we consider to be raised by the charges on wlalch the prisoner is arraigned, and to give the general outline and bearing of the evidence by which those issues will be supported. The charges are two in nurn:;fir. The first charge alleges in sub stance that Sergeant Major Lilley and his wife were subjected to great and grie-vous hardships and suffer ings, by reason of the unnenessarY and undue severity with which the order fo:' close arrest of Serjeant Major Lilley was carried init.? effect, and that for this unnecessary and undue seve:itY the prisoner was alone responsible. To substant'ate this charge it will be necessary to prove the follow ing matters :—First, That Sergeant Major Lilley and his wife were subjected to great and grievous hardships and sufferings. Secondly, That those hardships and sufferings were caused by the unneces sary and undue severity with which the order for the close arrest of Sergeant Major Lilley was carried into effect. Thirdly, That fur this unnecessary and undue severity the prisoner must he deemed respon sible. That part of the issue which is comprised i❑ the words " great and grievous hardships and suffer ings," involves several considerations, and will be supported by several distinct kinds of proof. Your attention will first be directed to what may be termed the mere physical incidents of the case. And with reference to these will be produced before you models of the buildings in which the sergeant major was confined ; and you will be enabled to judge how far the place of confinement tended to produce the hardships and sufferings in question. Secondly, your attention will be directed to the constitution and habits of the sergeant major, and to the state of his wife's health, in order that you may judge how far a man so circumstanced was likely to be affected by such confinement. Thirdly, you will have brought before you medical evidence of the actual consequences of the confinement ; this will comprise generally the evidence respecting the hardships and sufferings sustained by Sergeant Major Lilley and his wife, and will enable you to determine whether those hardships and sufferings were great and grievous. The next consideration will be whether those hardships and sufferings were caused by the unnecessary and undue severity with which the order for close arrest was carried into effect. With reference to this part of the case, the models of the buildings and position of the sentry will have a direct and obvious bearing, and you will be enabled readily to determine whether even assuming it to have been right that the close arrest was to be strictly enforced for the length of time during which it was enforced, it was necessary, or even reasonable or proper, that the sentry should have been placed where he was placed, and if not, whether the placing him in such a position did not show undue and unnecessary severity on the part of the authority, whomsoever you find him to be, who caused the sentry to be so placed. With regard to the length of time during which the confinement lasted, it is important that I should show at the outset, with as much precision as the matter admits, the mode and degree in which I cousider it to be a bearing . on the case, and I think it my duty to let l i _t, be distinctly understood that I do not consider b lame to be attributable to the prisoner for the du ration of the confinement, except in the manner and to the precise extent which I am now about to in dicate. I t s° is to be borne in the mind that the pri soner received chi e f 4t ii an order from the commander in was finally adjourned , under arrest to keep Sergeant Major Lilley the trial of Paymaster Smales cumstance orkurpbed. arrest, so long as the Therefore, for the mere cir the sergeant major in close Crawley cannot be held responsible. was in force, Lieut. Col. Whic i h d responsible. But the length of time during that as the t it h . ° imprisonment actually lasted, and the ind,fi ti signed to it by the ordee duration which was as r, P to mo to become ma tters for your consider a ti on, on to have a bear ing on the first cha rge on which anhtd the prisoner stands arra igned, when it is re membered con finement (by th e stran g e ter ms of Commence meat b e uncertain in its duration, i t ou ght to have been made by the o fficer entrusted to i ts execution m as little grievous as p ossible from its very meat ; and as the c ourse of events seemed , to ue eeren dering the confinement o ne of a more p rotracted character than could have been intended to be as signed to it by the commander in chief, it will be for you to consider whether some steps ought not to have been taken either to ascertain whether any definite limit was intended to be assigned to it, or to represent to the authority who gave the order tl:at the duratio of the_confine ment seemed to be becoming greater than he could have intended it to be. I therefore propose to sub mit for your consideration whether, both in what the prisoner did do in this matter, and iu what he tailed to do in the matter in respect to the duration of the confinement, undue severity was not shown towards Sergeant Major Lilley. The evidence that will be brought before you in support of the alle i lotion that theorder for the close arrest was carried into effect with undue severity, will have at the same time furnished proof that will enable you to determine the third point which I mentioned to you as requiring proof, viz., whether for the undue seve rity with which the close arrest was carried into effect the prisoner is to be deemed responsible. On this point I will not take up your time by going it coie w ra it t n io e n ase w e i . into details of ev idence, for you will have clear th T r h e e g re ara is one to the first charge on which I wish to make a few (u t for t from3,ur several consideration observations. 1 have said that one branch of the evidence that will be submitted to you in support of that part of the issue that relates to the words grievous hardships and suf f erings," would be evi dence of the actual consequences of the confinement upon the sergeant major in respect of his health. I think it my duty testate with precision what I con sider to be the bearing of that evidence, and what limits seem properly assignable to it, so as to confine it strictly to the issue. It will be proved to you that in the opinion of the medical gentlemen who made post-niortenz examination of the body the death was not traceable to any excess in drinking brandy or other spirituous liquors of any kind, but to apo plexy caused by the confinement, and that the an noyances to which Lilley was subjected during his confinement contributed to the breaking-down of his health, and that had he not been in confinement there were no medical reasons to suppose that he would not have been in perfect health at the time when he died. Their opinion, therefore (which you will learn from their own months), is that the annoyances to which he was subjected, combined with the length of the confinement, were the sole known and assignable causes of his death, In this view of the case it is manifest that those annoy ances in some degree contributed to cause his death, and that they did so by in some degree tending to break down his health, and so to accelerate his end. That is a matter which will be submitted for your consideration, and it will be for you to determine whether so far as the evidence of the medical gen men is not of weight as bearing on that part of the issue which is comprised in the words " great and grievous hardships and sufferings." For hardships and sufferings that in any appreciable degree con tribute to kill a very strong man in so short a space of time, seem to be fitly characterised as great and grievous. The evidence of the medical gentlemen will, therefore, be lail before you, not as showing that the prisoner is chargeable as having caused the death of Sergeant Major Lilley, but only as evi dence that so far as that death is in any degree (be that degree what it may) attributable to the hard- ships and sufferings he sustained, so far is it evidence that those hardships and sufferings were " great and grievous." The circumstance that the length of the confinement itself might have been far more instrumental in causing the death than the hard ships and sufferings to which he was subjected dur ing the confinement, becomes in this point of view, and to that exact extent, immaterial to the issue which you have to determine. For if it be granted that the death was mainly attribatable to the length of the confinement, it still leaves as much operation to the hardships and sufferings as you may think the evidence warrants you in assigning to those causes, and therefore just to that extent, and no more, will the hardships and sufferings be proved to have been great and grievous. I believe that, so far as regards the first charge, I have now shown sufficiently the nature and limits of the issues which I propose to support in evidence. With regard to the second charge, the issue thereby raised is shortly this : whether the prisoner's statement that ‘. it was Lieutenant and Adju tant Fitzsimou's fault if Major Lilley's wife hod been incommoded or annoyed by the precaution taken for the sergeant major's safe cus tody," is correct, and if it be not correct, whe ther, at the time when the prisoner made the statement, he knew that Lieutenant and Adjutant Fit zsimon had acted iu the matter by his (the pri soner's) express order and directions. It may be of service here to call your attention to one or two dates. The prisoner made this statement to the court-martial on June 7, 1862. Sergeant Major gave his evidence to that court on May 7, 1862, so that the inconvenience and annoyance to his wife then spoken of by Sergeant Major Lilley must have occurrei: b e t wee n April 2 0 , on wh ich da y he was placed in arrest, and Mly 7. It s w ill be proved to you that up to the L'.rue of Lilley s giving his his eviden ce th e prisoner's orders ale_7lll the position, of the sent r y had been most p os itive an,' precise, 3ml issued in a manner that made it un lik e i y that they would not be attended to ; that these orders were given by the prisoner himself in the orderly-room to Lieutenant Fitzsimon, in the presence and hearing of several witnesses, a very few days before May 7, notwithstanding ob jections being raised to them by Lieutenant and Adjutant Fitzsimon himself, and Sergeant Major Cotton at the time of their being given, on the ground that they would, if enforced, cause incon venience to Mrs. Lilley and annoyance to her hus band. If this be proved to the satisfaction of the Court it will be for you to consider whether Lieu tenant and Adjutant Fitzsimon could have been to blame for what took place with regard to the post ing of the sentries, and whether the prisoner on Jane 7, when he made this statement, could have really thought that Lieut. Fitzsimon was to blame for it. I think it right, in conchision, to state that so far as the prisoner is concerned the legality of the order for the confinement of Sergeant Major Lilley will not be called in question. I shall now proceed to call my witnesses. Mr. J. Sisollicy, chief clerk in tae kedge advocates office, handed in the official proceedings of the Mhow court martial. Col. Crawley said that it must be taken subject to any inaccuracies. Major J. Hyde Champion, of the Bombay Staff, proved the accuracy of the models produced of the two bungalows in which Sergeant Major Lilley was confined, but added that one of the models was not taken from the actual bungalow, which had subse quently been pulled down, but from a similar one. Col. Crawley applied to postpone the cross-exa mination of this and the subsequent witness to the following day. The official prosecutor made no objection, and the application was allowed. Lieut. and Adjutant Fitzsimon sworn—l was adjutant of the regiment on the 26th of April, 1862, at Mhow. I had a conversation with Colonel Crawley that day on the sub ject of the arreA of Sergeant Major Lilley. I was sent for to Colonel Crawley's house. He asked me if I knew who was in the conspiracy going on against him. I said I was not aware of it. Ho said, then I did not do my duty as adjutant, for I should know everything. He told me that Regimental Sergeant Major Lilley, and Troop Sergeant Majors Wakefield and Duval were in a conspiracy against him. He ordered me to place them under arrest, which I did. I asked if sentries were to be placed over them. He told me he would let mo know, because to the best of my recollection he wished to speak to the general about it. Sub sequently he gave rue a written order to place sentries over the quarters of the prisoners. The order now produced by the prosecutor is the one I received. The order was that each of the parties mentioned should bo placed under close arrest with a sentry over each, and that no person was to hold communication with either of them. It was signed by Col. Crawley, dated April 28, 1862. When I received it I gave it to the acting sergeant major, Cotton, and told him to have the sentries posted. I did not see them posted, but went afterwards and inspected them. The sentry was in the ve randah outside the building. I cannot say that the first sentry I visited was the first posted. I had some sub sequent conversation with Colonel Crawley a few days after in the regimental orderly room in the barracks. Colonel Crawley said to me that persons held intercourse with the prisoners, and asked me if I knew what close arrest meant. Ile said that it meant that a sentry was not to lose sight of his prisoner night or day, and gave me the order that a sentry should be placed inside so as not to lose sight of the prisoner. The acting regimental serjeent major, Cotton, he made a r emar k to Colonel Crawley that Serjeant Major Lilley was a married man. The answer of the colonel was made ordered a the acting to the effect, officer or soldier, married or single, he did no t care. I am n o t sure w h e th er the words " a damn," were added, %but I rath er thi n k th e y were " duty shall be done," a c c t t o i nt the e s e t r e j s e t a o n f t major my :oe o to ll recollection o i n t i done. tw as on also that remark oc cas i on) band was oblig e d d a t t Mrs. Lilley was sick, and that her hus• day. Major Swim e ak rub some liniment on her chest every Captain Weer, Ser e was present on that occasion, also Cotton. When I Sergeant Major Woodin, and Sergeant Major I laid before him a writte n the order from Colonel Crawley I tries for his approval. order for th e p t g f the sen and then signed it. I g ave the e ed to it on© or two WL.7l4' major that he might place th© order to th e acting sergeant sentries. I order or a copy of it. I was ill about iha have not got that. Snell became acting adjutant, That t time, an d C ornet a as about the 4th or sth of May. I resumed my duties on the 16th of May. I was suspended from the adjutancy on the 22d of May. I had known Sergeant Major Lilley ever since I had been in the regiment, at the commencement of 1859. I always heard the highest character of him. I never saw him in the least intoxicated. He had never been reduced to my knowledge, and I believe his name had never appeared in the defaulters' book. I never visited the sentries posted over him as orderly officer. I never received any order from Colonel Crawley to remove the sentry from inside Sergeant Major Lilley's quarters. There was an order given about his having exercise some time after the arrest. After the proceedings of the Mhow court martial the witness proceeded to state that he had leave of absence. On his return from leave of absence ho wrote a letter to the acting adjutant of the regiment for the information of Sir Hugh Rose. He wrote that in consequence of remarks made by his excel lency with regard to him on the court M artial at Mhow, and also in consequence of certain remarks made by Colonel Crawley with regard to him on the court martial. On the day after, on the same day that he forwarded the letter, Colonel Crawley sent for him to his house, made several remarks on his letter, and gave it back to him, saying that if witness wished he would forward it, or that he might make any changes in it ho might wish. He took the letter, and after considering the matter he sent it back, with a request that it might be sent on to the commander in chiet. About a fortnight afterwards Colonel Crawley again sent for him, and read out a letter from Major Champion, who wrote it, he was told, by direction of General Farrell. He had not got a copy of the letter, which was simply read out to him. _ . Sir A. Horsford said if the letter could be produced it should be. Colonel Crawley objected to the purport of the letter being stated. . ~„....._ The President said the evidence might be compared with the letter when it was produced. Colonel Crawley said it might not be produced at all. The President --What became of the letter ? Witness said that Major General Farrell read the letter, and on stating that it was insubordinate, he withdrew it. (The letter was put in.) On the request of Colonel Crawley the letter was read, and contained a reprimand of the witness on account of his appeal, and permitting him to withdraw it. Witness—He held in his hand a letter, which he forwarded for the information of the commander in chief, and which the major general considered insubordinate. The President thought that the letter had nothing to do with the case, 'When an officer withdrew a letter it ought to become a nullity. Sir A. Horsford said the object was to show that when he heard what Colonel Crawley had said about him he was anxious as soon as ho could to state what had really occurred, ,addisclosed that Mr. and that he carri e d th e m The President thought it would be bettt er no t t o pu t i n Y F th i o tz se sim le o tt n er r s e . ceiv T ed ho cer e t v a i i d n en or c d o er a s lre out. The letters were useless. After some conversation the letters were admitted and read. The original letter expressed the regret of the writer that Sir Hugh Rose had considered his evidence unsatis factory, and hal animadverted on his conduct in placing the sentries, explaining that all that had been done under the direction of Colonel Crawley. On being recommended to withdraw that letter he wrote a conditional letter of withdrawal. He was again sent for to Colonel Crawley's house. Colonel Crawley read out a letter from Major Champion, in which it was stated that he was to assign no reason for withdrawing his letter. His (witness's) present position in the regiment was that of lieutenant and adju tant, but not doing duty. The President—ln what year did all this happen that you have stated ? Witness—ln 1802. The conversations between himself and Colonel Crawley might not have been what he had stated, but he had given the substance of them. The cross-examination of the witness was postponed until to-morrow. Colonel Crawley said he did not wish that there should be any delay with regard to the letters, The lettere which had been produced he admitted. Private Cuthbert Blake, of the 6th Dragoons, being sworn, said he was corporal of the guard on the Ist of May on Sergeant Major Lilley, at Mhow. He posted thesentries outside the doors. He was confined in consequence on a charge of neglect of duty--for not posting the sentry inside. No such order had been given. After he had been placed under arrest ho was tried by a regimental court martial, the charge against him being neglect of duty to a regimental order. The cross-examination was postponed till to-morrow. Edward Griffith Sims, confidential clerk in the judge advocate general's office, produced the original of the court martial on the last witness on the sth of May. The charge against him was for not posting the sentries as had been directed. The court martial found him guilty of breach of orders. (I he proceedings of the court martial were read, and ho was sentenced to 42 days' imprisonment. The Court recommended him to mercy, and Colonel Crawley, attribut ing his conduct to stup;dity, remitted the punishment, and allowed him to rejoin his regiment as a private dragoon, depriving him of his office of corporal.) Edward Mills, serjeant of the 6th Dragoons, said he first mounted guard on Sergeant Major Lille ) , on the Ist May, 1862. Ou visiting the sentry about 20 minutes before 12, he found the sentry outeido of Sergeant Major Lilley's bungalow. He asked him the reason, and he said that was where the corporal placed him. He went to the guard room and called the corporal out, asking him the reason why he placed the sentry ouiside. He gave no reason, but asked witness not to report him. He irnrnedialely went and reported hint to the acting regimental sergeant major, who ordered him to be placed under arrest. He went into his room and got another corporal. The offending corporal (the last witness) was brought before a court martial and sen tenced to 42 days' imprisonment, which Colonel Crawley forgave him. Sergeant Major Lilley was allowed to take an hour's exercise twice a-day by the doctor's order. He was always accompanied. At first they went jogging and trotting all round the race course together. The second time the sergeant in charge was to walk in the rear of Lilley, so that thero might be no conversation between them. Lilley was a man who consumed a great deal of drink: he was a great, coarse, ignorant man; he drank very heavily, and could carry a great deal. He had many times seen hint in drink, but never drunk on duty. He used to ride about a great deal on a pony. He could not walk much, as he had bad feet. Witness mounted guard a second time on the 19th of the same month of May, and all day on the 20th. On the first time no one was allowed to see Lilley. On the second occasion the rule was relaxed in favour of the medical officer. On the second occasion the sentry was posted in the servants' room, on the first occasion outside. On the 19th the sentries were in the troop bungalow, in the verandah ; where Sergeant Major Lilley slept that night. The order to the sentry was that he should never lose sight of the prisoner, day or night. He was to allow no one but the medical officer and the na tive servant to hold communication with him, and ho was to saarch the native servant when ho went in and out, and take from him any letter or scrap of paper, and hand it to the sergeant of the guard, to be by him taken to the adjutant, and submitted to the commanding officer. These orders were written and posted up in the guard room, and signed by the adjutant, Lieut. Fitz iinon, and the acting adjutant. He did not know what had become of those orders. Sergeant Major Lilley was taken from his room to the troop bungalow, because the former was taken down for barracks to be built on the same spot. At this psi iod the court martial was adjourned. A PoAcnErt SHOT.—On Friday evening last a keeper named Henry Hill, in the employ of Lord Rivers, of Rushmore, Wilts, encountere3 Alfred Dicker, a notorious poacher, who had just left a wood and entered the high road. The keeper collared him, and attempted to search his pockets. Dicker made a determined resistance, and beat the keeper most severely over the head and breast with the barrel of a gun which he had about him. A gun which the keeper carried accidentally wont off in the struggle, and the charge was lodged in the poacher's left thigh. This had the effect of disabling him, and other keepers heating the re port came to Hill's assistance. Dicker was at once taken to a publichouso at Ludwell, where he was promptly at tended to by Mr. Gregg, surgeon. The wound was not so serious as to prevent his being taken before the magistrates at Hindon on the following day. He was there committed for trial at the assizes on a charge of unlawfully wounding Hill, who has been seriously hurt. On Saturday evening tho prisoner was conveyed to Salisbury by Superintendent Dann, and there lodged in gaol. A hare was found upon him when he was taken, and also a gun, with powder, shot, and bullets. 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The Lorin MAYOR, at the commencement of the proceedings, made a few observations to his brother aldermen, and said he felt assured that he should always receive from them thesame cordial and kind assistance that had bun accorded to his predeces sors, and that the officers of the Court would also do the same in their respective capacities. (dear, hear.) THE CITY GAOLS. Mr. Sheriff NISSEN made a report of the condi- tion of the gaols within the jurisdiction of the Court, by which it appeared that there are at pre sent in Newgate 113, in the Debtors' Prison, White. cross-street, 87, and at the Holloway House of Correction 33S prisoners ; out of the number it ap parel that only 18 prisoners were in the infirma ries or under medical treatment. THE LATE LORD MAYOR. Alderman COPELAND, the senior member of the Court, proposed a vote of thanks to Alderman Rose, M.P., the late Lord Mayor, for the manner in which he had performed the duties of his office during the past year. He said it might not appear quite becoming for an Alderman of the City of London to speak in terms of eulogy of one of his brethren, but still he had no difficulty in expressing the opinion that Alderman Rose, during the period he had filled the high and important office of Lord Mayor of the City of London, had conducted him self with the strictest honour and integrity and that he had acted not only in a manner to give satisfac- tion to his brethren of the Court of Aldermen, but also to the citizens and the public at large. (Hear.) The worthy alderman then referred to the important incidents that had taken place during the late mayoralty—the coming of age of the Prince of Wales, his marriage, and the banquet given to him and his bride by the Corporation of London ; and said that in reference to all these matters the late Lord Mayor had acted in a manner that was most honourable to himself personally, and reflected great credit upon the Corporation of which he was the head. (Hear, hear.) Alderman Copeland con cluded by stating that he had not prepared a formal resolution on the present occasion, but he should take as a precedent the resolution agreed to by the Court in 1861, which he read and proposed for the adoption of the Court, the necessary alterations as to name, &c., being left to be made in the Town Clerk's office. Alderman WILSON seconded the motion. It is usual upon these occasions for such a resolu tion to be at once agreed to, but on the present occasion, Alderman SIDNEY, M.P., rose, and said that un less resolutions like the one now before the Court were to be taken as mere matters of form and courtesy, and to be treated as such, he thought that every member of the Court had an undoubted right to criticise the conduct of the chief magistrate dur ing his year of office, and, while disclaiming the least intention of detracting from the honour that the late Lord Mayor was duly entitled to for the able manner in which he had performed the duties of his office, he still claimed the right of expressing his opinion with regard to some important matters that had occurred during his mayoralty. (Hear, hear.) He could not forget that at the commence ment of the present year the Corporation of London had been placed in a position of extreme peril, owing to the accidents that had occurred in the City upon the occasion of the procession of the Prince and Princess of Wales through Lon don--(hear, hear)—and he believed that if the late Lord Mayor—had consulted his brethren of the Court of Aldermen with regard to the arranges ments to be made, and had not taken so much upon himself—(hear, hear)—this would not have occurred. (Hear.) He had no hesitation in saying that if the Lord Mayor had asked for any advice from his brethren of the Court of Aldermen, he would have been told that a Lord Mayor of the City of London had quite enough to do to attend to the duties of his office without going out of his way to provide for the arrangements to be made to keep order in the streets upon such an occasion. (Hear.) In his (Alderman Sidney's) opinion the privileges and rights of the city of London had never been more endangered than they were by the break-down last March. (Hear, hear.) There was another point upon which ho felt called upon to make a few re marks, and this was the withholding of the usual honours accorded by the Crown to the chief magis trate of the city of London upon such extraordinary and important incidents as had recently occurred. (Hear.) The hon. alderman who had proposed the motion had not touched upon this subject, and had not alluded iu any manner to the reasons that had induced the Government to decline to accord these honours ; but he felt called upon to say a few words upon the subject. He had carefully read the reasons that had been stated by Lord Palmerston for the course that had been adopted; but it appeared to him that they were untenable. If the Lord Mayor of the time was granted a baronetcy and the sheriffs were knighted upon the occasion of the visit of a foreign potentate to this country, surely it might be thought that the coming of age of the Prince of Wales, his marriage, and the affectionate reception he had met with from the citizens of London, might be considered an equal justification for a similar course being taken. This, however, had not been done, and he must express his opinion that the course that was taken by the late Lord Mayor, of going in person to solicit the Premier to grant him the honour of a baronetcy was one that he ought not to have taken. (Hear.) He believed if he had asked one or two of the old and discreet brethren of the Court, and a few of the more important members of the other branch of the Corporation, they would have given him better advice, and the city of Lon don would not have been slighted in the manner it had been, and that the honours to which it was so justly entitled would have been accorded to the Cor poration. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He men tioned this because he believed that the public were misinformed upon the subject. He had heard many persons say that the only object the Corporation of London had in view in the reception they had given to the Prince of Wales, and the City banquet, was to got a baronetcy for the Lord Mayor, and a knighthood for each of the sheriffs, and that they had spent £50,000 or £60,000 for those purposes. (Hear, hear.) He thought it right that this Court should disclaim any such motives, as he was well assured that no other object was sought to be at tained than to express that loyalty which had ever been shown by the city of London to the Royal Family. (Hear.) He would only observe that he desired by these observations to express his opinion that in the course he had adopted the late Lord Alayor had made a very great mistake—(hear) — and that all he had done had served to defeat the object he had in view. He should not, of course, object to the motion, but at the same time he felt it his duty to make the observations he had done in reference to these matters. Alderman PIIILLIPS said he had no desire to pro long the discussion ; but ho thought it right to state that, in his opinion, the Court of Aldermen gene rally were quite as much responsible for the police arrangements that were made upon the occasion of the entry of the Prince and Princess of Wales into London as the Lord Mayor. (Loud cries of " No, no.") He repeated that this Court sanctioned the arrangements that were made, and authorised Capt. Hodgson, the superintendent; of police, to carry them out. Alderman COPELAND rose and made a brief re ply in support of his motion. Ho said that he could not deny that the city of London had been slighted on the present occasion, but as the Prime Minister and the Government had not felt it right to award spontaneously to the Corporation of Lon don, in the person of their chief mag istrate, those honours to which ho might be considered entitled, he thought it better, in moving the present resolu tion, to make no allusion to the matter. (Hear.) The resolution was then put and carried unani mously, with the addition that it should be adver tisecl Ihe usual manner. • •••• • SPIRIT OF TEE PUBLIC JOURNALS, POST.--The Court of Exchequer was engaged the whole of yesterday in hearing Sir Hugh Cairns show cause why the verdict already pronounced in the case of the Alexandra should not be disturbed. As the arguments of the defendant's counsel, toge ther with the reply of the Attorney-Geveral, will doubtless occupy some days, and as the decision of the court may not improbably be postponed for some time after their termination, we will, without at tempting to prejudge the case, briefly acquaint the public with the nature of the point which is now at issue. In the course of last summer the Government having reason to suspect that a vessel, at that time in course of construction in the docks of a private shipbuilder in the port of Liverpool, was intended to be employed as a privateer against the Federal Government, took possession of, or as the phrase is, exchequered her. They did so by virtue of an Act of Parliament known as the Foreign Enlistment Act, which forbids any British subject within her i\lujesty's dominions to arm, equip, furnish, or fit out, or attempt to arm, Sc., any vessel with intent that such vessel shall be employed against a friendly State. Offenders against the act are by its terms adjudged guilty of misde meanour, and the vessels so constructed in contra vention of its provisions are declared forfeited to the Crown. Having taken possession of the vessel above referred to, the Crown, instead of proceeding against the builders for misdemeanour, was content to de mand the forfeiture of the ship. The cause accord • ingly came on for trial in the Court of Exchequer, when the issue raised between the Crown and those who alleged themselves to be the owners of the ship was simply whether the latter had contravened the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act in reference to the ship whose forfeiture was claimed. After a long and patient trial a special jury gave a verdict to the effect that the Act had not been violated, and that, consequently, the Crown was not entitled to claim the vessel. To the directors of the learned judge in his summing up to the jury the counsel for the Crown, however, took exceptions. A misunder standing arose as to what the directions of the Chief Baron really were, and when the bill of ex ceptions were tendered to him he refused to sign it. At the commencement of the present term an at tempt was made by the present Attorney-General to obtain the sanction of the Chief Baron to the bill which he tendered, and subsequently failing to do so, the law officers of the Crown decided on aban doning the bill of exceptions and simply moving the Court of Exchequer for a new trial upon various grounds, The effect of the latter mode of proceed• ing will be that both the Crown and the defendants must rest contented with the decision of the Court. On a bill of exceptions either might go to the Exchequer Chamber or the House of Lords, but on the motion for a new trial, under existing cir cumstances, no appeal will lie from the judgment of the Court to whom the application is made. A few days since the Attorney• General moved for and obtained a conditional rule for a new trial, on the grounds that the verdict was against the weight of evidence, and that the Lord Chief Baron had mis directed the jury. Against this rule being made absolute the defendant's counsel now show cause. If the rule is made absolute, the cause of the Alexandra will be reheard before another jury ; if the rule is discharged, the seizure of the vessel by the Crown will be declared illegal, and her property will vest in the reputed owners, It is not, however, the right of possession to a particular ship which is in reality at issue. It is virtually the trial of a right of consider able magnitude and which deeply interests not only a section of the mercantile community of this country but the nation at large. The adequacy of an Act of Parliament to fulfil certain international require ments is being now submitted to a legal test, and, if it should be shown to be inadequate, the friendly relations which have hitherto subsisted between two of the most important Powers in the world may be seriously disturbed. Nor is it the immediate consequences of the decision which in the course of a few days will be pronounced by the Court of Exchequer, which alone possess an interest for us. The great maxim which inculcates the propriety of doing to others as you expect others to do to you obtains between nations as well as between individuals. If we affirm by the solemn judgment of one of our highest tribunals that it is perfectly legitimate for the subjects of a neutral State in which such an enactment as the Foreign Enlist ment Act forms a portion of the municipal law to build vessels in every respect adapted to conversio-, into ships of war, by simply supplying a R".: (a bl e armament, we preclude ourselves from advancing any complaints should a neutral State at any future time supply similar vessels to a Power with which we might be at war. With this question, which was one of pure expediency, the Coart of Ex chequer has of course nothing to do. It has simply to construe an Act of Parliament. But we allude to the circumstance to show the magnitude of the interests involved in the nominal issue of the ris--.' n t of possession in an unfinished vessel, at must wor th but a few thousand pounds. Although th.e rule for a new trial has been obtained, inter afire, on t h e ground that the verdict was agaialst the weight of evidence, the chief point which the Court will have to determine will be whether the interpretation put upon the Foreign Enlistment Act by the Chief Baron was correct or otherwise. The illustration offered by the latter of the case of the Alabama will afford to the non-professional reader the most in telligible view of construction put by the learned judge on the operation of the Foreign Enlistment Act. Tteet vessel was, as the public are aware, built in an English dockyard. She sailed from an English port unequipped ; but at Terceira, that is to say in Portuguese waters, she took on board a complete armament of guns and other muni tions of war, which had been despatched from England in a steamer specially chartered to con vey them. She then became a perfectly armed and fully equipped ship of war, and, after hoist ing the Confederate flag, and without having ever entered a Southern port, she proceeded to ial.ct all the damage she could on the merchant navy of the North. In illustrating the application of the Foreign Enlistment Act the Chief Baroe stated to the jury that in his opinion the departure of the Alabama from these shores constituted no in fringement of the statute. Between the case of the Alabama and that of the Alexandra, however, the only distinction consisted in the fact that the latter vessel was seized before she was in a condi tion to leave the shipbuilder's dock. It may fairly be assumed that, had not the Government inter posed, she would, file the Alabama, have put to sea in an unarmed state and taken her armament on board in some foreign port or on the high seas. fhe gist of the offence, according to the Chief Baron's ruling, consists in the arming, equipping, &c., or attempting to arm, equip, &c., a vessel within her Majesty's dominions with the intent that such vessel shall beemployed against a friendly Power. In support of the application for a new trial the law officers of the Crown contend that the construction of a vessel especially adapted to carry guns is in itself a violation of the statute, although her armament is not actually supplied until after she has left the United Kingdom ; and consequently as the Alexandra was manifestly adapted for con version to the purposes of a ship of war, that the verdict was against the evidence. Th e y a l so con tend that the Chief Baron misdirected the jury in telling them that they should find a verdict for the defendants unless they considered that they had armed, or intended to arm, the Alexandra ;n a port in her Majesty's dominions. These are the principal issues raised for the consideration of the full court ; and on the decision at which it may arrive will de pend whether the case of the Alexandra will be tried lie noro, or the vessel bo forthwith restored to the possession of the original ow ners. HERALD.—" From the North-west," says the In dian advises," the news received is of a somewhat cheering character." 'This announcement is then explained, and we are invited to be of better cheer, as the new Ameer of Cabool, Shir Ali Khan, has been reconciled to his rebel brother Azim, has en tered the capital in state, and been there acknow ledged by the Sardars as the legitimate successor of Dost Mohammed. It is further intimated that the reconciliation between Shir Ali and Azim Khan was owing to the latter having been disappointed in receiving reinforcements from his brother Afzal. This last piece of intelligence, however, does not harmonise very well with the inference which we are asked to draw from this fortnight's budget of news, viz., that there is likely to be peace in Afghanistan—for a reconciliation - which sprang less from returning good-will than from the inability be of one of the parties to fight is not very likely to lasting. On the contrary. it is only reasonable to suppose that if Afzal Khan shows himself in strength the troops of Azim will hasten tojoin and that Shir Ali will find it diffi cult to keep his throne in face of the opposition of his two brothers. But bo this as it may, and whether the Afgha ns tranquilly submit to oftherulee are the new Ameer pre-eminently interested, not, the question in which w regards this frontier of ou r E rstern dominions, as a ppears to be nearer solution. Of course, in the first plaee, for the sake of humanity, and in the second, because turbnlenee is catching., it is desirable that Afghanistan should not be the scene of bloodshed and disorder; but something move is required before the news from the North ' west can be looked upon as satisfactory. Th e rea l object of our policy as regards Afghanistan, and , the point to which we , must attach th e c hi ef i , portance, is that the ruler of the Afghans, be •"' . he may, should be friendly to England _ erne we are to take only a selfish vi— Indeed, if dees not by any means - —w of the matter, it interests will _ necessarily follow that our . ue served by the internal tranquillity nourishing state of the Afghan kingdom. Whether that is to be an advantage to la or not depend on the disposition of the rule. In fact, nuclei an ambitious chief, hostile to us, the prosperity of Afghanistan, and its being united under one head, might become a source of consider able danger. Even Lord Auckland, great as were his blunders, judged rightly on this point. The object which he had in view in that memorable and lamentable Afghan war was by TIO means unworthy of great sacrifices. Lord Auckland's fault lay in not adopting the means to the end, or rather in seeking a wise end by means utterly irreconcilable with it. His wish was that the Afghan sceptre should be in friendly hands, and he wrested it from Dost Mohammed a man of great ability, whom it would have been easy to con ciliate, and who would have carried the hearts of the people with him, and gave it to Shah Shuja, whose pride could not stomach a benefit, and Rho was unable to purchase popularity even by treason to his English benefactors. This grievous mistake stamped the whole policy of 1837 with its impress. The fact, however, remained that it could not be a matter of indifference to us who ruled at Cabool, and held the key of those terrible passes from which so many turbulent hordes have so often issued for the plunder and devastation of Hindustan, and who, in case of a European war, might again bo pushed forward on the same errand. But if, when the Punjaub intervened between our Indian frontier and the Afghans friendly relations with the ruler of Cabool were of importance to the Indian Govern• ment, how much more is that the case now. The mutual hatred of the Sikhs and Affghans wa3 too bitter for the two nations ever to combine ; and, so far from being able to cross the Punjaub to invade India, the Afghans had enough to do to hold their own against the sword of the Khalsa. But things have altered very materially since the occupation. of Lahore and Peshawur by the English. On the one hand, the Anglo-Indian territory has been ex tended right up to the foot of the mountain fast nesses of the Afghans. On the other, the Afghan power has been immensely increased and consoli dated by the union of Candahar and Herat with Cabool, and by the conquest of the greatest part of the kingdom of Bokara and other provinces. If the dominions of Dost Mahoenmed should remain united under Afzal Khan, or any other enterprising chief, there is no denying that Persia at least, and our ally the Khan of Khelat, will be in very con siderable danger ; and though the Indian Govern meat may be quite strong enough to repel any aggression on its own frontier, it is not unlikely that there will be constant disquietude. We have a foreshadowing of this in the assemblage of an army of observation at Lahore. The maintenati_ao of such an army would be an enormous exper .se _ an expense due to the supineness of the WI:4 Go vernment, who, it seems, have taken nr , steps to inaugurate friendly relations with the pons of Dost Mohammed. COUNTRY MARKETS. - ---- - .41, LEEDS—TuEsDAT. The arrivals of grain both by water and rail have been fair. The business tr a nsacted i n we'neat to-day has not been extensive, but last Tuesday's fall prices were supported on the sales made. The demar:d for fine barley was good, and quite as dear; other sorts neglected. Oats and beans were at Tuesday's rates, MARKET lIARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. White wheat, 40s to 43s ; red, 38s to 40s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 34s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 31s per 30 st, Oats, old, 24s to 275; new,. 21s to 23s per 24 st. ; beans, 34s to 42s per qr. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. There was a good attendance at market to.day both of the town and c..untry trade, and more disposition to buy was evinced. Wheat was in good demand, and an advance of 2d per 1001 b on fine white and ld to 2d on fine red may be quoted on the week. Fine descriptions of flour saleable at full prices; but little business dono in other sorts. Oats and oatmeal a moderate trade. Barley, beans, and peas quite as clear. Indian corn in retail. AY. The market was fairIy SHEFFIELD—TUES attended, and D there was an average chow of grain. Holders of fine wheats asked an advance of la per load, and this checked sales. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to 17s Od White 1 $$ ...17s 6d to 19s Od New red ..15s 6d to 17s Od 1 New white , Beans , ), )) ) f .... Peas,_ per 'qr ... * .. Grindir_g barley, per qr. Mal f fing ditto, 7; teats ' Odd i t 0 0 0 0 00 4 33 1 2 1 4: 8 42 s ss sss 00 0 6° 0 ddaddd Flour ) ls " sd, is 7(1, and le 9d per 14 lb. CORK—TUESDAY. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 8s Od to 8s 8d; white, 7s 8d to Os sd; barley, 4s 0(1 to 8s Od ; oats, 3s 9d to G s Od ; 'black do., 3s 9d to 5s Gd. DUBLIN—TUESDAY. A steady market for all kinds of grain, and wo re-quote last Friday's prices. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 23 0 to 2.5 0 Do., red .. 20 0 to 23 0 Do., new .... 0 to 0 Barley . 12 6 to 16 0 Oats Do., black — 0 to 0 Oatmeal or s. d. s. d. 10 0 to 13 0 Beans.. Be ... 0 to 0 Rapeseed .... 21 0 to 25 0 Bakers' flour,. 14 0 to 20 0 Indian corn .. 27 0 to 23 0 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Anstralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Nov is. via Marseilles Dec. 1 3 . Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Dec. 4 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Nov. 29 ', China, Penang, and Singapore, vi a S ou th am pt on Nov. IS. via Marseilles Nov. 'l-7' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Nov. is. [ndia (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov. 18. via Marseilles Nov. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Nov. 20. Portugal.... Dec. 4, Nlalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nov. 1 8 . via Marseilles Nov. 20. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Nov, 25 . by U.S. packet W.C. of Africa, Mad e i ra , an d Ib'yenCearniffaedian packet. Nov. 20. Nov. --"' Bahamas, vi a N ew Y or k Nov. 20. Mexico. ••••Nov• 2 8, All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, } Dec. 28. California, and British Columbia. ..... Full benefit of reduced duty obtAined by pur chasing Horniman's puro Tea ; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. A CLASSICTOILETTE.--According to testimony, which is scarcely to be disputed, the sun could never have shone upon a less lovely object than a Roman lady in the days of the Caesars, when she opened her eyes in the morning—or rather let us say, as she appeared in the morning, for before she opened her eyes a great deal had to be done, When she retired to rest her face had been covered with a plaster composed of bread and ass's milk, which had dried during the night, and consequently presented in the morning an appearance of cracked chalk. The purpose of the ass's milk was not only to preserve the delicacy of the skin, but to renovate the lungs, and so strong was the boo lief in the efficacy of the specific, that some energetic ladies bathed themselves in it 70 times in the course of a single day. As for Poppoes, the favourite wife of Nero, she never set out on a journey without taking in her train whole herds of she asses, that she might bathe whenever she pleased so to do. The plaster of Paris bust having wakened in the morn ing in a cracked condition, it was the office of a host of female slaves to mature it into perfect beauty. To clear the field for further operations, the first of these gently washed away with lukewarm ass's milk the already crumbling mask, and left a smooth face, to be coloured by more recondite artists. The slave, whose vocation it was to paint the cheeks, delicately laid on the red and white, having moistened the pigment with her own saliva. The apparent nastiness of this operation was diminished by the consump tion of a certain number of scented lozenges, which, if the slave neglected to take, she suffered corporeal punishment. —Dickens's " All the Year Round," lust published. Births. ATTLEE--On tho 16th inst., at Dorking, the wifo of Mr W. Attlee, of a daughter. - - - -TS DBILOKII. - On the 15th i ns t ., the Countess of Strad' broke, tA of a son, prematurely, stillborn. WALronD.—On the 16th inst., at Treago, llGrefordshiref the wife of John 11. N, Walford, Esq., of a son. WOODWARD.—On the 15th inst., at Ealing, Mrs. Herbert Woodward, of a daughter. Marriages. HORSFALL..LEEKS.—On the 12th inst., at nolbrool i6 Church, Derby s hi re, T. B. Iforsfall, Esq , m.r., t ° Sophia, eld es t d aughter of filo Rev. William. Lecke f cumbent of nolbrooke. LENNOX—Mountx.—On the 17th i nst., at t h e Old Parish Church, Kensington, Lord William Lennox, `; Maria Jane, eldest daughter of the Rev.Capel MolYn ctix incumbent of St. Paul's, Onslow.square. Deaths. A IfßthGeeEstit,i,ae—gve.Odln.7ht6ol:Lne lastAhiningset;,, a a g t e t d he 6 l 3 . arsenage, lianipst eal ' BEST, —On the 14th i ns t., at 6, Gay-street, Bat h, Mrs' DYNE.—On the 13th inst., suddenly, Edward Dyne, E6q,, of 61, Lincoln's-inn-fields, aged 61. MADA - N.—O n the 17th inst., at 5, Northwick-terrace , John's-wood, Captain Frederick Madan, H.C.S., ag e 67. MAtriN,—Ori the 16th inst,, at Old Bond-street, Bath, Mr. GeorrN ..,;labyn, aged 49. P the 14th inst., at Woolwich, Capt. RarrY Lord RichL.rds, aged 78. WALTER. - On the 15th inst., at Oldbury Lodge, ne ar Taunton, Somerset, Wm. Walter, Esq., aged 87. London: Printed and Published Dy 'WILLIAM ANDUBW6, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SuN Office No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County o f idiadlefiCL-71YeallWithjiirfelaer 18, 1683. ry P I PI