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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5 1844. as discourteous towards him. He was anxious to answer all the points the Hon. Member had brought forward, but he thought the best opportunity of doing so was in a Committee of Supply. With regard to the Com mittee which the Hon. Member had moved for with re spect to the clothing of the army, it was only necessary for him to observe that a Committee had sat upon that subject, and it was considered by that Committee that the clothing of the army could be better performed under the supervision of the colonels of each regiment than by any general order. With respect to the forces to be kept up in the colonies a Committee had also sat upon that subject, and at the present moment there was a smaller force in all the colonies than was recommended by that Committee. As to the yeomanry cavalry he thought that subject could be much better discussed in a Com mittee of Supply. Mr. WILLIAMS then withdrew his motion. On the question that the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply, be read, Mr. H. BAILLIE wished to know whether there was any intention on the part of the Government to bring the subject of military pensions under the consideration of the House. If the Right lion. and Gallant Officer an swered in the affirmative, he would leave the subject in his hands and not proceed with his motion. Sir H. HARDINGE said that the question was one of considerable importance. At the present moment the Government were collecting a vast variety of useful in formation by which more accurate data could be ob tained, and by which Government could come to a more accurate opinion. The course that the Government were now pursuing was only following the footsteps of the preceding Government. He could assure his Hon. Friend, without pledging himself to anything, that as soon as the information the Government was collectinc , was completed, it was his intention to bring the whole subject under the consideration of the House. Lord HOWICK felt no small surprise and sorrow at the answer that had been given by the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer to the question that had been put to him. He thought that the Right Hon. and Gallant Gentleman ought to have been in a; situation to have stated some de cided course that was intended to be adopted by the Government, considering that he had been nearly two years and a half in office. The answer he had made was calculated to raise expectations, which, if not fulfilled, might be attended with the worst results. He (Lord Ilowick) had some little experience in the office that was now filled by the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer, and from that experience he was sure that there could not be any difficulty in giving the information required. —(Hear, hear.) The House and the country, he thought, had reason to complain of the conduct of the Right lion. Gentleman. His manly and straightforward course would have been to have stated at once the course the Government intended to pursue.—(Hear.) Sir HENRY HARDINGE did not consider himself entitled to the taunts of the Noble Lord. He had stated that he believed the course the Government were about to pursue was in accordance with the proceedings of the late Government, and he came to that conclusion from a letter the Noble Lord himself had left in the War-office. That letter recommended the adoption of the course the Government were now pursuing. Lord HO WICK said that the Right Hon. Gentleman's answer might have been well-founded if it had been last year, or the year before. With respect to the letter to which the Right Hon. a•id Gallant Officer had referred, it was not with - reference to projected pensions, but with respect to the discharge of men who were young upon registered pensions. Dr. BOWRING regretted that estimates of so large an am3unt, and of such extreme importance, were not re ferred to a Select Committee, because, unless such a course were adopted it was impossible that these esti mates could he well considered. Added to this, he thought it was not right or becoming of that House to vote away such large sums of money when there were only about forty members present.—(Hear, hear.) He be lieved if the proceedings of that House, when voting away the public money, were made more public, the greatest good would result. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD could not let this subject drop without calling the attention of the house to the unconstitutional nature of the immense standing army that was kept up. They had 48,405 rank and file ; they had 6,000 marines on shore, which made up wards of 54,000; then they had 10,000 pensioners, making 64,000. The volunteer force was 14,000. The Irish constabulary was 9.000, making the whole force combined 87,809. Then there was the artillery and ma rines, of which lie had no knowledge. Now, he would ask the Government and the House, whether it was ne cessary to keep up such a force ? If it was neces sary, why, he would ask, was it so ? Were the people disloyal to the Sovereign? He was perfectly convinced there never was a Sovereign on the throne of England to whom the people were more attached. Were the people disloyal to the Constitution? No. They were only desirous of having the benefit of the Constitution? —(Elvar, hear.) Was it necessary for the protection of life and property that this immense army should be kept up? If it was, then he wanted to know what was the cause? The reason was this—that justice was not done to the working classes. He did not speak of political rights. He spoke of the condition of the working classes. The Government and that House did not do justice to the working classes. They legislated for other interests than that of the poor man, and the consequence was, that they were obliged to keep up this large army to keep the people in subjection. In the fifteenth century the poor were expelled from the • land, which was seized by the aristocracy. At a subse quent period the poor-laws were established, to give the poor man a compensation for what he had lost. That law had now been altered so as to deprive the poor man of that right, by denying him any relief except in the last state of destitution; at the same time they did this they kept up the corn-laws. These were the causes of insubordination and discontent. Another cause was the enormous amount of taxation, and the way in which it was levied. At present the taxes were paid in a greater proportion by the poor than by the rich. The same reasons for discontent prevailed in Ireland, where the poor-laws were also still more inapplicable to the dispo sition and circumstances of the people. No wonder there was such discontent in Ireland, or that one of the uses to which their standing army was applied was the levying of the poor-rates from the people. He was the advocate of education, but if they educated the people without giving them the means of living, they would only be increasing their discontent. In the present circum stances, and in the manner in which the poor were treated, he did not deny that they required an army; but he did deny that such an army would be required if the poor were treated as they ought to be. If they looked at the early periods of their history—periods of which they might boast—a large standing army was not required to keep the public in subjection. In the days of King Alfred, the constitution that he formed was sufficient to keep the country in order without a stand ing army. In those days the sheriff, with the posse comitutus, was able to maintain the peace of the country. But now, they were afraid to trust the people with those arms in their hands, which they were then called on to keep for the assistance of the civil officer. The discon tent altogether arose from the maltreatment of the poor. A voluntary force taken from among all classes would be a constitutional one. But their present voluntary • force was not a constitutional one, being entirely taken from one class to keep the others in subjection. He was aware that there were not enough Members in that House to support him, in an effectual resistance to the Government getting such an army. If the minority that voted with him on the last occasion were resolved, he knew that it was possible to delay the grants for that army, for a considerable time ; it would be perfectly practicable to do this; but it was not practicable for an in dividual to undertake to do such a thing. He was free to confess that both out of the House and in it, though he had raised the question of a standing army, he had not met such a display of feeling as would justify him in any prolonged attempt to resist the Government; If he had met proper support he would not have spared himself, but he would freely acknowledge there was not that sufficient feeling outside the House to justify him in making an effort of this kind. It would be a wasting of the public time without any effect. These were the feelings he entertained on the subject. But he was de sirous of expressing his opinion on the constitutional • question of k eep ing up so large a standiug army. He concluded by moving, as a resolution, " That the large amount of the standing army now kept up for the public service is contrary to constitutional liberty, and dan gerous to the rights of the people." Dr. BOWRING seconded the resolution. It con tained a principle which he was not disposed to negative, but on the contrary to support. In his opinion, with a popular Sovereign, a popular Executive, and a popular Legislature, there was no necessity for keeping up a large standing army. lie b e li eve d t h at a Government was good to the extent to which it was supported by 'public opinion, and bad in proportion to the necessity of its employing military force. He had presented a peti tion from Bolton,complaining of the amount ofthe stand ing army. His constituents recognising the principle that taxation and representation ought to go hand-in-hand to gether, and that in this House, so far frombeing associated they were wholly alienated ; they protested, and he pro tested in their name, against the application of the money they were called on to subscribe for the sup port of - such a large standing army. He quite con curred with his lion. Friend as to the small support they received in that House, and the not yet developed opinion out of doors. Still ho was bound to say that there was a growing discontent and want of confidence out of doors, on the part of the unrepresented millions who were but ill satisfied with the proceedings of the Government. Mr. FIELDEN said, that when Hon. Gentlemen ob jected to the course pursued by his Hon. Friend, the Member for Rochdale, they seemed to him to forget from whose pockets the taxes were derived. It was not becoming the House to refuse inquiry into the griev ances of the people. He had sat upon the Hand-loom. Weavers' Committee, and it appeared that 100,000 per sons were in a state of great distress—a number equal to the slaves of the West. Indies, for whose liberation they paid 20,000,00e/.—(Hear, hear.): The condition of 'the working classes was neglected. They brought in a Factories Bill, but there was nothing in it which would prove in the least satisfactory to those who worked in factories. A Poor-law Amendment Bill was also intro duced, but it was a Bill which it was impossible to amend. They could not make it acceptable to the people. The first Bill was brought in for the avowed . purpose of making the labouring men more independent, He and bad it that effect ? No , it b ad not. f elt confi dent that if they did not speedily do something to ren der more comfortable the condition of the people, they would find it difficult to govern them. They were on the brink of a volcano. He implored them to retrace their steps. They were at present proceeding in a cir cle. When they got more taxes, they got more forces ; and when they got more forces, they got more taxes; and with the augmented taxes they got more forces I again.— (Hear.) But they must stop at length. The country would not long endure such a course. If the Right Hon. Baronet gave them an assurance that he would take the grievances of the people into his consi deration, nobody would refuse to vote the supplies. The House then divided, when there app ared— For the motion Against it Majority against the motion —79 The House then resolved itself into a Committee, Mr. GREENE in the Chair. private soldier, a pension so low, that, though it might relieve the poor-rate, it could not support the man. And if limited service was introduced, a better pension might be given without increasing the expenditure of the country. He (Captain Layard) thanked the House for the kind indulgence they had granted him. No party feeling had, or could actuate him upon such an occasion, feeling, as he did, what every man in that House, what every man in the country must feel, an anxious, a sincere desire, for the comfort, the happiness, and the well-being of those who, undismayed by the vicissitudes of climate, undaunted by the sword of an enemy, maintained, as they always had done, the glory and independence of the country.—(Cheers.) Sir H. HARDINGE would endeavour, as briefly as he could, to give answers to the several questions which the Gallant Officer had put, and, in many respects, he entirely concurred with the sentiments of the Gallant Officer.—(Hear, hear.) The Gallant Officer was aware that the system of giving free discharges in 1825 had operated very usefully in reconciling families to alloy? their suns to join the army. Besides, the effect had been useful to the public in another way, for the saving in pensions since 1829 had been equal to half a million sterling.—(Hear.) With respect to the bounties, and allowances to the recruits, he could only answer that they were quite sufficient in cavalry regi ments, and he believed they were not inadequate in the infantry. With regard to the absurd notion, which the Gal lant Officer had so properly endeavoured to remove, that there was an intention on the part of the Government to make use of regimental savings' banks as a means ofascer taining how far the payment of soldiers would be reduced, he could assure the House that never was there any such intention, and the soldiers themselves had given the most substantial proof that the error was not very generally received.—(Hear, hear.) He quite agreed with the Gallant Officer as to the expediency of allowing coals and candles to married officers in barracks.— (Hear, hear.) He had been in communication on the subject, with some of the most intelligent clerks. And he was satisfied —(as we understood)—that it was ad visable to allow the coals and candles under the circum stances referred to by the Gallant Officer.—(Hear.) In answer to a question from the Earl of SURREY, Sir H. HARDINGE said, that although it was not in all cases practicable to provide railway carriages for the wives and children of married soldiers proceeding with their regiments by railway, every effort was made to afford them accommodation. Mr. W. WILLIAMS must acknowledge that all the Right Honourable Gentleman had said was very clear. But yet it did not satisfy him.—(Hear, and laugh.) The Right Hon. and Gallant Officer had stated that the circumstances of the country required an increase of the forces; but he had not stated what those circumstances were.—(Hear.) The Gallant Officer had shown the necessity for relieving the troops on foreign service. He (Mr. W.) would do as much as the Gallant Officer to relieve those troops. But there was another body of persons who also stood in need of relief—the impoverished people of this country, who had to pay all the expenses.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. and Gallant Officer must be aware in what a state of starvation the people had lately been. They were not so very badly off now.—(Hear.) But they might go back to that again; or perhaps something worse. There were no classes in this Empire, except those who lived on the taxes, who were in a condition to afford to the army more accommodation and comfort than they had received for the last twenty-five years. We were now in the twenty- eighth year of peace, and, according to the sth,tements of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the expenditure last year was 53,600,000/. He (Mr. Williams) said it was mere ; but, according to the slate meat of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that was the amount. The Right Hon. the Secretary at War said that the dead weight had been reduced by the reduc tion in the,half-pay pensions. Why in the year 1818, only three years after the war, the half-pay pensions were 2,600,0001; this year they amounted to 2,200,000/. He (Mr. Williams) rose for the purpose of proposing a reduction of 20,000 men from the number proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman. He had shown that the number of men proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman, adding those forces which were as much a portion of the military as the Guards, was greater by 59,000 men than the average of 1822 and 1823; greater by 41,000 than the average of 1836 and 1837; greater by 33,0n0 than the average of the last 24 years. He therefore moved that the number of men be reduced this year by 20,000. Lord HOWICK did not rise with the intention of supporting the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman. He believed that they were not prepared to make the re duction in the military force of the country which the Hon. Gentleman proposed. But at the same time he (Lord Howick) could not think the Right Hon. Gentle- man opposite (Sir H. Hardinge) could rest his proposi tion for maintaining so large a force exclusively upon the necessity for maintaining relief for our colonial pos sessions. He entirely concurred with the Hon. and Gal lant Officer in saying that the pressure on the British infantry of the line was greater than it ought to be. He (Lord Howick) was persuaded that measures ought to be adopted for the purpose of rendering relief more fre quent. He thought there were several measures that might be adopted with this view. In the first place, he retained the opinion which he had long entertained, that much might be done by diminishing the proportion of each regimeat that was at home. He thought it was un fortunate that that description of force which did not feel the pressure so much were not required to take a greater share of duty than they did at present, During the time that he had the honour to fill the office of Secretary-at-War, when the unfortunate insurrection in Canada arose, he recommended the Government and Lord Hill to send over two battalions of Guards to Canada. That measure was adopted, and those Guards were now come home, but he had not learned that any portion of that force had been sent to any of the other colonies. Now he was far from saying that the regiments of the Guards ought to take a share of the colonial service ex actly like the regiments of the line. But he did say that so far as service at short distances, and in healthy climates was concerned, he thought that they should do something. He thought that two battalions of guards should be stationed at Gibraltar, or in the Mediterranean, as a regular arrangement. The officers and men in the Guards had very great and remarkable advantages over the rest of the army. An officer in the Guards rose to the rank of a general officer, very much more rapidly than the officers in other regiments. No man could look through the army list and not find that out. He thought, therefore, that it was not too much to ask:them to take a portion of the foreign duty. Now if two battalions were continually abroad, either in the Medi terrrnean or in North America, to be relieved every two years, he thought it would be a very good arrangement, considering that at present the time of the Guards was passed between Windsor and London. He thought, too, that something more should be done by having a larger proportion of marines. He thought a battalion of ma rines could be employed with great advantage at Gib raltar, and would be found to be of great service if a war were to break out, and would al4o tend to diminish the pttphuee r nenn csliamountongane pensions tfatoyAe rs o plo f l aelu c ndls o sioi elionoorngnsn service, had IrNdvt Now ev y a dahi beenbnme edpemonwas could od e rden said n o t oo n otuht t thea htshieata had subjecttn hof soldieraennrl there y t infantry )sa-rinxoeo and allow that representation to go f or th w ith ou t a wor d o f explanation. That was not the amount of pension to which a soldier was entitled, who was worn out. It was very easy to find fault with measures which had been adopted formerly.—(Hear.) Formerly the practice was, that a soldier had no right to retire from the service on a pension, unless he . 'was unfit for the service. The practice was however altered, and then the soldier could retire, after twenty-one years service, on a pension of one shilling per day. This was found to lead to great inconvenience. In the first place, men at the age of thirty-nine fr e quently claimed the re tiring pension. The full pay was only twopence per day more than the pension ; and the men would, of course, rather have one shilling a day and do nothing, than one shilling and twopence per day for active service. The Right Hon. and Gallant Officer, when serving under the Duke of Wellington, endeavoured to check this system. He had endeavoured to prevent men from retiring at thirty-nine years of age, unless those who were really unfit for service. It was further ordered, that the cer tificate of the regimental surgeon should be no longer deemed of itself sufficient, as it was well known that commanding officers desired to have young active men in the service. The soldier who applied to be discharged on a pension, had to go to Chatham and undergo inspection by a surgeon not in connection with the regiment. He had likewise to ap pear before the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, who should certify as to his unfitness for military duty before he received his pension. A great many complaints were made by those soldiers desirous of obtaining their dis charge, of being afflicted with chronic rheumatism, which although frivolous and ill-grounded, was often dif ficult to be disproved. When they had passed the ma gical period of 39, the chronic rheumatism was com plained of, and the pension applied for. In this manner the pension list was every year swelling enormously, and becoming an insupportable burden to the country.— (Hear, hear.) Men, after a service of 21 years, might be receiving a pension for 30 years after their discharge —a pension, too, almost adequate to the full pay of the active soldier.—(Hear.) The best proof that many sol diers obtained their discharge on frivolous grounds was the fact, that numbers of those who had obtained their discharge years age were now about to be put upon mi litary duty. Sir H. HARDINGE—Oh no; not military duty. Lord HOWICK—Duty to a certain extent; but he did not attribute any blame to the War-office on that score. It was impossible for that department to check the evil whilst the inducement to commit it remained so great. In order to guard against this abuse it was necessary that the pension for mere disability should be decreased, and upon their continuing a few years more in the service it should be increased. It was deluding the public to say that men might be discharged from the army, worn out and shattered, on 6d. a-day, for he might have a pension of Is. a-day if his merits were equal to it. Another great evil existed under the former system. A commanding officer might report that the man applying for the pension was a notorious drunkard, yet if that man had not fallen under the sentence of a court martial, he was entitled to the same pension as the most deserving soldier. This was represented to the Noble. Lord the Member for the City of London, when Pay master of the Forces. By v i r t ue o f his office he was then also chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, and that Noble Lord had done all in his power to remedy it. When he (Lord Howick) came into office he suggested (and his .proposition met the sanction of Lord Hill), that in the event of the good conduct of the soldier during his service he should re ceive the full pay, and should derive the full advantage of the warrant of his Right Hon. Friend, and of the good conduct warrant. Thus he would receive, not a pension of 6d. a day, but of ls., Is. 2d., Is. 3d., or some times even Is. 4d., as the case might be. For his (Lord Howick's) part, he would much rather increase the comforts of the soldier in active service, improve his barracks, and give him a better sad more suitable description of food, especially when in distant climates. He thought greater facilities should be afforded to the soldier for going out of the army and returning home to see his friends. He disapproved of one part of the warrant of 1829—that part which enabled the soldier to have a gratuity when discharged. When the soldier could commute his pension for an immediate gratuity, the natural improvidence of his habits too often induced him, to sacrifice future comfort for present gratification, a step which he ever afterwards regretted. With refer ence to the change in the army estimates now before the House, regarding the troops serving abroad, he must say that he, in a great measure, disapproved of it. It was incumbent on him, before he sat down, to say a few words on the management of the commissariat. It was impossible to pass this by without saying that, in his opinion, the administration of the commissariat un der the Treasury—no matter whether it was when Hon.' Gentlemen opposite were in office, or when his (Lord Howick's) friends were—had ever been in the highest degree unsatisfactory. It was impossible it could be otherwise. The load of business which pressed upon the joint Secretaries for the Treasury was so great, that it was impossible for them to give an efficient superin tendence to this branch of the military service, and the control of it consequently fell into the hands of ? a certain number of clerks of the Treasury. They did their best, according to their judgment, no doubt ; but still they had not that authority which permitted an effective con trol, and so, the Horse Guards being unchecked, followed on in the old routine system, and the result was a la mentable want of economy in the expenditure of money, and a lavish waste of the health and comfort of the troops. As evidence in sepport of his position, he would advance one or two statistical facts. For 20 years following the peace, up to 1835, in what was called the Windward and Leeward Islands command, on an average strength of 1,090 men, there had been an annual mortality of 93 men, whilst the annual mortality on the same number of men at home was 15. In the West Indies, thentoottaolne of losswhofomm, let men it t a b s e the frightful number driu cheedd o by inf 6 the battle, climate , remembered, but simply and so l e ly f rom di sease ne and the h ar d a d m i n i s t ra ti on o f perished 8 the commissariat, Disease of course was, to a certain degree, the inevitable consequence of the climate, indeed, he sincerely believed that that was a danger requiring more courage to face than the greatest and deadliest war. Now, where climates were so deleterious, it was doubly requisite that every precaution should be taken to arrest that mortality, and to make every effort to preserve the health of the troops. And yet five days in each week would it be believed salt provisions were given out in these burning climates? lie could cite a still stronger case than that. During the whole six years we had a large garri son in St. Helena, in order to guard Napoleon, no fresh provisions whatever were given out to the troops—they had uniformly and entirely salt provisions. The morta lity during these siz years was 34 men in every 1,000; being rather more than double the rate of mortality in the mother country. And this, be it recollected, was not in an unwholesome climate like the West Indies, but in a really healthy place. In the Mauritius salt provisions were given out every other day to the troops—whereas, here, and, indeed, in many other places he could enu merate, where the salt-provision practice obtained, fresh provisions were actually to be obtained at a less price. He could show that not only in regard to the lives of the soldiers, but in point of expense, a vast saving might have been effected had the administration of the com missariat been only on a proper footing and efficiently controlled. This was no party question, and he spoke not in a party sense. The blame attached to Lord Liver pool's administration, to the Duke of Wellington's, to' the Reform administration—in short, to every Govern ment that had existed, including the present one. He blamed not individuals, but the system which placed the commissariat administration in the hands of persons who had no other military duties to perform, and did not truly understand military exigencies. With these facts before them, he thought the time was come when a better system should be arranged ; for to leave it as at present, under the Treasury, was only to per petuate evils which had lasted far too long. He felt obliged, by the opportunity which had been afforded him, of making these remarks, and should conclude by expressing his intention of voting against the proposed reduction of the Hon. Member for Coventry (Me. Wil liams), and in favour of the vote proposed by the Right Hon. and Gallant Secretary at War (Sir H. Hardinge). Mr. P. HOWARD would vote in favour of the Go vernment if a division took place. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt bound, as the Noble Lord had made a severe attack upon the commissariat department, to say a few words. He was fully prepared to discuss with the Noble Lord the propriety of keeping up a commissariat department in connexion with the Treasury. It was a department of account, and, in that respect, it came under the control of those who had the management of the financial affairs of the country. He was satisfied that the commissariat department, as now established, added to, and did not diminish the comfort of, the troops, and besides which, a considerable saving to the public had been effected. He felt convinced that if the details of the commissariat department accounts were referred to the War-office, they would be as unable to undestand them as the officers of the Treasury. Mr. F. BARING bore testimony to the intelligence of the officers connected with the commissariat depart ment. With reference to the removal of the estimates from the army to the 'commissariat department, he should not object to it provided the Secretary-at-War had the same power of checking the accounts as formerly. He was not prepared to go into particular cases, but he thought there was a great advantage in the Secretary at War having the power of examining and checking the accounts. It was not a question of jealousy between the War-office and the commissariat ; though the Secretary could not himself overlook all the accounts, they might be, as they were formerly, under the inspection of two comptrollers. Sir J. CAM HOBHOUSE trusted the Hon. and Gallant Officer opposite would hesitate before he changed the scale of pensions of 1833. It was made with the full sanction of the Government of Earl Grey, and was drawn up with the most anxious care. Every pains was taken to make the calculations sound. He deprecated these discussions on such points. Sir 11. HARDINGE said the discussion had, in a great measure, originated with the Hon. Gentlemen opposite. The far greater number of soldiers—ninety nine out of one hundred—were discharged on account of being unfit for service, not being able to march a day with 601bs. on their backs ; under the present war rants, these discharged men could only receive one shilling a day for twenty-seven years' service. Out of 27,000 men in the regiments now in England, there were only two men who had served twenty-eight years. A soldier might be perfectly healthy, and yet, through not being able to carry the required weight, unfit for duty. Whatever might be his private opinions, he would endeavour to obtaln the best information he could, and, after submitting it to the Government, leave them to act as they thought best. Dr. BOWRING supported the amendment, and ob served, that having always resisted an increase in the army, he was still prepared to minimize it to the greatest possible extent. s tran gers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion For the amendment • l2 Majority for the motion —lo2 Colonel RAWDON thought the Government could spare .5,000 men to the country. He therefore moved that there be a reduction of 5,000 men. Sir H. HARDINGE said that the present number of men were actually necessary for the relief of the troops in the colonies, Colonel RAWDON then withdrew his' motion. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that according to the Act under which the pensioners were enrolled in Ireland a warrant was to be issued, specifying the number of persons enrolled, and the districts to which they be longed, and that that warrant was to be laid on the table of the House twenty-one days after the commencement of the session of Parliament, and he thought the House and the country ought to get that information to which they were entitled. Sir H. HARDINGE had laid on the table the only warrant that had been issued on the subject to which the Hon. Gentlemen referred. After some further discussion, the vote was agreed to. On the motion for granting 3,431,7641., for defraying the charges of her Majesty's land forces for the service of the United Kingdom, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the' charge of 82,0001. for small beer. The charge for last year was 71,0001, whilst that for 1836 was only 61,0001. He would be glad to know what was the cause of the increase. Sir 11. HARDINGE said a penny a day had been given to every soldier on home service for many years past; and the addition was in consequence of several regiments having returned recently from abroad., Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the contingent allow ances to captains. Sir H. HARDINGE said this allowance was the same as had been allowed for many years past. his included certain Colonel SIBTHORP thought it would be better if Hon. Members opposite would confine themselves to T b o ee n k su n b o j w ec le ts dg wi e, th th w e h t ic w h o tihteemyswreerfeerrfaemd to familiar. To in the votes for the last sixteen years.—(Hear.) The vote was then agreed to. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the Chairman re port progress, and ask leave to sit again. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. After a few words from Sir H. HARDINGE, which were not heard in the gallery, the motion was agreed to. and the House resumed. The Report was then brought up and agreed to, when the House adjourned, at a Quarter past Twelve o'Clock. TAE IRISH STATE T.saLs.—A public meetin g convened by the Mayor in compliance with a requisition signed by twenty-eight town-councillors, and about seven hundred burgesses and other inhabitants, is to be held at Birmingham on Wednesday, on the subject of the recent proceedings in Ireland. Mr. O'Connell has accepted an invi tation to attend. • Lord and Lady John Russell, Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. F. Leveson, Hon. Wm. Cowper, Right Hon. B. Macaulay, Mr. Sullivan, and a distinguished circle, were entertained at din ner, on Saturday last, by Viscount and Viscountess Palmer ston, at their residence on Carlton House Terrace. Her Lady ship afterwards had a soirée, which was attended by many persons of rank and fashion. THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE. —Orders have been issued from the office of the Lord Cham berlain for the State apartments to be re-opened for the ad mission of the public as usual. If the public were to bear in mind that the state apar t me nts are invariably closed every Friday th roug h out the year, it would be the means of saving many a lost journey to Windsor. EXTRAORDINARY ROPE.—Wre are informed by Mr. fj* T. T r__,___egeXas, of Truro, the agent for Cornwall for the pa ., wire-rope, that Mr. Andrew Smith, the patentee at near London, has just completed a galvanised wire• rope of the astonishing length of 123 miles, which is r in o t a e d n s d . edwfoervreelseciuntriecathliscommamy u c n on ic fl a d ti e o n n tly on bc on d e es o ign f athteedrathile -longest rope in the world.--West Briton. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, March 4! The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day shortly after 11 o'clock. FOLEY V. HILL. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal occupied the Court the whole morning. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. The 113th session of the Central Criminal Court commenced yesterday in the Justice Hall, Old Bailey, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the Sheriffs, and Alder man Farncombe. On calling the grand jury, a gentleman of the Hebrew persuasion, Simeon Optheinm, claimed exemption, on the ground of being secretary and clerk to the Great Synagogue, and that, were he absent from his duties, the business of the Synagogue would be almost at a stand-still, and the poor would materially suffer. The RECORDER—You, then, are in the light of a parish officer? _ _ _ Mr. Optheinm—Exactly so, but with duties in addition. As a further ground of exemption I may state, that this afternoon and to-morrow are high holydays with the Jews, and my services in the synagogue cannot be dispensed with. The RECORDER—YOU have no legal ground of exemption, but, under the circumstances stated by you, the Court excuses your attendance. The grand jury being sworn, the RECORDER proceeded to charge them. The Learned Gentleman said, the calendar of the present session did not appear, in point of numbers, to be heavy, and the depositions, as transmitted to him, did not furnish any matter in general on which it was necessary for the Court to offer any particular instructions to them. There were, however, two cases on which he would offer a very few words to their notice. One of these was a charge of revolt on board a ship, and the other was for murder. The persons charged with revolt on board ship were named M'Gregor and Lambert. Theirs was an offence provided for by the 11th and 12th of Wm. 111., c. 7, s. 9, which enacted, amongst other things, that if any seaman or mariner should run away, or endeavour to run away, with any ship, or should endeavour to corrupt the crew, or seduce them to go over, to the enemy, or to lay violent hands on the commander, or to confine him, or should make, or endeavour to make, a revolt on board ship (and this was the gist of the charge against 31`Gregor and Lambert), then all and every such person was guilty of felony. They would carefully consider the circum stances which would be brought before them in connection with this charge, and decide whether or not the two prisoners had banded together, with other personk for the purpose of raising a revolt. It was not necessary to the support of the charge that they should have the guilty intention of running away with the ship : it would be sufficient to have proof that they had, by their actions or their words, caused a revolt, or en deavoured to cause a revolt, on board the ship. From the depositions he (the Learned Recorder) gathered that there was great dissatisfaction on board the ship ; that some of the crew used menacing language to the captain, and that when he, assisted by his mate, had taken and put into custody one of the offenders, that the prisoners conspired with others to use dangerous weapons to effect his release. "Whether they were suffering under real or imaginary wrongs was net a question their (the jury) had any thing to do with. They must limit their inquiry to ascertain the fact whether there was a conspiracy on board the ship to deprive the captain of his command : in other words, whether there was a revolt, or an endeavour to cause a revolt, and whether the prisoners were aiding and assisting in that endeavour. If evidence to this extent should be brought before them, there would cer tainly be a sufficient ground for them on *tilich to find a bill. With regard to the charge of murder, it was a most melan choly case. It was the case of a mother charged with. destroying two of her own children, and after having done this, with making a serious attempt upon her own life, show ing, to a certain degree, the - extreme state of mental excite ment under which the unhappy woman was labouring. He was bound to tell them that, judging from the depositions then before him, and from the declarations which the evidence at tributed to the woman, there would be no doubt that in law the crime of murder had been committed. He should ex press no opinion to them on the ultimate result of the case, but it appeared to him (the Recorder) to be their bounden duty to put the case in a course of enquiry before one of the I.neued Judges of the land. All matter of excuse or pallia tion must be discarded from their minds ; such only could be adduced in defence, and must be for the consideration of the petty jury, and not of the gentlemen he had then the honour of addressing. Their duty was simply to inquire whether the lives of these two children had been sacrificed by the hands of their parent. It was a case certainly entitled to the greatest compassion, far it appeared that when the unhappy woman committed the crime with which she was charged, she was in a state of the most • abject misery and distress. Her agony of mind amount ed to distraction, and in this state she committed her awful crime. These were topics which, however they might demand their sympathies as men, must not interfere with their duties as grand jurors —they would hereafter be care fully considered, and he was sure with that kindness which so sad a case called for from every humane mind. The Learned Recorder having complained of the delay which constantly occurred in the transmission to the Court of the depositions upon which prisoners were committed, and which every ses sion debarred him from giving to the grand jury all the advice and assistance he desired to do, said he had no further observations to make, and they could therefore retire to the performance of their important duties. ARMY ESTIMATES. Sir H. HARDINGE then rose to submit to the Com mittee the vote for the army estimates, and in doing so said he would follow the usual course of explaining the dif ference which existed in the vote for the present year and that of last year. The most important vote was the first, that for the whole of her Majesty's land forces, and he would therefore enter into some explanation of it. The Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Rochdale, and the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last, talked as if the standing army was kept up for the purpose of enforcing the great amount of taxes. But that was not the case. The standing army was kept up in order that they might be able to afford relief to the troops abroad. The army of all ranks consisted of 100,295 men. Of this number there were 30,000 in the East Indies. There were 5,000 officers, and 5,500 non commissioned officers. In 1842 the number amounted to 122,516, and it certainly was the intention of her Majesty's Government to make a reduction, but the estimate had scarcely passed the House when the events which took place in Caubul rendered it necessary to send six battalions to India. In the following year it was the intention of her Majesty's Government, as he had declared in moving the estimates, to make a re duction of 3,500 men, and 2,000 were reduced last year. That course would have been pursued in the present year, but the state of affairs in India was such that not vrithstanding the six battalions sent out the Governor- General was not able to send home the three regiments which ought to have been sent to England in return. That disappointment, connected with other circum stances, caused the Government not to make that re duction which he admitted and declared it was their intention to make. But the expense of the 30,000 men in India, which amounted to about 1,000,0001., was borne by the East India Company. He thought he should be able to show the Hon. Mem ber for Coventry that the force kept up this year was not for the sake of having a standing army in this country, but to give our forces abroad that relief to which they were entitled. Every Government had sanctioned the principle of regiments being five years at home and ten years abroad. In the year 1842 there had been more than thirty-two regiments abroad upwards of ten years, and the Government thought it their duty to relieve those with the 'greatest expedition. Between the years 1837 and 1842, a force of 21,000 men had been raised by the Government of Lord Melbourne, owing to circum stances in Canada, China, &c., and, in addition to that force, Government determined to convert nine depots into seven battalions, and send them abroad to the various colonies to relieve the regiments there. There were still upwards of fourteen regiments in India that had been more than ten years abroad, and it was of the utmost importance that they should be speedily relieved; that relief, which should be given periodically, could not be afforded without a corresponding force at home, and it was for that purpose, and not to keep up a standing army, that they had those forces. The 13th Regiment of Infantry, which was commanded by Sir R. Sale, had been in India upwards of twelve years. It was on its march to Sukkur, in Sinde, where it might have to encounter an enemy ; and the 55th Regiment had been abroad twenty-two years, and now he asked was that proper? The Hon. Member for Coventry had re ferred to the state of the army in 1822, and seemed to say there was at present a very effective force. If he numbered the general officers among the effective portion of the army, he (Sir Henry Hardinge) regretted to say that but five of those officers, from their great age, could be numbered among the effective forces. He would now call attention to the more effective por tion of the army. In 1822 there were 396 general officers, now there were 171, being a diminution of 225; the half-pay officers then amounted to 771; they were now 360. The foreign half-pay officers in 1822 were 979 in number; they were now only 466. In 1822 there werealto gether 12,019 officers, whose pay, including emoluments to their wives, amounted to 1,061,000/. In the present year the number of officers was 5,032, while their pay &c., came to 909,0001., showing a reduction of 742,0001. The saving in the reduction of pensioners amounted to 322,000/. Upon these two items al on e, th e Ch e l sea pen sioners and the officers of the army, there had been a reduction of 1,100,0001. It was not this Government alone, or the Government of the Duke of Wellington, but there had been a general endeavour to effect a re duction in the expenditure. He would now proceed to the ordinary part of the estimates. The first vote was that for 100,295 men, the expense being 3,200,0001. This was 187,5231. less than the amount last year. The dimi nution, however, was only an apparent one, occasioned by the transfer of a part of the expenditure to the corn misariat. For the last three or four years there had been great difficulty in settling the commisariat ac counts, in consequence of the events in Canada. Her Majesty's Government was of opinion that it was practically a better ,arrangement that the commissariat estimates should be kept in their own department than that they should enter into the general estimates of the service. Another item was that of 2,000/. for libraries. At home there were 38 libraries, of which' 17 were in Ireland ; and he believed that in the most remote station a library would very shortly be established. The ground of the Chatham Lunatic Asylum being in a bad state, arrangements had been made for the purchasing of some ground for building in the neighbourhood of Ro chester, and this would be included in the estimates of the year. The vote for the staff exhibited an increase of 4,0001. The fourth vote was that for the public de partments. There was no real increase in this vote, although there was a small apparent one arising from the postage. There was no vote for the Trinity House, while for the Trinity Asylum there was a small increase In the volunteer corps there was a diminution of 2,000/. The fourteenth vote was that for the widows' pensions. In this item there was a small increase-8501. That increase was attributable to the circumstance, that a very large num ber of general officers, twenty-seven, he believed, in all, had died during the past year. In the compassionate list there was a small increase. In the sixteenth vote, for Chelsea pensioners, there was a reduction of 13,2941. The decrease in the number of pensioners this year was about seven hundred. Ten thousand pensioners were enrolled, to be called out whenever circumstances might require the adoption of such a course. In Ire land, where six thousand pensioners were enrolled, he was happy to say the applications for exemption amounted only to 170. The superannuation allowances amounted to only 13,0001. The charge for the whole effective force, including all the items, was 5,984,0001. lie had now gone through the whole of the items. He would be happy to give any explanations which the lion. Gentlemen might require. He could only state, in conclusion, that her Majesty's Government were anxious, not only to maintain the efficiency of the army, but in everything which related to expense to observe the most strict and rigid economy. The Right lion. Baronet then moved that 100,295 men should be fixed as the standing force for the year. Captain LAYARD said, no doubt it would be in the recollection of the House, that for the two last years, upon the army estimates being brought underdise,ussion, he had thought it his duty, a duty which he owed to the service, to which he considered it an honour to belong, to state his opinion of the immense advantage it would be, that men should be allowed to enlist for limited ser vice —(Hear, hear)—as by such means a very superior class of men, he had no doubt, would enter the service, and by such means a great deal of the crime which was now committed would be avoided. For • nothing could be looked upon as a greater or graver offence than de sertion, which, alas, unhappily existed to a great extent in the army, and which arose from two causes—the first and strongest of which was, a man after enlistment hav ing found that there was no chance of escape from a ser vice for which he found himself totally unfit. Now, in the French service desertion was not so frequent, as men only served there for a given period. He (Captain Layard) felt convinced that the parents of young men in the middle classes would not feel that aversion which was now felt in letting their sons enter the service, as then, if a boy entered at 18 and received his discharge at 28, he would be able to apply himself to any other call ing, which would not be the case at a later period of life.—(Hear, hear.) It had been stated as a reason, and it seemed at first sight an insurmountable one, the expense of sending home any considerable number of men, supposing the regiment to be abroad; but he considered that the expense so entailed would be fully met by not giving any pension to men who enlisted for a limited time.—(Hear, hear.) And he (Captain Layard) had every reason to believe that most men would remain, particularly if their regiment were abroad, the soldier being generally much better off in foreign climates than he was at home, though, of course, more exposed to the vicissitudes of climate. Now, his (Captain Layard's) opi nion upon this subject was formed upon his own personal observation, and had since been confirmed by the opinion of many able officers whom he had spoken to upon the subject. And he believed few, if any, would disagree with him, when he stated that one, whose judgment upon this subject must be one of the very best, and whose anxiety for the well-being of the soldier all must appreciate, agreed with him in that opinion the last time he br oug ht f orwar d the subject. lie alluded to the wishedght ll to aoreßshartohnset Right Baronet the Secretary Hon. ecreta and Gallant Officer ryat War. He therefore if ore there was any chance of h ite wished to being carried t intoeffect. A ll n on d o i tira nth h e secondpla ir it was in con t emp lation latioat Right n Honourable Baronet crease the bounty up on enlistment, ashe was well assured, from personal observation, h that the recruit finding himself in debt, very o f ten deserted, believing, that good faith had not been kept w ith him. He trusted this would be amended, as it was, he believed one of the greatest sources of crime. He, for one, begged to thank the Right Hon. Baronet and those in authority at the Horse Guards, for having instituted savings-banks, as he believed it would be of great use ; and he con sidered the Gallant Officer the Member for Liverpool deserved credit for having advocated it as he did, and for having promoted it when in his power. He felt that encouragement to steadiness and good conduct would have the best possible effect ; and this was proved by the great benefit that had been derived from the excel lent plan carried out by the Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland with respect to the good conduct badges, and which had led to the ha lest results. He thought that great go o d would accrue to the service if lance corporals were to receive twopence a day, and lance ser geants threepence a day, additional pay, as they had a great deal of duty to perform ; and, as in many instances they had to attend school, they were put to considerable expense. He trusted that those i n au th or ity would allow a longer period for furlougs to be granted this year, as none had yet been given ; and though it might not make any material difference to regiments who re mained at home, yet to those who were likely to go abroad it was of th e greatest importance, as many men could have little chance of seeing their families again, for a very long time, if ever. Before he sat down he must draw the, attention of the House to the very pitiful, in short, - to tally inadequate pension which was now given to the PAGET V. DOLT, The defendant in this case, a prisoner in the Bench under judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench for a series of libels on the Duke of Brunswick and Mr. Valiance, a solicitor, was brought up in custody to plead to an indictment found against him, two or three sessions ago, for a libel published in the Age newspaper upon Lord Wm. Paget. The matter arose out of the too celebrated case of " Paget v. Cardigan," tried last week in the Court of Common Pleas ; and the libel complained of consisted in a statement to the effect that the whole affair from beginning to end was nothing but what, in sporting phrase, is called " a plant," on the part of Lord Wm. Paget to extort money from the Earl of Cardigan. The pri soner had tried, but ineffectually, to remove the indictment by certiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench, for trial, and it now came:on for adjudication in this Court. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case to the jury. He said the defendant appeared to answer an indictment which charged him with having wickedly and maliciously published a libel on Lord William Paget. Whatever might be the result of this inquiry, there was no doubt that the plain tiff in the cause was a most unfortunate nobleman. It was idle to suppose there was any one in Court who was not fully cognizant of the circumstances which had recently been published, concerning the wife of the noble plaintiff and the Earl of Cardigan, and that upon the trial which was to test the truth of those statements, a verdict had been returned for the defendant. Neither he (Mr. Clarkson), nor his noble client Lord William Paget, desired to question the propriety of that verdict. They cast no reflection upon it, or upon the. ury who gave it. They felt that the jury was not sufficiently satisfied with the character of the testimony given on that occasion, and that therefore they could not conscientiously give any other verdict than that which they had done. The subject matter, however, before them that day was altogether different. It was a libel of the most cold-blooded and atro cious character. upon Lord William Paget, published by a person who never cared for one moment whether it was true or not, and who, having himself fabricated it, best knew its utter and absolute falsehood. The charge of this fellow Holt was, that Lord William Paget had wickedly and diabolically attempted to tarnish the fair fame of the wife of his bosom, with the view of extorting money from the Earl of Cardigan. He was charged with putting his wife into an equivocal situation, so that she might destroy her own fair fame, and tarnish his own honour, and destroy his own happiness for life—with sacrificing her innocence and virtue, with the sole and horrible object of wringing money out of the pocket of that wealthy noble man. Now, no one was more anxious to meet and to rebut this foul charge, than Lord William Paget himself; and for this purpose he offered himself to be put into the witness box, and would be so put there, so that the defendant might have every chance of substantiating his calumnies, if he could. This, however, he could not do ; and it would be for the jury to weigh all the circumstances, and the evidence that would be adduced, and give the only verdict which, in his (Mr. Clarkson's) opinion, the justice of the case would permit them to do. _ _ Lord William Paget examined by Mr. DoA.Nru—l am the second son of the Marquis of Anglesea, and have been mar ried to Lady Paget 17 years. I have a family of three sons. The oldest is now 15 years of age. In August last, from some communication made to me, I suspected the fidelity of my wife, and on the 7th of that month I gave certain direc tions to my valet and a person named Winter. Up to within three or four days of this time I was living with Lady Paget. Upon this day I received a communication from my valet Thomas and Winter. Mr.WORDIWORTH here interfered, and said he apprehended they were not to try the case of Paget v. Cardigan again. He suggested that the particulars of the communication ought not to be gone into. Examination continued---I had a communication made to me, and I immediately went home. Mr. WORDSWORTH said the case might be shortened by simply asking Lord William Paget whether, in point of fact, as the libel alleged, he did get up a plan to entrap Lord Carr di an and to obtain money from him. - Examination continued—l had an interview with Lady Paget, and afterwards sent a military friend, Major Close, to Lord Cardigan, and subsequently gave instructions to my at torney to commence an action. Mr. DoANE—Did Lord Cardigan give you a meeting ? LordiW. Paget—He did not. Mr. DOANE—Now, my Lord, I ask you, did you believe the representation made to you by the parties referred to ? Lord W. Paget---9n my oath I did ; and I do still believe every syllable. M. DoArm—Forgive me, my Lord, for asking you ; but had you the remotest idea of obtaining money from Lord Cardigan ? Sir W. Paget—Before God I declare I had not. I had not seen the witness till five minutes before the time in question, for twelve months. Mr. DOANE—Had you any intention of making a "plant" upon Lord Cardigan and your wife ? Lord W. Paget—On my, oath, before Almighty God, no. Cross-examined by Mr. WORDSWORTH—I never had any intention of obtaining money from Lord Cardigan. Mr. Wouuswourii—Was Winter placed under the sofa by your direction? Lord W. Paget—He was. He was placed there on two distinct days. - Cross-examination continued—My action against Lord Cardigan was, tried last week in the Common Pleas, andthere was a verdict for the defendant. I rdad in the newspapers that the jury returned their verdict without having the sum ming-up of the Judge. The man Winter, was examined, and also my valet. I knew a gentleman named Hay. He was not a constant visitor at my house at Portsmouth in 1842. I was on intimate terms with him, because we had sailed together. He never dined once at my house. I do not recollect hisbeing in the library with Lady Paget and witness on any occasion. I do not recollect having any altercation with Lady Paget in Mr. Hay's presence. I cannot speak positively upon the sub ject, but I do not recollect having made use of an angry word to Lady Paget. I never said to Mr. Hay that I was not easy in my mind and proposed to Mr. Hay that we should take a yacht, and live engarcon. I remember being at the Cavendish Hotel last September, and Mr. Hay and a Mr. Fisk were frequently there, but on my oath I never said that a se paration from Lady Paget would be beneficial to me. I have no recollection of ever saying anything to those gentleman about Lord Cardigan. I have no recollection of saying that it would be a pity to quarrel with. Lord Cardigan, for I would get 50/. or 1001. out of him at any time. I never said to Mr. Hay ;that the business was planned with my valet and Winter,. but I did tell him all the circumstances, and that I had put Winter under the sofa. I was waiting.in a cab in Berkeley square when I received the information, and it was upon my going home that I struck Lady Paget. I know Mr. Hamer, the attorney. Winter was his clerk. I also knew Mr. Cassidy and Miss Bellew. I was one of the party who accompanied Miss Bellew to Paris, and I understood there was some proposal of marriage between Mr. Cassidy and Miss Bellin ; but I apprehend it was broken off in consequence of something which happened at Paris. The newspapers of this country took a good deal of notice of the transaction at Paris. On my return from Paris, I had some encounter with the defendant upon the subject of an article in the Age, relative to that transaction. I was introduced to him by Captai4 ArGrath. After I had been to the Age office, we adjourned to a private room in a tavern in the Strand, and I remon strated with-Mr. Holt on- the article he had published, and wished him to hear my version of the matter, and if he be lieved it, to act accordingly. I did not ask Mr. Holt to spare my wife. I have no recollection of it; but I in tended to ask him to spare the feelings of my wife and family, and not give publicity to a gross falsehood in connexion with that affair. Nothing ap peared for two Sundays. He did spare my wife, but he did not spare me, for he took my money from me. He did not spare my pocket for an hour. He refrained for two Sundays, but commenced attacking me again on the third, because I did not complete the whole sum I had promised to pay him. The defendant expressed his entire belief in my, statement, and consented to spare the feelings of Lady 'William. I felt grateful to him, even upon such hard terms as I obtained. I swear that I do not recollect shaking him by the hand, and declaring that I should feel eternal friendship for him. I will not swear that I did not make use of the expression. I re member once dining with Mr. Holt after the transaction. Mr. Holt came into the Hotel Fricour one day, when I was dining there; and I believe we dined together, and a gentleman named Gompertz was also there. I.have no recol lection of taking wine with the defendant, but I will not swear I did not. I remember, upon one occasion, Mr. Holt told rue that he could not, all at once, in one article, give my version of the affair, but that he would let her (Lady Paget) down easily. When it was agreed that this article should appear, I undertook to take some copies of the paper and I was to give the defendant thirty-five pounds. I think that Captain M‘Grath was a party to the arrangement ; but I will not swear to the fact. I went into Mr. Holt's room when he was alone, and gave him 5/., and, on two successive Fridays, I gave him 10/., as the money was required on that day on which the paper was made up. A great many papers were sent to my house, and I will not swear there were not 5/. worth. These papers were to con tain the new version of the affair. I will not swear that copies of the paper were not sent on the second Sunday. I did not mean to say that I agreed to take 5/. worth of papers, but it was arranged that a large number should be sent to me, for distribution among my friends. I gave him 5/. on one occasion, and 10/. on two other occasions, and I was to have given 10/. more, but refused to do so. I don't recollect whether, on the second occasion, the money was paid in one note or two, but, to the best of my belief, it was not gold. I cannot recollect whether I paid gold or notes on the second occasion. _ _ _ Mr. WortnsvronTir.—Do I understand your Lordship, in your present situation, to say you cannot recollect whether you paid the money in notes or gold ? Lord W. Paget—Although I am a very poor man, and have not many ten-pound notes, I cannot recollect whether I paid with a ten-pound note or not. Re-examined—Although I may have been in company with the gentlemen I have mentioned, Mr. Hay and Mr. Fisk, I am quite sure that I never told them that I had planted Winter under the sofa, in order to make a false charge against Lord Cardigan. I told the whole story to many of my friends. The transaction in Paris took place four years ago, and it had nothing to do with the action between me and Lord Cardigan. Lady Paget was to be spared from hav ing her name mixed up with what was called the Bellew af fair. The defendant said he was satisfied that my version of the affair was the true one. After he had said this he remarked that Miss Bellew was to give him 501., and al though he knew I was a poor man, still I should not like to see him lose his newspaper, which was his bread, and he then asked what I would give him. I told him I would try and borrow 50/. for him. He said he would not be hard upon me, and if I gave him 30/. he would do the best he could for me. Upon the occasion of my making the second payment, I said, I hope you will allow me to make it in three payments, and he replied, -Willingly. When I gave him the second payment, I promised to make up the 30/. in four payments. By the advice of a friend I discontinued making the payments, and ever since I have been made the subject of attacks • that have almost driven me to self-de struction. I hold the rank of post-captain in the Royal Navy. Mr. Wordsworth, the counsel for the defendant, was the junior counsel for me in the action against Lord Cardigan. Mr. J. Rose, attorney for the prosecutor, proved the pur chase of the paper containing the libel. Cross-examined—Witness is an attorney, and acts as clerk to Mr. Bebb, an attorney, whose name appears in the bill. I knew the man Winter. I saw him last Tuesday, when the action was tried, but I have not seen him since. I assisted to conduct the case in the Common Pleas. I have not made any search for Winter since the trial. He was examined before the grand jury in support of this indictment. Mr. W. H. Watts, a reporter, was then called for the purpose of giving a definition of the meaning intended to be conveyed by the slang term " plant," which he described as applying to the case of a party entrapping persons into a position to have the appearance of guilt, either to substan tiate a charge, or to extort money upon a false accusation. The Clerk of the Court then read the words considered libellous by Lord Paget, which are as follow :- 4 ' THE LORDS CARDIGAN AND W. PAGET.—Without any desire to prejudice this case, which Lord W. Paget says he intends to bring before a legal tribunal of the country, we think it our duty to state what other people say. There are very few persons in society who do not believe the whole affair was got up for a specific occasion, and consider that it has been neither more nor less than a ' plant.' " We have heard it roundly asserted that a clerk of Mr. Hamer, the notorious lawyer (Lord William Paget's friend' at Andover, Patis, and other places), was placed under a sofa at his Lordship's residence when the Earl of Cardigan called there—we have heard that notwithstanding all that did not transpire there is evidence! to maintain that it did! We have heard that there is not the shadow of a pretext, not withstanding all which may be sworn to the contrary, to sub stantiate one tittle of ' damages '—and we have heard that it is the intention of the Earl of Cardigan to indict the whole party for a conspiracy. We can only say that if his Lord ship has sufficient grounds to frame this indictment upon, and that if found, he can transport the party implicated in any such conspiracy, he will be doing society at large the greatest possible benefit -" In the absence, however, of all actual knowledge, what ever may be our suspicions, we at present only give the above as on dits, and only say (if?) a word in which there is said to be much virtue." Mr. CLARKSON said this was the case for the prosecution. Mr. WORDSWORTH asked whether the Learned Counsel did not intend to call Mr. Bebb, and the person Winter, both whose names were on the back of the bill. Mr. CrAnxsox said he did not intend to call Mr. Bebb, and he should certainly not call Winter as his evidence had been already disbelieved by a Jury. Mr. WILKINS complained of the course that was adopted, and said that if Lord W. Paget were really anxious to have the whole matter investigated, the testimony of Winter would be very material. The RECORDER said that the sounsel for the prosecution was not bound to call every witness whose name appeared on the bask of the bill ; and where a witness's evidence had been already discredited by a jury, he thought that he exercised a proper discretion in not calling hint Mr. WORDSWORTH then addressed the jury for the defendant, and said, the question they had to consider was, whether a paragraph which appeared in the Age, a newspaper published by Holt, was libellous or not. The Learned Counsel for the plaintiff had stated that Lord William Paget was a most un fortunate man. He was truly an unfortunate man to have been placed in the position in which he had lately appeared before the public. He was compelled to come into a court of justice for the purpose of instituting an inquiry into the circumstances which imputed infidelity to Lady William Paget, his wife, and the mother of several children. He (Mr. Wordsworth) had no doubt but the late trial between Lord William Paget and the Earl of Cardigan would be fresh in the memory of the jury. The alleged libel went to state that the placing of the witness Winter under the sofa was "a plant," a defi nition which was liable to various constructions, and did not appear to him (Mr. Wordsworth) to be libellous. It also stated that it was the Earl of Cardigan's intention to indict " the whole party for conspiracy." The alleged libel was nothing more than a series of remarks on a mere topic of the day ; it mentioned no name ; the words might apply to a great number of respectable individuals. The paragraph contained nothing more than an account of certain topics current at the time of their publication, a mere inuendo, and could not, therefore, be considered libellous. He denied that the paragraph was intended to convey to the public the idea that an action then pending against the Earl of Cardigan, was to extort money from that nobleman. He was instructed to say that no such intention existed in the mind of the writer of the paragraph. The RECORDER in summing up observed, that it had for merly been held that it was for the Judge to decide whether the article which formed the subject of the indictment was a libel or not, and upon proof of publication the jury were bound to return a verdict of guilty. He had always been op posed to this view of the law, because he felt that it was the proper province of the jury to decide whether an alleged libel was so in fact; and a statute had since been passed which carried out that view, and the jury were now the parties called upon to say whether an article which formed the subject of indictment, was a libel or not. The jury would, therefore, look at the paragraph now in question, and upon a careful consideration of all the statements em braced in it, they would say what was the fair inference to be drawn from it, and whether it should be construed as malicious and defamatory of Lord W. Paget. If the inuendos ascribed to the article in question could fairly be taken as conveyed by it, he apprehended there could be very little doubt that it was a most libellous attack upon his Lordship ; and the chief ground for their attention was, whether it was merely a statement of supposed facts, or whether it was pub lished with a malicious intention to injure the character of Lord William Paget. With reference to the proceedings adopted by Lord William Paget, to stain evidence of his wife's misconduct, his Lordship observed that whatever opi nion might be entertained as to the character of that pro ceeding, it was perfectly legal, and any gentleman who might entertain suspicion of the infidelity of his wife was justified in resorting to such a step to obtain the necessary legal evi dence, and it would not form any ground for accusing him of a scheme to make up a case for the purpose of extorting money. His Lordship then went through the whole of the evidence, and concluded by leaving the case in the hands of the jury. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The RECORDER Liid he understood the defendant was al ready undergoing a sentence of imprisonment. Mr. DOANE said he was, and for an offence of the same description. The RECORDER then said he should remand the defendant to the same custody from whence he came, and he would confer with the Judges upon the subject of the sentence. I he were to pass a 'fresh sentence upon him at that time, it would have the effect of removing him from the custody in which he then was. The defendant was then removed in custody. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. O IN N s - o H uT A Ew LL A . mr. (YESTERDAY.) THE ALLEGED MURDER UNI —At the opening of the Court, this morning, in reference to the case against Mary Carroll who was brought up before Mr. Cottinghain late on Saturday afternoon, charged with being concerned in the murder of Elizabeth H o bb s , o f Bi r d- cage - a lley, in the Mint, Sergeant Sturgeon, M division, said that the prisoner's husband had ab scon d e d, an d a l t h oug h every e ffo rth d a been used to trace him, as yet it was unattended with success. It was, however, believed that he was concealed somewhere in the immediate vicinity of his residence, and that his object was to remain out of the way until the result of the Coroner's inquest was made known. The body of the deceased woman had been conveyed to the parish workhouse, and information of the circumstances having been given to Mr. Payne, in whose district the alleged offence was committed, he had ap pointed to hold an inquest on the body this evening, and in the meantime, had given directions that a post twortem examination may take place. It appears that there are a great number of lodgers in the house where the alleged act was committed, and as " rows" were constantly occurring there, when the deceased's cries of "murder" were heard very little attention was paid to them, as they were of such fre quent occurrence, which accounts for the non-interference of any of the people in the house when the prisoner, her hus band, and the deceased were quarrelling. The woman Car roll was taken to the county gaol, Horsetnonger-lane, after the examination on Saturday, and was remanded till Wed nesday. It is expected that the Coroner's jury will have ha. brought before them this evening, to hear her statement, if she wishes to make any; but although she was recommended by Mr. Cottingham to be silent at present, she has declared to the police officers who took her into custody, her entire innocence of having assaulted the deceased, and that her death was produced from falling down stair; while she was in a state of intoxication, . _.....--- 1 1, 1 MARKET NE WS.-(YESTETW A CORN EXCHANGE. 0 4 9 Fresh up, the arrivals of Wheat were tolerably 00 very dnest descriptions found buyers at prices quite those obtained on this day se'nnight, but all other k ilif a dead sale, though they were not considered cbeaP er 'd, Oi l Foreign Wheat at fully, but at nothing quotable beralcoti currencies. Barley at a decline of ls, in some ins_ i ta t li hid° per quarter, and a clearance was not effected. 3 1 Ad a' 1 p ritO downward tendency. The best - sound Oats a t l ' o clet# other kinds a mere drug. In Beans and Peas only Ala business was transacted. Flour at from 50s to 5311- • CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. op, WHEAT—Essex & Kent, I Mavr—Chevalier......l red ...... 448 to 63s Oars—Yorkshire sm. oto Ditto, white Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe .........T, , : A coln red 42s to 49e Youghall and Col. 1/8111 Dittowhite 4ss to Mk black . . . •... ...."" 060 F Irish, red 478 to 506 Cork, white ........ 0 8 11 Ditto, white ... RYE—Old New 36s to 3So PEAS— Grey ....•••••••"" VO,t; BARLEY—Grinding 258 to 2031 Maple • .......•. ..."' • 351 , Malang 333 to 36s 1 White .... ........ .. sgilo 1 Chevalier ....... ~.... 32s to 35s I Boilers... ..... ......."'. hil 0 MALT—Suffblk and 2410 - }lova—Town made . 0 pott p folk s6a to 62s Suffo k ..... ... ••••••11; git 0 Brown sos to 51s Stockton &Not& Kingston and Ware 56s to 62s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BONllie, WHEAT—Dantzic Hamburgh 3fis to 40s P. A 5.......... ....... ...... stiti 0 w BARLEY 3os to 33s nova—American .•••• OATS—New .......••••"•"'• Feed l4s to 16s , SMITHFIELD. The f i r The Beef trade was comparatively steady. - b Scots found buyers at an advance in the currencies °o' 1 1 , on Monday last of 2d per 81bs, 4s 2d having befpre for such qualities. All other breeds supported having value in every instance. The Mutton trade was ste,, Do last week's quotations were supported, the best o'';', realising 4s 6d per 81bs. Calves at barely.late ra7,,, Pork full prices were obtained. The following is _74, statement of the imports of live stock from abr . l.!r : , , the years ending the sth of January, 1843, and lr 5,1 F Jan. 5, 1843. 110 ... Heads. 3s6 lO Oxen and Bulls Cows Calves Sheep .. Lambs Pigs ... 4lO ..", 1 6 9 Totals During the past week, 30 Oxen have been inl, Spain, and 10 ditto from Hamburgh. to' Per Bibs. to sink the offal. ii• I ii. 1 1 S. d.to s. CI g g Interior Beasts. ....... 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep... o '''S 0 I becond,quallty ditto... 210 3 2 1 Second quality di!I 0 . 0 sI 1 , Prime large Oxen 1 4 3 10, Coarse-woolled ditto' 6 I Prime Scots. &c. 4 0 4 2' Southdown Welles! 3 g Large coarse Calves... 3 8 4 (S Large Hogs .......° . 510. Of Prime small ditto 4 8 4 10, Small Porkers ....,,,,lag f Suckling Calves, each 18 0 28 0 I Quarter old Pigs."' SUPPLY AT MARKET. " re, Beasts. I Sheep. 2,115 - 1 22,610 I Ca w lves. 1 00 7 NEWG.A.TE AND LE.a.xpziffx. , . f , s The quantity of meat on offer has been show, ;I t ), P i t Prime qualities have commanded a steady in c to 0 prices, but the middling and inferior kinds have'" l at drooping currencies. , At per stone, by the Carcase • 1.11 ~ 6 , s. d. to s. d.i . O 6 , I Beef, inferior"... - middling - mine large - pilule . 6 '',, 04 i - prime small 3 2 3 6, Pork, large.. ...... .°" 5 Veal ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST __,vv;, 66 . Beasts. Sheep. L'.. , Scotland 2O 500 Yorkshire .... ............ Norfolk Suffolk S 100 _,,, i 10 Cambridgeshire .. Essex Surrey LO 290 . 00 Devonshire _5 5 0 6° 0 PP • Wiltshire Other parts ..... ---'''' 00 Total. l5O 1,1450 6 1' Previous week's arrival...—. 2 , i9 2,565 „° 'ill ' Difference since our last... 01 715 ' _l4 BOROUGH soli ataasstr . , ger The advance noticed in the value of Weal d week is steadily supported, Sussex pockets are 7;igller' more attention, and must be considered rather ,cieS other kinds of Hops move off steadily at full curt 8, 4 10, BOROUGH AND SPITA.X.FISt;cI. f Full average supplies of potatoes have arrl.„ . '9:?" water-side from Scotland, and most other quartei'" day se'nnight. With the exception of the best selling readily at full prices, the demand mot b e ' inactive. ALOW. During the past week The y has b een rather I° o lll o in this market. Y. C. is somewhat firmer" , 1;11 te,„.l fetching 41s, whilst contract Talow is only' o . l -_ for 1, o' ll In new Tallow there is more doing, the Prtey three months is 41s 3d to 41s 6d. Town TalloW Is per cwt, and is now 41s net cash. 9 • WOOL IVEARZNI r • Both English and Foreign Wools still continue es its o quest, and in some cases, further advanced ra t • paid for fine qualities. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G ' v o ill i7 ' LoNDoN, Mucci! 4.—Wind light easterly bre d s , 6 ~,4,, DEAL, MARCH 2.—Wind W.S.W. te ~ l", 4 190. Put back, Poictiers, for Madras ; Thorao 11 A ,. g , t'' I'i Good Hope ; Lady Gray, Hobart Town • Fles'irtil 7 a t , New Brunswick. 3. Wind W.S.W., s'troff*. k , sP , hide, Hatton, Singapore ; Wellington, Cheaivert,,,if f Carver, Pendleton, New York. Arrd. from th e ~ gr al o, town and Royal Saxon, for Sydney ; Derwe r h,, 4 u p- - 1 _Cfo r r Barbadoes, Nevis. Put back, Lady Rowerle, , ,i ° ' yog ~, STUDWELL ROADS, MARCH 2.—Arrd. rim'. 1 4 China. 1 - Se lti 4 l OFF DARTMOUTH, MARCH I.—Sir .....aao , York. PLYMOUTH, BIAHen 3.—Wind W.—And. Ca lsgilli oil Amsterdam for Constantinople, leaky. 4 , 11 16 _ L I JERSEY, FEB. 26.—Arrd. Mary Ann, Jense n ' ' 'l' for Hamburgh. .. d 1 , 4 4 1 MILFORD, MARCH I.—Arrd. Sir ravra.- o r ,t • ' Valparaiso for Liverpool, out 130 clays, with lbs B or Ao i quarter-galleys, mizenmast sprung, and' may' • . ". twelve of the crew sick. collier agil e ; °if ' RAMSGATE, MARCH 2.—A ligh t c ) i 13 t io got on the Goodwin Sands this morning, t i `' •to lo proceeded north. . VP il it COWES, MARCH 3.—The Meanwell, f r o nl . to A which put into Yarmouth Roads 29th ult., 1 117 leaky. 1 1 It b le di o , YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, MARCH ..--- , i , 11. , 04 gale to-day from S.W. to W., accompanied w 0•160100 der and lightning. 2d. Strong W. wind, witi; the 11, 3d. Wind strong from W.S.W. The whol e 0 rode out the gale without damage. , poitil'ileff LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2.—Wind fresh. 3 ". lA, r,, o Arrd. Nestor, Mauritius; Thos. Battersb . y ; I: o ,9'P4isV buco, Jan. 20 ; Roseanna, Bruddle, Paraiba , J. 1:10 1 4 Ine Balbary, Bonny ; Rialto, Chase, New Orleau2; o4 .P JO 000 4 Britton, New York, 14th ult. ; Sarah, 3 1 ` 1 \1 0 41 1 ..A* tl. New Brunswick. 3d. Hopewell, Rio de Is Z i pai,s, A r Ellen, Roper, Mobile; Nelson, CoOper, Ne a u t bOr t rifr Mary, England, supposed from New Y0rk.., : ,,r, 0 , l'it t4 s: o ll! Esk, for Boston. The Harp, from St. .1 0 °`_; t : f ill';io ,„ it wick to Barbadoes, was fallen in with 14th 1 0 gle . A W' 58, dismasted and full of water; army takcin °" 4 , rt ar A arrd. here. A large ship was seen on shore r „,, PO 9th ult., 30 miles S. ofCape Florida light. lip! CORK, FEB. 29.—Put back, Clio, bore UP ',' l " OP SUNDERLAND. MARCH 2.—Sld. John ‘lll John's, New Brunswick. - CI• Ct7rint°' Hum, MARCH 2.—Wind W.S.W.--,-Sl_,.told.,ol' Y.6RMOUTII, MARCH 3.—Arrd. Rebeurber W. / Shields, for London, leaky, and with port °' • overboard, having been on the Barber St's . d' 00 , f et 40,, HARWICH. MARCH 2.—Arrd. Peace, I , °_,'"" ~. , P land, leaky, having been on the Sunk Buh,,,nricier,_ sl°' „. SHIELDS, FEB. 29 and MARCH 1.--"5i u . v . , 2 3: ; ",-, to e and Neptune, Madeira; Enterprise, New; i1e, 1 4 , - if ' ,1 the., Madras ; Hinds, Rio ; Kelsick 1 47.66 "' li r-- 0 41 SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH I.—Sld. Medwil.o. ; ~ I 1 11 1 ' . Oriental steamer, Alexandria. ,„,„ . 41 , 0 00 , t 4;1 OFF LYNN, MARCH I.—Amity, .01 104 " '. foremast. fitell °ll '.lB i JI 1'1 3 4 1 TROON, FEB. 29.—And. Hampton, IV-- , g--.ol‘ y MILFORD, Manor I.—lt blew a hea` l 9 ,o4 ll 0 , , , t ; evening from,W.S.W., with heavy squ alls to • fo? der and lightning. - 's' 14 / C. 1 01 W' d 1 • ' for . Apr PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 2. In i i it u, ~ p i W.N.W., very equally.—And. Ellison , l' ilioti d, 4 o3 l 4 Rover, London, for South Sew_ Big*„, of ;71 0 • 11 Algoa Bay; Vigilant, London for ‘d a ritio Vo Sydney, London, for China. 3.'Harriet,,esvi . , 0 Milton, Havre, for Mobile. It blew' a d' l4 . . tt lq O A , night at S.W., with thunder, lightningA7.7o. W041,t5 r FALMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Wind W.& T' A O. ;,' 05 9,0 and squally. 3. W., fresh and squalln,:„ 160 1 , : t p ir Huntley), 211irigoane, from Hayti, old. .1. , *- - , j: 16, short of provisions hard rhe 'of PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3.—lt has blowur„„....- _.,‘ 1 j with tremendous squalls, and hail and, wh' ll l to V' 00 , White, from Liverpool to Boston, w P i eSri tetl oo ll with cargo shifted, is discharging. ABERDOVEY, MARCH 1. — stern " Minerva, Kincardin e," this morning. .., 4 ri f ige17 .4 12 ; A cani lon e g o - h b o o a re t ' t - i tli j e P .A0;4 1 . 1 WELLS, FEB. 29.—The Sisters, -- L ...., ( 0 Friends, of Clay, ashore near here/ J''' their cargoes. Tn . - - fo' „ii BIRTHS. f Lieu° c : 0.4, :' " el William p eo O ree n y t thehe:22 gs 4 stl t ia sh h :, ult, , tn 0 3 ° (/'' osqtf.,.:aosotfGna.wmson.Avon, Gr ic a a- enni °rg oti. .0 36 ; o . f 00 W un il tt li hh am ee 2297Gtthhilbnue:r:t..,s,oainnt:pTErinosqrrl.ceg:osf..opaniace,.dsqa u li g o rhel."oo the Se "AO' ~ti On e n t t h h e e 2 2 B 7 t t h h 11 '1 . 1 1 in the Close, rW . , Teevan, of a son $O OO l 4, 0, Yalta, of twins, so ns . . Mrs. Henry Davies, of a son. „,r,„ Chiles „le On the 28th ult., at Avely, Esse%, i"'''' ti , of a daughter. ... virastre l "OW, • On the 29th ult., in Queen-E1 11114 " 0 ° at Weston-super -gee' oi d C ° i) of T. E. Darby, Esq., of a daughter. , 6 00 On the 26th ult., at Southwick, ("laughte . 4 1. .6 mandant, Isle of Wight, to Elizabeth, ,_, ost itwitli:r' .MARBIED,._. I • el cutteof 0 Thistlothwayte, Esq , of Southwick-er'inoiel 'of Oa the 27th ult., at Wimbledon, rd-r• 'lttler' Virincheete ' _.et Sarah, second daughter of the late Mr. Abbey. e cd , f'j , DIED. On the 234 ult., at the Vicarag e r,oW Me rl ~t , gouse,4.elo the William Oxenham, PrebendarY of rieerir•olo On the 25th ult.. at the Abbey C°P 3 t a aci, elft. J I I Cruso, youngest daughter of Mr. C. C.,youPtread, ,or On the 27th ult., at Albany-road, r' n 0 P it Hutchinson, of her Majesty's Customs. irbole o r, On the 28th ult ,at ISTorvfood, Sur reY ' le l ge ce Symes, Esq. aged 38. 0000 1 fhe A On the 28th ult., W. H. Gyde, Egl. ° t DOI - se , On the 29th ult., at HighburY-Pa, Esq , aged 77 On the 29th ult., at Park-road, RegellCB-Paris' sf. tts°l46 Bompas, aged 53. 0 f il Sara h, the oprelpe On the 29th ult. , at Highgate, E. Over, late Curte of that parish - rig etw - Lie_.,;('" or On the Ist inst., in Margaret-street,-;,-,:000, - ."- o l Rev. James Stovin Lister, Vicar ofLu„aw, "airier* 000 relictOn o th f e th l e st la i t ns e t ll ., en in ry ß D ri o dg vr e; e s r t r et, Esq : Pis hter 04 0 , a r ' On the 24th ult., Anne, the only deilfo, Ger Seamer, of Milk-street, Cheapaide, age' Georg ools On the 25th ult., at Guildford, JeM es t reat . c oe" fant son of the Hon. Peter M'Gill, of Mon ~, ee ~ i W 131°''el-aleti a' On the 26th ult., at Cliefden F• ' 131 A f il 4 - :1• 0 the late C. Bankes, Esq., of tbe'ParegrOw je r -___-------- itoo i root London :- Printed and Published b 1 % • 12, .11 1 0 . No 112, Stranil, at The Sus Office, , • lc"' -. Coullti of Middlesex, Tuesday, Merea Soci 4-4 sul r Itrit-7,111 aE ar tbe p arliai ue red c4 ti; ° h*atO t"d hav al a/ Mit i tet i Y cpt t 'Piii red tc EodqUere 44" d by 1, To 5 tltiq it th e . kn' t 4 k len .'!t