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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 22. (Sittings at Guildhall, at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) HERRING V. HUDSON AND OTHERS. This was an action brought to recover compensa tion in damages for an assault, committed by the defendant and nine others upon the plaintiff. Mr. Chambers appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Wat son for the defendants. The case came before the court yesterday, and was resumed this morning. It appeared that the defendant (Captain Hudson) was one of the keeper's of the Queen's Prison, the Ither defendants were also officers of the prison, in which the plaintiff was confined. The plaintiff's presence being necessary at the Sessions house, Newington, and also at the Arches' Court , on the Bth of December in the last year, writs of habeas corpus were obtained ordering the keeper to bring the prisoner to the above places ; both the writs were returnable on the same day, and the defendant refused to attend the Arches' Court, preferring to go to the Sessions-house, Newington. The defendant, upon his so refusing, sent for a cab, and with the as sistance of the other defendants, placed the plaintiff in it, notwithstanding his resistance, and caused him to be driven to the Arches' Court, one of the de fendants riding on the box of the cab, some of the other defendants accompanying the prisoner inside. The plaintiff now brought his action to recover compensation for the violence used towards him, alleging that the defendant assaulted him, and used Unnecessary violence towards him. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, went with great minuteness through the whole of the vidence, which was very:voluminous. He did not think that the subordinate officers ought to tie included in any verdict which might be returned, they were merely acting under the orders of their superior officer. With re spect to Capt. Hudson, and Mr. Eveson, one of the other defendants, it would be for the jury to consider whether they had exceeded their proper duty, or used any unnecessary violence, and whether the two writs of habeas corpus were issued in a bona fide manner, or whether they were issued in consequence of any collusion on the part of the plaintiff with other parties, for the purpose of placing e mbarrassments in the way of the defendant. The jury retired, and after a considerable absence returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 40s. against Capt. Hudson, acquitting the other defendant. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT, York, Dec 21. The trial of Patrick Reid and Michael AP Cabe was resumed this morning, by the evidence of Mary Hallas who was not a witness at the last trial. Mary Hallas—l am 13 gears old. My father's name is Benjamin Hallas. He lives at Lea-green, and on the day Mr. Wraith was murdered he was working at Littlemore. On that day I carried his dinner to him. I left home at a quarter to 12 o'clock. It will take me 10 minutes to go to Littlemore. I stopped there three-quarters of an hour, and left to return home at a quarter to 1. I returned home through Knowle-lane, and before I got to Knowle cottage I went up through the fields. A flash of lightning came as I was in the second field, just going to the end of Tyas's field. I went behind this wall. A crack of thunder came, and then it rained. It struck 1 by the church clock as it began to rain. The shower lasted a quarter of an hour. When it was over I got on the top of the wall, near the upper end. I walked on the top of the wall a little way, and then I turned me round to see two men in Mr. Wraith's front garden. They were under the apple-tree which is not many yards from Mr. Wraith's front door. The men had their baskets. I got off the wall, and walked towards Mr. Wraith's. He used to talk to me. When I got to the other stile they were just going on to the front door. When I saw them from the wall they had their faces towards me. When passing the front door they had their backs towards me. I then saw them go out of the door at the end of Mr. Wraith's house, going on towards the necessary. At the time I was going on the other field. I went on the footpath by the side of the garden wall ou to the kitchen door of Mr. Wraith's house. I did not go into the yard till after these two men had got over the wall. I was standing by the gate that went into the field. When Isaw them there the gate was open. The men then were in the middle of the oat-field. I know those two men ; they were Patrick and Michael. I knew Patrick before; he used to come with accordions to Ann Wormald's, and he once swapped her one. He hawked breast-pins, prints, teacaddies and trays, and razors. His name Ss Patrick Reid. I have known him a good while. I have known Michael too ' • he used to come with oranges ; they called him Michael MiCabe. I called him Michael. I see him here. In the oat-field they were each a land off one another, about as far as the gallery. Patrick had on a green coat, a pair of fustian trousers, and a hat ; his basket was on his arm ; Michael's was the Same. I saw them get over the wall by the new school into Duke Shepley's field. I saw them no more after they got over the wall. I stopped their whilst [until] Josh Green came. I stood by the old gate in the oat-field. I then got atop of this wall, and Josh Green was by the kitchen-door. This was about ten minutes after the men got over the wall which wa! , in the oat , field. I saw Josh Green. He shouted • Holloa," and " poised" the kitchen door. I sass him run on to John Al‘Kinnell's. John M‘Kinnel! and Thomas Green came, and they got in at the kitchen window. I went further on, and got inv.' the fold almost by the kitchen window. I stopped while my mother came, which was about half an hour after John M'Kinnell had come down. I told some thing to my mother as soon as she came to the place. Cross-examined by Mr. Sermoun—The wall is sloped at the top like the roof of a house. When atop of the wall I kept a bit standing, and then I looked, and then I walked a bit. I had my face towards home when I was walking, and then I stood and looked round. The apple-tree was in leaf. The men were on the side of the apple-tree nearest the wall. I thought the men were sheltered from the rain. Cross-examined by Mr. MATTHEWS—The men had baskets on their arms. Reid had a cap on in the garden, and a hat on in the oat-field. I told my mother as soon as she came. She scolded me for not coming home. I told Ann Wormald I was going to tell Mr. Maude and Mr. Ingham, the magistrate, and Mr. Haworth, when I saw them at the house, what I had seen, but Betty Johnson said th e y wou ld take no notice of little girls' tales. Nobody since has told me about the times and the hours. Re-examined by Mr. INGRAss—The wall is broad on the top. I recollect Mr. Maude and Mr. Ingham, Mr. Watkinson, Mr. Haworth, and another in the kitchen. I did not tell them, because Betty Johnson would not let me go to the window. I tried to get to the window. My mother and Ann Wormald were there. I told them. Mr. Clapham, surveyor, re-called—A girl c-uld walk on Tyas's wall. The apple-tree is in a hollow ; the ground from Tyas's wall is a slope. Ann Hallas—On the day of Mr. Wraith's murder I sent my daughter to Littlemore with my husband's dinner. She was absent so long that I went out after her, and found her at the old gate, near Mr. Wr a ith' s . I heard of Mr. Wraith's murder as I went along. iSfy daughter made a statement to me. Cross-examined by Mr. MATTHEWS—Neither my daughter nor myself was here last assizes. Ann Wormald—l know Patrick Reid. I went to Mr. Wraith's at two o'clock on the day of the mur der. I saw Mary Hallas. I heard her tell some thing to her mother. I saw Betty Johnson push Mary Hallas away from the kitchen window. Maria Canning—l live at Lea-green. I remember Mary Hallas coming into my house on the day of the murder, after dinner. I had heard of the murder. Mary Hallas told me something. Jane Oakes and several other witnesses were called to show that from a quarter to two o'clock to a little after three, on the day in question, Patrick Reid was coming at a quick pace from the direction of Mr. Wraith's, as if he were avoiding the houses, and was seen at different places until he got to his residence at Dew- green. William West - -I am a Fellow of the Royal So . • On the 14th of May I received a green coat and a brown coat, some blue stockings and some gray cknl also received a cap, trousers, key, sol derinigrir;D, a basket, a sack, a piece of brown p ap er, and a p o k er. There were fly ' eor six spots, or s ets of spots of blood on the coat, in different parts. The spots I cut out of the skirt, two turned out to be blood and tw o not; th l eft blood was recent. I made the examinatio n on the e l4th of May. I noticed the cap ; there were six spots of b lood on it. There was a very slight speck of blood the basket. There were spots on the brown coat I wootdwasrecent. I looked at the soldering.iron. f r a ther the sol dering-iron s eywhether there was blood or not on it. a n t to the was bloody when it was throowonnsii well, what I found on it was perfectly from the metallic pert I could not be satisfied. 1 1,1t — the handle of the soldering-iron I distinctly obtainro fibrin. I have a key ; I have no doubt that animal matter has been upon it. Cross-examined by Mr. SEYMOUR — Sweat in a handle from usage would be distinct from fibrin. I have no confidence in chymical tests to distinguish between animal and human blood. I have come to the opinion from microscopic observations that the blood was human. Cross-examined by Mr. MATTHEWS Only one spot of blood on the brown coat. Blood is not the only substance which contains fibrin, but I do not know any fluid which contains it. Richard Green—The green coat is Patrick Reid's, also the cap. The brown coat is Michael M'Cabe's. some gaiters were produced at the last trial ; I have bad them ever since. Cross-examined by Mr. SEYMOUR—AII the articles Were shown to the jury at the last trial, Cross-examined by Mr. MATTHEWS—A reward was offered by Government, and a pardon to all ex cept the man who committed the act. Wraith Green—l am great-nephew of the de ceased Mr. Wraith. At Christmas last Reid was at Mr. Wraith's house. He went away, and returned, saying he had lost a tea caddy, and accused Caroline Ellis. She denied it. Mr. Wraith came out, and said to Reid, " Patrick, you go away, and never come here again." Reid turned away, saying, "I'll be re venged of you either at one time or another." I have never seen him at my uncle's since. Rose Ann Hallas—My husband is a farmer at Mirfield. About Easter Monday last I saw Reid coming from Mr. Wraith's. He overtook me, and said, " What do they call that girl at that house ?" I said, " What house ?" He said, " That," pointing to Wraith's house. He said, " That d—d b— has taken something out of my basket, and I'll serve her out for it." I considered it was a lark he had had. Grace Shepley, wife of Marmaduke Shepley —I was at Joseph Moffat's three weeks before the mur der. I heard M'Cabe ask Mrs. Moffat if she would buy any pots She said, '• No." He said " I have been at Mr. Wraigth's, and Mr. Wraith has found me a donkey load of rags ; I have done Mr. Wraith by the pots I sold him for the rags; Mr. Wraith must be a man of money, or he could not live inde pendent; he is a good old chap. I ask him to take a child of mine and make it an heir to his money ; and Wraith said he bad plenty of heirs for his money; but he has a good spirit, has the old gentleman ; for I asked him whether he was not afraid of being robbed, and he said, no, that he was not afraid of any night opponent robbing him; he was armed against a host, should they attack him in the night." Esther Lambert, mistress of the Gray-coat Girl's School at York.—There are a good many girls. I am well acquainted with the art of knitting. I teach it. [Caroline Ellis's garter and the piece of garter found in M'Cabe's house shown to witness.] One is knitted of rather finer cotton than the other. I see no diffe rence in the appearance of the knitting. I should say they were knitted by hand. I should say they had been worn as pairs. Cross-examined by'Mr.MATTnEws.—The material is not the same. The one has 17 stitches and the other 18. I will swear they were not knitted by ma chinery. I should not allow my girls to send out garters like these as pairs. Thomas Kilty—ln the month of May I lived at Daw-green. lam a hawker. I have occasion for a soldering-iron. I borrowed one from old Patrick Reid. On the day before Mr. Wraith's murder the prisoner Reid came to my house, and said his father wanted the iron. My wife showed him where it was, and he took it up. He then went away with the iron. I continually used it. I described the iron to the police. (Soldering-iron shown to witness.) This is the iron I borrowed of Reid's father. Cross-examined by Mr. SEYMOUR—I have been in York Castle six months for want of sureties to appear here to give evidence. I was a soldier ; I deserted, and got punished. Catherine Kilty—The day before the murder Reid came to my house ; he said, " Have you got the soldering-iron ?" He took it. I asked him to sit down ; he said be could not sit down, his father wanted the iron. I asked if he was preparing for the row that night. He said, "No." I said, any person who gets a blow from that will want no more. He said, "No, they'll never know what killed them." I identify the iron. George Wild—l was convicted of horse-stealing at the last assizes. Before the assizes I was kept in the same ward with M'Cabe. I saw Reid in the mess room the morning after the last trial. I said to Reid, "I understand that M'Cabe can do you 'no harm ?" He replied, " No, he cannot." I said, " I understand he is giving evidence against you ?" Reid said, "If I thought he was, I'd confess, and tell all about it." I said to him, " Then you mean to say you're guilty of this murder ?" He said, " Yes, we did the murder. About a month before we made up our minds to rob the house ; but you'll see he'll never give any evidence to do me any harm." This was before the trial. When I said it was after I made a mistake. About the as sizes I talked with Reid about the soldering-iron in the mess-room. Ido not remember when it was. I told Reid that IVl'Cabe said the soldering-iron was his. He said that I might tell M'Cabe he was both the man that helped to use it, and put it in the well. John Noble, Governor of York Castle.—Mr. Watts was at one time the attorney for M'Cabe. Mr. Watts came to see M'Cabe in June. After Mr. Watts had gone, Reid sent to say he wished to see me, and when I saw him he said, " Do you know what M'Cabe has said to Mr. Watts ?" Witness said, " No, attorneys see prisoners in private." Reid then said, " What do you think of the case?" Witness replied, " You stand in a very awkward position, and whether you are guilty or not guilty, if the jury find you guilty, you will be executed, and you had better prepare yourself for another world. It is thought that one man could not murder three persons in so short a time, and I understand that the police are after two other men." Reid replied, " There's no others in it." I then said, "It is reported that you had a quarrel with the murdered girl; and that you were heard to say you would be revenged on her or serve her out." Reid then said with emphasis, "It's all lies, I never had a quarrel with that girl." I communicated this conversation to the visiting magistrate. 'This witness closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. SEYMOUR addressed the jury for the prisoner Reid, and contended that the evidence did not sub stantiate the case against him; that M'Cabe was really the murderer; and that the fresh evidence which had been adduced did not alter the position of Reid from that in which he was when tried and ac quitted at the last assizes. Mr. MATTHEWS then commenced his address to the jury for the prisoner M'Cabe, contending that although M'Cabe was at the house at the time of the murder, yet that that was consistent with innocence. The Court adjourned at ten o'clock. WEDNESDAY MORNING. The trial was resumed this morning, at half-past eight o'clock, when Mr. Justice Patteson proceeded to sum up the evidence with great minuteness, occu pying upwards of three hours. The jury retired at half-past eleven o'clock, and returned at one, with a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners. . . . . . On the usual question being put to the prisoners, .11‘Cabe exclaimed—" Only one thing I can say—l'm innocent of the crime laid to my charge." Patrick Reid remained silent. Mr. Justice PATTESON then put on the black can, and proceeded to pronounce judgment. After a very long and patient inquiry by the jury of the charge against them, of the murder of Caroline Ellis, they having retired and considered the matter fully, have come to the conclusion that they were both guilty of this murder. He thought no case could have been conducted with more care, or received more patient attention that this case had on the part of those gentlemen who comprise the jury They had examined witnesses for two long days ; they had heard the observations which were addressed to them by the Learned Counsel—very strong and powerful observations made by both of them—and he (the Learned Judge) had endeavoured to point out any discrepancies in the evidence ; and, after full con sideration of the case, the jury had come to the ma ture conclusion that both the prisoners were guilty. The circumstances under which this murder was com mitted were of the most horrible description. He did not recollect ever to have heard or read of such an atrocious act having been committed in this country at any period, as that in the middle of the day a house should be entered, and three persons, the whole inhabitants of that house, an old man, his wife, and servant, cruelly murdered—beaten—their heads frac tured—and afterwards their throats cut in the most atrocious manner. (Here the prisoner M'Cabe fell in a state of insensibility in front of the dock. The officers of the gaol having olaced him in a chair, he soon revived suf ficiently to enable the Court to proceed.) His Lordship said, he could not under such circumstances as these hold out to them any hopes that the sentence of the law which it was his duty to pass upon them, would not be carried into effect. One of them was told some time ago by the gaoler—and very justly told—that if the jury returned a verdict of guilty they would assuredly be hung; and he advised Reid at that time to prepare himself for another world. He (the Learned Judge) had only to repeat that ad vice, and he begged and earnestly entreated them both to lay aside all hopes of this world altogether, and endeavour, during the short time they would be per mitted to remain here, to make their peace, and ob tain that pardon from the Almighty which the law of this land would not and could not grant. His Lord ship then passed sentence of death in the usual manner. Reid remained firm throughout the awful proceed ,ngs. This trial concluded the business of the winter gaol delivery. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. - Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and Yesterday ~ . a Bench of Magistrates.) William Buckle y , a boy nine years of atie, pleaded guilty to an indi ctment charging him moneys, the property o f William with having stolen a till, value 55., and certain The Learned JiliG Avery: having t ascertained that the ehnowfficrs, put a variety of boy was not known. 1:' questions to him, a s y t o it . was that he :had committed this crime, when he elicited the following statement s — T he prisoner : ioner said that h e had b e en in the habit l d that occasionally of attending :a school week l y , on his way homewards he had often ben an carried away by bigger boy s, , whom he had note or first known, who bad then induced him t o steal things. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY The Learned JUDGE looked over the depositions, and then said he was at a loss to guess why this child had been sent: to that court for trial, for it did not appear that he was at all known by any of the officers or by the persons connected with the prisons. By the law which had been passed during the last session of Parliament a power had been given of summary convic viction to the police magistrates in the cases of these children. He was of opinion that that course was calcu lated not to diminish but to increase juvenile crime; because under the proceeding of summary conviction there was no jury to investigate all the circumstances of the particular case, nor was there that publicity given to the matter which when brought before a jury always resulted. But for the publication of the heartrending, cases which had come before that court in reference to this poor, unfortunate class of of fenders, the sympathy of the people at large would not have been induced, whilst no step would have been taken with a view to remedy the evil, or to the betterment of the condition of that poor, helpless, and uneducated class persons. Look at the present case,—here was a poor little child, only nine years old, who had, not withstanding the new enactment to which he had alluded, been sent to that court to be paraded as a public spectacle, and to be sentenced by a Court which had now no power to do more than to consign him to one of the public county primps. There was no asylum to send him to, for he was, under the new regulations, not a fit subject for Parkhurst. He sin cerely hoped that the time was not far distant when a very different state of things would exist in reference to all juvenile criminals. The child of course, must be sent to one of these prisons, but what was to become of him when his term of impri sonment had expired, and he came out of the prison ? What they wanted was, that there should be some asylum to which these youthful offenders might be sent, where they would not only be taken care of, but educated and taught some trade, towards the maintenance of which establishments the parish, where the individual's parents could not do so, should be compelled to contribute. The father of the prisoner now stood forth, and said that he had been accustomed for some time to earn his livelihood by selling things in the streets, but that in earlier days he had been (as we under stood) a brass finisher. He had four children, of whom the prisoner was the youngest but one. He earned from 12s. to 15. a week in this way, and he had sent the boy to school occasionally, but his means would not at all times allow him to keep him there. He was quite aware that the child could not read, notwithstanding he had sent him to school. Mr. PAYNE, the barrister, said that what was wanted was a place for the reception of these poor creatures, with a view to the prevention of crime. The Learned JUDGE—Not only for prevention, but for the preservation of these children as the law at present stands when they come out of prison. Before the passing of the last Act there used to be 30 or 40 of these poor children tried at that court every session, but he rejoiced to say that since its enactment the cases were rare. He rejoiced so far as his own feelings were concerned, for he was saved many a heart-rending exhibition ; but he trembled for the ultimate results, because now the complaint was heard by the police magistrate only, and by that learned gentleman adjudicated upon. The juvenile offender, probably, was sent to prison ; there, as events had proved, to learn the finer parts and ele ments of crime • whereas, when his case was heard before a jury and a court Like that over which he had the honour to preside, there had always been a pub licity given to the case by means of the press, which publicity had, he felt assured, been the only cause of the subject of juvenile offenders having become, not only a matter of weighty consideration by the Go vernment, but of the greatest interest with the public at large. The boy at the bar was not old enough for reception at Parkhurst, nor was he tall enough, neither was he rogue enough for admission into that establishment. There was considerable difficulty in these cases, for it was well known that a child had been prosecuted, an offender no doubt against the law at the time, for the purpose of not only enabling the parents to get rid of the expense of his support, but to relieve the parish also, upon which the family might have been compelled to fall back. Now, with respect to this boy, he had no doubt but that the best thing that could be done for him would be to sentence him to a lengthened term of imprisonment in one of the prisons, where he would receive instruction ; but when that had been done, and 'the child came out again, what was then to be done for him to insure his following in the path of rectitude? Suppose he were to send him to prison for six months, and so release the father or the parish from the cost of his maintenance, what could be done for him afterwards ? Mr. PAYNE trusted that six months of instruction, which he would receive in the prison, would open his eyes to the sin and folly of pursuing the course he had apparently adopted. The Learned JUDGE, then, addressing the boy, told him that he had a father who was bound, in future, to take more care of him. The sentence was that he be imprisoned for the space of one month, and at the expiration of the first fortnight be well flogged with a birch rod. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Mahony, a journeyman carpenter, was brought brought before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Gibbs upon a warrant under the 6th of Geo. IV., c. 129,.5.3, which punishes with imprisonment, " with or without hard labour, for not more than three calendar months, any persons who, by violence to the person or property, or by threats or intimidation, or by molesting or in any way obstructing another, force or endeavour to force any journeyman, workman, or other person hired or employed in any manufacture or business to depart from his hiring, employment, or work," &c. The affair had occasioned some excitement, as the system of annoyance resorted to had been kept up very actively by the committee of the workmen, who have lately kicked against working till fire during the short days. E. Eyre, of No. 20, Chiswell-street, builder, said —I am in the employment of Mr. W. Trego, of Coleman-street. We are at work in Thames-street, and have had lately a parcel of journeymen carpenters picketed in our yard in consequence of a misunder standing with our men. It is the practice of those who are in combination with the prisoner, the mo ment a man applies for work, to surround him and intimidate him :from engaging in the employment which may be open to him. John Johnson, of Limehouse, said—l am a jour neyman carpenter, in the employment of Mr. Trego. This morning I was sent to work at the next build ing to the Coal Exchange, in Thames-street ; and I and my mate went in to go to the work. The pri soner asked my mate if there was another man coming to work to-day ; to which he replied that there was, and that his tools were inside. The prisoner said to me, " Do you not know that you have no business to come to work here ?" I said, " I did not know but that I had as much business as anybody else, and he might go to h—, if he liked." He said, " I was a rascal ;" and I at once went to work, and said that I would work for any one who would employ me. George Edgecombe, a journeyman carpenter, said —I am engaged at the work for Mr. Trego. The prisoner asked me if that man was at work for Mr. Trego ; and I said he was. The prisoner said it was wrong, and we should have the frowns of all our mates for doing so. The prisoner remained outside, and was there watching when we came out at dinner time. The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner how he could defend such conduct ? The prisoner—lt was the de sire of the committee of workmen that I should go and tell any man who went into the work that Mr. Trego and the committee had fallen out. I was to tell the men I saw not to work. The LORD MAYOR and Alderman Grins said the case was one of so injurious a nature to the operations of trade that they were determined to mark their sense of its importance by sentencing the prisoner to the full penalty of imprisonment, with hard labour, for three calendar months. They hoped that judgment would effectually check the annoyances to which the prose cutor was subjected by such tyranny. John Phillips, another journeyman carpenter, was subsequently brought up on a similar charge. Mr. Humphreys, who appeared for the prisoner, said he had to make a statement upon the part of his client which he trusted would prevent any more annoyance to Mr. Trego. The prisoner had, it seemed, acted upon the belief that he was justified by law in the course in which he had proceeded, and was not aware that any conviction had taken place. It was, there fore, hoped that Mr. Trego would forego the prose lcution upon the assurance of the prisoner, who had a wife and family, that there should be no repetition upon his part, or upon the part of the committee, of any offence of the kind. The foreman of Mr. Trego said that gentleman was far from entertaining any vindictive feeling upon the subject, and no doubt would act upon the suggestion of the magistrates. The LORD MAYOR said it would be out of the question that the magistrates could recommend any course of lenity in the case, except Mr. Trego were completely protected against the operations of the committee. Before the prisoner could be dis charged, therefore, it would be necessary that free dom from all annoyance should be secured to the pro secutor. The case was then ordered to stand over to another day. The prisoner said he was very grateful for the , mer ciful treatment he was likely to receive. His LORDSHIP acknowledged the receipt of 101. from the Goldsmiths' Company, and 1/. from "H.," a lady, for the poor- box. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Mr. Mead, a barrister's clerk in the Temple, was summoned before Mr. Alderman Gibbs , EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1847. • DINNER TO LORD HARDINGE. Sant, OCT. 26.—Lord Gough's farewell dinner to Lord Hardinge took place here yesterday evening, when when about fifty gentlemen of the society at Simla assembled to do honour to the occasion. On the cloth being removed, the following toasts were given by the Commander-in-Chief ;- Ist. "The Queen—God bless her." 2d. " Prince Albert and the Royal Family." 3d. " The Honourable the Court of Directors—our enlightened, just, and liberal masters." 4th. The COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF next rose to pro pose the toast of the evening. His Lordship com menced by expressing his conviction that the toast would be received with enthusiasm, and regretted his inability to do it the justice his feelings dictated, but he felt persuaded it would he hailed with an animated warmth that would compensate for any deficiency of language on his part. ' Gentlemen, the Commander in-Chief said, I am about to propose to you the health of a nobleman under whose wise and firm government this mighty empire has been consolidated and raised to a pitch of glory such as it never attained to under any of his Lordship's predecessors, glorious as are the deeds recorded in Indian history. The most formidable enemy with which we have had to contend, equally gallant and brave as formidable—has been completely subdued, and the supremacy of British power, all over this vast hemisphere, has been so firmly esta blished as, humanly speaking, not to be shaken. A rich acquisition of territory has been added to our possessions, and the glory of the army of India stands pre-eminently forward, and shines brighter than at any former period of its history. I am aware, gen tlemen, his Lordship went on to say, that some have questioned the policy of my Noble Friend in not having annexed the territory of our late powerful but now fallen foe, to our already widely extended dominions ; such, undoubtedly, would have shed a lustre on the conclusion of a war long looked for by both the politician and the soldier ; but, gentlemen, a self-sacrifice such as Lord Hardinge's policy dic tated, founded on enligtened principles, is amongst the most commendable of human achievements. His Excellency remarked that these great results had been obtained by Lord Hardinge when separated from, and unaided by, the advice and experience of his able colleagues of the Council of India. He then proceeded to advert to, as coming more immediately under his observation as Commander-in-Chief, the benefits conferred on the army of India, and which he said were too numerous to particularise in prefacing a toast. But, said the Noble Lord, they are such as will long live in the memory of the Indian army as proofs of his Lordship's philanthropy, policy, and liberality. These acts, gentlemen, have not only be nefited the living, by raising the character and posi tion of the native soldier, and by giving the native officer, when wounded, those advantages previously restricted to the European, but the philanthropy or Lord Hardinge has also taken within its sphere the widows and the orphans of those officers and soldiers, European and native, who have fallen in the service of their country on the field of glory. These, gentle men, his Lordship continued, are no ordinary boons — they will not lose by comparison with any that have been before granted to this noble army. Referring to the campaign on the Sutledge, his Lordship said, it is known, and will be recorded as an act of which only such characters as Lord Hardinge are capable, that his Lordship did me the ho nour to act as my second in the battle of Ferozeshu hur. In my public dispatches I faintly attempted to express my weight of obligation to the Governor- General. I say faintly, because no language could adequately convey my sense of the assistance I ex perienced from his Lordship, not only on that mo mentous occasion, but throughout the whole of the military operations on the Sutledge, which reflects such imperishable renown on the army of India. Gentlemen, Lord Hardinge and I have campaigned together in Europe, under the leading of the great captain of the age—side by side in India we have shared the same dangers, the same privations, and the same anxieties—and side by side we have passed the night on the battle-field, when the fate of British India was the stake at issue. These, gentlemen, are no common bonds of union between my Gallant Friend and myself ; and I will venture to assert that our official relations with one anather have been characterised by a cordiality as thorough as ever existed between any of our predecessors in office. But not to detain, to too late an hour, the Noble Lord, who would leave Simla early in the morning, Lord Gough said he would confine himself to the relation of one fact, but little known, that it was to Lord Hardinge his gallant comrades of the Company's service owed their admission to the distinguished and honourable post of Aides-de-Camp to the Sovereign ; and he (Lord Gough) ventured to predict, that if antecedent to his connexion with India, his Noble Friend Lord Hardinge had so successfully exerted himself for the advantage of his countrymen in the East, the Indian community of all classes and of all services would have in his Lordship, on his re turn to England, an effective, a zealous, a warm advocate. Gentlemen, his Excellency concluded, 1 call on you now to drink, with all the honours, to the health of our honoured Governor-General, Lord Hardinge ; may he in safety reach his native land, here may even higher honours yet await him than a generous Sovereign and a grateful country have yet bestowed upon him ; and may health, happiness, and prosperity, through life attend him and all who are near and dear to him. After the deafening cheers with which the toast was received had subsided, the GOVERNOR GENERAL rose and commenced his reply by stating that he felt very sensibly the honour which the Commander-in- Chief and the officers present had conferred upon him, by the cordial manner in which his health had been proposed and received, and he sincerely thanked them. He observed that this was the last evening he should pass at Simla; that separations were inevi table, and that he could not pass this evening more happily than in the society of his gallant comrades of the Army of the Sutledge. The Commander-in Chief had alluded to the annexation of the Punjaub. Without entering upon the policy of that question, he would merely say that as an object of persona. ambition, he had cheerfully made the sacrifice which his duty required, although it would have been high] . ) satisfactory to him to have planted the British sten dard on the banks of the Indus. General tranquillity prevailed throuhout the Punjaub, and in the memors of man that country had never been so quiet. Ile looked forward with confidence, that this state of peace throughout India gained by the valour of the army, led by their intrepid Commander-in. Chief, would be permanent, and would produce results. which would rapidly advance the prosperity of this great empire ; and if this be so, said the Noble Lord, You, gentlemen, as British officers and enlightened men, will rejoice with me that the triumphs of was have been made subservient to objects of civilization —that your exertions have promoted the happiness of your fellow-creatures, and that the safety, or, l should rather say, supremacy of British India, has been secured by the heroic deeds of the army ; and her Majesty's dominions place d in the p roud position of being able to defy all aggressorsßut where is the aggressor to come from ? The Gwalior army no longer exists, and the Seikh army is reduced to 20,000 regular troops and 8,000 irregular cavalry, and these troops, formerly so mutinous anc arrogant, ar e now as subordinate as our own ; and are patiently per forming all the outpost duties beyond the Indus. This day he had received a report that a Seikh force of 1,000 men under Major Lawrence had subdued some refractory tribes in the mountains beyond Peshawur, on which occasion the Seikhs conducted themselves most admirably. On this frontier, his Noble Friend the Commander-in-Chief has under his command 50,000 men, and 120 field guns, an army renowned for its achievements throughout Asia ; and this force is most efficient, after very large reductions have been made, exceeding 50,000 men of all classes ; the redaction in expense exceeding one million sterling a year, exclusive of half a million which the ceded territory pays. He therefore trusted that before twelve months passed over the heads of those who heard him, to see the commencement of a rail way from Calcutta to Delhi, and other great works in rapid progress, which the preparations for war, and the war itself, had so long arrested. The Noble Lord, the Commander-in-Chief, had alluded to the benefits conferred upon the army of India during the last three years. It had certainly been his (the Go vernor-General's) endeavour to do what was right and proper, well knowing that the discipline of an army depends upon its contentment, and that it is truer policy to be a free and cheerful giver, than to begrudge what is just, or to defer it till the boon has lost its grace. But in all these measures he had received the co-operation of the military secretary to the Government of India, Colonel Sturt, and the sanction of the Court of Directors, who were always liberally disposed towards the civil and military seir vices. The army deserved all the benefits at the hands of the Government. The officers were and devoted, and the East India CompaPyac,a,ne boast of of possessing as many accomplished a ci nd DI as to the Se as are to be found in any service ; h th is em col i o n u f t ! s poys, what army in the world can excel delity and zeal ; not a single man after the enemy had crossed the Sutledge out of th e garrison at Ferozepore , which exceeded remark, that th e The Noble Lord sa id he might here force at Ferozepore had been snore than doubled during the year .1845, before the Seikh tr oops h ad cross ed the river , an d so had every other frontier sta tion, including Meeru t, Umballah, and Loodianah. Sir John Littler commanded the force at Perozepore,and he reported that he felt himself to be in a state of security. That gallant officer confided in his troops and they in him ; in fact, he had a force nearly double in numbers to that with which the Duke of Welling ton fought the battle of A ssaye. S i r John Littler made the most able dispositions of his force. He oc cupied the town and citadel of F erozepore , an d t h e entrenchments, and having made every possible ar- I rangement, he moved out with 6,000 men and 21 pieces of field artillery, and formed his junction with the Commander-in-Chief; without any risk, on the 21st of December. Again, when 10,000 men were left at Lahore, after the conclusion of that war, that officer relied on the fidelity of the Sepoys, and he proved that there are no difficulties in oc .cupying a large city, which cannot be overcome by judicious arrangement. But, in speaking of this army, whose organization is the wonder and admi ration of European soldiers and statesmen, he must state his opinion that the fewer the innovations made in it the better ; and, when they are pro posed, they should only be carried into effect after the most mature and vigilant scrutiny ; for, like all instruments of highly tempered metal, the native army required to be handed with skill and dexterity, and, above all, their religious prejudices respected. He had on former occasions expressed his grateful acknowledgments, and those of the Government of India, for the eminent services performed by the general officers of the army. Sir Harry Smith, Sir John Littler, Sir John Grey, Sir Jos. Thack well, Sir Walter Gilbert, Brigadier Stacy, and Brigadier Wheeler, and other valuable officers whose names are honourably recorded in general orders. But, seeing around him many of his gallant comrades, who ably ldid their duty during the Sutledge campaign, he might i be permitted, as this would be the last opportunity be would have of expressing his regard for these gallant men, to gratify his own feelings by briefly alluding to some of those now present. His Lordship begged to express his sense of the glorious share which Colonel Cureton, the Adjutant- Ge neral of her Majesty's forces in India, had in the battle of Aliwal. The 16th Lancers and the Native Cavalry greatly distinguished them selves. He trusted that this gallant veteran would long hold his honourable post of Adjutant- General, in perfect health. The Quartermaster-General of her Majesty's forces in India, Lieutenant-Colonel Gough, after commanding a cavalry brigade with great energy and marked success at Moodkee and Ferozeshuhur, was severely wounded at Sobraon, and was a worthy representative of the name he bears. It was also to him i a most pleasing reflection to know that he had concurred in the appointment of the Adjutant-General of the army, who, after a trial of 18 months of peace and war, would, he could safely say, do full justice to that most important post— wounded severely at Moodkee, Lieutenant-Colonel Grant was again at his post at Sobraon, although his wounds were still cpen. The Noble Lord then ex pressed his sense of the merits of Lieutenant-Colonel Garden, the Quartermaster-General of the army; having served in the Quartermaster-General's depart ment himself during the Peninsular war, he knew its lifficulties and its responsibilities in the field, and he might be permitted to say no officer could perform his duties better, or more skilfully, than Lieut.-Colonel Garden. When suffering on the 22d of December, at Ferozeshuhur, from a severe contusion, nothing could exceed his devotion to his duty. The Noble Lord next thanked Lieutenant jolonel Birch, the Judge Advocate-General, for the assistance he had given him, with so much coolness and intrepidity on the morning of the 22d, wben, out if eleven aides-de-camp, he had only one left who was not disabled ; and he also thanked him for the ability with which the new articles of war for the lative army have been drawn up ; the details of which ire due to the Lieutenant-Coloni 1. The Noble Lord next alluded to the assistance he had received from Colonel Sturt, the Military Secretary to the Govern ment, and expressed in animated terms his obligations to Colonel Benson, a member of the Military Board, who was as able in the duties of his department as he was gallant in the field. He would now advert to one )fficer of his personal staff, and he knew it would be -atisfactory to that officer's comrades that he should name him ; he alluded to the conduct of Lieutenant- Colonel Wood, his Military Secretary, who, at mid night on the 21st of December, when her Majesty's 80th regiment, under Colonel Bunbury, and the Ist Fusiliers, under Major Birrell, were ordered to capture two or three Seikh guns which opened their fire within a short distance of our troops, had, with his usual energy and gallantry, accompanied the troops, and was severely wounded in the execution of that important duty ; but he must also add, that the only occasion on which, before or since, his young friend had manifested any approach to insubordina tion, was when, as Lord Gough knew, he declined to leave the field, although, from the nature of his wound, and his exhausted state, it was absolutely necessary that he should do so. He was glad Lieutenant-Co lonel Alexander was present, and entertaining, as he did, the highest respect for the admirable artillery of the Company's army, and being well aware of the Lieutenant-Colonel's services at Sobraon, he had much pleasure in acknowledging his merits on this occasion. He thanked Lieutenant-Colonel Penny for his services at Sobraon, and eulogised the Goorka Battalion. " And, now, gentle,men," said the Noble Lord, " allow me to propose to you a toast which will be most welcome to you all—the health of Lord Gough, the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. My Noble Friend has done me the honour to allude to the assistance I afforded him during the campaign, and especially during the night of the 21st of December. It was a pleasure to me at all times to second the efforts, and during that event ful night there was a cordial concurrence of opinion between us, as to what ought to be done, namely, to hold our ground—to wait till daylight—to attack the enemy, and to beat him. I need not say to you, gentlemen, with what success that decision was car ried into effect. The Noble Lord then said that he had before recapitulated Lord Gough's brilliant ser vices in the presence of 150 officers assembled under the very walls of Lahore, and would not, therefore, repeat them; but the beautiful piece of plate, an honourable testimonial now before him (pointing to a silver vase), presented to Lord Gough by the 87th Regiment, which he commanded at Barossa nearly Corty years ago, recorded the fact that the 87th had on that memorable day captured a French eagle. It showed that at every period of his life the Noble Lord had been animated by the most ardent desire to per tOrm his duty, in which he has always been suc ees,ful ; for, since the Noble Lord had commenced his services in Asia, he had, in China and India, won more battles than any preceding Commander- in. Chief. In sixty days after the battle of Moodkee, the British colours were planted on the cita lel of Lahore, tnd 250 Seikh guns were on their march to Calcutta. File Noble Lord then proposed " The health of Lord Gough, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Here again the cheers of the company were long continued and enthusiastic. Lord GOUGH, in acknowledging the compliment, said he could not too strongly convey the grateful sense he entertained of the gratifying terms in which the Governor-General had been pleased to speak, not only of him and the army he had the honour to com mand, but also of the staff at head quarters, to whose unwearied exertions and valuable assistance during the campaign, and on all other occasions, he (Lord Gough) felt himself so unspeakably in debted, and begging the company would accept his warmest thanks for the kind manner in which they had drank to his health. His Lordship said—l will not, my Lord and Gentlemen, adopt the practice of disclaiming any credit as due to myself, for I can conscientiously, and, I will add, proudly assert, that my whole soul has been in the cause in which we have lately been engaged ; and that to fulfil the duties of the high position in which my Sovereign and the Honourable the Court of Directors have placed me, has been the great object of my life, and the principle that has guided my every action since my appointment to the noble command I now hold. My Lord and Gentlemen, one of the proudest re collections of my after life will be that, throughout the operations of no ordinary difficulty, my military arrangements have uniformly received the warm ap proval of so accomplished and distinguished a soldier as Lord Hardinge; and I take advantage of this, the last opportunity I shall have, to state publicly, in the presence of the Governor-General, that which in our private communications have so frequently expressed to his Lordship my sense of the steady discipline, the unshaken devotion, and the indomitable courage of t he army of India, and how deeply I feel indebted to every member of it, from the General of indivision to h the private in the ranks, European and native,. India wh? ared . with me the glory proposed, in feel of Thecam pGahigvnssaNbootittl.GinEanndexUthrmao.p ing terms' " The health of Lady Go ug h," w h o, h e s aid, had during the last ten years shared the risks and anxieties of her noble husband's career, and agreeablerendered thehy h society at waetarairemdy kindness —most n s: t . cu ssfully assisted by her Ladyship's amiable daugh ters, the Hon. Mrs. Haines and the Hon. Mrs. Grant. Lord GouGH, in returning thanks, took the op portunity to propose the health of the members of the Governor -General's family before alluded to, as most near and dear to Lord Hardinge, the Hon. Charles Hardinge, and Lieutenant-Colonel Wood, private and military secretaries (who were present) and his Excellency concluded by naming hip gallant young friend, Captain the Honourable Arthur Har dinge (who had, the day before, proceeded to the plains), whose intrepid bearing at the battle of Moodkee, where he had acted as Lord Gough's Aide-de-Camp, had been the admiration of all who witnessed it. The honour was very suitably acknowledged by the Honourable CHARLES HARDINGE, who, in warmly thanking Lord Gough and the company,. observed, lr that some of the very happiest days of his ie had l been passed in India, that he must ever had been entertain greatest regard for the kind friend sit greatest good fortune to make in this country, and he would conclude by drinking to their next merry meeting in England. The party did not break up till a late hour, and the Governor-General left Simla at seven o'clock the following morning, attended by the Commander — in-Chief, the whole of the staff at head quarters, and the principal members of the civil service, of all of whom Lord llardinge at parting took a naoa t friendly and feeling farewell.—Mofussflite EgOlal Oct. 30. STATE OF TRADE. MANCEIEITER, TUESDAY, DEC. 21. -Al thoi igh there is not much, if any change, in the demand for, or the prices of, goods and yarn to-filay as com ps red with Tuesday last, there is by no means so cheerfill feeling abroad, amongst the frequenters of 'Chamge , as was prevalent last week. 'lke principal cause of the depression now existing seems to be the un favourable appearance of the London money-maritet , and the gradual decline in the price of shares and public securities, which induce lir prehensions of renewed commercial pressers. We understand that the comparatively unfavourab le state of monetary affairs in London, may be ascribed to several causes; one being the falling due of au unusually large amount of foreign bills at the latter end of this week ; another, the efforts naturally made at this season by many parties, to reduce 00 balances owing to their bankers; a third, and pro, bably the most important, the attempts on the part pro f different railway companies to contract loans ; f or which purpose they are said to be offering , in many cases, very high rates of interest, in order to procure the means of paying off bonds and debentures falling due, and, probab l y , in some cases, to replace traffic receipts, unavoidably suspended on capital account, instead of being r e " served for the payment of dividends. From whatev er causes arising, however, the depression in the metro polis has produced an uneasy feeling here ; and lull added to the disinclination which previously existed, for entering upon any extensive transactions. W e trust, however, that the lapse of a few days will r e ; move the present unfavourable appearances, 0 °''e restore that feeling of cheerfulness, and that hope future improvement, which existed a few days sg°:. HALIFAX, DEC. 18.—Rather more business P a s' been done in the hall to-day in fancy goods, chie fl y for the American market, but chiefly in P t lots, and at miserably low prices. With reePe c d to yarn, there is no alteration, either in &Man i , or price. The former continues very Inn et below the power of producti on ; an d the lattel; below the cost. The diminished ti me whi,F; the mills run, very much 'educes the d e m an d wool ; but still, such is the firmness manifested ri.r the farmers, that the staplers are trying for a tail advance on the few descriptions wanted. Short vi oo ' s are rather more scarce, and some sorts are a little les s easy to buy, but the demand is not brisk. HUDDERSFIELD, DEC. 21.—Several buyers hi, attended the market to-day, many in the hope. ° picking up cheap job lots; but there seems little IT clination to make heavy sacrifice s . S eve ral parce l have changed hands in the Cloth-hall, and there Is considerable inquiry for first-rate doeskins. Fre i ,. appearances, there is every leason to hope that, al the turn of the year, we may h ave t o repor t a marls improvement. LEEDS, DEC. 21.—There is no new feature in o ur market of this day to report ; things in general Ist : consolidating themselves gradually, and imparting i better tone to trade. But th e ac t ua l i m p rove ment t not material, nor can we exect it before the en d ,„ cl . January, when bu s ines s generally assumes a in ° ' - lively character. Some few orders for low Cloth. have been given out, but at the halls very few gOod s changed hands. for assaulting Mr. Thomas Andrewes, on the 21st instant, while walking to an office in the Temple. Mr. Fooks, of the Chancery bar, attended for the defendant, and Mr. Charnock for the complainant. Mr. Charnock begged to give an outline of the case before he called evidence. On Tuesday night a ball came off in Gower-street, which bad been got up by some young ladies. The defendant and complainant were present, and the former danced with the sister of the latter. All went pleasantly till a polka was danced, when the defendant went through it in such an indelicate manner, that complainant could not refrain from going up to him and kicking him in the presence of the whole company. After the ferment had subsided, the dancing was renewed, and after some time the complainant retired with the lady he wits dancing with. Next morning he found the defendant and a friend, each armed with a heavy oak stick, waiting for him in the Temple, and the defendant asked him if he was prepared to make him a very humble apology for kicking him on the pre vious night. Complainant said " Yes, he would do so, as soon as defendant had made a humble apology for the indecent manner in which he had polkaed with his sister." The defendant immediately raised his large stick and aimed a blow at his head. Com plainant endeavoured to parry it with a thin stick, but it broke, and complainant received several blows. This scene occurred in Hare-court, and happily it was stopped by the interference of Mr. Horne, the barrister. He was sure the alderman would say Mr. Mead was not justified, after sleeping upon the matter, in going in cold blood and attacking his client in this manner, with a thick stick, when he was un prepared. Mr. Alderman Gums said he thought, upon the compl*inant's own showing, that he was the aggressor, and he should therefore leave him to indict at at the sessions, without going into the evidence, and with out requiring any bail from Mr. Mead, not even his own recognizance. Mr. Mead said he was very sorry for that. He had some of the ladies present to prove that he had not transgressed the bounds of decorum. Some of the ladies rose to speak togethar, but the Alderman declared he had done with the matter, and we only caught their opinion that Mr. Mead was quite in order, and that the dance was a respectable affair—a mere 'breaking•up school ball. The parties retired, accompanied by a number of their friends. BOW-STREET. Joseph Ady, who, on the Bth instant, appeared to answer a summons taken out by the Post-office authorities, for the purpose of recovering the sum of 11. 14s. Bd. for postage of returned letters, purporting to come from him, and who then obtained a postpone ment until this day, again attended before Mr. Henry this morning. He said that he had, on the six days following the hearing of the case at this court, employed a person to examine the letters at the dead-letter office, and that this person had on each day called at the Post office for the purpose, but had not been allowed to see the letters. He (Ady) had written to Mr. Pea cock on the subject, and had offered " any money " for copies of the addresses on the letters, but Mr. Peacock had replied that he must call himself, and he would be allowed to see them. This he had not been able to do. He would call Mr. Peacock to prove this statement. Mr. lIENay observed that it was very unusual to call the solicitor for the prosecution as a witness. Mr. Peacock proposed to read the correspondence between himself and Mr. Ady, which, no doubt, would answer the purpose. This being assented to, Mr. Peacock read several letters. In one of these Ady said he had sent an agent to the Post-office; who had jnot been allowed to see the letters in the dead letter office, and offered " any money" for a list of the addresses. Mr. Peacock's answer to that letter was, that he had made inquiries, and had ascertained that no one had applied to see the letters at the dead-letter office, and further, that if Mr. Ady would call or send there, he or his agent might see the letters and copy them, or any part of them. Mr. HENRY asked the defendant if he would call the agent he spoke of as a witness ? Ady—No, Sir ; he is not here. I thought it unnecessary to bring him. The defendant then proceeded to raise several objections to the jurisdiction of the Court, and to the form of the summons, all which Mr. Henry over ruled. He then said that there was no sufficient evidence that the letters came from him. Mr. HENRY—.It is quite sufficient that they pur port to come from you. The onus of proving that they do not rests on you. The defendant hoped the Magistrate would give him more time, as he wished to call the persons to whom the letters were directed, some of whom lived a hundred miles apart. Mr. HENRY said, the defendant had had quite suffi cient time already. There was nothing in any of the objections raised that could at all influence his decision, and he must order the defendant to pay the sum sought to be recovered (11. 14s. Bd.), and the costs of the summons. If he did not pay it a distress would be issued against his goods. Ady—But as I am a very poor man I hope your worship will give me time to pay it. Mr. HENRY—Certainly not. The defendant then paid the fine and was about to leave the court, taking the letters with him, when Mr. Peacock observed that since the summons had been taken out no less than 1,476 letters, the postage on which amounted to twelve pounds, purporting to come from him, had passed through the Post-office, and had been returned. Ady—l'll call upon you, Sir. The defendant then left the court. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE ALLEGED ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER IN HYDE-PARIE. — John Robins, the man who was brought up on Monday last, charged with robbery and attempted murder, was again placed at the bar for re-examination. Mr. Wolfe, who appeared for the defendant, re quested Mr. Bishop, who is acting as chief clerk, to read over the evidence of the last examination (the particulars of which have already appeared in this journal), This having been done, Mr. Wolfe pro ceeded to cross-examine the prosecutor at some length, and elicited such a string of prevarication and im probabilities, that he submitted to the magistrate that he (the prosecutor) was not entitled to belief. A number of highly respectable tradesmen, several of whom had known th; defendant for more than twelve years, came forward and spoke very highly as to his character and respectability. Mr. HARDWICK commented at some length upon the evidence adduced, alluding to the improbabilities of the boy's statement, which, he observed, was one tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end. He highly commended Inspector Squire and Sergeant Gray for the manner in which they had got up the case. He should discharge the defendant, who would leave the court without the slightest stain upon his character. COTTON. " We have repeatedly remarked (states a self styled authority in New York) that the effect of the revulsion in England would he felt in this country more through the influence upon prices for our great exporting staples, than in any , other way. Cotton forms such an important portion of our aggregate ex ports, that whatever affects the prices of the raw ma terial in England operates directly against us, and the loss falls principally upon our shoulders. The recent decline in prices for cotton in this market is almost unprecedented ; but prices do not rule so mach below those current at the corresponding period last year as the great depreciation would indicate. Pre vious to this decline prices were very much inflated, and .a speculative feeling existed to some extent, in consequence of the impression prevailing that the consumption would go so far beyond the production that.the stocks on hand would be completely used up. In the midst of this speculative movement the explo sion in England came upon us. The manufacturers of England found themselves compelled to reduce their operations to the smallest limit. The consuming classes of Great Britain are poor, and the consumption of manufactured goods has been very much reduced. The middling classes of England are the great con sumers of cotton goods, and their resources have been so completely absorbed in the railway speculations of the day, that the most rigid economy will have to be practised, to save themselves from utter bankruptcy. The home market for British cotton goods has there fore been reduced a large per cent., and the foreign markets, with the exception of the United States, have also fallen off largely. The consumption of the raw material has, consequently, been much less f o r some time past, and the difficulties in the money market, and the grand explosion in the credit system of England, have all tended to depreciate the value of the article in all the markets of this country. Within the past three months the shipments of cotton have been unusually large, notwithstanding the deprecia tion in prices. This is attributed to the fact that previous to the termination of the last commercial year, when prices ruled high, and it was generally expected that the crop would be very short, large stocks accumulated in the hands of speculators in this and other markets, in anticipation of an advance in prices. The commercial crisis in England revealed to them their position, and the only alternative left was to realise as early and as favourably as possible . To do this it became necessary to ship to the other side, as our markets were rapidly filling up with the new crop." We cannot agree in all the statements made in the extract given. [ADYERTISIIMEINT.)—CARRIAGB residing in the country are supplied with Teas and Coffees at the lowest wholesale price, in quantities not less than six pounds, delivered carriage free to any part of England. Orders must be accomp anied by a remit tance, or if a reference be made in London, payment will suffice on receipt and approval of the goods. A list of prices and samples free, on application to G. T. Man sell and Co., wholesale tea-dealers, 2, Bucklerebury, Cheapsids. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, DEC. 22, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, 1,411c5 : shire, and Cheshire Junction, 15%—Edi n b u rgh and No rt 3 , ern, Preference, 15'fi —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fift hs ,' dia.—Lancaster and Carlisle, 53—LOndon and Nortl2-I"A'. ern, 146 Ditto, New, Quarters, 43 4 / p.—London and Sou'," Western, New Thirds, par—Midland, 106—Ditto, 401. Shs lr— ' 40: 3 / 4 —Ditto, Halves, 3 1 /, dis.—South-Eastern and Do/ lr ' No. 1. 5 dis.— Ditto, No. 4, 2 1 4 dis.—Glasgow and Duinfrie4 7—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 38s. 9d. dis.—White llaYeu and Furness, dis. MANCHESTER, Disc. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire (A), 5 3 / dis.--Ditto On' 1 / 4 p.—East Lancashire, New, 4% dis.—Aeetwoo d, and West Riding Junction, dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3% dis Thi,; 1 ,, j '.. 1 4 c.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Halves (11. and S.) , I" die. Ditto (West Riding Union), 3, 1 1 dis.—Manchester, Sbeffiel and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 16 3 7-- 4 DittO (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 5% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 2 2 1 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 1% p.—North Staffordshire, 13-17 dis. Creston, LEEDS, Dic. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A moderate amount of sales have been made to-day at the following prices :—East Lance shire, 41' dis.—Ditto, New, 4 , 4 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 246 ' din. —Huddersfield and Manchester, Thirds, 20s. dis.—Las" cashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 61e. dis. Leeds and Thirsk, 1712 dis.—Malton and Drifliehl Jurictiov, 4 1 ,4 dis.—North British, 2414—Ditto, Thirds, Us. dis. QuarterF, 15s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 12s. 6d. dia.—York► Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwick), 1% p. BIRMINGHAM, Dsc. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was little business done to-day, and no official list of prices published. The sales are—Lon don and North-Western, 147—North Staffordshire, 150. die. —Shropshire Union, 2%. BRISTOL, DEc. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues in a Tel depressed state, and shares of all descriptions have a dosfa . ard tendency. The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 6 7- Z Great Western, Quarters, I% p.—llitto, 171. Shares, 1 3 s 9 " p.—Midland, 501. Shares, 3 die.—Wilts, Somerset, and IVer mouth, 13%. EDINBURGH, DEC 21. STOCK EXCH ANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and North: ern, 151. 103.—Great Northern, 31. 19s. 6d.—NorthßritisP, 24/. —Ditto, Quarters, 31. 19s.—Ditto, Thirds, 11. Bs. Dr. Hampden is at present on a visit to the Arch' bishop of York. ELOPEMEN T. Lovers are sometimes very ;lig e ; nious ; but their ' ingenuityoccasionally o f no AV" d On Friday ev en i ng l as t a y oung gen tleman, na cae or 6—k, who was on a v i s it a t a f r i e nd's house , lie Bolton, and whose heart was smitten with the attractiont: of his friend's daughter, entered into an agreement wit , m i t ' o e a r ini means t : accomplishingher i hymeneal n bt),fi blissful iuesi theiri agreement a t e rode wedlock. ic r uk e et t n. u n ta a llTe G ofhtb r ej e te e yhe, n oet ;111 : 0 : oght : i h sge. e eeh _, n o : is n i i j a : oe in P o t oat. executionge at shortly afterward Miss W—e followed dress in which the had been sitting order that it might he supposed that she would r h e , t for immediately. Having joined her lover, he 1 / 1 511 g — to ok her a bonnet and shawl; they went to the raillY'Y'h e re, tickets for Manchester, and, soon after arri/ In g, on ceft set off by the last train for Newton. Snugly en i ; o ughg , in the Legh Arms Hotel, and secure, as th i eY, ; ;htfullf , from all pursuit, they spent the evening ," e ,,,'"' to warda in th and resolved to set out early in the moru li t o rned to their northern destination. nut they we re ; .- I pair ws s disappointment. The absence of the lo vin i: ll d, the soon detected, and, their purpose being gu search of father and brother of the young lady went search 0 father and brother of the young lady went their roUtQ' the fugitives, and soon succeeded in tracing the- r d r ti ro At midnight a post-chaise arrived in Newton , s st ellpiawrilolunr,ttirinn gentlemen, alighting therefrom, took up their quarter were the Legh Arms. In the morning, as the lovers their about to depart, they were very quietly stopped by o' pursuers, and the young lady was conveyed home, we d guarded. The indignant father threw the bo nnet sa g shawl, which had beenpurchased for this trip , at one 0: the servants of the hotel, refusing to let his daught er bear about her any token of her connexion with a OA° r" who could not woo and win her in an honourabl e wa Manchester Examiner. frol% rADVERTISEMENT.] — THE EARL 07 ALDBORO- .0 AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by thi s miraco l 'o medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract from 0. Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 31, Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your effected a cure of a disorder in my liter and stomach all to you eminent of the faculty, at home and all over th e continent, 311 " - sov been able to effect ; nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or rienbad. (Signed) " ALDSOitouoll." These wonderful 7 11 ` , cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (ale. g. -o d . od Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Str gin ' ‘ll medicine vendors throughout the civilised. world. MTS& „ On the 3d of October last, A at the Cape of Good 11°,6 ,111S Henry Baldwin Herrick, of a daughter. r ii z abeth , On the 15th inst. at Brookhill, Lisburn, Ireland , P" -- the wife of Edward ' Wakefield, Esq of a daughter' „ Gibson On the 18th inst., at Red-hill, the wife of Georg" RiOn char the dson ,lBth Esq. i of a daughter. n iscor inst., in Chester -street, Greeve nor-r Mrs. George Scovell, of a daughter. „ of On the 18th in s t., th e w if e ) f J Ni c hols, I'l/.1.9 wife of ames Le p icester-lace Leicester-squar, of a d ghter. Oa the 19th , inst., at Temple e Sowerbva,u Westmoreland, the wife of Captain Edward Heathcote Smith, of twin Bone' ,ife On the 20th inst., at Mansfield, Woodhouse, _Notts, the " of Robert Gill, Esq., of a daughter. gre' On the 20th inst., at Surrey-square, Old sent-road, Lewis H. Meayon, of a son. On the 20th inst., at Rolleston, Staff or d s hi r e, the WY °f Henry Townshend, Esq.. of a daughter. Ew O a r r i t t . l E ie s 2 q o ., t o h f i a ns s t o . n , at Hoole-bank, Chester , the lady owfirf6' On the 21st inst., at Hanger-lane, Stamford - h ill, the of G. W. Lenox, Esq., of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Rarnt , MAAAIED. gate, Edward Harding, Es cl o " late of Cata Branca, to Jessie, eldest d au g hter of Char' Herring, jun., Esq., late of Morro Velho, Brazil. DIE. On the 2d of October last, a D t the Cape of Good Hope Henry Baldwin Herrick. Esq., of Bombay, barrister -at-law'. On the 18th inst., Henry Clinton. only Son of Henri Clinton Page, of the Prepared sable Works, Oxford.street, bilston, Staffordshire, aged 5 years. On the 14th inst., at Little Fo n t m e l l House, D o rset, Larr rence Edward St. Lo, F.sq., aged 88. On the 16th inst., Mrs. Sarah Davis, relict of the late gr• J. Davis, of the Jamaica Coffee House , Cor nhill, aged 60. On the 16th inst., in Church-street, Chelsea, Mrs. Sails Evans, aged 80. On the 16th inst., at Bath, Lady Alice Thynne, second, daughter of the late, and sister of the prese nt, Marquis 01 Bath. On the 19th inst., at Tonbridge-wells, the lion. Charles Godfrey Wolf, aged 98. On the 23d of October, Althea Marr the wife of Lieute nant Beadnell, 37th Regiment Bengal dative In try fan. ~ On the 24th of October last, at Calcutta, Henrietta, of William Maples, Esq. On the 13th inst., at Scales, near Aldingham, i n Farness , Francis Marc, aged 41. _ - - London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNC4 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Na 11 ' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ow/el Ildiddieeez, Thursday, December 23, 184 T.