The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-12 00:00:00

5 • 7- 0 71 , Irrbtrtir .74211tt ton SUN OFFICE, Seven V ' ;:,'1!)C TATTER.SALL'S. —gills Evening.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Minos (offered) 11 to 1 agst Emigrant (off.3rd) 20 to 1 sgst Little Charley (taken) 20 to 1 agst Hopeless Star (taken ) 200 to 9 agst Jean do Quesne (taken) 100 to 3 agst Escape (taken) 50 to 1 agst Black Swan (offered) 50 to 1 agst Sandboy (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Skirmisher (offered) 14 to 1 agst Adamus (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 25 to 1 agst Dramocr (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Leamington (taken) 30 to 1 agst Schiedam (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Cotswold (taken) DERBY. 14 to 1 agat Blink Bonny (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Sprig of Shillelagh (taken) 1000 to 25 aget Lady Hawthorne (taken) 1000 to 15 agt Strathnaver (taken) OUNDLE RACES.—(This Day). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Hbneycomb.. The Squire.., Five ran. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. The Minor. British Yeoman Ten ran. Won easy. FARMERS' STEEPLECHASE. Five ran. LiHord Wasp.. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woo sack at five o'clock. NEW PMR. Lord TALBOT DE MALAHIDE took the oaths and his seat as a peer of the r?allai. The noble lord• was introduced by Lord Monteagle and Lord Massarene. REMOVAL OF TROOPS FROM GREECE. Lord CLANRICARDE, seeing the noble earl the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in his place, begged to ask him a question on a subject which he had seen in the newspapers, namely, the withdrawal of the troops from Greece, and fiho the appointment of a com mission to inquire into the future management of the finances of that country. He wished to know whether the statement wad correct, and also whether there would be any objection to lay on, the table a copy of the corre spondence which hail taken place on the subject, in order that their lordships might know the exact situation of affairs. The Earl of CLARE.NDON said he was glad to have an opportunity of ansysering the question put to him by the noble lord. It was perfectly correct that troops had been sent to Greece during the war in consequence of the hostility of that country towards the Western Powers. It was agreed to by the Governments of France and Enf;lr.nd to send a small force to the Piraeus to check the procrAdings which had been complained of. The measure had been quite successful, ac the troops had never been moved from the PITO3IIR. The war being over there was no reason why they should not be withdrawn. In the course of last autumn the Greek Gov tratuent before the protecting powers a statement of the expenditure of Greece, which offered to pay in small annual instal flouts, the interest on the loan guaranteed by the three powers, and which, up to the present time, had been ex elusivuly paid by them ever since the loan was made. The Greek Government suggested that perhape the three powers would prefer, instead of receiv- e lag this small instalment, that it should be applied to the development of the revenues of the country. That proposition was not agreed to, as the Gceek Government chaTtenged an inquiry into the state of its finances. It wars proposed by the two Governments that a commis 's-ire:; comprising the reprogebtatives of the three powers, should inquire into the character of the financial statement laid before them by the Greek Government. This statement was laid before them as creditors. The Russian Government was con nected with it, entirely approved of the proposal, and EX pressed a wish to take part in the cinimission. A little delay had arisen by the correspondence which took place as to the duties and duration of the commission. That commission was accepted in the most frank manner by the Greek Government. The proposition was.made in the most friendly spirit to the Government of Greece, without the slightest intention of interfering with the internal affairs of the country, and that it should not last beyond the time specified. He believed it would render the most essential service to Greece, in assisting the carrying out certain financial reforms, which, without assistance, the Gieek Government would never be able to effectually to carry out. The com mission would be established in a few days, and the best effects were anticipated to the interests of Greece as it would put an end to the struggles with which that country was afflicted. With respect to the correspon dence it was at present going on between tho Govern ments of France and Russia with respect to the duties of the commission, and before it was established he thought it would be premature to lay any portion of it on the table of the house. INCOME TAY. Lord 88.0UGH..4.111 presented a number of petitions from different parts of the country praying for a repeal of the income tax. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Lord RAVENS WORTH presented a petition pray ing for the establishment of harbours of iefuge on the north-east coast. The noble lord stated at same length the prayer of the petition, which stated the number of wrecks that Lad taken place on the north-east coast, where there existed great necessity for the tarruatinn of a harbour of refuge for the protection of the shipping and commerce of the country. .SECONDARY PUNISHBIEN'N. The Marquis of SALISBURY rose — to move for the appointment of a select committee to consider the question of secondary punish.cents. The noble earl entered at some length into the subject, and concluded by moving the appointment of the committee of which he had given notice. Earl GRANVILLE said he did not think the noble earl had made out a case for the appointment of a com mittee. The subject of the employment of convicts in Government works would not be lost sight of. It was now under the consideration of the Government, who would give it their most serious consideration. He trusted the noble earl would not press for the appoint ment of the committee. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Cork and Bandon Railway Bill was read a second time. NEW MEMBERS. Sir W. CODRINGTON took the oaths and his seat for Greenwich. Mr. WEGuELIN took the oaths and his seat for South ampton. Mr. KENNAIRD took the oaths and his seat for New port (Isle of Wight). CHARITABLE TRUSTS ACC. Mr. MOWBRAY asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to bring in any bill to amend the act of 1853, for the better administration of charitable trusts ; and also Whether they intended to reintroduce the bills for giving legislative sanction to various schemes of the Charity Commissioners which the Government abandoned last session. Mr. BAINES said it was not the intention of the Go vernment to introduce any bill this session ; and, as re garded the latter part of the question, that the bills would be introduced before Easter. THE CIVIL SERVICE. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Secretary to 'the Treasury when the next report of the Civil Service Com missioners was likely to be presented ? Mr. WILSON said the report was ready and would " be shortly laid upon the table of the house. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH DUBLIN. In answer to a question from Mr. GRoGAN, Mr. WILSON enttred into an explanation of what had been d one i n reference t o this matter, and said that the evidence given before a committee had been found difficult of carrying out. Nothing could be gained unless the letters leaving London in the morning should reach the provinces i n th e even i ng , an d those leaving in the evening should reach the provinces in the morning. In consequence of the disappointment experienced Govern ment Was trying othe r pl ans th an th ose suggested before 113! co mmittee; and the ra il wa y s an d th e postoffice autho "" were eudeavouring to do all they possibly could towards carrying it out, and Government were ready to ay a handsomelY for it. H e h oped shortly to be able to y modified:plan before the house that would attain the object desired. BANKR.UPTCY WINDING UP. Mr. BUTLER asked the Attorney-General whether he intended to introduce any measure to facilitate the winding-up of bankrupt companies, to render speedy assistance to creditors, and to prevent the serious ex peoses and loss to the creditors and shareholders which exist under the present condition of the la w . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he pro a posed to bring in a bill t o prevent the scand a l that had arisen With reference to the Royal British Bank, should the Lord Chancellor's bill be not sufficiently comprehensive. CHINA. Mr. COBDEN gave notice that on this day fortnight he should move that this house had beard with concern ess'es7reaseeseeeeeeereeseseeerevereeteeeeemse the dioneict between tae Chieeee authorities and this country in the Canton river, and that, without express ing an opinion as to the course of complaint in not having fulfilled the Treaty of 1842, this hon=e considers the pap& re laid on the table of the house as unsatisfac tory, and that a select committee of the house be ap pointed to consider our relations with China. (Cheers.) THE NELSON MONUMENT. Mr. WARREN asked the Fitst Commissioner of Works whether any and what steps remained to be taken by her Majesty's Government to complete the monument to Lord Nelson, in Trafalgar square.; and, if so, when the completion may be expected ? Sir B. MALL said that a general impression was abroad that the erection of the column was undertaken by the Government. In 1840 some naval gentlemen desired to erect a monument to the memory of Lord Nelson, and relied a sum of 20,000/. They appeared to have undertaken the work without having sufficiently considered the cost. In May, 1844, Sir Gs Cockburn, the chairman of the fund, wrote to the Government for the assistance of 12,000/. with which to finish it. The Government requested Sir George to have the esti mates revised, and an estimate was sent, stating that 14,805/. would be required, and that sum was voted by Parliament. It was found, however, not to be suffi cient, and that a further sum of 4,000/. or 5,000/. was required, with which to finish it. That could not be done without a vote of Parliament, and it was not in tended to ask Parliament for that sum. BRITISH GUIANA. Mr. LIDDELL asked for information in reference to the penal settlement situated upon the Massarooni River in British Guiana,-Ist. When it was established ; 2d. Whether for imperial or colonial purposes ; 31 Whether it is still in use ; if not, what causes have led to its aban donment. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the penal settlement referred to was established in 1842 for purely colonial purposes; and so far from abandoning it, it had been so successful in its operation that it was under consideration to send convicts there from other ports of the West Indies. SIR R. PEEL AND HIS LATE SPEECH. Mr. STAFFORD asked flea right hon. baronet the member for Tamworth whether the report of a speech delivered by him on the 7th January, at Saltby, near Birmingham, and reported in The San newspaper, was correct, especially those which referred to the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, M. de Morny, and Prince de Ligne? Sir R. PEEL said he did not think that that house was a proper tribunal at which he ought to be called to account for the speech referred to, but at the same time he expressed his readiness to give the most correct in formation that could be obtained on this most important subject. (Laughter.) The speech in question was de livered without preparation at a meeting at the request of the member for North Warwickshire (Mr. Ad derley) ; and although ho (Sir Robert Peel) was not in the habit of reading his speeches after their de livery he was content to rest with confidence on the re port, knowing the ability and correctness with which speeches were reported in this journal. It was impossible at this time to recollect the precise expression ttat he used on that occasion, especially as he spoke for a a hour and a half without notes of any kind ; but still he'was willing to take the responsibility of that speech. He expressed regret that the remarks he used on t tat occasion had been tortured from their true meaning, and assured the house that it was far from his wish—nay, his nature, to give accidental or unnecessary pain to any one. (Loud cheers.) The sentence referring to Count Morney, that he was "le plus grand speculateur of Europe," had been im properly twisted, and what he said or meant to convey of Count Morey was no more than what one gentleman might say of another, and that person his friend ; and he assured the house be had no intention of attacking Count Morny's character by that expression. (Cheers.) As regarded the Grand Duke Constantine, that was another matter. (Laughter.) Ho did say that the Grand Duke Constantine did not impress one with the feeling "of a frank, open-hearted seaman." (Laughter.) These words were not his (Sir R. Peel's), but those of a gallant admiral's. (Laughter.) He did not say in that speech, nor did he wish to say, one word against the Grand D eke Constantine or any member of the Russian Royal family. He said that the Grand Duke's mind gavo him an impression that ho was a man of great grasp of powers of mind—(laughter)-- of a man who looked into things ; and that was what he meant, and that he was not a simple sailor. (Loud laughter.) lie regretted that he should have said anything that should have caused any unpleasant feeling with regard to the Prince de Ligne. He cer tainly did say, talking in a familiar way, that the prince impressed him as being " stiff and starched as the frill of Queen Elizabeth." (Laughter.) He appealed to his hon. friend opporite (Mr. Adderley) who was present when he delivered the speech, if a single word escaped his (Sir It. Peel's) lips that might not have found at the time an echo in his breast, or that he said anything that might have offended the " most staight laced gentleman in that house." (Laughter.) His speech was but an attempt at the time and on the instant to paint a humorous sketch, and " hold the mirror up to nature," and " catch the shadows as they fly." ...To err was human," mad if he had erred he very much regretted it ; and if he had given any one pain he must amply apologise for it, and he trusted that would be taken as the most fitting "ameeide honorable" he could make. (Loud cheers.) THE SECRET TREATY. Lord PALMERSTON rose and said, that in reference to the convention entered into with France and England and Austria with reference to Austria's Ita!ian posses sions, he found that he had labobred under a mietake on a former occasion, (Rear.) He stated on that occasion that that itt w hec a c s elvention was not sig ne d. H e h a d s i nce f oun d (appositio n cheers)---but that as it partook more of a 'unitary than a political convention, his im pression on a former occasion was that it was not signed. He had since found that it was signed, tut that it was not acted on, because Austria declined to declare war against nivsia. Mr. DISRAELI reiterated his former assertion, that there was a secret treaty, and taunted the noble lord with not being aware before this that the treaty had been signed. Lord PALMERSTON said that Mr. D;sraeli, in order to cover an ignominious retreat, had misre presented what was said on a former occasior; The right hon. gentleman on a termer occasion said the secret treaty was signed at the instigation of this c,witiy. (Loud cheers.) Mr. DIIsIRAE Ll—No—instance. (Hoar and cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON said he was certain the right hon. geet;einan said instigate. (Laud cries of " Hear,' and " No, no.") Tue noble lord then precee led to state that the right hen. gentleman bad been imposed on, and that what he (Lord Palmerston) had stated was a correct statement of the facts, (Cheers.) [LEFT SITTING.] LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. thk MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly ordinary meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held this afternoon, at the Waterloo Station, Waterloo-road. Mr. W. J. Chaplin, M.P., in the chair. The report and statement of accounts, which have already appeared in The Sun, were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on the agree able change of figures relative to the dividend since June 30, 1850. Then he had to propose a dividend of 3 per cent., and now 3, making 6 per cent. on the year. Tho passenger traffic was very satisfactory, and out of 76 stations only 6 had experienced any diminution of receipts, and that only to the aggregate amount of 166/. He then referred to the amicable state of feel ing existing with this and the other railways except the South-Eastern Railway, respecting their branch from Reigate to Reading. The returns showed that the traffic on the line would be satisfactory, whether in peace or war, and congratulated the shareholders on their work ing expenses being as low as that of any company. He called attention to the present mode of assessing rail ways to local rates, and said that those rates amounted to about 10 per cent, on the profits, which, with 7 per ceLt, income tax, and a sum of 8,5001. paid in stamps for transfers, &c., made a deduction from the profits -of 27 per cent. The hon. gentleman then called attention to the ten schemes of railways before Parliament likely to affect this company. He had much pleasure in informing them that the Great Western Railway Company had nothing to do with the Southampton and Salisbury scheme. He made that statemhnt on a communication made by Lord Barrington, the chairman of the South• Western Railway Company, to some of the Directors of this line. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. (Hear, hear.) Mr. TITE, M.P., seconded the motion, and said that he regretted they were again compelled to fight the battle of the gauges, and considered that the opposition should be entrusted confidently to the directors. They had arrived at a time of prosperity when some thing might be done to benefit the porters and railway guards by increasing their income. He thought they should begin at the top, for the dirctors were not properly paid, and descend in the scele, increasing each of their officers' and servants' salaries. They only gave the porters 16..4. a week, and took from them every other Sunday. Their wages were reduced Is. in 1848, and as the times had changed, to the prejudice of the poor man, at least the is. shculd be restored. (Hear, b ear.) Mr. ASHMORE called the attention of the meeting to the large sums paid for law charges. For the last three and a half years the company had paid—in Dec., 1853 the sum of 25,7411. ; in 1854, 10,625/. ; in 1855, 6,9631.; and In the last half-year, 7,0751. He would rather give the solicitor 1 1, 500/. a-year, an d a ll ow hi m t o pract i se , than pay him according to the present mode. (hear.) He would move a resolution, after the adoption of the report, to the above effect, the salary to include every thing except charges out of pocket and Parliamentary agencies, Mr. Bircham to pay his own clerks out of that sum. Mr. Sergeant GA.ZZLEE said that the servants were now recei v i ng a d equate sa l ar i es ; h e h a d l a t e ly been gradually increasing their salaries. The porters conr Mr. iIERAPATH asked who was constructing the Eire ter Extension, and if the woil was tendered for ? lie also asked if the company was working amicably with the Great Western Railway Company ? TheICHAIRms.N said that eight or nine contractors had tendered for the work. The contract was taken by .one contractor, Mr. Taylor. The company were working amicably with the Great Western Railway Company, and they derived much traffic north and south from that amicable feeling. Mr. HERAPATH said that on the whole he was much satisfied with the report and accounts. After some further discussion the report was received and adopted, And a dividend was declared for the half year at the rats of 6Z. 108. per annum. Mr. ASHMORE'S resolution relative to the future pay- ment of the solicitor was put to the meeting. Mr. EDWARDS made some remarks in support of the resolution. The CHAIRMAN said that an inquiry bad been made by the directors relative to the law charges. By the direc tion of the sharehol lers, the directors had on a former oecision given the solicitor a salary, but they found they were paying too dear for it, for most of the law business was in connection with parliamentary business ; and therefore it was that the salary was abolished, and the old mode restored, Mr. Biroharn hay ing readily fallen in with the view of the directors, as he always had where it was for the benefit of the company, He had no doubt Mr. Bircham would go back to a salary again if it were the wish of the company. The hon. chairman concluded by eu4ogiaing the abilities of the solicitor, and expressed an opinion that were they to lose him there would be great difficulty in finding a suc cessor. (Hear.) Mr. BIRCHAM addressed the meeting, stating that he had never advised during the time he had been their solicitor any proceedings with a view to increase his charges on the company. The directors had always done their bent to obtain cheap law. He had no objec tion to the directors finding a successor if they had no confidence in him, and as regarded the resolution he should decline continuing the office at a salary of 1,500/, a-year, because it would not pay his expenses for con ducting the business, leaving no remuneration for his time and trouble in superintending it. Mr. Sergeant GAMER (a director) considered 1,5001. a year, with the privileges mentioned in Mr. Ashmore's resolution, sufficient for their solicitor, and . who should give them the whole of his time and attention. He ob jected to their solicitors being allowed to practice. He had inquired of the best solicitors' firms in Parliament street, and they had informed him that their partners would be glad to take the situation at 2,0001. a year. He said the time was come for the shareholders to pre vent lawyers from taking the money out of their pockets. Mr. CASTLIMAIN (director) eulogised the abilities of Mr. Bircham, who bad always given the directors ad vice to the advantage of the shareholders. He recom mended the meeting not to look at this matter merely as one of cheap law, because talent was not to be had cheap, and he advocated paying their solicitor on a scale of fixed charges. As a professional man, be said that three- fourths of the proposed sum wool,' be absorbed in ofNce cl'arges in conducting their business, and it was not likely a talented man would undertake their business for the small remaining sum. He advised them to have economic law but not cheap law, and again urged the payment of their solicitor by a fixed scale of carges. If they left the matter to a committee of direc tors be had no doubt they would be able to amicably arrange the matter. It would take a solicitor three years to learn the busines. After some further discussion, an amendment was proposed by Mr. SNow, and sec.inded by Mr. ROLLS, re ferring the subject back to the directors for decision, which was carried by a large majority. The retiring directors, Mr. H. C. Lacy and Lieut.- Col. J. Luard, were re-elected, and the meeting shortly after terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE WEBB. Adjournment sine die without protection. This bank rupt was described as of Poda wood, timber merchant, and to-lay was appointed for his last wrnination, which had been adjourned in consequence of the accounts being unsatisfactory. Mr. Bagley, for the assignees, opposed the banksept's passing. He said that the first balance-sheet was so unsatisfactory that the bankrupt was ordered to file an amended balance-Jbeet, together with an account of certain bill transactions of a very suspicious nature. An amended balance-sheet had been filed, but the two accounts were so greatly at variance that no dependence could be placed on either, but the bankrupt had not kept any books to enable the assignees to investigate them, and as there was no estates they were unwilling to incur any further expense ; the bankrupt had not furnished any account of the bills. There was also another very suspici ous circumstance; the bankrupt alleged that he had made a settlement on his wife, but the solicitor who was the attesting witness had since died, and his son and the managing clerk denied that it had ever been drawn in their office, and both believed that the signature was not that of the deceased. Under the circumstances he (11r. Bagley) applied for an adjournment sine die. The Bankrupt persisted that the signature was genuine. His Honour said that any other accounts would be mere moonshine. Ho should therefore adjourn the case sine die without protection. - 17Li# 11 menced with M., and advanced yearly, with clothes in addition, and as a proof of the porters being well paid, the directors were pestered out of their lives for applica tions to fill such situations, and woe betide the director who belonged to a borough. (Laughter.); Mr. PCNCHARD said that with the exception of the dividend there was noilirg in the report for congratu lation. This report, he thought, would have a serious effect on the market. He asked to be informed what was the actual liability of the company to capital. Mr. CLosit"(Auditor) said that the accounts showed it, with the exception of 9,0001. Mr. PUNCUARD said that the accounts did not show the actual amount of the capital by 200,0001. Mr. Hors (auditor) said that Mr. Punchard was in error, and nothing could be put forward more plain than the capital account in the statements of accounts. The auditors would have much pleasure in going through the account with any shareholder. The capital account was exceedingly clear ; and the books were kept with perfect accuracy. Mr. UzIELLI explained that a discrepancy appeared to exist in the capital account of 65,0001., owing to the abandonment of certain land and lines that had caused their power to call up capital to lapse. Mr. EDWARDS called attention to several items' in the accounts, which were satisfactorily answered by the chairman and other directors, Mr. HERAPATU said that he had made application to Mr. Morgan, the accountant, for certain information in the accounts, and that gentleman readily gave him all that he required. He considered that the capital ac count should be closed, unless what was added gave a remuneration in the shape of additional income. The chairman on a former occasion pressed him to examine the books, and satisfy himself as to the accuracy of the accounts, and he (Mr. Hera path) had done so. (Hear.) The Steam Packet Com pany appeared to have given a profit of 5,0001. to the Railway Company. The dividend had been increased by degrees, and in a satisfactory manner. The working expenses for the past year were nearly 50 per cent., larger than it ought to be. The CHAIRILIN explained that much of it arose from the expense of working the Wokingham and Staines Rail way. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Feb. 12.—Wind this day at noon N.W.— Light breeze and fine clear weather. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived Java, from Rangoon, with part of crew sick. MILFORD, Feb. 10. —Wind W.—Arrived—Ayrshire, from Belizo ; Solace, Savannah, with loss of bulwarks, both for Pembroke Dock. Conic, Fab. 10.—Wind W.—Sailed—Marion, for Bar bad oes. PETERHEAD, Feb. 10.—Wind S.—Arrived—Resolution, from Greenland. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 11.—The Franklin King, from New York to Liverpool, was abandoned on the 10th Jan., dis abled in the gale of the 4th ; crew taken off by the Celia, arrived at New York. SWANSEA, Feb. I.l.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Edward Herber, from Coquimbo. Sailed.—Jane, for Valparaiso ; Unrestricted, Rio Janeiro. SHIELDS, Feb. 11. Wind S.W.—Salled—Atkinson, for Ceylon. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Thames, from Si. John's, N.B. • Walter Baino, Macao ; Rowena, St. John's, ' N.B. ; R estless , Zanto ; Hortense, Loraine; Italian, screw steamer, Havre; Rosife, Nantes. Sailed—American Union, for New Yor.k ; Zealand. 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For further particulars respect ing this invaluable food our readers are referred to Du Barry's advertisement in another part of this paper; pviii N .. 1 1 , 4 (4 , _ Pi ft i) THE DOUBLE A MURDER TVAL Yesterday Thomas Fuller Bacon and Martha Bacor, his wife, were brought up from Llorsemonger-lane Gaol for further exlmination before Mr. Elliott, charged with the wilful murder of their two infant children. Long before the time appointed for the examination the court became inconveniently crowded, and, judging from the anxiety evinced by a number of persons whom the court would not hold to hear the proceedings, the case at each examination seems to increase in interest. It was the opinion of some that Mr. Alfred Taylor, the eminent professor of chemistry at Guy's Hospital, would have been present to give evidence respecting the analy sis of the contents of the body of Mrs. Bacon, sen. ; but this was a mistake, as he has no t yet , nor will he for some days have concluded his task. When the prisoner Bacon was brought to the court by the prison van he, on being removed to the cell, appeared much more cheerful than on any previous day, and the gaoler, observing him in such good spirits, asked him if he was aware that the body of his mother bad been exhumed and examined, and he replied in the affirmative, adding that he was quite well aware of it. Cook, the gaoler, also asked him if he was aware that his wife had confessed that she, by his desire, had put arsenic into the broth taken by the old woman, and that he (Bacon) had subsequently put some arsenic into her medicine ? His reply to this was that he knew nothing about it, and he should act under the advice of his solicitor. He then said he was very hungry, and requested Cook to order him a beefsteak, as he wished to have something before his examination. The steak was ordered at a neighbouring tavern, and the prisoner ate about three-quarters of a pound, with:a slice of bread and a pint of beer, with the keenest appe- tite. The whole of the night-charges baying been disposed of, and the solicitors and witnesses being in attendance, the prisoners were taken into court at a quarter to two o'clock. Bacon was the first to enter the dock. His manner on this occasion was quite different from and formed a perfect contrast to that which he exhibited at his former examinations. He entered the dock with a firm step, and on geting to the upper end he turned round and faced the gaze of every one in the court. In fact his appearance was that of a person who was deter mined to brazen it out. Mrs. Bacon appears improving in health ; she was accommodated with a seat at the solicitors' table, with her back to the dock, so that her husband, though he made several efforts, could not get a sight of her. Mr. Woodward, as on the former ex iminations, at tended for Bacon, and Mr. Crouch, from the office of Messrs. Wright and Bonner, solicitors, London-street, City, appeared on behalf of Mrs. Bacon. The first witness called was Mr. W. Harris, the sur geon to Horsemonger-lane Gaol, who said—l recollect the female prisoner Mrs. Bacon being brought to Horse monger-lane, and on that occasion the matron called my attention to some marks on her throat, which appeared to have been occasioned by a string having been drawn tightly round it. I should say it was a string, and not a rope. There were also some superficial wounds on the throat, but the prisoner said nothing to me about how they had been occasioned. I have watched her care fully, and I have come to the opinion that she is a per son of unsound mind. She has that appearance--has a vacant look—won't look at you—and says nothing, but is sullen and quiet. Mr. E Mott—You did not test her state of mind in any other way, but merely think her to be a person of unsound mind from her appearance and manner ? Witness—Just so. The mark on the throat was just above the cuts, and was ail round the neck, and the mark was very perceptible at the back part of the neck, so that the cord must have been tied round very tight, and the cord itself must have been very sharp, something resembling whipcord. Mr. Ellett—Doyen think that such a mark may have been occasioned by her dress ? Witness—l think not, for it was too high up and too straight or circular. A piece of cord, between whipcord and sashline, which was found at the late residence of the prisoners, was here produced, and Mr. Harris said it was such a cord as was likely to produce the"inaek he had described. Mr. .Elliott—You say that the mark was above the wounds on the front of the throat. Is it your opinion that a cord might have been tied or drawn closely round so as to have caused that mark without its being stained or marked with blood I Witness—lt is my opinion that it might have been tied round and have no marks of blood. Cross-examined by Mr. Crouch—The cord produced would have caused the trarks I have described. It did not require to be tied very tight to produce the mark ; for, if see-sawed when held tolerably tight, it would produce a similar mark as if tied very tight. She could herself have caused such a mark, but it was not the mark of a person who had been hanging. I ask her daily how she and from what I have seen of her I believe her to be of unsound mind ; and I believe also the cuts on her throat were inflicted by herself, but they may have been done by anybody else. The cuts were so slight and super ficial that any other person inflicting them must have been very careful not to kill her ; and I think that if any body else had done it it must have been by connivance. ' Mr. Crouch —Now, suppose it had been the object of the person inflicting these cuts to deceive the pollee, and I lead them to the supposition that Mrs. Bacon bad in flitted the injuries herself, were not the wounds just I such wounds as woul I have been inflicted ? as Witness—e S ly t r , e ) ll h , a they b are. een etye inflicted rbeynaot person such i wounds ntend. Elliott—ThereA W lrit.nesslquantity n it wb l ic s h t m l eu o s in t it h t a e v d e . intend ing to kill her. should think isn e t h ci e u ct es u t a i What quantity of blood dceyou think Mrs. Bacon lost at the time of receiving these injuries ? been but small. The matron at the gaol y e c ho chemise, and there was not much blood there w d me her Henry Woods was next called—He said he lived in High-street, Reigate, and was in the employment of Mr. Mad Monday edge, an ironmonger there. On the morn ing after Christma s da y h e saw the male prisoner at the railway station at Reigate after ho got out of the train, and soon after he saw him at his master's shop. He no ticed something very particular in his manner, and he did not seem to know what he was doing. At about half-past 12 he came into the shop, when he (witness) asked him what o'clock it was, and he then saw him take a watch from big pocket, by which he told him the time. For five minutes at a time the prisoner used to stand looking on the ground, and he was evidently in a very distressed state of mind. In the evening witness pointed out a shop to the prisoner where be could get a watch key, and afterwards saw him at the Bell public-hou.se, where he had a bed, and he then asked him - to sit down and have some brandy and water, but he refused as be did not like his manner or appearance. The prisoner then wore a pair of fustian trousers and an apron. Samuel Perry, another man in the service of Mr. Malledge, said the prisoner was in such a state of mind on the Monday that he could not do a bit of work. He used to throw his tools about, and stand as if study ing for a whole quarter of an hour. He did not do any work at all, bat merely looked at it, and spent his time in walking between his master's shop and the job where they were at work. Chas. May, another workman who was employed with the prisoner on the Tuesday, said he did little or no work on thatday, and did not seem to know what be was about. The next witness, Win. Payne, of 15, Anglesea street, Stepney, engineer, gave most important testimony. Ile said—lJacon is my wife's nephew. On the Sunday even ing after Christmas he came to me, to my wife's bro ther's, between 8 a nd 9 o'clock, but did not stop long ; my wife and he went off to see my daughter. I did not then notice that there was anything the matter with his finger, nor obser ve that it was tied u p . I did not know that there was anything the matter with his finger I saw it in the newspaper, and this induced me to look at it. I examined it, and told him I thought it had been done sharpening the knife on a steel. I thought so by the cut, as it wa s right across the left ba nd forefinger, between the first and second joints ; he said he did not cut it that way ; that he did it cutting a bit of meat at dinner ; that his knives were new, and did not want sharpening. [lt may here be marked as a rerange and suspicious incidence that that Dr. Bushell , on examining one of the knives found in the prisoner's room on the morning on which the murder was discovered, Expressed his opinion that it had all the appearance of having been recently sharpened on a steel, and this knife, when subsequently examined by a microscope, was found to be deeply stained with blood, and was the instrument with which, according to his w if e ' s confession, he cut his children's throats.] Mr. Pane further pro ceeded to say—l have talked to the prisoner a good 'deal about the affair, because he said he was sure his wife did not do it ; that he did not do it • and that be bad every reason to believe that somebody had unlocked the door, godnehim and had d one a ll t h at b a d been done, I aske if he bad left the key in the door when he went out, and he said he had not, that he took it out and hung it up, as was his common practice. I told bun that it lay between him and his wife, for that no one would have gone in and done such a thing without taking the money that was there, and he said nothing to that; but two or three days after he told me he had been robbed of a greatcoat and other clothes, and I asked him about the greatcoat. FT —e said it was a rough greatcoat, and as I had' never seen him with such a coat I asked him who made it. He hesitated and ma le no answer, and I then said, "Did your tailor make it? Because if he did the police will find it out." He hesitated, and then said he took it for a debt. I asked him of whom, and he again hesitated, and said he could not tell me, but I considered his statement to be false. He alsosaid e h ha dlost a watch, but I never knew of his . havinbut one watch, a nd that he brought back with hi m fro m Reigate. The watch now produced by S — ere. Broad is that watch, and its number is 32,798. I never s aw the other watch, No. 13,663, now in the hands of thepossession until after he , his police, came back from Stamford a week after the murder. In trying to wind it;up at his house the prisoner broke the glass, but, with the exception of that inj ur y , it seemed to be perfect. I had not seen the watch 32,798, but subsequently saw the one 13,663 with the second -baud off, and the prisoner then said the police bad caused the injury done to it ; but at that time the face was not da maged. I told him when he advertised for the watch f that be was a great f oo l f or doing so, that it would be I sure to be picked up and brought forward, when he would have 51. to Pay for it, when he said be wished he) should. When the prisoner came the night before the murder he seemed very much confused. Mrs. Bacon sat alongside me, and I said to her wonder heti, you can leave those little childrem " And in a litt le time she r eplied, Uncle, you h ave no cause to fret about the children ; they are happy," That was all she said. Mr. Elliott—. When was this ? Witness—On th e nihtof the Sundayafter Christmas, ; just two days before the murder wasdiscovered. Mr. Elliott--Then they had not the children with them when they called on that night ? • Witness—N° sir, and that was the reason I spoke about their leaving them. Oa the Wednesday morning iI . T4/11fAitit . lt i i iiioi. after the murder, when Bacon came to my house, hesaid he was sure his wife did not do it ; and when he after wards told me he had been robbed, I told him I I , elieved it to be false, but said, " if they find the thinio they wiU put you on your oath." He replied, " Hold your tongue; I'll not swear to anything, and I'll not speak." The last time I spoke to him I said, "Suppose your wife turns round to-morrow and says you have done it ?" He looked very hard at me, and then said, "My wife never did deceive me yet;" and I said "You cannot tat that." Mrs. Payne, wife of the last witness, was called, and her testimony established the fact that the watch which the prisoner hail alleged to have been stolen from his house, with the other things, was in his possession after the discovery of the murder, and was the same that bad been picked up by a child not far from the scene of the murder a week after the death of the children. Mrs. Harriet Munro, the daughter of the last witness, was called, and deposed to having seen the woman who had taken the ashes from under the fireplace at the house where the murder was committed throw a piece of cord in the fire. _ _ _ Inspector Young informed the magistrate that these were all the witnesses he had in attendance, and the professional gentlemen engaged declining to offer any observations to the Bench, Mr. Elliott remanded the prisoners to a future day. 'g-;:'s „ . of six years old, who also was In a wretched condition, implored him to take them both away. He took them to the workhouse, whore the girl bad since been under medical treatment. A woman who had been employed in Walker's house as a nurse c , mfirrned the beadle's evidence as to the ill treatment of the children. The•rnagistrate remanded the defendant for a week. William Capsey, 22, was charged by his mother with a series of systematic rabberies, under distressing cir cumstances. The prosecutrix said she was 73 years of age, lived in Ivyl me, Hoxton, and since the death of her husband, five years ago, had boon reduced to most straitened means. The prisoner, notwithstanding this, still car ried on continual depredations in her little dwelling, and since Sunday last lie took away linen articles of apparel and bed furniture, to the amount of 103. ; also an um brella, which he bad pawned for a few pence, the dupli cats being found upon him. Mr. D'Eyncourt —Does he do anything to assist you? Mother—No, sir, not a farthing do I have from him, but he partakes of one shilling and a loaf that I have from the parish. Why, he even stole five bread and coal tickets that a charitable person gave me. Mr. D'Eyncourt—This is very shocking ; instead of being a comfort to and helping your poor parent you rob her of the last article of comfort she has, What do you say ? _ _ _ Prisoner—Nothing but this : if I had not got into bad company : it would not have happened. .. Mr. D'Eyncourt — l shall fine you 51., under the pawn. brokers,' act, and in default you will go for 3 calendar months, with hard labour, to prison. His worship also ordered the poor widow to be relieved with 10s. from the poor-box. WESTMINSTER.—James Cowen, of 3, Grey Coat place, Westminster, who describes himself as a "meth cal, political, and social reformer," keeping an establish ment called "John Bull's Cabin," was charged with un lawfully exhibiting to public view a paper on which was written indecent words, to the annoyance of the inhabi tants and passengers. A gentleman named Fonblanc, residing at 152, Cam bridge-street, Pimlico, said that, on passing the defen dant's premises ho saw the offensive writing exhibited on a board. Nothing could be more thoroughly dis gusting and obscene, and many of the crowd of labour ing men who were around expressed the disgust they felt. MIDDLESEX SESSION& (Before Mr. Pasbley, Q.C., Assistant Judge.) Henry Kent, a lighterman, surrendered in court to take bis trial on a charge of having stolen 180 pounds of Cavendish tobacco, the property of J. W. Dean, his master, and John Pearson, dealer, was indicted for felo niously receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Horry defended Pearson ; Kent was not defended. On the26th of December, the prosecutor, a master lightermau, at 12, Great Water-lane, gave the prisoner Kent an order for the delivery to him of 28 boxes of Cavendish tobacco from the London Docks, with in structions to take them forthwith to a Liverpool steamer called the Laurie, then lying in the river, at such a dis tance from the docks as would have enabled him to have reached her in about half an hour after he had received the boxes. Redid not, however, go to the steamer until the following morning, alleging as the reason that he bad lost the tide on the preceding day ' • and when the number of boxes shipp e d was compared with the order one was missing. The officer of the steamer at once called the prisoner's attention to that circumstance, ;hen he exclaimed that he was done for, and said the box which was absent must have been stolen from his barge while he was temporarily absent from it. Evidence was given that before proceeding to the docks Kent solicited a person named Connoway to join with him in a tobacco job, to put three or four pounds in his pocket, but he refused, saying he got his living honestly. The prisoner signed the reoeipt for the boxes in the name of Johnson. It was shown that the prisoner Pearson had been en deavouring to sell tobacco answering the description of that stolen, and when he was taken some fragments of Cavendish were found in his pockets, some on a knife, and on an ax's which he had in his possession. A wit ness who gave important evidence when the case was be fore the magistrate was not now in attendance, having gone to Holland. The jury found both prisoners guilty. Nothing was known detrimental to Pearson's character, but Inspec tor Brydges, Thames Police, proved that Kent had been for a long time associated with "river thieves" and con cerned in some extensive robberies. Sentence deferred. Henry Burrows, 50, Elizabeth Burrows, 27, and John Henry Brown, 15, were indicted on Tuesday for having stolen four silver tablespoons and other articles, the pro perty of Edward Miles, in his dwelling-place. The prosecutor resides in Park-road, Dalston, and on the 25th of January a basket of plate was missed from one of his bedrooms. The same night Clark, 220 N, and another constable named Cowen, went to a house, No. 3, Devonshire -place, Shoreditch, where they found the prisoners in a room, and upon information they had received took them all three into custody. On looking round the room the last-named officer noticed that one of the flooring boards had been raised and not properly fastened down, and on pulling it up he found a parcel underneath, which contained some of the stolen silver spoons, broken up. Burrows admitted that he and the lad did the robbery, and said the woman knew nothing about it. She lived with him as his wife. A. lad named William Crockett, said he lived with his father, a jeweller, at No. 2, Seward-street, Goswell street. On the day of this robbery the prisoner Brown came to him, and said he wanted to see him down at a coffee-house, in St. John's-road, and accordingly h e met him there at 6 o'clock. He asked him then to sell some spoons for him, which he agreed to do, and they went to Mr. Reeves, a refiner, in Gowell-street, where wit ness was known, having been in the habit of going there on errands for his father. Mr. Reeves melted the spoons down into a bar and then weighed it. It came to 3/. Os. 6d., at 4s. 9d. per ounce. Brown was waiting outside. When he got the money, he returned with Brown to the coffee-house, where Burrows was waiting for them. The money was given to him, and witness was rewarded with 3s. lie admitted that he suspected something was wrong in the matter. Some of the spoons were like some now produced, those found under the floor at Bur rews's. The spoons which he took to the refiner's were IToken wh©n he received them from Brown, and he told Mr. Reeves that be wanted them melted for his father. He had been en such errands before. Mr. Reeves deposed that the last witness brought him some broken spoons, saying be came from his father, and he melted them as he requested. 11e had known the boy and his father for years. When melted the spoons weighed 12.15 dwt., and ho gave 43. 9J. per ounce, which was a fair price. The Assistant-Judge said nfiners should be very cau• tious how they purchased broken•up spoons from boys, or they would stand a good chance of being indicted ; but in this case the refiner was acquainted with the boy and his father, and had done business for him, as a jewel ler, which of course led him not to suspect anything wrong. The defence was this, that Brown met a stranger near Bow-bridge, who asked him if he could se ll some spoons. Knowing rockett, and that he used to go to Reeves', he said he could, and went in search of him. The spoons were sold, and they met Burrows by accident, and he (Brown) asked him to hold the money until he met the man at an appointed place close by, as he was - afraid of losing it. They saw the man, and gave him the money. He then gave him a parcel to hold while he went down the street for a minute, but as he did not return, he went to Burrows's, where he lodged, and, finding more spoons in the parcel, he was afraid he might be taken up, so he forced a board in the floor and concealed the par cel there, and neither Burrows nor his wife knew any thing about it. The jury found the woman not guilty, and the others guilty. The Assistant-Judge sentenced Burrows to 12 and Brown to four months' hard labour. The policeman produced two bars of silver, and asked the court what he was to do with them. One was ad- witted to be the produce of the spoons. Mr. Reeves said the other was not, but the weight of the two corres ponded to the weight of the missing articles. Mr. Reeves said one only was the produce of Mr. Miles's property. The Assistant• Judge said he had better leave it where :t was, and the police had better give them both to Mr. Ales. If Mr. Reeves was dissatisfied he could bring his action. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 11. MANSION-HOUSE.—James Conway was brought up, charged with having stolen 49 lbs. of beef. Policeman 635 said—As I was walking near Petticoat lane I saw the prisoner with a bundle on his head, and the moment he saw me he threw it down and ran away, but I secured him. The beef was then identified by a Whitecbapel sales. man, and the prisoner said, "I am guilty, but it was poverty that prompted me." The Lard Mayor—You must have been in the habit of stealing, or you would not have taken so large a quan tity.. _ _ _ The prisoner was then remanded till Friday, when he will plead guilty in petty sessions, and be sentenced by the Lord Mayor. Harriett Cadwell, who appeared to be about 15 years of age, was charged with having stolen a jacket. She pleaded poverty in € xcuse for the offence, and was also remanded till Friday. Joseph Witham Hawes, who was some days ago charged with having forged an accountable recaipt foe 2901., underwent anotherexamination and was committed for trial. He declared that he did not do it feloniously. The prisoner bad been engaged by Paul, who was con victed at the last petty session of the Central Criminal C , urt of having robbed the guardians of the City of Londoy. GUILDHALL.—Edward Shaw Blaker and Charles Mitchenson, two medical students of St. Bartholomew's, who were everted to the court by a large number of f their fraternity, were charged with assaulting William Wickenden. The defendants were walking along Bartholomew -close when they met Wickenden and another man, both intoxi cated. By some means a dispute took place between the two patties, and a scuffla e nsue d, i n which Blaker cut open Wickenden's head with a stick loaded with lead. Wickenden got hold of the stick and took it home with him, and on the defendant's calling with a policeman to charge him with stealing it, he gave them into cus tody for the assault. The magistrate fined Blaker 205., and discharged Mit chenson. Edward King and James Brown were charged with burglsriously entering the premises of Mr. Baker, of ' Fleet-street, and stealing therefrom 19 pairs of boots and a dress coat, value 221., the property of the prosecutor. City policeman 345 said, about half.pa s t 5 yesterday morning, while on duty in Fleet-street, he heard a noise in the prosecutor's shop, and upon obtaining the assist ance of another constab!e he aroused Mr. Baker, and secured the prisoners on the premises with the booty in their possession. AldermanOubitt said great praise was due to the officer, and committed the prisoners, who pleaded guilty, for trial. WORSHIP -STREET.—john Walker, haberdasher, of Shaftesbury -street, Hoxton, was char ge d w ith neg l ect and cruelty towards his niec e , an orphan, 8 years old. One of the beadles of Shoreditch stated that on Satur day last he went to the defendant's house and requested to see the little girl. He found her in 'an underground washhouse where there was no fire or Ere-place, and was satisfied from her appearance, as well as from what she told him, that she had b een cruel l y neglected an d Whilei he was there the girl's brother, a child Defendant, in the most illiterate style, cross-examiced the witness in order to show that he must possess a very corrupt mind to understand the meaning of the filth ex hibited, and concluded by inquiring whether, if he saw a brick in his way, he would not avoid it, which he an swered by observing that it was the witness's duty, if he did not like the thing, to say nothing about it. The police produced a copy of the offensive placard, and proved that gentlemen came to the station, and re quested them to tear it down, in order to prevent its demoralising influence. After notice, the defendant erased the most obscene expression. Defendant pretended that he did not know the mean ing of the worst expression, and argued that filth was not filth if it could be found in "Johnson." He concluded by observing that it bad been written by his secretary, and that if there was anything indecent in it, it was the duty of people in general, and the police in particular, to come and tell him of it. Hr. Humphreys, an inspector of the B division, said that he could not leave his duty at the station-house, but immediately sent a sergeant to defendant. The latter, on receipt of the magistrate's summons, begrimed it with filth, and then added to it the miscellanies exhibited on the board in front of his premises. _ _ Mr. Paynter observed there could not be the slightest doubt' of the grosPly indecent character of the placards, and fined defendant 405., or in default one month's im- prisonment, at the same time informing him that if there was any repetition of the offence he would send him for trial. The fine was paid. MAR,LBOROUGH-STREET.—Chart-s Thorpe was summoned before Mr. Beadon, by the police, for being the occupier of a room in the house No. 124, Jernayn street, kept open for persons to resort to for . the purpose of betting upon horse races. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, was for the defendant. John Ernsting, the same witness who gave evidence in the other cases, was put into the witness box. He proved that on the 20th January he went to 124, Jermyn-street, and made a bet with the defendant. Had made bets with the defendant before. He asked the defendant if be would give him-a point more against a horse marked on the elis list on the board h ang i ng i n th e s h op , an d th e de fendant agreed t o d o so. The bet was 6 t) 1 against Gipsy King for the Oundle Ha,ndics.p Stakes. After the bet was made and the money paid, the de fendant gave him a card of the bet and entered the transaction in his book. C rcss - examined---The person with whom he made the bet wrote the ticket in his presence. The ticket he now produced. Had seen the defendant write before, and would swear that the ticket was in the defendant's handwriting. Had made only two bets within the last two years. Had occasionally pledged artic'es for bis support. Was giving evidence on his own account only against betting-houses o and had nothing what ever to do with the police, except giving them informa tion. Had received nothing, for his trouble, nor any promise of anything. The proceedings were only for the pui he good, and because he had lost money at bet ting, and had been waiting for an opportunity to serve parties out who had got his money, and who would not pay bets when they lost. Inspector Webb, C division, proved that he went, in company with Superintendent O'Brien, to No. 124, Jermyn-street, and there found six persons in the shop looking at a betting board placed against the wail, with betting cards containing the odds against different horses for races to come off. Also found betting books ; and in a portfolio, on a piece of paper, the particulars of the bet on Gipsy King with Ernsting were written. Also, in a desk a quantity of betting cards, with printed names of races in prospect ; and several ledgers and day-books of bets made with various persons. In one of the books the name of Southcombe appeared several times as having made bets. This person would give evidence in thi s case. Another better, named Dodson, had also been summoned, but had sent a medical certificate to say he was too unwell to...attend. John Southcombe, 131, Jermyn-street, was called to prove that he was the person entered i n one of the de fendant's books as having made bets at the house, 124, Jermyn-street, with the defendant. which he mi g ht Mr. Lewis suggested that the witness saould be cau stiuobnjeedet a h h im ou s t elf an to sw a e Mr. Beadon referred to 8 an d 9 Vic. c. 109, and p ri e n n g alt l y u . estions by showed that it was competent for persons to be witnesses in procuring a conviction against houses where unlawful games were carried on without being subject to any consequences, although they might have taken part in the proceedings. Mr. Beadon then asked the witness if he would say whether he had made a bet in the house The witness hesitated about giving an answer. Mr. Beadon reminded him that by the 2 and 3 Vic., c. 43, if a witness refused to answer a question of this sort he was liable to an imprisonment of 14 days. The witness thought it hard that a tradesman like himself should be called upan to give evidence by which he might criminate himself. Mr. Beadon said be was empowered to give a certifi cate which would exonerate the witness from conse quences, or to send him to prison for fourteen days if he refused to give evidence. The witness, after a good deal of hesitation, admitted, first, that he had been to Mr. Thorpe's and talked about betting, that he might have made a bet, that he might have made several beta, but he had not made a bet on the Chester Cup. The defe n d ant ' s ledger was produced and shown to the witness, Wher e an entry appe ared of a bet on the Che s t er Cup. The witness said he might have made the bet, but be could not swear whether he - made the bet in his own house or in Thorpe's house. Mr. Lewis objected to the books being received as evidence, unless in the handwriting of the defendant. Mr. Beadon replied that the book he showed witness was a book with the words " Thorpe's Book" on it, found in Thorpe's Iroise. Witness was again asked if he had made a bet on the Chester Cup at Thorpe's ? Witness said there were several persons of the name of Southcombe, and he could not say for certain that the entry on the book referred to the entry he had made. Mr. Beadon said he should decline to ask the witness any further questions. Mr. Scott, collector, proved that he had collected the rates of 124, Jermyn-street, for the last six years, from the defendant. Mr. Lewis then proceeded to take several technical objections to the evidence, and appealed to the bench not to be guided in its decision by any outcry against betting houses, or by a desire to acquire popularity, but to decide on the merits of the evidence only. Mr. Beadon agreed that he had to confine his attention to what took place on the 20th January, and that he ought to look to the value of the evidence that had been laid before him, leaving out the evidence of Southcombe, who would have stood in a better position had he given his evidence in a more straightfoz ward and a more un reserved ma nner. With respect to occupation, that ha d been sufficiently p roved by the evidence of the tax col lector. T hen, with reference to the witne:a E t r o ns t . ln e !, whatever mi g h t b e his antecedents or motives, th s gu tion fo r hi m to decide was this, was evidenceErnsotinngt'hesepoints consistent, probable, and corroborated. andth the e t v a i k d n n g c e a o l l f t t h h e e w n inst ro e ni e m s e s e u s s ta b id d o c o o t n fi i n r med b r o o ttin g purposes. The evi dence, he cou ld come to no other o co n r a l g u n s d io t n h t a h t an it that was Thorpe was th e occup i er o f th e s w t a a ti s open on th e d ay i n quest i on f or case was anal ogous to he should that oufldurew who hadlsen pre fore inflict a simi lar con v i c t e d, an lar fine, 501., or f our months ' d to say he should appeal the Mr. Lewis w as understoo d against the conviction. imprisonment. CONFERENCE AT THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. —A conference was held at the College of Physicians, P a il. mall, on Monday, of representatives from the medical colleges of England, Ireland, and Scotland, with th e view of determining upon the course which they ought to adopt in respect of the anticipated " medical reform " bill. It is understood that the conference was favour. able to the view recently adopted by the British Medi cal Association, to the effect that a portion of the " medic " al couned" should be nominated by G overnment, but the third part," as proposed by the association's committee, was considered too much. The select com mittee of last year recommended that the whole of the council should be appointed byGovernment, and be directly responsible to Pat liament through its chief, the President of the Board of Ilenith, -~ zu~.:; 'z7= , -~ . , .. Igaval lutelligerme. Ths 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment, now sta- Cored at Rangoon, it is expected, will be removed to China during the present summer, to be in readiness for any military operations in contemplation. Parties from the 2d and 3d Dra.goon Guards, Royal Dragoons, and 17th Lancers, embarked on Tuesday at Dublin, in charge of 58 horses for the military train noVi in the course of formation at York. The Major-General commanding the cavalry and Staff attended the embar kation. H.M.S. Diamond, 27, Capt. C. B. Hamilton (1855), arrived at Chatham on Tuesday evening from the Medi terranean, having been towed from the Nore by the African steamer, where she was previously inspected by Captain E. P. Halsted. She has been in commission three years, during which time she has been employed principally in the Mediterranean. She will be dismasted and paid off. The Dragoon, 6 guns, paddlewheel steam frigate, Capt. William H. Stewart, C. 8., is ordered to be taken into the basin at theerness to-morrow, preparatory to her being paid off. Captain Lord Frederick Kerr, in com mand of the flagship Waterloo, on inspecting the Dragon, passed high encomiums on the high state of gunnery, discipline, &c., manifested by the officers and crew. The Hawke, 60 guns, screw steamship, Captain James Wilcox, at Sheerness, is ordered to the Nore to day ; thence she proceeds to Portsmouth to complete her complement, and she will then go direct to her station on the coast of Ireland. The Pembroke, 60 guns, screw steamship, Capt. John Fraser, is under orders to leave Sheerness this day direct for Leith. The iron screw steam troopship Megssra, Commander Purvis, which sailed from Plymouth on Sunday with detachments for the Capo of Good Hope and the Mau ritius, put back on Tuesday morning, having sustained considerable damage in the gale of Sunday night and Monday. The troops have been placed on board the Vigo hulk in Harsoaze, and the ship is appointed to go into dock at Keyham this day (Thursday) for repair. • Yesterday morning a general inspection of the Royal Artillery battalions took place at Woolwich under the superintendence of Col. Palliser, and Lieut.-Col. Bing ham, Assistant-Adjutants -General. The men were drawn up in separate detachments at head-quarters in the Gym' nasiron and the several squares of the establishment. The object of the inspection was to note down the names of all those who may be considered unfit for duty, all be low the required height, and those of marked or doubt ful character, and whom it may be considered advisable to dismiss, in or,ier to meet the regulations recently issued for the discharge of 1,100 men, and thereby deprive the service of as few good men as possible. A medical board is in close attendance to examine and attest each man noted down for discharge• The dismissals ordered by the Commander-in-Chief from the Royal Artillery alone are to the above amount, in dependently of the ordinary reduction of about 60 per month, which occur in consequence of sickness and crime. Five of the senior quartermasters are to be per mitted to retire on full pay, and are to receive the hono• rary tills of captains in the corps. Some of these ve teran soldiers have acquired that boon by faithful ser• vices of upwards of half a century in the regiment. The labours of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich have again assumed a warlike appearance. The pyramids of shot and shell are being removed and rolled towards the wharves, which are again covered with guns, waggorlor cases of shot, &c., whence they are conveyed in barge' , to St. Katherine's Docks, for shipment to China, while the Northfleet freightship at the Arsenal pier is engaged ' in embarking a heavy cargo of war stores of every de scription, which by means of the hydraulic cranes are shipped with extraordinary expedition and small amount of labour. MARKET NEWS.—(This. Uay.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Feb. 12, 1856, made up from the Returns of Be Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Vrali° per Imperial Quarter, WHEAT. EMMY. OATS. , YE E. SEAM. I TEA'', 116 t 61 453 91 23s 01 39s 3d 39s 61 35 3 le. THE SIX WEEKS AVERAGS. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. ) SAE. k BEANS. mat 583 31 45s 6d t 23s 5d 38 3 10d 40 3 8d 1 393 ei• u QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER. _ _ Wheat; 91,420; Barley, 79,977; 0at...416.1i irityW, 11 1 issue, 6,976 ; Peas, 2,349 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NERGATN AND LEADENHALL.—The trade generally 1f steady as follows : —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d • Mutton, ' 7ll 8d to 4810,I; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 4a O d to be 2d P° 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 11.—The supplies of each kind of 044 k in to-day's market were very moderate, and the trade gat rally ruled firm, a t f u lly l as t wee k' s q u o tations. BO I L from 3s Gd to 4s 10,1 ; Mutton, 480 d to 5s ; Veal, ll' to 5s Od ; Pork, 4 s Od t o 5 s Od per Blb s , t o s i n k th e offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 11.—O ur mar k e t was fi rm , as follows :•-• Beef, from 3s 4(1 to 5s 0(1 • Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 8d; Ve al * 4s Od to 5s Od ; P er k, 4 s Od to 4s 10d per Blbs. HAY MARKETS. hay, - 21 10s to 4Oa ; 31 lOs to 51 53; and straw, 11 4, to 1 1 . Eite clover do. per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow bay, 2/ 15s to 41 4s; clover, do., 31 Ns to Si O s; an d straw, 1148 to 11. 9s per 10 " Trade firm. WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay 21 10s to 41 Os ; Cl°l do., 3l lO s to 51 5s ; and straw, , l/ 4s to 11 8 s per lea" Trado dull. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRA.W MARKET FEB. 10. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from 7s 6d to 10s Od per kemple of 16 ston e :, trop; whe a t d o., 6s Od to 8s Od; barley do., 78 W Od. Hay from 12d to ls. 2d. EDINBURGH MEAL—Fis. 10. There were in the market to-day 13 Backs oatmeal, eac h weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s and ---0. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—FEB 9. 0 There w ere i n the market to-de.y 11 bags of oatmeal, of barleymeal, and 0 po t b ar l ey. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801b s Fi rs t. S econ d. Thir d imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od — s Od --, Cd Peuenaeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto.... —3 Od —s Od —0 1 7 4 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od s Od —4l DUBLIN, FEB. 10. We had an exceedingly dull and depressed market td day. We do not alter our quotations of Friday last, 1 the tendency of everything was to lower rates. White wheat, 31s 61 to 34s Gd ; red ditto, 31s Od to d, 6d; ditto no w , ; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 61 ; gri n • ing, 15s to 20 s 6d ; oats, old, lls to 13s; ditto, new, 01 to 15s ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s Cl; here, now , to . 1 ," 01; rapese, d, 30 s Od to 32s Oct per brl ; bakers' flour, , 6d to 26s 01 per owt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 370 Od Per 480 lbs. COAL MARK . Prices of Coal per ton at s. d. Bebaide's Hartley 15 91 A. North Percy Hartley l3 91Hetton l3 ° Taufield Moor l4 31South Hetton 18 I Victoria 13 91[Jambton lB 0 Stanley Main 15 6 1Harton l6 0 West Riding Hartley...l3 9 ET.—FEB. 11. the dose of the market. Welland, &o. %hips at market... 24 I Sold lB [ADVERTISEMENT .] — Holloway's Pills an extraordi • nary remedy for Liver and Stomach Complaints.—Mar ls Drecvell, of Milsona-street, Bath, was afflicted for severs years with a disorder of the liver and stomach, indigen' tion, lose of appetite, and extreme debility ; consequentit quite unable to follow his occupation. He had consult.° the most eminent medical men in town and counfli without any beneficial result. At last be had recourse to this valuable remedy, which, in a short time, effected 0 wonderful change for the better, and in three months hi,' health was re-established.—Sold by all medicine vendor,' throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Eats' bl shments 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lanet N w York ; by A. Stamps, Constantinople; A. Guidicir Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OF ♦ 801. On the 10th inst., at 2, Arbour-street east, Stepney, th ° wife of Charles Vernon Young— -twins. On the 26th ult., the Dowager Lady Blake. On the 10th inst., at Oxford, the wife of Dr. Bull°Y' President of Magdalen. OF A DAtIGHTER. On the Bth inst., at Ness Castle, near Inverness, the Lady Saltonn. On the lOthinst., at Edinburgh, Lady Leith. On the 10th inst., at Clifton House, Winchester, a l. wife of Colonel Noscott, C.B. MARRIED. rdOn the sth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-sguare,.,- - _ I . Alfred Spencer Churchill, second son of the Duke of DIP' borough, to the Hon. Harriet Louisa E. Gough Calthorloo third daughter of Lord Calthorpe. On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Adam Saes ' Esq., M.D., o f 27 , Taviatock-square, to Mary Isabella, ,„ eldest daught er o f J ohnW. Bridges, Esq., of 39, Tavistao " square, and Birch, Essex. D I E On the 11th lust Thomaa Blanchard Coward, of 13 r 14 ton-place, Surrey, a . ged 71. On the 10th inst., at Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, V l° Maria, wife of Sir George H. Leith, Bart., aged 24. __ re On the 10th inst., at 5, Pemberton-row, Gough-ou' . Mrs. H. Chubb, aged 51. On the 10th inst., at 27, Hemingford Villas, Barnsburr park, Mr. H. W. Carter, aged 55. On the 10th inst, at the house of his brother, Gru/e hill, Camberwell, Edward Kemble aged 65. On the 10th inst., at Moorville,n e ar Burley, Yorkshi if Thomas Dunn, Esq., late of Funchal, Madeira. On the 9t,h i ns t ., M r. John Leighton, sen., of 40, — reifer street, Golden -square, aged 81. hill On the Bth i ns t ., at 31, Stanley Villas, Notting . Wigram Money, E sq ., aged 72. l ap On the 2d inst , at Baldock, Herts, Mrs. Marl . _ 69 aged 100. She lived to see the birth of 10 cbildredLa grandchildren, 114 great grandchild ren , an d two grand children's children—in a 11195 descendants. v - 1 LONDON : Printed and Published b y .MURDO Y D o , ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ottice. t y 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th,W ila o f akiiidlimex, Thursday, Fe b ru 2, 1857.