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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. -0- OXFORD uIRCUIT.—GLoucEsT,En, APRIL 4. CIVIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder and a Special Jury.) ROUX V. WISEMAN. Mr. Sergeant Pigott, Mr, Huddleston, and Mr. Griffiths appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Keating, Q.C., and Mr. Phipson f , )r the defendant. The plaintiff. in this action, the Abbe lit lux, was a French priest, whe sued the defendant, Cardinal Wise. man, to rec,iver a document which had been entrusted to him, but which it was alleged he detained. Thera was also a count in trovEr. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and that the document was not entrusted to him on 'the terms alleged. The trial occupied the whole day till past 9 o'clock at • night, and excited considerable interest. His Grace the Disk. of Norfolk, Lord Petre, and other gentlemen were on the bench with the Cardinal. Mr. Sergeant Pigott, in opening the case, stated the action was brought to recover a document which con tained an acknowledgment of a debt due to the plaintiff, and which had been entrusted to the defendant under these circumstances :—The plaintiff. the Abbe Roux, wee a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. In the year 1845 be became acquainted with Madame Wyse, the wife of the English Minister at Athens, and first cousin of the Emperor of the French, and who was now entitled to be called Lady Wyse ; and the document in ques- Cen was given by her to the Abbe in the year 1847 as an acknowledgment of a debt of 25,0001. which she then owed him. It appeared that Madame Wyse had been separated from her husband, and when the Abbe became acquainted with her she was living in a state of great poverty, her allowance from her husband being only 2001. a-year. The Aobe had received kindness from Cardinal Fesch, Madame Wyse's uncle, and was thus in duced to sympathise with her misfortunes, and to lend her money amounting to the sum of 25,0001. In the year 1847, however, he found that Madame Wyse had fallen back into her former habits of extravagance, and he made up his mind to render her no further assistance. He then closed his account with her, and took the acknow ledgment in question, and came to London to endeavour to get payment from Mr. NY yse, her husband. At the same time he had .in his hand bills for 8,0001. which Madame Wyse bad obtained from her son. When he came over to England he gave the bills in question to Cardinal Wiseman, who was a friend of Mr. Wyse, in order that the Cardinal might give them up to Mr. Wyt e, and at the same time-he gave the Cardinal the acknow ledgment in question, in order that he might see if he could not get Mr. Wyse to acknowledge his liability and pay the amount. Mr. Wyse received the bills, but said lie would have nothing to do with paying his wife's debt=. The document,. however, remained in the Cardinal's hands till the year 1854, when Madame Wyse's cousin, Louis Napoleon, had become Emperor of the French. . It was then found that the Emperor recognised the. debts of the different members of Ins family, and the Abbe was naturally anxious 'eto obtain possession of the document which he bad left wits the Cardinal. He accordingly applied to him far it in Apr 1854, when the 'Cardinal was in Paris. The Cardinal then said he would search for it among his papers when he returned to England, and restore it. The document, however, was not forth coming. The Abbe then came to England, but the do cument could not be found. He then applied to Mr. Helder, Mr. Wyse's attorney, and was informed that the document had been handed back to the Cardinal. The Cardinal then said it had been handed to Mr. Wysa but when asked to write to Mr. Wyse to get it returned, he refused to do so. The Cardinal, however, promised to write a letter to the Emperor, stating that be had seen the document ; but he left London the day after without writing the letter he had promised. The Cardinal on his return to London again promised to write a letter to the Emperor, and asked the Abbe to make a draught, as be said he was not accustomed to write letters to Emperors. The Abbe prepared the draught and left it with the Car dinal, but when he called for the letter he was again told that he had gone out of town. The Abed then tried to get the docunient from Mr. Wyse ; but, finding he could not get it either from Mr. Wyse or from the Cardinal, he at length brought the present action. Hie only object was to recover the document, which the defendant bad no right to detain ; but if the defendant would not give it np the plaintiff would be entitled to the amount (25,0001.), for whieh-it was given as a security. The following witnesses were then called : The Abbe Roux, examined by Mr.Huddlestob through an interpreter, said—lam a priest of the Catholic church. I was formerly vicar of the church of St. Antoine, Pare. Previous to the year 1845 I knew Cardinal • Fescb, and had received kindness from his Eminence. I became ea r:painted with the. Abbe Cassanova. I learnt from him tlie position of Madame' Wyse. I knew that she was a niece of Cardinal Fesch, and that she was iu a state of . poverty. I saw her in the Forest of Mention in 1845, and found her in a state of great poverty. She had three chil dren. They were without the necessaries of life. They had only what was strictly necessary. I don't recollect that the children were without shoes. I saw her at the Ville d'Avray three or four weeks afterwards. She was then ire great trouble and grief in consequence of not being able to pay her servants' wages. One was going to leave, and her creditors were annoying her considerably. I dis tinguish between what she said she owed and what she really owed. She said she owed 30,000 f. Upon that I endeavoured to settle with her creditors. I took apartinents for her in Paris, in therue La Fayette. I learnt that all her furniture was pledged to a person named Tisseron. I re deemed it. I also paid 1,8301. A great part of her clothes via, pawned, and also some plate and jewellery. There Iva 4 a necklace which had ben given by the Grand Duchess of liden to the daughter of Madame Wyse. - took it out of pledge and gave it to her. I afterwards found that her debts ware more than 30;000f. A. jeweller had obtained a prise de corps, and on that the Princess was imprisoned in the prison of Ciichy. That was in 1845, not long after she bad been in the apartments. With much difficulty I got her removed from the prison to a maison de surete. I paid her expenses while she was there, as she had no means. I think I paid about 300 f. a month. She was there about six weeks or two months. I afterwards settled with the jeweller, and obtained her discharge from the niaison de sante. I then t ok apart ments for her in the Boulevard des Bonnes Nouvelles. She was under condemnation for fraudulent abstraction of goods. The Princess's advocate was Laz mi. To free her-from that I paid I,ooof. and the costs. I also paid the wages of the Princess's servants. I gave her a share in a mining company. That was to raise money to pay her debts with. The value of the share was from 1,5001. to 1,600 f, I also received other jewellery for the Priscess. I also sent IL Tisseron to London to eflect a recon ell:3,Mo° with the Princess's husband. These transactions were in 1845-6 7. Maclaine Wyse's governess was named Blaechou. I learnt from that lady what led me to think that my mission was finished, and that I ought to settle my accounts. I produced all my accounts at the time to the Princess when the document was' executed, aed they were then thrown into the fire. Madame Blanchon was present. There were documents and notes at my house which are preserved. The accounts that were burnt were made out from them. The document in ques tion was drawn up and written by the hand of the Prin cess herself. (It was here read, as follows, from a copy in the handwriting of the plaintiff:—) " I, the undersigned, wife Wyse, born Princess Letizia Bonaparte, acknowledge baying received from Mensieur the Abbe Roux the sure of 25,1;00f. which/ be lent me in my unfortunate days—namely, tl,ooof. in 1845, 12,030 f. in 1816, and 5,0031. in 18-17, desirous that this money shall bring him 5/. per cent. interest, conjuring whoever among icy children may become the heir to his father's fortune, in case of my death before having acquitted my debt to Abbe Itonx, not to forget that it is a sacred debt which should take precedence of all others. "L. WYSE, "Born Princess Letizia Bonaparte. "Paris, Sept., 1847." This copy is in my handwriting. I made it when I gave the original to Cardinal Wiseman. (. bundle of papers was here placed in witness's hands.) These are the vouch. ere for the payments I made for the princess. At the time the Princess executed the documents my conviction was that she owed me more than the 25,0001. mentioned. It was signed in Sept., 1847, on the 6th I believe, but I am not certain, In Nov., 1347, I came to London to see Mr. Wyse. Ho referred me tir Mr. Helder, his solicitor. The defendant was then doctor and Ei-hop of the Lon don district. I learnt from him that he knew' Mr. Wyse, and that he would assist me to the utmost of his power. In consequence of his promising to assist me in this mate ter, I gave the cardinal some bills to the amount of B,ooof. I gave them up without any condition whatever. I also confided to the cardinal the document signed by the Princess to show to Mr. Wyse, and to obtain the money I advanced to the Princess. I said, "Hero is the document which shows the amount I have generou-ly advanced to the Princess. Will you kindly be the inter mediary between me and Mr. Wyse to obtain that amount ?" He replied, d Most willinaly." I gave the document into the hands of Dr. Wiseman. Nothing more passed as far as I remember. Oa that visit to Lon don I saw Mr. Wyse. He thanked me for the bills, but he would not allow ins to speak to his wife. I left for Paris and left the documents in Dr. Wiseman's hands. Some years after I learnt that the Emperorof the French was ?eying the debts of his family. That was a b out 1854. At that time I believe the cardinal was atitome. I recollect Passion Week in-1854. At that time the car dinal was in Paris. I had an interwiew with him. I re minded his eminence of the documeht I had confided to him in 1847. He replied that be was about to return to London in a few days, and he would send naseleack the document, which was doubtless amohp hie papenv, I 'l, re ceived no communication frorn'the Cardinal, and irreon sequence I visited Londoit a second time about April, 1854, and saw lila . Eininence. He said the document had not been &and. Another search would be made and it would be found.' I waited nearly a month in town, and then returned to Paris. Having consulted my profes sional advisers, I wrote a letter to the Cardinal, enclos ing a copy of the document which I had deposited with him, and received this letter in reply, dated the sth of June, 1854. The letter was as follows : " London, June 5, ISSI. " Sir —I remember perfectly upon the occasion of your first visit to London you showed me some papers relative to the family "Wyse, in which- yon deiire{l to make efforts to procure a domestic reconciliation. Among others there was certainly a document in which Madame Bonaparte Wyse declared herself your debtor for a very considerable sum, the amount of which I do not remember, and I dare not determine the amount ; but it appears to me that the document was the sam e of which you sent me a copy, datA Paris, Sept., 1547 . Mr. Wyse, the husband of the lady in question, would not recognise any obligation on his part to pay the debts contracted by Madame Wyse, and the document remained without effect. You say it re mained in my hands, certainly net in the hope that it was of value, or that it should be m a .d e use of, since its worth was not depended upon in Englatni,norl believe in France. It was therefore just left, rather than deposited, as if it Lad become worthless. I think it was ,probably given up to Mr. Wyse with the obligations of Mr. Alfred, his eldest son. S3arch is being made to find it at this guntletuan's, and at his lawyer's, but I have no hesitation in averring that such a document existed, and was seen by me. Ma- 1 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVES ING, APRIL 6, dame Wyso will certainly be able to co:roborato your de claration. " I have the honour to b; sir, your vory obedient ser vant in J. C. "N. CARDINAL WISEMAN. " To the Abbe Roux." After receiving that letter I came a third time to Lon don and saw his Eminence. He said he would still con tinue to look for the document. I went to, Mr. Hel der, Mr. Wyse's attorney. He showed me a register chewing that bills for B,ooof. bad been given to him, and a title to 25, GOOF. I afterwards saw the Cardinal and told him what I bad seen. His Eminence was astonisbed, and referred me to Mr. Harting,. Upon that Mr. Harting and I went to Mr. fielder's office. The aame entry was shown to Mr. Harting. I afterwards saw his Eminence, and he told me Mr. Harting had told him all about it. I begged the Cardinal to write to Mr. Wyse to return the document, because I had given it to him (the Cardinal) and he had given it to Mr. Wyse. His Eminence replied it was better not to write to Mr. Wyse, but he (the Cardinai) would write to the Empe ror. I bad told his Eminence that the Emperor was paying the debts of his family. I had asked him, if the document was not found, to write to the Emperor to attest it. When his Eminence said he would write to the Emperor that terminated the conversation. After that I learnt that Prince Lucien was in London. He was brother to Madame Wyse. I asked his Eminence for a letter to Prince Lucien. I received this letter from his Eminence,tdated the 19th of July. " College of St. Cuthbert, Durham, July 19, 1854. Monsieur L'Abbo,—l send you the letter for Prince Lucien Bonaparte. lam here, at the extremity of Eng land, in a college of which I am the Apostolical Visitor, upon an official visit. I shall return to London Monday next. "Your devoted servant in J. C., "N. CARDINAL WISEMAN." It enclosed a letter which was sealed. I had an inter view with Prince Lucien, and presented the letter. The Prince consented to present a letter to the Emperor if the Cardinal would write one. The Prince advised that as the only means of getting the money. I told the Car dinal what the Prince bad told me—that ho would de liver a letter to the Emperor. I learnt from them both that they bad had an interview with one another. I asked the Cardinal to write such a letter. He said he was net accustomed to write to the - Emperor, but if I would write one he would copy it, that I might give it to the Prince. I wrote such a letter the same day, and took it to his Eminence. He said he would copy the letter the same evening, and I might call for it the next day. When I called his Eminence could not receive me. I learnt that his Eminence had gone to Yorkshire. I received this letter about a month afterwards. I had great difficulty in discovering his address, which was concealed from everybody. The Cardinal's letter was read as follows 27 Yorks : " Filey, , August , 1854. " Sir,—Bef ore my departure from hire London it was by the advice of medical men that you were refused admission to any presence. Four eminent professors had been called in to consult upon the serious state of my health, and their opinion was unanimous—that I should as a duty withdraw from all occupation, and even for some time receive no more letters. To write to you to-day is positively painful to me, and an actual suffering. Hence I have sent you neither a reply nor a letter for the Emperor. This letter I will force myself to write perhaps to-morrow. For the present I restrict myself to telling you that previously to my departure I announced my intention of placing you at Chelsea, but a t p resent t h e chapel is closed. As it was not of urgent matter, I write by this post to M. the Vicar- General, Dr. Whitby, at Moorfields, to whom you will hive the kindness to prJsent yourself. A most indispene sable thing is the progress in the English language, as the Frenclipriest at Chelsea should at least confess and even sermonise in English. I beg you, therefore, to apply yourself to it. "Permit me, Sir, to make one slight observation. Since you have discovered that your documents were not mislaid in my hands, it seems to me that this earnestness in your manner of speaking and writing, as if there existed some debts of justice upon my shoulders, arising from the painful position in which Sou are placed, should cease. I confess that I am sensibly affected to hear that you hold me as under the obligation of supporting you, or to procure you a situation, as if I bad been the depository of a certain sum, or its equivalent, which you ought to reserve, but which was lost through fault of mine. I fear that in Paris I shall he held guilty of such negligence. I hope, there fore, that you will have made known to your friends that your documents were found to have been placed in other hands than in mine.—l have the honour to ba your very obedient servaht in J. C., "To the Abbe Roux." "N. CARD. WISEIIAN." On his return to town I saw his Euinerice, and asked him to come to some conclusion, so that I might recover my money. I could not get him to write any letter, nor did I receive the document. Crose-examined by Mr. Keating---The advances I made to Madame Wyse were from my own money. I had shares in three companies of the value of 18,000 f. I also borroled for the Princess from one party 6,0001., and frotri another 5,000 f. . From these moneys I made the advac C'o to the Princess in 1845-6 7. I sold all my shares. My mother was living at Paris at that time. So long as her son lived she would nut live in a state of, great poverty. She was nut in a state of great poverty. I know that the Princess denies that she owed me any money. She never told me I had red-ived large sums on her account, and appropriated them to my own use. I bad disposed of some of her jewels and also of some plate. I never heard that the Archbishop of Paris had complained of my visiting the house of the Princess. I never told the Princess so. I did not ob tain from the Princess any other security than the one for 25,000 i. I did net obtain one fer 60,0001. I never told her that I had put those securities in the fire, or that I would do so. I could not pretend to throw them in the fire, for it did net 'exist. The Princess did not repay me. How could she ? She had not enough to keep her. Madame Blanchon was present when the document was signed, but no ono else. She is not here. It was near the end of August, 1847, when Madame Blanchon told me my mission was ended. I saw Dr. Wiseman when I first came over to London. This paper is a copy of the copy which I kept. Before I left Paris I kept a copy of the document I was taking over, and the copy produced is copied from the one I left at Paris. It is a copy .I made for my solicitor. I do not know what bas become of the original copy. This is an exact copy of is. I think the Princess owes me some thou sands more, but I only claim the 25,000 f. It was in 1354 I for the first time discovered that the original was in the hands of Mr. Wyse. I swear it. This letter is in my handwriting, dated the 9‘ll of March, 1848. The followina passage of the letter was then read to the witness I also beg Mr. Wyse to be so good as to remit to Mr. Oppeneau the acknowledgment for 25,000 f. which Madame Wyse gave me. If this lady came to know that this seen rity had gone out of my hands I believe her quite capable of maintaining that she owes me nothing." The witness was then asked whether he now persisted in saying that it was in 1854 when he knew for the first time that the document was in Mr. Wyse's hands? He an swered —A friend, Mr. Oppeneau, camp to London with that letter, and on his return hetold me that the document was still in the hands of Dr. Wiseman.. After that I could not doubt that it was in Dr. Wiseman's bands. But in 1854 I discovered from Mr. Helder that it was in Mr. Wy se ' s hands. The first time I saw the Cardinal I had the document and the bills, and it was on that oc casion I left them with him. Ido not recollect that I asked him to obtain for me an interview with Mr. Wyse. I afterwards saw Mr. Wyse at his house, after the Cardinal had given ud the bills. I did not give the Cardinal the document to give it to Mr. Wyse ; I should have been mad to do so. When I heard Mr. Wyse had the document I ( xpressed dissati,faction. I did so -to the Cardinal. I asked him to got it back. I knew it had been given utp4eby passage mistake. i n I letterca tno of f understand the 9 h nf what I meant by March, 1848. Possibly a rumour ..... in y ay , have reached me sa thatw Mr. the Wysedocument o n once e was when I was in Lo h n w a d n e in Mr. Wyse's then one firt man of b h n i m in f e o s r s. mo r t y n . ink l ur as E t e o ld a n ddr ess time. f toI did his not ma Mr. Wyse would not pay hie wife's debts. did said see the Cardinal on this business between the idlisaot 4S and 1854. I knesr that the Archbishop of years 1845 the Cardinal, and stron g ly recommended me to lairs_ When I saw the Cardinal in P ar i s h e sa id he recollected . the document perfectly, without being able to state the amount. Ile said he thought-it was arnung hi s papers. He did not say be did not know what bad become of it. I saw Mr. Ilelder in 1854, once before Mr. Hartin g went with me, and once after. I asked Mr. Helder to write to Mr. Wyse to give the document. I can't say whether I expressed to Mr. Helder or to Mr. Harting any dissatisfaction with the document being in the han6 of Mr. Wyse. I did not ask Mr. Wyse to pay me in 1854 ; I only wanted the document back. I do not recollect that I told Prince Lucien the the Princess repudiated the debt ; I do not be lieve I did. The Prince did not tell me that the Emperor would not pay the debts if the Princess repu , dialed them. The Prince Lucien has been - subpoaiiaed by my solicitor. After the correspondence with the Cardinal about his writing the letter to the Emperor, I do not remember tl.at he offered to sign a certificate that he had seen the document in question. I did not prepare such a certificate, and the Cardinal did not sign it. I entered on my ecclesiastical duties at - Chelsea. There were complaints made against me at Chelsea, and I Was prepared to answer them. An inquiry was not di rected, but my powers were suddenly (brusquernent) withdrawn from rue. Thai was in December, 1355. • , ...11e -ex mined by Mr. Huddle ton—With respect to the complaints at Chelsea, I was prepared to answer, but no opportunity wasgiven me. On being asked what the charges were, the witness said--I reserve myself for the ecclesiastical tribunal. The mosey which I borrowed for the Princess is still due, and I am paying interest for it. The Princess had the money. She also had the proceeds of the sale of the jewels and plate. I have con stantly supported my mother, but she has complained of my furnishing so much money to the Princess. The Princess had an income of only 2001. per annum. I have done all I could to procure the attendance of Mme. Blanchon here. I copied the document produced from the original copy. I also sent a copy to the Cardinal. When I wrote the letter of th e 9 th March, 1843, as I knew there was a negotiation, between the Cardinal and Mr. Wyse, I thought the document might be in Mr Wyse's hands, or that it might be list ai,d I might not get it again. When I came to London in 1854 I went to Chelsea. The Cardinal did not know exactly how much my income would be at Chelsea, but he said it would be about 2001. a year. It was only 301. I heard that the Emperor was paying the debts of the Princess. I was assured that Pricer Lucien would be here to-day ; he promised to attend, lie has sent a certificate. The deposition of Emanuel Laz-mis. a French avocat, was read to show that the plaintiff bad paid a sum of about 20,000 f. on account of the Princess, and that M. Blot, an officer of the French Government, was pay ing her debts. He stated that her ackLo wledgwent of her debts was not necessary in order to obtain payment. , The deposition of Theophyle Tisseron was read to show that he received 1,8001. from the plaintiff on ac- 1 i count of the Princess, to redeem her f urn i ture , an d also another sum of 200 f. for hit expenses in going to London for the Princess. Tne deposition of Jeannette Chevallier, femme de chambre to Madame Wyse, was also read, to show that the Abbe paid her' 300 f, as wage., or she woul I have left her mistress ; that he also paid a great many of Madame Wyse's debts, and that the latter said she could never forget his kindness. Edward Lawrence Levi, examined by Mr. Sergeant Pigott, said—l am the attorney - for the plaintiff in this action. I wrote to the defendant on the subject of this acknosidedgieent in November, 1850. I had been con sulted two or three months before, I went to Paris to find all the witnesses. I searched for Madame Blanch , n, and all I cduld hear was that she had gone to Germany. I bad originally subpoenaed Prince Lucien for the King ston assizes, but we were obliged to change the venue. I was going to subpcena him again, hut I was told by his secretary to leave the subreaha. I have since re ceived a letter to say that the Prince is unwell, and not able to bear railway travelling. At Paris I applied to M. Blot for the amount of this debt, 25,0001., with in terest. He refused payment, and assigned a reason. Cross-examined by Mr. Keating. That was after the action was commenced, and after I saw Prince Lucien. It was on the 7th or Bth of last month. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant Pigott.—l went to M. Blot partly in consequence of something Prince Lucien had said. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Keating, in addressing the jury for the defen dant, said he should call Cardinal Wiseman, who would deny in the most positive manner that he had ever re ceived the document on the terms stated by the plain tiff. At the time the plaintiff was an entire stranger to him. Having in vain attempted to reconcile Mr. and Mrs. Wyse, the matter escaped his memory for several years, until the year 1854, when the plaintiff applied to him on the subject. The Cardinal then recollected that he had seen the document, that it was a security for money, and contained the expression that it was a "sacred debt," and said it should be looked for ; but he never told the plaintiff that he had the document. The Cardinal was requested by the plaintiff to write a letter to the Emperor on the subject of the document, but, on consideration, he thought it would be indecent to do so. He, however, consented to sign a certificate of the nature of the document he had seen, as far as he could recollect it, and be gave it to the Abbe. Whether or. not the certificate had been u , ed and bad failed be (Mr. Keating) had no means of informing the jury ; but it was very likely that the Emperor, with that sagacity which be longed to him, would not be willing to pay any debt against the wishes of his relatives, He would, therefore, show the jury what Madame Wyse herself said about the plaintiff's claim. He would read her deposition, in, which she denied that she owed him anything. She admitted that he bad undertaken as a friend to manage her affairs, and had occasionally made partial advances, hut upon the who le she considered that he was indebted to her. No doubt it would bo more convenient to the plaintiff to get the 1,0001. from the Cardinal by the ver dict of the jury than it would be to run the chance of getting it from the Emperor ; but, though the Cardinal hr.l no desire that the plaintiff should be deprived of his rights, he felt bound to protest against the attempt now made to fix him with an obligation to which ho was not liable either in law or justice. N. Cardinal Wiseman, examined by Mr. Phipson, said —ln 1547 I had been many years acquainted with Mr. Wyse. Mr. and Mrs. Wyse lived apart. In 1847 the plaintiff called upon me. It was the first time I had seen him. He came to me as a French priest who had come on a business of charity. He stated he came to effect, if possible, a reconciliation between Mr. and Mrs. Wy se , that he had known Mrs. Wyse for some years; that her conduct was then exceedingly good and virtuous ; arid that it was his desire to make peace between her and her husband. He asked inn to be the conciliator, and, as a bishop, I considered it was my duty not to refuse when one of my flock was concerned. I believe he asked me to secure him an interview with Mr. Wyse. The Abbe at the first, or at a subsequent interview, showed me two sets of documents. Some were bills of exchange, signed by Mr. Wyse's son. He also showed me an acknow ledgment of Madame Wyse for 25,000 f. He said he wished to ask Mr. Wyse to pay it. All my dirty was to put him in communication 7. , ith Mr. Wyse. Ho did not ask me to be the intermediary between him and Mr. Wyse, I would not have undertaken such an office. I did not reply, " Most willingly." I never undertook to obtain any part of it from Mr. Wyse. I simply recollect having seen the document, and having had it in my hands. The next time I saw the Abbe was in Paris. 1 recollect in general that the document contained some sort of acknowledgment of a debt, and a " sacred debt." I now recollect, on talking about it, that it was for 25,0001. After the Abbe Roux left I never again spoke to Mr. Wyse on the subject. I never proposed to Mr. Wyse to pay it. I spoke to him on the subject of the reconciliation in 1847. In the last interview with the Abbe I tsld hies he had better take his papers hack. He said, "As Mr. Wyse has refused to pay the debt, there is no other person on earth by whom I can expect to be paid." I am pretty sure I saw the Abbe in Paris in April, 1854. I cannot feel sure whether the con versation I had with the Abbe was in Paris or in London. If I said I would " send the documents back," I must have said, "It the document has been left with me, I will find it and send it hack." O n m y re t urn t o London I searched and could not find it. I afterwards saw the Abbe in London in May. I wrote a letter also to him on the sth of June, 1854. After that letter I saw the Abbe frequently. The Abbe used to corns to me and ask for his title. I referred him to Mr. Harting, my solicitor, with instructions to trace it. When I was in Paris the Arch bishop spoke to me about a certain Abbe Roux. The Abbe came over to England, and I appointed him to a temporary employment. The Abbe applied to me to write a letter to Prince Lucien, I believe I gave him an introduction to the Prince. Ile also applied to me to give him a letter to the Emperor. He sent rue a copy of the document, which he said he wrote out from memory, and asked me to certify that I bad seen , uch a document. I. believe I signed such a certificate. The Abbe came to me and said he had been to Paris, and asked for that debt of 25,80Af. from the Government, and they had said to him, "Produce your title." He then said, "If you will write a declaration that yost have seen this document, your word will be equivalent." He then wrote out the docu ment, and, considering it to be the substance, I signed the certificate. I cannot give the exact date, but I be lieve it was in the autumn of 1854, The Abbe also asked me to write to the Emperor to the same effect. That was subsequent to tne certificate. I suppose because the first was not sufficient. I promised to send such a letter, but I afterwards declined, for valid reasons, I gave the Abbe a shelter for a time. I appointed him first to a situation at Islington ; then I appointed him to a French chap laincy at Chelsea. There were two superior chaplains. I never told him the salary was 2031. a year. All de pends on the income chaffy. They all live in common, and have everything supplied. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Pigott—l never had bilis for 8,0001. in my possession. They went to Mr. Wyse, but I can't tell whether I gave them to Mr. Wyse or not. There were several interviews. When I said, " You had better take your papers to Paris," I don't know whether I had them. I meant the B,ooof. bills and the 25,0001. paper. lam sure I had them not in my possession. lam sure I had no conversation with Mr. Wyse about the bills of exchange. lam not aware he told me I might give anything to /dr. Wyse. lam not a ware that I ever ssked Mr. Wyse to pay the 25,000 f. nor to recognise the debt. lam sure the papers were not left with we in any manner. I said, in answer to an interrogatory, " I remember to have seen such a do cument as mentioned in this interrogatory under the &r -cutustances already stated, but whether the same was left with me to give to Mr. Wyse, or was handed to him by the plaintiff, I have no recollection Whatever." My memory refreshed by documents makes me now recol lect that they were not left with me. By the "docu ments" I mean the Abbe's letter of March, 1848. I saw Mr. 'Wyse in 1847, and spoke to him about the recon ciliation, but I don't think I spoke about the money. Mr. Wyse said he would have nothing to do with the Abbe Roux. That was about the reconciliation. When I said in my letter of the sth June, 1854, that the do cument was " left rather than deposited," that does not remind me that I saw Mr. Wyse. I knew the obliga tsw.i.owannss.nhoatldlaebmfetewnnoitewhiven up to Mr. Wyse. The impression on my mind now is that it was not left with me ; indeed alv - ,:r the documents, lam sure. I am now satisfied it a i from was never reconsideringef t in say h a p whole osses- Aofbptbhaees c e i d re t u h i r n , s , tanc cm e ne s eri and the documents—l allude to the Roux's ug letter, hm ew at all, in it wlaB:4Ba mere to M h r a .Helder—if handing over. it m a ier; W'Myyseba:lidettihse that Abbe thewere present ceooire cwt te that were together An li be t d h e over at the same time. I can' ever asked we t.W:wytrshieteeatfEboemrAwiprae.rrdoWrs:yse on th e s bj ec t I feel confident he never applied to me promised t asked dt in any I did not to w'wralytewa do t it t itlheMte Mr.. I write to th e E mperor and t' b rr other gracious sovereigns once a year, and I have written to the Emperor on other occasions. I can't say it was the day before I left London for Filey ho asked use to write the letter. The circumstances stated in the letter of the 27th of August were reasons why I should not write such a letter. I intended to write the letter, but I changed my mind. I did not communicate to the Abbe that I had changed my mind. I did not tell the Abbe that I was not in the habit of writing to the Emperor. I asked him to prepare a draught, but I would not write the letter which he wrote. lam not aware that I told the Abbe that I would not write a letter. I never have written to the Emperor on the subject. Re-examined by Mr. Keating—l declined to write to the Emperor ; but it is not necessary tc say why. William Helder, examined by Mr. Phinson—Since the year 1847 I have been solicitor to Mr. Wyse. I saw Mr. Oppeneau on the 4th of April, 1843. I did not tell Oppeneau that the document had been given back to the Cardinal. I saw it in Dec., 1847, at Mr. Wyse's, Wilton-place. I have not seen it since, nor heard of it. I recollect the Abbe and Mr. Harting coming to me on the 4th of Aug., 1854. I told them I had seen the do cument with Mr. Wyse in Dec , 1847, and that I bad no recollection of seeing it since. In 1847 I saw the Abbe after I had spoken to Mr. Wyse. It was on the 25th of Nov., 1847. I saw the plaintiff, and told him Mr. Wyse would recognise no debt of Madame Wyse's. I never saw the Cardinal on the subject. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Pigott—l have re freshed my memory by this memorandum made at the time. I have no memorandum of what I did not tell him. I have a memorandum that when Oppeneau called I referred him to Mr. Wiseman. The memoran dum contained this note :—" N.B. He never called again." In Dec., 1847, I saw the document at Mr. Wyse's, for the purpose of advising whether he should rec ignise his liability. I advised him not to do so. I do not know whether the Abbe ever called on me alone. Re-examined by Mr. Keating—Mr. Wyse has been in Greece since 1849. The deposition of Letitia Wyse was then read, She stated that she had known the Abbe since 1846 ; that he eidunteeied his services as a friend to assist in arranging her affairs, in which he assumed to take an interest, say ing that though he had no money himself he had friends , itio could advance money, so that she might gain time to arrange with her creditors. She accepted his friendly offices, and itethe year 1846 or 1847 she signed three locuments nresented to her by him for signature, one of chich was for 25,000 f., and another for 60,000 f., and she believed they were acknowledgments that she had received the said suns from him. She said the documents were all drawn up by the Abbe, and that the reason why she signed them was that he told her the Archbishop of Paris required him to discontinue his visits at her house, and that if she signed the documents he would show them to the Archbishop, and he would then be satisfied. She said oho signed the documents on that ropresen'a tion, but she had never received any consideration for either of them. She said she might have owed the Abbe from 2,0001. to 3,000 f. at that time, but not more, and that be never advanced the 25,000 f. mentioned. What ever.advances the Abbe might have made in the years 1845-6-7, they were reimbursed wholly, or in the greater part, by the sale of jewels and other effects, and by moneys received by him on her account. In Sept., 1847, she believed she owed the Abbe a balance of 1,015 f., but she gave him an order to receive the amount of her quarter's allowance, amounting to 1,250 f., which she be lieved he received, thus making him her debtor for 2351. Shc stated that she was not now indebted to the Abbe in any sum of money. The Abbe soon afterwards told the deponent'that he had shown the documents to the Archbishop, and that he was satisfied ; and that, as he had no further use for them, he would throw them into the fire, which whereupon he appeared to do. She said the Abbe had never made any personal claim upon her for the 25,000 f., or for any other sum. She said she was first cousin to the Emperor Napo leon 111. She was then interrogated about a variety of transactions, and in the course of her answers admitted in 1846 the plaintiff had paid 1,800 francs to M. Tisse ron to redeem her furniture, and in 1845 he advanced 2,500 fiance to redeem certain of her effects from the Monte de Pietie. She stated that in 1845 she was ar rested at the suit of a jeweller, and confined in the go vernor's room at the prison of Clichy ; that she believed she was removed to the Maison de Sante, Rue de Chail lot, through the instrumentality of the Abbe, and that he paid 300 francs for her maintenance there. In the year 1846 she said she was condemned by the Court of Versailles to pay 1,000 francs and costs, and that the Abbe then paid about 900 francs on her account. She said the Abbe took apartments for her in his own name, and paid 500 francs for the rent ; and in the year 1847 he paid a further sum of 450 francs for apartments and, wages. She said she did not know that the Abbe had deposited any securities with Tisseron, and that he did not give her a share in any mine. He did not bring her any account in the 3 ear 1847 ; nor did she thereupon give him any document whereby she acknowledged her self to owe him the sum of 25,000 francs, or any sum ; but she did sign a document presented to her by the Abbe acknowledging a debt of 25,000 francs, in order to its being produced to the Archbishop, and it was pos sible that the paper marked "A" (the document now in question) loight be a copy of such document. She de hied that she ever owed the Abbe at one time more than 3,000 francs ; and she said that all that was due to him had been paid. The Emperor Napoleon had paid certain debts of hers, accordin g to a list furnished to him, but could not tell the particulars, as the payments were not made through her ; she believed thee Abbe had not been paid what he eaimed, but she knew not why, unless it was that he had no claim upon her. Mr. Keating then summed up the defendant's evi dence, and commented at length upon all the facts of the case as proved on both sides. He contended that the Car dinal had nomeane of testing the accuracy of the vouch ers produced by the plaintiff, and ho set against them the depositions of Madame Wyse, who declared that nothing was due to the plaintiff. The statement of the Cardinal as to the deposit of the document was entirely contra dictary to that made by the Abbe, and he trusted that the jury would believe that a man of the Cardinal's cha racter would not tell an untruth. Mr. Sergeant Pigott, in his reply, said it was not de nied that the Cardinat had had the document, nor could it be doubted that he could get it by merely writing a note to Mr. Wyse. The plaintiff's claim was said to be answered by the deposition of a worthless Princes; who said she had signed a false document in order to deceive the Archbishop. The Cardical had told the plaintiff he bad better take his papers back to Paris. That showed they were in his hands ? He contended the evidence showed that the Cardinal had detained the document, which, according to the laws of every creed, class, and country, ought to have been given back.. The plaintiff's claim was well founded, and, though it was only a debt of honour, it had one advantage, that it was not barred by the statute of limitations, and though the Emperor might not pay it, the plaintiff might some day obtain payment from the children, to whose honour it was re ferred as a sacred debt. Mr. Justice Crowder, in summing up the evidence, said the questions for the jury were, whether the de fendant detained the document, and if so, what damages the plaintiff was entitled to recover for the detention. His lordship contrasted the evidence given by the plain tiff as to the advances made with the depositions made by Madame Wyse, in which she denied that she was in• debted as alleged. It did notvery satisfactorily appear how the plaintiff came to advance Madame Wyse so much money, but still the jury ought to look upon her denial with great caution when they found that she had ad mitted that she had signed the document, but sought to avoid it by saying that she signed it for the purpose of deceiving the Archbishop of Paris. His lordship then went through the particulars of the case with great mi nuteness, contrasting the evidence of the plaintiff with that given by the defendant. The paper was last seen in the possession of Mr. Wyse in December, 1847, and the probability was that it was not destroyed. But the question now was, whether it was detained by Cardinal Wiseman ; and if so, what damages the plaintiff was entitled to for its detention. The meaure of da mages was the value of the document, and this the jury must assess accotding to their opinion of the probability of the debt being paid if it were given up. The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and on their return into court found for the plaintiff—damages 5001. Mr. Keating said that as it was proved that the docu ment was last seen in the hands of Mr. Wyse in Dec., 1847, he hoped his Lordship would stay execution, in order that the defendant might communicate with Mr. Wyse to see if the paper could be procured. Mr. Fluddleston said the action was commenced in December last, and there had been plenty of time to communicate with Mr, Wyse at Athens. Mr. Justice Crowder thought the application an un usual one, but his Lordship ultimately stayed execution till after the 4th day of Easter Term (this day fortnight). RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles opened, 1857. NAME OF RAILWAY. BRITISH. Aberdeen .. • • -• • • • • • • • • .. • • .. Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down ...• ••• • .. !Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Biackburn,and West York .... Bristol and Exeter Ca1ed0nian.......... • • • Chester and Holyhead ..... Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Cork and Bandon .... ............ Dublin and Belfa.st4 unction ........ Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Kingstown ...... • • • • • • .. Dundee and Arbroath .... Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen • East Anglian.... • • East Lancashire • • • • .• .• . • .. • • • • .... Eastern Counties and N0rf01k...... Eastern Union • • • • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • • • .5 •••••• FE E E u d d .r i e n n nt l b ee i sr u n s r r a g g itT h i h ad , a ile P n w e r d ae r d G y th i l i as o.n a . g n .. F ... D .. u : n :: d : e e.. .. Glasgow, and South-Western........ Great Northern..... ..... ......... Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle.. •• • •• • •.... Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ Leeds Northern .. • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western ..• • • • • London and 81ackwa11.............. London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. .• • • •• •• Londonderry and Enniskillen • • •• •• • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, an d Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction • • • • • • Maryport and Carlisle •• .• •... •.., Midland ..... - ...... •••• • • Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • •• Monklands .....• • • •• •• Newcastle and Carlisle.••••• • • .• • • • • North British • • • • • North Staffordshire •••• .• • • •••• •• • North-Western Scottish Central ............ •• •• • • Scottish Midland ........ • • .. •• •• Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• • • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester •••• • • • • • • • • Shropshire Union South Devon •"""' South Eastern South Wales ........... South York., Don " caster, and Goole Waterford Ynd Linierick •• •• • ••• West Cornwall • ••• •• Whitehav en Junction ..• ••• • •• • •• York and Newcastle, and Berwick $& York York and North Midland & Leeds 2634 117 198 g _6% 67% 93 489 183 X 283 20334 452 25 90 286‘i 161 637 5X 183 X 477 173% 9‘. iO5 177 52 78% 149 233 87% 32 29% 1,020 220 2,450 57N 301 171 N 103 5,473 11,936 4,773 174 237 1,422 1,423 964 5,808 22,698 5.323 5,557 184 1,357 6,035 20,102 6,220 25,395 324 5,471 21,415 59,306 1,210 10,529 12,171 611 1,002 273 2,296 9,331 5,452 10,630 4,5G5 175 737 940 28,702 3,903 1,465 3,200 4,6.9 6,969 727 163 1,223 5,67 S 19,031 6,078 26,549 1,144 2,815 8()9 2,439 14,318 6,263 2,3:9 4,560 1,329 1,088 606 443 423 5 031 21,075 Dutch Rhenish imam N: .... • .... •••• •• •" Lyons and Mediterran • .ean • •• •• •• •• Monterey u and Troyes •••••• • • '• Namur and Liege .. ••• • • • • •• • • • • • • Northern of Prance • • •• •• •• •• •••• •• Orleans and Central ..........• •• • • Paris and Lyons .... ...... • Paris and Rouen. .......... ••• •• •• •• •• Paris and Strasburgh • • • • Western of Pra nce ••• Rouen and Havre.. .. •• • • • • •• • •• ... • • • 2,357 37,078 57,849 1,318 12,930 14,479 SG) 8,325 805 820 28,317 2,969 1,286 2,940 4,457 6,920 808 1,545 2,793 1,047 32,594 Each of the three Bankruptcy Courts which sat on Friday were occupied with cases arising out of the failure of the British Bank ; and another case was appointed for Saturday. 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The country having been appealed to by Lord Palmer ston to decide between him and the late House of Com mons upon the question of the Chinese hostilities, we have distinguished the members returned as Ministerial and Opposition according to their declared opinions upon that subject. The names of the late members for Eng lish counties and Scotch and Irish constituencies who have lost their seats, or have not presented themselves for reelection are given in Italics. .Having already pub. lisped the returns for the English and Welsh boroughs, it is unnecessary at present to repeat them : ENGLISH AND WELSH COUNTIES. Ministerial. Opposition. ANGLESEY. Sir R. Bulkoley BEDFORDSHIRE. Mr. F. H. Russell Col. Gilpin ... BERKSHIRE, Mr. R. Palmer ... Hon. E. P. Bouverio Mr. G. 11. Yausittart . Lord Barrington (0.) BRECONSHIRE. Sir J. Bailey ... BUCKS. ... .1i 1 41. 0 ... ... I ... 0 0 1 11•• ••• 0 ..• 1 1 ••• 0 ••• 0 ••• 1 ... 0 ... 1 Right Hon. B. Disraeli ... Mr. Caledon George du Pre ... Hon. C. C. Cavendish CAMBRIGES HIRE. Hon. E. T. Yorke ~ Mr. E. Ball ... Mr. Adeano Lord G. Manners (04 CARDIGANSHIRE. Lord Lisburne CARMARTHENSHIRE. Mr. D. Jones Mr. D. S. Jones CARNARVONSHIRE. Hon. E. D. G. Pennant CHESHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Tollemache Sir P. Egerton CORNWALL, WEST. Mr. NI. Williams Mr. Davey CUMBERLAND, EAST. Hon. C. W. G. Howard Mr. C. Marshall CUMBERLAND, WEST. General "Wyndham Captain Lowther Mr. Irton. DENBIGHSHIRE. Colonel Biddulph Sir W. W. Wynn DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Evans Mr. Colville Mr. Mundy (0.) DEVONSHIRE, SOUTH. Sir J. Y. Buller Mr. Palk DORSETSHIRE. Mr. Portman Mr. Ker Seymor Mr. Stud . DURHAM, NORTH. Lord A. V. Tempest Mr. R. D. Shafto DURHAM, SOUTH. o . 1 .. o 1 1 ••• 0 ~. 0 ... a.* 0 eTe 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... ... 0 ~. 1 0 ... 1 • •• ... 1 • •• 0 ••• 0 1 ..• •.• 1 ~. 0 ... 1 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... ... 1 ... 0 ... ••• 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 ... ... 1 ... 0 •Il• ... 0 es& 1 ... ••. •• • 1 ... 0 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 ••• ••• ••• 0 ... ... 1 ... • ••• ... 0 ... 1 ... ... 0 ... 1 ••• 1 0 • • • • •• 1 0 ••• Mr. Pease Lord H. Vane . Farrer. ESSEX, NORTH. Hon. W. Beresford Mr. Du Cane Sir John Tyrrell (M.) ESSEX, SOUTH. Mr. Bramston Mr. Wingfield .. Sir 11 7 . B. Sinzjih. (M.) GLAMORGANSHIRE, Mr. C. H. Talbott Mr. H. Viviau Sir G. Tyler (0.) GLOUCESTERSHIRE, EAST. Mr. Holford Sir C. W. Codrington . GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WEST. Mr. Rol t Colonel Kingscote Mr. R. B. Hall (0.) HANTS, NORTH. Mr. Beach ... 'Mr. Selater Mr. Portal (0.) Viscount Eversley (M.) HEREFORDSHIRE. Sir H. G. Cotterell Mr. Blakemore... Mr. K. King Hon. C. Hanbury (0.) HERTFO hDSHIRE. Sir H. Men' Sir E. B. Lytton ... Mr. C. Fuller Air. Abel Smith, jun.l6.) 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SOO 0 4.0 1 ... 1 ••• • ... ... 0 ... 1 ... ... 0 ... 1 ... ~.. 0 ... 1 II ill ODD 0 •.• 1 ••• 0 ... 1 ••• 0 ... 1 0 ... 1 ••• ... ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 do" 0 ... 1 ° glee , 1 ••• ... ... ... 1 ... 0 ••• 1 9 ••• ... ••• 0 ... 1 ... ... 0 ... 1 ... ••• 0 ••• 1 ... ... 0 ••• 1 ... ... 0 ... ••• ••• 0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 411.. 1 0 1 ..• ••• • 0 .. 1 ••• 0 1 Oa. , ..• ell 1 ••• 0 ... ... 0 ... 1 "II ... U ~ 1 see 0 ... 0 ... 0 1.0 1 ••• 1 1 ••• ~ - YORKSHIRE, WEST' Lord Goderich.„ Mr. B. Denison Mr. Cobden (0.) SCOTLAND. ABERDEEN. Col. Sykes ... ... Mr. G. Thompson (0.) AERDEENSHIRE. Lord Haddo ... ... AYRSHIRE. Lord J. Stuart ... ... Sir J. Ferguson (0.) BANFFSHIRE. Lord Fyffe ... ... BERWICKSHIRE. Hon. P. Scott ... ... BUTESHIRE. Mr. J. A. S. Wortley CLACKMANNAN. Viscount Melgund ... Mr. J. Johnstone (0.) DUMBARTONSHIRE. Mr. Smollett ... ... DUMFRIES. Mr. W. Ewart ... ... DUMFRIESSHIRE. Mr. H. Johnstone ... DUNDEE. Sir J. Ogilvy ... ... Mr. G. Duncan (11 . .) EDINBURGH. Mr. Cowan ... ... Mr. Black ••• ••• EDINBURGH (COUNTY). Earl of Dalkeith ... ELGIN BURGHS. Mr. Duff ... .. ELGINSHIRE. Mr. C. Bruce •,. ~. FALKIRK. Mr. J.. Merry ~. ... Mr. J. Baird (0.) FIFESHIRE. Mr. J. Fergus ... ... FORFARS El I RE. Lord Duncan ... ... GLASGOW. Mr. Buchanan... ... Mr. Dalgleish • . ... Mr. Alex. Hasiie (0) GREENOCK. Mr. A. Dunlop ••• HADDINGTON. Sir T. H. Davio ... HADDINGTONSHIRE. Lord Elcho ••• ... INVERNESS BOROUGH. Mr. A. Matheson ... INVERNESS (COUNTY). Mr. Baum ... ... KILMARNOCK. Hon. E. Bouverio ... KINCARDINESHIRE. Gen. Arbuthnot ... KIRKALDY. Lieut.-Col. Ferguson ... KIRKCUDBRIGHT. Mr. Mackie, jun. ... Mr. Mackie, stn. (M.) LEITH. Mr. J. Moncrieff ... LINLITHGOWSHIRE. Mr. G. Duudas ••• MONTROSE. Mr. Baxter ... ... PAISLEY. Mr. Archd. Mai* ... PEEBLES:SHIRE. Sir G. Montgomery ; ... PERTH. Hon. A. Kinnaird ... RENFREWSHIRE. Sir M. S. Stewart ... ROSS AND CROMARTY. Sir J. Mattheson ... ROXBURGHSHIRE. Hon. J. E. Elliot ... SELKIRKSHIRE. Mr. A. E. Lockhart ... ST. ANDREW'S BURGHS. Mr. Ellice, jun. DP.. STIRLING. Sir J. Anderson ... STIRLINGSH IRE. Mr. Blackburn... ... WIGTON BURGHS. Sir W. Dunbar ••• Sir J. APTaggart (M.) BE RWICK. Mr. Stapleton .........1 0 Mr. 1). C. Marjoribanks 1 0 Air. T. Forster (M.) IRELAND. ARMAGH. Mr. S. Miller Mr. J. IV. Bond (0.) ATHL ONE. Mr. Ennis ... _ Hon. Capt. Handeock (0.) BANDON. Capt. Bernard BELFAST; Mr. Cairns ... ..• Mr. Davison ... CARLOW. Mr. J. Alexander ... CARRICKFERGUS. Mr. Dobbs Major Cotton (O.) • CASHEL; Sir T. O'Brion CLONMEL, Mr. Bagwell COLERAINE. Mr. Boyd . Lord Naas (0.) CORK (CITY). Mr. Fagan Mr. Bei 7 unish DOWNPATItICK, Mr. R. Ker DROGHEDA. Mr. M'Cann DUBLIN (CITY). Mr. Grogan ... Mr. Vance DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Mr. Napier ... Mr. G. A. Hamilton ... DUNDALK. Mr. Bowyer DUNGANNON. Hon. W. S. Knox „. DUNGARVON. Mr. Maguire ENNIS. Mr. Fitzgerald ENNISKILL EN. Mr. Whiteside GALWAY. Lord Dunkellin Mr. O'Flahe ty... Mr. Blake. KILKENNY BOROUGH. Mr. Sullivan KINSALE. Mr. J. I. Heard LIMERICK (CITY). Mr. F. W. Russell Sergeant O'Brien LIMERICK, COUNTY. Mr. Mansell Mr. Do Vero LISBURN. Mr. Richardson LONDONDERRY (CITY). Sir R. Ferguson ... MALLOW. Sir D. Norreys ... NEW ROSS. Mr. Tottenham NEWRY. Mr. Kirk ••• ~. PORTARLINGTON. Mr. Darner ... ••• Col. Dunne (0.) SLIGO, COUNTY. Mr. J. P. Somers ... Air. J. Wynne. TRALEE. Captain D. O'Connell WATERFORD, CITY. Mr. Blake ... ... Mr. Hassard Mr. Meagher (111.) Mr. Keative (M.) WESTMEATH, COUNTY. Mr. Madan Sir R. Levinge WEXFORD (BOROUGH). Mr. J. Dovereux YOUGHAL. Mr. I. Butt THE CONTESTED ELECTIONS. FINAL STATE OF THE POLLS. WEST SURREY. Briscoe Drummond Currie ... ... ... 1,431 ... ... ... 1,389 ... ... ... 1,202 BEDFORDSHIRE. Mr. Hastings Russell (L) ... ... 1,565 Colonel Gilpin (C) ... .., ... 1,378 Colonel Higgins ... .., ... 1,344 Captain Stuart ... .., ... 1,247 DEVON (NORTH). Buller (L) „, . 3,516 Trefusis (C) „, ..„ ... 2,137 Nortbcote „.. ...2,021 WILTS (SOUTH). Herbert . ... ... 1,517 W yndham ::: ::: ... ... 1,422 Thyn ne ... ... ..„ ...1,271 YORK (NORTH RIDING). Dancomb e 5 216 Cayley Duadas ••• ___ ••• ... ••• ••• 4,609 ... ••• -. 4,113 LINCOLNSHIRE (SOUTH). Trollope ... 4,016 Wilson ... 3,626 Pucka ..• ••• DUBLIN UNIVERSITY, Napier Hamilton ... ... ... „. 791 Wilson MONUMENT TO TUE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVAL BRIGADE.—Through the. exertions of Sir Stephen Lui.hingtun, K.C.8., who commanded the Naval Brigade before Sebastopol, and Cho other surviving officers of the brigade, a handsome m onument has ills' been erected in Kensal-green Cemetei y, the site having been kindly presented by the directc xs of the comp Any for the purr one. Ministerial. Opposition 0 1 ••• 1 0 ... 1 Sporting Intelligence, WINDSOR STEEPLDCHASES.-. SATURDAY. Grand Military Welter eepleViw3e, a s weepstAkes of 20 so vs eaeo, h ft, with LO added, for hor2e.; the property of, and to he ridden by officers on full pay in the army ;• I.3it lib each. Abeut th ree m :l eß. 4 F&,s. Mr. W. Craven's (lit Life Guards) Johnny Ram (Captain Morgan) 1 Mr. H. Munciell'B (Rifle Brigade) Horniblow (owner) 2 Betting-6 to 4 on Horniblow. llornil;low made the running to the fence after cross ing Bone-lane, going out the second time where he blun dered• and unseated his rider. Ile was after a time romounted, and came in a long way behind Johnny Raw. Scurry Stakes, a sweepstakes of 2 sovs each, with 25 added. 12st each. About a mit e•and-a-halt. 9 subs. Mr. Howell's Himalaya (G. Stevens) 1 Mr. Crawford's goldiog by Cianebrook—dam by Mundig (carried 12st 2E)) (Mr. S. Harrison) 2 Mr. H. Pauling's Candidate The following also ran :—Whalebone, Mermaid, St. Patrick, Lady Grey, rg. by Pharaoh, and Charley. Betting —2 to 1 agst Himalaya ; 3 to 1 each agst Mermaid and Whalebone. Won by two lengths. 12 length.; between the second and third ; Whalebone finished close up with Candidate; Mermaid was fifth. Charley and St. Patrick got no further than the first fence, at which the firrt named fell, and the latter refused. Lady Grey baulked the Brook going out, and at the next obstacle Pnaraoh geld ing cannoned against Himalaya and fell. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each. Three miles. 3 subs Captain Duff's Ganymedt., list (Mr. Blake) 1 Mr. B. Land's Pioneer, I.obt 41b (Mr. Edwards) 2 Major Jennin,fs Aldershot, 11.bt (owner) 0 No bet ting, Aldershot - refused at the Brook fence on going out ; Ganyinede then went on with the lead, and won by nearly a distance. Grand Handicap Steeplechase, of 20 Kors. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added ; about four miles. 17 subs., 6of whom paid 5 sous each. Mr. B. Land's Odiham, list 71b (B. Land, Jun.) 1 Mr. G. Reynolds's Janus, lOst 81b (Green) 2 Mr. W. Barnett's Diana, lOst Burrowes) 3 The following also ran :—Minos, Hopeless Star, Waterloo, and The Wizard. Betting-6 to 4 agst aliharn, sto 2 agst Minos, sto 1 acct Janus, G to 1 agst Diana. . . Waterloo went away with the lead, Diana, Odiham, Janus, Minos, Hopeless Star, and the Wizard following in the order named. On taking the first obstacle, a hedge and ditch leap, Minos made a slight " mistake," and the next moment Hopeless Star cannoned against him, and he fell. The Wizard, in following, slipped into the ditch the taking off side, and likewise came " to earth." The Wizard, although remounted, was not persevered with ; but Minos struggled on, encrusted with mud, a long way ie the rear. Waterloo showed in front until nearing the turning flag up the bill to the left, where be dropped away, beaten, and was soon afterwards pulled up. Odi ham then took the lead, which he held on again passing the stand, Janus lying second, Hopeless Star third, and Diana fourth, all tolerably well together, Minos still perseverkg a full distance behind them. At the lane fence Hopeless Star fell, and Diana took third place. Odiham gradually increased his lead after rounding the far turning flag, and won as he pleased by six lengths; bad third. Minos was stopped a long way from home. Windsor Town Plate, a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; llst 71b each ; gentlemen riders allowed Sib. About three miles. 11 subs. Mr. W. Frampton's British Yeoman, list 21b (Mr. Goodman) 1 Mr. Deacon's Weston, list 21b (Mr. Edwards) 2 The following also ran :—Gentle, Nebuchadnezzar, Theodine, Nimrod, Ivanh oe , Ki ng D an , an d Th e H ac k. Betting-6 to 1 agst British Yeomac, 3to 1 agst Weston, 4 to 1 agst King Dan. Ivanhoe, Nimrod, and King Dan fell the first time round, and the latter got loose and gallopped some dis tance with the leading horses. On passing the stand the second time British Yeoman held the lead, with Weston second, Theodine and the Hack being third and fourth. The four ran in close company to the fence leading on to the course, into which Weston blundered and fell • he was, however, instantly r i g ht e d, an d went on gamely in pursuit of British Yeoman, the quartett being again all together as they passed the back of the stand. Here the Hack, who was going remarkably well, fell, and Theo dine' tiring through the heavy g roun d, a l so came d own , and Weston again blundered. These mishaps gave Bri tish Yeoman a long lead, and, clearing the final water, jump without mistake, he finished 10 lengths ahead of Weston. Gentle and Nebuchadnezzar were pulled up beaten a long way from home. Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—APRIL 3. WHEAT. BARLEY OATS. BEANS. 61a Od 433 Od 130 s Od 1 42s Od First... Second Third 36s 103 1 37s 5d i 25s ld 29s Od 1 ;.;Os 6d I 23s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 824 qrs., II barley „ 250 qrs., oats .1 405 qrs., PP beans ~ 243 qrs., AVERAGES PER IMPYRIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 1/. 1G 10 4-12ths 1 Barley, ...11. 17 5 5-12thS Oats, ... 11. 5 0 s.l2ths 1 Beans, .....11. 16 11 7-12 tbs 363 11d 333 Ud 680 sold 170 sold 406 sold 197 sold l, 0 DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—APRIL 2. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior 499 Wheat 603 0(1 987 Oats 313 Gd 24s 9cl , 194 Gd 283 Barley 44s Od 37s 0(1 52 Peas & beans 403 Oct ABERDEEN—Arrar, 3. Potato oats 21s Od to 22s Od } 4olbs per bushel Common oats 203 Od to 21s Od Bere 1'39 Od to 35s Od 1 531bs ~ Barley 33s Od t o 35 s Od Wheat, red (spring)37s Od to 3 Od 1 62119 s ~ , white 338 Od t o 45 s Od ~O atmeal 17s Od to 18s 61 per boll. Flour 463 Od to 47s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6(l to 8(1 Butter, p lb. is 01 to is 2J I Mutton, per lb. 7d to 9d Eggs, p doz. Os 7d to O 101 Lamb, do., Os Od to Os 0 1 1 Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 6d Veal, per lb ... 10d to is Od Chickens,do. 2s Od to 26 6d Pork, per 1b...08 6,1 to Os 7d Ducks, do., 2s Od to 29 6J Salmon, per lb Os to Os Ducklings,o Os 0(1 to O Od Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 5s Od Tallow, p stone, Os to lOs 61 Potatoes, per peck, Od to lld Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. _ . _ Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 100/1 to 106 i Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen bid to Od RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 8d Barley floux,l4lb.Os to 2s 2d Oatmeal Os Od to is 10d „ dust, ..... Os to Os 10d Beremeal ....Os Od to is 10d , per lb 2d to 25d Peasemdal... Os Od to 2s 8d Skis, 7d Cheese, per imperial stl 4-lb. 10af...7d. ;One, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d 2-Ib. 10af...3id. COLLISIONS IN THEI CIIANNEL.—LOSS OW A SIM/ STEAMEIL—The ship Bonita, from Liverpool, bound'for Pernambuco, 'put into Kingstown yesterday slightly injured, having been in contact when off the South Stack Light, with the screw steamer Sevillano, from Glasgow, bound to Cadiz. The screw steamer is reported to be a complete wreck. The Eothen, Captain Carscombe, from Liverpool, for Rio Janeiro, was in collision on Wednes day off Point Lynas, with a schooner, name unknown, and having received some trifling damage, put into Holyhead for repairs. 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