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attention, for organising a body to proceed to New Zealand, under the command of Capt. Tulloch. The object was two fold. They proposed sending, under the charge of 6 officers, a body of 500 men, with their families, for the pu rpose H e h o e f being located there, under certa i n advantages to wh it r d. e would allude more fully at another would state, however, that they were to b e locateit in settlements, and to perform certain duties for a t p o eelod o t c seven years, at the expiration of which they were h be . pa into possession of the land with the view of their etoming valuable settlers in the colony. They would afford a de be called fence to the colony, and would lee liable•sho o rt they would, out for that purpose by the Governor,. be was quite sure, at a moderate expense. n be the meansof doing great service to the colony in a wholesome and proper way.— (Hear, hear.) The general charge, of which this was an item, was 291,0001., making an increase of 61,6771., for which 16,939/. had to be deducted, so that there would be an increase in the vote of 45,000/. It had been stated that there was an increase of 9,0001. in the superannuation allowances ; but this was not the case, as the expense of this year would be similar to the last. These were the details of the non-effective service, in which there was a grim, increase of 254,890/. ; but there wa3tobe set against that 218,9711., which really reduced the increase to only 35,911 ; but if that was taken from the de crease in the effective service 62,617 e, it would show a de crease upon the revenue of the year of 46,860!., (as we under stood). He thought the Committee would admit that the War-office had paid attention to economy in framing the esti mates for the ensuing year. Before, however, he closed this part of his statement, he wished to allude to one ob servation—to an observation which had fallen from the Honourable - Member for Montrose—a statement which he believed he made somewhat accidentally—he said every department seemed to think it their euty to make their estimates as high as possible, but for his department he ( Mr. F. Maule) might say, that its object was to make the estimates as low as possible, and if he would consult those who were in the service f that department. and those who were seeking to gain anything from it, he would find that his statement was entirely erroneous.—( Hear.) With regard to the efficiency of the army, he would not say another word further than this— that its efficiency was such as it ,always had been, and such as he trusted it would always maintain. With respect to the un healthy state of the barracks in the West Indies, and in Jamaica and other parts, he might state that black troops were in the habit of doing duty in many of these placer., instead of the white troops ; and he might stare that the mortali. y in these islands, with the exception, perhaps, of Cuba, was 1 3-10ths per cent. From a return which he held in his hand. showing the healthy and unhealthy islands, it appeared that in the Mediterranean, up to the 31st of March, 1846, the mortality was 1-30th per cent. ; and in the year 18.36, 2 3Oths ; in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, up to March, 184 e, 1 3-10ths; in 1836, 2 1-1011; in New South Wales and the Cape of Good Hope, in 1846, it was t 4-10ths, and nearly the same in 1836 ; in St. Helena, the Mauritius, and Jamaica, in 1846, it was 1 9-10ths per cent. ; and in 1836 it was 91 men in every 1,000. But the improvement of the, rations, and the improved con struction of the barracks had done much to improve the health of the troops. In the unhealthy stations, in Ceylon, for in stance, h.. might etete that the whole mortality was greater than could be wished at the present moment, a, it was 4 4-10ths per cent. ; but, in 1836 it was 7 5-10ths per rent. In Hong-Kong it was also considerable, but he hoped, by the aid of colonial troops instead of British troops, that less sacrifice of life would take place. He had all the means of knowing the mortality in India, but he had little means of con . trolling it. He hoped, however, that it would be considerably reduced by the introduction of improvements No man was more impressed with the importance of these improvements than the Noble Lord who held supreme com mand in India, and he hoped when his mind was less occupied with the sondition of India, that he would realise the intention he had often expressed of introducing improvements in the barracks, and that before he retraced his homeward steps, he would have formed some plan of residence of the troops in India, whilst not required in the field, in barracks erected in healthy situati ins, in the highlands, and particularly in the mountains above Madras, for those in that part of India. Witli respect to the moral training going on in the army, he proposed taking a vote of 2,0410/. for establishing schools in connexion with the Mili tary Asylum. They proposed establishing a school for the training of schoolmasters - a model school--on the principle of the regimental schools, and an infant school fir the orphan children of British soldiers. This grant was proposed by his Noble Friend who had preceded him in his office, and in future }rears the army would look on him with gratitude. He be lieved it would lead not only to the education of children, but be the means of imparting education to the adult soldier, which, perhaps, might be the means of enabling him to do something for his support in old age, whether pensioned or not pensioned. The army libraries had, be was happy to state, been increased by 10,000 volumes during the year, and he proposed taking a vote of 2,0001. for a similar purpose. With regard to the discipline in the army, he had only to state, and he experienced satisfaction in doing so, that since January last up to the close of the year, only five cases of corporal punishment had occurred ; and he expected to see, in a short space of time, the practice of in inflicting such a punishment dying away al t ogether.—(Chcers. ) The army prisons were winking well—as well as could pos sibly be wished. There were nine et Case prisons in Great Britain and Ireland, of which four were in Ireland and one in S':otland, but there were cells in all the barracks, and from the returns he had received, which were most sati4actory, he found that their effect upon the morels of the soldiers was most important, as the soldiers were separated from the conta mmatien of the civil gaols. The improvement in this respect was one of the most important ever introduced into the British army; whereas it took days aed reeks, and sometimes months, under the old system, to make a man available to his regiment. There is eo one instance of any soldier being in the least de gree injured by the punishment ; arid however violent they were, geeng in. they in all instances came out be , ter ; whereas, under the old system, the soldier going into the civil gaul never came out be' ter. The labour inithe prison was severe, and com plaints were mode against it, but he was not disposed to attend to them, as long as it did no injury to the men. The labour was so severe , and such was the vegilence exercised, that no soldier was known voluntarily to go into p •i.on, fir the pur pose of shirking duty, and there was no man who went in that did not come out, most heartily intending to do his best not to go in again. Those were the especial points to which he would at present allude. There were other matters to which the attention of the Government would be turned by degrees. more particularly to the comfort of the soldiery in the barracks. The proposal which he should have the pleasure of making for the purpose of limiting the service of the soleiery. would prove to the army at large the anxious care of the Government over their interests, and he did trust that, following up what he saw to be the feeling of the House—namely, that the army was a service the interests of which in some respects had been too long overlooked—they would attend to their comforts with a greater mi ititenet 9, for let the Hove believe h:m when he assured it, that the more they took care of the soldiery in the time of peace the mere disposed they would be to serve them faithfully in the time of war. —( Hear, hear.) He did trust that consistently with the malims which it was the duty of the Government to inculcate, that they would be able to promote the happiness and welfare of the soldiers, and that they would induce the people of the country—not the outcasts and refwe of society—to enter the service, to esteem it as an honourable pridession in which they might eneourage their children to emba-k, in which at tention will be pats to their moral training, and from which they would receive t-ern back improved avid worthy members of society.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. WILLI .1 NIS sail that the statement which had been made by the Right Hon. Gentleman was the clearest and most able exposition which he ever had the pleasure of hearing since he had the honour of having a seat in that House. He did intend to have proposed a reduction of twenty thousand men, but, on consulting with his friends, he had received very little encouragement, and seeing no possible chance of success he did not intend to interrupt the harmony of the debate. His friends around him, and lie himself, had great confidence that the present Government would be in office next year, when the-e estimates would be ag ain voted, and that then a very great reduction would be ma de. General Sir DE LACY EVANB said he experienced very great satisfaction indeed from the statement made by the It ght lion. Gentleman. He hoped that the Government would turn their attention to the establishment of discipline companies, which had been done in almost all oilier services. He would also point the attention of the Government to the accommodation afforded to the soldiers in barracks, es hich was, exceedingly deficient, there not being more than one tote' be tween each of the keds in most of them.—( Hear,) • Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said he was very well ple ' ased • at the statement made by the Right Hon. Gentlem iii his • ceesor in office. He hoped that the Government wonla en deavour to introduce more extensively the syjerh cif : rewards and examination. ; 111 r. ETWALL said he was disappointed fo 'find thp amount of eight or nine thousand pounds voted for th43irop.3o! 01 education in the army. He would express his ,Nape that a far larger sum would, he set aPart next year for th a t p ur p ose . H e was sorry also toe perceive that there was only required a sum of 2,0001. : to liak . 2hterest upon moneys lodged i n t h e regimmtal ravings, ` 'He fhr one, as a Member o f t h e British Leglelatureewh'uldefir seek to advance the interests of the army intellectually. Mr. GOULBURN eard;oalter the .observati.,ns which had fallen from the Hone celmteMan in reeeard to the reduction of the colonial • Corps, he felt he retest decidedly enter his protest against any such prtipotshion: He would grant that in particular colonies,.. where the expenses f e ll h eavy on the British subjec`,. a retioctir n might be effected without injury ; but egairist • thr proposition of a general re duction of the colonial corps, he 'would certainly enter his pro test ; for that might be done in a time of peace with some smcall saving of expense, but, in a time of war, difficulties would arise in collecting sufficient force to meet the necessities of such a time which would more than balance any trill rag saving they could effect But another point which he wished to impress upon the House wa-, that every portion of the troops, wherem r thOy might he located, in Australia, Canada, or anywhere else, .should bee freaked updn and treated as an integr .1 portion of the imperial army. He said this, that the forces, wherever thee/m . 4om lie found, might be always maintained throughout every company in an effective state. The vote of 108,398 men for the land service for the ensuing year was then agreed to. The vote of 3,728,7371. for the payment of the land forces of Gre t Bri ain and Ireland and the depend, racier, except East India, Tor the ensuing year, was then agreed to. Sir C. NAPIER said they had now pr tceeded with two votes for the army. and aureed to them ; he hoped, according to the promise of the Noble Lord, that the Government would now proceed with the navy estimates. There were several Hon. Members besides himself who bad waited the whole of the night in the hope that the Noble Lord would fulfil his pro mise, and he trusted that even yet he would do so. Mr. FOX MAULE said that would be mere waste of time. Sir C. NAPIER did not see that it would be any waste of time. Several Hon. Gentlemen had been waiting for the ex press purpose in the House the whole night, and he himself had been waiting anxiously, and he hoped they would proceed im mediatelysotat t o the navy estimates. He had to go to Portsmouth, postponed impossible for him to be present if it were to b e indeed, it was not fair to pustpone it. He could not accede to it. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had hoped that the army estimates would h ave come on at an earlier period of the even ing, but he was afraid that at that late hour nothing could be done if they should turn no w to the navy es ti ma t es . Sir C. NAPIERA promhd%would riot agree to this. H e wouA not accede. had been ma d e th at t h e navy ,estimates would have b een taken t hat unless that w ere done, he must beg that Mr. Green e w o uld linigouht ; Mr. WILLIAMS obje objected to repo r t progress. t h e goin g th a t n i g h t into the navy estimates He could not agre e se to it, an d t h oug h t it would be but wasting time. Sir C. NAPIER said it was n o t a waste of time e that all. Why, he supposed that eight or ten vot es m i g h t bea He had much to sa y u p on them, and busines s would allo w not rouh. p r esent if they were postponed to another n i g h t , bin to be Mr. FOX 3IAULE—The Gallant Admiral is bent on delaying the public business. 31r. WILLIAMS objected to their going into Committee on the navy estimates. Sir C. NAPIER said he had reason for acting thus. H o bad the promise of the Noble Lord that the navy estimates would come ou that night, and he could not be present on Fri day night. LordJ. RUSSELL said he might meet both parties. He promised that the ordnance estimates shouid come on en Friday night after the army estimates, instead of the navy. Sir C. NAPIER agreed. The following votes were then agreed to: — The vote of 177,7731. for the expenses tf the general sta °Ewers Ist the ensuing year. THE SUN LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1847. )fficers of certain The vote of 96,532/. for the payment of o corps for the ensuing year. The vote of 17,633/. for the effective service for the ensuing year. 1/ The following votes were also agreed to:— p 6,3041. to defray the expenses of the military establishment In'the colonies. 15,7401. to defray the expense of the allowance made to the officers of the land forces engaged in the ga rr:sons of this country. 82,000/. to defray the charge of the general officers in her ima jesty's service. 29,000/. to defray the charge of the retired officers of the land forces. 420,000/. to defray the charge of the half-pay of the military officers of the land forces. 49,136'. to defray the charge of the half-pay of foreign officers who have been engaged in the British service. 139,652/. to defray the charge of the widows and orphans of those who had been engaged in land farces. 96,000/. to defray the charge of the royal bounty. 36,623/. to defray the charge of the Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals. 1,236,7321. to defray the charge of the out-door pensioners of Chelsea Hospital. On the vote of 35,000/. being proposed for the charge of the public departments of the land forces of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir DE LACY EVANS complained of the way in which the Government had acted in respect to the granting of medals, and hoped the matter would be attended to, in order to remove the impression which existed in the army on the subject. Lord JOH N RUSSELL, in some observations which were very nearly inaudible, was understood to say that the Govern ment had it under their consideration to issue medals to all those alive who had been engaged in any engagements on be half of this country. Sir R. PEEL wished to know whether or not the Govern ment had come to any decision with respect to a public monu ment to the memory of Sir Robert Sale, General Nett, and the other eminent officers who had distinguished themselves in India ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he understood that it was the intention of her Majesty's late Government to erect some testimonial to the memory of all the officers who had fallen in India, and the present Government intended to carry out the proposal. Sir C. NAPIER said that as medals were to be given to the officers who had fought in India, he wished to know why the same honour had not been granted to the officers who had behaved themselves so well in Syria ? The taking of St. Jean D'Acre was considered at the time a very wonderful achievement. He saw nothing wonderful in it, but still he thought if medals were given to officers in India, the same ought to be given to the officers engaged in Syria. He did not care for these things himself, but still the officers and men naturally asked what was the reason that, when others were rewarded, they were forgotten? Lord J. RUSSELL reminded the Hon. and Gallant Mem ber that no decorations had been granted for the battle of Algiers and of Navarino. Sir C. NAPIER said that the persons engaged in these battles ought to have been rewarded. Algiers was one of the strongest towns in the world, and it had been taken by four or tire sail of the line, and probably there was no other man besides Lord Exmouth who would have undertaken the task. With respect to the battle of Navarino, that was a very differ ent thing ; but even there the officer in command had taken an inferior fleet into a narrow harbour, and defeated a force superior to his own. It was no excuse, therefore, to refer to these instances. The vote was then agreed to. A vete of 60,000/. for the half pay pension to the army serving in India, was, after a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS and Sir Ds. Licv EVANS, agreed to. The House then resumed, and the Chairman reported progress. CONSOLIDATED FUND LOAN BILL. This Bill was read a second time. DRAINAGE BILL (AMENDMENTS). Sir G. GREY obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the pur pose of extending the advantage of the Drainage Act, passed last session, to Scotland. must have received from Miss Burdett Coutts, and yet he 1 wrote to her, warnirg her that he was about to make the application to the bank, and giving her an opportunity of stepping forward and preventing any publicity which might arise by making some sacrifice of money to him ; and before he took the next step he wrote a letter couched in threaten. ing language, evidenly endeavouring to act upon her fears, and induce her to prevent the step being taken which had ultimately led to this prosecution. No notice was taken of this letter, and he then wrote the following letter to Messrs. Coutts " Gentlemen,—lt will be necessary for me to present my bill tomorrow at your bank, for payment of the sum I deem, under the circumstances, compensation for the injuries in flicted on me by Miss Coutts. I shall do so on the authority of that lady, shown to Mr. Marjoribanks by me. If my bill be paid it will release your partner from all legal and moral obligations to me, and 1 shall be ready to sign any document to that effect. If not paid I shall adopt the most summary proceedings to protect myself from any further outrages I am daily receiving and have been long sub i jected to. Ido not intend to draw the amount out of your bank if you thick proper to allow it to remain. Contrasting the injuries I have received, and my consequent position, with the position of your partner, and her immense wealth, I shall draw for one year's income, which I understand to be 100,0001. lam content to receive the amount of one year's income, be it less, if I am paid the amount, it it be more." After this letter the defendant again appeared at the bank, and saw Sir Edmond Aittrobus, to whom ho presented his draught for 100,000/. He was asked by Sir Edmond to show his authority, and ne produced the same paper he had exhi bited before to Mr. Majoribanks. He was again told that it was not the writing of Miss Coutts, so that there were, there fore, four persons who had given him that assurance. On the 19th of March the defendant wrote this letter to Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor fur Miss Coutts:— " In consequence of my bill, drawn on Messrs. Coutts, pur suant to authority given me by your client, not having been honoured, I am proceeding under the bankruptcy law to en force navment of it. It is necessary the summons to pay should be served on your client, who I am informed has lett her residence, for what place I cannot ascertain. Under the circumstances, will you undertake, if I leave the summons with you, that it should be attended to ? I shall call to morrow for the answer." The answer was in these terms:— " Your letter left with me yesterday obliges me to answer it by saying that Miss Coutts owes you nothing, never did owe you anything, and never gave or sent you any authority to draw any bill or make any demand upon her or upon any one else. There being no business upon which you can desire to see me, I deAre that you will not call at my office, or write to me; and I have given my clerks instructions not to hold any conversation with you." The defendant called the next day, received the letter, said with an oath that it was no answer, and tore it up. This application not advancing his object, he wrote to the bank ing-house on the 20th of 31arch, 1846: " The circumstances in which I am placed by your partner, Miss Coutts, make it absolutely unavoidable in me to seek to obtain payment of my demand against her by the most effectual remedy the law points out. I have, therefore, taken the necessary: steps to bring my demand within the Bank ruptcy Court; but on sending to Miss Coutt's residence, I cannot obtain information where I can have the notice served on her; and upon asking Mr. llumphrevs lie has refused to give the information. This course on your partner's behalf would amount to an act of bankruptcy. Wishing to prevent any such circumstance, I trust you will give the necessary information, that justice may be done, for I cannot permit this matter longer to remain unsettled." Messrs. Coutts answered thus:— " Messrs. Coutts and Co. have received Mr. Dunn's letter, and they beg to decline any interference or correspondence with him on the subject to which it relates, or any subject whatever." Now, it appeared that at that time Mr. Dunn had made pre paration for prweeding against Miss Coutts under the bank ruptcy law, for a letter was directed by him to Stratton street, which contained a demand in these terms :- 1 "To Miss Angela Burdett Coutts, of No. 1, Stratton street, Piccadilly, and of 59, Strand, both in the city of West micster.—The following are the particulars of the - demand of the undersigned Richard Dunn, barrister-at-law, of No. 8, Upper Ranelagh-street, in the said city of Westminster, against you, the said Angela Burdett Coutts, amounting to the sum of 100,000/—( Loud and continued laughter)—being the amount of a certain bill drawn by me on the bank of Coutts and Co., of which you are a partner, and so drawn by me by virtue of your authority, given to me for that purpose, and which said bill you directed me to draw, as compensation for divers injuries done and inflicted on me by you, and which said bill was refused payment at your said bank, al though you promised that the same should be duly paid, and which bill is still unpaid. lake notice that 1, tie said Richard Dunn, I.at•by require immediate payment of the said sum of 100,0001. Dated this 10th day of March, - 18-16. "RICHARD DUNN, Barrister. at-Law." This demand was dated nine (lays before the date of the letter addressed to Mr. Humphreys. Of course, the demand was treated with utter contempt, and then the defendant wickedly, deliberately, and knowingly made the following false affidavit in the Court of Bankruptcy : "Richard Dunn maketh oath and said', that A. B. Coutts is justly and truly indebted to this deponent, Richard Dunn, in the sum of 100,0001. by virtue of a certain bill drawn by this deponent on the bank of Messrs. Coutts and Co., by the especial authority in writing given by the said A. B. Coutts to this deponent, which was expressly given by her as compensation for divers injuries and imprisonments inflicted, and for which injuries this deponent had commenced legal proceedings against the slid A. B. Coutts, and which sum she promised in writing should be duly paid; but which said bill, although duly presented, was not paid or honoured, and which said bill remains wholly due and owing to this de ponent ; and this deponent further saith that the said A. B. Coutts is a partner in the banking-house of Coutts and Co., and is a trader within the statute, as this deponent verily. believes." The Learned Counsel here commented at some length upon the facts which he had passed in review, contending that they made out the charge of perjury upon which the defend ant was indicted. The defendant had made another affidavit for the purpose of removing the trial from the Old Bailey into this Court, and in that affidavit he set forth the suppose d authority which was given by Miss Burdett Coutts, and which was in these words.— " Oh, Mr. D., You've spoilt all our fun By your very imprudent advances; Why didn't you meet Me, except in the street — Why not meet me at routs or at dances? " You called me fair girl 1' Till you made my head twirl, So that all the fools thought I was silly; At the window I stood, With my tears in a flood — You were posted just in Piccadilly. " Wht n to Harrogate sweet Papa beats a retreat, To take spa water supersulphureons, I could hear your heart thump As we stood near the pump, While you bolted that stuff so injurious. " Oh ! how, my dear pet, Can I ever forget That mixture of love and aversion ; Of love for your lass, And disgust for your ghss, Just like a teetotal conversion ? " When poor papa's gout l'ut us all to the rout, • And drove us to Norwood hotel, Your flame growing stronger, You couldn't wait longer, So poste" away there as well. " Our servants to cool Your heat in the pool, And cure you of love so mysterious, Immersed you therein, Nearly up to the chin; What a scene both of comic and scions? " But such are the antics That come from romantics, When once they lay hold of the brain, That you term it Baptizing My lover,' and prizing My dower as much as love's chains. " My pretensions grew grander, mu stern Alexander, By a capias ad sat. capiendum, - Put the lock on your love, And caged my sweet dove, With his billings and cooings, to end 'ern. " But at last I'm relenting, My jewel, repenting Of all that you have suffered for me; Nay, I'm even grown tender, Disposed to turn lender Of cash, your sweet person to free. "Send to Coutts's your bill— There are lots in the till-- I'll give the clerk orders to do it, Tnen get your discharge, Your dear body enlarge, And in Stratton-street do lot we view it, "And, by the by. love, My affection to prove, For your long cruel incarceration Fill a good round sum in (As I've plenty oftin To ma you a r , compensation. 4 ‘ A. B. C." ( Bursts of laughter followed the reading of each stanza in supposed aheuent Learned or aa r nirtndyeedtooen contained this curious prod uct i on , i n the last two verses of which the o r ne aseveralverydtehsesrs.a ffi davit,C ' uttsw important hwi eahallega tions. It set forth that the defendant had been imprisoned three times on charges by Miss Burdett Coutts ; that she was in fear of bodily harm, nay, her life, from the defendant, whilst all the time she was, by letters shown by him to a gentleman of respectability and character, pretending th at she telt an honourable esteem and affection for the defendant. It stated that the letters he received front Miss Burdett Coutts purported to be answers to his letters; that he had compared the handwriting with that of Miss Burdett COUtts on record in the Crown office of the Court, in the presence of different officers and clerks, several of whom expressed their opinions on the similarity of the handwriting. The affidavit also set forth that two persons had compared the letters received by him with Miss Coutts's writing, whi c h they had seen her write, and offered to speak to their genuineness in a court of justice. It stated that the de fendant did not press the case in the Court of Bankruptcy front motives of delicacy ; that he had refused the sums of 10,0001. and 15,0001. offered as compensation for his in juries, by persons authorised to do so; that he had lost, in consequence of Mi , s Coutts'a persecutions, a property Of nearly 500/. per annum, besides his profession and its emo luments for eight years. On the ridiculous terms of the alleged authority to draw, Sir Frederick Thesiger con tended that the fabrication and uttering of a formal solemn authority to draw might have been considered by the defendant as placing him in conyiderable jeopardy; whereas, if he framed and used a document in absurd doggrel verses, such as that upon which he relied, he would protect him self from all serious consequences. The ridiculous cha racter of the authority was one of the strongest causes which induced him (Sir Frederick Thesiger) to think that it was part of a system ingeniously contrived by the de fendant to act upon Miss Burdett Coutts's fears of a ludi crous exposure, and to extort money thereby, at the same time that he sheltered himself from punishment. He was quite aware that there were many parts of the details into which he had entered which were calculated to excite a feeling of ridicule, and there might be some portion of the conduct of the defendant which might lead to the suspicion that they were the effusions of a disordered mind. If the de fendant was a person in that unhappy situation—if he was not accountable for his acts, he would be an object for com passion, not fur prosecution—he would be a subject for re straint, not for punishment. but he (Sir F. Thesiger) had never heard suggested, in the course of the whole proceedings which bad unhappily taken place in consequence of the de fendant's conduct, that he was a person in such a state of mind as not to be responsible for his acts; and, unless there Was anything either in the circumstances of the case itself; or in 8.117 of the evidence which night be addressed to them that day to lead the minds of the jury to that conclusion, they would abandon it. He thought he had stated enough to load their minds to the conclusion that Mr. Dunn, at the time he swore his affidavit before the Commissioners of Bankruptcy, was aware of its being false, and, if that were so, ho apprehended the only course open for the jury to pusue was to tlnd him guilty of the perjury charged in the indictment. _ _ The following evidence was then adduced : Mr. Iron produced the affidavit made by the defendant in the Court of Bankruptcy - on the 30th of Alarch, 1846. M. Edwards, Usher of the Court of Bankruptcy. stated that he administered the oath to the defendant. He was not certain whether the Court was sitting at the time, but it was tl.e custom to administer the oath when the registrar was there. . Mr.:. F. Miller, the registrar of the Court of Bank ruptcy, stated that the affidavit of the 30th of March was sworn be:ore him, on the authority of the sth and 6th of ♦ictoria, e. 122, s. 67. The Court, he believed, was not sitting at the time. Mr. C. Humphreys, solicitor for the prosecution, stated that the signature to the affidavit was in the handwriting of Mr. Dunn, and also the body of the affidavit. The only means which he had of knowing that it was so was from the letters which he had received from Mr. Dunn. Mr. Dunn—lf you come to that conclusion from that cir cumstance, world yon think it an extraordinary stretch of pagination if I came to the same conclusion with regard to other persons? Mr. Humphreys—l can only answer for • myself. Mr. Bailey, clerk to Mr. Justice Patte.son, producel the affidavit on the Nth of June to remove the proceedings into this Court by certiorari; there was no affidavit tiled in answer to it, alfaough the proceedings were adjourned fur three or four days. Mr. Fisher, clerk to Mr. Justice Wightman, stated that he administered the oath on that affidavit to the defendant. Mr. Humphreys being recalled, said that the handwriting in the body of the affidavit produced, and the signature to it, were those of the defendant. (The documents referred to in the opening speech of Sir F. Thesiger were here put in.) Cross-examined by Mr. Dunn—l have been solicitor to Miss Burdett Courts since 1838, and during that, period have been engaged for her in other matters besides the prosecu tions against you. Mr. Dunn—lt has teen a very lucrative business for you, Mr. Humphreys.—( Laughter.) Pray, how many prosecu tions have you had against ins? Mr. Humphreys—l think four. The first was at Harrogate, upon which you were sent to York Castle ; the second at Bow-street, before Sir F. Roe, upon which you were imprisoned in Tothill-fields Prison. Mr. Dunn—Well, the third ?—(Laughter.) Mr. Humphreys—The third was in Middlesex, and the fourth was that now before the Court ; upon ono of these oc casions, before Lord Denman, you were discharged. Mr. Dunn—Do you believe his Lordship would have dia.. charged me if he thought Miss B. Coutts was in danger of bodily harm from me? Mr. Humphreys hesitated. Mr. Dunn—Come, come, Mr. Humphreys, don't be afraid; his Lordship will not be vexed with you.—(Laughter.) Mr. Humphreys—l cannot tell what passed in his Lord ship's mind. (Several letters were produced by Mr. Dunn to the witness, which he declared not to be in Miss Burdett Coutts's handwriting ) Mr. Miller produced the schedule filed by the defendant in 1845, in the Court of Bankruptcy, in which there was no statement of any debt due to him from Miss Coutts Mr. Jarman, clerk to Mr. Humphreys, stated, that on the 20th of March, 1846, he delivered to Mr. Dunn Mr. Hum phreys's reply to his letter of the 19th. Mr. Dunn tore it in pieces, and said, " D— the letter, that is no answer." The witness picked up the pieces, arid haying put them together he now produced the letter in court. The affidavits referred to in Sir F. Thesiger's speech hav ing been handed in, Miss Angela Burdett Coutts was sworn, on the bench, and gave the following evidence:-1 reside at No. 1, Stratton street, Piccadilly, and ens a partner in the house of Messrs. Coutts and Co. 1 received the letters now put into my hands, and dated the 13th and 23d of January, 1846, from that per. son (Mr. Dunn). Sir F. THESIGER—Did you ever give an authority to the defendant to draw on your banking-house? Miss Burdett Coutts—Certainly not. Nor am I indebted to bins in any . way. Sir. F. TnEseGER (handing to Miss Coutts the doggrel verses upon which the defendant rested his authority to draw on the bank)—Did vou ever write that ? Miss Bur dett Coutts—l did not. I never wrote any letter to this person. Mr. Dunn—Did you ever receive two letters from me, of which these are copies? Sir F. Tnesicasit—l object to this line of examination. I protest against your puttit,g in copies of letters. Mr. Dunn—t want to show that Miss Coutts received let ters from me, of which these are copies. Miss Burdett Coutts (addressing herself to the jury)—l re ceived a great many letters from this person. Mr. Dunn—Did you receive two letters from me, when you were staying at the Queen's Hotel, Harrogate? Miss Bur dett Coutts-1 received two letters from a stranger, signed with this person's name. Mr. Dunn—What did you do with them? Mien Burdett Coutts-1 tore them up, and threw them away amongst other waste paper.—(Great laughter.) Mr. Dunn—Did you make any communication to Mr. Marjoribanks about me? Miss Burdett Coutts—l consulted him as a friend, and re quested bins to rid me from the annoyance I was under from this person's conduct. Lord DENMAN—HOW do you mean to apply this evidence? Nlr. Dunn—l mean to show that the two letters to which I have referred were in existence when I wrote to Mr. Mar joribanks, requesting that they might be returned, and that Miss Coutts refused to give them up. If I prove that, do I not raise the question that I had a right to presume they were retained from regard to the writer?—(Great laughter.) I may be laughed at by the Court, but 1 think this is a ju,t as,umption. Lord Des:mast—l don't sea how what took place at Harro gate can apply to this case. Mr. Dunn (to the witness)—'Pill you have any objection to write the authority for me that I have shown you ?—( Loud laughter, which lasted for some time, and at the dose of which Mr. Dunn most composedly repeated his request, to the great amazement of Miss Coutts and every one who heard him.) Sir F. TIIIISIGSIt—ReaIIy this is a most novel request. Mr. Dunn—l wily wish the lady to do so for the satisfac tion of the jury relative to her handwriting. Miss Burdett Coutts—l have no objection to do so, if the jury or his Lordship wish it. The jury unanimously replied—No, no. Sir F. falissioarit-1 am your counsel, Miss Coutte, and I must beg you will not do so. Mr. Dunn—What did you do with the letters you received from me? S Miss Burdett Coutts — l sent them all to my solicitor; he had general instructi ons t o take the necessary steps to rid me of the annoyance w h ich I was receiving from this per son, I did nut read all the letters which I received from repudiate the au th or i ty this person ; f or , w hen ascertained th em to b e from hint, I r.O forwardedsuanittidelh repeated la t rd o . riell received ra n ett. p 3r m you to draw on y our b an k ? Humphreys, to times the f o ll ow i ng ques ti on : M D which eY t unopened. 1 cannot say that I did. I repeat, that I gave him general instructions to take the necessary steps. Mr. Dunn—Don't you think now, as a lady, that my let ter to Mr. Marjoribanks was one that required an answer? S;r F. TitEslGEs—That depends v ery much upon the per-. :son who wrote it.—(Laughter.) blr' Dunn—l think you had better get into th e witness box at once, Sir F rederick.— (Much laughter.) LTo th e witness] —How stlrouncg tiodid you wait b efore giving Mr. ns to prosecute me? Mi ss B urdett Coutts— gave no instructions respecting an indictme n t ; my instructions were ge neral. Mr. Dunn then aske4 Miss Coutts h er op i n i on as to the handwriting of sever a l p ersons in lett ers which he produced ; and n of which he as k e d h er to speak to. At this last questio n, which was put by the defendant in the most unfeeling manner, and am idst the disgust of the ;whole court, Miss C outts became muc h agitated, and, after !struggling for a minu te or two to con ceal her emotion, drew .att7tg these e handwriting Burdett, was oneee from her lat e f at h er, Sir Francis 'down' her veil to conceal her tears. Lord Deristau turned with great indignation of manner towards the defendant, and said to him, " Your conduct, Sir, is extremely improper." Mr. Dunn thereupon gate up hi s sat down. Edward Marjoribauks was then called, and said—l am one of the partners in Coutts's bank. I received a letter by the post from Mr. Dunn on the 13th of January, 1846, stating that he had authority from Miss Coutts to draw on the bank for such a suns as should be a compensation to him for the injuries he had received from her. Mr. Dunn afterwards called on me. Ile produced several papers. I said Miss Coutts's order was the paper alone I wished to see. Ile then produced some doggrel hues. I expressed some surprise he should produce such a document, but stud I could assure him it was not Miss Coutts's handwriting, and I called in Mr. Robinson, who stated the same fact. On the 20th of March, 1846, another letter came from Mr. Dunn, stating that he should place the matter under the bankrupt laws, and asking Miss Coutts's address. t Mr. Dunn wished to put in a letter, dated in 1838, ur ging if it led to show that he had been deluded, he bad a right to put it in. Lord DeNmAN considered it could not be read. Mr. Duen—What do you do if forged cheques are pre sented. Witness-1 can tell you what we do not do; we do nut pay them. If ar. order was presented for which there was no authority, I should ask the party to leave the bank as soon as he could. I should not give bins into custody, Mr. Dunn was putting a great many irrelevant questions, whim Lord DENMAN 101(1 him be was wasting a great deal of time in putting questions which bad nothing to do with the matter. Wi ness—l recollect seeing you a sec ond time, when Sir Edmond Antrohus was present. I never saw y our bill. Mr. Robinson, one of the clerks in Cou tts's bank, said—l was resent when the defendant had the co nversation with Mr. Marjoribanks. I told him the lines were not in M i ss Coutts's handwriting. p Cross-examined—l do not think you said that you be lieved the authority to be genuine, and that you should act upon it. Miss Coutts has not a private clerk in the bank. Sir Edmund Antrobus—l saw Mr. Dunn when he came with an order for money. He produced drawn by himself on the account of Miss Cou tte, and which was as follows: a draft for 100,0004, dion, and " London, March 4, 1846. " Gentlemen,—Pay myself, or order, the sum of one hun dred thousand pounds. u RICHARD DUNN, " Bs' the authority of Miss Coutts. " Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand." I . told him we had no authority. lie then produced some lines, which I told him were not in the handwriting of Miss Ccutts, and therefore could be no authority. Mr. Ingleback confirmed what I had st a ted. Cross -examined—Thi s is not the order you presented to tts. Mr. Dunn—By the living God I had no other. Witness —The draft you presented was on a small strip of paper, and not, as this is, on a sheet of letter-paper. I did not say, " Get Miss Coutts's cheque and we will pay it." Miss Coutts has no private clerk in the bank. If you had signed Miss Loutta's name we should have pro ceeded against you. You ought to know best whe th er it is a fraud t o sign by the authority of another. I suppose en deavouring to obtain money by false pretences is a crime. Mr. Dunn —Why Wit did you not send me to Bow-street? ness—biecause we were too lenient with you. Edward Ingleback—l am a clerk in the bank. The de fendant asked me if I attended to 'Miss Coutts's business. I asked him what it was about. lie said he had a draft to present for payment. Knowing him, I took him into a private room, and he presented a draft for 100,000/. I took it to Sir Edmund Antrobus, who told him that was no authority to pay money upon. The defendant said he had an authority, and produced something, and the deflidant was told that it was not in the writing of Miss Coutts. A little altercation took place, and Mr. Marjoribanks came into the room and told him he bad had an answer to his applies. Lion, ~n d desired him to leave the house. Cro:s-examined—This certainly is not the draft you pro• duced at that time. It was the same in substance; but it is not on the same paper. You told him something to the effect that you wished to take further proceediugs upon it, You pressed Sir Edmond Antrobus to mink the dishonour on the face of the bill, but he refused to do so. This closed the CasE. , for the prosecution. Mr. Dunn then addressed the jury—They had been told that he was placed in a most painful position ; he admitted, to the fullest extent, most of the observations the Learned Counsel had made, and he thanked him for not denying to him what God Almighty had given him—a sound intelli gence. Whatever he had done, he was: ready to stand or fall by it, pleading no excuse, either from the want of ciency of judgment or of intellect. If he could have had his choioe he should have been defended by sonic learned counsel, whose calm discretion would have been exerted in this pain ful task, but it was unnecessary for bins to tell them the cir cumstances that compelled hit - n to defend himself before the God whom he called to witness his oath, and before Hie de- puty, the judge who now presided, and before the jury, to vindicate and justify, to the best of his belief, the step that he had taken. They had now heard the evidence in support of the prosecution, and to constitute perjury the oath must be false to the knowledge of the party making it ; it must be done with a fraudulent and wicked intention—it was only upon their being satisfid, not merely that the docu. ment was not the lady's handwriting, but that he knew it to be a fabricated instrument, that they could come to the con clusion that he was guilty of the crime laid to his charge. If a man made a mistake it was not perjury. tie might have mistaken the handwriting of the authority, and mistakee even of gree , er matters hael occurred, and would occur to the end of rims, t,etween men of as sound judgment as ever sat upon that. bench. Tie am hority upon which he acted cense to him through the post-office, and it was signed A. B. C." Considering that his letters might be inter cepted or refused, he had taken the precaution of getting Captain Sutherland to write the direction upon the answer he returned to ir. Every single letter admitted the receipt of a letter in reply from 'inn. Could he, were he kneeling at the foot of the Throne befOre which he must one day appear, entertain any doubt., any reasonable doubt, that those letters came from Miss Burdett Coutts ? Ilis letters were put in the post, and by the post he received replies to them. It was a hard thing to assert that Miss Courts would practise such a diabolical fraud upon him. He would not go the length of saying that she had done so, but he would prove that he neither knew, directly nor indirectly, Miss Coutts's hand writing, nor did he know that those letters came from any other party than the one to whom he bad written in reply. He would ask, then, would any man amongst them, if he received a letter from a party and answered it, and got another letter book, and so on for four betters--would they, as rational men, doubt that they were genuine letters? The conduct of this lady was such es to lead his mind to the conclusion that she was under restraint, and Mr. Marjoribanks was the party who stood between him and this most unhappy lady—fOr unhappy she was in every way, so far as he could learn.—(Shouts of laughter.) They might laagh, but it was no laughing matter for him ; it was a serious anel grave imputation—that of having been wickedly led into making an affidavit, which he had done, supposing the authority to be genuine. He had shown the authority to several persons, and they had all told hint that they be lieved it to be in the handwriting of Miss Coutts. This lady hat exhibited articles of the peace against him, and bad de clared that she believed her life to be in danger ; and yet, npon this the judges had discharged him. What reliance could they now place on the oath of a party when the judges had discharged him from prison, where he had been sent upon articles of the peace? \V as not Miss Coutts bound, as a decent woman, as a lady, as a Christian, to tell him that these letters were not its her handwriting, and that he was under a deception? Would it have degraded her in her dignity—would it have lowered her rank—would it have been anything but common decency or common humanity to have saidto Humphreys, who was snapping at every opportu nity for 6s. Bd., to have said to him," Go and see Mr. Dunn ; I don't think he will take your lite ; assure him I have not written any letter to him ?" Had that been dune ? Did they supprise that if he posted letters Miss Coutts did not receive them ? And if the case stood upon that basis alone he would ask this simple question,—had not Miss Coutts, if she received them, and the answers were not hers, com mitted upon him as gross, as wicked, and as unjustitiable a fraud as had ever been committed upon man ? The first letter which he had received from Miss Coutts in the Fleet Prison was not so ridiculous as Sir F. Thesiger wished to make it appear. The commencement of it, which would perhaps be sufficient, ran thus : "Art thou not dear unto my heart ? Oh, search that heart and see, And from my bosom tear the part Which beats not true to thee." If slay one strove to play a trick upon him, the fact that the letters were addressed by a strange hand, which he was able to establish, would be suflicieot to prove that intention. Who ever played such a trick must have had access to his letters. His Lordship told him that he must not go into tie orOn of the case, as the present inquiry was not connected with it. He, however, certainly did tWilk it was, and he would submit with all respect to the Noble and Learned Lord, that the whole conduct of a party who did strange thing., or who was alleged to do strange things, ought to be calmly a.:;(1 dispaasionately viewed, betore the last act of the comedy which Miss Coutts seemed to think it necessary to pay at his expense was consummated; and he thought that what she did when he first had the misfortune to meet her—what she did when he said, " Hand me back my letters, and I will retire from your presence for ever," had very much the ap pearance of casting out an anchor to catch a man.—(Laugh ter. ) She was bound to have said to him, if she desired to rid herself of hitp as an annoyance, "Sir, there is yoar trash ; take it, and go home to your owa country; I do not want it." —(Great laughter.) Mr. Dunn here entered into a long and rambling defence of himself, in the course of which he assailed the evidence of Miss Coutts, Mr. Marjoribanks, Sir E. Antrobus, and the other witnesses called for the prose cution. lie declared it to be still his firm belief that the authority on which he acted was a good authority in point of law, and he suggested, as a reason why Miss Coutts should grant that authority, her compunction at the persecution he had met with from her. The doggrel verses in which the authority was conveyed be explained as originating in a de sire on the part of the prosecutrix to play fast and loose with bhn. After a very long speech, the greater part of which was spoken in a moderate tone of voice, he concluded by imploring the jury, as they valued their own honour, to pro tect hie. The fig lowing evidence was then given for the defence:— Sarah North—l was your servant in 1842 and 1843 in the Fleet Prison. I know these two letters perfectly well. I received them at your door in the prison from the post car rier, and gave them to you. I received three or four of them • one was a valentine. I recollect you sending replies, and them; Sutherland directed them, and von told me to post them in Piccadilly, that it might not lie known where they ewe from. I did so. They were addressed to Miss Coutts, I, Stratton-street, Piccadilly. I lived with you in the Queen's Prison also. I dare say I posted three or tour letters for you in 1812. Cross-examined—One of the letters was a valentine. Mr. Dunn used to show me his letters. I have heard him tell Captain Sutherland about the letters. Mary Turner—l called upon you at the Fleet, and you asked me to post a l e tt er , i n 1842. I think I posted one to Miss Coutts. It was directed by Captain Sutherland. David Law—l am an accountant. I recollect your inter view with Wells in January or February, 1846, when two letters were produced, purporting to have been written by Miss Coutts to Lord James Stewart. Nathaniel Wells—l showed you two letters, purporting to have been written by Miss Coutts, to satisfy you that the letters you bad were not in the handwriting of Miss Coutts. I beg to state that the moment I produced the letters I had Mr. Dunn said that those letters were not hers. The opinion I formed was, that there was such a similarity in the writing as there is between those of ladies who have been taught by the same sort of master. My impression was, that your letters were not in the writing of Miss Coutts, and I have told you so from time to time. You told mr you should subpoena me, and I told you I did nut wish to appear, for I should be a witness against you. I said I had seen Miss Coutts sign one of the letters I had, which, how ever, was untrue, but 1 did so to prevent further annoyance. Mr. Dunn wished to recall Mr. Las:, to give a different account of what took place. Mr. I, lw was recalled—Wells sail that lie could prove the letters to Lord Stewart to be the writing of Miss Coutts, and lie then looked at your letters, and said there was a great similarity; and upon being asked by you if lie was called as a witness what he would state, he said he would swear he believed them to be in the writing of Miss Coutts Cross-examined--My acquaintance with Mr. Dunn has been for seven or eight years, on very intimate terms. I visited him twice at the Fleet and once at the Bench. John Smith—l was post-master in the Queen's Prison. These letters Caine through the Post-office. Sir F. THESIGER replied at some length, pointing out the inconsistency of the defendant's speech, and the strong ad ditional reasons which that and the evidence supplied for regarding his whole conduct as a deeply-laid scheme to ex tort money from Miss Coutts. Lord DENMAN summed up the case. First, the jury had to say whether it was the intention of the defendant to make Miss Coutts a bankrupt, 23 that was laid in the indictment. The rest of the indictment imputed to the defendant that he falsely swore to those verses being the composition of Miss Coutts. That the oath was false, he (Lord Denman) took to be completely proved, and the only question was as to the defendant's knowledge of its untruth. The jury at once rwurned a verdict of Guilty. The defendant took some formal objection to the indict ment, which we did not distinctly catch, but which we un derstood to be that it had undergone material alteration. Lord DENMAN having refused to sustain the objection, Sir F. THESSGER prayed fur the judgment of the Court; and Lord DEarstAN, in a tone of great severity, and amidst the moat profound silence, said--Richard Dunn, you have been convicted upon the clearest evidence of a must base and malignant act, founded on the most corrupt motives, and tending to the persecution of an individual who appears to be in the highest degree entitled to respect, and evidently incapable of doing that which you have imputed to her by this affidavit; because, if there was nothing but the appear ance of the paper itself, no man in the possession of his senses could doubt that Miss Coutts never wrote that paper. I cannot entertain the smallest doubt that that paper was fabricated by yourself. Mr. Dunn exclaimed— As I stand before Almighty God, my Maker, I never did nor do I know whom it came from. May I never enter into the kingdom of God if I know who wrote it.—(Great sensation.) thating sauchperhsoornridconieavicptreedcatoiofnpse. Lord DEsrattar—lt is very shocking to he a r a man mustutter rjuiryl'utdo3e'osunot obtain remember credit for what he says. Mr. Dunn—l know that; but— Lord AN DEN M (with inc reas , d e mpha s i s ) —Nobody can doubt but that you h ave d one i t yourse l f; or put some b o dy tod oit for you. You had no ground f it or supposingwashers. You have constantly persecuted her. I cannot forget what I particularly know. Although legal defects may have prevented your continuing in confinement, I cannot forget the facts that were brought before us, and the deep regret with which the judges of the land felt them selves bound to deprive that lady of the protection of the law. That matter has been long before the public, and has gained a disgusting sort of familiarity. A person during the course of eight years, from some absurd imagination and perverted judgment, but also from most corrupt feeling throughout towards a pecuniary ob ject, seeks to persecute an individual by legal instrumentality. This conduct no one throughout the country can think of without some degree of shame. I hope we shall eradicate it, and, in the present instance, I think it is most. desirable that the !sentence should be immediately passed. I have doubted whether it was not my duty to pronounce sentence of trans portation, but upon coa-iideration, and particularly with respect to the feeling of the public mind with regard to that punishment, I shall pronounce a sentence of imprisonment; bat that must be severe. The sentence is, that you be im prisoned for eighteen months in the Queen's Prison, and give securities at the end of that time, yourself in 1001., and two sureties in 50/. each, for two years, and that you be then imprisoned until those sureties be entered into. The tipstaff instantly removed Mr. Dunn from the Court. (Sittings at Guildhall.) The Court, yesterday, after trying two cases of minor in terest, adjourced until the next City sittings, after Easter I Term. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, March 1. (Sittings before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Special Juries). The Court was occupied during nearly the whole of the day in hearing a crtse arising out of a wood paving company, the particulars cf which did not however furnish any feature of public importance. At the conclusion of the case the Court adjourned until Easter term. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Mardi I. This being the last day of the London sittings, the Court was engaged with common jury cases of no interest but to the parties concerned. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. The 161st sessions of this Court, and fifth during the pre sent Mayoralty, were opened yesterday morning in presence of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Sir Chapman Marshall, Alderman Hughes, and Sheriffs Challis and Kennard, and the Learned Recorder of the City of London. From the short time which had elapsed since the last sessions, the calendar was necessarily light; it contained the names of no more than 101 persons committed to take their trial on the present occasion, but some of these for crimes of rather grave character. The RecenwEit, when the grand jury had been chosen and sworn in, proceeded as usual to deliver his charge. He sari the calendar contained a list of persons amounting to 1114; but he was given to understand that that number had been already greatly augmented by commitments on Saturday la-t, and he believed it vety probable that a considerable addition would be made to that number in the course of their attendance there. There were a number of the cases cem mitted for trial which were of grave importance and serious aspect, but in general they were simple in the facts, and it (lid not appear to him after reading ov , r the depositions that they were at all likely to involve arty questions of law. But if contrary to his expectation. suit difficultiet should arise, the Court, as usual, would readily furnish the grand jury with the assistance which the cir cumstances mip lit appear to require; yet considering the de positions which had been submit (!il to him, wi( 1 , one excep tion, he did not think the cases called for any lengthened ob servations on his part. There were such crimes in the c :lender as rutting and wounding, using violence towards children under ten years of age. and other offences of like serious nature; but still the question whether these cases ought to he submitted to further investigation depended upon the evidence, whether that was such as to support the charge; and in exercising their judgment on that they would merely have to consider whether the evidence was left unanswered and unexplained, for in that case they would have to send it for further inquiry before the petit jury. But, on the other hand, if the case on the part of the prosecutor did not warrant them in giving the evidence their credit; if it betrayed any sinister motive on the part of the person promoting the charge, it became the duty of the grand jury to sheltet the person committed from further proceedings on that charge. There was, how ever, one case • on which he felt it his duty to make a few remarks, because it was a case a little out of the ordinary character, and one where, though the facts were of the clearest description, some considerations perhaps beyond them were involved. It was not his duty to say what was the proper effect of the evidence which appeared on the de positions, but it might be necessary to lay before them such observations as he thought might enable them to come to the conclusion whether they ought to send the case for fnrther inquiry. He alluded to the charge of manslaughter in the administering of medicine. Now that was a case in which a distinction had been laid down in law, that if a physician or surgeon should in the proper discharge of his vocation administer medicines or potions, and death should fellow, that that was not manslaughter or murder, but a misadventure. But he felt it necessary to observe another distinction which had been taken in cases of this nature, viz., between a licensed member of the profession, a rsTular phv sician or surgeon, and a person not in possemen of this token. Several haul attempted le dam this distinction, but authorities in law questioned the propriety of it, and Mr. Justice lilackstene concurred in doing so, and it was laid down, that, unless the person in charge of the patient showed gross ignorance, or a criminal disregard of human life, he was not to be charged in criminal law. The question, therefore, they would have to consider in the present case would be, whether the party charged with misconduct had, in that misconduct, showed a gross and culpable ignorance of the medicines pre:cribed, er the case dealt with, or whether he exhibited a criminal disregard of human life. The Recorder here read from the books in confirmation of his opinion, and quoted tire case of Mr. Long, whom the jury, after consideration of the evidence, found guilty of a cri minal disregard of human lire. Now, in the present case the circumstances were peculiar. Ordinarily speaking,, the act done was immediately traceable to the party cheesed, and then it became a simple question whether he was either innocent or guilty—whether the potion adini • nistered was dangerous which had ended in death. In the present case a prescription had been written out and given to the patient ; the nature of the indieposition for which a re randy was sonelit did not appear definitely on the face of the depositions, and that, he believed, was not necessary. Here a prescription was given for medicines, partly pills, partly liquids, wilds were to consist of certain ingredients, and when made up to be taken in certain proportions. It ap peared that the first lime that prescription had been made up under the superintendence of the party charged with the offence on his own premises, and by his own officials, and that it had been taken by the patient wthout any bad consequences. But the second time the pre scription had been made up by a third party, by as ordinary chemist, and the effect proved fatal. Now, they would have to consider whether the ingredients in the potion were of an injurious nature, whether they were calcu lated when mixed to destroy lite. whether there was any appearance of gross ignorance in making out such a prescrip tion, or any criminal disregard of human life in leaving either the terms of the prescription so vague and ill defined that in the hands of a third person ill consequences would arise, or in leaving a prescription of such a kind to the ill chances which might arise from a is pographical error on its being made up by an ordinary chemist. The prescription in this case was the compound spirit of ammonia 2 drachms, the tincture of opium 16 drops, prussic acid of Scheele's strength 4 drops, compound strychnia powder 2 grains, and bitter almond water 6 ounces; a spoonful and a fish to be taken three times a day. As he had intimated before, this precription having been made up, exclusive of the strychnia powder, was ad:ninister• d i r the quantity pre scrilsed to the patient, a young lady. After taking it she walked a short distance, then fell, became immediately in sensible, and almost immediately died. As they would gather from what he had said, one of the ingredients had not been included in the draught administered. If that ingredient, being incLided, would have had the effect of neutralising all poisonous qualities in the medicine, then nothing could be alleged against the party charged for having prescribed me dicines of a dangerous character. But, again, if any, or all the other ingredients were poisonous, and this one being poisonous also only added to the general effect, their conclu ' eion must be different, and the person prescribing responsible for his prescriptions. It was worthy of remark, that there were two articles mentioned in that prescription, namely. compound strychnia powder, 2 grs., and bitter almond water 6 ounces. These were not to be found in any former Pharmacopceia; and any ordinary chemist, called on to make up the prescription, would be ignorant of the effect it might have upon the patient. This must be ob served, that the last of the ingredients, almond water, con tained in it a poison which was extremely dangerous in it self, and the quantity infused into the water differed much in degree, and contained proportions of prussic acid which were never known to be applied internally. That, then, inferred danger ; but it was connected with others for their were other ingredients, viz., prussic acid of Scheele's strength, 4 drops; the tincture of opium, 16 drops; strychnia powder, 2 grains—all added to the bitter almond-water. The jury would have to inquire what was strychnia powder. Ile might tell them what it was, but he would not presume to submit his opinion, as they would have medical gentle men before them from whom it would be the duty of the grand jury distinctly to ascertain the nature of that ingredient, and the effect which it would produce on the whole mixture, whether or not it would neutralize the (alters. They were then to ascertain whether any evil Meets had followed from the omission of that ingredient ; haying ascer tained that, they would inquire whether the death occurring in thiS case could be traced to the prescription. Haying ascer tained these questions, and satisfied themselves upon it, they would inquire whether this prescription had been issued with an injunction that it might be made up by an ordie nary chemist, and thereby showed a rash disregard of human lite, as Lord Lyndhurst had ruled, when he said " I leave it to the jury to say whether death has been occasioned or accelerated by this medicine ; and second, I tell the jury that the prisoner is guilty of manslaughter if he has acted in gross ignorance, or exhibited a rash and criminal disregard of human life. The Learned Recorder, aftercommenting at more length on the parti culars which he had just laid down, dismissed the grand jury to the discharge of their important dirties. The morning was mostly occupied with swearing in the petit jury. LIMITED ENLISTMENT BILL. Mr. FOX MA ULE moved the first reading of a Bill for li miting the period of enlistment in the army. He did not pro pose to enter into details; he would simply state that the period in the infantry would be limited to ten years, and in the ca valry to twelve years. Mr. HENLEY hoped that a week, instead of twenty-four hours, would be given to the person enlisting to consider. The House then adjourned at "1 welve o'clock. L,AW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Veb. 27. (Before Lord DEN MA N and a SFecial Jury, at Guidlaall.) THE QUEEN V. DUNN. Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Hawkins appeared fcr Miss Burdett Coutts, the prosecutrix is this case ; and Mr. Dunn, a quondam Irish barrister, defended himself. l tie case, with the character of which the public are fami liar, attracted to the court, which was densely crowded throughout the proceedings, an unusual concourse of spec tators. Expectation was on the tiptoe to see Mr. Dunn brought face to face with the rich heiress whom he has so long persecuted by Lis addresses, and to hear what he had to say in justification of the extraordinary case made out against him. The Court commenced its sitting at half-past nine o'clock, and at that hour Mr. Dunn, whose appearance, though decidedly Hibernian, is not unprepossessing, took his seat within the bar, at one end ot the space allotted to queen's counsel. He is a man between forty and City years of age, his hair rather grey, about the middle height, well dressLd, with a gentlemanly bearing and an intelligent expres,ion. Ilis manner throughout the proceedings was contikleut and unabashed, and while at some moments he became greatly excited in the conduct of his case, he never appeared to lode the self-possessio❑ which a firm re liance on the merits ot one's cause is generally supposed to Inspire. Miss Burdett Coutts was present in court during the whole proceedings. she sat beside Lord Denman on the bench, and was a. companied by airs. 0. Cave and Lord Sandon. Throughout the sitting she preserved a dignified composure of manner, which gained for her general sympathy, as all telt how deeply her feelings must have been wounded by the details of this extraordinary and yet ridiculous trial. Mr. HawKiNs opened the pleadings by stating that this was au indictment fur wilful and corrupt perjury, assigned on an atlitavit sworn by the defendant in the Cnur: of Bank ' ruptcy, on the 31st of March, MG. The defendant had pleaded Not Guilty, and upon that plea issue wasa joined. Sir EitEneatieni THEsIGEnt then stated the case to the jury. He said that, considering the serious nature of the charge against the defendant, and the cot sequences that must inevitably follow upon conviction, he desired as far as possible to abstain from introducing any topics which might seem to be irrelevant, or calculated to prejudice the defendant. But the esse itself was one of so peculiar and extraordinary a nature, and the grounds on which the defendant had at tempted, and probably would again attempt, to justify biscuit duct were so strange, that he should necessarily require to make a short preliminary explanation. The perjury was charged to have been committed in an affilavit tiled by the defendant in the Court of Bankruptcy, for the purpose of prosecuting a fiat against the prosecutrix, Miss Burdett Coutts; and in order to justify the statement which was made in the affi davit, that Miss Burdett Coutts was indebted to him, the de fendant alleged that he had front her an authority to draw upon the banking-house of Messrs. Ceutts and Co., for a sum of money which should be a com pensation ter certain injuries which ho supposed he had received at Miss Coutts's hands. It would be absolutely necessary, therefore, in order to refute the ab suid notion which was to be made the ground of defence, that he should state a few facts, nearly all of which would be established under the handwriting of the defendant. They were aware that the prosecutrix (Miss Burdett Coutts) was the daugl.ter of the late Sir Francis Burdett, and the grand elaughterpa ta ' • that she derived her name and con siderable prevettpfrom her grandfather, and that she repre sented the iliterr,st'whiCtr ha had in the banking concern. The defendant. (Mr. DunzaXwas an Irish barrister. but had not been in practice fur. a number of years. Ile had been resikn't.:in„this :eountry, and was a person not in very irstinistances., For a long series of years he had lieen t,nrsupig ,a course of conduct towards Alias Coutts of be ltivs qffeasive and annoying description. Ile had pnr -811 Ile,i,frisLin place to place, persecuted her with letters of a extrafirdmary character, sometimes breathing the most tadi,hr and passionate affection, at others pretend- Inine s ;ias entitled to institute legal proceedings against IT* ?or some imaginary wrong, or the breach of some supposed. engagement, and by persevering in this conduct he had caused her to lead a life of continued anxiety and apprehension. During the whole of flans trying period she had been prudently and cautiously acting under the advice of friends, aided by professional as sistance. She had been compelled, on mature than one occasion, to resort to the law for protection, and under the proceedings so instituted, Mr. Duet) had occasionally been imprisoned for want of sureties to keep the peace towards the lady. There bad been other proceedings in the courts of law, in which, unfortunately, Miss Coutts's name had been dragged before the public in connexion with that of Mr. Dann, and which had, unhappily, given to this case a most painful notoriety. That tile object of the defendant had been to extort money he thought they could have no doubt. He seemed to have flattered himself that Miss Burdett Cents might be disposed to make no inconsinerable sacrifices to rid herself of his inn portunities, which had actually rendtr,d her life miserable. Taking thin it» their guide to the conduct of the defendant, he thou g ht it would go far to explain to them his last daring effort, tar beyond anything which t e hsd ever previously 3!temptei, widen had brought him ..vithin the range of the Criminal C urts, and made bins subject to the present in dictment. Ills attack commenced by letters on the 13th of January, 1846 ; one to Mr. Marjorib inks. a partner in atessrs. Ciutts's bank, and the other to the prosecutrix herself. The letter to Mr. Marjoribanks was as follows.— "I deem it my duty to inform you that I have received an authority from your partner, Miss Coutts, to draw upon your bank fin - compensation for the injuries, &c., she has infl:cted uron Ise. Previously to my doing so it is only right to show you the authority, it not being in the usual form, although it is the genuine authority of that lady, to whom it is not my wish to act with unkindness. I don't wish to incon venience you, or to draw the sum out of the bank at present. The authority is good or bad. I have tested it in every way in my power, and I believe it to be genuine; and I shall act on it as such, affording you every reasonable opportunity of satisfying yourself. I shall inform Miss Coutts of my inten tion to take this step. I purpose to call to-morrow after noon, so as to give you time to communicate the contents of this letter to her." The defendant then wrote the following letter to Miss Coutts: " It is my intention to call at your bank to-morrow, to test your sincerity and liberality, as I have before informed you. apprised Mr. Marjoribanks of this my intention by a letter of the same date as this. It is my wish to act with strict honour to you, as I have heretofore endeavoured to do. It is my wish to leave the sum in Your bank for the present, and it was my wish to solicit the honour of an interview with you, that we might psssibly come to some understanding, to remove the bitterness of the past and the future, and if you think I can c• ntribute to your happiness, I shall be yours. If you cannot have me, the sum I draw shall be in full of all demands. If you ever wish to have the protection of a man's arm, send for thrt man who writes this, and if any man's arm can protect you, mine is at your command." The defendant did not call on the following day, but on the , day atter Jan. 13) he presented himself at the banking- ' house, and was introdueod into a private room, where he saw Mr. Nlarjoribanks, and during the interview between them a clerk went into the ro in. dr. Dunn endeavoured to get Mr. Marjoribanks into conversation, which that gentleman dee:lined• lie th en pro d uce d as hi s aut h or i ty from bliss Utt 3 a Copy of doggrel verses. Mr. Marjoribanks imme diately denied it to be in Mi ss C ou tt s ' s wr i t i ng , an d t h e c l erk said the same. o prosecutri x:— the 23d of J anuar y h e wr o t e aga i n to t h e " I think it right to • Marjoribanks, who info in e f:i i rrn you that I called upon Mr. s ' ati r , ne that you have not given any authority to pay me any alter the legal street of Ot o Toney but this will not yo p u n r ,,er er, although it may the handwriting will but moral ; and putting me to enlighten the eyes of the commutZT.."l. The jury would observe the eauti.us steps by a wh* lthe de fendant proceeded. He began by intimatin g to the the that he had authority to draw upon it, 1,; authority ha LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MARCH I.—Wind N.E., fresh breeze, and hazy. DEAL, FEB. 28.—Wind E. - Shi. Atlas, Havannali ; St. James, New York ; Fairy Queen, Cape of Good Hope. Bumf, FEN. 28.—Wind strong.—Sld. Ant, New York ; Drie Vrienden, Batavia. GLoucissmn, FIB. 28.—Wind E.—Sld. Nicaragua, New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 27.—The Cuba, Whitehaven, to An tigua, was towed into Kingstown yesterday, dismasted, and a derelict, having been in contact off Holyhead 23d inst., with the Symmetry, from St. John's, gew Brunswick. Arrd. 28.—Orixa, Christian, Singapore; Hannah Sa Robertson, Calcutta; Priscilla, Goble. Paraiba; Jane Bar bara, Brown, Mobile; Symmetry, M'Nennell, St. John's, New Brunswick, with loss of bowsprit, bead, cut water, &c., having been in contact. Sld. 28, Lord Seaton, New Orleans; Rowland, New Orleans; Eliza and Superior, Mobile; Engi neer, New York; Louisiana, New York; Euphrailia, Boston. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Adolph, Bolime, 1, est Coast of Africa, and St. Thomas, leaky SM. Royal George, Adelaide, South Australia. Off port, General Vanderrbosh, Batavia for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind E.—Arrd. Clara Henriett?, Batavia for Amsterdam ; William Shand, Canard, Calcutta. TEIGNMOUTH, FEB. 28. —The Four Brothers of Rye, last from Exmouth, struck on the bar and is full of water, and is likely to become a w reck. B EL FAST, FEB. 27.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Monterey, New York; Lucy, Wright, New Orleans. • HARVLEPOOL, FEB. ?.7 . —Wind E. to E.S.E.—SId. Dun dee, Jamaica. NEWPORT, FEB. 27.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Const an ti ne Hong-Kong; Whampoa, Grenada. CLYDE, FEB. 26.—Wind N.—Arrd. Ellen Roger, China; Calcutta, Mitchell, Sierra Leone; John Willis, De merara. Sld. Mary, Antigua; Raby, New York. HuLt, FIB. N.E.—Sld. William Ward, Gra ville, Greenland. ABERDIES, FEB. 25.--Sld. Mary, Greenland. 24. Ceara, New York. WHITEHAYEN, FEB. 2G.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Ann Wise, Baltimore. _ DUBLIN, Firm 25.—Wind S.S.E.—SId Recovery, New Orleans. _ LIMERICK, FEB. 25.—S1d. Undine, New York. WESTPORT, FEB. 22.—SId. B. Wood, Philadelphia. OLD HAVEN, FEB. 28.—The Rose, of and for Exeter, frcm London, was run down by a three-masted steamer whilst at anchor off this port this morning; crew drowned. DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday information was received by the police that the shop window of Mr. Phillips, No. 11, Tottenham-court -road, goldsmith and jeweller, was smashed in by a youth dressed in a brown frock coat, about fifteen years of age, who took out a tray of diamond, eme rald, and amethyst gold rings and brooches, and notwith standing the number of people who were passing. and an in stant pursuit, effected his escape with the property. FIRE CAUSED BY TAKING A PINCH OF SNUFF. — A few nights since, at Stanton, an old woman by the name of Bruce thought proper, about midnight, to strike a light in order to take pinch of snuffi and by way of making it con venieat, set the candle on her pillow, but before she could ac commodate hri• nose the whole bed was in flames. and also part of her night dress. her screams soon awoke the neigh bows, who hastened to her assistance. A few minutes longer and the whole house, large barn, and out-buildings, must all have gone. 3,iuch credit is due to a man by the the name of Pettitt, and ,his son, who entered the apartment with only a few things on them, and, after much difficulty, succeeded in arresting the progress of the fire.—Suffolk Herald. • MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY•) CORN-EXCHANGE. The past week's arriv a ls o f English Wheat, Barley, Malt' Beans, and Flour, were on a f a i r average scale,'hut those of all other articles of home pr o d uce were sma ll. The receipts grain from Ireland and Scotland were trifling. From abro ad we received a limited supply o f Wh ea t an d Flour; but that of Barley, Oats, and. Beans mite somewhat extensive. Coastwise, a moderate supply of Wheat reached u s from Essex and Kent. By land carriage and sample the fluen tit y was by no means large. On the whole the stands were lto lerably well filled with parcel s of both red 2 t a white in good condition. Several buyers being wta attendance from France, considerable firmness manifested on the part of the holders, and abot, one thousand quarters i f Kentish Wheat were sold for that ci , untrV, at prices rather above those obtained on Mond a y last. however, as the Essex qualities were in by no mea ns active request, and as a total clearance was not effected, W,II may call the English Wheat trade steady, at last MondaY currencies. The quantity of Foreign Wheat on show was small, nevertheless, the transactions in that article were ou 'l to a moderate extent, at unaltered currencies. We had large show of English and F o r e ign Barley, wh • slue met a very dull Inquiry, at a reduction In of from is to 2s per quarter. Superfine 11 """ ether, Malt moved off slowly, at late rates ; but an kinds might have been purchased at a reduction of quite Is per quarter. The total supply of Oats being more than adequate to meet the wants of the dealers, the traa was dull, and prices were Gd to Is per quarter lower than al this day se'unight. In Beans next to nothing was done ' and the quwations receded is per quarter. All kinds of Yeas were heavy, and the turn lower than last week. In Flour' either sack or barrelled, very few sales were concluded• pr:ce we have no alteration to notice. Several cargoes ludian Corn were acid at very full rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE 774 t 821 tVheat—Essex & Kent, NI alt—Chevalier • • •• • • •• - -8) Red, New • ... 70s to 763 Oats— Yorkshire and 355 Ditto,White, New 73s 8:Is Lincolnsh., Feed. 30$ 40$ Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe ••• • • • 36' _ ........._ . _ _ coin, Red... .. 68a 723 Youghai and Cork, 3 " Ditto, White.. . . 73s 788 Black. ••• • • • 3° , 1 3 4s Irish, Red •-..— • • —8 —' Cork, White. •• • • 3 ' l 3 6 8 Ditto, White ••• • • • —s —8 Scotch, Feed.. •• • 33 ' o f Rye—Old .... ~.. .. --5 3 Beans—Tick ..••••.•• 4is ~„ New. .•••—• • • . • . 48s 5Ss Pigeons Barley—Grinding . .. 4I s 45s Pease—Grey. .• ••• • • • 50 ' six 634 Malting .—.• • • • • 538 55s Maple. . ....‘ Chevalier ••• • . 55s 59s White —l SW NI alt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers • folk •••••• • • • • • • 73s 76* Flour ßi To r w s n .......... 1:: :% 1 6 " L i " Brown ..... .•• . • • 653 70s Suffolk Kingston and Ware 76s 78s Stockta & Norfolk 4811 ." bwriTzrrizzn. The following statements show the imports of foreign stock into London during the past wait : From whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep, Cal Vi ta Flushing - ...... Ditto Rotterdam Ditto Ditto Ditto Harlingen Ditto ...... - - ...... dm.. Nieudiep .... ..... ... _........ Total ...... ...... 108 375 890 27 . At the outports, 100 beasts, 200 sheep, and 10 calves 1 3101 been landed, mostly from Rotterdam. The supply I ly of f stock offering consisted of 120 Oxen and Cows, sogreheiegliP' and 5 Calves. The general quality being tolerably good;. nearly the whole found buyers, at fully last week's ilu ° ' - : tions. With Beasts, from our own grazing districts , 11 ,' were, the time of year considered, well supplied, thefts be irl 1.000 head more on sale than at the corresponding market day in 1846. Although the weather continues cold , Beef trade, arising principally from the dead markets being rather heavily stocked with the past week's arrivals f_l l l Scotland and the north of England, was in a very slugg ish state, at the decline in the quotations noticed on Monday l '''; the highest rate for the best Scots not exceeding 4s 2d Pea Bibs. There were some remarkably prime Downs, Scots, " D runts offering, but the general condition of the bullock suPPIY' ta i to weight and condition, was by no means equal to that eV hibited on many previous occasions; at the close of hu sinesi an advance was not effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, 1.., and Cambridge, we received, mostly by railway, nildneV 1,300 Scots, homebreds, and shorthorns; from the north:llsd counties, 350 shorthorns; from the western and mid lsll counties, 800 Devons, runts, Herefords, &c. ; from abedr parts of England, 400 of various breeds; and from Scotian r by steam-vessel, 180 horned and polled Scots. The null, of sheep was again scanty, owing to which the mutton tr" , was firm, at an advance on last week's quotations of 2 d 1 11 81b. This amount of improvement was realised for t, la , eeds. There were about 400 shorn sheep in the 11 1 $ 4 1a chiefly from Lincolnshire. The highest price for the best 01, Downs was 5s 2d per 81b. We had about 250 Dorset hin i i ) , on show, but which sold at irregular prices. Calves Wir e t _ short supply and ready inquiry, at Friday's improvem, en ir viz., of from 2d to 4d per 81b. Neat small porkers slow 0 ; steadily, other qualities of pork slowly, at unaltered cur - rencics. Per Albs. to oink the offal. 3. 0. to s. d. Inferior Beasts.. 210 3 0 iocond quality •.• 3 2 3 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots 3lO 4 2 Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 l'rime small ditto .. 5 0 6 4 +uckling Calves ..18 0 28 0 Inferior Sheep .. 3 8 4 0 I. d. to IA; Second quality ditto 4 4 4'5 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 Southdown Wether 5 0 s `9 Ditto out ofthe wool --- Large flogs •... 3 Small Porkers • 4 8 0 4 `: Quarter old Pigs • •.. .16 l9 Lambs 0 0 ° o SUPPLY AT MARKET. ma- Resists. t Sheep. I Calves. 1 aBO 3,365 I 16,980 78 NZINITGATE AND LEADNISA 3 t an ct the The past week's arrivals of meat E tls fromthose northern parts of England have been on a liberal beaon offer,. from other quarters moderate. The supply of Beef that ot killed in the metropolis, has been seasonably larg e, y ea ), other kinds of meat rather limited. Prime Blutton. . and Pork have sold readily at, in some instances, a trifle mor e money, otherwise the demand has been in a sluggish state' The total number of carcases received since our last has been about 10,500. About 40 carcases of foreign Beef, 90 ditto St Mutton, and 8 ditto of Veal have been on sale. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. i s. d. to s. Beef, inferior...—. 2 6 2 8 ; Mutton, leerier .. 3 6 ! 0 middling .... 210 3 0 middling— 310 : 4 prime large .. 3 2 3 4 prime •••• 4 : 1 1 1 prime small .• 3 4 36 I f Pork, 1arge........ 3 4lO Veal .• ••.•••.• .. • • 4 4 4 4 1 small . ....... 4 • Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP MARILEIT. , We have to report a steady, but by no means In in; quirt', for the best Hops in pockets, at full prices. In al other kinds of Hops, the show of which is good , next to nothing is doing :—Sussex Pockets, 41 to 418 s; Wea ld ° Kent ditto, 4153 to 41 16s; Midland and East Kent ditto, 4/ 15s to 61 10s. _ _ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIZZDS. About 150 tons of Potatoes have arrived from abroad s i n Monday last; but from our own coasts the receipts has been very small. All descriptions are exceedingly dull,: follows:—Yorkshire Regents, 180 s to 220 e; Ditto ro 1803 to 2205; Lincolnshire and Cambridge Regents, 1 80 T. to '2oos; Ditto Kidneys, 160 s to 170 s; French Wh ite ''' 170 s to 180 s. WOOL. The total quantity of Wool offered at the public sal e t which were brought to a conclusion on Thursday, was 1 0,51 bales. For the best qualitities, the biddings were somewh at , animated, at full prices; but other kinds were somewhatneglected. There is rather more doing in English Wo ° ' s privately ; but Foreign and Colonial parcels are neglected. In prices, we have no material alteration to notice. The ports in the past week have been about 500 packages, chicly from the Cape and Rotterdam. . _ _ _ TALLOW. This market is very steady, and prices have an tipivarl tendency. P. Y. C. on the spot is held at 50s 9d to sls; 411 ,„ for arrival, 45s to 45s 6d. Town Tallow is firm at s° 3 '' 50s 6d net cash. The stock of Tallow in all hands is !Inv" - -------- - DISTRESSING SUICIDE BY A GIRL.—On Saturday a girl, twelve years of age, named Margaret Roberts, th e eldest of eight children, the daughter of a gardener at F.ovi' ton Castle, in this county, committed suicide by . drowning' The poor girl was in the service of Miss Higgins, o f the ladies' semis. ry. at Ford, and for several months past had *lifer( d much from abscess of the ear, which doubtless affecttd her brain. On Saturday morning she left her Inis' tress's house without any reason, and came to Shrewsbury with several market-girls; it being her first visit to ibi s town, and there being no reason for her visit. Oa her vati home sbe complained of her head aching, and wished she Ws ° in the Severn About five o'clock she was seen going across the fields from Ford towards the Severn, which was much flooded at the time. The ferry man at M ont f or d we i r c alled anti asked if she wanted to cross the river. Instead of an' wering she proceeded up to the next field, and in a ie r minutes was heard a shriek that reached the village of Mont' ford; but no one that heard it suspected the fatal cause. Th e girl being missed, search was made, and her bonnet and collar were found on the bank; and when the water subsided, her footsteps were traced in the soft soil near the bank. T ll , B body has not yet been found, and it probably will be carrie d a great distance by the flood.— Shrewsbury libronick. TUE CHANCELLORSHIP OF CAMBRIDGE,—We have every reason to believe that his Royal Highness the Prince' Field-Marshal has graciously signified his intention to accept the honour so unanimously conferred upon his Royal High ness by a majority of 116 of the Members of the Senate 0, the University of Cambridge, after a contest of unexampled severity.—Post. A NEW %VAT OF PAYING ARREARS oF BASTARD. —A tradesman, residin; not fifty miles from Hull, was, short time ago, saddled by the magistrates with the main' tenance of a bastard child; but, not relishing the burden , he bit upon a novel expedient to show his chagrin and vote tion. Last week the friends of the mother; who reside at Bishop Burton, near Beverley, received, by carrier, a beavY: suspicious-looking parcel, which emitted a strong odour, 11 °' at all pleasant to the olfactory organ: with some misgiving : as to the nature of its cont en t s , th e parce l was open ed —It contained a considerable sum of money. all in fartbiog s : thickly embedded in oil and t a r, being the mode of payme nt adopted to satisfy the arrears due for the support of the chit.' We would advise the unfortunate tradesman to send his net t remittance in a barrel full of those unctuous, sticky ingr e .: dients, and then the poor people may set up a bastard at and tar shop.—Hull Advertiser. T he PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES.— Washington Irving, from Boston, and Abagun, from Charles-, ton, which were reported at Liverpool on the 26th instant, bring 1,200 barrels of flour, 5,672 sacks, and 7,700 bushels_ .1, Indian corn, 418 barrels of Indian corn meal, and 245 paa ages of bread. BIRTHS. On the 20th tilt., in Old Cavendish-street, Mrs. R. C. T ourn eT. of a son On the 21st ult., in Milman-street, Bedford-row, the wife of 3. S• Teulon, Esq., of a son. On the 22d ult., at Sidmonth, the lady of W. 11. Callen, LEI., 31 • D" of a son and heir. On the 25th ult., at Elm-grove, Southsea, the lady of Listitena nt Charles Faunce Thernelike, It.A., of a daughter. On the 25th ult., at Bowden, Cheshire, Mrs. Robert William Bee" nett, of a son. On the 26th ult., nt Leamington, the lion. Mrs. Metre, of a OIL On the 2,ith ult., at Wolverhampton, Mrs W. Manby, of a son. On the 27th ult., the lady of George William Cottana, °I. daughter. On the 27th ult., in Woburn-square, the wife of G. D. liarturioo cl o; Esq., of a daughter. A I:RIED. On the 25th ult , at St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle-upon -Tr", George, eldest son of G. Crawshay, Esq., of Colney Ilatch, sex, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Sir Johu Fife, of .NeTrcsiti." upon-Tytvt. _ DI F.D. On the 19th ult., at Kilmore, Monaghan, the RevGeOrge BAY Schoenberg, aged 79. Li ° ate' On the 22d of Dacember last. at Jullundnr, East I ndlea, nant George Augustus Fallings, Bengal Artillery, aged 20. On tha Bth ult., at Pusey, Henry Algernon Herbert, secon d eonOf the Hon. E. Herbert, aged B. On the 224 ult,, at Brixton, Mr. G. Feld. aged 89. LOW* , On the 24th ult., nt .Alford, near Castle Carey, Sornerse of Caroline Jane, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Ainger , Bee's, Cumberland. Lowlein: Printed ano Published by WIIRDO YOITINI, of NO. WI , 'trawl, Printi.r. 4t rh. Sq..: fge, .4'4,1i? 4strynd, In the Precinct 0 ( the Savoy, in the County of 3iiddlesex , Tuesday, Marin 2, 1847. 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