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Emptrtal parlfairant. HOUSE OF LORDS A number of bills were bra Commons, and severally read a The sale of beer bill went thr -THURSDAY light up from 'the House of first time. . ouch committee. Some conversation then ensued upon the bill for regulating the municipal districts in Ireland, and for awarding compen sation to those corporate officers whose interests wet e affected by the measure ; but the bill was ultimately read a second time. In answer to several questions from Lord Londonderry, Lord MELBOURNE stated that he had received no information relative to the insurrection which had taken place at Barce lona. It was certainly true, that her Majesty had been ad vised to confer the order of the Bath ou General Espartero. The noble lord also promised to lay upon the table all the papers relating to the payment of the British Auxiliary Legion. Lord STRANGFORD inquired as to the truth of a rumour which had for some days been very prevalent, to the effect, that formal diplomatic arrangements had been entered into between this country and certain great powers of the conti nent, respecting a settlement of the differences between Turkey and Egypt, and that France had not been a consenting party to the treaty. Lord MELBOURNE replied, that negotiations had been entered into between this country, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and the Porte, with a view to the pacification of the Levant. Considerable progress, had, moreover, been made in these negotiations, but he never regarded suer' matters as settled until they were.ratified. Communications had been made to France upon the subject, but she was not a party to the treaty. ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES BILL. The question being then put, that the house resolve itself into committee on the ecclesiastical duties and revenues bill, the Bishop of EXETER observed, in the first place, that although the interests of the 'clergy were so immediately concerned, they had had no opportunity of expressing their opinions until after the ecclesiastical commissioners had actually made their report. Since that time, however, the expression of their dislike had become general ; and not one petition had been presented in favour' of the bill until file minor canons had received an interest in the patronage of the chapters. The subject of the measure had been first brought under the consideration of the bishops by the government of Lord Grey, at whose suggestion a meeting of the bishops was called, and at that meeting the question of the deans and chapters was very fully discussed. The Bishop of London then advocated the principles upon which the present bill was founded ; but he was opposed by the most rev. primate, and by all, except two of the bishops ; and a determination was then made that every institution of the church was to be pre served in its full integrity. It was also generally understood, that they were to devise with the chapters the best means to carry out that determination • and yet the most rev. primate had stated that he had long had such a measure in his mind. The bill was in many points inconsistent, and in reference to the metropolitan chapter of Canterbury its provisions were positively disgraceful. The mode which he had proposed would relieve the destitution which had been so clearly ex posed; it was inconsistent.with the spirit of the Englisblaw ; and unless it could be shown that such a course could not be adopted, he called upon the eminent persons who had been members of the commission to give it effect. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in reply to the allusion which had been made to his conduct in the early part of the last speech, explained that there had been no inconsistency in the opinions he had always expressed on the subject of church re:orm. The Bishop of EXETER then read, as an extract from the charge of the Bishop of London in 1837, the following pas sage:—" On the accession of Earl Grey to power, the Arch bishop of Canterbury declared his views to Earl Grey, and met from him the same ready concurrence which he had al ready met from his predecessor in office." What, he (the Bishop of Exeter) would ask, was the meaning of that sen tence? . . The Archbishop of CANTERBURY : Concurrence to the point that many abuses had crept into the church, and ought to be corrected, on which point the right rev. prelate himself used stronger language, and proposed much more searching and vigorous improvements, than any contained in the pre sent bill. (Hear, hear.) The Bishop of EXETER : I am bound to say, that I say it with great pain, that after what has just passed, there must be given to the world the correspondence which then took place between me and (we believe he said) his grace the primate. The Duke of WELLINGTON could not inform their lord ships of the terms of the conference which had taken place between himself and his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury ; " for, to say the truth," continued the noble duke, " I do not recollect one word of it." (Loud laughter.) But this I do know, that I never entertained but one opinion on this subject. That opinion was, that it was essentially necessary that additional measures ought to be adopted in this country for preaching the Word of God to the people thereof; and that, considering in what degree the church of this country was endowed, it was expedient that the first step, in order to procure funds for that purpose, should be made by the clergy themselves. (Loud cheers.) I always entertained those opinions. (Hear, hear.) When any of the right rev. prelates opposite conversed with me on this subject, I stated those opinions. (Cheers.) I cannot recollect on what occasion or in what words those opinions were delivered to the right rev. prelate opposite (the Archbishop of Canterbury ;) but in pre senting a petition to your lordships a fe.w nights ago, from the University of Oxford, against this bill, I said that, in my correspondence with that university, I had stated the same opinions, and that latterly I had gone still further, and said that those persons must have derived but little advantage from what had recently occurred, who did not see that fresh cause was arising every day for thinking that it was abso lutely necessary that the first step should be taken by the clergy themselves ; and when a commission, consisting of such men as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and their other rev. colleagues, reported that there were means equivalent to this purpose, it was ridiculous to suppose that parliament would not insist that those means should be resorted to before the public was called on to find other resources for this most important and most necessary service. (Cheers.) • The Bishop of LONDON was anxious that the bill should go into committee without anything further being said which would exacerbate still more those feelings which the speech of his right reverend friend was calculated to excite. He must say, however, that the proceedings of the commission had, from the first, been assailed with the grossest misrepre sentation ; and that, too, from clergymen who, at least, ought to have known better. The most extraordinary asser tions had been made, and the most extraordinary delusions practised, to get up petitions against the bill ' • and he believed that. in many cases, they had been signed by persons who never stopped to inquire into the merits of the measure against which they were petitioning. Considering the arts which had been used, therefore, he was not surprised at the number of petitions which had been presented against the bill, or the number of signatures which had been procured among the clergy. It had been contended that such measure could be justified only on the grounds of a failure in the per formance of duty, of misfeasance of duty, or of necessity. This latter ground was admitted on both sides of the house ; and, situated as he was, he could not avoid being constantly a witness to the most lamentable destitution of spiritual in struction in the very centre of the metropolis, although there was a cathedral in the immediate neighbourhood munificently endowed, having a large establishment of clergy, and receiving in all an immense income. And yet these revenues were not to be appropriated to procure a spiritual food for 100,000 famishing people ! It had been said that the commission had been influenced by fear ; and to that imputation he pleaded guilty, although he only feared to be found wanting in the duty which he bore to the church. The right rev. prelate concluded by expressing his belief that, if the bill were allowed to pass, their lordships would receive the thanks of the great body of the Christian population, for having re dressed an evil which was the bane of the church, and which, if it were not remedied, would be its destruction. The Bishop of ROCHESTER re-asserted his opinion, that bishops could not be released from the oaths they had taken. The bill was then committed pro forma" and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY two dl Dr. LusulN GTON asked whether the investigation respect ing slavery in India had not been referred to a commission, and whether they might expect soon to have the result of the inquiry ? Sir J. HOBTIOUSE said the report was very voluminous, occupying 1857 pages. but he expected to receive it printed by the next India mail. , The administration of justice bill was, on the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, postponed till next session. - Sir E. SUGDEN, who was not opposed to its principle, thought that more comprehensive improvements were neces sary than were proposed by the present measure. On the sulphur question, Lord PALMERSTON said he had no doubt the monopoly had been already abolished. He stat ed that a commission had been appointed, two members by the British, and two by the Neapolitan government, to which a third was added by the French government, to act as• arbi- On the subject of the British claims on Portugal, Lord PALMERSTON said that two propositions had been sent out to Portugal. but no answer had yet been received. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the regency bill was committed, and being reported without amendment, was or dered to be read a third time on Friday. The East India shipping bill, and the metropolitan police courts' bill, were respectively read a third time and passed. The railways' bill and some others were advanced a stage. On the order of the day for the church discipline bill, Mr. WARBURTON objected to the Speaker's leaving the chair for its commitment. It put the clergy, he said, too much in the power of the bishop. The court to be consti tuted for inquiring into the conduct of the clergyman was to be wholly a prelatical one. The defendant was to have no challenge, and the inquiry was not to be made by persons of his own class. He (Mr. Warburton) must therefore move that the bill should be committed on that day three months. He was not much in communication with the clergy (at which avowal some members laughed and cried " hear," and for two or three mo men t s well nigh disconcerted the hon. mem ber), but he had understood from some clergymen that the bill was much disapproved by the members of their profession. Mr. HAWES was astonished at the introduction of suchlt bill. This was the grossest attempt On the. part of the episcopacy to obtain power since the time of Thomas a Becket. What was wanted was a bill for the reform of the ecclesiastical courts. Mr. HODGES read a letter objecting to certain points of detail, but approving the general principle of the bill. He wished, however, for further information. Dr. ?Ticlima, said, that a bill of this kind was necessary before any measure for the reform of the ecclesiastical courts could be practicable. The suggestion of an inquiry into the conduct of a clergyman by a tribunal consisting entirely of persons of his own class was one to which he could not ac cede. He saw no reason why a clergyman should be tried wholly be clergymen, or a surgeon wholly by surgeons. This bill had been most properly framed to admit laymen as well as clergymen. The house then divided, and the bill went into committee, where Mr. WARDURTON renewed his objections. Mr. G. VERNON observed on the unfairness of them, as coming from parties w hose com p laint so lon g had been that the bishops did not interfere to preserve good morals in the private lives of their clergy. His own impression was, that the defect of the bill consisted in its not giving to the bishop a power sufficiently summary for the purpose of efficient controul. Mr. HAwEs asserted that this was a secret court for in quiring into the religious opinions of clergymen. T t h f e public were to be excluded from it, which they were nofrom the diocesan courts. And why were not the bishops th ems e lve s made amenable to the same, or some analagous tribunal? Such a measure as the present had an immediate tendency to rouse the indignant feelings of the British people, and irritate their minds against the church. Mr. WAKLEY wanted to know why, if this class of legisla tion was to be applied to the clerical profession, it should not be applied to others—for instance, to the legal and the medi cal ? He apprehended it was one main object of the bill to hush up any scandal against clergymen. Dr. Nicola, replied, that at common law an examination might be taken by committing magistrates in exclusion of the public. The public were also excluded from the inquiries of a grand jury, being intended not for the purpose of trying the defendant, but merely for the purpose of ascertaining whe ther there were grounds to put him on his trial. Col. SALWEY disapproved this measure, which he thought a despotic one, but declared his opinion that something ought to be done to control the clergy, whom he was pleased to re present as being by no means one of the best ordered classes of society. Too many of them seemed to think that when they had delivered a drowsy sermon, they had done all that was required of them. After a good deal of desultory conversation, and one or partf,itit r Abuses, the further conollmi to Friday afternoon, The other orders of tra) day having been disposed of, Mr. Fox MAULE moved that the house should resolve itself into committee for the purpose of sanctioning an ad vance of money from the treasury to provide for the admi nistration of justice in the borough of Birmingham. This passed without opposition ; and then Lord MORPETII obtained leave to bring in a bill for ena hling ecclesiastical courts to discharge any prisoner in the predicament of the often-mentioned John Thorogood, with the consent of the party suing out the process. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. GRANVILLE VER NON, however, said that but for the opinion of Dr. Lush ington they should have supposed the ecclesiastical courts to be already in possession of the proposed power. The bill was brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. The house adjourned at half-past ten. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY Lord Buouca Am brought in a bill for the better admi nistration of justice in equity. His lordship spoke of the importance of passing some measure oa the subject this session The court houses (Ireland) bill went through committee, after some ineffectual opposition from Lord CHA RLEVILLE. The municipal districts (Ireland) bill went through com mittee, as did the Poddle river (Dublin) bill, &c. Lord DuNcANNos having moved the second reading of the church temporalities (Ireland) bill. The Earl of Rtro:v inquired whether the ecclesiastical commissioners had expressed their approbation of such measure ? Lord DUNGANNON' answered in the affirmative. It was, therefore, read the second time, and ordered to be considered in committee on Monday. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, .there were ordered to be laid before parliament certain correspon dence between the Governor of New South Wales and. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the subject of the rate of sale, &c., of crown lands. On moving that their lordships go into committee on the bills of exchange act continuance bill, the Marquis of LANS DOWNE expressed his approbation of the measure, while Lord WRARNCLIFFE considered that there are weighty ob jections to continuing such an act, without the sanction of previous inquiry. . . . The bill eventually went through committee, but with some amendments, limiting its duration, &c. The third reading of the municipal corporations (Ireland) bill, called forth much desultory conversation, and further amendments. Lord LYNDHURST proposed to omit the clause giving the lord-lieutenant power to fix the time for holding the sessions before the recorder of Dublin ; and the rejection of the words objected to by his lordship was carried on a division. The bill was then passed. The rating of stock in trade bill was read the second time ; the chimney sweepers bill went through committee ; and the remaining bills having been disposed of, their lordships ad journed. _ HOUSE . OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from aliens, com plaining that they were not allowed to take up their freedom in the city of London, without being first naturalised. Mr. FITZROY KELLY gave notice, that early next session he should renew his bill for limiting the punishment of death. On the question that the regency bill be read the third time, Mr. FRESHFIELB proposed two additional clauses ; but they were opposed by Lord J. RUSSELL, and negatived without any division. The bill was then read the third time and passed. The railways bill was read the third time and passed. The militia ballot suspension bill, and the militia pay bill, severally went through committee. The notice of elections bill, with amendments, was read the third time and passed. The population (census) Ireland bill was read the third time and passed; and the Dublin police act amendment bill was, on the motion of Lord MORPETII, read the second time. On the motion of the CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Bank of Ireland Bill was read the third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. P. SCROPE, the parochial assess ments bill was read the third time and passed. The population (census) bill was reported, on motion of Mr. Fox MAULE, and ordered to be further considered on Saturday. Mr. Fox MAULE brotight up the report of the adminis tration of justice (Birmingham) bill. Mr. M. Priturtinquired whether there could not be in cluded in its operation the towns of Manchester and Bolton? Mr: Fox MAULE answered in the negative. Mr. BARING WALL moved for the production of plans with reference to any proposed alterations in the Green Park. Mr. E. J. STANLEY repeated that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests did not intend, in any way, to encroach upon the Green Park, by garden, or enclosures, or other wise. The motion was thereupon withdrawn ; and the business having been disposed of, the house adjourned till twelve o'clock on Saturday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-SATURDAY. The House of Commons met at noon, and forwarded several bills. The population (census) bill was read the third time, and passed, on motion of Mr. Fox MAITLE ; and the administra tion of justice (Birmingham) bill, was read the second time, as was the highways rates bill, a measure presented on Friday night. The report on the militia ballots suspension bill and on the militia pay bill were presented, agreed to, and the bills or dered to be read the third time to-day. The consolidated fund bill went through committee, after having had introduced into it the clause of " Appropriation," to enumerate the grants of the session, and which being the last official proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; is always considered as giving note that the prorogation is really approaching. The exchequer bills (.C10,751,550) bill went through committee. In the committee on the " postage" duties, &c. bill, there was desultory and interesting conversation on several of its clauses. The committee on the ecclesiastical courts (No. 1) bill — a measure introduced by Lord J. Russell to facilitate the legal means of releasing John Thorogood—also called forth somd discussion. The remaining orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned. COURT CIRCULAR.--FRIDAY The Princess Sophia Matilda visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday af ternoon, in an open carriage and four. Prince Albert, attended by Col. Wemyss and Col. Bouverie, afterwards rode out on horseback in the parks. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes terday. The royal dinner party at the palace last evening, included her royal highness the Duchess of Kent, the Countess of Errol, and Lady Ida Hay, Earl of Charlemont, Earl of Sur rey, Earl of Morley, Lord and Lady Lurgan, Lord and Lady Methuen, Lord de Freyner, Lady C. Dundas, Baron de Stockmari and Col. Cowper. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and attended by Baron Knesebeck, left Cambridge House soon after eleven o'clock, yesterday morning, for Dover, where her royal highness slept. The royal duchess, it is expected, will leave Dover in a go vernment steam-packet to-day for Calais, on her route to Frandort. The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's, from their royal highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Sussex, and the Duke of Cam bridge. --- - - - - -- The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing, yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four. Colonel Wemyss and Colonel Bouverie (the equerries in waiting) attending her Majesty and his Royal Highness on horseback. Viscount Melbourne had an audience, yesterday, of her Majesty. Prince Albert rode out on horseback, yesterday, attended by Mr. G. E: Anson and Col. Bouverie. The royal dinner party at the palace, lastevenin,o• included the Earl of Errol, the Earl of Surrey, and Mr. G. E. An son. The band of the 2d regiment of life guards was in at tendance at the palace during dinner. The Coldstream band attended at the palace on Thursday evening. Her Majesty honoured Sir William J. Newton with a sit ting, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, for his coronation picture. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. A. E. Chalon, R.A., with a sitting, on Thursday, at Buckingham Palace, for a whole length portrait in water colours. The Duchess of Kent took a carriage airing yesterday. The Princess Augusta received visits, yesterday afternoon, from the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge. The answer given, during the day, at Clarence House, St. James's, to all inquiries after the health of her Royal High ness, was—" The Princess Augusta has had another very good night." ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE (From_the Oxford Herald) The Rev. GeOrge Thomas - Clare, B.D. and Fellow of St. John's College, has been instituted by a commission from his Grace the Archbishop of York, to the rectory of Bainton, in the county of York, on the presentation of the President and Fellows of St. John's College. H is Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has beenpleased to appoint the Rev. George Frederick Goddard, B.A. Demy of Magdalen College, son of the Rev. Charles Goddard, D.D. late Student of Christ Church, Archdeitcon and Prebendary of Lincoln, and Curate of Hugglescote, Leicestershire, to be one of his Royal Highness's Domestic Chaplains. On Wednesday se'nnight, the Rev. Fred. Joseph Foston, B.A. of Pembroke College, was licensed by the Lord Bishop of lierefoird to the Petpetuat Curacies of Stoke •Prior and Docklow, Herefordshire, void by the death of the Rev. Thos. Vaughan ; patron, the Rev. George Woodhouse, Vicar of Leominster. _ On Saturday last, the Rev. W. H. Ridley, B.A. Student of Christ Church, was instituted by the Lord Bishop of Lin coln, to the Rectory of Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, void by the resignation of the Rev. W. M. K. Bradford, on the presentation of the Right Hon. Lord Colborne. Same day, the Lord Bishop of Lincoln licensed the Rev. Frederick Menzies, M.A. Fellow of Brasenose College, to be Curate of Hambleden, on the nomination of the Rev. W. H Ridley PROMOTIONS Rev. Jas. Hamilton, M.A. to the Vicarage of Great Badow, Essex, void by the cession of the Rev. John Brarnston • pa troness, Mrs. Bullen. Rev. A. T. Corte, M.A. Vice-Principal of Elizabeth Coll. Guernsey, has been elected Minister of Bethel Chapel, void by the resignation of the Rev. Charles Tayler. Rev. John B. Brodrick, B.A. of Queen's College, Cam. bridge, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Duchess of Gordon. (From the Cambridge Chronicle.) The Rev. George Arthur Clarkson, M.A., of Jesus Col lege, in this university, has been collated by the Lord Bishop of Chichester to the vicarage of Amberley with H oug hto n Chapel, v o id b y t h e cess i on of the Rev. J. C. F. Tufnell, M.A. The Rev. W. M. Dudley, 8.A., formerly of Catharine Hall, in this university, curate of Poole, has been licensed by the Bishop of Winchester to the curacy of Broughton, Hants. On the 17tli hist., the Lord Bishop of Lincoln instituted the Rev. Lewis Deedes, 8.A., of Emmanuel College, in this university, to the rectory of Branfield, Herts, vacant by the death of the Rev. Ed war d B ourchier, on the presentation of Abel Smith, M.P., of Woodhall Park, in the said county, Esq. The Rev. Mark Cooper, M.A., late scholar of St. John's College, in this university, and lecturer of Westbury, Wilts, has beenporfesßenrtaeradsbilyawth,einDtehae county dC7 of Wilts,hapterofSaanldisbduiorcyetsoe the living of Salisbury. Th e Rev. Wm. Chas. Wollaston, M.A., of Leeds, was on Saturday last ins tituted to the recto ry of East Vereham, Norfolk, on the presentation of his father, the Rev. Charles Hyde Wollaston, M.A., patron. The Duke of Sutherl and has been p leased to appoint the Minister t S e t r . John o f s e t S . o a ll r eg in ße v tl; is Th u o n in iv as er jes si a t m y, K enn i ng t on , to be his grace's domestic chaplain. an ß cr Assealls'talß;tAM" , TIO4ItUEEN DO A GE* . OLAREASTEft Notice having been received in Lancaster that it was the I intention of her Majesty the Queen Dowager to pass the night of Tuesday last at that town, on her way southwards, from a visit to the Lakes, a petition, signed by a number of the inhabitants, was addressed to the Mayor, requesting him to call a meeting, to take into consideration the best method of showing their loyalty towards her Majesty. A meeting was accordingly held, when it was decided that a procession, led by the staff of the Lancashire Militia, preceded by a band, and followed by the Mayor and Corporation, the clergy, John o'Gauut's bowmen, the gentry of the town, the- clubs, and public schools, should go out on the Green Area to meet her. An express was immediately sent off to know at what time her Majesty might be expected, and an answer was returned that she would reach the town between'six and seven o'clock. Every thing, therefore,_about the appointed time was in a state of great forwardness, and the procession just ready to start, when, lo! her Majesty disconcerted all their well laid plans, by driving up Market-street, through the midst of the procession, to the King's Arms, so quickly and so unexpect edly as scarcely to be recognised. As soon, however, as they had recovered from the consternation which the unexpected event had thrown them into, the procession.rnoYed up to the King's Arms, when the Mayor was permitted to congratulate her Majesty on her safe arrival at the county town. Soon after this, to the inexpressible -ratification of the inhabitants, her Majesty expressed'a wish to visit the,Castle and Church, and shortly two open landaus drew up to the door of the King's Arms. Her Majesty, accompanied by her sister, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, Earl Howe, and the Mayor of Lancaster, J. Dockray, Esq., entered the first carriage, the Hon. Miss Eden, and the Earl and Countess of Denbigh following in the second, and proceeded up the Castle-hill, to the Parade in front of the Castle, greeted all the way by the enthusiastic cheers of the multitudes that had assembled. Her; Majesty and suite alighted to observe the splendid views from the Parade Walk, and then leaning on the arms of the Mayor and the Rev. the Vicar of Lancaster, proceeded through the churchyard, and entered the church, and after wards passed through the Vicarage, where her Majesty re-entered her carriage and returned to the King's Arms. The Exhibition (of which her Majesty is the patroness) and several houses were illuminated during the evening. About ten o'clock on Wednesday morning, her Majesty, accompanied by the procession, in the order in which it was intended to have been arranged on the previous evening, and a great number of carriages of the neighbourini , gentry, pro ceedect from the King's Arms to the railway station, where the royal railway carriage had arrived from Preston by a special train. Everything being in a short time got ready, the royal guest departed, cheered by the thousands of spec tators that had assembled to see her leave the town. Her Majesty expressed herself much pleased with her recep tion, to the Mayor, and left £5O for the Lancaster Dispen sary, and £25 each for St. Thomas's Church and the church building at Poulton-le-Sands.—A'esten Pilot. THE QUEEN DOWAGER AT PRESTON We have endeavoured to furnish our readers with many interesting particulars relating to the 9ueen Dowager's re cent visit to the North. and it now only remains for trii to continue the narrative so far as to bringing the illustrious stranger to " Proud Preston." The preceding account will inform the reader that. her Majesty and suite left Lancaster at a little after ten o'clock, per railway, in a special train ; the carriage in which her Majesty was seated being lined with beautiful white silk, and in all other respects most handsomely fitted up. We'understand that along the whole line from Lancaster to Preston, wherever anything like tole rable seeing accommodation could be obtained, great num bers of persons respectably attired were in waiting to have a peep at the Queen ; and as their feeling of curiosity was in every sense a very laudable one, and doubly commendable in not being an offering to the " rising sun," we exceedingly regret that the gentlemen in authority about her Majesty had not the considerate kindness so to have directed the speed for travelling, as to have gratified the wishes of these countleSs admirers of the Queen, by enabling them to have afterwards enjoyed the innocent gratification of knowing that they had for once seen, and been seen by a Queen. Instead of this satisfaction, however, having been experi enced by the anxious crowds, the train shot past them at an arrow's speed, and the disappointed multitudes had to re trace their steps under feelings which are much easier con ceived than described. Of the preparations made at Preston for her Majesty's arrival, we may briefly say that they were such as did great honour to the feelings of the town ; there was nothing formal about them, if we except the delightful gatherings of the children instructed •in several of the Na tional and Infant Schools connected with the Church, who, accompanied by their teachers, were collected in the field near to Mr. German's bridge, a situation where they were no doubt enabled to witness the passing of the train, but from whence they would have no chance of seeing the ho noured and beloved object, in respect to whom they were then assembled together. At the North Union Station a great number of handsome flags were displayed, and over the Fishergate tunnel we observed the beautiful union-jack which many of our readers have often seen floating_ proudly from the flag-staff on the Parish-church tower : various other flags were to be seen along the line of railway. The crowds collected at the station, and for a vast distance along the line, exceeded, we think, any former assemblage, both as to numbers and their very respectable appearance. The train containing the object of so much anxious ex pectation came up soon after eleven o'clock ; when a halt was made, for about a quarter of an hour, in order to take in a supply of water, but snore particularly to allow an oppor tunity for gratifying the curiosity of the immense multitude that were congregated at the station. Charles Swainson, Esq., William Taylor, Esq., and John Winstanley, Esq., three of the North Union directors, were in attendance to receive her Majesty, but the gentleman who appeared to enjoy by far the largest share of her Majesty's condescending kind ness and amiable affability of behaviour, was our highly es teemed chief magistrate, William Clayton, Esq., who, after being introduced to the Queen, took his stand at the carriage door, (which he had prevailed upon her Majesty to be kept open, to afford to the crowds of spectators a fuller opportu nity of seeing her Majesty,) and was in frequent conversation with her Majesty during the time occupied by the halt. We learn that the Queen expressed her warm admiration of the people of Preston, for their loyalty towards her, and more especially for the very respectable appearance which she be held in almost every individual assembled. And this is not to be wondered at, for the collection of ladies present was very great, and we have only to regret that some little pre cautionary plans were not adopted, in order that these per sons should have had the opportunity of personally offering their respect to one who has ever been not only the pride of her sex, but the admiration of the world at large. The brief period for her Majesty's stay having expired, the train passed on, accompanied by the blessings of the multitude for the Dowager Queen Adelaide. We believe her Majesty would not make any other stay along the line until she, got into, Staffordshire, when it was understood she would visit Tren-' tham Hall, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland, and Alton Towers, the residence of the Earl of Shrewsbury; not so much we believe for the purpose of making any stay with the noble owners, as for that of examining the costly curiosities collected in those respective mansions. We must'not omit to say that our parish bells rang merily in honour of her Majesty's visit, and that the royal standard was elevated on the church tower. In conclusion, then, let us say in print, what we are sure was the feeling of many a heart on Wed nesday—May God bless Queen Adelaide !—Preston Pilot. ALTON TOWERS WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Her Majesty the Queen Dow ager and her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, with Earl Howe, lord chamberlain'; Earl of Denbigh, master of the horse ; and Countess of Sheffield, lady of the bed chamber M waiting, and accompanied by the Earl of Sheffield and Ladies Mary Fielding and Georgiana Curzon, arrived this evening, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury. Shortly after two the train from Preston reached the Stafford station. A numerous concourse of respectably dressed persons crowded the station-yard ; and, what with military, and the hurry and anxiety to catch a glimpse of the Queen Dowager, Staflbrd was a scene of indescribable bustle from shortly after 12 until after the royal passage through the town. The Stafford troop of the Queen's own Stafford shire cavalry formed an escort to the royal cortege. The houses were tastefully adorned with flowers, laurels, ribands. &c., and there were several attractive triumphal arches, with " elcome Adelaide," " God bless the Queen Dowager," " Long live Queen Adelaide," and other inscriptions equally expressive of the admiration of a free and generous people. All classes of persons have, throughout her Majesty's tour, appeared emulous to impress her Majesty with the cordiality, sincerity, and admiration of her conduct as a Queen and a wife, and we are much mistaken if the Queen Dowager has not often sensibly felt the warm plaudits that have welcomed her through every town and village in her route. The yeomanry cavalry had escorted the royal cortege about four miles, when the Earl Howe informed the commanding officer that he was commanded to thank them for their attention to her Majesty ; but owing to the extreme heat of the weather, her Majesty would be pleased by their not troubling themselves by accompanying her any further. A change of horses was in attendance for the royal car riages at the White Hart, Uttoxeter; and, after a short delay, her Majesty and suite left by Castle-street and High street, for Alton Towers, escorted by the Uttoxeter troop of yeomanry cavalry, under the command of Captain Begot. Preparations on a scale of the greatest extent and splen dour had been in progress since Monday last, and by four o'clock this afternoon every arrangement was completed for the royal reception. The embattled terrace of the fine cas tellated mansion was hung with festoons of laurel, and in addition the royal standard on the keep, and in the castle gardens a great number of party-coloured and emblazoned pennants were suspended from the upper boughs of the trees, imparting to the scene a romantic and highly-varied appear ance. On the bridge which approaches the terrace of the castle, was erected a triumphal arch of six columns, with a canopy of festooned laurels, surmounted with a crown taste fully ornamented with flowers and coloured ribbons. Small shields, displaying an heraldic emblazonment, were placed in those parts most attractive to the eye. Over a stone arch way which leads to the grand entrance were the words " Fi deliter et Constanter," the Queen Dowager's family motto, in illuminated capitals, supported on either side by two large emblazoned shields. The ground to the flight of steps was strewed with laurel leaves. Shortly before five the Earl of Shrewsbury, Prince Bor ghese, Prince Aldrobrardine, Mr. J. Talbot, M.P., and the noblemen and gentlemen ttaying" at Alton Towers left for Quicksill Lodge, the principal entrance to the park, where above 400 of the noble earl's chief tenantry were in readiness to receive the Queen Dowager with all honours. Precisely at half-past five the Queen and suite arrived in the following order : Troop of yeomanry cavalry, under the command of Captain Bagot. Three grooms in their state liveries. . - First royal carriage, containing Earl Howe and Lady - eorgiana Curzon. Yeomanry cavalry. , . Second royal carriage, containing her Majesty the Queer Dowager and her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar. Mr. J. Talbot, M.P., carrying a wh i te silk banner, with the words "Fideliter et eonstanter" inscribed thereon Yeomanry cavalry. _ _ _ Third royal carriage, containing Earl of Denbigh and Lady Mary Fielding . - Fourth royal carriage, the Earl and Countess of Sheffield. The Earl of Shrewsbury and his distinguished friends fol lowed on horseback, and with the tenantry all wearing rosettes of crimson and amber satin. The cavalcade ex ceeded 800 horsemen. In the park the road was lined with the inhabitants of the towns and villages for many miles around ; and the terrace was throng ed by a hi g hl y respecta bl e assem bl age. On her Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar alight ing from the carriage, six little girls, robed in virgin white, with rose-pink scarfs, scattered roses and the choicest flowers on the steps. The earl and countess received their illustrious guests; and after her Majesty had affectionately saluted the countess, her Majesty, taking the noble earl's arm, was conducted through the hall, armoury, old gallery, and along the conservatory, to the cross-saloon. The brass band, stationed in the Octagonal-hall, played the national anthem until the Queen had passed into the saloon; and at her Majesty's arrival, a royal salute was tired by the artillery in the park. The dinner party this evening included her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, Prince Borghese, Prince Aldrobrardine, Earl Lliaodwye,Earl Louisa an ß d rom Co le u y n , te L ss ord of .vv Sll a e te ffi r e p l a d, the Rev. rk,sirH enr M y and Hu n_ locke Mr. J. H. Talbot, M.P., Mr. Holford, Mr. Townley, Mrs. Lady o Mary wis, s F i i r e n W. a g n , d M m r. is s a B n d o O M t hb r s. y, Miss e T r i t C e , hb a o p rn ta e i , n and Rev. Mr. Fairfax, &c. Her Majesty will leave on Friday next, for Matlock Baths in Derbyshire; and on the following day goes to Gopsall on a vipit to Eerl 'Tom 'Lore her tolajosty wlll pay gives a grand entertainment to The Bail of Shrewsbury _ his tenantry, at Farley, to-morrow Everything passed off admirably, and although the park had many thousands of strangers, yet none of them abused the kindness of the noble earl by destroying the shrubs and plants. GREAT SALE BY MR. GEORGE ROBINS, AT THE AUCTION MART. There has not been so great a sensation created by any sale for several years as the present one ; nor can it be won dered at when we consider the value and importance of the estate, being no other than the famed Kilnwick Percy Estate, the most distinguished throughout the west-riding of York shire. All the members for both the ridings of Yorkshire; and all the influential gentlemen of the county, were present. We understand it has fallen into the possession of Arthur Duncombe, Esq., 11. P., son of Lord Faversham, and a famous conserva . tive. It is beyond doubt one of the most influential estates_ in the county. It is freehold, and includei, except 22 acres of glebe, the whole township of Kilnwick Percy, which contains nearly 1600 acres of exceeding good land, within a perfect ring fence. The whole of the land is convertible, and it is not a little refreshing at this moment to witness the effect which has been produced by extraordi nary good farming. The land has been drained throughout, and the mansion-house is every thing that can be required. Attached to this property are manorial rights and privileges to a great extent; this lot contains 1359 A.. In. 30p. of the annual value of £2555. The rectorial tithes are commuted for £l6O per annum, but Robert Denison, Esq. has a 21 years' yease, which has been renewed usually every. seven years, the reserved rent to the Dean of York, as rector, is £l5, and the fine on each renewal is about £100; the vicarial tithes are commuted for an annual payment of £ll9 to the vicar; a charitable bequest of £lO, called Wood's Dale, is paid annually out of the estate ; there is no village, and the poor-rates are unimportant, or next to nothing. Mr. Ro bins, by his correct delineation of the property, greatly en hanced its value. The biddings were spirited, and it was ultimately sold at SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND GUI NEAS. Part of \Vold farm, containing 181 A. 14p. of land ; annual value, £3Ol. This lot was sold separately, only because the proceeds of a settled estate have been invested upon this part of the estate. which must, therefore, be sold for a sepa rate price in order to its re-investment; sold at 9020 guineas. A freehold estate, and one of great interest; it compre hends the entire Island of Lundy, situate in the mouth of the Bristol Channel, and forming part of the Hundred of Brarneton, in the county of Devon, lat. 50 N , long. 1-1 29 W. ; it is in the neighbourhood of Ilfracombe and Clonely, and also of the flourishing town of Bideford, with steam vessels to Bristol and Tenby continually. ,The singular ad vantages appertaining to this property are many and highly important ; the possessor of it becomes on the instant " Sovereign lord of the island," with an independence, arising from total absence of restraint or control, far exceed ing some of the minor potentates, and not ar - little to be envied in England: It may be inferred, front the circum stances that no claim has ever been raised, that there are no taxes, tithes, nor poor-rates ; a desideratum in vain to be looked for elsewhere throughout England. This freehold island includes near 2000 acres of land ; it is defended by lofty and precipitous rocks, and occupies a space nearly eight miles in circumference, three miles in length, and one in width towards the south, and thence diminishing in breadth toviarth the north. To those persons who were interested in the island of Lundy, Mr. Robins directed attention to a clever historical account from the pen Of Steinman Steinman, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S. It also contains a mansion, with offices ; the outbuildings are also complete and convenient, and consist of smith's shop and forge, enclosed poultry-yard, barn, stabling, large cattle-fold, piggery, with Steaming.house attached, cathouses, walled garden, &c. There are also seven superior cottages, adapted for labourers. A great por tion of the island is let with this farm, for seven years, at an exceedingly low rent. Front the landing place within the bay the means of access are by a carriage road, recently coin, pleted, leading to the mansion and the top' of the island, hut the great source of revenue is yet to he divulged. A natural harbour adjoins the landing-place; a trifling outlay would enable it to accommodate six or eight vessels, and the boats of fishermen, and this alone is wanting to the establish ment of an extensive fishery-9,400 guineas. EARTHQUAKE AT TERNATE The Avenbode gives the following particulars of the disas ter which has befallen the island of Ternate . . " On the morning of the 2d of Febraury, at half past eight o'clock, the air appeared dark and threatening, a strong north .west wind, accompanied by heavy rain, drove the clouds impetuously along, and everything seemed to indicate some extraordinary phenomenon, which in fact soon followed ; for a thick smoke soon arose from the crater, accompanied by a loud subterranean noise, like thunder, while boiling lava and hot ashes burned and destroyed everything around them. If the appearance of the phenomena was striking in the day time, it was still more so in the evening, when the stones pro jected from the crater could be distinguished among the ames which frequently rose to a great height. This dearuc tive eruption continued 24 hours, and ended with a frightful subterraneous noise, which. made the inhabitants fear that the ground would give way under their feet. The noise was so great that persons close together could not hear each other speak. Passing over some days we come to the 14th of Feb. which proved so disastrous. At half-past twelve at night a loud noise was heard, accompanied by a. slight trembling of the' ground, which grew every moment more violent, and waked the inhabitants from their sleep. As the shocks be came more violent most of the people left their habitations. At half-past three in the morning, while the rain fell in tor rents, a violent shock was felt, the people could hardly keep then:feet, the houses were shaken, and most of the buildings fell. In many places the earth opened and immediately closet' again. Nothing was left undamaged, and on the 15th FebAndu re seemed to have obtained the iiigliest point of fury. An extreme violent shock was felt ; men and animals has tened in terror to the water side, filled all the boats without distinction of rank. The fears, especially of the women were so great, that some went a great distance through the water, in order to reach a boat, to escape being swallowed up by the earth, which opened from time to time. When the fury of the storm was past, and the poor inhabitants had in some measure recovered their fright, they perceived how complete their ruin was. Men's possessions were laid waste, the most costly spices, and numerous other productions, were spoiled and buried under the ruins, not a piece of furniture saved, and not one stone house in all Ternate remains standing. Even Fort Orange, which has withstood several earthquakes for these 200 years, has given way on this occasion, and truly the welfare and imporiance of ,TernatC to out govetntnent is lost. The private injury is estimated at 000,000 tlorins. The shocks were felt at Gildo and Tiden, but no damage was done —thanks to Heaven no lives were lost. Most of the people will leave the island and settle elsewhere. STATE OF TRADE LEEns.—Notwithstanding the failures and rumours of failures with which the town has been rife during the week, the transactions at our markets have been more extensive than fcr some time past, the principal portion of the purchases being for foreign consumption. We can scarcely note any altera tion in prices, though the markets have assumed a somewhat firmer aspect. BRADFORD MARKET.—There was a better attendance of buyers at market, and rather more .business was done here on Thursday, particularly in manufactured goods of the lower qualities. In the yarn market there was also a fair demand for yarns of inferior counts and quality. In the wool market there was an average business done, at former rates ; indeed, throughout the entire market there was an unusual firmness with regard to prices. From this we augur favourably as to the future. HECKNONDWIKE BLANKET HALL.—There has been more business done the last few market days than for some time past, but without any improvement in prices, and until an advance takes place, the manufacturers are not' benefited by an increased demand.—Leeds Intelligencer. LANCASHIRE.—The trade at Bolton may be said to be rather better than it was a fortnight ago : the hands in the cotton mills certainly have more work, but wages are lower than they were. Mechanics and machine-makers are much the same as we stated a few weeks since. The woollen and cotton trades at Bury are in a moderately healthy state, and hands generally are fully employed. Th e ca li co bl o ck prin ters are slack. The flannel trade of Rochdale is in a depressed state ; indeed it has not been so dull for many years past : good flannel weavers when fully employed, cannot earn more than from six to eight shillings per week ; but many are to tally without work, and manufacturers scarcely know how to act. The cotton trade, although rather flat, is much better than the woollen business. The batting trade at Oldham, at present, is dull ; hands, on an average, have not more than four or five days' work per week. At Royton, this week, at two mills hands have commenced working short time (five days per week.) At Ashton-under-Lyne, Hyde, Newton, &c., hands iu cotton factories have full employment, but wages have lately undergone a reduction of 10 per cent. and upwards. There is great distress at Stockport. The silk trade in the neighbouring towns to Manchester is as good as can be expected, and, generally, weavers are moderately em ployed ; but silk dyers at some few shops have not more than four days' work per week. THE NEW CORPORATIONS (From the Dublin Packet.) For the purpose . of enabling the reader to form some notion of the benefits intended for Ireland by the framers of the bill for transference of the Irish corporations to new hands, we submit the following account of the valuation of the metropolis and its environs, or rural districts : SOUTH SIDE £434,165 145,520 £579,685 NORTH SIDE £283,000 130,000 • - - _ £113,000 Supposing the city to be subject , to taxation by the new Corporation Bill, at the rate of is. Gd. in the pound, the sum fixed by the bill brought in by Lord Morpeth and Mr. Pigot, and ordered to be printed on the 22d of J uly instant, the case would stand thus : CITY—NET VALUE• £434,165.... South Union 283,000.... North Union X 717,165 One-thirteenth, equal to ls. 6d. in the pound, would give taxes amounting t o £55,166 year ly. What a blessing the new corporation of Dublin would be with a power to add such an amount to our burdens! In many places the new corpora tions would prove a curse. The country should, with one acclaim, demand a total abolition in preference to any change. " Better to bear the ills we have than to fly to others that we know not of." If the bill shall not pass this session—and we pray sincerely that it may not--petitions should be got up everywhere praying for abolition. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The weather on Sa turday last was very showery and cold, and on Sunday rain fell at intervals. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the weather was very fine and warm, and a considerable quan tity of hay was housed. Early on Thursday morning there was a smart shower of rain. but the day turned out warm and also w as a very fine day. This droughty. Yesterdaycon tinuance of fine.weather has much improved the prospects of the farmers, and sanguine hopes arc again entertained of a plentiful harvest. The crops of grain are looking remarkably well, in all parts of Yorkshire, and a fortnight or three weeks of fine weather only is requisite to gather it into the garner. In ten or twelve days, much w ill be ready for the sickle, es pecially on the high dry grounds.—Leeds Intelligences.. POTATOES RAISED FROM CUTTINGS. —Mr. Cortselt, of Stapleton, near Bristol, has succeded in raising this valuable root from cuttings. Mr. Cortselt says—" Reasoning upon the analagy of the potato to the dahlia, I was induced, in the spring, to try an experiment on cuttings, and have succeeded admirably, having from white apple and foxes seedlings, (an early potato) produced a good crop of full-sized potatoes, many of which weighed half-a-pound. The method was this; when the potatoes were about nine inches high, I cut off the tops about six inches long, planted them in a line about eight inches apart, with a flat dibble, pressing the earth cArefully against them, gave them water, and afterwards hoed them as an ordinary crop. I produced this way at the rate of 14011 u per rod. THE TRIAL OP DR, LARDNER CRIM CON HEAVISIDE V. LARDNER LEWES, SATURDAY.—This case, which has occupied the public attention for some time past, in consequence of the station of the parties, and all the circumstances connected with it, was fixed to come on first this morning. The excite ment produced was very great. Every room in every hotel in the town was inconveniently crowded with occupants, and beds were not to be had for any mon ey. At a n early hour the doors of the court were besieged by - parties anxious to procure places, and long before the cause was called on every . seat was occupied. Among those present were the Dowager Countess of Carhampton, Lady Murray, Colonel Spicer, the Hon. Mrs. Greville, Mrs. Wigney, Mr. Divett, M.P., Mr.. Darby, .M. P., and a number of distinguished ladies and gentlemen. At nine o'clock Mr. Baron . GURNEY took his seat upon the bench, when the names of the jury (which was a special one) were called over. Mr. THESIGER, Mr. PLATT, and Mr. PETTERSDORFF, were retained for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL'. and Mr. CLARISSON, for the defendant. Mr. PETERSDORFF opened the pleadings, and the damages were laid at £lO,OOO. Mr. THESIGER then spoke as follows:—Gentlemen of the jury, I rise to discharge the painful and arduous duty of de tailing to you the circumstances under which the plaintiff has been compelled to seek in a public court that poor and unsa tisfactory reparation which the laws of our country afford for the severest injury which one man can do to another. I cannot enter into this case without being at once overcome by strong and almost uncontrollable feelings of indignation against the author of all the misery which the plaintiff has endured, and which must tend to embitter his life for the remainder of his dayi. The defendant is a per son who has arrived at a period of life when the passions are ordinarily subservient to the judgment, and whose experience of the world is'matured. He possessis sCientific knowledge which has acquired for him a literary reputation ; he has converted all these advantages to the unworthy and unprincipled object of tampering with a weak and unguarded woman, of seducing her from affections which ought to have been her pride—from her duty, to which she was bound by every sacred and enduring obligation—and from the home which she was calculated to adorn, and which threw around her everything that could conspire to her happiness. The plaintiff, who was now compelled by the misconduct of the defendant to publish his dishonour before the world in a public court of justice, and submit to the degrading necessity of seeking for compensation in damages for that which no da mages can repair, is probably known to most whom I have the honour to address. The plaintiff is a member of an honourable family, and is the only son of a gentleman who was a magistrate of the county of Middlesex, and lived for many years at Peterborough House, near Fulham. The plaintiff himself received a liberal education. He was sent to Eton, and in due time.went to the university of Cambridge. At tl;e death of his father, in 1814, he entered the army, having purchased a cornetcy in the Ist Dragoon Guards. The unhappy lady, into whose conduct you are about to in quire, is a daughter of Colonel Spicer. formerly of the 12th Lancers ; she was his only child. The mother of the plaintiff was sister to Colonel Spicer, and consequently the plaintiff and this lady are first-cousins. The plaintiff did not meet his cousin for many years, Colonel Spicer having resided abroad at Chateau Capitole, at Boulogne, till, in 1823, Mr. Heaviside went to pay Colonel Spicer a visit. He then be came acquainted with his cousin. This intimacy produced an attachment, and. such was the feeling that sprung up in both their hearts that they looked forward to a happy union, a feeling, that was cherished and sanctioned by the approval of their relatives and the blessing of her parents. It was re solved that they should be married, and accordingly that took place on the 17th of July, 1824, at St. Michael's, Bath, in the presence of their relations. It was a marriage of entire affec tion. There was no sordid motive to sully their affection. The means of Mr. Heaviside were sufficient to render him careless of fortune; and I am sure that you, gentlemen, will agree with me that interest rarely becomes the substitute of affection in 'a woman's heart. There was a settlethent by which £20,000 was secured by Mr. Heaviside in the usual way to himself for life, afterwards to his wife, and then to their children. Mrs:Heaviside had no fortune; but she was entitled, by the settlement of her father and mother, to £15,000 after the death of the survivor of them. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Heaviside resided for about three years upon the continent. They then returned, and lived-for some time at Saunders Court, near Oakingham, in Berkshire. They then came to Brighton, and resided in Brunswick square, where they lived at the time the unhappy event took place which is now the subject of inquiry. Gentlemen, the establishment of Mr. and Mrs. Heaviside was replete With all the comforts which refinement could desire. Thee moved in the first circles ; their company was courted by 'all; and it appeared that they were sincerely devoted to each other, and this devotion being increased by that strong cement of affec tion, the birth of several children, there was nothing to be wished for in this world by them. They had now three sur viving children ; the eldest was a girl of 14 years old, the next a boy of 13, and the youngest was a girl 6 years of age. The plaintiff was a kind, affectionate, and indulgent husband. There was no indifference or neglect on his part, which a wo man's heart could ill- bear, to chill her affections. There was no anger—no exhibition of hasty temper, to estrange these affections. He lived in the circle of his family, as if it to him was all the world and during the whole nine years which they' resided at Brighton, he was absent from his home only on one occasion. She was a person of quiet, gentle, and re tired habits ; she never exhibited the slightest appearance of levity, and was always, apparently, strongly attached to her husband and family. If it were possible to expect any permanent happiness in this life, one might imagine that it would- have been secured in such a home. It is difficult, when we are basking in the sunshine of happiness, to think of the coming shade, but every . day reminds us of the precarious tenures by which the enjoyments of this life are held. Thus in an evil hour the defendant made his ap pearance at Brighton ; he came there, I believe, on some literary pursuit, and his reputation was a passport for him to the best society. The plaintiff', unfortunately, courted his acquaintance ; he obtained an introduction to him, and in vited him to his house. There was nothing in the age, the appearance, or the manner of the defendant which could lead him to expect that he could be a dangerous visiter, or that when he entered the doors of peace and of affection, that it was to destroy, to annihilate, all the happiness the plaintiff enjoyed. Gentlemen, he was' invited to the house of Mr. Heaviside from time to time ; two or three times he dined with the plaintiff, the friends of the family being present ; be was also at one or two evening parties there, and they also met occasionally at the houses of their mutual friends ;' but I believe that during the day, when Mr. Heaviside was absent in the performance of his magisterial duties, Dr. Lardner was in the habit of calling at : Brunswick-place, and visiting Mrs. Heaviside';' but so careful and so guarded was his con duct towards her, that no one perceived anything extraordi nary in their intercourse, or anything beyond what the courtesy of society demanded. Gentlemen, in consequence of this care, and of the guarded conduct adopted by the de fendant, I shall be unable to point out where was the begin ning of the fatal influence which he ultimately exercised over the mind of this unfortunate lady. In consequence of this Cannot show the gradual advances he made in criminality, or trace his steps in making that advance; but, gentlemen, our knowledge of human nature may serve to guide us to the truth; and it is not to be supposed the defendant. 'was an individual likely to be hurried away by the in fluence of strong passions, or that he would permit those passions to master his judgment. I cannot suppose that such an excuse will be pleaded for him to-day. I,t cannot be said that the defendant was urged to the commission of the conduct which I have here to complain of, by the impulse of headlong passion, 'and that under its influence his judgment erred. I hardly think, therefore, that such an excuse as this will be offered for the defendant. I can under stand how a woman of talent might be flattered by the atten tions of a person of superior age and knowledge, and I can imagine that under the influence of such attentions she would become irretrievably lost. It was in this manner, no doubt, the defendant drew a circle round the unfortunate lady in question, and, by attending to all the peculiar circumstances of such a line of action, you may at once see the traces of every thread of that web in which Mrs. Heaviside was so cruelly involved. It appeared that on the 11th of March, in this year, the plaintiff left Brighton for town, and, on the morning of the 13th of the same month, Mrs. Heaviside in formed her servants that she was going from home to pay a visit to a lady named Greville, and that she would not return to dinner. Of course the servants thought nothing more of .the matter, but one of them, on going into Mrs. Heaviside's -room in the course of the day, missed some trifling articles, such as combs and the like, and this circumstance gave rise to suspicions relative to Mrs. Heaviside. The butler imme diately proceeded to Mrs. Greville's, and found that Mrs. Heaviside had not been there that morning. He then pro ceeded to town to communicate the fact to the plaintiff. The latter, however, crossed his servant on the road, and he arrived in Brighton on the same day. On proceeding to his home he then learned the, sad tale, under the frightful influ ence of which he became insensible, but he subsequently awoke to the painful situation in which he was placed. It appeared that the guilty party went, in the first instance, to the Adelaide Hotel, London-bridge, where they arrived on the 12th, and on the following morn ing they proceeded to Ostend, and from thence to Dunkirk, and then all traces of them were lost. Shortly afterwards it was ascertained that the parties were living together in the rue de Trochet as man and wife, and it would not have been difficult to have produced evidence from Paris to prove the adultery of the defendant with Mrs. Heaviside. It seems, however, that an arrangement has been made be tween the solicitors in this case—an arrangement which I very much regret, and with which Mr. Heaviside had nothing whatever to do—by which Mrs. Heaviside and Dr. Lardner were to go before the chambermaid at the Adelaide Hotel, in order•to their being recognised. Consequent upon- this ar rangement was another, by which it was agreed that the butler of the plaintiff should be produced as a witness. I will tell you the reason why this was done. A letter was received by the father of Mrs. Heaviside, dated the 14th of March, by which the residence of Dr. Lardner and Mr. Heaviside's wife in Paris was ascertained. The defendant instantly started for Paris, and went to the rue de Trochet. He opened the door, and.there he saw his wife and the de fendant at breakfast. She immediately uttered a scream. The plaintiff overcome with his feelings, and impelled by in dignation, rushed upon the destroyer of his happiness and bestowed upon him a severe and well-merited chastisement. The butler was present when:this circumstance took place,; and this, gentlemen, is the reason why the butler is to be called before you this day. I cannot from my heart regret the treatment which the defendant experienced at the hands of the plaintiff. There are moments when the feelings of our nature will assert their supremacy and act in defiance of the slow progress of the law ; but if this circumstance is put forward in mitigation of damages, I will ask you this ques tion—lf Dr. Lardner brought an action for this assault. what would be the amount of damages you would give him ? Ascertain what those damages would be, and then I will ask you to deduct them from the damages which you will this day give in the present instance. I will now mention to you a most extraordinary circumstance, to which my attention has been called. Upon the writing desk of Mrs. Heaviside being broken open in'Paris, the. copies of two letters which Mrs. Heaviside had addressed to her father Colonel Spicer, and to her husband, were discovered. The copy. of that ad dressed to Mr. Heaviside was partly written by the defen dant. The first twelve or fourteen lines were in the. hand writing of the defendant, and the drafts of both letters were corrected in many places by the defendant ; and it was evident that these letters were in every part the concoction of the defendant, for in' them was exhibited no contrition of the heart for the gross offence committed against the peace and happiness of the plaintiff, but in every line was displayed the cold expressions of a mechanical philosopher. The first letter which I shall read is dated. " Sunday, March 15, 1840. " I sit down to the painful duty of fulfilling the .promise made in my note of Friday." This note, gentlemen of the jury, I am not at liberty to read, but my learned brothers will permit me to say that the note referred to was a note promising explanation. " I will do it as briefly as the circumstances to be told and the feelings to be expressed will permit. You have observed the continual indisposition from which I have suffered for many weeks past, and which I have allowed you to suppose proceeded from bodily illness. My sufferings, however, were of a different nature, and arose from a different cause. They originated in the mind and in the heart. Among the persons introduced to your acquaintance within the last few months was one, who, unfortunately for me, produced such an impression upon my heart, as I felt could never be effaced. In the first period of our acquaintance I flattered myself that the sentiments he inspired were those of friendship merely, and I indulged in his society with unguarded, and, as the event proved, most imprudent freedom ; as this, however, was no more than was done by other ladies by whom his acquaintance and conversation were eagerly sought, and as I never before bad reason to distrust myself, I pro. eeeded, nnepprehensive of consequences." [All this, gen. tlemeu, as I before observed to you, was found in draft in the defendant's own handwriting.] "He departed from Brighton, and the effects of his absence convinced me, for the first time, •of the real state of my heart, and I soon felt that my peace of mind was irretrievably lost. He had never presumed to tell me that I was to him an object of affection. His manner and language were, on the contrary, most deferential and respectful. I had seen, however, indications of his feelings towards me, more convincing and unequivocal than any which mere words could convey. In short, without any express communica tion on the subject, our feelings became mutually known. We felt that every dictate of duty suggested immediate sepa ration and absence • separation and absence were accordingly tried, and continued until I was driven very nigh to madness. I shall not attempt, because the attempt would be unavailing, to describe to you what I suffered. Had you been more constantly with me than your avocations usually permitted you to be, the state Of my feelings could not have been con cealed from you ; and it was only by heartrending efforts that I assumed an apparent cheerfulness during the brief and dis tant intervals you passed with me. You know me tub well to doubt my truth, when I assure you that on more than one occasion I was on the point of attempting to rescue all parties from the evil which menaced them by removing myself to another world by opium. I struggled—God only knows how I struggled !—to subdue this criminal attachment, and to re cover sufficient tranquillity of mind to enable me to perform my duties as your wife. I wrote to him declaring my reso lution to conquer my affection for him ; his good feeling and real regard for me prompted him to acquiesce in this course, and he expressed his entire approbation of it. I tried it ; I failed ; the struggle almost lost me my life. I now became fully convinced that I was for ever incapable of discharging towards you the duties and offices of a wife, save by the adoption of a course of systematic dissimulation and unre mitting hypocrisy from which all my better feelings revolted with loathing and dis;ust. I felt that the attempt would render my life one continued lie. No course then remained for me by which I could be rescued from the horrors of my position except either self-destruction or to withdraw myself openly from you, and resign myself to him who engrossed all my affections. To have adopted the only intermediate measure, by indulging in his societrand secretly committing infidelity to you, while I continued to profess the feelings and perform the obligations of a wife, was one of which I was al together incapable. I, therefore, after viewing my situation and examining my heart, determined to abandon a position which I could not conscientiously maintain ; and I did ac-' cordingly on Friday last, deliberately and advisedly, and not in a moment of excitement,-or under any sudden impulse of feeling, leave _my home, and place myself in the hands of him to whom my affections-had been surrendered: • " Need I assure you•that up to the hour I quitted your door I never was guilty •of any act injurious to your honour, or incompatible with the vows I had made you • what 1 have done I' have done openly, and have •not added the meanness of falsehood and deception to the sin of infidelity. While by this formal confession 1-place;- itil s o,ur bands the power of releasing yourself froin the tie witficit binds me to you, and of preserving the tights of our children from the possible consequences of my act, I am prompted, as much by my feelings as my duty, to declare, most unequivocally; that what I have dOne has not been caused by any absence of kindness and affection on your part ; that on the contrary, from the day of our marriage to the day of my departure from you, you have been most kind, most tender, most affectionate, and I am deeply sensible that you have deserved a very dif ferent return from any that it has been in my power to make. As I believe and trust that my own conduct, as well as that of the person to whom I am now united, has been, up to the hour of my separation from you, such as to afford no grounds for objection and suspicion, you cannot, I presume, have any means of linowing who that person is ; it is neces sary, therefore, tharl should inform you that it is Dr. Lard ner. Neither he nor myself desire to offer any extenuation, much less defence, of our conduct. We feel it, however, to be only justice to ourselves to say, that we are prepared to suffer all the evils attendant upon a total change of pecuni ary circumstances, as the inevitable consequences of the step we have taken. have come to him destitute of any means of support, and bringing nothing with me but the few articles of dress I have upon my person. He has•surrendered a large income which he has for many years enjoyed, arising from his professional labour. Banished as he must be, to a foreign country, damaged in character by the very measure which gives me to him, removed from all those connections on which the profitable occupation of his time' has hitherto depended, he is at this moment uncertain where or how he may obtain even that very .small income which will suffice to supply our most moderate wants and wisher. Not foresee ing an. exigency like the present, he has not realised ally con siderable amount of property : nothing, in fact, which can materially aid us in our present position. We were both fully aware of these formidable - difficulties and sacrifices, but he felt, .that any sacrifice, however great, would be most willingly, made by him to soften the evils attendant upon the position which I must assume. Now, in conclusion, allow me to express a hope that the first anguish attending the misfortune has been arranged. You will see that your peace and comfort will be more proMoted by losing me altogether, than by retaining me without retaining my affection. That would be irksome to you, and you would have the pain .of seeing me daily consumed by a hopeless attachment to another, which would eat into my heart, until I should be reduced to the mere shadow of myself, and which must, after a brief period,.have , brought me to the grave. It is not likely that you will feel any disposition to communicate further with me, but, as we still have some common interests. I feel that it is my duty to supply you with the means of such communication, should it be necessary. , Anything which is addressed to. Mrs. Williams, No. 17, OM Burling ton-street, will be forwarded to Ine.=Believe me still, your most sincere and grateful friend, _ _ " MARY HEAVISIDE." " It is my wish, if you have no objection, that this letter, or a copy of it, should be sent to my father." —Now, gentlemen, I must call your attention to a letter written by Mrs. Heaviside to her father under the same cir cumstances as relates to the controul of Dr. Lardner as the last. [The learned gentleman then proceeded to read the letter of Mrs. Heaviside to her father. It resembled the preceding in its tone and sentiments. After acknowledging the kindness and considerate tenderness evinced in her father's letter, she proceeds to say that " neither he, nor her other relations understood her feelings," and deprecates the idea that what she had done had been done " in afitof insanity." With reference to the advice she had received from her father, she says—" Were I now to adopt that suggestion which your love for me, rather than your better judgment, has induced you to make, I should be signing my own con demnation, as well with the present generation as with pos terity." With reference to Dr. Lardner, she remarks— " Whatever difference of opinion individuals may entertain respecting his merits, Dr. Lardner has held so Conspicuous a position in public life, and is so 'well known in every part of the world, that one connected with him as I am must ex pect to be subject to more than - ordinary scrutiny." (Mr. Thesiger here observed that this part of the letter had Leen corrected in the handwriting of Dr. Lardner.) after declaring her " profound and unalterable attachment " to Dr. Lardner, she declares that she had been influenced by " those licentious motives which too often influence women. ' She then proceeds—" You say that a special clause will be introduced into the act of divorce to prevent my marriage. You must, in common with every well-informed person, be aware, that such a prohibition is not customary, and if it were introduced in this case, it must be done on special grounds, or' through the exercise of some special influence. No special grounds exist for such a prohibition, and if any sinister in fluence should be exerted to deprive me of the means of rec tifying my position, and receiving at the altar the vows of him for whose sake I have made so terrible a sacrifice, I have no refuge except in the consolation arising from the reflection that the state in which he and I will be compelled to live is one which we should use every means in our power to avoid. We feel' that we are already as strongly bound to each other by every tie for which we entertain respect as marriage could Make tiS, and if we look-fOrward . to that ceremony hereafter, itis not: for the sake 'of ourselves, but with a view to the opi nion of the world, and to the interests of those to whom we may give birth."—The remainder of the letter chiefly related to pecuniary matters.—The learned counsel then proceeded— . Gentlemen, I have already explained to you that those letters bear the risarkS of haiing - been controlled and dictated by the defendant ; and I will now call your attention to this extra ordinary circumstance, which accompanies them all, and which also accompanies anotherletter which I shall pre sently produce to .you, anti which was written by Dr. Lard ner himself. You observe that both in the letters to the hus band and to' the father, there is a strong and earnest desire expressed that there may be no intervention on the part of the family to prevent a divorce'. I think I am en titled to say that circumstances give me some clue to the motives by which the conduct of the defendant has been actuated. Mrs. Heaviside is entitled under her settlement, in the event of her surviving her husband, to an income of £lOOO per annum ; and in the -event of her surviving her father and mother, she is absolutely entitled to a further suns of £13,000. The interest of the large sum settled by Mr. Heaviside at his marriage, and the other sum to which Mrs. Heaviside is entitled by another settlement, never could be . come the 'property of the defendant unless a divorce took place ; and the earnest anxiety which he betrays on his part that a divorce should be obtained, betrays also, and conclu sively to my mind, the mercenary and sordid motives which actuate his whole conduct. He writes to Mr. Divett, the member for Exeter, in these terms. His letter is dated the 14th March, the very day after the elopement : " Great Queen-street, Westminster, March 14, 1840. " My dear Sir—Before this letter will reach your hands you will have learned the circumstance which has produced it ; it is, therefore, unnecessary for me to inflict on you and myself the pain of its recital. Your old and attached friend, Mrs. Heaviside, supplicates you, by all the sentiments of regard you have entertained towards her, to exert your 'in fluence to urge her husband to pursue with all possible ex pedition the steps necessary for the dissolution of their mar riage. This course he ought to take for the sake of the rights and interests of their children, which her present situation endangers ; but what she implores you as her for ever-valued friend to consider is, that such a proceeding on his part is the only chance she has of recovering, as far as it can be recovered, her right position, by having it in her power to unite herself in marriage with him for the love of whom she has made .so terrible a sacrifice. It is, I hope, needless for me to say that 1 impute no part of her conduct to impurity of mind, or to any quality which renders a union with her less desirable to me than it would be were she an unmarried woman with a reputation 'the most unsullied. Whenever she shall be capable of contracting marriage, I shall be most proud and happy to make her my wife, and un til then she shall be cherished .by me with as much tender ness, and treated with as scrupulous respect as if the word which unites us had all the sanction and force of marriage. You-will not suppose that I should of myself take the liberty of addressing this letter to you. It is done altogether by the desire of Mrs. Heaviside, who wishes me to say to you, that if you should have any communication to make to her, it will reach by being addressed under cover to me. She has writ ten a full disclosure 'of her feelings and conduct to her hus band, which she hopes his long friendship and intimacy with you will induce, him to show yo u . (Signed) "'D. LARDNER." Now, gentlemen, am I not justified in the observations 1 have made ? Is it not perfectly apparent that the £20,000., in case Mrs. Heaviside survived her husband and children, the £l,OOO. per year in the event of her surviving him, and the £13,000. absolutely in the event of her surviving her father and mother, who are both advanced in life—that these formed the motives which operated on the mind of the de fendant, and induced bins to proceed in a course so ruinous , to Mrs. HeaviSide, and so fatal to the happiness and peace of mind of the plaintiff ? It is-unnecessary for me to press upon your attention the deep, the lasting, misery inflicted on the plaintiff by the means of the defendant. If the grave had closed between him and the unhappy partner of his life when she was in a state of purity and innocence, heavy, indeed, must the calamity.have bpen, but he might have borne it with iia tience and resignation. If,. in those trials which must happen to us all in this chequered scene of existence it pleases Pro vidence to visit us w ith the heaviest of ail afflictions, the death of a wife, the cherished partner of our boso m , th oug h the tears must fall, and the heart must bleed, yet the sorrow which we feel is not without its consolation and its dignity. We are stricken and afflicted by the hand of God, and we must bow to his mysterious dispensations ; and when time, at last, arrives with healing on its wings, the heart will close on its cherished object, and it will be embalmed for ever in our most sacred and endearing recollections. But when our joys are nipped in the blossom by the withering hand of an adulterer, no such feeling of consolation remains—every thought has a scorpion's sting, and every memory is mad ness. There are the outraged feelings of a husband—his wounded heart—his deceived affections—there is the pity of the world, so like its scorn ; there are the constantly irri tating recollections of. the disgrace brought upon his home by an adultress ; all these recollections fester and rankle in the heart, and no time can cure them. This, and more, has ;he plaintiff endured at the_ h4nda of the difetclent.end,!le now is compelled to appear before you, to seek for the pitt• ful recompense which the laws of his country afford him for an injury for which it is almost degrading to ask for pecu niary compensation. But as this is the only redress which the law affords, I do, on 'the present occasion, earnestly, most earnestly, hope that you will not be niggard in dealing out the amount of damages against the defendant. On occasions of this kind the estimate which a jury makes of the damages which a plaintiff is entitled to, is generally co!n- . - pounded of the estimation in which they consider the plain tiff has maintained the dcmestic relation invaded, the loss sustained, and the nature of the misconduct of the defendant. In addition to all this, it is usual to consider, amongst other circumstances, the pe'cuniary circumstances of the defendant himself. I have never been able to understand on what prin- ciple any such consideration should be involved in an inquiry like this. If a trespasser invade my property and spoil my goods, I am entitled to recover from him a full indemnity for my loss, whatever may be his condition in life, or whatever may be his pecuniary circumstances ; and shall it be said, when a man has committed a much higher trespass L-when he has inflicted on me a far greater injury—when he has invaded and destroyed the peace of my home—that the consideration of the amount of his property is to enter into the estimate of a jury in awarding damages for the injury sustained ? If Mr. Heaviside had been called upon, and asked whether he would barter his domestic peace, sell his honour, consent to make his wife and the mailer of his cbildren_an outcast of society, and a disgrace to his family, for £lo,ooo—at which amount, since it •is necessary to limit the claim, the damages have been laid in his declaration—if he had been asked such a question as this, what would have been his answer? He would have rejected it with scorn and indignation. And is there any thing to induce you to take a different view of the damages ? And if you do take circumstances into consideration,_just see in what a situation the defendant proposes to place hh nself. He has taken from the. plaintiff the sum of £13,000 which would have been his if the marriage continued. He has ac: tually placed 111;:seif inthepositio'n of securing to . himself all the benefits arising to Mrs. Heaviside from the settle ment made upon herby her unhappy and deceived husband. I am - almost ashamed to descend to this sort of calculation, but it is unfortunately necessary in cases of this kind, and whether you look to the amount of injury, or whether you look to the circumstances in which the defendant has placed himself, there is no reason why you .should abate one far thing of the claim to which the plaintiff has been advised to limit himself. Who are the parties before you ? On the one hand you have a husband and a father, unexceptionable in both these tender relations. You have seen him living in comfort and luxury, devoted to his wife, deserving her at- - tachinent, living Within his domestic circle, and finding in that endearing home (that word which strikes upon every heart with a thousand tender associations) everything which he could desire in this world. You find him in the midst of all this happiness suddenly broken in upon by rash intrusion of an adulterer, and he now appears before you heart-broken. Every joy, every comfort, every hope shattered and annihi lated. You have his children, at a time of life when they most require the watchfiff care and protection of a.mother, not only deprived of that protection, but compelled almost to forget her very existence. Imagine the miserable situation to which these poor children are reduced. Their young affections to be instructed to forget that being whose smile first welcomed them into the world, who poured into their infant veins the simple nourishment of existence, and who led them through the path of infancy with that tender care, with that anxiety, that labour, that anxious watchfulness, that absence of self, which a mother's heart can alone exhibit—which a mother's heart can alone enjoy. On the other hand you have a man advanced in life, of mature reason and judgment, with power to control his passions, arid, under the imperative obligation which every man has upon him, to resist temptation. You find that man pursuing a cold, calculating, systematic course of seduction, and, as is apparent from his conduc', from the most paltry and sordid motives. If ever there was a case of this description presented itself to a jury in which every man's feelings would agree that the law should be carried to its fullest extent—if ever there was a case in which you should take the full benefit of the privilege conferred upon you to render justice as far as it is in your power, and to the full extent of your power, this is emphatically the case. I earn estly supplicate you, for the sake of justice, not in the small est degree to reduce the amount of damages which the plain tiff claims. There is not one single palliating circumstance —there is nothing in the case to extenuate in the slightest degree the conduct of the defendant. On the other hand the plaintiff stands out clear and irreproachable, without spot, mark, or stain on his character. All that you have heard of the transaction appeals to you for the fullest compensation, and I earnestly implore you, for the sake of public justice, that the appeal will not be made in vain. The learned gentleman, at different periods of his speech, wes much affected : and many ladies in the court expressed by tears their sympathy with his eloquence. The certificate of marriage of the plaintiff and Mrs. Heaviside was then put in and read. Anne Smith, examined by Mr. PLATT.-1 was the servant of Mr. Heaviside in March last, and had been so for eight years. It was my duty to attend on Mrs. Heaviside, who then lived in Brunswick-square, Brighton. I remember the defendant visiting there. He first came there about Christ messiest, and he came there often after that time. He came about lunch-time every day. Mr. Heaviside was sometimes at home in these visits, and sometimes lie was not. When be was not at home, the defendant was introduced into time drawing-room. Mr. Heaviside was then sometimes at the Town-hall, and sometimes at the railway, of-which he was a director. I was housekeeper and lady's maid in the family. Mrs. Heaviside was a very reserved person, and I never remember her mentioning defendant's name. Defendant " dined two or three times at family dinners at the house, when Mr. Heaviside and other friends were present. I recollect Mr. Heaviside going to London on the 11th of March. He was expected to return on the 13th. I re member on the morning of the 13th, at half-past ten o'clock, Mr's. Heaviside, going out, when she said she was about going to visit Mrs. Greville, at whose house she said it was likely she would dine. At six o'clock I went to her room to put out Mrs. Heaviside's things for dinner in case she returned, and saw the combs and brushes and the toilet things were gone away. That excited my suspicions, and I communicated that circumstance to the butler, and he went to see if she was there. He returned ; and, in consequence of what he heard, he went to Lewis and Allonby's to inquire about a box of Mrs. Heaviside's, which was- stated to be gone away, and the butler went in a chaise to Mr. Heaviside, who returned at half-past nine o'clock that night. I saw him first, and told him of Mrs. Heaviside's absence. I said to him what I have told the court, and on hearing it he became in sensible, and continued so for two hours. He then went to bed and had a fit of ague, which continued all night. His sufferings appeared to be very great. I found a note in the basket in the drawing-room, which I gave to Mr. Heaviside. It was a note from my mistress ; he could not read it. I read a part of it to him. I gave it to him, and I did not see it afteriviirds. Mr. and Mrs. Heaviside lived'on most com fortable terms, and he was very affectionate to her. One of the children was born after I went there. They had three children altogether. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL.—Dr. Lard! ner dined at the house about six times, and the occasion I mentioned was the first on which I saw him. I mean at Christmas. Mary Sandford, examined by Mr. PETERSDORFF.—I am chambermaid at the Adelaide Hotel, London-bridge. I re member Mrs. Heaviside and defendant coming there on the 12th March last. Apartments had been prepared for them before they came. They dined there. There was a bed room and a sitting-room taken by . them, and they occupied one sleeping apartment, and they left early next morning. They left in a small boat, to go in the Ostend packet. Richard Pegler, butler to the plaintiff for eight years, de posed to the amicable terms upon which Mr. and Mrs. Heaviside lived together. Col. William Spicer gave evidence to the same effect. Mr. Edward Divett, the Countess Dowager of Carhamp. ton, the Hon. Mrs. Greville, Mr. J. N. Wigney, Lady Campbell, and Mrs. Wigney, gave similar evidence. The settlement upon the marriage of Col. Spicer and Miss Riddle was then put in, showing that £13,000 was settled on Mrs. Heaviside. • The. settlement of Mr. Heaviside and Miss Spicer on their marriage was also put in, showing that £20,000 was settled by him on himself for life, and on Mrs. Heaviside after his death, and then on their children. The letters read by Mr. THESIGER were then put in, and also the drafts of the letters read by him in the course of his opening address. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL then rose to address the jury for the defendant, but he spoke in so low a tone that much of his speech was inaudible in the seat were the reporters were placed. He said that he felt considerable anxiety as counsel for the defendant. The advocate for the defendant in such a case was always conscious that he did not receive the willing attention of a jury, or their willing inquiry into his arguments. The plaintiff complained that the defendant eloped with his wife ;he admitted this. He admitted also that they had taken the route which had been described, and that she was now' under the defendant's protection. Upon these facts the plaintiff was entitled to their verdict, and to damages which' must be a compensation for the feelings which he admitted had been injured and wounded. His instructions were not to disparage in the slightest degree the honour of Mr. Heaviside, or to reflect upon his conduct as a husband or a father. Their verdict must be for damages for the loss upon their estimate of the injured feelings of Mr. Heaviside, according to the evidence produced before them. But his learned friend asked for damages of a very different description—he asked for damages of the most extensive cha racter. This bad been the great object of his impassioned address. He would, however, direct the attention of the jury to the principle by which. they should estimate their damages so as to meet the justice of the case. The plaintiff and his wife had made a happy marriage, and he enjoyed the 'full and confiding affection of his wife. They were blessed with affluence.. This state of happiness had been lost ; it had been broken in upon by the act of the defendant • but it was not upon the fact of the elopement, or that the lady was now' under• the protection of the defendant, that they were to measure the damages. They must take into con sideration the whole facts in connection with the evidence. How, then, did the case stand? Here was a lady neither young nor inexperienced, a lady who had been married for sixteen years, the mother of a family, constantly abroad in society ; in the frequent habit of seeing company of the first respectability and intelligence at her own home, and merit ing the eulogium which had been, no doubt justly, paid her by his learned friend, that her society was courted by all who had her acquaintance. Such being the facts of the case, was lie not justified in saying that she could not be considered as a victim caught in the toils of a deli berate seducer, a character which his learned friend im puted to his (Mr. Sergeant Channell's) client. When, therefore, he looked at the age of Mrs. Heaviside—when he considered the wasein which she went into society—when he found that, after an acquaintance of three ,months with the defendant, she left. home with him—and when he re flected that the visits of Dr. Lardner to the plaintiff's house, by invitation, were only -five• in number—that the evidence of the servants only proved that the defendant was at the house of the plaintiff' two or three times to dinner, and had paid some five or six morning calls—was he not warranted in saying, that if they dismissed from their minds all the prejudice which, no doubt, had been created there by the powerful and able address of his learned friend —and that if they could be induced to look at all the circum stances of the case in their fair and natural position—Mrs. Heaviside was not the unsuspecting victim of the arts of a deliberate seducer, as his client was designated ; and that while• Dr. Lardner might be justly assailed as the cause of the plaintiff's present distressed position, yet he ought not to have the imputation of a deliberate seducer thrown upon him ; and further, that there was not that state of bliss existing between the plaintiff and his wife up to the period of the visits of Dr. Lardner, which was stated to them by his learned friend, and which he admitted had been borne testi mony to by so many highly respectable witnesses. He called on them to .look at all the circumstances of the case before they came to the conclusion that the defendant ought to be called upon in this case to pay heavy damages. He used these observations, not with a view of desiring that they should not look with proper sympathy at the situation in which Mr. Heaviside was placed, but that they would be careful that while on the one hand they did justice, they would not on the other allow unfair prejudices to operate upon their minds so as to induce them to deal in an unnecessary harsh manner towards Dr. L. 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