The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-31 00:00:00

CLOSE OP PHD WINDHAM INQUIRY.

The verdict it. the above case appeared in
almost the whole of out hapremioa of yesterday. It
is understood that the ezamiaatioa siabraesd all the topics
oaf which the public have reetintly beard so much, sad was
al a very trying tool searching character. There is also a re.
snow to the effect that Mr. Windham acquitted hamaill is
atanditablis inner, cud that the readiseue Ind istelligues
with which he auswer.xl a multitude of questUms upon a
great variety of subjects, 001/2111 of them of a rather &S.
cult nature, astonished everyone who heard him. So
favourable, indeed, wo the impression which he pro-
duced that the opinion formed and expressed be more than
one gentleman who witnessed the exatuinatues ICIn that if
it had taken place at the clo,rof the ease for the petitioner.
neither the Master nor the jury would love thought it ne-
cessary to subject Mr. Windham to the expanse of adducing
frisbee,. io his defence. That the examination was a rig°.
TOW cod exhausting 111111 oily be judged from the fact that it
lasted between three and four hours: and yet, when the
doors were thrown open, Mr. Wioolham appeared to be the
lust wearied person in court. While the jury were con-
sidering their verdict in an adjoining room, to which they
had withdrawn immediately after the examination, he
chatted and laughed with his counsel and solicitors ns freely
MA gaily as if he hail no concern in the result. The fact
is, however, that, like everybody else iu court, he wa, con.
vitsced that the verdict would he in his favour, and therefore
neither he nor his advisee were at any pains to conceal the
joy coil exultation which they felt.
The jury returned into *tart at 25 minutes before 4
o'clock, after an alocnos of little more than half an hour.
When they had taken their mate and their MMUS had been
celled over,
The Master acid,—Are there twelve of you, gentlemen,
agreed upon a verdict
tiir tt. Armitage.—Then are.
The Muter —What is the verdict!

fitir O. Armitage.-- It is, "That tile wid Mr. W. F. Wind.
tutu, at the tone of tsliug this inquisition, was a person of
sound 'Moil, so as to I. sufficient for the prerumeot of
himself, Ms manors, Lis measuages, his leads, Isis tenements,
Isiairousls, and his chattels."

Word •.f tho verdict as it dropped shinty from the
lips of the foreman of the jury wits listened to with
breathless attention by a crowded court, and the moment
the last Wee uttered a load and outlittsktAric cheer anw
from the audience, sail was repeated again and again.
The like of it has seldom been heard in a court of justice.
attempt wax made by the Master to restore order, but
Iu Vele, sad "one cheer Diem" louder and more deafening
than any that had pieissiled it, made the Westruiuster
Seseiuss•house ring like an rirhuuw. MeileWhile, every-
body who euuhl get near him wits Making hand. with Mr.
and isaigratidating him upon the result of the
hem,: introduced to Sir 11enrge Armitage
ha th+ak.4l that getalcieau for the verdict he had deli•
eared am forerun of the jury. Whom ha left the court he
was received outside with an enthusiastic shout, rail the
admiring Crowd 0181.4 carried him to the cab in which he
' drove away amid a thundering cheer.
Inaide the ~mat-reeni. after the verdict had been no-
cortle.l. Master Warren eluded the proiseetings by expreesing
his deep appreciation of the admirable manner iu which
the jury had Mechanist their duties.
" do ended an inquiry," observes the ri 111,4, " unpre-
cedented fur its duration, fur the seatidelous wsste of
money which it has • avaainoed, and for the inexpressible
tiltliinees of WHIN of its details. It hes extended over
thirty.four day., of which between eight awl nine have
lawn devoted exclusively to neater ; and ear fewer than one
bevelled suet forty witnetwes have been examined —illy for
the petitioners, awl ninety for Mr. M'ioellism. The 1411 of
csots must he eoniething frightful. It has been our dis•
eitrevalile .duty, derma the riierie of the inquiry. to
puldish evideece of a very disgusting character ; but the
public may fe !tut our reports have been purity
Ileilf eirrioline•il with the horrible mem of nastiness bold
liebee Ow jury, %VII& enumerating the more striking
feature., ..f an inquiry which nisi he the Last of its kind,
ear t• oiled omit the temper in whieli it has been con-
ducted be eeneied both sides. Thom. 200,1emen have
disolayal great ability and eltemence. but they have waatel
much precious Woe w tiobes awl irritating alternations,
while in their set els-eche" they have Allowed end vilified
on.. another in language rarely heard in our courts of
justice."

ER If tsit.rtS DI.PVNARY. —The animal meet-
ing of the gooet mu i 4 thix charity way held nn Wedneaday
eveninz. the •-•!ith itiatint, under the prexidencv of the Rev.
11. iticmoilr•ul Maid t.hairch, Watery-street.
It apparel, f the report, of Mr. Mme, the secretary,
that di.. mq the !net dear iatimits were admitted,
the expenditure being .193/. Da. 2d. : anal the receipt%
:ear. VA. 11.1. ; leaving a deficiency .1 1121. tit 3d.
Per-
haps few institution, render greater henefita to the poorer
Assam than (horns:trim% msistance being given to them at a
time when they most require it without robbing them of
their inalepeielenve. It would be a iierimis thing if these
benefits "Licit be crippled for want of public sopivirt.
Dimaiermy GY A NGw GED. —We (Si,ifs-
sane) understand that the celebrated " I tunfermline Splint"
seem of coal him Putt been discovered in a new pit lately
vomit on the estate of Lassodie. The dial 'LS of unuawally
him coil a. the mineral-field is extensive, and con.
tains all the other seams of the district besides, the mineral
wealth and the railway traffic of the Inc-silty will be greatly
increased for many velars to come. Thermal-field is opened
up by the West of leife and Edinburgh, Perth, cad "Modem
Railways, and f'harlestown will be the principal shipping
port.
CHIGGrAL PALACK.—ONIS SHILLING
DAT. JAN. no. Adminiosa as payment, 1,741 ; ditto by
meow tithe* G 92; Wel visitors, 2,433.