The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-12 00:00:00

EXPUS,.
,1111

SHEFFIELD, Wunctanar.
I have just assisted at the obsequies of the ninth
annual meeting of the Social Science Association,
It was a very tame affair, with not more than a
hundred persona present, and those principally
ladies. The president was not there to take the
ehair, and consequently Mr. Chambers, the Com-
mon Serjeant, was asked by the secretary to pre-
side, and added this last service to the many which
be has rendered during the meeting iu being a sort
chairman-general. At the meeting of the council
Mr. Chambers bad been chsirman, and he came
fresh from this to the general meeting. At the
meeting of the council, which was private, it was
known that the only important matter to come
before them was the choice of a place of meeting for
next year. Three towns invited the association—
Bristol, Manchester, and Belfast—and the choice
fell upon the cottonopolis ; and I should say there
could be little difference of opinion among the out-
side public as to the suitability of this great
manufacturing city as a meeting place for the
society. But there was, I hear, • very consider-
able difference of opinion in the council upon
the decision, and the voting ran very close indeed.
I have the best reason for stating that on the votes
being taken there appeared ten only in favour of
Manchester and eleven for Bristol, Belfast being
nowhere as the phrase is. But Bristol was not
to be allowed to win like this, though for why I
really do not pretend tobe able to say, for Mr. Cha-
mbers claimed to use his right to vote as a member of
council, and at once gave his vote for Manchester.
This brought the competitors even, when, as chair-
man, Mr. Chambers voted again, giving • casting
vote in favour of Manchester. I cannot tell whether
there was any groaning or parliamentary "oh, ohs°
at this curious exercise of privileges, but there has
been some little surprise expressed, and certain
questioning talk flying about upon the affair, as
though Mr. Chambers was not perfectly right in
the position he took, as no doubt he was. But all
this indicates what has been throughout this meet-
ing remarked by several with whom I have come
in oontaet, that there is a want of cohesion and
deficiency of bead in the ordering of the proceed-
ings of the society. It is not that the papers
have been wanting in interest and importance
and have not been well directed in their purpose,
bat that the members and associates have not been
kept sufficiently well informed of the business of
each day in each section. 1 meet with many who
did net bear Dr. Hook's paper read, or head one
syllable about it until it appeared in the local
papers, and there were other instances of a similar
kind. The local secretaries very naturally looked
to the general secretary and his assistants for the
benefit of some experience gained by former meet-
ings, but they appear to have bees left to find out
for themselves how to make arrangements for the
reception of the association. However, notwith-
standing this, Mr. Hastings, in his wonderfully
bland and contented way, congratulated the general
meeting to-day on the universal success of every-
thing, while the half deserted platform and the
rows of empty benches in their quiet way tell a
different tale. He rejoiced over the thousand, or
thereabouts, of members awl associates who
attended the meeting at Sheffield ; but
where were so many of them that an
audience could with difficulty be got together ?
Then it was impossible not to notice the cold silence
with which the secretary's allusion to the munifi-
cent hospitality of the mayor and town of Sheffield
was received. Why the corporation never dreamt
sf puch things ; they leave all that to their mayor,
who is as rich as Crossus, and so well liked that he
lam been twice in the office, and I should think is
very likely to be perpetual mayor, for the corpora-
ties evidently like to have their official hospitality
conducted on the limited liability principle. The
town couucillors have taken no share in it, and
they saw no need for them to do the civil to the
social philosophers, who would, as one of the worthy
alderman suspected, be poking their inquiries into
all sorts of unpleasant things. We have seen some-
thiag of the feeling at work in the discussions
between Mr. Alderman Saunders and Mr. Godwin
upon the subject of the unhealthy condition of some
parts of Sheffield, and 1 cannot think that the
assembling of the sanitarian here has been es-
teemed at all an auspicious event by the town,
so far as they are represented by their town
council. The mayor has rarely been seen in the
departments ; and at the final meeting, when he
might have been expected at least to say bon voyage
if he never wished to see us again, the chief magi-
strate was not at the right hand of the chair. It
Is not improbable that Sheffield has been more or
lase enlightened by what has been going on during
thepast week ;the lesdingmen will seethat they have
not brought theirtown to the rank it ought to occupy
in our great manufacturing interests. It is far
behind Hull, Bristol, and Birmingham in almost
every respect but prosperous trade and magnificent
manufacture ; and if we are to talk of hospitality,
it must yield to Rotherham, a neighbouring town,
which to-day invites the Social Science Association
to as entertainment given by the inhabitants.
The reading of some very lengthy reports by the
secretaries of the different departments, which
occupied too much time, and the usual round of
compliments, wound up the general meeting, and
detained me so far that 1 am compelled to postpone
some acconot of the manutactures of Sheffield
which the association have had the opportunity of

PtisEY AND DR. NZWINAN. —Dr. Pulley has
eddrassod the following sots to the editor of the Guardian :
"Bar,—l much regret haring to obtrude epee the pablie
lay own private fee4p, hut the stattmeet whiok. you
tweed from some local _paper (inaccurate in every particu-
lar, except that I sprat more happy hours with my friend
Dr. Newman) is se istossatly pairafil, that I cannot help
sertelf. Thar statement if, tbat Dr. N. and myself were
• roxerikd after twenty years.' The deep love betweee
which now dates back for above forty years, has neverbeen
In the least overshadowed. His Waive es was one of the
deep sorrows of my life ; but it 'evolved 'operation of plat's,
set diminution of affectios.—E. B. POSIT, Christ Chunk
Oxford, Oct. 9, HAL"
lintvaitstrY Count's Hottrrrni. —Notice hasboen
eatokvod of a beemeei st 4,0001. to this W1106'1.127 the Lte
lii liatimaisl Bonne, cd Wornisit patio,, I 0•114100.
L G. Palmer, of linlgravookonar, Failism, hen blooms
•Ni inverfaus in virtue of a conlidiulits of 30 pima&

MR. DISRAELI ON FARM
ABOURE T EASES AND FARM
LRS.
The auuual meeting of the Atnenlimn null
Chasham Agricultural Aeloolation was held oq Tiees.lay et
Ainersbeen. Alatthe dinner the 'Tewuritall desk wee
takeo by Mr. T. T. DRAM of fiterdarea, who wax sup- '
ported by Lord Cbsehaw, 31L Diareeli, Mr. Du Yr*,
M.P.. Mr. W. Lowedee. Mr. I. L.Y.
v. C. Lloyd, tte.
Mr. Fate, in responding I. the toast of "The egoist
formers," made some observations on the neersaity of pant-
ing leases to tensors se a security for thrir investment, sod
dreertbsd the present urgent a a state of serfdom without

the rune
Mr. Disease' then rose to propose " Prveperity to the
Association sad the Agricultural Labourers." He mid—l
have • meet entrusted to roe which maces too clam not inte-
rim in value to the femme themselves. If I atop for • mo-
ment to make an observation on the speech we have just
betemal to, it is sot to provoke a discuesion on ao occasion
like the present ou the tubject of lam a. Any one
who has given attention ito that subject must
know that it would be impossible on an occasion
lila the present to exhaust the matter,er, even
to, touch ou the principles which lie at the fiatede.
floe of it. It Is very well to say &farmer ought to have •
keit, but you must °milder the terms of that lease, and
you will find, when you come to disease those terms with
cos who_ would be your tenant, that viry different ideas are
atiosehed to those conditions from those which are enter-
tained by another. Mr. Field said a farmer should have •
lease or tenant right, but a loam and Meant right are two
very different things. Mr. Posey was one of the beet
oath ties on this matter who have floarisbed in our time,
and le his proportion with regard to comet right I was
always eavoursble. I remember bowleg him say lathe House
of Coemoos—althengh he was • man to whom agriculture
sod husbandry are more indebted then to any
other Mao in our generation—that rather than
let load en long lessee he would prefer to have
so land at all. Hs thought that letting nodes
mob coaditions would deprive him of the opportunity of
performing some of the drat duties which, iu h
ieie opinion,
' MLA to the pommies of load. you pit t • farmer
whether he will have • lease for • short term of years, be
will give you reams for lobjeeting to that. On the other
hand the landlord will my that sa the value of land gear
lady making has bean rising fora long series of years, if
he pants • lease for a long term it will be neeassery
se
eater into motes arrangement by which the rent Mall be
proportionately and periodically tacreated. That again
osieettnet Wady the person who would be your Meant.
(Hear, hear.) The fact is the arrangements under which
lead is held most vary awarding to the soil and the
melon= of different counties. Ido not think any abetmet
Cln can he laid dews on the subject. Bet
eiPis quite clear that permaneat improvements
I aught to he door by the landlord—(hear, bear)—
and if that be done them are very few tenants,
I think, who would wish to embarrass themselves with
Meese. That is • point, I think, oa which experisoce bah
led es all to the same cocialusion. Gentlemen, it is by
tintmand of your prestdent that rise to prows* success
his iratitntion, and especially to the agricultural
labourers, en whose behalf (and not on that of the tenant
farmers) this mociatioo was principally instituted. I wish
to call the attention of the meetinto a molt important
matter. I have always bees, as I intimated before, very
much in favour of local institute:ins which propose to them-
selves local objects, and which have closely followed up
their original leteetion. And of all the local institutioos
in this country I bps no hesitation in wise that the Amer-
sham and Cheskain Association is the ore which has been
meet successful, aid that, proposing to itself • limited ob-
ject, it has completely achieved it. The object is
to recognise merit end to reward skill is the
agricultural population. It proposed that object,
and it has succeeded in recognising, ierewarding, and
encouraging merit in that portion of her Majesty's
subjects. I have not dimmed my opinion as to the OS-
pediesey of rewarding long service by a pecuniary donation,
sad although that has been • subject of considerable con-
troversy, I Mow as you an do, that this is a recognition
of merit which they substantially appreciate. And so long
es the labouring clams amocate with them the feelrage
wbish they do at present it wonld he most unwise, sad
give rise to great acid painful misconception if we wire to
terminate them. It is a very great a ittake to Puppets
that bemuse to the editor of a newspaper who perhaps re-
arm 1,0001. a year the reward may seem trifling, therefore
it In small in the estimation of the person who receives it.
BesoUset you moat estimate the value of • reward of Si. to
• labourer in proportion to his income. 31, to &labourer with
in. • week repreeents a sum equivalent to 5001. or 6001.
to a gentleman with 5,0001. a year. Now I have observed
that gentlemen in the receipt of 5,0004 a year are not abso-
lutely indifferent to the chemise of receiving 4001. or 5001.
extra. (Lanchter.) Why the income tor, about which the
patience° with large Moines make such a noise, does sot
amount proportionately to anything like the sum which M
obtained in addition to his income by one of the agricultural
labourers whose moral virtues and whom inch:airy are mai-
silted by this system of rewards. With regard to the otter
prizes there can be no controversy. Careful shepherds.
industrious ploughmen, Mittel hedgereand thatchers (as we
have in the souther/a part of the county, though you have
not here), why should not their merits be recognised by
those amongst whom they hes? (Hear, hear.) There is
another point touching the oondition of the labouring popu-
lation which this and similar societies have attempted to in-
fluence. I mean their habitations. (Hear, bear.) Yon offered
premiums for keeping cottages in good order, foe the mill-
esimal of gardens with the greatest industry sad tests, and
in other modes sought to encourage • lethal( c 4
Genthe respect-
ability of home among the labouring poor. tlemen.
that is ea excellent object, bat there were, I believe,
domestic difficulties connected with the inspection, which
hove thrown obsteelen in the way of the continuation of the
prizes for the best kept cottages. lint generally the pre-
miums offered by this and similar societies for the cultiva-
tion of cottage gardens had been productive of much good.
I must repeat what I said on a termer occasion, that
the condition al the residencies of one agricul-
tural popidatios demands most serious ormaderation.
It is always said that cottages sever will pay • fair 4067614
ter the money invested in them. I will not say, as it le
sometimes said, that you most look to the moral return
you rewire for building proper habitations on your estate,
though I believe that lea substantial return ; but I my that
is • pecuniary tease, you can get • return for your invest-
meet. It is true that if yon build a cottage for 1301, it is
not practicable to restive • rent from the cottage in
proportion to the investment. I admit that, but in the Wog
ran the farmer is so glad to have the labourer handy
on his land, he sea the immense advantage to the health
and stesegth of. the laboaren in having the dwellings well
veatilated, that where the comfort and health of the
labourer are provided for be will give an increased not.
Consequently, although the direct result may not femme
rate the landlord, there is, on that ground, every reams
why the coadition of the labourers' dwell lap should be
improved. At the same time la all things there should be
moderation. The other day I was shown some model sot.
tape—this was in the county of Buckingham—Lie porches
of which were covered with plate glass. I do not know
what they cost, perhaps 2501. • piece. Now • porch is
necessary to • cottage, but the labourer ought not to be
deprived of the light of day, or the shining of the moon by
night, by • slate covering and so I actually
saw the probes covered with plate slam (Renewed
laughter.) That, so doubt, is folly, and Seeds to
defeat the object we all have in view. Cottages at 2601. a
Pero are the "follies" of the poor, just as we have some
buildings which are styled the "follies" of the rich.
Speaktag strictly to the toast before me, I as my there has
beta during the past twenty years • decided improvement
in the dwellisp of the poor in the minty of Buckingham,
bet there are districts where there is still very much to be
regretted. Bet we may congratulate ourselves here that
during the last few years these has hems gradual rise in the
wages of labour for the agricultural class in this empty, and
that is the foundation of all efforts for their improvement
Gentlemen, with these feelings I ask you to drink prosperity
to this association, because it is toasted on an excellent
principle, and it has succeeded because is has coofined itself
to that principles and has not aimed at that which
a local StIOOSItiOI can never fulfil. If yes want
to stimulate agriculture sod husband/7 in this
county, it yen went to increase the means by which
you make wealth, and so to become richer, you must hays
the larger vssociatioa referred to by myexcellent friend, and
that eau only be dew by • whole minty acting with deter.
miriade°, and animated by honourable competition. But
es regards this society, it does fulfil its object ; it has im-
proved tbe condition of the labourer in this district, arid
therefore I trust you will join me in dunking prosperity
sod encases to it. (Chests.)

RAILWAY CteMita' ASSOCIATION.—Last evening
a prod mesas( of the clerks employed on the various
metropolitan railways was held at the Marylebone Literary
Institute, lidersol.stret, Portmomaneere, for the purpose
of coardring the propriety of forming ma associatios,
healing for its object the improvement of their presses
position in relation to the hours of labour end the rate of
c Moors, of
meeting was very numerously attended. Mr.
of the Great Northern Railway. having token the
*heir. proceeded at some tenth to explain the object of the
reeetiag, detailing the grievances wider which maw., clerks
felt themselves to be labouring, mainly reuniting from the
keg hours of labour, sod the low rate of wages, being consi-
derably worse of/ in both respects then merimeica and arti-
er, morally. He diectaimed any desire nos
the part of the
clerks to dictate to the hoards r.l directors, at the same time
they felt themselves fully justnied in taking ell legitimate
memos to ameliocate their modifier He reminded by
moving the followireg resolution:—" That in the opinion of
this meeting it is desirable that an arociatim be formed for
the purpose of esdeavonring to improve the erditioe of
Use Meeks employe) on railways." Mr. Fry, of the Leedom
and North-Waters, seconded the reeolution, which was
unanimously adopted. lir. Dyer, of the Great Norther°,
moved—" That the asneeiatios be called The Beltway
OW& Arosiatiea - Mr. Beardmore receded the rm.
hose, whisk wee agreed to. A committee was ap.
palsied, oom•iski mg of reprosentrives from the Leaden,
and North Weston, the Great Western, the London,
Chatham, sad Dover, the South Western, and the Grime
Northam Beltways. A resolution was then adopted, sm.
vows-ion the committee to prepare sod precept reepostful
memorial to the various beards of railway directors, rain
forth the grimmer complained of, sod requesting redeem
A eubsoription having been entered into to defray the ex-
poser of she movement, the pecosediep tomioatol with •
veto of she
to the olteinosit.

TEE CATTLE PLAGUE.

Doing the past weep several eases of rinderpest
iive.ecouirsa at Alkhosu A, • riilago rbout 12 ,nlies from
Barton. Several beasts beloeging be Mr. John Naylor, of
that place. ism% were attacked, three of which died en
Toeedav sod Wednesday, in all O&M only about 4$ boars
sites b Aug eti.ckeiL The euiwels wars all buried in their
skies, and ruareoted animals at once pissed in guaranties.
Ova-driving is believed, in the first instance, to have
brought on the plague.
The Cheltenham fxaminev says that the disease
has silted rapidly amen the stook of Mr. Wealth, of Men-
dell Farm, who hes now bet 11 of his herd of 43 cows, and
as yet the malady shows no signs of abatement.
The unhappy visitation appears, says the West
Sussex Oazdts, to hang about the valley of the Arun with
singular perversity. The district inspector (Mr. Oro! tal has
reported two oases at Messrs. Cootie's at Tortington. One
broke out as Friday and the other oa Tuesday (MOW&
They have not as yet shown themselves in the most vire-
lout fortn, and are now under medical treatment. There
are in all 13 standing in the building in which the deems
has shown itself, sod were separated from a herd of 20 a
few days ago. A fresh case has broken out in Mr. John
Duke's farm at tkeuiwielc. There were three running
together, and on the appearance of the disease in one of
them the others were killed foe the market. At Amber*
the plague le still at its deadly work. Mr. Newell reported a
elle treet there day, and Mr.
cows
at Mr. Monday of
Felpiarn, are well, and they have been sow Isolated for
seventeen days. We fear tbat other oases will have )et
to be reported we the weak is out.
The Frome correspondent of the Bath Cltratiele
writes i—" Although we have not the cattle plague in this
district, we have the foot sad month disease among cattle,
sheep, and even horses. Cattle suffer very severely, whole
dairies being down with it. It le is singular that horses
are &Decked, but there ars one or two immiatakeable cases
to this humiliate seighbourbood."
On Monday Mr. Roberta, veterinary surgeon, of
Oswestry, visited Roman, sear Bmw, sad there saw six
animals lying dead sad several &Meshed by the
disease.

Tea LATH /loves ROSBIRY AT HAMPSTEAD.—
At the Hampstead police court yesterday, the three
men, named Davis, Taylor, sad Leather, who were cosa•
earned ea robbery at the home of Mr. Squire, Upper
-
terrace, Hampstead, were finally examined. The part.
las of the robbery and the appribusion of the primmer"
hayed/Indy beep gives. Property to the value of 701.
had been takes away by the prisoners, but sou afterwards
recovered. The prisoners were searched at the police
'tattoo, and since the remand on Wednesday Davis was
searched at the House of Detention, Ind between the
lining sad the leather of his boots several gold rings and
a chain were found belonging to Mr. Squire, and he
bad now recovered all his property. Mr. Squire spoke in
high terms of the conduct of the workmen, and also of
Mr. Inspector Ayliffe. Haden°e was given by gaol odious
that the pigmies wen well known characters. Leather
sad Davis had been convicted several times, and Taylor
waa wall ksown. They bad only beat eat of prison • few
weeks whet the robbery was committed. The chairman
(Mr. Menhall) said the workmen deserved great credit for
their promptitude, and the judge at the seesioas, who had
the power, would no doubt model them an &Rousse. The
beech would allow the two days' attendance, which was
all they could do ; but they would, no doubt, be nom.
puled. The three prisoners were committed to the Mid-
dlesex Sessions for trial. Mr. Squire wished it to p forth
that there was no imputation on his servants ; they were
reopeoteble young women.
RELIGIOUS CHIVALRY AT WHITZHAVEN.—The
detestation in which infidelity is hold in Wbiteheven was
testified unmistakably on Mrs. H. Law leaving the Odd-
fellows'-hall on Wednesday evening, after a lecture in
support of secularist views. An immense mob awaited her.
and amid hooting and execration, me party attempted to
upset the cab into which she bad been put. We believe,
alai, that she was denied admittance to her hotel, and
finally, alter some damage had been dons to the cab, it was
driven to the toll-bar on the New.road, when she was tabus
up by a member of her sect and conveyed to Dialogue.
Os Thursday night, too, her exit from the hall was waited
for by • mob, larger even than that of the previous even-
leg. Soperinteadeeit Little, Inspector Wood, tot, and •
' Dumber of polies idioms were peanut toped the loiterer.
built was found impossible to get her tato • cots, as the
vehicle no sooner drew up in front of the budding
then it was pushed forehly away ages. The nue was
certainly nearer in TOSIDDOIDOOO to Ili riot than anything
that has beat sue in Whitebaven for a long time; there
were many highly respectable people at the outskirts, end
I probably the greater comer of those present were not
there with say really malicious intention. bat the yelling
sod hosting which at times prevailed were suffiaset ea.
deuce that there were thou preeent who were bent on mit•
chief, sod it is probable that if the night bad been dark,
I imbed of remarkably moonlight, some injury might have
bees done to the windows of the building. Bed it bees
so the committee who let the hall would only have had
themselves to blame, and we trust that the experience
gained on this °autos will be suffinient to deter them
from spin letting their room for the exposition of doctrines
so repute's to humanity is to be always the cause of err
oration and violence of feeling. It was needy 4 o'clock,
we understand, before it sou deemed safe for Mrs. Law to
make her exit from the hall • there was still • large mob
sheet, and as a *eh had bees; refused, the lady had to be
escorted by ex ce seven polies officers to Erserty station,
where she expected • conveyance would be waiting to
unsay her to Distiegton. The conveyance, how-
ever, was not there, and as the police refused to go any
further the lady was escorted heck through the tows, fol-
lowed by a hooting, screaming mob. We regret to hear
that in her passage through the struts, Mrs. Law was hit
with • stone. and cut at the heed ; a demosstration of
disapprobation was doubtless excusable, but pieutial vica.
leoce was certainly unpardonable, especially when directed
easiest one who, however misguided, was only • woman.
nutty Mrs. Law was got into the house of one of her
friends, Mr. Glendioniog, draper, Roper-street, and the
hubbub was fortunately at an end without those serious
ooeeequesoee which at one time teemed inevitable. It was
anticipated that Mrs. Law would Diehl return on Friday,
end then is little doubt that personally she had " pluck"
enough to hare done so. We believe, however, that objec-
tion was reeled as to letting the ball to her, and that
farther, she was served with notice that in the event of
her spin appearing, the police could not hold themselves
responsible for the oonsequemes : the lesture wee sot there-
fore given.--Cumbrelond Pacquer.
THE AMIRICAN SPIRITUALISTS IN TROUBLZ.--
The New York papers of the 26th ult. print the decision in
full of Judge Hall, of the United States District Court at
Buffalo. in the appeal in the Odolieseer eau. Colchester,
se heretofore stated, was lined forty dollars end the costa of
suit for practising the profemion of spiritualist, or juggler,
without having taken out • Hume under the Internal
Revenue Laws, and this was now confirmed. The judge in
the course of his delivery of the judgment, said : —"The
Performances of the defendant were claimed by him to be
the exercise of the alleged powers and capacities of the m-
ulled spiritual mediums—a numerous dams of meow,
many of whom were within the reach of • enbpossa, and
could be easily found. If the defendant aid these spi-
-buil mediums are sot impostors who practise upon the
credulity of shoos who patronise them, the most obviate
and direct mode of proving the defence set up was to
put these malted mediums upon the stand to &Stoat,
nada the solemnity and responsibilities of an oath, the
fact that they do receive communications from some
spiritual ce other supernatant orn unknown source,
in answer to questions of whose contents they are them.
selves ipment ; that they do what the defendant did with.
out any sleight of hand performance, and do not willingly
deceive and delude those who consult them. It might well
be supposed that this class of persona, who, it was said by
the defendant's sense' were es ouseientious sod oufideet
in their belief of the truth of their professions as were thou
martyrs who have suffered at the stake in ettatatice of the
sincerity of their religious belief, would gladly embrace an
opportaisity to prove, upon a judicial trial, the sincerity and
truth of the pretensions, if such proof could be made. That
no one of this class of peruse was called epee the stud, or
volunteered his testimony upon this trial, probably the first
widely advertised opportunity of removing this vexed quer
Lion of the truth of their pretensions from the regions of
dreamy susulation god &emetic assertion, lied bringing
it to a legal and public trial in the mode and upon the ovi-
ducts to which, after all, the world's experience we ere
Mill obliged to resort for the determination of all goatees
of fact in which the liberties and lives of our people depend
—is • circumstance of much deuterium sad weight, upon
the qaestiou of the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
Not only the pecuniary interests, sod perhaps the permed
liberty of the defendant, but the interest and reputation of
all the metalled spiritual mediums, were involved in this
question ; sad yet Dot one of those peruse who, upon their
own knowledee, could have given direct aid important
testimony, wee placed upon the sued, and the defendant's
defence me sabred to rest mainly epos the aorta of his
aide counsel and the proof by those who had amanita him
that lashed returned pertinent semen to their questions,
sad showing their wetting upon his arm without their being
able to discover the manner in which he loaned the nature
of the questions, or that there was any sleight of hand used
in his performances. To detain the eye, to perform tricks
with such surprising skill and rapidity ee to prevent his
manner of proceeding from being discovered, is the or-
dinary skill of • juggler ; and the proof gives was not
sufficient to shake the confidence of the jury in the case
made by the prosecution. In short, the animation
proof of the defendant's guilt was very arose, if not
absolutely conclusive ; the defence set up required the
jury to Mettprd the noun and exportation epee which we
are accustomed to rely as ebbing and as jurors ; end the
unsatisfactory char :ter of the defendant's proof, aid the
failure to resort to the most obvious end direct mode of
disposing of the use made by the precaution. left the jury
no alterative. for they could not remit their *outdates of
the defendant's guilt. In conclusion, the judgment of the
court titbit the indiameat is this case la suilloieet ; that
the defendant was legally tried and properly oceiviced
and that imbue' must follow the conviction.* The sen-
tence of the mart DM that Charles J. Colchester pay • fine
of 40 del.. and mete, amounting to 472 deb. The IDS wee
promptly paid by the friends of Mr. Colchester.
Hocierrar. FOR DIIINASNI or TIM EMT 67,
Caventeeneraudm.—Tke .ember et
Millets relieved at this hespital daring the pee week wee