The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-08 00:00:00

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audits mad etiolate repel," edit be might to date that
be Malmo mikado& with me* OOP "Mime is fame
of the repeal of the malt tax, bet from the impossibility of
affixing his signature to them In time for hie modes he
must delay permuting them until another day. Ile
thought the time had now arrived when this
gumshoe' of the malt tax ought to be Pared
on a practical sod intelligible footing before parliameet sad
the ooustry. He believed the fret effete of a repeal would
be to supply good and cheap beer to at least a sillies
of the labanrum classes who now could drink no beer at
all ; aid further, that it would supply to another million
of the working elegem a good sad ohm 'Mehl fastosd
a bed, adulterated, and deer beverage. In that part
of the eouutry ,is which be (Sir F. Kelly) lived, aid-
mining labourers frequently had so mem thee 112. err 13.
• week. A cm receiving that rate of wages could set
afford to drink beer, and he *ever tested it, except at
harvest time, when be received It by way of wages.
And this was as additloual argument against the tax,
namely, that it was an actual tax upon labour, frame& ea
It was, upoe setae mashes, gives to the labourer in
lad
al wages. (Hear, hear.) If the labourew could °sly get • geed
mad wholesome bear at home, be theoght the result of re.
pealing tea tax would be to effect a social revolution as
great mired's', bees oosfened epee thismatry. Hemel&
say a few words with fewest to • class •of gentlemen of
the highest respectability-1w meant the temperas*,
mociatione—who believed that the vetted of the
malt-tax would lead to I 111111141111•6011 aed drtiekeneem.
If he imagieed that would be the result of the change he
should not for one moment come forward to amass it.
Bat Ist him appeal to the house on this peist. Wee it
because drink could be had at a cheap rate that people
would be likely to consume it in greater quantities! Sixty
years ago, when the duty en wine was eaves or eight times
what it was now, the fine old Eagljehrom of that day,
whatever excellent qualities they might poems, metals],
did not boast of the virtue of timperthee. (Hear.)
Whim wise was scam mad deer, madam aged to
get tips y every night, or, if not, they iadalged la wipe as
extent that we should look upon at this day with ',tonna-
meet and dismay. But now that everym who had 2e.'or 3e.
in his pocket could buy • bottleof wipe, sad the GNAW
classes could drink certainly to their besrte' or their
stomachs' contact, was cot, be asked, tenimanee • virtue
which really did adorn the higher dames of eaddy ? (Hear,
hear.) He would add one word as to Ireland and Scot-
land. He owned he bad beard with some surprise
the Ohm' of the Exelmerver he would met
venture to say appeal to members' for Ireiand sad
Scotland. but certainly advance an argument to something
of this effect, that it was add, to them te be eaked te
take off • tax for the sole Neigh; of the people of Engles&
("Hear, hear." from the ministerial beechen) But if it
were true that the repeal would confer se tweet apse
Scotland mad Ireland, was it namable, suppordeg that the
English were groaning under an unjust system of taxatioe.
that the members for Soothed sad Ireland should hold
their hands, and Donohue die tax spas theme whom he
might call their fellow esiarimen (Hear, hear.)
But he 'sainthood that the of the malt tax wool
greatly benefit both Scotland Indeed. Along the meta
of belied them were large trade of land, spa which an
inferior deecriptiou of barley might be grows In great quaa-
tities, which might be converted into malt for Mlle. The
abolition of the tax would therefore meta seen Inlaid,
although iedtreetly, a great bomb', and perhaps give
them come compensation for the immortal injury aces-
mimed by the repeal of the rose laws. (Hear, sag laughter.)
He bed received eausouniretione from many pencils in
Scotland who all agreed that it would be a ggrteeaat benefit to
Scotland, and very desirable, if they eoaldeeooarage the
&Shiag of cheap beer, sad to some extent diminish the
drinking of spirits. (Hear, bear.) Hers that, he would
take hie stand. He asked the Chanteller of the Exchequer
to explain to the bowie why it was that this tax epos malt
—an article of Brinell produce end British manufacturs,ead
of geseral consumption—a tax which premed moet heavily
won the middle and Moeda, cares of the ootintry who
were least able to bear it ; • tax involving high moral and
social, as well as political and financial easentboor ; be
asked why should this tax be left deeding alone, when
more than 800 other taxes bad been either reduced or re-
pealed, while this tax bad Ma left sot only unneeded
but untouched? (Hear, bear.) The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer might Ms • deaf ear now to the Me se of them
claim who could not make themeless beard
within that house, where, alas I they were out-
numbered. But he told the right haematite ',Dilemma
that this elate of tbiap meld Dot lest, It wee with the
cultivators of the land and great numbers among the eon-
rumen of bear, as it was with the paper makers sad others
who had become the Adieu of remit legialatios
although be did not they it had eonferred Inestimable
benefits cm numerous claim's, had also Inflicted deeir sod
pennenent injury. epos other amen (Hear, hear. The
sufferers might yield SOw. hat they maid feel, anti their
vances were redressed, that they had mot had equal
just admiektered to them. (Cheers.)
Sir E. B. LTITON said that he roes to mooed the
motifs of his hoe. sad learned friend. The farmers
said, "You have levied as income tax of which we
pay our share for the express pve of maim
Ire, trade the =grieving of your figsndsl WPM-
hon." Availing themselves of that mighty beelmment
they had given relief to various Males of the am-
malty from duties by which their emehls were most
miggied. (Haar.) The apicaltarinte aloes were throws
emlial the pals of your badman' omideratice. The ex-
, demeans still stood hewing' them and the free cultivation
of the toil just as he stood Wore free trade was tried ae
an experiment upon themselves, and brim the income tax
drew from their pockets which bed gem to the
relief el others. eafferers fez lase amo-
rous thee the ag.;;;;rtarinta those argumeate spinet ex-
cise duties to which they turned a deaf ear whoa they won
broiled forward by the femme. Bricks, asap, aid paper
sB had priority over their complaint. He sow asked fried
was it too much to ask !) that the income tax should corn-
plats its object and should give to the farmers the same
share of those benefit* which their oontributions to
that tax had so largely assisted to bestow on
all industrial occupatiooe exempt their own. (Hem, hear.)
Bat you my, We do sot bay the Jodie, et your demand,
bat your grimace is no lucrative to the exchequer ; mad
how can you expect that we should take off a tax that
yields 6,000,000/. a yair ? A pertial redaction would not
Misty you, end would not get rid ee the ezeimeem. And
their meow of that kind ware se and up by saying,
"ahem we cannot give yea all you ask, we will rite you
nothing." (Hear, bear.) Now, wee that the way in which
Niemen dealt with reforms? (Choirs.) Why every strum
would hat to the end of time, if cm party were act pre-
pared to concede something, and the other party
to accept something as as instalment of the whole
demand. (Hear, boor.) Let them not forget that
they were not asked in this very tempests resolutioa
to take off the whole tax all at men They were oily
i asked to reduce it by any instalment they had to ware,
and thee to bear them in mid simper's they could takeoff
tha whole tax without inipadng any new ones. (" Hear
bear," and • laugh.) He did not deny that they desired thi;
ultimate and total repeal of this obnoxious tax. Bat them
I the farmers were like other Engliebreen. If you showed
that you were in eeriest to redress their irksome they
will have confidence in you as to the mode and mealier of
doing so. But let them not dietitian the tamers by the
mockery of saying, Sine* we cannot give you complete
justice we will give you no justice at all, and
instead of justice we will give you a report from the
Board of Trade. (Hear, bear, and laughter.) He earnestly
entreated hon. gentlemen on both sides of the boom to ra-
pid this question with that fairness and freedom
boa prejudice which be was sure was their natural in-
clination on all questions that affected the pascal welfare.
Let them not be burned against the moths bemuse it ema-
nated from those benches. Let them sot suffer it to become
a party question ; let them sot regard it merely ea a cinch
time of • farmer's grievance, in which gentlemen had no
concern if farmers were sot their comititueots. (Hear,
bear.) Hs believed this was one of these instance" in which
the grievance of the prods= was the wrong of the con-
sumer. (User.) It bad bean shown that the tax must
operate not only on beer, but upon the prim of meat, sad
surely their conetituenta is the towed and boroughs were
greater resumer' of meat than these labourers Is the
sentry. It was true that the amount of the tax was Urge
but was the difficulty so great that they could sot grappee
with it? The right hon. gentleman (the Chancellor of the
Exchequer) told them lad year that the real diminution of
taxation from 1860 to 1864 was 6.668,0001. That wee
more by 500,0001. thee all the proceeds of this tax, which
they were now told was to he protected from even an appeoach
to the sanctuary of is colossal injustice. (Hear.) Such
ea approach might he mad* with safety to the mess* wires
more then 6,500,0001. wee taken off in three yeas; and whim
last year they bad 2,500,0001. to give away, and this year
he supposed about the mime meet. Hew did they ma-
Sive to efface thaw results, net oily with eddy, but with
advantage to the revenue? Because they were m eater* in
effecting reliefs to industry so long ea they could rely upon
the income tax. Let them be as meat ha this rend, to
complete the object of the income tax, sod mamas would be
found for the relief of satioeal iedmtry in this 1:0111
as they had in others, Is which relief to the Miami
industry was foaled to be the reediest way el iscreasiag
the oatmeal Moors& (Laughter.) It wee sew 30yeare saes
be bad the homer of • seat In the Haase of 00011DOOL
Upon the whale never was there a popular assembly se
alive to the principles of political homer, ear upon the
whole an aristocratic assembly so aiscerely desirous of doing
equal joshes between rues end mac ; sod it was from • pro-
foetid but respectful, eoevidion that wither sconeding
to homer DOR according to justice amtM they ploy feet sad
loom with those profanities and pledges of free trade which
had made the repeal of the malt tax the lethal and heri-
table eoasequence of the repeal of the ma laws, that he
esirested the house not to reject the 11111/6111 of hie boa and
lamed Mead. (Laid cheers.)
Mr. NEATE premed the following ameednient :—"That,
considering the immunities from taxation sow enjoyed by
the mem sad occupiers of had, they are ad eatitied to
any 'pedal emeeideratien on mould of the pm-
me of the malt tar ; aad that if, OS ather=, that
tax ebould be reduced or abolished, compemation to the
revenue should be sought, in the first instance, by with-
drawiag from landed property the advantage it am has
me other property is the shape ed feel szseeptios from
protele they sad partial ameasption from esteenden duty
aad iseeme-tew." They- bed • right te • ask thole who
the fiamicial policy et the
LiCia*4 -spa My wg=iehlwred
they aim, it the mist lenneed ellestam they were
trassfitred to the ether SW el thhherms, titei would
peeper a em blerable soloolito. -or • 4lrrosplel

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sikma
the malt tat to their hiss f Did they moan to do it
in their wood body'? If to d 9 it la *lir
think West, potions scab I,Pfc "WY'
ad without fear of ' Is groin tun Plain
(Laughter.) Ia thaii; thought like mad of
the malt tax would bo_ old* sonlYons by ha abloom
If th• Won a tie ..true a tbs bologna'. mu-
SUM of raidniss fortanatins had hiss to ream the sepal
of the nosh tan miry pm! hi sins out of
tie quokkas, why did ter.gonflosiss iis: lad of
say expectation tothe soinsby that would take
the sub bate their oontais~ A like that
.....,11s assonnifal far a soma, bat the party who oesdo-
Mo it could user =pod urosaitantly to buslit the
conatry. The time would anso, it it bad sot come sow,
whoa the fanners of England would he weary al heaving to
th sat-told tale cies repeal of the malt tax, would ro-
oms» all Mailman hopes, ud Mill mon than feelings of
animas sod noprofitabis rompotkaut which than who
calla tbionsollos their hinds, for politioal par.
PP,' of that OWer Might to keep alive to
tun beasts—when they would tura mid* with
something like isdlpaticia from the nagositims of thou
who, if they could not hops foe victory, might Gook renege
—sad rump aping% whom I—aplant thom who mover
issant them soy bans or did them may harm, sad WllO
rather should be named among their boot Medi, because
they bad crest hind them oo by dawn hops, of dishonest
uht, bat compelled thorn, with so surly compulsion.
io Mit their bosom of poospecity es the con pound of equal
tight, and bum* they taught them to disooiror, sad by no
vsoy pada ezporissis, that the bottom of the great rim
of friss toads was • very good bottom whoa they own to it.

On)XL RITE setooded the uneadmeat.
Mr. DU CANE Weeded the boded interest. maintain-
ing that they bid nesse burdens from white other ohms
wen exempt, and that the abolition of the malt duty
eagle is justice mid good faith to be • neesesery consv
memos at the repeal e the eon ewe.
Mr. THOMPSON could not me that any substantial
grievance was inflicted en the farmer by the tax ou malt so
far as the feeding of cattle was cenoersed, beaus it wet a
moot point whether barley would not answer quite as well
me malt for that pupate_ . _
Mr. KORRITT desend that if be were is the poetics
of • ohmmeter of the exchequer with • ',sepias be would
reduce the theme tax &ZOOMr led. In the posed, take off
the whale of the Are issues. duty, sad carry over the
basso" of the annobas men next year, whim be would take
few millions off the malt tax.
Mr. HARDOASTLE underrated the alleged admatnes
to the farmer and the poor man which 'saki warns from
the abolition of the ditty, sad pealed to the feet that &st-
elae@ barley would always
_censinsed the best price In the
market. He reosauseded that the amendment of Mr.
Neale should be withdraws in favour of the " pievious
questices," of with* he bad himself given notice.
Colossi BitIiTTELOT urged that the malt tax had a
prior skim over all other indirect taxation.
Mr. GIBSON contended that the advocates of the @beli-
e= of the malt tax bed failed to make out • ease, as the
comparative premiere of the taxes upon tea, mfrs, and
sugar were such greater than thus on alcoholic liquors.
He deprecated • pledge
_being given by the goretumeet
that se relief of isy lead would be gives to any class of
the oommuity Datil the whole et the melt tax lad been
removed. He thought the 111111114111 had been deluded by
the leaks which had bees got up ea this subject, as
thus wbosionied barley loads were as this mammal more
prosperous than any other moose osuested with salmi-
tem. Special legislates ce their behalf was unneoemary,
sad be hoped the boxes weed aot maces' say proposition
similar to that !evolved ha the notice of Sir Fitzroy Kelly.
Mr. HENLEY maid the coeshisiou of the right hon. gen-
thenaa's speech wail in such exerast with the main part of
that be had ocamlderabie dials:salty ia heaving how to
sewer It. He asked them see to come to any resolution,
bat to trite to the Milos of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, who would dee with the matter fairly
and grogerly. He told them not to touch the precious
edifies," by which 20,000,00 W. of revenue was raised. But
they beard nothing of that maim edifies when the duties
on wine and French heady were reduced. (Hear, bear.)
The right_ boa. gentleman
said that public credit ought sot
to be frigbecied, but they beard nothing of frightening
public erode when the dudes ea Push wines and brandy
were cotaiderably reduced. (Hear, heir.) The right boa.
tleman said the hums were deluded th this matter.
gen
It they were they deluded themselves, for if ever there
was • inotheiset which prosseded from the hewn them-
selves it was this one. (Hear.) These It d been • great reduc-
ties is the duties of many artless of coneemption during
the last 20 years, and in almost every instance an enormous
Unease of ooesumption bad followed on peel tedustkia.
Did they imagine that the farmers did net know this, and
that they naturally expected that •great threw of coo-
suiption would the fellow if the malt duty were reduced.
sea great censumptioe of tee, sigar, and coffee followed as
the reduce= of the duties on those articles I The revalue
had reasszossfou Wolf in the mused time by the hemmed
arid why shoed not the MIA result
fellow from the ndartion in the pries of malt
Slue (Hear, bur.) He did not Ike following
who wt starrier _it is the country,
Vitre ° Aught hoc. gentleman stated to his *seeing/es at
Ashton that the duty on be. woe In per vat., and that
the duty oa Spanish wine—that was to say, these. was 29
per tut.
Mr. GIBSON said be referred to the retell sad not to the
wholesale prin. If be spoke of the wholesale price he should
lave mid 15 per
_met.
Mr. HENLEY said be knew the bon. gallium" spoke of
the reel pries, but if be had worked out the question as a
sum be would have found that the duty did not come to
124 bet to 11 per cent. The right bon. statesman seemed
to be very mystified when he spoke of retail and
whole's!' qualities, but they knew very well that
the price oft pot of poster was 4d., said of a slam
of sherry fid. (lankier, tad cries of "No.") They
I might get it at a paNio bones for 4d.—(laughter)—but If
they west to the bar of that Gaffes-man they would get •
I good ghee for fkl. (Hear, beer.) If they measured they
would And then were about "even gismos in a plat. ("Ob,
eb," and laughter.) He meant an imperial mat bottle.
(Hear, hear.) That gave 28e. for • gale° of sherry, said the
duty ea that, taking it in the retail way, was 71.7 per cut.
He would sow go to gin. (laughter.) He had always seen
It laid down that nun spirits they had a right to get am
meek remise as possible, that they kept out the
"filer. (Hear, hear.) Now, gin was sold at 5(1.
the quarters I. public boom% bat If they wanted
the very best they mast pay 61. Taking thirty -
, two qua/terns to the gale% that gave • duty
of 75 per cut. upon the gin drank a public house. This,
however, would be assuming that people drank spirit at
proof. Th. publicans were humane mush and had RlM-
sent ousideratiou for people's interiors to lama the
strength to a certain degree. He believed—taking the
right hon. gentleman's ova foessala—that would give some.
thing over 11 per out. instead of 121. His has and
learned friend had proved to detuustlation that the duty
on malt beteg 70 per cent. at starting, was more than 30
per rant. or more than one third of the price of the beer as
it west down people's thuds. He bad always looked upon
this quires' as a oomonner's sad a tarsier's question, and
eminently a labourer's puttee. (Heart
_hear.) If beer
were cheapersed, be believed there would be less intoxi-
ratios. (Haar, bear.) In farming matters they cold
Dot use gag lamp, but moat make bay while the
sun shoes, sad they could poise men to work in the Pun-
ebbs without something to blip them akin. Since they
bad reduced the duty on wine and bristly, which the A&
drank, he oosteedad the poor man had • claim to have the
duty on his be Mooed. (Hier, beer.) He would sot
expect any opinion upon the question of total repeal, but
ha believed there was • strops claim for justice on the
part of the bravdrinkisig pule of this ear=
glans of water washers handed to the right bon.
of which be drank.] He thanked Clad there was no tax
soon water. (Cheers and laughter.) They had relieved all
parties who daub except three who drank beer. There
were assay mew who would be glad to get rid of all
taxes. (Hear, hear.) He knew the revenue must be paid,
but that was no reason wby inane direction aka" it should
be kept up. If half the malt fax were reheat tomorrow
be believed they would is two you act recoup the
whole of it, but all within we million. (Hear, bear)
He believed that their claim was !medal mjustioii, and if
the country want oa biassing in prosperity as it had been,
them was no doubt that in process of tune the matter
might become ithe of total repeal. Hs did not expect to
live to see that, and therefore be was content to wept
the teens of his hoe. and learned friend's motion. (Hear,
MMr.) NEM"! withdrew bb aresedniset, and
The buss divided, whsle the numbers were—
For the motion
Per the previous question
The motion of Sir F. Kelly was simequently Degalive&
Leave was given to Mr. Blake to brim in • hill to weed
the sat for the regulative of municipal corporstioes in Ire-
land ; to Sir B. Peel a bill to provUe for superanonatioa
allowances to allure in unions is Ireland ; to Mr. Deeper
two bills for soquiriog *adieusl lands for improving the
sites of the new publics oilier in Doman-street and the
SHEEP AND CATTLE
BILL(ENGLAND AND WALES)

Mr. Mane% obtainid Won to lalroduos s bill to
rootlet ammo of dogs is lii iiml Wags liable tot
%jury to &sag sod canto,

INDLYSTBILL EXHIBITIONS BILL.
This bill was road • third ties sad mod
BRITISH BAITBABIA BILL.

This tell inaJoo7Q; iiiid
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th• int set d the maim was land, its shad bang to
semi as set peeled Mt yen to mseisi tbe Oat Bill
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nature
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RSSIZIT INTELLIGENCE.

HOICK o oUir. —Came/vie; MARcu 7.
Both ',iamb sui yesterday sorsa( at tea o'clock, the
Lord HMO Dines residing es the Crows side, sad Mr.
Bona Boma e& In the Oivil Clash The psi aelcadar is
light, them beige only 16 prisoners for trial, and nose of
the offeoces are of a very merlons character. Thar are
several our of moralise the birth of illegitimate chi'.
died, in am of which the mother of a young emus is
aocused ef eodeavoeurag te commit that offeece by born.
ism the dead body. With reference to this cue however,
the Chief Baron expressed his opinion that the ;grand jury
ought to imam the bill, inasmuch as the statute only
applied to the era of any person who aided or abetted
er anoth to conceal the birth of a child. whereas it appeared
ia this oar that the mother of the child did sot know any-
thing of the proceeding Imputed to the defendant. Oa the
Civil aide 12 sautes are entered, 4 of which are set down to
ba tried by special jerks.
CIVIL &OIL
, ninon v. tenor.
This was an Lotion of slander sad libel of a Try extra.
Inand disgusting elisraster.
. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Phil.
brick were oohed for the plaintiff.
Whoa the ore was celled on the loused judge Inquired
if any gentleman was reared for the ddendsat
Mr. Pesos said that be expiated to have bees r
but all he knew et the matter was that he lad just=
• telegram from Brighton asking hiss to apply to the cloud
to postpone the trial. He felt. liewever,-that be had so
materials upon which rah an application could be founded.
Baron Bramwell eased that if the learned comas! for the
plaintiff did not object to a postpossamint el the trial, he
would allow it to stand over.
Mr. H. (Umbers said that the ease-was of mush a mature
that he felt be ought to proceed. He had anticipated from
the ant that the defendant would not appear.
The ars accoadiagly proceeded. The plaintiff was a
mamber et the Primitive Methodist comtscsion, and It ap-
peared that it was his duty to travel to differed parts of
the country to preach. la the mutes of this duty he went
to Brighten, bet left in July bat year, sod it appeared be
Memo morainal with the dafeedeat, who was repre-
sented to be about thirty years of at Bruton, and
she maid to attend at his dumb,wl also 'incited at his
hour. The *Stiff was sulesquen v removed to Chelms-
ford la the muss of his ealbas, and fieptemba last he
was 'bird by the defesdant, his wife at that Mine being
absent ce account d illness. The defendant soma to
have retuned to Brighton, and very moos afterwards she
west to the Rev. Mr. Loftin, the secretary of the Primitive
Methodist Armistice, sad made the charge arise the
which was the subject of the premed adios. The
statement was of nook a remoter as to reader it totally
milt for publication, and It will he sallicisat to state that
the defendant charged the *tariff with having com-
mitted • felonious assault time her while she was
staying at his house at Chebodord, the alleged
assault being accompanied by eirounistances of ea attester
chateaus. Teo immediate art of thin statement
by the defendant was, that the *Stiff was suspended
from his office, and tbs presses action was subsequerity
brought by him in order to ceded, his character. The
defendant seemed to have pleaded that the charge was true,
hut, se shove stated, so weasel was isaructed oo her
behalf, or any stops akes to support the plea.
The Bev. Mr. Parrott, the plaintiff, was examined, end
he MOM in the most direct and positive manner that theme
was not the slightest troth is the steamed made by the
defendant, sad, so far as was preotioshie, 'videos* sae
adduced which materially Waded to cad= that statement,
and to show that there was no foundation for the foul
cp=ethat had bees made against the plaintiff. The only
seggestion to amount for the conduct of the de-
feed's% was that she bad asked the permission of the
plaintiff for his son, a boy meagre° iris of age, to my
his addresses to her, and that he hid refired.
Baron Bramwell, is summing up, mid that it was impos-
sible to emotive a more gross libel than the or impelled
to the defeediat, and from what had taken place they were
bound to take it as a fact that there was not the slightest
tittle of foundation for it. The only question, therefor_
was what damages they considered the plaintiff was eatitled
for the pie and injury which such a sharp must
have moricaed him, and be would dame that tmtl=
to him that the jury ought,by the meant of those damages,
to WNW that they sot col, appreciated the gravity of the
charge, but also he falsehood.
The jury, due a short deliberation, reamed a verdict
for the plaintiff—damages
The learned lodge, whilel the verdict was returned, said,
' Not too mach, gentlemea*

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WiNcassmR, DIABui 7.
(Before Mr. Baron ChannelL)
Vaornas Dunphy, V. with very ON heir, wee indicted
for the wilful warder of Daniel Burs., et Aldemhott, on
thane& December lank
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—kr. H. T. Cole far tM preesention.
The pekoes, wire asked to plead, said he understood
nothing but as to Daniel Bursa.
Dr. Butler, medical dhow at the prim, said he thought
the primmer fit to understand whet roe pus to him ; he bad
been guilty of tearing hie cleans sad other erestricities,
but he was capable of nederrandlag the challeaging of a
ar/.
me jury decided that the presser was M to be tried.
Mr. Oote stated the ems, and said the whole Tarim
turned on the sanity of the prisseer. The meowed
was a gunner, and is sioneutiesoi of double as to his
state of mind he was put in the hospital. On the night
of the 30th December. primmer sad two watches (deceased
and Gray) slept ia a hat by Obdurate's, but at half-put 6
in the morning primmer jumped oat of bed nd&Ndly sad
ran to the fireplace and seized the poker, 61b in weight, sod
beat the floor with it. Deceased and the other seas
jumped out of bed after him, with the intent to take the
poker away, when prisoner slaw& deemed a tremerlons
blow cm the batik of the bead, and a mooed blow as be w
&Hien ; the other lean, bide; unanned, escaped by the
window. The ass Wad is, and then was
quiet in Bures'lMY,4 but lesbian wild. Thedeesseed was
lying in his Hood, his Maine scattered all over the pl:sess,
and saves dreadful weasels about his bead. lie died be five
minute'. Primmer had bees net to the hospital in caner
queue of his strange ressen. Two medical officers of the
same brigade gave widows of the state of the prisoner.
They peeved that he was coding& in hospital because of hie
insanity.
The Judge barfly summed as, and the jury immediately
Acquitied the prisoner as the ground of insuuty.