The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-09 00:00:00

vbe Court.

WINDSOR Nov.B.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party
yesterday.
PAM* Albert, attended by Col. the Hoe. Chas. Grey cad
Lieut. Col. the Hun. A. Gordon, left Windsor this morning
by a sped fl train of the Sruth Western Railway for Lee.
don, and returned to the Castle rt hi minutes to 3 o'clock.
Lieut. General Sir Frederick Storm has been succeeded
by Lieut. Colonel the lion. A. Hood as Groom in W.iitiog
to the Queen.

Prince Albert presided yesterday at a committee of the
Royal Commission for the Exhibitton of 1851. His 1,3.4
highness, attended by Col, the -ton. C. Grey and Lieut.
Colonel the Hon. A.. Gordon, a:rived at the new Palace at
Westminster, at half-past ten o'clock, and inspected the
works of ..rt, Sir Charles L. Eistlske, P.R.A., attending
the Prince. The committee sat in the new Palace at Melva
o'clock, and was attended by E irl Granville, the Right
Hon. E. Cardwell, ld I'., Sir Wm. Cubitt, and Mr. Coulson,
(d.C. Mr. Edgar B )vering, Sesxst.iry to the Royal Com-
mission, ,a,as is ism niauce. Prioce Albert left at a quarter
before two o'clock on his return to Windsor Castle.
The Commissioners for Inquiring into the State of the
Corporation of the City of Loud in held a meeting, yester-
day, at the Privy Council office, iu Downing-street. The
Commissioners present were the Hight lion.ll. Labouch• re,
the Right Hon. Sr John Patti son, and U. Coruerall
Lewis, Esq.
The Marquis of Lansdowne arr:red in town yesterday
morning tr his seat liowoud-park, Wilts, in order to
attend tl.e C.ihioet C. 1111161.
. .

The Duke of Argy:F;rived in town yesterchiy morning
from Seotiatil.

The ChineMor of the Exchequer arrived in town yester-
day m ning from Liserpool.
Sir Charles tad L oly Mary Wood arrived in town from
Yorkshire on Monday night.
Dispatches for the Governors of Ceylon and Hang 'icing
were sent off last evenirg from the Colonial-office.

A cabinet council was held at two o'clock yes.
torday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The minis-
ters present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
John ltuesell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville,
the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham,
Sir Chalks Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
and Sir William Molesworth. Viscount Palmerston
arrived at the Foreign•oftice at four o'clock, from his
seat Broatllands. It ints, and jqined his colleagues.
The council broke up at six o'clock.

THE Paiscr: OF WALES'S BIRTUDAT.—At an
early hour this moraing, the belle of the metropolitan
parishes u:hered iu with merry peels the birthday of the
Prince of Wales. The, boya of the Duke of Turk's School
enjoy a holiday and Lee admission to the day performance
at Drury-lane T::eatre. The royal standards arc hoiated at
the Tower and Somerset House, and from the various
breweries, the shot tower, and other high buildings along
the river Thames, large flags are displayed in honour of the
day.

PORTSMOUTH, Nor. 8.-11. R. IL The Duke of
Brabant lett the residence of the Commander-in-Chief at
this port, Vice Admiral Sir I'. J. Cochrane, K.C.8., and
embarked on bo,:rd the Fairy, sari: w tender to the Royal
yacht, at an early hour this morning, proceeding down the
Solent water to Sconce Point, to inspect the new tortilla-
tions there. He was accompanied by Major General
Simpson, Col. Sir Frederick Smith, Commanding Royal
Engineer of the district, ur.d std. At ten
o'clock the Duchess of Brabant, accomranied
by Sir Thomas Cochrane, emb ,rhed on board
the Fire Queen, steals v. esel, end went over to 0.-
borne, to view her Majesty's marine residence, tr:ing joined
there by her consort on i is return from Sconce l'oint. Their
Royal Highnesses then went on board the Fairy, the Fire
Queen returning into harbour, and came up to Spithead,
the Belgian standard being saluted by the Duke of Wel-
lington, 131, screw steam-ship, Commudore Martin, C.B.
the other ships at that anchorage, and the Victory and
Neptune in harbour. Their Royal Highnesses went on
board the Prussian men-of war frigate Getion, 44, Comm.
dore Schroeder, the Belgian standard being hoisted at the
main of that ap ; and on their Laving a royal salute was
fired by her. The Duke and Duchess returned into har-
bour in the Fairy, and partook of luncheon at Sir
Thomas Cochrane's official residence in the dockyard, after
which they left in Sir Thomas's carriage for the railway
terminus. A guard of honour, furnished by the Rifle
Brigade' was in waiting with the baud of that corps, and
received their Royal Highnesses with the customary
honours. The military:commander-in-chief, Major-General
Simpson, was in attendance at the terminus, and saw the
Duke and Duchess off. They let by the 2.15 train, South
Western Railway, in one of the royal carriages, the Prince
of Wales's, which had been sent down from Waterloo-
bridge for their accommodation, and they would take the
Great W.-stern Railway at Basingstoke, en route for Wind-
sor. M. Vau de Weyer, the Belgian minister, returned to
town by the same train.

THE LOIW MA FOR'S PROCESSION.

This day, according to custom, the civic procession
of the newly-elected Lord Mayor passed through the City
to the stairs of Billing.gate, attended by at !east 10,600
persona

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At about half past eleven the corhge started under such
favourable auspices as fine weather and general excitement
can supply. The weather, in fact, was much more nue,
and the ten thousand much more orderly, than usual.
What they did not admire sirved for amusement at any
rate. But they really did admire the ears, and the horses
from Asticy's, and the alleiprical young ladies in the cars—
from Astley's also, we presume—and they more especially
admired the gold digger, who represented Australia iu the
assemblage of countries, and who realised that enterprising
country most unmistakeably to their imaginations.
About half-past twelve the precession reached the church
of St. Magnus, London Bridge, where the bands of the
let Lite (inertia and the 17th Lancers played some effective
music. The guard of honour consisted of squadrons of the
above named regiments.
Oa the river was equally an attractive view from the
steamboats, those of the gtizeu Company decorated with
their city barmen'. All the boats on the river wore crowded
with a respectablo company.
On the procession taking water several of the company's
barges had taken up their positions near their respective
balls above London-bridge, and this proved a very judicious
step on the part of the river authorities, thus preventing any
interruption to the usual steam-boat business on the river.
At Westminster his lordship went through the usual ce-
remonial formalities previous to entering upon the responsi-
ble ditties of his office.

No serious accidents were heard et, but the moat daring
robberies were committed in the streets near Cheapside, es-
pecially on the property: of lsdioa ; several of the thieves,
however, were captured

HEALTH OF LONDON.
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The report of the Registrar-General states that the
number of deaths from all causes registered in London in
the week that ended on Saturday was 1,112 ; in the pre-
vious week it was 1,144. In the ten weeks corresponding
to last week of the years 1843:52 the average number was
1,001, which, with a correction for increase of population,
becomes 1,101. Hence it appears that the mortality of last
week slightly exceeded the estimated amount.
Cholera continues to make progress, though its rate of
increase is not rapid. The deaths referred to it last week
were 102. In the last four weeks the numbers rose as fol-
lows :-45, li3, 90, and 102 ; in the same periods diarrhosa
and dysentery were fatal in 55, 48, 43, and 42 cases, show-
ing a constant decrease. 01 the 102 death by cholera 11
occurred in the west districts, 9 in the north, 3 in the cen-
tral, 21 in the east, and 59 in the south districts.
London is situated in a basin, through the bottom of
which the Thames flows ; and it was discovered during the
epidemic of 1848-9 that the rate of mortality by that disease
was nearly in the thy, rse proportion of the elevation of the
ground on which the dwellings of the inhabitants stood.
The same relation between the rates of mortality at dit-
ferent elevations, though the deaths have been compara-
tively few, has hitherto been observed in the present
epidemic.
The mortality from cholera in the districts at an average
elevation el less than 20 feet above Trinity high water-
mark has been 31 in 100,000 inhabitants; iu the districts
of an average elevation of 20 and below 40 feet (20-40 feet)
the mortality has been 16 in 100,000; at an elevation of
40-60 feet the mortality has been 11 in 100,00; at 60—SO
it has been only 4 ; at bO-100 only 3. Mat ylebone at an
average elevation of 100 feet is the only exception to the
law ; the mortality has been :here 13 in 100,000. At Hamp-
stead, where the elevation may be put at 3.10 feet, there
has hitherto been no death tram cheers. Exceptional cir-
cumstances disturb the average in patticular districts; but
it is a general rule that the danger of dying of cholera
and of all plagues, diminishes within certain limits in pro-
portion as the dwellings of the population are raised above
the level of the sea.

Last week the births of 817 boys and 811 girls, in all
1,648 children, were registered in London. The average
number in eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-32
was 1,428.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.833 in. The mean
temperature of the week was 48.9 deg., which is 2.8 ilea.
above the averasc of the same week in 38 years. The mean
daily temperature rose above 52 deg. on Tuesday and Wei:-
nesday, which is about 6 deg. above the average. The wind
blew from the south. cast.

Nltt. JOHN EVERETT 241ILLAis, the most successful
mmber of the " Pre-Itaphiclite" School of Art, has bees
elected an Associate of the lt•:ye1 Academy. Mr. Molt as
llunt will probably be the next " 'atom a
similar 1194911; Rillin worded.

car orRPORATION COMMISSION.

Epos • male to be approved by the L.ade of her Majesty's
Treartery ; mach scale being prepersd with equitable ',ward
to the length of period during which such service may here
been performed.
lb. That the corporate year hi the ordinary yea: of the
calendar.
17. That no fees of any descriptive be paid to any officer
or servant of the corporation, in addition to his heed
salary.
18. That the poli,e, sewer., paving, Helaine, and
clesesiag of the City be treusierrcd to the Metropolitan

The talleatiesioners met yesterday in the Privy
01014i.1 chamber ; Mr. Labouchere in the chair.
_Vied's evidence was continued.
•
The
chairmen—Are there any points is your previous
epmisaaos to which you wish to refer?
I wish :o melee some remarks on the Irish So-
body of the Society
toty. Catil 1332 the noverning
taory.d 4.kg.tee trodu t stire guilds, but lot
you re.e unable to send a salter totbe Salters' Company
,n.oth.gs, and the carper etlon ohler'3,oll, its government
ter otak the coort of aldermen and 24 e3O. icon Cuancilmer.
That was no act of parliament to legalise/ the chasm,
whet owe the corporation a great deal of additions: I,e-
-n„,he. The chairsom of the society is an alderman—Al-
di ohm Iluom leery. The present meretary is a common
6.,,,,ne,5uen, as was his predectseur. The agency at present
Ir. •en,l—a very responsible and lucrative situation—is
low ey slate deputy of the ward of Aldgate. The Derry
%eve frequently complained of the management of
rbo Inds estates by the corpuration. But I have no per-
' knowledge on the sulject myself.
Oasa-11,eve you any other observations to make ?
itoe --yes; with respect to the obarities of the city,
which are very extensive. The charity trusts held by the
Leery compohies are 6.11 in ',umber, and they produce
80.174. The trusts held by the parochial efficers are 710 in
amber, the protect of -thick is 47,5911, making the total
✓odure Otte. 1,411 charities amount to 108,0691. This
was the annual temente of ti e London diorite. s in 1332,
when the el, erity 'host Commission sat. Of the 1,431
Owlish 1076 were of not more than 301, and 357 exceeded
that see eat. When the Charitable Trusts Bill was before
parliament the city remenobtancer succeeded in getting •
clause liorodueed, the effect of which was to have the
charities under :;il/. eousidered charities over 302, thou
▪ ek:oe an spioel to the Vice.Cnancellor necessary ieetead
of the nos cosily c..unty court. On examining the charity
Mee sheen. I find there is misapplication of the livery
charity tried funds to the extent of 21,000 L principal
sum, sad an annual sum of 9101. This is as regards I
tee reroclasi chori.i.o. With respect to the other
then:lie there is o misapplication of funds to the client ef
10,v01. principal sum, and 4,5612. annual sum. Altogether
there is a mils qv:motion of 31,936/. principal son, and of
!:;,6591. animal .um. If I convert the annual sum into
pnsicipal sum at the rate of 4 per tent. on the capital, it
nukes • total of 318,753/. The coal dues are, as is well
known, a heavy tax on the iuhabimuts of the metropolis
and fee 20 miles round the city. These coal dues originated
in • lan of messy made in former times to one of the sove•
reiens.of Eueimod, for the pay meet of which the coal do. s
were handed over to the corporation. The amount bor-
mwed,was repaid long ago, but from time to time the city of
London obtained from parliament a renewal of those dues
wlricrmillespire in 1862. The total amount of these dues
is 202e/27i. The witni se entered upon the details of the
items *bleb went to form this aggregate turn, but was re-
!Waded by the chairman that all these statemeats were to he
found is the report of the House of Commons com-
mittee on this particular subject. I would get rid of
them dues altogether. lam aware that the coal dues are
\eerily mortgaged, but I would p.y off these mortgages
rather than suffer these dues to remain on so important an
Sitg:i to the people of the metropolis as coals. I think
that if the tat is levied on weborne coals that it ought to
be also levied on coals coming by canal and railroad into
Leslie. list I think it is a great hardship and great ha-
irnet to the iuhatutants of the metropolis to pay the tax
et all. Then is a very strung feeling on this suhject in
London.
Sir. Lewis—What would you propose on this subject ?
Witneas--I have a scheme oa the lemmas at of the city,
of which this questiou forms a part, and which I will
pat M.
The Chairman-11sec you anything else to remark upon ?
Witame—l have an achmat of the city expenditure for
t 00..., but it is in such a State of confusioa that it is halloo
sole to mike sayteing out of it. There is an account of
the chamberlain, in which he debits himself to the
animist 43,40(0., and also an account of the comptroller,
whom duty it is to cheek the accounts of the chamberlain.
There are thirteen different items in the two accounts, but
there is only one item in which the two agree. In one
cue there is a difference in favour of the comptroller of
'Mot, in another uf MR In the whole there was a dis-
crepancy of 9,1000/.; that is to say, there is that difference
between the amount with which the chamberlain deb...,
himself and the amount chug, d to him by the cometruller.
Mr. Lewis—ls this check in the nature of an audit?
Witerse—No. It is rather preparatory to an audit; bat
there is no real audit at all. There are several items pat
into one mm. Thera is an amount of seven guineas paid for •
violet gowa for the Lord Mayor. In another instance Owe
is an item of 171. for the Lunt Mayor's silk violet gown. Oa I
the revision of the Duke of Wellington's funeral there le • I
sum of 721. for the Lord Maser's silk gown. There is a '
charge, in 1849, of 301, each foe gowns for the sword bearer
and the common crier, because they had not gowns for
three years before. But then there is &charge u 13.11. and 1.31.
for gowns for the same persons on the occasion of the
opening of the Coal Exchange. This did not le It like a
careful supervision of the accounts. The legal expenses
amounted to 3,9001. The expenses in the case of Mr.
Coombe and the' corporation amounted to 5001. in this
year alone. There is, as every body knows, a state coach
for the Lord Mayor, but I have sot the items of expen-
&tars. 1 said on a former occasion that 5001. was given
for swan hopping, but it ought to be Tea There is a
sum of 3001. given to the Improvement Committee, bat
it is nut down in the accounts—why, I don't know. There
is a sum of 0001. allowed to the Irish S niety, which
will make the sum allowed to committees to amount to
over 4,11001., instead of 2,8002., as I stated before. There
is a eiugular item in the Bridge-house accounts under
the name of "benevolences." I find under this head
501. to Lord Mayor Hunter for the expense of Lord
Mayor's feasts. There is another item of the same
kind. I am not aware that this is fur charity. There is
a sumo( 51. for St. Bartholomew's Hospital. T eat is charity.
I am aware that there is a secret service money which is
applied to the promotion of purposes in which the corpora-
tion think they have an interest. lam aware of this of my
own knowledge, but I am nut now prepared to give evi-
dence of the fact. I will undertake that evidence be pro-
duced of the fact before the commission clown. I will not
undertake to say that the saws included in the secret service
money are not in the accounts, because 1001. li gal expense.
May mean something else than what it appe..rs to be. In
closing my evidence on the subject of the fin cotes, I wish to
express a hope that the c entnissioners may require from the
corporation a full statement of their accounts. (The wit-
ness banded in the following list of the documeata which
he wished to be produced i—A return of all incomes arising
from all the real gad personal tstate, of whatever descrip-
tiOC; 2, an account of alt mortgages, bonds, and other
moneys ; 3, an account of the entire expenditure of the
corporation for the past yeas; 4, a schedule of all salaries
of all officers in every department; 5, a schedule of all I's es
to Meets and gratuities to officers, whether paid by salary
or otherwise ; 6, a debtor and creditor account, and also a
balance-sheet, showing the amount and annual income of
the corporation alter ail deductions.) I cannot but believe
that the accounts have been drawn up in their present form
for the purpose of creating contusion and mystification.
The entitle:ma—You have now stated is the comairn-
timers at great length what you consider the evils of the
pretest corporation. Are you now prepared to say what,
remedy you would apply to them ?
Witness—l have a scheme for the municipal government
of the City of London, to which I have given great atten-
Lou. I do not offer it for consideration as a whole, be-
cause there are some parts which the commission may adopt
whilst they would resist the rest. The plan I propose is
Nis :
1. That the principle of the Encumbered Estates Ast
for Ireland be applied to the estate of the corporation,
with the exception of the Mansion-house, Guildhall, the
markets, public officers, and courts of civil and criminal
jurisdiction.
2. That the proceeds of the sale of such property be paid
into the Bank of England to the credit of the president,
councillors, and burgesses of the city of London.
3. That all mortgages, bonds, debt., and other liabilities
be paid and discharged.
1. That the balance be invested in one description of
stock in the public funds, and that the dividends thereof
be paid to the aforesaid account in the Bank of England.
S. That the parliamentary monger for the City of Lon-
don constitute the burgess roll of the corporation of the said

19. That the City coal dues 'he ebandoned.
20. That the City street tolls be abandoned.
21. That the City metope upon corn, soh, fruit, and
oysters be no longer compulsory.
22. Toot the privileges of ticket pollen., free porters, fel-
lowship porters' and ail such, be abrogated.
23. That the City companies or guilds have no longer
Lower to compel memhership.
24. not the City judge* and justices be appointed by
the Crown at salaries to be paid by the council and eq•proved
by the Lads of her Majesty's Treasury.
2s. That the affairs of the Irish Society be managed by a
council elected by and from the mere: guilds interested
therein.
211. That the corporate cons•rvancy of the river Thames
shad not extend westward beyond the Clay boundary.
27 That S authentic be released from enforced connexion
with the corporation of the City of LiAtilun.
2S. That the corporate due., within the port and h arbour
of L soden shall be restricted to a moderate fixed tonnage
duty upon shipping.
29. 't hat the Court of Hustings, bird Mayor's Court, the
Appeal Court of St. Mary-le-Strand, the Court of Pie
rendre, the Court Lect and Court Baron of Finsbury, the
Court of the :Hamm of Duke's Place, be abolished.
30. Tb it the City dues on wine, oil, rand other gaugeable
articles, anal the charges fur greundage and water beellage,
be dist ontinucel.
31. That all localities within the City which are con-
sidered privileged places, or which claim ti be under other
then civic jurisdiction, be placed under corporate jurisdic-
tion as portions of the City of London and within the boun-
dary of its parliamentary constituency.
32. That the royal Commission of. Caneervanev be re-
ealled, and all proceedings on account of impediments to
the navigation of the Thames be Mete:lite-el iu the urdimary
, city courts of magistracy.
33. That the appointment to all offices now in the gift of
the Lord Mayor, ne either of the Court, of Aldermen, Com-
mon Council, or Common Hall, be vested in the Council.
34. That no appointment by purchase be allowed.
3i. That no appointment be bestowed upon a member of
the Council er any of his immediate relations, within t rees
years of his having been a member of that body.
30. That the Council ba empowired to levy the neces-
sary rates in aid of the Corporate funds towards satisfying
the assessments of the Metropolitan Comm.s,ionere for the
expense of conducting the affairs of the cerporeion, seal
fors fleeting the requisite street improvements within the
City of London.
3/. That all proceedings of the council be held in open
court.
In the event of similar local institutions being given to the
other metropolitan boroughs, a metropelitan bar: rd might
• selventagenusly be formed by the de legation of one or more
, members Isom each council, in whim might be vested the
' charge of all MUM of common interest.
Such is the plan which I submit fa the consideration of
• the commission.
Mr. Lewis—You would dawn of all the property of the
, Cirponition. Would you then apply the priceede from the
sale of land to the payment of the mortgage on the curl
dues ?
Witnese—Yes.
Mr. Lewis—Do you think that would be just?
Witness-1 think it would. I look upon the corporation
as one body, and would pay the debts due on one seduce
of revenue with the proceeds of another.
Mr. Lewis—You believe the corporation to be in a sol-
vent position ?
Witness—l believe the corporation is in a position that
cannot be insolvent, but you cannot fr am toe state of their
accounts say how far it is from issilvence.
The Chairman—You think there would be enough after
discharging all the liabilities of the corporation to carry on
the bus lase of the oirpuratioo.
Witness-1 believe that, by the plan I propose, there
would be en enormous 1 saving, and that there would
be enough for an efficient corporatieu.
'Abe commission then adjourned till Thursday.

city.
6. That earth burgess be requited to sign the electoral
check-book at the Guildhall prior to the exercise of hie
electoral functions.
7. That no addition be hereafter made to the list of
liverymen forming a portion of such register.
a. That the existing ward system as regards paella.
mentary and civic registration and election be discontinued
in favour of one stricty alphabetical list of the entire con-
stituency.
. That the Council of the City of London cansist of 30
members, burgesses of the said city, to be appointed an-
y-
-10. That 12 of the members of the First Council be no-
minated by the Crown, four retiring at the end of the first
year, four at the end of the second year, and four at the
end of the third year.
11. That IM Mt the Find C. until, 22 of the S.!ttond, 26 of '
the Third, and the whole of the members of the council be "
elected subsequently by the burgews by voting lists duly
signed and delivered at the Guildhall, in order to the au-
thentication of each signature by the proper officer.
12. That the councillor having the greatest number s!
votes be President et the Council and chief magistrate of the
corporation for the year ensuing, with the Mansion-horse
for his residence, and en allowance of 4,000:. for the proper
support of the dignity of his otli-e.
13. That councillors whose names stand second or third
in the return, be sheriff. of the City of London, with en
allowance of 1,0 10/. each.
14. That the recorder, town clerk (who shall be a so-
licitor), steward, and accountant be the chief officers of the
corporation.
1.1. That all present officers of the corporation, with whose
continued service the mimed may dispense, be compensated

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1853.

THE BURNHAM MURDER

VERDICT OF THE JURY.
Yesterday the inquiry was again resumed before
Mr. Cheareley. The removal ;.rf the prisoner Moses Hatt,
occesioned considerable excitement in Eton and the neigh-
ixinthood. Be was conveyed haadcuffed in a light Omani-
cart, Klween the superintendents of the Eton and Slough
police. TO route through the village of Burnham and
past the Abbey FA= was purposely avoided, owing to the
tacked state of the ittha:fitanes of the district, who, it it
said, are so eatisfied of Nato's guilt, tha., if set down
=Gag them, he could not pOtseiely escape " lynching."
Matte is a man of smell stature, but of well knit fume,
with a countenance rather pleasing than otherwise. On
reaching the Mile. house, begot cut of the police cart with
• light atop, and bent ha manacled hands aiult with an ex-
pression of braved
Mr. Ovoilwiti, the occupier of the house, stated, in answer
to the coroner, that he had loot two white-handled rnz
. .

one gold rive, two pencil c.s:s, one ivory.handled knife
with several blades laud inst..wnenls in it, au ivory packet
tablet, two siu.ill key., and a button.h,ok.. He missed these
articles from las IN droom on Thursday m-ruing.
The coroner asked Dr. Itobarts whether he was aware
that Hato hod an extensive bluise on the right side of his
forehead ? . .

listened with great apparent anaiety to the obseegations
addressed to him.)
The clerk here read through the depositions, the pri-
' sorter watching attentively the various points as he pro.
seeded. The testimony of the several witnesses having
bees gone through.
The Coroner said—lt is my duty to caution you nem, as I
have already previously done' end to tell you that you are
not bound to say anything. Whatever you do say will be
, taken down in writing, and will begiveu in evidence against
you at your trial. You have heard the depositions taken
before, an.l also those taken today, and I ask you now
i
1 whetlisr you have anytl.ing to say ?
1 Prisoner—l did not tell that carter that I was coming
here for a parcel on Thursday night. (This was in allusion
. to a mistake in Egglestou's evidence, rectified by Inspector
Langley's deposition.)
Corouer—We are nut going into that matter now. What
do you say about the murder?
Prisoner—Well, I can say that I am innocent "from" it.
Coroner—Have you anything more to say ?
Prisoner—No, sir ; I don't know that 1 have anything
more to say.
Coroner—Don't know. Do you mean that you have
nothing more to say ?
Prisoner—No, tie; I have not anything more to say.
The prisoner here signed his declaration with a firm
bead, and withdrew in custody.
The Conner having summed up, the. room was cleared,
and after a lapse of about ten minutes, on the court being
reopened,
The foreman announced that the jury were unanimous in
, finding a verdict of" Wilful murder against Noses halt .."
I The verdict u; pealed to hive been anticipated by the IBA-
jority of those present, and it aan stated that the prisoner
manifested no surprise on the feet being communicated to
hon.

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Dr. Helmets was aware of the fact, hut Hatt* had ac-
counted for this by 'tieing that it was caused by a stick
springing up and etrikiie; hire on the forehead while he
was at work. lie had examined ce.hiin marks upon the
prisoner's hat, commonly calved a " whir-awakes" On the
edge, where it turned up, lie observed two spots of about
an eighth of an inch tech, which u. on close inspection he
had no doubt were Model. Ile had also examined the out-
side of the hat, on the crown of which be found sic very
minute spots, app.:rently of bowl.
Mr. Goodwin sail that on his return home en the night
of the murder he found that ittc'e supper things had not
been put back into the larder. Ile saw the meat on the
dresser after the fire was extinguished. Thet will a very
Unusual thing, os the deceased always put them away.
.:oho Dunce, the fern bided; was recoiled. Ile said
that worn he went round the farm with Matto
oar the night of the murder he told him to go
to that part of the yard next the granary, where there wet
a ladder, lie told Hotly to atop utiteid.e the gate while he
(Bence) went round the yard. lust, ail of doing what he
tied been requested, Matto came and guzzled into the ;voter
'somehow or another; it was water hien cane directly
from the dungherp, two or three yards from the spin
where he hail berm, placed. and where lit had been di-
rected to remain. To get at the water he had to go through
a gate. lie said, " What a mess I have got into, Dunce,"
bet witness did net at the time take much notice of
but said to him, " I don't like you any the better fur not
.topping where I placed you." That w...s before the return
home of Mr. Godwin. Tecre was no tall on the ground
there, and he could not have tnmhled into the water acci-
dentally. It was of no d. pih—not h alt way up his shoes.
lie was " mooing " hit bends iu the water. It would
have been imp for him to have seen wnether Matto
fell in the wart or not, on account et the distance between
them ; nor did he notice whether his trousers were very
wet or not, as Le was a little " rumpy " witn him. As
net irly as we could say, Lis trousers were wetted ntarly up
to the knee. Ou the morning steer the murder he assisted
to move the body of the deceased tram her bedroom into
the cow-house. llatto was there at the time. The bud),
was moved on an old tack, and witness was nut aware
that he gut any spots of blood on his clothes while
satiating is the removal. Hutto held the leg end, and w,t,
nem took the head end, which*as the heaviest part, coming
dew* stairs first. The lower part of the body was quite
slurred, and in pieces. Some minions 01 the legs were left
behind, and they were afterwards fetched down on another
sash. He saw no blend t ffused from the body, nor did he
think there was may Mood on the eacke. The sacks were
left in the cow-house, and had not twee been locked up.
Mr. Ward, a magi,' rate, said it would be very important
to ascertain whether 'lotto wore the same trousers on the
Wednesday as he had worn on the night 01 the murder. If
he had not, and the trousers which he wore on Tuesday
night bad blood upon them, it would be very strong evi.
deuce, as it could not he said that it had conic there ha con.
quence of his assisting in the removal of the deceased.
Mr. Goodwin said he did not wear the trousers on Wed-
nesday which he wore on Tuesday. Those he wore on
Tuesday were put beture the hire to dry.
The Coroner thought it might be important to ascertain'
what portion of time it would take to consume the body as
found.
Dr. 'Whorls raid P. was so disputed a point that he could
not give any positive answer. Ile believed that it would
take from two and a bail to three flouts to consume a body
to the extent that of the dteeas,d had been when the jury ,
visited it. But in other cases it had been &threat. 'rho
body of Mr. Yeas was burnt by his murderer, Cooke, at
Leicester, in a large ti. e, and it took several hours to con-
sume it.
Mrs. Dunce, the wife of the faro bailiff, was re-called.
She stated, in addition to her former evidence, that Matto
was of a very pawionete disposition. She had some words
with him a short time since about a piece of wood, when
he shook big hand in her face, and said, " I wish you was a
man instead of a woman—wouldu't I." Deceased had told
her she had mentioned to Hutto that either he or she must
have the place, for she could not live with him. These
were her very words. Witness said to Hatto the next day,
"It is very ,strange that there was no robbery in the
house," to which he replied, " 0,, but there was." That '
was on Thursday, about the middle of the day, when lie
'awe to her house with some greens. When he came in he
said, " I suppose you will have to go up to the Mile-hones
where the inquest is het'." Witness replied, "If I have
go I will speak the truth as far as I know."
William Eggleston, a carter in the employ of Mr. Goo&
win, and lodging at Dunce's, was here recalled, and wait
asked by a juror whether he saw Matto when he was re-
moving the body after the fin was put out, turn the body
over and take some keys from the pocket of the deceased ?
Witness said he did, and a handkerchief, which Hatto'
palled out at the same time, he threw on the floor. There
were keys on a little ring. He searched about the bed for
the purpose of ascertaining whe her then was any more fire.
He (witness) did not know what was dont with the keys. A
little befor ten o'clock on the Thursday night after the mur-
der, Ratio said he wanted to go to the Maidenhead station,
me he expected a parcel there for him, and he said he
would go at the same time to the Mile House to get some
beer. lie went out on his master's horse, and was absent
about an hour. Witness did not observe whether he had a
bundle under his arm or not when he left the house, bat be
was in the stable a long time before he started. He wens
Wd a great deal of time in going so short a distance.
hen he returned he said he had wit succeeded in getting
any beer, as the people at the Mile House had gone to bed.
Mr. Gough, the landlord of the Mile House, said the pri-
soner called at his house on the night in question about 11
o'clock, but the house having been closed, and recognising
Mattis voice he would not re-open it.
Inspector Langley said that from inquiries he had made
be had ascertained that the prisoner took his master's
horse from the stable, unkuewn to him, on Thursday
night, and went to the Maidenhead station to inquire for a
parcel. lie had every reason to believe that there was a
shirt belonging to the prisoner missing, and there might
be some other articles nut yet found, The shirt m.ght !
have been enclosed in a parcel aid thrown away. Every
portion of Mr. Goodwin's premises had been searched;
but, having been so long absent, he thought Hatto must
have gone further than he stated, and thus disposed of the'
things. He (the inspector) saw the prisoner for the first
time that morning. He took his clothes off in order to
ascertain whether there were any diseelourations of the
arms, as there must have been a tearful struggle, the
deceased being a very strong woman. On stripping him,
in the presence of Mr. Saxton, constable of Maidenhead,
be distinctly saw eight spots of blood on his hat—two on
the brim and six on the crown. Ile had no material
evidence to offer. If the shirt could be found, it could be
identified b) the washerwoman.
In reply to a juror,
Mr. Goodwin stated that he had not paid the deceased
any wages since she came into his service, eight or ten weeks
ago. She had, he believed, money in the bank at Maiden-
head.
Mr. Symington, superintendent rf the Burnham district
police, said he took possession of Ilatte's trousers on Friday
morning, and now produced them. On the Wednesday
morning previous, prisoner admitted them to be his, and
added that they were the trousers he wore on Tuesday even-
ing—the night of the mauler. Witness asked him how it
was they became so wet, and he replied that he had oven
carrying water up into the room where the fire was found.
He did notsay he had wetted them in the yard. By direc-
tion of the coroner, he took the trousers to Dr. Taylor, in
London, in order that he might examine the spots on them,
and state whether or not they were blood. In his presence
on Saturday, the sth of November, Dr. Taylor looked
through a magnifying glass. 'I he spots were so minute that
he could not tell what they were, and he said he should re-
quire three or four days to make his iuvestigation. He had
seen Dr. Taylor again that morning, and he pronounced that
the spots were blood, but thought they were of some stand-
ing—that was, that they had not come there within a day or
two. He said he could not pronounce whether it was human
blood or not. He added that, if t here had been blood upon
the trousers, and manore water hal been applied, it would
change the colour so materially that it would be very difficult
indeed to tell the date of the /pots, as it would make them look
much older than they would otherwise appear. Dr. Taylor
added that the trousers had been dirtied since the spots of
blood had been upon them. Witness proceeded to say that
he had ascertained that Matto did not eat his supper on the
night of the murder, having giro n it to Eggleston, whereas
Hatto hal told him that he had earn it, and afterwards
went to bed. . . . . .

The usual warrsnt ot cominittil been prepsred by
Mr. Chearsley, Hatt,. was convey til last night, in custody id
Superintendents Syraington and Thomas, to Aylesbury
Usol, there to 'wen his trial at the ensuing assizes.

TILE STRIKES.

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(FRall UDR LOCAL CURRINSPONDINT.)

At Burnley, Come, Padiham, and Barrowford, the
masters are under a bond of 2,04111. each not to open their
mills until the workmen's combination is dissolved. At
Bacup, Newchurch, and neighbourhood, the bond is 5,0001.
each, like that at Preston. At Burnley, a manufacturer
states the ten percent. advance had been conceded, but the
operatives demanded equalisation of prices; and their
notion of equalisation was totnlect a manufacturer who paid
the highest rates, and bring all the others up to his stan•
dard, without reference to the prices of other towns, and
without caring for difference in quality of work, of ma-
chinery, or the state of the markets tot which goods were
producing. But what the masters regarded as the worst
feature of affairs at Burnley was, that their haude had sur-
rendered their own frocdom of action, aid mild
not make terms in never 83 simple a matter of
dispute. Everything was subject to the veto of
trades delegates. It has been a place, up to the present
time, remarkable for the amicable feeling prevailing be-
tween employers and workmrn, and a millowner states that
in past times most of the masters have taken a pride in con-
tinuing their mills at work through periods of the worst
depression. That feeling, of course, no 'auger holds ; the
all but annihilation of the China and Ureek trades, by the
rebellion in the one country, and by the rupture between
Turkey Red Russia which affects the other, tell heavily
against the trade of Burnley, and tho millowners, if they
went on wi.h production, would be heavy losers on cloth of
almost all descriptions made there. Such is the depression
in China qualities and makes of cloth, says a seller of those
goods this morning, that if the operatives had tone in at
Preston yesterday we shsuld have had prices down
• shilling per piece this marina?. A nseetiug of
the operatives at Burnley took nlace on Monday,
which was aidressed by delegates from other towns.
One of the delegates said he was sorry to say they
had no funds to spare fur Burnley, ail their contributions at
present being required at Preston. Some of the subscribers
of late to the Preston people, its the meeting, murmured at
this uusatisfactory statement, but were told there was no
help.

At Bacup, Newchurch, and Rossendsle, the complaints
of the masters as to what led to their lack-out of the hands,
is much the same as at Burnley. They say that such was
the state of insubordination in some of the mill., that when
operatives were discharged by the emoloyers, those engaged
to fill their places were in-ulted, pelted with
stones, and otherwise bested and intimidated, so that
they were compelled to give up work. Some of
the masters aye impatient at any argument upon
the question of en equalisation of wages. They say there are
two features of this demand which are absurd.
In the first place the hands Dave an i..ca of getting en ad-
vance of wages proportioned to the incrca.ed profit there
has been on yarns and cloths, which would be admitting
them as a eon of partners without being liable to the risks
and losses of partners, whilst they have no notion of submit-
ting to the frequent reverses of the market which render
production • dead loss to the manufactura. A large pro-
ducer has been known to lose 10,0001. to 16,0001. upon his
stock almost before he could turn himself in one of these
sudden reverses, and they say that the wages of the opera-
tive under such a system would be subject to constant fluc-
tuations that must put him in an infinitely worse position
than at present, when the only reduction within memory
has been the one so often pointed to as haviug been made in
1848.
At Bury there ere three mills en strike at present, and 12
others close to-morrow (Thursday) evening. Many of these
firms produce fustians as well as c ilieoes. One of them,
who employ about 900 work-people, say they close ia con-
sequence of a combination of masters to crush the combiva-
tion of operatives avowedly formed to bring about a dicta-
tion that would virtually take from every millowner the
commend of his own capital. In the case of this firm
they had no occasion, as far as their mill was at present
concerned, to have closed. The fustian branch of their
trade is bad, but the other is remunerative, and their work-
people hadconeented to forego the 10 per tent. recently put
on their wages, and accept old prices. They look upon the
ease of their work-people as • hard one, but still as contri-
butors to the strike fund against other masters, they have
no sympathy for them. Their mill is en exception to many, '
because the material they use Is of such a quality
that the iseeratives get through their work well, and
can wages which are held by many of them to be •
sufficient compensation for being termed "knobsticks."
They have girls and young women earning as much as
18.. per week. It is a favourite figure of speech among
the demagogues at their meetings to talk of the machinery
as "grinding away the blood end bone and sinew" of the
operative, but in point of fact there is no such thing as
muscular exertion in the mills, and the only thing un-
healthy about the employment is the artificial heat, which
where ventilation is not attended to, gives a white and
sickly hue to the face that strikes a stranger. A factory
operative who has been employed by the firm above alluded
to says he began to work in the mill in 1821, and he never
recollects the workpeople generally being so well off or
earning so much money as they now do, though at the
period alluded to the operatives worked rom two to five
houn per day longer than now. They had then, he says, much
harder work endless wages. Their hands are now getting more
wages in ten hours than they did six or seven years ago
with twelve hours per day. These advantages are in some
measure due to improvements in machinery and an increase
in its speed. There was a riotous assembly at Bury on
Seturlay night in front of the shop of a butcher, and his
windows were broken. Some factory delegates from Preston
had called with a card to ask for a subscription to aid the
strike, and he had refused their request and thrown the
card in the fire.
At Glossop the notice of the masters to take off the
recently advanced 10 per cent to the weavers has expired,
and the operatives, under the advice of their leaders, have
submitted for the present. They arid, Let us deal with
Preston first." The masters claim to be still paying the
average of Stockport, Ashton, and Hyde.

The Coroner here desired that the pris:tner should be in-
troduced. On being brought into the room its custody of
an Eton constable, he looked anxiously round, and ap-
peared somewhat disturbed by the pressure of the crowd
round the door. The hustle and confusion caused by his
entry having subsided,
The Coroner addressed him as follows:—Moses Hatto,
tines our last meeting further evidence hos been adduced
against you. Th,t which was 'oefore taken was read over to
you on the occas:on ; you shall new hear what has been
produced today.
Prisoner—Tes, sir.
(A rush at the door at this moment caused come inter-
ruption, and appeared to disconcert the prisoner, who