The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1862.

Yr. 0. FORTINO U E was uederskwd to say that the
goveruissot would bawl ao objeetise to lay all the sorra,.
podium= the table wiles it was ready.

In conaequeoce of that letter, he (Lord R. Montagu) had
received the following answer :
" *saw, June
"My Lord,—lti reply to the letter which I have this
morning received, I beg at once to id your lordship
that lam quite convinced that your atateisut was based
merely on a ' story current in the home,' sod that, as you
professed to have no information from me, you cannot. of
course, be amused of baring 'stated what was not the fact.'
As to the ' marginal reformer,' I caenot really ea Writhe.
they existed or not, as, when I found that the to
were not intended for me. I paid no attention to what they
contained. From the terms of your letter lam sure ion
had a wrong impreestoo of the note which I wrote to Mr.
Higgins.-1 have the honour to be, my lord, your obedient
servant, " W. F. iiIOGLIIS.
" Po Lord Robert Montagu, M.P."

Thimble kid, in conclusion, said he regretted if any word.
which bad fallen from him bad given pain to Mr. H
W. F. Higgins he meant. and not the tall Mr. iggina.
(Laughter.) He should be glad to learn bow the tall Mr.
Mains came to know anything about a letter which be had
never seen. (Hear, beer.)
Colonel KNOX said that before the noble lord made
his statement on Friday he should have communicated
with him. He was called out of the house and found Mr.
Higgins waiting for him, and be stated that he had received
a letter with enclosures under the seal of the Board of
Works. He (Colonel Knox) thought the committee ought
to be made acquainted with the fact, and he mentioned it.
He was then informed that a meeting of the committee
would take place in order to determine what should be does,
but be was not invited to be present, and it would have been
only fair if be had been informed of the result. He could
not endorse the statement which the noble lord made in the
house as being macerate in any way. (Laughter.) Mr. Big-
gigs sought him (Colonel Knox), sad be did not seek Mr.
Huh's. That gentleman told his story and he repeated it,
ash. was at liberty to do.
Mr. HOItBMAN said that having bets alluded to, whops
be might also be allowed to make • or or two in the
noble brd's history, from which it appeared that he bad
bad beta a party to bringing this matter before the Imam
(Hear, bear.) H. would state what really occurred.
(Laughter.) He was walking home along Whitehall be-
tween four and five o'clock on Friday, and the
noble lord, when they were near the office of
the Chief Commissioner of Works, told him that
there had been a meeting of the committee
at which it had been determined to bring the matter be-
fore the house at six o'clock, and that he bad been deputed
to bring it on. The noble lord said the meeting had been
held and the determination taken, sod that he was then
going to give the Chief Commissioner that notice which be
admitted be received. He (Mr. Housman) did not attend
the meeting of the committee, for feeling that he bad
nothing to do with the proposal, be avoided going to it.
When he went into the library at six o'clock be saw same of
the members talkies about tbe document, and he heard his
name mentioned. He made a private remark in a private
conversation, acid when he heard his name mentioned in the
house by the noble lord he was perfectly amazed. He was
in the house and took part in the discuasion, but be had no
desire that it should take place.
Lord PALMERSTON—I think there is nothing in the
world more calculated to lead to no result whatever than
a disemmiou about what "I saw," or "you said," or "be
said," or " they said"—(laughter)—because ft is quite
certain that no two speakers would agree as to whet was
said by either of them. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord
having disburdened himself of this reouitatioe and this
conversation, I think it may be forgotten. (Laughter.)
The noble lord, to use an old phrase, has found a "mare's
mat." No doubt be fancied be had made a great dis-
covery, but what did it amount to? My right hoe. friend
did no more than any other man would do ; what the com-
mittee had ended their labours he sent one or two sheets of
the evidence to a private friend. (" Hear r and "Nor no.")
A committee is open to the public and attended every
day by reporters for tLe press, and every word spoken
there is known on the following day by everybody all over
London who feels the slightest interest in the proceedings
and as to its being any breach of confidence for a menthe/ of
that committee to communicate to a private fraud—loll,
oh)— anything that might have occurred—l will not say
who has been guilty of such breach of confidence—but it
might as well be said that it is a breech of confidence for a
member of this house to seed to a person who was not •
member at seven o'clock on the Wednesday night a state-
ment of anything that might have occurred here during the
morning sitting, because by doing so he would anticipate
the newspapers of the next morning. (Hear, bear.)
Sir W. JOLLIFFE thought full justice ought to be done
to the members of the committee, who, as he could safely
say in his own case, bad entered upon the inquiry free from
all bias, and actuated by a desire to do the best they could
for the public.
The SPEAKER, interrupting the hon. baronet, stated
that although the house was always ready to afford soy
hon. member full opportunity of offering any personal ex-
planation, it was not competent for the hoe. member to
enter into a discussion as to the proceedings of the com-
mittee.

Sir W. JOLLIFFE would not go into anything that was
not personal. He bad Maid of private meetings of the
members of the committee, and he bed beard of several
members of that committee assembling together is the
library of the house ; but he had never had any notice of
such meetings or taken any part io them.
The motion of Sir J. Shelley was agreed to.

FORTIFICATIONS (PROVISION FOR EXPENSES)

BILL

On the motion that this bill be now read a second time,
Sir F. SMITH rose to move u an amendment to
leave out from the word " That" to the end of
the question, in order to add the words " There be
laid before this house a return showing the original and
every subsequent estimate for each work recommended by
the Defences Commissioners; the amount of any contract
for each work ; what proportion of each work
is completed; and what inconvenience or injury,
if any, to the public service would result from
the postponement of any of the projected works,"
He thought the house should be informed whether the
works to be constructed out of this new loan were new
work, or not. Some of them were in progress, and some
of them were not yet commenced, and it was their duty, at
least, to inquire as to time* which were in their hands.
Mr. GREGORY, in seconding the amendment. said he
believed that forts for the protection of our dockyards
would be useless • that internal defences spine invasion
would also be useless. He went further, for he thought
they would be actually mischievous. Anything was mis-
chievous which bad the effect of making the country rely on
what mu utterly unreliable ; and when the futility of fortifi •
cations was found the common sense of the country would
revolt against such a wasteful expenditure of money. The
result would be that when money was asked for to provide
substantial defences it would probably be denied. The way
to prepare for war was to lessen the expenses of the coun-
try. Excessive taxation in a time of pesos wee a bad prepa-
ration for war. The noble lord the Secretary to the Ad-
miralty maid the other night that if they wanted to bring
their slips victorious out of action, they should keep out the
shells. He (Mr. Gregory) said, if they wanted to bring the
country victorious out of the nest great contest, in time of
pesos get out of the income tax. (Hear.)
Sir J. FERGUSSON spoke in support of the proposals
of the government, and the construction and maintenance
of permanent fortifications.
After a few remarks upon incidental points by Mr.
BUXTON,. . . . .

Lord 'A. V. TEMPEST thought experience had shown
that the mosey speitzon permanent fortifications, for
which the time had , would be wasted.
Sir T. E. COLES OGEE observed that, if any disaster
should befall our fleet, reliance must be placed upon our
land forme, and it would be imprudent to lock them up as
garrisons in forts. His objection to such fortifications as
those on Portedown-bill Wad that they contemplated ex-
treme and improbable events.
Mr. KINGLAKE was of opinion that this was a ques-
tion which the house could not decide upon its own know.
ledge ;it must rely upon the authority of others. Upon
a technical and scientific question like this it would be well
for the house to be guided by the authority of the ministers
of the crown, the proper advisers of the house, and he
should be willing to be guided by the knowledge and expe-
risme of the first minister.

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY remarked that the money now
asked for—namely, I,2oo,ooo4—appeared to have been
already expended, the works having been contracted for
and the engagements made. What was the use, then,
he asked, of this discussion He objected to the practice
of voting money on account. He wee ready to consent to
the finnthing of works already begun ; but thought the new
works ought not to be commenced, in justice to the tax-
payers of this country.
Sir M. SEYMOUR touched briefly upon certain nautical
points adverted to in the discussion. He had no appreben•
lion of invaders in our waters.

Captain JERVLS considered that those works which WIT
deemed by the government essentially necessary for defence
should be completed. He believed that in time of war
there would be plenty of men to man the works on Ports-
downhill.

Mr. NEWDECATE, in reference to what occurred in a
former debate, denied that he had • " fanatical feeling" in
favour of the system of defence under discussion, though he
lamented that after the house had solemnly dr:oiled upon
establishing • system of national defence, there should be •
disposition on the part of a small minority suddenly to re-
cede from that decision. it was perfectly true that they
had to lament the distress in the manufacturing districts,
and that the expenditure, therefore, which they were DOW
completing might be more inconvenient than when it was
undertaken some years ago. But was it to be laid that •
mere temporary emergency was at once to alter the deci-
sion of the house upon a question of such importance as the
national defence ? (Hear, hear.)
Mr. A. SMITH hoped that the government would go
on building no new forts, and that the house would receive
from the right Imo. gentleman details with respect to the
works already commenced.
Sir J. HAY said that he was • witness before the Defence
Commission. He took the liberty of replying to the ques-
tions asked him by putting certain other questions.
He mid that, also, • large outlay was to be made, it must
be remembered that if an seamy were to land he would
march upon the capital—Omar, hea-then what provision
was to be made for that contingency! But the committee
said their inquiry was not directed to the defence of the
country, but to the protection of particular places, such as
Portsmouth, Plymouth, Pembroke, and Cork. But the
question before the house now was the defense of the WSW,
try. (Hear, hear.) Then why did her Majesty's rovers-
roast ask the house to decide a quartets ueihedr th.

report of a commission which was directed to another
object?
Sir G. LIMB said that the 'amendment Which the
hoe. and gallant member had moved was substantially for
a return of certain facts which had bees already reported to the
house, and were now on the table. What the hon. and gal-
lent member propteed wee that there should be a return
showing the onal and every subsequent work which had
been recommended by the Wens' Commission. There was
on the table an estimate of every work which had been
adopted by Hie government, which was is progress or
in contemplation, and which be apprehended furnished the
informatioo which the Iwo. and gallant member required.
Theo the hon. and gallant member asked for the amount of
the contracts, the proportion of work completed, and what
inconvenience or injury to the public service would arise
Iran the postponement or rejection of any of the works?
Now it was not the usual practice to call epos the govern.
mast to express its opinion in a return. The question of
what inconvenience would arise from the suspension of •
work, wu• question of argument and opinion to be du-
cusped in the house. It could not be reduced to a numerical
return, and laid upon the table. Therefore the house would
ace that, as far as was possible to comply with the wishes of
the hoo. and gallant member, the information was already on
the table ; and he (Sir G. Lewis) therefore regretted that it
was not in his power to assent to the amendment, and that
he fmust vote for the second readiog of the bill. The
committee was the proper occasion for the discussion of
details, and he trusted the house would be inclined to
agree to the second reading of the bill.
Colonel SYKES opposed the second reading of the ball.
He thought it was derogatory to the English character W
ask them that the defence of the country should be made
to depend upon fighting behind stone walls, instead of in
the Aoki.

Colonel DUNNE mid the present plan might be good or
bad, but be should certainly like to MPS it au
by greater authority. They had no general planprrit
defame of the whole country, sod yet that was a subject
which be thought ought to be pressed upon the govern-
ment. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. DUFF vestured to throw out the suggestion that our
arsenals and dockyards might be defended by bomb•proof
sheds

Mr. HUBBARD objected to the second reading of this
bill oa financial grounds.
Mr. J. WHITE suggested several reasons for vetiog
spied the second reeding of the bill.
Sir M. PETO repeated some of his former objections to
the_laru/artad fortifitatiolie, particularly to the isolated forts
aPortedown-hill. The Defence Commissioners, be said,
bad shown that the proposed fortifications would require at
least 80,000 or 90,000 men—a force that would weaken the
defence of other parts of the country.
Lord C. PAGET briefly replied to • few objections urged
by Sir H. Pito.
Lord PALMERSTON said the principle of the necessity
of fortifying oar dockyards had been deliberately sad
solemnly armedby the house two year, ago, sod if it
rejected this bill it would reverse that decision. The
government did not pretend to fortify the country or even
London ; the country most be defended by troops in the
field but it was thought essential to defend certain vul-
nerable points upon which the existence of our navy and
oar maritime superiority depended—namely, our dockyards.
Sir H. Pato had said we ought to abandon our dockyards,
as our boa ships could be built in private yards ; building
ships, however, was one thing, but repairing them another.
Mr. OSBORNE condemned the phis of fortifications con-
templated by the bill as bed and imitative. It was the
plea of the noble lord at the heed of the government rather
than of the defence commiasiouers, sod he had DO reliance
upon him az a pesos minister, though if the country were at
war his pugnacity was such that it might be necessary to
keep him in poser. The boa member also quoted • speech
of Lord John Buinell, who charactensed the idea of invasion
as being dictated by ignorant panic rather than by sound
calculations. The proper defence of the country was its
navy ; and if the navy were not on a per with that of
France. be was ready to support the government in Dot
only raising it to • level with, but doubling the French navy.
General PEEL deprecated the constant reference to
France whenever the question of the national defences was
discussed in this houee. The suspicion and distrust thus
expressed were groundless, and in his opinion calculated to
create the very evil it was desirable to avoid. Surely this
was not necessary in order to justify the government of the
day in adopting means for the security of the country, and
be could see DO stronger proof of • want of confideuoe in
the government than refusing to them the marmot carrying
out their plain for this purpose. It would be wise to put
the arsenals sod dockyards into • state of defence, and the
main hoe of defier, ought to be the navy. In this all
persons were agreed, and also that we most retain the com-
mand of the seas. The necessity for • second line of de-
fence must depend upon the failure of the first. If inva-
sion were impossible, no internal line of defence was neces-
sary ; but in this he could not agree. The plans for that
second lice of defence, and the execution of them, how-
ever, were matters for which he held the government
res The iiias.• was subsequently addressed by Mr. Monsen,
Sir J. Duke, and Sir J. Elphinstone ; the former against,
and the two latter in favour of the bill.

(st;in
Attu as well ea France. Before hoc. members went to
Cherbourg they had an idea that it was • mooed Gibraltar,
but nothing could be • greater fallacy. What had this
country to fear? (Cheers.) He spoke from his heart u an
old seaman. England had • maritime population of 310,000
men. (No, no.) Yes, yes. With a small army of uncon-
querable men, with a militia who were unsurpassed in dis-
cipline, and with a body of volunteers who were the glory
of their country and the admiration of the world, what had
this country to fear! (Loud cheers.) When the British
navy became • defensive power, the sun of their naval
glory would have crossed his zenith, end there would be
nothing for them but to throw up the sponge. (Loud
laughter.) He would beseech the house to pause before
they humiliated the British navy by the erection of forts
which would be an imperishable monument of their dege-
neracy, weakness, folly, and extravagance. (Cheers.)
Sir F. SMITH withdrew his amendoient, and the house
then divided on the motion that the bill be read a serend
time. _ _

Lab) inttiltgnue.

EQUITY OOURTEL—Joss 30.
Polon Vioot:kronor 84 W. Pogo Wood.)
O.ILCLZT V. JA U.

• ...
The question in thin case was of ooesiderable importance to
parties interested in stock standing in the names of trustees.
A ~Ws trust fund, bekiegiseto the plaintiff, sad ocosiat-
leg of stock, stood in the name 01 a Mr. Trittos, as trustee.
Trittos mimpplied the money to his own purposes, and tt
was lost. In answer to impanel' from the Fibrillae for whom
he was trustee, he represented that it was out on mortgage,
and produced to them deeds which he alleged to be the
securities for it. The beneficiaries, however, wished to
have their money in the funds, and premed Trines bard for
it. In this einergeecy Tritton resolved to raise the nioney
by defrandiag soother set of persons fur whom he, jointly
with a Xr. Cams, wae trustee. He therefore
applied to Mr. Cede to transfer this second hind
to him in ceder, as be represented, that he might advance it
on mortgage. He quieted Mr. Case by promising him a
mortgage, and which afterwards turned out to be a fo:y.
Having thus got possession of the second trust fund, he
applied it in making up the first fund, purchasing with
other
it and some money the sum of about 2,0001.
the proper amount of the first trust fond. Having done
this he informed the beneficiaries of the first (nod that
their money had been paid, and stood in consols. The be-
Dacia:ids placed a distriegas upon it, and thus prevented
any further dealing with the money. After a time the
fraud was of neoessity discovered, and the question in this
suit was, which of the two unfortunate sets of beneficiaries
was to suffer, those whose mosey had been spent by the
penon Trittos, or those whose money he had applied in
PaLm°t the Ind est of beseficiaries.
°B.elt, Sir H. Cairns, Kr. Southgate, and Mr. lam
were in the caw _ . . . _ .

The VicerChamomile, wee of opinion that the beneficiaries
whose fend had berm taken from them ought not to
be the sufferers in this ease ; but that those whose mow
was in the first Instance spent by the fraudulent trudges
must be the losers. The can was a most unfortunate=
bearing hard on both parties, but to bold otherwise
be to deprive persons whose fund still stood in the 0111 DO of
of one of their trustees of the identical money belonging to
them. The bill must be dimmed, but under the circum-
stances without costs.

COURT OF COMMON PLRAB.—Juigs 30.

Sittinp at NW Priam is Loodoo.—(Before Lard Chid
Justice &la sad a 13pecial Jam)

.--EITRAORDINASY oAll 07 =FUT=

This was an action to recover damages for libel, and the
defendant pleaded not guilty.
Yr. Lush, Mr. KarsWm, and Mr. Hcoyman,
for the plaintiff ; sod Mr. Bovril and Mr. GarthhaTisar the
defendant.
Mr. Lush, in opening the ems, said it was one which
would require their most serious ooesideration, as it most
deeply affected the character of the plaintiff, and be mast
say that of the defendant also. Mr. Davy, the plaintiff, had
for 14 or 15 years been in practice at Bamford, as a
medical man, in which town be had the largest share
of the business in his profession. The defendant
bad also for a considerable time lived near Ran-
fold, where he cultivated about seventy acres of land,
sad in addition to this occupatioe he acted as agent foe the
manegement of the property of his brother, who had
assumed the name of Barnes upon his accession to the
estate, and for the purposes of this business the defendant
had an °Sloe at Mile-end. 0. the 20th June last year ten
copies of the libel now complained of were sent tthe post, one of them to Mrs. Davy, the plaintiffs
wife,
sod the others to intimate friends and patients of his;
all of them Wog posted in London, and all of them having
been written by the lame hand. s envelopes, however,
appeared to have been written by a different, or at all
events, I. a disguised hand. The libel was in the following
terms : " A curious incident in the life of a Sawbones. Who-
soever lieth with a woman that is a maid, ha. (Leviticus
(19,_213.) And Nathan said unto Davi(d), Thou slat the man.
'''ad Samuel, 12, 7.) The above-mentioned Sawbones had
occasion some timeago toattend a maiden lady 1 lying at
or near Brentwood, and this maiden lady kept only one
servant, who was so curious to know what was going
on in her bedroom that she took it into Der heed to look
through the keyhole, and behold she saw the Sawbones In
bed with the maids, ledy." There was not one word of
truth in this statement from beginning to end, and indeed
it was not even true that the plaintiff bad attended any
maiden lady at Brentwood. Immediately the circum-
stances came to the plaintiff's knowledge he breed a bill
offering 501. reward for the discovery of the delinquent,
and inquiries were set on foot, but no clue could be ob.
Lined until on account of some information which the
plaintiff obtained he applied to the manner of the County
Bank at Romford, and he put one of the envelopes
before that gentleman, who at Qom said, " I am very sorry
to tell you it is the writing of a gentleman who hasbeen
customer of ours for a long time. It is the writing of Mr.
Pemberton." There could be nolibis motive for the
defendant wishing to injure the plaintiff, except indeed
that he was an intimate friend of • gentleman who was a
rival of the plaintiff in business ; and however inaufflcient
such a motive, it was supposed that this had been the ope-
rative cause. The plaintiff, bowevete, did not rest satisfied
with having obtained the opinion of the manager of the
bank, for he placed one of the envelopes before another
gentleman, who was employed as clerk in the bank, and
asked whom writing was on it, and he immediately an-
swered, " Mr. Pemberton's." A person also was employed
to go into Mr. Pemberton's office at Mile-end, and
one of the envelopes before a person whom he found
who, without a moment's hesitation, pronounced it to be the
defendant's. At this stage of the proceedings it was thought
nght to communicate with the defendant, and accordingly
on the 21st Oct. Mr. Clifton, the plaintiff's solicitor, wrote
to the defendant, stating his regret that the result of
inquiries was the conclusion that be was the offending
party, and asking for the name of his solicit r. On the 26th,
Mr. Pemberton's solicitor replied, stating that he was in-
structed by his client to disclaim in the most positive man-
oar any knowledge on his client's part not only of the
authorship, but of the very existence of the letters them.
selves, and of the circumstances stated in them, and be
requested that the plaintiff would abstain from mentioning
Mr. Pemberton's name in connexion with the matter. There
was one singular circumstance in connezioe with this chola,
and that was that although the plaintiff denied any know-
ledge of the existence of the letters, it would be shows that
he had himself within a day or two after the bill offering the
reward was posted reed it. The defendant applied toinspeet
and take photographs of the libel, and having inspected the
documents his solicitor wrote saying that his client, Having
examined the letters and envelopes, and from circumstances
that have come to his knowledge since the inspection, be
has come to the impression that the envelopes, if not the
letters, are in the writing of his eldest son, Robert Pember-
ton, who left England for Australia in October, 1861 ;" and
the writer. in continuation, expressed his deep regret that
he should be led to the conclusion that any member of his
family should have published the infamous libel of which
the plaintiff so justly complained. Now, it was singular
that Mr. Robert Pemberton, the son, was an under-
graduate of Cambridge, he had taken his B.A. de-
gree, and a living had been purchased for him in
the neighbourhood of ktorcford which was worth 7001,
or 800/. a year, and yet all at once be went to Australia
without being ordained or qualifying himself for his proles.
Son and he went in such heats that he took with him
nothing but a carpet tag. A commission had been sent out
to examine him in Australia, and he stated on oath most
distinctly that neither the letters nor the address noon the
envelopes were io his writing, and he added that he
never saw or heard of the documents until he got to
Australia. He also denied that they were in his father's
writing.
Witnesses were then called who produced the letters in
question, and also some documents which were undoubtedly
in the defendant's handwriting, so that the jury might have
the MAIM of companion ; and in addition some of them ex-
pressed their opinion that there was greet similarity between
the plaintiff's handwriting and that of the libels.

The further hearing of the case was adjourned until to-
morrow.

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THE POLICE COURTS.

WINTUINKIIH.

Wag Hotrod! cab driver, wSschsresd u follows:

Mr. John Turley, solicitor, of Asisined, Kent, said that
on Monday last on coming out of the International Exhibition
he sent a meneusger for scab. The defendant's was brought.
Complainant put alady inside, and directed the defendant to
take ber to No. 60, Oordon•square. The defendant, boding
that no one else was going into his cab, refused to drive her,
and said be was engaged. Complainant banded the lady
out of the cab and took defendant's number. He then
watched him, and in about live minutes he saw him stop
and take up a party.
Mr. Arnold—How many were there of the party !
Complainant—There were five ; one gentleman eat on the
box. I have remained in London three days longer than I
intended, as, knowing the extortions to which the public are
liable from these men, I was determined to prosecute this

Mr. Arnold said he was much obliged to complainant for
coming forward as he had dons. He was determined to
mist the public in every case, and to punish any one offend-
ing in the most exemplary manner.
The defendant was fined 40s. with costa, sod his licenee
was suspended for two months.
Robert Clarke, Seymour-rood, Bayswater-square, was
charged oe a summons with a similar off once.

-- -....--
Tie ems was fully proved by a gentleman named Symms.
He was also fined 4N. with oceta, and his license was soy
peeded for two months.
The filial were paid in melt ems.

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THE RECENT MURDER AT PORDIROBRIDGE.

George Jscob Gilbert, the ticket-of-leave con-
vict, who is charged with the murder de young lady named
Mary Ana Buses Latl, at Fordiuglindge, under circum-
stances reoo,Md Is our columns, was yesterday brought up
on remand before Mr. J. (oVentry, one of the county magi-
strates. It is stated that Gilbert has only recently left
the employment of Mr. Hall, the father of the
decreed lady, by whom he wee engaged as a fan labourer,
and there is a further rumour that, in consequence of the
manner in which be had conducted himself on previous oc-
casions towards Miss Hall, she entertained some suspicion
of bins. Sims his apprehension the prisoner has been in a
very low state, and there is a general impression that he
ea confess his guilt. Owing to the excited state of the
mtitnziss, thought desirable that Gilbert, who since his
Wu has been confined in Wiochester gsol, should
betaken so privately possible to Fordiegbridge. He was col:-
sequestly removed thither during divine serves, on Sunday
afternoon. to be in readiness for his examine/Ml yeaterday.
There is good reason to believe that the primer has con-
templated self-destruction, an a rope made from bin bed-
clothes, and with a noose reedy fastened shove wee
found upon him in the gaoL As the evidence which has
been obtained since Monday last wee not considered NA-
ciently matured, it was thought advisable that the pri-
soner should be further remanded for a week. One of the
new radii that will be spoken to is, that the soil found upon
the clothes of the prisoner is of the same description as
that of the golly is which the body was discovered.