The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-06 00:00:00

CO' Court.

OSBORNE, THURSDAY.
Prince Albert, attended by the lion. Colonel Grey
sad Coloni.l Wylde, embarked on board this Imperiouse
screw steam ship, off O.borae, yesterday afternoon, to wit
nom the trials of speed of that veasel along the measured
mile, and returned shoat half• past iv. o'clock.
The Queen and the Royal Family were out as usual in
the grounds.

The Dueller of Cambridge sad the Pritteen Mary visited
the Seabees of Kest yesterday, at her residesee, Clarenoe-
loose St James's.

Tbi liOniens oiltent, the Doane of Cambridge, sad
the Princess Mary, honoured the ...yid Italic■ Opera-
house with their presence yesterday mowing. The Duchess
of Kent was accompanied by the Priam@ Adelaide of
Bobenlobe, and attended by Ler4 Anew Kith Devout and
Colonel Sir George Cooper. The Dodo= of
was attended by Lady &Add and X4fir Dann
A &potation coasuting of Mr. Steele, Mr. Msesalan, Mr.
Brown, and Mr. Stevenson, attended by Mr. John
WOregor, M.P., for Glasgow, had an interview with
Viscount Palmerston, on Wednesday, at the flome-oMes.
as the subject of the law of err...stoma is Sootlaad.

An influential meeting of the electors of the
City of London was held yesterday, when it was unani-
mously resolved, that Baron Lionel Rothschild should not
be tailed upon to twigs his seat, notwithstanding the un-
favourable decision in the House of Lords last week. A
committee was formed, to adopt such measures as they may
think It, to assure the ultimate satisfactory solution of the
Jowl& Disabilities question, by placing Baron Rothschild
i• the seat to which the constituency of the City of Loudon
bate repeatedly elected him.

ELECTION EXPOSURES.

ON DOCKYARD PRO.

NOTIONS AND

Yesterday Riabads, superintendent of Chatham
Dockyard, was resollst, ALA ezassined as the subject of
Ridgway's appointment, aad repeated several of the state. '
seats oristalsod is lba otter already published. He was
Mid by the dill =gam be was strati lieliway would be
appealed list dems tad it was net use tie appointment
vane down that mama was esseissid be was mistaken.
When it wassailed that "swarms " of psis woad apply,
it implied it eins_perteetly well knows tits people out-
side the psi Feist a dockyard appiimasum as a
emits of sml amber the den of tbs sissioss
psomail- rtwd, Omagh the bilinstase et umbers,
or sons aisles* ito did vest understand, for tins appoint-
ments, and ba felt ant Itidiway'e OM was so bad, haying
bean reprimands& sad paeasesal iseapahle and diso-
bedient, that it atilt Woos a preadent for anything.
Wham had a animation with Admiral Parker, and
sampleisad to Ma a the MOM dot things were taking in

The Cheirmsa—][r. Stafford stated is has evidence theta
wu reason to Miss that political Maass= were at weal!
against Ridgway PP—Meet distleatly sea—sest Maisel
sot ; and I am poise ism disoweeste M ohm titre IM
subject was diseumod la the imam& of Nosh. /awe Slime
were here prodnead.
I my Captakt Peahens, and had an iaterview with the
Tint Lord, widish 1 essidered mu in isonlidonee. When
speaking of one i curb a high position as the duke, it is
necessary to observe past itanhou • bat when I left the
duke he told me ho hod
that he did not believe it, and that he was quite satisfied I
was devoting myself to the good of the service, and doing
my duty honourably and faithfully, and to apply to him on
all ousaioas when anything of the kind was going on. In
fact, his grass's final words were, "Come to me, or go to
Parker. When I was told by his
.gracis that he did not
believe it, I took no further steps is the matter. I also
stationed it to Admiral Parker, and he mid, " It is the
fleet I have hoard of it, and I do not believe a word of it."
The duke gave me to understand that he ecranned with
mein my view of dockyard promotions; bat although I
brought these promotions under the duke's notice, no step
was taken to cancel them. It sus to vindicate myself from
the charge of acting under political influences that I had the
interview with the duke.
The

_,:iitafford, is his evidence, stated that
„
Captain /licher& was always lookaii upon u one of the
strongest political partisans in the dockyard ;" what have
you to say to that ?--1 read it in the paper with astonishment,
and I believe it will be read at Ckathamoishere this general
opinion is said to have prevailed, with greater astonishment
still. I can only deny it es positively as it appears to have
been stated. I deny that I wive ever shown—for I could
not show what I
have no difficulty whatever in putting my decided contra-
diction to it on the minutes of the committee, and to allow
it to go forth to the world. At the same time, I shall be
very desirous for Mr. Stafford to prove it ; for what is
alleged to be so generally known at Chatham must be easy
of proof.
You mean that a man in this country caanot very well be
a strong political partisan in secret ?—Yes ; my conduct,
both privately and :publicly, is known to a great many is
Chatham. 1 have asiociated with gentlemen in private
society there, and if I had been of strung political opinions,
or had exercised theta, it would have been apparent. 1
had been very intimate with Sir Frederick Smith, who
was there three years of my time, and I found him at the
head of the school fur engineering instruction. I
had soy private or personal differences with Sir Frederick
On the sostrary, both he and Admiral Stirling dined
with me during their canvass, awl I wilted them both.
I asked them both to show that f was not open
to any charge of partisanship. I believe I stated
Ridgway's caw to the Duke of Northumberland.
Ridgway's case depended, to a greet extent, on Mr
Laurie, the chief engineer, as regarded his fitness. I bel
hems Mr. Laurie did not entertain any local polities. I never
heard anything of Ridgway's politics, bat from his having
supported Sir F. Raiog, at Fditatucuth, I expected to find
him on the other side, and a conservative. The appoint-
ment of Ridgeway was airiest dr,:itted departure from tho
similar of 1b47, which enjoined that no promotion should
take place without the re,ornmendation of the superinten-
dent of the yard. I knew Sir Frederick 3mith had been
canvassing for three months before the election. When ho
cams into the yard and is my office he said he was going to
stand for Chatham. My answer was, " Very well; I wish
you luck ; but I cannot give you the least help ;" sad he
said, " I know that very well." I have no reason whatever
for believing that I received my own appointment through
*ay political influence, and I never was more surprised in
my life than whoa Sir F. Daring's letter cams stn me. It
was as follows ;

(Confidearill.)
" Aanurs:ty, Nov. 11, 1860.
"My dnr Sir,—The death of Admired BOUVeri4l vitiates
ilintentso-yord. I helloes I shall do my duty to the public
osevitts in caring it to you. There is one understanding
• wMsh I mitt—that you will not outer into local politico.

What you privately may feel I do not inquire or interfere
with. Bet it is an object which I ansiousty have in view
to banish political jobbing from the dockyards, and for this
reason I think it my duty to make it a condition that the
suporir.tendente of the yards should not interfeist in polities
on either side.
" I am, deer pie. yours very truly,
"Captain M. Sejmour, It. s." " F. Hams°.
I was appointed by Lord Auckland to Pembroke Dock-
yard before going to Chatham, on the recommendation of
Sir W. Parker, whose flag captain I was in the Mediter-
ranean. The gallant officer then went into a detailed
statement of other eases of men in the dockyard, who had
received promotions from the Admiralty, without a recem-
mcodation from witness, and in some cases contrary to his
recommendation. The mete appointed were not the best
men, and the system was prejudicial to the public service ;
and then, in answer to twenties from the chairman, con
tinned :—I believe that the recommendations of all the

officers in the yard were made without reference to poli-
tic.' motives; and 1 altogether acquit the Surveyor of the
Navy of any. Every man was promoted in the order in
which he stood upon my list. The total establishment at
Chatham is 1,604 men. I dust met Mr. Stafford at Sheer-
ness, where I was attending a court-martial, and I was
introduced to him by Captain Hope ; and I lent Mr.
Stafford my yacht to go to Chatham. I subsequently
saw him with Sir Frederick Smith at Chatham. Sir
Frederick said. " Here is my friend Captain Richards ;
although be is of different politics, he is a personal
friend of mine, and I greatly respect him as a British I
officer." I never had any political conversation with Sir
Frederick in my life.
Is influence in the borough ever brought to bear in the
entries in the yard ?—No doubt.
Are there any clubs established in the borough with that
view?—Men have frequently come to me, and talked of
what is called "the patronage committee," and I have fre-
quently got notices from people to say that they we recom-
mended by the "patronage committee."
Then there is a patronage committee in the borough ?—I
believe so, both at Chatham sod Rochester. The men
wrote to me to my they had been sent tome by the patronage
committee.

Did they bring any documents?—No.
Admiral Fansbawe' superintendent of Portsmouth Dock-
yard, was then called, and concurred in the views expressed
by Captain Richards as to the policy of depriving the dock-
yard men of votes, but he did not adduce any cases of Ad-
miralty promotions at Portsmouth.
Sergeant Crass, muter tailor of the marines at Devon-
port Dockyard, was then examined. He was on the reais-
ter of voters for 1852 for East Stanehouse, and voted for
Colonel Hominy. I was mot for by Colonel Coryton. com-
mandant of the Marines, six or seven days previous to the
election. Sergeant Mortirnore came for him. Went to
Colonel Coryton's, and saw General Berkeley and Sir J.
Maxwell in Colonel Coryton's drawing-room. The General
solicited witness's vote. Witness said he was too late, as
he: had pledged it for Hominy and Tanen. The general
said ho was sorry, and Colonel Coryton said, " You are a
free agent," and witness said if he had seen them before
he might have considered the request. Witness under-
stood that Marsh, one of the marines who voted for Gen.
Berkeley, was subsequently made corporal.
&fgt. Ching, master shoemaker at Davenport barracks,
stated that he went at Leigh Mortimore's request to Col.
Coryton's, who asked him fur his vote, and witness said he
would see about it. Ile had always voted whig before, but
at the last election voted for Romilly and Berkeley. He felt
himself awkwardly situated, and was fearful that if be did
not support Berkeley he might lam his bread. Would have
voted for Hominy and Tufnell but for this. I thought I
might lose my work.
Sergeant Mortimore, sergeant In the Marino., deposed to
having received orders from Colonel Coryton to W 1 the pre-
vious witness to wait on him at his quarters.
Colonel Cory ton was then called, and deposed that be gave
directions to Sergeant Mortimer* to tell Cease and Ching to
call upon him. The major of the Mariam introduced Sir J.
Hominy and General Berkeley to hiss, as they were on his
mavens, and he thought there was no harm in Cross and'
Ching, who were voters, being canvassed by the cendiiatea
there. His firm belief was that he merely introduced them
t 3 the candidates, telling them they wished to speak to them
on electioneering; matters. It was the first time he bad
ever heard about Marsh, and he distinctly declared that he
never promoted him on any such ground as that alleged—
that he never promoted any officer but on the ground of
seniority end merit. Seldom or ever interfered with the
men in rracks, unless it was to keep them in good humour
with such games as wrestling, running after pigs with
soaped tails—(laughter), cricket, racquets, and so oa.
When you seat for these men do you not thiek_your pre-
sence might have had an effect upon them ?—Cpcni my
word I never thought anything about it.
Ching has suited that he would not have voted as he did
otherwise ?—What corrupt motives may have influenced
Ching I cannot tell. Unreservedly, and upon my honour,
there is no truth in the statement that I promised Marsh
promotion for his vote.
Did you not, as a military man, think there was any im-
propriety in their being brought into your room to be can-
vassed ?—I did not think I should be justified in refusing
them any more than in refusing the police, or any other
Duo you mean to say that if persons came to canvass
an under your command you would let them into your
house ?—Yes , as well one party as the other. Ido not
think there was any impropriety about it. I did not think
anything about it. lam not • voter myself, but I cer-
tainly should not do it again after my experience of
this. (Laughter.)
Commodore Seymour, Superintendent of Devospert
Dockyard, was then examined at some length.
The witness was under examination when tha cosawattee
at tour o'clock adjourned to this day at eleven.

RAW intelligenct.

EQUITY COURTS.—YerraavAy.
Sams via Loans inner or APIKAL.
IN RE TIM GORMAN MINING COMPANY.

Their lord.hips delivered their judgment I; this cos,
which was argued on the 22nd of April last, by Mr. Milling
end Mr. Drewry on behalf of the appellants, and by the
Solicitor-General and Mt. Omit' is rapport of the Master's
decision, whereby he had allowed certain of the directors to
be crectiied in account, and toast off against the calla made
and to be made against them, a sum of 3,3611. which they
had advanced, to be applied and which was applied in
payment of debts incurred in the ordinary course
of carrying on the mines. It appeared that by
the deed of settlement of the company they were
to work certain mines in Prussia and Bavaria, and for that
purpose were to contribute a capital of 60,0001., and it was
provided that the affairs and business of the company
should be under the sole and entire control of the directors.
The company having fallen into embarrassment, the sum
in question had been advanced to meet an application by
the manager abroad for funds to liquidate pressing
demands for wages and necessaries for working the
mites ; and in default in the payment of which legal
proceedings were threatened abroad, which would, by
the law there, have the effect of • forfeiture of
the mine.. The advance was made with the
full knowledge of all the shareholders, who at
the time were desirous to prevent the forfeiture
threatened. The claim of the respondents to be credited
with the amount was resisted on the ground that • similar
advance made to the company by • stranger to the part-
nership had been disallowed as • debt in an action brought
against the company in the Court of Exchequer. The
ground of the decision in the action was that, though the
mosey advanced had been applied is the necessary expen-
diture for carrying on the mines, the deed et the company
restr.cted the expense of such epentiose to the capital
raised from the shareholders, and save no power to the
directors to borrow money for the purpose.
Their lordship. held that, under the circumstances, the
directors were justified in the coarse they had taken, and
to which the shareholders had assented, and that they were
entitled to be credited with the advances made by them,
with interest, in their accounts wader the winding-up order.
The appeal wu dismissed with ecete.
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COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—FEITSIDAY.
Simms AT xss Pain n MINNAMIL —Barone Na. Naxos
ALosSisiii, ant Cams Amin. •
WIDLAIL2 V. IiONTAOVI.—RONNING-DOWN CAIN.
Mr. Bramwell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cham-
bers for the defendant. _

This was au action to mover compensation in damages
for injury alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff,
by reason of the negligent and careless driving of the defen-
dant. The plaintiff, some months since, was driving along
the Waterloo road, leaeing from Rumford to Hornchureb,
in Ewe:, when the defendant drove against his vehicle and
upset it, by which the plaintiff and two other persons were
thrown out. The plaintiff, who wee severely injured, was
eonfined to his house for more than two months, and had
not yet perfectly recovered. 'I he,, evidence was of a most
contradictory character.
Mr. Baron Alderson, in leaving the case to the jury, said
that so cnntradietop was the evidence, that whatever bad
been stated on behalf of the plaintiff, was positively denied
by the witnesses for the defence; and the jury must find
their way through it as well es they could ; but it appeared
to him that the preponderance of evidence was is favour of
the plaintiff.
The Jury found for the plaintiff, damages W.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—YurnwAY.
ISM= MA Mur♦XT JUDOS. AFT ♦ Boca INT KATIIITZATIA, ♦r

The court at to-day to hear the adjourned appeals.
EDWAILD TRUMLOVZ T. A CONVICTION OT THOMAS
KIINAT, Esq.—Tan UNSTAMPED PUBLICATION CASH.
This was an appeal against a conviction for sallies an an-
stamped publication. When it was called on,
Mr. Bodkin said it would not now come on for discussion,
as an arrangement had been come to for the decision of a
superior court in the question involved in the case, which
was the legality of an anstamped publication. The points
would be submitted to the Court of Exchequer, and the
present appeal would stand adjourned until the 26th inst.
Mr. Parry (with whom was Mr. Poland) appeared for the
appellant), and only had to say that his client had made
this arrangement, and that on the part of the crown it had
been assented to in tho most handsome manner by the At-
torney-General.
The Ambient-imago said this was far the wisest tonne
to take is a ease of emit great public important*.
Ths appal woe theft adijoarned.

THE POLICE COURTS.

LAMBETH.

Charles CYR nifty/lain, alias Smith, describing himself as
• surgeon, of Slough, snit James Thompson Currie, of
Norfolk-street, Fitzroy-square, also describing himself as a
surgeon, were charged with George Thomas, a chemist,
of Leather-lane, Holborn, wth being concerned ici
various degrees in an attempt to procure abortion. In
justice to the profession, it should be stated that neither of
the two first-mentioned de indents is connected with any
one of the oorporati as of legally qealitied practitioners of
medicine In Zegland.
The former examinations of the prisoners have been re-
ported la one columns. On this occasion the •ktlin of the
practices charged upon the prisoners was in attendance to
give her evidence.
The first vitae's; called was,
Mrs. Ana Monica, of Ely-place, Holborn, who stated
that she was the mother of Eliza Morden, the prosecutrix.
She did not know that her daughter was enceinte until
after thiproteedings out of which this charge arose. The
Rev. George Campbell Gordon came to lodge at her house
in the month of March, 1851, end remained there a ledger
until last Saturday week, when he left, and he bad not takes
away any of his things. Mr. Gordon is about 6.5 years old,
au unmarried man, and a curate of the pariah church of St.
Andrew's, Holborn.
The nest witness called was Eliza Morden. She looked
younger than the 22 years which wen assigned as her age,
and gave her evidence with much clearness. She stated
that she was at present staying at the house of Mr.
Holcomb, 4, Stockwell-road, Private. road, Clapham.
She knew the Reverend George Campbell Gordon,
who was curate of St. Andrew's, Holborn.' and who
lodged at her mother's house in Ely-place. In the month
of September last, said the witness, an improper intimacy
took place between Mr. Gordon and myself. In conse-
quence of my state a lodging was taken for me at Hack-
ney in the month of December, and • medical man (Dr.
Gillett) was called in to see me. At that time I was not
conscious I was in the family way. Afterwards I sent Griffin,
an old servant of my mother's, to Mr. Mullins, a chemist in
Leather-lane, Holborn, to get some pills, describing to
her my irregularities. When I sent Griffin out I did not
tell her to go to Mullins's shop in particular. I did not
mention any shop, nor did I suggest the =Hid of the pri-
soner Thomas. At that time I had not heard It The
next night, in consequence of what the witness Griffin
told me, I went to Mullina's shop myself, and there I saw
the prisoner Thomas. I asked him if be was the gentle-
man that a female had been to see about a young per-
son. He said "yes," and asked me to walk into the
surgery behind the shop. He felt my body and my
stomach, and told me I was in the family way. He said
that he bad got a friend who would pat me all right. I
asked him what I should have to pay, and his reply was
" tea pounds." At that time nothing was said uto whe-
ther I was married or tingle. I did not say to him that I
ties in the family way. i did not believe it till he told me.
I mid ten pounds was &peat deal of money to Rive, and
I Mast know whether I should be able to get it or not.
Ma WI he should see his friend, and desired me to call
Maki-
Mr. Norton—Yen have stated that the first time you had
improper intimacy with Mr. Gordon was in September.
Can you state the last time when this occurred.
Waimea—Not for • month before I left home, and front
my home I have been three weeks.
Witness (in continuation)—On the following Monday, or
two or three days afterwards, in the evening I think, I saw
the prisoner Thomas at the shop in Leather-lane. He told
me he bedews the gentleman, and " he would do the lob for
the 10.1" He did not say what he was to do. That was
all that passed. He did not mention the name of his
Mead at that time. I was told to call ; and, though no
time was menticand, I did call. sgain in a day or two
afterwards. I think it was in the evening. I told
the prisoner Thomas that I was not quite right. He asked
me if I lived at home. I told him I with my mother.
He did not ask me my name, but he gave Mr
a bit of paper with Dr. Smith'. (Cunningham's)
AMALGAMATION OF THE BIRKENHEAD AND address upon it. That paper I have last, hat
LIVERPOOL LOCALS. it stated that Dr. Smith could be seen font
10 to 12 o'clock, at Dr. Currie's, No. 10, Norloleenreek
At a meeting of the Liverpool Dock committee, Tottenham-court-tom], near the Middlesex Hospital.
yesterday, the CHAIRM (Charles Turner, Esq., M P.), went to Mr. Smith's address and asked for him. On dolls
reported, on the part of the committee appointed to meet so I saw the prisoner Cunningham, who came out free&
Sir Joseph Bailey, Baron Goldsmid, and hb eon, with refe- behini the counter. The shop was • chemist's shop, end
renal to the proposed transfer to the Liverpool Dock Trust, the prisoner Cunningham asked me if I was the young
that they had held two meetings, at which the important person Mr. Thomas had been
_speaking to him about. I
question was discussed at considerable length. It was un- said yes. At this time I think Mr. Currie was in the ad%
stood that the gentlemen name d, though influential pro- but I can't say that he beard me ask fur Dr. Smite, awf
prieton, had 1.0 direct authority to negotiate, though, whether he was near enough to hear what had been said.
doubtless, any suggestion of theirs would meet with favour The prisoner Cunningham—alias Smith—said to me "Os
consideration from the proprietors generally on the into the surgery,' and I went. He pulled down the blind
other side of the water. The suggestion made was that the and was going to examine me, but he would not do it with.
amount of money they had paid for the works, including out the money down. I told him I had but two ponds.
the interest paid and accumulated on their bonds, should be which I took oat of my puree and placed on the table.
reckoned up. They calculased that, if so reckoned—with- Ile said he could not give his advice until he bail the 101
out binding themselves to a particular sum—it would down. I said I had not got it with me, but that I had get
amount to 1,1e0,600/. for the warehousing, and about it at home, and I asked him if he could arrange to come
700,0001. fur the water space' making 2,100,0001. They down to my lodgings at 4 o'clock the next day. Before this
thought tney ought to have 20 shillings in the pound ;non I had asked Mr. Gordon for the money, and Mr. Gordon
the smount they bad expended, sad the interest they had gave me the 101. 1 called again at the prisoner Currie's
paid for the whole of the dock lands; and considered that and saw a female, and asked if Mr. Smith was at home. The
this would be about the amount. They were willing that female said no, but called Dr. Currie. I asked him if Dr
it should remain in the hand. of the trust for 24 years Smith was et home. He replied in the negative, but that
upon the bonds of the trus , at interest of three per cent: any message that I left he would deliver to bim. Accord-
Sir Joseph Bailey said that ho himself would be willing that ingly I left a message for Dr. Smith to call on me at my
the interest should be 21 per out. for the first 10 years ; 3 lodgings. Hs came, sad I gave him the 101. Ile told me
per cent. for the second 10; and 31 per cent. for the lest 5 to lie on my left side on • sofa in the room, and I did so.
years. Baron Goldsmid, however, was not favourable to He used some instrument under my clothes. A lull quarter
this proposal. of an hour elapsed during die operation ; but during the
Mr. BIOH AS( asked if the chairman could give the com- operation, in which both the prisoner's hands were engaged,
mites* the amounts paid and the amounts of interest ? 1 felt something going round like a worm or a corkscrew.
The CHAIRMAN +II4 Mr. GLA DSTONE both said that this There was not any particular pain. lie told me to bear it
question was asked at the London interview, hut thit Boron patiently, and after half an hour I got up. Ile wiled mu
Goldsmid had replied that there was no occasion to answer I how I felt. I said pretty well, and then ho left. lle came
it then. again *es ti day for about a week. I never saw the instru-
After some discussion it wu decided to consider the matter meet, but I believe he used it every time be came. On
non fully at the next meeting. each occasion that he cans the operation was the same. I

lay en my side every time, and felt • pain, • short pain,
when the instrument was used. At the end of the week he
said he was quite satisfied that everything was done that he
could do. A week after this I went home to my mother's,
where I remained about two months. In that time I fre-
quently saw Mr. Gordon. I told him I was not in the way
I should wish to be. He said he wou'd write and ascertain
if Mr. Smith would see me again. I celled two or three
time at the prisoner Thomas's, and he said he should for-
ward any letter or wisesage to Mr. Smith, and eventually I
wrote a letter to Mr. Smith and gave it to Mr. Thomas,
Disking an appointment with the former to meet him at
No. 24, Essex-street, Strand, a lawyer's. There I went to
an empty room at the top of the hooey, in company with
a Mrs. Cornelius, who is sister to Mrs. Holcomb, in wheve
house 1 now live. The prisoner Smith came to us to tho
empty room, and then again performed smother operation
on me the mite as before, and with an instrument. I felt
a similar pain.
Mr. Norton—What perform an operation in an empty
room! Was there no furniture of any sort in it?
Witness—Only a carpet and • sort of couch, or sofa bed-
stead. I lay on the latter, with my face to the wall. He
then told me it was "polypus," and used the instrument as
before. He told me I must get away from home for • week,
and desired me to take a lodging, and in consequence I got
the lodgings where I am now staying. It was on the 11th
of April that I was in the empty room in Essex-street, and
on the Tuesday following I went to Stockwell. After get-
ting my mother's consent to go to Mrs. Holcomb's I wrote
to the prisoner Smith requesting him to call on me at my
new lodgings, and left the letter at Thomas's, requesting
him to forward it. Thomas inquired what Mr. Smith had
said about me, and I said " a polypus." Smith called on me
on the day I removed to Stockwell, and he then used the
instrument in the back parlour at Mrs. Holcomb's, while I
was in the same position as before, with my face to the wall.
By his desire I had Bret locked the door and pulled down
the blind. He came again on the Wednesday and
Thursday, and applied the instrument as before. On
the Friday and Saturday he brought me some powders,
which were taken in water, and were very amity to the
palate. They were of a greyish colour, and gave me
great pain in my stomach, and so I told Mr. Smith.
On the Tuesday or the Wednesday he used the in-
atrument again, but did not say anything about the
powders. On the Saturday I felt very ill indeed, and sent
for him to the lodgings he had taken at Stockwell. He
came between seven and eight on the Sunday morning, and
inquired bow I was, and I said Very iIL" He replied
that the pains were coming on." He came again in the
middle of the day, when! told him I felt much worse, and
he said, "It will be soon over." He came a third time in
the afternoon, and remained sitting at my bedside two or
three hours. On Friday and Saturday be wished me to get
up, hut the pains were so great that 1 could not do so. On
the Sunday evening, when my mother arrived, Mr. Smith
was in the room with me, but, on hearing her voice, he left
and went into another room. My mother, finding me so
ill, said she wished • doctor to see me, and while she was
gone for a doctor Mr. Smith returned to the room. My
pain at this time was very great, and Mr. Smith took some-
thing from me with his hand which he put into a piece of
paper, and carried away with him. The prisoner Smith
called on me on Monday, when he said he was very glad to
see me going on so well, though I felt very poorly.
A further remand was here requested, and acquiesced in
by the magistrate, who peremptorily refused to admit the
prisoners to bail, except Currie, for whom responsible sureties
were offered for his re-appearance on a future day.

COTTON.—Lrvuttroot., Mar 6.—The market clamed
very firmly, sad, compared with the rates current last
week intone( Americans were nearly id. per lb. against
tile purchaser; but no change could be noted in other kinds.
The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, and comprised
about 6,000 Americans (600 for export, and 1,000 on specu-
lation), 130 Permian and Maranhams, 61d. to 63d. ; 300
Egyptian, 61d. to ad. ; 600 Surat, 31d. to 41d.
MANCIMATER, MAY 6.—Sellers report a rather MOM AC-
tie, market, and prices a shade firmer both in yarn and
cloth. The demand for yarn is good, and contracts are
iifficalt to plant unless buyers are willing to give an advance
of Id. per lb. For the Bombay and Calcutta markets light
madapollann and 39-inch shirting' are in request at lull
prices, and better qualities of cloth for China are also
sought for. The demand continues active for printing
cloths, shirting' and other fabrics of light and fine gratitiev,
for home and other markets. Stocks of both yarn and
cloth are generally light and difficult to meet with.

WOOL.—BRADFORD, May s.—Then are but few lots of
Wool offering, and equally indisposed an the buyers to pur-
chase at the rates now sought, consequently there is more
quietness in the operations of the buyers than has been ob-
served for fomo months past, and we incline to think that
the spinners will see the beawsity of acting with caution in
their future purchases, as it is impossible to be reimbursed
at present prices.—Bradjord Observe►.

MANUFACTURES.—BOADPORD, May s.—Yarns : The
coat at which Yarns are now made sweets the propriety
of narrowing down the consumption of Wool to the closest
point possible, as the consumers say it is impossible to pay
present prices for Yarns, especially for Lancashire, where
some hundreds of looms are nearly weekly turned from
worsted to cotton. The high prices of wonted totally pre-
clude the general use of mixed goods with the printers,
and consequently a less supply is required in the busy dis-
tricts of tt mouseelin de lain. manufacture. For home and
shipping there is no change, either in demand or prices.
Pieces : There is a fair amount of business doing in goods
suitable for the approaching season, and the stocks of goods
in the manufacturers' hands continue limited, and prices
firm.—Bradjad observer.

THE CORN TRADE.-13x1tmtweame, Mar 6.-Al-
though we have had frost during the nights with few excep-
tions the whole of the past month, and in some cases it has
been unusually severe for the advanced season of the year,
and vegetation of moat kinds is very backward, the appear-
ance of the wheat plant on the ground is generally healthy,
and there is nothing to prevent not only a productive but a
tolerably early harvest. The quantity of land planted
with what is however, we are confident, much below an
avenge; and this will, we think, ultimately have con-
siderable effect on our prices. Although at present there
is very little disposition to hold stock, and the large impor-
tation of American White into Liverpool has reduced the
value of this description (English), 3a. to 4s. per quarter;
English Red has about maintained its value, but all kinds
of Foreign, except the best Red, have given way 2s. to 3s.
per quarter; whilst the reduction submitted to, on
the sale of cargoes on the coast, has been as
much as 45. to 6s per quarter; this arises in
part from many of the regent arrivals having proved
much worse is condition than represented in the reports
from Cork and Falmouth, but still more from their proving
when discharged to contain materially less than the quan-
tity, by the shipping documents. These are now selling at
so serious aloes to the importers that we think it will have
a material effect in lessening arrivals, except so far as en-
gagements have already actually been made. The con-
sumption of bread must belarge, as the price of potatoes is
far beyond that of wheat, while the quality of the former is
generally very indifferent. Notwithstanding present ape
parasites, we shou:d not be surprised to see some advance
in wheat as it is low compared with other agricultural pro-
duce, especially meat; our farmers therefore reluctantly
submit to the present prices. The late ',counts from
France lead us to suppose that with an early and favour-
able harvest they will require no importations. We believe
however, wheat in many districts of that country is more
backward than usual, from the same causes which have
operated here. The imputations of foreign wheat into
Gloucester in the past month have again been con-
siderable ; but we think that the stock in ware-
house hes not been much increased. The recent
current quotations from foreign shipping ports are
not much reduced, those of France and Italy excepted ;
, and freights generally have aot materially lowered.
Oar present prices are :-White English, 6s. 341. to
6s. 9d. ; red, 6s. Sd. to Bs. 21. ; Ancona, Gs. to
6e. 18. • Baltic red, 6e. to 6s. 3d. per 621b5., at Bit,
minghain ; Polish Odessa, 395. to 415. • Danube, 38e. to
40s. ; American white, 48e. to 60s. ; hard, 375. to 395. ; soft
Aar, 405. to 465. per *Albs., at Gloucester. The price of
barley of all descriptions has given way from Is. to 2.1. per
quarter ; but at this reduction we have had rather an im-
proved demand, and the quantity offering is much reduced,
but we believe there are some cargoes on passage both front
France and Denmark. Shipments front the Mediterranean
have found buyers readily as they arrived on the coast at the
abovenamed decline. French, for feeding purposes, is
welling at 231. to 245.; Danish, 28e. to 30e. per 4001 be., at
Gloucester. The supplies of English oats having mate-
rially fallen off we have experienced •.greater demand, and
from an increased distance in the interior, for both fine and
secondary qualities, and our prices have rallied a little
from the lowest point. The stocks at Gloucester
are also considerably reduced ; the finer qualities of
both grey and white are comparatively seam. A few
cargoes of this description are however expected, both from
the west of Ireland and Holland. Our present currency is,
for heavy white Irish, 19,. to 21s. ; Dutch, 22e. to 2.3 s ;
Irish grey, 181. 6d. to 19s. 6d.; light white, 18s. to 19s. ;
black, 18s. Bd. to 19s„• all per 312 lbs. at Gloucester. Two
or three cargoes of Egyptian beans have arrived at Glou-
cester since sue last; these found buers readily at 13s. to
13s. Gd. per 196 lbs. on the spot, and' there are few if any
left in first hands. We do not bear that any further ar-
rivals are soon expected. A small parcel of Dutch realised
lit. 6d. to 16s. per 19R lbs. at Gloucester. English are
selling here at 14s. 6d. to 15e. for new, and 15s. 6d. to
16s. 3d. for old, per 1981 be.; beans therefore still maintain
a higher relative value than any other kind of grain or
pulse, and from their scarcity it seems probable they
will continue to do so during the summer. Blue
peas are quite neglected, and difficult to sell ;
but there is some aqua.), for good white boilers.
The following calculation has been furnished by a cor-
respondent who has bcea half a century in the trade :-
Avenge estimated produce of wheat in the United King-
dom, 23,760,000 qrs. • estimated produce in 1853, owing to
the abort quent,ty planted, and being spring sown instead
of autumn, 16,000 000 qrs.-8,750,000 qrs. ; to which add
average import of breadstuffs sines 1846. 8.177,757 qrs.;
quantity required between harvests of 1853 and 1864 of
breadstuff'', 16,927,767 qrs. A full crop of potatoes may
reduce this two or three million quarters, being consi lead
equal to five million quarters of wheat, and the last is not
considered to have produced one-half.-Messrs. Starges's
MoniAly Cu-cuter.

CORN.—BiumtsomAx, May s.—At Gloucester and
Worcester markets, on the 30th, although English wheat
aboat maintained its value, most descriptions- of foreign
were Is. per qr. lower. Barley nominally unaltered. Oa
oats the sans was in favour of the buyer. Beans rather
dearer. Pose neglected. This week, the state of Mark.