The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EirtNlNGt, MAY 11, .1860:

the liberty of buying paper in tho cimpert reelect
Wm there ever anything so paidesately and
blindly unreasonable f Did tie most bleated of
our Protectionista ever sdvocate a greater ab•
nudity I We are about to relieve our own paper
manufacturers of all the burthens and inconve-
nienoes of a heavy Excise taxation, and we are
asked to continue the monopoly of home consmnp-
ton to them. What is this but to propose that
we shall bite off our own noses to spite our faces
Such is the remedy which a free-trade journal
suggests to a free-trade community

Ma. GRANT DIM, has given notice that this
evening he will ask the Somerrol-Gt.ww.
whether his attention has been drawn to an ad-
vertisement which appeared on Wednesday, an-
nouncing that a subscription had been opened in
London in aid of the Sicilians, and whether
persons in this country who contributed to the
fund which it was proposed to raise would render
themselves liable to any legal proceedings T Per-
haps while the subject is before the House some
one will ask the same learned gentleman whether
his attention has been drawn to the fact that sub-
scriptions have been openly collected in this
country to pay the foreign rabble with which
General LAmoziciraz is to re-conquer the
Romagna for the Pors ; but we trust the
question will stop there, and that no one will ask
whether the persons who have collected them have
rendered themselves liable to legal proceedings in
so doing.

It is rather late in the day to call in question
the conduct of Englishmen who give a little money
or even themselves to a nation struggling for free-
dom. No one now regrets the little we did to aid
the Creeks in winning their independence, though,
looking at the present subscription for the Pop;
one is struck by the fact that there should have
been in those days no proposal to make collections
for the long suffering and injured Turk. If any
persons are inclined to aid the Sicilian subscription
we recommend them to send the money at once,
by cheque or poet-office order, to Meier. FAEI3III-
- Brothers, of 150, Leadenhall-street, E.C.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
THE EXPEDITION OP GARIBALDL

The Paris papers publish a variety of rumours
respecting the expedition of Garibaldi, but nothing
of an authentic nature later than the letter we pub-
lished last evening has as yet transpired. A letter,
dated Genoa, May 7, says
" The great affair of the day here at Genoa is the
departure of Garibaldi, with about 2,000 volunteers
for Sicily. The departure was effected' without much
mystery, 011 the night between Saturday and Sunday.
The soldiers of the valiant genera seised two steamers
of the Genoese Company (Rubatino and Co.),
the Piemonte and the Lombardo, which were in the
roadstead, and, once outside the port, they steamed
along the coast to the so-called RivadiLevante, pick-
ing up the volunteers at various points previously
wed upon. The director of the company immedi-
ately lodged a complaint in due form. Yesterday
(Sunday) during the day telegraphic orders werere-
ceived from Turin to watch the coast and to seize all
arms discovered ; but all the volunteers had already
embarked, and a considerable number of guns had
been shipped, which had been stored on a point of
the coast, at no great distance from Genoa. Gari-
baldi was the hurt man to embark with Nino Maio,
after seeing all his men on board. The embark-
ation took place without any mishap, despite a
somewhat heavy swell, by means of boats which had
been prepared beforehand. It is reported to-
day that a third steamer, Ls Sardegna, of the
same company has been stopped on its return from
Cagliari to Genoa by a small steamer from Leghorn
called the Giglio ; this latter, with ammunition and
volunteers, is said to have transferred its freight to
the Sardegna, sending on the passengers and de-
spatches in the Giglio to Genoa. The Sardegna is
a large steamer, and has gone to join the Piemonte
and Lombardo.

"It is thought that, instead of landing in Sicily,
Garibaldi and his little squadron will probably
attempt a landing at some point of Calabria to
rouse the populations and to make a formidable
diversion.

" The three steamers are well provided with
everything, even cannon, and Garibaldi is said to
have delared that he should not fear an encounter
with a Neapolitan man-of-war."

BANK OF FRANCE.
PARK FILIDAT MORNING.
_ _ .

The Moniteur of this morning contains the usual
monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows
the following results as compared with the April
account :

INCREASED.

Cash 3 1-10 million&
Bills discounted, not yet due
Treasury balance „ 21
DIIOZIASID.
. .

Advances lOl „
Bank Notes
Current accounts ,,
The alteration in the coin and bullion is unim-
portant. Although there has been an increase of
400,0001. in the bills discounted, the influx of
government deposits has contributed to occasion a
reduction of 900,0001. in the active circulation.

of wine. The Sultan exchanged signals yesterday with the
Brasil packet Tyne end the ship Hastings.
The Depose in the country of Ambrix lately acquired by
the Portuguese had revolted against the present rulers, and
attempted, an Parch 12, with a body of 5,000 or 6,000
men, to retake the place ; the Governor-General of Loan&
had in person with 600 white troops, including some
Loando police, set out to Ambrix to supprees the revolt,
but from a total want of supplies for the expedition, he
was obliged after pursuing the rebels some eve leagues
hastily to return, in which retreat the Dogma, harmed
him severely and slaughtered & large number of the expe-
dition. The excitement in Lisbon at the governor's mis-
management is intense, and the government and Cortes
have determined on sending out a large force to quell the
Insurrection.

The Prince of Congo, who was educated in Europe, was
for the time being employed as an official at Ambris, by
the Portuguese, hut the natives fearing that he would, if
opportunity offered, introduce European customs among
them, commenced the rebellion by demanding him from an
English factory where he bad taken refuge, under a threat
that they would burn it down if their request was refused.
Resistance against such overwhelming numbers was impos-
sible, and the poor victim was torn from his place of shel-
ter and savagely cut to pieces.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom ova owls

PARIS. TIWISIDAT EVIENTNO.

The news which I mentioned as probable a day
or two sines, that the Emperor would not go to
Savoy till the autumn, is now all but official. The
period of his visit to his new possessions will
probably be about the end of September ; his ap-
pesranee at the Chalons camp will take place in
June.

The Opinion Nationale asks the government jour-
nals which run a muck at Garibaldi this simple
question : Do they believe in the possibility of an
alliance between Naples and Piedmont, between
the north and the south of Italy? If snob an
alliance is impossible, there are only two solutions
of the Italian question. Either Naples, aided by
Austria and the Pope, will crush the newly-formed
kingdom and the national cause which it repre-
sents, or the principle which has triumphed with
the north will extend to the south,and will modify,
or, if necessary, overturn, the refractory govern-
ments.

Garibaldi has taken with him to Sicily hie only
son, and also George Manin, the only son of the
illustrious defender of Venice.

The Patric offers, as a reason for its hostility to
Garibaldi's mission, that the real meaning of the
words " Independence and Liberty," inscribed on
his flag, is "The English Protectorate." It does
not want to see the Sicilians become lonians, and
that is the whole secret of its policy.
The foreign correspondents, who habitually de-
rive their information from K de la Guerronnibre's
office, have been authorised to say that there is no
truth in the reported mission of M. Benedetti to
Copenhagen.
The Bourse has been dull, with but trivial flue-
tuations. The Rents fell 100. for cash, and sc.
for account, closing at 70fr. 80c. in each case.
Mobilier, recovering from the continual decline of
the last few days, rose 6fr. 25c. The Orleans
Railway rose Bfr 75c. ; Lyons, 6fr. ; Eastern,
3fr. 75c. ; and Southern, 21r. 500. In the other
lines there was no change.

VICTOR

AT PARMA.

(PROP OUR SPZCIAL COIUMPONDILIT.)
PARMA, MAT 7.
The King's reception, both at Reggio and this
place, was as enthusiastic as everywhere else—
more need not be said.

In spite of excommunications and interdetti; 1
think we have quite enough of masses, Te Deems,
and benedictions. Yesterday being Sunday, we
had to hear high mass at Reign), and on our arrival
here another Te Deum awaited the royal suite in
the cathedral. As at Bologna, Modena, and
Reggio, the bishop was not present. But here his
reverence did not remain quietly in his palace, as
his colleagues in the abovementioned towns had
done. He actually bolted the day before the King's
visit. Fra Felice Cantimori—for Monsignors was a
monk before his election to the bishopric of this
city—having been asked by Count Luigi Sanvitale,
the mayor of the town, whether he intended to re-
ceive the King or not, sent an answer that he
should act according team instructions of Rome. It
appears that be telegraphed to Cardinal Antonelli,
and in consequence of the answer he got he thought
it beet to cross the Po, and pay a visit to the
Austrians at Mantua. Before leaving Parma, he
wrote to the mayor that Rome had forbidden both
him and his canons to receive Victor Emmanuel,
and that he war therefore obliged to leave
his flock. In spite of the sudden departure
of his reverence, however, the canons not
only opened the doors of the cathedral and
sung the Te Devon, but have expressed their
desire that the bishop should never be allowed to
return to Parma. This wish, if the Sardinian
government understands its duty, ought to be
attended to. I shall not dwell on the solemnity
I witnessed in the Demme, for all Roman
catholic ceremonies are very much alike. When
the King appeared at the entrance of the
church, the crowd, which thronged it to suffocation,
burst orth into a tremendous roar of applause.
The cathedral of Pants is, perhaps, one of the
most original of Italy. It is a lofty and noble
building of the twelfth century, in the Italian
Gothic style. Its large staircase leading to the
altar was crowded by military officers who were in
attendance on his Majesty. The galleries which
run along the nave were filled with elegantly-dressed
ladies, waving their handkerchiefs and shouting
their musical " Vivas !" Amongst the high tune-
tionaries who stood before the great altar I noticed
the French consul, who must have received
instructions from his government to attend the cere-
mony, for Cavaliere Pattrinieri, although an Italian
by birth? is much too prudent a man to niu the
risk of displeasing his Imperial master. The Te
. Deem once over, the royal certige took the direc-
tion of the ducal palace, passing under a splendid
triumphal arch erected for the occasion. As soon
as his Majesty alighted from the royal ca e the
official receptions began. The crowd in the Pisses
opposite to the royal residence began to cheer with
such vehemence that Victor Emmanuel was obliged
to show himself on the balcony. The ladies, who
occupied the upper gallery of the triumphal arch
opposite, waved their handkerchiefs, while
the bands played the national anthem. It
WAS not only a magnificent but an affecting
scene, and I saw both women and men
shedding tears in their excitement and joy.
The same scenes were repeated when his Majesty
went through the streets to see the illumination,
and when he appeared at the theatre. You must
not forget that not only all the citizens of Parma
took part in this great and solemn demonstration,
but that a large proportion of tho rural popula-
tion had flocked from the country district, to
show their devotion to Victor Emmanuel and to
the principle be represents. Let it be well un-
derstood, therefore, that if papal restoration is
quite impossible in Romagna, that of the Dukes and
Duchess has not a better chance in these coun-
tries. The national feeling has been too much
roused by the cruelty and iniegoverument of the
former mie' to swerve for a moment from its end.
At four o'clock his Majesty will start for Piacenza,
where we shall stop till to-morrow night. Yester-
day was a day of parliamentary elections. I hear
that the ministerial candidates passed almost with-
out opposition. Count Cavour pi administration
will derive new strength from them, and will be
able to facie without danger the pitched battle that
the opposition intend to wage upon the slippery
and difficult ground of the Savoy and Nice
question.

THE QUWI AID THE LACE TRADE.

(From the Notting(Mae Journal of this day).

In our last week's Impression we mentioned that
Use principal lace manufacturers of this town had been in-
vited by the provisional committee of the Chamber of Coal-
mine to send in epecimens of lace, shawls, mantles, and
other fabrics, to be submitted for inspection by her Majesty,
and that some dissatisfaction existed in consequence of the
committee having only invited goods of certain width to be
sent in, thereby excluding several eminent makers in the
town. The committee, however, very wisely withdrew
the resolution as to width, as, if they bad not
done so, many of the best productions of the trade,
such as the beautiful Valenciennes edgings, and
other articles of a similar character, would have been
excluded. We understand the whole of the firma invited
with one exception sent in goods, and • moat excellent
show of articles they were, and fully calculated to remove
the injurious impression which has so long existed in the
public mind that Nottingham lace is inferior to the pillow
and cushioned lace. On Monday last Mr. Councillor Mal-
let and Mr. William Vickers, jun., proceeded to London
with the specimens in question. They attended at Buck-
issgbam Palace, and in one of the spacious apartmenta
they spread out the various samples, the goods of each
particular house being only distinguished by • consign-
ment number and the private spark of the firm who sup-
plied them, so as to leave no room for any imputation of
unfairness. Messrs. Mallet and Vickers were favoured with
an introduction to the Queen, her illustrious consort, and
other members of the royal family, and her Majesty was
graciously pleased to express to them her high and unquali-
fied admiration at the excellence of the articles submitted
to her. On Wednesday, an intimation was conveyed to the
deputation by one of the court officials that her Majesty luul
condescended to make a selection from them, consisting of
Spanish laces—shawl, mantle, tunic, and flounces; and others
in pusher laces, known as Point de Bayeux. Her Royal
Highness the Princess Alice select d a mantle of the latter
fabric, in addition to which the Queen made choice of •
mauve and white shawl of looped fabric. We are bound
to express our opinion, notwithstanding the impressions
that may exist in certain quarters as to matters of detail,
to Dome of which we gave expression last week, that espe-
cial care had been taken to act with perfect fairness to the
intends of the trade generally ; and that the success of •
movement which has been so happily inaugurated and pro-
moted with so much real and courtesy by the Duke of New-
castle, chiefly depends upon the maintenance of good feeling
on the part of those who are concerned, and of thorough
confidence in the gentlemen who have been called upon to
carry out the necessary arrangements.

DEATH OF THE DZAN OF LONDONDERRY.—The
Deana Derry (Gough) died on Tuesday. The place, se-
cording to the Freeman's Journal, is worth 3,0)81. pet
annum, and is in the gift of the government. The dean
was appointed in 1820.
THE PAP= Dorm—A public meeting of the
inhabitants of the metropolis will be held on Tuesday next
at St. Martin's Hull, to protest against the usurpation of
the privileges of the Commons, proposed by Lord Moat-
eagle and Lard Derby, in their motion to retain the paper
duties by the authority of the House of Lords, indepen-
dent of the House of Commons and the crown.

THE A DULTZRATION OT GUANO. —A special meeting
of the directors of the Ayrshire Agricultural Association
was held on Tuesday for the purpose of taking into eon-
sidemtion the steps necessary to ascertain the timidity and
value of the guano and other manures sold within the last
twelve months, or in course of being offered for male to
farmers and others in the county of Ayr. It was stated
that one party bad purchased part of two cargoes of guano
from a dealer in Ayr, one containing 18 per cent. of sand,
and the other 8. In another case it was found that there
was 18 per cent, of sand in the guano, and only 10 per cent
of ammonia, in place of 17. After some consideration •
committee was appointed to make such inquiries, by analysis
or otherwise, as they may think proper.
TEC GRZAT &Jaguar. --SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.
—The great ship was thrown open to-day for the benefit of
the Routh Hants Infirmary, the whole receipts of the day
being generously devoted to that excellent institution by
the directors of the company. Visitors were conveyed to
and fro from the docks by the South-Western and Ruby
steamers, which vessels had been kindly lent for the pur-
mby the South-Western Company and the Isle of Wight
boat Company, to which they respectively belong.
They ran at regular intervals from 10 in the morning till 8
in the evening, and several hundreds of persons availed
themselves of the opportunity to visit the great ship before
her approaching departure for America. The charge was
2s. la per head, including transit to and fro, and a large
number of children in public schools were taken at 6.1 each.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company liberally gave the
services of the betide of three of their vessels in port, one of
which was placed on beard each of the tenders, and the
third played on the dock quay dunes; the day. The two
steamers, and also the Great Pastern, were gay dressed
out ii flags. The number of visitors would have been con-
siderably larger had the weather been fine.
MICLANC HOLT BOAT AOCIDINT. —With deep regret
we record the particulars of the following end accident,
which occurred on Tuesday last, and which not only plunged
the bereaved families into great grief, but has excited the
greatest sympathy for them amongst all classes. Mr.
Thomas Sadler, Mr. Joseph Eve. Mr. Alfred Sella, Mr.
Adolphus Said, Mr. Joseph Fordham, and Mr. Henry Del-
sham, went down the river in the morning in • pleasure
boat for a day's sail. The wind having been pretty strong
all day, they had gone some distance, and at noon were
about to return home. When off Brightlingma, it appears
a sudden squall took the boat, and it immettely capsized
and sank. The accident was observed by some men on
board several fishing smacks near, and they immediately
went to the essistance of the parties, but unhappily suc-
ceeded in rescuing Mr. Alfred Sadd, Mr. Eve, and Mr.
Beleharn only ; the other three met a watery grave.—
Cketemforri Chronicle.

RAILWAY TRAIN ON FIRE—Some consternation
was created amongst the inhabitants on the eastern aide of
Retford, on seeing a railway train coming down the incline
from the Clarborough tunnel on fire, between five and six
o'clock in the evening of Friday last. The train, amongst
others, had five trucks of hay attached. It would seem
that the trucks were all right on leaving Clainaborough, but
caught fire from the engine between that place and Ret-
ford, suit on apprisching the tuauel it was found that some-
thing was amiss. On coming down the incline to Retforti,
the tinnier Lroke out and presented a curious spectacle.
The train, of course, stopped at the Retfonl station, and
assistance being at gaud, the smouldering masses were got
off, but all the hay was spoiled, and the woodwork of the
five carriages entirely destroyed.
DESTRUCTION OH A RAILWAY BRIDGE BY FIRS.—
OR Wednesday afternoon, the bridge of the Newcastle
and Carlisle Railway at Scotswood was totally destroyed
by fire. It appears that for some time put great
complaints have been made of the inconvenience to
the navigation of the river which this bridge has
caused, and Also of its instability ; and in conse-
quence of these complaints, the Board of Trade sent
Captain Yolland down to make an official inspection of the
structure. This inspection took place ou Wednesday, and
occupied some hours, during which time engines were run-
ning backwards and forwards ou the bridge, one sometimes
being kept standing on it for an hour at a time. Its 'ap-
point( that the hot ashes got in between the crevices of the
wood planking, xmoiddered for some time, and then set it
on fire. The bridge, which was a wooden one, was as dry
as tinder, and a peat portion of it was thickly mated with
tar, so that the flames spread rapidly, and in a short space
of time the whole structure was burnt to the water's edge.
The accident seems to be looked upon as a bleating rather
than a calamity
THE EsCAPE FROM NEWCASTLE GAOL.—A meet-
ing of magistrates war held at the Manure' Police Station,
at 1 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, when the cave of the
late escape from gaol again came under their cousideratioo.
Mr. Wood, the deputy-governor, watt suspended from his
office for a period of one week after the expiration of the
time for which he was first suspended, and the turnkey,
Porter, was dismissed front his office. Mr. Robins, the new
governor, arrived at the gaol on Monday, and on the fol-
lowing day he relieved Mr. Sabbage of the onerous duties
which, since the escape of Douglas, that gentleutau has
assiduously performed.—Newcastle Chronicle.

RATHRIISOSPICIOVIL—The chili Lucy, arrivod at
Liverpool from Koerla Mooria, reports that on tho 2:ird
April she passed the ship Comm." fmm Kurrachee for
London. The captain of the Cosmos reports that "on the
6th and 7th April, in latitude 25. M dogs. N., longitude
34.2 dep. W., a suspicious looking schooner ran close on
our lee, asking what our longitude was. She was a pirati-
cal•looking craft, and had three heavy guns in the waist,
and a large swivel-gun on the quarter-deck, and showed
Tuscan colours, half -mast high. At dusk she hove about."

A WIPE KILLED BY HER litlenAtin.—At the
Liverpool Police-court yesterday (Thursday) John Higgart,
residing at Leuentatreet, Edge-hill, was brought up charged
with killing his wife. The evidence adduced gave • (earful
picture of the evil effects of drink in a family. The wife of
the prisoner was Aided to have been an habitual drunken!,
while the prisoner himself was addicted to the same vice,
and it was in one of their drunken quarrels that the hue-
lend by one blow put the lied on Ida wife's ex-
istence. A witness, named Joseph Lathwood, and
that he lodged in the house weepier' by Higgert,
and about 241 minutes past 11 on Wader...day, while
eating his supper, Ides. Higgart came in. She appeared
the worse fur liquor; and bee loodmind, who was also pre-
sent, commenced talking to her, saying that she must leave
off drinking, or else he would separate from her. She re-
forted, and from words they got to blows, the effects of
one of which knocked the ilecesaedilown, her head coming
in contact with the floor of the le:unary. The unfortunate
woman was lifted up, and placed in a reclining p.aition in
• chair, and • doctor sent for ; hut she never rallied, and
died in about ten minutes after the fatal blow. The hus-
band was remanded, iu order that a post-mortem examina-
tion might be made of the laxly of the deceased.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT

(THIS DAY.)

THE CASE OF THE REV:
.11R. HATCH.- (THIRD

DAY.)

—— - ,
The trial was resumed this startups shortly after ten
o'clock.

The same learned counsel appeared for the wriecution
and the defence.

The case for the prosecution was brought to a close on
Thursday evening, and the defence was commenced this
morning.

Serjeant Shea proceeded to &dare= the jury for the
defendant, in a most eloquent and able speech. He
that in November last the prosecutor of this indictment,
the Bev. Mr. Hatch, was tried in that court upon .6
charge of having committed a series of assaults upon the
little girl who was now charged with perjury, and also with
committing an assault upon her sister Stephanie, a child
eight years old. He was well aware of the nature of the
charges that were to be preferred against him ; he had tho
most able legal aosistance, and not .6 single witness was
called to speak to facts, and the jury felt themselves com-
pelled to find him guilty upon both charges, and the learned
judge who tried him passed upon him a sentence of two years'
imprisonment and hard labour for each offence. This sentence
was one that undoubtedly entailed ruin and destruction
upon Mr. Hatch, and in order to escape that punishment
and to free himself from the consequences of the conviction,
although not a single witness to fact was called at the trial,
he got up a number of what were called statutory declara-
tions, with the object of obtaining • pardon. The secretary
of state, however, would not listen to such a euggestion,
and then this indictment for perjury was preferred against
the present defendant. The question was undoubtedly one
of the most painful description ; it could not
be denied that Mr. Hatch, down to the period
of this transaction, bore a most exemplary cha-
racter, but, on the other hand, Miss Plummer
was • respectable young lady, the daughter of re-
spectable and wealthy parents, carefully brought up and
educated, and, he would ask them, what possible motive
could she have had for making such an odious charge? How
could these children have become acquainted with such
abominations as had been deposed to in this case ? If they
had no motive, then what motive could their parents have
had for preferring such an odious accusation against • re-
spectable man—a clergyman, and who, down to the period of
their seeing the advertiaement, wax an entire stranger to them?
There had been no disagreement of any kind. It was admitted
by all the witnesses that the children were most kindly treated
and that Mrs. Plummer made the most liberal terms, and
there was not the slightest misunderstanding on any-
thing upon which • supposition could be founded that
the Plummets entertained the slightest illfeeruig towards
Mr. Hatch. What also was their conduct when the
discovery was made ? The very night they got home
they sent for their medical man, they sent for
their solicitor, they instituted an inquiry, and it
was clear that all they did was under the strong
conviction that a foul assault had been made upon
their children, and that their duty to the public, and
also the duty they owed to the parents of other children
who might be @abject to trio same pollution, left them
no alternative but to have the matter investigated.
Even then they did not hastily drag the matter be.
fore the public, but they wrote a most proper
and temperate letter to the Bishop of Winchester,
who, they felt satisfied, would do everything that was pro-
per in the matter. The bishop undoubtedly did do so ; be
communicated with the visiting magistrates, and an inquiry
was to have taken place, but the proceeding was cut short
by Mr. Hatch resigning his situation and going away from
his abode. The learned serja-uat then proceeded to refer
to the facts that had been proved ; and he said it appeared
to him that no answer whatever had been given to the
original testimony of the child Eugenia Plummer. When
Mr. Hatch stood upon his trial, he was perfectly well aware
of the facts that had been deposed to, and the precise charges
that were made against him, and yet he now for
the first time endeavoured to show that the first act of
indecency took place iu the carriage-drive. If they had
eross-examined Eugenia Plummer upon this point she would
have told them where the act was really committed, but
now her mouth was closed, and she was unable
to tell them that it took place behind the
clump of shrubs that had been spoken of.
He did not think the prosecution had been conducted
quite fairly in this respect, for no dispute was made at the
former trial as to the particular spot whore the act was corn.
raided, and on the present occasion the object evidently was
to get • conviction for perjury upon this one count of the
indictment, which it was hoped would have the effect of an-
swering the purpose of the present prosecution. He sub-
mitted, however, that the presdcution had en-
tirely broken down upon this point, awl that
the jury could not believe the statement of the wit-
nesses that Mr. Hatch never left the carriage-drive,
and that the story was the result of an agreenient between
the parties with the object of saving a clergyman from dia-
-1 grace and punishment. Mr. Hatch himself admitted that
I he very frequently went into the bedroom of this little
girl while she was in bed and kissed her, and
it appeared to him that this was rather an extraors
dinary proceeding for a man in the position of Mr. Hatch,
with a girl nearly twelve years old. The child herself
said that he did a great deal more, and it appeared to him
that there was nothing to contradict her testimony. The
learned serjesnt then proceeded to comment upon all the
other charges at considerable length, and he concluded by
expressing an opinion that when the jury had heard the
evidence he should lay before theni, they would feel it to
be their duty, however painful it might be to their feelings,
to say that the defendant was not guilty upon the present
charge.
[The witnesses for the defence were under examination
when we went to prem.]