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NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADIIIIIALTT, MAT 7..APPOIIIIIIIINTS AND PRO-
-1110110611. —Rebt•Ad/AiNel at the Blue Sir T. Maitland, Is.,
to be Canswieueder•in•Chief in the Pacific, Tice 'tear •Adoural
Marini, whine period of aervire haa expired.
Parameter* J. W. Heard, to he to Mir T. Miut-
Wei . And J. Mom: le, to the Ham to.
A .41•Idial. Pl,o.lafter I. T. Lawns, to be secretary',
ti..rk to the Hawhante.
.1 ...trot.' ierk W Autivlge to the Bacchante.
.t, tuns Awistant Muricrm Hr. T. Milne, to the Victory,
far ..erri.c at H Lelar Hoepotal.
Mccoodclaw Aettatent.t:Nrineera T. J. Sweeny, to the
Kao,wr , S. Windley, 4. toe /thwiaraanthua
t..ting Aulatant•Engineere B Cowage, to
the loosen!. an moves imer.u7 ; and H. F.etitrugnell, to
the All/A, as suiatutialle,A.ry.

CHATHAM, MAT 7.
Preparations are in piNgreed fur encamping a
large number of the East [wile troops Wagging to the Ist
awl ?al depot lattalioti.:.t this garrison Marla, the
met, awl a ouniber of the tents hare already lawn pitched
within the 'unification. at the l.liattery, near Fort
Amherst. By lbw arrangement *MMus's' aneonimorbitioa
will he prurvial fur themes-Medi battery of Royal Artillery
ordesed to be puttered at Brwaptau.harracka, it being for
int. Litwin of Mejor.Oemenl Eyry to remove the troops of
the line drum likomptow to Chatham4arraeks, in onitr that
Bri.tuptiiis IMII UL 'oil may be glYda up eseluaively to the
Moist Artillery tail Royal Engineers. A portion .4 the
melt the 3r.1 liattalion will also he Owed outer canvas.
and .room! of the testa hem already been erected On the
&mussed silpilumg the Hut lar.--acks. Amarillo( to present
arr.ougeinante toe tioope add gu tutu their Geld tents ou tbt
'tali Met.

Tats RS-PAYINti nr Turar•eraser. —The re-
Favisi at the carriage. way of Ileeteetreet with new Aber.
elves emit* mina. MAw wide, was ou !4•J'ir.
day TM Mateo.e tamc had worn the .*em which,
wh. s laid down ia frteti, was 'J maim la 4.5&. k 4 j inches.
Al...et 6,000 yard. of granite Lave been taken away and new
sal. tainted. and the weight of material removed and iw
phee yt emaciate to stout 7,000 t 0... Although upan the
ine.. mum scores it ueormitatel the closing of this iie•
tent at thormighfam for apt week*, eh. pneent work has
liemi accomplished iu the clam Niece of a fortaight. The
...tract haa hem. mailed out by M.-.... Mowleni,-Bort, and 14 ~..ems, of 111.11 bank, liVelitilutvoter, ceder the sulorria.
Mr. Mortimer, on What of the City C'ondis•
imams of :Seven.

.AQUATICS.—Rory I. THAWAH YACHT CLl*ll.—The
Iret sastels of the SOR.D will take plea ou the :Inth lu4
with ..itara of the sewed, think ead feerth deem* for a
aerate valuable prima The wad nice will t.Lks
isn the 14th of Jose Lie cutters of the first chum, and
mod, &unapt aseatoun ; sod oe the 20th of June the
erioewo.r moo it to be riled. Prom the assulul ass,
yarl,S• Ingdills! fitst.rato sport u entitupaet I.
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Bfoieent Piga* said be was Instructed to move for •
rule calling ups& Lord 'Anwar to show nose why an
attachment aleonM not ins spinet him for not obeytng a
ruled court made urea the Mk of April. The action, as their
ledelaps would zenanntber woe an action for defamation,
sad it had became desirable to know whether the letter
which roomiest( the defamatory allegations was in the pee-
session of Lard Limover. The order, which wee drawn up
by Mr insides Orempton, at chambers, ordered the defen-
dant within Woo days after its service upon him to state
whether lie bed la LL poseemion or power the letter referred
to in the deolanitkia, or what he knew es to its custody, and
whether he objsstsd to its production and if so upon what
grated.) if it MN in his power. The rule was served at
Lord Llanover's loam in town upon the 16th, being left
with a servant, and on the 17th Lord Llanover put in ate-
davits in reply.
Mr. James Creseptoa--Oan you attach a peer
Serjeant Pigott said undoubtedly so. However, Lord
U•aover having Wd his answer on the 17th, and the an-
swer not beim deemed wrdcieut, personal service was
effected ups ea tits Ord of April, with • view to
ulterior proceedinp.
Mr. Justice Cremptou—Dld yea make • personal demand
far what you wanted at the seam time ?
Berjeen't PApolit—Yes, my lord ; and his lordship's
reply was, "yiery welL
Lord ChM( Aldine—ls it stated in the rule what his
kirdibip is to do?
flerjautt Pigott—He is to state whether he has • certain
letter in his poessesion.
Mr. Justice Blackburn—ls the time flied within which
the defendant is to obey the rule?
Serjeant Pigott—Within three days, and that time has
sow long elapsed.
Mr. Justice Crompton—Before moving for an attachment,
ought not you to call upon the defendant for • more '
pseesa
eferjeatil%ott apprehended question
the would be, was
the &newer of the 17thsuflicient
Mr. Justice RlB—The oommon practice is, ie the case of
interregatarice where • plaintiff or defendant does not an-
swer sufbciently, to take out a summons call* apes him to
show cause why be should not give • further &averse.
Berjeaot Pigott—But this was an amine which the de-
fendant was bound to give under an act of parßammt, and
the question was, whether he waa cad is eontempt
of court for sot sufficiently answering. The &newer
which the defendant died on the 17th wee
in the following terms :—" I have in my pomeadon &does.
meat containing the weediest forth in the Ant count of the
declarate n. Such document was sent by me,as • private and
coofidenti.d communication, to my son-in-law, Mr. John
Herbert. and in discharge of my duty to my said sou-in-
law, and under circumstance* which I am advised sad be-
lieve rendered it • privileged communication ; acid the same
document has been niece returned by the said Mr. John
Herbert to me. 1 eerily believe that • copy of the said
document was obtained in • most improper manner, and
contrary to good faith, and without my knowledge ; but
such copy has been since returned to Mr. John Hwt, as
1 believe." Now it was evident the defendant admitted his
posseseion of the document, although, at the Name time,
there might be some trap in the admission ; but he did not
declare his willingnesa to produce it.
The Lord Chief Justice—lt would be impossible after
ash an answer not to say that you are bound to make •
1 further application to the defendant before you can call
upon the court to attach him. Of course your object is to
ascertain the whereilouta of this document, in order that,
if it in in the heeds of • third parte, Yoga sint7 be prepared to
produce that person as • witness al, the meal ; or if it is in
the hands of the defendant, that you may be is &position to
give secondary evidence as to its ocretents in ease he should
reface to produce it. Well, the defendant has 'Misfilo
that the document is in his heeds, and what you further
want to know is whether be is willing to produce it. Now
I understand him to say he i. not, for that the letter is a
privilegeil communication ; he says nothing whatever about
de production tending to criminate himself. The only molt
will he that you will have to prove in some roundabout way
the existence of the letter.

?dr. Justice Crompton—Why not take out a summons
for an order to inspect!
Mr. Justice Blackburn—lt is clear the defendant is not in
eowtenapt at meant. Your course is to take out a sum•
mom to inspect.
serjeaot Pigott said the ow was originally fixed to be
tried in Monmouthshire, but now it wan desired to try it in
Middlesex.

The Lord Chief Justice -Theo you will have the whole of
seat term to protect yourself.
davjeant Pigott said of course he was willing to bow to
whatever suggestion the court might make.
Mr. Justice Crompton said he believed the defendant's
answer of the 17th to be one of the few fair answer, that
had ever come under his notice on such ucimeions.
Rule refused.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-HAY 7.

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&Wags in Banco. —Okras* Lard °hid Justice Erie and
Juatices Dyke ard K .)eating
sr-C AND ANOTIIHR V. POEM AND ANOTHER.
This case, which was one of considerable importance to
=minterested in foreign hills at ,:change, was partly
ar Saturday, and it occupied the court nearly the
whale of today.
Whoa their lordships rose, the matter wan still nainished.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—himr 7.
Sittings at Nil Prins. (Bator!, !dr. Baron Martin and

Common Juries.)

DOORMAN r. BALLARD AND WIFE -SLANDER..
This was an action bmught by the plaintiff to recover
damages for slanderous words uttered by the female de•
feedlot, whereby the plaintiff, • widow, was so injured
in her reputation that her contemplated marriage was
brohee off.

The defendants pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Chambers and Hr. Henncce were counsel for the
plaintiff. Mr. Addison represented the defendant.
It appeared from the opening statement of the learned
ONIBIOi for the plaintiff that she was • widow, about A 8
years of age, and had two children. Her maiden name was
&vista, and her family n,sided at Gillingham, in tile neigh-
bourhod 14 Rochester. The defendant is a grocer in the
same pls.ce, and is related to the plaintiff. The alleged
slander was that the female defendant had imputed that the
*laid! had cohabited with a gwtleman, and two snoop
mons letters had been addressed to a lady with whom the
plaintiff was residing, and another letter had been ad.
to herself.

I'lie first letter WWI u follows :
" Dear Madam,—Are you aware of the character you
have residing with you? If you are not, allow me as your
friend to caution you against Mrs. Boorman. She is one of
the mut dangerous of women I have ever Wet, and she never
leaves a stone unturned towards trepanning any man. She
is now kept by the rev. gestlemaa who attended her bus-
teed on his deathbed, and also by another person named
1.--, and I ain't tell how many others. Indeed there
is not a more base character, and 1 advise you to shun her
if you value your own character. She is known at the
Eagle, flighbiny Barn, and every place of amusement. I
have hexed of many such characters, but I uev,r heard of
such a us as she is. She is the cause of her mother's
illness. Nue has been shunned by her sisters, who never
wish to hear her name bustled. —From your sincere
frigid."

The other letter was addressed to the plaintiff, and in it
these words oocurred :--" If you think to escape me you are I
mistaken. Every house you auk I will seek you out.
Revenge is sweet." The writer then proceeded to say that
the plaintiff should have nu home, and that she should
beg her bread, while if she went into a City house shed
should out stop there. In coschisiou she was designated
as "a
board with • wicked, vile woman, sot worthy to be liar.
mt.*
Mime Barak Burden deposed that the female defendant
milled at her house on the 11th of August, hut her '
mother wee then ahunt. In the presence of her grand.
mother and herself, Mrs. Ballard said she bell vat witneo's
deter was living in an inipreper meaner, for which she was
very marry. and would do her • hied turn if she could. The
titer said she was very sorry, fur the plaintiff had
her sister for twelve mouth., mai was not aware
she was governess, nor did she know how she earned her
In her cromexamination the witness stated that Mrs.
Ballard rind her father were Bret cousins Her Oster Was
married three week.s before they knew it. Plaintifs hus-
band loci .liol last De-en.her twelvemonths, but she did not
know whether the plaintiff was living with her husband
when he died. The defendant and his wife had hem always
kind to them. During the rionvereation Mrs. Ballard mid,
" Poor titmg.! pity her!" and that she did not know better;
but Mrs. Salient had never said anything about any gentle-
', man keeping the plaintiff.
' Reexamined—The plaintiff alwa_yre seemed to have plenty
ofuswey when she visited us. Miss Amelia Suasion he-
lieve,l, but else wee not certain, that Mrs. Ballard had said
the plaintiff was living in an Improper way. Her sister was
a bad, hue girl. She auppoeed from what Mrs. BalLril said
that her ester was living with some gentleman, but Mrs.
i Ballard had sever said that say gentlemen was keeping her.
The plaintiff was never assisted by her family after her
husband's death, sod sever appeared to require any. The
emayersation on the Ilth of August had reference to the
wr...bild being sent to school, when she told Mrs.
her sister's *induct bed been so disgraceful they
knew nothing about her. On that Mrs. Ballard- said, "Poor
thing, I pity her." The plaintiff hod paid them two skit.
Uwe December twelvemonths, and was beautifully and
twhioeably dressed, and did not appear to want money.
Mrs. Mary Anne Boorman, the plaintiff, WWI then called.
She depimoal that her husband. to whom she was married in
Mareli, burial, died in December, ISISeI, heavies a life policy
i for 300/ , which was mortiraged to. Mr. P.irnett. After
paying the debte and funeral expenses she was to have the
remaioler, and entsivour to get her children into a public
school. Her husband bad been • check clerk oa the &stem
Counties hoe, and she had to receive se. • week for herself
and 2.1. for each child ; but owing to so Informality she hod
only received Risco then she had endeavorred to earn
• living as. governs.. She had been Irtrire and without
breed, ex:ept • roll, fur three days ea *lns at a
time ; but she would mot lot her mother know her poverty.

Mr. Haddientene, Q.C., was specially retained, with Mr.
Flmad Mr. Poland, to conduct the prosecution ; Sera
Parry was also specially retained, with Mr. Giffard,
iime=tocit Nr.-Best, on behalf of the defendants
Yt H the cue at very considerable
length, and he deezn=as one of • very immoral and
sateacedinary character. The following narrative will put
the public in poseesaion d all the material facts connected
with the inquiry. The prosecutor, Mr. Stohwasiier, a
German, it appeared, carries on the huffiness of • tailor in
Oraidnitatreet, and he is connected with several German
charitable institutions in this country, and bore the reputa-
tion el being every philanthropic among his cam-
typos. It seemed that in June, Brsran application was
made by letter to Count Appear, the Austrian minister in
this eenntry, by • portion who 'woad the name of !herb°.
fade, en behalf el Eliza von Weltseastein, who warn repre-
sented to be the wife of an Austrian officer who had gone
to Amnia, and who, with her child, was in • state of the
=adisies= and misery. This letter, it appeared, was
to the prosecutor to make immune ; and he
riZaito No. 5, Charlotte-street, Fitzroyaquare, where
d the defendant, Elise Weltsenstein, and a child,
and she confirmed the statement relative to her being
in a state of deatitution, and the stated that the gentleman
who had written to the Austrian ambassador wee • man of
property. and that he was • brother officer of her husband,
and on that account had interested himself on her behalf.
The prosecutor gave her some temporary *mistimes, and she
wanted him to purchium a number of pawnbrokers' tickets
relating to silk and other articles which she said would be
useful to ken in his business, hut he declined to do so, and
eventually he consented to redeem the various articles, and
it was arranged that if they fetched more than the amount
he advanced the balance should be handed over to her. It
appeared that after this the prosecutor continued to take
an interest in her affairs, and that the defendant Edward
Weltaenstein, who was her husband, was subsequently '
introduced to him as Sterhnfeldt, and he confirmed the
statemente she had made, and said that he wee acquainted
with her husband, and was anxious to set her up in
business, but he could not do so until he received remit.
awes from Austria. Upon the frith! of these representa•
time it appeared that the prosecutor advanced at various
times omiblei sums of money both to Weltsenstein and
hie wife, and a house was taken in Eccleston-terrace, Pim-
lico, where the female defendant was to have carried on the
business of a court milliner, and Mr. Stohwameer advanced
money for the purpose of purchasing furniture. About this
time it appeared that the prosecutor received information
that he had been impend upon, and that Kline Weltsen-
stein and the pretended titerhnfehlt were man and wife,and
that the ehiU he had seen had been borrowed for'
the purpose. The defendant Madeline Jour den, who
at this time passed as Madame Polinska, and who
was on very intimate terms with all the other
defendants, was appealed to by Mr. Stoherauer,
and she dedszed that the original story told by the defen-
dant Elisa Welteenstrin was the truth. Subsequently,
however, it appeared that the defendant Edward Waltzes.
stein admitted that Elm Weltasnatein was his wife, and be
at the same time said that he wee an Austrian nobleman,
and that he had been compelled to quit his own country on
account of his laving interfered in political mattes,
and he also said that he would give him • short history of
his life to show that he was an honourable man, and that
he might rely upon having any money be might advance
restored to him. The suspicions of the prosecutor were
allayed to some extent, it appeared, by these proceed-
ings, but at length be became satisfied that he had
been imposed upon, and he resolved to have
nothing more to do with any of the parties. It
should be rated that in September, 1857, very shortly
after the prosecutor's kit interview with Mrs. Weltsen-
stein, upon his going to her lodging one day, she fell
upon her knees and seized his hands and kissed them, and
at the same moment her husband and the other defendant,
Frisk, suddenly entered the room, and there wan • sort of
scene, which' attracted the particular attention of Mr.
*Amasser ; but the matter was afterwards explained, and
he thought no more on the subject. After the proliecutor
had expressed his determination not to advance any more
money, it appeared that a number of imploring letter
were sent to him, entreating assistance, and when it was
found that these produced no effect, others, in which threats
were hinted at, were sent with the like result, and at
length, finding that all these prooesdines were not attended
with the desired result of °blaming more money,
an astion was brought against the prosecutor in
the name" of Edward Weltsenstein and his wife,
to recover :1001. for goods sold and delivered, and
for money alleged to have been advanced to him, and they
also claimed demises for an theta alleged to have been
committed by the prosecutor upon the female plaintiff, in
September,l6s7, under the circumstances above stated.
The trial came ar in the Court of Queen's Beech, and all the
defendants were examined as witnesses, and Jourdan and
Frisk gave evidence in support of the claim that was set
up, and they swore to • variety of circumstances that were
utterly disclaimed and contradicted by the prosecutor, sail
after he had given hie evidence the jury at once returned
• verdict iu his favour, and the present charge wee upon
that preferred against the defents.
Mr. Joseph Stihwasser, the prosecutor, a man apparently
between 50 and 60 yearn old, wee examined, and he re-
the evidence he pro upon the trial in the
=lid of Queen's Bench, and deputed to the whole of the
above facts. He declared also that certain letters that were
produced by the defendants, Elias Weltnenstein awl Jour-
dan, at the tral, in support of the claim, were folgerie,.,
and he emerged also mad -positively that he hail never com-
mitted any act of impropriety with the fehurie defendant,
Weltsenstein.
He was subjected to a very searching crowexemination
by the counsel for the defendants. In the coulee of
it he said that all the money advanced to Mrs. Weltamstein
by the German Benevolent Society, to which he belonged,
was one pound, end this was before he received any com-
munication from the Austrian embassy. Sane papers were
shown to him, and he war told that Mrs. Weltsenatein
was • most deserving woman as the embassy believed.
The Austrian ambassador did bet give the defen-
dant any 1110C111, and the whole of the money
that he subsequently advanced came out of his
own pocket. Mrs. Weltanstein showed him more than
twenty duplicates, and they referred to more than •
hundred yards of silk. The duplicates also referred to sea-
-1 broidered sheets, and damask towelling and table rovers.
Wanes.' took these things out of pledge, mad endeavoured
to dispose of them for the benefit of the defendant. He
did not consider it was Imprudent in him to get
of such articles from • married woman whose husband war
in America. He was on very friendly terms with Mrs.
teeltoenstein, and frequently visited her when she
was in bed. He generally visited her at night, and
once he gave her a cup of soup, bat be did not put
his arm round her to liohl her up at the same time.
Upon another occasion he gave her • partridge ready cooked.
HIS wife gave it to him for her, but he did not tell
his wife that he gave it to her while she was iu
bed. He might have visited her twu or three
tines • week when she was is bed, and he
had visited other married women under similar circus.
stances, when they were ill, and when he went to admi•
nate: relief to them. They cased to converse together
in • very friendly manner when he visited Mn. Weltaenstein.
Herhusband introduced himeelf Le him as &melee! tabout the
find week in November. The person who gave him the
information relative to the real position of the defendant.
was • Hungarian refuges, and he knew him to be • man of
bad character at the time he gave him the information.
After His, Weltzeusten got better be did not visa her so
frequently, but she was always by herself when he did
visit her, and he semetimea stayed an hour with her. the
used to talk to him about her misfortunes, and As never
exhausted the story, but always had something fresh to
tall him. (Laughter.) ?bey never sat together in the
that. There were two sibs in the man, bat they
were not sitting near either of them. Upon the Otedllioll
when Mr. Weltaeusteia soil Frisk came suddenly
into the room while he and Mrs. Writernstain were tage-
ther, they left directly, and Ile Weltamatein gave • sort
of shriek, abd shortly afterwards he heard Weltsenatein

Henry Prowls Rechardems, who some weeks iv was
committed from this court upon • charge of having de-
handed the council of the London Rifle alpde of various
sums of money, was brought up from Newpte, by habeas
corpus, to meet a farther charged misdemeanour, to be pre-
ferred against him on behalf of the same prosecutor.
Mr. Humpbrsye appeared on behalf of the council of the
brigade, and Mir. Bartley, of Bertlett's-buildings, who was
not, however present when the prisoner war plaoed at the
bar, razed for the defence.
Sir Oa:den—Have you retained any solicitor, prisoner?
Prisoner —Yes, I_ have, but he is not here, yet I never
knew of this until Saturday evening, although I have been
ten weeks in waiting for my trial, and now this involve. the
necessity of new briefs and new counsel fees.
Mr. Humphreys—That is untrue, as the prisoner had
notice of it a week ago.
Sir It. Carden—l think you have no cause of complaint,
for if you are not yet ready to answer the charge the judges
will adjourn the case, I dare say, as they often do.
Prisoner- - But I have already been in prison ten weeks,
amyl am not anxious to be there five weeks longer.
Sir H. Carden—Well, it is not a very great hardship, as
the judges will, 1 have no doubt, listen to any reasonable
application you may make. You are, perhaps, aware that
this charge is brought under • new amt of parliament, as
under the old act the indictment might have been preferred
without the necessity of this course being taken.
Prisoner—What I complain of 1110111 particularly is that
as notice war given to me on Tuesday last I was not brought
up on Wednesday or Thursday, which would have given me
time to prepare for my trial.
Mr. Humphreys—Under the old act an indictment might
have been preferred againat the prisoner without notice,
but he received notice of this particular case last Tuesday,
and was also informed of the exact nature of the evidence
that would be brought against him. The present charge,
which is brought against him by the advice of counsel, is
of having, by false pretences, obtained six small sums of
money, amounting in the whole to 10/., from the council of
the London Ride Brigade. The learned gentleman then
proceeded to state the precise circumstances under which
the charge had arisen, and which are detailed in the evi-
dence below.

Mr. Anderson Rose, Alderman of the City of London— I
am vice-president of the council of the London Rifle
Brigade, of which the prisoner was acting secretary. Among
other books be had charge of the petty Isiah book pro-
duced. As a member of the finance committee I admitted
his accounts and among them this petty cash book. I
audited it on the 25th October, 1859. There is an entry in
that book " Paid for tolvertisonient a sum of

Mr. Bartley (who had now arrived to defend the prisoner)
—I must object to the production of that book unless the
entries; to be referred to are in the prisoner's handwriting.
Mr. Alderman Rose—The book wee kept by him.
Mr. Bumphreye—Aud he produced it to Mr. Alderman
Roes _ _

Mr. Bartley—He never did produce it. You bare not
proved that.
Mr. Alderman Rose—The hook was kept by Mr. Jam?,
but It was in the custody of the prisoner, and all the
amounts which it oontaina are represented to have been paid
by him. The mode of auditing was this. The secretary
took his place at the desk, when he called in Mr. Jeffery
with the book, who handed it to me in his presence, and
by his desire. as his (prisoner's) petty cash
Prisoner—No, no.
Mr. Humphreys—The book was handed to you either by
him personally or at his desire?
Mr. Alderman Rate—The book was handed to me either
by him manually or by his desire. On the 3rd of October
I find entered an item " Paid advertisement in Times,
subscription, 11. 195.." which was there when I audited the
books. He presented a book containing vouchers at the
same time, and among the vouches I have no doubt was
the one produced for that amount as paid to
the Times. I also Red as item of Us. for
two advertisements for adjutente, paid to the

Times In the same way, on October 57 Mit it is entered
on the 10th. I believe he gave me a voucher for the amount.
On the 10th October I Hal an item for advertisements in
the MCI (six insertions), 2/. Ms, for which also I believe
he gave me the voucher produced. On the same day there
is an item for advertising " subscriptions" in the Timm
1/. Se. forwhich also he gave me a voucher. On the 11th
Oct. I Stolen entry for a payment to the rinses for three In-
sertions of another advertisement, 11. lls. 641; and on the
19th I find an entry, " Paid for advertisement of donations
in the Times, and for which I produce the voucher.
According to the petty cash book I Hod the prisoner ex-
pended over and skive his cash, 19f. 14e. 24., which
I reported to the council on the 25th of October,
I lave in the presence of the prisoner, and on the
same day a cheque was drawn for 20/., payable
to the primmer, and was signed by me and the
late Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Wise, to cover that sum
of 19/.'l4s. 2.1. It has loan returned from the bank, and is
endorsed by the prisoner. That cheque was bawled to the
Prisoner, oo the faith of the entries in his book, and upon
his statement that the sums had been paid as represented.
The accounta produced are those which were handed by
Molars. Street Brothers to the council of the brigade, at
least to the beet of my belief, and the cheque produced, for
167/. its. 3d., was paid to Messrs. Street, our advertising
manta, on the 10th of April, in settlement of those
accouuts. I was not aware that the six items which make
up the present charge against the prisoner were entered in
those accounts. _ _

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Croes-exatniaed by Mr. Bartley—The prisoner was tohave
5 per cent. upon hie collection, and it wee for the council
to determine whether he was further to receive any parti-
cular mum. . .

Mr. Motley—Allow me to ask you whether there was
not a resolution passed at every council meeting requesting
him to act as secretary pm tem. ?
Mr. Alderman Rose—Certainly not.

Mr. Bartley—Was not such a 'Minute entered?
Mr. Alderman Rode—No.
Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)—Where do you wish to lead
to? This has nothing at all to do with the question of a
&errant. If he had been a complete stronger, and had said
he made these paymenta, and so obtained the money by •
Mee representation, it would have twee all the same.
Mr. Hartley—But he has not said so.
Mir R. Carden—Aldenuan Roes has said he handed in the
tMok ashis own.
Mr. Humphreys- And at all events he received the
cheque.
Mi. Bartley—But the evidence is not that the entries
were made by him, but by Jeffery, and unless he had bee
Jeffery's master he woe not responsible for his entries.
Mr. Humphreys—it was all done at his desire, and that is
a fain pretence in law.
Mr. Benny—From wh om did you naive the book at the
audit, Mr. Mdennan Ram?
Aldermaa Roes—Jeffery, I believe, brought Umbria

A weather-beaten young sa man, who i his IMMO was
Henry Porter, was c with obtaining 10a, by falsepretences, from one of t e clerks bt the Colonial-office.
The prisoner presented himself at the Colonial-office on
Thursday, telling a long story, to the effect that he bad
been engaged as supercargo on board the Euclid, brigantine,
belonging to Meow.. Anderson, of Newfoundland, sailing
from thence, and bound for the West Indies ; that the
vessel had been wrecked, and the crew obliged to take to
the boats ; that they were picked up by an American
barque, the Eugene Sue, and conveyed to Liverpool; that
he applied for aid to the Board of Trade and to the Fisher-
men's Benefit Society, and was in each interview informed
that there were no funds applicable to hie case. The
maser of the latter society, however, gave him 4s. oat
of his own pocket ; and he walked up to London upon
that, sleeping where he could on the way. Mr.
Irving, the clerk to whom this statement was made,
gave the prisoner half .a-crown out of his own pocket, and
the other employes subacribed about five or six shillings,
be Ides giving the prisoner some wearing appareL There
were no public funds properly applicable to such a purpose,
but Mr. Irving determined to strain a point and give him
half-a-crown a day pending inquiries, and put it down to
"contingencies." The prisoner accordingly received, in
addition to the sums above mentioned, 2a. U. on Thursday
3.6 d. on Friday, and is. on Saturday, for that day and
Sunda . In the meanwhile inquiries had been made
th the Emigration-office, whose agent at Liverpool re-
that there was no such firm as Anderson and Co., of
ewfoundland, no such vessel aa the Euclid, and that no
n
such barque as the Eugene Sue bad put in at Liverpool.
The prisoner had made no application either to the Board of
Trade at Liverpool, or to the Fishermen's Benefit Society,
nor had he received soy money from the manager of the
latter association.

The privouer declined to make any defence, or give any
account of himself;
....

He was reman led, in order to give time for further iu•
quiries.

SPORTING.
TATTERSA LL'S.—Mormix.

The settlement of the Chester Cap accounts was very
satisfactorily conducted. Although the bookmakers were
been on the minor events' yet, considering the first
favourite won, they were not heavy losers on the Cup. St.
Albans was merely a recent importation into the market,
and immediately came to a short price. During the early
portion of the afternoon the room was well attended, but
many subscribers quitted early, in order to depart by the
afternoon express trains for Doncaster. The settling nearly
stopped the betting, and little or nothing was done on the
events to be decided this week. For the Doncaster Handi.
cap Weatherbound was in as much demand as she had been
in the City during the morning. At one time as little
as 5 to 4 was taken about her. At the close
6to 4 was laid, but those odds found ready takers. Specu.
lation on the Derby was limited to a few hones. The
Wizard hold the position of first favourite with some firm-
ness. At lint sto 1 was taken about Elt. Albans ; after-
wards 11 to 2to upwards of 3061. was betted against him,
and at last he returned to sto 1 taken to money. Umpire
was very unsteady, and Bto 1 was offered against him. His
supporters would have taken 10 to 1, but at those odds
layers were not in accommodating humours. Mainstone was
frequeutly inquired after, but bookmakers seemed very shy
in dealing with him. After he had been much talked about
an offer was made to take 4,500 to 300 about him. Before
the room was closed 1,000 to 70 and the same rate of odds
to various smaller sums were booked ; 30 to 1, and finally
100 to 6, were taken against High Tremors. For the Ascot
Gold Vase Ht. Albans was beaked for nearly 3001. at 4 and
5 to 1, the former price being the highest offer at the close.
DONCARI'ER HANDICAP.
6 to 4 apt Mr. Bwindell's Weatherbound (t freely)
6 to 1 Mr. G. Thomas's Birmingham (t)
6to 1 Mr. Whittaker's First Lord (t)
DERBY.
3 to 1 apt Kr. A. Nichols' The Wizard (off)
sto 1 Lord Ailesbury's St. Albans (t and off)
Bto 1 Mr. R. Ten Brueck's Umpire (off)
10 to 1 Mr. Merry's Thormanby (t)
10 to 1 Lord Portsmouth's Buccaneer (t)
100 to 7 Lord Palmeretoue's Mainatone (t)
16 to 1 Mr. Wyatt's Nuthourne (off)
100 to 6 Mr. Jaques' High 'helicon (t)
35 to 1 Mr. Pedley's The Drone (0
30 to 1 Captain Christie's Honor (t)
40 to 1 Mr. Tute's The Rap
1000 to 10 Mr. T. Dawson's Sir William (t)
1000 to 10 Lord Derby's Cape Flyaway (t)
1000 to 10 Mr. Wright's Upperhand (t)
1000 to 10 Sir Josepphh Hawley's Loiterer (t)
1000 to 5
ASCOT Sir Ja VASE, y's Lergene (t)
oseGOLHD
4 to 1 apt Lord Ailesbury's 84. Albans (t)
DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.