The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-30 00:00:00

2138, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1858.

ant wen IJeratessateColoael Wood En Charlie J. Mana-
tee, Bart., Sir Joha Anson. Bart, Mr. Bakes Carrie, Mr.
Saba Beatify, Mr. Richard B. Wadi, Me. J. H. Dub,
W. Deb utante,jem. d‘,.. A discaselea areas ea the gam.
Use of the nipeaset of officers to the amen essepodes,
aed it wee nesind that Lord litedneek, espnia me.
alitead he termed to emeetele Mr emus el
men▪
den who by their gemersi diolosay and Weaken at
610, He., an espahleof acting as sac-e____ Ann,
web isare-eamend dicers 100 be saninated lor cos.
niseltes wardag to seniority and genera imbibition
its nob oats. It wee resolved that mintage of the
should be held in each district, sad the isdasatiel
raideats invited to to-operate in obtaining farther 'uncap-
Gem, and in Wee* effective' to join. It was also doter.
Nand that the forrnstion of companies shall be miontrepd
la oat distein, sack companies to choose their own officers.
A grapey ie an forming for the districts of Nottieg4lll,
Bsyswaeer, Ifinhard's-briab, do., with a drill segued la the
inenediate *deity. The following additional sabscripkne
wow seeciarmed. vie.:—Mr. J. Selkeld, 101. 10..; Yr. C. B.
Young, 101. 10s. ; Mr. J. H. Good, 101. 10e. ; Mr. J. O.
Hamm, 101.10 e. ; Mr. J. Hot-Tidal., 10/. 10e.i Mr. T. Bar-
L, 101. 10e.; Lleut.-Colonel Sir F. Arthur, 101. 10e.;
er.H. Closet; 101. 10e.; Mr. A. Norden, 101. 10e.; Xt.
A. H. Champagne, 101. 104. ; Mr. 8. Finley, 10..; Mr.
W. Pox, 101. 10e.; Mr. F. Heating. Toone, 101. 100.; sad
601. to amounts of 61. and honorary members' subscriptioas ;
maim a total amount received of about 1,6001. The noble
chairman sanonaced that the corps had by a large majority
determined our retaining the present material for the uniform,
sad that It wee prepaid to adopt the cap decided on by the
War-oas committee.
Br.PANCRAS AND NORTH MlDDLESRX.—Yeeterday
the names sad addressee of upwards of 100 effecting, who It
proposed shall brat the first company of the St. Panora.
Ned North Middlesex Rifle Brigade, were forwarded to
W. H. Bodkin, Esq., deputy-lionsaant of the district, for
tranambeioa to the Marquis of Salisbury for his 'auction se
ben-lieutenant and foe the acceptance of their services by her
kldissty. The drill of this company, mealy all of whom
assemble fa the St. Panama Vestry-hall, is progressing with
• rapidity truly setonishing ; and if the Marquis Camden,
the Maki of Bedded, the on of Dartmouth, Lord South.
engine, Lard Somers, and the other noblemen and patio.
tam "sly reaped to the appeal about to be made to them
is pepatioe to the "sermon amount of their property la the
Menet, the OR Paean Brigade will be one of the drat is the
metrepoile.
CLlMelree Daara.--Laat evening about 60
elbethe menbere of the shove corps assembled at the farm
hell of St. Cletneat's.hes, for the purpose of drill and pseuds.
Although the volunteers peanut were mostly recruits, and
had oily bees practising for Dime nights, they went through
the neon evolutions with eneediagly peat skill and rep-
laity, which would have done meth M aay regular maker,
Wee. The ellietin strength of the seeps is at prawn
&beetle tesa, canning the 20 nemberr Hon Mews. Smith
sad Seed alabliehneat is the Snead.

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ALLAOID ATTAIIPT TO BRIBE A 0017.661V-
JIANT anima.
At the Mansion-house yesterday, John A. Sal-
emn, described u "staving at the Temperance Coffee-
house and Had, 31, king-street, Cheapeide." appeared
is a sesseited dad upon the complete, of the Lords of the
Adindty, derglog, That you, an the 12th day of Dee.
bast., in the City of Leedom, and nnlawfolly did attempt and
andesesur to bribe ore Thomas William Miller then one of
her Wiser/ • sermata, in her Mejeety's dockyard at Ports-
mouth, thereby comaptly to induce elm to neglect and do
moms act cosorray to Ida duty umak servant ; secondly, tO
4,e kis comilloate allowing certain sums of mousy claimed
yen *a desk work and materials dons for and supplied
to the mid dockyard, against lee peace, dtc."
lir. Douglas Brown appeared to conduct the case, and
Mr. Sleigh for the defendant.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Brown said the eirearuslaneee of the thee were very
end very brief. The defendant was charged with at-
eie=dto bribe an officer belonging to the Portsmouth
. Some time ago the defendant was employed th
St a make-ooctatuning apparatus to a boiler in the dock-
yard, and a similar apparatus to a reverixestiog furnace
In the smith's *hop tomes, tat contract for one being 961.,
sad for the other 601. Mr. Miller, the person whom the de-
fendant was charged with attempting to bribe, had the su-
perintendence of the work. It wee his duty to see that the
work mu properly done, and certify that tt was in inch a
state am to entitle the defendant to payment. After the work
wadel.reciont tad Mr. Miller was surprised torooelve an envelops
to him, and inching the half of • 61. note, without
• wood being said as to the seeder, or anything about it. Soon
after that he received a letter from the prisoner, in which the
other half of the 61. note was inelmed, but without any m-
imeses at all being made to the fact. The learned pockmark
than read the letter which related principally to the appare-
nt' fitted by the defendant to the reverberating formai In the
smith's shop, and wiled to be allowed another oriel ; the
learned gentleman Mating that the amamtus helmet worked
sathfactorily. In conclusion, Mr. blown laid he should be
able to prove the defendant's handwriting, and thin he
thought It would be the Lord Mayor's duty to send the can
tog=William Miller meld—l ent assistant chief engi-
neer in her Majesty's Dockyard M Portamonth. I know ills
defendant from his having been at the yard erecting • smoke
consuming apparatus. lie bad the order in January, and
the week wee pat up, and the fleet trial made by the sod of
Mame. It wee my duty to see that the work was rightly
dame. Mr. Salmon bed come down in December, and re-
premed thee he had • patent apparatus for consuming
odd sad that her had been sent from the surveyor's °face
in Leaden. I told him it was hardly worth his while to try
le eitammo node in Portanouth Dockyard, se it wee alread
demo very effectively, and I pointed out to him several aim
marinates for effecting that object. I also showed a Doodler
with • common tire door, sod told him II he liked be °coldly
his apparatus on that bailie, provided he got the sanction of
the Lords of the Admiralty. That war in December or the
beginning of January ; I cannot poeitively say which. Soh-
woody an order ems down from the Lords of the Add-
=ley, and woe boded to me by the superintendent at the
yard, to *non Mr. Odra to try his apparatus under
certain coedited Zs WI elm something to do with •
revertoratingilmasse; bet that wee net fa my deportment,
seed I took him to the =NW ehipweighk He mid he could
mmoome the mobs he ea* fewomok ad he received an order
will fist wittlisa. I have sees Ohs bin of the boiler that
was sod maw Ammidennameral of the Admiralty, end on
Mobs* of the tavola I wad. I received the envelope
whoa me the 13th Net, to which was enclosed the belief
• ISA act., which I also praises.
Mr. Sleigh—Stay • minute. Whose handwriting is that
*Ahem ln f

Ht evra—l can prove that.
Xi. askgia--Then you bad better do It at otos.
Kr. align (to witaess)—You received another letter!
Inkitio-2*.; on the af,ernoon of the same day.
Mr. Brewtr--Thas before Igo farther I will oafs a witnem
le pews the lassdirritiar.
Mr. Jain Field acid—l am brother and sesistant to Chas.
1. Fluid, alike private detective or ingniry office, Dover's-
end, Temple. I saw the defendant thts morning. I know his '
kandwrifiag. I saw bim write on the:beck of that latter.
weWfdr. nieigh—l was not to get tits defendant's hand-
ily • gentleman connected with our office. I was in-
stalment to do my best to get his handwriting, end I
frotanded that I wanted to do some basins*. with him, no
that I t s_se his writing and know it.
ir Hr. h order that you might coma here to-day and
swear to Its
WIC—I know nothing at all about the transaction. I
call did ea I was told.
Meigh—Did you want to buy say of his appmstus
Wheees—No.
Mr. Ilisligh—Then you were sent down to this gentleman
W Me Admiralty to inveigle him out of his baadwriting by
false geenincesf
Wftnese—You may cell it what you like.
Mr. Sleigh—Very wen, this, I cell it • trap, and a very
diagraosful trap, too, on the part of the inlisitor to the Ad-
miralty. How much did you see him write ?
Witneas—What to on the back of that letter.
Mr. 81Mgh—Six words and two Amen And from that
you cents ken to Mlle to the handwriting of • bundle of
lettme. _

Wliesse—No,_ I &Wt.
Mr. fileigh—Then, what did you oome here for ?
Wines.—To swear to that which I saw him write.
Xs. illeigh—And to nothing gee?
Wham—Not that I know of.
Lord Mayor—Then, if that's all, Mr. Sleigh, you have
done with him, I think
Mr. Sklgh—Yee, I think so, Indeed.
Mr. Brows—Ent I have not done with him. What
farther took piece between you ?
Witmer—l seed him how much it would cost to fit his
apparatus at Winchester, including railway expenses; and
he said 601. I said I might forger, sad I linked him to put it
down on the beck of this envelope, and he did so.
Mr. Brown—Well, now, look at that letter (that received
by Mr. Miller.)
Mr. Sleigh—Stay, first give me three other documents that
you hold. I object to your speaking to one while you hold
the other.
Mr. Brown—l went him to compare the writing, and I
think I am entitled to do so.
Mr. Sleigh—This is a one to which the doctrine of com-
rade:odors sot appl.
Lad Mayor—l think so too.
Mr. Brown—Very well, then, I give it up. Now look at
that note, sad eery whose writing von tellers It to be.
Witsme—l believe It to be Mr. Sahara's—that is the
War; the envelope I cannot speak to.
Mr. Brown—l have nothing more to ask.
Mr. Sleigh—You ground your opinion as to the hand-
writing upon the six words and two figures which you saw
him write this morning ?
Witnese—Yee, end upon the letter which he matt down to
Winchester as to the epperatus I inquired of him shoat. I
mean by comparing one with another. I showed him that
letter, and asked him if it had WOO from him. Be said
was..
Ths point of evidence by comparison wee hire argued et
onnalerable lenntk by Mr. Sleigh end Mr. Brown.
Mr. Sleigh—When did you look at the sdverdesonest end
compere it with the Winchester letter Itself?
Witame—lownedistely after I left the dehadaatthis mots-
or before I left his room. After he wrote it I formed my
cilos as to the letter received by Mr. Miller bslag in de-
fendant's bandwritleg, partly on the six words which I sew
him write this morning, and partly on the Winelsesterletter,
which be said was hia.
By Mr. Brows—l saw him this morning at 37, King-
street, the hotel wham he stops when in town.
Mr. Brown—The letter to Mr. Miller Is dated from this.
Mr. Miller reoalled—l received the envelope marked • en
the afternoon of the same day I received an envelope seated
11, containing &letter sod the halted& 61. note, alsemeekelli.
Mr. Brown—l now put in the letter. It is the use 110
which the witness Field has pledged his oath that he believes
to be in the defendant's handwriting.
The letter was read, but, as stated by Mr. Brown in open-
ing the came, it made no refertmos to the halves of the U.
Mo.

lamination resumed—The two halves of the 61. Doke
form one. The letter is dated Dec. 13. I reported its re-
ceipt to the superintendent of the yard, and hence these pro-
ceedings. Ido not think Mr. Salmon is paid yet. Ido not
know personally whether the reverberating furnacein the
smith's chop has been tried yet, but I believe it has.
By Mr. Sleigh—lethet the whole of the caw, I should
like to wk my learned Mead.
The Lord Mayor—l should like to sak the witness a goa-
lies or two myielf. You rime to me that you are assistant
chief engineer at Portsmouth Dockyard.
Witome—Yes.
The lord Mayor—And is it peemeary for you to certify
that the work hiss bees done before payment has been made?
Witmer—No • but in this came the chief engineer was
away from Use ;sad while the apparatus was erected, so that
be did net know mesh about it ; sad therefore I del certify
that the work was pronely doe*, sad sign the invoice.
The Lord Mayor—Did you sign lame you received the 6L
note
Witnears—Osolall cams before I had signed, and the
other half after.
Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)—Wes It absolutely neeeseary
that the invoke amid be signed before payment . ,
Wieser—Yes.
The Lord Mayor—Hsd Mr. Salmon any knowledge as to
the time you would certify for payment?
Witoess—Not at all. The invoice bed bees lying with
us about a fortnight, and it was signed on the day I have re-
ferred to, in obedience to an order from London statiog that
Mr. Salmon was pressing for moat.
Mr. Sleigh—lt might be quite necessary to press for pay-
ment, Ice 1 am the goventmeat Alegre are not too
precept frequently In settling such amounts.
The Lord Me —I think it hardly fair to say that.
Dlr. Sleigh—Ob, red tepelece, my lord, eometimes keeps
money beck which parties require tor the purpoKeo of their
families. When you signed and certified, Mr. Miller, I sup-
pose you certified the truth and nothing more
Mr. Millar—Nothing more.
Mr. Sleigh—Now thee. I ark my learned blond whore is
his evidence to support the charge?
Mr. Brown—And I ask hoe lordship whether he am com-
mit se the evidence stands ?
Mr. Skirt —ases le not a Fettled° of evidence. en
far, to prove any.
Mr. Goodmanape It lora he better to have a ra
mad for the production of the t rightist documents, the he-
! vela and en is, and perhaps Mr. Brown can produce sorer
Wag further to &how alma* mike.
Kr. Brows—Tee. I will eat Ara remand, sad thus I

shall be prepared with all the moemary formal evidence ;
which I have not now, as I was only instruced late bet
Sleigh—Then, I ash you, my Lord Meyer, whether
them is evidence to jest* you in remandingthe defendant,
and oalliag upon Mtn to appear her. again t426Bwar such a'
charge f Idr. Miller told yott that ha enly'certillei to tho
troth, end there is nothing whatever to support the
&tarp of oxrupt conduct on the part,of the deal
In say way, and nothing to show that he Wendel or
bribe Mr. Miller to do say sot white woo Maim-
pliable with the proper discharge of hir duty as • government
serving.. lam not here to show that Mr. Miller did not re-
ceive the two halves of a 51. note, bat ouly that there wee no
attempt to bribe en the part of the defendant, who I. the
patentee of some most ingenious Wyandotte and •
which have been entaceively adapted both by plbilPirtM
private establishments with meistent moues. lint I wish to
draw your lordship's attention particularly to the mama
which have been adopted to pore the es head-
writing. I will not go into in. merits of the Privets In-
ids Office, or whatever they may chooseto call it, of
Fields, but I will my Mat it is • disgrace to Ur Ad-
Washy to stoop to the employment of Was,
as has been done here, for the purpose of "-
trapping aka dman into a criminal charge. It
Is • foul dfor • great government departmeet, with
all legal means and appliances at their command, to employ
such means as tutee; and I do not believe that the Admiralty
Commisekeare dm= of the way la which this cam lambent

got up.
Mr. Browe.—Thet'e all very well, Mr. Sleigh; bat will you
admit the handwriting P
kfr, gjsigh—l repeat ft lea disgrace to the Admiralty; and
it you knew anything about criminal law you would know
that I aus admit nothing. But 1 eay again there is no evi-
dence to support the summons, end I ask your lordship to
dismiss it.
The Lord Mayor—Then Is something in one of the haws
received by Mr. Miller about a steamer to which the deism-
dent imposed to have to fit his apperatea. I should like to
know the date of that letter, as the bribe might be in oar
nuke with that expectation.
Yr. Brown—Mr. Miller received only one latter, my lord.
It 1. that in which the defendant asks about another trial of
the furnace in the smiths' shop, and in which the mooed half
of the 61. note was enclosed.
The Lord Mayor—What is Its date P
Mr. Brown—lt is dated the 13th December, and the
porgy you refer to is this. After referring to some appa-
ratus which he fitted to the eteassar Mceskey, and which, be
mays, works well, the dateudent goes ea hops I shall
get a better vessel, with more bodge power, to do nest." I
AA on the neat occasion complete the case, and although
the 'widow I shall then bring forward will be only formal, I
think that when the two halves of a U. sots are meat to a
public servant, having the control of public works, although
not a word is said by letter or otherwise as to the °lnset at
the encloeurer, there cannot be a doubt is to the 011014a00 01
• Otertlpt motive.
The Lord Mayor—At all events I shall remand the &-
MAW ; but I shall take his own recognisance in 401. to
ewer bore ',again.
-The are yr than ed}otisel ix fortnight.