The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-03 00:00:00

Wast dthe demend in weinguence of the operations in
yeald asesseselly foßew the publication or the
nradiag knows WOW demand. An estimate would be laid
ma the table of the hews that night or tomorrow, and no
Inessial Matement could well precede the vote upon that
eetlemie ; but ogler the vote it would be proper to make •
sletoweet lo the hems with reference to the mode of meet-
ing the damn
THE Loflitt EUROPEAN FORCES IN INDIA.
Mr. TORRENS asked the Secretary of State for India
whether, if thew be any 1116/10110/1 from intercepted letters
that • well-drilled and well-armed European form made
cotnamoicatintua inviting the Sikhs toilein,....,thent in driving
the Queen's army out of lndis, s government
will cause copies of those letters to be =plea the table of
the house' Whether the authenticity of Hoes Wein was
formally inquired into, and, if so, Whether It was weer.
tamed who were the writers, and by whom, aid to what
the letters were forwarded to the Sikhs? sad, whe-
ther, if theivauthorship had been brought home to say men
of the European force, punishment, and, if any, of whet na-
ture, had been awarded to the writers of them?
Mr C. WOOD said that he war portend of se banes-
ties which was not already in the poessedee of the bowie
with rektioa to papers connected with Wk.
HYDE L EFANS asked the right hon. berenet whether
be wield lay on the table of the boons Wore he proceeded
to the mart else of the European Forme (India) BEd, the
Wanda of the Wig Council, and the protests of the mem-
bers of the eoundl, which were understood to have been seat
ia recently. as well as the remaining papers connected with
that oubject
Sir C. WOOD said the hon. and gallant gentleman would
Ind at the mid of the papers already produced • statement
Seth* effect that the remaining portion would be furnished
ea Thursday next. With regard to the first part of the
question he would only may at that moment that be pro-
posed to state his views and intentions before the claw of
the debate that evening.

Major PARKER, having bean a sepoy ooer,M thought
the demand for European troops in India had been very I
much exaggerated, and that a smaller number than that
proposed, quartered in healthy cantonments, would suffice.
Colonel NORTH, after directing sizjintryeation of the com-
mittee to the opinions of Lord said that whilst
there °odd be no question se to the of the Indies
umy, there were yet some points refined to in the discus-
sion which required farther explanation.
Sir C. WOOD expressed • hope that the debate would be
allowed to terminate that night. His bon. friend the mem-
ber for Poole (Mr. Denby Seymour)socused the government of
haviegkept back certain papers which were calculated to
throw light apes the discussion, and said that that was
a mfficiest num why they should not proceed to a division.
Whether the papers were printed es soon as they ought to
have been was quite another matter, but he denied that
there had been any desire cm the part of the government to
withhold front the house any information calculated to
sash* them in the debate. lie confessed that though
the papers bad afforded material for dienusion, yet
the arguments which kad been based upon them
did eat redly touch the cue of the bill now before the
house. On the eontrary they entirely confirmed the state-
ments ha had made to introducing the measure. He had
never prannied to Pre a military opinion upon the matter,
but be had quelled the opinions of Lord Clyde and SirllWra.
lissistal, who were as much entitled to give a military
opinion upon matters which bad occurred under their own
eyes as any persona. The papers themselves proved pre-
mealy whse he bed elated, viz., that Lord Clyde took a very
different view of the question in the autumn of last year to
that white be took previously. He (Sir C. Wood) had
Mated that in the first instance he was extremely unwil-
ling to depart from the decision of the late govern-
ment, and perhaps he might be open to the charge
which the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets
(Mr. Ayrton) brought against him of having altered his
&didon without having given sufficient consideration to the
question. But would any man my that the events of last
✓ummer and autumn, in reference to the local army of
India, had not placed the question in a very different
podtion to that in which it etood before! He had listened
with peat attention to the discussion which bad taken
plass_ ups the bill, but he had heard nothing which in-
Wed him to believe that the government had not acted
judiciously in bringing forward the measure. The decision
el the is government was to retain two-fifths of the
minimum European form in India, but they found that
that would not 'edify thus who were the advocates of •
local army. It bad bees asked why 800000 had been fixed
as the number of Enrages= to retain in India. The
reason was, that on inquiry it was ascertained that the
maximum number which any of the authorities u
the subject recommended to be retained was 95,
and the minimum 75,000. 80,000 had therefore
been taken as the number which the circum-
stances of the case would require. The mums, intro-
duced last year in no respect affected the reorganisation
of the Indian army, nor did it pledge the government to
increase or diminish the number al men to be regularly em-
ployed. The reason was that so many grave doubts were
entertained upon the subject that he felt it his duty to
pause until the whole question had undergone inquiry. An
investigation having been commenced, a number of docu-
ments were received from India, and hie bon. friend the
member for Aberdeen (Colonel Sykes) moved for
their production. It was, bower, impossible to
assent to his honourable friends otion, as the
SMmoved for were wildenafil memoranda, bat be
. Wood) wrote to Lord Clyde and Sir Wm. Mims-
field, by whom the documents were furnished, for their
authority to publish them. As soon as he received the
=wary authority the motion of his hon. friend was com-
plied with, and the papers were produced ; but even than
it was deemed advisable, with the sanction of the writers,
to omit certain passages which were calculated to give
offence, and to expunge two paragraphs in which ex-
tracts were given from private letters written by
Sir Patrick Grant, the assent of Sr Patrick
not having been obtained to their publication.
The papers came late in the autumn, and after being fully
considered by the cabinet a decision was arrived at. An
incidental question had been raised, on which much stress
was laid, namely, that he had not consulted the council, and
had thereby precluded them from the opportunity of record-
ing their protest, as they were entitled by the act of parlia-
ment to do. He believed that that opinion was founded on
a misapprehension of the act of parliament. It was quite
true he did not consult the council in this matter, and he
did sot think he was bound to do so. The 23rd claw
of the set of parliament was the one which
had reference to this matter and that clause
said " that in case of any difference of opinion on any gum-
tics to be decided at any meeting any member of the
council who may have been present at the meeting may
record his opieion, and any reams for the same may be
recorded in like meaner "—that was to my, that there must
be a meeting of the council, that the matter must be de-
cided at the meeting, in which case the members of the
council might record their dissent if they were overruled
by the Secretary of State, But this question of the reor-
ganisation of the Indian army was one to be decided by the
cabinet. It was not a question for the council or for the
Secretary of State for India, and be did not feel that he
was bound to consult the council upon it. In that re-
spect ha adopted the view of the noble lord who
presided him in office, for the late government came to
a denies in this matter without consulting the council.
The cabinet aims to their decision on the 16th of May that
a bill should be introduced for the reorganisation of the
Indian army, and on the 17th he stated the fact to the
council ; arid he mid to them that as they might wish to
record their opinions, he would, as Secretary of State for
India, take • step which would give them an opportunity
of doing so, and for that purpose he wrote the letter
to the Horse Gouda, directing them to stop recruit-
ing for the Indies service. He believed it woeful be
contrary to the connotation that may member of the
Indian Council should record a minute or memorandum
against the determiestioa of the cabinet, but feeling
that they might Mob to road their opinion in another way,
he gave them the opportunity ei doing so. They did not
avail themselves of that opportunity. But on last Thursday
and resolutions, and memoranda, were put into his
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hand.
He laid these before his eollespes in the cabinet,
and they agreed with him that they could not be received
in their present shape, and that they must be regarded as
non-existent. (Divide, divide.) He felt bound to pat this
matter clearly and frankly before the how, as ft
had bees urged strongly in the manse of the debate.
He had been attacked for brief*, in a small messier&
What did hon. gentlemen expect him to do? (Hear, hear.)
Matters of detail might be regulated by the Indian gown-
, ment ; but it was right and newary to take the opinion
of parliament on this question, and therefore he had =ten-
' duced a bill. The only object was to the conearrenee
of parliament in the measure proposed by government ; and
but for the question of expense this would not have been
necomuy. He would not now enter into &tells. The
, main features of the scheme were that there should be no
local European army, but that all should form part of one
imperial army, and that the officers should be
appointed indifferently, so as to create a per-
, feet equality of feeling amongst them. The staff
' would consist of picked officers, and the ranks from which
they were taken would be properly filled up. He bad
stated the probable increase of expense very simply. Taking
Mr. Hammack's calculation, he found that the additional
, expense would be under 204,000/., said that mg ht be consi-
derably reduced. (Hear, hear.) He had been sUed whether
the officers of the irregular corps would be appointed by the
Indian government Meet undoubtedly. With regard to
the supply of of he entertained so doubt there would
be an adequate supply from the line without any =owe-
' nienoe. With regard to the merits of thaw question, he would
merely say that he had heard no arguments which had
at all shaken the opinion be originally farmed as the sub-
ject. He trusted they would not have any delay beyond
that which =a absolutely necessary for the settlement of
the question. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. A. MILLS said that with regard to the observations
made by the right hon. gentlemen with respect to the
Council of India, Ise was glad to tied the right bon. member
had promised to place the papers on the table of the house.
He would offer no opposition to the progress of the measure
by supporting the motion for the adjournment.

Mr. HORSMAN hoped the motion far the adjournment
would he withdrawn miter what the right bon. gentleman
had undertaken with regard to the Otencilef India. (Loud
cries of "Withdraw.")
The SPEAKER midi that in the absence of the hon. and
gallant member for Westminster (dir De Lacy Evans), who
moved theadjournment, it could not be withdrawn.
The motion for the adjournment was therefore put from
the chnr, and negatived without a division.
On the question that the bill be reads second time,
The house divided, when the numbers were :
For the second reading 2142
Against it 53--229
The bill was then reads sewed time.
The committee on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill
was postponed.
The report of the Committee of Supply was brought
sad agreed te.

COUNTY PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL.
The order for the committal o/ this bill w withdrawn
and discharged.
POOR LAW BOARD pONTINUANCE BILL

Mr. C. VILLIERS mowed the second reading of this
bill, undertaking that an opportunity for disowning it
should be afforded on going into committee.
The bill was read a second time.
THE MILITIA BILL.
_ _

This bill wee, utter soWecisTniniOn,--read a second time
and committed en Monday next.
THE LOCAL TAXATION RETIIILNS BILL.
.

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On the motion for going into committee,
Sir G. C. LEWIS rid this bill wu to extend the pawan
already in existents as to some taxes, in order that full ra.
turns of all local taxes might be made to the bows.
The till pared through committee.
The Railway Cheap Trains, tic., Bill was read • third
time and pseud.
TILE LOCAL GOVERNMENT A.CT AMMIDIEI2iT
BILL.

THE CHINA WAR.

The house went into committee en this bill.
The Marquis of ILARTINGTON prop-vied a clause for
the wee of exempting codmines from being rated seder
this
Mfr. CLINE opposed it, seeing that there was no ground
whatever for the exemption.
Colonel W. PADrEN supported the clause.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said lie saw no reason for extending
the very objectionable system of exemptions to this care
After further discuamou, in which Mr. II UMW, lb.

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THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1860.

AtivOW, and other bon. members took part, the clause was
agreed to, and the bill pawed throng% econmithrs.
The Orme Ontificates, ke., BM woe read a wound time.
THE LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCILE BILL.
The motion for going into committee was opposed by
Mr. CLUMILD, on the ground that so thoe had been given
for considering the details of the mums.
Mr. LAING said the question involved was one merely
ranting to the appointment of commissioners, but as ob-
jections were raised the bill should be poetpooed.
The Lands Clauses Coosolidation Act (1845) Amendment
Bill plead through committee.
THE ADMIRALTY 00IIRMITRISDICTION (No. 2)

&meg ohms' ot this hill were agreed to in committee,
and the chairmen progreen.
The labourers C=l Wootlnad) Bill was read a third
time and pared.
INDEMNITY BILL. _ _

Mr. CLIVE obtaiisiTi leave Coining in a bill to indemnify
such rsons in the United Kingdom as had omitted to
qualify themselves for otiose, Am.

GUNPOWDER, he., BILL.
Sir G. C. LEWIS obtained leave to bring in a bill to
amend the law concerning the making, keeping, and carriage
of gunpowder and compositions of an explosive nature, and
concerning the manufacture, ale, and use of fireworks.

Mr. LAING brought xiPiheeetinTaie of the expenses
relative to the China war. _ .

The lOWlD—uffo-u7:neTtl-4 a quarter-put 2 o'clock.

iLab) intafgaut.

EQUITY 0011111.—Jusx 2.
(Before the Lore Justine el Appal.)
Mtn V. CIOYSDIELL AND 01/1125.

Their Lordships gave judgment apes this case, heard by
consent of the parties in the first instance before the Court
of Appeal io April last.
The object of the suit was to recover a sum of 2,800/. and
interest, being the balance of a sum of 17,000 e., advanced in
1845 b 7 the cheques of certain members id the Finance
Committee of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Cola:
pony, out of the monies of that' company, to the Lon-
don and Birmingham Extension, and Nuthampton, Da-
ventry, Leamington, and Warwick Railway Company.
The fund was borrowed by the latter company for the par-
ries amongst other things of enabling them to pays deposit
of 10,0001. upon the purchase by them of the Warwick and
Napeon Canal Company; and a part thereof, amount-
lag to that sum, was aooordingly paid to the latter corn-
= for that purpose, as soon as the loan was effected.
the canal was after much litigation subse-
quently Of
set %Me, and the 10,000/. repaid to the London
and Birmingham Exteneion, du. Company ; and the evidence
showed the of this fund more than the amount of the
plaintiff's claim in this snit had been expended by the last-
mentioned company for the purposes of their undertaking.
The bill was filed by the official manager of the
Warwick and Worcester Railway Com y against the
official mugger of the London and Tian Extension,
&a,
.Railway Company (both companies in the course
of wind* up under the Winding-up Acts), consequence
of the dsfa having been admitted as a claim against the
latter company, with liberty to the plaintiff in this 'nit to
take seek proceedings as he might be advised.
At the hearing of the snit Mr. Dimes, Q.C., and Mr. Bag-
. for the plaintiff ; Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., and
n. e
for the defendant, the official manger el the
Lesiva and Birmingham Extension, he., Company ,• sad
Mr. Melbas, Q.C., Mr. Bacon, Q.C., Mr. Roxburgk and Mr.
Teel, for the members of the finance committee of the War-
wick and Worcester Railway Company, who bad signed the
cheques carry* the loan into effect, and who were
named as deleadants to the suit.
Their Lordships held that the transaction in question was
a breach of trust as against the Warwick and Worcester
Railway Company committed by the directors by whom it
bad been effected :and that the company represented by the
defendant Croysdill as its official manager, had received the
my and applied it fur their own purposes with notice of
each breach of tout, and were therefore liable to refund the
same. A decree was therefore made against the official ma-
nager of the London and Birmingham Extension, kc.,Bailway
Company to refund, out of the asset/ of that company, the
money, with interest from the timo it was advanuA As
against the other defendant, the bill was dismissed, but
without outs.

COURT OF QUEEN'S =NCR—JuIy 2.
Sittings at Nisi Prim far Loadaa.—(Before the Lord
Chief Justice and Special Juries.)
=MOND% ADVINISTRAVRIX, V. SCHILLER AND ANOTHER.
This was an action brought, under Lord Campbell's act,
by the widow of Mr. William Thomas Edmonds, a tide-
waiter, who upon the 24th of November last met his death
beLtofaliug into the hold of a screw steamer called the
which plies between London and Hamburg, he being
at the time engaged on duty on the vessel, watching the
discharge of the ouzo.
The defendants are proprietors of the vessel, and the
defence was that the deceased knew very well of tf e pod-
tion of the hold, that he ought to have avoided it, and,
ecosequeirtly, that he was the author of his own misfortune.
The jury found for the plaintiff, damages 3.sol.—that le,
20111. for the widow, and 501. for each of three children.
Mr. D. Se r, Mr. Cross, and Mr. Beresford repre-
sented the plaintiff ; Mr. Bevil, Q.C., and Mr. Minya=
the defeadeate.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Join 2.

Bittiup at Nbi Priam is Loodon.—(Before Lord Chief
Justice Me sad a Special Jury.)

THE BRITIBII EMPIRE MUTUAL LIU AbdURANCE COMPANY
Y. CAIPEN7I2.—LIBIL.
This was an action to recover damages for an alleged
libel, the declaration containing two counts, one founded
aeon some passages in a pnielet.L. ID the
called taima.adlettcto
Policy-
holders and Chane
Liabilities of a7".olloes •" and the other u a
an advertisement of the pamphlet in the Daily TelgrpZ.'
The passages principally complained of were these. In
theindex there was the head Ikea, " Delissive Wanes-
sieste—sauta and liabilities;' end moist ibis Mai time
of tie tiffs' company wee Web& he the lady af the
there was this statement :--"This society wee
in 1847, and the report for the year 1858 con-
tabs the following facts :—lncome, 58,9801. ; sum assured,
1.010,5551. ; accumulated fund, 151,8071. This is an
extremely meagre statement, but it is the only one
I have been able to procure. It shows that the ay.ets are
about 9 1-5 per cent. of the rum &NUM, • very email pro-
portion for a company thirteen years old, baying • large
paid-up capital." On the part of the plaintiffs it was stated
that Mr. Carpenter could have obtained inspection of
full accounts of the company by going to the registrer ap-
pointed ander the Joint .&o.a Companies Act if he bad
chosen to have looked at them • and it was further stated
that he himself was a paid lecturer of the Consols Life As-
surance Fund Society, and it was suggested that his object
in writing the pamphlet was to promote the objects of that
society.
A good deal of evidence was given for the plaintiffs,
mainly to show that their affairs were in • highly satisfac-
tory state, and that there was no truth in the statement
that there was anything " delusive " in their belance-sheets.
At the conclusion of the plaintiffs' rase an amicable ar-
rangement was suggested, and the counsel on both sides had
a private interview with his lordship.
Mr. Macaulay subsequently laid that Mr. Carpenter bad
no motive in loafing this pamphlet, except to perform a
public service in the way in which his science and learning
enabled him to do. The iotioduction of the British Em-
pire Compaq under the head* which had been referred
to wee very much to be because it was not the
intention of Mr. Carpenter to impute to this company the
issue of delusive balance-sheet.. This investigation had en-

tartly satisfied Mr• Carpenter affirmatively of that of which
he had no doubt before, that the plaintiffs' affairs were
conducted with perfect probity and homer, that their
society was based upon sound principles, and that the policy
holders were perfectly well secured. There was no meson
why he should have Introduced the plaintiffs' society into
the pamphlet, and he would take good care to remove the
name from it. - - - -

Mr. Lush that the attack In the pamphlet and the
plea put on the record, that the statements were true, had
compelled his clients to come into court and vindicate their
character. Having done this, they were content to with-
draw, upon the understanding that no more copies of the
pamphlet with their name in it should be issued.
The Lord Chief Justice said this was a most satisfactory
termination of the ease. It eear to him that the
plaintiffs' company had vindicated their right to be consi-
dered a company of probity and integrity, carrying on their
business in a mode which entitled them to confidence. Mr.
Carpenter [cave his fullest assent to all this, and therefore
the case might now well stop.
A juror was accordingly withdrawn.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—Jraor 2.
(Before the Chief Conunienceer.)
TN HZ WILLIAM 013101 HOWARD.

This iniolvent, heir to the Earldom of Wicklow, again
sPneedbruary the case was adjourned until to-day (Mr.
Howard being on bail), to effect a settlement with the
creditors by 'Mang a large MI of money in order to save an
adjudication tinder the act.
Mr. fiargood applied for a further adjourament to cirri
out the arrangements which, be mid, were progressing
favourably ; and Mr. Robertson °TIMM appeared for
Joseph Joel, a creditor.
The only question was whether the came should be
adjourned for two months or for four. Oa Aspen of Joel
two or three months would be ecommted to, and cm the part
of Mr. Howard a period of four maths In!. prakevad.
The Chief Commingiatter acceded M the ilialsrov=ticer
and the case was adjourned to the 17th N Me,
Howard remaining on bail.

Tao LivrarooL Pout°Nuts Curt —Thou=
Wleelow, charged with poierming the Me Rm. Jame,
eathiphonse keeper, al Liverpool, was 3resierday %molly
brought before the Liverpool ensestratos, but renmaded for
• week, in order that in the moue time the pollee any eani.
piste their investigation with mud to the three members
of the Townsend family who died some time since, and who
an .apposed to have been palmed by the prioomor.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The July Quarter Sessions commenced yesterday morning
at the Guildhall, Westminster, before Mr. Bodkin, assistant.
judge, Mr. Payne, deputy, and a beach of magistrates.
The calendar contains the names of 44 priaonen for trial,
and the learned Assistant-Judge, in his charge to the grand
jury, congratulated them upon the circumstance that the
number was so small for the metropolitan county at this
period of the year.
Sidney Marke, 26, was indicted for stealing two uniform
coats, of the value of W., the property of William Coutts
Koppel, Viscount Bury, his master.
Mr. Cooper was counsel for the prosecutinn ; the prisoner
was not defended. _ _ _ _

The 'prisoner, it appeared, entered Lord Bury'. service
about four years ego, and left on the Ist of January in the
present year. Lord Bury had entire confidence in him, and
gave him the entire charge of his things. In June last
year Lord Boxy was appointed to so office in the Queen's
household, and Lord Albemarle sent him some uniforms in
order that he might see if the lace would be of any use to
him, and be pre them over to his tailor. In August his
lordship went to Scotland, and he left in his hours, uniforms
of various descriptions, which he had used when on the
staff and in the Guards ; they were kept in a box with an
inventory. In January last, after the prisoner left his ser-
vice, his lordship received her Majesty's commands to go to
Windsor, and he desired hie tailor to return the uniforms.
In consequence of a statement made by the tailor (to
the effect that the uniforms had been returned) Lord Bury
mimed the costa, as well as other things., from the
soldi b 0 andm,alsisthotugheh inventory.. edThi; owner had
re al
right, he said they were upstairs with his lo:dyship's other
articles of attire. When told that they were not, be said
his lordship had given them to him, 'and he had sold them.
John Moss, a Jew dealer in old clothes, statod that he
knew the prisoner, and one morning he was standing out-
Rile a coffee-house at Kuightsbndge when he saw him pm.
He asked him if he had anything in his way ; the prisoner
aid he bad some uniforms. After some conversation the
prisoner said he would bring them to him, and in about half
an hoar be brought a uniform coat trimmed with silver gilt
lace, and a pair of blue trousers trimmed with lace at the
aide, some trimmed horse furniture, a cocked hat, cuffs of
another coat trimmed with lace of an acorn pattern. The
price agreed upon was U., which he paid to the prisoner,
sad stood a bottle of wine. That was the only transaction
Ise ever had with him ; he never went to Lord Bury's resi-
dence. From the description given of the articles by this
witness Lord Bury was enabled to say they were his, and he
distinctly stated that the prisoner had not the slightest
shadow of authority to dispose of them.
The substance of the prisoner's defence was that Lord
Bury had given him the things amongst other left-of clothing,
in consideration of his faithful services to him both here
and in America—whither he accompanied him—for four
years, and that his lordship had even been so good, kind,
and gentlemanly to him, that he could never have enter-
tained the base idea of stealing anything from him. At
the same time he had to say that this charge had been ma-
, licionsly made against him by Lord Bury, in conse-
quence of a dispute upon pecuniary matters which had arisen
between his lordship and a Mr. Nelson, who was concerned
in the Galway packet station business, and he urged that
his hitherto impeachable character gave the lie direct to
the imputation sought now to be east upon it.
Lord Bury said this was utterly false. When he found
that his servant, in whom be reposed entire confidence, had
been robbing him, he deemed it his duty to give him into
custody ; beyond that, he had no feeling in the matter. As
to giving the prisoner old clothes, he could not recollect
having ever done anything of the kind, bet he would not
swear be had not; but this he could swear most positively,
that he never gave him these uniforms.
The prisoner said when he left his lordship's service be
promised to get him a goad situation ; so that showed what
thought of his character.
Lord Bury said he believed he did, but he was not aware
at the time what he had been doing.
The prisoner addressed the jury, reiterating that Lord
Bury had riven him the articles, and called • person to
speak to his character. It appeared that he came from Rick-
maneworth, and was the son of respectable parents there.
The Assistant-Judge summed up, and
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, strongly recommend-
ing him to mercy.
Lord Bury said be very cordially concurred in the recom-
mendation of the jury.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced the prisoner to be kept to
hard labour for one year.