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THE BREVET.

It is stated in the best-informed military circles, that the
Brevet to take place on the 23d instant will be extensive.
It is said to be likely to include,
Captains of 1808 and 1808, on full pay, who are to be Majors.
Majors, 1812 and 1813. on full pay, to be Lieutenant-Colonels.
Lieutenant-Colonels, 1811 and 1812, on full pay: to be Colonels.
C,olonels of 1817 inclusive, on full pay, to be Major-Generals.
Major.tienerals of 1812 and 1813, on full pay, to be Lieutenant.
Generals.
Lieutenant-Generals of 1911 and 1812, on full pay, to be Ga.
nerds.
Should this be carried into effect to the extent stated, it
will lead to various changes. Most of the Aides-de-Camp
to the King would be included, and would, therefore, cease
to be Aides-de-Camp. The command of several regiments
would be vacated, as well as several staff situations, which
are not mmally held by General Officers.
It is reported, that Lieutenant-General Sir R. S. Don-
kin, K.C.B. will be appointed Colonel of the 63d Foot, ewe
Lord Balcarras.

MARKETS.

[From the London New Price Current.]
TUesDAY, APRIL 12.

COTTON.—The demand for Cotton in our market last week
was less active, the *ales amounting to only 7.300 bales, viz. 4,0 W
Egyptian. PM a lad. • 2,000 Pernams, 171 d. a 19d. ; 1,000
Surat, 94d. a 101 d. ; 300 Beugals, 84d. a 91d. ; 200 Smyrna', 12d.
a 13d.

Yesterday the demand for Cotton was considerable • about 1,000
bap were disposed of, chiefly Egyptian, good qualitylqd. a 17d.;
Madras, 10d. • Surats, yid. a !lid. The inquiries to-day conti-
nue considerable.

LIVERPOOL. APRIL 9.

" In the early part of the week the business done in Cotton was
very limited, and purchases were made in some instances rather
below the prices of last week ; on Wednesday, however, the de-
mand revived, and has since continued with increased spirit, parti-
cularly for Egyptian and Brazil ; the former have advanced hi.
a 10., the latter 2d. and most other kinds *out id. per lb."
BUUAR.-The I:osiers done last week in Museovades was
quite inconsiderable; the greater proportion of the brokers did not
offer any Sugars for sale. 'llene has been much more disposition
to do business this meriting, on account of the holders giving way
about Is. per cwt. in the prices ; good tree Sugars, 645., inferiiw,
Ms. ; the purchases are considerable, taking it:to calculation the
few 3lnscovades on sale. The Refined market had some appear-
ance of a revival last week ; lumps, which bad been offered at 825.,
could not be purchased under 83e. and 84s. ; other goods advanced
in proportion. 51E11a-saes, which were 284., advanced to 295. The
Refired market isdecidedly improved this morning; brown lumps
are brink at 845.; Molasses, 295. Towards the close of last week
there were renewed inquiries for Foreign Sugars, particularly for
the liner descriptions, but the holders asked higher prices, which
prevented
_purchases to any extent.
COFFLE.-There were no public sales of Coffee last week ; the
demand by private contract was languid, and the nearest price of',
St. Domingo was stated et 77a. ; it contract of 2,700 bags St. Do
mingu for arrival was sported at 765. The request for Jamaica
and other descriptions suitable for home consumption, has lately
been considerable, and the sales reported by private contract were
at prices his. a 81. higher than were obtained at the last public sale;
good ordinary Jamaica, 725. a 775. There were two public sales
advertised for this forenoon, but only one took place, 754 bags 30
casks Ilavannah ; fine ordinary sold 7:3a. a 755., good ordinary,
71a. a 725., ordinary 6Ja. a 70s. The market for this description
of Coffee must, in consequence, be stated 31. a da. lower to-day ;
the either seesisted of Jamaica dOkripti•lllll after one or tett lots
were bought in, the whole was withdrawn.
INDIGO.-The sale at the ludic House, consisting of 3,227
chests, commenced this forenoon. Of WV chests Bengal, about
one-half sold 3d. a Bd. per lb. above the last sale prices ; of 141
chests Madras, about one half sold 3d. a Is. lower than the preced-
ing sale ; and the Onde, 463 chests, all bought in.
YROVIBIONS.--Beef and pork are tir.n. Bacon is 575. and
stationary. Dutch Butters. 114 s. ; Irish steady, fine is scarce and
higher.
RUB, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.-The Rum and
Brandy market remains in the same languid and nominal state
%Inch we lately reported ; no parcels of either ore pressed on the
market for sale' yet our quotations could not be realised. Genera
is nominated la. for pale.
DYEWOODS.-The quotations have been nominal, and to-
day's public sale of 320 toes Honduras Lcgwood has been all
taken in.
SILK.-There is rather more business doing in Silks; the Thrown
is a shade lower.
SPICES-Spices are exceedingly heavy ; the few sales made
are ai the very reduced prices we this day Insert.
TEA.-The prices of Tea are without variation ; the trade are
in a state of great suspense, on amount of the hourly expectation
of tire quantity to be declared by the Company for next sale.
FittllT.-All the currants in the market have been bought up.
and the pricer quoted realised by the specuirators : • large parcel of
nee red Smyrna Raisins sold at the highest quotations : in the
utter deareiptions there is no material alteration.
ASHES.-The quotations must be considered entirely nominal.
OILS.-The quotations of Oils are little varied ; the holders
declining sellieg till the final settlement as to duties ; till then it
isanticipated the prices will remain in the present nominal state.
HEMP. EL ,ix, and TALLOW.-The Tallow market is in
a trzry depressed !vete ; there have been sales of the new at 375. 3d.,
' but the nearest price today is 375. lid. Hemp is also dull anti rather
!ewer : 411. 10$. • 421. for the new, end for the old 401. ; in bond,
111. Ills. a 321. Tallow for July Red August shipments is 375. 6d.
a Xs. ; the few sales effected in Flax are s the prices inserted.

THE BRITISH PRESS..

LAP,' INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, TUESDAY, APRIL 12.

ill )(AMASSER LOPEZ r. itithaEws.
Mr. SIRADWELL applied for an injunction so restrain the de-
fendant from working ore by steam in certain premises on the
banks of the river Tey. The application was grounded on a breach
of contract in the defendant, by exceeding the limits to which the
working of the ore should be confined. Ile had worked under the
bed of the river, which, by the terns of the contract between the
plaintifland the defendant, be was not entitled to do. The other
ground of the application was, that the steam engine was a nui-
sance.

The Loan Ciotatrctr.t.ost inquired if the defendant was re-
strained from working under the bed of the river—if he could insist
on his leasing to work the ore with the steam engine.
31r. Sttaner ELL replied, that it was a nuiitance by the intercep-
tion of the view from the bottle of the plaintiff.
The I,ORD CitaxcELLOß granted the injunction as far as re-
strained the defendant from working under the bed of the river
Tey, and directed notice to be served with respect to the other part
of At.

cnAstnEss V. TAYLOR.
The LORD CIIARCKLLOR, in granting leave to Counsel (Mr.
Home) to amend the motion an this case, observed, that as the
Opera-house was repairing, there could be no objection to the mo-
tion being repaired also.
GLA3IORGANSHIRE DOWLAIS IRON COMPANY.

WATKINS V. WAVLE.
31r. HART said he had a motion in this case, which his Lord-
ship would very well recollect, and it mu for an order to commit
Mr. Bayley to the Fleet Prison for not delivering up possession of
the above works upon the given day on which the Court had or-
dered the delivery to be made when it set aside the sale.
Alr. KNIGHT said there wu a cross motion to be made.
After some conversation between the Lord Chancellor and the
Counsel on both sides, it was arranged that the order for the com-
mittal of Mr. Bayley stand for Friday nest.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, TustinAy, APRIL 1!.

aldjuairtied Sittings at Westminster after Hilary Term, before the
Loan CIIIE7 JUSTICE and COMM()); J1411:1.

RIOWN V. ROAR.
This was an action to recover the sum of 631. 2s. fal. which was
held by the defendant for the use of the plaintiff, and which the de-
fendant refused to pay when demanded.
The circumstances of the case. as detailed by Mr. Scanarr
were briefly these :—The plaintiff's father married a sister of the
present defendant, Francis Agar. by whom he had the plaintiff and
several other children. The father of Mrs. Brown made a will,
dated July, 1812, whereby he gave the residue of his property
equally between all his children who should be living at the time of
his decease, and he appointed the defendant and two other sons ex.
ecutors. Mrs. Brown died before her father, in consequence of
which she took no interest under the will. The father soon after
also died, upon which a meeting of the executors, and also of the
husband of Mrs. Brown, took place, when it was agreed that a cer.
Lain portion of the testator's property should be set apart to accu-
mulate for the benefit of Mrs. Brown's children, to be paid to them
as they should respectively come of age. Among a part of the tes-
tator's effects, was a debt owing to him on the promissory note of a
Mr. Sherborne, who had married one of his daughters. This debt,
it was agreed, should remain in the hands of Sherbome, at interest,
for the purpose above stated. Sherborne. in 1821, disposed of the
farm he then occupied to the present defendant, who purchased the
stock, &c. at a valuation, and out of the purchase.money retained
the sum of 212/. 2s. fid. heir g the amount of the debt due from
Sherborne to the testator: and thus the defendant became the holder
of the money agreed to be act apart for the benefit of Mrs. Brown's
family. Out of this sum the defendant had paid the shares of all
Mrs. Brown's children except that of the present plaiutifE The
plaintiff; having attained his age of twenty-one years, desired his
father to apply for his share ; but the defendant refused to pay it,
assigning as his reason, that it Ira' no legacy, but a gift only, and
therefore it was optional with the executors whether they would
pay it or not ; and as the plaintiff was himself abroad, they would
not, under any circumstances, consent to pay the money to the fa.
thee. The question therefore to be considered was, whether or not
an action could be brought against the defendant, as the bolder of
the money for the use of the plaintiff.
The Loan Caller JUSTICI observed, that in point of law lie
had no hesitation in saying, that all the parties who were bene-
ficially interested in the effects of the testator, having agreed that
the debt due to the testator's estate from Sherborne should remain
in his hands for the benefit of Mrs. Brown's children, that then the
person who should obtain that money from the hands of Sherborne,
would be legally bound to appropriate it according to the ternis on
which it had been suffered to remain in the hands of Shaborne
himself. . .

......
Mr. GURNEY said. as thst was the opinion of his Lerdship, he
then had nothing to observe further upon the subject.
The Jury accordingly returned a verdict for the plaintiff; for
ssl. 2s. Gd.
etabwEr.r. v. TEI IMPIEMIAL CAI.LIGHT COMPANY.
This was an action to recover damages sustained by the plain- '
till; occasioned by the negligence of the savants of the defendants.
Mr. Scan LETT stated the case. The plaintiff was a stationer
in Illandford.street, Manchester-square, parish of Mary-la-bonne.
The defendants had been incorporated fur a very useful purpose—
that of affording light to the Metropolis by means of that adrni-
table discovery, gas ; but in doing this they were bound to take
care no injury should accrue to any person. The Imperial Gas
Company had been engaged by contract •o light the parish of
Mary-la-bonne. In the month of September last their servants
were employed in taking up the pavement in Blandford-street,
where the plaintiff's shop was situate, in order to lay down the
necessary pipes for conducting the gas. In doing this they injured
the service-pipe which conveyed the water out of the main into the
house opposite to the one occupied by the plaintiff: This was at-
tempted to be repaired, but in so negligent a way, that no sooner
was the water let on than the service-pipe was almost immediately
forced out of the orifice of the main or Company's pipe, into which
it is customary to fasten it by means of leather, and not by solder.
In consequence of this, the water burst forth with such force as to
ascend as high as the second floor of the plaintiff's house. The
shop windows were broken, the cement or pointing in the front of
the house was washed out to the depth of- nearly an inch, and a
great quantity of stationery and other articles were altogether
spMed. The damage to the goods had been estimated at 301., and
tbe injury done to the house at 241. As the defendants had not
made any proposition to compensate the plaintiff; he now brought
his action to recover these sums.

1 he Loan CH tar JUSTICE thought that the question could be
better decided out of Court.

Mr.iittot:Greass, for the defendants, said that his clients had
proposed to do s r, but the proposition was not acceded to.
Evidence was given to prove the case, and
Mr. BROUG oast addressed the Jury for the defendants.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up to the Jury, and ob.
served, that there appeared to him to be no defence whatever to die
action. _ _

.....
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 401.
His Lontistiir reniar!;.cd that it was hardly possible to wag'
through the streets without observing instances of the negligence
of either the Gas or the Water Companies in some way or the
other.

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Aran 12.

FORGERY.

Andrew Thompson, whOirU,tin Saturday, tried and acquitted
on a charge of forging a bill of exchange, was this day again put
on his trial, charged with forging, and uttering as true, a certain
paper purporting to be a bill of exchange. drawn on and accepted
by Robert Wilson, with intent to defraud Richard Bury, in the
city of London. on the 30th of November.
The same features characterised this case as were adduced on the
former trial, with this difference, that two gentlemen, who had re-
ceived-receipts from Wilson, swore that they could not believe the
indorsement to be that of Wilson, and to rebut this, a person named
George Beland swore to taking the bill to the White Hart Tavern.
Thames-street. giving it to Oakley, getting it back endorsed, and
returning it to the prisoner Thompson. The witness also swore
that the writing on the bill was that of Wilson.
Mr. Justice PARC, in summing up the evidence, said, it was
clear that there had been a most enormous juggle and fraud be-
tween the parties ; but it was for the Jury to say whether the for-
gery was asiabinlissi, - -
The Jug retired foe half en hour, and on their return found the
prisoner Not Guilty.
No evidesthe being offered en the other indictment, and tie
Grand Jury having been discharged, the prisoner was set at liberty.
STEALING IN A DWELLING-HOUSE.
Henry Infirm:, aged 27, was capitally indicted fur stealing in
the dwellingthouse of John Lowe and John King, the sum of 181.
the monies of Thomas Young.
The primmer, a porter in the employment of the prosecutor, had,
it appeared, during the absence of the clerks at dinner, broken
open the desk of the counting-house, and stolen from it a tin cash-
box, containing the monies in question, and some hundred pounds
in bills. From his not returning to his work the next morning, the
suspicions previously entertained against him were (unfurled. A
constable vu sent to apprehend hint, and he was taken at his
lodgings with three sovereigns of the money in his pockets, and a
pair of pistols In 'his hands—one loaded with three balls, but so
small a quantity of powder as to render them, if discharged, it.
effective, and tie other nearly filled with powder and wadding, but
without any ball. The cash-box missing had been found in die
cellar of Mr. Young's house, forced open at the top with a chirel,
and the sovereigns shaken oat of the aperture, but with the bills
still remaining a the bottom, front the lock having resisted any
attempts to pick it.
The case having been fully proved—
The prisoner, in his defence, admitted the robbery; but denied
any intention t. 3 use the pistols offensively, having purchased them
in a state of intoxication, for the purpose of self-destruction. He
asserted that he was frequently insane when in that state, and that
at the time of his apprehension he was so slruuk as to be unable to
understand what lie was doing.
Tne constable being called, stated that the prisoner was very
drunk at the time of his apprehension.
The Jury immediately found him Guilty—Death.
Young, the prosecutor, having reeciumended Cur. to mercy on
account of his previous good character,
The Learned J cows expressed his intention to forward the re-
commendation, hough It was the uniform practice of tbeJudges,

and he thought a very proper one, to punish with severity all
breaches of trust in servants.
Richard Stanley Hill, a waiter, aged 45, was indicted for stealing
a silk handkerchief, and an eye-glass, the property of Ann Howell.
It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor, Ann Howell,
advertised foe a situation as housekeeper; that the prisoner, in con-
sequence of that advertisement, called upon and engaged ber for an
hotel in Ramsgate, of which he stated himself to be the proprietor;
that he took lodgings in her house for the time of his pretended re-
sidence in London, and after various acts of swindling, finally stole
the things in question.
The prosecutrix admitted, however, in the cross-examination by
Mr. PHILLIPS, that she dined with the prisoner every day; that
he drank a bottle of wine after dinner, ar.d another after supper at
her expense ; that she put off her mourning to go to the play with
him ; and that she would not have preferred this chug/ if the
prisoner had paid her the 51. which had been expended on his
account.
The Jury credited the defence, that these things were lent to the
prisoner, and pronounced a verdict of acquittal.
PERJURY IN THE CASE OF COX AGAINST KEAN.
Before 51r.Sergeant Aetaistx and a London Jury.

The defendant, Daniel needley, was indicted for having been
guilty of the crime of perjury, by swearing falsely and corruptly at
a certain trial before the Lord Chief Justice, at Guildhall, that he
knew Robert Albion Cox and his wife well, and that on a certain
day, in June Iltl4, he met them walking together in St. Martin's-
lane, Charing-cross.
Mr. A noi. PRIM, for the prosecution, commenced by observing,
that in addressing inhabitants of the City of London upon the sub-
ject of the present indictment, he felt he was not to speak of a mat-
ter which was wholly unknown to them. It must be in the recol-
lection of the Jury, that the worthy Alderman (Mr. Cox) had
brought an action against Mr. Kean, a well-known stage. player,
for criminal conversation with his wife, and that the plaintill, in a
trial at Guildhall, in this city, had obtained a verdict for the injury
he had sustained.. Out of the evidence of the defendant upon that
trial the present indictment arose. It was, of course, the duty, as
it was the interest, of the defendant in that case, to bring forward
every topic of argument or point of evidence which might either
free 'him altogether from the charge, or diminish the amount of da-
mages which were laid against him. The evidence of the present
defendant was, to doubt, produced with that view, and as great da-
mages were not the object of the plaintiff, he might have been con-
tented with the verdict which had been pronounced in his favour,
or at least been very. little incommoded by any thing which had
been offered in opposition to it, had not the testimony of the pri-
soner at the bar made an attack upon his feelings of rectitude, and
impeached these principles of honour and probity which every citi-
Ten of London must desire to preserve untainted and .unsuspected
for he bad no doubt of the unanimous consent of every one who
heard him, that if a man brings an action for the deprivation of his
wife's society, and yet on the eve of that trial is seen paradieg
publicly through the most crowded streets of the metropolis with the
very object of whose loss he was complaining, be was certain, here-
peated, they would acknowledge that nothing could be more basely
hyp critical or dissembling, and that he had not only forfeited all
claim to damages, but all title to honour or respectability. To rescue
himself from this vile imputation, is the sole aim of the present
prosecutor. The prisoner is employed as a door-keeper in that
house where Mr. Kean has established his claims to public favour ;
in that house, whose present great popularity he has mainly, by
his extraordinary talents, produced ; and here he (Mr. Adolphus)
would beg leave to say, without meaning at all to question Mr.
Kean's title to the reputation he has acquired--without meaning to
say any thing offensive, that the information which Mr. Kean had
obtained from the prisoner, must have been from the very first re-
jected in hie own mind as totally unworthy of credit. That evi-
dence stated that he, Daniel Hendley, had seen the plaintiff, after
the discovery of the adultery, and before the trial of the cause, on or
about the 11th of June last, walking arm-in-arm with his wife ;
that the lady betrayed, by touching her husband's arm, a con-
sciousness of having been discovered; and that he, llendley, was
confident of his not being mistaken as to her identity, from his
having seen her so frequently go into the box-doors of the theatre.
Whether this evidence was intended to dishonour the plaintiff, or
whether it was only meant to affect the damages in the minds of the
Jury, he would not stop now to inquire. Mr. Cox did not, as he
said before, require heavy damages. He had obtained a verdict,
and was satisfied with the result upon that point. But he now
came before them, and he (Mr. Adolphus) would be obliged to call
him, to prove that he had never walked with his wife from the mo-
ment he had repudiated her, and the time that she had shown, by
her conduct with Mr. Kean, that she disregarded all connubial ob-
ligations. Whether the defendant would plead in defence that he
had been mistaken, misinformed, or misadvised, it was not for him
to determine. All the worthy Alderman required was a vindica-
tion of his character ; and if he (Mr. Adolphus) might be allowed
slightly to mix himself up with this trial, he would say that he had
known him for four-and-twenty years and he had never met with a
man more openhearted, cheerful, liberal, honest, and upright, or
more free from all feelings of rancour or malignity. He came be-
fore them solely to redeem that portion of his character which had
been tainted by the evidence of the prisoner—not with a view to
:ry over again that which had been already determined—not to
play any stage play, when the liberty and character of any Jodi-
vidual was at stake. if the defendant may have stretched a point
in favour of Mr. Kean, as all men might do when their feelings
were strongly interested, the plaintiff would receive the acknow-
ledgment with the spirit of mildness and liberality which distin-
guished him. But it was not for the Jury to depart from the so.
lemn duty they owed to the public,from the fear of any consequences
to the prisoner. lf, }ran the evidence, they were convinced that
he had been guilty of wilful perjury, he (Mr. Adolphus) called
upon them, for the sake of his client's reputation—for the sake of
public justice, to pronounce a verdict which might operate as a
warning to others.
The evidence of the defendant before the Lord Chief Justice at
was then put in and read by Mr. (hirer, the ahort-hand
miter.

It stated shortly, that he had been a door-keeper at Drury-late
theatre since it was rebuilt ; that he knew lies. (,ox well that he
met her with her husband in St. Martin's-lane in the beginning of
June ; that he gave them the wall, and that Mrs. Cox seemed to
know him from her pulling her husband by the ann. &c.
Robert Albion Cox was then examined II Mr. Adolphus.—Had
not seen Mrs. Cox from the 11th of A pril last year, until last Sun.
day three weeks, when lie met her in the Regent's Park. Had
never walked with her at any time since the diecovery of her in.
constaney. Had an employment every day in Manchester-build-
ings. Never walked, unless accompanied by someone, generally
"his niece. Did this from precaution. Knew defendant ; recolleled
meeting him in St. Martin's-lane when his niece was with him ;
and remembered her easing, " that was one of the Drury-lane
people." Never met defendant afterwards ; and was certain of the
day, from his having taken a lesson in Spanish that morning.
Cross-examined by Mr. A NDIEWIL—Had seen defendant a
great many years, and knew hint to be an old and esteemed ser-
vant. Had never given him any reason for ill-will, nor could not
conceive any motive he could have for injuring him. Always took
care to have some one with him tiom the advice of his Solicitor,
and because he knew Mrs. Cox to be such a clever, cunning, acute
woman, that he was afraid of some plot to obstruct the proceedings
in Doctors' Commons for a divorce. Did not know a Mr. Owen,
nor the present residence of Mrs. Cox.
Miss Ann Wickstead, the niece, examined by Mr. A DOL ris US.
—Walked out with her uncle every fair day in June ; remembered
meeting defendant ; was certain there was not the slightest resem-
blance between her and Mrs. Cox.—[The other parts of this wit-
ness's evidence corroborated that of the preceding witness.]
Cross-examined.—Could not tell how many fie* days to June,
or hoar many *et ones ; but always walked with her uncle when it
was fine; on wet days he took a coach.
Reexamined-11 as dressed then as now. (The witness, • very
elera, nt.looking woman, cu dressed in a white gown and straw
bnnr.et, with a pearl white crape shawl, and white lace vet!.) Might
have met Hendley afterwards, but does not recollect it. Mentioned
meeting him to the servant when she got home. Mrs. Cox was not
at all like her; phoner and smaller altogether.
Signor Alcala proved his having given lessons to Mr. Cox in the
Spanish language last June.
Mr. ADOLPHUS said, that was his case.
Mr. AWDIEWS, for the defence—After some prefatory observe.
tion, remarked upon the fact, that the law was barely satisfied in
this ease with the proof of perjury, because it absolutely required
two witnesses to support such a charge, and the two witnesses were
alr. Cox and his niece. He did not mean to say that they were
not to be believed, but he thought the case might have been rut
beycnd doubt by the production of Mrs. Cox, who could at once
have stated whether she wslked with her husband on the day
mentioned or not. The Learned Gentleman then argued strongly
against any corrupt motive on the part of Hindu,. nun 1124 as
knowledeed fact that there was no cause of animosity between him
and the NVorthy Alderman, and maintained that it was not at all
exixonlinsry Headley should fall into a mistake about Mrs. Cox,
when it was admitted that the Alderman had been obliged
to keep his niece consiantly by his side, that he might pre.
duce her in denial of the report then abroad, that he continued
to see his wife after the discovery of the adultery. That such a
report was prevalent he (Mr. Andrews) would prove, and indeed it
would be his painful duty to produce a witness who maintained,
even now, that he had actually seen 3lrs. Cox with her husband at
a later period titan liendley had sworn to. The Learned Counsel
concluded a very able speech by remarking, that if it was, as he
believed, true that Mrs. Cox had not been seen with her husband,
it wu only another proof how easily the world, always more busy
with other people's affairs than its own, might be mistaken . • and
that, in the absence of all probable motive, the Jury ought, if they
believed Ilendley had not seen Mrs. Cox, to acquit bim of swear-
ing with a guilty knowledge, or any malicious intention.
Thomas Owen, for the defence, deposed, that he had an India
shawl warehouse in Bond-street, and that he knew Mrs. Cox from
her frequently making purchases at his shop, and the Alderman
from his having waited upon him foe the payment of his bills; met
Mr Cox and Mrs. Cox, on the 18th of June, 11124, about eleven or
twelve in the day, near Wych-street, Drury.lane; was certain of
their persons; knew Miss Wickstead well, but was confident that
she was not the Alderman's companion; believes now, after all he
hats heard. that it was Mrs. Cox, and will go down to his grace
with that impression ; nothing could alter it.
Cross-examined—Was not called upon the trial, because he did
not mention the feet until after its termination ; had known :Gm
Cox for seven years; only saw the Alderman when he paid the
bills.

I'o remove the imputation that the prisoner had as an after-
thought made use of thia meeting with 31r. Cox and his niece, to
benefit Mr. Kean on his vial, Mr. AN on Ews called several wit-
nesses, who proved that Hendley mentioned it the moment he
reached the theatre, and that he had only come forward in conse.
quence of a letter from Mr. Kean% attorney, wbo bad accidentally
heard of the renwntrt.

Mr. Sigel!, the attorney in that ease, and the present Mr. Win-
ston, the acting manager of Drury-line theatre, and Mr. Dunn.
the treasurer, gave the prisoner a high character for honesty and
integrity for the last 14 years.
Mr. ADOLPHUS, in reply, addressed the Jury at some length,
remarking upon the improbability of Mr. Cox, a man so publicly
known, after the circumstances he had related, attempting to walk
with Mrs. Cox, a woman almost as publicly known as himself.
Ile contended that Hendley's motive was palpable, from his eon-
nezion with Mr. Kean and the theatre ; and that if be himself
had any doubts before, ha was now convinced from the defence
(bat tho prisoner knew he was it/lazing what was net tree. He
felt that such must be the impression of the Jury, and he looked'
with confidence to a verdict which would prevent others from
indulging themselves, by any motive of friendship or interest, in
either a rumness of language or misrepresentation of facts.
Mr. Sergeant Alums recapitulated the whole of Me evidence in
this important ca'e, and left it to the Jury to say whether the pri.-
saner bad sworn falsely by design ; whether, disbelieving the evi-
dence of Mr. Cox and his niece, he had sworn truly or whether
he had sworn what was not true from mistake, and without any
guilty knowledge.
The Jury, after considering for tome time, but without leaving
the hnx, pronounced a verdict—" That Daniel Headley had sworn
mistakenly, but not with any intention to do wrong at the time."
The trial connuesced at five o'clock, and terminated a little after
eight. The Court was crowded to excess during the whole in-
vestigation.