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he declared himself ready to take either or none, I the facts connected with his resignation did not stand
as it should be thought best for the public service ; but ! fully and fairly before the public, to make a statement in
his noble friend at the head of the Government, who addition to that. Le Lad .21oly .itibmitted ; hor w0,..-.1,1 it
had great confidence iu the abilities of the noble Duke, . become me to complain, even 9-lough it be true that my
proposed that the noble Duke should have the choice of n.,ble friewl, in inal:ing that et Lt.nlQui,, 11.7.. s not zdtoge-
the two offices, and there was no opposition to his wish. ther confined himself to matters of fact, but likewise has
(Hear, hear.) The next statement was this }ho had ' intimated opinions and has entered into partial discussion
imputed errors to the Duke of Newcastle, but he referred of great and important subjects with reference to the
in his letter to the error committed in regard to the 97th late Government and theproceedings of its members, which
Regimentt, not for the purpose of censuring the noble it would be impossible now to discuss in a satisfactory
Duke, but in order to show that there was manner. If I feel it my duty to refer to certain observe-
not full efficiency in the administration of the tions made in the course of the noble lord's speech, I
office—(hear, hear)—and he stated to the noble duke at shall do so, in the first place, with a feeling of the im-
the time that if he required additional power to increase portance due to matters of fact ; and, in the second
its efficiency he should immediately apply to the Prime place, with a conviction, which I feel the noble lord
Minister to supply the defect that might exist. (Hear.) shares, of the inconvenience of discussions of this nature,
His impression was, not that the Duke of Newcastle continued from period to period, between persons of
was unfit for his department, but, as he had already great eminence, who have recently stood in the confiden-
stated, either the Prime Minister must be con- teal relations of colleagues to one another, and who do
stantly exerting himself in making the necessary not meet on the floor of this house, or of the other house
preparations for carrying on the war, or that the War of Parliament., where our discussions might be brought
Minister must have extraordinary authority and judg- to a speedy issue, but who must reply to each other
ment. (Hear, hear.) His opinion was, however, that without the advantages which personal encounter un-
had the Prime Minister been a man whose pursuits and doubtedly confers,. sir, my noble friend adverted first
disposition would lead him to hasten the necessary pre- of all to what took place at the peried of the asnump-
parations for the war, the Duke of Newcastle would time of office by my noble friend the Duke of New-
have been found perfectly competent for the department castle. On that point I think it is not necessary
he held ; but with Lord Aberdeen as Prime Minister, or just to carry the matter further than this—that the
the affairs of the department could only be conducted assumption, or rather the retention, by the Duke of
by a Minister having extraordinary energy and authority. Newcastle of that office, was a retention which was made
Under that belief, he had no hesitation in admitting with the full, unqualified, and unhesitating sanction
that the Duke of Newcastle had done all he could in of the entire Cabinet; and that, under those circura-
the circumstances in which he had been placed. (Hear.) stances, it would not be fair or just to lay the responsi-
I now come to a more important question, namely, to bility of that retention anywhere except upon the entire
the statement that I had withdrawn altogether my pro- Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen. I have heard to-day from
position. Now there were two questions which I had my noble friend that if it had happened to be proposed
incorporated in the letter which I wrote to Lord Aber- to him that he should assume the functions of the War
dean ; the one was as to the constitution of the War De- Department, he might have been willing to listen to such
partment —whether the offices of the Secretary of State a proposal. I believe that such a nomination would
and the Secretary at War should be consolidated into have been quite satisfactory to the country, but I am
one, or administered separately; and the other related sure at the same time the noble lord will say Ido no
to the efficient direction of the war, and the person into more than justice to the late noble Secretary of State for
whose hands the department should fall. The house will the War Department when I say that he had no means
at once see the two questions were wholly distinct. atithat period of knowing from my noble friend that
(Hear, hear.) With regard to the first of these ques- such a willingness existedj The noble lord has said be
tions I consulted a noble friend of mine, who long held, did not think the combination of the Earl of Aberdeen
with the respect and the satisfaction of this house, the as first Minister of the Crown with the Duke of New-
office of Secretary at War—Lord Panmure. (Hear.) I castle as Secretary for War, was a combination adequate
thought I could go to no better person, as I had some to the emergency. No doubt that is the opinion which my
conversation with him on that subject last year, and I noble friend has made known on a former occasion to the
wished to ascertain his opinion on a question of some house ; but, at the same time, it is to be remembered
importance. My noble friend told me in reply that he that the question is material at what date that opinion
thought there should be a Secretary at War, charged was made known. Ido not think my noble friend in-
with the finances of the army, but that lie should also be tends it to be understood that he had made known that
a Secretary of State ; but with respect to the other opinion to the First Lord of the Treasury or to the
question - I have mentioned, and in this I have been Secretary for War, or to the Cabinet at large, until the
confirmed by my noble friend (hear, hear) I middle of the month of November. [Lord J. Russell
never stated to him anything relating to the offices was understood to intimate assent.] If that is so, the
held by either the Duke of Newcastle or Lord Palmer- matter stands quite clear. (Hear, hear.) Sir, my noble
ston ; that was a question which I never touched on friend refers to a note quoted in the publication to which
with him, for whilst I thought that the constitution of he has referred, and in which he wrote to the Dake of
departments in the Government was a question on which Newcastle, " You have done all you could," and then he
I could not ask an opinion out of the Cabinet, I should stopped, as if it had been the termination of the see-
have thought it highly improper if I had asked an twice, " but you have been obstructed and overruled by
opinion out of the Cabinet relative to the persons fit to other departments." I mean where my noble friend
hold them. (Hear, hear.) What I stated on the 16th did not purport to quote, but the words were remark-
of December, therefore, had reference to the distinctness able, and I think it obvious they were general in,
of these departments. I know I stated more than their application. That may be a matter of opinion ;
once, and I may have stated to Lord Aberdeen. but, at any rate, it may be well that they should be
at that time, that after the noble lord had said borne in presence—" You have done all that could be
that he could not. honestly recommend to the Queen done, and lam sanguine of success." Well, then,
that the office of Secretary at War should be trans- sir, my noble friend comes to the supposed change
ferred from the hands of the Duke of Newcastle to those of opinion, which, as I stated in this house, had
of his noble friend the Secretary of State for the Home been announced by my noble friend on the 16th of De-
Department, that it was not my intention to bring that cember. He states truly that there were two questions
question again before the Cabinet, because if it were to be decided—the arrangement of the departments, and
decided adversely to Lord Aberdeen, it would have been the choice of persons to fill those departments. This
equivalent to depriving him of the Cabinet over which latter question the noble lord says he never opened in
he presided. (Hear, hear.) Now I was very likely in conversation with Lord Panniure ; and if I understood
error in coming to that determination ; and it is also him aright it appears he had changed his opinion at that
likely that having formed the opinion I have mentioned, date on the subject of the arrangement of the depart-
it would have been for the welfare of the country if I meats, but not with respect to the alterations he had
bad pressed it on the Cabinet, and if it had decided con- proposed should take place as regarded the individuals
trary to my opinion, at once to have resigned my office. filling those departments. Of course it is not for me
I own, however, I wasadverse to bringing the question to to say what was the state of the noble lord's mind at
such an issue, for I wished, as long as possible, particularly that time. The statement of his own mind on this sub-
in the relation in which I stood to Lord Aberdeen, and ject, whether in this house or in any other place, must
having accepted office under him to maintain his Ad- be conclusive. But what I wish to point out is this,
ministration as long as I consistently could. (Hear, that the head of the Government and the colleagues of
hear.) As events progressed, various questions arose my noble friend had not the means of ascertaining the
with respect to the war, and in regard to them all I nature of the distinction thus drawn. For, in the first
endeavoured to give my assistance to Lord Aberdeen, place, there was a material connection between those
the Duke of Newcastle, and the Cabinet in improving two questions. I need not enter into details, but it is
the condition of army, and in providing for the means of known to those who hear me, and will be perceived by
its future operations. I must say, at the same time, these who refer to the arrangements of the Government,
that with respect to some of these questions—such for that the question of the arrangement of the departments
instance as the question raised in this house by his hon. was not an abstract question, but necessarily involved a
friend the member for Aylesbury, as to the danger change of men ; and, on the other hand, that a change
which might be incurred if the Russian army was in- of men could not be separated from the arrangement of
creased on the land side, -and the necessity of providing the departments. It is not for me to argue with my
some force to meet any invasion of the Russians on that noble friend whether he was correct or not in supposing
side. That was a very important question, and occu. these questions to be separate and distinct, but as he has
pied my attention considerably, but I cannot say that it described the state of his mind, so in venturing to ad-
met with that sufficient attention from Lord Aberdeen dress the house I think it was but just to describe to
which I could have hoped. However, I still continued them from an authentic source the state of mind of the
a member of the Cabinet. My noble friend the Secre- Prime Minister, and the impressions he had received
tary for the Home Department, the other day, said, in from my noble friend, he (Lord Aberdeen) being the
answer to the statement which I had made melium of communication between my noble friend and
here, that I had not taken a right time, •or the the Cabinet. Now, sir, in that respect I have nothing
right mode of resigning, and. 'that I ought to_ bare to change or modify in what I stated to the house. It .
brought before the Cabinet, before Parliament met, the did not appear to the Irirst-Lordof the Treasnrythist there
question of how any motion for inquiry was to be en- was any such distinction between the views and listen-
countered, and Ito have stated the deficiencies which I tions of my noble friend as he has described to-night. I
still thought existed with respect to our military ar- have in my possession, from having received a very early
rangewents connected with the war. I think my noble communication on the subject, within two or three days,
friend was entirely right in saying that I ought to have having received a communication on the subject from the
' done so. (Cheers.) lam quite willing to admit that, noble lord at the head of the Government—l have the
and I perceive the error into which I have means of speaking with the greatest confidence as to
fallen. It was an error on my part not to that which the noble lord supposed and believed he
have fully considered the position I should learned from the mouth of my noble friend ; and it was
be in if a motion for inquiry should be made after the the fact whisk I stated that Lord Aberdeen took an op-
opinion I had expressed and the dissatisfaction I felt ; pertunity, on the 16th of December, in conversation
but be that as it may, having committed an error, I felt with my noble friend, to refer to the correspondence
that I should be guilty of a still greater error —of an error which had taken place, and to the notice that had been
in morality, and there can be no sound politics given by my noble friend to his colleagues of his inten-
without sound morality—(cheers)—if I stood up in tioa to make his remaining in the Government contba-
this house and opposed inquiry, and told this house to gent upon the adoption of certain arrangements, or, at
be perfectly satisfied with regard to these arrangements, all events, in consequence of their non-adoption, to with-
whilst, at the same time, my own mind was not satisfied draw from the Government. Now, the noble earl at the
with regard to them,
_ and I did not feel that they were head of the Government said at that period that my
satisfactory. (Loud cheers.) It had been said that I noble friend admitted at that time that he had changed
might have stood by my colleagues,_ and that if the Go. his intentions. It was not stated by him or me. The
vernment had been defeated I should have resigned with statement was that he had changed his intention ; and
I them. I cannot say that that proposition is at all satisfac- so far as the recollection, the impression, and the written
tory to my mind, for it is pressmed that I was to take a testimony of the noble earl the First Lord of the Trea-
course which I was conscientiously opposed to. (Cheers.) sury made at that period is concerned, he certainly was
But there was another alternative to be considered : the not cognisant of any such arrangements as those stated
event might have been different, and a majority might to-night, arrangements of departments, and of persons to
have declared in favour of the Government, and what fill those departments ; and I think my noble friend will
course could I have taken ? (Hear, hear.) After all, I feel that, supposing those intentions to have been eater-
am very glad I did not run that risk. (Hear, hear.) tamped by him, up to the 23d of January he kept my
But I must say I have been much struck with a state- noble friends and the Cabinet ingeneral oompletelyin the
went which is totally new to me, and which is princi- dark. Matters of all descriptions—matters military,
pally contained in the speech of the Duke of matters civil, matters legislative, matters Parliamentary
Newcastle, viz., that he some days before the —had been discussed in the Cabinet, and upon no one
meeting of Parliament, had placed his resignation in the of the days of these meetings did there appear the
hands of Lord Aberdeen, and had stated that if any slightest symptom of an intimation on the part of my
censure was passed on the conduct of the war, and noble friend to make any proposal, or of any wish that
even if that censure was resisted successfully, a change should take place in the persons to whom the
he should still retire from the office he administration of the War Department was consigned.
held. Now, I was totally ignorant of any such My noble Mend has referred to a speech made by
resignation having been offered. (Loud cheers.) With the honourable member for Aylesbury, and what he
regard to my own resignation, I must say that I calls the interesting position in which he stood with re-
think, under these circumstances, the advice of my ference to the new campaign. It appears that my noble
noble friend (Lord Aberdeen) to her Majesty to accept friend is of opinion that certain provisions should have
it without any further communication with me was been made, acrd measures adopted, in proportion for the
somewhat hasty. (Hear.) I think it was but due to me new campaign, which were not made. Well, sir, my
will acquit me and my colleagues of any
to have informed me of the communication he had re- noble friend

ceived from the Duke of Newcastle, and we might then
have considered together whether the motion for
inquiry could be resisted on good and sufficient grounds.
The noble lord then proceeded to advert to the obloquy
which had been cast upon him for the step he hal
taken, and observed that if his past public life did
slot justify him from the charge of selfishness .or
treachery, he would make use of no arguments for the
purpose of defence. After a few further remarks with
regard to the reception of his first letter by the Earl of
Aberdeen, the noble lord went on to say that
her Majesty was pleased, on Friday night last,
to call upon him to undertake the formation of a Go-

responsibility in that matter. It was impossible, in de•
ference to any suggestion of his, to take such measures,
because we had no notice or hint whatever from him to
the effect that he desired such provision should be made.
(Hear, hear.) Sir, my noble friend has adverted again
to a point I must mention in the publication to which
attaches more or less the authority of the Duke of New-
castle. He says he finds from that publication that his
grace, a few days before the meeting of Parliament upon
the 23d of January, placed his resignation in the hands
of Lord Aberdeen, and stlted to that noble earl that if
his conduct were defended by the Government, and if no
vote of censure were passed, he then intended to make

vernmenti He felt that there were two reason; which
made it incumbent upon him to obey her Majesty's com-
mands. The one was that he had been instrumental in
tke decision of the house on Monday night last,
in consequence of which the Government had resigned,
and the other that it had been attributed to him that he

that resignation pbrolUte, and to retire from the depart-
ment ho then held. Sir, I must confess I think my
noble friend has not correctly gathered the nature of the
statement made by the Duke of Newcastle. The words
I have found imputed to him, and which I believe to be
those be employed, are as follows :--"The noble lord in

was disposed, from mere cowardly feeling, to shrink
from encountering a vote of that house on the conduct of
the war. Therefore he thought it incumbent on him not to
shrink from a task the most honou-able, but at the same
time the most arduous in the present situation of public
affairs. He found, however, that there were insuper-
able obstacles to his forming a Government. He was
not surprised ; on the contrary, he concurred in some
objections which his friends urged, and he submitted to
her Majesty that he could not succeed. his lordship con-
cluded by excusing his omission to notice the heroic ao-
tions of the Second Division at Alma and Inkerman,
referred to on Friday by Sir De. Lacy Evans,
on the ground that he never professed to
give a detailed narrative of the achievements of the
army, to whom he paid a feeling compliment. His
lmoship sat down amidst loud cheers.
Tne CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER—I do
not think that the last remarks of the noble lord call
for any observations on my part. I would only venture
to say that it required no assurance from the noble lord
to convey to our minds the most distinct conviction that
if there had been any incompleteness in any portion of
the s'atement in which he, as a civilian, was charged
with describing military matters of great importance, the
very last motive to which that incompleteness could be
ascribed would have been indifference on the part of the
ncoabuleedlourpdo.n
to
Andtakagain, sir, with respect to what. pre-
ceded that portion of the remarks of my noble friend—
voifza., thea ovperatilwenhtich, as he informs us, he has lately been
that my noble fri:endi
ex-
cept to strengthen the
this particular and important crisis, of
t
persons charged with the dutierial
the other hand, I believe that
general rule, in these references,
there is no responsible and efficient':
n the transaction of the formation
tohbavtiothuesr,e:think, to the house
Government,durinincQonrviPenerii
ofho wh,roeenvlmereniliif!
badh no object in that endeavour
obheeten the executive
elohnn
tdoEct
oowebtuw,
weethha:i
at 1
seohaapnnate-t
may or may not happen, or what
since the time a period has
Posed, • put to the Par.
liamentary existence of a former Government. I shall,
therefore, think it no duty of mine to follow with any
remarks on that question. I cannot wonder, when we
consider the freedom, the attention, and the license with
which the conduct of public men is discussed in this
country, and particularly with regard to matters which
sob should have thought it right, if ho thought
seem to involve personal feeling or even honour, my

his statement in reference to the course he had taken
said, that until the notice was given by Mr. Roebuck he
had not fully considered the course he ought to take.
My lords, I had. (Hear.) I had maturely considered
it—(hear, hear) --and whilst I had made up my mind
that my official career was practically brought to a
close, I made up my mind also that I would subject my-
self to the ordeal of censure in your lordships' house, and
submit my conduct of the administration of the war to
the judgment of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.)
But I thought it was right to pronounce my determi-
nation ; and a few days before the meeting of Parlia-
ment I told my noble friend at the head of the Govern-
ment—l did not tell any other of my colleagues,
because I did not think right to do so ; and I think, my
lords, you will appreciate my feelings in taking that
course—(hear, hear)—that whatever might be the result
of the discussion in this house or in the House of Com-
mons—whether the Government should succeed by large
majorities in overcoming resistance and reproach, or
whether they should not—l would equally tender my
resignation as soon as the
judgment should be given, and
the verdict of Parliament had been pronounced." I
think it must be that my noble friend in his version of
the affair has fallen into two errors.. In the first place,
that he has unconsciously represented it as if the Duke
of Newcastle had been making some bargain with his
colleagues, by which he as to be defended in any case.
(Cries of " no, no.") TIT is not my noble friend's im-
pression as indicated in his speech to-night, but that was
the impression received. (No, no.) Ido not impute it
to my noble friend ; I speak of it as a misapprehension
which I think one might naturally be placed under.
(No, no.) Well, I am perfectly satisfied. (Hear, and
a laugh.) The other point I wished to notice is this.
My noble friend said that the Duke of Newcastle placed
his resignation in the hands of Lord Aberdeen. If that
noble earl bad had that resignation in his hands, it would
have been a very great responsibility for him to assume;
it would hardly have been a justifiable act on his part
if he had concealed that resignation from his col-
leagues. But the Duke of Newcastle did no such thing
as place a resignation in the bands of the rfoble earl. He
gave the noble earl no choice and no option whatever as
to the course he should follow. He intimated to Lord
Aberdeen—whether ho was right or wrong—an intention
on which he proposed to act at a future period. You may
think he had done better to have kept his intention to him-
self,
positiono vernra towards
in rds a
or else to make it more widely known ; but I think
his Judgment was sound. I think to have made known
his intention would have placed the noble duke in a false
sthe
imilar pyerosnimtioenntt rd Government,
and
thaveheppalralci
Parliament
etnhte.
toward

r four books. At the lodgings of Withers I found four
books, between three and four buivin?,..l 111114rn-
- p9.11'
proenutors wonY, use in '.ha ir bu,:ness.
ol i(lo,t1.1:1e: most of Lhe property founC.
at the lodgings of the prisoners as belongity; to him.
Hyland declined making any defence.
Withers said that most of the articles identified by
the prosecutor had been given to him by the foreman as
being useless, and that he had taken them home piece-
meal.

3ueit a,

This statement was denied by the foreman.
The prigoner3 were fully committed to take their trial
at the next sittings of the Central Criminal Court.

CLERKENWELL.—Edward Davis, 19, was charged
before Mr. Corry with stealing a large quantity of gold
and jewellery, the property of his masters,
Mr. Inspector Brennan, in asking for a remand, said
the prisoner had been apprentice to the Messrs. Collins,
wholesale jewellers, of Lower Ashby-street, Clerkenwell.
For the last two years and a half a most extensive sys-
tem of plunder had been carried on, despite the con-
tinued watchfulness of the firm. The prisoner, in whom
was placed the whole control of the business, was fre-
quently advised of the loss, and told to keep a strict
watch en the apprentices and employes in the business,
which he consented to do. His conduct appeared so
honest that he was above suspicion, until within the last
few days, when Mr. Collins received information that
goods were constantly manufactured privately in his
shop, taken away, and disposed of. At the same time
the name of one of his apprentices was given, as having
made a ring from the gold of the firm, and carried it
away. The party named was called into the counting-
house, and eventually admitted that he had made various
articles in conjunction with the prisoner, and also that
he had taken with his cognisance seven and eight penny-
weights of gold at a time. The prisoner was sent for,
and on being confronted with his fellow-apprentice, he
admitted that he had been carrying on an extensive
system of plunder for a long period.
, Remanded.

LAMBETH.—Mr. Bent, the inspector of police at-
tached to the South-Western Railway Company, ap-
plied to Mr. Elliott for a summons bgainst Mr. Sawyer,
a gentleman residing in New-Bond-street.
It appeared that on the Ist inst. Mr. Sawyer rushed
from the west or arrival side platform, crossed the line of
rails, and, though warned by a constable, jumped on to
the narrow side board of an out train then in motion, be-
lieving it to be the Richmond train, by which he wished
to travel. The train was in such rapid motion at the
time that it was found difficult to stop it, and the conse-
quence was that the gentleman, at considerable peril,
clung to the aide of a carriage, the door of which was shut,
as far as Vauxhall-station, where he got off, and was
removed in a state of nervous excitement that he pro-
bably will never forget. Had he, through the same
thoughtlessness jumped on the east side of the train
instead of the west, he must have been dashed to pieces,
and it was to make an example in this case, and there-
by prevent a recurrence of the dangerous and ha-
zardous offence, that the application for the summons
had been ordered by Mr. Scott and Mr. Young, the
company's officers.
The summons was granted.

WANDSWORTH.—Mr. John Church, the landlord
of the Nelson public-house, in the Wandsworth-road,
appeared to answer a summons for ha,ing unlawfully
harboured Joseph John Wall, a police-constable of the
V division.

It appeared that Sergeant Murphy, of the same division,
while visiting the heats in the Wandsworth road, saw
the Constable Wall inside the defendant's premises, be-
fore the bar. This was about a quarter-past 11 o'clock,
and the constable did not come out till a quarter-past 12,
being then in a state of intoxicatien.
The police constable, when examined by the magis-
trate, made very contradictory statements, and Mr.
Beadon said it was clear such a man could not remain in
the force.

The defendant, in excuse, said that he was new to the
public-house business, and the night being very cold, he
did not think there was any harm in letfing the police-
man have a little refreshment.
Mr. Superintendent Fenn said the constable admitted
to the Commissioners that he was intoxicated.

Mr. Beadon said that if it bled been proved that the
defendant bad kept a► house before, he would have im-
posed the full penalty. It was necessary to put a stop
to such a practice, as it was likely to lead to very serious
evil. Ho fined the defendant 40s. and costs, and he
hoped be would be more careful in future.
The defendant paid the money.

SPRING _ASSIZES, 1855.

COMPLETE LIST OF THE SPRING CIRCUITS
AS FINALLY FIXED BY THE JUDGES.
OXFORD CIRCUIT.
BEFORE LORD CAMPBELL AND MR. BARON MARTIN.
Last days for Commission
Full Notice of Trial. Days.
Reading
Oxford Wed., Feb. 21... Sat., Mar. 3
Worcester. and City
Stafford
Shrewsbury Sat., Mar. 10 ... -Tues., Mar. 20
Hereford
Monmouth
Gloucester and City
NORFOLK CIRCUIT.
BEFORE LORD CHIEF BARON POLLOCK ♦ND MR. JUSTICE
WIGHTMAN.
Aylesbury
Bedford
Huntingdon Fri., Mar. 2 Mon., Mar. 12
Cambridge
Bury St. Edmunds Sat., Mar. 10
Norwich and City Wed., Mar. 14.. Sat., Mar. 24

Assize Town.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
BEFORE MR. BARON PARKE AND MR. JUSTICE CRESWELL.
Lancaster Tues., Feb. 6 Fri., Feb. 16
Appleby
Carlisle Sat., Feb. 10 ... Wed., Feb. 21
Newcastle and Town Wed., Feb. 14... Sat., Feb. 24
Durham
York and City
Liverpool Sat., Mar. 10 ... Wed., Mar. 21

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
BEFORE MR. BARON ALDERSON AND MB. JUSTICE
COLERIDGE.
Northampton
Leicester and Borough Wed., Feb. 21... Sat., March 3
Oakham
Lincoln and City
Nottingham and Town Sat , March 3 ... Tues., March 13
Derby
Warwick Mon., Mar. 12... Th., Mar. 22

HOME CIRCUIT.
BEFORE MR. JUSTICE MAULE AND MR. BARON PLATT.
Hertford
Chelmsford ...... Fri., Feb. 23 ... Mon., Mar. 5
Maidstone
Lewes
Kingston-on-Thames Fri., Mar. 16 ... Mon., Mar. 26

WESTERN CIRCUIT.
BEFORE MR. JUSTICE ERLE AND MR. JUSTICE CROWDER
Winchester Sat., Feb. 17 ... Wed., Feb. 28
Salisbury Sat., Feb. 24 ... Wed., Mar. 7
Dorchester
Exeter and City Mon., Mar. 5 ... Th., Mar. 15
Bodmin
Taunton

NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.
BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WILLIAMS.

Welshpool
Bala Tues., Mar. 6 ... Fri., Mar. 16
Carnarvon
Beaumaria
Rutkin .... Wed., liar. 14._ Sat., Mar. 24

Mold Sat., Mar. 17 ... Wed., Mar. 28
Chester and City , Wed., Mar. 21... Sat., Mar. 31

SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT.
BEFORE MR. JUSTICE CROMPTON.
Cardigan Mon., Feb. 19... Th., Mar. 1
Haverfordwest& Town Fri., Fob. 28 ... Mon., Mar. 5
Carinarthen Mon., Feb. 2G... Th., Mar. 8
Swansea - Wed., Mar. 14
Brecon Tues., Mar. 13... •Fri Mar. 23

Presteign Mon., Mar. 19... Th.; Mar. 29
Chester and City Wed., Mar. 21... Sat., Mar. 31
Lord Chief Justice Jervis will remain in town, to attend
Chamber business. .