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D.9w and then. The witness went on to speak of Sir Wm.
Wilde's remark in October, 1861, to the effect that Lady
Wilde was jealous of her ; and afterwards gave evidence of

several of the matters referred to by counsel, as having cc
warred prior to February, 1862, at the time of the Dublin
Exhibition. She had then called at Sir William
house, and she tells what occurred :
" Do you remember him placing his arms round your
waist ?—I do. Tell what passed ?—lle had been exnin-
ing my arm. I, had been bruised the Christmas Day pre-
viously-, and it was not quite well. Ho had hold of one
of my arms, and put his hand on the other arm and said,
You must call me William.• I said I would not. He
said he would keep me there till I did. I said I would
not, and to let me get up. I was at this time kneeling
near the table by his direction. I knelt to show him my
arm. He said, 'Did you say William?' I got up. He
stopped me at the door and said he could not let me away,
for I was excited. I went away. The next day I got a
letter from him, which I returned to him unopened. I got
another, which I opened. There was in it, 'Forgive. lam

miserable. Do see me,' I returned him the letter the nex

day at his own house, requesting him not to send me such
letters again, and that I considered him an ineligiLle ac-
quaintance. I said I thought his conduct on the previous
occasion was unmanly, mean, and dishonourable. He asked
iLe did I think him mean, and did I believe he harboured
any die,horieurable intent ion. I said I did. He said if he
thought I did he would never open his lips to me again. I
told him he acted in an unmanly way when I was alone
with him. He said he would have acted in the same way it
others weto present, and that lie wished me to regard him
as a brother."

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the occurrence in the study on the 14th October, 1862, is
reported as under:—" I received this letter now produced
from him (Sir William) in October : ' To-morrow—not to.
day.' I called on him on the day he appointed in that
letter. On the day I called he said I called late, or that he
had something to do. I cannot recollect at this moment
what excuse he made, but he said, ' I wish to have a chat
with you—will you come to-morrow ?' I did call. He asked
me 'How is this burn getting on ?' alluding to the burn on
my neck. I had not referred to it. He said, I would like
to see it.' He came over and took eff my bonnet, and then
he put his hand to pass it over the burn, as he had often
done before, and in doing so he fastened his hand rather
roughly between the ribbon that was on my neck and my
throat, and in some way, I suppose, I redsted. I believe I
said, Oh you are suffocating me,' and he said, 'Yes, I will,
I cannot help it,' and then I do not recollect anything more
until he was dashing water in my face.
Chief Justice—When you said 'you are suffocating me,'
what did he Eay ?—I believe he said, ' I will suffocate you,
I cannot help it.'

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The Extraordinary Libel Case.

DUBLIN, Wednesday Morning,

The hearing of the remarkable trial which is now attract-
ing so large an amount of public attention was continued
yesterday in the Court of Common Pleas. As already stated,
the action is one of libel, brought by Miss Travers against,
Sir William and Lady Wilde, the female defendant having
written to Dr Travers, the father of the plaintiff, alleging
that the latter had been guilty of disreputable conduct, that
she was endeavouring to make it appear that she had had
an intrigue with Sir William Wilde, and was trying on that
account to extort money from Lady Wilde and her husband.
The female defendant pleaded that she had written the
letter in good faith, without malice, believing its statements
to be true, and the pleadings also set out certain annoy-
ances in the way of offensive pamphlets and handbills to
which Sir William and Lady Wilde had been exposed by
the plaintiff, Miss Travers being anxious, it was raid, to
revenge herselt for some supposed slights put, upon her by
' the lady. According to the plaintiff, however, the reason
of her antipathy was much more grave, as she asserted that
Sir William Wilde had on one occasion forcibly possessed
himself of her person, having first rendered her unconscious.
This was stated to has e occurred in the study of Sir William,
who is a medical man. The data of the occurrence was
Oct. 14, 1862.
The case was opened by Sergeant Armstrong, who had
not concluded at the rising of the Court on Monday. An
abstract of his speech up to that point has already been
forwarded. Yesterday morning, resuming the history of
the affair, the learned gentleman proceeded to show that,
after the occurrence in the study, Sir William Wilde had
been in a state of constant dread and anxiety lest the
plaintiff should ruin him by making the matter public. He
used to oblige her with small loans. She asked £B, and
she called and got £2 10s. On that occasion he requested
her to call next day, but she refused. She aloe told him
that she had altered her mind about leaving the country,
a step which she had meditated for the second time after
the violation, and he said " Of course you have changed
your mind—you have no mind but to be revenged on
me." It would appear that she refused to take the money,
and wanted, as an excuse for going away, a book instead.
Violent language passed between them, and, "driven to
frenzy, she left the house, went to a doctor's house in the
neighbourhood, procured two ounces of laudanum, returned
to Sir W. Wilde's, poured it into a glass, end drank it in his
presence. What is that ?' said he. Laudanum,' said she.
'My God I' said he, you have revenge now ;' and he threw
himself on the ground in a frantic state. He hurried her
to Dr Walsh's, in Westland_row, where they got an anti-
dote. People labouring under extraordinary excitement will
not suffer the same effects from a narcotic as people of calm
temperament ; and so, with great difficulty, the antidote
prevailed, and she was saved. Dr Wilde protested against
her going home that night, and said, ' Go to your friends
in Cavendish-row.' She went, and gave them some account
of the affair, but said nothing of the violation. At Sir Wm.
Wilde's request, she subsequently agreed to say that the
taking of the laudanum had occurred accidentally, and she
also promised to apply to him for whatever she wanted in
the way, as it would appear, of loans of money and the like.
These loans she was pinching herself to repay, and be
blamed her for doing so. There was a great deal more in
counsel's speech about Sir W. Wilde continuing to be ap-
prehensive of the girl's revenge, and begging her to keep
everything quiet ; but enough had been hinted on that
head. Coming to the month of June, 1863, counsel stated
that Miss Travers had rather severely reviewed a book,
called " The First Temptation; or, Eritis Eicut Deus,'
t ronslated by Lady Wilde from the German. The volume
was assailed in consequence of the mode in which it dealt
with some of the doctrines of Christianity; and the unfa-
vourable review appeared in two of the Dublin newspapers,
Sir W. Wilde thought that this was a portion of Miss Tra-
vers's revenge, and said, "You will ultimately expose the
whole affair and go mad." About this time Miss Travers
wrote a letter to Lady Wilde, but it never reached her. How-
ever, "in consequence of what Sir William had stated to her
about the reviews and otherwise," the plaintiff became
anxious to see Lady Wilde, and went to the house. Lady
Wilde passed out, without appearing to recognise her. Sir
William Wilde then became excited, and shouted out, " I
am done with you! You may try the law now; and tell
your father that I care for nothing else." This was said
"in the most distracted way," and in such a tone that it
could be heard by a Mr Hogan, who happened to stand
in the hall. Counsel then applied himself to the pamphlet
which had annoyed the defendants. It was "written by
Miss Travers, and entitled ' I lorence Boyle Price; or, the
Warning. By Speranza.' Speranza; " counsel explained,
" was the signature under which Lady Wilde wrote: To a
certain extent the work was in the character of A fiction,
and the plaintiff's object was to allude to her own story, to
the transactions between herself and Sir William Wilde,
under a feigned name, and to give at least a sketch of some
of the passages between them." The learned sergeant here
read the pamphlet at length. The names in the pamphlet
are fictitious, Miss Travers being " Florence Boyle Price,"
and Sir William Wilde "Dr Quilp." The father of Miss
Travers figures as "Dr Robert Boyle Price," and Lady
Wilde, who is described as "an odd sort of undomestic
woman," is, of course, called "Mrs Quilp." This pam-
phlet is very long, and goes into the history of the ac-
quaintance between Miss Price and the Quilps. Wilh re-
ference to the language made use of, counsel stated that
while " substantially similar, it differed in some respects
from those facts to which Miss Travers would depose.
"Chloroform," he proceeded to explain, " was not actually
used, bat the knuckles were applied, and wrought their
purpose. She had:introduced the chloroform in the pam-
phlet by way of episode." "What," the learned gentle.
man asked, " does it amount to ? That she was outraged
by Quilp treacherously in his own study," The pamphlet
also purported to give the text of the intercepted letter
referred to as having been sent by the plaintiff to
Lady Wilde : "Miss Price's compliments to Mrs Quilp,'
and requests she will make it her conven'ence to be
at her town residence as soon as possible. Miss Price
considers it necessary to inform Mrs Quilp, in her hus-
band's presence, of the immorality and brutality to which
she had been subjected by Dr Quilp, in his own house."
The closing portion of Sergeant Armstrong's speech had
relation to the defences pleaded by Lady Wilde, and which,
he contended, were insufficient to shield her and her hus-
band from the consequences of the libellous letter. He did
not defend the pamphlets and handbills which the plaintiff
had circulated out of revenge; but she had been driven to
extremities, and the jury should give her such damages as
would "set her name right before the public, and in some
degree compensate for her lacerated feelings and broken
heart."

To Mr Butt—l had lost consciousness before the water
was flung in my face. I did not see him throwing the
water, tut I felt it on my face. He told me to look up,'
because that if I did not rouse myself I would be his ruin
and my own.' Rouse yourself,' he said, for both our
sakes; for your preservation and mine, hive self-command.'
I don't think that is the word he used. He said something
about Australia—to have sense—to have faith and confi-
dence in him, and that he would direct me out of the dilem-
ma in which I had got myself by my foolish determination;
he said to me to promise to follow his advice and his quid..
adce, and keep myself quint, or the first person I would
meet I would talk to. He brought wino and wanted me to
take it; he had it in the study. I would not drink it. He
said my lips were closed with determination. He said he
would fling it over me if I did not take it. He said a great
deal to me; he said to call him any name I liked, for that
he deserved it all, but to spare him, I had not spoken all
this time. He called himself a ruffian, I am not sure whether
he used other expresrions ; he said something or other about
fate. He said I was struggling against my fate. He said he
wished the devil or the angel Gabriel would make me less
perverse, or make me' something or other. He swore he
would never touch my head again. Id( fJre I spoke he said a
great deal more. He said, ' Louk up, you see I am throwing
it into the fire' as if it was a handkerchief. He was throw-
ing it into the fire, but I did not see it. I don't know whether
he did it or not—l did not look. lie got hold of my eye..
lashes to open them, and said he did so with his children,
and that if I did not follow his advice I would xuin myself.
"When he said he was throwing it into the fire were
your eyes open ?—No ; when I first opened my eyes I
think he was standing with his back to the door; his
hand was on my aam. I was sitting on a chair near
the door. I think I was not more than 10 minutes in the
room, but I cannot say. After I opened my eyes he said,
' You cannot go out of this nodoi ; I Want :you to go up
stairs and sit quistly for some time. You cannot go out
now, When I speak to you going up stairs don't turn
round.' He led me out, and said to look at a present
that some one had sent to baby' some (Lys before. lam
not sure whether he came up with me or not. I did not
meet any one on the stairs; there was some one in the hall.

I was about ten minutes in the room below stairs. When he
came up he brought a sponge, with which he sponged my
face; and I think he said come to come to the glass and
look at my face, and not to attempt to think of going out.
When I left the house finally I think he came up for me.
I know he said I was to come down again—that he had
something important to say to me, and nJt to go out with-
out his knowledge.
•
" In what stato were you wllen you were in the room up..
stairs P—l was too stupid to'know what I was doing; I
had no energy : I did not much mind what was done with
me. An hour elapsed before I left the house; it was be-
tween one and four. I think I went home straight. After
leaving the house I received the following letter :—' Could
you not come or answer ? Don't you want something—
boots and under-things for winter ?' I cannot say whether
that is the first letter I received after the occurrence I have
stated, but 1 don't think I have one that came before that
I saw him within 14 days of receiving that letter.
"Did you after that scene in the study observe anything
connected with your dress did.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The undermentioned gentlemen were yesterday nominated
to naval cadetships:—Henry Elwyn, Henry Ponsonby,
Hugh H. G. W. Carruthers, Dudley Gordon Alan King,
W. H. Callwell, Henry D. Archdall, Andrew F. Balfour,
George S. Bosanquet, Francis L, Butt, A. J. S. Carter, W.
Castle, W. Coombs, B. R. Coward, H. E. H. Hayes, M,
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Ryan, J. H. Kerr. and Hugh H. Adamson.

Three Manufacturers Committed for Trial

at Preston.

"Did you see him in October P—l cid ; I went to tell him
that I did notinc
to go
go
toand meet
meet
him
ii m
and that I wondered at his
expecting
" The Chief Justice—Were did you see him when you
told him that P-1 called at his house in about 14 days.
" The Lord Chief Justice--can you state the day of the
week on which this transaction is alleged to have taken
place P—l think it was on a Friday.
"Examination resumed-. The fist time tf.er this occur.
rence that i met him was to tell him thrtt I had not gone to
meet him as he desired. Ile said, 'I knew very well you
'the reason I returned so soon
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—' Glad you enjoyed the dancing, &e.'
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fers to a ball at Dr Willis's, I got the letter now produced
in October, 1862; it is dated `on her Majesty's service,'
from the Census Office, and in it thero are only the words,
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Mr Butt—Are you now able to state, from anything you
have observed or know, whether in that interval of uncon-
sciousness which yon have described the offence you charge
Dr. Wilde with was actually committed ?—Yes,
Was it P—Yes.

The examination of the witness has not yet terminated.

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DUBLIN, Wednesday Morning.
To-day Miss Travers's examination was concluded, and
Sergeant Sullivan cross-examined her. She admitted that
she had asked Sir William for money, and had accepted con-
cert tickets from him since the date of the alleged outrage.
He had on two or three subsequent occasions been guilty of
acts which had led her to believe that he intended to repeat
the offence. She was not sure whether she had ever said
that on the 14th of October, 1862, when the alleged outrage
was committed, he had not been successful in the attempt.
She had used the word chloroform in her pamphlet to illus-
trate Sir William Wilde's treachery.

The plaintiff's cross-examination was concluded.

BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—IIOIIIO3IpatIaic practitioners,
and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa
as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doc-
trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country,
there were to b obt ,ined no preparations of cocoa either at-
tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut
was either supplied to the crude state, or so unskilfully
manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London,
Homoeopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn
his attention to this subject, and at length sucoeeded, with
the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first
to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined
by the perfect ti ituration it receives in the process it passes
thro,:gh, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach.
For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo-
rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli-
cious aroma. Dr. Missal), in his wo:k, "Food and its
Adulteratio.:s," says -" Cocoa contains a great variety of im-
portant nutritive principles-every ing-redieat necessary to
the growth and sustenance of the body." Again: "As a
nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than ether coffee
or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a
breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured
is tin-lined Vb., Ob., and 11b, labelled packets, and sold by
all grocers, confectioners, and chemists.- [Anvp.]

The plaintiff, Mary Josephine Travers, was then exa-
mined by Mr Butt, Q.C. She is rather a plain-looking
young lady, but the expression of her features is decidedly
intellectual. In answer to the questions of counsel, she gave
the history of her acquaintance with Sir Wm. Wilde, be•
ginning in 1854, when she had gone to his house to consult
him about deafness, on the recommendation of Dr Stokes.
Her motLer accompanied her. Sir William asked her to get
her father, who is a distinguished scholar, to correct some
manuscripts of his, and a correspondence ensued. It is more
than seven years since the correspondence began. Being
straitened in means occasionally, Sir William suggested
loading her money, and she borrowed small sums from him

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Col Farren, C. 8., 4th depot battalion, has had the com-
mand of the troops In the camp at Colchester during the
past week, Col the Hon Henry Percy, V.C., being on tem-
porary leave of absence. The Field Marshal Command-
ing in Chief has directed Capt the Hon H. Hobart, of the
103 Regiment, to proceed from the depot to the ferviee
companies on promotion. Ensign Hare, of the same regi-
ment, is to proceed to India with the draughts of the en-
suing Beason. Lieut Mardon, of the 60th Regiment, is to
rejoin and remain with the depot until further orders. S aff
Assist Surg Dr Palatiano is to proceed to Colchester for
duty with the 9th depot battalion. Leave of absence until
the end of the year has been granted to Col Dickson, 16th
Lancers—Lieut Caldecott, 38th—Lieut Foster, 64th—and
Quartermaster Vousdon, of the 4th depot battalion. A party
of invalids, from the general corps in garrison in Colchester,
has left the camp for the Royal Hospital, Netley.
Dr Dane, principal medical officer at Colchester, has
been authorised to proceed to Norwich, Ipswich, Languard
Fort, and Harwich, for the purpose of making his half-yearly
sanitary inspection of the barracks and hospitals at those
stations.

Col Knox, RA., has received instruction from the Horse
Guards to proceed to Great Yarmouth, for the purpose of
conferring with the local authorities as to the police super-
vision of the magazines of those places.
The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power, will be
commissioned at Chatham tc-day by Copt A. C. Gordon
(Feb. 5, 1858). She is to have a complement of 275 cfficers
and men, including Royal Marines, and she will be attached
to the North America and West India station.

It was yesterday announced at Chatham that the Lords of
the Admiralty have taken into favourable consideration the
claims of the warrant officers employed at the Royal dock-
yards. By an Order in Council, they will each receive an
increase of salaries, besides being placed in a superior foot-
hag as regards pension, &c.; when retiring from the service.
tinder this arrangement, the boatswain at Chatham dock-
yard receives an increase of salary of £2O, and the foreman
of riggers (also a warrant officer) an increase of £4O per
annum, a similar augmentation of salary being made to the
warrant officers at each of the other naval establishments.

In consequence of Christmas-day falling this year on Sun-
day, the whole of the naval establishments and dockyard at
Chatham will be closed on Monday, the 26th inst., and the
workmen granted a day's holyday. It is not yet decided
whether the workmen at the Royal Dockyards will obtain
a holyday on the Saturday before Christmas-day, but a
movement has been set on foot among the workmen at some
of the yards to petition the Board of Admiralty to close the
public dockyards from Friday evening until Tuesday morn-
ing.

In referring to the ironclad screw frigate Valiant yester-
day, we should have stated that she was built by the Thames
Ironworks Shipbuilding, &c., Company (Limited).
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—Commander W. Menzies, to the Osprey, vice
lanes, invalided—S. S. Sugdon, master, to the Cadmus—C.
Priekett, master, to the Highflyer—W. H. Cameron, sur-
geon, to the Iligbflyer—W. H. Baxter, surgeon, to the
Cadmus—H. H. Burnisten, paymaster, to the Cadmus—C.
D. Lindsay, paymaster, to the Highflyer—A. G. H. Robert-
son, acting assist surg, to the Highflyer—Philip Cowen,
acting assist surg, to the Cadmus—H, C. Jenkins, assist
paymaster, to the Higbflyer—F. R. G. Wright and A, P.
Freeman, assist paymaster, to the Cadmus—W. G. Star-
ling, of the Enterprise, promoted to Ist class assist engi-
neer—R. J. Willis, clerk, to the Highflyer—W. J. Oliver,
clerk, to the Cadmus—C. Cock, assist clerk, to the High-
flyer—and E. Lander, assist clerk, to the Cadmus.

At the Preston Police-court, on Monday, Mr John New-
ton, cotton manufacturer, of Preston ; John Newton, his
son, bookkeeper; Messrs James and Wm. Halliwell, cotton
manufacturers, Blackburn; Mr James Singleton, commis-
sion agent, and Michael Cairns, carter, of Blackburn, were
charged with being concerned in the extensive robbery of
weavers' beams, cotton yarn and pieces, oil, tallow, &c., the
property of the assignees of the first named prisoner. Mr
Cetterall, who appeared for the prosecution, said since the
last remand of the case information had been obtained
which led the prosecutors to believe that the prisoners Sin-
gleton and Cairns, although they had had a hand in the
removal of the property from Newton's premises in Pres-
ton, v ere not aware that it was being dishonestly taken,
and therefore he should ask for their discharge. In regard
to the younger Newton, he might say that he had always
worked under his father's control; and the three prisoners
named were then discharged. Afterwards Mr Wm. Seed,
cotton spinner, one of the assignees, gave evidence as to see-
ing several of the artioles stolen safe on the defendant's
premises on the 19. h ult. John Yetes,Emmanuel Horsfield,
and Jas, Smith, each connected with the cotton trade, de-
posed as to the similarity between the beams, &e., produced
and those belonging to the elder Newton, and in operation
prior to his assignment. A bailiff, named Cotterell, who
was in charge of Newton's premises when the robbery
took place, was called upon to give evidence; but he could
not be found, and it was stated that he was secreting him-
self. John Newton, jun., was next examined. He said
that on Thursday, the 17th ult., whilst he was having a sale
of his household goods, the prisoner James Halliwell came
up to him and asked him whose the goods were which were
being sold. He replied that they were his own. Afterwards
Halliwell said " Have you signed over too r. He replied
that he had not. Halliwell then asked him where his father
was, and was toll to inquire next door. He then walked
away. At midnight Halliwell came again, and on seeing
him (witness) said "Tell your father we have been, and
that he must come to us at the Shooters' Arms in Parke
road." Next morning his father told him that he had sold
some weft and heads to James Halliwell and a man named
Taylor. At his father's oequest he afterwards wrote to Jas.
Halliwell, requesting him to come to Preston by the last
train that evening. Next day his father said that Halliwell
had been, and that he must make out a bill for him for some
beams, yarn, healds, &e. At first he refused to make out
the bill, but on being assured that it was all right he did so.
His father told him that the prisoner, William Halliwell,
was with James the previous night. The bill amounted to
£lO odd. The same morning he went into his father's
factory yard, and there saw his father, James Halliwell,
and two men he did not know. They had a cart loaded, and
were putting ropes and sacks upon it. Jas. Halliwell said
"Is the bailiff about r He (witness) replied that he was
not, and then said, "This is queer work." Halliwell after-
wards paid £2O to his father, andyemarked to him (witness)
" Say nothing about it, and the assignees will not find us
out." His father put a question to Hallwell, who in reply
said that, "If ho pieced up with his assignees he could
have the goods back on paying the carriage." On the fol-
lowing day ho wont with his father to Blackburn, and saw
both James and Wm, Halliwell. and it was arranged they
should buy from his father a quantity of tallow at 3d per lb
and some oil at 3s per gallon ; also some cotton cloth at lOs
ter piece. On the following morning he (witness) was
knocked up by his father at half-past 5 o'clock and told to
make out a bill, amounting to £32 17s 5d for oil, tallow,
cotton cloth, yarns, beams, healds, reed, &c., to be supplied
to the Halliwells. When he had made out the bill he went
into his father's millyard, and there saw his father, James
Halliwell, and two other persons. They had a cart and were
loading it with the goods named in the bill. Afterwards
Halliwell paid £3O he his flither, and said he would remit
the remainder. Next day ho (witness) went to Blackburn by
, direction of his father and saw Wm. Halliwell, who said,
" Have the assignees found it out." He replied that they
had, and that the police had been making inquiries about
the affair. He told Halliwell to put all the beams ho and his
brother had got into the looms, to rub all the numbers on
them out, to take the papers off, to remove all the oil, tallow,
cloth, &c., and that he replied he would do so. On the fol-
lowing day he and his father went over to Blackburn and
saw James Halliwell, who was told to get the goods out of
the way as soon as possible. Last Monday, whilst in a room
at the Preston House of Correction, he overheard James
Ilalliwell say," It's killing me this work;" and afterwards
heard 'William Halliwell say, " We can do them yet, if the
assignment has not been published in the papers." On
being cross-examined by Mr Radcliffe, of Blackburn, who
appeared for the Messrs. Halliwell, witness said that nobody
except Mr Edelston, the solicitor who appeared for himself
and his father, had told him to make a statement of what
had taken place to the oourt ; that he could not identify the
yarn on the beams ; that he did not know until the day when
the last load of goods was recovered that anything wrong had
been done; that he neither told the Messrs Halliwell nor
any other person about his father's assignment; and that he
did not assist to load the cart which took the goods away.
James Singleton, commission agent, of Blackburn said that
on the night of the 18th ult, he went with James and Wm.
Ilalliwell to Preston; that on arriving they went ;out for
two hours, and then came back to him, stating that they
had bought some beams and pieces of cotton ; that next
morning, at six o'clock, he was knooked up, and James
Halliwell took him and Cairns, a carter, to Newton's weav-
ing shed, where they saw Newton, his son, and another man;
that some beams, cotton pieces, and reeds were put into
Cairn's cart, and taken to Messrs, Halliwell's shed, where
they were unloaded in the presence of Wm. Halliwell ; that
in a week after he again went with the Messrs. Halliwell to
Preston; that another cart of goods was taken from New-
ton's shed to Blackburn; and that at night he saw James

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fortnight will solve for us bnejlit_no4 ;b4.:,:cif4l4e
problems. Within that tinitt eithilr-Shermaiiscitst
be cut off, or he will have secureAthisitlew ese en
the sea at some point for which it is said 20,000
men have been put on board transports to rein•
force him. And within that time also Hood will
either have achieved a success which wilt enable
him to establish himself in Tennessee, or he will
be forced back on his old camps on the borders
of Alabama and Tennessee. Grant and Lce
may still confront each other, for they are
both girt by works which each may well fear to
assault, and both are for the present at ease in the
matter of ku;-)plies. But in TenucEsee and Georgia
there can be no standing, Before, therefore, we
receive the information which would enebh; us to
prognosticate with confidence the fate of eithrr
commander, we shall probably learn t11:-,t the 1.-le
of both has been virtually eecided. Eveh While we
read and wait the blow hae ainicw, certainly alreqy
been struck which has given victory to the one side •
or the other. But while we wail, our anxiety is
tempered by the re fl?ction that defeat of the Neil).
means only the i 0.92 of an army ; defeat of the t..;,,,,,th,
means loss of half their empire.

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Halliwell, who said that when in Preston he had some tea
and rum when Mr Newton and the bailiff in charge. Cross-
examined by Mr Radcliffe—On both occasions that I went
to Preston I saw Newton's son assisting to load the cart,
and he seemed to be taking as much interest in the affair as
anybody else. I did not know ihat Newton had made an
assignment. Michael Cairns, carter, of Thaekburn, eaid
that on Saturday, 19th ult., he carted come beams and cotton
pieces, by direction of Mr W. Halliwell, from Newton's
shed, at Preston, to Messrs. Halliwell's place, in Blackburn,
and that Mr J. Halliwell was. present when the goods were
removed. The defence was 1.E.-served, and the three prisoners
were committed for trial at the sessions.—Yesterday, New-
ton the elder, and his son, were charged with stealing some
tallow and strapping, the property of the assignees named,
Wm. Aims ,v3rth, broker, &c., of Preston, was also charged
with receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen.
After several witnesses had been examined, the three pri-
soners were committed for trial. Bail was accepted for the
appearance of the younger Newton and Ainsworth.

The Drawbacks on the Exportation of Sugar.

A convention between her Majesty the Queen, the
King of the Belgians, the Emperor of the Ft ench, and the
King of the Netherlands, regulating the draw, backs on
sugars, was signed at Paris, Nov. 8, 1864, of ee ,he fol-
lowing are the principal articles:—By article 1 the minimum
of the yield of sugars in the process of refining is regulated
provisionally per 100 kilogrammes of raw sugar as follows :
—Nos. 18, 17, 16, 15, of the series of Dutch standards, re-
fined sugar in leaf, 87 kilogrammes ; Nos. 14, 13, 12, 11,
10, 9,8, 7, 85 kilogrammes ; below 7, 70 kilogrammes ; in-
termediate shades of colour between two c eases shall belong
to the lower class. Article 2 states that " immediately after
the exchange of the ratifications of the present convention,
steps shall bo taken by common agreement, at common ex.
pence, under the joint control of agents named by the four
contracting Governments, and in such locality as may be
mutually agreed upon, fur making p'ract.ical experiments in
the refining of raw sugars, of each claes, and as far as pos-
sible of different origins, in order to determine their real
yield." The third article declares that the yields fixed by
article 1 shall be modified in accordance wi, h the results ob
tained by the experiments referred to. The fourth article
provides for establishing an exact correlation between the
import duties and the yields fixed in accordance with the pre-
ceding article ; and article 6 states that until articles 2,3, and
4 be carried into execution, the Government of her Britannic
Majesty shall reduce the present drawback on the exporta-
tion of refined sugars by 6d. per English hundredweight.
The yield for sugar-candy may be 7 per cent. ,ess than
that for refined sugars in loaf. By article 9 it is prow iced
that "crushed sugars, in crystal or powder, rendered by any
process equal in quality to pure refined sugars, shall re-
ceive on exportation the same drawback as the la• ter sugars,
upon condition, first, that they be taxed for consumption or
importation with the duties attaching to refined sugars—
secondly, that they be perfectly clarified and dried, and
equal to the standard samples established by the existing
legislation of Great Britain, which standard shall be obli-
gatory upon such of the contracting parties as may desire to
avail themselves of the option provided by this article. Arti-
cle 10 states that the drawback granted on the exportatien
of sugars called bastard, or fillers, according to the class
to which they belong, shall not exceed the duties attaching
to raw sugars; and by the next article it is agreed that no
drawback, return of duty, or discharge on exportation, shall
be allowed for molasses, or any kind of treacle or syrup.
Pending the carrying into execution of articles 2 and the
duties on all refined sugars may be 4 per cent, in excess of
the rates fixed by article 13, which states that the import
duties on refined sugars in loaf, and on sugars in crystal or
powder assimilated to refined, imported from one of the con-
tracting countries into another, shall not be higher than the
drawback on the exportation of pure refined sugar. In
France the impart duty shall be 15 per cent. on raw
sugars of Nos. 15 to 18. This per centage shall be reduced
or increased in proportion to the yield, which may be de-
finitely fixed. The duty on sugar candy may be 7 per
cent. higher than the duties attaching to other re-
fined sugars. Prices shall be assimilated to raw sugars.
The legal tare (as stated in article 15), in countries where
the duty is not levied on thenet weight, is fixed as follows :
—Packages of wood (casks, cases, &c,), 13 per cent ;
baskets, 8 per cent; other packages, doubles 4, singles 2
per cent. For beetroot and for sugars imported in packages
other than those used for foreign sugars, the duties shall bo
levied on the net quantity. It is moreover understood that
raw beetroot sugars imported from one of the contracting
countries into another shall be admitted for exportation after
being refined, subject to the condition, so far as regards their
importation into France, that they shall not be inferior to
No. 16. By article 18 the respective authorities of the
high contracting parties shall confer together in order to
fix by common agreement the standards necessary for the
execution of the present arrangements, and for revising
them periodically. They also reserve to themselves to agree
as to the steps to be taken for obtaining the adhesion of the
Governments of other countries to the arrangements of the
present convention; and in the event of bounties being
granted in the said countries on the exportation of refined
sugars, they will be at liberty to come to an understanding
as to the surtax to be imposed on the importation of refined
sugars of and from the said countries. The duration of the
convention is by the last article (21) fixed at ten years.
Simultaneously with' the signature of the convention, a pro-
tocol was signed stating that the plenipotentiaries of the
high contracting parties declare that it is understood the
convention will become null and void in case the experimen t
contemplated by article 2 should not come to a conclusion
within the space of a year from the exchange of the ratifi-
cations. The ratifications of the convention are to be ex-
changed within eight months from the date of signature,

King Christian in Jutland,

COPENHAGEN, Ike. ii.

The following is the exact text of the address
presented to the King of Denmark by the &Tata-
tion of SchleswigErs which waited upon His
Maj2sty at Kr.!ding :
To His MAJESTY SI..G CHRISTIAN IX., ON THE PART
OF THE DANISH. INHABITANTS OF SOULE'S WIG GREETING.
Sire,—lt is with profound grief that we have received
year Majesty's farewell. The force of circumstances has
separated those who have been united for centuries.
Brothers have been torn from brothers. Your Majesty's
Crown has loot a jewel the preservation of which had cost
torrents of blood.

Sire, we have felt the necessity of once more greeting our
old Sovereign for the last time. Ancient ties are brok n,
and new ones have not yet been established. We are iso-
lated, not knowing what the future will bring us. We shall
long cherish the recollections of the past as of the long series
of years during which we lived under the mild rule of the
Danish Kings. Fortune has given place ►_o disaster, but in
joy as in sorrow we have kept our eyes steadily fixed upon
the throne. We shall preserve our remembrance of bygone
drys, and the Danish people on this side of the Konigsau
will never forget its brothers beyond, for all our recollec-
tions are in common. But the times compel us to direct our
gaze towards the future. In your Majesty's farewell ad-
dress we were recommended to seek consolation at the throne
of Him who holds the happiness of nations and the fate of
kingdoms in His Almighty hand. And we place our hopes
on none other than on Him. Should it happen that the
wishes of the population are allowed to exercise any influ-
ence upon the final settlement of our future, we pray your
Majesty to retain the firm conviction that we shall show
how deeply love to our ancient country is rooted in the
hearts of the population of Schleswig,. May God guard
your Majesty I May He protect Denmark, our ancient
fatherland I
ILS Majesty replied

You have told me how bitterly you grieve to bo separated
from Denmark and the Danish Royal House, and I pray
you to believe that it has also been most painful to me to
be placed under the necessity of relinquishing the ancient
Danish Crown-land of Schleswig., united for centuries with
Denmark. Of all the cares and sorrows which have been
heaped upon me during my brief rule, nothing has more de-
pressed my mind, nothing weighed more deeply on my heart
than the separation from the brave,faithful, and loyal Schles-
wigers,who have upon so many difficult occasions constantly
given the most brilliant proofs of fidelity and devotion to
Denmark and the Danish Royal House, who have cherished
no dearer or more zealous wish than to remain united with
the kingdom under my sceptre. But, my friends, we rou4
all bow to the will of Providence, nod I will pray to the
Almighty that he may give both to you and to me the re-
quisite strength and endurance to bear the bitter pangs of
separation. I thank you heartily for your presence at this
place, and will consider it as an additional proof of your de-
votion to me and the Danish Royal House. My best wishes
for your future welfare will always be with you. May Clod
preserve and bless you all."

An address with 1,098 signatures was also presented to
King Ckriatian the same day fro:u the inhabitants of the
eight North Schleswig parishws which ale to be incorpo-
rated with Jutland.

M. de Nlonriecove, mayor of St. Omer, has just
adopted a commendable measure with respect to the le-
vision of the electoral lists. In order to give the inhabitants
every pc.ssible facility of substantiating-, their claims to a
vote, he has caused printed forms to be deposited in all the
public establishments of the town, for the purpose of being
filled up by the applicants, with every indication bearing
on each particular. Those are afterwards examined at once
and with the greatest care at the Mairie,
Four wild huars appeared three days back in rho
neighbourhood of Chatillon-le-Roi (Loiret) ; a number of
persons having assembled, armed with guns, sticks, and
pitchforks, and accompanied by dogs, a chase was organised,
TWo of the animals were at once overtaken and despatched,
while the others escaped into a neighbouring wood—they
were, however, purtued and killed after an exciting hunt
which lakted a coneiden able time.