The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1861

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.

VALETTA, Aug. 23.—Her Majesty's screw gun-
boat Foxhound, 4, Commander W. H. Anderson,
arrived on the 18th inst. from the Pirceus, with
despatches from the Commander-in Chief and letters
from the squadron ork the coast of Greece. At the
date of her departure, 9.30 a.m., of the 14th inst.,
the following English ships of war were anchored
in Falarum Bay, outside the Pie mus :—The Marl-
borough, 121, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
Robert Smart, K.H., Capt. C. Fellowes ; the Tra-
fa'gar, 70, Capt. T. Mason ; the St. George, 84,
Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton ; the Meanee, 60, Capt.
G. Wodehouse ; the Queen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hillyar ;
the Orlando, 26, Capt. G. G. Randolph ; the Magi-
cienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage and the Icarus,
11. Commander N. Salmon, V.C. She brought no
political news. In the collision at the Piraeus
between the English sailors on leave and the sailors
of the Greek vessel of war Hellas, six or eight of
our men were seriously wounded, chiefly with
sabre cuts, and one man had a bullet wound in the
heed. Some of the Greeks were also badly hurt.
They were armed with pistols and sabres, the
English seamen only with sticks and the legs of
tables and chairs. The Foxhound called in at Ka-
latnata and Koren Bay on the evening of the 15th ;
found anchored off Modon, near Navarino, her
Majesty's screw frigate Liffey, 39, Capt. G. Parker,
and discharging stores to her for the Pelican, 27,
Commander P. Brock, believed to be cruising be-
tween :Gelato and Patras. The Liffey reported hav-
ing seen her INiajesty's ship Revenge, 73 (bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8.),
Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, on the morning of
the 15th, courses down, bearing up for note.
At 11.30 p.m. the Foxhound continued her
route for Malta, under slow steam, using all
possible sail. She is now in the dockyard,
and it having been discovered that the dry rot
has made considerable inroads in her upper works
it is likely that a month at least will be required to
make good the necessary repairs. She is one of the
vessels which were hastily built of not properly
seasoned wood, to meet the emergencies of the late
war with Russia. Her Majesty's screw frigate
phoebe, 35, Capt. F. D. A. Fortescue, arrived at
Malta on the 17th inst. under sail, 21 days from
Beyrout, 18 from Jaffa, and 13 from Alexandria.
She is now being caulked and refitted. My last
letter stated that the Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Na-
pier, was to go to England. The order has since been
withdrawn. The following are her Majesty's ships
at present in Malta harbour :—The Hibernia, re-
ceiving ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H.
Austin, C. 8.), the Phoebe, 35, the Malacca, 17,
the Cossack, 20, the Medina, surveying vessel, the
Foxhound, 4, the Psyche, 2, and the Growler and
the Boxer, tenders. The 4th bettalian Rifle Bri-
gade, 2d battalion 15th Regiment, and Ist battalion
22d Royal Welsh Fusileers, are under orders to
leave for Gibraltar, and will be replaced here by the
2d battalion 7th, 2d battalion Bth, and 100th Regi-
ments. Her Majesty's iron troopship Orontes,
Capt. Hire, will effect these changes of troops. She
is expected about the 25th or 26th inst. with the 7th
Regiment, and will return to Gibraltar with the
R;fles. She will then embark the Bth and 100th
snecessively, returning to Gibraltar with the 15th
and 23d, in their numerical order.

A court-martial assembled on Thursday on board
her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the
trial of Thomas Kenny, A. 8., of her Majesty's pad-
dle frigate Odin, dismantling for paying out of corn-
rni6sion alongside Portsmouth dockyard, on a charge
of striking Mr. Gold up, boatswain of the Odin, in
one of the ship's boats. The court was composed
of Capt. Scott, her Majesty's ship Victory (presi-
dent); Capt. Count Gleichen, of the Racoon; Capt.
John Seccombe, of the Duke of Wellington ; Com-
manders Curme and Phelps, of the Duke of Wel-
lington and Victory. Lord John Hay, CAL,
commanding the Odin, appeared as prosecutor.
The charges were fully proved, and the prisoner
was sentenced to receive 48 lashes, and afterwards
to be dismissed from her Majesty's service.
The Odin, 16, paddle frigate, Captain Lord John
Hay, C. 8., will be paid out of commission at Ports-
mouth this morning.

Yesterday in the steam factory of Portsmouth
Dockyard one of the Royal Alfred's armour plates,
measuring 15a. in length, 3ft. 6in. in width, and
41tti. in thickness, was successfully covered with its
coating of copper by the " Walenn" process. The
thickness of the coating was fully the sixty-fourth
of an inch, and it was deposited with a beautifully,
even and bright surface, notwithstanding that a
plate had been selected by the dockyard officials
which was undercut and honeycombed on its outer
surface in a most peculiar manner. The severe trial
to which !Jr. Walenn's process has been subjected
in electrotyping such a mass, and the very perfect
manner in which the plate has been coated, is the
best possible proof of the efficiency and value of the
principle, and we trust in future to have no such
errors committed as bolting wrought-iron armour-
plates on ships' sides below the water line with
zinced bolt fastenings.
- The Cadmus, 21, 400-horse power, now in the
ship a-rights and engineers' hands at Chatham Dock-
yard, is undergoing a thorough overhaul and repair
which will detain her in dock several months. Her
screw, which is the common Admiralty blade, has
been lifted, and is to be altered to the Griffith's
shape by having the leading corners of the blades
cut off. The engineers are now repairing her boilers,
the Admiralty having decided on making her pre-
sent boilers last during another commission, and a
large number of defective plates have been taken
out, and are now lying about her decks. The Cad-
mus is also to be strengthened by being fitted with
additional knees, and during the time she is in the
shipwrights' hands she will be furnished with new
decks. In addition to the other repairs and altera-
tior.s she is to be fitted with a topgallant forecastle,
for the protection of her crew during inclement
weather. Her repairs will involve an outlay of from
£lO,OOO to £15,0011

On the recommendation of Capt. J. K. Hall, com-
manding the Chatham steam reserve, the Lords of
the Admiralty have given directions for the requi-
site appliances to be fisted on board the Cumberland,
74, tivardship of the steam reserve, for masting cor-
vettes and other smaller vessels. This will render
their removal in Chatham harbour or into the mast-
‘ng b4sinnnnecessary, thereby saving considerable
elPet4t %lad delay.
The Paddlewheel steamer Salamander, 6, 818
tons, 2'2ohorse power, is ordered, when her fitting
has been colt pleted, to be attached to the first divi-
sion ot tho steam reserve in the Mersey.
Her Majesty's ir
Commander v, on steam storeship Wye, Master
‘-.• Roberts, went down to Wool-
wich yesterday, iton-t the
ford, laden with Victoria yard at Dept.
victualling stores for the West
Coast of Africa, and
is
zincs from the Arsenalto tat in her powder msga-
.

THE K
my
An order has been received by 4,
authorities of
Woolwich Arsenal in refereosetc7e
instructions
embarkation of
which were put in force on the tatethe
40:10 the Arse-
her Majesty and the Royal family
nal pier for Germany. It requests
to be transmitted to the War-offi?,e of th:rsret Copy
dgm whicll was put in circulation either BePrnar an-
by the heads of departments the
or conjointly
occasion. It appears doubtful whether the Queen
will return to England by way of Woolwich, or
whether the Royal yacht will proceed direct to
Osborne. 'De temporary fittings which were
erected for the adornment of the pier are, however,
ordered to be retained in their pace until further
orders. The windows along the line of thorough-
fare in the offices and factories which were obsured
with a coating of whitewash are still in the same
b tate, but it is stated that should her Misty dis-
embark at -Woolwich the regulations regarding visi-
tors will be altogether different from tho3e issued
on her departure. We understand that the as-
sumption of power on the part of the officials has
been severely censured by the War Department,
and the subject is still under official investigation.
Some time before the arrival of the Royal
family a
telegram from the War Department had cancelled
the local order excluding all persons from the place
of embarkation. Many of the clerks and others
whose otEus were closed nom the oateide were then

3 informed that they were at liberty t approach the
,
pier, of which a few took advantage, but as each
constable on the beat had been supplied with a
written order, and had been three ted to observe his
instructions to the letter, much c infusion ensued.
The casemated barracks at Stl/4 Mary's, Chatham,
formerly the headquarters of the invalid depot, and
occupied by troops belonging tr, the various cavalry
and infantry regiments servit g in India and the
colonies, are now being preps red for the reception
of one of the battalions of in! antry quartered in the
garrison. In the portion oft he barracks completed,
the depot companies of tt Le 75th and 81st Regi-
ments are quartered, and on the removal of the staff
of the invalid depot in the ( ensuing month the entire
establishment will be apps •opriated as quarters for
troops of the line, St. Al ary's Barracks providing
accommodation for 1,00 J troops and nearly 100
Gine@ s.
INDIA, CHINI L, AND JAPAN.

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We have received b 3 the overland India mail
papers and dispatches from Calcutta to July '22 ;
Madras, July 28 ; Sings pore, July 21 ; and Hong-
Kong, July 11.
The identity of the supposed Nana of Bithore
occupies the attention of the Indian press, and the
Englishman declares its disbelief in the existence
of the notorious monster in these emphatic terms :
" Being well assured that the scoundrel has long
since learnt how it is given unto men but once to
die, and after that the j udgment, we are notin-
clined to give colour to the lies of the scoundrels he
lett behind him, by sensational resurrection of his
infamous personality."
At Madras there was a perfect famine of news.
The governor of the presidency was still on his
tour in the Mofussil ; and in his absence
wereathdeoctoimer-
munity ere chiefly engaged in the consideration
and discussion of water supply, drainage, n
questions of local, though by no means of Imperial
importance. The Athencrunt says
"..e city has
been experiencing very unusual weather of late,
connected, we fancy, with the earthquakes which
have been felt frequently in various parts of Hin-
dustan, as well as most disastrously across the
water to the eastward. We have generally more or
less cloudy weather, with showers of continual
occurrence, which render the temperature very
agreeable, and keep
vegetation in a statet a t t pleasanthe
ab-
normal
to look upon, and we rejoice to add h
state of the season has not, as it commonly
does, brought extra disease in its train; for our
city is remarkably free from serious epidemics at
present."

The hangman has been busy at Singapore, three
murders having been committed and the perpe•
trators of them found guilty and sentenced to the
extreme penalty of the law. A new schooner, named
the Evangeline, has been launched, to be employed
for missionary purposes in Borneo. Captain
Sherard Osborne arrived in this port on the 10th of
July, and a couple of days after the first of his
Anglo• Chinese fleet, the China, made her appear-
ance in the waters of Singapore. There had been
an unusual number of deaths amongst the small
European community, which the Straits Times
attributes, not to the climate, but to " casual
sicknesses."

Imperialist force, and some important outworks
taken. A few Englishmen who were trafficing in
the creeks in lorchas, illegally of course, were killed
or wounded by the Imperial troops. Some of them
found refuge in Chinkiang, a place 50 miles east-
ward of the Taeping capital. An English vessel
was fired on from Nanking, and the gunboat Hardy
has gone to see into the matter.

" From Shanghae we hear of another case of
rowdyism,
which has resulted in the death of two
men who were stabbed with knives. The acts of
ruffianism were perpetrated at night in the bazaar,
and there will be some difficulty in discovering who
were the guilty parties. _ .

" Major Gordon has made no great movement
since we wrote last ; he is reported to be busy in
making his observations, and there is no desire for
his proceeding to operations an hour sooner than he
thinks fit. We should say that with Gordon near
Soochow, the Imperialists in the outworks at Nan-
king, and a splendid Imperial fleet on its way out
to the Yang-tFze, the rebel cause is on the wane.
Ono of the most cheering signs of the times is the
comparatively small amount of bloodshed with which
the return to Imperialism promises to be effected.
Major Gordon's last operation was not so sangui-
nary as that previous to it, and it is likely his next
will be less so; while the wholesale desertions from
the rebel army seem to offer an easy mode of even-
tually dissipating the entire body. Desertions took
place at Nanking, and Gordon states that both he
and the Tartar general are accustomed to recruit
from the ranks of the enemy. The head-quarters
of the Anglo- Chinese force has been removed from
Sunkiang to Quinsan, and Captain Stack retains
the post of commandant.

"From Ningpo, poor accounts reach us as to the
condition of affairs there generally. Much dissatis-
faction has been caused by an Englishman having
been shot by the French authorities. He was charged
with selling firearms to the lads, and tried by a
court martial, consisting of four English officers
and a French colonel. The story goes that the
four English officers pronounced in favour of
acquitting the man, and sending him from Saotsan,
where he was tried, to her Majesty's consul at
Ningpo. The French colonel wished him to be shot.
Smith (as the man was named) was forwarded to
Shaoshing, which is held by the Franco-Chinese
Contingent, if we mistake not, and there he was
taken out at night and shot. We ought to be
jealous of our authority in matters of this kind ; and
if the facts are as stated the case will be one for
inquiry.

From Amoy and Fuhchau there is no news.
" From Swatow we learn that various endeavours
to buy land on the new Keaout site, which is leased
in perpetuity to the British Crown, have filled. It
is to some extent disgraceful that our privileges in
China should be waived whenever their enforcement
is likely to excite opposition, but the disgrace is
probably better than the trouble and ill-feeling that
would arise from the use of coercive measures.
Sir F. Bruce, at all events, takes this view, and
is no longer in favour of settlements, preferring
to allow merchants to build at the ports wherever
they cln get land. Serious consequences may yet
arise from such a view of the case. We may draw
attention to a letter from Swatow, defending her
Majesty's consul from the imputation of having
acted weakly in the matter of selecting, upon the
south side of the river, a site for the consulate, after
having been insulted by a mandarin from Canton,
who was deputed te arrange for giving him pos-
session of the north or Kealut site.

"We learn from Manilla that the loss of pro-
perty by the fearful earthquake is greatly over
what was estimated. That of the Government
alone is put down at thirteen millions of dollars,
and the losses of private individuals will amount in
the aggregate, to about twenty-six millions, mak-
ing nearly forty millions in all. It is almost in-
credible that so large a destruction of property
should be attended with so comparatively small a
loss of life. Hundreds of Chinamen are seeking
passports to return to their own country, having
become seriously alarmed by the disaster.
"Arrangements have been made for rebuilding
the Church tower at Canton, which fell down some
time ago."

Painful Case of Suicide in the Regent's
Canal,

Last night an inquiry was held at the Mile-end
workhouse, Bancrott-road, by Mr. John Humphreys,
coroner, respecting the death of Vim. Pullen, aged
70 years, who committed suicido under very distress-
ing circumstances.

George Osborn, 11, Road-street, Mi!e-end, said
that deceased was his grandfather, and had, witness
was sorry to say, robbed his (deceased's) son some
time since, and there had been great in con-
sequence. Deceased, on account of the shame, at-
tempted to cut his throat, but was prevented. A
few days since deceased's son, finding himself dying
from disease, sent for his father, and said "I forgive
you." They were both greatly affected, and the
son died. Deceased seemed to be out of his mind.
Joseph Clarke, bargeman, said, that on Monday
week he saw the deceased get on the parapet of the
Globe Bridge, over the Regent's Canal, and in a very
wild manner leap off into the water. The uncon-
cealed way in which the act was done caused 200
or 300 persons to gather immediately, and with
much difficulty he was got out of the water alive.
He was quite excited, and said, " Why are all these
people here ? Ido not know why I did it." He
was taken by the police to the infirmary.
Dr. Forster said deceased died from fever result-
ing from the immersion.
The jury returned a verdict, that deceased died
from the effects of immersing himself in the Re-
gent's Canal while of unsound mind.

The Fatal Stabbing Case in Leeds,

On Wednesday Mr. Blackburn, the Leeds borough
coroner, resumed, at the Town Hall, the inquest on
the body of Anthony Golding, aged 26, which had
been adjourned from Monday. It will be re-
membered that soon after midnight on Sun-
day an Irish row took place in Brick-street,
York-street, and the deceased was stabbed by a man
said to be Patrick llirley, or Patch.

Patrick Ilirley, the person accused of causing the
death of the deceased, who had been apprehended
at Otley, was brought up, in custody, before the
coroner and jury. Mr. Granger, solicitor, appeared
for him.

The Coroner, in justice to the prisoner, read over
the evidence taken in his absence on Monday, ex-
cepting that of John Macdonald and his wife, which
he said ho had struck out.

After hearing further evidence,
The Coroner, in the course of his summing up,
said—ln this case the prisoner, it was said, was
going about the street using threatening language,
with an open knife in his hand. The deceased took
no part in the affray. He offered no provocation,
and was wholly and entirely an unoffending party.
Unfortunately for him he was looking on, and when
the prisoner came by he offered words of peace to
phaimr,ywuhphaoodn which the prisoner struck him with a
knife, and caused his death. Assuming that the
man t
was dead
ga en hadbeen
the
d
or any
deceased
stehde,
and a knife had beenfraywith used with fatal effect, he
should have said the case was one of manslaughter.
But, considering the deceased took no part in the
affray, and that the•prisoner, if he was the man who
inflicted the injury,,e w
musatahave known he was not in
unne
htheenrifrahyinl, boeffeleurisnegh words
osftanding far off, and he
ealusl
doubt
stabbingderonlythen,otherbeyond
h wilful
Prisoner at the bar was the party who inflicted the
injury; and if the jury thought he was, then they
would say he was guilty of wilful murder. If they
did not think he was the man, or they had any
as
doubt about it, then they must give him the bene-
fitesph ocen e 1 being an un-
offendingra i
party,
of it.
The Jury retired to consider their verdict, and in
half an hour found one of "Wilful murder against
Patrick Hirley."
The prisoner (who appeared staggered by the
decision)—But I'm not guilty ot that crime.
The Coroner then made out his warrant for the
prisoner's committal to take his trial at the York
winter gaol delivery.

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strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every
town supply it in packets.

The " Antiquary " would have stoutly maintained the im-
possibility of a message being received in London within a
few minutes of its being written in Edinboro'. But it is un-
deniable. Equally so is the fact of grey hair being restored
to its natural colour, and neuralgia and nervous headache
cured by Herring's magnetic brushes and combs. Recent
improvements have made them almost infallible. N.B.—
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"49nnon,

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CROYDON, Aug. 27.
(Before Baron Branaw3ll and a Special Jury.)
WOOLLEY V. POLE.
THE CAMPDEN HOUSE FIRE.-THIRD

~
The proceedings in this extraordinary cause were again
resumed this morning, at tea o'clock.
Mr. Bovill, QC
Serjeant Ballantine, Mr. Mereweather,
Mr. Henry James (specially retained), and Mr. Kosher,
appeared for the plaintiff.
Mr. Lush, (LC., Mr. Denman, Q,C ~ and Mr. Garth
were for the defendant.
The following additional evidence was given :
The Pi itness Crozier was recalled, and ho explained by
plan the route ho took to put out the gas on the night pre-
vious to the fire, and he pointed out the different places he
wentinto.. He said that Mr. Woolley sat upon the stairs
on the front staircase while he was engaged in extinguishing
the as and fastening up the offices. When ho had finished,
he said that he and Mr. Woolley went back to their bed-
rooms by the principal staircase, and it was upon this stair-
case that they met the Temples.
In answer to a question put by one of the jurors,
The witness said that there was no accommodation for
any one to sleep in the green-room, except a large sofa.
Mr. Edward Norton Clifton said—l am an architect and
surveyor, and have been employed in those capacities by
the London and Westminster Bank and the Globe Insur-
ance Company, and have had great experience in the matters
connected with my profession. I have carefully examined
the model and the plans of this building, and I am of opinion
that it would take £12,783 to replace the building. If oak
and chesnut beams were used, as they were in the old build-
ing, the expense of reinstating the building would be much
larger. An ordinary dwelling-house, built with ordinary
timber, would come to the amount he had mentioned.
Cross-examined—l never saw the house before the fire,
and I only form my judgment from the plans.
Mr. Major Rhodes Hawkings said—l am an architect, and
I acted for Mr. Woolley after the fire, being at the same
time in communication with Mr. Freeman, the surveyor of
the Sun Fire Office. I commenced my operations in April,
and I informed him that I had plans of the interior and ex-
terior of the building, and showed thorn to him, and ho
made some plans himself from them. The communications
with Mr. Freeman continued down to the month of October,
1862. (Some correspondence betweeen the parties was here
put in and read, the object being to show that down to this
Period the negotiations were going on upon the understand-
ing that the premises were to be replaced by the insurance
companies. • In tho 1,81, lector written by thp solicitor
the Sun, he stated that they were under a mistake as to its
being obligatory upon the company to reinstate the building.
The letter also required from the plaintiff, at his own ex-
pense, an estimate of the supposed cost of reinstating the
building, accompanied by plans.) The witness said in
order to prepare such an estimate as the fire office required
an expense of nearly £5OO would have been incurred. It
just
as have been necessary to make plans and estimates
as though the house was to have been actually rebuilt.
Baron Bramwell said that ho thought this construction
ought not to have been put upon the application of the
company. All they evidently required was a rough estimate.
The witness went on to say that he agreed with Mr.
Clifton that the expense of re-erecting Campden House
would be I:12,500, and in addition to this there would be
the architect's commission, that would amount to £5OO or
£6OO more, and other expenses.
Mr. Hardwick, another architect, gave similar evidence.
Ellen Perry said—l was housekeeper in Mr. Woolley's
service, and went with the family to Brighton in the autumn
of 1861. I am sure that no furniture was removed to
Brighton from Campden House. I remember the candles
being purchased. I had asked for some candles previously,
and a portion were taken down to Brighton, and they were
there before Mr. Woolley went to London the last time
before the fire. I have been in Mr. Woolley's service 14
years, and I know it was the custom to cover up the furni-
ture and fittings with brown holland and paper when the
family went out of town. The furniture that was at Brighton
his e service.r°3- ex'unTi heed greater"-- i a n
was taken from Tonbridge Castle.
keeps fewer servants now than he used to do. He has only
myself, a housemaid, and the Butler Crozier at present in
stillpor in Mr. Woolley's service. He
portion of the candles had been
consumed before the fire. Besides the furniture that was
taken from Tonbridge some furniture was taken from Camp-
den House.

aLroolandßon hratinelvell—W
B y t
o B hen Mr. Woolley and the family
went
y used to let the Brighton house, and at
one time I remember a bill being put up to lat it. Ido not
know how Mr. Woolley came to go up to London in March,
just before the fire, but I heard something said about his
going to hire a new gardener.
Mr. G. Springer said—l was at Notting-hill on the morn-
ing of the fire, and I saw the appearance of a fire and went
in that direction and gave an alarm to the firemen as I went
along. I discovered that the fire was at Campden House, and
I knocked at the front o•ate but could not get any answer.
At this time the reflection of the fire could be seen through
the windows in front of the house. At this time there were
no firemen or policemen at the spot, but I heard Mr. Woolley
calling out "Thieves 1" and "Murder I" I assisted in re-
moving some pictures from the adjoining house, which is
occupied by Mr. Egg, and three•quarteis of an hour elapsed
before any engine arrived. I saw Mrs. Temple jump from
the window, but at first I thought it was a bundle of clothes
that was thrown out.

Cross-examined—The first thing I saw at Notting-hill
was an appearance of red smoke. When I got to Campden
House, I at first tried a side gate, but it was fastened, and
appeared to be locked. The smoke from Campden House
appeared to be blowing in a north-west direction towards
Mr. Egg's house. When I first saw the fire it must have
been about half-past three o'clock.
Mrs. Charlotte Hazel, housekeeper to Mr. Egg, said that
on the night of the fire she and a fellow-servant were the
only inmates of the house, which was next to Campden
House. She was awoke by a great noise, and awoke her
fellow-servant,
the leads, and said "For God's sake
wife and child are burned to death." We got
eae running
alongand
she was about to get up when Temple
m
let me in, my
him into the room with some difficulty. He was a good deal
burned. At this time no one was there but Temple, and the
house was in a complete blaze before the engines came up.
She heard some one screaming from Campden House, but
was unable to say whether it was a man or woman's voice.
Cross-examined—Temple was dreadfully burned, when I
left hold of his hands the flesh seemed to peal off them.
By the Jury—Witness did not know how temple got
upoiA the leads, nor how he got out of Campden House.
By Mr. Denman—When witness had dressed herself, she
went to give the alarm to a person named Ellis, who lived
close by, and he tapped at the window to show that he heard
her, at least she understood so. She did not see Ellis at her
master's house for at least twenty minutes after she had
called him.

Miss Emily Robinson said she lived with Mrs. Stevens, in
Gloucester-place, close to Campden House. She was awoke
on the morning of the fire by Mrs. Stevens, and upon going
to the window she saw smoke and a lurid light. Mr. Wool-
ley was brought in about half an hour after this. Temple
had come in before him, and his wife had been brought
there previously, but he did not seem to be aware of it. Mr.
Woolley was accompanied by Crozier. He appeared in
great agony of mind. A short time after Mrs. Temple had
been brought in, her son, Richard Temple, also came in.
She looked occasionally at Catnpden House, and saw the
ceiling and other parts of the house fall, but twenty minutes
elapsed before the fire seemed to break through the front of
the house. She could see the reflection of the fire through
the windows for some time before the flames actually burst
through.

Maria Crozier said—l am the sister of the witness Thomas
Crozier, and I went to see him at Campden House on the
13th of March, a few days before the fire. I saw that the
pictures and other things were covered over, and it took two
hours to uncover them to enable me to see them. The house
was as full of furniture at this time as it had ever been.

Owen W. Clift said—l am a carpenter at Kensington, and
I have been employed to do work at Campden House from
1848 to 1855, and had no other occupation. I was chiefly
engaged in joiners' work and carving. There was a great
deal of old carving work, and I was employed to alter it,
and convert it to certain purposes that were decided upon.
I remember putting up one carved chimney piece which oc-
cupied me and Temple three or four months, and then Tim-
brell was set to work upon it, and it was completely covered
with gold. Timbrell was employed at the house continually,
to my knowledge, for seven years. Another gilder was em-
ployed before Timbrell, and a great many other workmen
were also employed. The witness then described a variety
of expensive alterations that were made in the house by him-
self and the other workmen, and he said that he believed he
had received from £BOO to £l,OOO for his own labour alone.
The jury interposed at this stage of the case, and inquired
whether it was necessary to go into any further evidence as
to the value of the contents of the house.

Mr. Lush said he would admit that Mr. Woolley had laid
out a great deal of money upon the house.
Mr. Bevil' inquired if he was to understand that his
learned friend admitted that the fittings were worth £7,000.

Mr. Lush said he would admit that they might have cost
Mr. Woolley 57,000, but at the same time he should con-
tend that they would not be worth anything like that sum
to pull down and sell.
Mr. Bovill asked if he would admit that it would take
.€7,000 to replace them.

Mr. Lush said he had no objection to do that. He did not
dispute the cost of the fittings, but he disputed the alleged
value of the furniture, which was insured for £5,000.
The witness then stated that the house always appeared
to him to be full of good and valuable furniture, and it was
in the same state only a short time before the fire.
Cross-examined---A gentleman nnrned Baylis acted as the
adviser in matters of taste to Mr. Woolley, and they were
very intimate. 'Witness was employed by Mr. Temple.
A statement made by Timbrell, the person referred to,
previous to his death, was here put in and read. It was to
the same effect as the evidence given by the last witness.
He expressed his opinion that the articles purchased by Mr.
Woolley were genuine specimens of antique furniture of the
most rare and valuable description, and that it would be
impossible to replace them. He also stated that he had ex-
pended nearly £l,OOO in the purchase of gold for the pur-
pose of gilding. He estimated the value of the furniture
at £6,000 or £7,000, and the fittings at £7,000.
Robert Finch proved that he was formerly in the oerviae

r of the Hon. Mr. Curzon, and ho had occasionally acted as
waiter at Campden House when there was a party. Ho
gave the same evidence with regard to the furniture, and
said that he had been in Apsley House, Kensington Palace,
and a great many noblemen's houses, and he had never seen
one more fully or elegantly furnished. lie said there was
not a single vacant place where a picture or an ornament
could be put up. His observation on the house extended
down to the month of March, 1362. On the morning after
the fire he went to Mr. Stevens's, and saw Temple, and he
made a statement with regard to the origin of the fire.
Cross-examined—Upon some occasions when witness at-
tended to wait he was in livery. Mr. Woolley provided the
livery, lie had seen as many as 400 persons present at
some of the parties.
Mr. J. Cotton said he was formerly a furniture dealer,
and had had great experience in all classes of furniture, and
attended all the principal sales, end had seen most of the
noblemen's show houses. In 1859 he asked permission to
look over Campden House, and he considered the furniture
most valuable and worth at least £B,OOO or £9,000, and in
fact some of it could not be replaced. It it had been sold
by public auction he believed it would have fetched more
than the sum he had mentioned, and that people would have
given half a crown for a catalogue solely for the purpose of
seeing it. Mr. Woolley gave him permission to take his
friends over the house to see it, and he was there in Nov.,
1861, and all the furniture tvas there at that time. It would
take a lifetime, even if a man had the money, to get up
such another collection of ancient and valuable furniture.

Cross-examined—I heard that .Mr. Woolley was in the
habit of attending sales, but I am not aware that good
things are sometimes picked up at sales very cheap.
Mr. James Tompsett, a gentleman residing at Torquay,
gave similar evidence with regard to the quantity and value
of the furniture and fittings in Campden House.
Cross examined—He had seen Campden House more
crowded with furniture than it was after the furniture had
been remove•! to Tonbridge Castle.
In answer to a question put by the jury, the witness said
that he did not at any time miss anything material in the
shape of furniture from Campden House.
The original lease of the premises was then put in. It
contained the usual covenants to insure and keep the build-
ing in repair. The sum of £6,000 was given for the lease
for 99 years, and the plaintiff was bonnd to insure to the
full value of the building.
Baron Bramwell—l suppose the lease contained the usual
covenants for re••entry for any breach of covenant
Mr. Bovill said that it did.
Baron Bramwell—Then, if he had not insured to the full
amount, he would have been liable to lose his £6,000?
Mr. Bovill said that was so.

Mr. Lush—And he did insure for £4,000 at first.
The various policies were next put in. The effect of them
has been already stated, and it will be unnecessary to re-
peat them. The insurance upon the furniture for £5,000
was made in November, 1861.
Mr. H. B. Lennard said that he was on intimate terms
with the plaintiff, and he had frequently been to Campden
House, and was well acquainted with the nature of the
furniture and the fittings contained in it. To the best of his
judgment, and having some knowledge of the value of an-
tique furniture and fittings of this description, he was of
opinion thatthey could not bo replaced for less than £15,000.
The witness added that an uncle of his had fisted up a much
smaller house in Hyde-park Gardens in a similar style, and
it cost him £28,000.
Cross-examined—A man would be very lucky indeed if he
could purchase such a lot of furniture as there was in Camp-
den House for a sum like £2,000 or £3,000. The articles
that were in it were such as were only seen in palaces.
Mr. G. F. Duncombe deposed that he was connected with
the Art and Science Department of the Kensington Museum,
and he had been acquainted with the plaintiff for some years
and frequently went to Campden House to see him, and ho
was there on the Thursday before the fire. He had always
noticed that the house was fully and most beautifully fur-
nished, and he saw no difference on this day. When he
went Mr. Woolley was denied to him, but he heard his voice
and came out of the library, and ho asked him to go to him.
He appeared to be at work, and had on an old suit of clothes,
and he observed that a number of books were lying about
open, apparently to dry or air them. He also noticed that
varnishing appeared to be going on, and that some calico or
cloth of some kind was hanging from the ceiling apparently
for the purpose of covering the pictures and the carving. He
was quite sure that varnishing was going on at this time, for
he put his card upon a table, intending to write something
upon it, when he was told that Mr. Woolley was not at
home, and he found some varnish upon the card, and he
kept it as a memento of the burning of Campden House.
Mr. Bovill then said that at present this would be the case
for the plaintiff; but as so much had been said on the pre-
vious day by his learned friends upon the subject of the pur-
chase of the candles in Oxford-street, it had been thought an-
visable to bring forward the people from the shop, in order
that the matter might bo explained. They were not yet in
attendance, but he expected they would soon come, and he
should then ask his lordship to allow them to be examined.
Mr. Lush said he had no objection to that being done.
The witness referred to, Mr. Greaves, tallow chandler in
New Oxford-street, came into court during the adjournment
and he was examined. His evidence, however, only went to
show that in January last sixty pounds of candles of the
ordinary household description were purchased at his shop,
and sent to Mr. Woolley's house.
This closed the ease for the plaintiff.

Mr. Lush then proceeded to address the jury for the de •
fendant. He said it was now his duty to law before them
the case ho proposed to make out on the part of the fire
office in answer to the present action. He felt bound to
thank them for the patient attention they hal paid to the
evidence for the plaintiff, because after the plausible tale
that had been told them it was possible they might have be-
come impatient at the amount of time that had already been
occupied and considered that no answer could be given to
such a case. He was sure, however, that it was unnecessary
to inform them that the defendants would never have put
forward the defence they had done, and which was one cal-
culated to be almost destructive to their interest as a com-
mercial undertaking, if they had not fully believed there
was good foundation for it; and although the alternative
was undoubtedly a terrible one, he should ask the jury to
say by their verdict whether the plaintiff was proved to have
been guilty of the crime of arson or not. After some further
preliminary observations he said that his learned friend had
accused them of delay ; but what would have been said if
such a charge as this had been made without the fullest
consideration. And as to giving Mr. Woolley into custody,
what would have been said in that case, and would it not
have been urged as an act of great cruelty towards Mr.
Woolley, and that the insurance company had deliberately
closed his mouth by making the charge in order to save pay-
ing him the money? It appeared to him that a great deal of
the evidence that had been adduced might have been spared.
There was no doubt that he had spent the whole of his
wife's fortune, and a considerable portion of that of her sister
upon this house; but he submitted that it was clear that at
the time the fire happened Mr. Woolley was almost at the end.
of his resources. There was only a small portion of his wife's
sister's fortune remaining, and the expense of keeping up
the establishment must have been much greater than Mr.
Woolley could bear. The jury would remember the extra-
ordinary preparations that were made shortly before the fire
to cover up nearly the whole of the windows, and the most
experienced members of the fire brigade would give their
opinion that under ordinary circumstances a building such
as this, the walls of which were of very great thickness,
could not have been consumed in such a short period by fair
means. They would also remember that the hour at which
the fire occurred, namely, just before daylight on the Sun-
day morning, was a period when the most deathlike stillness
prevailed in the metropolis, and this would be found a mat-
ter of importance. They would also bear in mind that Mr.
Woolley had given his own account of the fire,and he would
show that in a great many particulars he had not spoken
the truth. He should contradict his own statement with
regard to his having called out " Fire" and" Murder," and
he should prove by the evidence of a police-constable named
Rogers, and other witnesses, that the first Ihat was seen of
the plaintiff was after he had forced his way into the gar •
den. and he there found Mr. Woolley, standing in his shirt
and perfectly quiet, with his arms folded across, and he
made no inquiry about the Temples. He should show by
another witness that while grouping about in the dark in-
side the house, he fell over something which turned out to
be a suit of clothes, and near the same spot was a pair of
dress boots. These clothes were in the passage leading to
the kitchen, and before the witness could obtain possession
of them, the fire broke through the kitchen, and he was
obliged to make his escape. If these clothes really were in
the position he had mentioned, for what purpose could
they have been placed there. How could they account
for the fact in any way consistently with the plaintiffs in-
nocence? With regard to what had been said about the
shirt that was worn by the plaintiff, he did not know that it
was material what shirt he wore, but the case on the part
of the defendants was that on that night Mr. Woolley had
not gone to bed at all, anti, therefore, it was more probable
that he should have had a day shirt on than a night shirt.
The learned counsel then proceeded to comment upon the
evidence that had been given with regard to the character
of the fire, and he said he should show by the evi •
donee of one witness who was looking attentively at the fire,
that it first appeared at the back, and in course of only a few
minutes it seemed to spread over the whole house, and the
fl lines were seen in every room, and every portion of the
house seemed to be on fire. Three other witnesses living in
the neighbourhood would speak to the same fact; and one
witness who was sitting up attending upon a sick relative
would prove that so far from Mr. Woolley having given an
alarm, the first thing that broke the stillness of the night was
the rattle of the policeman. It would also appear that in less
than an hour—little more than half an hour in fact—the
whole of this immense building was surrounded, and before
6 o'clock the place was a heap of ruins, and had burned itself
out. Those who were well conversant with such matters
would tell them that in all their previous experience they
had never heard of such an instance of destruction of pro-
perty. His learned friend had been appealed to by his lord-
ship and asked whether he proposed to give any account as
to the origin of the fire, and they bad heard what explana-
tion he had given. It was admitted there were only two
fires in the house, and they were at a considerable distance
from each other, and could not have caused the result that
took place. After the admissions that had been made as to
the mlnuer in which the house was prepared by placing the
paper and the cloth from the ceilipg to the floor, he thought

the jury would see that if this paper was set fire to it would
have accounted for the fire appearing in every room almost
at the same moment. Some attempts had been made by his
learned friend to cast imputations upon Temple, but this
person had every inducement to support the interest of Mr.
Woolley, :as he owed him a considerable sum of money,
and would no doubt have employed him again. He was
bound, however, to speak what he believed in his conscience
to be the truth, and he would tell them what occurred
within his own knowledge on the night in question. He
submitted that it was rather an extraordinary proceeding
for Mr. Woolley to have gone downstairs with Crozier on
this night, and that he should have sat upon the stairs
while Crozier was, as he said, fastening up the lower part of
the house. The person he had referred to, Temple, no doubt
was under the impression that after the house was on fire
no attempt was made to save him, and immediately after he
left his room the staircase fell, and he believed that his wife
and son had been destroyed. He would, however, tell them
all that occurred ox this night, and he should contradict the
evidence that was given by Mr. Woolley and Crozier in
several particulars. Another fact of considerable signifi-
cance, as it appeared to him, would be the evidence of a
person who was well acquainted with Mr. Woolley and
Crozier, who would prove that although they had positively
stated that they did not leave the house after 11 o'clock, he
saw them walking arm-in-arm at half past 3 o'clock to-
wards the house, in a street called Church-street; and the
case on the part of the defendants was that Mr. Woolley had
not been to bed at all on this night, and that the clothes and
the pair of boots to which he had alluded were placed in the
position where they were found for some purpose the nature
of which could be guessed at by the jury. The learned coun-
sel then referred to Mr. Woolley's at atement of the circum-
stances connected with the fire, and said he should contra-
dict him in several most important considerations. One fact
vouched by Mr. Woolley himself in this report was that
nearly-three quarters of an hour elapsed before a policeman
made his appearance, when the fact was that the roof fell in
in less than that period and the premises were entirely con-
sumed. It was also false to say that the fire broke out imme-
diately under the bedrooms of Mr. Woolley and Crozier, or
that they were in the position of immediate danger which
they represented, and ho urged that these statements had
been drawn up with a view to prepossess the public with an
impression favourable to Mr. Woolley. It was not true that
the fire broke out where they represented ; but, on the con-
trary, it was first seen in those rooms that had been papered
and varnished in the way that had been described. He need
not tell them that there was an impression in the minds of
the Temples that Mr. Woolley had not made any attempt to
alarm them when the fire happened, and on the Tuesday
after the fire Mr. Temple wrote . letter to Mrs. Temple, evi-
dently for the purpose of propitiating her, The learned
counsel read the letter, which congratulated Mrs. Temple
upon her escape, and requested that she and her husband
should not devote any attention to business affairs, as it
would tend to retard their recovery, and contained other
statements as to his conduct at the time the fire was dis-
covered which he said ho should be able to positively contra-
dict. In this letter he also made use of the expression—
" Thank God, my presence of mind never left me for a
moment," so that he said he must have been aware that
what he was stating was false. He would now refer to the
cit curestances in which Mr. Woolley was at the time of the
fire, He should prove that, in addition to the mortgage
to his sister, he had executed a bill of sale upon the whole
of the property that was in Campdon House ; and it was
admitted that the quantity of furniture had been con-
siderably diminished, and yet he had gone on increasing his
insurance, and had become liable to pay still heavier pre-
miums. What, then, was his position at the time the fire
occurred ? They had heard the account he had given of his
own original position. He was undoubtedly a man who
originally was not possessed of any means whatever, hitt he
had fortunately married a lady who was possessed, no doubt,
of very considerable property. He wished them to under-
stand distinctly that he did not deny for a moment that he
had gone to great expense in the fittings, as they were
termed, of Campden House. He would admit, also, that he
had foolishly, and he might almost say wickedly,squandered
away the whole of his wife's fortune in this manner. They
should recollect that he had no revenue of his own to sup-
port his expenses with, and that when this fortune was ex-
pended he had no means whatever of supporting his esta-
blishment, and it was admitted that he had for a consider-
able time been dependant upon the income of Miss Cope, his
wife's sister, a considerable portion of whose fortune, he
might at the same time remind them, he had also squandered
away in the same manner. That these fittings had cost a
great deal of money he should not of course attempt to deny,
although what they would have fetched if they had been
pulled down and sold would have been quite another matter.
He was, however, calling their attention to the position of
the plaintiff, and to the probability that he should have
committed such an act as was imputed to him. Here was
a man who had spent a large fortune in fitting up a grand
place like this, who was talked about by everybody, who
was supposed to be enormously rich, but who in point of
fact had been living on his capital, and who had spent the
whole of it, and who at the time this occurrence took place
was really unable any longer to keep up that appearance he
had so long sustained. It was unnecessary for him to re-
mind them that many men in similar circumstances had
destroyed themselves rather than let their real position be
known to the world, and who could not bear the humiliation
of publishing their condition to the high and grand people
with whom they had been in the habit of associating; and
this was the suggestion he had to submit to them to account
for the probability of the commission of this act. Upon the
subject of motive, however, he would remind him that he
was not called upon to show any motive, and if he satisfied
them by reasonable evidence that Mr. Woolley had wilfully
set fire to this house—and no one else could have done it—
if the fire was wilful, it was their duty to say so by their
verdict. The learned counsel then proceeded to recapitulate
the point upon which he mainly relied in support of the de-
fendants' plea that the fire had been caused wilfully, and
said that with regard to the suit of clothes, he believed the
jury could come to no other conclusion than that after the
house had been set on fire Mr. Woolley, who had not gone
to bed at all, had undressed himself in the passage down-
stairs, and had left his clothes there and had then gone into
the garden in his shirt, and in the condition in which he
was found by the police.
The following evidence was then adduced for the defen-
dant :

Mr. Joseph Temple said—l am a builder and carpenter,
and reside at Notting-hill. I first became acquained with
Mr. Woolley in 1847, and I had worked for him from that
time down to the fire at Campden House. I was employed
very extensively, and latterly I had apartments in Campden
House, and took charge of it while Mr. Woolley was away.
I never had any dispute with him, and I consider I was under
obligations to him. I remember Colonel Waugh living at
Campden House in 1855. I was at the house frequently in
November, 1861, and on the same night the family left for
Brighton I and my wife and son went to live there. Mr.
Woolley came to Campden House with Crozier about three
weeks before the fire. During the interval they were mostly
employed in varnishing and covering up the pictures and
the carving, The furniture was generally covered up, but
not the carving on the walls. I never saw that covered up
in the same way before. Mr. Woolley and Crozier seemed
to be on very friendly terms, and they frequently took their
meals together in the housekeeper's room and the library,
and I have seen them walking arm-in-arm together in the
streets near the house, both by day ana night. Mr. 'Woolley's
sight was defective. The cloth was nailed to the top of the
room, and hung loosely down to the floor. This was done
in the hall, the ante-room, and the staircase. The hanging
of the cloth commenced immediately after the return of Mr.
Woolley and Crozier from Brighton. I understood from
Mr. Woolley that the object of hanging up the cloth was to
keep the dirt from the pictures and the carving. On the
day before the fire there were no curtains to the dining-
room windows, but on the night of the fire I observed some
tapestry over the dining-room windows and some drugget
over the hall windows. This must have been put up on the
Saturday, and when I saw it it was looped up a little on one
aide, and but for this every particle of light would have been
excluded. I saw Mr. Woolley put up some of the drugget
and calico over the pictures, but I did not see him put any-
thing up at the windows. On the Friday before the fire I
was in the library, and I observed a number of books on
the table and floor standing on their ends open. I also no-
ticed on the staircase that paper was thrown loosely over
some of the carving, and a quantity of paper was placed
loosely in the middle of one of the rooms. It was the or-
dinary paper used for papering rooms.
Baron Bramwell asked witness whether paper of this de-
scription burned freely.
The witness said that it did.
The Jury said their experience led them to form a dif-
ferent opinion.
The witness said this paper was very thin and common
paper with very little colour in it, and it would burn freely.
He then continued—I believe there were not more than five
or six pieces—at least, I did not see any more. There may
have been as many as 40. I went to bed on the night of
the fire about a quarter past 11 o'clock. I had previously
been into the green-room and the housekeeper's room.
I took a ledger, in which I had been writing, from the
green-room to the housekeeper's room, and locked it
up in a cupboard. I had been writing in the green-room
until about half an hour before I went to bed. 1 had been
indulging in sausages for my supper. (A laugh.) The
sausages were not cooked in the house. Crozier Game into
the room while I and my wife were having our supper.
There was nothing but dying embers in the grate when we
left the green-room, and we went up the best staircase, and
net Mr. Woolley and Crozier, who appeared to be cowing
from the bedroom floor, I said to Mr. Woolley, " Good
night, Sir." When Crozier came into the green room, he
asked for wood, and said that Mr. Woolley's fire wa,s, nearly
ciot, and that he wanted the wood because Mr. Woolley was
going to sit up to work, and he at the same time said he
thought 111 r. Woolley was taking leave of his senses, When
I went to bed everything appeared to be perfectly safe. I
was awoke by the noise of crackling of fire, and when I got
up I found that the house was in flames. I called out to
my wife and son, and told them to follow, me, and I then
r
went towards the grand staircase. he place was full of
smoke and fire, and when I had got a short distence I heard
my wife say she could not
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crash, and I saw my wife
I was about to go towards them, but found the smoke and
fire prevented me, I then recollected that there was a duel
rear, by which I might get upon the leads, I crawled on
my hands and knots to this door, and after a good deal of

difficulty succeeded in opening it, and in doing so my hands
were severely burned. I had to pass Mr. Woolley's room,
and there was no appearance of a fire in it at that time.
A Juror inquired of the witness whether ho saw Mr.
Woolley, or whether he attempted to give any alarm to him.
The witness replied that he did not, he was in great suffer-
ing and very much bewildered.
The Juror remarked that notwithstanding he still repre-
sented that he had looked into the room and had ascertained
that there was no fire there.

The witness said that was the fact ; but he could give no
explanation, only he had not called out to Mr. Woolley.
He then proceeded to state that having got upon the leads,
he succeeded in making his way into the house of Mr. Egg,
and shortly afterwards ho found that his wife had jumped
out of the window and had been taken to Mr. Stevens's, and
that his son was also there. He said his attention was first
called to the subject of the fire about six weeks afterwards,
when Mr. Randall, the solicitor to the Sun Fire-office
called upon him and showed him a statement of the articles
that were represented to have been destroyed in the fire.
The witness was then examined at very considerable length
with reference to the different item, contained in the claim ;
and it will be sufficient to state that the effect of his evi-
dence was to show that a great many of the articles that
were claimed for were not in the house at all, and that with
regard to others for which large sums were claimed, they
were comparatively of insignificant value. He also said
that during the whole time he was making his escape from
the house in the way he had described, ho heard no shriek-
ing or crying for assistance, and the first thing he remem •
bered hearing was the sound of the policeman's rattle.
This witness was then cross-examined very severely by
Mr. Bovill. In answer to the various questions put to him
he said that the list or statement he referred to might have
contained altogether as many as a thousand items. Mr.
Randall, the solicitor to the Sun Fire-office, when he called
upon him, showed him the list, and he looked over it with
him for about two hours and a half, and he gave him all the
information he could, and ho took the list away with him.
He believed that a gentleman named Freeman called upon
him, in reference to the fire, about three days after it hap-
pened, but he had no communication with him, as at that
time he was blind. Mr. Teesdale, the plaintiff's solicitor,
called upon him after Mr. Randall, and he also showed him
a list, and he had some conversation with him respecting it.
He informed Mr. Randall that Mr. Teesdale had called upon
him, but he did not tell Mr. Teesdale anything about Mr.
Randall having been there.
Mr. Bovill asked the witness how it happened that he
should have informed Mr. Randall that Mr. Teesdale had
called upon him, and had not informed Mr. Teesdale of Mr.
Randall having done so.
The witness appeared confused, and hesitated, and it was
some time before he gave an answer. He then said that he
could not tell why be did not say so to Mr. Teesdale.
Mr. Bovill still pressed the question, and the witness ap-
peared either unable or unwilling to answer it.
Baron Bramwell told him it was no use detaining the
Court in that manner—everybody could see what his rea-
son was, and he had better avow it. He thought, no doubt,
that he was to act in the interest of one side only.

The witness then admitted that this was the reason.

He was then further cross-examined by Mr. Bovill with
regard to his evidence respecting the furniture, and shortly
after five o'clock the case was adjourned, the cross-exami-
nation of the witness not having been completed.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

BRISTOL—Aua. 26.

At this day's market the supply of English wheat was
short, in good condition, and the trade was firm at former
values. In foreign more doing, and prices fully as high.
Indian corn 6d cheaper, and nothing doing in beans.