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THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE
fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S
" GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES."
The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex-
perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi-
ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive,
intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all
is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully
examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin-
ciples."

THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the TWENTY-
SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors in this Company, will be held on THURSDAY, the 13th
day of February next, at One o'clock precisely, in the Public
Sales Room, Liverpool and London Chambers, High-street,
Liverpool, to receive a Report and Statement of the Com-
pany's Affairs, and to Elect Seven Directors, in lieu of those
who retire by rotation.

By order of the Board,
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary,

January 30, 1862.
N.B.—The Transfer Books will be closed until the 28th
February next.
31Em.—lt is requisite that notice of any change of Residence
should be given in writing to the Secretary, at the Com-
pany's Offices, Liverpool, that the Warrants for Dividend
may not be mis-sent.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street,'London, E.C.
Established 1821.
Subscribed Capital, Two Millions.—Paid up, One Million.

DIRECTORS.
Chairman—HENßY VIGNE, Esq.

SD

THE HER7FORD .BUILDING COMPA N I

(From the Hartford Mel oury.)
The annual meeting of the shareholders of this
company was held at the Town Hall, Hertford, on
Monday afternoon. Amongst those present were
C. J. Dimsdale, Esq., M. H. Gosselin, Esq., R.
Dimsdale, Esq., J. W. Chcsshyre, Esq., Jasper
Gripper, Esq., E. R. Spence, Esq., T. Smith, Esq.,
M. S. Longtnore, E3q., W. M. Armstrong, Esq., Dr.
Towers, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Hatchard, &c,
Mr. Gosselin having been called to the chair, Mr.
R. Dimsdale read the report.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be
received and adopted, said he hoped the report would
be satisfactory to the shareholders and to all who
took an interest in the objects which they had in
view.

Deputy Chairman—Sir MINTO T. FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P,
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., John Labouchere, Esq.
Charles Wm. Curtis, Esq. John Martin, Esq.
Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. James TuHoch, Esq.
John a Hubbard, Esq., M.P.

Mr. R. DIMSDALE, in seconding the motion, slid
he thought the report must on the whole be consi-
dered very satisfactory. It was indeed more than
they could have anticipated a, few years ago. The
dividend they were able to pay was more favourable
than in the case of many similar societies. The
Salopian at the end of the fourth year was not able
to pay any dividend, and the Worcester Society had
not paid any dividend for seven years. The ques-
tion was raised last year—how were they to pro-
vide for the future extension 7f the society's opera-
tions. They were at present very much confined to
the town of Hertford, and there was a difficulty in
extending the area of their operations. They did
not intend to build more cottages, and therefore they
must convert old houses into better ones. They did
not however intend to go hunting about the county
for property to convert, though they were quite
willing to look at any which people might like to
offer them. He was of opinion that the only way in
which they could hope largely to extend their ope-
rations was by:the formation of district associations.
They had not yet been in a position to carry out this
plan, but he hoped they would be so in course of the
present year. He had received from Bishop Stort-
ford and Baldock assurances that they would be
glad to aid in the formation of societies on this
principle, and he hoped also to receive co-operation
from other quarters. He referred to this subject,
because one of their great difficulties had refererce
to the mode in which the operations of the company
could be extended. With regard to the model
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was a difference of £4OO between the highest and
the lowest tender. That of Mr. Skins was accepted,
and it was only justice to him to say that he had
executed the work entirely to the satisfaction of
the directors. The cottages having been erected,
the next thing to be considered was what should
be done with them. It was proposed to let them
for £5 or £6 a year each, and he believed that £5
was as large an amount as they should call upon
agricultural labourers to pay. Mr. Robert Smith
(the gentleman who sold the land on which the
cottages were built), however, wrote to ask if
they were willing to part with the cottages,
which were near to the model farm he purposed
establishing ; and bearing in mind the liberal
manner in which he had acted towards the com-
pany, they were anxious, if possible, to dis-
pose of the cottages to him. They, therefore,
took the expenditure and added to it £2O, which
was not much, as it very little exceeded the
premium they had paid for plans, and sold the
cottages to Mr. Smith for £650. (Hear, hear.) At
the last meeting a gentleman said it would be satis-
factory if they got 5 per cent. for cottage property
in the town, and 2 yer cent, in the country. Now,
if they had retained these cottages in their hands,
they would have received more than two per cent.
He referred to this, because Lord Palmerston, in his
speech at Romsey last year, expressed a doubt
whether such property would ever pay a per ten-
tage at all. There was a great need of model cot-
tages like these which had been erected by this
company, as a means of inducing gentlemen to build
on their estates, and to attach cottages to their
farms. The great evil of these times was the ten-
dency topull down cottages and drive the labouring
population into the towns, where they crowded the
courts and alleys. Now, it had been stated by a
farmer at one of the large meetings held in reference
to the question of labourers' dwelling, that he was
willing to pay an additional rent of two per cent. if
the landlord woald attach cottages to the farm, and
place them in the hands of the farmer—a sufficient
proof this of the importance which was attached to
the housing of labourers near the spot where their
work was. But the Company, in building the four
model cottages, had completed this part of their
work. They would be glad to build other cottages
on the same terms if they could get land on the
same terms—(hear, hear)—but he thought that
their proper work now chiefly lay in the courts
and alleys of the town, where much of the house
property had fallen into the hands of specula-
tors, who had got as much out of it as they could,
without caring for the residents ; and if the Com-
pany could get this property out of their hands
it might do a great deal of good. (Hear.) They
had purchased a plot of ground in Butcherly-green,
on which there were three cottages, one of which
they had improved and enlarged, while they had
pulled down a second, and erected two comfortable
cottages in its place, which they had let at rents paid
for houses of an indifferent character. (Hear.) Last
year they were fortunate enough to obtain the ser-
vices of an honorary architect (Mr. T. Smith), who
had produced two cottages at a cost considerably
less than any that had come under the notice of
the directors, and at a sum less than the estimate,
which was £195 per pair, while the actual cost was
only £l9O. The Company proposed to go on, as
opportunity occurred, purchasing a larger and
larger amount of similar property. At Worcester,
the local society had bought up a whole• district
similar to Butcherly.green, and converted the
miserable dwellings there into good substantial
houses ; and the directors of this Company looked
forward to the time when they should be able to do
something of the kind. They had at the present
moment several offers, of some of which they hoped
to be able to avail themselves. They were, how-
ever, necessarily limited by the small extent of their
funds. To do good on a large scale, they must have
greatly increased funds; and the fact that they
were now dealing with a locality which was a
household word for being what a place of human
residence ought not to be, gave them a strong
claim on public support. One of the inevitable
consequences of the improvement of the dwell-
ings of the poor woald be a reduction in the
poor's rates, and in the amount of crime.
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neighbourhood, and the diminution of pauperism
and crime were not inconsistent with a fair dividend
on the money expended, he thought they had good
reason to hope that this support would not be with-
held, (Cheers.) Mr. Dimsdale concluded by read-
ing a letter from Mr. Cowper, who, he said, took a
deep interest in the company, and would have pre-
sided to-day, if official business had not required his
presence in London. (Cheers.)
After some observations from Mr. J. W. Ches-
shyre, the resolution was agreed to.
Mr. M. S. LONGMORE moved :—.

AUDITORS.
Lewis Loyd, Esq. I henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq.
Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary

LIFE DEP.A RTMENT.—UNDER TFIE PROVISIONS OF AN
ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In-
surers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial
Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of
Profits.

Since the establishment of the Company In 1821, the
Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in
cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary
Bonuses of £1,058,000.
After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life
Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon,
amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Life
Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund,
independent of the ca?ital, exceeded £1,618,000.
LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No
Extra Premium is required for service therein.
INVALID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra Pre-
miums.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to. the extent of their
values, if such value be not less than £5O.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re-
deived and registered.
MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge
for Policy Stamps.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon
every description of property at moderate rates.
Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this
Company.

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his friend Sir John I efevre, when Ultramontane
Roman Catholics met some of the most zealous
Ulster Protestants, and when an outbreak of party
feeling was rather apprehended, the Irish system of
education was discussed in a spirit from which the
best results were to be augured. The right hon.
gentleman concluded by moving:--,1 That this meet-
ing, strongly approving the objects of the Associa-
tion for the Promotion of Social Science, desires to
express its earnest hope that the sixth annual meet-
ing of that association, to be held in London in
June next, in conjunction with the Congres de
Bienfaisance, will receive the hearty support of the
City and of the whole metropolis."
Mr RUSSELL GURNEY, the Recorder, in seconding
the resolution, said he thought there never was a
time when a society such as this was more desirable,
for whatever might be the faults of the present age,
we could not number among them any want of dili-
gence in searching out existing evils or of boldness
in facing them. The great aim of the association
was to direct public attention to evils in our social
system, and to sift the various remedies of which
they might be supposed to be susceptible. The mem-
bers of his own profession would not deny that there
were obvious and great blemishes in the law, and
that for some of them it was exceedingly difficult
to find an appropriate remedy. Of that the re-
formation and punishment of criminals furnished a
striking instance. No subject was more important
in the present day, and none more difficult of treat-
ment. On this 'matter, as compared with some
other countries, we had been somewhat behindhand.
For a long time we had a system of punishment
which enabled us to hide the evil out of sight, by
sending our criminals to distant lands; but that
system could prevail no longer, for as soon as every
colony was strong enough to resist it refused any
longer to be the receptacle of our moral filth. (Hear,
hear.) The consequence was that we had to keep
our criminals at home, and therefore the consider-
ation was forced upon us as to the best mode of
reforming.them. (Hear.) No judge, perhaps, had
ever passed sentence on a convict without feeling
that, although he might thereby carry terror into
the minds of those exposed to temptation, and per-
haps ready to yield to it, he was in all probability
taking a course which would render the criminal
himself worse than before. (Hear, hear.) It was,
therefore, desirable for properly qualified men to
consult together as to the most effective modes of
prison discipline and reformatory punishment, and
especially to consider those of foreign countries.
For these reasons he could not refuse to hear his
testimony to the usefulness of the aims which this
Association had proposed for itself, and to the ad-
vantages likely:to accrue from the meeting about
to be held in the metropolis.
The motion, which was briefly supported by Mr.
CAVE, M,P., was then put and carried ; and then,
at the instance of Sir F. GOLDSMID, M.P., seconded
by Mr. Alderman Rose, a general committee of
noblemen and gentlemen was nominated in order to
make the necessary preparations for the meeting,
and to afford an adequate reception for the nume-
rous foreigners who are expected to attend.
A resolution was also passed, on the motion of
Mr. S. GURNEY, M.P., seconded by Admiral Sir
THOMAS HASTINGS, authorizing the opening of a
subscription list to defray the expenses of the Lon-
don meeting of the Association in conjunction with
the Congres de Bienfaisance.
Mr. S. MORLEY, in a brief speech, commended
the Association,earnest men, widely differing in opinion, might meet
without ise on rdi
various
ga platform on which
subjects bearing
comp compromise
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services, to which the success of the company was
mainly to be attributed. (Cheers.)
Dr. TOWERS seconded the resolution, which was
agreed to.

Mr. C. J. DrusDALE moved a vote of thanks to
the chairman, to whose readiness to assist in any
good work he bore cordial testimony. He (Mr.
Dimsdale) had had the question of the improve-
ment of the dwellings of the poor under his con-
sideration for many years; and had, in a small
way, endeavoured to carry out his views on his own
property. Having been for many years a good
deal connected with the gaol, he was satisfied by
what he saw there, that the wretched state of
cottage property was one of the reasons why that
penal establishment was too often crowded. On
his own estate he found that improved dwellings
had led to improved habits among the labourers, to
increased domesticity, and consequently to increased
happiness in the family ; and he was sure that if
landed proprietors generally appreciated the bene-
fits which would accrue to themselves from the im-
provement of labourers' cottages, they would give
their hearty assistance in promoting that object.
(Cheers.)

The Rev. RUSSELL seconded the vote of
thanks in an effective speech, remarking on the
necessity of showing that investments of this kind
would insure a moderate return, and on the benefit
which would accrue to landlords from the diminu-
tion of the poor's rate. He urged the importance
of extending the operations of the society to the
villages and smaller towns.
The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the vote, re-
marked that the present law of parish rating was a
hindrance to the erection of cottages in villages.
The greatest assistance that could be given to the
company, and to the object they had in view,
would be by a law substituting union for parochial
rating. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
The proceedings then terminated.

THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday, at two o'clock, a public meeting, con-
vened on a requisition to the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, signed by upwards _of 150 noblemen and
gentlemen, was held in the Egyptian-hall of the
Mansion-house, to adopt measures , preparatory to
the forthcoming annual meeting of the National
Association for the Promotion of Social Science,
which is to be held in London soon after the open-
ing of the Great. Exhibition. The requisitionists
include, among others, the names of Lord Brougham,
Earl Russell, the Earl of Carlisle, Earl For-
tescue, the Bishop of London, Mr. Adderley,
M.P., Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood, Sir
John Kay Shuttleworth, the Earl of Shaftes-
bury, Lord Stanley, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Cal-
thorpe, Lord Talbot de Malahide, the Honourable
W. Cowper (the First Commissioner of Works),
Earl Ducie, and Lord Ebury. Among the gentle-
men on the plattorm were the Right Hon. Sir John
Pakington, M.P., the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P.,
Sir. F. Goldsmid, M.P., Mr. Hanbury, M.P., Mr.
Angerstein, M.P., Mr. W. Murray, M.P., Mr. S.
Gurney, M.P., Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., Mr.
R. N. Fowler, Dr. Binney, Mr. Russell Gurney
(the Recorder), the Common Sergeant, Mr. S.
Morley, Mr. S. Teulon, Mr. M'Cann, M.P., Mr,
Alderman Rose, Mr. W. Humphery, Mr. J. F.
Goldsmid, Mr. A. Edgar, Mr. J. Howell, Mr. Thos.
Winkworth, Dr. John Lee, Mr. George Godwin,
Dr. Farr, Mr. Craufurd, M.P., Mr. Cave, M.P.,
Mr. Lyall, M.P., Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, M.P., Ad-
miral Sir Thomas Hastings, Mr. Dudley Fortescue,
M.P., Sir Joshua Rowe, Mr. Longworth, M.P., Sir
Andrew Agnew, M.P., Mr. James Heywood, Mr.
William Cotton, Deputy Obbard, and Mr. W. C.
Fowler.
The LORD MAYOR, on taking the chair, briefly
explained the purposes of the meeting, and com-
mented upon the public importance of the objects
which the society aimed at achieving.
Mr. G. W. HASTINGS, the hon. secretary, read a
paper, stating that the association was founded in
1857 to aid the development of social science, and
to guide the public mind to the best practical means
of promoting the amendment of the law, the ad-
vancement of education, the prevention and repres-
sion 9f crime, the reformation of criminals, the
adoption of sanitary regulations, and the diffusion
of sound principles on all questions of social eco-
nomy. The association aims to bring together the
various societies and individuals who are engaged
or interested in furthering these objects; and, with-
out trenching upon independent exertions, seeks to
elicit by discussion the real elements of truth, to
clear up doubts, to harmonise discordant opinions,
and to afford a common ground for the interchange
of trustworthy information on the great social pro-
blems of the day. Five annual meetings have been
held—namely, at Birmingham, Liverpool, Bradford,
Glasgow, and Dublin, all of which have been most
successful in their character, and have resulted in
the collection of a large amount of valuable in-
formation on the social condition of the United
Kingdom, and in a number of practical improve-
ments, adopted in consequence of the suggestions
made at those meetings. It is expected that the
London; meeting in 1862 will be attended, not only
by the bulk of the ordinary members of the Asso-
ciation, ibut also by a large number of foreign
jurists, qconomists, statisticans, and philanthropists,
more especially as the " Congres de Bienfaisance,"
a body +ith somewhat similar objects and constitu-
tion, which has already met in Brussels and Frank-
fort, will this year assemble in London, and will
hold a conjoint meeting with the Association, in
the same building and under the same arrange-
ments. It is most desirable that an adequate recep-
tion shoUld be given to the association at its London
meeting), more especially to the foreign members,
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different lections of the metropolis for this purpose.
It is conceived that the City would appropriately
take the lead in such an undertaking.
Sir JOIN PAICINGTON, M.P., who was cheered on
rising tospeak, bore witness, on moving the first

resolution, to the thorough appreciation of the aims
and objects of the association which had been mani-
_ _

fested by all intelligent people in the great provin-
cial towns in which it had held its meetings, and
anticipated that its reception in the great metropolis
would not be less cordial. He spoke of the unmixed
satisfaction he had felt, at the gatherings of the as-
sociation in the great centres of industry, to seemen
of all political parties and of all professions meeting
together to communicate the results of their expe-
rience and knowledge on great social problems for
the common benefit of their fellow-countrymen. He

also adverted to the delight with which at those
meetings ho had seen thousands of the artisans of
Birmingham, Liverpool, Bradford, and Glasgow,

deriving enjoyment and instruction from the lips
of men so wise, enlightened, and philanthropic as

Lord Brougham, Earl Russell, and Lord Shaftes-
bury. Presuming not to comment on the manner
in which the great leading objects of the asso-

ciation had been handled at those gatherings, he

could not, however, help adverting to that in

which he himself took a more immediate

interest, and which would be confessed by every
Intelligent man to be one of the first and greatest

subjects to which the thoughts of the community
could be directed—he meant the great question of
the education of the people. (Hear, hear.) While
_ _

feeling that in England this great question was not
free from difficulties, he had had the satisfaction,
when at the meeting of the association at Glasgow,
to see distinguished members of the Established

Church and of the Free Kirk assembled together in

he same room discussing the differences which had

Mr. HASTINGS, the secretary, stated incidentally
that the First Commissioner of Works had granted
the society the use of Burlington-house and the ad-
jacent grounds for the purpose of holding their sec-
tional meetings.
The proceedings then, on the motion of Mr.
Alderman Salomons, M.P., terminated with a vote
of thanks to the Lord Mayor for convening and
presiding over the meeting.

"That W. R. Baker, Esq., C. J. Dirasdale, Esq., Robt.
Dimsdale, Esq., and E. H. Hoskins, Esq. (who retire by
rotation), be re•elected directors of the company."
Mr. Longman expressed his great satisfaction with
the report, and said the thanks of the directors were
specially due to Mr. Robert Dimedale for his great

kept them apart, and that in a tone and manner
which led him to feel that the foundation was laid

for amicable action in future between parties who
had hitherto been so much opposed. (Hear, hear.)
He had not the good fortune to be present at the
Dublin meeting last year,ibut he had been informed
that/ under the able and distinguished guidance of

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owners hoth to the Itternationei Exhibition and
the society's garden, were in great request ; from
this source, too, he anticipated advantages to the
k.ooicty. lie had to correct au error in the report,
which stated that the number of new. Fellows re-
cently elected was 117, whereas :the number ought
to have been 157. He had nothing more to khy,
except to move the adoption Of the report.
Mr. Alderman WILSON seconded the motion
which after a brief conversation was agreed to.
His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch was then
elected President of the Society, and the vacancies
in the
_council, caused by the retirement of the mem-
bers in accordance with the laws, having been filled
up, thanks were given to the Chairman, and the
proceedings terminated.

HEALTII OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK

(From the Itegzstrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The mortality of London in the week that ended
last Saturday exhibited a decrease on that of some
previous weeks, in two of which since the beginning
of this year the deaths rose above 1,560. Last week
the number was 1,384. But if the average rate of
mortality in the corresponding weeks of ten years,
1852-61, had prevailed, the deaths would have been
1,398; and hence it appears that the present return,
though it is below, differs but slightly from the
estimated amount.
Typhus, to which 63 deaths were referred, does
not appear to have made further progress since the
week that ended January 25. It was fatal in 3
cases in the sub-district of St. Paul, Deptford, and
in 3 in Greenwich East; and it was returned in 4
cases in the Poplar district. Scarlatina prevailed
more than any other of the epidemic diseases ; it
carried off 82 children, and diphtheria 22. There
were 4 deaths from scarlatina in the north-west
sub-district of Chelsea, 3in the Hackney subdis-
trict, and 3 in St. Paul, Deptford; but Norwood
seems to be at the present time the chief seat of the
complaint.
There were 178 deaths last week from bronchitis,
whilst the corrected average is 185. It is remark-
able that there were only 49 from pneumonia, thil
average being 101.
A woman, aged 28 years, died at 224, Bethnal.
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Five children, all girls, died of scarlatina, in
Norwood ; one at 9, Change-alley; two in Oak-
terrace; one in Eden-road; and one at 7, Albert-
i
terrace. Besides these, a woman died in St.
George's-terrace, Hamilton-road, Norwood, of low
fever. The six deaths constitute the whole mor-
tality for the week in the sub-district.
A stable-boy, aged 19 years, died in Guy's Hos-,
pital, from glanders.
Nine nonagenarians died in the week, the oldest
of whom was a woman, aged 95 years. Two men
were severally 94 years.
Last week the births of 1,095 boys and 1,102
girls, in all 2,197 children, were registered in Lon-
don. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years
1852-61 the average number (corrected) was 2,001.

THE MARI' LEBONE MURDER.

- -
A crowd cf upwards of 1,000 persons had con-
gregated yesterday about Marylebone Police-court
to see the prisoner Quail. After the ordinary
ee
t
to prosecute, and Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great
,
night charges were disposed of the prisoner was
placed in -the dock by Inspector Coombes. The
s 3:
court was most inconveniently crowded.
Mr. Beard, of Basingbalhstreet,pa dagaindingt appearedl- s
tr
Marlborough-street, to defend the prisoner.
Dennis Shea, the first witness examined, said,--
I
street onMonday week last, and while there I heard
a noise outside. I went out across the road to the
butcher's shop kept by Mr. Wineott. I saw a cart
standing at the door. Viall was standing on the
and live
am a t
a No.
labourer.
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nis o
was n's -ipnl a
a cpe
uehouse in South-
, bli
shafts He had a bone in his hand, and the prisoner
was trying to get up to him. Viall jumped out and
ran into the shop, and the prisoner and the rest fol-
lowed. They went to the door. Mr. Wincott tried
to push the prisoner out. I the.n saw the prisoner
and Mr. Wincott struggling together. I next saw
the prisoner take the knife off the stall-board out-
side the shop, and stabb Mr. Wincott in the right
side, just below the ribs. After I saw Mr. Wincott
stabbed I ran and caught the prisoner round the
arms and took. the knife from him, and gave it to
Mr. Langhelt, and told him to keep it and take
care of it. (Inspector Coombes here produced a
butcher's knife with a broad blade about a foot long
which was identified by the witness.)
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—The whole four
ran towards the shop. None of them got inside.
I am quite certain it was prisoner that was
struggling with Mr. Wincott. The other three
were behind the prisoner, within a yard. They
were very close to him. The whole five engaged
in the affray, including iMr. Wincott, were very
close together. Prisoner and Wincott Were inside,
and the others were outside close beside him (the
prisoner). I did not see prisoner have hold of Mr.
Wincott. Prisoner tried to hit him. It was about
four or five o'clock. It was dusk. I was on the
kerb some three yards away. lam certain it was
the prisoner who took up the knife. Four or five
minutes elapsed between the first blow being struck
and the use of the knife. The prisoner was very
tipsy. I have known him for years. He has always
been considered a quiet and inoffensive man. I
have never known him in trouble before.
Godfrey Linghelt, 5, North-street, Manchester-
square,
furniture broker, and Inspector Coombes,
proved the knife produced to have been that re-
ceived from the last witness.
Mr. Henry Temes said I reside at No. 4, Thayer-
street, and am a member of the Royal College of
Surgeons. On Monday week last, in the afternoon,
I was passing the end of the street when I was
called to the deceased's shop. I found Mr. Wincott
in the parlour standing with his hand below his
stomach. He said, "I am stabbed." I undressed
him, and found a wound on the right side of the
abdomen, about two inches below the ribs, having
an upwards and inwards direction. I did what was
necessary to stanch the blood. He died a few
minutes after 7 on the following day, having lived
only 27 hours afterwards. I have made a post
mortem examination, and I found a penetrating
wound on the right side of the abdomen, passing
through the walls of the abdomen, and penetrating
the right lobe of the lung. The cause of death was
exhaustion, caused by internal hemorrhage. I
examined the exterior and interior. The knife pro-
duced is that I saw in Langhelt's hand. Judging
from the length of the wound I should say it was
inflicted by it. I was present when the deposition
was taken from the deceased. When it was taken,
about 11 o'clock on Monday night week, the de..
ceased was in full possession of his mental faculties.
He remained so till within a very few minutes
before his death.
Mr. Beard said that was the whole
of the evi-
dence against the prisoner.
Mr. Beard recalled Viall, the boneman, who said,
the prisoner struck Mr. Wincott before he stabbed
him. I did not hear anything said. I heard one
of the three men say about the time he was stabbed,
" Give it him."
By Mr. Beard—At the time the words "give it
him" were used Quail had a knife in his hand.
Mr. Lewis—Had deceased struck any blow ?
Witness—When prisoner struck him he struck
him again.
The witness Farr, in deceased's employ, Was next
recalled by Mr. Beard. He saw deceased Was
struck before he was stabbed by Quail. I did not
see him struck by any one else. I heard one say,
" Rip the ____. guts up." I saw the prisoner stab
him after that. I could not identify the one who made use of the words. It was one of the four, I
am certain. I saw the prisoner
attempt to stab deceased, make d
a second
George Flower, from whose
evidence, former
taken, it appeared he saw the murder committed,ly and in his pursuit after the prisoner and Cox ot
knocked down by them, was
d recalled. He saidg.--.
While I was 'pursuing the
to Quail, " You have st bmed rb o
Mwn . the mews " I said
then said, "It is bad 1 lie
somehow." 1
Wincott.
ajob, and I must get over it
Sergeant White, 16I), was then called and sworn.
He said he saw the depositions of deceased taken
in the presence of the prisoner.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—l h i
the prisoner since he
was in . have
"lowa
petticoats. [At this
remark the prisoner burst
out crying.] He has
hitherto borne a quiet and sober character, and has
always got his living honestly. I have
g ood
knowledge of him as any man in the force. 4
The prisoner, after the usual caution from the
magistrate in such cases, said, through Mr. Lewis,
that he would reserve his defence.
He was then committed for trial on the charge
of " Wilful murder."

_—
The Lancet states that in the Windham case 15
of the jurors considered the alleged lunatic of sound minds
while seven thought otherwise.
younger chile
The Dablin Court of Chancery was occupied
part of Friday and Satuhisrdatayihweirthlth2,ooe eosttztityeseao al. Smith
O'Brien.
ewsuar
Cohreteorfecitheon
ietwin
O'Brien. The Lord Chancellor dismissed the petition of
the trustees, set aside the trust deeds of 1848, and confirmed
the deed of 1861, by which the eldest son becomes possessed
1 the property, paying
dlifreen, .as wmelrl. assmchitarhgoeilvforirean
g t4tl
court by A crowd atmoaMod IA thQ Lai