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211 E NAVY.

prisoner, first, that of issuing on sth Nov. last seven
days' raw rum to the men, contrary to orders, and,
secondly, that of having the fire alight in the gal-
ley, on board the Arethusa, between t' e hours of
11 and 12 p.m. on Nov. 5, contrary t,) the regula-
tions of the steam reserve. Capt. I. uard, of her
Majesty's ship Formidable, was President of the
Court; Mr. G. H. Knight, Deputy-Judge-Advocate,
conducted the case. After hearing the evidence,
which was very conclusive, the Court was of opi-
nion that both charges were fully proved, and sen-
tenced the prisoner to forfeit 12 months' seniority
as a gunner, and to be severely reprimanded;
The Lords of the Admiralty have granted an ex-
change of divisions between Capt. C. F. Daley, of
the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines, and Capt.
C. B. H. Mitchell, of the Plymouth Division.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander Benjamin
S. Pickard to the Meeanee ; Lieut. George D.
C. Henderson to the Himalaya ; Lieut. Thomas
S. Gooch to the Royal Adelaide ; Lieut. Henry
p asr,to
St. V. Jenkins to the Lily ; Frederick A. Ponnt •
ney, assist.-clerk, to the Victory,
asst.
as m
y ate
supernu-
merary ; Henry P. Brennan, is
the Victory, as secretary's clerk; Charles 0. Sal-
mon, assist.-paymaster to the Dauntless; Charles
A. Browne, master's assistant to the Meeanee ;
Robert E. Ramsay,
acting second-class assist.-
engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary ; and L.
W. Swell, midshipman, to the Victory.

VALETTA, Nov. 22.--The Royal yacht Osborne,
Master-Commander Bower, arrived here on Sunday
last, accompanied by the Magicienne, 16, Capt. his
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, for the
purpose-of refitting her broken paddle shaft, which
has been temporarily repaired during her absence
to enable her to reach England, when she will re-
ceive a new one. She is expected to be ready for
sea on Monday, when she will start immediately for
Civita Vecchia, to convey the Prince of Wales to
Marseilles. His Royal Highness wishes to be in
England by the birthday of his affianced bride, on
the Ist December, and should the Osborne not ar-
rive in time he will proceed from Civita Vecchia to
Marseilles in the Doris, commanded by Capt. Sir F.
L. M'Clintock. Should the Osborne be in time for
the Prince to avail himself of her, the Doris will
merely escort him, so as to be at hand in case of
anything going wrong with the yacht's machinery.
After completing this service, the Doris will sail for
England to be paid off, without calling at Malta.
The Prince and Princess of Prussia will proceed in
the Osborne as far as Leghorn. The Princess of
Leiningen returned in her:to Malta from Naples.
The Magicienne left again yesterday for Civita
Vecchia, calling at Naples, whither she is ordered
to return to relieve the London, 86, Capt. H. Chads,
and remain there. The London is to go home,
calling at Malta on her way. The Malacca, 17,
Capt. G. J. Napier, left Malta on the 18th inst. for
Beyrout, to relieve the Mars, 80, Capt_ J.N. Strange,
ordered home. The other ships at present on the
coast of Syria are the Wanderer, 4, Commander M.
C. Seymour, and the Surprise, 4, Commander W.
IL White. The Firefly, surveying vessel, Com-
mander Mansell, has arrived at Alexandria. She
left Haifa, on the coast of Syria, on Oet. 1, shifting
along the coast, taking deep sea soundings, and ,
making large plans of the ruins of Caesarea and a
port named Yebrah, which has lately been disco-
vered by that ship. After examining one of the
entrances to the port of Alexandria she will return
to Malta for the winter, where she is expected
about the first week of December. The Medina,
surveying ship, Lieut. Commander Wilkinson (tem-
porary), was at Salonica by the last accounts. The '
Gannet, 11, Commander the Hon. M. H. Nelson, is '
hourly expected from Constantinople, on her way
to England, to be paid off. The Weser,6,Commander
A. H. Johnstone, and the Cockatrice, 3, Lieut. Com-
mander R. M. Gillson, are still on the Danube sta-
tion, and do expect to be relieved this winter. The
following British and foreign men-of-war were at
the Piraeus on the 15th inst. :-English Queen, 76,
Capt. F. C. Hillyar ; Pelican, 17, Commander P.
Brock ; And Foxhound, 4, Commander the Hon. A.
C. Hobart. French-Zenobie, 38 (the French sloop
Eumenide, 4, left the Piraeus on the 10th inst. for
Patras). Italian-Victor Emmanuel, 50, and a sloop
of 4 guns, which latter arrived on the 7th instant.
Russian-Grand Admiral, 79, arrived from Malta.
Turkish-A frigate of 50 guns. Tranquillity con-
tinued to prevail. The elections for the National
Assembly, convoked for the 22d of Dec., were to
take place in about a fortnight. The Shannon, 50,
Capt. 0. J. Jones, has been ordered to return to
Corfu from Patras. The Icarus, 11, Commander
Salmon, was at Santa Maura, or one of the other
islands, and the Scylla, 22, Capt. R. Lambert, was
at Corfu. It is expected that the vessel last named
will shortly be sent home. The Edgar, 90, Capt.
the Hon. F. A. Foley (flagship of Rear-Admiral S.
C. Dacres, C. 8.), left this afternoon for Corfu, to be
stationed there. Her destination was at first an-
nounced to be Corfu, but was changed to Naples,
and at the last moment again changed to Corfu. It
is reported that the Liffey, 51, Capt. G. Parker,
will also proceed to Corfu very shortly. The Fire-
brand, 6, Commander Piers, is now in dock under-
going repair. The sick of this vessel who had been
removed to Bighi Hospital, are progressing favour-
ably, but some fresh cases of fever has broken out
among the crew since her arrival from the coast of
Syria ; none of them, however, I understand, are
very serious. The Trafalgar, 70, Capt. the Hon. T.
Bailie, arrived to-day from England and Gibraltar.
The following British ships of war are now in Malta
harbour-Marlborough, 131, Capt. W.ll. Stewart,
C.B. (flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-
Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8.) ; Trafalgar, 70
Capt. the Hon. T. Bailie ; Liffey, 51, Capt. George
Parker; Chanticleer, 17, Commander S. Sterling;
Firebrand, 6, Commander Piers; Alacrity, 4, Com-
mander Baird; and the Hibernia, receiving ship,
Commander Harvey (flagship of Rear-Admiral
Codrington, C. 8.), and her tenders, Boxer and
Growler. We learn from Gibraltar that the Am-
phion, 36, Capt. A. C. Gordon, Algiers, 89, Capt.
E. B. Rice, and Neptune, 86, Capt. G. T. Hornby,
had all passed through the Straits for England to
be paid off. These vessels took provisions from
Malta for Rear-Admiral Smart's squadron, which
had been ordered to Gibraltar. Rumour says that,
from motives of political delicacy connected with
the affairs of Greece, the St. George, 86, Hon. F.
Egerton, on board of which Prince Alfred is
serving, and which vessel had been ordered to
Malta, will be detained for the present at Gib-
raltar. A serious accident occurred last week to
Col. Laffan, commanding the Royal Engineers in
this garrison, from the effects of a fall on his own
terrace. His left arm was fractured in two places,
and his leg badly injured. On inquiry I find he is
now going on favourably."
The Urgent screw troopship, Capt. H. W. Hire,
was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yester-
day, under the superintendence of Capt. H. Broad-
head, commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the
steam reserve. The condition of the ship was
highly creditable to every officer and man on board.
The Urgent was commissioned on the Ist of October,
1867, by Commander M'Donald, the officers and
crew of the Perseverance being then turned over
to her from that ship. Commander Hire succeeded
to the command of the ship on the 31st of March,
1859, and has recently received from the Admi-
ralty his promotion to post rank. Yesterday,Capt.
Hine announced that Chas. Plumley, quartermas-
ter, and Richard Meed, master-at-arms, were re-
commended to the Lords of the Admiralty as being
entitled to the long service medal and gratuity ;
and George Brice, seaman, for the long service

medal.
The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 21, flag of
Commander Frederick B. P. Seymour, from Aus•
tralia, entered Plymouth Sound yesterday after-
noon. _ .

The water, which has been excluded for the last
three months from the south basin at Keyham
steamyard, having been let in yesterday the frigate
Constance was hauled from the north basin into the
south, to receive the heavy portion of her machi-
nery. The steam sloop Buzzard having been re-
paired, was at the same time removed from No. 1
dock to the north basin. The paddlewheel steam
vessel Triton was removed from No. 2 dock, and the
paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, and a
caisson were plac,ed, in No. 1 dock. The water will
be pumped out of the decks and the basin again
forthwith.

Her Majesty's aa,e.v;
i steam gnnvessel Flying
Fish, 6, Commander lisr
Anderson, from the
',Vest Coast of Africa, hasl been
morrow.
n dismantled at
Woolwich, and will be paid o
The steam storeship Rh:C(ll°-
anthus, Master
Commander Sturdee, having
shipped
gun for Liver-
pool. cargo for
the west, and also the huge Hore
pool. has left Woolwich for her destination.
tier Majesty's sloop Racer, Commander
Lyons,
afteri a
has arrived at Portsmouth from Halifax,
passage of 21 days, having ex
per
rough
btr o n g easterly wind and gales the greater parent eodf
the passage. .
has been received at Chatham
e-
D9ekvard, from the Admiralty,
that the paddl 1 A notification
6, 280 horse power, has been
wheel steamer Vixen,
gessrs. Castle and Co., of
sold out of the service four her pt.lty.
irchase has been
Millbank, whose tender
accepted by the Lords of the Admira
A court-martial assembled at 1 o
F'clock e
Johnston, ,
Tuesday
laif, on board her Majcsty's ship ortnidable, 86
flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir J. W. Hop
K.C.8,, Commander-in. Chief at Sheerness, for the
trial of L. W. Reid, second-class gunner, belonging
to her Majesty's ship Cumberland, guardshlP
of the
steam reserve at Sheerness, and doing duty
Arethusa, in the
51, screw steam frigate, 3,141 tons, 600-)
horse power. There were two charges against the

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1862.

he shaft for a light. When he got it he went to
the men whom he had passed in coming out. He
then tried to get to the trouble where the men were
blasting, but after getting six walls in he was
obliged to return. He found that the stoppings
were displaced. He then returned back, and met
Mr. Cole, and then went up the west way. A
very few minutes after the air appeared to be travel-
ling in its usual course up the west district, and in
sufficient quantity. He did not think that the ex-
plosion occurred where the men were firing a shot
at the trouble.

By Mr. Dunn—Never saw any gas on the edge of
the goaf. Had capital air in the pit on the morn-
ing of the explosion. Had found four Davy lamps
broken. One was not locked. It was found in the
west, contiguous to the goaf. It was the deputy's
lamp. Every viewer's lamp was locked. The
deputy's lamp was half screwed on. There were
four lamps missing. There must have been a great
accumulation of gas to have caused the explosion
from the damage that was done.

By Mr. Foster—He believed that the blast came
from the north-west, where the goaves and pillars
were. He inferred that from the appearance of
the stoppings. They were lying to the south.
William Mason had charge of the lamps in
Walker Colliery. He repaired them when neces-
sary. They were in good repair and perfect.
Mr. W. R. Cole, resident viewer at Walker Col-
liery--Examined the pit a week before the expfo-
sion• Examined it thoroughly. The scales and the
stables registered 6,842 cubic feet of air per minute;
the first east way, 10,500 ft. ; the second east way
15,6001 t. ; the north way, going down the dyke,
1,200 ft. ; the west way, 17,018 ft. At the time of
the explosion, when we were casing the Ann Pit and
had slackened the furnace, the total amount of air
—61,960 cubic feet per minute—would be dimi-
nished. In consequence of this, there would be in
the stables at the time of the explosion 5,152 ft. ; in
the first east way it was reduced to 7,330 ft. ; in the
second east way, to 11,700 ft.; in the north way, to
9,000 ft. ; in the west way, to 12,764 ft. This was
amply sufficient air to carry on the pit with perfect
safety. The reduction of air in consequence of the
operations in the shaft would be one-fourth. In
the east way the 12,764 cubic feet of air is divided
so that one-half of it was taken into the whole boards
when the four men were found, and into the juds,
and the other half into the west district. Had exa-
mined the place where the men were firing the shot
in the trouble, but could not form an opinion
whether the explosion had taken place there or not.
At the place where the men were blasting the
trouble there was not the least indication of the
explosion having occurred.
By Mr. Foster—The cause of his not having been
down the pit for a week before the accident was
that he had been poorly, and in the doctor's hands.
His usual custom was to go down the pit every day.
By Mr. Dunn—The stable air goes into the
return immediately, and so does the first eastway
air, neither of them entering the workings.
Mr. T. E. Foster, viewer, said he had had consi-
derable experience in his profession. Had examined
Walker Colliery yesterday very minutely. He
went to the west side of the trouble, where the men
had been blasting, and from the appearance of the
timber at that point he was satisfied that the explo-
sion did not occur there. He was borne out in that
opinion by the fact of the lamps of the deputies
who were wot king there having been found with
their tops on and all secure. It was true the waste-
man's lamp had notbeen found, but, as he had nothing
to do with the blasting, he presumed that his lamp
top would be all right. He examined the work-
ings in the four whole boards in the west and north,
and he found that the greatest amount of damage
had been done there. It was his opinion that the
explosion had occurred either from a defective
lamp or from an injury to a safety lamp, It
was also his opinion that the quantity of gas had
not been much, or less the damage would have been
considerably greater. He had examined the ven-
tilation with very great care, and found the quan-
tity going into the west way, east way, and second
east way, before it divided, to be 50,400 cubic feet
per minute, which, in his opinion, was quite ample
to -ventilate the pit in safety. All goaves have gas
in them.

By the Coroner—He thought that when one of
the juds next the goaf was drawn a day or two be-
fore the explosion it had not fallen, but that it fell
at th© time of the explosion, smashing the lamps,
and originating the disaster. In the north return
there is no trace of damage. It is a splendid return.
Mr. W. Armstrong, viewer, of Wingate Grange,
who had examined the pit in company with Mr.
Foster yesterday, concurred with the evidence
given by that gentleman. The goaf was exceed-
ingly small and the amount so short that be thought
the diminished air at the time of the explosion was
sufficient. There was little timber in the pit, and
all the conditions for good ventilation existed.

Mr. R. Johnson, of Haswell, examined, agreed
with Mr. Foster as to the cause of the accident.
Jobling said the last accident in the pit,
three years ago, was caused by a man removing the
top of his safety lamp.
The jury returned the verdict, " Explosion
purely accidental."

LAW IN7ELLIGENCE, Nov, 27.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.—(Before
Mr. Baron Martin and a Speeial Jury.)
LEIGH V. THOEP.--SEDUCTION.

This was an action brought by Edward Leigh, a
journeyman painter, residing in the Roman-road,
Old Ford, to recover compensation in damages for
the seduction of his daughter, Emma Leigh, a young
girl, who had been a domestic servant of Samuel
Thorp, a brevet-major in the Indian army. The plea
was not guilty.
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of the trial this morning
Major Thorp, the defendant, was the first witness
called. He said—l reside at 2, Regent-square,
which is a highly respectable house. I came from
India to this country in Sept., 1859. I have been
a widower Three years. My wife died of cholera in
the jungles while I was on the march. My daugh-
ter is now five years old. I would have returned
to India four months ago if it had not been for this
action. In order to be present here I have been
obliged to ask several times for additional leave of
absence. The girl Emma Leigh was in my mother's
service as nurse to my daughter. She went into her
service at the latter end of 1859, or the beginning
of 1860. I have been in the habit of keeping a
diary from day to day of all my proceedings and
disbursements. It commences in March, 1861, and
ends on 25th November, 1862. I now produce it.
Ido not know when Emma Leigh left. It must
have been at the end of 1860, or the beginning of
1861.

_
Mr. Baron Martin said of course the diary was
not evidence, but the witness could, refresh his
memory by referring to it.
Mr. Sergeant Parry said he was too well aware
of it, but he wished to show that his client kept a
diary.
Examination continued—l saw Emma Leigh at
my apartments in Regent-square on Bth July, 1861.
I never saw her on any other occasion afterwards.
I think I saw her once at Walthamstow after she
left my mother. It was not so late as July, I never
on any occasion asked her to come and see me at
Regent-square, nor did I give her the address for
that purpose. I never told her how she was to come,
nor to take an omnibus. (Emma Leigh here said,
" Did you not give me 2s. ?") I never gave her 2s.
to come to my house. On the Bth of July she came
into my room. I was surprised to see her. I was
writing at a table opposite the window. I turned
round and saw it was Emma Leigh. I said, " What
do you want, Emma Leigh ?" or words to that effect.
She said, " I have been for a long time out of a situ-
tion—do you know of any situation that would suit
me ? ' Some months previously my aunt had asked
me to look out for a servant for her, and I mentioned
this to the servants at Walthamstow. I told
Emma Leigh that my aunt had got a servant
who suited her. I had never mentioned to her
previously that my aunt wanted a servant. She
said she could obtain a situation if she had some
money. I asked her what, and she replied some-
thing in a sewing machine manufactory. I than
asked her what she would require, and she replied
about a pound. I said, '•lf a sovereign will be of
, any service to you, here it is, but you
must repay
me as soon as you can," and she said she would.
Prior to my lending her the sovereign, I asked her
why she had not applied to her parents for it. She
said if she had they could not have given it to her.
She said after she had learnt the business she
r,his
would
be able to earn money on her own account. l
mention of the sewing came from her, 1 can swear

I lent her a sovereign on the Bth July, and not half
a sovereign. Her bonnet and shawl were taken off
neither by leitTaelf nor by me. She remained about
a quarter of an hour or 20 minutes. She sat on the
opposite side of the table to me, and she could see
plainly into the bedroom. I never took any liberties
with her, or drugged her, or took a bottle from the
chimney piece, poured something from it into a
wine glass, and gave it to her. There was no fire or
gas in the room. I never gave her any warm gin
and water, nor any cake. I had no warm water
or gin in the room. I never in my life took any in-
decent or improper liberties with the young woman.
I never saw her at Walthamstow in July. I never
saw her again after the Bth July, either in Regent-
square or anywhere else until I saw her in the court
yesterday. She never made any application to me
about my being the father of the child. The first
intimation of it I received was by letter. I remem-
ber my mother also showing me a letter. I received
the letter produced myself. It is dated 20th May,
1862. That is the first intimation I received, about
this matter. The second letter produced was the
one shown to me by my mother.

Mr. Baron Martin-7 That is the letter which the
plaintiff Leigh said his brother-in-law had written?
Mr. Sergeant Parry—Yes, and I propose to have
it read. It is addressed to Mrs. Thorp.
The letter was as follows :

" 31st May, 1862.

"Dear Madam,—l write to inform you of the vile
profligacy of your son, Samuel Thorp, in conjunction
with his groom, Robert Hubble, towards my daughter
Emma Leigh, a short time since. It appears by my poor
girl's statement that these two men, acting in concert, and
under the pretence of obtaining for her a good situation,
and with marked hypocrisy, beguiled her into a disreputable
hovel in Regent-square, where this rascal Thorp drugged
my poor girl and violated her person, She has given birth
to a child and is dangerously ill, and I have to inform you
that unless instant reparation be made for this deep injury,
which affects me and my daughter's reputation, I will at
once bring the matter before a tribunal against both of these
men without further notice.—Yours, &c., EDWARD
LEIGH."
Examination resumed—l consulted my cousin,
Mr. Oakley, with regard to this letter. I also re-
ceived a letter dated Bth July, 1862, from the at-
torney who first conducted the action for the plain-
tiff. The letter, which was addressed to the major,
was to this effect :—" Having received instructions
from Edward Leigh to apply to you Air compensa-
tion for the seduction of his daughter, Emma
Leigh, effected by you by administering some
noxious drug to her, and the loss of her services,
&c., I trust you will at once see the necessity of
making him sufficient compensation and pay my
costs; 1 shall wait for the purpose until twelve
o'clock on Thursday next, and if I do not hear from
you I will forthwith issue a writ against you."
Examination resumed—There is not the slightest
truth in Emma Leigh's statement that between
July and Sept., 1861, I had intercourse with her
four times. (The girl here made an exclamation,
and was with difficulty induced to remain quiet.)
On the Bth July Hubble, the groom, was in town.
He came to take care of Wright, the gardener, who
had to attend the Old Bailey. A servant had robbed
my uncle, Robert Thorp, and he was a witness for
the prosecution.
Cross-examined—l did not reside at my mother's
house all the time Emma Leigh was acting as
nursemaid to my little girl. I may have stayed
two or three days or a week at a time. Oakley
has sometimes gone with me to Walthamstow,
and slept there. I have been in the constant
habit of keeping a dairy both in this
country and in India. I was at Walthamstow in
July last occasionally, but I am confident I did
not see this young woman. If I had done
so I would not have entered it in my diary. I only
saw her once at Walthamstow after she had left my
mother's. That was soon after ane left. I may have
spoken to her on that occasion, and it may have
been in the garden. 1 cannot say that my little
girl was with her. lam sure it was not in July,
but I cannot say in what month, or at what time of
the year—it is so long ago, I really forget at what
time of the year, but whenever it was I cannot say,
and did not speak to her. I take on myself to say
that I never gave her my address, or told her that
my aunt wanted a servant. My aunt is Mrs. Hall,
who resides at Fleetlands, near Fareham,in Hamp-
shire. She came to me and asked me if I could get
her a servant. I mentioned this to my mother, and
I may also have done so to the servants at Wal-
thamstow. Hubble came into my service on my re-
turn from India. He remained at Walthamstow,
where I keep my horses.
Re-examined—My aunt, Mrs. Hall, came to town
with my daughter, and stayed at 2, Regent-square,
from the 17th April to the 29th. They were my
guests, and it was then that my aunt asked me about
a servant.

Robert Hubble, the groom, was next called. He
said, I entered the defendant's service a month after
he came from India. I resided with my mother at
Walthamstow. On July 8, 1861, I saw Emma
Leigh in town when Wright was with me. I had
before seen her in June in Gray's-inn-road. I did
not recognise her until she spoke to me. I walked
home with her, and we called at two or three public
houses. We had a pint of ale and a biscuit at one
place, but I am not positive whether I had any
cheese, (Laughter.) I met her between 4 and 5
in the afternoon. On the Bth of July she was with
me from four in the afternoon until 10 at night. I
met her at Sidmouth.streot, Gray's-inn-lane.
Wright was with me. We went into Elliott's
and had some bread and cheese. She had tea
and ham. Leigh did not tell me where she had
been. I saw her between 3 and 4 in the
afternoon. Wright was left at a coffee-house in
Holborn-hill. I walked home with her. I left her
about 100 yards from her father's house in the Roman
road, Olp Ford. We walked all the way. It is
three or four miles or four and a half miles from
Gray's-inn-lane. We got to Old Ford at 10 o'clock
at night. We called at one or two public houses
on our way. We had biscuits and cheese. We
had some ale. She poured it out herself. I bad
walked with her before this. I once called when I
left my work. On Bth July I and Wright came up
about the prosecution at the Old Bailey. I never
drove Emma Leigh to 2, Regent-square.
Cross-examined—l know it was the Bth of July
when I saw her. I cannot say why lam so certain.
I don't keep a diary. (Laughter.) The major did
not tell me it was the Bth of July. I cannot say
what is the date to-day. (Laughter.) It runs in
my head that it was the Bth of July. (Laughter.)
Re-examined—l came up with Wright to take
care of him. (Laughter.) He had to attend the
trial at the Old Bailey.
Wm. Wright, a little old man, said—l do any
sort of work about Mrs. Thorp's place at Waltham-
stow. I have been about the place 47 years. I re•
collect coming up with Hubble to the trial. We
met Emma Leigh.
Cross-examined—l recollect seeing after blossom
time Emma Leigh in the garden with the child. The
major might have been there, but I did not see him
talk to her.

Mrs. Hubble, the mother of Robert Hubble, said
she saw Emma Leigh's mother at her (witness's)
house at Walthamstow, in July, 1862. She told me
my scan had driven her daughter to 2, Regent-square,
on the Bth July,. 1861, that she was drugged and
seduced by Major Thorp, that she went there again
the next day, and that she blamed her for going next
day. Emma Leigh has called a number of times at
my house. She sent a boy to the door for my son.
He was not at home. I went down to see her. I asked
her if she was Emma Leigh. She said " No," and
bidding me good bye, went away. I saw her after-
wards, and asked her how she could deny herself.
She said, " I may as well own it • it was me."
She called a number of times, and I said I had a
great objection to her coming so often to my
house. She always wanted to see Robert. I
said it had a bad appearance, and I did not like it.
I said my son did not want her.
Cross-examined—My son is now in the employ
of the major.
Mary Hubble, the daughter of the last witness,
said—l remember Mrs. Leigh calling on my mother.
She said that she blamed her daughter very much
indeed for going the next day to Regent-square
after what happened on the Bth July.
Mrs. Leigh, the mother of Emma Leigh, was re-
called at the request of Mr. Sergeant Parry, and
asked by the learned judge whether, when she
called upon Mrs. Hubble, she stated to her that
what Emma had told her as to what happened in
Regent-square was told three or four days after her
confinement, and when she was quite in a sane
state ? The witness replied that she did.
Mrs. Harring, the landlady of 2, Regent-square,
deposed to a young woman calling to see Major
Thorp in July, 1862. She was Emma Leigh. The
major's servant went up and told the major, and
then Emma went upstairs, She remained a very
short time, 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour. In
10 or 14 days she called again. Witness saw her
at the door as she was leaving the house. She told
her that she had better knock at the door, but she
believed the major was not at home. That was her
belief; never saw her again, and was very certain
she never did call afterward?.
Cross-examined—When I met the young worn n
at my door, I might have been away an hour before
I returned. It might have been twelve or one when
she came.

-William Henry Oakley, clerk to the registrar of
the Court of Probate, and cousin to the defendant,
said the defendant consulted him with regard to
the letters which had been read.
Mrs. Thorp, the mother of the defendant, examined,
said—Emma Leigh was in my service. I gave her
notice to leave me on account of her being so fami-
liar with the men-servants. I had repeatedly com-
plained of that, and said that she should not go
out of the nursery and gossip with the men. The
man she talked to was Robert Hubble, I did not
make her sleep in my roc= when WY bon And Mr.

Oakley were sleeping in the house. I ma 3 have
had a servant sleep in my room, but not Emma
Leigh.
This being the evidence for the defence,
Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Tindal Atkinson
addressed the jury on behalf of their respective
clients.

Mr. Baron Martin, in summing up, said this
was an action for the seduction of the plaintiff's
daughter, and the damages claimed were confined
not merely to the loss of her services by the plain-
tiff, but extended to the loss ho had sustained by
being deprived of her society, and the dishonour he
suffered. It has been said by the late Lord Eldon
in a case of this kind that the jury might take into
consideration the feelings of the father in losing the
comfort and services of 11 is daughter, in whose
virtue he would have no fufther consolation, and
example his other children's morals might be cor-
rupted. The seduction of a daughter was a legiti-
mate cause of action, and the jury were entitled to
assess the damages in that manner. The present
case was one in which there must be most wicked
and wilful perjury on one side or the other, and
they would have to decide, looking at all the cir-
cumstances, on which side the truth lay. 'Two per-
sons swore directly contrary to each other in a
matter as to which there could be no room what-
ever for doubt, and it was exclusively the province
of the jury to say which told the truth. He was
bound to say that the case had been grossly
exaggerated on both sides; for assuming the girl's
story to be true she had done a very improper
and imprudent thing in going to the de-
fendant to inquire about a situation. If a young
woman of considerable personal attractions like
Emma Leigh went to the lodgings of a young man
for such a purpose, she could scarcely be said to
take proper care her virtue, and one could not be
much surprised if under the circumstances the result
took place which she swore. Stress had been placed
upon the fact that in the first instance she accused
the defendant of giving her some drug which made
her insensible, and then violating her person; but
he did not think that was a material matter, as in
these cases a young woman told to her parents the
story most favourable to her. What told against
her was that she made no communication whatever
to the defendant during the time she was in the
familyway with a view to seeking some money, or
assistance or comfort in the state in which she was;
and what most told against the defendant was that
he had not answered the letters sent to him after
the confinement ; and the jury would consider
whether the explanations of counsel were satisfac-
tory upon those points. It was said that the young
woman often called for the groom Hubble, was on
friendly terms with him, and had gohe with him
into publichonses to drink, and the object of that
evidence seemed to be to prove that she had sexual
connexion with him, but they ought to dismiss that
entirely from their minds, because Hubble made no
statement to such an effect, and the learned counsel
emphatically said that Hubble had nothing to do
with the girl, and he would be prepared to swear it.
The supposition that Hubble was father of the child
should, therefore, be thrown entirely aside. His
lordship then went over the evidence, and, as to
damages, said even if the jury thought that the de-
fendant had sworn falsely they ought not to give
vindictive damages, because he might perhaps in
taking advantage of the young woman's presence in
his lodging, have thought that her coming to him
was a sort of challenge, but they would form their
own opinion as to that, and looking to all the evi-
dence as to the conduct of both parties, say to what
sum the plaintiff was entitled.
The jury then retired.

Mr. Sergeant Parry afterwards came into court,
and said that the learned judge was wrong in his
version of what fell from him as to Hubble being
the father of the child. He did not say that Hubble
was not the father, nor that it was to be inferred
that he was not, but that, if asked, he would pro-
bably deny that he was the father. It was not for
the defence to prove who was the father.
At the request of the learned counsel the jury
were recalled, and the correction made by Mr.
Baron Martin, but his lordship said he was cer-
tainly under the impression that the learned coun-
sel made the statement he imputed to him. After
about an hour's absence the jury sent in a note
stating that they were unable to agree, and on being
brought into court his lordship told them, as they
were not likely to agree, he did not feel justified in
detaining them any longer. It was just one of those
cases in which a conscientious difference of opinior.
might prevail, and he should therefore discharge
them. The jury were then discharged.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, N0v.27.

OLD COTJRT.
(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
ATTEMPTED CHILD MURDER.

Elizabeth Welton, 26, was charged with feloni-
ously casting a child, twelve months old, named
Annie Welton, into the water, with intent to mur-
der her.

Me. Ribton and Mr. Oppenhein conducted the
prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr.
Sleigh.

It appeared by the evidence of a woman, named
Jane, Robinson, that on the 30th of October she
was looking out of the back window of her house in
Bacon-street, Bethnal-green, when she saw the pri-
soner and a young elan in the back garden of an
adjoining house, and they appeared to be quarrel-
ling, and the man made use of most foul and dis-
gusting language to the prisoner. She had the
child in question, which was her own child, in her
arms at the time; and while the quarrel was pro-
ceeding she rushed to a water-butt that was in the
yard, and which was nearly full of water, and
threw the child into it. It struggled and got
its hands to the edge of the water-butt, and the
prisoner, according to the evidence, forced them
away and pressed the body of the child into the
water and then left the spot. The young
man who had been quarrelling with the pri:
soner immediately ran up to the water butt and
took the child out, and it appeared to be nearly ex-
hausted, but eventually recovered, and did not sus-
tain any material injury. It was stated in the course
of the inquiry that the man who was referred to
was the prisoner's stepson.
Some further evidence was then adduced, but none
of the witnesses were able to prove that the name
of the child was Annie Wilson, as stated in the in-
dictment.

Mr. Sleigh, upon this, submitted that the indict-
ment was bad in point of form.
Mr. Justice Byles said that with such an objec-
tion as the one now taken, which was purely tech-
nical, he should certainly give the widest latitude to
a statute which was passed expressly for the purpose
of preventing such objections prevailing to defeat
justice, and he should amend the indictment.
The learned Judge then summed up, and the jury
after deliberating for a few minutes, found the pri-
soner not guilty.
Geo. Robert Kilaby, the late clerk at the West-
minster Bridewell, who was convicted on Wednes-
day of having, in an unfounded fit of jealousy, shot
at and wounded a person named Cook, with intent
to do him grievous bodily injury, was brought up
for judgment.

Sir. Justice Byles, in passing sentence upcn the
prisoner, said he had carefully read a statement that
he had forwarded to him, and he felt the deepest
commiseration at his own position and that in which
his family had been placed, but he must protect the
public, and he was responsible to the law for the
sentences he pronounced. If the jury had convicted
him of the intention to murder the prosecutor he
should most certainly have sentenced him to penal
servitude for life. The jury had, however, convicted
him of a much less serious charge; but the only
point that he saw at all to be regarded favourably
was, that it had not been made out that the pistol
was loaded with buck shot, as was originally sup-
posed, but with small shot only, ti-,at were not cal-
culated to do so much mischief. The prosecutor was
however, very seriously injured, and the surgeon
stated that, although he was at present in tolerable
health, his condition was such that dangerous
symptoms might come on at any moment, and he
must inform him that, if this should be the case,
and he should die within a year and a day, he
would be liable to be tried for murder. He then
sentenced the prisoner to be kept in penal servi-
tude for five years.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)
MORE GARROTTE ROBBERIES.
Thomas Redshaw, 20, harness maker, James
Dixon, 20, clerk, and Charlotte Redshaw, 19, spin-
ster, were indicted for feloniously assaulting William
Beamish, and stealing from him part of a watch
chain and 6d. in money.
Mr. Daly conducted the prosecution ; Mr. F. 11,
Lewis defended the prisoner Redshaw, and Mr.
Montagu Williams defended the female prisoner.
The prisoner, James Dixon, was undefended by
counsel.
The prosecutor in this case is a young man em-
ployed as a letter-carrier at the General Post-offier.
and was returning home along the City-road about
10 o'clock on the night of the 29th September last,
when he met the female prisoner, whom he had
re ,i
tnhe ahretrh.
e City
She.nAade an excuse to go intorms Tavern, and agreed
ktonogwo nhobraefeo with
the tavern to get, as she said, the key, and soon after
rejoined him, and they proceed
reached a retired spot, knownproceeded together till they
which they entered, and remained
as Globe-walk, intc
ciincersation, when themale prosecutor heard footsteps,
pri
asked himsoners approach. Dixon
what he was d •
and they immediately seized
there with his woman,
White
„ „ . lately seized him by the throlitH
I" lAltile attempted to possess horsolf of his

watch, of which he retained possession by keeping
it in his grasp ; the chain, however, was broken
and lost, as was also the money. The three then
went away, bearing the prosecutor half dead on
the ground. From the violence he suffered one of
his eyes was closed and the other was full of blood,
so that he was unable to pursue the prisoners.
He crawled to a cab, and directed the driver to take
him to the hospital, where he remained under me-
dical care for upwards of a fortnight.
In his cross-examination by Mr, F. H. Lewis, the
prosecutor denied that he knew or had had any
illicit connection with a female named Maria Bar'
row, with whom Thomas Redshaw cohabited.
In reply to Mr. Montagu Williams, the proseco'
tor stated that he knew from the female prisoner
that she lived with the prisoner Dixon.
It was proved that the male prisoners were in the
City Arms Tavern when the female went in to get
the key. They were subsequently taken into cos'
tody on the information of the woman Maria Bar'
row, who now proved that Thomas Redshaw came
home without his hat on the night of the robberYl
and told her that he had lost it in a row he had bad
with a postman, whom he had kicked and left for
dead ; and he also attributed some spots of blood
she observed on his stocking to this rencontre.
The learned Counsel for the prisoners addressed
the jury on behalf of their respective clients, con-
tending that this was not a robbery, but an assault
i
by Thomas Redshaw, in revenge for the suppose"
connexion between fie prosecutor and the woman-
Barrow ; and that Dixon had joined in the attack
when he found the prosecutor with his paramour,
the female prisoner.
Mr. Baron Bramwell summed up the evidence
with great clearness to the jury, who, after a short
deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty against
all the prisoners.

Sentence deferred.
Thos. Lester, 30, sailor, and Thos. Harvey, 19'
labourer, were indicted for a robbery, with vio-
lence, on Daniel Solley, and stealing from him a caP
and six shillings in money.
Mr. Orridge prosecuted, and the prisoners Were
undefended.

It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor
that he was passing through Lower Thames-street
in the evening, when the two prisoners sprang
out upon him, knocked him down, and stole his
cap and 6s. in money. He gave an alarm, and the
prisoners were followed and seen to go into a lodg-
ing-house, known as " The Barracks," in that neigh*
bourhood. The police secured both the prisoners
there, one of them being found concealed in the
water-closet, and the prosecutor's cap was also die-
covered in the house.

The jury acquitted the prisoners of the robbery'
but the learned judge ordered them to be detained,
in order that an indictment for the assault might
be preferred against them.
Joseph Hall, 30, labourer, and Robert Leat, 251
smith, were indicted, together with a woman nu'
known, with feloniously assaulting Edwin John
Burt, with intent to rob him.

Mr. Sleigh, instructed by the City Solicitor, On'
ducted the prosecution.
In this case the prosecutor stated that he was an
officer in the Customs, and that on the evening °f
the 21st inst. he was in Fenchurch-street, when he
was accosted by a woman, of whom he took n°
notice, but passed on. She, however, followed hinh
and on his arriving at a shop where there was a
light, he took out his purse for the purpose of taking
out a coin to make a purchase, and had no so/WI
done so than the woman snatched it from him and
t
ran away. He pursued, crying " Stop thief,"
had not proceeded far when the prisoner Hall came
out of a court, and placing himself in front asked
what was the matter, and endeavoured to prevent
him from continuing his chase. The prosecut.°:
endeavoured to push past him, but finding that 04
could not succeed was about to turn back when n..
found some one behind him. This was the prisone',
Leat. The two prisoners were then on each side °A`
him, when a third man came in front of him, and
the prosecutor, after a struggle with them, 0013;
trived to free one of his hands in which he had '
stick heavily loailed with lead. This he swung '
round, and struck the man in front a violent blow-
The man cried out that he had been hit and re?
away. The prosecutor retained his hold of the pri-
soner Hall for a moment, and then he and the Po"
soner Leat started off, followed by the prosecutor..
They ran into St. Mary-axe, where Leat was car;
tured by a police-constable, and Hall, with T.
assistance of a gentleman named Tanhill, was de
tained until further assistance arrived.
The prisoners were both convicted, and it Ws.at
stated that though nothing was known of Hall, it
was believed that Leat had before been tried f°,
robbery with violence at Glasgow, and sentence
'
to four years' penal servitude, and that he had only
come out of Portland Prison a few months since.
The prisoner Leat denied the truth of this state-
ment., and declared that he could prove that he s'Oe
keeping a shooting gallery in Old-street-road at the
time it was alleged he had been in custody.
Mr. Baron Bramwell directed further inquiriell
to be made, and postponed passing sentence.

COUNTRY MA RALI S.

1.,

MANCHESTER—Nov. 27.
good a tend' This morning at our market there was a go.---..t veil
ance, but the business transacted in any article vio' '
limited, and there was no improvement in prices.

BIRMINGHAM—Nov, 27, 400
English wheat was sold at 54s to 60s for white, 11-.15s to
to 56s per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 7.„ 300
42s per qr ; grinding, 26s to 30s Oats, old, 26s 1'; qr.
per 30 stone; new, 22s to 255. Beans, 41s to 44s per
Peas, 40s to 48s per 36 stone.

PLYMOUTH Nov. 25. ; 51/1
White, 56s to 60s ; red, 54s to 56s per qr ; Dautzlor
to 58s ; American, 51s to 55s ; Spanish, —s to —s ass pet
sian, —s to —s. Barley at previous rates-34s to., . sio
qr for malting ; grinding, 27s to 28s
,_• oats, 23s to 27s
beans, —s to —s; flour, 38s to 41s Od.

CORK—NoT. 26. ged
The following were the quotations this morning
wheat, 17810 d to 24s 9LI ; white, 22s ea to 27s Od, Walla tO
Od to 18s Od ; oats, 8s 6d to 13p 6d. ; new here,
—s Od.

EDINBURGH GRAIN—Noy. 26. obt
A good supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which br° '
fully the prices of this day week. Trade slow.
Barley on the top is 6d down
Wheat on the top 18s Od down aavveerraaggee Oss 7
s 2dd ciAdri: Oats on the top Os 6d down
Beans on the top is down... average 6ss .544°142.
Total Supply and Sales.
Wheat ... 823 qrs Sold 346 qrs
Barley.. ..2437 qrs Sold 1441 qrs
Oats
Sold 1126
Beans 4l qrs (l'ls
Sold 19 qrs oa;
Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 45a Od ; extras, 436
superfine, 41s Od ; fine, 398 Od.

DERBY SMITHFIELD—Nov. 25. oa
The show of fat beasts to-day was fully an average'
prices had an upward tendency.
Beet
6d to 61d Veal ....6d
Mutton .. bid to 7id Pork .. 7- to
Lamb Bd to Bid Rough fat, 4s 3d Peir 6°l3'
Hides, 3d to 41d; calf skins, 5d to 6d.

e
THE RIVEUS.—The rivers Earn and Rutliven are
at present swarming with fish, and the spawning beds 17110
at present quite full. the ova has been safely lodged' g for
fish are in fine order, and' have not been so "Timer'
upwards of 30 years. Tho watchers are very vigilalut
Sid
no cases of poaching have occurred this year.—Scotsman'

CLIFFORD.—On the 26thin
inßsTt
,HaSt
the North Camp, Alder'
shot, the Hon. Mrs. H. H. 'Clifford, of a daughter. ~to
HrsEY.—On the 27th inst., at Westbourne-terrace,
wire of Ralph A. Husey, Esq., of a sn. togs
*
THEOBALD.—On the 22d inst., at 3, Park-road, 6"
Newington, Mrs. George J. Theobald, of a son.
-WooD.—On the 27th inst., at Littleten, the wife of $.141"
General Wood, of a son.

MARRIAGES. yorlg.
9t Edward S. Ball, ESCI•1;030
BALL—FIELDING.—On the 26th inst., at Halifax,
~y,,
Cambridgeshire,son to Emily, daughter of
Mearclough, Sowerby bridge.
, wi r 1 9f,
Fielding, shire,
Burwell,
E el.,
SHARMAN—CIIARLTON.—On the 27th inst., at 5.,. - 4 Ito-
f ge' 1
Bryanston-square, Mr. Warren Sharman, 0- na, °
Mowbray, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. Char'
Oxford-attest.

27th inst., at Cornwall-place,
DEATHS.
CLOWES.—On the
after a abort
clowes.illness, Ellen, eldest daughter of Mr. Fr
OllTHBEhbert'
RT.—On the 27th inst., John Smithyut dee
Esq., of 146, Fenchurch- t t and 1, Carabrige-1° v
Villa' Hackney, aged 65. 8 ree
'
Eicllo
liE.—On the 26th inst , at New-park-road, Clapham
park, William Eicke, Es.q d 75 al.
GARR CO 1
ETT.—On the 22d inst ,at 6, Bentinck-street, ,ora
dish-square, Catherine, widow of the late rice-
HenryA" Garrett, aged 74. Islington'
HAYS.—On the 25th inst., at Barnsbury-square, Ifol Afar*
John Hays, Esq., formrly of the Corn Exchange, '
Lane, aged 94. io
stoo' 1
PAGET —On Tuesday, the 25th inst., at Humber,.
ow
the 84th year of his age, Thomas Paget, Esel•Ceocoaoq
one of the representatives in Parliament for tu
ilolloattici;
of Leicester. 1103.
Soura,Y.—On the 25th inst., at Henley-on-Tho_inestiury.o
M. Sound
aged 96 y, late of Upper Culhana, IVP:,grave, "'
aged 96, t 134'
TAnon.—On the 26th inst.; at 15, Tavistock•stree,,itiiel
ford-square, Stephen Ciaarles Taylor, late of Coe?, .1-
Llandogo, Mouniouttlatiit___
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Nicidloaex.—Friday, Noyember 28,.1864.