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line into the Mililary Train, and vice verse; also to what
extent commissions are sold in the Military Train ?
Sir G. LEWIS said that the corps in question was the
same as any other in this respect.
THE TAEPING 3.

which could determine, or ought to determine, this ques-
tion. The question of expenditure was not one which should
govern the decision of the house ; but when they came to
the appropriation of the money so liberally voted by Par-
liament, it was important to see that the money was so
spent as to produce the results which Parliament had in
view. This consideration forced itself upon the Govern-
ment last summer. Government was in connexion with a
vast number of persons in various parts of the
country engaged in education—drawing their sala-
ries from the Government, and to a great extent inde-
pendent of those managers with whom they are more
immediately associated. Government had to consider
whether this gigantic system of centralisation might not
be checked, and whether to a greater extent local manage-
ment and control could not be given. The Government
also considered the report of the commissioners,
and what they said as to the present system being
pli cumbrous, and costly, and the Government
also came
d totheconclusion that the results were
by no means commensurate. Then they set themselves
to work to revise the code, and the result of their deli-
berations was laid befcre Parliament some time
previous to the prorogation, with the fall expectation
that it would produce the criticism which it had produced
during the recess. The heads of the department to which
this matter wes entrusted had received deputation after
deputation on the subject, and had read ell the pamphlets
which had appeared. In fact, he had scarcely ever
known a subject which had been more thoroughly dis-
cussed, whether in or out of that house. The Government
thought that the principle which they ought to maintain
was, that the money voted by Parliament for the promotion
of education should be contingent upon the success of the
machinery employed, as tested by results. To this principle
he understood his right hon. friend to assent. The right
hon. gentleman (Mr. Walpole) in his speech pointed out
what he deemed the four advantages of the present system,
but ho failed to show that the Revised Code would not sus-
tain these advantages, nor did the right hon. gentleman in
any of his resolutions ask the house to say that the Revised
Code would affect the religious instruction given in the
schools under the present system ; and as to taunting the
religious bodies on the subject, he thought that it would be
reproaching them to suppose that they would be less atten-
tive to religious education when they ceased to be paid for
it than they were when they were paid for it. In schools in
connection with the Church of England no difference Would
be made under the Revised Code; and as to discouraging
voluntary efforts, he held that the effect of the Revised Code
would be exactly the reverse of what the right hon. gentle-
man anticipated; for the supporters of schools would be
more and not less anxious and interested. The very cer-
tainty of the grants heretofore had operated as a check
rather than an impulse to a voluntry effort. He attached
quite as much value to these voluntary efforts as his right
hon. friend could do. Those represented by his hon. friend
the member for Leeds were entitled to the thanks of the
country for the efforts they had made unaided by any Par-
liamentary grant. Amongst those not unwilling to receive
Government aid large voluntary contributions had been
made ; and many such schools would have been established
by benevolent people, even if there had been no Parlia-
mentary grants. He could not see how voluntary efforts
would be checked by efficiency being made a condition of
grants. (Hear, hear.) As to discipline and cleanliness,
schools whore these qualities were not found would not be
entitled to a grant; and as to the test of how the children
turned out in life, it would bo impossible to follow
them and to make the grant dependent on the issue of such
inquiries. Ho was not disposed to underrate what had been
done by the present system. Ho remembered and took part
in the efforts of the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Rus-
sell, to whom the right hon. gentlemen had referred. Ho
remembered the jealousy with which these grants were at
first regarded, and the danger the system then ran of almost
annihilation at the hands of the majority of that house. As
to the results, it was a fact which stood broadly out in the
report of the commissioners, that not more than one-third
of the scholars could be said to be efficiently educated ; but
he cared not to state the precise proportion ; what he con-
tended for was, that notwithstanding the vast amount of
money spent, a very largo proportion of the children were
imperfectly educated in those very elements of education
which all agreed should be insisted on. He thought he had
stated the figures incorrectly—the fact being, as he had just
been informed, that one-third were well taught and two-
thirds imperfectly taught. His right hon. friend stated as an
objection to the system that it did not reach the poor dis-
tricts. That objection had been often repeated, but the de-
fect complained of was inherent in the system which made
Parliamentary grants dependent on voluntary contributions.
The Revised Code was intended to meet that objection by
making efficiency the sine via non of the money contributed.
Another objection of the right hon. gentleman was, that by
the Revised Code the junior classes would not be sufficiently
attended to. Now, if anything could induce the masters to
attend to the junior classes it would be the regulation which
made the master's remuneration depend on the testing of
each child—which would make his remuneration depend,
not on the general management of the school, but the actual
instruction given to each individual child. The Revised
Code was to remedy the very evils of which the right hon.
gentleman complained. As to the masters and pupil-
teachers it would be seen, when the house came to discuss
the resolutions, that the Government had kept faith both
with masters and pupil-teachers, and that full justice had
been done to both parties by tho Revised Code. Under the
recent system neither party had any legal security for pay-
ment of what they were led to expect; under the Revised
Code masters and pupil-teachers had a legal guarantee foi
six months' salary before they could be dismissed. Ho (Sir
G. Grey) would assure his right hon. friend that when the
house went into committee the Government would be pre-
pared to consider his resolution with impartiality. (Hear,)
He observed, and truly, that the subject of education should
not be made a party question. (Hear, hear.) He (Sir G.
Grey) believed it was the sincere and earnest desire of the
house to promote a sound education among the children of
the working classes of the country, and hoped the house
would go into committee with the desire of considering the
resolutions of the right hon. gentleman. With respect to
the point of economy, and also that of secresy, nothing
would be done without the consent of Parliament, and
therefore in those respects the Government would afford no
just ground of complaint. It was generally understood that
the house would now go into committee to discuss those
resolutions, and he hoped the time would not be wasted by
matters of detail, but that general principles would be kept
in view. (Hear.)
Mr. B. STANHOPE criticised at great length the vari-
ous provisions of the new code, and complained that the
Vice President of the Committee of Council had not dealt
with the subject in a fair spirit. He observed that the at-
tendance of children at school was a matter beyond the con-
trol of the managers, yet both the grants to them and to the
teachers were made dependent upon the examination and
attendance of the scholars—a result equally illogical, un-
reasonable, and unjust.

Mr. FREELAND asked the Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs whether any communications had been
received from our military or naval officers in command on
the China station with reference to the character and ope-
rations of the Taepings, or rebels; and whether the Go-
vernment would lay upon the table of the house copies of,
or extracts from, any such communications

Mr. LAYARD said that the papers in question were
prepared, and would shortly be laid on the table of the
house.

TREATY WITH BELGIUM.
Mr. W. FORSTER asked the Under Secretory of State
for Foreign Affairs, whether he could give the house any
information relative to the commercial treaty now negotiat-
ing between this country and Belgium ?
Mr. LAYARD said that the demands put forward by
the Belgian Government led to the negotiations being sus-
pended for the present.

Mr. BUXTON, as one of the managers of a school,
owned that ho had felt ut one time under a cloud of uncer-
tainty ; but after considering the question fully, he had
come to the conclusion that the Reviqed Code, whilst it
would not damp religious teaching, would tend to stirnutate
secular, at the same time that it would not discourage the
friends of education or induce them to remit in their efforts.
Lord It. OECJI, admitted that there were evils in the
existing system which required amendment, but he objected
to the Government scheme that it not only did not remedy
these evils, but left them where they wore, or deepened
their intensity and increased their range, and had evils of
its own ten times more extensive and perilous. The system
now in operation did not reach poor districts, new schools,
and dull pupils; and in all these particulars the Revised
Code would be worse than its predecessor.
Mr. W. FORS"' ER said experience had convinced him
that a reform was absolutely necessary ; but the great and
sweeping change contemplated by the Revised Code would
not be a reform so much as the utter destruction of the
present 53 stern.
Mr. Puller opposed, and Mr. Leathani supported, the
Revised Code; after which, on the motion of Mr. White-
side, the debate was adjourned until Thursday (to-morrow).
WEST HARTLEPOOL RAILWAY AND DOCK

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.

Yesterday afternoon the members of this commission
held a meeting in their court room at the Guildhall.

THE EMBANKMENT OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE THAMES.

Mr. NV . HAYWOOD, the engineer to the Commissioners,
laid before the Court a report stating that he had perused
the bill for embanking the north side of the Thames, from
Westminster-bridge to Blackftiam.bridge, and for making
new streets in and near thereto, and horn Blackfriars-
bridge to the Mansion-house; and he had also examined
the deposited plane. The title of the bill explained generally
the nature of the proposed work, which in its entirety re-
presented perhaps the largest and most important metropo-
litan improvement that had been before the public for many
years past. The embankment, as shown by the plans and
sections, was to start from the bridge at Westminster and
to continue along the northern shore of the river to Black-
friars-bridge. The level of the surface would be uniformly
four feet above Trinity high-water mark from Westminster-
buidge until it reached a point nearly opposite to Middle
Temple-lane, it then ascended With a gradient of about ona
in sixty to the present level of Blackfriars-bridge ; its width
was to be 100 feet from Westminster-bridge to the eastern
boundary of the Inner Temple, and 70 from thence to Black-
friars-bridge. The whole of these widths were to be laid
out as carriageways and footways. No railway was contem-
plated along the line. It appeared to be intended to build
the embankment solid and arrangements were to be made by
which the low level intercepting sewer might be constructed
within it, so as to obviate the necessity for constructing it
between the Strand and Fleet-street. The public conve-
nience Would thereiore bo uninjured, whilst a better line
for the intercepting sewer would be secured. The general
line lying between the embankment and the present line of
river frontage would be reclaimed, and was to be let for
building or devoted to public purposes. Two new streets
were to be made between the embankment and the main
thoroughfares lying to the north of it. Many streets, also,
now terminating at the present river wall were to be con-
nected with it. The means of access to the embankment
throughout its length would therefore be freqtent. The
jurisdiction of the commis:jou was not touched until the
point of junction of the embankment with the roadway of
Blackftlare, from which point a street 70 feet wide was to
be formed up to the Mansion-house. The centre line of
this street crossed Chatham-place in a north-east direction;
it crossed Earl-street near to Printer-street, and thence
curves round to the foot of St. Andrevee• hill, and runs
midway between Thames-street and Great Xnight-rider-
street to Bennett's-hill, from that point curving gently
northward across Old Fish-street-hill and Bread-street-
hill ; the centre line runs along the sotithern side of the
short length of New-street, (formed some years ago in an
ticipation of its continuation somewhat upon the line now
proposed) to Cannon-street, and then runs in a north-
eastern direction straight to Charlotte-row, by the Man-
sion-house. This street was not upon the line of that
recommended by the Royal Commission upon the Thames
Embankment. The total area scheduled within the city
was about 221 acres. The sewers of the entire district
through which the line of street passed would have to be
altered and reconstructed. In tho plans deposited there
was an absence of detail, nor could he (the engineer) learn
that detail had yet been considered. He was unable,
therefore, to give the court further information an to the
design and mode of construction proposed. The compre-
hensiveness of the project must however, commend it to
those who had studied the wants of the metropolis in re-
spect to its thoroughfares, and if it was carried out in the
spirit in which it had apparently been conceived it would
be in every respect a work worthy of the age ; but if,
on the contrary, it was curtailed in its execution by
undue regard to small economies, by inattention to
detail, or neglect of collateral points, it might still result in
a comparative failure, and a failure would, in this case, be
little short of a national disgrace. Upon carefully studying
the plan it would be seen that there were many parts in
connexion with the embankment which, according to the
way in which they might be treated, would either conduce
to or lessen the grandeur of the whole. The same might
be said of the proposed street within the City, where oppor-
tunity would be afforded for effecting collateral improve-
ments of general as well as of a local character, which, if
now lost, could not effected at a later day without large
cost; but no attention appeared by the deposited plans to
have been given to those points. The whole design was,
indeed, one which admitted of being improved, and to a large
extent perfected, before it was placed in the hands of the
board which might be destined to carry it into execution,
and it should not be permitted to pass into law until every
point was arranged which was capable of present determi-
nation. The bill as introduced varied very considerably
from that deposited. This was much to be deprecated, in-
asmuch as it rendered it difficult for the officers to examine
and report properly to those bodies of persons concerned in
the measure, and prevented those affected by it from taking
proper means in defence of their rights ; in fact, the safe-
' guard which was intended to be given to the public by the
deposit of a bill and plans was by such alterations to some
extent destroyed. The board for carrying out the work
of the northern embankment and new street was, accord-
ing to the present (but not the deposited bill), com-
posed of eleven members, two being members of the Me-
tropolitan Board, elected by the Corporation of tho City
of London, the remaining nine to be other members of
the Metropolitan Board, ono of them being its chairman,
who was also, when present, to be the chairman of the
committee ; five was to bo a quorum, and the committee
appeared, when once constituted, to bo intended, to a large
extent, to be independent in its action of the board from

which it emanated. The committee was to hold its first
meeting at such time and place as the chairman might
appoint, and it might afterwards meet at such time and
place as was thought proper. The cost of the works were
to be defrayed out of the Thames Embankment and Me-
tropolis Improvement Fund. The powers of the district
boards, vestries, and other bodies appeared to be reserved,
but it was by no means clear that the same reservation was
made in favour of the powers of the Commission of Sewers;
but, on the contrary, it seemed to him that powers which
the commission had hitherto possessed in respect of sewers
when new streets were to be formed within the city were
abrogated entirely. From a clause in the bill the duration
of the functions of the board, or the Embankment Com-
mittee, seemed to be limited to ten years, but this was not
distinctly set forth, nor was it clear under whose control
the embankment was permanently to be placed, nor from
what funds it was to be maintained; but owing to the en-
grafting of numerous clauses from the other acts, but which
clauses were not inserted in the bill, and by incorporating
other acts, there was considerable difficulty in ascertaining
the exact intention of the bill upon various points, and it
appeared to him to require tho most careful consideration
of the legal advisers of the court. It was a noticeable point
also in the bill, that for the first time it was sought to invest
a body other than the Corporation with powers to form new
thoroughfares within the city of London.
After some observations from several members, the re-
port was referred to the Improvement Committee to ex-
amine and report. The court then adjourned.

ASSIZE _INTEL LIG.EIV CE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—LEwEs, March 25.

"May 2, 1861.
"My dear Sally,—l do not know whether you will allow
me fo address you in this familiar strain, but I do hope you
will once again. I am truly sorry for ray past conduct to-
wards you, and beg, your forgiveness. My conscieneo tells
me that I have acted in a most disreputable manner, and I
Vish to retract all I have said or done. Will you forgive
me, Sally ? I am miserable, and I cannot live without you.
I know I have caused you a great deal of sorrow and
anguish, but I do hope to be able to bind up that sorrow-
ing heart. Oh 1 how can I ask your forgiveness when I
know how wrong I have been. 'Would you allow me to see
you once more ? Do not deny me, and I promise instead
of your reproach you shall have more cause to praise. I
never will wound any more that bosom where affection
dwells. Forgive me, dear Sally.—Your repentant lover,
" J. F. R.

The business of the assizes for the county of
Sussex was proceeded with yesterday morning, at
ten o'clock, Lord Chief Justice Erie presiding in
the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Wightman at
Nisi Prins. There are 23 causes entered on the
civil side for trial, 18 of which are set down to be
tried by special juries, but 15 of the number are
actions for compensation for injuries received by the
fatal accident that occurred in the Clayton tunnel
last year.

CROWN COURT.
(Before Lord Chief Justice Erie.)
His lordship, in charging the grand jury, said
that there were an unusual number of cases for this
county to be brought before them ; but it appeared
to him that the calendar seemed more formidable
than it really was, as the greater portion of the
cases were charges affecting property, which might
very well have been disposed of by the magistrates
sitting in quarter session.
Emma Jutten, 38, was indicted for the wilful
murder of her child, aged three years and a half,
and named Emma Eliza Jane Jutten.

Mr. Hake conducted the prosecution.
It appeared that the prisoner was a married
woman, and resided at Brighton, and on Dec. 24 the
child in question was found dead in her bed with a
piece of string tied round its neck so tight as to
cause strangulation. There was no doubt that the
act was committed by the prisoner, but from the
medical testimony it appeared that she had not been
of sound mind for a considerable time previous to
the transaction, and that she was insane when the
offence was committed.

The facts were only very shortly gone into, and
the jury at once acquitted the prisoner on the ground
of insanity, and she was ordered to be detained dur-
ing her Majesty's pleasure.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT—NoRwicii, March 25.
CIVIL SIDE.
(Before Chief Baron Pollock.)
CHAPMAN V. RUSIIMAN.—EREACH OF PROMISE OF

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.--WARWICK, March 25.
At three o'clock yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon,
an application was made to Mr. Justice Williams to
allow the prosecution to be withdrawn in the case
of Richard Guinness Hill. This case has obtained
great notoriety o wing to the extraordinary features
with which it was surrounded. It will be remem-
bered that the defendant stood charged with falsi-
fying the register of his own son, at Rugby, in
January, 1859. It was alleged that he did so in
order to become possessed of his property (about
£B,OOO per annum), and the whole of the property
of his wife, which she had bequeathed to him abso-
lutely, in the event of no issue surviving his decease;
and what gave strong confirmation to this suspicion
was the mysterious disappearance of the child itself,
and its subsequent discovery, after a lapse of two
years, in the hands of a woman to whom Richard
Guinness Hill had given it in secret charge. In the
investigation into the case made at Rugby, some
extraordinary disclosures were made, and the public
have seldom seen in print such a combination of
fraud, duplicity, and cruelty.
Mr. Field said the suspicious circumstances of the
case had been satisfactorily explained to the persons
prosecuting.
Mr. Justice Williams said he supposed " an
arrangement" had been made. He knew nothing
whatever of what transpired out of court.
Mr. Field thought ho should have little difficulty
in convincing his lordship that the evidence might
advantageously be withdrawn.
The Judge said he did not see how the prosecution
could be withdrawn. _ _

Mr. Field said persons would have to be dragged
into the case if it was proceeded with, and that
unnecessarily ; and there were many matters of a
private nature altogether.
Mr. Justice Williams said the offence was ren-
dered a public one by actof Parliament, and certain
penalties were attached to it. He must certainly
refuse to grant the application.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Warch 25.

_
(Before Mt. Bodkin, Assistant-Judge.)
Henry Cross, 38, solicitor, was indicted for frau-
dulently obtaining by false pretences, from Mary
Ann Roles, the sum of £5O, with intent to cheat
her thereof.

I Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted. The prisoner was de-
I fended by Mr. Warton.
Mr. Metcalfe having briefly opened the case called
the prosecutrix, who stated that she lived at Glou-
cester-gardens, Kentish Town, and was a widow,
and housekeeper to her brother. From May
up to November last, the prisoner visited at her
brother's house once or twice a week, and paid
his addresses to her, offered her marriage, and
said he was preparing a comfortable home for her.
A marriage was agreed upon, and he asked if she
was dependent entirely upon her brother. She told
him she had £2OO of her own at 4 per cent., which
was correct. He said it was foolish for her to put
it out at that small rate, he could get 121 for it if
she would like to try it, and if she liked she could
put £5O in his firm (Cross and Nixon, 58, Lincoln's
Inn-fields), and his partner would make more than
that of it. He said he was advising her as a soli-
citor should advise a client. She drew out £5O, and
went to the prisoner's office on the 2d of September.
He met her at the door. She expected to see the
partners together. He asked her if she had
the old
the
money. She said she had. He said, old
man," meaning a little man at the door, "little
knows
prevented
vheonwt e
heron w
seeinge, you
Mr. a ndNli,xsohna,ll bbyescaoymineg thatene.rie
to
oe
hdoidr,noosthweis(hmrh.iNmixtoonk)nwis
esvh thated him to m
he was engagedhis
daughter; but she was only a school girl, and he
should not like her. She went with him hotel
in to a
in Covent-garden, and he called for pen, ink, and
paper. He asked what receipt he should give ?
She said he knew best; but she should require a
proper one. He made out a receipt with a stump on
it. She gave him the £5O, and he gave her £6 N.
as interest, at the rate of 121 per cent. He said she
could have it back in a month if she required it. He
visited her afterwards, and she asked him what Mr.
Nixon said about tho transaction after he saw it
entered in the books. He said Mr. Nixon wanted
to know who she was, and where she lived. She
parted with the money believing it was going to
"Nixon and Cross, solicitors. In case she wanted
the money she was to apply at the office ; even if
he left Mr. Nixon she would never lose a shilling of
it. Soon after his manners changed, and she told
him she was going to Mr. Nixon for the return of
the deposit; he begged and implored her not to do so
as it would cause words. He promised to pay her
on the 3d of December. Ho never visited her
afterwards, aqd she had never received one farthing
of the £5O. In January Mr. Nixon told her he
knew nothing of the money. She first saw the
prisoner in April, when he gave her his card. The
money was not a loan to the prisoner. She consi-
dered it to be as he represented a deposit at interest
with the firm of Nixon and Cross at interest repay-
able on notice, which it was not. She met him near

MARRIAGE.
This was an action to recover damages for an
alleged breach of promise of marriage. The de.
fondant pleaded that he never promised to marry
the plaintiff; that she was not ready to marry him
when he was prepared to marry her ; that she
exonerated him from the performance of the pro-
mise, &c.
Mr. Keane and Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the
plaintiff; Mr. Palmer and Mr. S. Reeve for the
defendant.
It was stated that the plaintiff is 38 years of age,
and that she has for some time carried on, with her
zother, the business of a grocer and general shop-
kee, -at Claxton, Norfolk. The defendant is a
age, residing at Ashby,
seems
t-b.
. -hoot. the same
miller, ot lb- 'la e, and
an adjoining ' to have been at
the lie,st, 12 or 14 years at-
various times during
tracted by the plaintiff, Iv om he had known as a
-‘ffer.s of marriage•
child, and to have made her
Those offers, for sown ` '''r, Came to no'
- reason or oteN.,

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thing, but in the spring of last year the defendant 1 Queen-street,
sought an opportunity of renewing his intimacy letters. She was with a highly respectable young
if, elborn, as he was going to post' his
with the plaintiff, nuu his marriage with her was I woman, a fareeer's
spoken of to many persons as likely. soon to take card. Next day daughter, and he gave her his
1,, s wrote her two letters. She
place. Only one letter was put iu as having been went with him to ;Weston's, the Alh.ambra, and
written by him to the plaintiff, and this was in the other places of amusema
as to having had intrigue.
ent. In reply to questions,
Following terms : 9 with persons in the coun-
ts try, and having stated Oat they unfortunately-
ended in nothing, she gave.an unqualified denial,
but said she knew some perssons in the country
$
when names were mentioned; .he did not proceed
againet him in this case because' Ele had committed
a breach of promise of marriage, ree t because he had
Had his conduct been
sawftienrdhleedhandertohuet
mofotnheey£Bsuoeh.
as it na,d been before,
she would cur tainly have married him, but his visits
were much lees after ho had it, an,d he wrote
insulting letters to her, containing remarks which
she declined to repeat. A letter was put in, with
the postcript cut off—as it was not, she said, fit to
be seen. It was a
"P.S. Anxiously waiting your reply." she could not recollect the exact weeeds. She coult
vile imputation upon her, but
not say that it was to the effect that-
On the receipt of this letter a reconciliation took
y pejson.
dear for a lady's charms. She believeeel it imputed
place between the parties, and the result was he hadp,aidl
She
that marriage was again proposed, but ablusdoned. to her that she was a slut or untidy
The plgintiff unfortunatly became enciente, and was had many letters from him, ,hut with respa.
identification of the handwritiog, she said .he was
delivered or a child (which is still living) on ti` 2e ct to the
clever in disguising his signature. Sometinlee it
28th of last month. The defendant acknowledged was W. H. Crosse, sometimes simply Henry.
that he was father of the plaietifrs child, but it air- She
reeteived £6 ss. for interest on the £5O, but she NI es
peered that in September he had married his
that
lessve the money back in a month on demand, 108
cousin, thus rendering it impossible for him to make
ed am w
amount. She considered she as investing the'
the
plaintiff- any reparation for the injury be had til
monslY with the firm of Nixon and Cross, and not as
done her.
Elizabeth Chapman, sister to the plaintiff, was Edward Nixon deposed that he was a
examined, and stated that in 1848 the defendant James
a loan to Cross himself.
solicitor set 58, Lincoln's-ine-fields, and was is
commenced visiting at the house very frequently,
never meeting the plaintiff without kissing her. ‘eteh the prisoner until January. He
,
partnership
ye;.,atever of this borrowed money,
His intentions were believed to be honourable, and knew nothing
of partnership, the partnena
preparations were made for marriage,when the in- and, by the artic.let:
were not to give sect,„;ty for money or for any other
timacy was renewed more recently. In fact she
sanction and consent of the
and her sister began to take stock of the goods in purpose without the fah'
firm, given in writing. )..'here was no entry in the
their shop with a view to a dissolution of partner-,.
ship, defendant wanting witness to get her niece to call book of any visit of Mies, Roles until the Bth of
assist her " when he took Sally." On the last day received the money
January. If the prisoner haa
of February her sister was confined, and she had .have been entered
on account of the Mull it should
not been at all well since, in fact witness was afraid bankers. There
in the cash book, and paid into the
she would "never be a woman again." In conse-
quence of her sister having been confined the busi- was no entry of the kind, and the affair was entirelY
one of fraud upon Miss Roles.
ness which they had carried on was not so good as The witness was ctoss-examined at Itength by
it used to be. Mr. Wanton as to his own private affairs Lind his
Cross-examined—A Baptist minister had come business transactions, but neither questions n6r
sometimes to see her sister and herself, but came as a answers had any direct 'tearing upon the charge'
minister only. He never stopped late at nights, against the prisoner.
Sergeant Palmer, detective of the A division,
and she never heard of his wife's telling him,
" There, go back to black Sally." (Laughter.) She Scotland-yard, said he took the prisoner into cast
had heard that the defendant had given a bill of tody on the 12th of March, from instructions he
had received as to his having obtained £5O by false
sale on his mill on account of money which he had
pretences. The prisoner said he knew who it was ;
borrowed. Her sister had a little money ; she did
it was that -- Miss Roles.
not like to say whether it was £5OO or £l,OOO. She
Mr. Wanton addressed the jury, and made sane
would have had this money when she married. She
satisfied the letter put in came from the defen- comments upon the conduct of the prosecutrix, ill
dant. which he was interrupted, as they were said to be
was
Re-examined—She had only heard of the bill of unfounded. The learned coup gel said he was only
sale on the defendant's property since the com acting upon the prisoner's instneetions.
The prisoner said he had given s l
pecial direction!
. that no allusion should be made as• to the persona
mencement of the action.
The plaintiff's brothers were also called, and one
of them stated that he estimated the returns of the character of the lady. This was not only deniedl
b rit
rief
the tha
pb
defendant's mill at 50s. per week. The defendant but it appeared in the learned counsel's
had told him he intended to make the plaintiff his such were the instructions given, and thest
wife. On another occasion he also referred to a soner himself, when at the police court, htiei madel
chest which he had as one in which the plaintiff worse defence. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Metca2fe s,ll'
would like to put linen. , that it was due to Mr. Warton to say that ti;e 1
Mrs. Stimpson, a married woman, whom the destructions were upon his brief.
fendant supplied with flour, stated that he had The jury found the prisoner guilty.
talked to her about the plaintiff's being in the fa- His lordship said the case was a very gross one'
milt' way, and that he said he made no doubt that the prisoner having endeavoured to defame and"
the child was his, that he would readily own it, blacken the character of the lady he had robbed,
and that he would pay for it if that was all. under the pretence of being her lover, and he s
Medical evidence was also adduced to show that married man. Were it met that his convictioa
would have the effect of removing him from a pre'
the plaintiff was at present in a very feeble state,
both physically and mentally. fission which he had so disgrtsced the sentence
Mr. Palmer addressed the jury in mitigation of upon him would certainly be one of penal servitude;
damages, and said the question which the jury The defence set up by him and put iri the hands e'
would have to determine was, had there been any counsel was a great aggravation of the offence'
promise of marriage ? It was clear, at any rate, Under the circumstances, the sentence) upon the
that it was not a case in which unsophisticated in- Prisoner was that he be kept to hard labour for 00
nocence had been beguiled, or in which a young years.
girl had been led into paths of vice, for the plaintiff
was a woman of the mature age of 38, who was
quite as able to take care of herself as the defend-
ant was to take care of himself. The defendant was
only a small miller ; a bill of sale was impending
over all his property ; and would not a lady with
£5OO in her pocket have been a good catch for him
—have relieved him of his banker's debt, and set
him up a free man in the world ? If so, and a pro-
mise had been, the probability was that it would
have been fulfilled.
The Chief Baron having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
damages, £lOO.

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CD UN.I Jel• 111 ARAL 2S.

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BRISTOL—MAncx 25.
At our market to-day there was but a small attendarl
and in order to make sales in some descriptions of wilefj
a decline of is to 2s per qr from last Tuesday's rates
.10
to be submitted to. Barley in fair demand,
In oats very little doing. at full price°

LEEDS—MARCH 25.
alit/
We havo to report only moderato arrivals of gra-n,
week. 'The demand for wheat to-day was limited, AliVeat
tors had to take is per qr less money. Fine barley so' ate
full prices; secondary parcels neglected. Beans and "."
sold slowly at late rates.

SHEFFIELD—MARCH 25.
At our market this morning the show of wheat ale
other grain was below an average, but more than equal
the demand. Wheat, best samples, realisod the rates
.1.?,
last week, but inferior is to 2s lower. Malting barley lino
unaltered ; other qualities slow. Oats dull, at about law
rates.
Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...2os Od to 22004
White
New red 7f
New white , I lf
Beans 77
Peas, per qr
Grinding barley, per qr.
Malting ditto, „
Oats ....
d (1 Per
Millers' prices for flour-28 id, 2s °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
141 b.

MELTON MOWBRAY—Mmten 25.
and,
There was again a short supply of wheat to-daYI 47.
with a dull trade, prices receded Is per qr. Barley Wei„,
moderate request, at extreme prices. White wheat, vu',,
Od to 67s Od; red, 56s Od to 62s per 36 stone ;
be
slow, at 40s to 46s for old; new sorts, —s per 38 0t..;
barley, 34s to 39s ,for malting., and 29s to 32s per qr. Or
grinding; oats, 24s to 33s Od per 24 stone.

NEWCASTLE-UNDEP. LYME—AlAncit 25.
At this market to-day there was only a'moderate show of
wheat, in irregular condition, end the demand was slcrig.
White wheat, 63s to 69s ; red, 57s to 64s per 36 stone,
Barley steady, at the rates of the week previous,
selling at 36s to 40s per qr., grinding 30s to 31s per 30 ote'
Oats, 24s to 3es per 24 at. ; beans, 40s to 465; new, 388
46s per qr.