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signs of offensive decomposition, notwithstanding
that in the early part of November it was charged
with a large proportion of saline and sewage matter.
At that time the total amount of dissolved consti-
tuents in the water was from 182 to 192 grains per
gallon—of this from 18 to 20 grains were organic;
but since the middle of November the soluble mat-
ters have not exceeded 42 grains per gallon, and at
the present time they amount to only 24. The mean
temperature of the water has been •18 deg. of Fah-
renheit, and the range of the temperature has been
from 40 to 50 deg. As to the rainfall for the season,
it has not been excessive, for the total amount has
been only about 7 inches, and the number of wet
days 43, both of which are very near to the ave-
rage. Touching the sanitary work of the quarter,
1,550 houses have been carefully inspected, and 780
visits made to the common lodging-houses. These
have resulted in the issuing of 562 orders for sani-
tary improvement in the various particulars of
cleansing, limewhiting, draining, improving the
water supply,and abating indecent and unwholesome
overcrowding. All the markets and slaughter-
houses have been duly inspected, and the officers
have seized 17,0341 b. of meat, and 3,211 head of
game and poultry as unfit for human food. It con-
sisted of 53 sheep, 24 pigs, one calf, 116 quarters of
beef, and 196 joints of meat. The poultry and game
consisted of 777 fowls, 385 geese, 373 ducks, 290
pigeons, 197 wild fowl, 990 rabbits, 46 hares, 43
haunches and quarters of venison, 1 lu head of game,
and a hamper of larks. All the game and most of
the poultry were putrid, and of the meat 9,8381 b.
were diseased, 3,9631 b. were putrid, and 3,2331 b.
were from animals which had died from natural
causes. As soon as the meat is seized it is sprinkled
with creosote of coal-tar, which checks putrefaction
and prevents the use of it as food; after this it is
sent to the boilers and destroyed. Although the
amount of bad meat seized in the city markets is
large, it is by no means so large as it was about a
year ago; and, as the proportion is gradually de-
clining, there is hope that the vigilance of the
inspectors in preventing the sale of such meat in the
city markets is fast putting a stop to the supply of
n. It is proper to mention that the officers have re-
ceived great assistance from the salesmen, who ge-
nerally give them notice of the arrival of unwhole-
some meat. The water supply to the city by the
New River Company has been periodically tested,
and has always been foul(' good and wholesome.
The average composition of the water has been 21.2
grains of solid matter per imperial gallon, of which
13.9 were carbonate of lime and magnesia, 2.6 sul-
phate of lime, 1.5 alkaline chloride, 1.4 alkaline ni-
trate, 0.8 silicious matter, and 1 grain organic mat-
ter. As usual, the contrast of the water with that
of the city pumps has been very marked, for the
latter have yielded from 42 to 117 grains of solid
matter per imperial gallon, of which from 2 to 10
grains were in the state of past or present decom-
position. No application has been made during the
quarter for any analysis of food or drink; and it is
to be feared, from the experience of the last six
months, that the Adulteration of Food Act will be-
come a dead letter.

The Court ordered that the report be printed and
circulated.

TEE SOUTHERN EMBANKMENT OF
THE THAMES.

The following document has been issued by Mr.
John Thwaites, the Chairman of the Metropolitan
Board of Works, in reference to the points for con-
' sideration by the Royal Commissioners as to the
embankment of the southern side of the Thames :
" Spring-gardens, Jan., 1862.
" Assuming the necessity for a southern em-
bankment to be conceded, it may still be useful to
consider at the outset of our inquiry the prominent
reasons for such a work, in some degree indicat-
ing the course which may most advanta-
geously be pursued. The plan already reported on
for the northern side demands the removal of very
large quantities of deposit from the shoals in the
river, many of which immediately adjoin the
southern shore. This operation will have a great
tendency to cause a constant settlement towards
the deepened portion of the river's bed, and conse-
quent injury to the piling, -wharf walling, and other
defences on that side. Some of these are already
old and decayed, or were originally but imperfectly
adapted to their situation, and hence we may
conclude that it will be necessary to provide a solid
wharf wall along all that part of the southern shore
which fronts the embankment previously recom-
mended, But there is another urgent reason for a
southern embankment, which must exercise a con-
siderable influence on the framing of any seheme
for that side, namely, its constant liability to injury
from flooding. The extent of this evil, its heavy
pressure on the large labouring population of the
parishes adjoining the river, the misery, sickness,
and death produced by its periodical recurrence,
with the consequent heavy charges on the rates,
can only be thoroughly appreciated by those who
have themselves witnessed its effects. Obviously,
to carry out thoroughly any effective remedy, the
future embankment must be of sufficient height to
be above the reach of the highest tide, namely, 16
feet above the Ordnance datum, and it should be
at least conterminous with the thickly inhabited
portion of London beyond the Thames. Itsprecise
limits will depend upon the evidence hereafter to
be laid before the Commiss:oners ; but the termi-
nation of the embankment already carried out by
her Majesty's Office of Works, in connection with
Battersea Park bridge, might form a convenient
commencement on the western side. Some difference
of opinion will probably exist as to its extent east-
wards; but it must be remembered that London-
bridge forms neither the moral nor material limit
of the metropolitan area. The inhabitants of Ber-
mondsey and Rotherhithe suffer equally from floods
with those of Lambeth and St. Saviour's, and are
equally contributory to metropolitan burdens.
"Doubtless the liability to repair, maintain, and
raise the banks and defences of all rivers and
watercourses rested originally with the owners of
property, and this liability was maintained by
the Metropolitan Sewers Act, sec. 38, and the
Metropolis Local Management Act, sec. 69. The
third head of inquiry is the improvement of the
means of communication in connexion with the
embankment. The new street in the course of for-
mation by the Metropolitan Board of Works, taken
as the continuation of Stamford-street and the
York-road, will form a very complete inland line of
traffic from east to west; but, valuable as it is, in-
creased facilities to the great transport trade on
the southern bank, from Nine Elms to London-
bridge, are urgently demanded. Along certain por-
tions of this bank several excellent links are found,
such as that afforded by the Commercial and Belvi-
dere roads, and less completely by Bankside ; but
the defective sections adjoining Lambeth Palace,
thence to Vauxhall, and between Blackfriars-bridge
and Bankside, greatly need amelioration. What
remedies it may be possible to afford for these ac-
knowledged evils, what particular mode of construc-
tion it may be convenient to adopt, and what line
of embankment and thoroughfare will be most
commodious and economical to follow, are obviously
questions demanding very patient investigation,
and on which much light will probably be thrown
by the evidence which will be offered to the Com-
mission. It is clear that it will not be possible to
assimilate the operations on the south side in any
degree to those on the north. The displacement of
the river side trade already recommended in the
Commissioners' report must increase the demand
for premises on the south side, and any further in-
terference with wharf property would be highly
impolitic. Without prejudging the solution of
the problem by the Commissioners, their attention
may fairly be directed to the useful suggestions
afforded by the mode in which Mr. Thomas Cubitt
effected a somewhat similar operation at Pimlico.
No two engineering problems admit an identical
solution, and Mr. Cubitt's dispositions would, doubt-
less, require modification ; but still his combina-
tion of the requirements of trade with the advan-
tages of convenient communication appears to
be a peculiarly happy one, and deserving of atten-
tive study. In addition to the engineering wit-
nesses who may be examined, the local authorities,
large manufacturers and warfingers, and other com-
mercial interests, can afford very valuable informa-
tion as to their peculiar wants, and the best mode
of satisfying them. A circular of inquiries to the

vestries and district boards more immediately
affected would elicit many material points of evi-
dence and guide the commissioners in their in-
quiries. Last, but not least, stands the financial
branch of the subject, which doubtless presents
difficulties far greater than surrounded the previous
question. It is clear that the revenues ascribed by
Parliament to the construction of the northern em-
bankment will fall short of what will be required
for the project shadowed forth in the preceding re-
marks, even should the present coal dues be extended
from 10 to 20 years. It is equally clear that no local
source of income can be looked for to supply the
deficiency, and foregone experience would point to
the inevitable conclusion that, imperial as may be
the character of any scheme for improving the great
highway of our commercial capital, no help is to be
expected from the imperial exchequer.
" To propound a complete plan for the ameliora-
tion of both banks oT our river, and to acknowledge
our inability to devise any means of paying for it,
would surely be unbecoming to the financial capa-
city of a body of practical men, and probably, after
passing in review the several elements of the ques-
tion, they will consider that, inasmuch as this work
is mainly required to facilitate the trade of the
metropolis, that trade ought to defray its cost, and
that a small tonnage due on the goods entered in-
wards and outwards in the port of London, except-
ing coal as already taxed, would be a burden but
lightly felt by the community, readily collected by
the existing machinery, and a convenient applica-
tion to metropolitan finances of that combination of
direct with indirect taxation which has been found
the most equitable made of replenishing the na-
tional exchequer."

THE CASE OF MR. W. F. W INDHAM.

The adjourned inquiry into the state of mind of
Ar. W. F. Windham, of Fellbrigg-hall, Norfolk,
was resumed yesterday, in the Westminster Ses-
sions-house, before Mr. Warren, Q.C., one of the
Masters in Lunacy, and a special jury.
Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Field, and Mr.
Hume Williams appeared for the petitioners ; Mr.
Charles Russell for Lady Sophia Elizabeth
Giubilei, the mother of the alleged lunatic; Sir
Hugh Cairns, Q.C., Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr.
Milward for Mr. William Frederick Windham;
and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., for Mrs. Windham.
At the sitting of the court,
Sir Hugh Cairns said he had to make an applica-
tion with reference to what he understood had fallen
from the Court in reference to the examination of
Mr. Windham in private. He had the most pro-
found respect for anything that fell from the noble
judge. He had no doubt the desire of the Court
and the jury was prompted by sincere sympathy
for Mr. Windham, but there were higher feelings
which actuated the advisers of Mr. Windham ; and
on his part he was most desirous that the state-
ments against him having been made public, his
examination should also take place in public. He
had to ask that that course be adopted, and he should
protest against any other course being adopted ;
and he did so upon two other grounds—first, on
the ground of expediency ; and secondly, on the
ground of jurisdiction. On the first ground he con-
tended that it would be inexpedient to subject Mr.
Windham to a private examination ; and with re-
spect to the jurisdiction, he relied on the dictum of
Lord Eldon in the Portsmouth case, in which he
stated that the portion of the case he heard in pri-
vate was the act of the parties, and not the judge.
His court was an open one, and the proceedings
ought to be in public. He alsoinstanced the Divorce
Court, in which the Legislature refused to grant
the power to the Court to hear cases in private,
showing the Court had no power of itself. He,
therefore, on the part of Mr. Windham, protested
against the examination being in private ; and he
now begged to say, on behalf of Mr. 'Windham,
that he was ready to attend at whatever time and
place the Court might direct, but that the examina-
tion should be in public.
Mr. Field, on the part of the petitioners, was
willing to leave the matter in the hands of the
Court.

The Master said he must decline the application,
and adhere to his former opinion. He was of opinion,
if the examination took place in public, it would
defeat the object of the jury and himself, and he
considered it would be better for Mr. Windham.
He thought an examination in public would be
abortive, and he might say abnormal. The exami-
nation, if in private, would be attended by the
counsel on both sides, and a short-hand writer.
The matter then dropped.
Charles Martin, examined by Mr. Karslake—Was
in the service of the Windhams first in 1848, and
acted as bailiff, and resided in what is called the
Dairy. He managed the Home Farm, and continued
to do so under the trustees. He acted as bailiff
during the life of old Mr. Windham. He never
went over.the farm with witness more than once in
six months. Old Mr. Windham used to treat his
son in a very strange manner. The Home Farm
was let in 1858. He recollected young Mr. Wind-
ham going to school at Blackheath, and his after-
wards going to Eton, and his coming back from
Eton to Felbrigge with a tutor. Mr. Windham
always treated him with great kindness. When at
Felbrigge witness and his wife used to go up-stairs
and play at whist with Mr. Windham and Mr.
Herrick, his tutor. Mr, Windham was a very good
whist player. Recollected in 1860 Mr. Windham
going over to Yarmouth ; he invited witness and his
wife there on the occasion of a review. There were
it number of officers present. Mr. Windham pre-
sented him and his wife with tickets for the theatre.
It was the officers' bespeak. Mr. Peatfield was
there ; he recollected Mr. Windham and Mr.
Peatfield having some words before they went out
to travel. Mr. Peatfield called him a "slink,"
because he went over to Hailsham without him. Mr.
Windham came back with a black eye. Mr. Wind-
ham, after he packed up his things, refused to go
with Mr. Peatfield ; but, on witness's advice, he
went. In July last Mr. Windham invited witness to
come to London. He did so, and resided in Duke-
street. He accompanied Mr. Windham and Mr.
Peatfield to Richmond, and they dined there. He
afterwards met him at Cremorne, and went with him
to the review at Wimbledon the same day. He had
also visited the Crystal Palace with Mr. -Windham.
On the occasion of their being at Wimbledon at the
review, there was some disturbance with the police
about Mr. Windham getting on the gate. He (wit-
ness) did the same, for the purpose of seeing a
charge that was taking place. Mr. Windham after-
wards drove him to town. He used to dine with
Mr. Windham and Mr. Peatfield at the Llewellyn's.
There was plenty of wine at dinner—champagne.
Recollected Mr. Windham speaking about the letters
that appeared in the 2imes about the " Pretty
Horsebreaker" and the Belgravian mother. Wit-
ness had also read the letters. Mr. Windham said
they were capital letters, and that he would sooner
marry a pretty horsebreakcr than a lady. He after-
wards returned to Felbrigge. Mr. Windham came
down occasionally. While there, a portrait came
down, it was that of Agnes Willoughby. Mr. Wind-
ham was anxious to hang it up in place of another
picture, but witness advised him not. He, however,
did hang the portrait up. Recollected Mr. Jackson
coming over in August to Felbrigge. Lady Sophia
was there at the time, but was ill. Mr. Jackson had
an interview with Mr. Windham, and he after-
wards told witness that Mr. Jackson had made a
proposition to him by which he should have abetter
income out of the devised estate. He asked my
opinion, and I told him he ought to well consider it
and pause before he did anything if he did not un-
derstand it ; this was a few days before he came of
age. On the day he came of age, the tenants came
to Felbrigge, but they were not introduced to Lady
Sophia. On the day he came ofage, there was a re-
gatta at Cromer. He saw Mr. Windham there with
Lord and Lady Suffield and Mr. Rothschild. There
was shortly after a dinner party at the hall. He
understood Mr. Rothschild was present. On one
occasion Mr. Windham said he should marry Agnes
Willoughby, but witness did not believe ho would
do so foolish an act, and ddvised him not to marry
her. Mr. Windham had gone to London, when
Gen. Windham sent for me and my wife, and asked
us to go and stop the marriage. They went to Lon-
don, and found Mr. Windham in bed. On seeing
them he said, " lialloa, what has brought you up

here this morning ?" Witness said, " I understand
you are going to be married to-day." He denied it,
and asked, if he was to marry, what he thought the
General would do to him. Witness said he would
issue a Commission of Lunacy against him. Wit-
ness said he had received a telegraph from the Ge-
neral to come up and stop the marriage. He ad-
vised him to mind what he was doing, and not to
marry Agnes Willoughby, as the General would
take some proceedings, or issue a Commission of
Lunacy against him. Mr. Windham was very angry
with the General, and threatened to call him out.
Mr. Windham afterwards came down to breakfast.
His wife was present. Witness did all he could to
persuade him not to marry Agnes Willoughby. He
promised to meet me at the railway station, and go
down to Felbrigg. He waited some time, but he
never came. Witness returned to Felbrigg the next
morning, and the day after he heard Mr. Windham
was married. He recollected Mr. Windham bring-
ing down his wire and her sister about 10 days after
the marriage. He met Mr. Windham a few hours
after he came down in the Park, Mr. Windham
said, "Martin, my wife thinks she is no great fa-
vourite of yours ; I assure you she is a perfect lady,
and I have evidence to prove it." Witness replied
there was no wonder she should think she was no
favourite of his after the steps be had taken; and
that if what Mr. Windham said of her was true, he
was very glad to hear it. Witness and his wife re-
fused to live at the Hall after the marriage, and
left. Mr. Windham then proposed that witness and
his wife should go and live at the dairy house,
There was some discussion about the repairs.

The learned counsel here read a number of letters
written by Mr. Windham to Mr. Martin on various
subjects. They were written in a very coherent
manner. The following may be taken as a speci-
men of the whole :

" Bath, June 7.

" Dear Martin,—l see by the paper they are
going to make a railroad to Cromer ; if so, let me
know all the particulars you can, where they are
going, &c. How is the black foal getting on ? You
may tell Capt. Windham that if it is likely to be
16 hands or near it, it will just suit me, as I am
going in the Life Guards, and it will save the
trouble of buying two, which is an immense ex-
pense. Tell him I think lam coming down there
soon to read for my examination. Love to Jeffy.
If I come I shall read all the morning and the after-
noon, put myself under your tuition so as to learn
the management of the estate, which I mean to do.
I suppose the place is looking, as it alWays does,
beautiful. Good bye now, and believe me to be, &c.
" W. F. WINDnAm.
" Direct to me at No. 1, Little Argyll-street,
Regent-street, London." _ _

In reply to Mr. Karslake, the witness stated that
Mr. Windham always conversed with him in the
most rational manner, but did not take much in-
terest in going over the estate.
Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—l am still a
friend of Mr. Windham, and saw him last Satur-
day, on the road near Felbrigg. He was driving a
four-in-hand drag. He had several persons on the
drag with him. Mr. Windham recognised me. I
was going to Rowton. I don't think there was
any one staying at Felbrigg. The Hall is in
charge of Mrs. Spittle, the housekeeper. Bald-
win came into Mr. Windham's service when he
became of age. I have not spoken to Mr.
Windham for some time; I saw him and spoke
to him in the Exchequer Court during the pro•
ceedings. My wife and myself always treated him
with kindness while he was a boy. It has struck
me that he was guilty of telling falsehoods, but I
did not remonstrate with him for it. Mr. Windham
never did insult me. I should think that his mind
was a little below the average. In the letters,
" give my love to Jeffy," meant to my wife. Many
of the letters were written while General Windham
had the management of the estate. Some of the
letters ere answers to letters from me. He had
corresponded with Captain Windham about his
farm—l only knew of his acting on railways from
what I have heard. He never told me so. I visited
him while he was at Mr. Hawke's. Did not
observe that his hands and face were black. He
used to speak and call out loudly. His father used
to call out loud. HA would call out and shout out
in the house. I have heard him imitate a cat, but
never heard him yell as a dog. He never imitated
caterwauling before the servants in my presence.
When he came to my rooms he was always very
quiet. Ido not know where the livery clothes are
in which he used to dress himself. It was the
Windham livery. He also had a soldier's dress, and
I have seen him outside the Hall with it on. At
the funeral of his father I heard him weep bitterly.
I did not see him when he came back from the
funeral. When I first visited him in London I
stayed nearly a week. I went with him to the
places I have mentioned in my examination. I
never accompanied him to the Haymarket. When I
was with him at the review at Wimbledon, I did
not hear him shouting or hallooing; when I went
up to him he was drinking beer with some police-
men. I saw three there ; could not say Oliver was
one of them. The policemen walked with Mr.
Windham and myself to the carriage. Heappeared
free and easy and familiar with the policemen. He
never told me he did so to familiarise himself as a
magistrate. Never heard him say he had repre-
sented himself at Yarmouth as a detective police-
man from London ; have heard so since. It was
about the second week in July last when I visited
him iu London. The second time I came to Lon-
don was on the occasion of my coming to stop the
marriage. I arrived in the morning. He was then
in bed. He did not appear to be dirty, as if he had
been driving a railway train. He never told me he
had driven a railway train for a week. When he
told me he was not going to be married I was satis-
fied, and believed he would meet me at the railway
station to go back to Felbrigge. I never heard any
complaint of his driving the mail cart to Hailsham
so fast. I have told him myself not to drive so fast.
He had a habit of calling out to persons on the road
to get out of the way, and I cautioned him that some
day he would have somebody get out of their cart
and give him a good drubbing. Could not recollect
having told him if he ran through the droves of
sheep they would pull him up. Mr. Windham told
me he had had a good offer for his timber ; Mr.
Roberts had offered to give him £20,000 for the
timber in four or five years. I advised him not to
sell it, as it would injure the appearance of the
estate. Mr. Windham said he considered it a very
good thing. Recollected Mr. Roberts and Mr.
Lawrence coming down when the contract was
signed.
Re-examined by Mr. Karslake—Tho distance be-
tween Norwich and Felbrigge was about twelve
miles. Mr. Windham did not drive with a large
or heavy whip. When he went to Norwich a
second horse was generally sent on. I have heard
him speak in the Norfolk dialect and tell stories.
His father was very fond of doing so, and so
was his uncle Henry. They were very good
imitators of the dialect, and so is young Mr. Wind-
ham. Captain Windham told me he had written
to young Mr. Windham to ask him what tenants
he wished notice to be given to, as he
would come into his estate in August, he thought
he ought to exercise his discretion; it was in con-
sequence of that, that Simmons and Muller received
notice. Had seen Mr. Windham wearing a watch
guard, which he said had been given to him by
Agnes Willoughby ; I believed it until I afterwards
saw it charged for in his watchmaker's bill.
By Mr. Chambers—l never heard that the day
after he became of age he ordered Lady Sophia, his
mother, to leave. She stayed a night or two. I
do not recollect having said so. She has locked the
park gates. I was not present when Lady Sophia
came back, but heard that he had refused to admit
her.

By Sir Geo. Armytage—There has been no re-
gular fall of the timber on the estate since I was
there. Had I known he was going to sign the
contract for the sale of the timber, I should have
advised him not to sign it.
By a Juror—l did not go to the entertainment
given by Mr. Windham at Christmas. Was in-
vited, but neither myself or wife went.
Mr. Giubelei, examined by Mr. Milward—l was
married to Lady Sophia Windham in May, 1858.
I met her at Torquay, and went to reside at her
estate near Torquay. First met Windham in April;

before that I had been staying there about a fort- '
night. Lady Sophia was very kind and indulgent
to him. He always appeared more ready to do
anything by kindness than by force. Afterwards
met him in London at the railway station with
Captain Windham in May. They went to the
opera that night. Captain Windham used to take
him out at night ; Lady Sophia objected to it, and
he remained at home. Lady Sophia took a house
at Fulham, "Thames Bank." Met Mr. Windham
there several times, and went out riding. Saw him
afterwards at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor,
when it was arranged that he should go into the
care of the Rev. Mr. Devon, for the purpose of
travelling. He came back to Lady Sophia's—
they were then staying in Grosvenor-terrace.
Ho took an apartment for himself and stayed a
fortnight. This was in October. When the Mar-
quis of Bristol died, I wrote to Mr. Windham to
come up. It was on Christmas-day. Mr. Wind-
ham accompanied myself and Lady Sophia to Paris
in February, 1859 ; they remained there until
April ; they visited the principal, places in the city.
On their return Mr. Windham went to the Port-
land. Colonel Bathurst met him there. He went
with Colonel Bathurst to Plymouth and afterwards
abroad with him. The Rev. Mr. Horrock had
then been appointed tutor by the Vice-Chancellor.
He saw Mr. Windham on his return at Felbrigg.
Recollected a great noise, and on going into the
hall saw Mr. Windham on the ground ; he was
bleeding. Mr. Horrock said he had boxed his ears
because he had used insulting language to him.
On application to the Vice-Chancellor, at Mr.
Windham's request, Mr. Horrock was removed.
Mr. Windham refusing to return to him, he was
brought before the Vice-Chancellor, and stated his
reasons. Mr. Hook, his uncle, and Lady Sophia
took the same view. Mr. Windham then joined his
regiment, and witness and Lady Sophia were
threatened with proceedings for contempt in excit-
ing Mr. Windham to join his regiment. When
Mr. Horrock went away he came to reside with us,
and remained a week or ten days. When Mr.
Peatfield came he was allowed by the Vice-Chan-
callor to remain in town, that he might be presented
at Court. When Mr. Windham came to town last
summer, and lived in Duke-street, he used to visit
us almost daily at Sidmouth Villa, Brompton, and
frequently drove Lady Sophia out, sometimes in her
own carriage, and somtimes in his own phaeton.
He used frequently to dine with us up to July. On
the Friday in July he had invited Lady Sophia and
myself to dinner, he sent a note saying that impor-
tant busimess called him to Norwich, and he could
not see us. Never dined with him in Duke-
street. Was not at Felbrigg when he became of
age. Lady Sophia was there. I have had many
opportunities of seeing Mr. Windham. I am of
opinion that he is perfectly sane. I saw General
Windham on his return, and had a long conversa-
tion with him about Mr. Windham.

Mr. Chambers objected to any evidence of the
conversation.

The Master ruled the evidence could not be given.
Mr. Milward then proceeded to read a number of
letters from Mr. Windham to himself and Lady
Sophia. They extend over the period during which
he hal known Mr. Windham, and be believed all
the transactions referred to in the letters took place.

Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—l do not think
Mr. Windham insane or of weak intellect. He is
not so bright as he might be. I have never said he
was insane. I believe him to be of sound mind.

Mr. Chambers—Why, Mr. Giubelei, was it not
proposed that you should be one of his committee ?
Mr. Giubelei—General Windham offered me and
Lady Sophia a bribe to become so.
Mr. Chambers—Mind, Mr. Giubelei, I will pro-
duce your own paper. -
Mr. Karslake interposed, and objected to the
question being put, and it was not persisted in.

Cross exam ination continued—l never heard that
Lady Sophia had, through her solicitor, offered to
be one of the petitioners. Mr. Chapple was her
solicitor. Did not know Lady Sophia had made any
affidavit. I gave the solicitor my statement some
days ago. Mr. Windham, when in Paris with me,
spoke French tolerably well. He dined with us fre-
quently in May or June of last year. He used to come
about four times a week. He never said he was in the
habit of having champagne luncheons. It was in July
he last dined with me. Recollected seeing him at the
opera at the Lyceum with Miss Willoughby. Had
spoken to Mr. Windham about it, and told him that
I did not think his fortune would allow him to
take up with such a woman ; I had heard she was
living with somebody else, and told Mr. Windham
so. He appeared to know it. Never spoke to him
about her inferiority. At that time•he bad not
heard about a marriage. It was not until after-
wards I heard it. Went with him to Hampton races
in June last, and a friend spoke to him about the
lady, and told him "to take care." Was still of
of opinion that Mr. Windham was of sound mind.
He was very noisy and boisterous, more so than
most young men. He frequently got into a passion,
and at times used bad language. should think him
as competent as most young men of his age.
Re-examined—When he got into a passion he
was always ready to apologise.
By a Juror—During May and June, when he
dined with us, he never seemed as if he had been
drinking much wine.

The inquiry was here adjourned until Monday.

THE _FAILURE OF THE BILSTON

SA VIA GS BANK.

On Wednesday evening, a meeting of the deposi-
tors in the Bilston Savings Bank was held in Ft.
Mary's School-room, to receive a statement from
Mr. Tidd Pratt, who has made an examination of
the books.

Mr. Pratt said that, for the security of depositors,
somewhere about 1850, the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National Debt made an order that
1 the trustees of every savings bank should send up
every week an account of all the money they had
received, and of all the money that they had
paid out. Such weekly return was to be
signed by the treasurer or actuary, and by the
manager who was in attendance at the time that
the transaction took place. He had searched the
day-book, but from August, 1852, till August, 1857,
the day-book was missing. From 1857 to 1861 he
Ihad carefully examined every page, and he would
now state the result of that iuvestigation. As he
I had before said, weekly accounts were to be re-
turned. A few of these he had brought with him,
and they would at once show the way in which the
' money had been abstracted. He found that the
accounts were, to a certain degree—he believed, on
reference to the day-book, everything would be
found to be—perfectly correct. Out of 1,400, 1,200
depositors had brought in their books, and he be-
lieved that hardly an error had been discovered.
Therefore, as far as keeping the accounts correctly
were concerned, the late actuary did that faithfully.
But, unfortunately, in making the weekly returns,
which ought to have been a check upon him, he did
not enter the money received, nor did he enter cor-
rectly the money he paid. In the statement dated
January Ist, 1859, the amount received was re-
turned at £234, which return (as also the others he i
held in his hand) were, he should tell them, signed
with the signature of the actuary, and likewise of
a manager ; but, upon looking at the book of that
day, he found that the receipts, instead of being
£234, were £334. (Cries of " Shame," and sensa-
tion.) Therefore £lOO had been abstracted—only
£lOO on that day !—(Renewed sensation.) Again,
on the Bth of January, he found that the payments
were set down at £174, whereas they were only
£74, thus showing that he put another £lOO In his
pocket on that day. (Indignation.) On January
15th, 1859, the payments were returned £l5l,
whereas they were only £5l. On the 22d of
January the payments were alleged at £192, whilst
they were in reality only £142, the actuary on that
day abstracting only £5O. By the return dated
Jan. 29th, the receipts were set down at £lB3, and
the payments at £l4B, whereas the receipts should
have been £283, and the payments £4B, showing
that on that day he took £2OO.
Mr. GETTINGS,—L2OO in one day ?

Mr. PRATT—Yes, £2OO in one clay. (Expressions
of disgust.) On another date the weekly return
set down the receipts at £154, and the payments at
£243, but they should have been—the receipts,

£254, and the payments £43, showing that on that
day he abstracted £3OO. (Great sensation.) He
sincerely believed that the whole of the defalcations
had taken place in this way, and that nobody but
the treasurer took any part in the transactions.
They dated back to September, 1858, and reached
on to March, 1861. Between September and No.
vember, 1858, £7OO was abstracted.
Mr. GETTINGS—L7OO in two months ?

Mr. PRATT—Yes, £7OO in two months, (Indig-
nation.) In 1859, £l,OOO was abstracted ; iu
1860, £900; and in 1861, up to the month of March,
£4OO. In March last year he (Mr. Pratt) gave a
lecture in that room on benefit societies, and ad-
verted to the loose way in which the accounts of the
Bilston Savings Bank were being kept. It was
some satisfaction to him to know that from that
time not a single halfpenny had been abstracted—
(hear, hear)—and since the new trustees were ap-
pointed, in July, 1861, there had not been a single
day in which the accounts had not been perfectly
correct. (Cheers.) And it was certainly due to
those gentlemen, and likewise the actuary, that
this fraud was discovered. It was quite clear that
the manager could not have examined the accounts,
or he would not have signed the statements. The
last annual return that had been made, which was
for the year 1860, set down the number of deposi-
tors at 890, whereas they should have been, accord-
ing to the books which he had already examined,
1,295 ; and the balance to the credit of depositors, at
£19,546 4s. 10d., whereas it should have beerr
£25,607 17s. 4d. That annual statement was signed
by two trustees and two managers, or by Mr.
Fletcher. Now, it is quite clear that the trustees
or managers who signed that document could not
have tested its accuracy before they did so. The
actual amount of cash invested in the hands
of the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt up to the 20th of No-
vember, 1861, on behalf of the depositors, was
£16,425 15s. 11d., which showed a deficiency of
£8,816 9s. 3d. Now, if there was nothing else to
realise that deficiency than the money actually in
the commissioners' hands, a clear dividend would
be shown of rather better than 12s. in the pound.
It had been stated that he had decided that the
trustees and managers were not responsible, and
that Mr. Fletcher could not be criminally prose-
cuted. He utterly denied having made any such
statements. His advice to the trustees now was
to pay 10s. in the pound as soon as possible. The
law officers of the Crown would be consulted
whether trustees and managers were liable. Cer-
tainly, if they were not legally they were morally
responsible for the money that was now deficient.
(Cheers.)
Thanks were then voted to Mr. Pratt, who im-
mediately afterwards left the room with certain of
the gentlemen who had accompanied him to the
meeting.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 16.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, unto Charles Wentworth Dilke the younger, of Sloane-
street, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., and the heirs male
of his body lawfully begotten.
_ _

BOROUGH OF NEW SHOREHAM.
The Gazette contains the Speaker's warrant for issuing
a new writ for the electing of a member to servo in Parlia-
ment for the borough of New Shoreham, in the room of Sir
Charles M. Burrell, Bart. deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 17.
MEMORANDIThi.—The Queen desiring to perpetuate the
remembrance of her beloved husband's connection with the
Rifle Brigade, and feeling sure that it will be gratifying to
the corps to bear the name of one who, as its Colonel-in..
Chief, took such a deep and constant interest in its welfare,
has been pleased to command that it shall bear in future
the designation of " The Prince Consort's Own Rifle
Brigade."
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 17.
36th Foot—Paymaster Chambre should have been de-

scribed, in the Gazette of 14th instant, as late Captain
14th Light Dragoons, not as late Chaplain.
CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Reverend Reginald
Heber Bullock to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class.
MILITARY STORE DEPARTMEjiT.—Assis tan t •SUperinten-
dent of Stores W. A, Hoiwell to be Deputy Superinten-
dent of Stores.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 9.
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,
CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES.—Major-General Anthony
Blaxland Stransham to be Inspectoz-General of Royal
Marines.

BANKRUPTS.
James Stansfeld, baker; Edmonton

Christopher Vant, tailo'r, Assembly-row, Mile-end-road
Emma Berry, 3outh-bank, Regent's park
Henry Smith, bricklayer, Layham-place, South Lambeth
Charles Hastings, cabinet-maker, Clerkenwell-close
James Dickinson, commission agent, Ernest-street,
Hampstead-road
John Applegate, farmer, Paragon-place, New Kent-road
James Thompson, greengrocer, Little Windmill-street,
Westminster
Horatio W. Beckett, wine merchant, Paddington
Richard Cooper, Doris-street West, Lambeth
William B. Lewis, yeoman, Houndsdown, Hants
William Earwood, sen., fruiterer, Battersea
John G. Kemp, mahogany merchant, Kingsland-road
Daniel Wootton, farmer, Chilton, Kent
Thomas E. Frost, corn merchant, Chelsea
George H. Stevens, decorative artist, Great Queen-street,
Holborn
James Glass, clerk, Church-row, Newington Butts
Clement Moon, dairyman, South-street, Berkeley-square
Thomas Davis, butcher, Lewisham
Thos. Ireland, licensed victualler, Little Bridges-street,
Covent-garden
Geo. Hammond, farmer, Great Brickhile, Bucks
James D. Malcolm, lecturer, Brixton
Richard Bulmer, assistant at a school, Sydenham
Henry Powell, plumber, Plumstead, Kent
Geo. H. Elston, watchmaker, Islington
Abraham Michaels, furniture dealer, Westminster
John L. Rickards, engineer, Parliament-street
Henry W. Hart, clerk, Pimlico
Richard Sivier, jun., hotel keeper, Ryde
Henry N. Sprange and Joseph E. Meugens, brokers,
Mincing-lane
Chas. Weedon, job master, Portland Town
George K. Randelsome, salesman, Reedham, Norfolk
John T. Davies, grocer, Brighton
Alfred Valens, grocer, Leader-street, Chelsea
John Soffe, farmer, farmer, Fritham, Hants
Thomas Christmas Macrew, grocer, Chelsea
Alfred Thomas, Upper Norwood
Christopher Martin, assistant to an auctioneer, Dalston
Henry Linden, painter, Richard-street, Islington
William Nettleton Boyce, Commander, R. N.., Sloane-st.
Charles Watts, dairyman, Dorset• street, Portman-sq.
Charles Henry Wheeler, butcher, Blandford-mews
Martin Larocbe, photographer, Hampstead .road
John Tebbs, farmer, Peterborough
Thomas Prescott, glass maker's foreman, Smethwick
J. Cooper and E. Hilditch, earthenware dealers, Tunstall
Benjamin Beasley, gunmaker, Birmingham
Thomas Fox, potter, Armitage, Staffordshire
William Sturgess, farrier, Billesdon, Leicestershire
William Ridyard, vitriol manufacturer, Bilston
Samuel Messon, builder, Nottingham
John Ward, fruiterer, Nottingham
John Burn Bailey, printer, Cheltenham
Maurice Taylor, jun., innkeeper, Weston-super-Mare
John Clarke Beaton, dealer in skins, South Petherton
William Ford, commercial traveller, Leeds
Henry Gledhill, carriers' agent, Bradford
William Clegg, millowner, Stansfield
Charles Bennington, shipowner, Kingston-upon-Hull
George 14 rederick Shemelt, spirit broker, Liverpool
John De Banke, publican, Liverpool
Lawrence Dooley, master mariner, Liverpool
E. Rogers and B. Jones, plumbers, Llangollen
'William Parkinson, cott,n manufacturer, Blackburn
James Fish, grocer, Waterloo, Lancashire
Frederick Andrew, attorney, Manchester
John Chambers, fringe manufacturer, Manchester
Edward Kelly, plumber, Erdington, Warwickshire
William Hood, shoeing smith, Birmingham
Robert Gibbs, corn dealer, Birmingham
George Bourne, eating-house keeper, Birmingham
John Ick, leather seller, Birmingham
Henry Julian, calf jobber, Nottingham
Henry Jacob Bailey, fishmonger, Liverpool
John Simpson, coal dealer, Liverpool
Rhoda Lowe, schoolmistress, Catherine Cross, Stafford
Henry Rosling, Langtoft, Lincolnshire
John Stevens, Bourn, Lincolnshire
John Seaton Loweth, publican, Stamford
Samuel Hill, bootmaker, Scamolesby, Lincolnshire
Edward Lewis' bootmaker, Tredegar, Monmoutbghire
Richard Hall, baker, Southsca, Hants
William Tetley, woolsorter, Bradford
John Davies, general dealer, Trafford, Cheshire
Charles Carr, licensed victualler, Sheffield
Fanny Gains, grocer, Leicester
George Julian Dibden, Leicester
Thomas Parminter Lake, farmer, Stoke Rivers, Devon-
shire
Betsey Westacott and Sally Westacott, milliners, Barn-
staple, Devonshire
Joseph Joshn, tailor, Kelnedon, Essex
Charles Marshall, bookseller, Plymouth
John Joseph, baker, Pembroke Dock
John George Kennett, carpenter, Freshwater, Isle of
Wight
Edwin West, baker, Woolston, Rants
Joseph Pegg, bookseller, Worcestershire
John Page, grocer, Droitwich, Worcestershire
Llewellyn Tyndale Gough, Upton-upon-Severn, Wor-
cestershire
Mary Mead, farmer, Whepstead, Suffolk
Thomas Johnson Stoddart, builder, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne
Henry Poulton, loather finisher, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Robert Elliott, clerk, Newcastle. upon-Tyne
Charles Hodgson, clerk, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
William Wright, innkeeper, Burnley
John Lilley, baker, Upton-upon-Severn
Thomas Dolman, publican, Dudley Port, Staffordshire
John Hartill, coal dealer, Bilston, Staffordshire
John Tunney, brewer, Wolverhampton
Thomas Bailey, vermin destroyer, Eye, Northampton-
shire
John Brodie, mariner, Sunderland
John Rigg, clogger, Hawkshead, Lancashire
James Crouch, greengrocer, Brighton
James Gordan, cordwainer, Gedney-hill, Lincolnshire
William Ranisden, butcher, Halifax, Yorkshire
Alfred Michel, officer of Inland Revenue, Sowerby-
bridge, Yorkshire
John Bashforth, ironmonger, Leeds ..