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Sir F. BARING said that Mr. Jeffrey had brought
the question of his marine glue before him, and the sub-
ject of his invention was Low under the consideration of
the Admiralty.
Sir JOHN TYRELL bore testimony to the value of
Mr. Jeffrey's discovery. It was a must useful and prac-
ticable one.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY then withdrew his amend-
ment, and the report was ordered to be received.
COLONEL MURDOCH.
Mr. SCULLY asked the Secretary at War to explain
why this gentleman's widow had been refused a pension.
Mr. FOX MAULE spoke from memory, but if he was
not mistaken, the case referred to by the Hon. Gentle-
man was adjudicated upon as far back as the time when
his Noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs held
the office of Secretary at War, and it had been con-
sidered by every Secretary at War since. Colonel
Murdoch at the time he married the lady in question
Was 70 years of age, and it was a rule at the
War-office not to grant pensions to the widows of half.
pay officers who married after 60 years, as an induce•
ment would be held out to officers in the last stage of
existence to marry ladies to secure them pensions.
The report and items were then agreed to.
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES.
The House then went into Committee of Supply,
On the vote for Civil Contingencies being proposed,
Mr. B. OSBORNE drew attention to the excessive
amounts that were granted fur miscellaneous estimates.
Altogether they amounted to about 3,000,0001., but as com-
pared with the grants of 1848 there was a reduction of
20,0001., though upon the grants of 1847 there was an in-
crease of 5,0001. The first item was for special missions,
foreign and colonial; a sum of 6001. was put down
as expenses incurred in settling the terms of
the American boundary question; a similar vote
was proposed every year, and altogether there
had been expended by the Commission no less
than 29,000/., and he wished to know how long that
vote was to be continued. There was another charge of
2,000/. for the expense of Lord Minto's mission; last
year there was a similar charge of 2,0001., and he
wished to ask whether it was to be continued, and
what was the total amount that had been
paid? The next item was 51,51., for the expe-
dition of Colonel Wilde to Portugal, but there was
a vote last year for 15,0001., and the year before (he be•
lieved) there was another vote. The expenses of pas-
sages for bishops was only 1661.; that, he thought, was
a matter of great congratulation, for last year it
amounted to 1,209/. There was an item of 1,1001., for
Mr. Southern's expedition to Buenos Ayres; and an
item of 1001. to the new President of Liberia. Now,
he was not a sufficient geographer to know where Li-
beria was.—(Laughter.) On looking to the map he
could not find it, and if he had nut seen it in the
votes he should not have known that such a place
existed, or that we had there established
a republic.—(Laughter.) Then there was an item of
445/. for triennial trumpets; and it was a curious fact,
that though the trumpets were triennial the votes were
annual.—(Laughter.) There was also 500/. for the tra-
velling expenses of the King of the Belgians ; it was
a bad principle that any royal person or any private
gentleman should call upon the people of this country,
or the Commons, to pay such travelling expenses.
He found since 1843 the Commission for settling the
claims of British subjects in Portugal had cost 11,360/.,
and he believed those claims were not adjudicated on
yet. There was another instance—he would not call
it a job—but he must say it was a most profuse
expenditure of the public money, namely, that
relating to the Commission for inquiry into the
best mode of decorating the Houses of Parliament. He
was not against encouraging the fine arts; he would
make no attack on the frescoes; but he did think that
6,000/. was an enormous sum for that Commission
to cost the country. Then the most excessive thing
was the health of the metropolis—(Laughter)—which
cost 1,8001. this year, 3001. last year, and
so on. Then there was 50/. as a present to
the King of Greece. He thought they would be much
better employed in tasking presents to that enterprising
traveller. Mr. Layard. There was another curious item.
It appeared that whenever certain parties took an evan-
gelical fit the country was to pay for it. Last year
there was 580/. for thanksgiving for the famine. Then
there was a larger sum for the Sultan of Johanna.
—(Laughter.) Who was the Sultan of Johanna ?
They might poke anybody in for 1,000/.—(Laughter.)
He thought Government should enter into a contract
with the Electric Telegraph Company, instead of paying
them for work done. The Hon. Gentleman having
made some further observations on several small votes,
concluded by declaring that, unless the House called for
the retrenchment of such votes as these, all attempts to
reduce the burdens of the country would be useless.
Colonel SIBTHORY had always observed a very thin
attendance whenever a money vote was under discussion.
There were certain items in which it was impossible
to put any faith. This was especially the case with
regard
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own expenses. He had no
reflection on the Noble Earl, but he did think that some
amendment might be made on this point. The
Honourable and Gallant Member then went into a
number of items, which it would be useless to repeat,
in order to show the excess of charges in this
department, and then further went on to say that he
firmly believed that the lion. and Gallant Officer at the
head of what he might call the Court of Supervision,
would be unable to make any effective alteration. Yet,
when he heard of the distress in Ireland and the distress
in England, with which he was very well acquainted, hi
felt bound to contend against extravagance in any o
the Government estimates. —(Clear, hear.)
Mr. F. FRENCH thought that it was perfectly un-
necessary to go into the several items, yet there was one
to which he wished to call the attention of t is Right
Hon. Friend below him (Sir W. Somerville)—viz.,
a grant for 200,000/., which appeared to him quite
unnecessary.
Mr. GLADSTONE objected to the charge of 2;5001.
for a Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the
Mint, he having made the same objection to the same
Commission last session. He knew of no reason which
called for such an inquiry. There was only one duty
which the Master of the Mint had to perform, and that
was the duty of reforming the constitution of the Mint.
The Master of the Mint might therefore have made the
'inquiry with proper assistants. Ile protested, therefore,
altogether to the appointment of such a Commission.
The appointment of unnecessary Commissions had the
disadvantage of dividing responsibility,. It would be
beater to have these inquiries made by heads of depart-
ments, who should be held responsible for the reports
which they
might make.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
Commission was appointed to inquire whether the coin-
age could not be conducted at a less expense than custo-
mary to the country. The gentlemen who were ap-
pointed on this Commission were gentlemen of experi-
ence, and had been appointed by a vote of that House
against the opposition of the Right Hon Gentleman.
The result of the inquiry had satisfied the Government
that the appointments were as good as could be made.
With respect to the appointment of Col. Forbes,who held
an office in the East India Company's service, it would
have been unfair to have accepted Col. Forbes's services
without remunerating that gentleman.
Sir J. TYRELL said that with reference to the Mint,
he did think the blue books reflected on the former
Masters of the Mint and oenubojthfenßo igimhtprHovoenm. Genetntolermreen
on the Treasury bench..
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h's•appointment
with the \lint of a son of the Hon. Member for Dublin.
Sir G. CLERK did not find fault with the Commis-
sioners endeevoaring to procure all the information they
could. What he complained of was, that evidence had
been received against officers of the Mint from persons
who had not lately been connected with it, and that the
Commissioners hail never communicated either directly
or indirectly to these officers the charges preferred
against them. These gentlemen complained, but were
told that the Commission had ceased, and that no fur-
ther inqniry could be granted. He thought they were
entitled to a full inquiry.
Mr. SHEIL believed the Right Hon. Gentleman had
alluded to a document in the report furnished by M.
Pistrucci. He was ready to admit that he regretted the
terms of the document. He had already communicated
to the gentleman to whom it referred—Mr. Brand—the
expression of his regret at the language used by M.
Pistrucci. It ought to be recollected, however, that Mr.
Wyon corroborated M. Pistrucci in the evidence he had
given. The whole facts had been laid before the Com-
missioners, whose duty it was to report and suggest such
alterations as would prevent the recurrence of the evils
to which M. Pistrucci had adverted. In the whole of
the report there was not one word which reflected on
Mr. Brand, who he could not help thinking had been too
sensitive on the subject. Mr. Brand had written to
him, in what he conceived rather hostile terms, court

any particular point,
lug investigation. Instead,
ilowever, of specifying
investigation. Such an investigation would be pre-
posterous. He believed, if the report of the Commis-
sioners was carried into effect, a saving of 14,000/. or
15,0001. a year would be effected. The recommendations
of Colonel Forbes were extremely valuable, and would
produce a saving of 10000/. a year. With regard to the
office of the Solicitor of the Mint, there could be no doubt
that the Master of the Mint had the right to recommend
an individual when a vacancy occurred. The salary was
8001. a year. In the late vacancy the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had, with great justice and discretion, put a
stop to a job.—(Laughter.) The job was in the system
and not in the individual ; and hia Right Hon. Friend,
very properly, would not allow the appointment to be
made. His Right Ron. Friend would not consent to a
person receiving 8001. a year for doing nothing, but con-
solidated the office of the Solicitor to the Mint with the
office of Solicitor to the Treasury, and thereby saved
the country
8001- a year Mr. Powell, who had
been Second Assistant-Solicitor to the Mint for thirty
years, was promoted to be First Assistant-Solicitor,
.
and his salary was raised to 6001. a year, his
fees having been abolished. On Mr. Powell's promo-
tion, there, of course, occurred a vacancy in the office
which he had held. Or, his (Mr. Shell's) recommenda,
Lion, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had appoint d a
son of hie lion. Friend the Member for Dublin, who
was perfectly qualified for the situation, and who had
' passed five years in the office of an attorney. The At-
torney-General had also recommended him; and he had,
therefore, been appointed, not certainly by him (Mr.
Sheil), but by his recommendation, to the vacant situa-
tion, worth about 3201. a year. That was the whole of
the remarkable job. With regard to his own office, he
had only to state that he was one of those who bad re-
commended that the patronage belonging to it should be
transferred to the Treasury.
Mr. GOULBURN said the real question which the
Committee had to consider was respecting the propriety
of appointing 4 Calulissical to inquire int' VIM matter.

His complaint was that such a commission should be
nominated to do that which it might be fairly considered
the Right Hon. Gentleman the Master of the Mint
ought to do. But, moreover, he considered it would
not be deemed otherwise than extravagant to send to
India ter a gentleman to act on that commission.
Mr. LABOUCHERE bore his testimony to the skill,
integrity, and industry of the officers of the Mint gene-
rally, and however that establishment might be expensive
to the country, cumbrous in its operation, and susceptible
of improvement, all that was owing to the system which
was in existence, and not to the officers who now ad-
ministered it. However able and zealous a Master
of the Mint might be it was impossible for him to carry
out satisfactorily such an inquiry as that proposed.
Mr. GLADSTONE said, with regard to the recom-
mendations suggested for an improvement in the con-
stitution of the Mint, he had no objection. The impor-
tant question, he conceived, for them to consider was,
how the coinage of the country was to be carried on,
whether by contract or otherwise. Was the present
system objectionable because it was done by contract, or
because the contract was bad? It was not so much a
question of salaries as of contracts, and he hoped that
would be maturely weighed before any decision was
come to.
Sir J. TYRELL had no charge whatever to make
agroact the integrity, honour, and ability of those who
tilled offices in that department; but he deprecated the
idea of sending for a Commissioner to India to inquire
into that matter, seeing that any information which such
an individual could give should have been derived frum
this country.
Mr. MANGLES defended the appointment of Colonel
Forbes, than whom he considered no gentleman in this
country could be better informed, from many causes, on
the subject of inquiry.
Colonel SIBTHORP wished to get some information
relative to a charge which ho saw in the estimates for
" the travelling expenses of the Queen of the Belgians,
the Duke of Saxe Coburg, and the Prince of Prussia,
during their visit to this country," amounting to 5601.
3s. 3d. He wished to know from what particular
quarter that expenditure was to be met, by what autho-
rity it was sanctioned, and how was its amount ascer-
tained? He made the inquiry without reference to
persons, and simply in the discharge of his public duty
as a Member of that House.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the charges to which the Hon. and Gallant Member
had referred had formerly been paid out of the civil list;
but they had of late been defrayed out of the public
funds, in compliance with the recommendation of a Com-
mittee of the House which had sat a few years ago.
Mr. B. OSBORNE said he wished to receive some
detailed information with respect to many of those items.
He wished in particular to be informed of the nature of
the expenses incurred for the President of Liberia, the
Spanish commission. and the mission of Mr. Southern
to Buenos Ayres. He should further observe that he
felt bound to complain or the vague and unsatisfactory
manner in which many of those votes were presented.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that in dealing with items of this kind, which were to
meet contingencies the exact nature of which could not
be foreseen, it had been found that the more convenient
course would be to take round sums, and that course
had been adopted in the present instance; so that it did
not necessarily follow that tie amount taken in the votes
would be the amount actually expended.
Lord PALMERSTON said with respect to the ex-
pense of the Portuguese commission, be believed it was
not a final vote, as he found that the sum taken was a
round one. That Commission had been established with
a view to inquire into the claims of a number of British
subjects who had, with the consent of Government,
served in the Portuguese army and navy. Great diffi-
culties had arisen in the settlement of those claims; and
it had several years ago been arranged between him and
the Portuguese Minister that two commissioners should
be appointed—one by the Portuguese Government and
the other by the Government of this country—to
inouire into the matter, with the understanding that,
when they agreed, their decision should be final, and
that when they disagreed, the subject of their difference
should be referred to a third party, who was to act as
an arbitrator. The Minister of the King of the
Belgians had undertaken to act in that capacity, and
had thereby incurred a much more laborious duty than
he had at first anticipated. The commission was
at present just completing its labours, so that he
(Lord Palmerston) apprehended that no future ex-
pense would be incurred under that head. With
respect to the negotiations of Mr. Southern at Buenos
Ayres, he was not then at liberty to state what was the
precise condition of that negotiation; but he had the sa-
tisfaction of being able to assure his Hon. Friend and
the House that the last accounts be had received from
Mr. Southern afforded very reasonable grounds for
hoping that the long-pending question would soon be
settled in a satisfactory manner.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to receive some informa-
tion with respect to the vote for the commission of in-
quiry into the application of iron to railway structures.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
a few years ago a fearful accident had occurred on an
iron railway bridge over the river Dee, near Chester;
and in order to ascertain the cause of that accident, as
well as to prevent the occurrence of similar accidents in
future, the Government had found it advisable to appoint
a corernissie-n to inquire into the power of iron in bear-
ing heavy traffic on railway bridges.
Mr. WYLD said that as there was in those votes
an item for the charge of the commission of inquiry
into the state of the British Museum, he wished to take
that opportunity of expressing a hope that that com-
mission would soon bring its labours to a satisfactory
conclusion.
The LORD ADVOCATE slid he believed the report
of the commission would be laid before Parliament in a
few days.
Mr. WYLD wished to know if he could obtain any
information with respect to the catalogue of the museum?
Mr. M. MILNES said the commission had very care-
fully inquired into that subject, and the result of that
inquiry would be communicated in their report.
Mr. COBDEN said, that as there was an item for ex-
penses incurte d on account of the President of Liberia
ho should wish to be informed how this country had in-
curred any such charge. Again, he found that there
was an item for the conveyance of the King of Mosquito
to Jamaica, and he should like to know why we had
been charged with that expense.
Lord PALMERSTON said, that when passengers
were conveyed in one of her Majesty's ships of war,
seine expense was necessarily incurred for their mainte-
nance. The President of Liberia having been in this
country last year had expressed a wish to be allowed a
%passage n homet had
Thetihnoillighmtatnle-aotf-twh aa tr,waansda hweirshMwahjeicsh4 ist Gwaos-
ephraorpgeor:jahndquaedsvtiiosanblehatdhaht
eetnheyinesohrorueldd
fcoormhpisly.
mainte-
nance during the passage. A similar charge bad arisen
in the conveyance of the King of Musquito to Jamaica,
where it was usual that that King, who certainly was
not a very powerful Sovereign, should be crowned.
Mr. COBDEN said, he believed a good deal of jea-
lousy was felt in the United States at our setting up
kings on the North American continent. It appeared
that we conveyed an aboriginal or savage chief to Ja-
maica, and dubbed him there a King; but it was a re-
cognised principle on the North American continent that
no aboriginal chief should be recognised under such a
title. He did not want to enter into that subject; but
he knew that it had been a subject of comment in the
United States—and that which was at present only
laughable might by-and-bye involve us in an unpleasant
position with other countries in North America. In
those estimates he found a sum for presents to the Mus-
quito Indians, so that it appeared we were not only
crowning the Kiug, but that we were also subsidising the
people of that district. Then, again, he found votes for
ex-
penses had been incurred; it certainly seemed to him
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that they were altogether unnecessary. '
Lord PALMERSTON said, that the Musquito state
had been under the protection of Great Britain for
nearly two centuries, and he therefore thought it would
be unreasonable in the people of the Unified States to
find fault with a connexioß which had been an existence
long before those state ,kkad beeneraised intoljo inde-
pendent country. W 4 , regard to the presents to the
Mosquito Indian, he ha reason to believe that that was
si
the last time that such presents WoullA made. ,Then,
again, with respect to the prints.,o
,the Portendic
chiefs, he had only to state that 'there is a gum trade
carried on there, and trikt it Was usual 'and considered
necessary to make preserits tcethose chiefi; who biought
forward the gum to exchange with our merchants. The
present to the Sultan of aohanna was% one of trifling
amount, and was given to a chief withewhom our rela-
tions would, perhaps, henceforward become of a more
friendly character thaw ever. . .
Mr. COBDEN wished to know how the large expense
of 4,8751. had been incurred for the relief of British sub

jecis at Monte Video.
Lord PALMERSTON said that that expense had
been incurred for the relief of British subjects who had

been reduced to a state of destitution at Monte Video by
the contest going on in that country; and he hoped there
would be objection to a charge which had originated in

such a manner.

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Mr. OSBORNE moved, as an amendment, that the
vote should be reduced to 30,0001.

The Committee divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment
Against it ... ..,
Majority ...
The vote was then agreed to.
The House resumed, and the Chairman reported pro-
gress and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow (this
day.)

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The Defects in Leases Bill went through Committee,
was reported to the House without amendments, and was
ordered to be read a third time to-morrow (this day).
PASSENGERS BILL.
The House then went into Committee on the Passen-
gers Bill, Mr. BERNAL in the chair.
The several clauses, with some verbal amendments,
were agreed to, and the report ordered to be brought up
to-morrow.

On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, the Po-
lice of Towns (Scotland) Bill was referred to a Select
Committee.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, &c. (SCOTLAND).
The House then went into-Committee on the Regis-
;ration of Births, &c., Bill.

Mr. I)UNCAN was unwilling to offer any formal op-
position to the Bill, but suggested a postponement for a
week or ten days, as the feeling in Scotland was very
strong upon the subject.
The LORD ADVOCATE was understood to say
that the objectionable clauses would be postponed for

the present.
The clauses (with the exception of those referred to
by the Lord Advocate) were then agreed to, and the
House resumed.
The Bill was ordered to be recommitted on Monday
week.

CLERGY RELIEF BILL.
The RQUso went jjato Committee on the Clergy Re.

Ref Bill, and the remaining clauses were agreed to with-
out opposition.

Ali. LACY proposed the insertion of the following
clause:—"And be it enacted, that it shall not be lawful
for auy archbishop or bishop ~of the united Church of
England and Ireland to re-ordain, grant letters of orders
to, or gain admit to holy orders any person so having
been relieved by sentence of deposition from holy orders
as aforesaid."

Mr. BOUVERIE said that such a clause was alto-
gether unnecessary, inasmuch as it was impossible there
could he a re-ordination. A clergyman might be sus-
pended from the performance of his clerical functions,
but the ordination remained the same. When once a
man was ordained, he was ordained for life under the
ecclesiastical law.

Mr. LACY was anxious that some words should be
inserted in the Bill to prevent him performing the office
of minister.
Mr. BOUVERIE said that th© suspension of such a
man would have the effect of preventing him performing
the office of minister.
Mr. LACY said that that was all he cared for.
The preamble of the Bill, as amended, was then
agreed to.
In answer to Mr. HENLEY,
Mr. BOUVERIE said it was his intention to have the
Bill reprinted.
The House then resumed. The Bill with amendments
was then reported.

Sir W. SOMERVILLE obtained leave to bring in
the following Bills:—Bill to amend an Act for the Re-
gulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland; Bill for
the Improvement of the City of Dublin; Bill to provide
for the Collection of Rates in the City of Dublin.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL obtained leave to
bring in a Bill to amend the Joint-Stock Companies'
Winding-up Act, 1848, which was accordingly brought
in and read a first time.

Mr. C. LEWIS obtained leave to bring in a Bill re-
quiring annual returns of the expenditure on highways
in England and Wales, to be transmitted to the Secretary
of State, and afterwards laid before Parliament; which
was read a first time.

Then House then adjourned at a Quarter after Nine
o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Thomas Roberts, a labouring man, was brought before
the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having attempted to
destroy himself. The case was rather odd.
A policeman, stationed upon London-bridge, made a
representation to the following effect:—At half.past five
o'clock on Wednesday evening the policeman was in-
formed that a man had thrown himself from the bridge
' into the river. Upon lOoking over the parapet he saw a
man swimming as hard as he could. Presently he ob-
served one of the crew of a steum•vessel trying to stick
a boathook into the swimmer's clothes, and at the same
moment a boat rowed up and a Waterman pulled in the
struggling person and brought him ashore. The defen-
dant, who did not at all look like a person who had a
suicidal intention, turned out to be the diver, and had
evidently taken in a quantity of strong liquor before he
took to the water.
The Waterman said, the defendant had been hooked
before the boat arrived to complete his deliverance, and
that it was with difficulty he was hawled into the boat, as
he was anxious to swim further, although he was almost
exhausted.
The LORD MAYOR—What, did he not appear to wish
to get out of the water? The waterman—No, my Lord.
He swam right well; but if I and another man hadn't
come to his assistance he would have been drowned,
certainly.
The policeman—He said, when asked why he had
leaped from the bridge, that he merely went after his
hat; and his hat certainly was going with the tide.
The LORD MAYOR (to the defendant)— Well, this was
most extraordinary conduct of yours. What did you
mean by leaping from the bridge? The defendant—As
I was walking over the bridge, your Lordship, somebody
knocked my hat over, and, as I knowed I was a good
swimmer, I jumped in after it.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—Why, these men say that if they
had not arrived to your assistance you would have lost
your life.
The defendant—No, my Lord, I don't know that I
would have been drowned.
The LORD MAYOR—But why risk your life for your
hat? The defendant—l had only worn it five or six
weeks, my Lord. It was quite a new-hat.—(Laughter.)
The Waterman said it was impossible that the man
could have overtaken his hat, as it went rapidly with the
tide amongst the steamers, and if he had gene further it
would have been all up with him.
The LORD MAYOR—You must have have been drunk
to commit such an act of madness. Are you positive,
waterman, that you saw the hat in the river? Water-
man—Certainly, my Lord; but I thought it more kinder
to pick him up than to follow his hat.
The LORD MAYOR—I do not question your judgment;
but, defendant, what led to all this?
The defendant—Why, your Lordship, I was sent by
my mother, who is a laundress in Peckham, for some
clothes into the City, and as I met a friend, I sent home
the clothes by an onanhus, and went to have a drop of
beer, and as I was passing over the bridge over went
my hat, so that, as I didn't like to return without it,
over I went after it. If they hadn't hooked me I know
I'd have eatehed it, for I'm a capital swimmer.—(A
laugh.)
The LORD MAYon—Well, as it certainly does not
appear that you meant to drown yourself, I shall dis-
charge you, but take more care of yourself. You have
had a very narrow escape.
Boa's and Green, two well-known.thieves, who were
some days ago charged with having robbed a Mrs. Fox
in an omnibus, in Bishopsgate street, of a purse con-
taining gold and silver, were brought up for re-exami-
nation.

The case, it will be recollected, was clearly proved by
Mr. Fox, the reputed husband of the woman who was
robbed, the conductor of the omnibus, and the police-
man who apprehended the prisoners.
The LORD MAYOR desired that Mr. Fox should make
his appearance to sign his deposition.
Mrs. Fox came forward and said that her husband
was in the country and was actually afraid to come for-
ward in consequence of pecuniary difficulties and the
threats of certain persons to have him arrested. She
hoped his Lordship would deal summarily with the
case.

The LORD MAYOR—Why did you not attend here on
the second examination?
Mrs. Fox—Because I met a person who assured me
that if I did several persons determined to annoy me.
Mr. Robinson submitted that there was no case of a
conclusive naturo against either of the prisoners, even if
Mr. Fox, who had no doubt substantial reasons for ab-
senting himself, were present, and that as Mrs. Fox
seemed disposed to persevere in the accusation he would
ask her a question or two, the answers to which would
no doubt speedily settle the matter. He then begged to
ask Mrs. Fox whether her name was Fox?
Mrs. Fox—No, my name is not Fox, Sir.
Mr. Robinson—When did you really see your hus-
band? Mrs. Fox—About five years ago.
Mr. Robinson—His name is not Fox, is it? Mrs.
Fox—lt is not.

Mr. Robinson—li be living? Mrs. Fox—l believe
he is.

Mr. Robinson—Why, upon the first examination you
swore you were the wife of Mr. Fox, and that you lived
over the water, which you certainly did not. How can
you reconcile these contradictions? Mrs. Fox made no

Mr. Robinson—My Lord, I submit that there is no
case against the prisoners.
The LORD MAYOR—I am obliged, under these cir-
cumstances, to discharge them. This evidence won't do
for a jury. Prisoners, you are discharged.
Tho prisoners, who appeared to be astonished, as well
as overjoyed, at the result of the investigation, then
quitted the bar.
W OR SHIP-STREET.

Yesterday Eliza Schulenberger was brought up for
final examination before Mr. Hammill, charged with
having administered repeated doses of arsenic to her
husband, with intent to destroy his life.

Upon taking her place at the bar a striking change
was visible in the countenance and deportment of the
prisoner, her former coolness and self-possession having
entirely deserted her, and given place to a haggard and
restless expression, and an appearance of trepidation, as
if she were suffering from strong internal emotion.
The facts of the case, as adduced in evidence at the
former examination, and which have already appeared
in this paper, were now read over to the prosecutor,
who entered into the following important particulars:—
He stated that about twelve months since, and some
time after the altered demeanour of his wife towards
him first attracted his attention, he accidentally
discovered that she was in the habit of receiving
frequent clandestine visits from a man residing in
the neighbourhood, and upon expressing dissatisfaction
at her conduct she became much agitated, and told him
that she had done him a great wrong, but that he would
learn all about it when she was dead. On the same
evening she made an attempt upon her life, which he
succeeded in frustrating, and for a short time after there
was an appearance of improvement in her conduct, but
she soon relapsed into her former habits, and upon com-
ing home unexpectedly upon a subsequent occasion, he
found the blinds drawn down, and had to wait at east
ten minutes before she admitted him. He noticed at the
time that she looked very pale and agitated, and, hear-
ing a scuffling sort of noise up stairs, he inquired what
it meant, and she told him that it was caused by the cat.
His suspicions, however, were not sufficiently excited to
induce him to search the place, and he returned to his
business, but, on the following day, the man who was
the object of his jealousy called while he was at homaz
and, observing a secret signal exchanged between
latter and his wife, he warned her of the
er
consequences,became
unless she prohibited his visits.
Theld
him
prisoner
that if ever
thereupon greatly enraged, and o
he repeated such an insinuation het should have cause to
repent it, and shortly after this conversation he was
seized with the symptoms he had before described, and
which ultimately induced him to make the search that
resulted in his discovery o
Dr. John Ryan, a profetsstohre poison.
of chemistry residing at
Dalston (but not acting in that capacity at the German
Hospital, as before stated), deposed that about three
weeks since the prosecutor's brother called upon him with
a small paper parcel, containing a quantity of crystalline
powder, resembling very fine salt, which he chemically
tested immediately after, and found that it consisted of
10 grains of common salt and white arsenic, in the pro-
portion of 8 grains of the former to 2 of the latter.
While the brother was inside his house he observed
in the garden the prosecutor, who called upon
him the following day to consult him in re-
ference to his health. He presented a very emaciated
appearance, and exhibited such symptoms as minute
doses of arsenic administered to him for a lengtn of time
would produce. He complained of long-continued
nausea, and, besides his emaciated looks, witness parti-
cularly remarked the falling off of his hair, the general
usibealtby appearance et' h skin, slut a great depression