The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-01 00:00:00

THE FRIMLEY MURDER,

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RESUMPTION OF THE TRIAL.

KINGSTON, TUESDAY. —The Court sat at half-past eight
o'clock this morning. The approver, Hiram Smith, was
placed in the box usually assigned to the superintendent of
police before any other persons were admitted, and retained
his place during the preliminary proceedings.
Baron Parke took his seat, and the first witness called was
George B ,nnett, a waggoner. His waggon was near
Kingston on Saturday, 28th September. He knew the man
Hiram Smith. On that day he role in the waggon from the
Crown and Anchor at Lay Dittou to Guildford,
Harriet eabreok said her husband kept the Swan beer-
shop at Guildford, where Levi Harwood lo•tged. On Mon-
day, September 27, he left her house between four and five
o'clock. He was dressed in a cord-jacket. She had not
seen him in that cord-jacket since. He was not at home on
that night. Sbe saw him again on Saturday night i ear
eight o'clock. Shortly after be came home Jones came and
spoke to him. He did not come in doors. When he came
back he had not got his cerd•jecket on. She said to him,
" Have you been in a row and lost your cord-jacket— have
you slippled your shuck?"- (Laughter.) He said nothing
to that. He had some beer and went to bed about nine
o'clock. _

Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—She noticed that he
had got a cord-jacket en because she had known him for a
long time. Her house had been licensed. The magistrates
took it away, but she did not know why
_ _

Benjamin Downs, a coal-porter, lived at the Wheatsheaf,
Guildford. It was his duty to look after the house at night
and lock up the doors. Jones and Smith lodged there in
the September. He did not see them at all on the Friday.
On returning from work on Saturday evening, be saw them
at home, that was about six or seven o'clock. They returned
home after him.

Cross .examined by Mr. CuaaxocK—Somebody else might
have come down and let the men in, but it was not likely.
He was sentenced to twelve months about seven years ago,
for sealing a piece of pork. He had never been accused of
burglary. He was taken up for stealing a truss of straw and
tried, but he was acquitted.
Caroline Ealoin, the village schoolmistress at Frimley, ex-
amined by Mr.BALLANTINE —She recollected, on the Monday
previous to the 27th of September, one of the school girls
gave her a penny token (the one found on the prisoner was
handed to the witness and identified by her). When she
gave it to Mrs. Holiest, that lady made a remark upon it in
he: presence to Mr. Holiest, that the nose of the king had
been badly treated.
Mr. Dunlop was called into the box and produced a plan
which he had made of Frimley.

Baron PARKE, looking at'it, said it was quite useless.
It was so larga as to be unmanageable. If the surveyor had
made it about a quarter the size it would have been of service
to the Court.

Mr. Edward Kendall said he went to Mr. Hollest's house
soon after the burglary became known. He described the
manner in which an entrance bad been effected into the
house. He was afterwards joined by Hollington and Bid-
dlecombe, two local officers. On examining the door steps
he traced the marks of a raked foot. A few yards from that
there were the marks of two naked right feet. He found a
piece of baize under tha tree in front of the house. Near
the gate there was a mark as though some one with a naked
heel had slipped. There was a mark of blood. He after-
wards examined Levi Harwood's great toe, which was very
much lacerated on the under part. Ou the 6th of October
ne went into the plantation opposite, and picked up a cloak.
The cloak was found midway between two masks. A little
further on he found, two pieces of green baize. A worm-bit
was shown to him by Mr. Holiest, and he believed the holes
which were made in the scullery window, and by which the
burglars effected their entrance, were produced by it.
Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—He believed that
Biddlecome and the village constables had visited the house
before his arrival. Witness was a metropolitan officer, and
was sent down specially by the Commissioners of Police.
Baron PARKE—Did you trace any marks of blood in the
inside of the house—from the bed-room door to the front
door? Inspector Kendall —No, I did not.
Mr. W. B. Holiest, solicitor of Farnham, brother of the
Rev. Gentlemen deceased, produced a Communion cup be-
longing to his brother, two masks, a worm-bit, and other
articles, which he had received from different persons who
had found them in different parts.
_ _

Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—He thought there
was an application on the part of the prisoners to have pro
fessional assistance, and that they were refused. He was there
each time himself, to a certain extent as a solicitor in the
matter, bat be believed the prisoners had no one present.
He believed that when one of the prisoners was committed
to Farnham, Mr. Neale, the solicitor, made an application to
the governor of the gaol to communicate with him. • Wit-
ness was appealed to, and he told the governor that he
thought it was his duty to refuse the application. He
would not undertake to say that the magistrates had deter-
mined to commit without allowing any professional adviser.
Mr. CHARNOCI—Were not the reporters excluded? Mr
Holiest—l believe they were on one or two occasions.
Mr CHARNOCK —W. ere they not excluded on every occa-
sion ? Mr. Holiest—l think they were present on some oc-
casion _ _ .

Baron PARKE I think you cannot raise an [objection on
that account.

Mr. CHARNOCK—Very well; then I will not press it.
Mr. Holtington, the superintendent of the Surrey police,
described the capture of Hiram Smith, Levi Harwood, and
Jones, on the Sunday evening after the burglary. Hiram
Smith made a voluntary confession to him of his participa-
tion in the bur.'lary, in the presence of Mr. Neale, the
governor of Guildford Gaol. That confession was in the
following terms :
[The written confession of Hiram Smith, which has al-
ready been frequent y published, and which does not differ
materially from the evidence given by Smith yesterday, was
then put in and read.]
Mr. Hol ington continued. Upon Jones he found a knife,
a piece of sealing-wax, and a token penny. On Sunday
night and Monday be searched Levi Harwood's lodgings.
He found a pair of stockings, the foot of one of them was
marked with blood, and a stoney marble. (The marble was
produced, and was rather larger than that which was taken
from Mr. Holiest.)
Louisa Hollington, wife of the police officer, said she re-
collected Levi and Samuel Harwood being in the cells at
Guildford on the 2d of October. There was a room between
the two cells. She was in the kitchen, and could there hear
a conversation better than the prisoners could themselves.
She heard a conversation between Levi and Samuel Har-
wood. Levi called out " Tidier." Samuel answered, " Who
is that ?" Levi said, " Me." Samuel said, "Is it looney ?"
Levi said, " Yes " Samuel said, " Come here." Levi an-
swered, " I can't, I am locked up." Levi said, " Where
did they take you? Did they find anything on you?" Sa-
muel answered, "No, only halfpence." Levi asked whe•
ther they had searched two place., but witness
could not hear the names. Levi asked whether they found
anything, to which Samuel answered, " No, that is all
eight." Levi then said, " Good night," rather loud. Shortly
afterwards Levi said, "Tidier," again, "put your mouth down,
and don't talk too loud, or else Mrs. liollington will hear
you." He then said, " Did you tell he that jacket was
mine?" Samuel said, " Yes ;" and Levi remarked, " What
did you that for ?" Samuel said, " That was to (this)
morning." Levi asked whether it had run out, meaning, as
witness supposed, " washed out." He then asked where it
was, and Samuel said, " He got it." Levi again said, good
night. On Friday, October 4, witness heard Levi say,
" Mind you and I have not had a pint of beer together these
three, or six months." Witness could not tell whether it
was three or six.
Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTLNK She did not think
about the reward.
Evidence was then called to prove that the measurement
of the footmarks correspondedwith the measurement of the
feet of the prisoner.
This closed the case for the prosecution.

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the LORD CHANCELLOR.)
TIIE CASE !DF MISS TALBOT.-- DOYLE V. WRIGHT.
i
Mr. PARKER, n resuming his arguments this morning,
contended that the conventual school at Taunton was a pro.
per place for the
.education of Miss Talbot, and as such had
received the sanction of the Court, and that it was impes-
sible to construe the order of the Court, giving liberty to the
Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury to take her abroad, into a
potitive order or understanding that she should go abroad
with them and not b 3 left behind in this ceuntrv. They
were frequently in the habit of going to Italy, and they pro-
cured the order so as to be immediately available in case
they should have occasion to take her with them, as it was
a rule of the Court that t o ward should be taken beyond its
Jurisdiction without the sanction of the Lord Chancellor.
The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury did not leave England
until three years after the order was issued. The words
" care and management," in this order of the Court, implied
that they should be responsible for the way in which
she was brought up and educated, and not that
they should take her under their own roof, and it was to be
remembered that as soon as her education was completed at
this school, she went to reside at Alton Towe;s, with the
Earl and Countess, and was afterwards introduced by them
into society. There was a new charge made by his Learned
Friend the Solicitor-Gene. al, as to their neglect of the young
lady, viz., that she only visited Alton Towers once, and pro-
bably only for one day, arei that whilst she was at the school,
the Earl of Shrewsbury came to see her but on one occasion,
and then only for half an hour. As this charge had conic
upon them unawares, he ate not prepared with sufficient
affidavits on the subject, but Dr. Doyle in hie deposition stated
thit during the time the young lady was at the school she
occasionally visited Alton Towers, and there met with per
eons of high rank and connexion. But that the Earl and
Countess had taken proper care of her education re-
quired no turther evidence in support of it than the
conduct of the young lady herself; throughout the
whole of the trying circumstances in. which she was
placed she had conducted herself with the greatest discretion
and good sense. There was not the slightest ground for be-
lieving that the Earl and Countess had tried to inveigle her
into a distasteful marriage, and failing in that object, had
forced her into a convent with the intention of inducing her
to take the veil.
The LORD CHANCELLOR raid nothing could be more er-
roneous than to suppose that the marriage wasin opposition
to the young lady's wishes.
Mr. PARKER thought it was very important that that
should be made known, and that the Earl and Countess
should be exculpated from the blame of forcing a young lady
into a marriage to which she objected. Ife readily admitted
that nothing would be more reprehensible than placing a
ward in a convent with the intention of making her take the
veil; but in the present case there was no such intention,
Miss Talbot havi' g simply gone to the Lodge as a visitor
and boarder, and it Mr. Berkeley had seized upon that cir-
cumstance for the purpose of dragging the young lady
before the public, he had committed an act of high
contempt, and had shown himself to be the last person in the
world to have any voice in the management of the young
natural
that After brewing off the marriage, it was Only
that she should wish to teturn to the conventual school,
where she had all her deare t friends. According to the
rules of the institution, she could not enter as a scholar or
boarder, and an arrangement was made that she should
enter in the name of a postulant. Ile sincerely regre ted
that such should have been the case, but he hoped his
Lordship would not be frightened by the name of postulant.
That was not the question, but whether she was placed
there in the expectation that she would take the veil and
leave the world for ever. Nothing was further titan that
from the intention of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury.
The young lady went to the convent entirely with her own
consent. Another charge a
was, that he directed she should not be seen by any one
except against the Earl of Shrewsbury
in the presence of the superior or h.ead of the convent.
It was a part of his duty to provide aeiust a person in her
position receiving
improper end obtrusive visits, and he
if
would have laid himself open to condemnation he had nit
done so. The very fact, however, that Mr. Berkeley had an
interview with the young lady, in the presence cf the supe-
rior, proved that site bad not entered the convent to be ja..
inured there fur life, because if she had she would not have
been seen at all. The Learned Counsel then alluded to the
publication of the young lady's letter, and said he was wholly
into the newspapers.
/smut of the way iu which it had got

It was certainly neither the act of any one on the part of
Elrl nrrl Coonto9, of Szrowsbory T),,y?m,

• - ~ • e co i ralT. he 1, , t
h Cau cf Mr. Berkeley or those who represented VI
because it was entirely of a piece with the conduct he /0,1
pursued. Ile trusted, in coneus:o 1, that his Lordship wow"
dismiss the petition, and deal with it eo as to mark the 800
of the Court of Mr. Berkeley's conduct on the matter. • A LEANED COUNSEL, who appeared for the trustees, 1,
heard against the costs of the petition being allowed by ,',
Court.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then replied, and contended tbst
the addresses of his Learned Friends, Mr. Bolt and 0;
Parker, consisted rather of vituperation and abuse agaill"
Mr. Berkeley, than of any statements expltratory of thei,
one great fact of the case which had been prove 4 beyond 8'
demonstration—that this young lady, a ward of the Cuurt.
without any intimation to his Lordship, was placed at tbl
Lodge, at Taunton, with the intention of becoming a post°.
lant, and taking the veil, which would not have been knot
until she was irrevocably pledg-d to remain there, exueP
for the exertions of Mr. Berkeley, of whose conduct'
in calling his Lordship's attention to the matter'
his Lordship had expressed his satisfaction. Mr. Berk',
ley had discharged a very praiseworthy duty, bet'
as regarded the Court and the young lady. Letters ifere
known to be in existence which had passed betw.,,,o",
Miss' Talbot And the lady abbess, Dr. Henden, and a Dlt,'
Winter, and were likely to throw much light on the 1)0,1;
tion of the yourg lady in the convent, but they had 0°
been produced, neither had any affidavit been obtained frog
Mr. Winter, who negotiated the terms on which she cOO
0,.,
t
enter the convent. The Court was totally ignorant of ,
circumstances within the knowledge of these parties. be
result of the present application was almost now a matter
perfect indifference to Mr. Berkeley, for he had rescued tlOl
young lady from the hands of the priests, but he
anxious to elear himself of the odium and abuse which hi
been heaped upon him. Mr. Bolt had said that a droll
and public exhibition had been got up for ulterior objects, si
a suitable period, without the slightest regal."
to the feelings and interest of the young lag;
No one was more anxious than Mr. Berkeley tluP
her feelings should be spared, and only a strong sense of dot/
had induced him to bring the case before the public. He re
gretted that the private letters of the young lady to his Lora'
ship had been made public, but he was instructed by lgri
Berkeley's solicitor to say that he knew no more how it g°,
into the newspapers than Mr. Rolt or Mr. Parker, and thio
he had lost five or six different papers since he bad been er"
tending the curt. Looking at the place from which it cal
and the nature of it, he could not for a moment *appose 't
to be the letter of 'Aim Talbot. He could have no more
tempting communication to comment on; but, consideringt
how it had been brought forward, he would dismiss it I
once without further comment. The next point he came
was the proposed marriage with a French gentleman name,
Rochefoncault, which, considering it distasteful, his Lordsbl
had broken off.

The Loan CHANCELLOR -I had nothing to say derog
tory to that g2ntlemac ; the name he bears is well known 511ci
over Europe; but, considering the young lady's age, an
other circumstances, I thought the marriage objectionable.
The SoucToß-GENERAL—He is described in one of the
affidavits as a young French gentleman, but we understao
he is above fifty years of age.

The LORD etimicELLoi—l have not seen the gentlerasil'
He had just left Alton Towers when I arrived.
Mr. RoLT—He is twenty-six years of age.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—We thought he was the D&
deßochefoucault.

Mr. ROLT - No, the younger brother of the Duke.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then proceeded to contend tbill
if his Lotdship was satisfied Miss T,lbot enterej the can:
vent as a postulant, which was, after all, the gravamen of t
charge, Dr. Doyle ought no longer to be trusted with 14'„
guardianship. There could not be the slightest doubt, eve"
on the affidavits of Miss Jerningham and Dr. Doyle, that
the was considered to be and treated ss a postulant.
(The Learned Counsel had not concluded when we went to
press.)

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The April sessions for the trial of prisoners for tb°
county of Middlesex commenced this morning, at the
Sessions-house, Clerkenwell.green. The calendar coo'
tains the rames of 85 prisoners.
Henry Mavto7y was found guilty of picking poeketf,
Mr. Sergeant ADAMS said that it was no use to lied
such a person in the country, for it appeared from re'
turns before him that he had been twice before Coo'
victed, and was Stated to be a very troublesome charactoP
The sentence of the Court, therefore, was that he b°
transported beyond the seas for the term of seven yeao'

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
A DRUNKEN BARONET —Sir James Sutherland lifaekesiPll
20, King-street, St. James's, was brought before Mr. Biog'
ham, charged with being drunk and assaulting the polict;
constable when in the execution of his duty. He was Also'
charged with furious driving, and damaging a cab.
James Alexander, a cabman, stated, that about nine o'doe
last night, to was proceeding with his cab along Regent'
street, towards Oxford-street, and on arriving opposite lAA'
nover-street he saw the defendant and another gentlerno°'
who were in a gig, coming towards him. The gentlenlo°o
who was with the defendant was driving, when all at 00C
the defendant seized hold of the reins, and drove with grit,
force against witness's cab, doing damage to the extent of 25/:
The defendant, who was very drunk, tried to effect his escape'
,
but a constable came up at the time, into whose custody
defendant was given
Police-constable, 157 C, said he was called to take the de:
fendant into custody for being drunk and damaging a ca
On requesting him to alight from his gig he swore he woo'
not, and struck witness several times with his driving w la/
Another constable came to his assistance, and after a deal °f
resistance the defendant was conveyed to the station.
,A
The defendant, who during the examination concluct!"j
himself with great impropriety, denied the charge, and osl
if he had time he could prove that the constable was not op-1/
;
a liar but a thief. He called God to witness that he trs,
perfectly sober, and considered as the horse and gig was bl 3
own property he had a right to do and drive as he liked.
Inspector Plume said the defendant was decidedly drat
and conducted himself more like a madman than a ration
being.
Mr. BINGHAM ordered the defendant to pay 255. forA
damage done to the cab, and directed him to be detaine"
until his friends were communicated with, as he (Mri
Bingham) considered he (defendant) was not fit to go
large by himself:

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
AYLESBURY.
The Committee sat this morning at eleven o'clock. The CIIAIRMAN intimated at its sitting, that the counsel for the petition should proceed with evidence of agency, 11g
,
the Committee were of opinion that the evidence of Kentos
had been sufficiently gone into.
Witnesses were then called to prove the connexion with the
sitting Member of several gentlemen, who were proved tol
be actively engaged in the election. The evidence was
the ordinary character in such cases, and entirely devoid 0'
general interest.

ST. ALBAN'S.
The principal witnesses in this petition are still missict
having taken themeelvei off to avoid the consequences of an
inquiry. We understand that a reward has been offered for
.;
the discovery and apprehension of these unwilling recipient'
of the Speaker's warrant.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
The under- mentioned offices will be opened as Mica
Money Order Offices on the following days, viz. :—on the
Ist April—East Ilsley, Berkshire; Greenhithe, Kent 9
Linton, Kent; Niton, Isle of Wight; Pinner, Middlesex'
Ripley, Derbyshire; Twyford, Berkshire; Watlington,
fordsaire ; West Grinstead, Sussex.
7th April—Burnham, Norfolk; Donnington, Lincoln'
shire; llorndon on the Hill, Essex; Grays, Essex.
Bth April—Appledore, Devonshire.
10th April—Cerne, orsetshire.
12th April Grampound, Cornwall.
16th April—Litcham, Norfolk; Rayleigh, Essex; ThaV
ted, Essex.
17th April—Henstridge, Somersetshire; Sturminster
Newton, Dorsetshire.
22d April— Radstock, Somersetshire.
24th April—Alderney, Channel Islands.

Also or; the Ist April next, the receiving office for lettert
at Bayswater will be opened for the issue and payment of
money orders.

t .B.— Grampound, Cornwall, has been substituted for
Tregony, Cornwall, inserted in the last list (Instruction!
No. 6, 1851); and Guisborough, N orthamptonshire, shoat'
have been designated Guilsborougb, Northamptonshire.

Mn. JOHN DicKENS.—We TegrEt to have to an'
flounce the sudden and unexpected death of Mr. Job°
ackens, of the Daily News, an father of the celebrated 1119'
velist. Mr. Dickens was in his 66th year. He formerly held
a situation in the Navy Pay-office, but had long devoted
hanself to journalism—principally in the reporting depart'
merits. For borne time Mr. John Dickens was connected,
with the Mirror of Parliament, •when edited by a relative of
his own. He afterwards retired to the neighbourhood of
Exeter, from which he arrived in town to take part in tho
establi.liment of the Daily ,Yews. Of course the greater,
part of the public interest which attaches to the memory al,
the late gentleman radiates from the fame of his illustriotle
son; but, personally, Mr. John i ickens enjoyed throughout"
his long life the esteem and respect of a wide circle of friends'
Possessed of great energy of character, thorough businesi
habits, a fine literary appreciation, and a perfect savoir faire
in the practical management of an important department i 0
London journalism, Mr. Dickens's removal will be felt as IS
wide blank and an irremediable misfortune in the extensive
and respectable sphere within which his energies were di..
rected, and in which his worth and many sterling (pantie
were known.

THE MARBLE ARCEI.—On Saturday the re-erection
of the marble arch at Cumberland gate was completed, and
in the course of the week the carriage drive will be opened
to the public. The blocks of marble of which the arch ie
composed have all been fresh polished, and the structure hag
altogether a very chaste appearance. The upper part of the
arch has ten con tructed as a police-station, and will con-
tain a reserve of men.
Miss TALnor.—We are authorised to state that
the paragraph which has appeared in several of the public
otb y the
Norfolk L o cl
is
notChancellorcerr
e te. t o the
er H
journals, and our own among the number, to the effect that
Allies Talbot is ttohebeliss uae
confided
guardianship of.
Grace is si-ter to the Duke of Sutherland, and though her
husband is a zealous Roman Catholic, she is a staunch Pro-
test ant.
Advertiser.
ROYALP
_ RINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET:'
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at-
tended by Lady Desert, lion. Lucy Kerr, Lord A. Paget,
Lt,rd Elphinstone and Col. Bouverie, honoured this theatre
with their presence last evening.
OXFORD, MARCH 31.—The Mayor has this day
issued a notice of his intention to hold the election on Thurs-
day next, the 3d April.
The Hawhurgh advices mention that a new Svvem
dish loan had been brought out for 3,000,000 marks
(230,0 0/.) The anticipation of its influence on the =nor
market had caused foreign bills to be much offered,
Lady Howard de Walden and suite arrived at tto
St. Katherine's-wharf yesterday morning, by the General
Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Soho, from Antwerp.

DiED.
On the 31st ult., Mr. James Hewitt, of the Old Uummums,
Covent-garden, in his 7 st year,
On the 25th ult., at Upper Glo.7cester-street, Clerkenwell,
Abraham Trahar, R.N., aged 76.
On the 26th ult., aged 90, the Rev. Richard Blackett De
Chair, LL.B., vicar of Shepherds-well, Kent.

London: Printed and Published by 111.1URDO YOUNG, of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, tt The Sun Office, No. 112'
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the vettoty of
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were on the road to Brighton. Were yeu charged with the
murder there of Mr.. Griffiths! Witness—Never in my life.
confess, except
I never was in Sussex but once in my life, and that was seven
years ago.
Mr. CHARNOCK—Were you not engaged in any other
burglary but this? Witness—I never broke intoulo a,tngyraheicouusse
in my-life but Mr. Hollest's.—(Laughter.)
Mr. CuinNocK--This was Your firssot4atbteymptht,etwheindo;wanadm:
must say you were very handy at it. (Laughter.) Who
first showed you the Government proclamation of a reward?
Witness--The master of the station-house at Farnham. I
heard
the
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pardon
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oethhraaeent iNyii'
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Government,t
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Majesty's

Mr. CHARNOCK—Don't you expect to get a free pardon?
Witness—lf those bills are pcted up to.
Mr. CHAnNock—And a share of the reward too? wit_
ness—Well, it were held out to any person that told the
truth; and I have.—(Laughter.) I was examined at
Horsemonger-lanelast Tuesday by Mr. Smallpiece for an
hour and a half.
Cross-examined by Mr. WOOLLETT—Did you never ask
Hollingston if the terms of the bill would be acted up to if
you " peached?" Witness—l don't know the meaning of
the word.

• A Juryman—Could Mrs. Holiest see the three of you in
the part of the room where she was? Witness—l could Rot
say. When she got out of bed Jones thrust her up in a
corner.

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The witness then withdrew, several hisses being raised at
him as he left the court, and then greatly increasing in inten-
sity as he got outside.
Mrs. Elizabeth Woods, housekeeper to a gentleman named
Durbage at Frimley, a few days before the murder purchased
two dishes of Hiram Smith.
Mrs. Sarah Glazier, of the Wharf public-house near Prim-
remember a few days before the murder of Mr. Hol-
lest two persons came to my house. Smith very much re-
sembles one of those men, and Samuel Harwood resembles
the other.
Charles Weston, a person in the service of a grocer named
Parmel, at Guildford, proved that two or three days before
the murder the prisoner Jones came to his master's shop and
purchased a pennyworth of gunpowder.
Several witnesses deposed to having seen the prisoners and
Hiram Smith on the road to Frimley on the night of the
murder.

Elizabeth Moll, a widow residing at Frimley, about a
mile from Mr. Hollest's house,• proved the finding of a piece
of bread and beef in a ditch near a pathway from Frimley to
Guildford.
George Everett, keeper to Mr. Burrell of Frimley, proved
the finding of a silver cup, two green baize masks, and the
screw part of a centrebit.
John Parker remembered, on Saturday, the 28th of Sep-
tember, passing the gate at Mr. Holiest's house, and saw
near the cypress tree a telescope and a decanter, which he
picked up and took to the house and delivered to Mrs. Hol-
iest. He found there, also, a screwdriver.
Oswald Jackman worked in September last on the railway
between Guildford and Woking, and was on the bridge near
the railway at Stranger's-common on the morning of the
28th of September last. At half-past six o'clock he saw two
men on the footpath, whom he thought to be Samuel Har-
wood and Jones.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
Pattie has the following:—
is announced that the Moniteur will publish to-morrow
the names of the members of a new Cabinet destined to rally
round the flag of order all the elements of the old majority.
Ihe political atmosphere is as variable as the wind, and as
changeable as the waves. We do not, therefore, guarantee
that this news, which, at the hour we write (four o'clock), we
believe to be true, will not have ceased to be so is the court,.
of the evening. But, however, the situation of political
affairs renders probable the formation of a definitive Ministry,
for it is necessary."
The Messager,:on the contrary, declares that the nego.
tistions are not more advanced than they were a fort-
night since.

The C.nstitutionnel has " pronounced," in anticipa-
tion, against an Odilon-Barrot Ministry.
The Moniteur of yesterday does not contain the ex-
pected announcement of the formation of a new Ministry.
Government Stock declined slightly at the Bonne. Rail-
road Shares maintained themselves more firmly, The Five
per Cents. opened at 941. 5c., and closed at 931. 90c.; th•
Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 75c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares,
897 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 650 f. ; Havre, 2861. 25c. ; Great Northern,
480 f. ; Avignon, 203 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 453 f. 75c. ; Basle,
1581. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 403 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg,
373 f. 75c. ' • Tours and Nantes, 277 f. 50c.
IRJSIINESS ouNt,, IN FOREIGA RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 31.
Boulogne and Amiens, 9:34 Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 18;4—Dutch Rhenish, 3%—Luxembourg,
1% —Ditto, 2 Maria Antonia, 7N—Ditto, New, 3
Namur and Liege, 814—Northern of France, 15%—Orleans
!Lpd Bordeaux, 443—Paris and Rouen, 25%—Rouen and
Havre, 1114—Tours and Nantes, 614'.

Thomas Freeman, living at Stoke, about two miles from
Guildford, saw a man pass towards Guildford at four o'clock
in the morning of the 28th with a green wideawake hat. He
recognised the prisoner Jones as the man.
Joseph Plank, living a mile from Guildford, saw Samuel
Harwood on Saturday, the 28th of September, in the morn-
ing, on Stranger's-common, not a quarter of a mile from the
railway, and walking towards Slifield's-green.
This terminated the proceedings of the day, and at seven
o'clock the Court adjourned.
The further hearing of the evidence for the prosecution
will be resumed to-morrow (this day) at half-past eight
o'clock.

Madridjou SPAIN.
roals of the 25th ult. have arrived... Being
the feast of the Annunciation, it was obserTedAls
•
strict holiday, and the Bolsa was closed.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
5 to 1 agst Ld. Strathmore's Sunrise, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b
—taken freely
7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Cnteus, 3 yrs, sst—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Hesse Homburgh, 3 yrs,
4st 101 b
10 to 1 agst Count Bathyany's Valentine, 4 yrs, ssi
12Ib—taken
14 to 1 agst Mr. T. Paris Selina, 5 yrs, Est 41b—t
15 to 1 agst Mr. Clarke's Old Dan Tucker, 5 yrs,
Bst 21b—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Sauter-la-Coupe, 5 yrs;
7st 51b—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Magennis's Ingratitude, 3 yrs, 4st
61b—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Campbell na John of Berwick, 4 yrs,
6st 61b—taken
The Grecian movement engrossed so much attention,
that very little was done on this event, the horses most
in request were Sunrise, Comus, Valentine, and Selina. i
SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
4 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's The Incurable ,
7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron
7 to 1 agst Mr. Walters's Maid of Team Valley
12 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Dulcet
12 to 1 agst Mr. Liley's Brington
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
5 to 4 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—take 6 to 4
5 to 2 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt
20 to 1 laid agst Mountain Sylph colt winning this
and the Derby—taken
A rumour that Grecian was amiss, and had been ex-
tensively " peppered" at the clubs, was prevalent at the
commencement of business, and had the effect, for a mo-
ment, of driving him back to 2 to 1; the re-action, how-
ever, was so decided that at the close no one would lay
6 to 4 against him, and the Mountain Sylph colt receded
from 2 to 1 to 5 to 2.

~t
GERMANY. ~,• ' ' -
The King of BavAß,a arrived at Berlin on the
28th ult.
Accounts from Cassel state that on the 25th fresh
Niue or ten are in. the
been prohibited
htqrouossoprils tes,l
Isa.
nbdrTohk bloodee
i3out u
sabssei
at
sijeuened.he Austrian and Prussian
soldiers b 1
rye
from using their swords.

•

.
DENMARK. _
The Danish Parliamentary session was closed on the
26th by the Minister-President in the lirtru's name.
The whole of the members of both Houses were invited,
and, without exception of parties, had the honour of
dining with the KING at the Christianborg Palace on the
previous evening. His MAJESTY gave the health of the
" National Representatives," whieh was responded to
by the PRESIDENT giving the " King" with nine times
nine.

PORT STAKES.
3 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Officious
CHESTER CCP.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st—taken
to 1001.
10 to 1 agst Ld. Strathmoro's Montague, 5 yrs, 7st 21b
—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Brown's Haricot, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Glen's Damask, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b
An improvement will be noticed in Montague and
Haricot. Very little was done.
DERBY.
6 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—taken
to 1501.
6 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian
9 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph colt
15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Clark's Marlborough Buck—taken
16 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Teddington
16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster
22 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee—taken
to 6001.
1,000 to 30 agst Mr. G. Higgins's Theseus —taken
1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Grevillo's Ariosto—taken
50 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Lightfoot—taken to 50/.
5,000 to 100 agst Gholab Singh and Neasbam colt—t
The same reason which led to Grecian'a declining for
the 2,000 Guineas operated against him for this event,
no one raising a voice in his behalf until near the close,
when 7to 1 would have been taken. Constellation was
quoted at 22 to 1 taken, and large sums were laid out on
heseus at 40 and 35 to 1, and 1,000 to 30, and (at least
6001.) on Bonnie Dundee at 30 to 1. Marlborough Buck
was decidedly in force at 15 to 1, and no one. we be-
lieve, would have laid more than 16 to 1 agst Tedding-
ton. Newminster again gave way. We believe there is
no truth in the report of Runnemede's death.
The room will be opened on Saturday for the purpose
of settling on the Epsom events.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sitt,—l feel very reluctant to intrude myself upon the
tonewspaperbree a
being
ghoapn, n
d.
places or
columns of a newspaper that can be so much better occu-
pied, but, as a duty to others who have been repeatedly
victimized in the same way, as well, or rather as badly as
myself, I feel compelled to protest against a system of lite-
rary larceny that seems to be alarmingly on the increase.
In The Sun of this evening appears an acrostic to Mr.
Phelps, ascribed to " Charles Wilton." This trifle I wrote
four years ago for a daily dramatic publication, called The
curtain, where it appeared (March 22, 1847) as one of a
series of " Acrostics to Actors" that 1 contributed to that
journal. I enclose you the number of that publication to
verify my statements, and may add that I should not have
troubled you with this encroachment on your spacge,rodwi(ilngl
mnrusting that the
not deem it necessary to assist in
denouncing
aun
practice that threatens the convegrosoiOdns
of ever
periodical a
lican intoedlitor
n t e nea
a i kindhuof literary b
ler,
ositio marinei
of
conscious receiver of stolen
chances of immediate disco_ve:LiweiLl
robbery of articles from
deter similar offenders
from this otherwise unpunio,
the person,"
I remain, Sir, respectfully yours,
Barnebury-park, March 31, 1851 E.. L. BLANCHARD.
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It is announced in the T
Bologna Y.
Gazette that the band
of Il PASSATORE has been dispersed, and the chief hlm•
self killed.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
The Royal Italian Opera opens on Thursday with Semi.
ramide, Madame Grisi appearing as the Assyrian Queen,
Maddle. Angri, as Arsace, and Signor Salvatore as Asses.
Signor Salvatore has never, we believe, appeared in this
country, but has achieved a reputation as an excellent bari-
tone singer at the San Carlos, at Naples, and at the Grand
Opera at Barcelona, to which latter establishment, be it re-
membered, we are indebted for Signor Tamberlik. Signor
Salvatore is engaged as, we presume, the successor to Tarn-
burini, who is no longer a member of the Royal Italian
Opera corps. The other baritones engaged are Signor
Ronconi and Signor Rommi. The corps operatifue
is, with very few exceptions, the same as last mien.
Madame Grisi, Madame Castellan, and Madame Viardot,
will all appeir in the course of the season, and a new so-
prano, Mademoiselle Guiseppina Morra, is engaged. Made..
moiselle Angri replaces Mademoiselle De Meric as the con-
tralto, a change which tends greatly to strengthen the corps,
and Mademoiselle Vintale, a new contralto, is to make her
Herr first appearance in this country. That most useful artiste,
last season,
an d
Tamberlik,Mademoiselle Cotti, retains her position :as ssconeles‘d&sda•
The tenon are the same as l
vizSign°6
and Maria%
bassiEnrico p r t iw,
eLuig
have H
i Meer Formes and Signeri Tagliafico.i,
Polonini, Gregorio, Fenari Rache, and; Bianchi, the last
of whom is from the Italian Opera at Berlin, and has
never appeared in England. Costa, of course, continues
as director of music, composer, and conductor; and tke or-
chestra is the same as heretofore. The military band is to
be under the superintendence of Mr. Godfrey, and Mona.
Alexandre is the maitre de ballet. is during the last season,
the performance of ballets will be confined to such
as are incidental to operas or to short divertissements.
Messrs. Grieve and Telbin continue to be the scenic artists,
a sufficient guarantee of the perfect manner in which the
scenic department will be conducted. The repertoire of the
Royal Italian Opera consists of 33 operas, and each of the
grandest works in the repertoire will be performed, at
least, once during the season of 1851. In addition we
are promised that during the present season, of the following
eight operas, five (at least) will be produced, viz., a new
Opera, Auber (founded on Auber's new grand opera, r En-
fant Prodigue, now performing with uninterrupted success at
the Academie Royale, at Paris); Sappho, Gounod (a grand
new opera, composed expressly for Madame Viardot, and
about to be produced at the Academie Royale, at Paris);
11 nauto Magico, Mozart (for the first time at the Royal
Italian Opera); Les Marlys, Donizetti (a grand opera, com-
posed expressly for the AcaGmie Royale, in Paris, for the
first time in England); Euryanthe, Weber (for the first time
in England); La Vestale, Spontini (for the first time at the
Reyal Italian Opera); Fiddle, Beethoven (for the
first time on the Italian stage in England);
Faust, Sphor (for the first time in England).
Of these c peras, II Prodigo (the Italian ver. ion of L'Enfant
Prodigt.e), by Auber, and Sappho, by Gounod, are the ex-
clusive property of the directors of this establishment, and
will both be produced during the ensuing season. Such is
the programme of the Royal Italian for the season of 1851.
and should only five of the promised operas be produced it
will be a brilliant one.

LO
COMOTIVE ENGINE.—The first of the new
engines, built by Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Co., for the
South-Eastern •
Railway, to work their Great Exhibition
traffic, made an experimental trip yesterday from London
to Folkestone. The engine, with a first and second-class car-
riage attached, conveying Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P.;
Mr. James M'Gregor, chairman of the South-Eastern Rail-
Ivay ; Mr. Peter W. Barlow, engineer in chief; and Mr.
James Cudworth, locomotive superintendent, started from the
London-bridge terminus at 12 15 F.M. No trial of speed
could take place until the Red-hill junction was passed, a
Brighton train being in front; but from this point to Ash-
ford the journey was performed, without stopping, at an
average speed of sixty miles an hour. The trial proved
highly satisfactory, the engine running at the greatest
velocity without the slighest oscillation, and even with less
motion than when travelling at a lower rate of speed. The
engine is constructed on Crampton's patent; the inside
cylinders are 15 inches in diameter, with a 22. inch stroke;
the driving wheels six feet in diameter. We understand
that Mr. R. Stephensei expressed himself much pleased
with the engine and the speed at which the joarri,y Ras
performed.
The shareholders of the Provincial Bank of Ire.
land held a special meeting at the bank dikes in Old Broad-
street yesterday, when Matthias Wolverley
Attwood, Esq.,
and Edward Fletcher, EN., were unanimously elected di-
rectors of the bank, in the place of G. E. Robinson, M.P.,
and Alfred Thorp, aq., both deceased.
The accounts of the state of trade in the provinces
during the past week are satisfactory. At Manchester the
market has been steady; in the woollen districts there has
been a tendency to improvement, and at Birmingham there
is full employment. The Irish linen markets are without
alteration,
continued indisposed,worse. Thebu his
onthe
The Duke of Beaufort, in answer to inquiries last
evening in Arl
Grace was,ing whole,ton- n
Arlington-street, eto o
, cconn
Mar-
quis of Worcester left town yesterday, to attend the assizes
At Gloucester.

AERIAL FLIGHT OF THE DUKE OF
BRUNSWICK.
HASTINGS, Ai ARcii 31.—The borough of Hastings was
this day entertained by a spectacle unparalleled in the me-
mory of that respectable individual " the oldest inhabitant."
Tor some days past " the veteran aeronaut," Mr. Charles
Green, was known to be in the locality preparing for an
aerial flight across the British Channel. For this purpose
the Victoria balloon was established in the gasworks, wait-
ing for an opportunity to rise. Rumour announced that a
certain " Mr. Smith" was to ascend with the renowned Mr.
Green, and make a descent—not upon the realms of Bruns-
wick, but upon the Gallic shore. The reason for this novel
mode of crossing the water was said to reside in the stomaoh
of the said " Mr. Smith," who was a victim to the distress-
ing malady of sea-sickness, to avoid which he had deter-
mined upon trusting his life to the tender mercies of a
balloon.

For some days the wind was unpropitious, and popular
feeling was agitated with every variation of the aerial car-
rents. Occasionally" Mr. Smith" was to be seen riding out
with his secretary and a friend or two, and rumcur did not
scruple to ascribe to the very romantic-looking gentleman,
with coal-black whiskers and moustache, a title somewhat
more dignified than that by which he chose to be " called"
upon at the Victoria Hotel, St. Leonard's. The local News
very discreetly humoured the fancy of " Mr. Smith," lest,
by publishing in print the title of the incognito, the kuscep..
tible subject should be scared away.
This morning the wind blew a breeze from the north, and
at a quarter to eight the process of inflation commenced in
the immediate vicinity of the gasworks. A tide of spectators
'
very soon set in, and a speculative innkeeper paid the town-
crier to announce to the inhabitants that the " Royal Victoria
balloon" would ascend at ten o'clock. Inasmuch as the car
was not affixed till nearly one o clock, this had the effect of
keeping a thirsty multitude in the neighborhood of the land-
lord's tap for the space of about three hours. An immense
number of spectators congregated upon the Castle-hill, which
overlooks the gasworks, and in the valley there was a crowd
equally large. In addition to the outdoor beholders lof
the scene, a considerable portion of the inhabitants of Hast-
ings was able to witness the proceedings from their windows.
The wind prevailed from the north and nor h north le: t. t
having a westward tendency,laandday way becomitningesoamn-dewahilaste-elmigeedsht
and variable at midday.,
The gas was of excellent quality,, but flowed in
slowly. At length the meter marked a flow of
gas, and the supplyociß
somewhat slowly.
about 32,500 feet of was then stopped.
The balloon, however,
Green proceeded li'aestpilrlccsomdeed to fit p
somewhat flaccid.
At one o'clockn his
car.
Ha
had provided an apparatus for enabling him to skim over the
water at a fixed elevation. A gutta-percha line, above 200
feet long, had three logs of wood secured to it at intervals
near its extremity. The grapnel was attached to two me-
tallic air vessels, sufficient to enable it to float upon the
water. Bladders of air were provided to be attacked to the
grapnel line to aid it in floating.
At length, after divers trials to ascertain the buoyancy of
the huge machine, the aeronautic captain pronounced all to
be ready. The crowd (which behaved with a degree of order
highly creditable) was ordered to make way for " Mr.
Smith," who presently came upon the scene in the person of
his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, accompanied
by a German baron and a Spanil gentleman. Clad in a suit
of oilskin, and coming upon the crowd " all of a rush," the
redoubtable " Smith" elicited a general exclamation of,
" Well, he is a fine fellow !" The " fine fellow" got into
the car, the balloon was released, and up went Mr. Green
and his passenger in admirable style, standing away to the
south-east at a moderate 'pace and remaining in sight for
the balloon partially entered
above half an hour, the moment of flight being 23 minutes
to descend, and, when last seen,
put one e'olock.
Soon after leaving the earth
a cloud, but presently began
was only at a slight elevation from the surface of the water.
The intention of Mr. Green was to let his logs and grapnel
Calais,' an
or took float upon the sea, so that he might be able to maintain- an
uniform level without loss of ballast or gas.
Whether " Mr. Smithd his captain pat ain
westerlylan ded e atur
rDe
ai
?Foe;
tEhteaGpleersm,Ban Ocean, remains
or
remains to be seen.

THEon , an
sld of BridgetVeila
iPiGT
LoNvonB,his wife,MURDER—The
forthe wilful
trialo
of Peggy Fahey, at warrin fPaPatrick
Lyons, murder
gton, took place at Liverpool,
yesterday, before Mr. Justice CresswelL It will be recol-
lected that the prisoners kept a low lodging-house in 'War-
rington, and that the deceased, who wns a travelling hawker,
lodged with them. On the 6th of February, in consequence
of information given by one of the lodgers, the house was
searched, and the body of the deceased, whose head was
frightfully mutilated by blows inflicted by a cleaver, was
found in a coal cellar. The female prisoner was at once
taken into custody, but the male prisoner, who bad ab-
sconded, was traced to Dublin, where he had enlisted in the
East India Companies Service, and from thence to London,
where he was apprehended. The prisoners mutually ac-
cused each other of the crime. They were both found
guilty, and sentence of death was passed upon them without
hopes of mercy. They are both natives of the county of
Galway.
t
SOUTHAMPTON ELBCTION.—The address of
ear he
ed,
new Attorney-General. Sir A. E. Cockburn, has
o N has
apition to
and appears to give general satisfaction. ppos
the Learned Gentleman is anticipated.
—This well-known fast-
THE CITY OF GLAsaow.
sailing screw-steamer,
regular trader between Liver-
nlvead raetgLiverpool yesterday morn-
pool and Philadelphia,
l'rtrPhiladelphia at balf-past twelve at
ing at two A.m. She le
noon on the 15th, and has, therefore, made the voyage in 15
days S hours. Mild it
-not been that she had become impeded
had he leasure to acknowledge her
by ice, we should have
it is theyt are anticipated by the Pacific.
adyico§oeneri 11.5..

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