The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-24 00:00:00

DENMARK.

The following are the principal conditions of the
last arrangement proposed to the German Govern-
ments for the administration of the Duchies
Schleswig of
ass the
by Denmark, the acceptation
of whcllit.wnci
ob mission of M. von Bille, at present
at Vienne, ta,,
obtain :-1. The re-establishment of
the old Provincimts, as well in Schleswig as in
Holstein, is concede„mile the Danish Government,
but under the
to that it is not the last
existing Diet that is
summoned again ; that
Diet is to be declaredalle43sttioleved by royal decree,
and a new election for
the election law of 1834, vittr tiaken, according to
the, exclusion of
the vote possessed by the home
°f Augustenburg.
2. That the Danish Government
the Diet
to be thus summoned as one ad TiZr.cla
entirely
called for the special purpose of frami„'m only, and
new law of election. 3. That the for4rane
between the Duchies for administrative a,,,MT.'ion
pariposes shall not be again established, but that each
Duchy shall have its own administration and its ~,,a
supreme tribunal. 4. That on the part of the Diet of
the Confederation, the resolution of the 17th of Sep-
tember, 1846, reserving to the Diet a competence to
maintain the right of the Duchy of Holstein to a
closer connexion with the Duchy of Schleswig shall
be regarded as cancelled. After the abolition of the
adttlin• •
r istrative and judicial connexion,of
none the
.orme, • • •
institutions common to both of the Duchies
shall continll
Itittertchaft e to exist, except the social nexus of the

STATE TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
MANCHESTER, TIIESDAY.—Therw is no new feature
to notice in our market today as cotnnared with the
date of our last report. In yarns and goods at large,
we continue to have a quiet and moderate huffiness,
generally at the rates than currant, which, in mule
yarns and some of the lighter cloths, wera rather
lower than in the preceding week ; the value of some
counts of mule only, Ili O. 40's, betraying a further
slightly adverse b
bias to.dfty. Reeled water twist,
however, being still in request for China, and rather
German
more so than it wa3 for
j. is more firmly
held than before and indeed inclines upwards
in some counts. The makers of the lower numbers of
warps are hardly disposed to accept terms which, in
many instances would have been agreed to a few days
back ; but, in warps of most kinds, the tendency, if
there 'be any change, is rather against sellers. The
better qualities of most descriptions of goods are ren-
dered remarkably firm by the contracts in hand; in.
As regards deed China shirtings are rather higher.

the raw material, we learn by the Asia that the New
York market was rather dearer, and that advices from
this side of the 26th November had imparted increased
firmness to that of New Orleans ; the estimates of the
crop remaining much the same as before, though some
parties were less inclined than before to the highest
amount.
Roc lIDALE, Mo„Ay.-....ThiS is generally called
the last market in the year, being the Monday before
Christmas-day; and the first or new market is held
on the first Monday after old Cbristmas-day, or the
6th of January. We have had very little doing, both
in the wool and piece market; but former prices have
been fully maintained.
MACCLESFIED, TUESDAY.—We have little change
to report in the market for manufactured goods,
buyers only purchasing sufficient for immediate
wants ; but after stock-taking with the wholesale
houses, it is expected there will he more activity
perceptible in this department. The dyers are more
freely supplied with work, which is a good indica-
tion--Thrown silks continue to be inquired for
at former rates, and the stocks of useful descriptions
are becoming scarce • but as yet prices are without
much alteration. This, however, cannot long con-
tinue, as thrown silks are much below their relative
i value, as compared with the raw material. Raw
iilcs---The market continues active. The sales
reported for the pait month comprise about 5,000
bales of China ; and the business done in Italian has
been considerable. Holders are now asking an ad-
vance of 6d. to Is. on China, and is. to 2s. per lb. on
Italian. Bengal silks have also participated in the
movement ; and the market for Brutia has advanced
6d. to is. per lb. At the public silk sale held at
Liverpool on Monday last the attendance of buyers
was large, and the China silk brought forward,
amounting to 100 bales, was all sold, at an advance of
61. to 9d. per lb.
HALIFAX, SATuaDAY.—There have been more
merchants in our Pi.ce Hall to-day than for many
weeks past ; but they have not purchased freely. The
prices they offered were too low to be generally ac-
cepted. In yarns there is more doing, and the mer-
chants are offering better prices. The wool market is
quiet, without any change in the quotations ; and
there is a pretty confident expectation that things will
be better after the turn of the year.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has not been a
large amount of stock disposed of to-day, but the at-
tendance of buyers has been mors numerous than for
the last few weeks. The prices offered by the mer-
chants have generally been considered low, and conse-
quently the sales effected have been of a limited cha-
racter. Articles for exportation have been more in-
' quired for, and a few orders for the American markets
given out. Compared with the same time last year,
the market has not been equal by a large amount.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The market has been fist to-
day. On Saturday, however, a fair business was
done, considering we are so near the close of the
year. During the past week there has also been
r rather more done in the warehouses, particularly for
1 the London houses.

THE SUN, LONDON,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 23.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Houton))
IN BE losrAa WESTLEY.

The bankrupt was a bookbinder, of Playhouse-
yard. This was the last examination meeting.
Mr. LAWRANCE, for the bankrupt, asked for an
adjournment. The accounts were in course of pre-
paration by Messrs. Harding and Pullen, the bank-
rupt's accountants, but being very voluminous, it had
not been practicable to file them in time for this
meeting.
Mr. LINKLATER, for the assignees, could not con-
sent to an adjournment at the expense of the estate.
Mr. LAWRANCE suggested that the question of costs
might stand over.
The COMMISSIONER said he would give the bankrupt

liberty to file an affidavit showing that he was pre-
vented by circumstances from filing the accounts in
time for this meeting, otherwise the adjournment
would be at his own expense.
Mr. MURRAY tendered a proof for 5,9001., on be-
half of Messrs. Glyn, the bankers, who had discounted
bills for the bankrupt to a large amount.
Mr. LINKLATER suggested that the proofs should
be taken only in respect of those bills which were
already overdue, as for anything that appeared to
the contrary the bills still running might, on arriv-
ing at maturity, be paid by some of the other parties
who were liable thereon.
His HoNouu admitted the proof for the whole of

the bills ; and observed that if payment for any por-
tion of them should be obtained from other sources,

the proof would be diminished to that amount. The
bills must be set out in a schedule to the proof,
with a memorandum requiring them to be produced
before the payment of any dividend.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTBERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 22.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Msama.)
James Wilkinson and John Ackroyd were indicted
for having, on the 17th of last November, unlawfully
wounded Robert Mortimer, at Leeds.
Mr. Hardy and Mr. Wheelhouse prosecuted, and
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins (who was specially retained)
and Mr. Overend defended the prisoner Wilkinson.
Ackroyd was undefended.
This case arose in consequence of, and was connected
with, a turn-out of the workmen of Messrs. Kitson
and Co., of Leeds, engineers, in whose employment
the prosecutor was engaged as a smith and forgeman
after the turn-out. The prisoner Wilkinson had for-
merly- been in Messrs. Kitson's employment until the
turn-out took place, a few months ago. The prose-
cutor refused to join in the turn-out, and continued
in Messrs. Kitson's employment, and in consequence
became very obnoxious to those who had been his
fellow-workmen. It became necessary for Messrs.
Kitson to employ other workmen from a distance,
and those men and the men who refused to join the
turn- out were called " knob sticks," and " black
sheep," and were insulted by the workmen who had
joined the strike in going to and returning home from
work. The annoyance proceeded to such an extent that
in October last it was found necessary to place police
officers near the works of Messrs. Kitson, to protect
the men and preserve the peace. This state of things
continued till the morning of the 17th of last Novem-
ber, as the prosecutor was going to his work about
half-past six o'clock, and when about 100 yards from
Lis own house, which was at a place called Richmond-
hill, he was set upon by three men standing in the
road, one of whom he saw was the prisoner Wilkin-
son, whom he had known for 14 years. Wilkinson
struck him a violent blow with a bludgeon, which
knocked him down into the hedge-bottom ; another
of the men, whom the prosecutor believed to be called
Holmes, then advanced towards him, as the prosecutor
thought, intending to strike him, and being armed
with a revolver pistol for his protection, in conse-
quence of these repeated attacks, pulled it out of his
pocket and fired one of the barrels at the man he took
to be Holmes. The men then all ran away, the pro-
secutor firing three or four barrels after them as
they ran, and shouting out " Murder" at the same
time. The prosecutor then returned home, having
received a severe contusion at the right side
of his head. Information was immediately
given to the police, and Wilkinson and
Holmes were apprehended. Ackroyd was subse-
quently taken to the House of Correction at Wake-
field for another offence, and while there the prosecu-
tor was sent for, and pointed him out as the third
man who had attacked him from about a dozen other
men. Holmes was now admitted as approver by the
Crown, and from his evidence it appeared that a day
or two before the prosecutor was attacked by a man
named Wainhouse, a member of the Trades' Union,
asked him if he could get another man to go with one
of the turn-outs and attack the prosecutor, and stated
that money was no object, and that he got the prisoner
Ackroyd to assent to go with him ; that Ackroyd,
Wainhouse, and himself then went to a public-house
kept by a man named Bobby Russell, where they met
a man named Richard Bailley, who paid him and
Ackroyd 108. each to attack the prosecutor, and that
the Saturday before the attack was made they re-
ceived an additional ss. each for the same object, and
they were told to meet the prisoner Wilkinson at
Chapel corner at Richmond- bill on the morning of the
17th of November. They accordingly went there and
met Wilkinson waiting. They then went towards the
prosecutor's house, and he came out in about ten
minutes. Witness then attacked the prosecutor,
and was shot at and wounded by him in the thigh,
and was afterwards taken over to Doncaster by
Wainhouse to get his wound dressed there. To avoid
suspicion, on his return to Leeds Bailey gave him two
sovereigns, and told him to say, if necessary, that he
was going to call on the prosecutor on the morning in
question to ask for work, when he met the prosecutor,
and his offensive and haughty bearing to him so an-
noyed him that he lifted his stick and struck him, and
that the prosecutor then fired at him. This witness
was severely cross-examined, and appeared not to
bear the best of characters, and some discrepancies
were elicited in his evidence.
Mr. Sergeant Winuris, for the defence, contended
that the prosecutor was mistaken in the prisoner
Wilkinson's identity, and that the evidence of the
approver Holmes, from his character, could not be
relied on.
His L ORD3IIIP having summed up.
Thejury found both prisoners Guilty.
His LOADSHIP, in passing sentence, said it could
not be endured that peaceable persons should be pre-
vented from going to their work, and be put in peril
of their lives by a combination of turn-out workmen.
Had the prosecutor died from the severe injury which
he had received the prisoners would have been guilty
of murder. Such conduct was setting at defiance the
law of England, and was setting up a most oppressive
tyranny. The sentence of the Court was, that they
should each be imprisoned one year.
The prisoner Wilkinson fainted on hearing the
sentence, and was carried out of the dock.
The cases tried before Mr. Baron Platt during the
day were devoid of interest.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Dec. 23.
(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and
a Bench of Magistrates, at the Guildhall, West-
minster.)

THE QUEEN V. ERANCATELLI AND ♦NOTHER.
Mr. BALLANTINE said that in this ease there

been a bill of indictment preferred against two young
gentlemen of the name of Francatelli and Adams, on
a charge of having :attempted to pick pockets at one
of Jullien's promenade concerts. That bill had been
ignored by the grand jury. Now, ;he had been in-
structed to defend one of those gentlemen, and his
Learned Friends Sergeant Witkins and Mr. Parry had
been instructed to appear for the other ; and the object
he had then in view, in bringing the case under the no-
tice of the Court, was that the matter might attract
such attention as that it might obtain insertion in the
newspapers, through which medium the original ac •
cusation against them had appeared, and had so gone
forth to the public. It happened that Superintendent
Pearce, of the F division, was in attendance, and that
officer was perfectly satisfied that the parties against
whom the charge bad been made were young men of
respectability, and that the accusation as against them
must have arisen entirely from a mistake. Yesterday
there were many noblemen =and gentlemen in court,
who had come there for the purpose of giving them
a character.

The Learned JUDGE said that he possessed no power
as to getting the insertion of anything in the public
newspapers. There was only one man, of whom he
knew at the present time who had control over the
press, and that was Louis Napoleon ; and that indi-
vidual appeared not only to have the power of com-
pelling the insertion of that which he wished, but he
had that which would seem to be far better—he pos-
sessed the power of preventing the insertion of any-
thing he pleased.
Mr. BALLANTINI rejoined, that he was anxious
that what be had now stated in reference to this case
should find its way into the columns of those jour-
nals wherein the original accusation had appeared, as
a simple act of justice to the parties against whom
the charge had been made.
Mr. PARRY begged to add, to what bad fallen from
his Learned Friend, that several witnesses had been in
Pnara
attendance yesterday to speak to the character of
te
among whom were the Earl Howe and
Viscount Castlereagh. With regard to the charge
itself, there could be no doubt but that it bad orig
mistake on the part of the police.
tend ca
inlli,
The Learnedm IiUDGIE said be entertained no doubt
at t
but that the r would be noticed by the press.
Elizabeth Parker was indicted e
nfur g
uihalingnea s
i a stolen
silver,a
gold
dket watch
and o f
otherth e varticles, the property of Jliseph
Maryati in his dwelling home. There was a second
indictment against the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner was a servant em-
ployed by the housekeeper of Mr. Marryat, of Rich-
mond-terrace, Whitehall. About the middle of
October that gentleman left town for Wales, and on

unpacking his luggage missed a gold watch from a
bag in which he had placed it; he communicated his
loss to his housekeeper, who made strict inquiries
as to what had become of it. The prisoner re-
peatedly denied all knowledge of the watch, but on
its being found that her box contained a number of
articles which had been pilfered from another servant,
she was accused of having stolen it, and eventually
went with the housekeeper to a place where she pro-
duced a duplicate of a watch, pledged at a pawn-
broker's in Stratton•ground, Westminster, which
proved to be the one lost by Mr. Marryat.
The prisoner was convicted.
The second indictment charged her with stealing
the articles found in her box.

••••
The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to im-
prisonment for eight months with hard labour.
Ellen Crawfield, 22, and Julia Magarer, 30, were
indicted for a robbery from the person.
Tne prosecutrix, Elizabeth Corgan, was standing
looking at some bonnets in a shop window in Leices-
ter-square, when the prisoner Crawfield placed her-
self on one side of her and Magner on the other.
While the latter attracted her attention by making
some remarks upon the qualities of the flowers with
which the bonnets were trimmed the other picked her
pocket of her purse, but they were detected by a
woman who had been induced to watch the prisoners
from the fact of their having made a somewhat simii,r
attempt upon herself.
The Learned JUDGE left the evidence to the consi-
deration of the jury.
The jury found the prisoners Guilty.
The officers proved that both the prisoners had been
before convicted. Magner had been sentenced to six
months' hard labour for " smashing," and Crawfield
had suffered a sentence of six months and one of five
months.
The Learned JUDGE sentenced them to be trans-
ported for ten years.
Crawfield then burst into tears, and crying in a
piteous manner said, she did not care for the sentence
as far as she herself was concerned, but she had two
poor children who had no protector but herself, and
when she was gone they would be cast friendless on
the world. Would his Lordship allow her children
to go out of the country with her ? If he would she
would be content. _ .

The Learned JUDGE said he could not listen to
,hat. She had better apply to the Secretary of State.
The prisoners were then removed,
THE TOUTERS ABOUT THE CRIMINAL COURTS.

The Learned JUDGE, in the course of the morning,
stopped Mr. Ribton as he was addressing the jury,
and in reference to a topic touched upon by that
gentleman, said he wished it to be distinctly under-
stood that there was no necessity whatever for the
intervention of a third person between counsel and
prisoners. Every barrister, not only in the criminal
courts of the metropolis, but on the circuits, who was
not otherwise engaged, was bound to take up a case
if called upon by the prisoner in the dock, and also
to receive the fee from him. There was not the
slightest necessity for the interference of any attor-
ney, or of any person who went about in the cha-
racter of an attorney's clerk, and considering what
had recently occurred in that court, he wished it to
be distinctly understood that counsel could be in-
structed by prisoners themselves ; and if this were
generally known the relatives and friends of poor un-
fortunate prisoners might avoid being plundered and
robbed by the scoundrels called " touters," who
prowled about the courts and got their money from
them under the pretence of affording them legal as-
sistance.
James Nicholls, aged 46, Johanna Lintel, aged 30,
and Jane Walsh, aged 21, were indicted, charged
with having unlawfully and maliciously wounded
Frances Barrett Nicholls, the wife of the first-named
prisoner.
As soon as the case was called on, two foreigners,
who manifested great interest in the matter, asked
questions first of one person and then of another, and
at length they spoke to
Mr. PAYNE, the barrister, who presently addressing
the Court said, that the foreigners had just in-
formed him that when this case had been before the
magistrate at the police court in Marlborough. street,
they (one being the master of the male prisoner) had
given a person who had represented himself as an at-
torney the sum of 51. to conduct the man's defence
and to provide the assistance of counsel. Now, it so
happened that not only bad no counsel been retained,
but the attorney, if he was an attorney, himself was
not in attendance. Under these circumstances the
foreigners were very anxious to know if the trial
could not be postponed.
The Learned JUDGE would gladly have acceded to
the request had it not been that this was the last case
they had to try. Only let the foreigners bring this
attorney before that Court, and they should quickly
see the manner in which he would deal with him
upon their case being made out against him. The
trial, however, could not be postponed; it must at
once proceed.
The prisoner Lintott pleaded guilty.
It appeared that the male prisoner and his wife bad
been married somewhere about thirteen years since,
but that having separated seven weeks after the mar-
riage they had rarely come together again. Not long
since they, however, lived as man, and wife for five
weeki, at the expiration of which time they once
more separated. Upon the occasion of the assault
now complained of the wife went to the place where
her husband was living with the prisoner Lintott, to
abk him why he had not sent her the money he had
promised her, when Lintott commenced an attack
upon her. In the course of the fracas the wife had
her head cut by blows administered by Lintott and
Walsh, and her husband struck her violently on the
chest. The blows were of such a character as that
she had necessarily been the inmate of a hospital for
a fortnight.
Mr. PAyNE said that he was unwilling that fo-
reigners should arrive at the conclusion that it was
a custom in this country that they might pay 61. for
the defence of themselves or a friend, and then be
left without any one to appear for them, and had,
at their request, watched the evidence. He now
cross-examined the wife, but was unable to shake her
testimony.
The wife's statement was confirmed by her sister.
Mr. PAyes, on the part of the husband, said that
this had been, from what he had been able to glean,
a " woman's row," and that all the husband had done
was merely, in his endeavour to separate the women,
to push his wife awsy- The Learned Counsel com-
mented in strong terms upon the system which would
appear to have been for some time in practice, of per-
sons prowling about police courts and the sessions
and obtaining money from parties in the cha-
racter of attorneys, and undertaking to retain
counsel for their friend's case, and then having got
the money, not only not to secure the aid of counsel,
but, as in the present instance, not to appear them-
selves. Anything more disgraceful he had never
heard of.
The Learned JUDGE having summed up the evi-
dence,
The jury retired, and on their return gave a ver-
dict of Guilty against the prisoners.
The Learned JUDGE sentenced Lintott to impri-
sonmentlab, Nicholls to imprisonment
withfur hard labour.
and 'Walsh to impri-
sonmento r sx
w efor
kd
sone iatmrhd
hardn t
h, ouralla also
labour,

sumed

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Mrs. Dawson, aliasr Phoebe
b 13ae 1
near h
mada
eney,
iala-hill,
, wasather
advanced in years, e
brought up before Sir Peter Laurie for further exa-
mination relative to the charge of having committed
wilful and corrupt perjury in the year 1833, by
making affidavit in Doctors' Commons that she was
the daughter and only next of kin of the late Mrs.
Eliza Elam, widow of Lieutenant Joseph Elam, of
the Bth Garrison Battalion.
Mr. Huddlestcn, instructed by Mr. Cotterell, ap-
peared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine, with
Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, for the prisoner.
Mr. Huddlestone stated, that merely sufficient
evidence was taken at the last examination to ask for
a remand to meet the convenience of Mr. Palmer, a
respectable solicitor, concerned for Mrs. Dawson, and
he therefore, in his absence, proposed to call such
witnesses as would render a cross-examination un-
necessary, instead of bringing other witnesses from
Ireland and the country, who would prove the most
important facts on a future occasion.
Miss Georgina Elam was then put into the witness-
box, and her former evidence read over, after which
she said she first became acquainted that her name
was not Dawson by a legacy left her by Lord For-
tarlington in the name of " Elam."
W. Brooks, a clerk in the registry of the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury, said he produced a bond of
administration to the goods of Eliza Elam, dated the
12th of October, 1833. The attesting witness was
dead, but witness identified his handwriting. He
also produced from the same registry the Administra-
tion Act book for the year 1833. The entry on the
15th of October of that year was as follows :—" Ad-
ministration to the goods, chattels, and effects of
Eliza Ram, formerly of Lower Brook-street, in the
county of Middlesex, and late of Curzon-street,
Mayfair, in the same county of Middlesex, deceased,
granted to Pt cebe Blakeney, spinster, the natural,
lawful, and only child of the said deceased." Sworn
" under 5 0001." The document contained a notation,
dated " February 23, 1835," stating that the amount
was on that day re-sworn at " under 4,0001." More
this act was granted, the person entering into the
bond was sworn before the surrogate. Witness also
produced the warrant dated October, 1833, containing
the form of oath administered by the surrogate, and
signed by him. The oath was dictated to Phoebe
Blakeney before she subscribed it.
The administration bond was then handed to Miss
Elam, who swore to the signature being Mrs. Daw-
son's handwriting.
Dr. William Calvary Curtis, surrogate to the judge
of the Prerogative Court, said that in October, 1833,

he swore a person calling herself PheOe
who delared that Eliza Elam was a widow, and died

intestaie on the 14th of S-ptetnbeT, 1833, and that

she, Phcebe Blakeney, was the nNtural lawful: daughter
and only next of kiu to the deceased Mrs. Elam.
Mr. lluddlestone put in the birth and burial cer-
tificates of Mr. and Mrs. Elam, showing that the

latter died on the 28th of September, 1833, and then
48 years of age, and if alive at the present time,
would be about 66 years of age. He also stated that
he would 'how, by Mrs. Robinson, the schoolmistress,
that Mrs. Elam, Mrs. Dawson, and herself, were all

of the same age, so that the defendant could not pos-
sibly be the daughter of Mrs. Elam. He also put in
the baptismal certificate of Miss Elam, dated Novem-
ber 14, 1831, showing that she was born on the 26th

of January, 1828. -
Mr. Iluddlestone said be intended to apply for a
further adjournment, to bring forward the other and
more important witnesses, but whom he had not
troubled hitherto in consequence of the expense at-
tending such a proceeding, as some of them lived in
Ireland, and others were to be brought from great

distances in the country.
Mr. Ballantine said he had no objestion, in he was
fully prepared to meet the charge. His instructions

.
from Mr. Palmer were, that there should be no con-
cealment of any kind, and in order that no further
litigation might take place which could only be a
species of persecution to the one party and great ex•
pens,3 to the other, he at once admitted everything
that had been alleged against Mrs. Dawson, with the

excep'ion of the statement that she was not the
daughter of Mrs. Elam. He was in a position to
prove that Mrs. Dawson was, in fact, what she had
sworn to be, namely, the only natural and lawful
daughter of Mrs. Elam. He held in his hand a cer-
tificate, dated as far back as 1798, showing that
Eliza Good married a Robert Blakeney, and he
would prove that Mrs. Dawson was the fruit of that
marriage, and that Miss Elam was neither the
daughter of Robert Blakeney nor Mrs. Elam, nor, in-
deed, of Lieut. Elam. Mrs. Elam was separated from
her husband for several years, and during that time she
lived with the late Lord Portarlington, and had
no communication whatever with her husband. She

was about that time 53 years of age, and in order to
obtain money from Lord Portarlington, she actually
pnrchased this child (Miss Elam) from a peasant, and
palmed it off upon his Lordship as his child, he being
at that period in his 624 year, the consequence of
which was that at his death he left her a legacy of

5,000/. It was never pretended for an instant this
Miss Elam was the child of Lieutenant Elam, and as
far as Mrs. Elam was concerned, he was prepared to
prove by the certificate and other evidence that Mrs.
Dawsom was the only daughter by Robert Blakeney,
or any one else. He was instructed by Mr. Palmer
to pledge himself to prove every statement he had
made, and he therefore challenged inquiry into every
point. He made this statement at this stage of the
proceedings that it might be inquired into, so that all
the parties on the other side might not say they had
been taken by surprise.
Mr. Huddlestone readily believed that such were
Mr. Ballantine's instructions, but they were sadly at

variance with his information.
Sir P. LAURIE—If the defendant calls herself Mrs.
Dawson, who was Mr. Dawson?—Mr. Huddlestone

—The fact appeared that the defendant bad lived with
with the late Lord Portarlington, whose family name
was " Dawson;" and in consequence she had as-

Mr. Ballantine said he believed that was really
,he case.

Mr. Huddlestone then said—From Mr. Ballan

tine's extraordinary statement it would seem that
Lord Portarlington first lived with the mother (Mrs.
Elam), and then with the daughter (Mrs. Dawson).
Mr. Ballantine said that was not the case, for Lord
Portarlington first lived with the daughter, then with
the mother, and afterwards with the daughter again.
Sir P. LAURIE asked if the present Lord Portar-
lington was aware of these proceedings.
Mr. Palmer, who bad been solicitor to the late Lord
Portarlington, and now acted for the defendant, said
he did not think his Lordship knew anything of this
matter at all.
Sir P. LAURIE said, that from respect to his uncle's
memory Lord Portarlington should have some repre-
sentative in court to meet these extraordinary state-
ments made by Mr. Ballantine.
Mr. Ballantine said, he was fully prepared to prove
every word he had uttered.
Mr. Palmer said, neither Mr. iluddlestone nor Mr.
Cotterell knew what he did relative to this affair ; and
they would find this was only an attempt to extort
money. He quite exonerated Miss Elam from any
such intention, hut these proceedings were instituted
in the first place by parties at present in the back-
ground, and he was sorry, for Miss Elam's sake, that
such disclosures should have been made so public.
He had known her since she was a child, very young '
indeed, and at Mrs. Elam's death, knowing what he
did, he was surprised at Mrs. Dawson's charitable
feeling towards Miss Elam, in bringing her up and
educating her, at her own expense, as one of her ow❑
children.
Mr. Ballantine said, that whatever annoyance such
an expesg might give to Lord Portarlington he could
not avoid it, as he was bound to make the statements
he had done.
Sir P. LAURIE then remanded the case, and ad-
mitted the defendant to bail in the same securities of
5001., and her own recognizances of 5001.