The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1869.

SHARE, LIST.

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Paid. Closing Busmen
Prioe. done.

pan:: Exeter 10.: 79 S 1

at CattedoniBn 77; 78} 77i
UA•uuri.

20 Cornwall all 2 41
et DuWin & Belfast June... 100 79 81
St Dati„rertil, ii.b.JUUZ... :n0 70 72
2 ; Last Lundon
20 u 0 15 - -
2i Do 10 - -
st Glasgow AS. Western 11.1.., 98 100
st Great Eastern ..
at Do. E. Ansi. No. 2 i.o 7 9
St Great North oi Scotland lou 15 6
st Great Northern lOO 1121 rl3l
st Do. A stock
tt Do. B nitwit lOO 125 la
fit GtS, and W. 01 Ireland lOO 57 t
Gt. Western -Original lOO 51/ 5)4 52 11
e.t Do. south Wales
s. Do. W. .31141.-Wliord lOO 27 29
s 1)0. Newport lOO 19 52
fit Lancashire &Yor k shirt'
et Lon., Brigh.,2l 10 51 511 51,1
0.) Do Scrip .. al. - ---
st Lon., Chat., and Doves.. 100 104 171
st Do. Metrop. Ex. A.... 100 -
dt Lon. A North Western.. lUu OS/ 101 11.1
11
et Lon. A South Western.. 100 9i 93 02
et Man., Shot., A Lincoln.. 100 531 511 51
at Aletropolitan ... • lOO 107 1071 106 5:
st Do Extensi..in
10 .)o, New rd. •• 10 10 1 1
st Metropolitan District. all 49 51 49
10 Metrop. St. John's 15 col 6 -
st M.uasud
st Do, birsuin. & Derby luU 8J 91
st NJrtai British ...... 100 55 46 35/
st Do. Ed., rth., A Dun lO9 - -
st Nor. shistern-Berwic.X.. 100 106 107
25 Do. N.E purchase 16.13.4 - -
st Do Leeds. ......
st Do York
st Do Carlisle .
st Do Stoc s. A ICO 133 135
at North Lon sou
10 Do New 1803
st North Staffordshire lOO 56 60
st North and S.-W. Junction too 103 105
10 Do New £lO shares.; ... • .
st Rhyinuey
at Shropshire Union lOO 59 60
st South Devon
at South kla,stern lOO b 2 S.l
st Staines, Wok'hain,& Wok all 12 1:3
at 'tad r ale itiO 148 152
- Do. C
- Vt'uteriortl & iiilkeuuy lOO -
10 Watelioo & Whiteha,L -

RAILWAYS-PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.

st Bristol and Exeter 4 p.cent. 100 86 88
st Caledonian Qrs., No.
st Do. Scot. N.E., 4. per cent lOll
st Do. Aberdeen, gua 6 p.c lOO
st Do. do. 7 per cent lOO ...
st Do. do. Ordinary lOO 80 82
at Do. Midland
st Do. Dundee and Arbroath 100
20 Cornwall, 5 per cent Aber- all
st, Dundee, Perth, and
deen Junction lOO 105 107
st Do. Ist Class preference lOO
st Glas. Si, S.W. gua. 5 per ct lOO
st Gt. Eastern, E.C. Ex. No. 1 100 99 102
st Do do No. 2 100 98 luo
st Do do 6 per cent 100 10.) 112
st .Do East Anglian Asp. c. 100
st Do do 13 6 do. 100
at Du do C 7 du. 100
st Do do No. 1, 5 p.c. 100
st Do E. Union 1 p.c. ,gua. 100 71 73
st De Norfolk 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 100
•st Do do 5 p.c.Way.Val.lB47 100 ...
st Great Not thorn, 5 per cent 10 ..„
st Du 5 p.c., rd at 10 p. C. pm. 100
st Du 41 du do do 100
st Do 5 do at sp. c. pm. 100 ...
st Do Leeds, Bradford, and
Halifax, 6 per cent lOO ...
sti Gt. Nrth of Scotland, Ist pf 100 •••
st, Great South. and Western
(Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 96 97
st. Ut.West.—Orig.&Jut.-ltent
chg., per gua. p.c lOO 103 10-3
st Do. Orig. (B.& H. Lx). 5 p.c lOO 95 100
at Do do 4, per cont. 1850 lOO 88 91
st Do do 4 do do
st Do do 5 per cent. roioui lOO 9i :17
at Du du Birmingham gua lOO 60 70
st Do do do pref lOO -
st Do do Chester gua lOO 72 70
st Do do do 8 per cent lOO
at Do do do 5 do 100 95 100
st Do South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100
at Du do 4,1 p.c lOO ..,
st Do do 4,165 J lOO
st Do do 5
st Du West Mid. Oxford Ist g. 101 11 116
st Do du 21 gua. 100 110 112
at Du Newport, Ist g. 5 p.c. 100 94 9
st Do do 23 do 100 1)0 101
st Do gua. 51 per cent. 1853 100
100 Lancaster & Carlisle 4) p.c. .„„
at Lancash. & Yorksh. 6 p.e. 100 1 U 135
st Do Barnsley, X 5 Is 103 p.C. 100
st Do 6 p.c. (East Lancashire) 100 140 145
st Do 41 (Blackburn parch). 100 98 102
st Loudon Ot Brighton, 5 P.C.
guaranteed, No. 1 lOO
st Do 5 per cent. gua. No. 2. 100 ~„
tit Do 6 do do lOO
st Do 5 do Ni. 4 lOO
st Do 7 per cent
st Du 6 do (W.E. & 0.1'.)
t Di 4 do 1359 lOO
st London, Chatham, & Dover
5 per cent lOO ...
st London and /L W., C. and
Nuneaton 5 per cent lOO 10 t 111
st Do Bedford &Cambridge lOO
at Do Shrowsliy & Welchp'l lOO
st Loudon and u.-W. 7 p,c
late 3d shares, lOO 145 15)
2s 63. Do (Portsm. perp aus. 2s6d)
st Mau., Shef., &Linda. 6 p.c lOO 111 111
6 Do X 6 all par tpm
st Do 31 per cent lOO 60 65
10 Do redeem. 6 percent. 5 ...
et Mid. Consolidated., 6p. c lOO 135 140
st Do Bristol& Birm., 6p. C lOO 1,3 136
st Do 41 per cent. redeem 1(10 101 102
st; Do 41 per cent. irredeem lOO 100 112
at Do Leieester& Irchu,4, p.c. 100 90 92
st North British, 5 p.e. No.l • 100
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Eastern—Coos.
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s 1:011 822 i: 821310013)
Itt) s 1::0Dwoo„, Fixed
percent
Kilkenny,
per Cent
6pc 11: 41 43
••• •••
st Taff Vale No.l lOO
100 145 150

RAILWAYS.—PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
With Dividends contingent on the Profits of each separate year.

at Caledonian 44 p c gua.
at Do Scot. Cen. win. 7p c lOO **.*
at Do 41 p irredeem au
st Du 4p c con. issued at 80 65
st Great Eastern 41 per cent. 100 ***
t Do 5 do, 1862 lOO 9‘) v 3 88
at Do New 5 do, 1863 lOO 89 92 88
at Do do 5 do, 1861 lOO 84 83
st Great Northern, 5p c irred. 100
st Do Permanent 5 per cent. 100
at Do Boston & Sleatd, 41- pc 100
at Great West., W. lfidl., 5p c 100 ..„
st Do John i.erpe. 5 p c,1865 100 86 all
st Du du 6p e irred., 1866 100 105 107 107/
20 Do Vale Neath peril. 5p c all 19 20
at Kent Coast, 6 per cent, B lOO
5 Lane. and York. New 41 per
cent till July, 1871 2 I 1
st Loud.; Brig., &c., 41 pc, 1858 100
at Do do 4 do, 1860 100 •••
at Do do 41 do, 1861 100
at Da do 4i do, 1863 100 •••
at Do do 5 do, 1865 100
at Do No. 6 5 do, 1866 100
at Do No. 7 sdo
at Loud , Chat., &c., 2d, 6 p.c
st Do Metrop. Ex., B 6 p.c
***
Do do C 6 p.c 100 '"
at London &N. Western, 5p c 100 10.; 1.1.6
at London &S. Western, 41 p c 100 94 96
10 Mau. chef. & Lin., 5 pc, 1865 all Bbi
st, Metropolitan o percent lOO
st Midland, A 5 per cent pref lOO 107; 114*
j3Do B 5 do
Do 5p c opt. to cony. to I°o 108 110
Ord. Stk., Sept. 1, 1869 all 214 21f
18 Do 'newly. New Shares 16
22 Do 5p c con. into Old 5 41)
Stk., Aug. 31, 1872 Bl 2/ 2/p
at North British, E. and G,
No. 1, 5 per cent • lOO
st Do £lO guaranteed, 1861 100 •"'
at Do E., P., & Dun., 2d, 4pc 100
at Do E.& (1, N 0.2, 5 P.c 100 "'
at Do N. 8.. 5 per cent, 1862 100 "
at Do E. & No. 3, p.c ••• 100 *— '"
at Do E. & G., (Ordiry) 41 p c 100 55 67
at North Eastern, 4/ per cent 100 t. 7 98
st Do Stock. & Danl., D
st North London, 44, per cent
(Max. 5 per cent)
at North Staffordshire 5 p c••• 100
5 do 1861 100
et Do do (Ch. Cross) 1863 100
st 100
Do 5 do, 1864
at South Eastern, 44 pc, 1859 100 •
Batt Victoria St. &Pimlico, 41 pc 100 •••

J.LWAYS.-LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.]

10(—/-1.
100 Do. 41 per cent. Prefer all 101 203
at Buckinghamshire
at Chester and Holyhead lOO 63 55
, guaranteed lOO
a Birkenhead '----------t
at Do. 51 per cent.
st Do. 5 do. ...
Clydesdale,
Stour Valley
attt CECiast Lincoln, gua. 6p.c NO 13, 18••
20 Gloster and Lean Forest all .
a Gt. Lasn., NeWm., .
&c., spo 100 .. *"
a Do. L. U. Harwich,loo
at Do. do. Wooclbrg. Ex., do. 100 69 72
at Gt. West, W. Mid., Herd 100 95 97
60 Hull and Selby
at Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 215 220
at London and Blackwall lOO
100 99 9s
a vo. 4t per cent ..• .„
st London, Cnat., &c., 41 p c lOO ...
at Do. Cont. Fund, 5 do 100 ... ""
st London and Greenwich 62 'a
at Do. do Preference lOO ... .
Tilbury,
at Loudon, bury, & South 100 78 j,
at Lowestoft gua 4 per cont lOO 79 83
at Do. d,
o. 6 do.
.
61 blanch., Buxton, & Matlk all 5 51
st Midland, Bradford, Prof lOO 93 95'
10 Mid Kent Cray Line)
50 Northern& East., 5 per cent all 53 66
SO Do.
do. 6 du. all ... ..
at N. Lastera—Hartlepool
at N. West. A perp. pref, 6p. c. 100 102 110
at Do B ininiumin 11 p.o lOO ... . .
st N otting. & Grauth. R. & C lOO . 92 91
25 Preston and Wyre.. ......... all 44 46
. Royston, Hitch., and Shop. 100 133 135 132!
st Shrewsbury and Hereford 100 133 j 35
10 Do do 8 21 2•P
1
at S. Yorksh. and ltiver Dun 100 98 100
st De 4 per cent gua,... 0 • 79 81
at Do 5 do ... all 97 99
st Viet. Station and Pimlico... 100 Ns 180
st West Cornwall ............... 10U 55 L 7
20 West Loudon, Class A•••••• all 1.3 14
20 Do do B all ..• ...
20 Do do C all 61 7,„:
at Weymouth and Portland lOO ... ...
at Wilts and Somerset

DOCKS.

et East and West India 100 120 123
st London and St. Katherine. 100 49 51
100 D oDeb. stock, 4 per cent all „,
Millwall Freehold Land
st Dock lOO 31 23
st Southampton 100 76 78
at Surrey Couwiercitd

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Closing Busineee
Share NAME. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited, A all 111 121 121
19 Do 13 lO 4/ 5 41 k
50 Albion
100 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lint all 1 19 19
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 5
40 Australasian
20 Bank of British Columbia all is 1: 11
20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 5 .•• -••
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lint.
25 Bank of South Australia— all 31 3 I
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 25 37 35
10 Bank of New Zealand all 17 19
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, :nd China all 21 22
25 Chartered Mere. of India.
London, and China
20 City lO 111 121 111
100 Colonial 25 39 41
10 Consolidated, Inn.
50 Delhi and London, lint
50 East London, lim 5
20 English and American, lim 10
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro. lira lO
20 English, ,cottish, and Aus.
tralian Chartered
261 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all
281 Do new 5l
100 Imperial, Ihn 2O
20 Imperial Ottoman lO
25 lonian all
25 Do new 5
20 Lnd Mortgage of India, lim 4
100 Do sp. c. Debs.lB64, 30 all 76
30 London Bank of Mexico
and South America, lim. 20
100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45
20 Do new 71
100 London & River Plate, lint. 40
25 Do new 10
20 London Chart. of Australia all
50 London and County 2t)
20 Do new. iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll
50 London Joint Stock 1
20 London and South African al
100 London &S.-Western, lim, 20
50 London & Venezuela, Rm l2l
100 London and Westminster 2O
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O
100 Merchant, lim 25
10 Metropolitan, lim.
100 Midland, 1im.......
5 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lim. 15
100 National Provinc. of Eng'd 42
10 Do • •...... ......
10 National.. 3O
20 New South Wales all
20 North-Western 7l
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all
50 Provine. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10
100 Provincial of Ireland 2.5
10 Do new.. all
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lint '25
100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10
25 Union of Australia all
100 Union of Ireland, lim
50 Union of London ...........

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16 1

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17 18
2 21 121
25 27
pr ip
3: 3i
75 7s

6 4
32 28
61 51
6 8
11 11
221 234
491 501 51# 1

82 33
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.59 61
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... ... 1371

46 47

COLONIAL GOVERNAINNT SECURITIES

British Columbia, 6 per
0ent.,1872•••• ••••••••••••• 100 ...
Do. 1895 lOO
- Can.Gov.6p.e.Jan.i&July
1877-84
- Do. 6p. o. Feb, & Aug•••• 100 IC4 106
Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept lOO 104 106
Do. 6p. 0. Jan. & July lOO 95 96 931
Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk ICO 90 92
Cape (x.llope, 6 p.C.1873.• 100 102 104
Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900" 100 111 113
Do. do 1880-90 lOO )07 109
Do. Jan.&July, 18111 •••• 100 108 lle
Do. 5 per oent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., 1900....
C. lon, Nov 1878, 6P. 100 108 ill
Do. 1872, d 0...• 100 105 107
- Maurltitia, 6p. 0, 1873•••
Jan. and July
Do. 1878 .. ••••• 110 106 108
Do. 1882, play and Nov.• • 00 106 108
- Do. 1895, Feb. & AuZ•••• 10 106 108
31•Abourne Corporate.,
1867-75, 6 percent 1(0 100 100
N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July lOO 101 It 5
Natal 6 p cl, Apl& Oct 10)
Do 6p c. Itz Nov 1 0 106 108
N. S. W. 5 p.c., '7l to 'N lOO 90 11 1
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896_ 03 ti 90 0
Do. 5 p.c. rd.'6: to
- N.Zealand, 6p. Ct. It9l ICO
Do. 5 per cent....
- DoJan,Ap•l,Ju:y, 0 t lOO 93 04 94
Do 6p c. Mar & aept '91•• ICO 108 110
-- Do June & Deo , 1-91 •••• HO 109
- Do Prov., 1 Auctld. 1 0
jj 1 2, 1690.. _
Nova Scotia 6FL o.Jau•• •
and July, 1875
Do 1w_.6..
Queenslnd. Cp. c. 'B2. 5 lOO 106 107
Do 189/ .. •.•
Do. 6 p ...•• 100 _
Pe. Cu.e2 .. 100 108 110
Do rd. 1f93 ..... ...• 103 107 108
Victoria 6p.0. 1821....••• 100 112 313

THE CONVENT CASE.

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The sixteenth clay of the trial, cold and wet, slime,
that the people do not mind the chances of catching col.
if they can hear "revelations of convent life." Th-
trial commenced on the third of February ; so the jury
have had the case under consideration nearly three weeks
including an "off" day and three Sundays. The Solicitor
General was again hard at work yesterday, being assiste(
by Mr. Digby Seymour and Mr. Willes ; Mr. Ilawkiry
appearing with Mr. Mellish and Mr. Chas. Russell for th.
defendants. The court was crowded, but not inconveniently
and the mob, which bad on previous occasions surroundec
the door in Westminster Hall, was no longer there.
Indeed, the weather would hardly have allowed anyone
who felt the cold and had regard for his health to_ kite]
about in the draughty Hall. Sleet fell in the morning, and.
rain fell pitilessly till nearly noon. Inside, however, an
equable temperature was preserved. Canon Walker wa.r.
the first witness. He said my first connection with the
convent was getting the bishop's letter appoint-
ing me the president. I never heard Father
Matthews object to Father Porter's presence, or
ask to see Mrs. Starr's letter postulating that he
might be a commissioner. The plaintiff might have been
stopped to secure order, because her remarks were desul-
tory, but not to embarrass her. I never heard Father
Matthews say that the order of the proceeding was a vio-
lation of what had passed between him and the Bishop.
The Lord Chief Justice: Was any application made by
Father Matthews to examine any witnesses ?
Witness : I don't remember his doing so. Towards the
end he may have complained of the hardship of his niece's
position in the witness not being called who made the depo-
sitions. He may have complained of not being able to
call witnesses for his niece ; but that, if it happened
at all, it must have occurred before we finally deliberated.
There was a mainus opuni till the charges had been
substantially proved, and above that, there were circum-
stances, if the plaintiff was to be believed, that would
extenuate the complaints that had been made against her.
We discussed the counter-charges, and considered what
weight should he given to them.
The Lord Chief Justice : Was she examined about
them?

Witness : Oh, quite so, to our satisfaction. There was
the cruelty about the thimble, for instance, if the circum-
stances were Lrae.

The Lord Chief Justice: The "if" makes all the dif-
ference.

Witness : She was not questioned more about the counter
charges than when she made her other statement.
Cross-examined by the Solicitor-General : I am rather
deaf. I had a good opportunity of hearing what Miss
Saurin said before the commission. I think I heard it
substantially. I can't say I heard every word. I
examined her to my satisfaction. I thought she had
satisfied herself, and that satisfied me. We allowed her
perfect liberty to make her own statement, if consistent
and not varied. I don't think three or four
commissioners interfered at a time. She was never
interrupted when she was prepared to make a
statement. My interference was from good nature.
Father Porter used more urgency and persistency on one
occasion in bringing her to order than the other. Dr.
O'Hanlon was was quite as much so, but in a more gentle
manner, than the occasion I refer to. Father Porter
was eager to ascertain the truth of the case. You may
call it, he was a little warm with her.
The Solicitor-General : I was not there. Was he warm
with her?

Witness : Well, he was. I don't remember him contra-
dicting her. I have no distinct recollection of why he
was so persistent. He did not bring his knowledge of the
convent to bear against her statements. I did not know
then, nor had I reason to believe he was connected with
the convent. The secretary on the second day ob-
jected to the reception of statements, because they
were wrong in points of form, but I overruled him, and
said she ought to be allowed to give the explanations.
The question of twelve to one witness was not discussed.
They were not impeached because they were the con-
sciencious, deliberate, and truthful statements of eye
witnesses of the facts.

The Solicitor-General : Then you, I suppose, subtracted
one from twelve, and there remained eleven unanswered.
Witness : That is so, as a mathematical operation.
(Laughter.)
Re examined : The reason why the sisters were not
called, in answer to the counter-charges, was that it would
have been a violation of the order of procedure to have
called them. They were not informed of the charges that
Sister Scholastica had made.

Canon Walker's report was put in and read, and was to
this effect :—" I am of opinion that the charges against
the accused have been abundantly proved ; but she made
some important explanations which, if true, may be
justly deemed to have modified some of the complaints
made against her. I find it, however, impossible to resist
the concurrent testimony of such deponents, and I place
much reliance on the hesitating, varying, and indecisive
replies of the accused," &c.

Father Porter, examined by Mr. Charles Russell : I am
a member of the order of Jesus. I conducted the retreat
at Hull in 1861. A retreat is a period of seclusion in
which people, religious or others, withdraw from the world
snore or less completely, and devote themselves to prayer,
self-examination, and to reading of ascetical works. The
time is spent more or less in silence. The director
of the retreat meets the nuns in the chapel,
and he each day gives them an instruction in
some virtue or some duty of religious life. He received
ordinarily the confessions of those in the retreat, and
should be accessible to them for advice out of the confes-
sional if desired. This retreat lasted eight days.
I directed the retreat of December 1861, which
lasted three days, and again in August 1862,
which lasted eight days. I did not go
to Hull again until 1866. I had occasionally
corresponded in the meantime with Mrs. Starr and Mrs.
Kennedy. In December 1865 Mrs. Starr, who had
accompanied a sister to Liverpool for examination, called
upon me, and I then learnt in fuller detail what I knew in
general of the course of events in the convent from 1862
up to that time. " Precognose" does not describe the
violence of our conversation.

The Solicitor-General : I said at the time it was a Scotch
term of which I did not precisely know the meaning.
Witness : The nature of the conversation was to tell me
what I knew in outline—the series of events which had
occurred from August 1862 to December 1865. Mrs.
Starr never shewed the slightest ill-feeling or bitterness
to Miss Saurin, but she expressed a wish for her removal.
Up to the morning of the sitting of the commission I had
not the slightest idea of the form the inquiry would make.
The day before the commission met I went to the convent
but nothing passed upon the subject. When the commis-
sion met I did not hear Father Matthews object to my
being a member. Miss Saurin was not interrupted in an
embarrassing or troublesome manner. She spoke with ease
throughout, and even at the worst charges she betrayed
no emotion. Father Matthews assisted her throughout
the inquiry. The commissioners expressed themselves
satisfied that the charges were substantially proved.
Dr. O'Hanlan was next examined, He declared that
de did not agree with the report of the commission. He
enumerated several cases in which he thought the plaintiff
was ill-treated.

The case for the defence closed with the re-examination
of Mrs. Starr.

The Sulicitor•General then intimated that he intended
to produce rebutting evidence, and called Miss Saurin.
She said: I never spoke unkindly or harshly of the
sisters at Baggot-street. They always behaved most
kindly towards me. I never told my family what duties
I had to perform there. There might have been sixteen
sisters at Baggot-street.
The Lord Chief Justice : We are at the close of the
sixteenth day, and I must ask you to confine yourself
to contradictions. I hope I have shewn no impatience.
Plaintiff : I never received a letter from my brother
containing reflections on the superior. I never read my
Carmelite sisters' letters to the sisters. Mrs. Starr read
some edifying letters from them and my Jesuit brother to
the sisters. I never complained of having been employed
in the laundry in Baggot-street. I only kept the accounts
and received messages. I did not cut the ham. I was
not found with my mouth full and my face smothered
with grease. I first heard it in this court. I was never
found eating raspberries or strawberries and cream. Mrs.
Grimston's servant occasionally brought a few for Mrs.
Starr, but I never had any.
Mr. Mellish : If we are again to go into countercharges,
we shall never finish the case.
Plaintiff : I never saw cream in the house. It was in
1860 when Mrs. Starr and Mrs. Kennedy withdrew from
recreation on Mrs. Norris's visit to Mrs. Starr. Mrs.
Norris was not there after 1859. There are no docu-
ments that can be referred to. (The book " Devotion
to Jesus" was produced.) This is the book I gave to Airs.
Starr. I was always on good terms with Mrs. Delaney.
I did not murmur at my first reproof in 1861. I did not
request Mrs. Al`Owne to send for Father Arnold, the
extraordinary confessor of the convent. He came about
once a quarter. This was his regular time of corning to
the convent. It was a considerahle time after that I
wrote to my uncle, and not the same night, as sworn to
by the defence. The letter having been found, I wrote
another in pencil, and gave it to one of the children to
post. They were, in fact, both posted at the same time.
I never admitted to Mrs. Al`Owne the writing of this
letter before going to Hull. I avoided confessing to her
that I had written the letter. She asked me if I bad
sent it by a little girl, and I said, "No." I had not done
so then. (The plaintiff was further examined on the
points of direct conflict of testimony between her state-
ments and those of the witnesses for the defendants.) I
never took a child's dinner or cake in my life. I never took
a particle of their food. I did not neglect Sister Mary
Catherine. I did not take the medal nor the sleeves from
her dead body. The first time I heard of it was in this
court.

In answer to questions from the Lord Chief Justice, it
was stated that the rebutting evidence would finish
to-day (Tuesday) by lunch time. In that case Mr. Mellish
said he might be able to finish by Wednet,daY
The Solicitor-General said he should require a full clay
(Thursday), and the Lord Chief Justice, in that case, wil'
sum up on Friday.
Tio further hearing of the me was then adjourned.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

THE ADDRESS.

Earl GRANVILLE informed their lordships that her
Majesty was unfortunately precluded from receiving the
Address of their lordships in person owing to the illness of
his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, and therefore he pro-
posed that the Address of their lordships in answer to the
Speech from the Throne be transmitted to her Majesty in
the usual manuer.—Agreed to.
On the motion of Earl RUSSELL certain educational re-
turns were ordered.

The Duke of ARGYLL gave notice that on Monday he
should introduce the Education Bill (Scotland).
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-LAST EVENING.

Tho SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

Colonel GREVILLE, an tho part of Sir H. BULWER,
gave notice that so soon as official intelligence of the termq
of the rejection of the Convention regarding the Alabama
claims shall become known he should call the attention of
the hoUse to the relations between tho United States of
America and England, and move for papers on the sub-
ject.
RIGHT OF ROAD AT SEA.

Lord J. HAY gave notice that on the 26th inst., he
should call attention to the subject of the right of road at
sea, and ask a question of the President of the Board of
Trade. _ _

MERCANTILE MARINE.

In reply to Mr. CANDLISH,

Mr. BRIGHT said it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to introduce a. bill to consolidate the laws relating to
the mercantile marine, but he was not at all sanguine
that the measure, owing to the extreme difficulty sur-
rounding the matter, would pass during the present ses-
sion.