The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-23 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDN.ESD.A.Y EVENING; J ULY 23, 1856.

SIXTEENTH REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE
COMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON,
for the year ending the 30th June, IF56

At an Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, held at
the Bankiug House, Lothbury, on Tuesday, the 22d July,
1856 :

DIRECTORS.
MARK HUNTER, Esq.; Chairman.
JOHN SAVAGE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Charles Butler, Esq. William Jackson. Esq., M.P.
Edward Csyley, Edward Otenford, Esq.
Esq., M.P. Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P.
John Alfred Chowne, Esq. Robert Stacey Price, Esq.

Joseph Thompson. Fag.
Joseph Underwood. Esq.
Thomas Winkworth, Esq.

George Clive, Esq.
William Cooper, Esq.
Charles Hill. Esq.
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq.
Present—Fifty-six Proprietors.

The Manager read -the Advertisement calling the Meeting,
and afterwards the following report :
The Balance-sheet for the past year, which the Directors
have now the pleasure to place before the Shareholders, ex-
hibits a net profit of 38,9751. 15s. 6d. for the year ending
30th June, 1856, after deducting the current expenses, and
making provision for bad and doubtful debts.
The Directors have therefore determined to declare a divi-
dend at the ra'e of 71. per cent. per annum for the past half-
year, and to add a bonus of 41. per cent., making together
111. per cent. for the whole year, free of income tax.
There will remain a balance of 1,1751. 14s. 9(1. to be car-
ried to the reserve fund, which will then, with the interest
for the last year, amount to 70,8211. 6s. 3d.
In compliance with the provisions of the Deed of Settlement,
the following Directors, viz„ Charles Dickson Archibald,
Esq., James Alexander Douglas, Esq., Charles Hill, Esq., and
William Jackson, Esq., M.P., retire from office, and Charles
Hill, Esq., and William Jackson, Esq., Ar.P., being eligible,
offer themselves for re-election ; and Edward Stillingfleet
Cayley, Esq., M.P., and Robert Stacey Price, Esq., who are
thfl tilyeslilled Proprietors, offer themselves as candidates for
the vacant seats. _ _

COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.—
The DIRECTORS HEREBY GIVE NO-
TICE, That a Dividend on tho PAID-UP CAPITAL of the
Company, at the rate of 7/. per cent, per annum for the Half-
year ending 30th June, 1856, and a Bonus of 4/. per cent.,
Dividend and Bon's both free from Income Tax, will be
Payable at the Banking House, in Lothbury, on and after
TUESDAY., the 29thinetant. A printed list of the proprie=
tors ,will then be ready for delivery, -

By Order of the Board.
Dated July 22, 1856. A. It. CUTBILL, Manager.

PATENT PERAMBULATORL:
BURTON Y. SMITH.
WHEREAS, the HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY
has this day granted an Injunction against
JAMES RICHXOND SMITH, to restrain him from selling imitations
of BURTON'S PERAMnULATORS, and representing him-
self as the Original Manufacturer—
CHARLES BURTON, INVENTOR, PATENTEE, and SOLE
MANUFACTURER to HER MAJESTY, Cautions the Public against
unprincipled and dangerous Imitations.
Look for " C. BURTON" on each Carriage.
162, Regent-street, July 14, 1856.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY...-.
TOURBTS' TICKETS (Great Western, Hereford, and South
Wales Railways) available for Three Weeks from the day of issue.
These Tickets will be issued until the 15th October, at vaddington,
Oxford, or Leamington, over the Great Western Lines, via (11ouces-
t-r, to /toss and Hereford, and over the South Wales Line, to Milford
Haven, and back, with the liberty to stop at Ross, Hereford, Chep-
stow, Neath, and Carmarthen.

FARES.

Ist Class.
From T,endon and £3 10
„ Leamincrto i and do.. ...... .. 2 15
„ Oxford and d 0... ...... • • .... 2 10

2d Class.
.... £2 10
•• .• 2 0
.. 1 15

Tourists' riekets are available by any train, but are not trans-
ferable, and they do not entitle the holder to travel twice in the
same direction over any portion of the lines of rail xay.

-LONDON (Rz; SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF-
-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the London
and South-Western hallway Company will he held in the Company's
Offices, at the Waterloo-bridge Station, Lambeth. on THURSDAY,
the 7th day of August, 1856, at One o'clock precisely, when the Direc-
tors will submit a report on the affairs of the Company, a Dividend
will be declared, and the general business of the Company will be
transacted.

And Notice is Hereby further Given, that at the said Meeting it
is proposed to submit the following subjects specially to the consi-
deration and decision of the Proprietrrs, viz. :
Tha creation and disposal of a Debenture Stock, to be applied in
liquidation of the Company's existing debenture debt.
The disposal of the balanc of the old ordinary share capital.
The leasing jointly with the London, Brighton, and South Ciiaq
Railway Company of the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway.
The conclusion of arrangements fir working and maintaining the
r spective Branch Railways to Lymingt Woodford, and Salisbury
Market, who it completed by their respective proprietors.
The Books of the Company for the Transfer of Stock and Shares
will be closed from Thursday the 24th day ofJuly, to Thursday, the
7th day of August, 1836, both days inclusive.

By order of the Court of Director.
L. CItOMBIE, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge Station, London, July 12th, 1856.

ARE YOU GOING TO THE HIGHLANDS,
unrivalled for scenery, famous in story and song, to visit
the land of Sir Colin Campbell and the Highland Brigade? Ifs
malt a note to call at (when in the Capital of the beautiful North)
M A CDOUGALL'A WAREHOUSE, High-street, Inverness. There
Only can the varied products of the Highlar.ds, natural and industrial,
be seen. In his extensive rooms MACDOUGALL has gathered together
all the best productions of the Highland looms, in TWEEDS, TAR-
TANS, LINSEYS, PLAIDS, SHAWLS, DRESSES, the favourite
HIGHLAND CLOAK, FLORA MACDONALD tlitto, &c., &c.,
with the best Native J E WELLERY, CAIRNGOR MS, P E AR LS, &e.;
the pretty products of the Skye, Lewes, and Gairloch Looms and
Knitting Needles ; the Home-made, Undyed PLAIDS of Ord, Suther-
land, and Aroch ; the SNUFF-BOXES, COUPS, BICKERS of the
Culloden Carvers, &c. Side by side with all this he has placed all
the necessary clothing of every description for Deer Stalking, Grouse
Shooting, and for Tourists, &c. Visitors to his rooms can at once
compare the varied products of the Three Kingdoms.

D. 111ACD0UGALL, Inverness.

PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING TRUSSES.

SALMON, ODY, and CO. most respectfully
inform the Public, that their PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING
TRUSSES afford more ease and security for the relief of HERNIA
than any other instrument for the purpose. They will answer for
right or left side, requiring no under-strap or any galling Bandage.
Persons in the country are requested to send the circumference of
the body one inch below the hips.

•
CAUTION.—As many mercenary druggists are vending; an inferior
article, purchasers are requested to observe, that SALMON, ODY,
and CO., 292, Strand, London, is marked upon the Leather Case.
Sold by one or more Druggists in every City and Principal Town
in the United Kingdom.

jl_ you are Bald, or your Hair is Thin, pray use
ALEX. ROSS'S C A.NTHARIDES OIL, which causes the
Hair to grow on bald places, produces luxuriant Whiskers and Mous-
tachios ; it has been approved of by the highest authority, and is most
beneficial in all cases of thin hair. Sold from 3s. 6d. ; forwarded for
stamps, sent free, twelve extra. ALEX. ROSS'S CHARGES for
Dyeing the Hair permanently a light brown, dark brown, or black—
whiskers from is., gentlemen's hair from Os., ladies' from 7s. 6d. The
dye being a clear liquid it is simply necessary to damp the hair with
a comb or brush, when a perfect colour is produced without injury to
the skin. Sold from 3s. 4d.; sent free for 54 stamps. HAIR'
DESTROYER, a depilatory for reinnv ng effectually SuperEuous
flair from the Face, Neck, Arms, and Hands, without injuring the
skin. A. R. will warrant :t not to injure the skin in the smallest
degree, and the hair to be entirely destroyed.—Sold from 3s. 6d. ;
forwarded tor stamps, free by post, eight extra. A. Ross, No. 1,
Little Queen-street, High Holborn.

PUBLICATIONS.

TWELFTH EDITION.
Now ready, with 15 illustrations, Gs ,
THE CRESCENT . AND THE CROSS.
Ey ELIOT WARBURTON.
" Independently of its value as an original narrative, and its use-
ful and interesting information, this work is remarkable for the
colouring power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are
enlivened. Amnong its greatest and most lasting charms is its rere•
rent and serl'aus spirit."—Quarterly Review.
ITurat an.d ISlacleett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.

NEW NOVEL BY CHARLES READE.
IT IS NEVER Just rett&ly, in 3 yols.,
TOO LATE TO MEND.
A Novel.
By CHARLES READE, Author of" Christie Johnstone," " Peg
Woffington."
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

AWIDOW LADY, having .a thorough know-
ledge of Domestic Management, is most desirous of an En
gagement as Companion to a Lady, or to superintend the family
arrangement] of a Widower or elderly Gentleman.—Address, C. G.,
Mrs. Pretty's, 5, Coldbath-place, Blackheath-road, Blackheath.

ALBERT SMITIVB MONT BLANC,
•Ir L TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturdty),
..'dock., and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturch Mr it
stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, ls.—Egyptianlk
AD &MR. TUSSAUD'& -El
Bazaar, Baker•street, Portman-square.—A full-length Por-
ra it Motel of WILLIAM PALMER is nosradded to the Exhibition
Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open flzom 1! in the morning till
10 in the evening.
PRINCE'S CLUB.,RACQUET and TENI4IS
COURTS, Hans-place. Belgrave-square.— The RacqUet
Courts of this Club will be completed and OPEN for PLAY I or,
Monday, the 28th Inst. Gentlemen desirous of becoming members
are requested to communicate with the secretary, at the club, Ito
sill furnish every information.

M. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES.
I TO-NIGHT and every evening, at 8. Box-office open from 11
till 5. The shove entertainment has received novel additions, Vocat
and Visual, Including a New Loco-Joko-Motive Lyric, untitled OFf
BY THE [RAIN, illustrated by numerous changes, facial, lingUal.
and cor. oreal. Mr. W. S. Woodin ss Mrs. Florence, in the " Yankee:
Girl," with the songs of " Bobbing around," and " Polly, won't S oil
try me, eh !"—Polygraphic-hall,King William-street, Charing-crOss

R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
4, Coventry-street, Leicestcr-square.--Open (for Gentlemei
,nly) from 10 till 10, containing upw,rds of one thousand models
,rid preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in
',ealth and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at il2,
and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and
101 y-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of deliv!er3
'y Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling.

el-- -- i
ORDON CUMMING, the LION SLAYF4R,
. will be AT HOME in his Encampment, surrounded by:th,
spoils and trophies of his hunting achievements, and give his flew
1
and popular ENTERTAINMK.••
and ADVENTURES in SOUTH AFRICA, every evening (Satur ay
NT, illustrative of his EXPLO T
excepted) it 8 o'clock. A Morning representation every Satur a,
at 3. liana by Mr, Harries Wilson. Admission, Is. and 29.; s ' Ils
(which may be taken daily between 11 and 4 without extra charge),
38.-232, Piccadilly.

A RGYLL ROOMS, !s Great Windmill-stre
CIA Haymarket.—M. L AURENT respectfully informs the pul
that he intends closing the above rooms on the 24th July. 1
last night will be ler the Benefit of the Sufferers from the Inundati
in France. M. L. further begs to state that the rooms will 11
opened for the winter season on the first of September, and be red
rated under the superintendence of the well-known arth t. Mr.
of Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fiells, The Chandeliers will
supplied by Mr. Smart, of Prime's-street, Leicester-square.

ROYAL GARDENS, CREMORNE.L
Open daily (One Shilling), with an unlimited programmt of
O-
amusements. TDAY and TO-MORROW, Jilly 22 & 23. Day nd
Night Fetes in aid of the Building Fund of tke Butchers' Charitable
Institution. On these occasions a Plain Dress Ball will be held in
the spacious pavilion, Ashburnham•park, adjoining Cremorne, 're-
cently the site of the great American ft Aver show. Great Pyrotechnic
Displays from the River Esplanade. To-morrow, at half-past 6,
a Balloon Ascent. Seats in the car may be obtained upon applica-
tion at the Gardens. Day Performance in the Cirque Oriental, calm-
mencing at 4 o'clock. Morning Concerts, &c , &c. Thursday, Jbly
31, is appointed for the Benefit of Mr. T. B. Simpson, for which Im-
mense prenarations are being made. Professional artistes of evbry
description required; The whole of these extensive grounds ttre
open for Promenade on Sunday. Table d'liote at Six, 2s. 6d. each.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminstor-roid.
—OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The celebrated HUNGA-
RIAN RAND, under the direction of Herr KALOZDY, will pertM.m
wary Evening at 9 awl II o'clock, in addition to the usual Val
Entertainment The following company of talented Vocalists tire
permanently engaged for :he performance of Selections from all th
Popular Operas, Madrigals. Choruses, Duets, &c., viz. :—Mrs: J.
Caulfield, Miss Brunel, Miss Sommers, and Miss Pearse ; Mr: J
Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, Malts, W.
Melling, Barker, Russell Grover, and P. Conde ; Masters E. Cbn-
nell, Austin, and Bennett ; Mr. R. Glindon, Mr. C. Sloman, and Mr.
T. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. J. Ilarroway, BA. harmonium(
J. Caulfield. 4.reetor.l/431,r,0f Cautnetd,;.,, Cavameneornt seven.
o'clock precisely. Suppers, lc until twelve o'clock.

ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—Reduction in Price.
—HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., Wine and Seer
Merchants, 5%, Pall-Mall, are now delivering the March Brewings
of the above celebrated Ale, in Casks of 18 Gallons at 335. each.
Also

ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE IN BOTTLE,
Imperial Pints at 55.. Imperial lialf-pints, for Luncheon, 3s.
, Pall-mall, June 13, 1856.

LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS
COMPANY.
Th 3 Managers hereby give notice that, in conformity with article
38 of the statutes of the Company, the profits re dined up to the 30th
'Tune last, permit of the distribution of a provisional dividend of 55,,
or 6 francs 25 centimes per share. This dividend will be paid on
,ind after Monday, the 231 h instant, in Paris, at the Office of the Com-
pany, 14, Rue Vivienne, and in London, at 454, Strand.
The shares must be deposited for two clear days previou3 to the
issue of the dividend warrant.

By order.

A. G. CHURCH, Secretary.

London, IGth July, 165 G.

rfillE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.-
At the Offices, No 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, on THURSDAY
the 7th of August. the following Nineteen LEASED PLOTS w,ll be
offered :—Plots 166 to 169, leased at 71. per annum each, at 811. per
plot; plot 170, leased at 101. 10s. per annum, at 1261. ; plots 201 to
214, leJsed at 101. 10s, per annum each, at 1261. per plot. These
prices of 81/. and 1261 per plot include fees, cost of conveyance, and
of a separate lease for cacti plot. The remaining plots on the Brighton
Estate will be allotted without any lncreas?, of price.
ST. MaRgARET'S ESTATE, near Richmond.—The Mansion
having been sold, the remaining plots fronting the ornamental gar-
dns will be offered at the original prices. •
TUN:IBIDGE WELLS ESTATE, West Kent, and MALDON
EAT.% TE, So,lth Essex.— I he remaining plots of the first portion,
without increase of price, will be offered on the 7th of August, after
which date interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be
charged. Offers have already been made to build on the Tunbridge
Wells Estate, and on four or the 501. plots the rent of 101. per annum
has been offered, merely for cultivation. Plots on the Mahlon Estate
have also been let at similar remunerative prices, adequate to secure
the elective fYanchise, and a fair return for the investment until the
erection of houses.

The HOUNSLOW and HERTFORD ES CATES, in Middlesex and
Herts.-I'lot 3d, price 2311. Ss. 6d., at Hounslow Station, with the
privilege of erecting a public house or hotel, and plot 12, price 417/.
65., on the Hertford and Ware Estate, half way between each station,
with the h use, which is let at 201. per annum, will be offered with
the Dower of borrowing seven-eighths of the purchase-money.
Plans of estates, price id., or 7d. by post.
CHARLES LEITH GIIUNE[SES, Secretary.

ASSIZFJ INTEI,LIoEyez

HOME CIRCUIT.-MAIDSTONE, Jllly 22.
THE MARQUIS OF ANGLEST.A V. SMITH

This was an action against the proprietor of the Sun.
day Timei newspaper to recover damages for a libel.
The defendant pleaded " Not Guilty," with a justifica.
tion.

Mr. E. James, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins, were counsel for
the plaintiff; Mr. Lush appeared for the defendant.
Mr. James addressed the jury, and said that he had the
honour to appear with his learned friend, Mr. Hawkins,
as the counsel for the Marquis of Anglesea, and the action
was brought against Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the Sun-
day Times newspaper, to recover damages fora libel pub-
' fished in that newspaper on the 20th of April last. The
4,trquis, like other gentlemen, was fond of the amusement
d' horse-racing, and he was ono of the stewards of the
fockey Club at Newmarket. The jury were perhaps not
t ware that this club was composed of a great number of
noblemen and gentlemen, and that they had entire control
over the racing at Newmarket, as the greater part of the
property on which the races took place belonged to them,
and they had the power of making any regulations they
pleased, and could warn any person off the ground, if they
thought proper to do so, who would not comply with their
regulations. In the month of April a race was run at New-
narket called the Burwell Stakes, and some of the horses 1
ngaged in that race were also engaged in the forthcoming
Dolby race at Epsom. The efforts of the horses for
this stake were therefore regarded with a good deal,
if interest; itr anticipation of the future event; and
;he Marquis of Anglesea, Lord Glasgow, and Lord
Zetland were the stewards upon this occasion, and
in that capacity they were invested with full powers to
ladle any dispute that might arise. It, appeared that.
two horses, named Saraband and Cannobie, wbre en-
gaged in the 'race, and it Was observed that while it was
iroceeding Saraband was pulled across the other horse,
tnd ridden improperly according to the regulations of the
stewards and the Jockey Club, and, in pt i ,t of fact, Can-
aobie was thrown out. of his course by the proceeding to
which he referred. Saraband came in first, but, according
to the -rules, be lost the race in consequence Of his rider
having acted in the manner described ; and, nroa a corn-
..)laiut being made by Lord John Scott, the owner of Can-
nobie, the matter was investigated by the steward. It
Tpea.red that Lord Zetland was absent, but Lord Anglesea
and Lord Glasgow called in the assistance of Admiral
Rous' which they were empowered to do, and th'a.e three
4entlemen, after a long inquiry and hearing a great deal of
3vidence, decided that Cannobie was entitled to the stakes
m the ground that he had been jostled and run against
during the race by the other horse, Saraband. This was
the judgment arrived at upon a full and careful considera-
tion of all the facts, and in the Sunday Times of the 20th
Ipril there appeared the article complained of, and Which
professed to be a comment upon that judgment. If that
comment had been a fair one Lord Anglesea would not
have taken any notice of it, but it undoubtedly was not a
fair or justifiable comment upon what had taken place,
trul in point of fact it charged Lord Anglesea with being
ictuated by corrupt motives in the decision he had arrived
at. Lord Anglesea, as he was instructed, had not even a
.ingle bet pending upon the race, and he declared upon his
honour that he had no interest whatever in the matter.
I'o any legitimate comments upon his conduct ho would
not for a moment have objected ; but when he was charged
with being actuated by corrupt motives in giving his judg-
nent as a steward of the race, he felt that it was impos-
4ible to pass over such a charge, and under the advice of
his counsel this action had been brought. He did not at all
desire to impute to Mr. Smith that he had been actuated
by any feeling of malice—ho had probably been misled
ey some correspondent at Newmarket, but in law ho was
responsiblo. The defendant had pleaded a justification,
and had suggested that the inquiry referred to had taken
place at the instigation of the Marquis of Anglesea,
but he believed that his learned friend, Mr. Lush, who
appeared for the defendant, was instructed to withdraw
`,he plea of justification ; and if this were done, and a suit-
ible apology made, he was instructed to consent to a ver-
lict with merely nominal damages, as the sole object of the
noble marquis was to vindicate his character.
Mr. Lush said he appeared on behalf of the defendant,
Air. Smith, and his learned friend was quite right in stat-
ing that he was not actuated by any malicious or improper
feeling, and that at the time the article in question was
inserted he believed what was stated in it to be true. The
statement was supplied by a correspondent on whose word
he had been in the habit of relying; and before he had
'any opportunity of making inquiry, the plea of justifica-
tion was placed upon the record. Since then, however,
he had instituted the necessary inquiries, and the result
was that he was now perfectly satisfied that there was not
the least foundation for the insinuation against the cha-
racter of the marquis, and he was therefore instructed to
withdraw the plea of justification, and to apologise on the
part of the defendant for inserting the article in question,
and he would consent to a verdict that would carry costs.
Mr. James said that by this course the object of the
action was entirely satisfied.
A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff with five
guineas damages,

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Donortsumn, July 21.
CROWN COURT. •
(Before Mr. Baron Martin.)
Elizabeth, llfarrh,a Brown, described as a shopkeeper, aged
44, was arraigned for the wilful murder of her husband,
John A. Brown, at Broadwinsor, on the 6th July, 1856.
Mr. Stock and Mr. Compton appeared for the prosecu-
tion ; Mr. Edwards for the prisoner.
It appealed that the prisoner and deceased *ere for-
merly fellow-servants in a farrnholuse, and about six years
ago they were married. Deceased, who was about 19 years
of age, kept a horse and cart, and acted as a general car-
rier, while prisoner kept a shop for the sale of groceries.
His business took him a good deal from home, and he
sometimes came home late in a state of intoxication. The
result of the marriage was not very happy, and the pri-
soner was jealous of a woman named Mary Davis. On
Saturday, the sth July, about six o'clock, deceased and a
carrier named Fooks, left Broadwinsor for Beaminster.
On their way they were joined by Mary Davis, who how-
ever left them as soon as she got to the place where she
was going to work. Fooks and deceased returned from
Beaminster about three or four o'clock in the afternoon.
On arriving at Broadwinsor they remained drinking and
playing at skittles till a late hour. About midnight he
and Fooks left to go home. They went together till they
came to Mount's corner, where Fooks left deceased going
towards home with his horse and cart, when, although in-
toxicated, ho was quite capable of taking care of himself.
About 5 o'clock in the morning the prisoner called up
Richard Damon, deceased's cousin, who lived about 130
yards off, and begged him to get up, as the horse had
nearly killed her husband. Damon went to the house, and
found deceased lying on the floor of one of the rooms, and
found that he was dead. The deceased had a great many
cuts on his head, and a handkerchief was bound round it.
In reply to questions Damon and others put to the pri-
soner, see stated that about two o'clock she heard her hus-
band come down to the window, and she went out to the
door ; she said she had helped him in ; she said, " Oh,
John, where haveyou been, or what haveyou been about ?"
and he said just "The horse," once, and that was all;
she helped him in, placed him in a chair, and he laid down
in her lap ; he took hold of her dress, and held her so tight
for three hours, that she could not go to call any one; that
when he got weak he let go, and she went out and called
Damon. It was stated that a woman named Frampton,
residing near prisoner's house, heard screams between two
and three o'clock in the morning, but to this the counsel
for the prosecution did not attach much importance. The
points chiefly urged against the prisoner were the absence
of blood outside the house, on the door step, and in the pas-
sage (by which latter alone deceased could have been brought
into the apartment), the absence of blood from deceased's
face, and shirt front, the absence of dirt from his hands,
I and the testimony of the medical gentleman that the
wounds could not have been caused by the kick of a horse,
and that the deceased, with such severe wounds, could not
have got from the gate, of the field (into which he had
turned the horse) into the room where he died, as described
by the prisoner, neither could he have been brought into
the house without leaving marks in the passage. Another
remarkable circumstance was that one of deceased's boots
was unlaced, and there was a wound et the back of the
head, as if he had been struck while in a stooping position.
The deceased used to keep a small hatchet in the house,
but after his death it could not be found.

Mr. Edwards, for the defence, urged that the wounds do-
posed
to would have required extraordinary strength, and
it could hardly be conceived that the prisoner had inflicted
them ; that the prisoner bad an interest in her husband's
life, and that instead of thinking of murdering him, it
was shown that she had prepared his supper for him. He
denied that there was any issue raised by the prisoner
that the deceased was killed by the horse. It was told
them by a witness that several parties who went to the
house attributed the death to the horse, and the prisoner
might have adopted the same supposition. But even put-
ting it aside that death was caused by the kicks of a horse,
was it not more probable that the deceased had been way-
laid by some party who knew that he had been receiving
money for poles, and by that party murderod, instead of by
his Wife ? Having commented upon the medical evidence
as speculative and doubtful, he said with reference to the
absence of blood between the gate of the field and the
house, that the injuries might have been received close to
the house door. As to there being no blood in the passage,
ho observed that the deceased's long hair might have con-
ducted it into his clothes. The fact that the coroner's
jury had returned an open verdict was also noticed.
The learned judge having summed up, •
The jury retired, and after remaining three hours in de-
liberation, returned into court, and intimated that they
could not agree, and wished to ask some questions of the
medical gentlemen. Having again consulted for a few
minutes, they returned a verdict of Guilty.
His Lordship, who said that he entirely concurred in
the decision of the jury, then passed sentence of death in
the usual form.
Before the prisoner left the dock she was asked by the
Rev. A. N. de la Foss whether the story about the horse
was not trumped up, to which she replied, " It was." She
added, that the way in which her husband came by his
death was by falling down stairs, and declared with an
oath that fllw never struck him at all.

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