The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-03 00:00:00

ASSIZE DIVELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCITIT..—OxFoRn, Malin 1,
CRIMINAL COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Watson.)
G. A. Bennett, aged 19, clerk, was charged with
stealing several banknotes and other money,
amounting altogether to 381., and also jewellery,
the property of James Hissey, at Caversham, on
the 10th of June, 1857.
Mr. Somerset appeared for the prosecution ; Mr.
Cripps defended the prisoner.
It appeared that Mrs. Hissey was a young and
rather pretty-looking woman, living separate from
her husband in a coteage at Caversham, with one
young child. The prisoner, a well-dressed young
man, went to Caversham, with the intention of
getting a situation as a master at a school in the
neighbourhood, and went to lodge at Mrs. Hissey's
cottage, which contained two bed rooms and one
sitting room. There was no servant, but a woman
from an adjoining cottage was in the habit of coming
in daily to perform the household duties. The
prisoner continued to live in the cottage for about
a fortnight, and during that time he occasionally
took his meals with Mrs. Hissey, made excursions
with her upon the river, and admired the
larcluoise ring which she usually wore. After
some time Mrs. Hissey went up to London by
au early train, intending to return at night.
The unite day the prisoner was seen by the
woman sitting in Mrs. Hissey's sitting room ; and
later in the ci.zy he professed to start for Ascot races,
and, going away, be never made his appearance
again at Careesham. Upon her return home Mrs.
Hissey found her box,” broken open, the bank-
notes and other money gone, and the admired tur-
quoise ring and other jewellery missing. Every
inquiry was made during some months for the pri-
soner, until at length a London detective, having
carefully studied his description, arrested a young
gentleman as ho was quietly walking with his father
in Burlington-street. The young gentleman's stre-
nuous denial of his identity was not sufficient to
satisfy the detective, who after considerable trouble
and inquiry discovered that he had arrested the
right man.
Mr. Cripps, for the defence, pointed out that
none of the property had been found upon the pri-
soner, and he suggested that after the prisoner had
left the cottage some ocher person might have
entered, and, finding the place empty, might have
committed the robbery.
The jury, however, after spending a considerable
time in consideration, found the prisoner
Mr. Baron Watson sentenced him to six months'
imprisonment with hard labour.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, March 2,

(Before the Assistant Judge.)

Hannah Lewis, 39, and Ann Smith, 22, were in-
dicted for having stolen a purse and the sum of it.
/Os., the property and money of Matthias Wm.
Yates, from the person of Maria Mary Yates.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Sleigh appeared for the
prosecution ; Mr. Ribton for the prisoners.
Mr. Metcalfe said the case he should submit to
the jury was that Smith was the person who actu-
ally committed the theft, and that Lewis was pre-
sent as an accomplice aiding and assisting.
Mr. Yates, the prosecutor, stated that on Dec.
26 he got into an omnibus at the Flower-pot, in
Bishopsgate-street, with his daughter, a little girl,
who had with her a purse containing a half-sove-
reign and 20s. in silver. He was by business a
tablecover, manufacturer, at Englefield-road, Kings-
land, and he was going home from the London Ta-
vern when he took the omnibus. He had been to a
benefit meeting of the Commercial Travellers' Be-
nevolent Institution. His daughter sat opposite to
him, and the prisoner Smith eat next her. He was
certain as to Smith, and the other prisoner, he be-
lieved, sat next to him. After the omnibus had got
about 300 yards past Shoreditch Church, Lewis sud-
denly said to Smith, " Were you not to get out at
Shoreditch Ch urch ?" Smith said " Oh, yes;" and the
omnibus stopped. Both of them got out. Previous
to that they had not spoken to each other ; they
seemed strangers. ➢irectly they were gone he asked
his daughter if her purse was in her pocket ; it was
not. It was taken from the side next to Smith.
The little girl said she was sure she felt the purse
on her knee after she was in the omnibus, and felt
her dress pulled.
Police-constable 53 M proved that he knew the
prisoners to be constant companions. For the
last 12 months they had frequented the omnibus
station at the Elephant and Castle, and rode in
Kingeland 'busses.
Mr. Payliter, a traveller, residing in Culford-
road, Kingsland-road, said he knew both prisoners,
from seeing them riding in Kite's .K.ingaland ermi-
buses.

Mr. Rlbton contended that there was raally
no-
thing to implicate Lewis, even if it could be consi-
dered there was anything in the evidence sufficient
to raise suspicion against Smith.
The jury found Smith guilty, and acquitted
Lewis.

They were then indicted for stealing a purse con-
taining money from the person of a certain woman
whose name was unknown.
The same counsel appeared in this ease.
The jury found both guilty, and a former convic-
tion was proved against Smith ; she had had two
months at Reading for picking pockets. There was
a third indictment against the prisoners jointly—
one against Smith singly, and another against
Smith and an omnibus conductor. Lewis had been
living eight years with a thief named Moore.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced Lewis to one
year's hard labour, and Smith to five years penal
servitude.

The laat•mentioned charge remains to be tried.

(Before Mr. Creasy.)
Edward Cairns, 19, was indicted for having un
lawfully assaulted William Ravening, a police-
constable, in the execution of his duty.
Mr. Metcalfe was counsel for the prosecution,
Mr. Pearce for the prisoner.
On Sunday morning, the 7th Feb., the prosecu-
tor was on duty at Brentford-and, when his atten-
tion was called to several persons, the prisoner being
one of them, who were in the thoroughfare, creat-
ing a great disturbance and using very bad lan-
guage. On his interfering, one of them asked for
a light for his pipe, and, ou his refusing to comply
with his request, the man struck him several times,
for which he was taken into custody. The prisoner
got behind the prosecutor and tried to gouge his
eyes out, ani the other man got away. Three or
four joined in the attack upon the constable, and
it was a fortunate thing fur him that another con-
stable came up to his a..!s'istance.
The jury found him guilty.
Sentence was postponed.
George Pettit was indicted for having feloniously
embezzled divers sums of money which he had re-
ceived on account of Thonias Lindsay and another,
his masters.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted ; Mr. Horry appeared
for the prisoner.
The prosecutors are ale and porter Lrewers at
Millwall, and the prisoner was in their service to
deliver beer to customers and receive money, which
it was his duty to account for and pay over every
night, his pay, with certain emoluments, being
about 1/. per week.
The evidence proved several instances in which
he had received money for which he had not given
account.

Re was found guilty and sentenced to six months'
hard labour.

Ann Reece , 25, was indicted for assaulting Mr.
Joseph Samuel Lavies, the surgeon of the Nv est.
tnineter Bridewell.
Mr. Rihton prosecuted.
At the time the assault was committed the pri-
soner was an inmate of the Bridewel], under a sum-
mary conviction, which made the 35th since 1845.
She was a most desperate character. One morn-
ing she presented herself to the surgeon, with
others, as casual sick, and complained of her throat,
and as Mr. Lavies was writing the nature of her
complaint in his book she gave him a tremendous
blow on the nose with her clenched fist, which was
not by any means a delicate one. His nose bled
profusely. As he went with a male officer to have
her secured she kicked and. scratched him, need the
most dreadful la.nguago, and threatened to " do"
for him when she got outside the walls. On her
discharge she was taken on a warrant for this as-
sault, when she impudently said she only slapped
his face.
The jury found her guilty, and Mr. Creasy sen-
tenced her to six months' hard labour.
Itichard 'Evans, 27 pleaded guilty to a charge of
stealing aonae fowls f '
G,nrom a yard at
Ilielonging to thft ammersmith,
Omnibus Company.
Sentence was deferejead.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--Mittch 2.

GUIILDHALL.—PhiIip Rogers,l
Thomas Kennedy, and Patriekye four repul-
sive-looking ruffians, were brought up
woman named Ellen Kennedy, charged
with the
following savage and brutal assaults :
Mr. Lewis appeared for the prisoners.
Mrs. Elizabeth Coles said—My husband keeps
the Three Tuns public-house in Bridgewater-gar-
dens, and on Thursday night last the prisoners came
into our taproom and called for three pots of beer.
They had not been in long before I heard a dis-
turbance in the parlour, and saw my son ejecting
Philip Rogers. I also saw him strike my son, and
I )
then called for the police, upon which the man
Kennedy, Thos. Rogers, and the woman seized me
by the hair, and dragged me over the bar. KennodY

then pulled me by my hair through the door, and ,
when he got me outside the house he struck me
violently on the face, and gave me this black eye. 1
was struck many times during the struggle by seve-
ral of them, but I distinctly remember Kennedy
striking me on the eye after dragging me out of
the house. They then deliberately broke three or
four squares of plate glass, and in the confusion the
gas-fittings were pulled down. I have been in busi-
ness
27 years, and never witnessed such a disgrace-
ful scene before.
Mr. Chas. Coles, who appeared with a black eye
and a dreadfully swollen face, said—l was in the
parlour on the night in question, when
.Philip
Rogers came in and asked for a light. I told him he
was not wanted there, and desired him to rejoin
his friends in the taproom, upon which he made use
of the most violent and disgusting language. I
attempted to remove him, and with the assistance
of Mr. Mark Coles I got him to the folding doors
leading into the bar, when Thos. Rogers-came
ma by the hair, held me
forward, and, seizing
while the others struck me, They got me on the
ground, and while down they kicked me about
she body so severely that I was quite unable to
notice what took place afterwards.
Mr. Mark Coles said—l let the house to Mrs,
Cole; who had only been in possession two or three
days. I was in the parlour when the prisoner
Rogers came in for a light, and I witnessed all that
occurred. Mr. C. Coles was assailed by the whole of
the prisoners as soon as they saw him turning
Rogers. out of the parlour. They pounced upon him
like savages. They struck at him indiscriminately,
pulled his hair, knocked him down, and I believe
they would have killed him if assistance had not
been at band. I also saw them drag Mrs Coles
from behind the bar by the hair. I returned to
the parlour to secure property I had with me, and
when I got into the bar again I found the prisoners
breaking the windows.
John Ashton said—When Charles Coles ejected
the prisoner Rogers the latter uttered some sound
as a signal to his companions, and they all rushed
upon Mr. Coles in a body. Thomas Rogers was the
most prominent of the lot in the assault upon him.
Edward Mitchell, 126, said-1 was called to the
assistance of the parties complaining, and I found
Mrs. Coles and her son both bleeding from the face,
and four large panes of plate glass broken. I took
Kennedy into custody, but he struck and kicked me
several times, and was so violent that I was ob-
liged to use my truncheon. I also saw Philip Ro-
gers taken into custody, and he offered such violent
resistance that it required four constables to take
him to the station. The prisoner Thomas Rogers
went quietly. I had seen' them previously, and
they appeared under the influence of drink, and I
thought they looked ripe for a row.
Mr. Lewis said he hoped the Alderman would
take into consideration the punishment the pri-
soners had received at the hands of the police, and
mitigate the penalties accordingly.
Alderman Humphrey said the police had evi-
dently had a very dangerous lot to deal with, and
they were justified in protecting themselves from
the violence of such rough characters, who other-
wise might have killed them.
Mr. Lewis said ho did not justify the conduct of
the prisoners, but, looking at the marks on their
faces, it was quite clear they had received very
severe chastisement. He, however, hoped the Al-
derman would discharge the woman, as she was not
shown to have taken any very active part in the
disturbance.

Alderman Humphrey said it was a very bad
case, and he therefore sentenced Kennedy to three
months' imprisonment with hard labour, the two
Rogerses to two months, Dwyer to one mouth, and
the woman to two days.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The detective
Hnggett yesterday came to the court and produced
the watch stolen from the woman murdered in the
Haymarket. The watch is a very small one, made
by Vieyres, and can be identified as the property
of the unfortunate woman. There was also a ring
found, which formed part of the stolen property.
When the prisoner was committed on Monday be
was placed in the gaoler's room, well guarded, while
a cab was sent for. The only symptom of fear dis-
played
by the prisoner was when he was called to
leave the court. Believing that he should be taken
ont by the front entrance, before which an excited
mob had assembled, he shrank into the corner, ex-
claiming in terror, " The people, the people :"
When he found he was to be removed privately by
the back way he recovered his natural manner, and
on ;the road laughed and jested in a way to show
that he was utterly regardless of the serious posi-
tion in which he was placed.
John Beal, alias Etterin, was charged with
having with other persona garotted and robbed
George Johmon, lic'3nsecl victualler, 0, Bear-street,

Mr. Johnson stated that on Tuesday, July 28,
about 3 in the morning, the prisoner and thr.de
other men came to his house just as he was closing,
and were served with refreshment before the bar.
He missed one of the prisoner's companions, and in
a minute afterwards he was suddenly seized by
some one behind, an arm was thrown round his
neck, and he was choked in the manner termed gil-
rotting. He retained sufficient consciousness to be
able to see the prisoner and his other companions
come round into the bar and rifle his pimketa. They
took from his pocket a watch which had been de-
posited with him by one of the garot!ers for a score
of 125., about 20s. in silver, and four sovereigns
from his trousers pocket. He struggled very much,
but at last became insensible, and when he came to
himself he found he was alone and bleeding from
the nose and mouth. He went out and spoke to
Police-constable Batty and told him what had hap-
pened. . _ .

Wm. Batty, A. 318, said that, about 20 minutes
to 5 o'clock on the morning in question he saw the
prisoner and another man come out of Mr. John-
son's house and walk rapidly away. He had pre-
viously seen another man and two women come out
of the same house. About half an hour after the
prosecutor came to him bleeding, and said he had
been garotted. He wont into the house and found
it in confusion. There were appearances of a
struggle—pots and broken glasses were strewn
about the bar.

Police-sergeant Glass, C 3, said that from infor-
Mation he received he went with several constables,
about 4 o'cicck in the morning, to No. 6, Thomas-
place, Lambeth-walk. He knocked at the street-
door, but found it secured, and no answer was
returned. The door was forced, and on entering
he found the prisoner in a room on the ground-
floor, partly dressed. He told the prisoner ho was
charged with being one of a gang who had assaulted
and robbed Mr. Johnson in July last; The pri-
soner replied, "Very well, I'll go with you."
Seeing the prisoner put his hands iu his pocket, he
seized his hand, and took from it the knife he
now produced. He took the prisoner into the
street, and after walking a shoat distance the pri-
soner became suddenly violent, struggling awl
kicking furiously, and calling out, " If I could get
hold of one thing you should not forget me." With
some difficulty the prisoner's legs were secured
with a strap, and he was then lodged in the station-
house.
Prisoner—Was I sober ?

Witness—l should say you were not quite sober.
Inspactor Webb said he should be prepared with
evidence next Wednesday to prove that the prisoner
was a returned transport.
Mr. Beadon consented to a remand for a week.

WESTMINSTER. —Francis Cook, Sidney Mann,
and William Jones, three privates of the Cold-
stream Guards, were charged with the following
outrage :
James Seymour, police-constable 196 B, said
that at half past 12 on the night of the 21th. ult, he
was on duty in North-street, Chelsea, when he saw
the three defendants, two other soldiers, and a
civilian, standing near the Cock Tavern. The door
of the house was shut, and defendant Cook having
proposed, with an oath, that they should burst it
open, the party proceeded to press against it.
Complainant advised them to desist, and not to
get themselves into trouble, when Cook inquired
what he had to do with it, and again advanced
towards the door. Complainant again spoke to
the party with a view of inducing them to abandon
their intention of bursting the door open, when
Cook struck him a violent blow on the nose, which
made it bleed copiously. Complainant seized him
by the collar, and after a struggle they both fell,
and while complainant was on the ground the de-
fendant Mann struck him also, and °(rot Cook away.
The rest of the party then placed Cook in their
rear, so that complainant could not get at him,
and the defendant Jones, advancing, then struck
complainant on the ey e and knocked him backward;.
c oox then advanced with his belt and made so &s-
-havintra off the
thian d o ft
o
vaarteyacbulow at complainant with it that the buckle
war do
of
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injury was so great
was subsequently that the top of the finger
police divisional eY taken
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by Mr. Pearse, the
Cook, and they bothnrfeon. Complainant cloi.ed with
him violently on thagain fell when Cook at a-k d
party also beatinc, h." ground, o e 1
situation. cookc3 ra while in that defencelessfthe /
gaining his lege. !g°awaY3 but complainant
fell, when Cook held hims?"l him
ant again
he could not move, and cal?ewcla bY
the hair, no that
" to give it him," and the I:2lrr two"11Palli"8
then fell upon complainant and beat hliefendantß
became insensible. When he partially reara.ovtaireldhe
h°
found that assistance had come up and complainant
endeavoured to recapture Cook, who again struck
him, threw him down, and seized him by the hair,
but the defendants Were ultimately secured, and

Cook then said be would serve every policeman he
met in the same way, that he wanted to be dis-
charged from hie regiment, that he had had fifty
lashes, and could stand fifty more at any time.
Complainant had been confined, to his bed ever
since the above attack.

Mr. G. Pearse, surgeon, 10, Regent-street, West-
minster, said that ho was called to complainant im-
mediately after the occurrence, and although he
had seen him repeatedly before, he was so shock-
ingly disfigured that he did not know him. He bad
several severe injuries on the face and head, the
right side of which, with the ear, was one mass of
bruises ; his left eye was severely injured, appa-
rently by a belt. Complainant had not left his bed
till he came to this court to make his complaint.
It having been stated that the accused had been
confined to barracks until complainant was suffi-
ciently recovered,
Mr. Paynter said that the case was of so serious
a description that it ought to be prosecuted by the
Government, and conducted by some professional
gentleman.

The accused were then remanded for a week.

HEALTH Olt LONDON DURING TEE WEEK,

(From at Report of the Registrar General.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, Feb. 27,
1,288 deaths were registered in London, a number
which exhibits a slight increase on that of the pre-
vious week. In the 10 years 1848-57 the average
number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with
last week was 1,209 ; but as the deaths returned
for last week occurred in au increased population,
they should be compared with the average when
the latter has been raised in proportion to the in-
crease, a correction which will give 1,330. The re-
sult of the figures as stated is that the deaths in last
week were less by only 42 than those which would
have taken place by the estimated mortality. The
mean temperature of the air last week was 33.1
deg., which is 6 deg. below the average. In the
same week of !February, 1855, the cold was con-
siderably more severe ; the mean temperature fell
to 26.7 deg., and the deaths in London rose to
1,604.
The total number of deaths in the last two weeks
were nearly the same ; they were 1,275 and 1,288;
and the numbers in the two weeks, in five distinct
periods of life, show also extremely little variation;
the deaths under 20 years of age were respectively
€lO and 609 ? those in the period 20-40 years, were
160 and 164 ; those in the next period, 40-60, were
201 and 204 ; at GO to 80, 243 and 250 ; and
deaths at 80 years and upwards 61 and 57. Of the
57 deaths 9 were those of nonagenarians, the oldest
c f whom was a widow, aged 94 years.
The deaths from diseases of the respiratory
organs were in the last two weeks 327 and 339 (the
corrected average for last week being 293) ; those
from bronchitis were 191 and 195 (the average being,
151); those from pneumonia 102 and 105 (the ave-
rage being 91). Phthisis was fatal iu the same times
in 158 and 146 cases. It appears, therefore, that
the observation which was made in the last weekly
report remains equally applicable to the facts ob-
taMed from the returns of an additional week—
that, though the mortality of bronchitis is higher
than usual, the continuance of cold weather had not
been attended by a continual increase of the enorta-
, lity from pulmonary complaints.
The deaths from whooping-cough have exceeded
50 in each of the last six weeks ; those from measles
again rose last week to 57 ; the disease being chiefly
fatal in the east districts, particularly St. George-
in-the-East, Limehouse, and Poplar. Scarlatina
carried off 53 persons, of whom 4 were adults ;
" diphtheria" is re; orded in 11 cases, either as the
primary cause of death, or as supervening on some
otic r forte of disease. Three young children died of
measles, all on the 20th Feb., in the workhouse at
Norwood. In addition to the 4 deaths from measles
in the St. Pancras Workhouse mentioned last week,
five occurred in the same house from that disease,
as follows :-3 on Feb. 16, one on the 17th, and
one on the 19th.

Last week the births of 924 boys and 868 girls, in
all 1,810 children, were registered in Loudon. In
the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57
the average number was 1,648.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.837 in.
The highest barometrical reading occurred on
Thursday, and was 30.21 in. The mean tempera-
ture of the week was 33.1 deg., and the mean daily
reading was below the average on every day, the
extent of depression on the last three days having
been equal to 7 deg. or 9 deg. The mean daily
range of temperature in the week was 12.9 deg.
The highest reading- of the thermometer in the week
was 44.1 deg. on Wednes lay ; the lowest was 25.5
deg. on Friday, or 8.5 deg. blow the freezing
point of water. On that day the highest reading
wag 37.2 deg., and the mean 30.3 deg. The differ-
ence between the mean dew point temperature and
air temperature wa4 5.6 deg. The mean degree of
humidity of the air was 77 : on Thursday the hu-
midity was only 67. The Mean temperature of the
water of the Thames was 37.2 deg., or 4 deg. above
that of the air. During the first half of the week
the wind blew from thesouth•east and east; during
the remainder from the north-east. No rain was
measured in the week.

THE YORKSHIRE COIL TRIDE.—The metropolitan
consumers of coal are about to obtain a better article
from the South Yorkshire pits, in consequence of a con•
cession made by the Great Northern Railway Company,
after frequent applications to the colliery owners of that
district. Tile quality of the coal hitherto sold indiscrimi-
nately at King',-cross as " Silkstone" has varied consi-
derably according to the quality of the seam from which
it was obtained and the care exercised in dressing it ;
bat, as no advantage accrued to the individual proprie-
tors of the different pits from either of these recommen-
dations, an obvious injustice was done to the owners of
the best coal, and no indncement held out to any of the
proprietors to send their mineral to market in the beet
condition. For the future, however, the coal is to be
sent out with the name of the colliery supplying it, and
the beneficial results of the change are already seen
in the Ks-Eater pains bestowed oa c:ear.ing the coal
intended for the London market and the competition
excited among the colliery owners to bring their produce
into more extensive consumption in London and else-
where( The quantity of coal sent out from the South
Yorkshire district last year has greatly increased, as the
following figures will show :—.11411-year ended Jun ,
1855, 151,270 tons; Dec., 1855,8
270,43541369 tons;tonsl
June,lBs6, 304,650 tons; Dec.,
1857, 433,983 tons ; Dee., 1857, 444,833 tons.
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THE LATE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR.

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The fellowiug appeared it sacceasire editioan el' The miult
•f yesterday : —J
Simon Bernard, vshe stands charged with being con-
cerned in the conspiracy for the assassination of the
Emperor Napoleon, was this afternoon again placed at
the bar, for the third time, before Mr. Jardine.
The excitement which the two previous examinations
produced had not in the least abated, in fact it seemed
to have greatly increased. The outside of the court
and the passages leading to the interior being crowded
with persons, mostly foreigners, anxious to be present
during the investigation.
Mr. Bodkin, on the part of the Treasury, appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr.
Leverson, defended the prisoner,
The first witness called to-day was M. Joseph de Georgi
I reside at Brussels. I assist in keeping the Cafe
Suisse, in Tichbourne-street. I know the prisoner Ber-
nard. I have known him some time. I first knew him
in Brussels, in 1849, but I have not Seen him in Lon-
don until the 16th of October, when he came in the
ordinary way to the cafe. I left London in Decem-
ber last for Brussels. I saw Bernard there two or three
days before I left. I recollect the prisoner asking me about
gas. He asked me if I knew anybody connected with gas
a !ministration. I said I knew a Mr. Bremacker, a gentle.
man connected with the gas works in Brussels ; and he then
said he should like to see this gentleman, as he had a new
invention applicable to gas. He did not say anything fur-
ther that day, but on the following evening he brought five
pieces of iron, they were round--like an orange cut in two
--half a ball. They wore hollow, there was nothing in
them. There was a hole in thorn for a screw. I did not
try to screw them together, but it appeared to me they
would fit each other.
Mr. Bodkin —Did you see small holes:in them besides
the one for screw ?
Mr. Sleigh objected to the question. It was leading
the witness.
The Magistrate—l think you can hardly object to the
question.
The Witness —There were a number of small holes besides
the one I have mentioned. Bernard gave me the balls to
take to Brussels for a new invention in gas. He said,
" Take them to Brussels. An Englishman, who is at
Liege, will fetch them away in my name." I took them
with me in my carpet bag. On the Saturday following
this conversation I left London for Ostend and took the
balls with me in a carpet bag. I saw Bernard taking his
coffee in my house when I left. He did not say anything
to me. On my arrival in Brussels I went to the Cafe
Suisse. I arrived there about half-past nine. When I
arrived I carried the balls to the cafe. I placed them in
tile smoking-room, on a table, with my coat and other
things. After supper I opened my carpet bag to take out
a handkerchief, and at the same time I took out the five
half balls and placed them ou the mantel-shelf. I know
In.. Repass ; he saw those half balls on the shelf, and he
afterwards took thorn in his hand. Some days after Ber-
nard arrived in Brussels. He went into the room where
the half balls were. He asked me where the halls were,
and I pointed to them on the shelf. He said they must
not remain theta, as it was a new invention for gas. I
removed them .n consequence of that observation and
placed them in my bedroom. After this conversation
Bernard left the house. In a day or two after this Ber-
nard came again to the cafe. He said he had
come for the gas balls—that he wanted them as he was
going to the Column-gate. I wrapped them up in a piece
of newspaper for him, and he left. It was about half-past
3or 4 o'clock in the afternoon when this occurred. Some
few days after 3ernard returned and brought the balls
with him, and also another ball in his band wrapped up
in paper. The substances in the paper were larger than
those I took fi mu England. They were of the same shape.
Referring to the paper parcel, ho said, " They were made
gas, and said one day he would make acquaintance with
Bremacker. [ never went with him to that gentleman.
He spoke again about the invention for
in the country."
He never made any further application for an introduc-
tion, but said when he came back to Brussels he would be
glad to make his acquaintance. He shortly afterwards
told me he was
going to London, and the balls were re-
placed in my room.
Mr. Jardine—The large as well as the small?
Witness --Yes.
Mr. Bodkin—Did Bernard tell you what you were to do
with them ?,
Witness—He told me to put them in my room, and give
them to a person who would take them home to Paris. He
hal previously told
me he should require a horse to be
hired for an Englishman. I had in my service in the
cafe at Brussels a waiter named Cassimer Zeighera.
It was ultimozely arranged between myself and Ber-
nard that this person was to go to Paris with the
horse. After the arrangement was made he visited the
cafe, but not frequently. On the day following the con-
versation about the horse the Englishman arrived and I
was sent for into the saloon. On entering I found Bernard
there. Another person was at one of the other tables.
Bernard said, pointing to the person, "This is the English-
man." This person was M. Orsini, I have known him from
coming to the Cafe Suisse in Tichborne-street. At this
time he wore a long beard, but when I saw him on the oc-
casion I have spoken of in Brussels ho had large whiskers,
but no beard. Orsini asked me if I had left London, and
I told him I had, and Orsini then said he was going to
Paris. Bernard and Orsini then shortly afterwards quitted
the house together.
Mr. Bodkin—As they were going out did they say any-
thing about the balls?
Mr. Sleigh—l object to the leading of the witness.
Mr. Jardine—The question is quite regular.
Witness—Bernard said, Give the baste Cassimer who
is to take them to Paris." Orsini said he had to be at Paris
that day at half-past five at the Hotel de l'Earope. I in-
troduced Casaimer to M. Orsini when the hour for his de-
parture was axed upon. I put the bills into the carpet
,bs.z, but ono or them lx• accident ,as left behind. -la.
r left shoat. s cfaa•riar pa. II vv sod. 1,301.1.1/Vil too BrCalielS on
the following Sunday. After Cassinier had left I saw M.
Bore ard several days after. After this occurrence I re-
collect two persons coming to my house —I did not know
either of them. One of them had a white beard all round
the face and the other a black.
Mr. Bodkin--Did one of them present you with a piece
of paper?
Mr. Sieigh—l object to further questions on this point
until they are identified as being connected with the pri-
soner.
Mr. Jardine—The examination had better go on.
Witness—The one with the black beard gave me a piece
of paper, and in consequence of that I gave him the ball,
which was left behind. I have seen the one with the white
beard singe, at Brussels, before Captain Lebalraondiere.
Mr. Bodkin—What's his name?
Witness—l have forgotten.

Mr. Jardine—After you had been told ha was oue of the
persons to whom you gave the ball, did you recognise
him ?

1 Witness—l did not.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—l reside at Brussels at
the present time. I was first asked to come over and give
evidence on last Sunday week by the Imperial Procureur,
at the prison where I was in Brussels. I bad been there
26 days. It was at 11 o'clock at night that the police and
others came to my house and took me away, and charged
use as an accomplice in the attempt to assassinate the
Emperor, in having been concerned in carrying the balls
to France. The Procureur-General, attended by two
gen d'armes, put mo in a carriage and took me to the
packet. I was accompanied on board by gensd'armes.
They remained at Ostend, but I was mot there by a
courier de cabinet, who brought me to Dover. I was
banded over from one to the other. The poison who
brought me to London is not living with me. I am now
with Sergeant Adams and Inspector Saunders. lam now
stopping at Morley's Hotel. There is a person in court
who is stopping with me.
By Mr. Bodkin—All the witnesses that came from Brussels
are stopping at that hotel. Nobody prevents them going
where they please. I know no more about the conspiracy
than I have told to-day.
M. Bernard, in a most emphatic manner, here declared
that the witness, an honest man, had been robbed of his
liberty
ing of the matter. There were victims becauseenough he had helped Mtn out of friendship. He
knewnoth
already— three in Paris and one here ; and he did not see
why another person should bo put in danger. It was
infamous. .

_..., ...,.
Louis Righenzi—l am proprietor of the Cafe Suisse in
Brussels. 1 know M. Georgi perfectly well ; he left my
house in December. Ho left a packet behind him, which
sometime afterwards I opened. It was made of metal and
P ; at the bottom there
was in the shape of a pear. It unscrewed in the middle.
als
were
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rtad askedanotherion ones.
sawa
Georgitt x
th. the to
in the cafe, when
he atoo rnard
put it away, as it was
and I said I don't see how it is to econo•
mice the consumption of gas; and he said it is a new in-
vention. I recollect Cassimor being sent to Paris with a
horse. He left on Friday and returned on Sunday morn-
ing. I did not seollito take anything with him.
Mr. Sleigh—Were you arrested in Brussels like M.
Georgi ?
Wr'ness—l was threatened with arrest.
Mr. Sleigh—Who threatened you with arrest at i
B: us9els ?

Witness—The Judge of lustruction.
your coming to England
to Mgirv.eSelveiigdhen—ceDlid he insist on
Witness—No.
Mr. Sleigh—Who did then ?
`Witness—A gentleman from the English Embassy.
Mr.
Witness— Sleigh—YNo. ou did not come here at your own expense?
Jullien Fournarier.-...
an; a waiter at the Cafe Suisse.
I recollect Bernard coming to Brussels in December last.
The day after his arrival I saw two half balls. There were
some lerge ones some middle size and one small one. They
were made of cast iron. I unscrewed one and examined
it. It was about 5 inches long and of an oval form. I
observed several holes at one end in it. There was besides
these holes at the other end a large screw, which I turned
a few times. There was nothing in the ball. I don't
know how they were taken away.
g—o
Mr. Sleigh--How large were the holes ?
witneea—About the size of a quill.
Witness —YeTli
s.
Mr. Sleigh—You could see the light through the holes .
Witness--Ileih dn t
bkaial lo iwr a. a slnadoiodt hu n d
M. Georgi recalled, and in answer to Mr. Sleigh agreed
MrS
ot try.
with the last witness with respect to the size of the
holes. He did not hold the balls np to the light, so ho was
unable to say whether the could be through
light
them.
Lasalwer Zelelers.—l was a waiter at the Cafi: Suisse,
in Brussels, in December last. I ougaged in December last
to take a horse from Brussels to Paris. I do not recol-
lect the dete -- it wee at the beginning of December. I was
employed to take the horse b a gentleman, who said ho
was an Englishman, through the medium of my master.
I saw the gentlemen in Paris. We started together from
Brussels. I carried seine objects male in iron which M.
Georgi gave me. I cannot Bey how many there were ;
there might be eight or ten --they were half balls. I car-
ried them in my carpet bag, I travelled in a cab to the
railway station, and I was accompanied by the English-
man, whom I now know to be Orsini, and a M. Jourdain,
the commissionaire of the Hotel de l'Europe. Orsini tra-
velled by the same train as I (lid. I went in the box in
which the horse was, I took the carpet bag inside the
horse-box. The curry comb was in the bag with the balls.
The train arrived in Paris between five and six o'clock in
the morning. The bag,
on the arrival of the
' train was opened by the Custom-house officers
or4i
who looked at them and allowed them to pass.
went to the Hotel Lille et Albion. He went in a
thcarriage
and and I followed him with the horse. On arriving
a
hotel I found eini there ; I took out the contents the
of
waiter
carpet bag and placed it in the passage and told the wwa t
the things belonged to that gentleman. I afterwards en
to sae my sister, and returned to the hotel. I did not see
Orsini there, but I saw him in the course of the even.
t ig
He paid me my fare back, And 20 franca for nay trod) o.

I
returned to Brussels on the Sunday following. I arrived
hero about 12 o'clock, and at the Cafe Suisse I saw M.
Barnard; I told him that the horse had arrived safe.
He said "he know it." I have not been to Paris.
Mr. Sleigh—Were you arrested when M. Goorgi was I
Witness—Yes.

The further hearing of the case was then postponed until
Thursday next, at two o'clock.
Mr. Sleigh to Mr. Bodkin---I suppose the case will not
finish on that day ?

Mr. Bodkin—Oh ! quite impossible.
Mr. Sleigh, addressing Mr. Jardine—Then, sir, I have
again to ask you to admit my client to bail. It is not for
the sake of the two days that must elapse before the case is
again proceeded with, but as it will be some time before it
is concluded, I ask you, sir, to admit the prisoner to bail.
Mr. Jaa dine—l don't think the time has yet arrived for
such an application.
Bernard—l have to ask you, sir, a most important favour.
I ask you, sir, to ask for Orsini to come here, to this land
of freedom, and speak all he knows. He can completely
prove me guiltless of the charge that is made against me.
Let Orsini be sent for, and then, in this free laud, he will
speak, as he has not yet been able to do. I have another
favour to ask, that is, that I may see the papers. How can
I prepare my defence without I know what is the charge
against me ? I ask you, sir, to give orders that I may read
the papers every morning.
Mr. Sleigh—l have been in communication with the
Chairman of the Middlesex Magistrates, and they have
refused to allow, in favour of this gentleman, the slightest
relaxation of the prison rales. I regret the decision, as
the prisoner is a gentleman of education.
Mr. Bodkin—This person is not the first man of educa-
tion that has been confined in prison.
Mr. Jardine—There are certain rules made for the regu-
lation of the prison. I have no power to interfere.
Bernard —I can't prepare my defence, then.
Mr. Sleigh—My client has made a statement which he
wished me to make—an application for production of Orsini.
Stich an application I know you have not power to grant,
and I cannot imagine the Government of France would agree
to such a production, if made by the English Government.
I trust on next application for bail your worship will n)t
think me importunate according to the progress the case
has made. Bernard is most likely, if the application is
not granted, to be imprisoned for some time. r
Mr. Jardine.—l don't say there has been any delay on
the part of any person, but two or three hours a day is
hardly sufficient time to go on with a case like the present.
Why not devote a whole day. I am perfectly ready to
assent to such a course.
After a few observations between the learned gentlemen
concerned in the case, it was decided that the examination
should be proceeded with on Thursday next at two o'closk.

TKE CHARGE AGAINST MR. ISAAC,

BUTT, M.P.

I'AELIAAIENTART COMILITTEL

[The following app.ar®d ill oar late •di.tioa •f lasi
evening :—]

The Committee re-assembled this morning at 12 o'clock.
Sir J. Graham in the chair.

Mr. Roebuck etated that as Mrs. Parr's husband died
last night she was unable to attend the committee, and
she' left her honour and her character in the hands of
the chairman.

Sir J. Graham read the following letter from Mr.
Edwin James :

" Brookes's Club, Monday, March 14
" Madam,—My name having been mentioned in the
course of the i'aquiry now pending in the petition against
Mr. Butt, with reference to a very serious charge against
yourself, viz , that of your having been a party to an at-
tempt to extort money, under threat of publishing a defs-
rnatczy libel upon myself and others. I think it due to you
to state that, upon an investigation into the circumstances
referred to, I Lave reason to be convinced that no imputa-
tion of any kind should rest upon you with reference to
this transaction, and that the explanation given by you to
the committee is correct, which explanation has removed
the impression I entertained when I mentioned the subject
to the advisers of dlr. Batt, and authorised them to ask
the questions which were put to you. I was prepared to
give this explanation verbally to the committee, but this
letter may perhaps suffice.—l am, Madam, your obedient
servant,
(Signed) " EDWIN JAMES.
"To Mrs. Parr, 17, Old Bond-street."

The Chairman asked Mr. Butt if he had found Mr.
Roebuck's second letter to him relative to the presenta-
tion of the petition. Mr. Butt's answers bad been put
in and published, and it was only right and fair that
Mr. Roebuck's letters should also be produced.
Mr. Butt said he was sorry to say he could not find it.
He recollected its purport. It was that Mr. Roebuck
wished to act in a fair and honourable manner towards
him in bringing forward this charge.
Mr. Butt having corrected some slight errors that had
crept into the minutes of evidence, was cross-examined by
Mr. Roebuck. He said he definitively concluded (accord-
ing to the best of his recollection) with the Ameer to go to
India after the 21th July, 1857. He determined early
in August to test the sincerity of the Ameer by asking
him for 5001. ; and the cheque for 300/. bore date the 11th
August; this was all the money he ever had from the Ameer
before the 2,0001. He had received money from Mr.
Coffey, but on matters entirely private, and had
nothing to do with the Ameer. When he received only
3001. he was not satisfied, and he wanted to enter into an
agreement with the Ameer personally, but Mr. Edward
Coffey objected. The Ameer, before leaving for
India, wanted a dispatch reinstating him in his
lands. He told him ho could not have it, but that
ho might rely on one being sent to India, and
arrive! there as soon as the Ameer. He never promised
the Ameer that he should see a copy of the despatch before
leaving England, nor said anything that could have led to
such a belief. A. few days after. the Arceer received a
reply from the Board of Directors before leaving this coun-
try. He was unable to say why he delayed leaving. He
believed much misapprehension existed between him and
the Ameer owing to misrepresentations arising from trans-
lating the conversations. The first arrangement with the
Ameer was that he should have 5,000/. on starting,
and 6,000/. on landing in Bombay. Afterwards
it was changed, and he was to be paid 3,0001,
in cash and 7,009/. lby bills, payable at Bom-
bay. At one time it was suggested that tha bills
should be accepted by the Mercantile Bank of India in
Broad-street, but it was afterwards abandoned ; he gathered
from Sir H. Seymour at Vienna that he had neverseen Mr.
Coffey, and the result of his information was from hear-
say statements ; he could not say it the Ameer expected
he would now go out to India, but he believed the Ameer
was under the impression he could call upon him
to go out. If ho did not go he should not raise the
question of forfeiture of the money. If ho did not
go oat he should return the money, but if it was
not for the interest of the Ameer he should go to India
be should not return the money. When ho was at
Trieste the Ameer made him a larger offer, but he declined
to accept it, from the Ameer being entirely under his
power. When he mentioned to the Ameer he was to have
10.0001. he thought ho saw an expression of surprise in the
Aineer's features that led him to believe the arrangements
had not been correctly represented. to the Ameer. Ho do.

clined to have further negotiations with the Ameer until he
was in the hands of agents upon whom he could rely. He
was never to receive any money, except for his services in
Bombay. There might have been this contingency, that,
if the answer of the Board of Control had been positively
unfavourable, there might have been no engagement be-
tween him and the Ameer.
By Sir J. Graham—He had an express stipulation with
Mr. Vernon Smith that nothing he ever said should be
used against the ink rests of Ali Moored, and he also stipu-
lated to Mr. Mangles that nothing he might say should be
brought under the Court of Directors. His communica-
tions with Mr. Vernon Smith were to him as President of
the Board of Control, and they were marked private.
Sir J. Graham—Your correspondence with the Board of
Directors and the President of the Board of Control are
not recorded. Are not these facts consistent with the
agreement as to secrecy ?
Witness—No ; my communications to Mr. Vernon
Smith were addressed to him private, and I should have
been much surprised to have found any of them on record
at the Board of Control. It was understood that in the
new Parliament Sir F. Kelly should conduct the proceed-
ings and give the notices. There was an arrangement that
Sir F. Kelly should make the motion, and he (Mr. Butt)
make a speech urging the claims of Ali Moored. Mr.
Rolt, a member of the house, urged him strongly to
speak, but it was after that that negotiations were opened
with the Board of Control. Mr. Coffey, on behalf of
the Ameer, said the whole question should be placed in
his hands, but he said he would not agree to it, as all he
wanted was that nothing should be done without his
knowledge. Coffey was very distinct in saying that the
Ameer was entirely in his hands; and when it was
suggested to him to open negotiations with the Board of
Control, it was hinted that he might again have the parlia-
mentary control of the question, but the responsibility was
never assumed. He never told Sir J. W. Hogg that he
would bring the question before Parliament during the
session of 1857, without some concession were made to Ali
Moorad. (This part of the evidence of Sir J. W. Hogg was
read.) He did not say Sir J. W. Hogg had falsely misre-
presented the conversations between them, but he had cer-
tainly entirely misrepresented it. He might have told Sir
J. W. Hogg that the Ameer had been a; ill-used man, and
that the directors would be great fools to allow the question
to be raised in Parliament.

Sir J. Graham—Why?
Mr. Butt—Beaawie news of the Indian revolt arrived.
Sir J. Graham—ls it not the character of diplomacy to
say one thing and mean another ?
Mr. Butt—l don't know that it is. What I said I
meant.

Sir J. Graham—Sir J. Hogg and you urged him to
expedite the business, in order that you might not lose the
session.

Mr. Butt said that those answers had been put into his
mouth. If he had been left to himself he would never have
given such answers.

Sir J. Graham having adverted to some of the questions
which drew forth the replies of Sir J. W. Hogg, said that
many of them were not leading questions, but were per-
fectly fair.

Mr. Butt then said ho wished to retract the insinuation
he had thrown out against Mr. Roebuck.
By Sir J. Graham—He had stipulated with Mr. Vernon
Smith that his conversations with him should be private
and confidential, although the visits to the Board of Con-
trol were of au official character. He had assured Mr. V.
Smith that if the conversations were in any w y divulged,
the memorial of Ali Moored would never be presented.
Th was entirely with a view of protecting the interests of
Ali Moored. He kept Mr. V. Smith's letters to him private,
with the exception of one letter—that which Mrs. Parr said
she saw. Mr. Smith said he was at liberty to give the
general purport of the communications, but that the details
of the communications must be kept secret. It was true
that Mr. Smith's letters to him wore now on their way
to India, but none of those letters were of the slightest im-
portance. He would not say that if he searched through his
papers in Dublin, which belied not an opportunity of doing,
some of these letters might be found. Whatever might be
the n•eture of those letters they were not immediately
available for the use of the committee. On the 12th Aug.,
1837, he banked with Mr. lorries, west-end banker, but
on the 24th of that month F e opened an account with
Messrs. Glyn,' who were the bankers to the railway com-
pany of which he was chairman.
Sir J. Graham—Mr. Coffey has stated in his evidence
that it was in July, 1856, and not as you say in August,
that the first offer of 5,00 K was made to you to advocate
thoAmeer's claims in Parliament. Do you deny that ?

Mr. Butt—Most positively. No such Offer wail made to
me directly or indirectly. No words were used which in
any way could be tortured into such an offer. Nothing
was said to me until 1457, when I said that by going to
India I might lose my profession, and probably my eeat in
Parliament.

Sir J. Graham—You deny that the offer was made to
you is 1856 ?

MAII.CII 3, 1858

Mr. Butt—l am not on my oath. I wish I was. But I
state—So help me God it is untrue.
Sir James Graham -Mr. Coffey has stated that in July,
1856, he said to you on tha authority of the Ameer, that
if you succeeded in gaining hire the reiteration of his 1
he would give you 5,0001., and that you said you would be
satisfied. Is that true ?

Mr. Butt—lt is positively untrue.
By Sergeant Kinglake—Until the proposal was mile to
him to go to India he had no money atr.ingemeut with
Mr. Coffey or any other persons relative to the Atnee,'s
claims. It was about the 31st of June th►t the pro-
posal was first made to go to India, Mr. Coffey spoke
to him about it in the ab+ence of the Ameer. The
Atneer had spoken to him about going out as his agent,
whereupon he laughed. When Mr. Coffey spoke of it
witness told him he could not afford to go as lie had
something to do at home. Mr. C .ffey said, " Oh, he
means to givo you 10,0V1." On the following day the
Ameer came to him, and Mr. Coffey interpreted what he
said, which was to the effect that the kneeer VMS deter-
mined not to go to India without Mr. Butt ender existing
circumstances, andthat ho was willing to give him 10.00 11.
That was the first time that ho treated it as a serious
matter.

Mr. Sergeant Kinglake read portions of Mr. Coffey's
evidence bearing upon these points, to which Mr. Butt
replied that there was not a word of truth in it.
Sir J. Graham—Did you state to Mr. Dangles that if
the Court of Directors did not mate the concession which
you proposed on the part of Ali Moorad, it would be your
duty to bring the matter before Parliament !
Mr. Butt—Unquestionably not in any conversation.
Sir J. Graham—What was the object of your communi-
cation ?

Mr. Butt—To obtain a speedy answer.
Sir J. Graham—Mr. Mangles stated that what he un-
derstood you to say was, that if the Court of Directors did
not make the concession you demanded on the part of Ali
Moorad, it would be your duty to bring the matter before
Parliament. Is the fact correctly stated by Nr. Mangles ?
Mr. Butt—l told Mr. Mangles that unless the case was
arranged it would be brought before Parliament. I made
that statement on the authority of Mi. Vernon Smith. I
am almost sertain that I never said I should bring the
matter before Parliament myself.
Sir J. Graham—Had you the control of the Parliamen-
tary proceedings at that time?
Mr. Butt—l might have assumed them at any time I

By Mr. Bright—An appeal to Parliament was contem-
plated throughout the proceedings in the event of other
means failing. Ho suggested that the matter should be
brought before Parliament directly he heard of the case.
From the beginning he thought the appeal to Parliament
was the only plan to be adopted, and any other course
would only be a waste of time. It was upon that
point mainly that he (witness) differed from the other
advisers of the Ameer. There was no other tri-
bunal that he know of than Parliament after appeals to
Cannon-row and Leadenhall-street ha i failed. Neither
Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Mangles, Sir J. Hogg, nor any other
pirson ever complained that he had put a pressure upon
them in reference to the Ameer's claims, which he had no
right to put. Menacing such persons would be the moat
certain way of securing failure.
Mr. George Hastings Otway, Q.C., said that he knew
Mr. Butt. After Trinity Term, 1857, he ha I some con-
versation with him about going to India. Mr. Batt told
Lim of some In,lian prince who had come to Englmd to
obtain a restitution of his territory, and that he was
anxious that some person of character should go with him.
Ho told him that he was to have 10,000/. ; and he advised
Lim to go. Mr. Butt also spoke to Dr. Stokes ou the sub-
ject,

Mr. David Boys, a member of the Irish bar, said that
towards the latter end of one he had a conversation with
Mr. Butt, at his house in Dunlin. Mr. Butt told them all
who wore assembled there, that he had an offer to go to
India with a native Prince, to advocate his cl-Litus there,
and that he was to have 10,0001. Mr. Butt coesulte Dr.
Stokes on the subject.
Captain Keys, an officer in the Indian army, said he
remembered a conver-ation between Ali Mo.,r el awl M...
Butt in the first week of July, 1847. Mr. Butt told him
to ask the Ameer whether he had sent a message that Mr.
Coffey had been cheating him. The Ameer said, no. Mr.
Butt then asked him whether it had been repr ,sented to
him that money had been spent on his behalf for the
purpose of securing Parliarnenrary if.fluence, and the
Ameer said it had not. Mr. Putt then told birn that
if any one made such representations to him they
would be false, and if money was so spent it would ruin
his cause, and that if it was done Mr. Butt would have
nothing to do with him. The Ameer replied that he was
not so deficient in sense as to believe such tales as that.
Mr. Butt then caused the Ameer to be asked whether Mr.
Coffey still retained his confidence, when the Ameer said
he did.

By Mr. Bouverie—Nothing was said by the Ameerabout
any payment to Mr. Butt.
Mr. James Coffey was called and examined by the
chairman—He and his two brothers, with Mr. Butt,
were engaged in the Amuer's case. He never hAd any
conversation with either of his brothers in reference to
remuneration to be given to Mr. Butt for his services
on behalf of the Ameer. He never heard that remunera-
tion was proposed to be given to him until within the
last fortnight. In July, 1857, Mr. Butt told him that
he had an offer to go to India with the Ameer,
and he concluded that it was a recent arrange-
ment. He told him that he was to have 10, 001., but
witness did not hear anything that induced him to
conclude that it was part payment for past ser-
vices. In none of his conversations with his brother
Edward was there any reference to payment for Mr.
Butt's past parliamentary services. The witness went
into a long explanation of a letter he had W ritten to
his brother Edward complaining of his conduct, and
showing that certain matters had been conceded from him
by Mr. Butt, a knowledge of which induced him to change
his opinion, m. and to exonerate his brother fro blame.
Mr. Butt was recalled, and was examined by Mr. Ser-
geant Deasy, in reference to the pecuniary charges against
Mr. Edward Coffey, made in the evidence of previous days.
He said he had not a very accurate recollection of .what he
said at the Board of Control. but he was tanner the impres-
sion that he said he had been to the Board of Control, and
mentioned that he had received those sums which Ali
Akhbar had said had been appropriated by Mr. Edward
Coffey. That explanation he had given to Mr. David
Coffey.

The Chairman inquired whether there was any more
evidence, and Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Deasy both said they
had nothing more to produce. Both gentlemen, after con-
sultation, waived their right to address the corn ittee.
Sir J. Graham then announced that the inquiry had
closed, and that the committee would meet to-morrow
(this day) at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of drawing up their
report, but that the public would not be admitted.
The committee then adjourned at half-past five o'clock,
until this day at noon.

From the London Gazette of Last Ni.;ht

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 23.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George John
Earl De la Warr to be Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's
Household,-in the room of John Marquess of Breadalbane,
R.T., resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Orlando George Charles Bridgman, commonly called Vis-
count Newport, to be Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's
Household, in the room of the Right Hon. Ernest Augus-
tus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, commonly called Lord Ernest
Bruce, resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint, to be Lords in
Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty
James Walter, Earl of Veralam, in the room of James,
Earl of Caithness, resigned.
George Augustus Frederick Charles, Earl of Sheffield, in
the room of Thomas, Lord Carney', resigned.
William Henry, Viscount Strathallan, in the room of
George, Lord Rivers, resigned.
Henry Francis, Lord Pol worth, in the room of Henry
Manners, Lord Waterpark, resigned.
Edward, Lord Crofton, in the room of George, Lord do
Tabley, resigned.
William Bateman, Lord Bateman, in the room of Frede-
rick Temple, Lord Dufferin and Claneboye, resigned.
Richard Henry Fitz Roy, Lord Raglan, in the ro -in of
Richard, Lord Cremorna, reAigned,_

,
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, FEB. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Mo-t
Honorable, Marquess of Exeter, K.G., to be Lord Steward
of her Majesty':, ' Household, in the room of the Right
Honourable Edward Granville, Earl of St. German's,
G.C.8., resigned.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right
Honourable Claude Hamilton (commonly called Lord
Claude Hamilton) to be Treasurer of her Majesty's House-
hold, in the room of the Right Hon. George Augustus
Constantine Phipps (commonly called the Earl of Mul-
grave), resigned.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. George-Cecil- Weld Forester to be Comptroller of
her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Hon.
Valentine-Augustus Browne (commonly called Viscount
Castlerosse), resigned.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 27.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to direct letters
patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the
dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tsin and Ireland, unto the Right Hon. Sir Frederic
Thesiger, Knt., Chancellor of that part of the said United
Kingdom sailed Great Britain, and to the heirs male of his
body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of
Baron Chelmsford, of Chelmsford, in the county of Essex.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to
be passed under the Great Seal,
granting diect ltehtete
dignity
patent
ignity to
of
.f
Great Britain and
Baronet of the United Kingdom )
Ireland unto the Right Hon. Win.
Barks, and to the heirs
South-hill Park, in the county of Goodenough Hayter, of
MARCH 1.
male of his bodywlanwifruEllyribAeLgoLt,ten.
orgrde Charles
be passed under the Great
4eoffrey, Earl of Derby • the
The Queen has beenls pleased to
co
ndsitrietcuttilnegttearnsdpateat appoint-
ingt the Right Hon. Ed
ey
cnarlyl e George
o;nl
Gordon Lennox, Esq.
Gordon Lennox) ; Thomas Ed ward Taylor,
Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli
Treasurer. of the
Esq.; e
and Charles
Henry Whitmore, Esq , to be Commissioners
Exchequer of
B itain Hih Treasurer of lieland.
Groat r ,
for executing the offices of
WHITEHALL, MARCH 1.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting to the Right
Honourable Benjamin Disraeli the Offices of Chancellor
and Under Treasurer of her Majesty's Exchequee.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 1.
The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of her
Majesty's Advocate for Scotland to Johu Inglis, Esq.,
Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.
At the Court bat Buckingham Palace, February 26.--Her
Majebty having een graciously pleased to deliver the
custody of the Seals of the Duchy and County Palatine or
Lancaster to the Most Noble James, Duke of Montrose,
the Oath of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan&-ter was thi,
day, by her Majesty's command, administered to hitil ac-
cordiugly.
MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE FEB. •)6.
The Queen has been gr eiously please aPi
Right Hon. John William, H tat S h, •
of her Majesty's Buck Hounds,ai in the room of the Rise,
Hon. John Geo. Brabazon, Earl
of Bessborough, resigned.
The Queen has been
graciously pleased to appoint the
Right Honourable Charles John, Lord Colville of Cult oss,
to be Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to her Majesty, in
the room of Lord Alfred Paget, resigned.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Col.
the Honourable Alexander Nelson Hood, Scots Fusilier
Guards, to be Equerry in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the
room of Major-General Buckley, resigned..

CRO WN-OFFIcE, MARea 1.
BETUBII2D TO SkRVIt IN THE ,PRESENT
lABLIAidEXT.

County of Wicklow—no Hon. CfranYilloLoyiliOn Proby.

in the room of Wm. Thom-,s Spencer Fitzwilliam, corn,.
trionly ctilla.i Vi,eoant Milton, now Earl Fitzwilliam,
t,umithai d t<< the lions, of Peet,.
WA.I!,-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 2.
sth Light Dragoons---To be Gap din., without purchase—.
Captain and Brevet-Major G. E. Hillier, from half-pay
80i,h Foot; Capt. W. H. Slade, from 7th Light Dragoons;
C.-,ntain. Henry Tiwson, from half pAy t;tti Dragoons
Captain W. G. D. Maseiy, from- the Military Train;
Lieuvnint A. E. M`Gregor, fr,pin 14th Light Dragoons;
Lie,,tenaat A. Gatuinell, fro u 12 h Light Dragoons;
Lieutenant Dynon, from 16th Light Dragoons.
1 tb Light Dra;oooe--To be Captain 4, without purchase—
Captain Hen-y Brett, from 6th Dragoon Guards ; Cap-
tain A. J. Loftus, from 2d Dragoon Guards ; Captain
W. W. Arbuthnot, from 63d Foot ; Captain J. T.
Ling, from 91st Foot ; Lieutenant H. Scott, from 9th
Light Dragoons ; Lieutenant E. Stacey, from 10th Light
Dragoons.
Royal ArAlerv—Lient. James Lyons to be Second Cap-
tain, vice /E. Clarke, deceased ; Second Captain Alex,
John MacDougall to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieute-
nant-Colonel Hawley, placed on the Supernumerary
List ; Lieutenant Charles Ed ward Torriano to be Second
Captain, vice MacDougall; Lieutenant John Tatton B.
Brown to be Second Captain, vice Mainwaring, placed on
the Supernumerary List ; Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class Howell Walters Voss to be Surgeon, vice Masai*
deceased ; John Ferris, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary
Surgeon.
Royal Engineers—Staff-Sergeant and Bugle-Major David
Youle to be Quartermaster, vice Jones, retired on half
pay-

BREVET.
Lieut.-Colonel William Ihnailton Elliot, of the Royal
Artillery, having completed three years' service in his
present rank to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal
Warrant of 2d November, 1854.
Quartermaster Jenkin Jones upon half-pay of the Royal
Engineers, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under
the Royal Warrant of December, 1.455.

ADMIRALTY, MARCit 1.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue William Walpole bas been
appointed t,, receive a pension of 150/. a-pear, as provided
by her Majesty'cOrder in Council of June 25, 1851, vacant
by the death of Vice-Admiral the Hon. George Alfred
Crofton ; and the name of Vico-Admiral William Walpole
has been removed to the Reserved List accordingly ; and
in consequence of this removal, the following promotions,
to date from Feb. 24, 1858, have this day taken place :
Rear-Admiral of the Red4the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders
Dan las, K.C. to be Vice Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Sir Stephen Lushington,
K.C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue John McDougall to be Rear-
Admiral of the White.
Cwtain the Hon. Plantagent Pierrepoint Carey ;
Captain Robert Craigie ;
Captain John Bunch Bonnemaison M`Hardy ;
To be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved List.
Captain G,orge Elliott to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 25.
Corps of Royal Marines - First Lieutenant John Maitland
Lennox to be Adjutant, vice Connolly, promoted.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Royal North Gloucestershire Regiment of Militia—
Thomas Stevenson, Esq., to be Paymaster.
COMMIS-
-lONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Ltnnster— William Allen Francis Saunders,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieu _errant ; Frederick Earnshaw Mar-
shall, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; James Dugdale,
Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Edward James
Psysnaore, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brice, resigned.
90th Regiment of Militia or Ilighllnd Borderers Light.
Infantry —J hn Cranfurd Tait to be Captain.
Royal Ayrshire Rides --Lord Colville, of Culross, to be
Captain, vice Henry Montgomery Cunninghatne, resigned.
Cardiganshire—John Walters Philipps, Esq., to be
D .puty.Liety ena.nt ; Thomas Owen Morgan, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lienteriatit.

Majesty has been graciouslyipleased
t 11,1.1 pt, Ore of'hN R 7KI Ab 3r', eenshire;Regi went of Militia,
being designated "Tile Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders."

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
John Broal bent, umbrella manuf.cturer, Manchester.

BANK ti.UPTS.
George Watkins Watts, wholesale chaesernonger, Red
Lion-place, Giltspur-street, City, to surrender March 12,
at twelve, and April 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bank.
ruptcy.
William 17ppindall, license I victualler, Bow, March 11,
at half-past eleven, and April 16, at twelve, at the Court
of Bank, uptcy.
Richard Rowland, innkeeper, Chertsey, Surrey, March
1 and April 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
George Pension and Sarah Pension, ironmongers, Pen-
ton-row, Wal worth-road, March 12, at half-past one and
Aptil23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ,
Julius Homan, wholesale clothier, Russia-row, Cheap.
side, March 11, at eleven, and April 16, at half-past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Sherratt, flour factor, White Horse-street, Step-
ney, March 11, at two, and April 15, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Barnes, milkman, Mountnessing, Essex, March
15, at one, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bank'
ruptcy.
Miehael Collier, yarn manufacturer, Witney, Oxford'
shire, March 16 and April 13, at two, at the Court of Beni'
ruptey.
John Allen, corn factor, Oldbury, Worcestershire,
M rch 13 and April 8. at half-past eleven, at the Binning"
ham District Court.
James Wregg, glass bottle manufacturer, Barnsley!
Yorkshire, March' at half-past one, and April 19. at
twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
M 13
an a
Sa
April
G24i ,atc ut
et lne,r ya
tm
tahneu f ceteudrss rDistrict
eod t
Henry Jones, brassfounder, Sheffield, March 13 and
April 24, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Slhein..l.l-
f3tepheu Legg, shipwright, Liverpool, March 13 and
April 8, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cvliu M'Calman, ship chandler, Liverpool, March 19
Mar. r cshh
awl April 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
John Lorimer, grocer, Rochdale, March 19 and April 16 Ci-
-1 - •
at the Manchester District Court.
Sampson Shelley, power loom cloth manufacturer, Man.
chester, March 13 at one, and April 13, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court. 1;
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Williamw Freckleton, hat anti cap manufacturer, Wail- -
go.
James Sloss, manufacturer of spades, &c., Newt"'
upon-Ayr.
Robert Perth.
Foerrd,. manager of the Perth New Gas Light
Company,
William Watson, ship builder, Port-Glasgow.
Wilburn Neilson. builder, Glasgow.
William Allen, farmer, Nether Downies, Inverkeithney,
Banffshire.