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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1858.

ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD LANDED INVESTMENT.
FOR SALE, by Private Treaty, to pay 4 per
Cent., TWO GOOD FARMS, on the Southern Borde,s of
No folk, let on leases, which will expire at Michaelmas 1851, to
steady and punctual Tenants, at rents amounting together to
529/. 10s.

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was in the shape of a pear. It unscrewed in the middle.
I observed another hole at the top; at the bottom there
were smaller ones. I saw M. Bernard in the cafe, when
he said he had asked Mr. Georgi to put it away, as it was
a new invention ; and I said I don't see how it is to econo-
mise the consumption of gas ; And he said it is a new in-
vention. I recollect Cassimer being sent to Paris with a
horse. He left on Friday and returned on Sunday morn.
ing. I did not see him take anything with him.
Mr. Sleigh —Were you arrested in Brussels like M.
Georgi?
Witness—l was threatened with arrest.
Mr. Sleigh—Who threatened you with arrest at
Brussels ?
Witness—The Judge of Instruction.
Mr. Sleigh—Did he insist on your coming to England
to give evidenee ?
Witnosa—No.
Mr. Sleigh—Who did then ?
Witness--A gentleman from the English Embassy.
Mr. Sleigh—You did not comehero at your own expense?
Witness—No.
Jullien Fournarier.—l am 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 large 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. Thera 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.
Mr. Sleigh—How large were the holes?
witness—About the size of a quill.
Mr. Sleigh —The ball was smooth all round ?
Witness —Yes.
Mr. Sleigh—You could see the light through the holes
Witness—l don't know. I did not try.
M. Georgi recalled, and in answer to Mr. Sleigh agreed
with, the last_ witness with respect to the size of the
holes.. kie did not hold the balls up to the light, so he was
unable-to ea" whether the light could -bo -seen through
Mho.
Cassimer Zeighers.—l was a waiter at 'the' Café Suisse,
in Brussels, in December last. I engaged in December last
to take a horse from Brussels to Paris. Ido not recol-
lect the date—it was at the beginning of December. I was
employed to take the horse by a gentleman, who said he
was an Englishman, through the medium of my master.
I saw the gentleman in Paris. We started together from
Brussels. I carried some objects made in iron which M.
Georgi gave me. I cannot say 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 cell to the
railway station, and I was accompanied by the &relish-
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 did. 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 wi,h the balls.
The train arrived in Paris between five and six o'clock in
the morning. Tho bag, on the arrival of the
train, was opened by the Custom-house officers
who looked at them and allowed them to pass. Orsini
went to the Hotel Lille et Albion. He went in a carriage
and I followed him with the horse. On arriving at the
hotel I found Orsini there ; I took out the contents of the
carpet bag and placed it in the passage and told the waiter
the things belonged to that gentleman. I afterwards went
to eee my sister, and returned to the hotel. I did not see
Orsini there, but I saw him in the course of the evening.
He paid me my fare beak, and the 20 francs for my trouble.
I returned to Brussels on the Sunday folldwing. I arrived
here about 12 o'clock, and at the Cafe Suisse I saw M.
Bernard; I told him that the horse had arrived safe.
He said "he knew it." I have not been to Paris.
Mr. Sleigh—Were you arrested when M. Georgi was ?
Witness—Yes.
The further hearing of the case was then postponed until
Thursday next, at two o'clock.
Mr. Sleigh to Mr. Bodkin—l suppose the case will not
finish on that day ?
Mr. Bodkin--Oh ! quite impossible.
Mr. Sleigh, adlressing 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. Jardine—lclou't think the time has yet arrived for
such an application.
Bernard—l have to ask you, sir, amost important favour.
I ask you, sir, to ask for Orsini to come here, to this land
of freedom, and speak all ho knows. He can completely
prove me guiltless of the charge that is made against me.
Let Orsini DO sent for, and then, in this free land, 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
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the papers every morning.
Mr. Sleigh—l have been in communication with the
Chairman of the Middlesex Magistrates, and they have
r lased to allow, in favour of this gentleman, the slightest
relaxation of the prison rules. 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 on application for production of Orsini.
Such an application I know you have not power to make,
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 not
think 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.
Mr. Jardine.—l don't say there has ben 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'clock.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

The Farms, which contain respectively 193 and 166 acres, have the
advantage of good Navigable and Railway Communications.
Applications from principals and their solicitors, may be made to
Messrs. T. and G. Archer, solicitors, Ely.
Ely, February 16th, 1858.

LIVERPOOL R&CES.—(This Day.)

(EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

TRIAL STAKES.

Two ran, Won by halfa bead.
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.

THE CHARGE AGAINST MR. ISAAC
BUTT, M.P.

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.-THIS DAY.

The committee for investigating the charzes in the
petition of Mr. Coffey against Mr. Isaac Butt re-assem•
bled this morning at 12 o'clock in No. 18, Committee-
room. The room was densely crowded.
Mr. Roebuck stated that as Mrs. Parr's husband died
last night she was unab!o to attend the committee, and
she left her honour and her character in the bands of
the chairman.

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

" Brookes's Club, Monday, March 1.1
" Maclam,—My name having been mentioned i❑ the
course of the inquiry 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 defa-
matory libel upon myself and others, I think it due to you
to state that, upon an inrostigation into the circumstances
referred to, I have 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 Slr. Butt, 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.—•T em, 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 ho 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 2lth July, 1857. He determined early
in August to test the sincerity of the Ameer by asking
him for 500/. ; and the cheque for 300/. bore date the 11th
August; this was all the money he ever had from the Ameer
before the 2,000/. He had received money from Mr.
Coffey, but on matters entirely private, and had
nothing to do with the Ameer. When he received only
300/. he was not satisfied, and ho 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
land!. Ho told him he could not have it, but that
he might rely on one being sent to India, and
arrive! there as soon as the Ameer. He never promised
the Ameer that ho 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 Arneer 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 5,000/. on landing in Bombay. After wards
it was changed, and he was to be paid 3,(001.
in cash and 7,000/. [by bills, payable at Bom-
bay. At one time it was suggested that the 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 ho had neverseen Mr.
Coffey, and the result of his information was from hear-
say statements ; he could not say if 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 he did not go he should not raise the
question of forfeiture of the money. If he did not
go out he should return the money, but if it was
not for the interest of the Ameer he should go to India
he should nob return the money. When he was at
Trieste the Ameer made him a larger offer, but he
hisdeclined
to accept it, from the Ameer being entirely under
power. When he mentioned to the Ameer he was to have
10,0001. he thought he saw an expression of surprise in the
Ameer's features that led him to believet the arrangements
had not been correctly represented to the Ameer. He de-
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 Cotrol had positively
unfavourable, there might have been no engagement be-
tween him aud the Ameer.
Sir J. Graham—He hid an express stipulation with
Mr. Vernon Smith that nothing ho eves amid ehuul.l
used against the interests of Ali Moored, and he also stipu-
lated to Mr. Mangles that nothing he might say should be
brought under the Court of Directors, Hifi commugica.

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