The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1867

similar instances of temporary elevation ; but no-
thing teaches people so much as experience. One
thing that is strange at any rate is the delusion that
prevails in many places concerning the invincibility
of the Germans. It is really quite ridiculous to
be always talking as if they must be permitted to
do just what they please because we cannot help
their doing so, and if we or any other nation oppose
them we must be worsted in the encounter. Ac-
cording to this argument, if the Berlin Government
deem it advisable to secure a portion of French
territory, or to appropriate a section of the British
belongings, there will be nothing for it but
to bow to the will of the magnate of Prussia. It
is time that we should look to things as they are,
and remember that numbers do not constitute
strength; the Fi ench will not so deceive themselves
at any rate, and before long we shall not be sur-
prised to see them exposing the fallacy of this notion
of German immobility in a very practical manner.
There can be little or nothing to inspire valour in
the armies of Germany, when there is no real coun-
try to fight for, and the only object of the war will
be in reality to secure the supremacy of Prussia—
no great inducement at any time.

The American news received by the cable and by
the mails is not altogether satisfactory. The
wonder-working cable brings us a message from
New York, dated yesterday evening, to the effect
that the House of Representatives has passed a re-
solution declaring that they regard with solicitude the
proposed Canadian Confederation. To prove still
further the motive of this courteous proceeding,
the same resolution expresses the national sympathy
for Ireland. This in one sense neutralises the first
part of the resolution, since it shows it to be
the work of those extreme and violent
men whose proceedings cannot be accepted
as typical of the feelings of the nation ;
still we learn from it how little dependence
can be placed on the good sense or moderation of
the American Legislature. The Fenians, perhaps
encouraged by this sympathy, or stimulated by
exaggerated accounts of the disturbances in Ireland,
have been showing renewed activity, holding mass
meetings throughout the country, and organising,
it is said, an attack upon Canada, though that iis
uncertain. ROBERTS has come to life again, and has
been haranguing a meeting at Chicago.
In American affairs themselves there is little change
The House of Representatives has voted half a
million dollars for carrying out the Reconstruction
Act, which has been protested against in several
quarters. The Senate has exercised its newly-
acquired power by rejecting the appointment of the
Minister to Vienna. We are glad to find that the
Democratic party has gained largely in the late
elections in New Hampshire, a token, we may hope,
of a change for the better in public feeling.

father-in-law, M. Eckhardt continued the business
with the same prosperity and activity, but having
prosecuted a clerk for embezzlement, when the
latter came out of prison, in revenge he threw
some nitric acid in his face. This made M. Eck-
hardt covetous and untrustful. He went to live by
himself in a small lodging, which he occupied for 32
years. He kept his money locked up in two iron
chests under his bed, and the keys were tied to his
body. Eckhardt had not been out for 11 years, and
it is said that he had spent about two francs a day.

Another miserable miser died last week in Paris.
He has left a very large fortune to his sister. He
lived upon the charity bestowed by the Bureau of
Beneficence, and went regularly to beg the morsels
of bread thrown upon the floor from the beds at
the hospital, which were intended for pigs.
The most eminent architect of France, M. Hit-
torff, architect to the Government and the city of
Paris for many years, died on Monday. The most
remarkable productions were the church of St.
Vincent de Paul and the circus in the Champs
Elys6es. In 1852 he superintended the decoration
of the Place de la Concorde, and had the direction
of the works in the Bois de Boulogne. He also
designed the improvements at the Arc de Triomphe
de I'Etoile in the Champs Elysees. Various splen-
did decorations of edifices were executed under his
direction. M. Hittorff was a member of the Aca-
demy of Fine Arts, and an officer of the Legion of
Honour.

The cattle plague has broken out at another point
of Belgium, Nuland, in Northern Brabant ; 23
oxen have been slaughtered. The disease is sup-
posed to have been communicated by some linseed
cakes sent from Holland.
The committee of the Legislative Body, appointed
to consider the proposed gift of 400,000 f. to M. de
Lamartine, have proposed an amendment to the
Council of State with the view of changing the gift
to that amount into an annual rente of 25,000 f. or
£l,OOO sterling.
The Patric has the following remarks upon the
altered tone of Mr. Gladstone :—‘, Mr. Gladstone
has evidently been struck with the speech of Mr.
Potter, and has promised to give the most ener-
getic opposition to the Reform Bill. Instead of the
tranquil tone which he assumed before his colleagues
of the opposition, Mr. Gladstone declared to the
House of Commons that he should vote without
hesitation against any bill which did not contain
a clause favourable to lodgers. It is, therefore,
evident that under the influence of the speeches of
the deputation of workmen, he has returned to the
sentiments of opposition which he at first exhibited
at the private meeting of the members of the House
of Commons, and which he immediately changed
for more pacific views. Mr. Gladstone has, indeed,
made another step against the Reform Bill. Per-
haps it may be called an act of weakness. At all
events it affords a proof of the diversity of
character which has the disadvantage of revealing
evident passion excited by the working masses.
The friends of Mr.. Gladstone had the right to
expect better from hira—that is to say, that he
would direct the movement instead of following it."

The morning was lowering and cold, and there
was a little rain, but as the day advanced the wea-
ther became warm and agreeable, and there was
not much interruption of sunshine. The bulletin
of the observatory of Monday says on that day the
sky was cloudy or rainy in several parts of France
and Spain, and there was snow in the North of
Europe.

The new theatre Rossiui at Paesy has been opened,
and to-morrow night, Mid Lent, there is to be a
dress masked ball.

The Independance Belge, of Brussels, referring to
the speech of the Minister of Finance in the Cham-
ber of Representatives against universal suffrage,
says that the movement of equivocation has passed,
and that the cause of universal suffrage in Belgium
is lost.

There has been a grand diplomatic dinner at
Brussels, in honour of the approaching marriage
of the Counte de Flandre. Eighty persons were
present and, in addition to the royal family, there
were all the members of the Belgian ministry, and
all the ministers accredited to Brussels for foreign
courts. The Conn do Flandre was about to leave
Brussels for Paris, to be present at the Exhibition.

A man named Jeanjean, a railway clerk, has been
found guilty, with extenuating circumstances, of
stealing a bag from a Mr. Waroquet, containing
20,000 f. He took the bag from the carriage while
the prosecutor was asleep. The occurrence took
place on the 15th of January, 1859, on the railway
from Paris to Lyons. It was only lately that the
prisoner was arrested. He had spent all the money
and was in a state of great misery. The prisoner
confessed the crime, and-said he had no accomplices.
The Court of Assize of the Seine sentenced him to
three years' imprisonment.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, March 28.

At the sitting of the North German Parliament
to-day the debate upon the Federal Constitution
was continued.

Herr Ansfeld's motion, that the mover of an
amendment might still speak for five minutes after
the close of the debate upon the amendment, was
rejected by 128 to 125.
A treaty has been concluded between the adminis-
tration of the North Hessian Railway and the
directors of the Bergish-Markisch line. The latter
company undertakes to work the line, engaging to
substitute 5 per cent. Bergish-Markisch preference
shares for North Hessian shares.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, March 28.

In yesterday evening's sitting the Chamber of
Deputies elected Signori Pianelli, Restelli, and
Cavalli as vice-presidents.

ROME, March 27.

In a Consistory held to-day the Pope appointed
the Archbishops of Milan, Rheims, and Algiers to
their sees. 21 Bishops were also appointed, of
whom 4 were French, 1 Hungarian, and 16 Italian.

His Holiness delivered a short allocution to the
Cardinals.

HAMBURG, March 28.

The Hamburg Correspondent of to-day publishes
a semi-official communication from Berlin, which
says :—" In any arrangement effected between
France and Holland with regard to Luxembourg
the other European Powers will also be entitled to
a voice in the matter."

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, March 27.

General Sheridan has removed Mr. Herron from
the post of Attorney General of Louisiana, and has
also dismissed from their offices Major Monroe
and Judge Abell.
Their predecessors have been nominated.
The level of the Mississippi is giving way, and an
inundation of the lower valley is apprehended.
The Ginon Company's steamer Chicago arrived
here this morning. She was detained by ice in
lat. 45 N. long. 48 W.

PORTUGAL.
LISBON, March 27.

Popular tumults have taken place in Oporto on
account of the new taxes. Troops were ordered
out to restore order. The city is now tranquil.

FRANCE.

PARIS, March 28.

The Emperor has commissioned several naval
officers and hydrographers to preceed to various
points of the globe in order to determine a certain
numbgr of fundamental meridians, which will gerTo

to fix the geographical position of intermediate
places.
BOURSE, March 27.—The market closed as fol-

lows

4} per Cents 97 60
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 69 20
Do. end month 69 171
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Credit Fonder —
Do. end month 1475

Orleans

Bank Shares 3550
Italian Loan 54 05
Do. end month 54 20
Mexican Loan 22
Do. Bonds 152 50
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred -
VATS.

For Account.
, 917 50

Northern 1176 26
Lyons and Mediterranean 925
Southern

Western 5BO

Eastern
Sardinian

545 -

Austrian

410 -

Lombard
North of Spain

413 75

Saragosst -
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

110 -

85 -

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

SO UTHAMPTON, March 28.

The Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steamship
Euxine, with the heavy portion of the above mails,
has arrived here. She brings 34 passengers, £3,121
in specie, 72 bundles of ivory, and 90 packages of
sundries.

Across the bay and up Channel she experienced
westerly winds.

On the 20th inst. she spoke the steamer Syria,
and on the 24th the China.
GIBRALTAR, March 23.

The French frigate Fomone, from Vera Cruz,
with 600 men of the Ist batfalion of the Foreign
Legion arrived here on the 31st inst. These troops
are destined for Oran on the Morocco coast.

Her Majesty's ships Galatea, Skylark, and Red-
pole were in the harbour.
Exchange on London, 49i ; on Paris, 5.24 ;
Madrid, 1 dis. ; Cadiz, Seville, and Valencia, par.
Freights unchanged.
By the intermediate overland mail we have ad-
vices from Bombay to the 6th inst., and from Ma-
dras to Feb. 28.

The Bombay Gazette affords the following intelli-
gence beyond that contained in the telegraphic sum-
mary we published on Tuesday :
" Mr. Massey, it is expected, will bring forward
his budget on the sth prox. It is believed there is
a deficit of two millions sterling, which will of course
necessitate new taxation ; it is not, however, sup-
posed he will resort to the income tax.
"The National Bank of India has declared and
paid a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum
for the half-year ending December last.
" A meeting of the Bombay Legislative Council
was held on the 28th ult., when a bill to reduce the
amount of capital of the Bank of Bombay and the
shares therein was read three several times and
passed.

" The Agra Bank resumed business on the Ist
instant.
" It is understood that the limit of the extension
of the East Indian Railway towards Bombay has
been fixed at Johelie in Central India.

. " The Nizam has preferred a claim to a portion
of Mysore and the same time demanded that Berar
should be restored to him. The Viceroy has nega-
tived both proposals.
" The envoy from Bokhara, on leaving Calcutta,
was informed that he would receive from the lieu-
tenant governor, Punjab, the final orders and de-
termination of the British Government in respect
to his mission.

" Her Majesty's war frigate Octavia and the gun-
boats Vigilant and Penguin are still at Bombay.

" His Imperial Majesty's screw steam gunboat
La Diamant was in the Persian Gulf at Muscat a
few days ago."

THE JAMAICA PROSECUTIONS.

EXAMIN&TION OF EX-GOVERNOR EYRE.

Yesterday, in pursuance of the arrangement made
on Monday on the issue of the warrant by the
Shropshire magistrates for the apprehension of Mr.
Eyre on the charge of being accessory to the mur-
der of Mr. Gordon, the magistrates reassembled at
the Market Drayton police-court to proceed with
the examination of the accused. Mr. Eyre was
formally apprehended yesterday (Wednesday)
morning at his residence, Adderley-hall, by the
Chief Constable of Salop, Colonel Edgell, who ac-
companied his prisoner to Market Drayton. On
their arrival in court some persons applauded, on
which the chairman of the bench intimated that
any further interruption of this kind would be fol-
lowed by the ejection of the person making it. The
magistrates on the bench were Sir Baldwin Leigh-
ton, Colonel G. S. Hill, Major Broughton, Mr.
Egerton Harding, and Mr. J. 'rayleur.
Mr. Stephen (Midland Circuit) and Mr. J. Horne
Pain were counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. H.
Giffard, Q.C. (South Wales Circuit), and Mr. Po-
land for the defence. Mr. 11. A. Taylor, M.P. for
Leicester, who was named by Mr. Stephen on Mon-
day as joint prosecutor with Mr. J. Stuart Mill,
M.P., was present.

Sir B. Leighton, at the opening of the proceed-
ings, stated that one of the magistrates of the dis-
trict, Mr. Corbet, being Mr. Eyre's landlord, had
thought it best that he should not sit on the bench
during the inquiry.

It was arranged that the witnesses, with the ex-
ception of Mr. Ruundell, Secretary to the Jamaica
Commission, and two witnesses belonging to the
Colonial-office, should be out of court during the
inquiry. Mr. Giffard said that at present he had
no witnesses there.

The clerk to the magistrates then read the charge
as set forth in the warrant, of which the following
is an extract :

" Whereas Edward John Eyre, of the parish of
Adderley, in the county of Salop, Esq., hath this
day been charged upon oath before the undersigned,
four of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and
for the said county of Salop, for that he, on the 2d
day of October, 1865, being a subject of our Lady
the Queen, on land out of the United Kingdom, to
wit, at Morant Bay, in the Island of Jamaica, in
the West Indies, feloniously did aid, abet, counsel,
and procure certain persons unknown to do and
commit a certain felony by them then committed,
that is to say, to feloniously, wilfully, and of malice
aforethought, kill and murder one George William
Gordon," &c. The warrant is signed—" Baldwin
Leighton, Egerton Harding, George S. Hill, Peter
Broughton, jun."
Mr. Stephen then rose to address the bench, and
stated the course he intended to take. The charge
was one of being accessory before the fact in the
commission of murder, and he must first show that
the murder charged had been committed. It was
not necessary for him to prove that the accused was
guilty of the charge against him, but if he showed
that there were grave questions of law involved
which should be adjudicated upon, and that there
were also questions of fact which should go before a
jury—if he satisfied the bench of this, then he sub-
mitted that would be sufficient for the purpose of
the committal of the accused. The learned counsel
then proceeded to narrate the circumstances which
led to the charge in terms similar to those made use
of by him in his speech to the bench on Monday, as
reported in 2 he Sun of Tuesday. Having nar-
rated the facts of the court-martial, sentence of
death, and execution of Mr. Gordon, he contended
that the part taken by Mr. Eyro made him an aces-
sory before the fact, and he quoted 1 " Russell,"
57, in support of his argument. Then, passing on
to the question whether this was a murder or not,
he said that, although it was done with legal form,
it was one of two things--it was either justifiable
homicide or wilful murder. If they said it was not
wilful murder, they must say that it was justifiable
homicide, and in support of that proposition he
would appeal to the best legal authorities. On this
point he again quoted "Russell." 668. An irregu-
larly held court would not justify a sentence of
death, and he quoted Lord Coke as an authority on
this point, and cited the case of " Warden v.
Bailey," " 4 Taunton's Reports," p. 77, where
the question was whether an action would lie for
wrongfully holding a court-martial. He also re-
ferred to the memorable case of Governor Wall, re-

ported in vol. 28 of State Trials, pp. 51 to 178, where,
20 years after the wrongful execution of a person,
the party was tried and executed for the murder.
The learned counsel then proceeded to consider
whether this was a case of justifiable homicide or
not. He should show the Bench that Mr. Eyre
was the head and director of all that took place.
He was not a military man, but was acting as
Governor of the colony on his own responsibility,
and he was answerable for whatever was done under
his direction. But he should show that Mr. Eyre
personally directed what was done, and it was a
pleasure to him (Mr. Stephen) to say it (although
perhaps some persons might not believe him) that
from first to last throughout these transactions no
man could have avowed more emphatically than
Mr. Eyre did every act of his own, no man could
have stated more unreservedly the motives under
which he acted ; and, whatever else might be said
of Mr. Eyre, no one would doubt that he had acted
throughout as a brave—a very brave man. The
learned counsel then addressed himself to the
question whether the execution of Mr. Gordon was
justifiable homicide or not. If he showed, as he
believed he should be able to do, that this was not
justifiable homicide, the law said it was murder, for
between the two there was no medium. Then, as
to the justification of homicide, it might be justified
as an act of necessity, and for the preservation of
the peace, and as an act lawful in its execution, and
for the furtherance of justice. On one or other of
these two grounds the justification must be made
out. He maintained that under the circumstances
the homicide was not justifiable. The court-martial
was an irregular one. It was not composed of
officers of one branch of the service, but of two,
one being a lieutenant of the navy, and the others
officers of West Indian regiments. The trial took
place after an arrest that was avowedly illegal, and
on a charge which arose before the proclamation of
martial law under which he was tried. The learned
counsel was proceeding to point out to the Bench
what was necessary in order to warrant the magis-
trates in committing Mr. Eyre for trial, when

The Chairman (Sir B. Leighton) said he thought
Mr. Stephen had better go on with the facts of the
case instead of telling the magistrates what was their
duty. _ _ _

Mr. Stephen was sorry if he had said anything to
offend the Court. He had no intention tosay any..
thing offensive.

The Chairman thought he had better proceed with
his statement of facts, which would shorten the case.
Mr. Stephen said he would be as short as ha could,
but he could not be short. In superior courts it
was the ordinary course to point out to the Judges
the application of the law to the case under consi-
deration, and he hoped he might be excused for
thinking that he was justified in the remarks which
he had made.

The Chairman thought perhaps he might act upon
the hint that he had given, but he must take his
own course.

Mr. Stephen hoped the Court would not think
that he had any intention of being disrespectful to
the Court.

The Chairman—Oh no, not at all.

Mr. Stephen then addressed himself atsome length
to the consideration of what was martial law, and
how it was one of those laws that are subservient to
the common law—legessub graviori lege— and quoted
in reference to this part of his subject a Jamaica
Act of the 33 Charles 11., cap. 21; 2 and 3 Wil-
liam IV., cap. 30 ; Sir Matthew Hale's History of
Common Law, page 44 ; and the case of " Wright
v. Fitzgerald," 27, " State Trials," 765. Having
agreed that the court-martial did not necessarily
justify the acts of Mr. Eyre, he particularly dwelt
on the fact that the conduct for which Mr. Gordon
was tried by court-martial took place nine months
before martial law was proclaimed. Such a pro-
ceeding, he maintained, was utterly monstrous, not
only according to the elementary principles of the
law, but according to the elementary principles of
common sense. Where there was no martial law
there could be no offence against martial law. His
learned friend Mr. Giffard would, no doubt, say
that the offences must generally of necessity pre-
cede the operation of martial law, because it was
in consequence of these very events that martial
law was proclaimed. After further remarks as to
the application of the law in this case, the learned
counsel contended that the court-martial did not
stop the magistrates from proceeding to inquire into
this case, and then entered upon the facts of the case.
This case, he said, differed from others in this re-
markable particular, that whereas in ordinary cases
the motives of the accused party had to be presumed
from his acts, in this case they had three full, de-
tailed, distinct accounts given by Mr. Eyre himself
of what he did, of what he thought, and, he might
almost say, of what he felt in connexion with the
execution of Mr. Gordon. These were his first
despatch to Mr. Cardwell, his evidence given before
the Jamaica Commission, and his second despatch to
Mr. Cardwell, which set forth in minute detail all
the reasons which had operated with him in refer-
ence to his conduct towards Mr. Gordon. He called
attention to these three documents in detail, and
maintained that upon these malice, as defined in 1,
Rustell, 668, was shown. He did not mean for a
moment to say that Mr. Eyre had any private grudge
against Mr. Gordon, but Mr. Gordon was a political
opponent of his, and he was labouring under the
impression that he (Gordon) was the author of the
insurrection, and acting on that impression he acted
as he had done. He (Mr. Stephen) would sum up
this part of his case by saying that he considered
Mr. Eyre had rashly and erroneously regarded the
death of Mr. Gordon as being morally just and
politically expedient, and that he also knew or
strongly believed that it was illegal, although he
was not aware,'as he (Mr S.) thought, of the full ex-
tent of its illegality. Acting on that view, be would
say that Mr. Eyre authorised the death of Mr. Gor.
don on this general knowledge and impression. What
the moral quality of that conduct might be he would
express no opinion upon, other than offering a
passing word of sympathy to a gallant man, who
was placed in a most painful situation and ex-
posed
to the greatest difficulties ; and he hoped
that he might be excused, in the position in which
he was placed there, for saying that. But while he
said that he could not retract a single word that he
had said as to the rest of his conduct, and he
would maintain that legally that frame of mind
which it was shown by these despatches and this evi-
dence did exist constituted express malice. He should
show, by reference to these documents, that that state
of mind did really exist. The learned counsel then
proceeded with his narrative of the insurrection,
tracing Mr. Eyre's proceedings from the first out-
break up to the excution of Gordon, as reported in
Monday's proceedings. He quoted numerous pas-
sages from Mr. Eyre's despatches to the English
Government and his evidence given before the
Jamaica Commission, arguing upon then:Abet they
fixed upon him the charge of being an accessory be-
fore the fact to the murder of Mr. Gordon, if a mur-
der was committed. Having at great length pointed
out Mr. Eyre's position at the head of the proceed-
ings, the fact that he personally arrested Mr. Gor-
don, he proceeded to the communications made to
him by Brigadier Nelson. The proceedings of the
court-martial on Mr. Gordon were transmitted by
the Court to General O'Connor, and, through him,
to Mr. Eyre, and he would call attention to these
particular circumstances. He was proceeding to
quote from the Jamaica Blue-book, when
The Chairman—ls it necessary that we should
have these documents put in as evidence ?
Mr. Stephen replied that he proposed to put them
in. The proceedings and the facts which the pro-
ceedings disclosed were important, as showing what
was in Mr. Eyre's mind when he wrote the de-
spatches to which he was about to call attention.
On the receipt of the proceedings of the court-
martial, Mr. Eyre wrote, " I have duly read the
papers referred to, and I fully concur in the justice
of the sentence and the policy of carrying it into
effect;" and he added his opinion that it was entirely
due to Mr. Gordon's advice that the rebellion had
broken out. Mr. Eyre also wrote a letter to Bri-
gadier Nelson to the same effect, in which he said,
" I quite concur in the justice of the sentence and
the policy of tarrying it into effect." He also ex-
pressed in writing his full confirmation and approval
of the sentence, and ordered it to be carried out on
the followiurr Monday, the sentence having been
passed on the Saturday, and there Jeiaag, as be ex-

pressed it, "no military reason" for carrying it ouu
on the Sabbath. He regarded the sending of the
proceedings and the sentence of the court-martial
to Mr. Eyre as a mute appeal to him to say whether
the execution was to take place or not. He could
have negatived the sentence had he thought fit to
do so. Mr. Stephen proceeded next to review the
evidence taken on the court-martial ; the charge
against Mr. Gordon was that of having before the
insurrection incited and advised with certain of the
insurgents ; it made up a charge of high treason
with complicity, riot, and insurrection.

The Chairman—l and my brother magistrates
feel that if the court-martial was legal we have
nothing to do with the evidence. If it was illegal,
whatever may have been Mr. Gordon's guilt, he
would have been improperly executed. Therefore,
it seems we cannot have much to do with the evi-
dence. The real point is this—was the court-martial
legal ?

Mr. Stephen—l have already said that there are
two grounds on which the execution of Mr. Gordon
may be justified ; one is the legality of the court-
martial, on which I have already addressed you, and
it may be justified on the ground of necessity. They
may say that, although the execution of Gordon was
an irregular execution, still it was an act necessary
to be done for the safety of the island, and it is to
that point that I am now addressing myself.
The Chairman—lf you wish to put the evidence
in we do not wish to stop you. We do not wish to
stop any evidence.
Mr. Stephen said it would be necessary to do so
unless his friend would admit it.

Mr. Giffard said he could make no concession to
the Jamaica Committee.

Mr. Stephea did not know what Mr. Giffard
meant by " the Jamaica Committee." They had
the prosecutor before them.

Mr. Giffard repeated that he made no concession.

Mr. Stephen then proceeded to argue upon the
evidence of the court-martial that Mr. Eyre had no
reasonable ground for putting Mr. Gordon to death,
and for this purpose he analysed the evidence of
Anderson, James Gordon, and other witnesses ex-
amined at the court-martial.

At this point of the case the Court adjourned for
half an hour, and, on re-assembling,
Dr. Fiddes, Mr. Lake, reporter, Mr. Round, Mr.
Roundell, Secretary to Jamaica Commission, and
Mr. Dunning, short-hand writer, were examined,
and the Court adjourned until Thursday.
The court was crowded throughout the day, a
great number of ladie3 being present. There was a
strong body of police, who, from the limited accom-
modation in the court, had necessarily to exclude a
large number of applicants for admission.

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HER MA.TESTY, &c•

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 27.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, accom-
panied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise
and Princess Beatrice.

His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, attended by
Mr. Legg, also drove out.

Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princess Louise, drove out this morning,
attended by Lady Churchill.
Her Royal Highness Princess Christian, attended
by Lady Susan Melville, also went out driving.

Princess Beatrice walked in the grounds of the
Castle.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold and
Prince Henry of Prussia also went out walking,
attended by Mr. Legg.
The Duke of St. Albans, the Hon. Mrs. Grey,
and Miss Grey arrived at the Castle yesterday, and
had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal
family. Lieut.-General the Hon. C. Grey had also
the honour of being invited.

Her Majesty will leave Windsor Castle for town
by special train on the Great Western Railway this morn-
ing. After holding a Court at Buckingham Palace and
visiting their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales, the Queen and royal family will return to Windsor
Castle.

The King of Denmark and the Prince of Wales
rode on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.-
Col. Keppel and M. De Scheele.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and
the Princess Mary Adelaide and his Serene Highness the
Prince de Teck, have arrived at Belvoir Castle on a visit to
the Duke of Rutland.

We understand that her Majesty has been gra-
ciously pleased, at the recommendation of the Earl of Derby
to raise the following gentlemen to the baronetage :—The
Right Hon. J. Napier ; Mr. Bagge, M.P. for West Norfolk ;
Mr. William Lawrence, Sergeant Surgeon to her Majesty ;
and Mr. B. L. Guinness, M.P. for the City of Dublin.