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" The German_ Col
purely and exclusively d.L insive. It is on that
condition (a ce titre) that she participated in the
international law of Europe, on the bases of
treaties to which Russia's signature is affixed.
"Nov, no hostile act has been "committed by
France against the Confederation, and there does
not exist any obligatory treaty for the latter to
attack that Power.
- " Should, consequently, the Confederation take
measures towards France on conjectural data,
and against which it has obtained more than One
guarantee, it would have falsified the object of its
institution, and disowned the spirit of treaties
upon which its existence rests. _

-EVENING,

JUNE 14, 1859.

PRICE 4D• STAMPED, SD.

Lewis,. the aunt of Jane Marshall. She was en-
gaged asinurse to his wife during her Confinement.
Two young ladies were staying at, his house at
this time, and he was aware that efforts had been
made by the defendant to subpcena these young
ladies. ' Would swear that he never made use of
indecent language to Harriet Lewis, or that ong of
the young ladies referred to left his house in con-
quence of his indecent conduct. He did not think
that this- young lady asked his wife, in his presence,
" Whether she had not any control over her hus-
band." If she ever said so, it was not on account
of any indecency of conduct on his part, but as a
joke.. Would swear that he was never kicked out
of a house at Stepney. He was never kicked in
his life. He did have a dispute with a horrid brute
about fourteen years ago, but he did not reinember
whether it was on account of his having complained
that he had made, a brothel of his house. This man
did 'not discover him in bed with a" young girl
girl named Peacock. The Man might have said
that he would not have his house made a brothel of.
He was sorry to say that he had an interest in the
young lady referred to. This matter was talked
about in the neighbourhood. He did not know a
girl named Eliza Day or Eliza Ludford. A young
woman was here brought into court, and Dr. God-
frey said that he knew her, and he admitted that
he kissed her when she came to his surgery one
evening for some medicine. She was very young at
the time, and he was under the impression that he
kissed her. He hid been dining, and he was not
aware whether anything further happened. Her
father and mother made a complaint, and asked
what he had been doing to their daughter, ,
and. that if he did not give her some compensa-
_ _ _

RUSSIA AND THE WAR.

The following circular has been issued by Princd
Gortschakoff to the representatives of RusSia at thd
different Courts of Germany :
" Sir,—ln presence of the complications which
have. arisen in Italy, many of the great Powers o
Europe have thought fit to 'make a statement o
their immediate and eventual attitude.
" According to information which has reached
us, the. Government of her Britannic Majesty hai
informed the States of the Confederation that in its
opinion no hostile act of the French Government'
no obligatory treaty, would justify on the part o
Germany an attack against France, or the prema
ture adoption of a line of conduct which mightlead
to a European war; that, consequently,.if ,thl
present moment the Confederation provnkeil Snell
war without a costes foderis, and generalisiea:with}
out a sufficient cause a struggle which- ought ail
much As possible to remain localised, the Govern
ment of her Britannic Majesty Would maintain A
strict neutrality, ,and could not give any assistance
to Germany, nor guarantee, by the interposition of
her naval forces, the coasts of. Germany from Any
attack.

" We confidently entertain the hope that the
wisdom of the Federal Governments will set aside
determinations which would turn to their prejudice,
and. would not contribute to strengthen their own
position.
" If; which God forbid, it should happen other-
wise, we shall at all events have fulfilled a duty of
frank arid sincere friendship. Whatever may be
the issue of the present complications, the Emperor,
our august master, perfectly free in his action, will
only be inspired by the interests of his country and
the dignity of his Crown in the determinations
which his Majesty will be called upon to take.
" GORTSCHAROFF.
" St. Petersburg, 15th (27th) May, 1859."

" On its part the Cabinet of the Tuileries has
solemnly declared that it does not entertain towards
Germany any sentiment of a nature to cause it
anxiety or give it umbrage, and that it is only ani-
mated by the most sincere desire of living on good
terms with the German. Confederation, whose
rights and interests it is resolved to respect every-
where.

tion the father said be would turn him out of
doors. At first he denied having done any-
thing to this girl, and she was called in,
and he then . admitted that he had kissed her.
When the girl was called in he asked her how she
could be so wicked as to say that he had done
anything wrong to her, and she said that he had
kissed her; and it was not until then that he ad-
mitted doing.so, and.said that he did not intend to
do her any harm. He could not state positively
at the present time whether he kissed the girl or
not, but he was under the impression at the time
that he did so. (A laugh.) This girl came to his
surgery while he was engaged in his professional
capacity as a medical man. Would swear that he
did not put his arm round the girl's neck and
tnrow her on the sofa. He would pledge his
solemn oath to this effect. To the best of his belief ;
so far as a man could swear, he would swear that
he did not, so well as he could remember. He was.
not in a state of drunkenness at the time, but he
was " excited." He was certainly not downright
drunk. (A laugh.) Would swear that. he did not
commit any other act of indecency towards this
young woman. From his own knowledge and
character he din not think he could have committed
such an act.

" Finally, the Prussian Government, while order
iug its army to be put on a war footing, declares
that the sole object of that purely defensive mea-
sure was to shield the integrity -of Germany, to
place its interests safe from all eventualities, and
to watch over the maintenance of the balance of
power in Europe.
"To point out the opinions entertained by his
Majesty the Emperor upon the grave questions of
the moment, I might limit myself to a reference to
those declarations. The principles thy lay down
and the assurances which they contain are entirely
in harmony with the views of our august master.
" His Majesty, however, having latterly departed
from the reserve he had imposed upon himself since
the war in the East, I think it advisable to enter
into a few details on the subject with the Imperial
legations.
"" The wish of the Emperor to concentrate his
attention exclusively to the essentialreforms intro-
duced into the interior of his empire was obliged to
yield to the gravity of the circumstances. Our
august master did not think he could remain a
passive spectator of complications which menaced
the general peace.
"To solve those complications we proposed a
European Congress. The idea was eagerly received
by the great. Pwgrs.
"'That Congress did not place any of them in the
dark. Its programme was drawn out beforehand
on the bases proposed by the Government of her
Britannic Majesty, and later it received a careful
extension from the Austrian Government.

Sergeant Ballantine—Were you attending the
A's family at this time P
Dr. Godfrey—l was attending her mother. _

Sergeant Ballautine—And at this time you kissed
.er daughter ?

Dr. Godfrey—Yes.

Cross-examination continued—He did not believe
that she screamed in consequence of his conduct
towards her. He came to this conclusion from
what pas:Td at the interview with her mother and
father, and from the fact that his assistant made up
the medicine she had come for. He was a friend of

"The fundamental idea which had Presided over
that combination did not prejudice any essential
interest.

"On the one hand'the respective state of territo-
rial possession in Italy ws maintained ; and, on the
other hand, a result might issue from the Congress
which had nothing exorbitant or unusual in inter-
national relations.

the family of the'young lady about whom the dis-
turbance took place at Stepney before they became
intimate.

" As far as we are concerned, we were disposed to
meet those deliberations in the most conciliatory
spirit, and with the most equitable sentiments.
Confident in the support which our efforts would
have met with, we had reason to hope that the
scourge of war would be spared to mankind.
" That hope has been deceived. At the last
moment, and when all difficulties of detail appeared
to be removed, the Cabinet of Vienna suddenly
broke of the negotiations, alleging as the sole rea-
son that its dignity did not allow it to sit in a
congress to which the Italian Courts, consequently
Sardinia, should be admitted.
" I need not here point out that in a congress
called upon to discuss the affairs of Italy, the absence
of the Italian Courts.would have been at the same
time a logical fault and an act of injustice, that their
participation emanated from the principles laid
down Aix-la-ChaPelle, confirmed by the Con-
gresses of Laybach and Verona, convoked by Austria
herself.

Re-examined—Witness was cross-examined for
several hours by Mr. Edwin James at the trial for
seductiOn. Jane Marshall was shown to him upon
that occasion, but she was not called as a witness.
None of the other women were called as wit-
nesses. Miss Rush was one of the ladies
referred to in the course of his cross-examination,
She was his wife's sister, and she was subpoenaed
by Mr. Gardner at the former trial, but was not
examined. That lady never made any complaint of
his conduct, and they were still on the most affec-
tionate terms. There was no improper intimacy
whatever between him and the young lady at
Stepney, but he sent her to Australia and paid her
passage, and gave her a cheque for £lOO. She
had a child, which witness provided for after
she left. The girl Imdford made a-complaint of his
having acted indecently towards, her, but merely
said that he had kissed her, and something was
then said about compensation, but he did not give
the father anything. The occurrenee took place
nine years ago, and had almost forgotten every-
thing connected with it. He had been connected
with the medical profession since he was fourteen
years old, and was at one time engaged as an
'assistant-surgeon in the army. His practice was
among both the poor and the rich.
A number of gentlemen were then examined,
all of whom stated that they had known Dr. God-
frey a great many years, and that he had attended
their families professionally, and they placed con-
fidence in him, and had never heard any rumours
relative to his conduct such as those alluded to in
the alleged libel.
This closed the ease for the prosecution.
Sergeant Ballantine having addressed the jury
on behalf of the defendant, called the following
evidence :

" We have sincerely and deeply regretted a
determination which on the one hand, proved that
the intention which dictated to us the proposition of
a European Congtess was not understood at Vienna,
and, on the other, abandoned to the chances of war
interests which would have found safety in the very
bases of the proposed Congress.
" The documents of that negotiation will one day
be submitted to the verdict of public opinion. We do
not in any respect fear that which will be expressed
upon the conduct of the Imperial Government. It
will then be proved beyond a doubt that our only
aim being to accelerate a meeting from which we
hoped a pacific solution, no difficulty on our part, no
obstinate persistence in any preconceived idea, was
thrown in the way. We may add, in all sincerity,
that in the course of the negotiations the French
Government honestly seconded the efforts of the
Powers desirous, like ourselves, to assure the main-
tenance of peace.
" However this may be, considering the failure of
that supreme attempt to prevent the war which
has just broken out, there remained another duty
for us to fulfil--namely, to limit its calamities as
much-as possible.
" On this point I have already expressed our full
adhesion to the declarations of the Powers which
tend in that most essential point to the general
interests of Europe.
- " Associating ourselves especially to that of the
I Government of her Britannic Majesty, -we cannot
1 dissimulate the regret we feel at the excitement
manifested in some parts of Germany.
" We fear that it originates in a misunderstand-
ing similar to that which made the Congress
proposed by Russia misunderstood at Vienna. But
misunderstandings which concern the destinies of
nations acquire a character of gravity which im-
poses upon us the duty of endeavouring to ,clear
them up.
"Our august master does not wish any doubt to
exist respecting the views which animate him at
the present conjuncture.
" Some States of the German Confederation seem
anxious, from fears of the future. To avoid a dan-
ger which we believe has no foundation, they ex-
pose themselves to create very palpable ones, and
this not only by not overcoming passions the de-
' velopment of which might imperil the safety and
the internal force of the Governments, but by giv-
ing just cause of complaint to a neighbouring and
powerful State at the very moment they are re-
' ceiving reassuring declarations from it.
6, The French Government have solemnly pro-
claimed that it entertains no hostile intentions
against Germany.
ideclaraon, ti made openly to Europe,
been hailed with eager assent by the majority has
y of
the great Powers. Now, such an assent implies
obligations.ts
thus that we have understood ours.
' " When an unfortunate chain of circumstances
ends in a hostile rupture, the only means to accele-
rate the return of peace and mitigate the evils of
war is to keep it within the limits of the ground
' where the rival interests that gave birth to it

John Pass deposed that he formerly resided in
Ocean-row, Stepney, and a lady came to reside in
his house as a lodger, and represented herself to be
a married woman. He remembered on one occa-
sion being fetched from his work, and in conse-
quence of what was told him he attempted to get
into the lady's room, but was unable, and he forced
the door open, and saw Dr. Godfrey in the room in
his drawers and shirt, and the lady was nearly un-
dressed. He told him he would not have his house
made a brothel, and Dr. Godfrey got away, but he
could not say whether he turned him out or not.
The matter was afterwards talked about in the
neighbourhood, and when the trial for seduction
came on he mentioned what had occurred. The
transaction took place twelve years ago.
Cross-examined—After the doctor had been
turned into the street, dressed as he had stated, he
came back and put his clothes on. All the neigh-
bour's were present. (A laugh.) He did not allow
the young lady to remain in his house after the
transaction.. She was recommended to him by her
mother, who was a very respectable lady.
Re-examined--Dr. Godfrey, being a public man
in. the neighbourhood, he, of course, knew him very
well.
Mr. H. Airey, a butcher, residing near the last
witness, apposed that about 12 years ago he saw a
man turned out of his house partially dressed, and
his clothes were thrown out after him. (A laugh.)
He afterwards recognised this person as Dr. Godfrey.
Sarah Day deposed, that about seven or eight
years ago she was living with her father in White-
chapel, and she was sent one evening by her father
to fetch sortie medicine from Dr. Godfrey's. When
she went into the surgery he shut the door, and
kissed her, and pushed her down on a sofa, and
behaved very indecently to her. She struck him,
and he opened the door, and said, " Good night,"
ana she went away without answering him. Di-
rectly she got home she told her mother what had
occurred. She was 16 years old at the time this
happened, and Dr. Godfrey was attending her
mother at the time. A day or two afterwards Dr.
Godfrey. came to her father's house, and her father
asked him what he meant by his conduct, and he
turned about and said there were prettier girls to
kiss than she was. Her father threatened to kick
him out of the house, and pushed him down two or
three stairs, and he got into his carriage and drove
off, and they saw no more of him.
Jesse Ludford, the father of the last witness, con-
firmed her evidence as to what occurred when Dr.
Godfrey came to his house. He asked him how he
came to act in such an ungentlemanly and brutish
manner, and he declared it was not true. Witness
sent for his daughter, and upon hearing what Dr.
Godfrey said she burst into tears, and said " You did,
sir." Dr. Godfrey blustered about, and said that
he was a "man of muscle," and he had better
not " cut any capers," and he told him to leave his
house, and as he was going, down stairs he " helped
him along with his foot?, (Laughter.)
Mrs. Ludford, wife of the last witness, proved
that her daughter told her of the manner in which
she had been treated by Dr. Godfrey the moment
she returned home. In consequence of what her
daughter told her she employed another doctor. A
day or two afterwards Dr. Godfrey came to inquire
why she, had not sent for her medicine, and she told
him that it was in consequence of his having acted
indecently to her daughter. When she said this
he became very excited, and witness sent for her
husband.
At this stage of the case the trial was adjourned,
the defendant being allowed to depart upon the
same bail'as that to which he had surrendered.

" In the present conjuncture the Cabinet of Ber-
lin has taken, as the device of its attitude, the de-
fence of the integrity of Germany and the main-
tenance of the balance of power in Europe.
" We are equally interested in the maintenance
of that balance of power, and in this respect our
vigilance will not cede to that of any one. As re-
gards the integrity of Germany, the high and chi-
valrous character of the Prince who has proclaimed
himself its guardian, and whose power is equal to
the task, ought, in our opinion, to render any
other guarantee unnecessary. We think it almost
needless to recall, history in hand; that that inte-
rest also has not been indifferent to Russia, and
that she has not recoiled at sacrifices when the
point was to save it from a real danger.
" But a renewal of those sacrifices would not be
justified, in the opinion of his Majesty the Emperor,
if caused by a voluntary act of violence, despite the
friendly exhortstions which it lavishes, and the
proofs with which it supports them.
" Our desire, like that of the majority of the
great Powers, is now to localise the war, because
it arose out of local circumstances, and because
it is the only means • of accelerating the re-
turn of peace. The line followed by some States of
the German Confederation tends, on the contrary,
to generalise the struggle by giving it a character
and proportions which go beyond all human pre-
vision, and which, under any circumstance, would
lead to increased devastation, and would cause
torrents of blood to be shed.
" We can the less understand this tendency as,
independently of the guarantees offered to Germany
by the positive degitrations of the French. Govern-

SUICIDE ON A RAlLWAY.—Yesterday afternoop,
about two o'clock, a respectably-dressed man, who had been
observed waiting on the platform, near the goods depot of
the Eastern Counties Railway at Brick-lane, suddenly
rushed on the line when a train was approaching, and was
instantly killed. His body was frightfully mangled,