The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-29 00:00:00

LONDON, • THURSDAY 'EVENING, AUGUST 29, 186 L

THE) -SUN,

jesty's dominions has furnished a better or more
efficient quota than these ancient Cinque Ports.
(Cheers.) Long may they retain all their remain-
ing privileges, and among these long may their
Barons preserve that peculiar privilege which their
loyalty has ever merited, of assisting at the coro-
nation of our Sovereign. Long may Shakspeare's
lines be true—

" They that bear
" The cloth of honour over her are four Barons
" Of the Cinque Ports."
To many persons, my Lord Warden, all traditionary
customs and rights appear idle and useless, but I
demur to their philosophy. I deny their states-
manship. To you, my Lord Warden, we know
that we shall not look in vain for respect for
traditional usage, to conciliate progress with
stability, to accept the spirit of the present, and
to reverence that of the past ; to pursue a policy
at once reforming and conservative is the high
mission entrusted by the Crown and the people
to your Lordship's hands, and with that mission
the present ceremony is not inconsistent. In-
deed, my Lord Warden, the ceremony furnishes
of itself no insignificant proof of your extraor-
' dinary popularity, for I am informed by our
' Seneschal that the last public recorded installation
was that of the Duke of Dorset in 1765. During
that interval nearly a century has rolled away.
And what a century ! What mighty names do I
find on the muster roll of Lord Wardens. For to
pass by others, and even your immediate predeces-
sor, the able and gifted Dalhousie, whose loss we
have not yet ceased to lament, think of the names
alone of Pitt and Wellington, both dear to this
country for their many victories—victories of peace
(for such there are) and victories of war, but dearer
still for the true English hearts which warmed their
bosoms, for the genuine love which they bore to
their country. And, my Lord Warden, permit me
to say that it is not much that your name has been
associatEd for many years with every political event
in Europe—of all of which you have indeed been
a great part—and by a happy fortune having been
the chosen friend of the great Canning, you have
lived to choose his illustrious son for the preserva-
tion of India ; not so much that you are now in pos-
session of the highest object of ambition which a
subject can attain ; not so much on these grounds,
ample as they are, that you are received, here as
elsewhere, by this hearty greeting, but because
there is a general and deeply-rooted conviction
throughout the land that your heart's desire is to
promote the welfare of England. Fully sharing
in this conviction we of the Cinque Ports heartily
congratulate your lordship on this accession to your
other honours, and we feel certain that our remain-
ing rights and privileges are safe in your lordship's
hands. (Cheers.)
Lord PALMERSTON replied in these terms :
Gentlemen,—l need not say that I have heard with
the greatest delight, with feelings of gratitude as
well as of pride, the eloquent address just delivered
to us by a person distinguished in his learned pro-
fession as well as in other walks of life ; for I well re-
member his eminence as a member of the Legislature.
It is peculiarly gratifying to me that that well-known
voice should upon this occasion have complimented
and congratulated me on my accession to this an-
cient and honourable post. I quite concur with my
learned friend, as I am sure he will permit me to
call him, for our friendship has been of long stand-
ing, and founded on a long acquaintance with his
merits and deserts—l quite concur that we ought
to respect ancient traditions, because, although they
have a value which to a superficial observer may
not at first be apparent, yet if any one will look at
the hearts of men and into his own feelings, he will
be convinced that the knowledge that the town or
the county, the corporation or the community, to
which he belongs has been famous in history, has
been loyal to the Sovereign, and done good service
to the country—that sentiment in his mind is a
guarantee for good conduct in whatever circum-
stances he may be placed, for, independently of his
own sense of what is right and what is wrong, he
would feel ashamed of lowering the character of
that community in connection with which his an-
cestors for generations and centuries past have done
credit to their country, and rendered themselves
useful to the Crown and the State of which they
formed part. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I respect
this corporation of the Cinque Ports. It is true, as
my learned friend has said, that the progress of
general improvement has visited the Cinque Ports,
as well as the other institutions of the land; but
the progress of true improvement is not to demolish,
but to amend—(hear, hear)—not to destroy ancient
institutions, but to adapt them to the times in
which we live—to make them a part of a harmoni-
ous whole, instead of foreign excrescences upon the
general fabric. Why, that which we are now doing
in this neighbourhood is au example of this. We are
increasing and improving those ancient works which
in former ages were sufficient for the defence of this
part of the realm. We are adding to them modern
improvemements ; we are removing those parts which
are no longer suited to the exigencies of our times ;
and just in the same way, without destroying
those venerable institutions of the Cinque Ports, we
have removed from them those functions which
might be better exercised by other parts of the con
stitution, with advantage not only to themselves,
but to the public at large. Gentlemen, I will not
detain you any longer. I will simply return you
my sincere thanks for the hearty welcome you have
given me, and assure you that, if it were my lot as
a much younger man to live for many years to
come, the recollection of this reception I have met
with this day would survive in my bosom to the
latest hour of my existence.
The members of the Court then did formal obei-
sance to his lordship ; and, the Mayor of Dover
having invited his lordship to a banquet in the
evening, the delegates were dismissed and the Court
dissolved,

at equal distances, are ranged the emblazoned coats
of arms of former Wardens of the Cinque Ports.
The hall was lighted by means of elegant brass gas
chandeliers, and the coup (fail was unusually bril-
liant and imposing.
The Mayor of Dover presided. On his worship's
right sat the Lord Warden, the Hon. W. Cowper,
and Lord Elcho ; on his left Sir J. Burgoyne, In-
spector-General of Fortifications, Lord Clarence
Paget, M.P. for Sandwich, and the Hon. Captain
Waldegrave.
Among the other guests were Mr. Nicol, M.P. for
Dover, Brigadier Garvoch, commandant of the garri-
son, Col. Cuppage, commandant of artillery, Mr.
Steriker Finnis, W. H. Bodkin, recorder for Dover
and assistant-judge of Middlesex Sessions, Dr. R.
J. Phillimore, judge of the Cinque Ports Admiralty
Court, all the officers of the Port of Shipway, and
the representatives of the Ports present at the
morning's ceremony. About 350 gentlemen in all
sat down to dinner.
Lady Palmerston and many other ladies occupied
seats in the gallery.
The cloth having been removed,
The CHAIRMAN gave " The Health of the Queen,"
who reigned in the hearts of all her subjects. If
anything could increase the loyalty of the people
of the Cinque Ports it would be the choice which
her Majesty had made of the distinguished noble-
man who had that day been inducted into the Lord
Wardenship. (Loud cheers.)
" The Health of the Prince Consort, Albert
Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family"
having been
,duly honoured,
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Army,
Navy, and Volunteers," briefly recounting their re-
cent heroic services in the Crimea, India, and China.
The toast having been cordially received,
Sir J. BURGOYNE responded for the army. He
said that their distinguished guest had a strong
claim to the homage of that service. No Minister
had shown so much justice and firmness in the con-
sideration of military affairs as the noble lord, par-
ticularly in regard to the branch of the service to
which he had the honour to belong. He could not
help thinking of what an able general the country
had lost through the noble lord not having been
brought up as a soldier. (Laughter.) The Cinque
Ports in bygone times had been always regarded as
standing in the forefront of our national defences.
He did not know how long they would continue to
be so; but should the contingency of war befal us,
he felt sure that in their present Lord Warden they
would have a tower of strength far surpassing the
towers of masonry which lined their coast, however
valuable they might have been.
Lord C. PAGET, on behalf of the navy, said he had
a double duty to perform not only being connected
with the Admiralty, but also having the honour to
be a " Baron" of the Cinque Ports. He might state
with confidence that never was there a navy of Eng-
land in a more satisfactory state than at present.
God grant that it might never be called on to
meet the foe, but it certainly had never been more
prepared than it now was to do so. The vast sums
cheerfully voted for the support of the navy were,
he believed, now being judiciously expended ; and
a proof that the Government had not been neglect-
ful in providing for the defence of the country
would be witnessed ten days hence, when a magni-
ficent iron-cased ship would pass Dover Bay.
(Cheers.) As regarded sailors, he could also assure
them that the Admiralty were in a satisfactory
position; they were complete in their numbers, and
had en difficulty in manning our fleets. (Cheers.) If
he had been Secretary to the Admiralty 300 years
ago, he would have had some scruple in alluding
there to the vast sums required for our naval arma-
ments, because the whole cost was then borne by
the Cinque Ports—(a laugh)—whereas their inha-
bitants now contributed in the same proportion as
the rest of the country. He could not agree with
Sir J. Burgoyne that their excellent Premier ought
to have been brought up a soldier, but thought that,
judging from the great knowledge and experience
which the noble lord displayed in all discussions on
naval matters, he would have made a first-rate
sailor. (Cheers and laughter.)

Colonel McMuaDo returned thanks for the Vo-
lunteers, and bore testimony to the admirable man-
ner in which the different corps of the Cinque
Ports had acquitted themselves that day. They
consisted of scattered corps which had never been
brought together before, but their performances
had illustrated the principle which he had con-
stantly enunciated, namely, that when company
drill had been attended to there was no fear but
teat when brought together in battalion's and bri-
gades they would work well. In Great Britain
there were now 347 batteries of Volunteer Artillery,
such as those he had seen that day, representing a
total force of 22,550 artillerymen ; in addition to
which we had 148,000 Volunteer Riflemen. The
latter body comprised 211 battalions—that was to
say, consolidated battalions in the large towns,
under the command of field officers with their staff,
and what were called administrative battalions,
consistingof scattered corps in the different counties,
yet also under the command of field officers with

their staff. Only the other day he had inspected
20 companies of these scattered corps, forming two
battalions in Worcester, and they went through
all the manoeuvres required of infantry on a field
day with great credit to themselves. The main
stay of the movement was the love of the people for
firearms, which was being gradually developed by
the Central Association, under the auspices of Lord
Elcho, and altogether the Volunteer force through-
out the country was in a very progressive state of
efficiency. A general order had recently been

issued, in accordanCe with the wishes of the Go-
vernment, for the instruction of the different corps,
each of which, he was glad to say, would now have
besides a field officer and adjutant, permanent
sergeants attached. Our Volunteers would not be
above taking a lesson from what had happened in
America, and perhaps our general officers might
advantageously do the same. General M'Clel-

. lan's first general order referred to that prime
essential to an army in the field, the pro-
per sanitary condition of the camps. Besides
organizing his army, General M'Clellan was also
judiciously organising that great vehicle of intelli-
gence, the public press.. Instead of chasing away
its correspondents and representatives from his
head-quarters, he had laid down a code of rules for
their guidance, and appealed to their patriotism to
follow it. The weak point of our volunteer system
was said to be the officers. No doubt those gentle-
men required time to attain proficiency, but he be-
lieved they would not undertake their important
duties unless they really intended to qualify them-
selves for their proper fulfilment. (Hear, hear.)
In conclusion, the gallant colonel said that, as pre-
ceding speakers had claimed their Lord Warden for
the navy and the regular army, he must also put in
a claim to rank th noble lord among the volun-
teers, among whom indeed he might now be consi-
dered to be enrolled. (Laughter and cheers.)
Dr. PHILLIMORE had now to withdraw their
minds from the thoughts inepired by some previous
toasts and speeches. He had not to speak to them
of martial deeds by sea and land, or of the triumphs
of civil statesmanship, but to propose a toast which
related to a body of men who by their simple piety
and pure doctrine, he believed in his conscience, had
done as much or even more than any other class or
profession in this kingdom for its general welfare.
The learned doctor concluded by proposing " His
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Clergy
of the Diocess." (Cheers.)
The Rev. C. CJLLINS, vicar of Faversham, ac-
knowledged the toast.
The CHAIRMAIf then rose to introduce the toast
of the evening. Having referred to the ancient
glories of the Parts, and eulogised the character
and merits of their distinguished guest, his worship
gave the health of Viscount Palmerston, their new
Lord Warden.

The toast was received with vehement and pro-
longed cheering,
Lord PALMERSTON then rose and said,--Mr.
Mayor and gentlemen,—lt is really not one of those
commonplace expressions which are usual on these
occasions, if I say that no words can adequately
express the smallest portion of the gratitude which
I feel for the kind, the warm, the cordial reception
which I have met with, not only in this hall, but in
every part of the precincts of Dover through which
I have passed during the proceedings of to-day. It

I were indeed the saddest heart—as cold and as hard
as the chalk and flint on which your Castle stands
—(a laugh)—that could remain insensible to the
warm and heartfelt demonstrations I have had the
pleasure this day to receive from so large a number
u of my fellow countrymen. I feel, indeed, gentlemen,
that the only claim I can have to that goodwill so
frankly and cordially displayed must be my good
intentions to servo my country—(hear, hear)—my
attachment and respect for the institutions of that
country, and opinion—it may be by some considered
a prejudice—imbibed from my earliest years and
strengthened and confirmed as years have rolled on,
that my fellow countrymen, taken as a nation, have
not their equal on the face of the earth. (Applause.)
You will have the kindness, gentlemen, to receive
this as a confidential communication, for I fear that
if it got abroad it might do harm. (Laughter and
applause.) I feel that having accepted an office of
high antiquity, of great honour and distinction,
which has been held before me, I believe, by 118
distingbished men, and some of them the most dis-
tinguished this country has produced—l feel that
some explanation may be due on my part for
the temporary delay which took place in the fill-
ing up of the office. The fact is, that when the
vacancy occurred her Majesty was graciously pleased
to signify to me her intention to confer that office
on me, I deemed it my duty respectfully to state
that I thought myself bound in the first place
to ascertain whether it was an office it was expe-
dient to keep up, or whether, under the altered
circumstances under which it was placed, it might
be abolished. I therefore took time to inquire. I
soon found that, although undoubtedly the office
had been ,shorn of many of its former attributes
and powers, it was nevertheless so interwoven with
the organisation of the ancient Cinque Ports that
to abolish it would have been tantamount to alter-
ing altogether, if not destroying, that ancient con-
stitution, and knowing, as I did, the deep-rooted
and honourable attachment the people of the Cinque
Ports feel for their ancient institutions, I concluded
it was right that the office should be continued, and,
therefore, I availed myself of the gracious invita-
tion of her Majesty by occupying it as had been
proposed. There was, therefore, some delay, for
' although the salary has disappeared—(a laugh)—
there are in the patent, as those who heard it read
this morning must remember, certain words about
flotsam and jetsam, and similar matters—(laughter)
—which imply some possibility of profit, and con-
sequently, as the acceptance of the office necessarily
vacated my seat in the House of Commons, it was
not expedient that I should offer myself to my con-
stituents for re-election until the Easter recess
arrived. I beg, therefore, gentlemen, to state that
no disparagement of the dignity of the office, no
under-valuing of the honour which it confers was
the cause of my apparent hesitation in accepting
it. (Hear.) Gentlemen, I honour the people of the
Cinque Ports for their attachment to this ancient
constitution. There is nothing which more dignifies
man than a clinging to ancient and honourable tra-
ditions. Our patriotism, like our charity, ought to
begin at home. A man should begin by loving his
home and his family ; he should then love his town
and his district ; be should love his county, and
then he will love his country. (Cheers.) So
far from these local attachments narrowing the
human mind or cramping and debasing its sym-
pathies, they are the real, the true, and stable
foundation for the enlarged and honourable feelings
that bind men to the nation and country to which
they belong. In former times, as has been well said,
the Cinque Ports furnished materials for the defence
of the realm. They were required to put afloat 57
vessels and their crews when our shores were in
danger. As my noble friend Lord Clarence Paget
observed, you are now relieved from that special
burden, and have only to put your shoulders to the
wheel in common with the rest of your fellow
countrymen. We have now as magnificent a fleet
which, as my noble friend justly said, is equal and,
I may say, superior to anything in the world. We
have seen to-day that although you do not put
sailors on board ship you put soldiers on the turf,
and you still furnish as many men for the service
of the State as formerly manned your ships. And
there was this gratifying circumstance noticeable in
the scene we witnessed to-day, that along with the
red and gray coats of the infantry and the darker
colours of the artillery, the blue jackets were seen
performing field evolutions with as much regularity
and precision as the land troops. We beheld the
brave seamen and fishermen of the coast who have
enrolled themselves for the service of their country
and qualifying themselves for any duty in defence
of our shores should they ever be assailed by any
enemy. (Hear.) Colonel M'Murdo truly observed
that recent events in America should teach us a
valuable lesson. The example of what has happened
across the Atlantic shows that you may collect
thousands of men together and put uniforms on
backs and muskets in their hands, but you do not
thereby convert them into soldiers or into an army;
1 there must be discipline. It is not enough that there
should be individual bravery. Why, our cousins in
America as individual men ar3 as brave as any that
tread the earth. They are of the same stock as our-
selves, they arc descended from the same parents,
are animated by the same spirit, and prepared to
encounter equal dangers. But when thousands
of men as personally courageous as any race in
existence get together, each man wanting that con-
fidence in his comrades which discipline and train-
ing can alone supply, they exhibitea to the world
that unfortunate rapidity of movement which took
place at Bull's Run. (Laughter.) That, I say, is
no disparagement to the valour of the Americans,
but affords, I repeat, a lesson which we ourselves
may usefully ponder and remember—viz., that dis-
cipline and organisation are indispensable to make
any army efficient in the field. But, gentlemen,
although we may profit by the experience of others
I do not think the lesson is specially needed by the
Volunteers of England, because those Volunteers
have by their sagacity submitted themselves to
military instruction and training, and are rapidly
acquiring all that knowledge which is essential to
military organization. Some months ago I heard
Colonel 'Niggard° at a public dinner, at which we
were both present, state that either 30,000 or 40,000,
I forget which, out of a force of 150,000 Volunteers
were fitted to take part with troops of the line.
Since that time that 150,000 has, I believe, mounted
to 170,000, and there can be no doubt that if their
services were needed, that number would be speedily
increased to any extent to which arms, ammunition,
and officers could be found for them. (Hear.) Gen-
tlemen, I think the Volunteer movement is the most
honourable event recorded in the history of any
nation. If we had had—as was the case in former
times—a large army and a great fleet collected on
a neighbouring coast, threatening the invasion of
this country, it was not surprising—indeed, it
would have been surprising had the fact been other-
wise—if hundreds and thousands of men should have
started up and asked for instruction and organiza-
tion as Volunteers. But there was no such case in
this instance. There was, however, a feeling on the
part of the people of this country—a kind of saga-
cious instinct—that our means of defence were
not such as they ought to be. There was
a general indisposition to go beyond a certain stan-
dard in time of peace in regard to the numerical
strength of our standing army, and a conviction
that we could not expect to rival those Powers
which have hundreds of thousands of armed men
constantly arrayed within their limits. The na-
tion, on the other hand, felt that our regular army
and militia, however excellent and efficient in
themselves, were still short of what might by pos-
sibility be required, and by a spontaneous and
almost instantaneous effort not suggested by the
Government, but emanating from the independent
action and public spirit of the people, there sprang
into life that magnificent force of which we have
an admirable sample of to-day. (Hear, hear.) Gen-
tlemen, I trust that organisation is so engrained in
the minds of Englishmen—has so entirely become
one of the familiar sports and exercises of the na-
tion, that no circumstances will ever induce them
to give it up, and that no considerations, whether
of economy or otherwise, will cause any Govern-
ment to refuse the aid and encouragement neces-
sary to give due effect to the movement. (Cheers.)
We cannot, as .I have said before, attempt to cope
with those great States which maintain hundreds
of thousands of regular soldiers. We accept with

frankness the right hand ')f friendship whereNer it
is tendered to us. We do not distrust that prof-
fered ,right hand, because we see the left hand
grasping the hilt of the sword. But when that
left plainly does so grasp the hilt of the sword it
would be extreme folly in us to throw away our
shield of defence. (Loud cheers.) There are, gen-
tlemen, two securities for peace. The one consists
in a state of perfect insignificance, the other in a
state of perfect defence. The security arising
from perfect insignificance. England, I think,
will never enjoy. (Laughter and cheers.) The secu-
rity for peace which arises from a perfect state of
defence, unconnected with any notions of aggres-
110D, not coupled with hostility towards any one, but
confined solely to a manly determination to protect
and maintain what we have, is a security which I
trust this country will long continue to possess.
And so far from that being a reason why the
most friendly relations should not be kept up with
foreign Powers, in my opinion it is the only true,
solid, and stable foundation upon which those
friendly relations and the hope of a durable peace
can permanently rest. (Cheers.) Mr. Mayor, my
lords and gentlemen, I beg to return you my most
sincere and heartfelt thanks for the honour you have
done me, and I can assure you that I shall ever
consider the day now drawing to a close one of the
proudest in the whole course of my life. (Loud and
prolonged cheers.)
Several minor toasts followed, after which Lord
and Lady Palmerston left the hall, and drove off
amid the acclamations of the multitude to Walmer
Castle.

The banquet, which was of a very sumptuous
character and admirably served, was provided by
the Messrs. Staples, of London, and fully supported
the reputation of their establishment. The musical
arrangements were under the direction of Mr Winn,
assisted by Miss J. Wells, Mrs. Winn, Mr. Donald
King, Mr. Shoubridge, and Mr. Fielding. Mr.
Harker ably officiated as toastmaster.

The town was brilliantly illuminated, the whole
population thronging the streets and keeping up
the festivities till far into the night.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Aug. 28.

BOW-STREET.—Two men named Bray and
Chapman were charged by William Dixey, a well-
dressed young man of prepossessing aspect, with
robbing him of his purse and £l2 in gold.
They were defended by Mr. Lewis, jun. (Lewis
and Lewis).
The prosecutor, who described himself as a draper,
but afterwards admitted that he was at present a
draper's assistant intending to establish himself in
business shortly, deposed that he met Bi ay on the
19th inst. in Vickress s Tavern, corner of the Strand
and Wellington•street, where he went in to get a
glass of ale. Bray drew his attention to a drunken
man who was making great exhibition of a pocket-
ful of bank notes, and suggested that "as gentle-
men," they would be doing the drunken man a
service if they should see the man home, that he
might not be robbed of his " lot of money." Wit-
ness "taking an interest" in the drunken man
assented, and they saw him safely to the Craven
Head in Drury-lane, where he said he was lodging.
There Bray ordered a pint of ale, for which the
drunken man was going to pay, but witness
to prevent him from changing a £5 note volun-
teered to pay for it. In order to do so
witness took out his purse, which contained
£8 10s. in gold, but no silver. Replacing the
purse in one waistcoat pocket, he took some loose
coin from the other, and after paying for the ale,
replaced the remainder of the money, £3 10s. in
gold and some silver, in the pocket from which he
had taken it. He drank about half a glass of the
ale, but dissuaded the drunken man from tasting it.
Chapman then entered, with another man, not in
custody. They appeared to know Bray, who
directed Chapman's attention to the drunken man,
observing that he had "a lot of money," and that
they had been seeing him safe home. Chapman
challenged the drunken man to toss for £5. Wit-
ness dissuaded him from doing so. He suspected
they were all three in league to swindle the poor
victim.

Mr. Henry inquired whether by " the poor vic-
tim" he meant the drunken man or himself ?
The witness said he meant the drunken man, but
he himself was the victim as it turned out. The four
then proceeded to lay pipes on the floor, and chal-
lenged witness to bet that he would jump over them
without breaking any of thew. Ile declined, and
seeing that they wanted to " have " him, he took
the £3 10s. out of his pocket, and watched his op.
portunity to put it in his purse as soon as he could
do so unperceived. Bray then came on one side of
him and Chapman on the other. Chapman seized
his hand, wrenched it open, an took the £3 10s.
from him, while Bray took his purse from his pocket.
and they all decamped at the same moment. Bray
Enid Chapman left by different doors. Witness im-
mediately gave information to the landlord, and
then proceeded to the station-house, where he told
the inspector what occurred, and gave a description
of the three men—the two prisoners and the man
who came in with Chapman. Did not describe the
drunken man. On Tuesday evening he saw the
three men standing opposite his residence in Lam-
beth-walk, and calling a policeman gave Bray in
custody. The other two ran away, but after a
chase Chapman was taken, though the other man
escaped.
In cross examination, the witness strenuously in-
sisted that he did not toss or bet, and that the drunken
man did not toss. Did not think there was any
betting. Did not pledge his watch to bet. Pledged
iz the same evening, but that was after giving in-
formation at the police-station. Pledged his watch
in order to pay a bill, which he had intended to dis-
charge out of the money of which he was robbed.
Did not pay the bill after all, being tired, and prefer-
ring to go home. Neither of the prisoners was with
him when he pledged his watch—at least, as far as h. e
knew. They might have followed him—if so, he did
not sea them. Borrowed £3 or L 3 3s. on the watch,
at a pawnbroker's near Drury-lane. Gave his cor-
rect name and address to the pawnbroker, but did
not know that it was by this means the prisoners
knew where he lived and went there to see him.
Would swear that he dic, not tell the inspector he
had been swindled. On being pressed, he would
not swear he had not said so, but did not think he
could have said such a thing. Did not say it was
done by putting down pipes and betting that he
would jump over them. Did not say he had been
tossing with the men. Would swear he did not
bet or toss with them.
It appeared that Sergeant Haspinall was acting
inspector on the occasion in question, and had made
a report of the prosecutor's complaint to this effect,
—That three men (whom he described most
minutely, and, as regarded the prisoners, with pre-
cise accuracy) had defrauded him of £l2 by tossing
and betting upon his jumping over tobacco pipes.
That in a bet of £3 he staked the money by laying
three sovereigns on the counter, but before the
wager was deEded one of the men seized the stakes,
and they all decamped.
The prosecutor said the report was incorrect.
Mr. Henry—lt was taken down from your own
mouth.

The Prosecutor—l said I was robbed of the
money. I did not say that I staked it, or that I
bet or tossed at all.
Mr. Henry—You must have said so. The in-
spector could not have invented it.

The Prosecutor—l do not mean to impute such a
thing to the inspector. I told him that they wanted
me to bet and toss, but I was confused and excited,
and he may have misunderstood me.
Mr. Henry observed that the words had been
taken down from the prosecutor's own mouth.
Mr. Lewis called the magistrate's attention 'to
the deliberation and collectedness exhibited in the
careful—and, as regarded the two prisoners, accu-
rate—description of the three men.
Mr. Henry then sent for Sergeant Haspinall,
who positively swore to the accuracy of the report.
The prosecutor did not say a word about money
being taken from his hand, or from his pocket.
Mr. Henry would be glad if the prosecutor could
explain his inconsistent statements, which ap-
peared to him (Mr. Henry) to be wholly irrecon-
cilable.

The prosecutor thought some allowance ought to
be made for a slight discrepancy under such cir-
cumstances of excitement.

Mr. Henry said it was not a slight discrepancy,
but a material contradiction.
The Prosecutor—This morning Mrs. Bray offered
me £2O to withdraw from the prosecution.
Air. Henry said that had nothing to do with the
main question before him, which was, whether the
prosecutor's statement, which was wholly unsup_
ported, bore out his case. He should be glad to
assist the prosecutor against such characters, if he
could do so withjustice, but he could not send two
diametrically opposite statements before a jury.
How were the jury to decide which they would be-
lieve ? He knew which he thought the more pro-
bable, and if the prosecutor had adhered to his
first story themen should have gone for trial. But
would aury
believe a statement which; though
j
made on oath, was
not originally
s contradicted by
his own sworn deposition ?
Mr. Parfitt, the landlord of the Craven Head,
said that the affair did not happen at the counter,
but in the room. He Was not serving, but was
near at hand, and he heard nothing ofit till four
s

or fire hours later, when the prosecutor came to
hlm and complained that he had been cheated in
that house in tossing and betting. He (Mr. Parfitt)
said, " You had no business to toss or bet, and
you should not do it in my house if I was aware
of it." The prosecutor told him that about two
years back he was inveigled by a sharper to
drink ale with him, but detecting the rascal in
an attempt to drug the ale, he gave him
in charge, and the man got two years' imprison-
ment. When in company with these men he sus-
pected that they were swindlers, but thought with
his experience he could " best" them ; he, therefore,
tried to "have" them, but they were " too many"
for him, and so they " had" him. As to the three
sovereigns, he said he " posted" the money on a bet
that he would jump over some tobacco pipes, but as
he was going to jump one of the "sharpers" seized
the stakes and " bolted." Mr. Parfitt added that
all the prisoners were strangers to him ; that he
had no idea that betting was going on ; that he
never encouraged or knowingly permitted " shar-
pers" or other bad characters in the house ; that he
had held his licence for six years, and there had
never been a complaint against him, or an imputa-
tion on the respectability of the house.
Mr. Henry fully believed that Mr. Parfitt had
given a correct account of the transaction, and,
under the circumstances, he thought it quite useless
to send such a case before a jury. He should,
therefore, discharge the prisoners.

CLERKENWELL._DREADFUL CRUELTY TO A
CHILD.—A BOY NEARLY STARVED AND EATEN TO
DEATH BY VERMIN.—A dirty, ill-conditioned look-
ing fellow, who from his appearance seemed to be
an habitual drunkard, and who gave the name of
Daniel Egan, was brought up on a warrant by
police-constable Tyler, 42 G, charged with desert-
ing and cruelly ill-treating his child, Daniel Egan,
a boy aged nine years, whereby he was become
chargeable to the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn.
The appearance of the poor boy was most
pitiable when he was produced in court by Mr:
Anderson, the relieving overseer of the parish of
St. Andrew's. Although the boy has been in
the workhouse for some days, and has greatly
improved, he still bore evident traces of the ill-
treatment he had received, and the marks of where
he had been bitten by the vermin were still
visible. From the evidence it appeared that the
defendant's wife has been dead for some years,
and the boy was placed by the defendant under
the charge of an aged woman ; but although he
earned a good deal of money he squandered
it away in drink, and when asked to contribute to
the support of his child he became very abusive,
and said he wished the boy was dead. The old
woman, who had barely enough to sustain herself,
was compelled to make the defendant take the boy
away. This he did, but had only had him with
him a few days when the prisoner, who treated the
boy with the greatest brutality, deserted him, and
left him without food in the streets. The boy, who
managed to keep himself alive by picking up what
he could, was found sleeping in the streets by the
police, and was taken to the workhouse, and was
at once admitted. The defendant was found, but
no proceedings were taken against him then, as he
consented to take the boy out of the workhouse,
and that his aunt would look after him. The de-
fendant paid the aunt for the support of the boy
only for a short time, and then he totally neglected
to do anything, and told the aunt that she might
do her best and her worst, for he was determined
that he would not pay a single farthing for his
bastard. Some weeks since the aunt became very
much distressed, and was compelled to take the
child to his father's, who she found drinking in a
public-house along with a number of low women,
whose drink he was paying for. He then said that
he wished the young was dead, and that he
would never do anything for it. He sent the child
oution some light pretence, and went away, but the
child again found him. and the prisoner then said
he had to get his living when he was seven years
of age, and the boy must do the same. He cuffed
away the boy, and for some days afterwards he had
to sleep in the arches in Victoria-street, better
known as " the ruins," a place, the arches of which
are infested with vermin of every description.
When the boy was found on this occasion, and
taken to 'the workhouse he was in a most emaciated
state, and in a state of exhaustion from want of
food. He was covered with vermin, some of which
had eaten into the skin, and had he not been taken
to the workhouse when he was, he would certainly
have died. The conduct of the parish authorities
is deserving of every commendation, for the manner
in which they had acted in this matter.
The prisoner, who treated the matter with the
greatest indifference, said that he was never married,
and the boy being a bastard he was not compelled
to support it. He only lived with the mother of
the boy, and who. oho died be did not wish to be
troubled any more with him. He had as well been
out of work.

Mr. Anderson said that the defendant could earn
very good money if he pleased; but when he did
do any work he squandered his earnings in drink
and low women.

Mr. D'Eyncourt said that this was a very bad
case; and the prisoner's notion seemed to be the
poor child was to be deserted, and left to die. If he
could sentence the defendant to a longer period of
imprisonment than he was now about to do, he
would. The defendant was a bad fellow, and to
cheat the poor woman who protected his child was
disgraceful, He had left his child to starve, and
he should sentence him to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour in the House of Correction for three
calendar months.

The poor child was again taken to the workhouse.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

HULL—Aim. 27.
Our market to-clay was fairly attended by the trade, and
we had a large supply of English new wheat, which sold
firmly at the currencies given below. The samples of old
wheat which were offered, and mostly of a superior quality,
moved off freely. Foreign ruled dull, with a slow sale.
Malting barley met with a slow demand, at a redaction of
2s per qr. Grinding samples, however, in good request, and
holders firm. Beans realised full prices, Peas very little
sold. Oats rather in favour of buyers.
Wheat.... Old white.... per qr ... 54s Od to 57s Od
Old red
91 •• • • 40s Od to 50s Od

New white .. „ •• • • 60s Od to 63s Od
New red .... ~
Dantzic Konb , &c. old while 54s Od to 63s Od
Dutch, Belgian, and French. 508 Od to 58s 03
Baltic and Hamburg, red s4s Od to 55s 03
St. Petersburg and Riga, ld 468 Od to 48s spa
Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 36s Od
Grinding 3os Od to 32s Od
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish s2s Od to Ms Od
Grinding
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2ld to 133
Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to 0813
Swedish and Danish Osl2id to 05133
Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4Bs 0 to 508 Od
New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od.
New tick. 4os Od to 42s 04
Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s Od;
Peas Foreign breakers
Grinding
Tares ....Spring
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding
crushing
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15 0 to £0 0 0
Foreign! BlO oto 9 0 0
Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 0
Bones 415 oto 5 0 0