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CRIMINAL COURT --(This Day,)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Martin.)
Champney Powell, a respectable-looking man, about 50
years of age, sprrendered in discharge of his bail, charged
with fraudulently obtaining goods to the extent of £3,000
from Mr. Caudra, a wino merchant, and goods to the extent
of £950 from Mr. Dixon, also a wine merchant, in St. Mary.
axe, within three months of his bankruptcy, and also falsi-
fying his books. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Giffard, Mr. F. H. Lewis, and Mr. Lloyd appeared
for the prosecution ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr.
Honeyman appeared for the prisoner.
Tho prisoner had carried on an extensive business as a
wine merchant, in partnership with a M. Aubert, under
the firm of Aubert and Powell, in St. Mary-axe, and in
the early part of the present year the prisoner Powell ob-
tained the goods in question, consisting of transfer of wine
warrants. At this time the firm was very mnch involved,
their debts amounting to £38,000; they then filcd a peti
tion in the Court of Bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy
Consolidation Act for an arrangement with their creditors,
which ultimately resulted in their bankruptcy, and the pro.
sent prosecution was instituted against the prisoner Powell,
he having obtained the goods and having the entire control
and management of the business and books of the firm, M.
Aubert taking no psq in that portion of the business.

After some general evidence had been given,
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine took technical objection to the
indictment, cud contended the charge could not be main-
tained. The statute expressly stated that with respect to
the offence with which the prisoner was charged, that in all
cases were a petition was filed for an adjudication in bank-
ruptcy any person obtaining goods within three months of
such adjudication should be liable. In the present case the
petition was filed by the prisoner and his partner for an ar-
rangement with their creditors only, and not for an adjud;.
cation in bankruptc
within the meening of the act.
y, and therefore clearly did not come

Mr. Giffard having been heard in support of the indict-
ment,

Mr. Baron Martin ruled that the objection was fatal to
the indictment.

The jury, under the direction of his Lordship, returned
a verdict of not guility, and the prisoner was at once dis-
charged.

THE liENTISH•TOWN RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
Henry Rayner surrendered to an indictment charging
him with manslaughter.

Mr, Metcalf said, as the second grrad jury had followed
the precedent of the wand jury of last session, and thrown
out the bill against the pi:soner, he did not intend to offer
any evidence against the prisoner on the coroner's inquisi-
tion.

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and Rapier
was ordered to be discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY BY A BETTING MAN.—Michael Hearn, a
betting man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing
a two-shilling piece under the following circumstances :
Mr. John Holloway, artist, of 52, John-street, said he
was counting some money in his hand at the corner of
Berners-street and happened to drop a two-shilling piece.
The prisoner stooped down and picked it up, and ho at first
thought he was going to give it to him, but instead of doing
so he ran off as fast as he could. Witness pursued him to
Dean-street, where the prisoner threw the coin away and
began to cry.

Prisoner—Why I had £l6 10s. in my pocket, and why
should I want to rob ?
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Perhaps you wanted to make it £l6 12s.

Prisoner—l picked it up, and after going 200 yards the
prosecutor called " Stop thief." -When I picked up the coin
no one was near me. I have plenty of friends who will
bail me. I have particular business to transact this morn-
ing, and the money is in the hands of the police at the
station. Why (to prosecutor), did you let me go so far
before you came after me.
Prosecutor—You were off so quickly that I could not
seize you or stop you.
Prisoner—l did not steal the money, and you know it.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall remand you till Saturday.
Prisoner—Won't you take bail.
_ _ _

Dlr. Tyrwhitt—No. I think it is an advised robbery, and
shall remand you till Saturday.

THIS DAY'S AZARRETs.

CORN EXCHANGE.

13LPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 56s 3d;
barley, 36s 9d ; oats, 21s 6d ; rye, 31s 9d ; beans, 41s
10d ; and peas, 41s 10d.
THE SIN WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 56s ld ;
barley, 37s Od ; oats, 22s 5d ; rye, 35s 3d ; beans, 41s lld ;
peas, 40s sd.
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 124,242 ;
barley, 82,499; oats, 152358 ; rye, 267 ; beans, 4,833 ; peas,
1,625 quarters.

SMITH O'BRIEN AS A MEDIATOR.

The hero of Cahermovie is again in print. Hav-
ing exhausted his eloquence upon the Hungarian
question, and filled some columns with an egotis-
tical narrative of his connection with M'Manus, he
now turns, as he himself expresses it, to break a
lance with Meagher. He begins by saying :
" I have read with much interest the specch recently de-
livered by you at Boston ; but though I admire its fervid
eloquence, and agree with many of the sentiments which it
contains, I differ altogether from the conclusions which you
endeavour to enforce. I am, therefore, prepared to break a
lance with you iu argument, and to contend that the Irish
in America ought to appear as mediators, instead of being
participators, in the fratricidal strife which is now desolat-
ing the fairest portion of the Western Hemisphere. You
have:denounced as;' conspirators' and propagandists' of na-
tional diehonour and of national ruin' those Americans who
advocate peace. These terms can scarcely apply to me,
though lam an advocate of peace. So far am I from con-
spiring against the unity of the great Republic of the West
that no event which has occurred in foreign countries ever
occasioned me so much sorrow as the disruption of the
American 'Union ; and this sorrow has been intensified
when I have observed the delight with which the enemies
of the republic have watched and gloated over the events
which appear to render reconciliation impossible. Neither
can I consider myself a propagandist of national dishonour
and of national ruin' when I urge the statesmen of America
as well as my own fellow-countrymen to put an end to this
fratricidal war by mutual forgiveness end mutual conces-
sions, which shall avert national ruin without compromis-
ing the honour of either of the contending parties."
Meagher's language does not, of course, apply to Smith
O'Brien, but then it gives him a grand opportunity of dis-
playing his profound egotism. How the Americans will
laugh when they read the ridiculous proposition contained
below :---

" Such a favourable moment for negotiation may not
again occur. Be assured that England and France will not
long remain tranquil spectators of a contest which affects
the interests, I may say the existence, of many millions of
their population. If these Governments find that the
Northerns are unable within a sheet period to subdue the
Southerns, they will not only recognise the Southern Con-
federacy as a separate Government, but will violate the
blockade of the Southern ports, which has been partially
established by the navy of the Federalists. If the power of
France and of England be thrown into the scale in favour of
the South, what will become of the honour and interests of
the republic The American doctrine that the Powers of
Europe ought not to be allowed to interfere with the west-
ern world, will be a theme of universal derision, and both
the Northern States and the Southern States of America
will be brought into contempt amongst the nations of the
earth. I contend, therefore, that instead of denouncing as
'a conspirator' and as a propagpndist of national dishon-
our and of national ruin' the man who seeks to re-establish
peace in America, you ought rather to hail such a media-
tor as a friend to the great nation of which you have be •
come a citizen. Perhaps it may be still possible to preserve
the Union by peaceful adjustment ; but if this be impos-
sible, let the separation be conducted on amicable
terms. Call not upon en European foe to decide your
fraternal quarrels. The territory which is immediately af-
fected by this strife considerably exceeds, in point of ex
tent, the whole of Europe. Though you and I may dc3ply
regret that the Union which kept in cohesion th's vast
territory is about to be severed, yet such an event must
sooner or later have taken place, and, perhaps, advantages,
which we do not at present foresee may arise from the
separation. For my own part, I should not be surprised
if a separation of the slave States from the Northern
States were to bring about an ea ply emancipation of the
slaves, for Ido not believe that slavery can be maintained
in territories which lie contiguous to free States, except by
the aid of a fugitive slave law, which has been for ever re-
pealed. These are my views respecting the present contest
in America; and, to prove the sincerity of my convictions,
I am willing to go to America at my own expense, to act
as internuncio between the contending parties, in case my
services may be accepted in that capacity. I have been
receive ] or invited as a guest by several of the most distin-
guiLhed statesmen who are now conducting the respective
administrations of the Confederate States and the Fe lerPl
Republic. I trust, therefore, that I shall not be regarded
by them as a stranger, and I venture also to hope that,
though I have differed with some of my fellow-countrymen
upon important points, I have not forfeited the confidence
and affection which they testified towards me when I was
in America. I therefore offer to go to America as an un-
ostentatious missionary of peace. During a' public life,
which now extends over a period of 33 years, I have never
solicited office of any kind for myself from either kings,
queens, viceroys, or ministers ; but I am now disposed to
solicit the situation of unpaid envoy between the contend-
ing sections of the American people, and it will be the
proudest triumph of my life if I cen assist in restoring
peace between the disunited members of the great American
family, whose most vital interests are so deeply injured by
this internecine war.—Believe me, my dur friend, most
sincerely yours, " WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN.

" To. Mr. Thomas Frauds Meagher, New York.",

If vanity were a fatal complaint, Smith O'Brien's career
would have long since terminated. What will be his next

proposition ?

THIS DAY'S SIIIP.PINCI.

LONDON, Oct. 24.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; light breeze and fine weather, but a little
cloudy.

PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 23.—Wind S.E.—Ai eivesi—Owen,
from Taganrog for Boston. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship
Mohawk, for Plymouth; her Majesty's ship Medea, for
Halifax.

LOUGH FOYLE, Oct. 23.—Arrived—Bohemian, screw
steamer, from Quebec.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. 22,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Elise
Susanne, from Rangoon for Rotterdam, with crew sick ;
Alipedede, from Rio Janeiro; her Majesty's ship Grey-
hound, from Malta; Countess of London, from Quebec.

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 23.—Wind S.—Sailed—City of New
York, screw steamer, for Now York, with£2l,2Bo, and 561
bales wool.

COWES, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sultan, from
Rangoon.
GLOUCESTER, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —Von
Weickhman, from Quebec.
NEWPORT, Oct. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Schamyl,
from Curracheo. Sailed—Mary Hayter, for Rio Janeiro
and Rangoon.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Arrived—Petit Louis, from Port Madoc ; William and
Charles, Minerva, Martha, Trim:lN:rate, Touch Me Not,
and Huron, from Cardiff; Eclipse, il-ona Plymouth; Myr-
tle, from Swansea; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey;
Alliance, steamer, from Hawe.
Sailed—Oberon, Diadem, and Patre, for Arundal ; Urda,
for Gl;mstadt.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.

Arrived, Oct. 23—Spring Bok, from Rangoon; Alice
Maud,from Madras ; Diana, from Trinidad de Cuba; Lion ne,
from Gravelines ; Maggie, from Algoa Bay; Ferdinand,
from Monte Video ; Raphael, from Alexandria ; Edward,
from Guernsey ; Rachel Latinga, from Algoa Bay ; Morn-
scena, from Porto Rico ; Ann, from Guernsey ; Scutari,
from Bombay; Ceres, from Alexandria; Emerald, from
Caen ; William, from Altea • Rosa, from Guerasey : Hugh
Belmont, from Algo Bay ; idt:ce, from Quebec ; Zie, from
Mauritius; John Venner, from Quebec; Agnes, from Mon-
treal ; Perteus, from Bahia.
Sailed—Panther, steamer, for Boulogae.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed—Equator, Arthur W., and General Williams,
from Quebec, for London; Lady Franklin, and Patrick
Henry, from New York, for London; Parsee, from Pe-
neng, for London ; Katharine Elizabeth, from St. Kitts ;
for London; Prince Albert, from London, for Jamaica;
Alexander Menill, from London, for Philadelphia ; Richard
and William, from London, for Cape Coast Castle ; lanthe,
from Sydia, for London ; Marmion, from Huelva, for
Shields ; Isle of May, from Ceylon, for London (with loss
of fore and main yard on 22d October) ; Betty, from Algoa
Bay, for London; Carneola, barque, from Demerara, for
London; Genio, from Alexander, for London; Aurora,
for Madeira ; George Marsball, for Sydney; Shuttle, for
Trinidad ; Hortensia, from London, for St. Thomas.
The Minerva, from Guernsey, for London, with cargo of
stone, sprung a leak, and foundered about 10 miles off the
Isle of -Wight ; crew picked up in their own boat by the John,
of Exeter, from Teignmouth to Shields, and landed here.

Mr. O'Dowd, Solicitor of the Board of Trade, is
engaged at Galway in the investigation of a disputed claim
between the Misses Digby, owners of Arran, and the Gal-
way Town Commissioners, as to right to works upon the
island. Mr. Duggan, counsel for the Commissioners, read
extracts from " Hardiman's History of Galway, giving
proof of the right of Galway to all property worked on the
island of Arran, and then produced witnesses to prove that
the Mayor of Galway formerly enjoyed that right, and no
other party claimed it. The inquiry is still proceeding.
No fewer than 150 persons were fined, at one of
the Dublin Police Courts, on Monday, for drunkenness.
EXTRAORDINARY PROSECUTION.—At the bench
held at St. Neot's, on Thursday last, before Capt. Reynolds,
Capt. Ifumbley, and Mr. S. New ton, William Woods, a lad
aged 16, was summoned at the instance of the Rev. Ed-
mund Markham Heales, the rector of Yelling, Hunts, for
indecent behaviour in the parish church on Sunday, the
29th ult. The rev. complainant, on being sworn, stated
that during service on the day in question he noticed that
the lad was sitting in a placo in which he ought not to have
sat, namely, ho was sitting by limself instead of with
',lie other boys. He stoppci the service, and went to
the boy. He desired him to move. He did not do so, but
laughed is his face. Ho deemed it r:ght, therefore, to
make an example of him. The defendant, a stupid-looking
country lad, seemed scarcely to know what to make of the
proceedings. The mother of the boy, however, spoke up
on behalf of the lad, and asked, in a quaint rustic manner,
what her boy had done. She could not see he had done
wrong. Mr. Bell, the churchwarden, was called, but he
evidently knew nothing of the matter, and, referring to the
charge, volunteered it as his opinion that a " sexton had
better be got to trump the boy's heads with a stick." The
magistrates convicted the lad of the offence charged, and
adjudged him to pay the mitigated penalty of 65.--Cam-
bridge inckpeident Dos,

RER MATESI'Y'S ,TOURNET SOUTH-
WARDS.

EDINBURGH, TUESDAY EVENING.

The Queen, the Prince Consort, the Princesses
Alice, Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice, and Prince
Leopold, accompanied by the Princess Hohenlohe,
arrived at Holyrood this evening from Balmoral, on
their way to the south. The royal suite included
the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir
George Grey, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Hon. General
Grey, Hon. Sir C. Phipps, Col. Ponsonby, and Dr.
Jenner. The royal party, who had left Balmoral at
half past 9, and commenced their railway journey
at Aboyne, Deeside, at a quarter before 12, reached
St. Margaret's station, Edinburgh, at precisely the
appointed time, half-past 6. At the station they
were awaited by the Duke of Buccleuch, the Lord
Provost, the Lord Advocate, M.P., the Solicitor-
General of Scotland, Sir Wm. Dunbar, M.P., Mr.
Sheriff Gordon, Major-Gen. Walker, commanding
the forces in Scotland ; Sir Sohn Douglas, K.C.B. ;
Col. Darby Griffiths, Scots Greys ; Col. Carey, 26th ;
Col. Maclean, R.A. ; Col. Skyring, RE. ; Capt.
D'Eyncourt, R.N. ; Mr. Hodgson, and the directors
of the North British Railway. From the railway
station to the palace her Majesty and .the royal
party proceeded in a line of carriages and four,
attended by an escort of the Scots Greys, the route
through the park being guarded by the Scots Greys,
the 26th (Cameronians), and a battery of Royal
Artillery. Notwithstanding that the night was
very dark, and that the ground was in a moist con-
dition from recent rains, the whole way to the palace
was lined with spectators, who in the darkness
could see little of the pageant and nothing of the
royal party, their carriages being closed. As her
Majesty arrived at the station a royal salute was
fired from the Castle. The royal travellers reached
Holyrood Palace about a quarter to 7 o'clock. In the
evening the dinner party was joined by the Duchess
of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch, tLe Hon.
W. F. Cowper, First Commissioner of Works, and
Major- Gen. Walker.

THE PRINCE CONSORT IN EDINBURGH.
EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY.

This afternoon the foundation stones of the new
General Post-office in this city and of the Industrial
Museum of Scotland were laid by his Royal High-
ness the Prince Consort in presence of an immense
concourse of people. The weather was extremely
favourable, and business was completely suspended
in the city during the double ceremony. The route
from Holyrood Palace to the site of the Post-office,
immediately opposite the Register-house, was lined
by the military and several companies of Volun-
teers, as was also the route along the North and
South Bridges to the site of the Industrial Museum,
at the back of the University. The principal streets
were gaily decorated with flags, and, besides the
crowds who occupied the two platforms from which
a view of the ceremonies could be obtained, the
streets were densely thronged with spectators,
although thousands could only obtain a view of the
carriages forming the procession as they passed
along. The Prince Consort left Holyrood Palace
at 20 minutes past I, accompanied by Sir George
Grey, the Duke of Buccleuch, General Walker,
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in Scotland ;
Colonel Maclean, Major Hyde Page, and Earl
Spencer. The Royal cortege was preceded by the
Lord Provost, and as the carriages passed along the
Regent-road and Waterloo-place, accompanied by
the band of the Scots Greys, his Royal Highness
was received with the utmost enthusiasm by the
assembled crowd. On arriving at the Register.
house his Royal Highness received a number (4
noblemen and gentlemen who were to take part in
the ceremony, and proceeded across the street to the
site of the Post-office, accompanied by the Lord
Provost, magistrates, and Council, the Lords of
Session, the members for the city, and the other
gentlemen who had been presented to his Royal
Highness. The procession having taking their
allotted positions round the stone, the Lord Provost
of the city presented an address to the Prince Con-
sort, congratulating his Royal Highness on the safe
arrival of her Majesty and the Royal Family. in
the city, and thanking him for his presence on that
occasion.

The Prince Consort, in reply, congratulated the
citizens of Edinburgh on the acquisition of two such
important buildings as it was now proposed to erect,
and expressed his satisfaction at the increased faci-
lities of communication by letter which had ren-
dered necessary the erection of a new Post-office,
and upon the fact that th© advantages of speed and
regularity in such communications, which were
onoe the exclusive privilege (though to a much less
extent even as regarded them) of the higher and
middle classes, had now, thanks to the marvellous
development of the Post-office system, been brought
within reach of the poorest ; while another great boon
had been conferred upon all classes by the facilities
afforded for the safe transmission of money by means
of Post-office orders, thus constituting the Post-
office, as it were, an universal banking agency,
resting on the security of the State, and brought to
every man's very door. His Royal Highness also
expressed his hope that the recent Act of legislaticn
with regard to savings-banks in connexion with the
Post-office would confer further and most important
benefits on the working-classes. After congratu-

lating the citizens on the extension to Edinburgh
of the advantages already possessed by London and
Dublin in the erection of an industrial museum, the
Prince Consort concluded by expressing his thanks
for an allusion in the address to the part he took
in the International Exhibition of 1851, and re-
marked that the best acknowledgment which the
promoters of that undertaking could receive was
the practical proof afforded, by its repetition in
1862, that they had correctly understood and ap-
preciated the wants and requirements of the day.
The foundation-stone was then laid in the usual

form amid loud cheering, and the proceedings ter-
minated with three cheers for the success of the
undertaking and three cheers for her Majesty and
the Prince Consort. Her Majesty was not present
at the ceremony, having visited the Botanical
Gardens in the forenoon ; but Prince Leopold and
two of the younger Princes occupied a room in the
Register-house from which a view of the proceed-
ings could be obtained. Immediately after the
above ceremony the Prince Consort, accompanied
as formerly, proceeded to the University, in the
large quadrangle of which the Principal, Sir David
Brewster, and the members of the Senatus Acade-
miens were in waiting to receive him. Sir David
Brewster presented an address from the Senatus to
the Prince Consort, which his Royal Highness
briefly acknowledged. The company then pro-
ceeded to the site of the museum through one of the
windows of the University, where the ceremony of
laying the foundation-stone was gone through, the
whole proceedings only occupying a few minutes.
The Prince Cunsort immediately after the ceremony
' retraced his steps to the front gate of the University,
where the State carriage was in waiting, and pro.
ceeded amid loud cheers to Holyrood Palace.

DEFARTURE FROM EDINBURGH.

At half-past 8 o'clock in the evening her Majesty,
the Prince Consort, and the members of the Royal
Family, left St. Margaret's station for the south,
the route along the Queen's Park being lined by a
large body of Volunteers, carrying torchlights.

INDIAN PRIZE MONEY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

October 24, 1861.

Sru,—l am a poor old soldier, who served in the late
Indian mutiny with Lord Clyde. I have undergone for
fifteen months fatigue, suffering, and privation. I have
lost the use of my right arm in her excellent Majesty's
service, God bless her I but nearly five years are past since
the first outbreak at Meerut, and the only reward given to
the old soldier is a medal with a clasp I' Proh, Fuclor ! Is
this the only compensation to be made to us ? A great
amount of booty was captured at Delhi, Lucknow, Gwalior,
and Kotah ; and yet, no tidings of prize money I At the
India Office they say that her Majesty has not signed the
warrant for the Central India prize money, and that the
prize rolls even are not being made out. Is it fair that
Government should thus delay paying poor old soldiers
who have fought hard for their Queen and country ?

I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your humble servant,
.6., NAPIB,