The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONIBON; SATtrllO.l.-ir EVENING AITGIUSr

when the Divorce Bill came up from the other house he
would move that the Commons' amendments be consi-
dered that day six months; but nothing, he was per-
suaded, could have been further from his intention than
to take their lordships by surprise. Weed, he was sure
that his noble friend was incapable of anything of that
kind. (Hear, hear) Let the house calmly and deli
berately consider this question, and let the Government
distinctly state whether they meant to afford full time
for that purpose. But if they were to have no other
opportunity than Monday, the day before the proroga-
tion, to !discuss and decide upon the many important
amendments which had been introduced into the mea-
sure elsewhere, he should be-compelled, however unwill-
ingly, to vote with his noble friend against such a pro-
ceeding. He hoped, therefore, that the Government
would fairly inform their lordships when this subject
would be brought forward, and would also give an assur-
-1 ance that there would be no attempt to prevent a full

and free discussion.
The Marquis of WESTMEA.TH trusted that the noble
lord would not persevere in the amendment of which he
had given notice, even though it might be strictly in ac-
cordance with the rules of the House.
The Earl of WINCHELSEA. was of opionion that, on
the eve of the prorogation, they could not bestow that
attention to this question which its deep importance

Lord PALMERSTON said that the late Bishop of
Norwich resigned his bishoprick under circumstances
painful to himself but honourable to his personal cha-
racter, for, finding that his infirmities prevented him
from adequately performing the duties of his high and
sacred office, he resigned without any stipulation. It
was the intention of her Majesty's Government to have
asked the sanction of Parliament to sanction some
general provision on the resignation of a bishop from
age or infirmities, but circumstances had prevented.
I He hoped, however, next session to be able to do so,
and to make it retrospective to meet Dr. Hind's case.
At present the Government had no means from which
to make a provision for Dr. Hind.
SAVINGS BANKS.

deserved.
Lord CAMPBELL said that he should support the
motion for the adjournment of the house. Upon his
solemn word and honour his opinion was that the pro-
posal of the noble lord (Redesdale) was irregular. He
understood, and he believed their lordships all likewise
understood, the noble lord to give notice that he should
bring forward, his motion when the discussion upon the
Commons' amendments came on. That would be a per-
feotly legitimate course, and the understanding on both
sides of the house, with the exception of a few who were
in the secret, was that the discussion would be taken on
Monday, and not sooner. He could not believe his ears
when he heard that the noble lord's motion was to be pro-
posed to-night. He thought it must be a hoax, for he
could not imagine the noble lord would do anything in-
consistent with his station and reputation.
Lord DUNGANNON protested against the Govern-
ment giving only a single day for a discussion upon a
Bill so important, to which the country was adverse, and
which would in his opinion be fraught with mischief.
Material amendments had been made in the bill, and it
was impossible to consider the measure adequately on
Monday, when so few peers were in town, and when the
right rev. prelates were detained in the country upon
the business of their dioceses, Their lordships would
stand in a false and invidious light before the country, if
a measure of this kind were smuggled through the
House without due deliberation. His noble friend
(Lord Redesdale) had given regular notice that on the
bill being brought up from the other house be would
move that the amendments be considered on that day
six months.
Lord WYNFORD had heard that it was the inten-
tion of the Government to bring on the discussion upon
that night. (" No, No 1") The bill had been printed
and he held a copy in his hand.
The Marquis of BATH remarked that a great deal
had been said about taking her Majesty's Government
by surprise, but he should wish to know whether it was
not they who were taking by surprise many noble lords
who had supported the bill in its progress through their
lordships' house I (Hear, 'hear.) Several noble lords
had, for instance voted in favour of the Bill because it
contained no clause giving to the wife the right to sue
for a divorce against the husband upon the ground of
his having committed adultery ; and it was scarcely fair,
he contended, upon the part of the Government, at a
moment when they had entire command over the house,
to endeavour to force a clause to that effect, which had
been introduced into the- Bill in the House of Commons,
upon their lordships, particularly when it was taken
into consideration that to the absenee of that clause the
success of the BM in their lordships' house was to a
great extent to be attributed. (Hear, hear.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who was very in-
distinctly heard, was understood to speak to the following
effect :—My lords, the noble marquis who has just
sat down seems to have based his observations upon the
assumption that her Majesty's Ministers now possess
entire command over this house. But what is it, let me
ask, which has given to them that command ? Why,
my hrds it can be nothing else than the non-attendance
of noble lords opposite, whose duty it is to be in their
places as much as it is the duty of any other peer, and
to whom the same means of being present at our delibe-
rations were open as were within the reach of her Ma-
jesty's Ministers. (Cheers.) To state, therefore, that
the Government have the command of this hcuFe is to
take a course which it is, in my opinion, unconstitutional
in the case of a peer in Parliament to adopt. (Hear.)
Her Majesty's Ministers never have had the control of
this house, and I trust the noble marquis will never
see the day when a contrary state of things shall have
taken place. (Hear, bear.) With respect to the
question before the house I can only say that what-
ever course the noble baron opposite (Lord Redes-
dale) may take, I cannot deem it right that a bill
of great importance such as that under discus-
sion, in which material alterations have been
made in the other House of Parliament, should be pressed
upon your Lordships' attention without due notice of
the nature of those amendments being afforded. If, my
lords, a contrary course were to be sanctioned, and if her
Majesty's Government, even though they do not possess
that authority over this House f .r which the noble mar-
quis opposite seems to give them credit—were to resort
to the practice of having measures of great moment
brought up from the other House and passed without
notice, I ask whether such a system would not be open
to grave objection. (Hear, hear.) It un loubtedly
would, and yet such is the course which the noble baron
opposite asks us now to pursue. (Hear.) I have un-
fortunately had a longer experience of the proceedings of
your lordships' House than the noble marquis who has
just addressed us—an experience ex'euding over a period
of 40 years—but I am not aware that during the whole
of that time, there has been a single instance in which,
without notice having been placed upon the books of the i
House, the rejection of a bill has been moved by a peer
who was not either the author or the mover of the mea-
sure. (Hear, bear.) From that salutary practice I
t.iust, my lords, we shall not on the present occasion de-
part. (Cheers.)
Earl GRANVILLE, adverting to certain observa-
tions which had fallen from Lord St. Leonard's, said it
was proposed to fix the future consideration of the
Divorce Bill for Monday next, and also took occasion to
observe that the Government had by no means come to
the determination that the prorogation of Parliament
should take place on Tuesday, inasmuch as that event
must altogether depend upon the progress of public
business.
Lord REDESDALE complained of the tone which
had that evening been adopted by noble lords opposite
in his regard—(near, hear).--and observed that if any-
tihng could justify a man for being angry the treatment
which he had just experienced would furnish such justi-
fication. And yet, in what, he would ask, did his offence
consist I Simply in the ot that he had given notice
that when the bill under discussion shoull come
up from the other House of Parliament he should
move that it be taken into consideration that
day six months, (Hear, hear.) That was a course
which he maintained he bad a right to pursue, and
which was in itself perfectly regular. (Hear, hear.)
If, however, it were supposed that such a course involved
anything unfair—which he contended it did not—he for
one was not the person to persevere in its adoption. He
did not blame noble lords opposite for being a little irri
table upon the subject, because they no doubt felt that if
be were to press the motion of which ho had given notice
to a division they would be left in a minority. He, how-
ever, was placed in a somewhat difficult position, inas-
much as if he consented to forego making that motion he
might allow the opportunity to pass by for defeating a
measure which he believed to be fraught with the most
mischievous consequences to the community at large. A f-
ter the appeal which had been made to him by noble lords
opposite he felt there was a difficulty in pursuing the coarse
of which he had given notice. But though he might not
persevere with his motion he trusted that something more
than ordinary consideration would be given to the discus-
sion of the amendments in question, for it would be in the
highest degree dangerous to pass what was so serious an
innovation on the law and usage of the country with any-
thing like precipitation. (Hear, hear.) He would with-
draw his motion in deference to what possibly might be
the feeling of the house, but under the circumstances he
could not say he did so willingly.
E GRANVILLE said his noble friend near him
and himself entirely acquitted his noble friend (Lord
Redesdale) of any intention to take the house by sur-
prise, and they werrethe more desirous of doing so, after
the handsome manner in which his noble friend had
withdrawn his motion. It only remained for him (Eerl
Graneille) to say the withdrew his motion for the ad-
jeurnment, in order that his noble and learned friend on
the wool-ack might give notice of his intention to move
that the Commons' amendments to the bill be taken into
consideration on Monday.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then gave notice that
on Monday he should move that the Commons' amend-
ments to the Divorce Bill be taken into consideration.
The house adjourned at 20 minutes pa,t seven o'cleck.

In answer to a question from Mr. HAMILTON,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de-
clined to give a positive pledge to re-introduce the
Savings Banks Bill next session, but he should be pre-
pared next session to propose the appointment of a select
committee to enquire into the operation, &c., of Savings
Banks. (Hear, hear.)
CUBA.
Sir G. P. PECHELL inquired of the First Lord of
the Admiralty whether any additional vessels, including
gun-boats, had been sent to the West India station for
service on the coast of Cuba.
Sir C. WOOD said that as soon as the house voted
the necessary men he ordered four gun-boats to be im-
mediately got ready for Cuba. Two of them would be
ready to sail in a few days.
BULLION, &c.
Mr. NEWDEGATE moved for the following re-
turns :—Account of the notes, securities, bullion, &c. of
the Bank of England, as published weekly in the Gazette,
according to the Act 7 and 8 Vic. c. 32 (in continuation
of Parliamentary paper, No. 410, of session 1856) :
Returns of the quarterly averages of the weekly liabili-
ties and assets of the Bank of England (in continuation
of Parliamentary paper, No 410, of session 1856 ; from
the latest dates given therein to the present time :)
Of the monthly average aggregate amount of Parliamen-
tary notes payable to bearer on demand, in circulation
in the United Kingdom ; distinguishing those circulated
by the Banks of England and Ireland, and by private
and Joint-Stock Banks in England, Scotland, and Ire-
land ; together with the bullion in the Bank of England
(in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 410 of ses-
sion 1856, up to the present time) : Of the minimum
rate of interest at the Bank of England on the let of
each month in the years 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855,
1856, and first six months of 1857: Of the general
weekly average prices of wheat, barley, oats, rye, !smug,
and peas per quarter (in continuation of Parliamentary
Paper, No. 410, of Session 1856) : and of the quantities
of wheat and wheat flour, and of all other kinds of grain
and meal, stated in quarters, imported into Great Britain
during each month of 1863, 1854, 1855, 1856, and first
six months of 1857, distinguishing each kind separately ;
and whether imported from Ireland, the colonies or
foreign parts, giving the monthly averages thereof, also
the average price and totals for each year, and fot the
first six months of 1857 (in continuation of Parliamentary
Paper, No. 410, of Session 1856).
Agreed to.
DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES
BILL.
On the motion for the third reading of this bill,
Mr. HENLEY proceeded to review the dis-
cussion that had taken place on the bill, and the changes
that bad been made in it in many of its material parts.
When the bill was introduced, the Government said it
was a perfect measure, and that any one attentively
reading it could not fail to understand the opinion of the
Government on it, and in consequence the Opposition
had had, both in the house and out of it, "the dogs of
war" let slip on them for opposing the measure
and attempting to disease it. Oa the introduction of the
measure, the Opposition stated that there was
no time to fully consider the subject, and he
thought he should be able to show, from the result,
how correct was their prophecy. It was said when the
bill was introduced that it made no change in the law,
but merely altered the proceedings relative to divorce,
and got rid of a great blot on the institutions of the
country and the scandal attaching to actions of trim.
son. ; and it was further alleged that the bill would bring
home to the doors of all classes of her Majesty's subjects
those privileges in reference to divorce which were only
now within the reach of the rich. It was quite impos-
sible at the period of the session when the measure was
introduced to give it that consideration which its im-
portance demanded, and he thought he should be able to
show that the objects for which it had been introduced
were not likely to beattained, and that the measure stood
in such a position as showed it had not received that
consideration that was either creditable to the Govern-
ment or the importance of the bill demanded. The hon.
gentleman then referred to the period that had been
occupied in discussing it. Seven days—morning and
evening sittings—had been occupied in committees, and
the result had been 13 material changes in the bac,
although they had been told it was a perfect measure,
and had received ample discussion by competent persons
in the other house. Of these 13 changes no less than
10 of them were made without divisions and as•
sented to by the Government on the reasons and obser-
vation advanced by hon. members on both sides of the
House ; two material alterations had been made by the
Attorney-General, and one on a division by the oppo-
nents of the measure. Fifteen divisions had taken place
in the Committee. Of the:e 7 were proposed by gentle
men who voted for the second reading. . The bill as
amended had made a material change in the status of a
woman separated from her husband judicially or di-
vorced, and enlarged the grounds relative to the charge
and custody of children. The most material change
made in the bill was in reference to the constitution
of the new tribunal and local jurisdiction ; security to a
wife after separation ; the grounds on which divorce was
to be obtained ; increased discretion to the court to dis-
miss suits ; fine on the committal of adultery ; procedure
in the new court, and the right of appeal. The right
hon. gentleman then entered into other details of
changes, and concluded by expressing an opinion that
this important question had not been, sufficiently con-
sidered, and regretted that Government should have
considered it necessary to press the measure through
this session.
Sir G. GREY congratulated the house on the pro-
spect of the bill being read a third time without a
division, from the right hon. gentleman having con-
cluded his review of the measure without a motion.
He said that he considered the statements of the
right hon. gentleman showed that the bill had been
maturely considered, and was a sufficient answer to the
charge of undue haste made against the Govern-
ment. He defended the bill, and urged thatthe changes
that had been made in the bill were by no mean s
of that importance with reference to its principle
attached to them by the right hon. gentleman, though
he (Sir Geo. Grey) admitted they were great improve-
ments. (Hear, hear )
Sir W. HEATIICOTE said the Opposition were by
no mewls satisfied with the state of the bid, and their
declining then to go to a division which would not test
the real opinion of the house was not to be taken as con-
senting on their part to the bill passing.
Mr. AYRTON thought the house had done its duty
in making the bill as perfect as possible.
After some remarks from Mr. NEWDEGATE,
Lord J. MANNERS entered his protest against the
third reading of the bill, He objected to it principally
because it imported for the first time into the statute
law of England the dissolubility of marriage by human
la'w, He entered at some length into other objections
be had to the details of the bill, and said that it was to
be regretted that a bill of so much importance had been
forced so late in the session through a jaded House of
Commons. The manner in which it bad been forced
through that house was a source of great regret and ob.
jection to hi-e, and never during the whole of his
Parliamentary career had he heard such complaints
against the conduct of business in that house as bad been
made by persons of weight and influence against the pro-
ceedings of the noble lord in reference to this bill.
Lord PALMERSTON said that the intention of the
hon. gentlemen opposite not to divide the house was
consistent with their conduct throughout the discussion
on the bill. He denied that any member of the G overn.
had enunciated an opinion or anything that could
approach to it that the bill should be hurriedly passed
through the house as it came down from the other
house. The government bad always shown not only
their readiness but their desire that the bill should be
fully and properly discussed. .11 had been said that the
bill should not be passed both privately and publicly.
On one occasion an hon. member said to him, " You
shan't pass the bill," and he replied to him, " Won't
we." (Laughter.) On another occasion the hon. member
for the University of Oxford spoke,of the Greek Kalends,
which he subsequently explained as not used in reference
to delaying the bill, but the Government thought so,
end it was in consequence of those threats that he (Lord
Palmerston) said en a former occasion the G .vernment
would sit till September to pass the bill. The noble lord
then referred to other matters connected with the pro-
gress of the bill, and also its details, and sail that he
denied that marriage was considered indissoluble by the
Church of England, and referred to the 25th Articl3 of
Religion in confirmation of his statement. With reference
to the concession made to the clergy in the blil, his
lordship expressed at hope that they would understand
the feeling that induced Government to agree to it,
and that they would not look upon it as a principle
which if carried out would be detrimental to the interests
of the Church of England. He considered the bill had
been improved by the amendments that had been intro-
duced into it ; and in reference to the charge that the
bill had not been introduced to allow the house to be-
come acquainted and understand its provisions and give
their attention to it, he said that when it first came to
that house there were 347 members on the first division,
and that further progress showed that the supporters of
the bill were as two to one. In cone:lLion, the noble

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(rEsTBRDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'cl)ck.
GOVERNMENT STORES.

Mr. NICOLL asked the Secretary to the Treasury
if, with the return ordered for detailed accounts of the
receipt and expenditure for navy, for army, including
c)mmissariat, and for ordnance services for the year, up
to the 31st day of March, 1856, there will be any ob-
jection to include a derailed account of the nature and
value of public stores in hand at that data ; together
with A statement of the produce of sales of condemned
and surplus stores during that year ; and if the evidence
taken by the Public Contracts Commissioners would be
circulated during the recess?
Mr. WILSON said that the return to which the hon.
member referred had been prepared and laid on the
table of the house, and if the hon member would reltr
to the published quarterly accounts he would
find, under the head of old stores, what they
produced to the revenue. A detailed account of
the produce of sales and surplus stores would be
vtZ,difficult to make out, and he thought the expense,
would not
trouble it would entail on the department
inittee had hieneade•
wwohneniuintowtabse
.compensated by the va'ue of the return
doubt it woulatbs.s(
The report of the Contract CJM
presented to the house, and he had no
circulated during the recess.
Sir HARRY VER./11
CHAPLAINS TRE INDIAN ARMY.
War what number of chaplains asked the Secretary for
I
accomm►pany the military acaeins had been appointed to
JOHNfor RAMSDENthe Indian Army devolved upon the East
said
ti!;iaroceeding to India ?
providing of
chaplainsSi r
India Company. He believed that there were chaplains
FRENCEi REFUGEES.
at every station in India. - -
.. 1- ~ •
Mr. WILLI.AU WILLIAMS asked the First Lord

of the Treasury, whether there was any truth in the r lord. rtt-
crred to the good conduct of the house—
t!'...,:ughter)— in disposing of public business, and he wished
rauomvoeurnrmtheanttioifn
France, the wGiotvhearnnmapepniticoattitohnisferoomutthr...a
then to express through them to the country the fact
would expel some of the French refugees who have that the members sent to the new Parliament had not
sought an asylum in this country ? been unfaithful representatives, or neglectful of their
Lord PALMERSTON said his answer first was that duties. Ile congratulated them on there having been
no such application had been made to her Majesty's fewer irregularities during the last election than usual
Government—(hear, hear)—by the Government of in reference to bribery, &c., and that during• tta short
France. B.is next answer was something like the ex- session of three months hon, members bad actively, per-
cuse given by a parish for not ringing the bells on the severingly, carefully, and successfully attended to the
restoration of Charles 11., that they had none to ring— business before them. (Cheers.)
(laughter)—that the Government bad no power to expel The bill was then read a third time and passed amidst
them. (Hear, hear.) cheers.
- CHAPLAINS FOR INDIA. SALE OF OBSCENE BOOKS, &c., PREVENTION
Sir H. VERNEY renewed his question on the Chap- BILL.
lains for India, which was answered by Mr. V. Smith in This bill was read a third time and passed.
similar terms to Sir J. Ramsden. The Lord amendments to the Burials Acts Amend-
BISHOP HIND. meat Bill, Probates and Letters of Administration
Mr. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Trea- Bill, and Ecclesiastical Commissions Bill, were considered
sury whether her Majesty's Government were disposed and agreed to.
to make provision for a retiring pension to Dr. Hind,
late Bishop of Norwich, now that the retiring pension
granted to the late Bishop Blomfield of 6,000/, per
annum had fallen in?

RETURNS.
Several unopposed returns were granted.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.

Lord PALMERSTON moved the adjournment of
the House till Monday at 3 o'clock.
PERSIAN EXPEDITION.

Colonel SYKES asked the President of the Board of
Control, whether it was tho intention of her Majesty's
Government to confer upon the officers of the Persian
expedition the customary testimonials of approval of
the successful military operations, in brevets, honours,
and a medal?

Mr. V. SMITH said that the distinctions to be
awarded mu-t be left with the Government ; after
rt4eiving recommendations from the Governor-General
of India through the Court of Directors ; and on that
depended when they would be granted.

or whether they would be justified in convicting
him only of the lesser offence of wounding with
intent to do grievous bodily harm. The learned
counsel then proceeded to narrate the circumstan es

under which the offence was committed, and sai
that, the magistrate by whom the prisoner was sent
for trial having made a communication to the Se-
cretary of State that it was a fit case to be taken up
by the Government, he and his learned friend were
instructed by the solicitor to the Treasury to con-
duct the prosecution.
The following witnesses were then examined :
Mr. Richard Thompson said—l am a solicitor,
and have acted in that capacity fur the prisoner.
I accompanied him to the Queen's Prison on the
Bth of July, to see Mr. Robertson. Mr. Gower
went with us. I had some conversation with Mr.

Robertson. before the prisoner came into the room.
He was sitting in an arm chair with his back to the
window, and I was sitting on his left side. The
prisoner came into the room, and was standing
about five feet from Mr. Robertson, in front of
him. The prisoner drew nearer to Mr.i Robertson,
and it appeared to me that he struck him with his
fist. There was an angry feeling between the
prisoner and Mr. Robertson on the subject of
the debt, the latter denying that he owed it.
The prisoner struck him four or five times
on the cheek, the right side, the temple, and the
shoulder, and he fell to the ground, and I observed
blood flowing from his person. De Salvi and Mr.
Gower then left the room, and I went up to Mr.

Robertson and supported him.
Cross-examined—l have been the prisoner's at-
torney since 1856. He has been a valet, and I
understood he had saved a little money. He brought
me some bills of exchange to sue upon, and Ro-

bertson appeared to b 3 his debtor for 200!., and he
requested me to make some arrangement with De
Salvi and Gower, and I sent for De Salvi for that
purpose, and Gower accompanied us to the Queen's
Prison. Robertson said to Gower that he did not

owe any money to De Salvi, and an altercation
arose between the parties. I have understood that
the prisoner has lost 9001. that he had saved, and
he told Robertson that he had had his money and
he had nothing to do with looking after anyone
else. De Salvi was greatly irritated at th;s time.
Mr. Wild said—At the time of this transaction I
was an inmate of the Queen's Prison, and I saw the
prisoner and Mr. Gower go towards Mr. Robert-
son's room, and immediately afterwards I heard a
scuffle in his room ; the prisoner and Mr. Gower
came out together and walked along the corridor.
11 then -went into Mr. Robertson'sroom, and found
him bleeding and wounded. I went in the direc-
tion the prisoner had gone, and picked up the
knife now produced, with blood on it and the point
broken off, about five yards from Mr. Robertson's
room. After this I saw the prisoner and said to
him, " You are Da Salvi, you are the assassin."
He made no answer, but started back.
Mr. C. R. Manson said—l was in the Queen's
Prison in June last, and I remember about that
time seeing the prisoner and Robertson together,
and the prisoner was speaking about a debt due to
to him upon a bill for 2001., and he said that if some
satisfactory proposal were not made to him respect-
ing that debt he would have his life. I told the
prisoner it was a very serious expression, and I
should take particular notice of it, and should not
leave the room unless Mr. Robot tson required it,
and I remained until De Salvi left. I remember
hearing a cry of murder from Mr. Robertson's room
on the day this happened, and I went out immedi-
ately and saw the prisoner in the passage below
leading to the yard. I recognised him as the person
who made the threat previously, and I laid hold of
him and asked him if he did not recollect me. He
said he did not, and I told him I remembered him
very well, and should not release him until I handed
him over to the police.
Croks-examined—l don't know what Mr. Robert-
s)n said in reply to the prisoner's threat of taking
his life. Mr. Robertson appeared very much in-
timidated at the prisoner's conduct. Mr. Re-
bartion had also been endeavouring to get
released from h s debts in one of the Scotch
Courts, but was unsuccessful, chiefly, as I under-
stood, on account of the opposition to the proceed-
ing that was instituted by the prisoner and Mr.
. Gower.

THIRD COURT.

Joseph Mull, 40, schoolmaster, was indicted for
stealing a bank note of the value of 501., and three
other bank notes, each of the value of Si., the
property of George Bailey Tuson, in, a dwelling-

house.
Mr. Giffard and Mr. T. Salter prosecuted, and
Mr. Ribton defended. _ _

The learned Counsel having briefly detailed the
circumstances of the case, called—
The Rev. Herbert Tuson—l live at Wick, near
Bath. During the months of September and
November last I was staying at Little Stanmore,
Middlesex, doing duty for my uncle, who is rector
of the parish. The rectory being let I was staying
at the house of the prisoner, who is the National
schoolmaster of Little Stanmore, and lives at the
schoolhouse. The only persons in the house besides
Jived were prisoner, his wife, and a servant, who
slept out of the house. Upon the 6th of Novem-
ber Sir Henry Ellis, who occupied the rectory, paid
me for my uncle, 671. 4s. There were four notes,
one 501. and three 51. notes, which I put into my
desk and locked. Upon the following day I went
out to dinner, and before going I looked to ses if
the desk was safe, and found it so. I left it upon the
table in the sitting-room. I came home about
half-past eleven and let myself in with a latch key.
When I came in I thought the desk had been mov-
ed, but finding the window untouched I took no
farther notice. Tie family were all gone to bed.
Upon the next morning the prisoner came into my
room and asked if I had left my desk locked. I
said." Yes." He then said, "It is open." I dressed
and went into the sitting-room, and I found that
the desk had been forced and the notes and money
were gone. 'The man was in some confusion in the
room, and the drawers were open. A valuable silver
communion service, which my uncle had 1, nt me,
was in those drawers, but had not been disturbed.
The prisoner said he had lost some things of
trifling value. There were no marks outside of the
window to show that any one had entered the
room from outside.
C.oss-examinecll told the prisoner I did not
know the numbsr of the notes.
Mr. Bayley, from the Bank of England, proved
that two notes, one for 501. and another for 501.,
came from dr. Bennett, and one for 51. from
Messrs. Routledge.
Sir Henry Ellis proved paying the notes to the
Rev. Herbert Tuson, at the School-house at Stan-
more.

Mr. William Bell said—l was over the room
occupied by Mr. Robertson on the day in question.
and I heard. a noise and a cry of "Murder 1" and
the prisoner came out followed by Mr. Gower, aud
they ran along the passage as fast as they could.
Mr. Gower said " Oh 1" and shuddered when he
came out of the room as if horror-struck. I saw
the prisoner after this, and told him he should not
go ; he was one of the parties, and he replied,
Oh, what is it ?"
Mr. Colville, the chief turnkey or the prison,
said,—On the day this matter h.tppen.ed. I heard the
alarm and took t'ie prisoner into custody. He was
surrounded by a great unary people, and there was
a cry of "He did it." The prisoner was taken into
riatrA of ren,,,, gnrl he then anitl "T (MI nml
Mr. Gower had nothing to do with it." He then
male an effort to speak to Mr. Gower, but he said,
"Don't speak to m..?." I was present when the
deposition of Mr. Robertson was taken in the pre-
sence of Mr. Combe, the magistrate.
Cross-examined—l tAd Mr. Robertson that
Manson had stated in his evidence that he was pre-
sent when Da Salvi threatened to take his life, and
he denied that anything of the sort had ever taken
place.

---
A servant girl in the employment of the prisoner
proved that upon the morning the notes were
missed she found her master up and in the school-
room when she came in the morning.
In cross-examination she stated that he generally

Mr. Wakem, the surgeon of the Queen's Prison,
said that he saw Mr. Robertson about half-an-hour
after the fatal cccurrence, and found him suffering
from four wounds, one in the face, one on the collar
bone, one on the temple, and another on the nape
of the neck. The la.tt was the most dangerous
wound of tile four. Paralys's total on one side
and partially ou the othe-, had supervened, and
Mr. Robertson was in a very dangerous state. He
was of opinion that the broken portion of the knife
still remained in the wound in the nape of the
neck. _

The depositions made by the prosecutor were
then put in and read. The first was as follows :
'• lam a gentleman. I know the prisoners De Salvi
and Gower. lam detained at the Queen's Prison at the
suit of De Salvi. .A.')out 2 o'clock yesterday the two
prisoners and a Mr. Thompson (a solicitor) came to me
at the prison. I was in conversation with Da Salvi,
when he drew out a dagger in his right hand, and he
struck me with it on the side of the face. While I sat
in the chair be struck me again on the face, and I fell
on the ground. I had a struggle with hi o then, and he
struck one three times with the same instrument on the
neck and back. lam now suffering from the effects of
the blows. I never met Gower till yesterday. I had
seen him before at his place of business. Gower did not
strike me. After Da Salvi had struck me twice, Gower
said, ' Give it the villain,' and then Da Salvi struck me
three times with the weapon. Gower is one of my de-
taining creditors.'
This deposition was made on the day after the
affair happened. The prosecutor subsequently
made another deposition, pretty much to the same
effect, which was also read.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. James then made a brief appeal to the jury
on behalf of the prisoner. He said it would be hope-
less upon the fac-t3 before them to expect that they
c ,uld come to any wilder conclusion than that
when the prisoner made the attack upon the prose-
cutor lie intended, at alt events, to do hint seine
grievous bodily harm ; but he hoped that when
they looked at all tho ciroumetance3 of the case they
would feel themselves justified in convicting the
prisoner upon that count only. The learned
counsel then referred to the facts of the case, and
said he thought it was o sly due ti Mr. Gower,
whose name hail been so painfully mixed up with
the transaction, to state that it appeared. t ) him
that the evidence contradicted the supposition that"
he was aware that the prisoner was using a deadly
weapon, and that it was clear he, as Mr. Thomp-
son did at first, thought that the prisoner was
striking the prosecutor with his fist. He then
urged upon the jury that there was no evidence
to show that the act was at all premeditated, and
he said there could be very little doubt that the
prisoner, finding that he was likely to lose his
money, all the savings of his life, was suddenly
worked up to an ungovernable fit of pasciori, and
in the excitement of the moment committed the
offence w.th which he was charged in the second
count of the indictment, and that there was not
sufficient evidence to justify them in saying that he
ha I fermed the deliberate intention to murder the
prosecutor.
Lord Granville teas then sworn and examined
from the bench. He stated that 14 r. ars ago the
prisoner was in his service and he considered him
an inoffensive, mild-tempered youth at that time,
and hal always heard the same character of him
since. ,

Lord ilardinge gave similar evidence.
The Rev. Mr. Goddar•l, the vicar of Eartham,
in whose service the prisoner had been for several
year, also gave him an excellent charact r.
Several other gentlemen were examined, and they
gave similar evidence.
Mr. Baron Martin then summed up, and observed
that the learned cowls 1 for the prisoner having
admitted that the offence imputed to him could not
be reduced Lelow the crime of wounding with intent
t ) do serious bodily harm, the only points for the
consideration of the jury were whether the evi-
dence made out the intent of the prisoner to be to
murder the prosecute-, or whet'ler there were any
facts in the case-which would warrant them in con-
victing him of the less serious offence.
The jury retired to deliberate upon their verdict,
and in a few minutes they returned into Court and
found the prisoner Guilty upon the second, count,
with intent to do grievous bodily harm. They at
the same time strengly recommended him to mercy

on account of the good character he had received, above an hour, came into court returning a verdic
and the provocation that had been given him. of " Guilty."
Mr. Baron Martin said he did not appear to have The Common Sergeant said he entirely concurre
received any provocation. The only ground for in the verdict, and sentenced the prisoner to feu
the recommendation was his good character. Ba- years' penal servitude.
ron Martin then proceeded to pass sentence upon This ended the business of the session.
the prisoner. He said'he had been convicted of an The courts sat until very late.
offence which no one could doubt he had committed.
Whether he intended to murder the prosecutor or
not was known only to himself, but there could be
no doubt that a man who stabbed another with a
deadly instrument in the face and other dangerous
parts of the body must clearly have intended to all
but murder the man at the least. The pro-
secutor appeared to be yet in a dangerous
state, and if he died, the prisoner would still
have to take his trial for murder, and the present
proceeding would not relieve him from that con-
sequence. The jury- had recommended him to
mercy, and he should comply with that recommen-
dation to some extent, but the only ground upon
which it could at all be attended to wa3 that of his
previous good character. As to provocation there
was none in a legal sense. The prosecutor might
have behaved ill to him in money matters, but
that was no justification for his committing such a
deadly attack upon him, and it must be known
that the law of this country would not for a
moment sanction such a proceeding. His Lord-
ship then concluded his address by sentencing the
prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for 15 years.
George Cox, who was convicted on Thursday of
stabbing his wife in St. Martin's-le-Grand, under
peculiar circumstances, was brought up for j udg-
ment, and sentenced to six months' hard labour.
- George Harvey, 46, and William John Thomp-
son, 32, two Post-office letter-carriers, who had
pleaded "Guilty" to charges of stealing letters
containing money, were also brought up and sen-
tenced to eight years' penal servitude.
We are requested to state that the sentence
passed in the Central Criminal Court on Thursday
in the case of Harrison and Ryder Durant and
Roger Durant was as follows :—Harrisou six years'
penal servitude. The Durants were sentenced
each to 18 months' imprisonment with hard
labour.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, AtrG. 21;

There continues to be a fair demand for yarns,
and most kinds of cloth are more or less in request.
Domestics, long-cloths, and T-cloths go off com-
mensurately with the production, and there is a
moderate business for India. hile the market
thus continues active, however, the position of ma
nufacturers•is somewhat worse, because they find i
impossible to force prices up in the proportion
which yarns and cotton are rising in value. There
is some slight improvement in the price of cloths,
but it is slow. The prices of India cloths are slightly
if at all better than they were a month ago ; but
owing partly to the lessened production, andpartly
to larger purchases by parties who have been
tempted to enter into them speculatively from see-
ing the continued rise of cotton, they are very firm
and some sellers hwe asked more money. In yarns
there is a general advance since last week of fully
id. per lb., and spinners being mostly well en•
gaged have shown a disinclination to enter into
new engagements without even a greater increase

in these goods to cover the increased cost of cotton.
This is more particularly the case in the medium
counts of warps and ceps for export and home use,
but the aggregate business of the week has not been

large.

Country Markets.

LIVERPOOL-AuG. 21.

There was a good attendance at market to-day, and
buyers bought cautiously, considering that the fine wee'
ther would lead to lower prices. The market closed with
no material alteration in the value of any article of the
trade. Oatmeal was noted at 32s 6d per 2401b5.

used to let her in.
Frederick Wares, clerk to Messrs. Routle3ge, of
Fa.rri 71 017 Erc, At . Tirocil.le.ol a letter
recewed y post y their rm. upon the Oth prd.
The Rev. George Bailey Tuson, sworn, said—l
am rector of Little Stanmore. The prisoner has
. .

frequently written to me. I know his handwriting
well • I should say that the letter produced is in his
hand, but disguised. It looks like left handed
writing.
The letter was put in and read. It was dated
_

from Finsbury-circus, and ran thus :
" The Rev. Henry Neald, of Oxford, being now
in London for a short time, wishes Messrs. Rout-
ledge to make him up a parcel of 900 of Archdeacon
Allen's Penny Hymns, and would call for them on
his road to the station upon his return to Oxfurd."
John Purday, clerk to Messrs. Routledge, proved
that about five o'clock in the afternoon upon the
6th of August, a cab drove up to their door, and
upon his going out he saw a man inside, who said
he was the friend of the Rev. Mr. H. Neald, of Ox-
ford, and had called for the parcel of hymn-books,
and it was given to him, and he gave in payment
a 51. note, the one produced, and received the
change. To the best of witness's belief the prisoner
was that man, but he wore a moustache, being rather
grey, coloured spectacles, and wa3 dressed in black.
Mr. G. Burns, an engraver and printer in Cam-
bridge-terrace, Edgeware-road, proved that some
one wearing big whiskers and mou,tachios, came
upon the 6th of June in a cab, and gave him orders
to engrave a plate with the " Hon. C. F. Pon-
sonby, Harford-house, Dorsetshire," upon it. That
man, he believed was the prisoner.
Mr.i John Williams—l am manager to Mr. Burns.
I first saw the prisoner on the 10th of June, at the
door of our shop, in a cab. He came about the
plate, and I spoke to him for some time. He paid
a deposit upon the plat., and got me to pull him a
proof card. lam sure he is the man ;he had on a
large false moustache, most clumsily put on. I
could see the sticking plaster. The disguise was
most ridiculous, he looked like Guy Fawkes. (Loud
laughter.) I went down with the police, and saw
him come out of the church at Stanmore, and knew,
him instantly.
• Mr. William Cox Bennett, of 45, Clisapside,
watchmaker and jewelltr, stated that upon the
18th of June, a brougham, with livery servant,
stopped at their door, and upon his going out, he
saw inside some one whom he thought to he the
prisoner, but he was disguised with whiskers,
moustachios, and spectacles. He had sent in the
card, Hon. C. F. Ponsonby, Harford-house, Dor-
setshire, and said that ho wanted some of wit-
ness's lot, gold watches to make presents of to his
tenantry. Witness advised him to have some of
their 10/. silver ones, as being - better suited fcr
country wear, and he after some diBcussitin assented
and ztook five of them, laying with the 501.. note
produced.
Cross-examined—l only believe him to be the

man.
James Hayes, assistant to Mr. Kirkham, pawn-
broker, Strand, prAuced one of the watches in
question. Ab )ut eight' o'clock upon the evening
of the 13th of June be advanced him 5/. The man
Re the name of E sward Mi]la, 3, Mean-es-build-
ings, Chancery-lane.
Thomas Durrant, an assistant to Messrs. Dobree
and Tomlinson, proved that some man, with a pro-
fu.ion of hair and beard, came to his employers'
shop at about a quarter to 8 upon the same night.
'He gave the name of James Mills. Witness
thought prisoner was that man. He pledged a
watch for 5/.
Stephen Whittaker, of the firm of Young,
Princes-st:eef, Leicester-square, positively swore
to the prisoner as having pledged another of the
watches bet weeu 8 and 9 upon the same evening.
He instantly recognised the prisoner upon seeing
him coming out of the church at Little Stanmore.
Cross-examined—l am quite certain he is the
man. He wore spectacle?, but no beard.
Two assistants from the shop of Mr. Luxmore,
St. Martin's-lane, proved that the prisoner came
upon the same night to pawn a silver watch, but
his appearance and manner exciting a susp cion
they detained him, and inquired the reason of his
being clisgui4ed, and he said he was going to the
theatre to have a lark, andsaid that he would leave
them the watch to make inquiries if they wishetl.
He then went away and never called again. That
was another of the watches obtained from Mr.
Bennett. One of these- wi nes3es picked the pri-
soner out from among eight or ten others.
The °the -• evidence, including that of the ser-
geant of the police 191 S, merely proved tri3king
the watches of er the information about the bank
notes.
Ribton, in a very able speech, pointed out
to the jury the insufficient proof of the disguised
man being the prisoner.
The Common Sergeant having summed up,
The jury retired, and after having been absent