The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1844.

EY IND COMMERCIAL SEWS.
CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
in The Consul market does not close at. any improve-
iPt, the quotations being 98-i. to ; the heavy. Secur- •
s also remain at the depression of the morning, but
s still the opinion that the cause of the decline is
overrated.
being Spanish Bonds were also fiat, the Five per Cents.
221 to 22 ;And the Three per Cents. 331- to 321.
xiesn Bonds 4ere 35i to 1. Brazilian, 831 ;
.Chilian
peferred, 52 ; arid Peruvian, 941 Messrs. Lizardi
have replied to another letter of the Committee, by stal-
,"Z.,lthat they stil decline giving any information relatiie
the amount of money in their hands.
be, Ile additional transactions in Railway Shares have
n
Ditto', 1 ;
these Birmingham and Gloucester, 14 ; Ditto,
Dublin and Cashel, 4; Great Western, 61 ;
8a1f,34 ; Ditto, Fifths, 13 ; Bull and Selby, 121;
reellwinit Preference, 141 South-Western, 441 to 454;
Croydon,
„5 ; Manchester and Leeds, 48 ; Ditto and Bir-
11Cgr,tia, 15 ; Midland, 5 to 1; Newcastle and Darling-
Junction, 21 to 1; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 101;
rzorwich and .Brandon 10 to ; Trent Valley, 74 ; Ya -
$o f'
and Norwich, 13 ; York and North Midland,
1/,'"r' 305 ; Paris and Orleans, 17 to 4 ; and Paris and
' '"wall
174 to 4 premium. Brighton have been 1;,1 ;
22, 84 ; Midland and Birmingham and Derby,
1 and North British, 4 discount.
Sales (From The Sun of Last Night.)
peolth a good extent were made in Cotton at Liver-
abo °a Saturday, at fully previous rates. Exporters took
Qt 1,000 bales, and the total sales were 6,000 bales.—The
1235. l Shares were quoted as follows : Eastern Counties,
‘'liisgow and Greenock, 124 ; Liverpool and Manchester,
F. Ditto Quarter Quarter Shares, 575; London and Birmingham,
Quarter Shares 275 ; London and South-
tie!ttle!nt 88; Manchester and' Birmingham, Quarter Shares,
-140 Bolton and Bury, 55; North Unica, 133 ; Sheffield
,q, Manchester, 82 ; South-Eastern, 385 a ; Ditto New,
Trent Valley, 95 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux,
A 1 he accounts to July 20 from New York are less teeming
ta accidents by flood and field" than the last, and con-
ntrike to he favourable as to the steadiness of the trade doing.
ue Funds have receded to 5 per cent. this morning on
tb:on_o,tianitti:ofuthe warm debates in the French Chambers, and
Cre is a good opening for the Bears to create an impres-
gh, ere this,' no doubt, different instructions have
Otaheite from the Government of Louis Philippe.
t:(;" Will be the time for people to pause ere they en-
l'rplitage new projects for Continental and especially
th-ach railways, as we perceive there are several more on
vLtOl34. Our advances are already heavy, and it would be
a,-„,`"9 encourage even minor lines at home. Consols for
Iti;,"Adiate transfer have been down, since business corn-
te`need, from 99 and 995 to 984, but for time they have not
toeil lower than 984. Bank Stock has been steady at 1994
7r,.2t)0. Exchequer Bills have been at a decline to 775. to
771:*; and East India Bonds have been at 955. to 965. prem.
1)', New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 1015 to I, the
101 l 11024 to 3, and the Three per Cents. 991 to 5, being
lower in proportion to Consols. The Commissioners have
wiLn 10,000/. Consols, at 984.
kne Foreign Investments are drooping like our own Funds.
...rnish Five per Cents. have been 225 to 5, and the Three
CelitaB' 33 to 5. The Deferred are 123 /. Portuguese
the °Z,“tti obtain only 43 to 5. Mexican are 354 to 36 for
lare belpve; ,and 153 for the Deferred. Colombian Bonds
119 a L3t, and Chilian 105 to 1035. Russian Bonds are
Theoil2ol, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 615 to 5.
..00piitaani
ft few • waY Shares have been in moderate demand. in
,nes they are a little easier, but the general tone
timer 9. Alidland, Great Western, and Birmingham, are ra-
better to buy, Birmingham and Gloucester, Manchester
Binningham, and 1 York and North Midland, firm.
Shares are about 2 to 3 per cent. lower.

. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Aua. 3.
/er Cent. Consols —
Three and a Half Stock ...... •
;)itto New, le3o
12i ptq' Cent. Debentures
cank Stni.k
itt:at_oyai
CCaannaall
siioecbei,n tures, 6 per Cent.
34
tonti Clll.-STUR SToot EXCHANGE, Aua. 3.—Our market
t„ sues e,
}3{ kb firm, without any material change in prices..
and B.urn, Burnley, and Aerington, Bs. 6d. pron. ; Manchester
•V
11
Inningliant 54i 541- Ditto Quarters, 5i i ; Trent
. ev #1 , 1 4 ,
, . -, i.

CLOSING PRICES.
I.'' BRITISH FUNDS.
dock
ICiA Indian Stock .
her cent. , tt., . m.
‘. per ea 99% Ditto Bonds
1,4 D.rrnt. Cons. ".. 98% Ditto Old Annuities
eti; ii,s•calt.
Cent
103% Ditto New Annuities
N.,.....N her
...'..
101% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d
1,42 her Cent. ,... Ditto 5001.
IA Aullnu.. ities to expire Ditto Small 77 pin.
Bank Stock for Acct
Jan. 1860
.... .
Get liz. ......... :... —98%
..... ,India Stock for Acct —
......... •••••••• Consols for Act.
Augt, FOREIGN FUNIAS.
ki .on. 5 per Cent !Portuguese, 5 per Cent BO%
tkin.ln, , 5 Per Cent ....."..
!Ditto, New Ditte —
13,,,.22.11 Zlonds
120
Chfir.3 A per Cent — ;Russian, 5 per Cent
h, r, Vie`` 103% Ditto, Metallic —
2-2
ilat:ll.-.a..n, 6 per Cent
Ditto,S
Clibl, '544 ..„ ..„,leer Cent
bo. tonds, epe• Cent — Ditto, Deferred...... ........ ....
plish4seri
Or is", 3 Per
peen' ,eek_ ~
'lex, ' '''-o. 5 Cent — 'Exchange
;French, 5 per Cent. ...... ff..
1:ht.:4111,5 per Cent .. iFrench, 3 per Cent. —f. —c
1'er,741,!.1 her Cent. 183 183'77. ......
"n. 11325, &per Cent 24%— Ditto, 5 per Cent .........101%
SHARES.
nirnungham and Gloucester (100 paid) ll4
„Ditto, New Shares, 17% paid
Eastern and Cashel, 2% paid
1`2%
'""tern Counties (23 paid) ;
4) Ditto Registered (1316sbd paid) ' l3)
?sat Weatern (75 paie.`
trtiittt°to HFialtlfhSs,harl2eps'air 'paid BI
:25
Pull and Selb 50 'd B2)
Seib', pat
4.0„,
_ndon and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.)
vondon and Brighton (50 paid)
.
Junidon and Greenwich (1-4. Its. 4d. paid)
, _Did°, Preference or Privilege, X:8 1752 d paid Csgl
-"nionand South Western (111. 6s. 108. paid) it,'N/
I-,..° ndon and Croydon (Trunk) 1164
'Il 43
Lesinnedsin(g7oh3pmaid)
104
Mort;....ll`lliccal::: tt;:'O taatniniddti e s (100 pa id )
asillreit%thd,2lrphanigdron Junction. 21 paid 42%
1
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Ditto Scrip (15 paid) 25%
Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid ....
bout.'t Eastern and Dover (33 22;4.a..Paii)• .....
L)itto New Shares, 4 paid
Trent Valley, '2 paid
yYoarnnk oauntdhNoonrdzhNol4widlicann
cil(lopaipd,)d) ....... ."......
21
112
Ditto Half Shas (25 paid) 'a' -
York and Scarborou:h Branch (22 paid)
Paris and Orleans (20 ••id)
Paris and Rouen, 20 paidP
~« 2i%
`3
37%

LLOYD'S Six G.
wort, AUG. 3. —Wind, frTesiliPsoPtit.i
tlouy.
Ward, with
hNerly breeze, and
I)EAL, AUG. 3. —Wind S. to S.S.W., blowing' fenitte,
bevere squalls.—The Finden, Caroline, and Clara
Ziriding with both anchors down. 4th, A.M. W.N.W., fresh
ha._-- soUally. P.M. W. ditto.—Arrd..Princess Marya,mLneicgag:
1)•14°. Sld. Ann, Brazil ; Conservative, Cousens, J
`l`e, India ; Ceylon, Shields, for Calcutta Kite, Ditto for
Ft`lpitius. The X. L., Whiteway, of and from Hartlepool,
brortsmouth, is wrecked at Dungeness; saved.
th,tRaaATE, AUG 4.—The master, a man,e r eawnwd hai boy,
s fromi
en Catherine and Mary, of Portma oc,
11-en,t.ac,t with a brig this morning, to the southward of Dunge-
ic',tstriltetb arrived here in the Defence, from London to
Li 1, •
kna \ -rtPoOL, UG. 3.—Wind E. fresh.
.4Etho.rhWam.N,
p.lnVr._,
derate.sArrd. Horatio, Ilannell, Ichaboe, Brunswick ;
',l7_Alobile •; Adelaide, Hannah, St. John's, Now B
(slew Vest, Jones, Prince Edward's Island; Great Western
aeirer), Matthews, New York (20th ult..); Emigrant and
ts,,, te, Quebec. Sld. Nimrod, Bombay„Relnald Heber,
411,e:0p ; Ursula, Bombay ; Celt, Cape of Good Hope ; Catha-
l'al 411aboe ; Jolly Robin, Columbia Riverc;oßloembhecncsa, Jane,
11;ituit,IfettaitMary and Elizabeth, Bahia;
TrinL,lleo; Theresa Jane, Maranham ;
Iles "'IM ; Venilia, Grenada ; Agnes, flSrbaarensa-h Thomas Collins,
, Charleston ; Hark Away, Virgmiaa-
'Swanston, and
Vi.4"r4op, Charleston York; Ellen, Essex, Saacen, °England and
Ilkhwc,leli, Boston -, Cambridge, Briton's Queen, Earl Dur-
-1- ra'rle,ed, Sir C. Napier, and Sir F. B. Head, Quebec ;Loch-
-8 ' 'Wine, Oberon, Newfoundland.
eszi‘vAST, AUG. I,—Arrd. Chieftain. and Ceylon, Quebec!
taliampton.
ao P-8 Aug. 2.—Arrd. Cento, Clemens, Quebec for
CARS
LikttilrP, AUG. 31.—Arrd. Alexander Liddle,e. Quebec.
$
AtPauc, Aua.l.—Arrd. Jane Black, Que_beo.
$,10.1Q0, AUG. 31.—Arrd. Pomona, Rae, Quehe Quebec.
1, trrllastrrox AUG 2.—Arrd. Cato, Benson, h b
se:rsuoln-, 'Aua..2.- Chadwick, W..W., fres rem and
to, L Y.--Arrd. Wellington, New York, and sld.
I•erlan°lldd°ll. ; erwent, London, from Hobart Town ;,Swit-
c , Ditto, from New:York.
Fuffer,
Csqt„\,vr-8, UG. 3.—Arrd. Handelsmaatsch
rg aSPPYu'dlet, toNrs4 "all,: and sld. for Rotterdam ; Edinbu -h,
Ha-
°f
allaii;; Amelia, Alexander, Trinidad and Cuba, with loss
So Li
In,lie TUANIProx AUG. 2 —And. Avon (steamer), West
s• 0 • ,
NI, , nental (steamer), Alexandria.
am • `l•Not.rnt, Aua. 3.—Wind blew hard all last night,
sec.s4.lereasd to a gale this morning, ving
Taorzin' 4 ontinued all day. 4. The gale moderated this
k‘ L, , but it still blows fresh with squalls.
Ar torivocE, AUG. 3.—The schooner Mary, from B_ruid_ga:
-ualch, ansea; the schooner MargTarreitto;nt,hoefslpoo4Joultih,
~ j,L.... nstew to Dublin ; and smackE
~V;',_°,lPrit, AUG 4.—Wind S.S. . to W.N.W.-Arrd.
I,.'zacut-I•l4l3liington Gill, Sierra Leone. Put back, Janet_ohn
wesi,'"%a, from ' Cape of Good Hope, and J
tf -I' °f Exeter, all three with sails split • Elbe, George
pi.xeter, A_rro 'Edward, all with loss of sails.
Itatilltl,.l°l3Tlr, 3Ptraa'. and 3. 3.—lt blew a hard gale all night and
5,D44.;•11.• this day, when it moderated. l
te hurricane
Vrouf,ll2"ll, AUG. 3 —lt has blown a comp e
-"it''e ini,,,.." (lay from. S.E. to S.S.W. and S.W. Melly ve_sasel.s.
, Etvi: ''''' the Bay 4. th, 6 A.M.—Wind W., blow.mgchaca
VotealuerlicHP-, AUG.. 4 —SII John Bull, Calcutta_, A
ti, 44.340,',`"a lifax. Put. back—Ethiope (steamer), for Africa.
l'e•---4tli -Ir' AUG• 3•—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W. violent Carl
nrich v.- /,V, stiong breeze and ually:.— d
!,:itiviioiloorz4H,o.l:4:olenis:airfttoinngo:afo!oi::;:niGni:rtloeAmnn,ayndri
Britannia,
H sailedliinmnan, urpgnib.ea:
,aafonfArvdoirrpoirinreQoch•nouteboeegbdaeeelctel,
1:41 sudden ' Nunnicat yards, sails, &c., during
.b , Ichab •
\''esta °f
SeillY 4tl M S.E.ate° Boyd,NW” Jwahcemaefli."Smaiilleeda 1.7 arY
~off._oudenmng,
'''oVierg oe and since put uaci,
Violetv_, Iletavia to Middleburg. It commenced blowing a
kidd,,,,gaat S.E. on the evening of the 2d instant, and
the 411Y.Yeered to W. and N.W. and, on the morning of
‘14y,141,d continued with great violence thro.ugh ut the
Vrithc„, Inoderated towards night. The shipping in port rode
.1,.(1,:t accident.
totudiaZW, Ana. 2.—Arrd. Ida, Robinson, St. John's, New-
,llub,
~i•
. last ' blew
a
''' W --'13.0- 3.—lt heavy gale from W.N.W. to
121%T night.
Litri.:l7, Alfa. I.—Arrd. Lady Mary Fox, Miramichi.
..„•SuN„, Alicl• 2.—Sld. Gazelle, Ichaboe.
Nw. grb74l`itre,c,AUG. 2. —And. Voyager, Miramichi. 3.
ial rif,"? HOE, AUG. 3.—The Valiant, of Beaumaris, from
da,, el-4 to London, grounded on the West Burrows yestteri
I,tr
ads ague
was assisted off, after throwing overboard par Det
ni4dea gOt and proceeded up the river ; whilst in the sand s_ho-
fire,. Inch water, but on coming off ceased in a great dot ' Virattint--The buoy on the bar of the harbour does n
SIN,A ,
la, c, NSEA, AUG. 2.—Arrd. Pendarve, Devoran, for Port
1,7 t, with loss of bulwarks, boat, Island,g been struck
114 assea on the 30th ult., off Lundy in a gale at N.W
Part of es
darroewasnhedor. e at the Worm's Head, Buny River;
LLAN
toto Et-tx, AUG. 3.—The Friends, Fry, of Ilfracombe, was
zilo y lost on the Cefa Sands, hi Carmarthen Bay, this
Tole ; crew drowned.
frog tlitiltaY, AEQ. 3.—The Richard, Cook, of—, was totally fronl siajnoniing on the South Sands, during a severe gale
the ga•re. to
E'S'E• ; master., mate, and two men drowned.
rnectwas most terrific, and much damage and loss must
ed from its severity and suddenness.
Ull 11;
Atr'°' 2.—The upper works of a sloop 300 or 400
tiila, with broad yellow streak was passed sth ult., fifteen
tsar 1-18. E. of Bird's Island, together with a number of
- 4 diked R.D,L., in white paint, by the Alexander Wiiey

arrived here. Arrd. Princess Victoria, St. John's, New
Brunswick. Sld. Magog, Ditto..
CIiCDE, AUG. 2.7—Arrd. Lord Byron, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Neptune, Dalhousie, Rio Grande. The brigs
Bridget, Archibald, and Jane are ashore, and expected to be
condemned.
OFF CORK, AuG. 2.—Aylesford, Willis, Rio Grande ; Para-
gon, Plank, Truxillo (June 23), with stern• post and quarter
deck stove, bulwarks, &c. gone, five feet water in her hold,
having been pooped 30th ult. Arrd. John Wesley, Putirt9A,f.
SW. Liffey, Barbadoes.
WAKINGTON, AUG. 3.—Sld. Caledonia, Ichaboe ; William
Fell, Quebec.
HULL, AUG. 2.—Arrd. Penshaw, Quebec .3d.—Frazer, St.
John's, New Brunswick; Latona, Quebec.
ARRIVAL OF COUNT NESSELRODE.

This distinguished diplomatist, whose arrival at the
Court of London has been daily expected for some time,
and whose near approach to England was announced by
M. Gregoire de Kandrially on Saturday last, arrived in
London yesterday by the General Steam Navigation
Company's fine mail steam-packet Columbine, Captain
Norwood, from Rotterdam. This vessel upon leaving
the Bridle observed a ship upon her beam ends to the
eastward of the inner buoy of the Brielle Bar, upon
which Captain Norwood immediately sent his boat to
the wreck, and succeeded in rescuing the captain, crew,
and pilot, in a very exhausted state, from their perilous
situation. The vessel proved to be the Brama of Pap-
penbury, from Windau, bound to Rotterdam with grain.
The: intrepidity of Captain Norwood upon the occasion
produced the following testimony in his favour from
Count Nesselrode and the rest of the passengers of the
Columbine:—" The passengers on board the General
Steam Navigation Company's steamer Columbine, Capt.
W. Norwood, on her voyage from Rotterdam to London,
have great pleasure in expressing their satisfaction of
his coolness, intrepidity and judgment, by which he was
enabled, under the blessing of Providence, to save the
lives of five individuals clinging to the wreck of the
Brarna, a Pappenbury vessel, wrecked in the inner bay
of the Brielle Bar, on her voyage from Windau to Rot-
tt rclam, on the evening of Saturday, the 3d August, and
at the same time acknowledge his great kindness and
attention to the undersigned.

(Signed)

" COUNT NESSELRODE,
" COUNT D. NESSELRODE,
and several other passengers."

CO [MT CIRCULAR.

Wimpson, MoNDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
walked this morning in'the pleasure-grounds of the Castle.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness also took an airing
in a pony phaeton.
Their Royal llighnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal were taken a drive in an open carriage
in the forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Princess
Alice was taken an airing in the gardens and slopes of
the Castle.

Sir Lienry Wheatley arrived at the Castle this after-
noon, on a visit to the Queen.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Major-
General Wemyss, rode out on horseback to-day.
The unfavourable state of the weather during the
whole of the afternoon, prevented her Majesty and Prince
Albert taking their accustomed airing.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with
the Queen and Prince Albert, at the Castle, this evening.

The Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, paid a visit yesterday
to the Princess Sophia Matilda at Blackheath.
The Dulce of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand
Duke of Alecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron
Knesebeck, visited the Traveller's Club yesterday, and
afterwards honoured Astley's Theatre with their pre-
sence.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
half-past two o'clock, at the Foreign-office, Downing-
street, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Sir
Robert Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir
James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord
Wharncliffe, Mr. Gladstone; Lord Granville Somerset,
Sir Edward Knatchbull, and the rest of the Cabinet
Ministers, who remained in deliberation above two hours
and a half.

HOME CIRCUIT.
Guildford, Monday, August 5.
CIVIL SIDE.
(Before Mr. Baron PARKE and a Special Jury.)
ROBERTS V. DENHAM.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Melville
Roberts, against the defendant, Frank Denham, to re-
cover compensation in damages for a breach of his pro-

'Wise to marry her.
Sergeant.: 4. ;Mr. Lush were for the plain-
tiff, and Mr MAR s a for the defendant
Mr. Sergeant -Izi Tlerased the jury, and,said that
the plaintiff was a most respectable young lady, and tit
the time of her becoming acquainted with the defendant
she filled the situation of governess in the establishment
of a gentleman named Evans. He was instructed by
those who knew her during her period of supposed in-
tended happiness, and who were also acquainted with her
in her misery, thatl she was a beautiful young woman ;
and it appeared she was only twenty-one years of age at
the time in question. The Learned Counsel proceeded
to say, that the plaintiff filled the, situation of gover-
ness in the family of a gentleman named Evans, who
resided at Holyhead, but whose family were staying at
Malta, and sailed from that place in May, 1843, for
England. The defendant was a passenger on board the
same vessel. He represented himself to be an officer in
the service of the East India Company, and to be en-
titled to the rank of captain. Ile was a man about
thirty-five years of age, and evidently occupied a po-
sition of honour and responsibility. He had very agree-
able manners, and it was therefore not surprising, that
lie very soon made an acquaintance with the family of
Mrs. Evans, and to Miss Roberts in particular he paid
marked attention ; and there was very little doubt that
before the vessel arrived in England, he had made her
an offer of marriage which was accepted by her. Upon
the arrival of the vessel at Southampton, Mrs. Evans
and her family went to the Castle Hotel, and were ac-
companied by Capt.Denham. After remaining there a few
days the defendant went to London, and from the letters
that he wrote to the plaintiff at this time there could be
no doubt that a very tender and affectionate intimacy
existed between them, and that he intended to make her
his wife. A short time afterwards the defendant re-
turned to Southampton, and he then requested Mrs.
Evans to grant an interview with him, and upon her
doing so, he made a formal offer of marriage to the
plaintiff, and expressed a hope that she would not offer
any objection to the match. Mrs. Evans, being aware
that the position of the defendant in society was higher
than that of the plaintiff, very properly suggested to him
the propriety of consulting his friends before he took
the step he proposed, but his reply was that he was in-
dependent of his friends, and that he certainly should not
consuls them upon the subject of the choice of a wife, and
he at the same time offered to settle 501. a-year upon the
plaintiff. Mrs. Evans, upon this, offered no objection to
his acquaintance with Miss Roberts, and for several weeks
he was consequently with her as her acknowledged suitor,
and from the correspondence that passed between them at
this time it appeared evident that they were upon the
most affectionate terms. He left Southampton for Lon-
don in the month of August, 1843, and before he did so,
he went so far as to request that the wedding dresses
should be prepared, and every arrangement was made
for the marriage to take place at llolyhead in October.
The plaintiff looked forward to an honourable union with
the man she loved, and remained in that expectation
until the month of October, 1843, when she received the
following letter from the defendant:—
" London, Oct. 9, 1343.

"I am sorry, dear Melville, that circumstances have
occurred which make it out of my power to act as I then
wished ; believe me, I have not so determined without
due thought and mature reflection. I have lost much
money at horse. racing, and the step from that to the mad
excitement of the gaming-table was but short—need I
say more. I must, of course, go out to China as soon
possible, but as economically as possible. I could not
take a wife with me, nor should I like to leave one be-
hind, as I may not be in England for, perhaps, the next
ten years, probably more. Under all these circum-
stances, I think you will agree with me that I am acting
the most prudent part, independently of the certainty of
offending my family, which I should be very loth to do.
Owing to the loss. of the Memnon, I have received no
news from abroad, and, of course, I am ignorant whether
anything has come home for me from China—when I
hear I will let Mrs. Evans know. The things you may
either keep or send as you please. You have my most
sincere wishes for your welfare and permanent happiness.
I remain, your sincere well-wisher, " FRANK."
The Learned Counsel proceeded. The jury might
imagine the distress of this unfortunate young lady upon
receiving such a cruel and heartless let:er, and to show
the real feeling of the defendant within one short month
of the period when he informed the plaintiff that he
could not take a wife with him to China, and did not
like to leave one behind, he was actually married to
another lady, who he was instructed was possessed of
considerable fortune. Mrs. Evans, the protector of the
plaintiff, upon being informed of what had taken place,
and before the marriage of the defendant was made
public, had remonstrated with him upon his conduct, but
he persisted in his refusal to perform the solemn promise
he had made, and the plaintiff had no alternative but to
make the present appeal to a jury; and he (the Learned
Counsel), called upon them to give such damages as
would show the friends of the plaintiff and the world
that she was not deserted by the defendant for any mis-
conduct, but that her character was pure and virtuous
and without the slightest stain.
The following witnesses were then examined :
Mrs. Mary Theresa Evans examined. I am
the wife of Captain Evans, who now resides at
Holyhead. I know the plaintiff. She is twenty-
three years of age, and is engaged as gover-
ness to my younger children, and she accompanied me
end my family to Malta in 1840, and we met the de-
fendant on board the steam-vessel on our return in July,
1842. He appeared to be about thirty-two years of age,
and he informed me that he was a captain in the China
trade, and that he had been abroad for seventeen years.
He paid attention to all my family, but particularly to
Miss Roberts, and they were favourably received. When
We arrived at Southampton we went to the Castle Hotel,
and the Captain went to London the next day,. and did
not return until the 7th of August, at which period I re-
ceived a note from him, requesting an interview. We
had taken private lodgings at this time, and Captain
Denham came to live in the same house. When I had
the interview with the defendant he told me he wished
to make a proposal on behalf of Miss Roberts, expressed
his admiration and affection for her, and asked my con-
sent to address her. I asked him if he had considered
well what he was doing in making an offer to a person
who was dependent, and he replied that he had; and
when I alluded to the opinion of his family, he replied
he did not think he was bound to consult them, and
aj'led, that he had been independent of his family for
many years, and should not consult them, or any one
else, on the subject of taking a wife. I told him his
situation was superior to that of Miss Roberts, and
pointed out to him that the acquaintance was short, and
asked if he would not take time to consider the matter.
Before this he bad offered to settle 501. a year upon the
plaintiff. Lie then told me that his mind was quite made
up. and he was determined to marry her. He asked
permission to visit Miss Roberts as her suitor, and she
appeared very much attached to him. He remained in
Southampton several days, and walked out with Miss
Roberts. At this time the defendant's sister came to
Southampton, but the defendant did not introduce Miss
Roberts to her; and he told me he had originally in-
tended to do so, but had changed his mind, and thought
it had better be deferred. The defendant went away
from Southampton in company with his sister. We
left Malta on the 26th of May, and arrived at South-
ampton in the beginning of July. I know that several
letters passed between the plaintiff and the defendant,
and the latter frequently talked to me about his marriage,
and proposed that it should take place at Holyhead
about the middle of October, and he expressed his wish
that the wedding clothes of Miss Roberts should be
ready; and he added, that if she was not well provided
he should be happy to place a sum of money in my hands
for that purpose. I told him Miss Roberts had some
money of her own, and if she required more I should
willingly provide it. Wedding clothes to the amount of
201. were actually purchased. I have not spoken to the
defendant since. I saw him the last time at Southamp-
ton. The letters (produced) are his handwriting. In
October, after I had seen the letter he had just before
sent to Miss Roberts, I wrote to the defendant and re-
monstrated with him on his conduct.
Sergeant SHEE (to Mr. Platt)—Do you produce the
letter? You have had notice.
Mr. PLATT—No; we produce no letters.
Examination continued—ln the letter referred to I told
the defendant that I considered his conduct ungentle-
manly and cruel, and I received the letter (produced) in
answer. Miss Roberts was very much affected when she
received the defendant's letter, and has been ill ever
since. The plaintiff has lived with me several years,
and her conduct has been unexceptionable in every
respect.
Mr. GREENWOOD—The children under Miss Roberts's
care were four, five, and six years of age. Her salary
was 201. a year. She was not nursery maid. I had a
nursery-maid besides in my establishment. I had an-
other governess for my eldest daughter, who is fourteen
years old. On the voyage home the defendant made
no secret of his affairs. He said he was captain of a
merchant vessel, that was wrecked on the coast of China,
and the greater part of the crew were murdered, and he
himself was taken up the country and tortured, and con
fined for eight months. He also said that he and six
others were liberated upon the conclusion of the war
with China. He used to relate the history of his sufferings,
and I have no doubt the children and the governesses
listened to him. I knew that his sister was at South-
ampton, but, as Miss Roberts did not appear to desire an
introduction to her, I did not interfere. The defendant
said if the introduction took place his sister would ery,
and there would be a scene which he did not wish to
see. We all lived in the same house at this time. I told
the defendant that I thought such unequal marriages
were unwise, and that it might produce unhappiness if
the lady were not received in his family. He told me
that be had been seventeen years absent from England.
Captain Evans examined—l have been for many years
commander of a vessel belonging to the Government. I
did not become acquainted with the defendant until his
arrival at Southampton, when he told me that he ex-
pected to get 6,000/. compensation for opium that had
been seized by the Chinese. He also said ho had a few
thousands besides, and consulted me as to the best mode
to employ it ; and he likewise told me that he had
freighted a ship, which he expected home very shortly.
I did not come home from Malta ; but my wife intro-
duced the Captain to me. I observed tiat he paid Miss
Roberts such attentions as are usually paid by men fo a
woman, with whom they are on the eve of marriage.
Cross-examined—He did not tell me he was in debt
when he went to London, and that he was going to get
some money. I understood he was going to meet the
vessel he expected from China. Captain Denham dined
with me several times at Southampton with his sister,
but Miss Roberts did no dipe with W. The plaintiff was
about fourteen years old when she first came iritq
ervice ; but she ueye' Doted 05 0 nursemaid, lier

father was suddenly killed by an accident, and chiefly
out of charity I took her into my establishment, where she
behaved so well, and her conduct was so excellent in my
establishment, that she was eventually trusted with the
care of everything in the house.
Reexamined—Miss Roberts dined with the children.

By Mr. PLATT—The other governess dined with us.
Mr. Richard Waithen, attorney for the plaintiff, pro-
duced a letter which he had written to the defendant,
requiring him to make some compensationfor the injury
he had inflicted upot,44,aaintiff. He subsequently
saw the defe • • ce, and he admitted he had
done the young 1: " - t wrong and offered her 50L
as compensation, and at the same time said that he was
married.—(The certificate of the marriage of the de-
fendant with Eliza Lacey on the 15th of November,
1843, at Nettleworth, in York, was then put in and read.)
He afterwards saw the defendant at Dover, and told him
that his client refused to receive the sum he had offered,
and he then said he would give 2001. as compensation.
Witness had no opportunity of consulting the plaintiff
respecting this offer, as the defendant immediately em-
ployed a solicitor. At the time witness saw him at
Dover he was occupying a house in Waterloo-crescent in
one of the best situations in Dover.
Cross examined—Witness went down to Dover to
serve the defendant with process, as he was acquainted
with his person. Defendant did not say he would rather
give 200/. than be prevented from going to China. Did
not tell him that what he said would be used against
him, but he advised him to consult his attorney.
The letters were then put in and read, and this closed
the plaintiff's case.
Mr. PLATT rose to address the jury for the defendant,
and he observed that he was instructed at the onset to
state that there was no intention to cast the slightest
slur upon the character of the plaintiff, whom he be-
lieved to be, as stated by the witnesses, a virtuous and
honourable young woman; and his only object would be
to put the case in its real light before the jury, in order
that, if they should consider the case made out, they
should only award such reasonable damages as the cir-
cumstances of the case required. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded, at some length, to comment upon the
circumstances under which the intimacy had first taken
place, and he admitted that the defendant had made a
hasty promise, which, upon calm consideration, lie felt it
was impossible for him to fulfil. He contended that the
plaintiff was not seriously injured, and said that, if she
had been married to the defendant, it was quite clear
that his family would never have countenanced her, and
the union could only have been productive of misery
and unhappiness. The Learned Counsel then went on to
remark upon the case, his observations chiefly tending to
induce a mitigation of the damages.
Mr. Baron PARKE having summed up, the jury, after
a short deliberation, returned a verdict fur the plaintiff—
Damages, 8001.

THE BLOODSTONE CASE.
HERBERT V. DAY.
This was a feigned issue, directed by the Court of
Queen's Bench, to try whether the plaintiff, the owner
of the horse Bloodstone, or the defendant, the owner of
another horse, called Old England, were entitled to
stakes run for at the last Ascot races.
Mr. Sergeant Channell, Mr. Petersdorff, and Mr.
Lush, were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Platt and Mr. Willes
appeared for the defendant.
When the -case was called on, Mr. PLATT intimated
that both the horses in dispute were in the neighbour-
hood, and he suggested that the jury should go and see
them.
Baron PARKE thought it would be well that they
should do so, but none of the jury must be allowed to
speak to any person.
Mr. PLATT said the attorney on each side had better
accompany them.
The jury accordingly retired, for the purpose of
ex-
amining the horses, and were absent for about half. an-
hour. Upon their return, the cause was proceeded with.
Mr. Lush opened the pleadings, and said, this was an
issue directed by the Court of Queen's Bench, to try
whether a certain colt, named Bloodstone, which came
in first in a race at the last Ascot races, was foaled in
1842, and whether its sire was a horse called Bubastes,
and its dam a mare called Romaike.
Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL then briefly addressed the
jury, and said that the plaintiff in this action was an at
torney, and the defendant was a trainer of race-horses,
and the jury would, no doubt, understand from the
pleadings, the nature of the case that would .be laid
before them. It had become a matter of notoriety, that
gross frauds were alleged to have been practised at cer-
tain races, but he was satisfied that this would not in-
fluence the jury, in coming to a decision upon the pre-
sent case ; but that they would decide upon the evidence
that would be adduced, and which he had no doubt would
satisfy them that the plaintiff's horse was really the
horse he was reported to be, and that he was entitled to
the stakes in the race he won. He did not complain that
any gentleman connected with the turf, who imagined
that fraud had been perpetrated, should take the ne-
cessary steps to have a full inquiry, but surmises and pre-
judices ought not to be allowed to weigh against positive
evidence. It would be his duty to lay before them
all the circumstances connected with the birth, parentage,
and education of the colt in question, and he had no
doubt that he should be enabled, by the most satisfactory
evidence, to make out that he was properly described.
Upon his running the race, however, an objection was
made to him, and the stewards took advantage of the
power given them by the Act of Parliament to raise the
present question for the decision of the jury. The
Learned Counsel then said that in 1839, the mare
Romaike was purchased by Mr. J. Newton, at Don-
caster, and was eventually used by Mr. Weatherby as
his hack, but eventually she was sent to a horse be-
longing to Lord Exeter, called Beiram, and in due time
brought forth a foal. It would be shown that this foal
had a remarkably handsome head, and from other
circumstances was well known. In 1842 the same
mare was sent to Bubastes, having at the time the
former colt at her foot, and in April or May, the
colt in question was foaled. They were both
chesnuts, but the latter was more of a racing kind of
colt, and it would be shown, besides a white blaze up the
face, had two white hind heels, and as he was instructed
this was the colt that had been entered for the race at
Ascot, and which was entitled to the stakes. He should
show them that the first colt went on very well until the
month of October, 1843, when an operation was per-
formed upon him which brought on inflammation, and
he died very shortly afterwards. He understood an at-
tempt would be made to show that the horse 'which won
the race at Ascot was not the Bubastes colt foaled
in 1842, but the Beiram colt foaled in 1841, but he
felt satisfied that the evidence he should adduce
would clearly negative such a supposition. The
Learned Counsel went on to say that the colt
Bloodstone, being a likely looking colt, was carefully
attended to, fed with cow's milk night and morning, be-
sides the nourishment it derived from its dam, and grew
up a fine animal, and in 1843 it was sent to a person
named Jones, at Beckley, to be trained, and very soon
afterwards it was purchased by the present plaintiff, and,
while in his possession, won the race in question. He
should prove all these facts by witnesses, and he hoped
that, if the other side attempted, by any theoretical
opinions as to the age of the animal, to show that he
was older than was pretended, the jury would not suffer
such doubtful testimony,
the positive evidence of the persons who had known the
colt all their lives, but that:
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upon the evidence alone.
George Warner, examined by Mr. PETERSDiRFF—I
am a trainer, and live with Mr. Cooke, of Bromsgrove.
I remember a mare being taken to Mr. Crockford's, in
1835, to a horse called Rowton. She had a foal on the
7th April, 1836. It was a ebesnut filly, with a small
white spot on the forehead, and another small dark spot
on the near hind quarter. She was afterwards called
Romaike. This filly remained at Mr. Cooke's till 1838,
when she was taken to John Robinson's at Newmarket
to be trained, and she ran for the Guy Stakes at War-
wick, and was beaten in 1839. She was sent to Doncas-
ter on the 14th or 15th September in the same year, and
she was sold by Mr. Tattersall, and afterwards returned
to Mr. Wetherby. I saw the mare again on the 17th
May, last year, and I have seen her to-day in Guildford.
Mr. Richard Harmer showed her to me in May at Wal-
ton Hill, near Tewkesbur I am sure she is the same
Wetherby.
mare that was sold to Mr.
Cross-examined—The mare was advertised for sale at
the time she was shown to me by Mr. R. Harmer. She
was at Walton, I believe, but I do not know whether Mr.
John Newman was there also. I was present when Mr.
Tattersall sold the mare to Mr. Wetherby. I did not
receive any present upon the sale.. She was sold by
auction. It is difficult to tell who are bidding on those
occasions.
Re-examined—The mare was sold for 65 guineas.
Mr. John Newman, examined by Mr. LUSH—In 1839
I became the owner of Romaike. She
was purchased
for mo by Mr. Wetherby, and he rode her as his hack
at Newmarket, at the October meeting, and he subse-
quently sent her to Lord Exeter's horse Bieram to be
covered. I sent my brother William for her in Novem-
ber,he remained there
till she foaled, on the 29th day of. April, 1841.
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when he and the mare came back to Walton, and the
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milk was given it after it was weaned. That colt was
called Bloodstone. He remained at Walton till August,
1843, when I took him to Jones's, at Rockley, to be
trimmed, and he never after that was at Walton, I saw
the colt run at Ascot, and am sure it is the same I took
to Jones's. I have seen it to-day, and know it to be
the animal that was at Ascot.
By the COURT—And the same !•!. vo-
~Y saw foaled ?
Witness—Yes.
Examination continued—I have lived at Walton ever
since I was a boy. The mare Romaike remained at
Walton till the spring' of 1843, When she was sent to
Mr. Sadler's, of Stockbridge. I have seen the samo
mare to-day at Guildford. The Beiram colt was a bright
chesnat; had a beautiful head, short ears, and a white
streak down his face, and white on his two hind heels.
He had a dark mark, a spot or two about him, but I
don't recollect where. Bloodstone was a chesnut—not
so bright as the other. He has a white star on the fore-
head, ansi a white mark on the neattleel.• He has Capped
hocks, and an inclination to cubs: Bloodstone has a

long, thin head—not near so handsome a one as the
Beiram colt.

Cross-examined—There are three brothers and'a fa-
ther living at Walton. For several years I have fol-
lowed the race-course. In 1840 I laid some bets which
I did not pay. I think it was about 8501. I paid as far
I could. According to the new rules a horse cannot be
entered in my own name. My brother Richard rode a
steeple chase lately when there was a dispute about the
cup. His winning the race was disputed, but we did not
steal the cup. Some wine was put, into it and we took
the cup away. Some few sovereigns were laid upon the
race but my brother was not paid. Romaike was sold in
1841, and I afterwards wrote a letter to Mr. Sadler,
when she was sent to his place. This is the letter (pro-
duced). I don't think that I represented that she be-
longed to me after 1841. I won some bets of Mr. We-
therby, but he did not refuse to pay me because I was
a defaulter. There was an inquiry before the Jockey
Club, but they did not say that he•was justified in
not paying me because I paid nobody else. I cannot say
whether the letter (produced) is my brother Richard's
handwriting. There is a likeness, but I cannot swear
either way.

Baron PARKE—Don't you know your brother's hand-
writing ? Witness—Yes, my Lord, but I cannot speak
positively to this.
Mr. PLATT here handed several letters to the witness,
and questioned him as to his belief which were written
by himself and which by his brother ?—He said they
were not written by himself, and he could not tell whe-
ther they were written by his brother, but there was a
resemblance.
Cross-examination continued—l know a horse-dealer
named Crook. I never sent Romaike to Mr. Gibson's,
neither do I know of my brother having sent her. I
know a man called Harry Hicks. He never was the
owner of the horse called Bubastes. I never told Hicks
that I had sent Romaike to Mr. Gibson's in Crook's name,
or that I had sent her as a half-bred mare. I may have
called upon Hicks shortly before the Warwick Spring
Races, 1842, but I do not recollect telling him to
ask Mr. Gibson what he would charge for, a half-
bred mare called Liverpool. I know ho had a
thorough-bred mare called Liverpool. I never
told him that Gibson would take a few half bred mares
at ten guineas, nor did I ask him to tell me the exact
day when Romaike was covered by Bubastes, as I was
afraid she had gone over her time. I never told him
that I had received a letter from Gibson by which I

learned she had not foaled. I did not see Ilielcs refer to
his book. I never told him that I had been to Gibson's
to see the mare, and that the Bubastes foal was the best
khadever seen at Gibson's; and I did not say that Mr.

Partridge had driven me over. I walked over with Mr.
Partridge, but I did not see either Romaike or the foal.
[ went for the purpose of seeing Liverpool. My fond-
ness for horses led me to do so. I did not in autumn of
1843 ask Hicks for a stamped receipt for the money paid
for covering my two mares in 1841. I have only had one
mare covered at Hicks's. I did not suggest that a re-
ceipt should be given for 1842, and he did not say to
me," How can I do that when I had no mares there in

that year?" I did not say to him " that does not matter."
I was at Ascot Races this year, and saw Harry Hicks
there. I was not present when Mr. Herbert complained
of having been deceived by the Newmans in buying this
colt as a two year old. I did not go to Gibson's twice to
look at the mare, but after I had dined with him one
day, he pointed out several mares, and, among others,
one which he said belonged to Crook. Upon my oath,
that mare was not Romaike. Bloodstone was a good-look-
ing colt, and had some very good points. He was a very
good breeder. I did not speak to the jockey that rode
Bloodstone at Ascot, and tell him to win, just before the
race. I did tell him if the horse was out-paced in the
last quarter of a mile, to pull him up, as he had pulled
up lame the day before. It was a malicious statement of
Bell, the jockey, to clear his character about Leander at
any sacrifice. I engaged Bell to ride for Mr. Herbert,
but I declare I never told him not to win. The letters
(produced) are in my handwriting, but signed with my
brother's name.
Re-examined--I had nothing to do with the steeple
chase that has been mentioned. Mr. Gibson was at Castle
Bromwich. The mare that was shown to me at Mr. Gibson's
was not Romaike. She looked to be a well-bred mare, but
was in very bad condition, and appeared to have a surfeit
on her. She had a mean, scrubby tail, with very little
hair on it. This was in 1842. Romaike had a very long
tail, nearly, if not quite, dragging upon the ground.
When Wetherby bought her she had a long tail, and
afterwards it was suffered to grow, and was very long
when she came from Lord Exeter's. I engaged Bell,
at Epsom, for Mr. Herbert, to ride his horse Bloodstone,
at Ascot, and I recollect the day of the race. A filly,
called Carissitna, ran in the race with Bloodstone, and I
know that her leg was injured. I told him to ride with
his hands and knees all through the race, but if he found
himself out-paced in the first quarter of a mile, he was to
pull up, but if not, he was to ride through. Bell had told
me the horse pulled up lame the day before, and this
was the reason I gave him these instructions. It is im-
possible Romaike could have gone away from Walton
more than a week without my being aware of it. The
shortest time a mare could be left to be covered would
be two months, and I must have known it if she had
been taken away for that purpose.
By the COURT—My brother gave me 501. for the mare
Romaike.
William Newman examined—l keep the Bell Inn at
Monmouth, and I remember going in November, 1840,
to fetch a mare from Lord Exeter's, at my brother's re-
quest. I paid the bill and brought the horse away, and
on my way home I stopped at the Star, at Leamington,

and the mare was shoviii, She was the mare Romaike.
She subsequently had a foal. It had a remarkably fine
head, a white streak down the face, and white heels.
The colt was only known as the colt by Beiram. I was
present with several other persons when the operation
was performed in October, 1843, and it died about a
week afterwards from inflammation. I first saw Romaike
at Hicks's in 1842, and she then had the Beiram colt at
her foot. She was covered by Bubastes in that year, and
I first saw her foal by that horse in May, 1842. It was a
chesnut colt, with a white heel and a white star on his
forehead. I did not notice any other marks. At the time I
saw him he had rather a coarse head. I saw him in
June and July, 1842, and I continually saw him from
that time until Tewkesbury races, 1843, and I then
heard he was going to be sent to Jones's, to be broke
and trained. The colt suckled till a late period, and had

cows' milk night and morning.
Cross-examined—l lire at Monmouth, thirty-three
miles from the place where the operation was performed
on the colt. I did not live at Monmouth at that time.
The dead body of the animal was hung up in a tree. I
don't know what became of the skin. The body was
cut in quarters, and my dogs ate part of it. I did not live
anywhere " particular" at this time, but I am sure
I slept at Walton the night before. lam not aware that
the Beiram colt was vicious. I don't know that it is not

customary to castrate a thorough-bred horse, unless
there is some particular reason for it. Ido not know
for what cause this colt was castrated. I never bred any
race horses. I should not think it was a good thing to
make a race horse as weak as I could. I lived upon the
bounty of my wife's friends for four years, and until
about six months ago, when I took the public-house.
Re-examined—The Beiram colt was a rather short
cobby colt, but with a remarkably fine head. From his
appearance, my brother considered he was not fit for the
race course, and I know he never intended to run him.

Mr. Oliver, examined by Mr. LusH—l remember the
last witness coming to my house at Leamington, in 1840,
with a mare which he told me was Romaike, and that he
had brought her from Lord Exeter's. I have seen the
mare several times since. I first saw her afterwards at
Walton, and at that time she was in foal. I saw the
colt the day after she had foaled, in April or May, 1841,
and I saw the colt running with the mare in the paddock
several times afterwards. It was a chesnut colt with
two white heels and a white face, and the smallest head
I ever saw put on an animal. I saw the same mare with
a second colt. That was also a chesnut, with a whit::
star on the forehead and;one white heel. The last time
I saw the second colt was in July or August, 1843, and I
then noticed that he had capped hocks, which I had never
seen before in a young horse. I saw the same colt twice
at exercise at Jones's at Rockley. The first was a
small colt, but the second was a long racing looking colt
—a very fine colt. I saw the same colt at Ascot, and I
have seen it to-day in Guildford, and I can swear it is
the same.

Cross-examined—l am in the habit of going to races.
I have never been at Doncaster races. I the
Newmans very well. I am not a business man. I have
now and then had a little touch at dealing in horses.
With a strong colt you may begin to handle some at 18
months old. I am not much in the racing line—mine
is more in the steeple-chasing profession.—
(Laughter.) I did not ride the race when the Newmans
took the Cup away. I have had entire horses run in
my name, and it is very common to ride entire horses
when they are not vicious. I don't know that gelding a
horse renders him more weak, but geldings are always
allowed three pounds. I am sure I have not sold five
hundred horses in my life. I may have sold one hun-
dred, but I will not say two, for fear I should tell a
story.—(Laughter.) I saw the second colt for the first
time in May or June, 1842, and it looked as much like
racing as ever was seen. It was not qnite so well over
the loins.—(Laughter.) He was not exactly weak in
the loins. I never saw the colt taking his milk and
bread with a spoon.—(Roars of laughter.) I never saw
a basin of milk taken out to him.—(Renewed laughter.)
I had heard the Newmans say the mare was a bad mo-
ther, and that they fed the colt on cow's milk and flour.
Richard Newman, examinedby Sergeant CHANNELL—
I remember the mare Romaike being at my faither's, at
Walton, and I first saw her in November, 1840, at
which time she was in foal. She had a very full tail,
nearly, or quite down to the ground. The mare foaled
in 1841, and I understood the sire of the colt was the
horse Beiram. He had as nice a head as could be seen,
and I thought he would grow into a nice tight poll, I
bought the mare of my brother tn. 501., and I took her
yiith the colt, to Mr. Hicks's, and she was covered
there by the horse Bubastes ; and I left the mare at
Mr. Hicks's. I sent for her in about three weeks, and
when she was brought back, her tail was in the same
state as I have described. She was very fine in her
coat, and there, was nothing whatever the matter with
her. I was present when the mare foaled the second
time, and the first colt was upon our premises at the
time. They were both chestnut colta, but the last
one had a star in tl,Ae forehead and had
one white heel behind. Head not near such a good
head as the first colt had. I gave the second colt corn
before he was a month old, and he had cows's milk as well
as being suckled by his dam. I thought the colt was
suited for the coArsp, 4ut the celt by Beiram was not;
and, therefore,-I thought it was the proper course to
castrate him, as he was a little fellow and bad no stride
about him. He was very ill after the operation, and
died from the effects of it, and his body was cut up for
the dogs. I do not know what became of the skin, but
I generally send my skins to TewkeshatTy. It was with
my consent that the szconti coin was Sent to `Jones's to
b g
tried. I soici ft to r: Ilerbert in May last for 3001.,
e
and r'was to-have tSQOL more if he won the next herby,
(Or Awhiol no 4e 4 eutuod. I had Adm.

tised the horse for sale. I have understood
that it is a very common thing for sellers
to receive an additional sum if a horse wins a
particular race. I have not seen the colt from the time
I sent him to Jones's until this morning in Guildford,
and lam sure he is the same colt. I farm the estate at
Walton on my own account. If the mare had gone away
to be covered by Liverpool, I must have known it.
Cross-examined—l have bought a few horses in my
time for the purposes of the farm, and for hunting a bit.
I have had a good many horses killed, sometimes two in
a week. I don't know who had the skin of this parti-
cular colt.

Mr. PLATT—No, nor nobody else, I believe.
Cross-examination continued—l sold the horse as a
two year old with all his engagements. He was in the
St. Leger, at Doncaster, 1845. He took to all his en-
gagements, which might be five or six races or more.
A race-horse is known in the Calendar by the descrip-
tion of its age. I don't know why I did not have Blood-
stone gelded. I never saw Beiram, the sire of the first colt.
Romaike is a very well bred mare, thorough bred, well
made, and like a race-horse, and fit to breed either a
race-horse or a hunter. I don't know whether Beiram,
the sire, was a thorough-bred horse, as I never saw him.
I won't swear that the letter (produced) is my writing.
Baron PARKE—What ! Not know your own hand-
writing ?
Mr. PLATT—(Handing several letters) Here are
plenty more. Now, upon your oath, are they not all
written by you ? Witness-4 don't know. I cannot
swear whether they are Rot.
Mr. PLATT—WeII, now, what mare did you send with
those letters ? Witness—l sent no mare with them.
Mr. PLATT—You sent no mare to Mr. Gibson's in the
name of Mr. Crook—no thorough-bred mare as a half-
bred mare, to cheat the man whose horse was to cover
her ? Witness—No.

The witness, being pressed by Mr. Platt, said he had
no doubt a good many of the letters were written by
him, and at tongth said, perhaps they were all his.
Cross-examination continued—ln 1841, I had the riff
or mange in my stable. It is a catching complaint. I
had got rid of the disorder in 1842. I wrote the letters
in the name of Crook by his direction. The mare
Romaike never had the riff or mange since I have
known her. I never sent a mare to Mr. Gibson, the
horse called Liverpool.
Mr. PLATT then read a portion of one of the letters
written by the witness, in which he referred to a mare
having the surfeit, and being in foal, and also represented
that she was savage to her first foal and required care,
and he asked the witness what mare it referred to ?

The witness said he did not know. lie supposed it
must be Crook's mare.
Cross-examination continued—Crook's mare was a
Chesnut mare. Romaike had a white spot on her fore-
head, and some white marks about her legs. I don't re-
collect whether Crook's mare had the same marks
exactly.

Re-examined—l used frequently to write letters for
Crook, and if I wrote these letters at all, they did not
refer to my own business. No other mare went with
Romaike to Hicks's, but I had another mare there that
same season. She was a fairish bred mare, but was not
thorough bred.
By the COURT—I have got the other mare's foal at
this time. I have not named it.

William Hierons —I am stud groom to Mr. Hicks at
Atherley, and I remember a mare with a foal by her
side being brought on the 4th of May, 1841, to Bu-
bastes. The colt she had with her was a very neat colt,
and I observed that it had a white spot on the face, and
I understood that it was a colt by Beiram. I saw the
Beiram colt again in November, at which time he was
not more than sixteen months old. I saw a second foal
at Walton sucking the mare. This was a large flue foal,
and looked like a racer. The first colt looked more
cobbified.

Cross-examined—lt was not a bright chesnut-co-
loured fisal that was at the mare's foot when she came. It
had a star on the forehead, but I did not observe that
he had any white on his hind feet. Ido not recollect
saying, at Ascot Races, " Here is a devil of a job—the
Bubastes colt has come in first, but they have proved
him to be a three-year old." I saw a gentleman named
Horace, but I did not say to him that it was the Beiram
colt that had come with the mare to Hicks's, when she
was brought to Bubastes. I did not say that the Beiram
colt had a star, and a white heel behind, and that the
Bubastes colt had no white behind at all. I swear I
did not say that it was no more Bubastes's colt
Then it was old Defence's. Defence had covered the
mare Romaike. I did not say that John Newman owed
me for his mares, and if he did not come forward and
pay me I should toss him over the bridge.—(Laughter.)
I will swear I said nothing of the sort. I had some
conversation with the lawyer on this case, but I did not
tell him that the colt by Beiram had a star on his fore-.
head and one white heel behind. I told him that I knew
the Bubastes colt, and that he had a star, but I did not
say he had no white about him. I did not tell the gen-
tleman that I did say, after the race, that Bloodstone
was a three yrs old. After I had been talking with the
lawyer, I had some conversation with Mr. John New-
man, but I did not walk away to a private place with
him upon hearing a rustling noise in the stable close by
as though some one was listening. We were talking
about the chesnut mare, and I said they might make
some objection about the chesnut mare going to Liver-
pool. The lawyer took down what I said in writing,
but he did not read it over to me afterwards. I have
never said that I should not have said a word about
Bloodstone being three years old if John Newman had
paid me. I heard that Romaike was rather unkind to
her first colt, and I was sent for to reconcile her to the
colt, and I did so.

Re-examined—l did not go to Ascot races, but I
heard about them on the following Sunday, and that
there was a dispute about the stake. There is gene-
rally some little trouble with mares with their first colt.
I am sure the colt that won the race at Ascot, was not
the Bekaa! colt.

It being now seven o'clock, the further proceedings in
the Court were adjourned until this morning at nine
o'clock.

BRITISH and FOREIGN INSTITUTE
The first session of the British and Foreign Institute
was closed on Thursday evening by a very brilliant and
numerously- attended soiree.
As early as nine o'clock the drawing-rooms were filled
with elegantly-dressed company, including about
three hundred ladies and gentlemen, members and
visitors, who continued to increase in numbers till ten.
Among the company present on this occasion were
many foreign gentlemen, some in costume, particu-
larly a younc, Syrian Greek, from the mountains of
Lebanon, and very handsome New Zealand )outh, re-
cently brought over to England by a gentleman returning
from thence, and now educating at the British and Fo-
reign School for the purpose of being sent back to his
own country as a Christian missionary. The details of
the history of this young man, now about twenty-two
years of age, were given to the company, and interested
them very deeply, from its romantic character, while his
fine figure, handsome features, and picturesque costume,
increased that interest to a high degree. Mr. Catlin, who
has done so much to illustrate the character of the Ame-
rican Indians, and who was present on this occasion, en-
tered into conversation with him ; and was followed by
others, to all of whom ho replied in very intelligible
English, though he has been only six months Under
tuition at the British and Foreign School.
What gave more than usual interest to the visit of the
young New Zealander, was tine fact of his being accom-
panied by such an exact representation of himself; in
a model purposely prepared for the occasion, that as he
stood motionless beside it, in the same attitude, welling
the same kind of robe, and holding the same descrip-
tion of spear in his hand, it was very difficult to dis-
tinguish the living figure from its faithful transcript,
and many were deceived in this respect. It
appears that some gentlemen in London, at-
tached to ethnological investigations, have con-
ceived the idea of forming an Ethnographical
Society, which shall give form and body, " a local
habitation and a name," to the facts collected by travellers
respecting the different races of the human family. They
propose, in short, to do for all nations what Mr. Catlin
has done for the American Indians and Mr. Dunn
for the Chinese—namely, to prepare models from
the life of the inhabitants of different quarters of the
globe, array them in the actual robes of their own
country, surround them with the accessories of their
own weapons, utensils, and other appendages, and
form a museum that shall give to those whose pursuits
prevent their travelling an opportunity of seeing at
least faithful representations of the different races of
mankind. Their first example of the perfection to whic..;',l
such modelling could be brought was in the production
of a figure of this New Zealand youth, which was so
faithful a copy of the original that for a few minutes it
was difficult to say, as they stood sib by side, which
was the original and which the copy, or which the life-
less and which the living figure. As a triumph of art,
it was admitted to be most successful.

Among the distinguished visitors to the Institute the
name of the Countess Morska was mentioned as having
examined the whole establishment with great interest,
and manifested her approbation of its plan, object, and
design, by a very unequivocal proof of her desire to con-
tribute to its attractions. Ths Countess, who is now in
her 84th year, with the possession of excellent health,
and the enjoyment of all her faculties, is on a visit of
pleasure to England, staying with her suite at Mivart's
Hotel, and making daily visits to the palaces, mansions,
gardens, and galleries of the Royal Family and prin-
cipal nobility of England. Her estates and domain
formed part of the ancient Poland, before the
partition of that ill fated country, but arc now
included in Austrian Gallicia. The Countess pre-
sented to the library of the Institute, as a
souvenir of her visit, and a testimony of her approbation
and good-will, a splendid volume filled with views of her
palace, its gardens, grounds, and subordinate establish-
ments ; all from drawings made by her own hand, and
terminated by a series of floral groups of the principal
flowers of the country, tastefully arranged and coloured')a
after nature, accompanied by a ‘, Treatise on Rural Archi-
tecture," from her own pen, and a catalogue in Polish
and Latin of the chief botanical productions of the region.
The volume was placed on the drawing room table, and
was greatly admired.
In the course of the evening there were some admirable
musical performances. M. 14Iuhlenfeldt on the piano,
and M. Selberberg, a pupil of Ernst,.oin the violin, played
ac hamins duet of De Beriot's, great skill. Mr.
Moscheles gave one of his brilliant solos lois in the early part
of the evening ; and 111. Leopold
d de Meyer another
towards its close, and each 'was perfect in its kind—
while the vocal music with swhich the intervals were
filled up was varied and agreeable.
The proceedings of the 'were terminated by an
address, in which a brief eveningrero,sp ect of the past session
was followed by a sketch of the proceedings contemplated
fir the futuie dries, and from theenthusiasmtt there with which
this was reeived, it was very eviden t that
want zeal or cordial co-operation on 14- 71.-n0
members,- to sustain the Institute = part of the
which it has hith.erto .11 the full vigour with
(aura .---• carried on, and to make its
oessittlii 44 agreeable and instructive as the put,