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ONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.

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NOTICE OF DIVIDEND
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PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
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TO MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON.
Copy of a Letter from William Wilson, Esq., Clifton, near
" Caton, York, Feb. 5, 1,144.

York.

" Sir, —lt is with the greatest pleasure that finforrn you with what
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GLEN TILT.

THE DEATH OF THE STAG.
By EDWIN LANDSEER, R.A.

Henry Graves and Company beg to inform the rublle that they
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Also, just completed,
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FVIL !—REMARKS thereon, by LUKE
.4 JAMES HANSARD ; being an ADDRESS to MAN for the
BEST PROTECTION of the YOUNG—seeking the Diminution and
Cessation of Seduction and Prostitution, and having reference to The
Bill, " Brothels' Suppression," withdrawn (on the 9th July) ou its
being proposed for third reading in the House of Lords.

Piintact and published by Jailnes and Luke James Hansard, 6, Great
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Second Edition, in 3 vols., price 31s. 6d. cloth,
ELLEN MIDDLETON.
A TALE.

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" Lady Georg lana Fullerton has constructed a tale of thrilling In-
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fair reader will weep over these pathetic pages."—Hood's Magazine.
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ARMY AND NAVY.
THE OCTOBER NUMBER OF COLBURN'S
UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE
AND NAVAL AND MILITARY JOURNAL,

Contains the following Papers:—

1. France and Morocco.-2.—The Banners and National Colours of
Poland.-3. Notices from Kafirland, written on the spot.-4. Mi-
litary Prisons.-5. The Naval Chaplain's Note-book.-6. To whom
will Anatolia fall ?-7. Four Years of a Soldier's Life. By a Field-
otneer.—S. The Unburied Dead.-9. Incidents during the late war on
the Indian Ocean, leading to the capture of the Isle of France.-10.
Duelling in our Indian army.—!! Sketch of Major-General Pollock's
Campaign in Affghanistan. By Major Smith, 9th Foot.-12. Memoir of
lheWar of Independence. 13. Memorial of the Mandarin Shu, In relation
to the War with En4land and the State of China.-14. On the Utility
and Importance of Light Troops and Cavalry in the Field. By Ma-
jor Patterson.-15. The Siege of Herat.-16. Insufficiency of the
Army and Navy for the duties imposed on them.-17. Indian Affairs.
—ls. Memoirs of the late Captains T. Forrest and Timins.l9. Exa-
mination of Cavalry Cadets for Commission.-20. Affairs at Home
and Abroad.—Stations of the Army and Navy, Promotions and Ap-
pointments, with all the Professional News of the Month, &c.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

TA IT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE for
OCTOBER, price One Shilling, contains

Our Hearth and HonieStead. By John—Mills. Chap. IL—Burns
and Byron—The Carpenter and the Capuchin. From the Swedish.
By W. Howitt—Quaker Mission to the Mauritius and South Africa—
The Spirit of Aristophanes. Chap. lll—Oswald llerbst's Letters
from England. No. 11--A Teacher's Journal—Campaign in Ireland.
By the wife of a Colonel—Life of Lord Eldon—Poetry : the Picnic
of Bucclench, &c.--Literary Register : Captain Cunynghame's Ser-
vice in China, I)iaz's Conquest of Mexico, Breen's St. Lucia, &c. &c.
—Politics of the Month : The Last of the Monster Trials, Tahiti and
Morocco.

LAMERT ON DEBII ITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c,
" He who in pleasure's downy arms
Ne'er lost his health or youthilt lemmas,
A here lives, and justly can
Exclaim, In me beheld a man I"
ust published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2e. 6d.,
or sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. ~
QELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on
those concealed disorders originating in youthful excesses,
and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional
Weakness, and all those Sinking', Anxieties, and Tremors, which
afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Tracheal
Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and
Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for
their perfect R3storation.
By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecary's Hall, Lendon,&c.

" The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in-
herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented
through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such,
among ethers, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many
questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even%
to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette.

"The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title,
and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are
catering from nervous debility and general weakness."—Wakefield
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A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENT
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the removal of certain disqualifications.
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TO THE LIVERY OF THE CITY OF LONDON.
GENTLEMEN,
lOWE you a debt of unspeakable gratitude for
your exertions evinced by the splendid majority in the show
of hands in my favour over all the other Aldermen at the Com-
mon Hall this day.

A Committee, consisting of several hundreds of the most influen.
tial and respectable men that ever sat in the City of London, some
time since took upon themselves the onerous duty of examining
every document and circumstance connected with the charges
against me, and they came to the unanimous resolution that such
charges were groundless and unfounded. The publication of that
resolution has this day produced In a Common Hall of unprece.
dented numbers, and of the highest respectability, a spotaneous ex-
pression of their support and of their sympathy with a persecuted
individual.

Although the Court of Aldermen have again refusod your no-
mination, yet I feel that I have triumphed in your unbought suf.
forages, and had it been possible for me to have gone to a poll, I
have no doubt whatever that the most extended demonstration
would have been made in my favour. But, Gentlemen, your
rights have been invaded, and your opinions have been contemp.
tuously treated; it remains with you to vindicate your own pri.
vileges.
I have told you upon former occasions that the time would ar.
rive when TRUTH and JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL; and
although the decision of this day has protracted that period, yet,
as I still live in the esteem of my fellow-citizens, I shall not
cease to press upon you my claim to be your Chief Magistrate.
To the latest period of my existence I shall retain the deepest
sense of your kindness, and, under the blessing of Divine Provi.
deuce, I shall hope, upon the next annual election of Lord Mayor,
to meet you, and to prove to you that I am, with great sincerity,
your fkithful servant,
Sept. 28, 1844. THOMAS WOOD.

TO DRAPERS, TAILORS, and HATTERS.
To he DISPOSED OF, an OLD ESTABLISHED TRADE
in the above line. The healtk of the Proprietor is the reason for the
trade being given up.
For full particular, apply by letter, pre-paid, to X.Y.Z., Post-office,
Wolverhampton.
Applications, with real name and aldwa, wliphave immediate at
tention.

CANDLES SUPERIOR IN THEIR BURN-
ING QUALITIES TO THE FINEST WAX are now retailed
throughout the Country at One Shilling per lb.
Parties who are in the habit of burning two tallow moulds of four
to the lb., are respeotfully requested to make the experiment
whether a single " PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE" of six to the lb.
will not give more light ; and whether, therefore, these Candles do
not afford a cheaper. source of light than the commonest tallow
ones, notwithstanding the difference in price per Ih.
Care must be taken to ask for them in the shops under the name
given above, as there are some imitations sold under the name" Com-
posite," by which Price's Patent Candles were originally made
public.
The trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and Co ,
Belmont, Vauxhall ; or from Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Cler-
kenwell.

RELIEF FOR INFANTS IN CUTTING THEIR TEETH.
MRS.JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING
SYRUP. This efficacious Remedy bas bees in general use
tor upwards of Thirty Years, and has preserved numerous Children
when sufftring from Convulsions arising from painful Dentition. As
soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieved,
the Gums cooled, and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as
efficacious, tending to produce the Teeth with cane; and so pleasant,
that no Child will refuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. Parents
should he very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN
SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the names of Barclay and
Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London (to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold
the recipe), are on the Stamp affixed to ach Bottle, Price 2s. 9d. per
Bottle.

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VOYAGES AND SERVICES OF THE NEMESIS IN
CHINA, &c.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn,
of Great Marlborough-street, has this day published a
new and cheaper edition, comprised in a single volume,
with maps and plates, price 18s. bound, of " The Narra-
tive of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from
1840 to 1843 ; and of the Combined Naval and Military
the Colony of Hong-Kong, and Remarks on the Cha-
racter ra
taionnds in China,Habitsofthceocmhpri
Chinese,
eng a Complete Account of
&c., from Notes of Com-
mOpaender W. H. Hall, RN., with Personal Observations,
by W. D. Bernard, Esq., A.M." Agents—For Scot-
land, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland,
Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. Orders received by all
booksellers.
THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, for October, be-
gins with a capital squib at the French, called " Africa in
France ; or, the Beard and the Pipe," which, like the
celebrated ietters in the Times, will no doubt cause an
extraordinary outpouring V indignation against Eng-
land from the French newspapers. It is followed by a
stirring tale of Italian Ii a and character, hewing the
title of " The Last of the Contrabbandieri." " Social
Piracy" is amusingly illustrated in the Adventures of
the Hawke family ; and "The Talleyrand Papers" ap-
pear to increase in interest with every continuation.
" Conversations with the late W. Beckford" proceed
with very striking effect, as the conversations of so dis-
tinguished a man would be sure to do. Mrs. Trollope is
carrying forward her "Robertses on their Travels" in
a manner as perfectly amusing as can well be conceived ;
and Mr. Maxwell, with his " Lights and Shades in the
Life of a Gentleman on Half-pay,' has furnished a good
allowance of pleasant reading. " The Philosophy of
Waltzing" we can recommend as an excellent paper.
To the author of "Peter Priggins" the Magazine is in-
debted for his laughable memoir of " Kitty Dangerous ;"
and Laman Blanchard puts forth an essay equally good
in its way, " On Considering Oneself Horsewhipped !"
A sh2r tame since a young gentleman, near Glas-
tonbury, with right and left bar, el, shot on the wing, and
bagged nine jackdaws and two rooks, in the middle of a
twenty-acre stubble ground,—Sherborne Journal.

TRIAL of LIEUT. PUDDICOMBE.
(From the Cork Examiner of Friday.) ,
This case, which has created so much excitement in
the public mind for some weeks past. and which has been
canvassed pro and con., not alone by the local press, but
also by the metropolitan press of both kingdoms, came
on for trial on Friday, shortly after the sitting of the
court. Great interest was manifested by the public to
be present at the trial, enhanced, no doubt, by the con-
flicting statements that hare none before them ; and the
court was filed at an early hour, the audience being
highly reTectable, comprising a large number of ladies,
who occupied the grand-jury gallery. The traverser,
Robert Bruce PuddieembP, sat in the counsel box be-
tween his agent, Mr. P. O'Connell, and his counsel, Mr.
James °llea ; he was habited in a white frock or dust
coat, with white waistcoat. His appearance is manly
and prep3ssessing, and the proceedings were regarded by
him as though but a mere spectator. Messrs. Richard
Lane and Francis A. Walsh conducted the prosecution
on behalf of the Crown, with Mr. J. Nagle, Crown soli-
citor, as agent.
The Clerk of Arraigns having called on Robert Bruce
Puddicombe, that gentleman rose to enter his plea, when
The CLERK or TII2 ARRAIGNS, addressing him, said,
" Sir, you must get into the dock."
Mr. WALsrt (for the Crown) stated that they had no
objection to allow the gentleman to remain where he
was, by his counsel.
Mr. O'llna (for traverser)—lt is the general course
in bail cases.

The Court concurred with the gentlemen, and
Robert Bruce Puddicombe was then given in charge
for that he, on the 27th of August, at Coolgrena, did
feloniously steal one silver spoon, value 55.. and five
ounces of silver, each value 35., the property of Augustus
Warren ; also that on the same day he did feloniously
steal one silver fork, value 55., and 3oz. of silver value
3 eR
s. each ounce, the property. of Thomas Pittobinson
and also one silver fork, value ss. and 3oz. of silver,
value 3s. each ounce, the property Of Margaret Bond, to
which indictment he pleaded Not Guilty, in a firm and
commanding tong of voice.
Mr. LANE stated the case for the prosecution.
Captain Augustus Warren examined by Mr. WALSR
—I reside at Coolgrena, near Core. I invited a party
for the 27th of August, for which purpose I borrowed
some plate from Captain Robinson and his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Bond. On the next morning, when the things were
collected, he found two dinner forks with a crest of a
stag's head and initials "T. M. A. ;" one dinner fork
with a crest, a stag on a coronet ; and one with a crest,
lion rampant ; one dessert fork, crest lion rampant ; one
table spoon with crest, star, and one with crest, lion
rampant ; and a table spoon with a stag's head and ini-
tials "T. M. A.," missing. Those articles marked
" T. M. A." were received from Captain Robinson, and
were his or Mrs. Bond's. Those marked with the lion
and star were my property. I have a spoon of my own
present, marked with a star, the Dawson crest. Saw
Lieutenant Puddicombe on the "morning of the Bth
of September. He came to my house about nine
o'clock, when the servant told me he was in the
drawing-room. I went in, and saw him reading
a paper on the sofa. He got up and said—" Captain
Warren, I have come to you on a most distressing
business." He seemed distressed. I told him not to
let it annoy him, and I would assist him if possible. He
said he had some old plate which he gave to a woman to
sell, and on taking them to Cork she was detained by
Hawkesworth on suspicion they were mine. He
asked if I had lost plate, and I smiled, knowing that every
person was aware of it. I said " Yes, I have lost plate,
and have directed the constable to have it stopped, and
that it would be stopped, for it was marked." He said
chat his brother officers and servant could prove the plate
was in his possession eighteen months. I told him there
was no occasion to be annoyed about it, that all he had
to do was to go to Mr. Hawkesworth and say the articles
eere his, for he was in duty bound to clear the woman.
He said he gave her a certificate to that effect, and I said
[ think it would be better to go himself. He said he
wanted to melt it to make a ball fur his bat. Mr.
Hawkesworth met me at three o'clock in Cove. and we
went to Dr. Meade's house and examined the silver pro-
luced by Mr. Hawkesworth in Dr. Mead's study. One
piece had a star on it. There were also part of a fork
and part of a spoon-with two small prongs of a fork and
,wo pieces partly burned. The spoon had the star on it.
Chat mark corresponded with the crest on my plate.
['here were remains of a crest on the other pieces, but I
would not swear to it ; but I traced the letter A on the
piece of the fork. All the plate belonging to myself; and
:hat borrowed from Captain Rubinson, were in the
supper room, for I counted them and left them there. I
;ave Mr. O'Connell a list of the servants who had lived
with me during the last- twelve months. I directed the
screen to be put up to the door.
Cross-examined by Mr. O'ITEA—I understand there
wasno door to the room then?—No. You say you counted
Captain Robinson's plate, and it corresponded?—Yes.
Did you count the number of one kind and the number
of another?—No, I did not; I am not positive but I com-
pared the list. Some of the plate was missing next
morning?—Yes. How did you know next morning
which of each was lost?—lf I had Captain Robinson's
list I might know. It is nut unusual to have two crests
in a family ?—I cannot say. You had a great number
of attendants?—Yes, there were six servants in the
iouse. The woman at the gate is Mrs. Patterson. I
taxed the'whole of the servants in the morning. Did
you get a search warrant?—No; I mentioned the thing
to the head constable, but could not suspect a single
person. Didyou search their place?—No, but I searched
the house. How many articles did you lose?—Eight
spoons and forks. Do you remember how Lieutenalit
Puddicombe was dressed ?—Yes, he had a dress-coat
open and white waistcoat and dark trowsers and sash. I
could not say whether he went up after supper. Do
you remember Noonan saying Lieutenant Puddicombe
was the only person who went up?—Soinething of the
wind was said, and he was taxed the next morning, but
I said I would discharge any person who insinuated the
like. I did not see bins going away. He is very fond of
dancing. Eight articles, such as those taken, would
take up a great bulk. Do you know Lieutenant Smike?
—Yes. He was one of the party?—Yes. And he is
gone away ?—Yes, on duty. Was Colonel Burton at the
house?—No, nor any officer from Spike. Did you re-
ceive a communication from him?—Yes, which was pub-
lished, and I replied to it. Was Mr. Puddicombe ever
its your house before that night ?—I believe not. When
he called at your house he was in an agitated state ?
—Yes. And that is not unusual when a man is charged
with theft ?—No. He wished to clear himself ?—Yes.
Can you easily discover the star ?—No, except with a
glass, part of it is discernible with the naked eye. It has
live waiving rays discernible by the eye, and the other
by the aid of a glass.
To Mr. WALsu—l did not cause the letter to be pub-
lished.
Mrs. Margaret Bond, examined by Mr. LANE—I
know Captain Robinson, who is married to a sister of
mine. My father's name was Andrews. He died in
1805. My mother is dead seven years, and her name was
Mary Andrews.; Upon the death of my father and mother
their plate waadivided amongst their children, andiMrs.
Robinson and I got part of it. I remember the ball at
Captain Warren's, and sent a large quantity of plate
there by Mrs. Patterson and her husband in a large
basket. They came for it. I reckoned the plate, and
my sister took down the list which was sent with it.
The articles in that list were in the basket. My father's
crest was a stag's head, and the plate had that crest.
There were some with the Bond crest. The Andrews'
plate had " T.M.A." on it. The Bond crest was an open
hand. Did not get back all the plate sent. Saw some
plate afterwards with constable Roe, and examined it
Part of it had stag's horns on it, and the letter A. and
part of the wreath under the stag's head. I could also
make out part of aT. The fork was so dreadfully mu-
tilated it was impossible to discover anything. There
was a space in the centre of the two letters. The crest
corresponded with that on the plate sent to Capt. Warren.
So did the initials.
Cross-examined by Mr. O'llea—Were you told to
look at the silver as your own ?—I don't recollect that I
was. Was it brought to you as the stolen plate 7—Yes.
And brought for you to find out the marks?—Yes. You
say you saw part of T?—Yes, one stroke. Will you
swear it was not the stroke of an I or. M?—No, I
will not.
To Mr. LANE—The list handed in by Captain Robin-
son is the list sent, and is in my sisters handwriting.
To the COURT—Captain Robinson's crest is a stag
on a coronet ; the Bond crest is a stag's head on a
wreath. _ _ _

Julia Patterson examined by Mr. NAGLE—My hus-
band is gate-keeper to Captain Warren, and we were
sent to Captain Robinson's for some plate before the
ball, which we got from Mrs. Bond—l received the plate
and brought it to Captain Warren's house, and assisted
Catherine Leary to take it to the supper-room ; nothing
was taken out of the basket, or the cover ever lifted,
until Catherine Leary left it in the supper room.
Captain Thomas Robinson, examined by Mr. LANE—
I am a commander in the Royal Navy, and married to a
sister of Mrs. Bond, who was daughter of Captain An-
drews, and got a portion of his plate. Some of it was
sent to Captain Warren's the night the ball was given
Was not present when it was sent, but I was aware it
was sent. The crest on the Andrews' plate was a stag's
head on a wreath, and the initials T. M. A. Saw some
plate afterwards in a mutilated state in Sergeant Rose's
possession, and examined it. One piece was the upper
part of a fork, and the other piece appeared part of a
spoon. I could distinctly make out part of the stag's
head, his nose and neck, and nearly all the initials on
the fork. It corresponded with Andrews' crest. The
hall mark was also similar. There was part of a star,
not very distinct, but resembling a star fish. The middle
was not very distinct, as there was a dent of a hammer
in the centre. Saw some of the Andrew' plate on Cap-
tains Warren's supper table. Captain Andrews, he un-
derstood, was an Irishman, but lived many years in
York and Rochdale. He died a few days after his
arrival in Cork. Has no hesitation in saying that the
mutilated plate was part of the Andrews' plate, from its
likeness to the other. _ _

Cross-examined by Mr. 011EA.—Tou could see all
those marks with the naked eye ?—No. What could

you see ?—Part of the antlers and the back of the neck,
and the wreath, with my spectacles. Could you see the
T ?—No, but the turn up. You would swear it is the
turn up of the T ?—Yes, by looking at it with a meg-
nifier. Will you swear it is not the turn up of an F ?
—No. And did you you not swear so just now ?
I will swear it is the turn up of 'l'. What's the differ-
ence between the turn up of T and F ?—None. And
how can you swear it is the turn up of T ?—From its
likeness to the other letters. You may go down, sir.
Mr.O'CoNNELL—Comparisons arc odious.—( A laugh.)
Mrs. Captain Robinson, examined by Mr. W Ar.su.—l
rememb:r making out a list of the plate sent to Captain
Warre i's. Mrs. Bond counted it, and I wrote the list,
which was placed in the basket before it was given to
Mrs. Paterson. My father resided for many years in
York, and the plate was purchased in London.
Cross-examined by Mr. O'HEA—Will you say it was
all purchased in London ?—lt was before my time, and
I can't tell. Did you write on the list the different
crests ?—No. Did you see the mutilated plate ?—No.

Michael Coonaha-n examined by Mr. iSTAGLE—Was
servant to Captain Warren the night of the ball. I know
Lieutenant Puddicombe, and saw him several times
before that night. He was at the ball. After supper
the lights were put out in the room, and the screen put
up in the doorway. After they all left the room
Lieutenant Puddicombe went up stairs. I remained in
the hall during the time, and I saw him return. I re-
collect the plate which was got from Captain Robin-
son. It was in the supper-room that night as well as
my master's. Some of the plate was missed next day.
Four spoons with a star crest were in the room that night.
Cross-examined by Mr. O'HEA—Now you are quite
sure you saw him go up ?—I am quite sure. You took
particular notice of the four spoons with the star ; now
will you swear there were not five spoons, with a star ?
' —No. Why did you hesitate when Mr. Nagle asked if,
you saw Mr. Puddicomhe go up ?—Because I was sure.
Did any person else go up did not see them. Did
you ever swear no person else went up ?—I swore I saw
no man go up but him. Give me a direct answer sir.
Did you swear nobody else went up ?—I did not see
them. If you stay there all night you'll answer me.
Did you swear no person else went up ?—I did not swear
that. Were you examined before the magistrates ?
Yes. Did you swear you saw no person go up with him?
—I did. Were you not contradicted, and did not Cap-
tain Smike swear he went up with him ?—I did not see.
Go along down, sir.
To the Jury—l saw him come down, and he had his
red coat open.
To Mr. O'HEA—You say you saw him come down.
Now where did he go 2—l can't say. Did he go out ?
I can't say. Did you give him his hat 7—Not that I
know.

To the Jury—lie could not go out unknown to me.
To the BENcu—Others might have gone into the sup-
per-room. There were two doors to the room. Another
person might have gone up with Lieutenant Puddicombe,
but I did not see them.
To Mr. o'llEl—Did not see a cloak or outside coat
with him.

Edward Noonan, examined by Mr. LANE—I recollect
the night of Captain Warren's party, and was attending
table. When all the party retired from the supper-room,
Captain Warren and Captain Stubbs remained and went
down together. I put out the lights, and, the two doors
being off, I put up the screens to the doors, and all went
down stairs. Some time afterwards, about half an hour,
I saw Mr. Puddicombe come out of the ball-room, and
go up stairs and into the supper-room. I saw no person
with him, and I did not see him come down. I saw no
person else go up there.
Cross-examined by Mr. O'HEI—You saw no person
else go up ?—No, I did not. Are you a teetotaler ?—I
believe I am. have you any doubt ?—None on my
mind, lam a firm one. Are you regularly in service ?
—Yes, I am. Were you that night ?—Yes, when I was
there. Are you in Captain Warren's service ?—No. Is
it thirty years since you were in service ?—No ; nor
more than five. When did you hear that the spoons
were missed ?—The morning after the party. Did you
say then you saw Mr. Puddicombe go up ?—I did. Did
Coonahan say so ?—He did. Did you tell him so P-1
did the night Wore. Did you agree with Coonahan
that you saw but one officer go up ?—Yes, we did ; I
saw but one officer go up. Where was this conversation
held ?—That has nothing to do-with you at all. Were
you suspected ?—I should not wonder, there were not
many there, and my character was precious to me. Hare
you been in regular service si! ce ?—No ; but I was at
several parties since. What style do you call yourself ?
—What you like. But I wish to know what you call
yourself ?—A gen!lemaa's servant.—(Laughter.) Own
man ?—Yes. Well, you are five years a teetotaler, did
you break it ?-,-That is no affair of yours. Did you
drink spirituous liquors during that time ?—Yes, I did
if I like. Teetotal business has nothing to do with this.
Father Mathew is not here.—(Laughter.) You swore
you were a sound teetotaller for five years, are you ?
I am, I am.—(Laughter.) Do you know O'Neil ?—I
did know him. Did you drink with him ?—Very little.
You may go down, sir.
To the BENCH—Drank water and tea with him. Was
the last servant that left the supper-room. Went to see
where Lieutenant Puddicombe was going, and then told
Coonahan where he went. I saw him lift the screen and
go in. I did not drink wine or spirits that day. Con-
sidered it a gentleman's duty to ask a servant for what
he wanted. _ _ _

To the-Jury—Told one of the servants that the gen-
tleman might fall over something in the dark.
Catherine Leary examined by Mr. WALSII—Is in
Captain Warren's service, and remembers being in the
hall when they came from the supper-room. I was
afterwards in a bedroom, and heard a noise in the sup-
per-room, and came down and met Coonahan in the hall.
While speaking to him an officer came dove n stairs, but
I would not know him. Ile wore a red coat.

Cross-examined by Mr. O'HEA—Is quite sure it was
a red coat he wore. Did you ever swear you did not
knew whether it was a red or blue coat he wore ?—Na,
but I said I did not know whether it was shut or open.
Was there any way of going from your mistress's to the
supper-room ?—No, unless you went out on the landing.
Did you go that night into the supper-room?—Yes,
after the party went home. Did any of the others go
in there?—l don't know.

Edward Cramer examined by Mr. LANE—I am the
leading man of the labourers in the victualling yard at
Haulbowline, and know Mr. Puddicombe. Saw him on
the 30th of August, near the landing place. He said
" Cramer, what is old silver worth an ounce?" I said ss.
or ss. 6d. He said, " I offered some to the Jew pedlar, and
he only offered 3s. 6d." I said I would recommend him
not to give it for that price ; and that as my wife was
going to Cork in a few days, she would sell it for its value.
He brought it in a paper in half an hour, tied up in
paper, and said it would weigh two ounces, There was
a piece of a spoon, a piece of a fork, and some prongs,
and some that appeared to have been melted. He said
he wanted to melt it for a top for his boat. I kept it
for some time, and he called on me and asked for it, as
he was going to Cork, and would dispose of it. He
accordingly went to the house and got it. The silver
was shown to Lieutenant Wentworth, after my wife left
Haulbowline on the 7th. Lieutenant Puddicombe said
he gave it to my wife.
Cross-examined by Mr. O'HEA—Re made no conceal-
ment of it ?—No. Had he not a boat ?—IIe had. And
is it not usual to have a ball on some part of it ?—I do
not know. Did ho deny the silver in Cove ?—No ; but
he acknowledged he gave it to my wife, and sent her
a certificate. That was after it was noised abroad ?---
It was.

To Mr. LANE—I got the certificate on the morning of
the Bth, after the charge was made.
To Mr. O'HEA—Lieutenant Puddicombe said the
night before that he would exonerate Mrs. Cramer.
Mary Cramer examined by Mr. NIGLE—Is wife to
the last witness, and knows Mr. Puddicombe ; he gave
me some silver to dispose of for him.
After a powerful speech from Mr. O'Hes, who called
no witnesses, the jury returned a verdict of Acquittal,
which was received with loud cheers by a crowded COurt.