The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-15 00:00:00

THE K.PN, LONDON, MONPAYEVFII DECEMBE R
ING, 15, 1845.

In Harbour—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Victoria and Albert, Fairy, Comet, Lizard, Echo (tug),
and Daring. •
In the Basin—The Nelson, Trincomalee, Scourge,
Harlequin, and Bee.
In Dock—The Prince Regent, Amphitrite, Rattler,
Wanderer, and Childers.
Building The Princess Royal, Royal Frederic.
Leander, Arrogant, Dauntless, and Rifleman.
The half-yearly examination of the students at the
Royal Naval College has commenced. The following
are the officers studying at this establishment :
Captains—Jones, Giffard, Hon. G. Hastings, and
Halsted.
Commanders—Sullivan, Fisher, Ingram, Fishbourne,
Helpman, and M'Cleverty.
Lieutenants—Griffiths, Royer, Ryder, and Wood.
Mates—Parish, West, Brandreth, Partridge, and
Molyneux.
Lieutenants of Marines for the Artillery Companies—
Meade, Gell, Henry, Davis, and Baynes.
Mr. Fincham, the master shipwright of Portsmouth
Dockyard, and one of his assistants, are ordered to
make a strict investigation into, and report to the Ad-
miralty the cause of the continued leak in the Daring,
12-gun brig, Commander H. J. Matson. She still
leaks, but nothing of consequence; but she smells so
offensively that some of her officers have beeu driven
from thetr sleeping cabins. The smell proceeds from
the lining of the vessel, and, it is said, was perceptible
before she was filled with salt water at Plymouth. It is
supposed to be occasioned by some shaving and sweep-
ings not properly cleansed out from between the timbers
while building.
In consequence of the increased number of contract
workmen at Portsea, a chaplain is ordered to be pro-
vided to assist the incumbent of St. John's, in attending
to their spiritual necessities.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 12.
(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
CHARGE OF MURDER BY POISONING.—Jane Windsor,
aged 28, the wife of Richard Windsor, was charged
with the wilful murder of Joseph Windsor, her stepson,
at Easingwold, in the North Riding, on the 17th of July
last, by giving him a quantity of arsenic. The poisoning
was variously stated in the indictment, as administered
in tea, in treacle, and in bread.
Mr. Bliss, Mr. Matthews, and Mr. Blanshard were
counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Overend and Mr.
Hardy appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Brass, in opening the case, stated that the pri-
soner and her husband were labouring people, and un-
ployed in the neigbourhood where the alleged offence
was committed. The deceased was the stepson of the
prisoner, and at the time of his death was about seven
years of age. The boy's father and the prisoner had
been married in the year 1843, and a portion of the
evidence to be adduced would be to prove repeated acts
of cruelty on the part of the prisoner towards the de-
ceased, as indicating her dislike of him. The poison
was of a kind commonly known as " bug• poison," and it
was supposed that the child had been killed by the ad-
ministering of a substance of that kind, some of which
had, just before his death, been used about the house
inhabited by the prisoner's family.
Elizabeth Leekonby, widow, of Easingwold, deposed
that on the 17th July she went to the prisoner's house,
to ask if she and those that accompanied her were to go
out to work. She sent the deceased for some cream.
On the boy's return, he said, "Mother, you need not go
to Mr. Gill's this morning ;" when she said as they were
not going to work, she would give him some treacle and
brimstone, as there was a very bad smell issued from his
nose, which was at the time running very much. Wit-
nets did not see the bread, but afterwards saw it, and
she then observed that it was of a dark colour. The
prisoner gave the child some tea, and witness was confi-
dent it was sweetened with treacle, on account of what
appeared at the bottom of the utensil she drank it from.
There appeared to be about half a tea-spoonful of treacle
to have been dissolved in the tea. Witness did not see
any treacle put into the tea, but she judged from what
she saw that the quantity specified by her was what had
been administered to the deceased. She left the house
whilst the prisoner mixed the draught, and some time
afterwards the grandmother of the deceased wished her
to go and see the boy. Witness did so, and she found
deceased very ill and sick ; witness then asked
if they had not sent for the doctor, to which the
prisoner replied that she had sent for Mr. East-
dale, but he was not at home. Witness said they
had better send for some one, as it might turn out a
dangerous case. They sent for Mr. Scaife, but he not
being at home, Mr. Wylie was sent for. The child at
this time appeared to be very ill. The father and the
mother were standing by. When Mr. Wylie attended
the deceased was laid upon some chairs, but he was
afterwards removed to a bed up stairs. The father was
sent for, and whilst he was embracing the deceased, the
latter threw himself back as though he was suffering
much pain. Witness afterwards took deceased upon
her knee, and he threw himself back as though he was
dying. On the Saturday following she stated to the pri-
soner that reports were prevalent that poison had been
found in the child's stomach by Mr. Scaife, when the
prisoner said that she did not care what anybody said,
nobody could prove that she had either purchased or
administered any poison. Witness was present when
the deceased died. The prisoner laid the deceased's legs
straight, and said he might be there whilst she prepared
her husband a cup of tea. Witness never saw the pri•
soner use any sand.
Cross-examined by Mr. OVEREND—Witness could not
say how far the prisoner's house was from Mr. Gill's.
The prisoner said that if the boy brought the cream they
would not go to work. It was about ten o'clock when
witness went to the grandmother's. The prisoner and
the grandmother were on very good terms. Witness did
not know who went for Mr. Scaife, but she believed that
the prisoner went for him.
Elizabeth Barker, the wife of Robert Barker, white-
smith, of Easingwold, deposed that she resided near the
prisoner. On the 17th of July, the prisoner came to her
house and said she was going to give the little boy some
treacle and brimstone. About half an hour afterwards,
the prisoner called at witness's shop and purchased some
mint lozenges. The prisoner gave the deceased some
lozenges, and she requested him to go up the yard, and
said that the sickness with which he was then attacked
would soon go off. He, however, soon returned on ac-
count of sickness, and the prisoner washed her hands with
soft water, and again desired the deceased to run up the
yard. The deceased vomited whilst this was going on,
and witness held his head over a grate, when the mother
washed away the vomit down a sink. Witness after-
wards removed the deceased into a chair in the house,
and he felt very cold and in a state of perspiration.
Sarah Terry came in, and the prisoner would have
the father sent for. Sarah Terry's daughter went for
him. This was about half-past ten, or from
that time to eleven o'clock. The deceased asked
for a drink of water, and witness gave him some
marigold tea, after which he was purged. Witness next
deposed to the surgeons being sent for, and also to some
magnesia having been sent for, but deceased never
partook of any. On the day on which the adjourned
inquest was held the prisoner went into witness's house,
when witness said, " Oh, Jane, why do you come into
my house ? The sight of you will break my heart!"
The prisoner said, " What have I done amiss ?" and
witness answered that she was afraid she (the accused)
was guilty of the crime. The prisoner responded that
nobody could prove that she had ever had any poison,
and that " she still cherished a hope that they would not
hang her." The witness next deposed to the prisoner
having asserted that whilst the boy was upon the chairs
in the house, she must provide a clean shirt for the lad,
"as there would be plenty to say if he was not supplied
with one." About one o'clock on the day on which the
deceased died, the prisoner said to her husband, who
was fretting very much, that "he might be thankful
the child was deal, for she was ; and that they should
now live comfortable, as they had had nothing but dif-
fering and fratching over him."
Cross-examined—The deceased was very sick whilst
in the yard, anti witness had also observed the prisoner
treat him with ordinary affection, and had never seer.
her ill-treat him.

Esther Mailey deposed that she kept a school, and
knew where the prisoner lived. Witness knew the de-
ceased, who attended her school. He had been ill about

to o months previous to his death, but had not been pre-
ventel from attending school. Between eight and nine
o'clock on the morning in question, the prisoner called
upon witness, and said that " she need not expect the
deceased at school that day, ns she was going to give
him some physic." She afterwards called upon witness
and said she wanted the'deceased to take,some camomile-

tea, which he refused, and she consequently wished wit-
ness to use her endeavours in causing him to take the
medicine. Witness had seen prisoner beat th 3 deceased
with a thick stick about a month before be died. She
also deposed that she (witness) had heard the prisoner
state that she had flogged the boy for going to his grand-
mother's, and that on the Bth of July the prisoner in-
formed her that her husband had beat her in conse-

pence of her having previously flogged the de-
ceased. Subsequent to this period, the prisoner
stated to witness that she had put Joseph (the
deceased) to bed, " in order that she might keep her
hands upon him," for what he bad done on the
previous day. From this witness's testimony it also
appeared that prisoner and her husband frequently
quarrelled, upon some of which occasions she had
asserted " there never would be a word if the lad was

dead." About three-quarters of an hour after the
death of the deceased, the prisoner remarked, " they
should uow live comfortably, as they had never had
a day's peace since they were married, on deceased's
account," and did not appear at all concerned. About
a week previous to deceased's death, witness heard
prisoner say that she disliked her son (the deceased)
worse than ever, on account of him telling so many
falsehoods ; she, however, never heard her wish the
boy dead, but proved that sbe invariably manifested a
bad feeling towards him.
Ann Williamson, wife of Williamson, of Easing-
wold, cartwright, was next examined, but gave no ad.
ditional evidence in corroboration of the crime.
Mary Sturdy stated that she was at the prisoner's
h o e, and found the deceased vomiting. Witness sug-
gestedsur to the prisoner that she ought to send for a
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having put arsenic in the tea given to deceased.
prisoners mother also charged her with the murder, and
said, " We must have blood for blood, but Wakiinngthgorreaist
innocent." The prisoner at the time was m
lamentation. Witness inquired when she had given the
deceased, the treacle and brimstone, and she replied that
she had administered it before breakfast. She protested
her innocence of the crime or all knowledge of it.
Sarah Remmer corroborated the evidence of some of
the previous witnesses.-
Sarah Terry deposed that on the 17th of July she

was at prisoner's house. The boy complained of his
inside in the presence of the prisoner. Before he died
she diu not appear to fret, but she did a short time after-
wards. _ _

Mr. NA, f tam .e,sdale, surgeon, of Easingwold, who
usually a. `tended the family, deposed that the day de-
ceased diet 1, and after t..is death, he went to the pri-
soner's house, in conseque):ce of hearing that he had
been sent for. He went up stb.jrs by the invitation of
ti;e prisoner, and when he was cowing down she said,
pt;ople say I have poisoned the child." Witness asked
her if she haet given the child anything, and he under.
stold her to say that she had given him some treacle and
brimstone. Prisoner allowed witness to take it with him,
and he placed it in his surgery.
Cro se-examined—Witness had attended the child, and
he had IJEZ2A struck with the prisoner's kindness and at-
tention to it, he knowing that she was the mother-in,
law. V,Then he went to the house on the day in ques-
tion she appeared to be in great distress.
Jane 'ft del, wife of Isaac Todd, of Easingwold, labourer,
deposed that she was a neighbour of the prisoner's, and
was callod, but her evidence wa:, not material.

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Mrs. Elizabeth Bearpark deposed that her father was

the landlord of the hotise occupied by the prisoner, and
that the prisoner, had stated about five or six weeks be-
fore the deceased's death that there were bugs in the
house, and if something was not done at it she could

not stay.
Mr. Joseph Barker, father of last witness, proved the
occupancy of the house in question by the prisoner and
her husband, which commenced some time in May last.
The house was stoved before they entered it. In conse-
quence of receiving sr:me information from his daughter,
he went to the prisoner's house, and she told him she
had got bugs in the house. Ho said there was Robert
Reacher, who was used to such jobs, and he would send
him. Witness afterwards saw Reacher, and directed him
to go there.
George Douthwaite, a druggist at Easingwold, deposed
that he had frequently sold an article to Reacher for de-
stroying bugs, and that was composed of arsenic. The
article commonly called mercury is arsenic.
Henry Potter, apprentice to the last witness, proved
that he had frequently sold arsenic to Reacher. He sold
him, at different times, a pound of arsenic each time, in
June last.
Robert Reacher, wheelwright, of' Easingwold, deposed
that on the 20th of June last he purchased some arsenic
at the shop of Mr. Douthwaite, for the purpose of mix-
ing it with water and washing the house of the prisoner.
He did so, and cautioned her not to let her boy go
into the room for three or four days or a week, and she
had better not go in herself till the room was cleaned
out. He afterwards said to the boy " Now my little
man, I hope they will not let thee sleep in that room for
a few days," and stated that he should go on the follow-
ing night to clean the room out. He was going away
when the prisoner said " Reacher, you have had a deal
of trouble in coming down ; I will take the trouble and

wash it off myself." He said " then what you do wash
off you will promise me to dig a hole in the garden and
bury it," and she said she would. He used a pound of
arsenic on the occasion. He did not take particular no-
tice whether there was any sand on the floor.
Cross-examined—He told the prisoner there was a
whole pound, which was enough to poison a whole street.
George Wood, butcher, of Easingwold, and a con-
stable there, searched the house of the prisoner on the
18th of July, but he found no arsenic on the premises ;
he found some brimstone. He searched the person of
the prisoner, and found nothing. He saw the deceased
after death; when the prisoner was present. Witness
said the child was poisoned, and some persons in the
house said "No such thing." Witness went to the

house last Wednesday, and he took a bosom and swept
the back bed room up stairs. He collected a quantity
of dirt, wrapped it up in a paper, brought it to York,
and gave it to Mr. Barker and Mr. Procter, surgoons.
Mr. Scaife, surgeon, of Easinga old, was summoned on
the Friday to attend the inquest. He made a post mol tern
examination of the body. From the appearances, exter-
nally and internally, witness was of opinion that inflana •
mation of the stomach was the cause of death, and that
such appearances as he saw are generally produced by
arsenic taken internally.
Mr. T. H. Barker, surgeon, and lecturer on chemistry
at the York school of medicine, deposed that he made
an analysis of the contents of the stomach of the de-
ceased as he received it from Mr. Scaife. Mr. Procter,
surgeon and chemist, and Mr. Scaife, were present at
the time. He described the tests which he applied to
a portion of the stomach and its contents, after they
had been boiled for a few minutes in distilled water;
the result was that he detected the presence of arsenic.
Mr. William Procter, assistant lecturer on chemistry
at the York school of medicine, corroborated the evi-
dence of the last witness. He made subsequent exami-
nations of the contents, and detected arsenic combined
with white sand. The sand was one-third in weight in
proportion to the arsenic. The most common adultera-
tion of arsenic is with gypsum. Witness made an analy-
sis of the contents of the paper broughilto him by Wood,
the constable, and he found it to contain a great deal of
dust, arsenic, and sand. He subjected them to the same
tests which Mr. Barker had described. The sand he
found in the paper appeared to be more like red sand.
The sand he detected in the contents of the stomach ap-
peared to him to be Calais sand.
Mr. OVEREND, for the prisoner, addressed the jury, and
contended that the circumstantial evidence offered in this
case was far short of sufficient to justtfy a conviction,
and that such acts of harshness towards the child were
not enough to show any such feeling of malice as would
induce a person to commit so dreadful a crime. The

Learned Counsel concluded by calling a number of wit•
nesses, who bore testimony to the uniform kindness of
the prisoner's disposition.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up, observcd that the tes-
timony which had been adduced on the part of the pro-
secution was entirely of a circumstantial character, but
in such a case, where there were so many chains of evi-
dence all tending to one great point—that of the convic-
tion of the guilty party—it frequently happened to lead
to a result more firm and conclusive than the evidence
afforded by one or two witnesses. There were two ques-
tions which the jury would have to consider in this case ;
first, whether the deceased had died from the effects pro-
duced by poison, and, secondly, whether the prisoner at
the bar was the person who had administered the poison.
It had been unquestionably proved in evidence that up-
wards of fifty grains of arsenic had been discovered in

the stomachoi:the deceased, and consequently the first
question was at once established. In regard to the other
question, the facts of the case would require more atten-
tion and discrimination in the minds of the jury, but he
hoped that they would be enabled to return such a ver-
dict as would be in entire coincidence with the
testimony they had heard. His Lordship then
proceeded to recapitulate the evidence, making
suitable observations thereon. He ,also remarked
that, from the statements which had been made by
witnesses who had been called on the part of the de-
fence, that the prisoner had received the most une-
quivocal testimonials relative to her kindness of disposi-
tion and general character tip to the time of the present
melancholy transaction. The Learned Judge concluded
by saying, that should the jury appear perfectly con-
vinced that the guilt of the prisoner had been fully es-
tablished, then it was their duty, in justice to the pro-
seeution and to-the public at large, to record a verdict in
accordance with that just conclusion. If, on the con-

trary, any doubt should exist on the minds of the jury,
they would then discharge their responsibilities by Lai-
lowing prisoner the benefit of such doubt.
The jury retired for a few minutes, and on again en-
tering the Court, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The Court rose at nine o'clock, the trial havir.g occa-
pied its attention for twelve hours.

(More Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Ge3rge Garton, a youth of 17, pleaded guilty to
indictment charging him with having, r n the 22d of Oct.
last, at Hull, feloniously forged a cheque upon the Hull
Banking Company, with intent to defraud Benjamin
M'Turk.

Several individuals were called, who gave the prisoner
a most unexceptionable character for honesty and general
attention to business previous to the present occurrence.
Senten.:e deferred.

December 13.
The Court was occupied with cases of no public in
rest.

POLICE IN TELLIGEN CE.
GUILDHALL.

Mr. Alderman Wilson gave the opinion of the Court
upon a novel question which had been started, as to the
right of a passenger by an omnibus to shift from the out •
side to the inside without paying double fare.
The conductor of one of Giles's Stratford and Chel-
sea omnibuses was summoned for demanding more than
the legal fare from a gentleman named Cox, who rode
from the Mile-end-road to St. Paul's. Being told the
omnibus was full inside, he got upon the box, telling the
conductor he should get inside as soon as there was
room. A passenger alighted at the London Hospital,
and Mr. Cox then got in, but was told by the conductor
that be should require a fare for riding outside and one
for riding inside, which two fares he paid.
Mr. Alderman WiLsost said that, in the absence of
any direct provision for this case in the Act of Parlia-
ment, he must be gcmerned by the general policy of the
law. Omnibuses, like public-houses, were licensed to
afford accommodation to the public. The publican was
bound to open his house and afford accommodation to
the traveller at any hour of the night, and, in return,
certain exclusive priv▪ ileges of selling spirils, &c.,
were secured to hi▪
m. The omnibus proprietors
had privileges accorded to them, and they were, in re-
turn, to afford certain accommodations to the public.
One of the principles of the Metropolitan Carriage Act
plainly was, that the convenience of the public was not to
be sacrificed to the profit of the omnibus owner. The
profit of the owner would be sonsulted by allowing him
to blow a horn and call his customers from afar, and by
allowing him to wait at the top of every street, or to
loiter on his journey till he had filled his carriage ; but
the law did not allow the public convenience to be thus
sacrificed to individual profit, and so he held in this
case the right of a passenger to shift to any more con-
venient unoccupied seat inside or outside the omnibus
was not to be fettered merely for the profit of the pro-
prietor. In the present case the legal fare for the half
distance was fixed at sixpence. This was painted within
tl.e omnibus, and to demand more than the legal fare was
an offence by the statute ; and while the mere changing
of a seat added nn weight to be carried, and did not
diminish the number of seats to be let, he saw no
ground for doubling the fare: Conductors were in the
habit of asking gentlemen to ride outside to accommo-
date a lady, without having over the sixpence obtained
by that accommodation, and the conductors must
give as well as take accommodation. He saw nothing
iu the Act to warrant him in deciding that a passeu-
ger was bound to keep to the first seat taken. He
thought the passenger might shift to any better
i unoccupied seat, and he ought not to be kept out of t
upon a speculation that somebody unknown might take
it, which somebody might not be picked up at all. He
did not mean to decide that an outside passenger might
claim a single unoccupied place inside after a stranger
had hailed the conductor and to the loss of that fare. If

the proprietor had no other rnPP
LIS to test the honesty
diff!rent points of the jou,: thm outside passengers at
his 6i;rvants but by countingy
cw
still he held this to be. nn
IThient ground for exact-
in.- double fires hich was not the fact),
feoni the pu'Jlic for a reasonable accom-
malation The fares were laid down, not as for travel-
lie 4 inside or outside, but for riding over a certain space,
and the inside and outside fares being the same, he could
not hold that two fares were legally chargeable on one
person riding over th4t :space without leaving the omni-
bus for any purpose. Re decided that the conductor had
demanded an illegal fare, but as it was a new case he
would allow the o.'efenclant to pay the costs only, if he
would promise 'not to repeat the offence.
The deftrAent readily promised this, and was dis-
charged.
Mr. Hodgson, the superintendent of the City police,
then appeared to answer a complaint for neglecting to
attend before the Magistrate on Monday last, being
warned to do so by two inhabitants of Lambeth-hill, who
were prepared with evidence against a disorderly house
on that hill, and recriired the constable to be bound to
prosecute the house, on that evidence, at the expense of
the parish.

?dr. Hill, the ward clerk of Queen Lithe, said he did
not press for a penalty, but to obtain a decision fur their
future guidance. The statute of 25 George IL, c. 36,
required that the constable to be bound should be the
"constable of the parish or place, or other peace officer
of the like nature." By the Police Act, the election of
parish constables was suspended in the City, but all their
powers were transferred to the City police. He consi-
dered, therefore, the chief officer of the police was the
fittest person to be summoned to be bound, being the
most likely to perform such a duty properly. It was
said he should have summoned the beadle of the ward
instead ; but it appeared that, from one of the Corpora-
tion blue books, a report of the Traders' Freedom Com-
mittee, that the ward beadle was not one of the con-
stables of the parish, but a servant of the Alderman. lle
referred to an extract relating to the mode of conducting
a wardmote in the time of Henry V., to show the duties
of a beadle and of a constable.

Mr. Alderman WILSON drew his attention to the wcird
" place." Was not a ward a place, and a beadle an ~,tuner
of a place of like nature to a constable ?
Mr. Hill thought a constable of the City
better an-
swered the description, and where the pro,oer party had
not prosecuted, it had been held to be it .egal.
The City Solicitor said the decisie:,
that case was
decidedly against Mr. Hill, for it showed why a con-
stable of the parish, and not of t'
fle county or any other
place, was the proper person be bound. It was be-
cause he was under the control of the overseers, and
would incur no extravagant charges in conducting the
prosecution. Now the police superintendent was not
under that control of the overseers.
Mr. Hill thought the City police better qualified to
make the necessary inquiries.
Mr. Ald.nnekm WILSON saw no reason for passing by
the ward officer and going to the officer of the whole
City. The local officer would be better with locality.
and better able to say who were residents in the house
and who were visitors. The 95 parishes in the City
would have each an equal right to bind the superinten-
dent of the City police to prosecute bad houses, and he
would have do time for his other duties.
Mr. Hill said if the law cast the duty upon him ha
must do it.

Mr. Alderman WILSON decided that Mr. Hill had
summoned the wrong officer, and dismissed the com-
plaint.

- Mr. Farrar announced that the house objected to had
been abandoned by the late occupant.
The City Solicitor mentioned that he had taken an
opinion on the question reined by Mr. Hill, and it coin-
ciciPd exut.l.y with that which had been given by the
magistrate in the outset. Mr. Hill should have selected
the beadle of the ward.

PUBLIC DINNER AT CROYDON,
AND PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO ME.
BRYDGES.
On Saturday evening Mr. Brydges, superintendent of
the carriage department of the Brighton, Croydon, and
Dover Railway, was entertained at a public dinner, at
the Greyhound Inn, Croydon, by the working railway
carriage-makers under his superintendence, at which
they presented him with a very beautiful silver tea-ser-
vice, as a testimony of the esteem and respect in which
they held him, and of the gratitude they felt for the kind
and considerate treatment they had ever experienced at
his hands. The room in which the entertainment was
given, though a spacious apartment, was not capable of
accommodating more than half the number of persons
who sought admission; but about two hundred sat down
to an excellent dinner in the principal room, and the re-
mainder were obliged to be content with dining in an
adjoining room.
Mr. Hall, the principal foreman under Mr. Brydges,
presided at the entertainment, and he was supported on
either side by the guests of the evening—Mr. Benjamin
Cubitt, chief engineer of the locomotive department of
the London, Ibighton, and Dover line ; Mr. Statham,
late engineer of the line ; Mr. Samuda, the inventor of
the atmospheric principle ; and a great number of other
highly respectable gentlemen connected with railways.
When the cloth was removed, and grace said, the
usual loyal toasts were given, such as " The Queen,"
"Prince Albert," " The Queen Dowager," &c., and
were responded to in a truly English spirit. The national
anthem was sung very beautifully by one of the com-
pany ; and after every toast an appropriate song fol-
lowed, and all of them exhibited considerable taste and
vocal power on the part of the singer. Immediately
after the toast of " The Brighton, Croydon, and Dover
Railway" was given, the service of plate was exhibited ;
it consisted of several pieces, each of which was massive,
and of exceedingly beautiful and chaste workmanship,
and the value of the whole, including the trays, &c., was
stored to be about 100/.
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of Mr.
Brydges, said—Gentlemen, in rising to propose the
health of him whom we have all met this evening to pay
a just tribute of honour, gratitude, and respect to, I du
most unaffectedly declare that I never in my life felt my-
self placed in a position of greater embarrassment.
Your kind feelings towards myself have induced you to
call upon me to preside over this meeting, and the dis-
charge of that duty would have afforded me a great deal
of pleasure indeed, because I, in common with all whom
I now see around me, feel proud to express the happi-
ness it affords me in being one of those who have had
the good fortune to work under the superintendence of
Mr. Brydges.—(Cheers.) But I must say I regret you
did not select some gentleman possessed of talent and
ability equal to the task.—(Hear, hear.) However, I
can only say that it affords me a great deal of gratifica-
tion to be one amongst such a party as this, and upon
such an occasion as the present.—(Cheers.) We all
know how grateful it is to our feelings to see merit re-
ceive the reward that is its just due.—(Cheers.) We
have often experienced that pleasureable feeling ourselves,
for we know that Mr. Brydges has never failed to do
justice to the merits of those under his superintendence
—(Cheers)—and therefore it is that we experience so
much pleasure in evincing this evening, by a practical
demonstration, how sincerely we appreciate his kindness
to us upon all occasions.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I feel
that I cannot do that justice to this subject which I
know it deserves; but if I have failed, you will attribute
the error to the head and not the heart.—(Cheers.)
Tinder these circumstances, I shall at once proceed to
read the address, by which we wish that the service of
plate should be accompanied, for it speaks a hundred
times more effectively your real feelings upon this occa-
sion than anything that could be said by me.
The Chairman then read the following address :
" TO HENRY BRYDGES, ESQ,
" Esteemed Sir,—We have long looked forward to the
present as a moment of high and honourable gratifica-
tion, when we shall come forward and present you with
a manifestation of our gratitude and esteem. The energy
and zeal you have evinced in support of the interests of
the trade generally, and for the urbanity of manner and
uniform courtesy and kindness you have shown upon all
occasions towards the members thereof, and the more so
especially for the friendly solicitude with which you have
uniformly discharged your official duties towards all over
whom you preside, are matters for which we feel deeply
indebted. It may be truly said that your services were
the labours of the heart—works, of all others, most
deserving of distinction and reward. May you ever be
enabled, as heretofore, to alleviate the sufferings of the
afflicted, and long live to continue your watchful care to
all who solace your care and support. In the name of the
workmen of the carriage department of the Brighton,
Croydon, and Dover Railway, we this day present you
a testimonial of our esteem for your merits, with a hope
that the blessing of Providence may vouchsafe to you
many happy years to contemplate and enjoy it.
(Signed on behalf of 334 subscribers)
" WILLIABI HALL
"JOSEPH BRIER
" JOSEPH BINGHAM
" December 13, 1845." " JOHN ROOTS.
The CHAIRMAN having concluded reading the above,
loud and long-continued cheering followed. When it
had subsided, lie said—Gentlemen, having read that ad-
dress, little more remains for me to say, except to add that
I cordially and heartily concur in every word contained
in it—(Cheers.)—and that feeling, I am satisfied, is par-
ticipated in by every one in this room, and every man in
your employment.—(Cheers.) They feel grateful to
you for many reasons, and therefore they have testified
that gratitude by this gift, which is one got up at their
whole and sole instigation.—(Cheers.) I know I speak
their sentiments, when I say that their experience of
your kindness is not an experience of days or weeks, or
months, but an experience of years, and the result of it
is, that they have every reason to rejoice in having
been so fortunate as to have been placed under the su-
perintendence of such a man.—(Loud cheers.) With
those sentiments I give you, Gentlemen, the health of
Mr. Brydges, and may he long live and enjoy it.—(Great
cheering, followed by an appropriate song.)
Mr. BRYDGES rose to return thanks. He said—Mr.
Chairman, and Gentlemen, I do assure you that my
feelings upon the present occasion are such that lam
quite overpowered by them, and therefore am unable to
address you in the language I could wish.—(Hear.)
I therefore trust you will be kind enough to excuse me
if I fail to do justice to the honour you have done me,
and take the will for the deed.—(Cheers.) As I knew I
should not be equal to the task, I have committed a few
sentiments to paper, and, with your permission, I VV3'
read them.

A Voice—You are a modest man, and we will ex-
cuse you.—(A laugh.)
Mr. BRYDGES then proceeded to read his speech,
which was to this effect :—That it was with feelings of
the deepest emotion he rose to return his heartfelt
thanks for the magnificent present, the kindness and
good-nature of those around him, more than any real
merit of his own, had prompted them to offer him—
(Hear, hear)—and the value of the gift had been greatly
enhanced by the too flattering terms of the address by
which that beautiful present had been accompanied.—
(Cheers.) In the discharge of his duties to that great
Company to which they all belonged, he begged to as-
sure them that it was his most earnest desire to treat them
all as men of great eminence and skill in the business,
which he knew them to be, deserved to be treated.
—(clear, hear.) In his intercourse with them he
had endeavoured to impress upon them the utility of
acting unitedly as one Common body for their general
welfare ; and in the line of conduct he had chalked out
for himself, be had always endeavoured to keep that ob-
ject in view, and he believed that the proceedings of this
day gave a proof, if any were wanted, that so far he had
been successful.—(Cheers.) lie 'could assure the car-
riage-makers that this beautiful and valuable testimonial
of their regard for him would be treasured by him as it
deserved, for he could not, as a man, regard it other-
wise than as a gift coming from a source which deserved
to be highly valued and respected.—(Cheers.) He
knew that his words failed to express what his heart
felt upon the present occasion ; he would, therefore,
conclude with what he had said, and give them a toast,
which he expected they would receive with a full bumper ;
it was, " Coach-making in all it branches."
Mr. BINGHAM, foreman of the carriage department at
Croydon, and who acted as vice-chairman, proposed the
next toast, in a speech remarkable for its talent and
humour. In proposing the toast which he was about to
give, he would say, on his own behalf, as well as upon
that of others, that if they did not speak well, at least
they meant well.—(Cheers.) They were happy in as-
sembling there to testify their respect and attachment to
the man who made them independent.—(Cheers.) He
was happy to say, that in the different branches of their
trade, they were regarded as hood men and better
mechanics. He would contend for it that railway
carriage makers were second to no other class of me-
charges in point of industry and intelligence ; and he
was happy to say that they were also a class of men who
would never submit to see their rights invaded.—(Loud
?}leers) They were a class of men who worked hard
in their youth, who supported their seniors in their
old age, and when they were gone they were proud of
the epitaph that said "He was a good old coachmaker."—
(Cheers and laughter.) The coachmakers of this locality
were making rapid improvements in their trade, and he
trusted he was not boasting when he said they could
challenge any ether coachmakers in the kingdom.—
(Cheers.) Their motto, then, should be, " The coach-
makers for the railways, and the railways for the coach-
makers."—(Laughter and cheers.) He was happy to
observe that foreigners came to this country to learn
their trade, and English coachnsakers were now at a
premium on the Continent.—(Cheers.) He concluded
by Proposing the health of Mr. Cubitt.
Mr. CUBITT expressed his thanks for the honour done
1.1103. He was at a loss to know why his name had been
introduced at all, for he did not deserve such a compli-
ment. He came to this dinner because it afforded him
great pleasure to join in this compliment to Mr. Brydges.
—(Heer.) Before he sat down he would take 1.-aveto
Propose the health of a gentleman present, to a hom the
w old was much indebted for his endeavours to carry
out the atmospheric principle—he meant Mr. Sammie.—
(Loud cheers.) He felt assured that that gentleman had
done much for the advancement of the trade of carriage-
makers, and he (Mr. Cubitt) had no doubt but that,
through his means, locomotives would be at a discount
by and by.—(Cheers.)
Mr. SAMUDA expressed his thanks for the manner in
which his health had been proposed and received, and
the gratification it afforded to be of the party. He
also bore testimony to the merits of Mr. Brydges, and
said he had received very valuable co-operation from
him in his efforts to complete the work he had endea-
voured to carry out. He concluded by proposing the
health of the Chairman.
The CHAIRMAN having responded in suitable terms,
several other toasts followed, and the conviviality of the
evening was prolonged to a late hour.

A labourer's wife attended at the Droitwich
Savings' Bank, on Tuesday, and deposited 101., which she
Paid in silver fourpenny pieces, amounting to 6001-- Wor-
cestershire Gazette.