The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-16 00:00:00

COURT EARCULAR.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an
airii g on the beach, on Thursday rnoroing, In the
afternoon the Prince of Wales, Prince Aifrtd, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice rode on ponies
the pleasure grounds of Osb,)rne House, Isle of Wight.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed w&ks
and rides on Wednesday.
Sir Howard Douglas had an interview with Lord
Stanley, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Simonds
had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday.
The Governor of the Bank of England and the
Deputy-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence, in
Downing-street.
The Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of
Trade, left town on Thursday night fur Scotland.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Gibraltar.

The Earl of Lincoln, Chief Commissioner of the
Woods and Forests, left WIN n yesterday to join his fa-
mily at Duver.

HEb MAJESTY.
INAUGURATION OF BEETHOVEN.
COLOGNE, MTG. 12.

Cologne, through which the Royal cortege passed, for the
length of a good English league, last evening, en route from
the termination of the Anvers Railway to that of the Bonn line,
was one vast bower of flowers and garlands, to say nothing of
the national and other flags with which the streets were fur-
nished, as though they had been hung with tapestry. Her
Majesty of Prussia preceded the Queen to the castle of Brubl,
a noble chateau, about some fifteen miles beyond Cologne, w here,
a little before eight, the royal; party had again united. Here
the British Sovereign was received with most characteristic
honours. An orchestra, consisting of thirty bands, of twenty
performers each, crashed out the National Anthem of our
country, following it with " Rule Britannia," and the tatoo,
swelling from a wilderness of drums, from piano, till it thun-
dered in forte in magnificent effect. The court of the palace
was brilliant with Chinese lamps, and gay with companies of
dancers, who polkaed their good-will offerings as the Eastern
damsels of old gave grace and homage.
Tuesday dawned with the promise of fine weather, which the
noon duly realised. Notwithstanding the multitudes that
thronged Brubl on the evening preceding, long before mid-day
Bonn was one crowd of elegantly and singularly arrayed dames
and cavaliers. Here was the rechercht toilette of Paris, there
the coquettish costumes of the surrounding peasantry, and,
above all, the picturesque dresses of the students of the Uni-
versity, strictly fashioned after the mode of the olden time.
The town, the most beautiful I have yet seen in Prussia, was
literally wanton in holiday decorations. All the streets were
lined with fresh-hewn boughs, of lavish foliage, and streamers
of all hues, while the principal square, in which is situated the
chief hot. Is and shops of rare merchandise, was a rich draw ing-
room al fresco. Soon after twelve the ceremony of the inau-
guration commenced in the monstre place, a square adjoining
the cathedral—a vast, august building. One end of it is occu-
pied by the chateau of the Count Von Fiirstenberg, and here
the Queen, the:King of Prussia, and their respective suites, re-
paired about the same time from the Palace of Bruhl. The cele-
bration consisted of orations, pronounced to the honour of the
great musician, who conferred by his birth harmonious immor-
tality on the place, and the performance of some of his most
favourite compositions. Presently the statue, placed in the
eentre of the square—a fine piece of bronze, representing a
figure that might serve for the genius of intellect—was unco-
vered amid the cheers of the assembled enthusiasts, and the
roaring of artillery. This over, the royal visitors came for-
ward in the balcony, from which they had witnessed the cere-
mony, and received the grateful welcome of the assembly.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert came in for a large share
of the popular applause. After the ceremonial, the record of
the inauguration was signed by the royal witnesses of it, and
deposited in Beethoven's tomb, a solemn and most feeling
tribute to genius.
After the inauguration the Queen attended a concert, in
which many of the most distinguished German artists took
part, and subsequently returned to the palace of Bruit!, not,
however, before honouring the University with a visit.
THE LIGHTING OF COLOGNE AND THE SHORES
OF THE RHINE.

It was long known that the city of Cologne had provided,
from its private resources, the munificent sum of six thousand
crowns, for the purpose of lighting up their splendid temple
and the noble lines of their picturesque city aux bonds du
Rhin, to do honour to the visit of our fair Queen. As soon
as the intention of Queen Victoria was formally announced,
the preparations were commenced on the most gorgeous scale,
and the night of the 12th of August fixed on for the celebra-
tion of the most wonderful pyrotechnic festival certainly ever
produced in this country.
Soon after nightfall partial explosions of fireworks from the
shipping and the shore began, and continued for upwards of an
hour, as the tuning of the instruments precedes the regular
performance. At this time also the rain descended thickly and
heavily, but in spite of the weather, every coin of 'vantage,
whence the mighty show could be commanded was occupied by
persons whose appearance gave good assurance of their condi-
tion. The moon hid her face, as conscious of the rival she had
to contend against, and the inky obscurity spread as if to give
deep relief to the effulgence about to come. At nine o'clock
the passage across the Rhine was put an end to, in consequence
of the bridge of boats being opened to allow the steamers to
navigate in front of the city board. There were two of the
Company's vessels used in the navigation of the river, the Prin-
cess of Prussia being appropriated to the service of the sove-
reigns of England and Prussia.

The hour of ten told harmoniously from the city churches
when the river on both its banks sent forth the roar of artillery
and the blaze of ten thousand coloured fires. It was now that
the two Courts were gently falling down the stream abreast of
the town. Incessantly rolled the deep diapason of the heavy
guns of the batteries, and gleamed the glad fire of countless
feux de joie. Anon, in front of the grand landing-place, off
which the Queen of England's tender yacht, the Fairy, was
moored, vast note of preparation was remarked. By gentle
but sure degrees from her ports burnt a dazzling line of lights
—the heavens sparkled with a flood of rockets—the towers on
the banks of the river blazed up like giant beaeons, and the
yards of the various craft were manned by the seamen in their
holiday attire. The Queen of the Isles comes in the pomp
and circumstance of her estate. Hark ! a bell—a quick,
sharp, treble startles the ear. Lo lin tracery of rays, such
as mines of diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, might have fur-
nished, that marvel of the olden triumphs of taste
and magnificence, the Cologne Cathedral tower bursts
upon the wonder•stricken multitudes. The rays of sap-
phire, and of onyx, and of flowing gold, it strikes dim their vi-
sion and dumb their wonder. So stricken by a necromancer's
wand, on the instant it flames forth in lusty light—a fire of ho-
nour and of homage such as never yet monarch lighted to the
welcome of a brother or a sister sovereign. . . . Haply
I may seem to speak of this scene in phrase too highly wrought
for sober ears. To those who judge this writing soberly, I can-
not appeal—to such as had the fortune to witness the event to
which it relates, I have but to say, " Alas ! that the vocabulary
of language affords no words to record the glories of this night !
The illumination of the cathedral was the catastrophe of this
stupendous scene ; and while yet the spirit of its wondrous in.
cantations waved its rod of fire around them, Victoria passed
in triumph, and with many a loving wish atid benediction from
'the lighting of Cologne and the shores of the Rhine.'"

THE CEREMONIAL AT COLOGNE.
COLOGNK, AUG. 14, 6 A.m.
_ _ _

About three o'clock processions of the townspeople, mer-
chants, craftsmen, and others, began to centre on the Ca-
thedral, and bands of flower-girls in picturesque attire,
streamed along the streets garland-laden and crowned with
wreaths. Also, as of course, music poured forth strains on all
sides, and you had assurance of a Atte, if it were only in the
radiant faces of the multitudes. At four o'clock the bell of the
cathedral sounded. About ten minutes after four the royal
cavalcade reached the south tower of the cathedral, and then
making a round of the whole building, finished and unfinished
as its parts are, the Queen entered it, attended by the King
of Prussia, and the royal and noble personages already named
as elmposing her suite. All the authorities of the city, civil
and ecclesiastical, were in attendance to receive the august party,
which was ushered through the cathedral by its functionaries,
who pointed out all most worthy of notice, either for its beauty
or historical interest. After spending some time beneath its
venerable roof, and expressing unqualified approbation at the
magnificence of the scene, her Majesty thence proceeded to
view the Museum Trankgrasse, a collectiom of pictures chiefly
presented by Professor Wellroff, and remarkable as monuments
of a school which had its origin from nature direct, without
being fettered through the conventialisms of art. The Queen
and her illuatrious host proceeded to the Castle of Stolzenfels.
Iler Majesty remains but one night at Stolzenfels, but snaking
forced journeys thence, is expected to reach Coburg on Satur-
day, by way of Mayence and Wartzberg.—Advertisfr.

SUNDERLAND ELECTION.
(From the Sunderland Herald of yesterday.)
Yesterday, the polling took place in various public
buildings appointed by the Mayor. It commenced at
eight o'clock, and the Tories took care to have a number
of their friends in waiting, and secured an almost entire
monopoly of the voting fur some time. At half-past eight,
they issued a hand bill announcing the state of the poll,
and thete they contkurd at intervals, some of the state-
ments being (as usual) gross exaggerations. Owing to
the skilful mauccuvre above alluded to, Colonel Thomp•
son was at the outset lowest on the poll ; and we regret
that his friends were not able to gain him a better
position during the day. Shortly after twelve o'clock
it became certain that the popular candidate would be
defeated by a majority of votes, though the most active
exertions were still persevered in to promote the
Colonel's return, or, if this were not possible, to lessen
the maj,ifity of the Tory and monopolist candidate. No
statements were issued by Colonel Thompson's
Committee, and this occasioned much disappoint-
ment. The town was during the afternoon and
evening in a very excited state, but no breach of
the peace had occurred. At the period of our
writing immense crowds are collected in the front street,
who vociferously cheer the Colonel's leading supporters,
and hiss and groan at (they have gone so far as to pelt
with sticks and stones) Mr. Hudson's active friends and
even the coachmen who drive the " flys" engaged for the
purpose of bringing up voters. So far as we can ascer-
tain (and we have taken great pains to do so correctly)
the state of the poll at its close was as follows :
Hudson . . 626
Thompson
Majority —l2B

GLASGOW ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.—It will
be seen, in reference to the advertisement in another column,
that a singularly interesting work is about to be published, by
subscription. It is a republication of the old Glasgow Courant,
from the 14th of October, 1745, to the 13th of October, 1746,
which gives a complete detail of the movements and romantic
adventures of the Pretender. The work has been undertaken
by William Meikleham, L.L.8., solicitor, in Glasgow, and
secretary to the University. He is the son of :Professor
.Meikleham, and is in possession, we believe, of the only copy
extant. As a record of news, notices and advertisements of
the inhabitants of Glasgow 100 years ago, the work will be a
great curiosity, and, there cannot be the least doubt, that it
w ill be greatly prized by all lovers of ancient relics, and others,
desirous of perusing the records of their forefathers.—Ex-
tracted from the Liverpool Mercury of August 8.
WIREWORM.—The following circumstance con-
nected with this pest may be possibly turned to a good ac-
count. In February last I planted three gallons of early
Cornish kidney potatoes in good soil, under a wall having a
southern aspect ; to my surprise, only one or two had made
their appearance up to the middle of May, and by the 2d of
June three or four more, without the smallest indication of
any further vegetation over the whole border. On examining
the rows, to my surprise, the remainder of the sets were nearly
filled with live wireworms, the potatoes having the appearance
of being drilled all through with an augur of the size of a
quill. Now, does not this tend to show, that by leaving a few
refuse turnips, potatoes, carrots, &c., in the fields in autumn,
covered tAith soil, that these destructive insects may be de-
stroyed in great numbers in the spring by stocking out the
roots, and carrying them to a heap of quick lime ?—Lincoln-
shire Chronicle.

:-'lll.,—A It, 'lough the gentlemen deputed to itinerate in sup-
yort of " h 'el aington's Line" favoured die in their :speeches
Kith a large pq rtion of their attention, I should not have asked
leave to appetty in your columns if )(at had not inserted treat
the Railway .i Txpress a long paragraph palpably written to
it:fluence tha pi ice of the shales, and wouno up with the inju-
rious imputatto a upon nee which I shall presently quote.
To the gent; ernun who spice., my thanks arc due tor the
mantic!. in Otis oh they were pleased to speak of my personal
character, laws_ deetive of my supposed dealing with what is
called RemingA ,n'a Line,
stn the 1135 d e indebted to them, because nearly all who re-
ferred to site 're professionally interested in supporting the
scheme they ads ocated. They doubtless spoke as to Mr. Re-
mington's Li it what they believed, but they were in error.
he parag
tp,vl.: you have published from the Railway Ex-
press, and of zsaieit I comp:ain, is as follows
o am we vas oulti:gladly pause, after having thus glanced at
what are the 1114 st striking featurt a of this railway, but a sense I
of justice Ont. is us to notice what cannot be cansidered ether
than sharp peas !tics' on the part of Mr. Ashurst, the promoter
of a competing 11 ne. In 1836 Mr. George Remington planned
the Direct Lot. A on and Manchester Railway which bears his
name. In 18+0'4 he carefully surveyed the greater part of
the country tbn'augh which it will pass. Long after this Mr.
Ashure atinouhved his competing scheme, the avowed inten-
tion of wfa;di was 0 connect existing and projected lines be-
tween London an d Manchtster. He found that Remington's
Line was the faiactirite, as it deserves to be ; and he does not
hesitate to • .appro: oriate,' not the leading features of that line,
but the actual ling itself: This is stealing the Desom ready-
made.

" It is itYeity eTt 'ar that this man:ter of doing business will
not answer. We eve that public i;eling is against the ruse.
But the very fact that the promoter of a competing line throws
his own plan onwboard, and coolly appropn'stes the rival one,
is the very best, I. ecause the most unsuspicious And involuntary
compliment whict, could possibly be paid to Renh'ngton's Lon-
chn and Mancbests.i- Direct Railway."
The facts, a,' to me, are these :
In IS4O, an advertis'nsent appeared announcing a Company
for the formation of a railway from Manchester to London.
After some tune, the movers, who were unknown to the
Manchster trade, found necessary to apply to some of the
gentlernets conn,tcted with that trade in London to support
them.
They were' referred to mo by some of the leading houses in
the trade here,. and I was requested to report my opinion, not
of any line, but of the propriety of their uniting with the
applicants. Behtre I was able to report upon the prudence of
men with capital wad influence, uniting es ith men not known
to possess either, I was sent for to a meeting of " the Board"
in Cornhiil. and was told that the landlord was urgent for his
rent ; and I was esked to pay that rent and take the Solicitor-
ship of the Company. I declined the office, but made the
advance, that I migfrt hare time to report. The result was,
that a union was not thought desirable, and the matter died.

Mr. Remington's name ,was used on that occasion.
About this time, in the year 1844, Mr. !Unlock advertised
that he had taken up Mr. ,tiemington, and intended to form a
Company.
Mr. Al ulock also found it ne,lessary to obtain the support of
the trade ; he sought it, and waz, referred to me. He came to
me, accompanied by Mr. Wedlako, of the firm of Clowes,
Orme, and Wedlake, the well-known and respectable solicitors,
in London. . . .

In consequence of this, I again had an interview with the
princioal houses in the trade in Loudon; and they gave me in-
troductions to many of the leading firms in Manchester, whom
1 saw on the subject.
On my return, I made my repo:t to those who deputed me;
and they resolved that it was not desirable then to form a corn-

pany.
Mr. Mulock and Mr. Remington thought differently, and
they advertised a Company, with the names of gentlemen as a
Provisional Committee, who afterwards resolved that_the Com-
pany should not proceed.
During all this time the only question was the propriety of
forming a Company, not the merits of Mr. Remington's choice
of a line.

The gentlemen who instructed me knew, without the aid of
either of us, that a straight line is the shortest, and that the
straightest practicable, would be the best, and this of itself
fixed the route.

The document which was then prepared by tie, and signed
by many of the leading houses in the trade, and is in my pos-

ViSSOD, simply stated-I
" That a more rapid communication between London and
Manchester by railway is of the highest necessity.
" That it is of paramount importance to the trade and manu-
factures of the kingdom that such communication between the

metropolis and the northern parts of the country should not be

dependent upon one line of railway only."
These statements the subscribers understood and could

make. It would have been absurd and bootless to have asked

mercantile men to express an opinion upon the engineering
merits of a line of railway not it► being.
Mr. Remington informed me that he had not surveyed
the line he suggested, but said that he had gone over the coun-
try so as to enable him to say with confidence that his line
was the only line that could be formed, and I believed it. He
war naturally anxious to obtain the appointment of engineer,
but he was unknown to the parties by whom I was requested to
act, and they were desirous, if the matter proceeded, to have
the line to be chosen approved by an engineer more generally
known. He was unwilling to have this reference made, except
to one gentleman, and the matter ended.
It is fortunate for me, now that the absurd imputation is
made against me of " filching" his line, that I have found
the map of the line which he issued in 1840, and on comparing
it with the map he now issues, I find that the two are essen-
tially different.
In 1840 his line ran to Leicester, taking the Midland Coun-
ties Railway the whole distance from Leicester to Derby ; re-
suming at Derby it proceeded to Leek and Macclesfield, neither
touching Cheadle or Uttoxeter.
His present line does not touch the Midland Counties, and
does not go to Derby, and whoever knows anything of the
country, or has Mr. Remington's present map, can see the
importastt and extensive change which this necessarily makes
between the two. He has, then, so far as making red lines on
a map gives title, entitled himself by a cheap and easy process
to two lines, and his friends accuse me of filching one, but do
not condescend to say which. They at the same time proceed
to show a motiveless plunder for a valueless abstraction, by ac-
cusing me in a second count of not publishing any line.
As to his first line, Mr. Remington said it was impossible to
make a better, and I have his printed plan before me, asking
in 1840 four millions to make it.

To make his second line so essentially different, I have his
plan and prospectus before me, asking for three millions to
make it.
I have also before me another of his prospectuses, asking for
a capital of five millions to make it.
If, as he says, he has carefully gone over these various and
differing lines, his judgment must be sadly at fault.
[lad the trade determined to avail themselves of his services,
it would hve been necessary to have drawn ,his attention to
these serious variances, but that necessity did not arise.
11r. Remington's friends have, in their speeches, con-
founded the formation of a Company with the drawing of a
line on a map, and have assumed the childish absurdity that to
rule a line on a map, gives a title to the line of road and to the
office of engineer.
So far from taking either of Mr. Remington's abstractions,
I have not even been guilty of the sM of originating "'[he
Direct London and Manchester Railway Company," which is
really the offending point.
In this year Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, as they assure
me, without knowing anything of Mr. Remington or ever hav-
ing heard of his lines, registered and aivertised, without my
knowledge or privity, a Direct Line from London to Man-
chester. They also applied to some of the principal houses in
the trade, and were referred to me; and then, and not till then,
did I hear of it.
I might then, as Mr. Remington did, have registered another
Company by adding another word to vary the title, but I was
not guilty of the lolly of endeavouring to establish two Com-
panies for one purpose, and of wasting the funds of both; but
as the trade here was of opinion that a direct line must, and
ought to be formed, with the consent of Messrs. Sudlow and
Co., my name was added to theirs, and I was requested to
submit the views of the trade here to their friends in Man-
chester, which I did—received their authority in writing again,
as the house here thought that signatures given a year before
ought not to be used when circumstances had altered, and opi-
nions or interests might have changed.
o far from adopting either of Mr. Remington's lines, the
Managing Committee of this _Company determined to have a
line surveyed for themselves, and they gave authority to Mr.
Rastrick to personally survey the country, and give them his
opinion of the best direct practicable route for a line.

If ruling a line on the map between given termini constitutes
ownership, I admit Mr. Remington's title to as many lines as
he rules, and I have not interfered with his efforts to realize
them.
His friends confound the formation of a Company with the
making, or rather the marking, of a line, and scold me be-
cause the trade have themselves formed a Company.

That is the cause of a thing without which it would not be.
If Mr. Remington had been appointed engineer to the Com-
pany they would not have heard of this preposterous claim to
exclude the engineering world from an important tract of coun-
try. But, because a young man has published a map with a
line ruled upon it and has asked the public to grant him, first
four millions, then three, and afterwards five millions to realize
his crotchet, he argues that the country for railway purposes is
tabooed to all other engineers.

Now suppose that previously to the formation of our great
railways some aspiring tyro had published a map with an im-
possible or a singularly difficult line, had then contended that
the London and Birmingham, and Great Western Companies,
were bound to take him as an engineer, and that the great
minds of the engineering world ought to be shut out from the
country he had marked upon his map, would the railway
world have listened to such insane drivelling? And could
those who contended for so wild a theory have hoped to sus-
tain their characters for sanity whilst upholding it?
Verily those who hold such twaddle in the Tewn-hall of
Manchester, sink in intellect below Johanna Southcutt, for
she addressed herself to the ignorant, but they go to the
Athens and the Areopagitte of railway science to publish their
fatuity.
- • •

Mr. Remington cannot be ignorant that in 1840 many ob-
jections were mooted against his line, and that, amongst other
serious objections, it was stated that it required at one place
an embankment eighty-one feet high, and three miles long, and
would have taken eighteen years to form it.
Being accused of stealing his brains, I am bound to repel
the accusation ; but I confine myself to the widely different sums
required upon the face of his own advertisements to show that
their product was not worth stealing, and that as those for whom
I acted have capital and character to lose, it was my interest
to avoid committing them to a gentleman whose reputation as
an engineer has yet to be won, and to steer clear of a line pre-
sented by its parent in so unformed a state that he did not
know, when he offered it far three millions, that it would re-
quire five to mature it.
Mr. Remington, or the friend who wrote the article in the
Railway Express, says I stole the " besom ready made."
assure them 1 have not stolen the embankment spoken of.

.. .
the embankment alluded to, a very moderate quadniat J:empaiiy
to
I do not affect engineering knowledge, but, irrespective
jeonf '
would induce any one to pause, ere he a
andaospntaa anmpeldhafodrbsecohnicahskseudraislsoitswpaidreenats. tl'ijov::Mr. Remington
gentleman's plans, for railroaedns are‘vill feel that, bein,, accused of
I have not, until thus assailed, saidnae‘tvoinr,aiddeeibwyecvieartboarly
sogfutahbi.s
blings ; but I am su,,r.e tchhaitng),„
and " stealing," if rhad left, the
might,auseanil,shuould probably, have
" sharp practice,". fit
hail not denied, charges
made in gross and
riou—
teicaeddm, i It
admitted
ee. .
ours respectfully,
bilneepnuttaatkieonnstounsn;
W. H. ASHURST.
I alnagmu: gseirs,oy
P.S.—Since writing the above, I have had put into my
hands the Morning Herald of the 23d of May last only, and
I there find that 'Air. Remington advertised his line, and asks
for Two Millions only, in 40,000 shares of 50/ each ; and I
have also had brought to me a prospectus, issued by him in I t 444,
for a Direct London, Manchester, and York Railway. For
this he asks Seven Millions.
Have the York Company stolen their line from him?
By asking severally two, three, four, and five millions for his
proposed excursion to Manchester, he proves that, apart from
the morality of the thing, it would be egregiously foolish to
!steal any line from so vanaisle a Genius.

NORTII KENT RAILWAY.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
DOVgit, AuG. 15.—A very numerous and respectable meet-
ing of the town was held this day in the Town-hall for the pur-
pose of discussing the merits and deciding on the propriety of
supporting the Bill proposed to be brought into Parliament
next session by the North Kent Railway Company. The
Mayor presided with his usual good tact and judgment, and
deputations from both the North Kent and the iSouth-Eastern
direetirns attended, Ow one to promote the Bill, the other to,
avert so swung an atta.lli on their vested interests. Four reso-
lutions were pas.ed utfanimously in favour of supporting the
proposed .Nort Ir .Kent line, direct from London to Dover.
A vote of thanks to the Mayor was then proposed by Sir
John Kirkland, and sec ended by Mr. Rice, which his
Worship acknowledged in arprepriate terms to the meeting.
The feeling in favour of a' dirent independent line from
London to Dover, and that the interests of the town had been
grossly neglected by the South-Eastern Directors, was very
strongly manifested. The deputation from that body did all
they could to allay the feeling that premiled, but their efforts
'were ineffectual.

DINNER TO M. GVIZOT.
(From the Journal des Debatk..)
An invitation to a public dinner having been some time
,ank transmitted to Itl. Guizot from the electors of 31ezidon.
and a-q. Pierre-sue-Dives, which places he represents in the
Council-General of Calvados, and Sunday last being fixed by
the Minister, he arrived on that day at the house of M. Le-
grand, the Mayor of St. Pierre, where he received the visit of
the electors of the two cantons, who were joined by M. Le-
clerc, Peer of France ; N. Bacl,er, Prefect of Calvados ; the
Sub-Prefects of Argentan Falaise, Vire, and Bayeux; M.
Boisard, Secretary- Generalof the Prefecture of Calvados ; and
MM. Courtoise and LainiaDesbayes, of the Cour Royale of
Caen, electors of the arrondissement of Lisieux. The ban-
quet was prepared in the corn-market. The large hall was
hung with v. hite linen, on which were asatanged with taste
garlands of flowers and green wreaths. At the end of the hall
was placed the King's bust, surmounted with tri-coloured flags.
Covers were laid for 260 persons, and the Mayors of St. Pierre
and Mezidon occupied the chairs of honour. At the right of
N. Legrand sat M. Guizot, and at the left the Prefect of the
department. At the dessert the health of " The King" was
!
drunk with great enthusiasm ; after which M. Legrand, in a
come.linientary address, in the course of which he alluded in
strong terms to 'the illiberal attacks made upon N. Guizot
both in the Chamber arsd in the press, proposed" The Health
of M. Gs:ins:. " This toast was received with a triple salvo of
acclamations, and when sitonee was restored M. Guizot rose,
and spoke as follow :
" Gentlemen,—l am deeply affected with the kind sentiments
which your Honourable Chairman has just expressed ;owards
me. He was pleased to say that yea had ardently desired to
see me amongst yoa, and I can truly affirm that I also was
anxious for the same event. Circumstances independent of
my will have alone retarded the period of our meeting, and I
congratulate myself on seeing it at last arrived. I thank sou
for your most affectionate reception, and for the lively interest
which your chairman has expressed to me its your name, for my
success in the struggles which I inn called on to sustain. Let
me, how ever, be permitted to uoe a different language from
that of the Hon. Gentleman. These struggles, so warm, and
sometimes so rude, have never drawn from me a complaint,
and never Risen ; it is `he condition of public life in a free
country. Men whom the world venerates, and by whose side
I should hold it the gi eatesf honour to have my name one day
pla
same way. he
placed, have beenTa3ttacked, abosed, and calumniated in precisely
the
not the less c ont lulled to serve their country;
they not the less are honoured with' its regret. We have no right
to pretend to a less difficult task, anel the end towards which we
tend is well worth the trials which we, sustain on the road,
which it is necessary to pass over in order' to attain it. Besides,
gentlemen, if I am attacked I an: supported. This
meeting, which I see around me; the feeling which pervade&
it ; the sentiments manifested towards me--is not all this at
greafs a strong support? That in the midst of you, gentle-
men, that I could think of uttering any complaint, or ma-
nieessiroe any appearance of fatigue ? And, in the very centre of:
politicarFace, in the great assemblies which have the honour of
representing the country, that adhesion which the policy that I
uphold has met with, the fidelity, the firmness with which,even
quite recently, and in moments of the utmost difficulty, the.
Conservative party has maintained this policy, do not permit a
man of courage to feel the sli,ehtest discouragement, or utter the
faintest murmur. Certainly there is in all this the means of
supporting and of overcoming many and many an attack.--
( Loud applause.) Shall I say it, gentlemen ? I consider
that, towards the Opposition, the press, and the jour-
nals, there are manifested at the same time an inclination to
exact too much, anti too much timidity. irons them are de-
manded an impartiality, a moderation, a justice, which are
scarcely compatible with our reciprocal situations and the
nature of our government. They have their passions, and
we ours. Let us accept and tolerate our mutual liberty,
in place of complaining of it. The more I have mixed in
public life, and practised the constitutional regime, the more
I have become convinced that the liberty of discussion and the
liberty of the press bad certain outbreaks in a great measure
inseparable from their 'ery existence. Ido not believe these
to be more excessive amongst us, and in our day, than they
have been elsewhere, and in other times ; and if it is just, if it.
is indispensable, to repress them when they meddle with sacred
matters, which ought to be above the reach of all attack, let
us ourselves endure them without emotion, and with good.
grace, in the customary course of our labours and our com-
bats. This is a portion of the movement, of the activity of
public life, and, all matters conside.red, the result is pro-
ductive of more benefit than mischief. But, at the same time.
that 1 accept frankly and without complaint the liberty of
the political press, its wild flights, and its acts of injustice
and severity, I most assuredly regard as a necessity and
a duty to preserve with respect to it the most complete inde-
pendence—not to allow myself to be influenced either by its
advice, or by a desire to have its praise, or by any fear of its
attacks. I endeavour on all occasions to pay attention only
to things themselves—to the true interests of my country,
such as my reason sees and judges them, and I pay no atten-
tion to what the journals may say of me. There is no digni-
fied and sensible policy but on this condition.—(Applause.)
Permit me, gentlemen, to recommend you to do the same.
Let me beseech you, who approve of my principles and share
my convictions—you, my political friends, to accept frankly
the liberty of the press, to read the journals without being
annoyed at them, and without complaining of their coarseness
and their violence. But guard with respect to them the full in-.
dependence of your opinions; judge political men not according
to what is said of them, but from your personal knowledge of '
their character and their previous conduct. Estimate political
acts, not from the picture drawn of them by the press, but
after their results in the country, and for the country. Indulge
in no feeling of anger or ill humour against all the movement,
all the noise, which the press raises constantly about us;
but place confidence only in facts—in your own judg-
ment. In that way alone you will be ',either the dupes
nor playthings of any one ; and you will succeed, with a
little coolness and patience, in beholding men and things as
they really are. Let us at the present moment make trial
of this method. Let us forget all the polemics of which the
policy that. I have the honour of supporting has been, and still'.
is, every day the object. Let us consider that policy not in the
points of view that may be taken to attack or defend it, but in
the facts already accomplished by it, in its general, acquired,
and evident results. What was the wish of all of you, the wish
of France in 1830? 'l'o repulse an unjust and senseless aggres-
sion on our laws and our liberties ; to assure the just share of the
country in the government, and its dignity in the world; to
render our constitutional regime at home and our honour abroad
perfectly independent; to make by necessity, and not by ca.
price, an obliged and decisive act of sovereignty at home, and
of national independence abroad, and at the same time not to
return to the path of domestic revolutions and foreign war;
to maintain order by securing liberty, and to preserve
peace by disposing ourselves by ourselves alone and
completely for our government and for our country. Was
net that, gentlemen, I ask you, in 1830, I will not say
the well-considered and closely-reasoned intention, but
the spontaneous desire, the general feeling, the true
instinct of all present at this meeting of our department, of the
whole of France ?—( Loud applause.) Well, then, Gentlemen,
fifteen years have passed ever since these great days. We are
not mere men of yesterday ; we have a right to speak from ac-
quired experience and from accomplished facts. What has
come to pass? What has been done since 1830? At home,
representative government and the constitutional regime are
displayed, and continue every day to display themselves freely
and extensively. The country takes pert regularly and effica-
ciously in its own affairs, with the concurrence of the great
powers instituted by the charter. This .is truly constitutional
government; this is monarchy according to the charter.—
( Applause.) Public liberty is every day practised, proved,
and developed. You attend the sittings of the Chambers ;
do you think that there is anything wanting there as to
the freedom of speech ? You read the journals ; does the
liberty of the press appear to you to be shackled ? You.
have frequent elections ; do you perceive that they arse
the work of corruption and violence ? Because I have
sometimes assisted you in the repairs of your churches,
in the construction of your parsonages and your schools, in se:.
suring a career to your children, have you, therefore, ceased to
vote freely and conscientiously? Do you feel that you are cor-
rupted men ? Have you not, on the contrary, the conviction,.
the certainty, that you profit by, and enjoy with entire security,
all your liberties and all their fruits ? And, abroad, do you
not see clearly and positively that the great end of the Act of
1830 has been attained, that the Government of our country is
not only perfectly independent in Europe, but that Europe—
both the governments and the nations show us great respect,
and, under all circumstances, treat .with us seriously and pro-
perly ? Have not the great questions that have been brought
forward, and ,the way in which they have been resolved, fur-
nished a convincing proof of the just influence that we exercise,
and of the just respect that is paid to our interests and our
views ? And those constitutional states which have been fooled
around us, which Europe has respected like ourselves,
which have established themselves, and are gaining strength.
daily under favour of the movement communicated, and
the order maintained by us, which, in founding or modifying;
their institutions, study to resemble ours, Belgium, Spain,.
Greece, are they not so many living proofs of the action, the
influence, and, I think I may add with legitimate pride, the
merited ascendancy which France and her Government
exercise abroad, to the profit of a liberal and modest policy.
which can appreciate at once the new wants of mankind, and
the internal conditions of social order ? All this has taken
place, and is taking place every day, without violence and
without war. We have succeeded in consummating
revo-
lution, and in founding a new government based 0_
such:
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within and peace without, and to the grandeur ofo.
feet
means. are added the moderation and legitimacy
is their
means. Such, gentlemen, in their ensern I
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v etislh,letwsheherchehave produced for the present time and
for the future so much security, liberty, and prosperity.-all.
these are the work of the country and of its Governmenta
firmly united, and moving together on the regular path of our
institutions. It is to the King, gentlemen, it is to his.
wisdom, to his enlightened and inexhaustible devotedness,.
that are due the first homage of public gratitude.—(Cries of
6 Bravo,' and ' Vise le Roe.') The wisdom and devotedness.
of the King are the more precious from his inculcating them.
daily into that noble Royal Family, into the minds of thoses
Princes who have already sought for and found glory in thew
service of France. Let our own devotedness and attachment
gentlemen, be the just reward of the devotedness of the Boyd
Family ; let the royal wisdom be aided and facilitated by our
firm support ; let us persevere, in concert with it, in one,
policy of peace and Conservatism. The principle of comas-.
Lenny and perseverance is the first necessity of all governments'
and the greatest; difficulty of free states. Let the Conserve.:
Live party set the example, and our most simple as well as our
most important interests, every family in its widest existence.;
as well as the statci n its glorious destinies, will reap the sames
fruits and the same honour."
This speech was followed by three rounds of applause. M..:
Guizot was accompanied back to the house of the Mayor by the"
whole of the electors. He' subsequently visited the church o
St. Pierre-sur-Dives, and returned to Val-Richer at sevetit
o'clock.

'lle King of Denmark has just created a novl
order, comisting of a medal with the King's effigy on one sided
Isith the inscription " Christian VIII.," and on the revers%
the words, " I•or Merit," surrounded with an oaken wreath 4
The name of the recipient is to be engraved on the edge.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME RC UI T.—Croydon, August 15.
(Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and a Common Jury. )

COOKE V. WETHERELL, CLERK.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the de-
fendant for criminal conversation with his wife.
The case was of a most extraordinary character, and it is said
that the damages were laid at 50,0001.
Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Montagu Chambers, and Mr.
Edwin James were for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Channel],
Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Lush for the defendant.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE opened the case, and said that the plain-
tiff was Mr. John Mynde Cooke, a young man, an attorney,
_Aliso was very respectably connected, being the son of Mr.
Cooke, of Capel Court, Herefordshire, and be came into
Court to complain of the most serious injury that could be
inflicted by one man upon another ; an injury that hail em-
tiitereil the morning of his life, and which must deprive
hint of all happiness hereafter. The defendant was a man
of forty-five, a minister of the Church of England, and at
present the rector of Byfield, in Northamptonshire, and
wizen he told them that he was charged with incest and
adultery with his own daughter, he (the Learned Counsel)
was sure the jury would give him credit for feeling the deep
reslonsibility of his task in having to lay such a case before
them. He would endeavour to lay the facts of this almost un-
exaanpled case before them with as much calmness as he could
command, arid would give the jury that evidence which, in
his opinion, made out a clear and unanswerable case on the
part of the plaintiff. The defendant was most respectably con-
nected. • He had married a daughter of a gentleman who at
the time filled the office of chief magistrate of the City of
London, and through his influence he obtained the rectory of
Byfield, which was worth 1,1001. a year, and also hail a for-
tune of 20,000/. with his wife, who, however, had the con-
trol over that sum, and she settled it upon her daughter, the
lady whose misconduct was that day the stibject of their in-
y. In 1939, after her mother's death, the young lady
came of age, and the money was then transferred by the
trustees to her name, and came under her control ; and it
appeared that her father took a splendid mansion in Eatons
place, where he Hied in a style of great splendour, and far
beyond his means ; and it would appear that, with the con-
sent of the young lady, her fortune was by degrees drawn
from the Bank of England, and eventually entirely squan-
dered away within a little more than two years
from the period of the young lady coming of age. The plain-
tiff was introduced to the family of the defendant about this
time. He was a young man of between one and two and
twenty. He had just been admitted an attorney, and was very
successful in his profession ; and, having a fortune of his own
to the extent of 8,0001., the brightest prospects were before
him. In the summer of 1942 he met Miss Wetherell; he was
pleased with her person, and he eventually offered her his hand
and was accepted. Mr. Cooke was sincerely attached to the
young lady, hut he would not deny that he did expect to re-
ceive some fortune with his wife. Her father objected to
the marriage, and the terms of his refusal of Mr. Cooke
were barely civil, and eventually the parties were married
without his consent at St. George's Church, Hanover-square.
The young couple went on a tour for a short time, and upon
their return the father appeared to be friendly, and they went
to pay him a visit at his rectory at Byfield. Two or three
days had hardly elapsed when a gentleman named Mobett
made his appearance, and produced an acceptance of tsliss
Wetherell'e tor 5001., and insisted upon his right to look to
the newly-married husband for payment. The plaintiff was
shocked at the news, and he felt that he hed been cruelly de-
ceived both by his wife and her father. He knew that he was
legally liable for the debts of his wife, and he therefore felt that
it was absolutely necessary for him to know the exact amount
of her liabilities and the real position of her affairs. Notwith-
standing that at this -moment the plaintiff felt that he was
almost entirely ruined by the treachery of his wife and father-
in-law, his conduct towards the former appeared to be of the
kindest description, and he read a letter from his wife to the
plaintiff couched in the kindest terms to bear out his statement.
The result of the inquiries made by the plaintiff satisfied him
that his wife was dreadfully involved. All her fortune had
been squandered, and she had three acceptances out to a very
large amount, and he felt it only due to himself to insist that
her father should give an account of his stewardship, and that
he should grant him an interview for that purpose. This took
place, and the defendant then admitted that he had wasted his
daughter's fortune, and that she had nothing left, and that
the furniture, houses, and everything they had, had been
made over by a bill of sale or warrant of attorney to different
parties who had advanced money upon them. From this
time 'Mr. Wetherell offered him every obstruction and oppo-
sition in obtaining his rights, and his wife invariably took
the part of her father in resisting his wishes. After having
coldly and unwillingly accompanied her husband to London
from Byfield, she eventually returned to her father, and
although the plaintiff repeatedly, in the most earnest and
affectionate manner, entreated her to return to him, she in-
variably refused and treated him with the utmost coldness and
unkindness, and he believed he (Mr. Sergeant Shee) should be
able to show that the defendant had made the most shameful
charges against her husband, and he in time succeeded in en-
tirely alienating her affections from him. There was, in fact,
a total absence of everything like that kind of feeling which
would be expected to animate the breast of a young woman of
six-and-twenty towards a man to-whom she had been married
only two months.—( The Learned Sergeant here read some
lett era that had passed between the parties confirmatory of his
statement.) Mr. Cooke at length was compelled to take pro-
ceediegs in Chancery, and eventually a deed was executed
by which the defendant admitted that he was indebted to
his daughter in a sum of 19,0001., and that large arrears
of interest were also due to her, and he undertook to
repay the amount by yearly instalments of 500/. ; but
to show that Mr. Cooke had acted in a perfectly disinterested
manner, he did not take any interest under the deed, but the
whole amount was placed under the control and appointment
of Iris wife. Immediately after this deed was executed, the
defendant wrote a letter to Mr. Cooke, forbidding him his
house, or from having any intercourse with his wife. The
Learned Sergeant then referred to some other proceedings
that had taken place, and said that all along the plaintiff's wife
had evinced the utmost hostility to him, and opposed him in
every proceeding he adopted. The plaintiff could not account
for such conduct • but at length he received some information
which induced the most horrible impression upon his mind,
and his subsequent inquiries led to the present charge being
made-against the defendant. The parties who gave the infor-
mation were persons of humble station certainly, but he believed
of unblemished character, and the result of the inquiries made by
Mr. Cooke through their information left no doubterpon his mind
that the defendant had been guilty of the dreadful crimes of incest
and adultery. He shouldcall before the jury the servants in the
house in Eaton-square, and they would prove that they had always
entertained a suspicion of the character of the intimacy between
the defendant and his daughter, and that, having watched,
they were satisfied that they were in the habit of continually
sleeping together as man and wife, and he should also prove
that the deendant was seen at all hours of the night in his
daughter's bedroom. The Learned Sergeant then stated other
facts relating to the appearance of the. bed of the plaintiff's
wife, which need not be further alluded to, but the effect of
which, he said, was to satisfy all the servants that a most im-
proper intercourse was being carried on. He likewise said he
should be able to prove that the defendant had been repeatedly
seen in his daughter's bedroom, nearly naked, and she in the same
state. This was at the house in Eaton-square, and he said he
should be able to show that similar proceedings took place
at Byfield, and that there the same suspicions were
entertained. The Learned :Sergeant then proceeded to
state that he should prove that suspicion having been
entertained that Mrs. Cooke was in the family way, from her
stout appearance, and other indications, she had gone into the
country with her father, and upon her return there were all the
the indications of a miscarriage having taken place. He then
-went on to say that he should prove that the defendants went
.upon a country expedition together, and he should show that at
:die Beaufort Arms, at Chepstow, they slept together as man
and wife. After enumerating other circumstances, the Learned
;Sergeant concluded a very able.address by observing, that to
'talk of the amount of damages in such a case as this was per-
:fectly unnecessary; if he made it out, he was sure the jury
-would think no amount cf damages too large, or that any sum
could be a sufficient reparation to the plaintiff for the cruel in-
jury he had received.
The following evidence was then adduced:—
. .

Mr. Wm, Hastings Ileede, examined by Mr. Cit MBERS
.know the plaintiff in this action, and was present at his mar
xiage with Miss Wetherell. I produce the copy of the certificate
of the marriage on the '2sth of September, 1842, at St.
Ceorgs's, Hanover-square.
The certificate was put in and read. The name of the de-
fendant's daughter was wrongly described in the certificate as
Mary Emily instead of Mary Eliza.
Examination continued—Shortly after the marriage I called
'upon the defendant at Mivart's Hotel, for the purpose of asking
for some explanation respecting his daughter's property and
the liabilities the plaintiff had incurred as her husband. I also
wished to have some information respecting the accommodation
bills. The defendant told me that a great portion of her for-
tune had been expended in purchasing furniture for the house
in Eaton-square and at Byfield. The defendant mentioned
something to me about an accommodation bill for 550/., and
which his daughter had accepted for him, and added that it was
secured either by a warrant of attorney or a bill of sale. I
a:ailed a second time, when I met Mr. Nisbet, his solicitor, and
:he then said that by advice he must decline entering further
,into particulars. At the first interview he said he should sell
:the furniture, horses, carriages, &c., and invest the amount for
she benefit of his daughter, and then retire from England. On
the same evening Mr, Cooke sent his man Johnson, and I
slunk Mrs. Cooke also, to take possession of the house in
Faton-plan, and I oiled there the same evening with Mr.
C,,,oke. The oefendant and Mr. Nisbet, his attorney, came to
tiie house while we were there. They rang the: bell, and de-
s aande.d entrance, but they were not let in. On the following
aornitig, in consequence of an intimation from the police, Mr.
c7ooke and myself attended the Queen-square Police-court,
and Mr. Nisbet complained that Mr. Wetherell had been
.leprived of the possession of his house improperly, and he pro-
sluced a leaie. Eventually the magistrate said he should order
•Dossession to be given up, and Mr. Cooke accordingly gave
!ireetions
.to his servants to give up possession. Upon this
:same even ir g I, Mr. Cooke, and a gentleman named Waddy,
-vrent down to Byfield rectory. Mr. Wetherell was there, and
some little parley and hesitation, Mr. Cooke was admitted
~done, but I could see what took place inside the house,
,iitiriugh I was not admitted. There was an angry discussion,
sand 31r. Cooke said he came to demand his wife, and he was
;anxious she should accompany him back to London. Wit-
l'ess heard her voice, and afterwards saw her. She seemed
to take part with her father, and spoke very angrily to her
I,ltsbaiiri, in consequence of which Mr. Cooke said he
thossgi.t it better she should not go with him. He then de-
sAairled to be let out, and after some further angry words
he came out of the house and joined us, and we then all re-
urned to Weecton, about ten or eleven miles from Byfield,
td Mr. Cooke appeared to be suffering extreme anguish of
slirnd, and teemed to be still anxious to take his wife hack
to London, I and Mr. Waddy afterwards saw Mrs. Cooke,
a id after some conversation site agreed to go back with him
to town, aril it was arranged that she should have her lug-
gage ready at an appointed hour. The letter produced is
its Mrs. Cooke's handwriting. They eventually, with Mrs.
Cooke, returned to London. I and Mr. Waddy reproached
I`, Ins. Cooke with treating her husband in a cold and heartless
imannem. I thought Mr. Cooke's conduct was proper under
to circumstances—it was affectionate and kind. After they
s• :rived in London I had opportunities of observing their con-
• ani frequently saw them together. I was anxious to ob-
Vein information from Mrs. Cooke relative to her property,
) at I did not find her very willing to give information, and she
t eased anxious to screen her father from the inquiry. I was
• my consulted and acted as a friend of Mr Cooke's. It was
▪ htough an intimate friend of mine that Miss Wetherell was
introduced to Mr. Cooke. The plaintiff appeared to suffer
story severely from wh it had taken place, and he was so much
on Foffle ocea,ions, that I deemed it prudent to remain
ith him. Mr. Cooke was twenty-three or twenty-four years
4 Itrwhen he married. Mr. Cookes father was alanded proprie-
CT of great respectability in Herefordshire, and Mr. Cooke
4-frived an estate from him.
'Crons-examiaell—Captain Godsell was the friend who
lint.roduceit Miss Wetherell to Mr. Cooke. He is a
captain on half-pay in a cavalry regiment. I have known
',him nine or ten years. I never knew Mr. Cooke when
Alvin;; on his own estate. It is not an estate, it is
merely a farm. It is occupied by a person named Hard-
tvi'ck. It is not in the occupation of Mr. Cooke's elder
trother. Cooke introduced me to Mr. Waddy, and we were
21 pretty intimate. I did not know Miss Wetherell until
t..e day she became Mrs. Cooke. No one was present at the
arriage but myself, Mr. Waddy, Captain Godsell, and Mr.
Cooke. It was a runaway marriage. Captain Godsell and
11:r. Waddy met us at the church. Mr. Waddy did not lend
Xr. Cooke any money on that occasion. After the marriage

we all breakfasted at the Brunswick Hotel, and Mr. and Mrs.
Cooke went into the country by the South-Eastern Railway.
They returned, and passed through London, on their way to
Byfield, about a week afterwards. Mr. Cooke stayed at Byfield
two or three days, and the former then returned to London,
leaving Mrs. Cooke at Byfield. Mr. Wetherell was at this
time staying at Mivart's Hotel, and when I saw him and in-
quired after his daughter's property, he said that be and his
daughter had been living extravagantly, and that it was nearly
all spent. Mr. Wetherell gave me a letter for Mr. Cooke,
which I handed over to that gentleman, and I have seen that
letter since. On the second occasion, Mr. Wetherell said he
saw there was a hostile feeling, and he should decline
making any further communication. I cannot say whether
Mr. Waddy was present when we took possession of the
house in Eaton-place. We took possession of the house be-
tween seven and eight o'clock in the evening, but I do not
know whether Mr. Cooke remained there all night. We were
at the window when Mr. Wetherell came and endeavoured to
obtain admittance, but we did not laugh at him. Wo did not
do anything improper or offensive towards Mr. Wetherell. I
cannot recollect whether a dinner had been ordered that day
in the house, but I will not swear there was not. 1 (lid not
dine there. Ido not know whether Mr. Waddy or Capt. God-
sell were in the house. We were at the magistrate's office the
next morning by ten o'clock, and we all started fur Byfield the
same evening. Capt. Godsell did not accompany us. Mr.
Cooke was not admitted immediately; and I myself never asked
or attempted to get in. Mr. Wetherell did say eventually that
if Mr. Cooke came alone lie should be admitted, and, when he
went in, I and Mr. Waddy remained outside. I could hear
what Mr. Cooke said as well as Mr. Wetherell. 1 heard no-
thing about a poker. lam a bill discounter by profession, and
have had a good deal to do with Mr. Cooke and Mr. Stratford
on the subject of bills. Mr. Cooke owes me money ; at least,
lam upon his schedule in the Court of Bankruptcy. I owed
him money before his marriage, but he is now my debtor to
the extent of 600/. or 7001. I never supplied cards for Strat-
ford and Mr. Cooke to play together. Cooke and Stratford
have known each other a good many years.
Re-examined—Mr. Cooke's wife's liabilities were pressed
upon him. Mr. Cooke has told me so, and that he was served
with a writ a fortnight after his marriage. Miss Wetherell is
two or three and thirty years old—much older than Mr. Cooke.
Mr. G. R. Cerfield examined by Mr. JAMES—I am a soli-
citor. I know the defendant, Mr. Wetherell, and had met him
on some occasions before the marriage of his daughter. After
this had taken place I acted as solicitor to Mrs. Cooke, and I
believe she was at that time in debt upon different liabilities,
acceptances, and accounts of attorney, to the amount of be-
tween 1,300/. and 1,5001. 1 do not know the acceptances
were for the accommodation of Mr. Wetherell. When I was
first called on to act for her, Mrs. Cooke was living in apart-
ments in Welbeck-street. This was in October, 1842.. I re-
.nember being sent for one evening to .Mivart's Hotel, where I
saw the defendant and Mrs. Cooke. I know that at this
time Mr. Cooke was very anxious for an interview with his
wife, and that Mr. Wetherell took her away with him, to
prevent him from doing so, by the back door of the hotel.
She wos taken away by stealth by a back staircase, and I
was sent down to pacify the husband, who had come to the
hotel purposely to have an interview with his wife. I never
saw Mrs. Cooke again. It had formally been arranged that
they should all meet together on this occasion, but this
was frustrated by Mr. Wetherell taking his daughter away.
Mr. Cooke afterwards came to me in a very excited manner,
and told me that Mr. Wetherell had just made a most extra-
ordinary statement to him ; that he did not believe it, and he
hoped I should excuse his excited feelings, and give him a
plain answer to the question be would put to me. Mr. Cooke
then told me that Mr. Wetherell had told him that I had told
Mr. Mivart that Mr. Wetherell's daughter was unchaste when
he married her. I denied the statement most indignantly, and
offered to go at once with him to Mivart's, and we did so. Mr.
Mivart came down, and there was another interview afterwards
when the defendant was present. Upon his first seeing us, as
we got near the house, he ran away. I pursued, and on his
refusing to return, I threatened to pull him back by force, and
insisted on having the charge cleared up. We then proceeded
together to Mr. Nisbet's, and we had some conversation about
wh it had been stated by Mr. Wetherell, and the latter persisted
in stating that Mr. Aileen had told him that I had said his
daughter was unchaste when Mr. Cooke married her. Mr.
Cooke then came into the room, and after some strong language
it was arranged that they should proceed to Mivart's Hotel,
but they did not see Mr. Mivart, so that no further explana-
tion took place. Another appointment was made
but Mr. Wetherell did not attend. It was quite false that
I bad ever made any such statement as the one represented
to have been made by me. In consequence of these proceed •
ings, I declined to act as solicitor to Mrs. Cooke any longer.
During the unhappy differences between Mr. and Mrs. Cooke,
the defendant appeared anxious to retard a reconciliation, and
in all the conversations I had with him, he spoke in mast dis-
graceful terms of Mr. Cooke. and in the very first interview
with him he called him a " man —," and said that be
understood he drove about the parks for hire.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARICSON—I was surprised at
hearing what I did about Mr.. Cooke, and if it had been
true, of course no one could be surprised at his refusing to
let his daughter go to live with such a man. I knew no-
thing of the parties until the time I was instructed to act
for Mrs. Cooke. • Mrs. Cooke was certainly under other lia-
bilities than a bill for 5501. and a dressmaker's bill. There was
a warrant of attorney also for more than 800/. Mrs. Cooke
did not say that she wenf in fear of her life from the vio-
lence of her husband, but Mr. Wetherell said so, and she re•
peated it. She did not appear to be serious, and seemed
anxious to ret urn to her husband, but her father prevented
her, and on one occasion he extracted an oath from her that
she would not return to her husband. Mr. Cooke's chief
object did not appear to be to get back his wife in order to
obtain possession of her money. She had no money. I was
offended at the defendant taking his daughter away in the
manner he did, and I said I considered Mr. Wetherell's con-
duct so disgraceful, that I should wash my hands of the whole
of the parties.
Re-examined—lt was very well known by all the parties that
Mrs. Cooke was under liabilities, but still Mr. Cooke was
anxious to have his wife back.

By Mr. CLaaKsoN--=Witness afterwards received Mr. Nis-
bet's cheque for the sum of 550!., but he did not know where
it came from. .

The deed, showing that Miss Wetherell was originally en-
titled to a fortune of 20,0001., and that she came of age in
1839, was then put in and read. The various letters referred
to by the Learned Counsel, and the settlement, were also put
in and read.

Eleanor Williams, examined by Mr. SHEE—I was formerly
chambermaid at the Beaufort Arms, at Chepstow, and I am
now in the same capacity at the Rummer Hotel, Bristol. I
remember a lady and gentleman coming to the Beaufort Arms
about two years ago, and they stayed there two nights. There
was only one bed in the room, which they occupied. I came to
London afterwards, and I went to the Queen's Bench prison.
I knocked at a door there, and it was opened by the same gen-
tleman I had seen at the Beaufort Arms. I went the next
morning to the chapel in the prison, and I there saw the same
lady and gentleman together. lam sure they are the same
who were at the Beaufort Arms, and who slept in the same
bed. (The witness then identified the defendant, who was in
court, as the gentleman she referred to.)
Cross-examined by Sergant CHANNELL—The gentleman
and lady went away in a post-chaise. Did not know what had
become of the post-boy who drove them. A gentleman came
to her at Bristol to make inquiries about this matter, and at his
request she came to London. A lady accompanied the gentle-
man. She did not know his name. A lady named Baynton
wrote to her to come to London.
Cross-examination continued—Upon my oath I do not know
his name. I don't know whether I have seen the same gentle-
man in Croydon. I don't know whether Mrs. Baynton is here,
but she came with me from London. Mrs. Baynton's is a
large house, but I don't know how many bedrooms there are
in it. I went to• the prison on the morning after I got to Lon-
don. A gentleman named Screninger went with me.
Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL here said he should wish to ask
whether Mr. Cooke was in Court?

The question was put to the witness Corfield, and he said Mr.
Couke was in Croydon, but he did not know whether he was
in Court,
Sergeant CHANNELL said he should wish Mr. Cooke to be
present, to see if the witness could identify him.
sergeant SUER said Hr. Cooke ought not to be put to the
annoyance of coming forward.
Chief Justice TINDAL said the Learned Counsel would use
his own discretion.
Cross-examination continued—l swear I do not know the
name of the gentleman who brought me into Court this morn-
ing. It was the same gentleman who came to me at Bristol.
1 don't know what business is carried ou by Mrs. Boynton. She
paid my fare back to Bristol.
Mr. Sergeant SHER here said he thought it right to state
thi t he had sent for Mr. Cooke. At present he could not be
found, but he should be produced in the course of the trial.
Mr. CLARKSON—You have sent for him where you knew
he was not to be found,
Mr. Sergeant SHEE—II is not so. He shall he produced.
The cross-examination then proceeded. —Mrs. Boynton still
lives in the same house in Seymour-street which she occupied
when I first came to town. There are several gentlemen in the
habit of going in and out of the house, but I have not seen any
of those gentlemen in Croydon. No one has ever shown me a
pisture or the portrait of any gentleman.
Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, examined by Mr. JAMES—I am a
married woman. My husband is a gentleman's servant. We
both entered defendant's service in April, 1843. I was engaged
as cook and general servant. There were no other servants in
the house at the time. Miss Wetherell had been married, and
was living' apart from her husband. The defendant and his
daughter used to go backwards and forwards from Byfield. My
husband had orders not to allow Mr. Cooke to come into
the house. The bedrooms occupied by the defendant and
his daughter were adjoining to each other, and the doors were
quite close. There was a dressing-room between the two
bedrooms. After I had been in the service a week, I saw the
defendant come out of his daughter's bedroom two mornings
running, at half-past five o'clock. He had only his dressing-
gown on. On the first morning he had just opened Mrs.
Cooke's door to come out, and he faced me as I was coming
down stairs. When he saw me he leaned back, and then came
forward. We did not speak to each other. On the second
morning I saw the defendant just as he was going into his own
room, and he had nothing but his dressing-gown on. On the
evening before one of these mornings the defendant had gone
out, and Mrs. Cooke told us we need not sit up, for she would
sit up for her papa. I was in the habit of taking up the
breakfast to Mrs. Cooke in bed, and she used to tell me to
knock at her bedroom door, and if she did not answer, I was to
put, it on the table, and I have seen her go into her father's
bedroom with nothing on but her night dress 'and a dressing-
gown. I used to take up breakfast for both of them, and I
have always found that two persons had partaken of it. It
was my duty to make the beds, but when I first went
Mrs. Cooke told me that her father always made his own bed
anti I used to make her's for her. My husband used to help
me to make the beds. From what I had seen I had suspi-
cities, and the appearance of the bed of the defendant's
daughter always led me to believe that two persons slept
in it. The witness then spoke to other matters that are not
of a character to be detailed. The witness proceeded. Airs.
Cooke used to pack up the bed linen herself, and I used to
think it was very strange conduct, as ladies generally allowed
their servants to do such things. Mrs. Cooke always used to
lock up her dressing-gown and her night-gown, and I never
saw them. I never saw her night-gown off her person,
and I used to wonder and look about for it. I remember the
defendant and his daughter going away in August, 1843. Mrs.
Cooke was very stout. I could not get her dresses together,
and she used to say her papa should dress her if I could not do
it without tearing her clothes. I heard Alr. Wetherell about
the same time say that when she went into the country she
would get much thinner, and I was to tell the dressmaker not
to snake her dresses so large. I remember neon one occasion
Mr. Wetherell came down into the kitchen one night when they
had come horns from By field, and he wanted some hot water to
make something hot for Mrs. Cooke to drink, as she was not well.
I went up with him with the candle and glass, and I was about to
go into her bedroom, but Mr. Wetherell took the things from me,
and told me I could not come in, as his daughter was in bed, and
he then went in and locked the door. 1 saw Mrs. Cooke the
next morning, and she told me she was quite well, and she had
merely been fatigued. They went away for ten days in the
month of August, and when they came back Mrs. Cooke
appeared much thinner, and seemed very pale and ill. She
was thinner altogether. I asked her if she bad not had a
doctor, and she replied that her papa was always her doctor.
I remember Mrs. Cooke giving me some napkins. Therewere
appearances on them which induced me to believe she had
miscarried. I never saw a surgeon or a doctor of any descrip-
tion attend upon Mrs. Cooke. 1 went with the plaintiff's wife
to Queen-square, and I saw the plaintiff arrested in her sight.
She has told me that she should like to see him transported for
life, and she said she should never be happy until she had done

it. She and her father arranged with my husband to get Mr.
Cooke taken into custody by the constable, and she prevented
me from interfering, saying we were her servants, and were
bound to do what she wished.

Cross-examined—l was in the service altogether about six
months. I noticed Mr. Wetherell coming out of his daughter's
bedroom about a week after I entered the service. I thought
it strange that a daughter of that age should be waited on by
her own father. I suspected all along that Mr. Wetherell was
carrying on a connexion with his own daughter. I told Mr.
Wetherell, after he came home from Queen-square, that I
thought he was acting very unkindly to his son-in-law. He
replied, "It shall never be ;" and Mrs. Cooke said to me,
" How foolish you are. I should like to see him transported."
I had said that I thought they might have lived happily toge-
ther before this was said •by the defendant and his daughter.
Ido not know what month it was when this happened. I have
been at No. 29, Upper Seymour-street, Edgeware-road. I
was there about a fortnight ago. I had been subpoenaed,
and I wished to know when I should be wanted. A servant
opened the door, and I saw Mr. Cooke. There was a lady
there, but I have not the pleasure of her acquaintance. Mr.
Cooke lodges at the house, I believe. I don't know how long
be has been lodging there. I have seen Mrs. Baynton, hut
I don't know her. I swear I never had any conversation
with her. Mr. Cooke lodges with her. Ido not know who
cr what Mrs. Baynton is. I don't recollect the days of the
week when I saw Mr. Wetherell come out of his daughter's
bedroom. 1 mentioned the circumstance to one or two per-
sons, and I always suspected he and his daughter were living
together as married people. I know that Mr. Wetherell has
been in prison at the suit of Mr. Cooke. I remember that a
cloak and a cap were missed, but I am not aware that my hus-
band was charged by Mr. Wetherell with stealing them. We were
asked about the cloak, and we told him he had taken the cloak
and cap with him when he went into the country. Mr. We-
therell and his daughter did say that the things had been left
in their charge, and they must have taken them or lost them,
and Mrs. Cooke was very angry and said we must abide the
consequences. We left the service some time afterwards,
but we were not discharged. At the time of the Queen-
square business, Mrs. Cooke told my husband he might
go and say what he liked about Mrs. Cooke, but she ad-
vised him not to do anything unless Mr. Cooke gave him
101. or 201. Mr. Cooke did give my husband 101. I swear
that Mr. Cooke has not given me any more money. I was
advised not to take any more money from Mr. Cooke or his
party. I always said that I would. not tell anything against
Mr. Wetherell but what I knew to be the truth. I
always felt very uncomfortable at having the money, but still I
keet it. Mrs. Cooke has frequently told me that she should
be glad to see her husband transported. I used to tell her
that I thought they might have lived happily together, and
she used to turn it off with contempt, and say it never should
be. I have never represented that Mrs. Baynton was to set
me up in business after this trial. Before I was in service I
was in the Magdalen Hospital. I placed myself there. I was
about seventeen years old when I went to the Magdalen. The
witness was then questioned at some length, and she admitted
that she had been leading an immoral life. She was in the
service once of a person named Cox, an .1 she left him with a
man, but she did not know his name. _ _ .

Re-examined—She was five years in the Magdalen, and
since she came out she had lived a virtuous and moral life.
Mrs. Cooke and Mr. Wetherell were aware that I was going to
receive the 101. from Mr. Cooke, and this was the trap I have
spoken of. Mr. Wetherell wished to borrow some of the 10L,
but I would not let my husband give him any. I swear that I
expect no money or any benefit from giving my evidence on
this occasion. _

James Russell, examined by Mr. Sergeant Su EE-1 am the
husband of the last witness. We have been married three
years. We entered Mr. Wetherell's service in April, 1843.
e had no regular engagement, but were recommended to
Mr. Wetherell to take care of his house. I have assisted my
wife to make the beds. Mr. Wetherell generally went to bed
about half-past eleven o'clock, and Mrs. Cooke about the same
hour. I have heard the bedroom doors go late in the night,
at all hours, two o'clock, three o'clock, and later. I have
been into Mr. Wetherell's bedroom as early as seven o'clock in
the morning, and have observed that his bed had not been dis-
turbed. When I observed this, I knocked at Mrs. Cooke's bed-
room door, and she always answered me, and then about an
hour afterwards I have seen Mr. Wetherell in his own bed-
room, with nothing on but a dressing-gown, with his legs bare,
and his stockings hanging about them. The witness then
spoke to the appearance of the bed of Mrs. Cooke, and said
that in his opinion two persons had slept in it. The witness
then went on to say that about the time of the business at
the police-office, Mr. Wetherell told him, when he was about
to see Mr. Cooke at his chambers, in Clifford-street, that
he was not to let himself be bought cheap. He did see Mr.
Cooke, and received 101. from him, and when he came
back he told Mrs. Cooke and Mr. Wetherell, and laid the
money on the table. A policeman was there at the time
and he told him to take up the money and mark it, and he
did so. Witness made another appointment with Mr. Cooke
on the following morning, which Mr. Wetherell was aware of,
and Mr. Cooke was then taken into custody. He heard his
wife say that she thought it would be better for them to live
happily, and Mrs. Cooke told her to hold her tongue, and
that all they wanted to do with Mr. Cooke was to get him
transported. Before Mi. Wetherell and his daughter went
'nto the country she appeared to be very stout, but when site
returned she appeared to be fallen away, and looked very
poorly.
Cross-examined—l and my wife were in service before we
went to live with Mr. Wetherell, and we are now in another
service. I have seen Mr. Cooke at the house of Mrs. Baynton,
in Seymour-street, and she has been present when we were
talking about this matter. She did not sit down and hear
what took place, but merely came into the room for a short
time, to get what she wanted. On a third occasion, when I
went to see Mr. Cooke, she stayed in the room for half an
hour. I generally saw Mrs. Baynton when I went. I don't
know what business she is. I never saw Mr. Baynton, or any
gentleman who passed as Mr. Baynton. Mrs. Baynton is a
woman between thirty and forty. She has no children that 1
know of.

Mary Anne Hall, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—I live in
Hill-street, Dorset-square, and am a washerwoman. I used to
wash for Mr. Wetherell and Mrs. Cooke from the beginning of
April to the latter end of June, 1543. I used to observe that
the flaps of Mr. Wetherell's shirts always came to me washed
out, and apparently with scented soap. The witness then
spoke to the appearances upon the linen of Mrs. Cooke, but
her evidence cannot be detailed. She used to remark that
Mrs. Cooke was one of the most " delicatest" of ladies that
ever she bad to do for, because she always washed her papa's
linen.

Dr. Charles James Cox, the physician to the General Dis-
pensary, and also in extensive practice as an accoucheur, was
then called and examined. To questions put to him by Mr.
James, he expreased an...9Finion that the appearances deposed
to by some of the witnesses denoted a miscarriage. He did
not, however, speak with positive certainty.
Mr. Robert Shoot, also a surgeon and accoucheur, gave a
similar testimony.
Margaret Langridge deposed that she was in the service of
the defendant and Mrs. Cooke in 1813. Witness acted as
upper housemaid. While she was in the service she used to
notice the conduct of Mr. Wetherell towards his daughter, and
particularly the manner in which he embraced her. She had
seen the defendant come out of his room undressed, and knock
at Mrs. Cooke's door, and when she came out he would kiss her
in such au indecent manner that witness had turned away
ashamed. They had neither of them anything more on than a
night dress and dressing gown. She had seen this take place
several times. Witness bad repeatedly seen the defendant go
into his daughter's bedroom, and witness had gone to bed lea,.
ing him in the room, both of them at the time having nothing
but their dressing gowns on. Upon one occasion when witness
was with them at Byfield Mrs. Cooke went out of her bedroom,
and told her she was going to her papa, and she was away for
three hours. At this time witness was sleeping with Mrs.
Cooke. She was undressed when she went away. She re-
membered Mr. Cooke coming to see his wife when she was
staying at Mivart's Hotel, and Mr. Wetherell and a French
waiter pushed him out of the house.

Cross-examined—The mix-acing she referred to took plat
it
in 1842; that was before the marriage took place. The going"
into the bedroom was also before the marriage. Witness
assisted in the marriage with Mr. Cooke, and she packed up
Miss Wetherell's things and sent them to Mr. Cooke's house on
the day before they were married. Mr. Wetherell did not
know anything about the marriage taking place. When Mr.
and Mrs. Cooke went to town together from Byfield, witness
accompanied them. They occupied apartments in Welbeck-
street, and he sometimes stayed out very late at night. He
eventually left Mrs. Cooke al ogether, and in the course of a
few days she returned home to her father.
By Mr. CHAMBERS—Mr. Cooke tried several times to be
reconciled to his wife after this occurred.

Elizabeth Revel, wife of Mr. Wetherell's coachman at
Byfield, deposed that after. Mr, Wetherell's marriage she
and her father used occasionally to come to Byfield. Her
attention was attracted to Miss Wetherell's bed by another
servant, and in her opinion it had the appearance of two
persons having been in it. She likewise said that between
three and four o'clock in the morning she had seen the de-
fendant go into his daughter's bedroom and remain there for
twenty minutes. The witness likewise said that since the
action had been brought she had seen the defendant in the
Queen's Bench Prison, and he asked her some questions, when
she told him what she had seen respecting the bed, and he
remarked that the best thing witness could do would be to go
out of the way. She also said that he did not mind what
Russell and his wife said, but he was afraid of witness. He
asked some further questions about the evidence, and when she
told him what Mrs. Hall was to prove about the linen, he
rubbed his face and turned quite crimson.

Cross-examined—Her evidence had been taken down in
writing, and she was sworn as to its truth. She bad been told
that more had been put into her affidavit than she really stated,
but upon hearing it read over, she found it was not the case.
She would not swear that Mr. Wetherell did not say it
was all a conspiracy to ruin him and his daughter. She
had so much to think of she could not recollect every-
thing. Mr. Wetherell owed her husband 701., but she did not
say to him when she went to see him, that if he would pay her
she would go away the next day. She did say, " Pay me the
money, and I'll go to-morrow."'
Mr. JAMES here tendered the sworn statement of the
witness as evidence to prove that she had now told the same
story.
Sergeant CHANNELL objected.
Chief Justice TINDAL ruled that it was not admissible. It
was a most extraordinary course to cause a witness to swear to
the truth of the evidence he would have to depose to.
Evidence was then adduced, to show that the defendant
went into the country with his daughter, he gave directions
that all his letters should he enclosed in an envelope ad-
dressed to T. C. Mills, Esq., and it was proved that letters,
so addressed, were sent to him at Gloucester,Aonmouth, and
Chepstow.
This closed the plaintiff's case, and the further proceedings
were then adjourned.

two daughters were in the tap-room of the inn, where they
had been drinking tea. The little boy, however, had again
absconded from them, which seemed to have had a great
effect on the spirits of his mother. About ten minutes after
the prisoner left the house the woman Elizabeth Woolford
also left the room, and it is supposed the house immediately
after, but no one saw her after she left the room in which
they had been sitting. When she lett the room she had
no bonnet on. She never again returned to the house•.
Just before eight o'clock the same evening, a woman in dark
clothes, with a red shawl and dark bonnet, and answering the
description of the deceased, was seen by two women who were
walking along the road leading to Salisbury from Loverstock.
Loverstock, it appears, is a village near Salisbury, where
there is a river called the Lilly, over which there is a bridge
ealled Loverstock-bridge. The woman was near a place
called Milford Hollow, and was going in a direction to the
bridge. When seen by the witness she appeared to be crying,
running fast, and looking behind her apparently much
frightened. As they got on about sixty yards, they met a man
whom they identified as being the prisoner; and as ,he passed
them he was going in the same direction as the woman, and
was heard to mutter, "I be d-d if Ido not (to it." About
twenty minutes after this the prisoner was again seen
looking _ over Loverstock-bridge into the water. This was
about twenty-five minutes past eight. At a quarter before
nine lie went into the tap-room of Clarke's brewery in
Salisbury, and had some beer and smoked his pipe, when he
left and went to the White Lion, where his family were left.
When he got there he was asked if he had seen his wife.
tie said, " No, for he should not wonder if the old fool had
hung or drowned herself, as she had often threatened to do."
He then went back to Clarke's brewery, and asked for a half-
pint of beer. He then said to a man called Alit:hell, who was
sitting in the room, " When I went from here I went direct
to Newman's (the landlort: of the White Lion), and saw my
children by the fire, comfortable, but not their mother, and
they told me they did not know where she was." He then said
that he went up stairs, but could not find her, although her
bonnet and shawl were left in the room, therefore she could
not be gone far; that he had been to look for her, but could not
find her. Hestayed there until near eleven o'clock, and then
returned to the White Lion, and knocked at the door. The
landlord opened it, and asked him where he had been so late ?
He said, " Looking after my 1)-- of a wife, who, I suppose, is
drowned." Nothing more was seen of the poor woman until
the 9,h of April, when the body of a woman, which was
clearly identified to be that of Elizabeth Woolford, was
found in the river Liffy, about two hundred yards below
Loversteck-bridge. She had no bonnet or shawl on when
found, but a bonnet and shawl, which were identified to be
hers, were found in the water near the place where she was
found, but higher up the river. No marks of violence of
any kind were found on the body, which presented the ordi-
nary appearance of a drowned person who had been a long time
in the water. Upon a coroner's inquest being held, the pri-
soner was apprehended at a village some miles from Salisbury,
he having left that place with his family for some time. Seve-
ral witnesses were called to prove statements made to them by
the prisoner after the poor woman was missing, but they were
all to the effect that he had been looking fur his wife, but
could not find her, and that he believed that she had either

drowned or hung herself, and that he was sure he should not
see her again. One witness, however, who was called to prove
a statement of this kind, proved a very material fact for the
prisoner, which was, that on the 12th of March the deceased
woman, whom he had known for some years, had called on
him in Salisbury, and on his remarking to her that she was
much altered and looked nervous, she said, " I have had a
deal of trouble of late, more than I can bear. I am sure I
cannot bear it long, but shall either hang or drown myself."
Another witness, the servant at the White Lion, also deposed
that on the morning of the day on which she disappeared, she
( witness) asked the deceased to let her have a chair on which
she was sitting for a short time, to hang some clothes on,where-
upon deceased said, "Pray take it. I shall not trouble this
place much longer."
The case for the prosecution having closed,
Mr. Justice ERLE summed up the case to the jury with
great perspicuity and minuteness, pointing out to them that
although it might be that the prisoner had not lived ;happily
with his wife, and might, by his ill conduct, have driven her to
commit suicide, yet it was far from being satisfactorily proved
that in any way he had been the active mover to her death by
violent means; but that, upon the evidence produced before
them, it was much more probable that she had been driven by
despair and misery to commit suicide. He then read over the
whole of the evidence, and
The jury, after about half an hour's consultation, found the
prisoner Not Guilty.
During the whole of the trial the prisoner maintained the
most perfect self-possession, and repeatedly cross-examined
the witnesses, some of whom he charged with perjury and
with coming there to swear away his life. At one time,
during the examination of the landlord, he became so much
excited that it was with difficulty that the gaoler could pacify
him ; he walked up and down the dock, exclaiming, " I never
saw the woman that night, on w y soul ! As I live, by the
Almighty, I never cast eyes upon her on the Sunday ! It is
no use to listen to that man, he is perjured. lam innocent—.
innocent—innocent ! He has perjured himself—he has per-
jured himself I" Upon beiTrg asked if he would say anything in
his defence, however, ho answered quite calmly, " All I have
to say is, that lam innocent of the charge." Upon the ver-
diet of Not Guilty being returned, his fortitude quite gave
way, and he fell back in a chair in the dock and burst into a fit
of weeping, apparently inconsolable for some time.
This case terminated the business of the assizes.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MAIVSION-IIOUSE.

Mr. Jacob Castel:o was summoned before the
Lord Mayor, for having caused au obstruction at the
corner of Capel-court, which leads to the Stock Ex-
change. The neighbourhood of Capel-court has been
for some time crowded in an extreme degree during
business hours by the lower orders of jobbers—bulls,
bears, stags, and lame ducks ; and a policeman has been
officiating there every day, in- order to enable the
owners of premises on the spot to obtain access to their
own offices, and to clear the way fur the public, who
constantly have to meet with impediments from the ex-
cited speculators.- Mr. Conley, the Deputy of the ward,
having been applied to by many of the respectable inha-
bitants, to exercise his influence in checking so disagree-
able a nuisance, directed that the police should summon
any transgressor of the Sewers Act, and the defendant
was accordingly cited before his Lordship.
Thomas White, policeman No. 24, stated that on the
9th instant, there being a crowd and a complete obstruc-
tion on the Queen's highway, he spoke to a gentleman
who was in conversation with Mr. Castello to move away
from the Queen's highway. Mr. Castello immediately
asked how a common thief-taker, like witness, dared to
speak to a gentleman, and threatened- to take witness
before the Lord Mayor. As Mr. Castello acted in such
a manner as was calculated to increase rather than dimi-
nish the obstruction, and as frequent complaints had
been made of the annoyance to which the owners of
premises in the vicinity, and passers-by were subjected,
witness was obliged to appeal to the Lord Mayor.
The LORD MAYOR—IS it the public way that was
obstructed ? Witness—Certainly it is.
The LORD MAYOR—Have you any witness to call ?
Witness --No, my Lord, All these who were about the
place were jobbers, and others interested in Stock Ex-
change transactions.
Mr. Castello said he WAS very well known in the city
of London to be a most respectable man, and he did not
k=-pow why he should be deprived of the rights of a free-
born Englishman by a person who belonged to the police
force. For thirty-five years his character as an honour-
able man of business had been known, and he felt that be
ought not to be touched by the hands of a thief-taker ;
and he certainly did express himself in that manner.
He, at the same time, feeling great indignation at such
interference, said that it was his intention to complain to
the Lord Mayor upon the subject ; but, upon cooling, hs
thought it would be as well not to notice it further, and
the summons to answer the complaint of the policeman
was the consequence.
The policeman said he had civilly spoken to the gen-
tleman to move from the spot in which the obstruction
was, and that if Mr. Castello refused, it would be an
example which the rest would follow immediately, so
that all accommodation to the public would cease.
Mr. Castello stated that the policeman desired him,
and the gentleman with whom he was talking upon busi-
ness, to move on, and said to him, " flow do I know
that you are a gentleman ?" in a very insolent manner.
" My same," repeated Mr. Castello, " is Jacob Castello.
I am well known as a man of honour ; and it is come to
a pretty pas,, if a free born Englishman is to be treated
in such a manner by a common thief-taker."
Mr. Jacobs, merchant, of London-road, stated that
he was conversing with Mr. Castello peaceably, near_
Capel-court, when the policeman walked up to him,
touched him, and told him to move on. Witness told
the policeman, if he had anything to say- to say it, with-
out accompanying the word with the notion ; and Mr.
Castello observed that it was hard if gentlemen could
not speak together on the Queen's highway, without
having hands put upon them, or being pulled about by
a policeman. The policeman commented upon that ob-
servati6n, by saying he did not know whether Mr. Cas-
tullo was a gentleman or not. •
The policeman stated that Mr. Jacobs had given him
a great deal of trouble at the same place.
The LORD MAYOR—Is there any other witness for
the defence ? Mr. Castello—No, my Lord. I leave
this in your Lordship's hands. I protest against having
my name mixed up with the stags, 'and people of that
description about the Alley. If policemen are to have
such power—if the liberty of the subject is to be abridged
in this manner, I can no longer call myself a free-born
Englishman,
but a mere slave, and my friend who is
going to a foreign country must leave England with a
very unfavourable impression of the nature of the free-
dom of which we speak.
DEPUTY CORNET declared that the-nuisance just de-
scribed had reached a most intolerable height, and he
and several gentlemen who had offices and counting-
house* in the immediate neighbourhood, bore the warm-
est testimony to the good character and moderate con-
duct of the policeman, who uniformly exhibited proofs of
the tnost marked forbearance.
The LORD MAYOR—There is no doubt at all, accord-
ing to the admission of the defendant and his witness,
independently of the evidence of the policeman, who we
know here to be an extremely well-conducted man, that
in this case the law has been violated. The consequence
of such trausgressions is serious, and the magistracy
must interfere to check the evil, which increases with
the rage of speculation. Mr. Castello is fined 20s. and
c ists.

Mr. Castello seemed to be surprised at the decision,
for he had neon pormittel to talk upon the boasted pri-
vileges of free born Englishmen without interruption,
and evidently imagined teat his allusion to slavery would
fill his Lordship's mind with abhorrence of the police-
men. " It shall not end here," said he.
Deputy Corney—No ; I will follow it up, depend
upon that.
Mr. Castello—I shall go to Parliament, most certainly,
upon the subject. What are the rights of a free-born
Englishman. if such things are allowed ? Nothing.
Deputy Corney—l think, my Lord, it will be neces-
sary to put up a board containing a notice of the deter-
mination to carry the law into effect.
The LORD MAYOR—No; there will be no occasion.
This case and the penalty will, I dare say, become quite
public enough to render any course of that kind un-
necessary.
The defendant paid the penalty, and saying that he
was thankful to his Lordship, left the Justice-room.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGUTF.R.—A man, named Joseph
Winin 13c(_, who lookel Ii!01 Int).Auir, "S V°ll 41! t.
up, and chargel upon the following evidence with having
been the cause of the death of his wife.
Acting-Inspector Teague, No. 410, stated that as he
WU 04 duty ou Thursday night ho received iniargotiou

that at No 6, Priest's-alley, Tower-street,-the wife of
the prisoner had lost her life in a quarrel with him. He
itnmediately, to,,k the prisom:.r into custudv,. and pal
him to mind thin ithe thought proper:to .S4anythint;
would be used against him. The prisoner said, if he
were to be hung for it he would speak the tru h. He
then stated that he had in a quarrel struck his wile, and
thrust her out into the court ;•- that she returned and
was striking at him, and that he was about to strike her
again, but was held back by a female who lodged in the
_house ; that hiS wife in retreating from him caught her
foot against the step of the door and fell backwards and
dislocated her neck, and that was the way it happened.
Jane Lightfoot, alodger at No. 5, Priest's-alley, stated
that as she was_ sitting on the step of the door, she heard
the prisoner and his wife having .words together. It
-appeared to her- that Bean had flung a cup of tea at his
wife, and immediately a scuffling took place. A Mrs.
• Jacobs Avent to-part them, and-when Bean was going to
- strike his wife, interfered, and called upon him; for God's
sake, to govern- his pa,Sion ; and Mrs. lleah then caught
h,•r fUot, in the, door Way, and fell back with her neck
against. the stoiies or the step. Witness took her up,
and she called for a drop of water, and the psi-over
broluht, the water to give to her. He then went out,
-and did not return ter a quarter of an hour. The stir-
-gem' came, awl witness held Mrs. Bean's arm while he
tried to bleed-her, but 'not a drop of blood came. The
surgeon pronounced her dead, and witness understood
him to have stated that she had dislocated the marrow
of her neck.

The LORD MAYOR remanded the prisoner until the
issue of the Coioner's inquest shall be known, and de-
sired Goo* the turnkey, to let the Coroner know that.,
if he considered it necessary, the prisoner. .should appear
before him on the occasion.
BOW-STREET.

Louis Lemoine, and John Thomas Hall, were placed at the
bar, before Mr. Jardine, charged with obtaining shares in the
Portberry Railway under false pretences. The case had been
adjourned several times.
William Wood, Clerk to the Great Western Railway Com-
pany, at the offices in West Strand, proved that Messrs. Os-
borne and Co., correspondents of the Company at Fulham, had
written a letter of allotment to a Mr. Dethick, of
Fulham, and that this letter was produced by the prisoner
Lemoine, at the office in West Strand, on the 26th July last.
The prisoner, by means of this letter, obtained ten scrips, but
it having been discovered that he was not the person he repre-
sented himself to be, he was given in charge to a policeman.
George Willis said that he was an assistant to the last
witness, and that on the 26th of July last the pri-
soner Lemoine came to the office, and produced the
allotment letter directed to W. Dethick, and said that he
wished to sign the contract deed. The deed was handed to
him, and he signed " William Dethic," omitting the final k.
As the name wai spelled " Dethick " in the letter of allotment,
the omission of the k caused witness to suspect the prisoner was
not the right person. He expressed his suspicions to the prisoner,
who at first insisted that he was Mr. Dethick, but after some
dispute said that he had been sent by a person, who had pro.-
mised to give him half-a-crown for his trouble, and that that
person was Mr. Dethick. A policeman was then brought, and
Lemoine was given in charge.
Policeman Messeler, A 41, said that on the 26th of July he
was sent for to take the prisoner into custody on a charge of
forgery. The prisoner said that his name was not Dethick,
but that he had been sent by a man who had met him in the
street. He then took him to the station at Bow-street. Some
time after that he received informati.m from Lemoine, in
consequence of which he went to a house in Marylebone, where
he foand the other prisoner. He told him that he had come
to arrest him on a charge connected with railway shares, in
which Lemoine was concerned. Hall said that he had sent
Lemoine to get the shares for a third party, named Dethick.
Mr. Wiliam Dethick, contractor, of Richmond-road, Ful-
ham, said that he had not authorised either of the prisoners to
obtain shares for him, nor to sign any deed in his name. He
had never applied for shares in the Portberry Pier Railway,
nor had he authorised any person to apply for shares for him or
in his name, in that or in any other railway. Ile knew nothing
of either of the prisoners.
The letter of application for the shares was here. produced,
and the witness denied having written it. On seeing the al-
lotment letter, he said that it was directed to. -him, at hii ad-
dress, but that he had never received it, and now saw it for the
first time.
The prisoners reserved their defence for the present.
Mr. JARDISE- said that there was sufficient evidence to jus-
tify him in committing the prisoner Lemoine for forgery, and
that by his own admission to the constable, Hall was an acces-
sory before the fact.
The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute, and the
prisoners removed.