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"IMPERIAL PARLIAITENT, in the House of Lords on Monday Lord Carnarvon called attention to the recent murders of Englishmen in Greece, whose blood,he said, was crying from the ground. He clearly and briefly recapitulated the circumstances, from the capture by the brigands to the last scene of the fatal tragedy, and pointed out that three causes led to the death of the captives: — the assurances of safety given to them before they left Athens; the refusal of the Greek Government to grant an am- nesty; •>ii 'he employment of the troops against the brillt After examining these eauses in turn, he came to the conclusion that the Greek Govern. ment had been guilty ofthegrossestmismanagement, if not also of crimimtl intention. He described the conflict between the Greek Ministry and the Opposition during the negotia- tions as a faction fight, in which the counters were the avea of the captives; and rejoiced that, in this scene of political devilry and social corruption, one person at least-the King of Greece-had acted in a manner worthy of his position. Disclaiming, in conclusion, any desire to embarrass the Government, and rendering fall justice to the unwearied action of Lord Clarendon, he declared that 'our Foreign Minister would have Parliament and the country at his back, in his demands for the maintenance of English honour and justice to the dead. Lord Clarendon, declaring his readiness to give any ex- planation as to the recent occurrences, deprecated the con- tinuance of a discussion which, could not at present lead to any practical public good. Until the inquiry now being instituted was completed. Her Majesty's Government could not come to a decision as to the steps which it would be their duty to take. He avowed his conviction that the other Protecting Powers would co-operate with this country in anything that would secure honest government for Greece. Several matters were then discussed, and their lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons the Solicitor-General moved the second reading of the University Tests Bill, explaining that it differed from the bill of last year only by being in a. compulsory form, which, though he had formerly opposed, he now justified as the most efficacious and harmonious settlement. He denied that the measure destroyed the securities for rellgious teaching at the Universities, and doubted whether it would impair the connection between the Church and the Universities. Mr, Walpole, who moved the rejection of the Bill, argued that it went unnecessarily far, and gave the Dissenters more than they had ever asked. It not merely abolished £ ests, but it actually destroyed the connexion between the Church and the Universities. It was, in fact, the first step towards the disestablishment of the Church. Mr. Gladstone replied that though the object of the Bill Was to make religious teashing free at the Universities, it did not follow that it would cease to be definite, and that the I best security for the Church's influence there was the mainte- nance of her position in the affections of the people. As to the change in the bill, though ib widened its scope, it had not changed its nature, and it was indeed more ac- ceptable to the universitie,3 as a compulsory than a per- missive measure. Bir, Hardy, Mr. Newdegate, and Mr. Beresford Hope aPOke against the bill, and Mr. Denman supported it. On a division, the second reading was carried by 191 to 66. R The House then went into Committee on the Irish Land and the^nextjthree hours were occupied in finishing off the committee. A number of new clauses were moved by Various members, but they were all negatived or withdrawn, ^ith one exception—a clause moved by Mr. Pollard- Urquhart, excepting from rent land covored by public roads J-he Government assented to this, and also promised to "Consider a proposal made by Mr. Pim to abolish distraint lot rent in respect to fsiture tendencies. Then report was 'lien fixed for Thursday, and The House adjourned. In the House of Lords on Tuesday the bill for disfran. chising certain electors fif the City of Norwich was read a second time, and the Poor Relief (Metropolis) Bill was Passed. p Lord Eedesdale's measure for the amendment of the Irish Church Act was opposed by Lord Cairns, and withdrawn. In the House of Commons the only inquiry of importance ltu Mr. Leatham's ques,ion whether the Premier could a day after Whitsuntide for the second reading of the ^liainentary Elections Bill, and Mr. Gladstone's reply in lrnesative elicited many expressions of dissatisfaction, tli ■Win proposing his resolution in favour of -jJL6 disestablishment of the Church in the Principality of Wales, founded himself mainly upon the prevalence of dis- far^ A11 that Part of tlle country, and did not conceal the Qf+i his own opinions extended to the disestablishment i the Church of England s.lso. He entered into a number 1 nc details to establish a separate and independent sistence on the part of the Welsh Church, and he main- lined that the Church of Wales might be disestablished to 1H any way Meeting the Church of England, tin entirely refused to recognise this distinc- i and tlicrefore he recommended the House to meet the w ,tlons wirl1 a direct negative. The House then re- acted the proposal by a majority of 164—209 to 45. tn- '4." Craufur(i' as soon as Mr. W. Fowler rose to ask leave o introduce a bill to repeal the Contagious Diseases Act,called 2arfn *'° the presence of strangers in the galleries in ^"Sequence, all visitors, including the representatives of press, were excluded from the House while the debate this subject was going on. '"ana pa'^ery remained closed for four hours, and upon the ^.iin.ssion of the reporters, it was stated that on the ,a ?rl0Ii of Major Anson, the adjournment of the question for Month had been carried by 2<29 to 88. ^fter the transaction of some other business, lQe House adjourned.

FUNERAL OF PRINGE DEMIDOFF. 5; funeral of Prince Anatole Demidoff, postponed order to give time for the arrival of his nephew and eir from Russia, has now been performed. The rolling heat of the forenoon did not prevent a. very J^e number of persons, chiefly Russians, from making way to the Greek church in the Rue Daru, near of6 "r? Triomphe. A great many ladies attended Vari°ua nationalities, Russian, French, English, a.n.d American. The members of the Russian Em- assy, Count Strogonoff, the Duchess of Otrante, and the Count do Mornay were in the church, where Lord ^alhousie, a personal friend of the deceased, was re- presented by his nephew, who wore the uniform of 140 English Horse Artillery. The service was long, ^ttaisting almost entirely of chanting, and some of ae priests had very fine voices. At the end came Q Prayers for the dead, amid which the coffin was out of the church and placed in the hearse J*8* wa3 to transport it to Pere la Chaise. Most rSitors to that cemetery must have been struck by the magnificent Egyptian mausoleum Prince Demidoff lerectewthere to receive his remains after death. On Unions round the catafalque were displayed the ^r&nd crosses and other decorations worn by the.de- It was noon when the body was taken away, was su°k as *8 rarely surpassed in Paris in the dog days, but a majority of the congrega- „l0Q braved it and followed the corpse to its last teating-piace. CXREEK BRIGANDS.—A correspondent at Corfu ^tes that Athanasius, the archbishop of that see, 0 became notorious as the first ecclesiastical piitary whose hand Mr. Gladstone kissed during his in 1858, and afterwards by the leading part i took in the agitation for union with Greece, died st week. We also learn, through the same "hannei, that the Government had attacked a band i banditti on the Gulf of Corinth, of whom eight W* l>een ma<*e prisoners, and four chiefs had been billed. J, A FEW MONTHS SINCE it was stated that Mr. rasmus Wilson, F.R.S., had presented to the Council ^.the Royal College of Surgeons the sum of £ 5,000, j lth which to endow a Professorship of Dermatology. 3 accepting the trust the council appointed Mr. uson the professor, and that gentleman, having 4 ehvered a course of lectures, a cheque for .£94 10s., TV a!^0Hn^ °f the honorarium,, was forwarded to him. th 18' it is stated, he returned, with a request that BtL might be devoted to the liquidation of the incurred by the college in fitting up the costly i] the museum for the large and valuable col- ,l?a of dermatological preparations since presented him. f lORN BENSON, 70, a compositor, was lately S9 dead in a state of nudity at Dudley-street, ajJen Dials, on a heap of dirty rags. Deceased ^Peara to have met with an accident sixteen years ^Ud Prevented him following his employment, since then he had sold vesuvians in the street, 3a to have no one to care for him bat his > t 6r' a domestic servant, who only earned 3s. a who did all she could for him; but there could staa° d°ubt th.at he had iived in a horrible state of hi^ti°n, eating the meat which his daughter sent dog' Tlie fe°dy was exoeditlPrly thin, all *^ans were in a state of disease, and the lungs and • ed t.te last sta £ eof Pneumonia, The stomach ,lntestinea did not contain one morsel of food, and ^octor would have said the man died of starvation, ittfl infla^ifflatioij of the lungs. Death from ^animation of the lungs, accelerated by want," was t46 verdict returned at the inquest.

GENTLEMEN- WOMEN: THE FIFTH AND SIXTH EXAMINATIONS. This case, which on the last occasion occupied two days-the third and fourth times the prisoners were before Mr. Flowers-was again heard at Bow-street on Friday. The counsel for the prisoners Park and Boulton were the same as before, while Mr. Montague Williams appeared on behalf of Mr. Haxell. On opening the proceedings Mr. Besley said it was compulsory on the part of the prosecution to define exactly the offence alleged and the time and place of its commission. It was impossible to conduct this defence without a definite statement of the actual charge which he was called upon to answer, Mr. Poland thought it was sufficiently obvious that the police could not be expected to know how to shape a charge of this kind. Mr. Besley claimed a copy of the letters. Mr. Poland said all the letters read in court had been given in the newspapers. Copies of the others should be given when they were put in. Dr. Richard Barwell, examined: I am a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and a surgeon at the Charing-cross Hospital. I know the prisoner Park. I first saw him about ten weeks ago at the hospital, as an out-patient. His name was entered in the usual way, but I do not remember it. I saw him two or three times within a fortnight. (The witness here described the nature of the disease from which the defendant was suffering, the way in which it was communicated, and his mode of treating it.) After this case appeared in the papers I was sent for to the Bow-street station, and I identified Park from a number of persons placed together. With energetie treatment aueha complaint might be cured within a month, or less. I believe there would be still some trace of it manifest. The defendant gave no account as to the cause of his malady. He was dressed in common clothes—such as out-patientsjordinarily wear. I see a great many patients, but I have no doubt whatever of the prisoner Park being the man. Cross-examined by Mr. Straight: I have been surgeon at the hospital since 1854. I am there three days in the week, the duration of my attendance being dependent upon the number of applicants. Park must have been there on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. I notice their maladies rather than their faoes. There is a book at the hospital recording the names of the patients, and I have ordered the book to be examined by the person who registers the names. I have not yet heard the result. Persons with peculiar diseases often give wrong names. I was quite certain of Park's identity. By Mr. Poland The other man referred to by me as suffering from the same disease was not examined, because he stated the nature of his malady, and the cause of it, voluntarily. Some further medical testimony was given by Dr. Barwell, tending to substantiate the gravest impu- tations against the defendant, but of a character wholly unfit for publication. Mr. James Thomas Paul, examined: I carry on business in Burton-crescent, and am the divisional surgeon' of the police (E Division). I saw the pri- soners after their first examination at this court. I examined them separately, by the direction of Superintendent Thomson. I examined Boulton first. He was then dressed as a woman. I said to him, Step inside here," pointing to a screen in the room, and I desired him to unfasten his things and got out of them. He was dressed in drawers and silk stockings attaohed to them. He complied at once with my request. (The witness stated the result of his examination, and expressed his opinion that the criminal offence charged had been committed again and again.) The prisoner Park was afterwards examined in the same way, and I arrived at the same opinion from the appd"atances presented. (Witness also confirmed a portion of the evidence of the previous medical witness.) I have been in practice 16 years, and made similar examina- tions on many oooasions, but I never before saw the symptoms presented in these cases. By Mr. Besley I have been seven or eight years the divisional surgeon. I was here in another case on the 29th of April, when the defendants were brought here, and saw them for a short time. The screen was as high as my head. I did not attend with any "order" given by Thomson. No threat of violence was made if they did not comply with the request to examine them. Mr. Besley complained that the prisoners had been examined without the magistrate's order, and Mr. Flowers, while admitting that it would have been better, entirely vindicated Dr. Paul, the more so, as he, the magistrate, thought they were women, and the examination was necessary to disprove that. Francis C. Cox, of Buckingham Palace-road, examined: I was formerly in business as an auc- tioneer at 1, Gresham-buildings, Leadenhall-street. I know the prisoner Boulton, and I have seen the other prisoner also. I first saw Boulton at the Guild- hall Tavern, about the end of August or September, in 1868. He was dressed as a man. Mr. W. H. Roberts, of Moorgate-street, and Lord Arthur Clinton were in his company. I was introduced to both Boulton and Lord Arthur Clinton by Mr. Roberts, whom I knew previously. They were having luncheon at the time. I sai down with them at the same table. I formed the opinion that Boulton was a woman, from his manners and conversation. Among other things he said, I sup@se you young City birds have fine fun in your offices, and have some champagne there.y I said, "You had better come and see." They all acoompanied me to the office, and we had some champagne. I treated Bolton as a fascinating woman. During their stay Lord Athur Clinton went into the outer office, and appeared to be jealous of me. While he was away, Boulton went; on with me in such a flirting way that I was induced to kiss him, never suspecting that he was a man. Shortly after this Boulton complained of being chilly, and my business partner wrapped up his feet in the table-cloth. Lord. Arthur Clinton and Boulton left together afterwards. A few days after this I saw Boulton and Lord Arthur Clinton together again at a sale we were having at Turnham-green. My partner, myself, and the two others went into a sitting-room. Boulton played a few airs on the Diano. and after that we all went to the rail- way station together, where Boulton pre- sented his photograph to me—secretly, as far as Lord Arthur Clinton was concerned. I fear I have lost the photograph. It was like the one produced. I afterwards heard something about Boulton's sex, and saw him at Evans' supper-rooms in the company of Lord Arthur Clinton and Park. I pointed out the three to the waiter. He did not interfere, and I con- sequently threatened to turn them out myself. I went up to the table where they were sitting together, and I said, "You infernal scoundrels, you ought to be kicked out of this place; and I said something else equally abusive, all the persons at the table hearing me. They did nothing. I had promised the waiter not to create a disturbance, and left. I mentioned the circumstance to a great many persons, including the uncle of Lord Arthur Clinton. I waited upon Mr. Ball, a solicitor acting for them, some time afterwards. The photograph produced (a group) includes Boulton and Lord Arthur Clinton. I do not recognise the other figures in the group. Cross-examined: The name of my partner was the same as my own, but we are not related. I attended here on a subpoena, and have no idea how I have been brought here. I have conversed occasionally with friends as to what occurred at Evans'. Certainly I have not come here upon my own inclination. I would rather have kept away. By Mr. Straight: The Mr. Ball, solicitor, referred to, of Tokenhouse-yard, was, I believe, concerned in Lord Arthur Clinton's bankruptcy. I held the situa- tion of secretary of the Civil Service Club for three years, and resigned it. It was mot through any mis- take as to the accounts. I lost a large sum of money by the auctioneer's business, and have since lived on my means. I have been in the army, and sold out, getting -62,500 for my cotamissios. I have lived in the colonies einco- then. 1. cannot say if Padsiy Green was present when I was at Evans'. I knew him to be an historical personage—the proprietor of the house. Marie Cavendish, examined: I live at 12, South- bank, Regent's-park. I rem-ember going to a ball at Haxell's Hotel in the Strand shortly before the boat- race. I cannot be positive it was before the boat- race. A friend of mine, named Agnes Earle, went with me. We went at half-past eleven. We were' taken by some friends. We were in walking costume. We went up-stairs to the ladies' dressing- room. Some ladies were there besides us in evening dress, and the servants of the hotel. I took off my bonnet and went to the ball-room. I thought it was a masquerade ball, but there were only two or three in fancy dresses. There were about 40 persons at the ball probably-more or less. About half were dressed as women, or rather less than half. It was Mr. Gibbons who gave the ball. There was a programme of the list of dances and a band. The name of A Westropp Gibbons, Esq. was on the programme. Mr. Poland: How was Mr. Gibbons dressed P Witness Am I bound to answer that question ? Mr. Flowers I think you are. Witness: He was dressed as a lady in evening dress. Boulton and Park were both present, and also in ladies' evening dress. I knew no lady at the ball personally except the lady who accompanied me. I did not know the two persons in masquerade cos- tume. I saw Boulton dancing with a gentleman. I stopped at the ball till after supper. I believe the landlord of the hotel went into the room late in the evening. I did not know that Park, Boulton, and Gibbons were men till I was told in the ball- room. I spoke to the men dressed as women after they had sung. The landlord came into the room owing to a slight disturbance that oc- curred. I left partly in consequence of this and partly because it was time to go. I do not think the de- fendants were present, or had anything to do with the disturbance. I danced only with my own friends. I am not willing to mention the names of my friends, either in public or private. I decline to say who the gentlemen were. Mr. Poland I was willing to receive the names in private, but you now compel me to have their names mentioned in public. The counsel for defendants objected to the witness being pressed on this point. Mr. Poland insisted upon his right to ask the question. The gentlemen who went to this ball with witness were not in any way criminally implicated, but it was necessary to show that these defendants and Gibbons were going about as women, visiting ladies' dressing-rooms. This evidence could be best given by gentlemen who had been deceived and shamefully insulted by this pretence, and who. being innocent of any complicity with the defendants, were just the sort of witnesses who were wanted for the prosecution. After some discussion, the witness said if compelled to reveal the name of her friends, she would sooner do it privately, lest it should injure them. Cross-examined I saw no impropriety to speak of, except that if I were in masquerade, dressed as a gen- tleman, I should endeavour to sustain the character. A great deal of champagne was drunk. Agnes Earle, examined: I live with Miss Caven- dish, and went to the ball with her. I saw the two defendants and Mr. Gibbons, dressed as women. Boulton was dressed in a white satin dress with tulle and pink roses. I believe Gibbons was dressed in I mauve silk, but can't be certain. They were all in evening dress. I saw one of the three come up and smack a gentleman's face while the latter was talking to me and asking me for my address. There was a row in the supper-room, partly caused by a gentleman speaking to me. When I found out what was going on I left the room with Miss Cavendish and our gentleman friends. It was while I was in the ladies' retiring-room that I discovered the defendant3 were men. A lady fainted, and fell upon the bed. I only know one of the gentlemen who went with us by name, and if I am compelled to mention his name would rather do it in private. I do not know the servant of the hotel who was in attendance. There was a band. The defendants were then remanded. The prisoners were on the following day brought up for examination. Mr. W. H. Robert gave an explanation to the effect that he knew Park and Boulton, through being mixed up in Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton's bankruptcy. Mr. Henry Martin deposed, as manager of the Burlington Arcade, to having the prisoners turned out on several oooasions, while the constable Holding, alluded to in the earlier examination, corroborated the evidence. Edward Nelson Haxell gave evidence as to the ball spoken to by Miss Cavendish. He is the landlord of the Exeter Hotel, and has been so for 17 years. He said: I know the two prisoners. I first saw Boulton on the 7th of April dressed as a man. He was introduced by Mr. Gibbmge, who was staying at the hotel. Boulton stayed eight days at the hotel. Mr. Gibbings occupied a bed-room and sitting-room. Boulton was introduced as the best amateur actress off the boards. Boulton was Mr. Gibbings' guest, and was dressed as a gentleman when he first came. I under- stood that he had been invited up from Edinburgh to come specially to the musical party. Gibbings paid every bill. I only know that Boulton lives at Edin- burgh. I -have seen Boulton in female costume while he was staying at my house. I have seen him, I think, four times in that attire. He generally went out in a carriage to some entertainment. He went out in ordinary lady's evening dress. Mr. Gibbings, ,a™ Somerville generally went out with him. Mr. Gibbings was dressed as a lady on those occasions. Mr. Somerville was dressed always as a gentleman, and Park sometimes as a lady, and sometimes as a gentleman. Mr. Somerville came into dine with Gibbings as a friend. He was always in male attire. I know Mr. Thomas. He always came in his o wn carriage to my house. He was introduced by Mr. Gibbings, and I have seen him in female attire. Mr. Flowers: It strikes me that the evidence of this witness is as important as any that has been given. Mr. Besley: Yes, sir, in the infer sat of the de- fendants. Examination continued: What time did the ball begin P About half-past nine, and ended about half-past three. Supper was as nearly as possible at twelve o'clock. Gibbings, Boulton, Park, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Camming were all dressed as ladies, and in full ordinary evening costame.. There was only one other man dressed in female attire. I think his name is Mr. Peel. I think he is connected with the family of Peel (sensation). How many women were there P-Seven, I think, bat there were 13 in all dressed as ladies. Examination continued: I am pretty certain there were no other gentlemen dressed as women except those whose names I have given you. Those men who were dressed as women daneed with the men. The only disturbance I heard was because Mr. Gibbings wanted to carry out the programme intact, but some gentlemen wanted more dancing and less singing, but Mr. Gibbings would not have it. So I said, "Don't you think we had better wind up and c ear out ? and he wound up and cleared out (laughter). I know nothing of 13, Wakefield-street. I only knew the prisoners as friends of Mr. Gibbings. I knew nothing more of them. Mr. Flawers What age man is Mr. Gibbings ? Witness: He is 22. Is Thomas a young man ? He is 23. Have you seen Gibbings any time this month? He was at my house the other day. He has not been away. And Mr .Thomas P ] «3on't think he has been to 017 housfi: 3311 ce the d&noe. I am not certain, but I think Mr. Peel came dressed with Mr. Thomas in his brougham. Mr. Poland: Who paid Park's expenses? They were all guests of, Mr. Gibbings, and everything went down in his bill. Cross-examined by Mr. Besley: Mr. Gibbings gave me notice of the party about a fortnight before that in April. He said he was coming up for a week's frolic. He afterwards said, that instead of having a musical party he thought he would make it a little fancy dress affair, and we shall come in drag," which means coming in women's costume. L SaA.J, • "1 have you so long, Mr. Gibbings, that I leave it entirely to you. You would not, I am sure, do anything deroga- tory to my house." He replied, You know I am not capable of doing anything wrong—it is a mere frolij The programmes were printed a few days before the ball. The invitations were sent out before the pro- grammes were printed. The refreshment room ia adjacent, and the supper room down-stairs. It was not a sit-down supper, as the number was originally for 25, but the number was 28. There was not an atom of coarseness; indeed, the whole affair was looked upon as a frolic. I saw no impropriety what- ever-not a gesture even. I heard it said frequently, How well thes& young men are acting." I heard Mr. Boulton sing very charmingly, "Fading Away." I believe that every one present knew he was a gentleman dressed as a lady. The company said it was a perfect soprano voice. I was speaking to the leader of the band while he was singing, and he said "Who is that P" I said, "It is Mr. Ernest Boulton." He said, "Nonsense; it must be a lady. It is the most perfect soprano voioe I ever heard." I said "It is." He then went and spoke to Mr. Boulton I never saw Mr. Boulton before that day. «,Bu ^r" S^r.ft,ight: My house was full at the time of the ball, and if I had seen anything improaer I should [ have at GDJe put an end to the ball. I have always considered them perfect gentlemen; indeed, they were all rather nice in their manner. There is no secret about them going out in female attire lots of gentlemen in the house were well aware that they went out in female attire. I was very much surprised and very much hurt to hear the charge preferred against the prisoners, and even now I shall never believe it until they are convicted. Have you never cautioned them about going out in women's clothes ? Yes I have said it was all very well to go to a masquerede or to a fancy ball, but if you go to.a theatre you will get into trouble, and J advise you not to do so. Who did you say this to ? To Mr. Gibbings, and he said, We mean nothing wrong, you know that." I said, Yes, I know that, but the public might not think so." Mr. Poland: Now, Mr. Haxell, you say on your oath that you believe that all those present at the ball knew that those persons dressed in women's clothes were men ? Yes. Mr. Shaen was here called iato court. Mr. Poland (to witness): Now, Mr. Haxell, just look at that man. Did you see him at your ball ? No. You mean to say that ? I do. Do you mean to say he was not at that ball ? I can't say, he might have been. Hermann Mengedohd, the steward of the Berkeley Chambers, deposed to Mr. Gibbings and Mr. Park being at the chambers in different sets; but the evidence was of no vital importance. He said that Park had a moustache in January last. Peter Roberts, sub.warder at the House of Deten- I tion, read a list of clothing taken from the prisoners. It was, however, found to be imperfect :-One bodice of scarlet silk, three petticoats, one green gauze dress, one bodice, one pair of drawers and stockings, I two bustles, one pair of boots (bronze colour), one red flannel shirt, a quantity of wadding, a metal chain, four lockets, three bracelets, one finger ring, one pair of earrings, one box-order for the Olympic Theatre, and one necklace; they were the things that were on Boulton. Those on Park were one dress, green colour; one crape shawl, black; one crinoline, one pair of stockings, one pair of white boots, some wadding, and two finger rings. (The jewellery was produced in court, and created a great deal of general curiosity. It was all imita- tion, and of a very large and gaudy character, but extremely good of its kind). Agnes Dickson deposed to letting lodgings in Edinburgh, also that Boulton and a Mr. Louis Hurt the Louis of the letters-lodged with her. She knew nothing further, and now her evidence is super- fluous. Mr. Poland: Now, sir, I propose to put in the remainder of the j etters, and if you think it right I will read them. Mr. Flowers: I think not, unless the counsel for- the defence request it. Mr. Poland said the defence could have copies. Mr. Besley: If that is so, I do not desire that they be read. Mr. Poland As far as I know now, my case is substantially finished, although I may have to call one or two witnesses, but you have my case sub- stantially, upon which I shall ask you to commit the prisoners for trial. Mr. Besley said he should now ask Mr. Poland to state the definite charge upon which he asked his worship to commit the prisoners. Mr. Poland said the charge was a general one-of having entered into a conspiracy to commit an abominable offence with divers persons, and conspiring to incite other persons to the commission of the crime. There was also the question whether the conduct of the prisoners in going about dressed as women did not amount to an offence at oommon law. As regarded Park, he contended the evidence had gone to support the indictment for the actual com- mission of the crime. Mr. Flowers said he did not know whether the defence intended to: call witnesses, and perhaps they were not prepared to-day, and it would therefore be better to adjourn the case for a week. The prisoners were remanded. A TELEGRAM ANNOUNCES that Espartero has written to Prim declining the Spanish Crown on ac- count of his great age. Much disappointment is felt in political circles at this determination. AT THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Royal Agricultural Society it was stated that there are now 5,438 members on the list. The balance-sheet for 1869 showed that the receiots had exceeded the expenditure by £675. At the forthcoming Oxford meeting the prizes to be competed for amount to .£3,130 for live stock, and X395 (in addition to the 10 silver medals) for implements. Lord Vernon was elected president for the ensuing year. AT A RECENT MEETING of the' British and Colonial Emigration Society it was stated that every emigrant who went out in the Med way was satisfac- torily settled in the dominion of Canada, without a day's delay. Of 3,600 persons on the society's register, 1,900 had been disposed of. In about a fortnight the Austrian will leave Liverpool with 200 more; on June 8th the Medway will take out 450 on the 15th the Ganges leaves with 55(9; and on the 30th the Tweed sails with 330. The subscriptions to the society amounted to £9,000, but the cost of ship- ping would be about £ 19,500. A CASE was recently before the United States Circuit Court at Baltimore in which a coloured man claimed and obtained damages against the Baltimore City Passenger Railroad Company for ejecting him from one of their cars and compelling him to stand on the platform. Judge Giles decided that he had a right to as good a place as a white man; but he added that a public carrier, if he gives equally com- fortable accommodation to all, may separate passengers, not only by the rule of sex, by providing a ladies' car, but also by the rule of colour, with a view to seoure order and promote the comfort of both. It is stated that the company will run white men's cars and coloured men's cars.

THE OIIELSEA TRAGEDY. Walter Miller has been again brought up at the Westminster Police-court, and on the completion of the evidence against him was committed for trial on the charges of having murdered both Mr. Huelin and Mrs. Boss. It will be remembered that at the last inquiry be- fore the coroner a jeweller, named Henry Vincent, residing in the King's road, swore that on the day following that on which Ann Boss was supposed to be murdered an old lady came to his shop and brought to him an antique keeper-ring, which she wanted made smaller to fit her finger, and also wished it made narrower to alter its appearance. She afterwards sent a young woman for it, and as it was not done when she called told him to send it, as he thought, to 14, Paulton-square. He sent it there, and Mr. Stanesby, who resides there, not knowing anything of it, and hearing the description of the old lady and young woman, informed him that similar persons had come to take charge of the house at No. 15. The same evening the body of Ann Boss was discovered in the box, and the following day the inquest was opened. At the inquest Vincent saw the Myddletons, and thought he recognised in them the persons who had been to him about the ring, and he gave it up to the police. A whole week having elapsed, and no one coming for it, the suspicion strengthened that the ring belonged to Ana Boss, and that now the Myddletons were afraid to claim it. At the adjourned inquest, Vincent positively swore to these two woman as being the same, the Myddle- tons in an equally positive manner swearing that they knew.; nothing about it. The positive manner in which he swore to them, together with other state- menta that had been made in reference to them, caused some of the twenty-one jurymen to suspect that there were others besides the prisoner in the plot. The report of the inquiry about the ring having been read by the lady to whom the ring be- longed she has now come forward and claimed it. She says that she took it to Vincent, and asked him to make it smaller, and also to alter its appearance by making it narrower, exactly as he states. It was given to her by her sister. Though the lady herself is not much like Mrs. Myddkton, the young woman her servant whom she sent bears a striking resem- blance to Myddleton's daughter.

THE DEATH OF lJfR. MARK LEMON. Very many of our readers will learn with regret the death of Mr. Mark LeJillOn, which happened earlv this week, at his residence at Crawley, Sussex. He had occupied the editorial chair of "Punch" for nearly 30 years. Mr, Lemon was born in the neigh- bourhood of Oxford-street on the 30th November, 1809, so that he had only got halfway through the 61st year of his age. His earliest efforts were in the lighter drama, and while quite a young man he de- voted himself to the construction of a series of pieces, some of which have survived as stock plays down to the present day. At this period he occasionally ap- peared on the stage himself. He was one of the knot of authors who in 1841 set on foot the popular periodical with which his name has been so long associated, and from the first he aoted as joint editor. Upon the secession of Mr. Henry Mayhew, however, about two years later, he succeeded to the chief post, and this he continued to hold till his death. Mr. Lemon was the author of about 60 plays of various descriptions, principally farces and melodramas, among which perhaps the most popular are The Ladies' Club, The School for Tigers, What will the World say ? and Hearts are Trumps. Besides these he wrote a host of oha/raung "novellettea" and lyrics, many of which appeared without his name. He was also a frequent contributor to "Household Words," to "Once a Week," in its palmy days, to the Illustrated London News and to the Illuminated Magazine;" and some of his brochures which originally appeared in these periodicals were subsequently collected and republished under the title of Prose and Verse." He also was the author of "The Enchanted Doll" and "Tinny- kin's Transformations," two Christmas fairytales for children; "The Lost Book," "Legends of Number Nip" (from the German), "Tom Moody's Tales." and three or four novels, each in three volumes—" Wait for the End," Loved at Last," and f aulkner Lyie." He also edited a collection of jests in one volume, and wrote about 100 songs. In January, 1862, Mr. Mark Lemon appeared at the Gallery of Illustration in a course of lectures About London, the substance c-f which was afterwards printed in a collected form, under the title of The Streets of London." During the winter of 1868-69 Mr. Lemon again appeared at the Gallery of Illus- tration, but in an entirely different character- namely, an impersonation of "Falstaff" in scenes from Shakespeare's Henry IV, This, as our readers are aware, occupied a kind of middle position between a stage representation and what is ordinarily called a "reading." The entertainment proved exceedingly attractive, and was highly spoken of by the press and was afterwards as popular in the provinces as in London. Mr Lemon's kindly and genial disposition was well known to a large circle of authors and literary men. He was married, and has left a. numerous family of sons and daughters. One of the latter married, in 1866, Mr. Robert Romer, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, who was Senior Wrangler in the year 1863, and was shortly afterwards ap- pointed to the Professorship of'Mathematics in the Queen's College at Cork. THE LATEST INTEI,LIG}<Jl\OE iroori the Red River is to the effect that the Indian excitement had died away, and that Riel had issued a proclamation de. claring that pease was an established fact.