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A number of delegates from various religious congregations throughout the country, to protest against the increased grant for Maynooth, assembled at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on Wednesday. There were two meetings on that day, a morning and evening " sederunt"; and the conference was prolonged by adjournment.

The meeting proceeded to hear the reports of several delegates from the pro- vincial towns, from Wales, Scotland, :and from Ireland, (the Reverend Archdeacon Magee and the Reverend Tresham Gregg); all of whom declared the feeling t the grant to be unanimous or nearly universal." The Reverend Mr. enson, of Leicester, stated that there was no deputation from that place; but he held in his hand a letter froin the Dissenters of the town, expressing the reasons why they did not deem it right to join the conference; and this letter he would beg to read. The meeting, however, decided that to hear such a letter was foreign to the purpose of the assembly; which was to hear the sentiments of deputations from various parts of the country favourable to the object of the conference. Some of the lancenap used was rather curious. The Reverend Dr. Marsh, of Lea- mington, who said that he saw in the meeting before him no. Protestant or Dis- senter but a tesselated pavement of Protestant heads, undertook to answer the question "What is Protestantism?" It is, he said, the religion which Jesus Christ propagated on earth. Did Protestantism want, visibility? The meeting which he saw around him afforded the best and most perfect answer to that ques- tion.. Did Protestantism want antiquity? What were the Patriarchs? They were Protestants. What were the Apostles? They were Protestants. What were the Prophets? They were Protestants; they all protested against error. The Reverend Mr. Bickersteth, of Watton, declared that he had been deeply pained by reading the speech of Sir Robert Peel on the Maynooth question, in which speck

, he designated as the consolations of religion" the ceremonials of Popery. -What I did he call the mass and extreme unction, and all the other mysteries of Popery, the consolations of religion ? No; they were not the consolations of religion, but they were mysteries of iniquity, of that apostacy which had been predicted by the Word of God; and so far from being the mysteries 'of religion, they were the service of Satan for the destruction of souls; and, let it cost what it might, by the grace of God, Protestantism would not be sacrificed to them. The Reverend F. Bull, described as "Episcopalian minister of Birmingham," reported that the almost universal feeling at Birmingham was, that every exertion should be made to enable her Majesty to relieve herself from the great 'difficulty in which her Ministers had placed her, from the very great danger in which her throne.was in-. volved, and to cast herself on the affections of her people. Resolutions were passed condemning the conduct of Sir Robert Peel in re- fusing to receive the delegates, and directing that the deputations should wait upon the various Members for their cities, boroughs, and counties, represent the state of public feeling on the subject to them, and call upon them to oppose the further progress of the measure.

At the meeting on Thursday, the Reverend J. Colwell, of Dublin, stated that the Archbishop of Cashel had promised to go heart and hand with the Confer- ence. Several delegates reported the result of interviews with the Parliamentary Representatives of the places from which they came. We give the results. Stroud—Mr. Poulett Scrape had promised that he would not vote with Govern- meat again on the subject; Mr. Stanton would vote with Government to the end. East Gloucestershire—Mr. Codrington would persevere in his opposition to Go vernment ; Mr. Charteris, though in many respects approving of the measure, would not vote with Government again. South Derbyshire-:-Mr. Mundy and Mr. Colvile would oppose the bill. Derby—Mr. Strutt would not oppose it, though he shoidd forfeit his seat; Lord Duncannon had not been seen. High Wycombe— Mr. Bernal Osborne had abstained from voting, would not pledge himself for the future, and would write further to the deputation. :-1Volverhampton— Mr. Thornely's opinions could not be changed; Mr. Villiers had not been seen. Chel- tenham—Mr. C. F. Berkeley bad voted for Mr. Ward's amendment, and would in future vote against the bill. Halifax—Mr. Protheroe was with them; but all arguments were unavailing with Mr. Charles Wood. West Yorkshire—Mr. John Stuart Wortley declined to alter his conduct; Mr. Denison had not been seen. Huddersfield-1dr. Stanfield could not be persuaded, bat seemed to think that Sir Calling Eardley Smith, who presided, opened the proceedings on Wednes- day, by declaring his opinion that a great insult had been offered to that religion which, he thanked God, notwithstanding minor diferences, they all held in com- mon. Their object was to devise plans by which the endowment of Popery might be prevented; and in contending against the endowment of Popery, in the name of their common Saviour, he hoped that they would not On this occasiongo into the question of religious establishments; as on this occasion neither the Churchman nor the advocate.of the Voluntary system could be suspected of departing from his own religious or conscientious grounds in opposing the endowment to May- nooth. He read a correspondence in which; in the name of the Central Anti- Maynooth Committee, he had asked Sir Robert Peel to grant an interview with the delegates on the following day. Sir Robert Peel declined the proposed inter- view on the subject of the Maynooth endowment; adding—" That subject has undergone the consideration of the House of Commons daring ten nights of de- bate; and Sir Robert Peel feels it to be wholly out of his'power consistently with the proper discharge of the official duties he has to perform, to power, in personal conference out of Parliament the merits of measures of general public not espe- chilly affecting particular or local interests." Ili consequence of that letter, the Committee had passed s resolution expressing regret and surprise at Sir &keit Peel's refusal. he must resign. The meeting adopted a petition to Parliament against the grant. Yesterday more reports were made, of interviews with Members. The follow- ing had signified their adhesion—Mr.Gisborne, (Nottingham,) Mr. J. R. Collett, (Lincoln,) Mr. Bannerman, (Aberdeen,) Mr. Oetavius Duncombe, (North York-

ire); all the Members for Cheshire except Mr. Legh; Mr. Twizell Wawn (South Shields) would abstain from voting: there had been no success with Mr. Legh, Sir John Hobhouse, (Nottingham,) Mr. Hume, (Montrose,) Mr. F. T. Baring, (Portsmouth,) Lord George Bentinck, (Lynn,) Lord Jocelyn, (Lynn,) Lord Ebrington, (Plymouth,) Mr. Cayley, (North Yorkshire,) Lord Dalmeny, (Stirling,) or any of the Members for North Staffordshire; while Mr. Roebuck and Lord Duncan (Bath) were given up as hopeless.

A "Protestant meeting of the deputations from the country and other friends" was held at Exeter Hall, on Thursday,—Sir Culling Eardley Smith in the chair,— " to protest aginst the endowment of Popery." The Reverend J. T. Robinson, of St. Andrew's-It Holborn, replied to Mr. Wards attack upon him. Mr. Ward had said that Mr. Robinson's expressions had filled him with loathing and disgust: it is understood that the House of Commons should be an assembly of gentlemen; Mr. Ward is an exception to the rule. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Robinson repeated the expressions which he had formerly used—that Popery is " damnable idolatry," &c.; and assured Mr. Ward that he bated bigotry and intolerance as much as he loved truth. Mr. Ward seemed a bad judge in matters of practice: one cannot tell whether he believes all religions equally true, or all equally false: be should take the advice "Let the cobler stick to his last" Other speakers were Mr. Plumptre, and the Reverend Baptist Noel, who commented at length on the speeches in Parliament. Resolutions were passed against the grant, but disclaiming hostility to the Roman Catholics; authorizing the Central Committee to arrange a "Great Protestant confederacy" throughout the world; and direct- ing a subscription to defray expenses.

A meeting was held at Exeter Hall on Wednesday, to receive Dr. Wolff's ac- count of his mission to Bokhara for the purpose of ascertaining the fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington took the chair; next to him sat Captain Grover; there were on the platform, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Sir Charles Malcolm, Mr. James A. St. John, Lord Dudley Stuart, Sir Daiid Brewster, Di. Pye Smith, Archdeacon Robinson, Assad Kayat, Mr. William Jerdan, Lord De Manley, and several other gentlemen of influence, clerical and lay; and the great hall was quite crowded, a large portion of the audience con- sisting of ladies. First, a financial account was read; but the abstract in the reports is confused. We gather that the public subscription was about 1901.; and that the payments left a balance of about 571.; against which, however, there would be some further payments. Captain Grover stated that several offers had been made to him by private persons to repay 4001. advanced by him; but he had gratefully declined all those offers, as he was delighted that his 4001. had been the means of restoring to her Majesty. such a subject as Dr. Wolff He brought the Doctor from another room, and Introduced him to the meeting: Dr. Woff was accompanied by Mr. J. S. Buckingham. He gave a narrative of his journey; the main incidents of which were described from time to time in the public journals. Towards the close of the meeting, a good deal of time was taken up by a squabble originating with the Reverend G. H. Stod- dart, the Colonel's brother. He paid high compliments to Dr. Wolff; but took exception to parts of his speech which represented Colonel Stoddart as being of a harsh and intemperate sprit—a mere soldier, incapable of self-control; and then he went on to declare that Captain Grover, in his published account of the expedition, had made most cruel and most false assertions. This assault pro- voked loud expressions of dissent from the meeting. Captain Grover called to mind bow he alone had persisted in doubting the death of Colonel Stoddart, though as early as 1841 it was assumed that he was killed; he was abandoned by Go- vernment, and even his family went into mourning for him. The Reverend Mr. Stoddart—" We did not mourn for him: many false statements have been made, and that is one of them." (Load cries of Order! ") Captain Grover said he had understood the fact to be as he had stated. The Reverend Mr. Stod- -dart—" It is a falsehood, and I must contradict it." At this there were loud cries ef " Order !" " Chair chair !" and " Shame, shame !" in which nearly the entire 'meeting appeared to join. Captain Randal, Stoddart's uncle, repeatedly de- -dared his conduct to be most improper. Dr. Wolff said, that Mr. Stodclart ought to have kissed the hands of Captain Grover; and he called upon him, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come forward and apologize. The Chairman pronounced it to be very unbecoming in Mr. Stoddart to refuse making an apology after he had pro- cured him a hearing: in his opinion, Mr. Stoddart had done himself great dis- credit as a man, a gentleman, and a clergyman, by his conduct. Mr. Stoddart, however, though he offered to apologize to the meeting for any expression that Was unsatisfactory to it, refused to retract the word " false" as applied to Cap- tain Grover. The matter was suffered to drop. The thanks of the meeting were voted by acclamation to Dr. Wolff and Captain Grover; and the proceedings closed with the usual compliment to the Chairman.

Prince Albert was entertained by the Merchant Tailors Company on Thurs- day, at an elegant dejeuner, and received the honorary freedom of that ancient fraternity.

Hungerford Suspension Foot-bridge was opened to thepublic at noon on Thurs- day. No particular ceremony was observed, but many flags were displayed in the neighbourhood, guns were fired, and crowds collected: many thousands of persons passed over the structure in the course of the afternoon. It has a very light appearance; and when many persons are passing over the central span it sways about considerably; which renders it difficult even to walk straight. The cost of the brickwork has been 63,0001., and that of the iron 17,0001. The plat- form is supported by light iron rods descending from two chains, one above the other, on each side. Mr. I. K. Brunel is the enssineer. The toll is one halfpenny each person. In the evening, the Directors and their friends dined together at the. London Tavern; Mr. Hawe.s, the Vice-Chairman of the Company, presiding.

The Court of Exchequer has for many days in the past and the present week been occupied with the trial at bar of Mr. George Smith, the distiller, of White- chapel, for defrauding the Excise. The case for the Crown was the same as that set forth at the previous trial, which was stopped through a technical fault in the ings. The premises of Mr. Smith, the distiller, and his brother, Mr. James

Smith, a rectifier, are contiguous: the construction was elucidated by large -1.9.9dels. produced on each side. The law forbids the junction of the distilling and reetifymg businesses, or any communication between a distillery and a rectifying-

; and in the case of the Messrs. Smith it was to be presumed that all spirit .would be conveyed from the one to the other by the highway. The main . allegations for the prosecution were, that the officers of Excise had discovered a great deficiency in the spirits ostensibly produced by Mr. Smith, as compared with the "wash"; had detected holes in a vast receiver; and the officers had found that

• they could themselves convey spirits from the distillery to the rectifying-house through pipes under ground, complicated with the pipes supplied by a waters company, and thus disguised. The case for the defence was opened by Mr. Fitz- roy Kelly, on Tuesday. As far back as seventy. years ago, the vast space of ground occupied by Messrs. Smith was covered with buildings differing very little from those which now appeared; and then, as now, they consisted of a distillery and rectifying-house, the two branches being carried on upon the same premises. More than forty years ago, the father of the Messrs. Smith became the proprietor of those premises. He was a distiller and rectifier, carrying on both trades on those prenises. Until the year 1817, not only were the two businesses carried on together, but there was no separation or division between the premises. For seventy years past the supply of water was exactly what it was at this hour. Both the trades of a distiller and rectifier required a vast supply of water; and, though the position of the pipes was varied as circumstances required, the premises con- tinued to be supplied, as they now were, from large tanks, originally supplied with water from the main of the East London Water-works Company. In 1817, the Excise thought it expedient to prevent the contiguity of distilleries and rectifying- houses. It was thought, perhaps properly, that these two trades carried on together created grounds of suspicion, and afforded facilities for fraud. At this time Messrs. Snuth's premises were the only premises in Great Britain of any magnitude where the two trades were carried on together. Communications took place between the father of the Messrs. Smith and the Board of Excise, through their solicitor, Mr. Carr. It was first considered desirable to prevent the union of the trades altogether; and it was proposed to purchase Mr. Smith's rectifying business; but, after some negotiation, such was found to be the extent and value of the trade that the Board declined to advise the purchase. Mr. Smith, therefore, continued to carry on the two trades; but, to satisfy the scruples of the Excise; he erected a wall completely separating the distillery and rectifying premises, so that when spirits were to be conveyed from one to the other it was by a public highway. When this separation took place, it was perfectly well known to the Excise that the rectifying-house and the distillery were supplied with water from the same source. Had it been otherwise, there must have been a new reservoir erected in the rectifying premises. It was then distinctly arranged tluit nothing should interfere with the ancient and regular supply of water. A. clause to be introduced in the act of Parliament was expressly framed for the protection of Mr. Smith; and it was submitted to the present Lord Chief Baron, now presiding at this trial, but then an eminent counsel at the bar, on behalf of Messrs. Smith. In 1836, the rectifying premises were rebuilt, with several improvements, in- chiding a fresh supply of water for domestic purposes; in order to which, it was necessary to discontinue the use of the old main water-pipe under the highway, and make a new one: it was, however, not only not intended, but not supposed possible, to use the new pipe for any but its ostensible object; and it was duly described and registered according to act of Parliament. Mr. Kelly accounted for the holes in the receiver: one was originally made to receive the auction-pipe, but being misplaced, it was stopped up; another was a mere enlargement of the hole for the suction-pipe. The explanation of the supposed fraudulent excess of the "drip," or inclination at the bottom of the receiver, is not clear, for want of the large model exhibited in Court. As to the difference in the amount of the wash and the spirits produced, it was said to be 1,500 or 1,800 gallons in 400,000 gallons; while the law actually licenses an error of 6,000 upon every 300,000. The first witness called was Mr. James Scott Smith; who confirmed the his- torical part of the account. He said, that not only had it never entered his head that the new water-pipe might be used to convey spirits, but it was in fact not proper for the purpose. spirit-pipes should be made of tin, copper, or pewter; whereas this was made of iron, and would corrode: moreover, it was not at a proper level to let the spirits run quite off, so that the water conveyed through it would have been spoiled; as it actually was after the Excise-officers used the pipe for spirits. Among the witnesses examined on Thursday' was Dr. 11re, who corroborated the statement that the system of pipes was not fitted for the conveyance of spirits: he said—" There would be great waste in trying tdpass spirits by this pipe; and madness, for detection would be sure to follow on it:' The Chief Baron summed up yesterday, the eighth day; directing the Jury that the question for them to consider was, not whether a single drop of spirits had been transmitted from the distillery to the rectifying-house, but whether there was an opening through which spirits might have been conveyed to the other premises. There was some conversation as to the proper mode of taking the verdict; but eventually, the Jury, after two hours' Afton, returned this special verdict—" We find for the Crown; but we are anxious to express our opinion that there has not been any evidence adduced before us which shows that the pipe has been fraudulently used by the defendant" The Solicitor-General took a verdict on the second count, the communication between the premises. Damages to the extent of 76c�0001. were entered by agreement; the amount claimed by the Crown being upwards of 150,0001.

Mr. Carus Wilson was taken back to his prison at Jersey on Saturday; but not without offering a last opposition to the myrmidons of the law, for he sum- moned Shackell, the Police-Inspector who had been appointed to assist the Jersey authorities in removing their prisoner, before the Lord Mayor for an assault: the complaint was devoid of foundation, and the charge was immediately dismissed.

The adjourned inquest on the body of Mary Brothers, the woman murdered in St. Giles's, was resumed on Wednesday. Mr. Coroner Wakley explained to the Jury, that he had taken the advice of counsel on the subject of applying to the Court of Queen's Bench for an order to produce Connor, the suspected niurderer, at the inquest; and Messrs. Kelly, Roebuck, and Petersdorff, were unanimously of opinion, that since a true bill had been found against Connor, it was not advisable to make such an application in the present case, as it would most probably be re- fused. No further evidence was heard, and the Jury returned this verdict— "We find that the deceased, Mary Brothers, was wilfully murdered by some per- son or persons unknown; and the Jury think that they have been prevented by the conduct of the Police authorities from pursuing their investigation in a more satisfactory manner."

Another self-accusation of murder has followed close on the heels of that made by Kiallmark last week. At the Marylebone Police-office, on Saturday, Walter Chambers, a well-dressed young man, was brought before the Magistrate charged on his own confession with the murder of Eliza Davis, which occurred at a public- house in Frederick Street, Regent's Park, eight years ago. Chambers, who had been drinking, made the declaration at an eating-house, and afterwards at the public-house. On being asked what he had to say', the prisoner replied—" I huve got myself into trouble, and I must get out of it, I suppose, in the best way I can." He was remanded till Friday; when he was discharged on his own recog- nizances.

Hecker, the ruffian sentenced to death for the murder of Mr. Delarue at Hampstead, was executed in front of Newgate Gaol, on Monday morning. The reporters give minute accounts of his last boars; beginning with the "condemned sermon" on Sunday. These narratives are curious, less on account of the direct interest of the subject, than as specimens of a popular style of newspaper gossip which obtains atpresent, and as descriptions of the extraordinary kind of exhibi- tion which it is thought decorous to get up at such times. Of the preparations for the display in the Gaol chapel on Sunday, we are told, that " Mr. Cope, the Governor, made very judicious arrangements, by which confusion and inconve- vience were obviated; and the reporters for the newspapers were admitted, accord- ing to a previous regulation, at a quarter past ten a clock, exactly fifteen minutes before the service commenced. There was no person of any distinction present. Here and there we observed a member of the Corporation. -In the Sheritt"s pew sat Sir John Pirie and Under-Sheriff Martin; Sheriff Sidney and Alderman Mus- grove occupied the Ordinary's pew, and Mr. Anderton and three other gentle- men were accommodated with seats in that of the Governor." To the sound of the gaol-bell entered the prisoners; among whom was Connor, the " young fel- low who has been committed for trial as the murderer of Mary Brothers in St. Giles's. " After a delay of a few seconds, Mocker entered, accompanied by the Deputy-Governor of the prison and an assistant-turnkey. It might be called a theatrical movement. The ease and self-possession which the convict exhibited as be advanced to his seat evidently surprised those of the congregation who had never before seen him; and he seated himself on a chair facing the altar, and at the end of the chapel opposite to that which Connor occupied. He was very par- ticular in fixing his chair and the hassock which had been placed for his use, so as to enable him to make a display. He exhibited, in fact, a perfect con- sciousness that he was' the observed of all observers'; and had to all appear- ance made up his mind to represent in this the last but one scene of his exist-. ence the character which he has been performing since his apprehension." The demeanour of Hecker throughout the service is minutely described. The Ordi- nary's sermon was applied in great part to his case. Mr. Davis investigated the causes which led to the convict's unhappy condition; which he attributed to the want of pure Christian example among his domestic and social relations, and to his being too early left his own master. " Providence has blessed the prisoner with more than ordinary talents, and with a great aptitude for learning. In the schools in which he was educated he distinguished himself; and I very mach fear, the aptitude and ability he displayed have but served as auxiliaries to his down- fall. At school, it aphe was well acquainted with spiritual truths; and

when he became a I r, have been told by those who have heard him exa- mine the children, that they have been delighted with his method of conveying instruction, and edified by the explanation he gave of the sacred Word of God. " Here was a youth educated in one National School, and made sole master of another. Why, it was like sending a vessel to sea with all sails set, but without either redder or compass to direct her course. In a short time, he forfeited the confidence of the Committee under whom he had served as a teacher; and ' discharged, he could not bring himself to return to join in the occupation by whit his parents lived." The convict was exhorted to make full confession. Hecker was tolerably firm; but at the conclusion of the sermon, he " shed tears; he hastily removed them with his handkerchief, which he at once placed in his hat, and rose to leave the chapel." The reverend preacher also alluded to the case of Connor, remarking that he was committed for trial on the testimony of many witnesses; and the untried prisoner was more obviously affected than the convict.

This same kind of minute description is carried on to the last: we are told how Rocker wrote all the Sunday evening; how he passed a restless night; how, at four o'clock, he dressed himself in black clothes, " and was, as ever, particular in the arrangement of his hair"; how, " having perfected his toilette," he sat down and wrote "two epistles "; and how he could not eat much breakfast, sump- tuously as it was laid out,—his physical powers evidently failing. Learning that he belonged to Colchester, Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, (once Member for that borough,) called upon the convict to know if he had any thing to communicate; but he replied that he bad nothing to say. Next came the reporters in their own persons. " On their entrance, the reverend gentleman said, Hacker, there are several gentlemen of the press now present; and if you wish to make any state- ment, no doubt they will give it publicity.' The wretched man, in an agitated manner, replied, Sir, I do not feel myself sufficiently composed to say any thing

• now. If I had known that these gentlemen would have&en present, perhaps might.' In answer to a second question put by the reverend divine, namely, whe- ther he had nothing more to say, Hecker said, No Sir.' " The prisoner now be- came rapidly weaker, and sank in a swoon. Partially revived by stimulants, he was half led half carried to the scaffold; where a short convulsive struggle closed the scene.

Several of Hocker's "epistles" are published. They are remarkable for a kind of" good writing"—a facile stringing together of commonplaces. One letter is addresied to the Ordinary; and may be considered as Hackers last dying speech." It strongly asserts his innocence, and his gratitude for the Ordinary's " unceasinglykind attention." " I would rather be deemed a murderer than a vile ingrate. 4 'thank God, he has imbued me with that feeling which has made it impossible fqr me to be guilty of eithex."• lie wishes to "rectifytwo deviatigns from truth made in his statement at the triaL "The manner in which I accounted for the stains of blood on my clothes was fictitious. It were an easy matter for me to Sorge another lie, by saying, that in stooping down by the body of deceased, as he lay dead, I came by such an appearance of guilt. But no; I will not—I cannot die with a falsehood on my lips. In accordance with a spirit of truthfulness, I avow solemnly, in the presence of my God, that the marks were not occasioned by any contact whatever with the person of deceased. I myself did it after the body was removed by the constables. Can it be that Lam indulging-an infidel temerity at-such an awful period as this, by asseverating an untruth? No !" "I stated that Hampstead was the place where the guilty parties resided. That was an in- .vention." "Excepting the inaccuracies to which I have alluded, both my state- ,ments were founded in truth, and were true throughout." "A man whom I have treated as my friend is the murderer of Delarue. His own admission of the fact was the only means of extricating me from this unworthy end. He has not come forward. Had I caused him to be apprehended, he would doubtlessly have denied it I have been assured that, had I not been found guilty of murder, I should have been transported for life for highway robbery. Such an alternative has failed to induce me to divulge what it is my resolution to die with in my bosom. Let then this sentence ring in the murderer's ears—that he is not only the destroyer of Delarue, but me likewise. I did not lift a hand against de- ceased." "I am heartily sick of the world, that has treated me as though I had . 'always been a criminal in its estimation. No one ever suspected me of any un- lawful breach until I came hither; and yet no one would take me by the hand. Because I could spell and write, my poverty was a crime. Think you, then, my thoughts still lingered behind, and that I wished my days were renewed? My hopes of . Heaven are worth them all." The Sheriffs had impressed upon the prisoner the necessity of making any statement to them, or, in writing, to the Home Secretary, which might have the effect of mitigating his sen- tence; but "he said deliberately, that he should make no formal disclosure." He thus hinted at his reasons, in a letter to Mr. Sheriff Sidney—[The letter to which he so confidently alludes is supposed to be one sent in by the insane youth riallmark, whose writing resembled a woman's]—" The female who Wrote the letter which we have all read so attentively over, is the same person to whom I alluded in my statement at my trial. She has already taken a very 'material step in my favour, and a very welcome one it is indeed to me. I am now convinced that she will not suffer me to be sacrificed through her silence. It is in her power to clear me; and she will do it I cannot do any thing until she eon* forward voluntarily. I am fully aware that by deferring such an all-im- t disclosure, I expose myself to the most imminent danger; and this I have lie t through the whole of my misery since the moment I was apprehended. I do not understand why she should, at such a time as this, have occasion to go to ' Bristol. My opinion is, that she will either make her appearance here, or write again. tomorrow or Thursday." This was written on Tuesday. On 'Monday morning he wrote a letter to 3ffiss Philps, beginning "my ve,y dear Sarah "; de- claring that had he lived he would have " repaired all his "misrepresentations " - to her; and inter olio saying of the letter, " I have given this may warmest kiss, for you, my. sweet love. 'Heaven bless you! farewell--farewell. Yours, with my dying bl , T. IL Hooker." To another female, "my still dearest Olivia," he

mikes "the epistle I shall write "; hoping that be may meet her in heaven.