5 DECEMBER 1863, Page 2

The Crawley trial drags on, but the case for the

prosecution has very nearly closed. The procedure is as absurd as ever, but the evidence of the week is decidedly in favour of the accused. It disposes, at all events, of the charge of outrage on Mrs. Lilley, the sentry having been always posted outside her room. Those who attacked Mr. Hughes as " impulsive," in asking that the public should. not come to an impulsive decision, may yet have cause to reconsider their somewhat premature verdict. The original and true grievance, the illegal arrest of Serjeant-Major Lilley without a charge, is not, it must be remembered, under trial.