fendant was about to leave for Australia as a missionary. Mr. Howell Phillips will tell you that the defendant proposed to go there; that his wishes were responded to by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The plaintiff heard of this, and finding that he was going to forget all his promises, made a statement of her case to Mr. Phillips. Mr. Phillips is an honourable and conscientious man; and believing the commu. nication to be confidential, is unwilling to disclose what took place. But Mr. Phillips told Mr. Thomas what she told him-that he had obtained possession of her person by violence; and what did the defendant say? He admitted the fact, but said it took place "when he was unregenerate, and in an unconverted state." Mr. Phillips said, "It is your duty to make all the reparation you can to this unhappy lady; you should marry her; she is a lady, and fit to be your wife." But no, he would not. He made proposals to another lady, and left the plaintiff to pine away in melancholy. Mr. Gwynne, gentlemen, went to Mr. Thomas, and said, "Is it not true that up to this moment you have been writing to a lady in whose happiness I take an interest?" He said, "Yes, but I will not do so any more, " and then the match was broken off. Of course, gentlemen, no respectable lady would allow it to go on. He renewed the courtship in the way in which a man who has a guilty purpose always does, by stealth and stratagem, and then commences the correspondence, with much of which I shall have to trouble you, "Pembroke College, Oxford, "May 11, 1834. "My dear Girl,-Since you require a letter by return of post, you must be satisfied with a very short one. To explain why I am so pressed for time would only waste it. I am very sorry to hear you are ill. You must try to get well, and be happy. If I had the power to confer those blessings on you, I would say be happy, and be so for ever. Religion alone can give this. You suppose I possess but little of it, but I have been preaching to-day. Write to me before the 25th, and I'll give you a long letter. Farewell. Above all things burn this letter-burn this letter. Believe me, the shortness of this epistle is absolutely necessary, and that no one wishes your happiness more sincerely than "May 30. "Deliberate on these things. If you visit Swansea the news will fly to Haverfordwest as fast as wheels drawn by sorry jades can speed. Then advice will fly from Haverfordwest to Swansea pretty quick, though 'twill come part of the way by a two-horse coach. The advice will most likely be to the following effect :If that woman annoys you, have her up instantly before the authorities and bind her over to keep the peace, and this is what I shall be urged to do. No; I don't want to treat thee in this manner, poor girl, but don't you see what Stay I shall be obliged to do? thee quiet where thou art, and perhaps I'll write thee a civilish note again some time, to wish you a merry Christmas or a happy new year, or something like that. O how I wish you were a real Christian, a real believer in Jesus! Pray to God to give you light to apprehend divine truth. I wish you well. "F. T." "Heathfield-terrace, Swansea, "My dear Caroline, 'Tis long since my hands wrote those words before. I am not going to be married to the girl, as it seems you have heard; there never was anything criminal between us, I declare. Write and tell me how you are, but don't come here unless I give my consent. I have something particular to tell you. God bless you. Don't show this. "F. T." "Heathfield-terrace, Dec. 6. "My dear Caroline,-You say you were near me, would you study to conform to my wishes, if those wishes were not unreasonable? Do you still really love me? If so, grant me this request, it is as much for your benefit as my own-do not let anybody know that we have been writing to each other. The time is not yet arrived for making it known. If you tell any one I shall most likely hear of it, and that will put an end to our correspondence again. If you are comfortable and welcome at your sister-inlaw's house, do not leave. Perhaps a time may come when God will raise up another friend, at whose house will still be more you comfortable and at home. Farewell, my dear; may peace dwell in your heart, which I fear has been sorely tried for a long time. God bless you, and draw you by His grace to His Son, our only Saviour. You ask me how I am; thank God, I am well. "Yours, affectionately, "F. T." "Heathfield-terrace, Swansea, "Caroline, my dear,—What an unreasonable creature you are! You ask me to write by return of post, forsooth, as if I had nothing to do but write to you, when I want to be at my studies, and lots of other things; and then you tell me not to be testy; why if I were a lamb, I should reel back a few paces, and bridle in my chin, and then rush forward and aim to butt a bit under such treatment as I receive from you. Write by return, indeed! Why, I tell you I want to be at my studies. Not to be testy, indeed! Why, if I were an unfledged dove, peck; if I were water, I should boil; if I were stone, I should strike fire; if I were a stick, I should be ready to give you a knock; if I were a Quaker-and that is reckoned as passionless a thing as any going-I should tell thee that thou art a tiresome body enough, and that I want to be at my studies. Don't write to me again for three weeks. Don't leave Haverfordwest. Don't be naughty. You can do very well without seeing that scoundrel Frank. Margaret Thomas-I am a servant to Miss Martha Howell, of Goat-street, in this town. I have lived with her thirteen years. Miss Williams, the plaintiff, lodged there. I was standing at the outer door about nine years ago. Miss Williams was in the sitting-room; the defendant was with her. I heard him say, "I will never marry any one but you." Mr. W. Evans.-I am the attorney for Miss Williams in this on the 24th of March last, and asked him to fulfil his engagement to the plaintiff; he said circumstances had come to his knowledge since he had written to the plaintiff that would induce him to pass through any ordeal sooner than marry her. She is about thirty-eight, I should think. She placed what money she had in my hands at interest. I bought an estate of her brother. Her share was 9001. It is now dwindled down to 1601. She was received in the best society until what has been alluded to to-day. Mr. Williams is a gentleman of an ancient family and good estate. The letter signed "R. R." bears the same seal as all the others. The Rev. H. J. Phillips.-I am a clergyman of the church of England. I reside in London. I was here in the year 1841. I had an interview with Miss Williams on the subject of Mr. Frank Thomas's courtship. I communicated to him what had passed between us. I informed him that Miss Williams had charged him with having seduced her about nine or ten years ago. He admitted the fact, but said it happened when he was an ungodly man, and given to ungodly prac tices. Mr. John Harvey, land-agent, proved that the livings of the defendant were worth 3221. a-year, independent of surplice fees, and that the defendant had derived some of his property from his father. Mr. J. Evans, Queen's Counsel, addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant. . His Lordship briefly summed up, and the jury, after retiring for a short time, returned a verdict CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. October 30. CHARGE OF SLAVE-TRADING. The trial of Mr. Pedro de Zulueta, on a charge of slave-trading, began on Friday, the 27th inst., and lasted till to-day. Mr. Zulueta was a junior partner of a firm of which his father was the head, and which had extensive dealings with Spain, Havanna, and other parts of the world. He was him. self but twenty-seven years of age; and a Spaniard by birth. The prosecutor was Sir George Stephen, who also acted as attorney in the case. Mr. Sergeant Bompas, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. Payne were engaged on behalf of the prosecution; Mr. F. Kelly, Queen's counsel, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Bodkin for the prisoner. At the commencement of the trial, Mr. Kelly asked the Court to allow Mr. Zulueta, instead of being placed in the dock, to sit near his counsel, to assist in referring to several documents in the Spanish language; but the Court refused to permit the distinction between the prisoner and any other person charged with felony. The accusation of the indictment, variously put in seven counts, was, that in November 1839, the prisoner unlawfully and feloniously equipped, manned, and navigated a vessel called the Augusta, for the purpose of dealing and trading in slaves. Mr. Zulueta was told that he might be tried by a jury of which half were foreigners; but he answered-" No, I have no wish to do so; I am as safe in the hands of Englishmen as foreigners." the case. Viva voce evidence was taken at great length; and much documentary evidence was put in, including Mr. Zulueta's evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons on the West Coast of Africa. Some letters, which were said to be very important in their bearing on the case, were pronounced to be inadmissible as evidence. The allegations were these. In 1839, the ship Golupchick, trading under the Russian flag, and fully equipped for the Slave Trade, was seized by Captain Hill, of the Queen's frigate Saracen, and sent to England; where it was claimed by the Russian Consul, and eventually sold at Portsmouth, by Mr. Bernardos, its master, to a Mr. Emanuel, for 6007. Subsequently it was purchased, for 650l., by Mr. Jennings, who afterwards became the commander; and it was now called the Augusta. There had been a number of large tanks called "leagores," which were broken up by a shipcooper; but they were carefully marked and packed up, so that they might be put together again if needed. A number of deckscrews, used for fixing moveable "slave-decks," were accidentally seen on board, at Portsmouth, by a teacher of navigation. The vessel was sent from Portsmouth to Liverpool; where, apparently, some cotton and other manufac tures were taken on board; and it was chartered in October 1840, by Messrs. Zulueta and Co., on behalf of Pedro Martinez and Co. of Cadiz, Thomas Jennings signing the charter-party, which set forth that the Augusta was to proceed direct to the Galinas, and there discharge her cargo, after lawful voyage, according to the directions the captain should receive from the consignees, either to America, the West Indies, or elsewhere. In this transaction, Messrs. Zulueta professed to act for Messrs. Martinez and Co., and merely to transfer, on account of the foreign firm, to Mr. Jennings, the money necessary for the purchase of the vessel : but for the prosecution it was contended, that that representation of the case was merely colourable; that Messrs. Zulueta acted on their own part, Mr. Jennings being really their servant; the proof of this being a letter written in August 1840, in which Messrs. Zulueta told Mr. Jennings that they would not give more than 500% for the vessel, though the price actually paid was 650l.; a variation on which mere agents would not have ventured. The ship sailed from Liverpool with a crew of about twenty persons; it met with bad weather not far from Cork or Falmouth; but instead of putting into either of those ports, the master proceeded to Cadiz to repair. There the greater part of the crew left the ship, in consequence of disputes with the master. On its way to the Galinas, in February 1841, the vessel was again encountered by the Saracen, and detained by Captain Hill, on Mr. Jennings' refusal to say "for whom he was concerned." It was taken to Sierra Leone, and condemned. Captain Hill understood that on inany places on the coast of Africa a lawful trade and the Slave Trade were carried on by the same persons; but not at the Galinas. The vessel was not equipped for the Slave Trade when he seized it man, who commanded a ship-ofwar on the African station, and was for ten months constantly in sight of the Galinas, deposed that the trade there is confined solely to slave-trading There are but two descriptions of merchandise ever taken to Galinas; one being provisions and the other clothing, solely for the use of slaves. The inhabitants had no merchandise of any description to give in barter except slaves. Galinas is an exception to the general rule of trading on the coast of Africa, as that is the only place where the Slave Trade alone is carried on. * * * * * * There are many persons on the coast of Africa who carry on the Slave Trade, and also a lawful commerce. It is possible that a merchant, not knowing the character of the merchants at Galinas, might send a cargo to them without having the slightest intention of bartering for slaves. I know that 800 tons of goods were landed there whilst I was there; and the vessel went away in ballast, having received bills or money. None went away with cargoes except those that went to the Havanna. * I do not believe that there are any actual merchants at Galinas; I believe they are all agents. There are no persons there to whom goods could be consigned except the slave-factors; there is not a white person in the place exeept the slave-factors. The only exchange they can possibly make for merchandise is slaves; there is no produce there whatever." * * Colonel Edward Nicholl, who was Governor of Ascension Island and Fernando Po having been at each place for five years, confirm |