The cross-examination then proceeded ; I am the late beachmaster of this place. I held that appointment up to tho 31st August, 1865, I was nearly seven years beachmaster. I re member, about two years ago, large quantities of broken bottles were deposited on the beach, and I then endeavoured to ascertain, through the police, who wore the offenders. I remem ber some one making a complaint of it to me at the time,

The case for tho prosecution here dosed. Mr. D'Oyly, In rising to make his state ment, requested that it should be taking down verbatim, lie said that since tho proceedings had been taken, which proceedings would never have been taken in the samo form by the Homo Government, he had seen his error in malting complaint against the llesldent Magistrate, and that ho had expressed a wish to withdraw those letters. He had also ox pressed sorrow at having written them. He looked upon the Government of a country as a trust reposed in the hands of competent persons, not for their own benefit, but pro bono publico, In his opinion, tho Govern ment here was the representative of the Crown, and therefore the highest authority for referring to, in caso of maladministra tion of public servants, As re garded Mr. Woollcomhe, iie bore no malice against him, nor against any persons who might have done him (Mr. D'Oyly) a hundred thousand times more injury than Mr. Woollcomhe had done, even supposing ho (Mr. Woollcomhe) had done him any. It was an old saying ne sutor ultra cre/)irfoi»-.wliich means, " Cobbler stick to your l«st." %(Mr. D'Oyly) was quite ready and rote for Mr. Woollcomhe a*., Commodore of these' 'ss|f, because he had, been brought up to tho he had' no/ doubt pf Mr, WoollcomboTqiialiflcations for

any office conneoted with that profession) but lioro, Mr. Woollcombo waßthe wrong man In the wrong place, Mr. D'Oyly concluded by stating ho presumed the Bench would trans mit tho case for trial at tho Supreme Court, therefore ho would reserve his evidence till then. Tho Bench then committed Mr. D'Oyly for trial at the noxt sitting of tho Supremo Court.
