Further interrogation extracted from him the following statement of facts: — That the work had been badly done; that an exorbitant price had been charged for it ; that the man, on being remonstrated with, had behaved in a grossly impertinent manner; that an altercation had taken place between them; that Mr Dubourg had seized the mau by the collar of his coat, and had turned him out of the house; that he had called the man an infernal scoundrel (being in a passion at the time), and had threatened to "thrash him within an inch of his life" (or words to that effect), if he ever presumed to come near the house again ; that he had sincerely regretted his own violence the moment he recovered his self-possession ; and, lastly, that, on his oath (the altercation having occurred six weeks ago), he had never spoken to the man, or set eyes on the man, since. As the matter then stood, these circum stances were considered as being unfortunate circumstances for Mr Dubourg — nothing more. He hid his " alibi " to appeal to, and his character to appeal to ; and nobody doubted the result. The lady appeared as witness. Confronted with Mr Dubourg on the ques tion of time, and forced to answer, she abso lately contradicted him, on the testimony of the clock on her own mantel-piece. In sub stance her evidence was simply this. Sh« had looked at her clock when Mr Dubourg entered the room, thinking it rather a late hour for a visitor to call on her. The clock (regulated by the maker only the day before) pointed to twenty-five minutes to nine. Prac tical experiment showed. that the time re quired to walk the distance, at a rapid pace, from the stile to the lady's house, was just five minutes. Here, then, was the statement of the farm bailiff (himself a respectable witness) cor roborated by another witness of excellent position and character. The clock, on being examined next, was found to be right. The evidence of the clockmaker proved that he kept the key, and that there had been no necessity to set the clock and wind it up again, since he had performed both those acts on the day preceding Mr Dubourg's visit. The accuracy of the clock thus vouched for, the conclusion on the evidence was irresistible. 