What were you paid?—Nothing, that I recollect.

What! not recollect your wages?—I had no salary, no wages. Mr. Raggett may have given me something occasionally, but no regular payment. But this was twenty-five years ago.

How old are you now ?-Forty-six.

At the time of your marriage had you any means of your own ?—I had a house in Curzon-street once, furnished, but not at the time of the marriage, because, with the consent of my wife, I had parted with it.

Had you any means at the time of your marriage other than what you have mentioned ?—No, I had not; my means were uncertain, but my wife was aware of it.

Now I must ask you-and be careful how you answer it-will you swear that you were not out of the house after twelve o'clock on that night?-Positively and solemnly I swear it.

Then of course I need not ask you if you were out as late as three o'clockyou and Crozier together?-I positively and solemnly swear it. I never saw him after he left my room.

When you went up to bed last did you close the back door-the back door that leads to the kitchen ?-No, I did not.

You went down to fasten up, did you not ?—Yes, but I did not go to the back. I sat down on the stairs until Crozier came to me. He went to the pantry to fasten up the offices. I never shut up the offices myself. Crozier had the closing of that part of the house.

Was there a light burning any where ?-Not that I am aware of.

Had the gas been put out in the library?—Yes.

The learned Judge.-When ?-Before Crozier went to shut up the back office.

Who put it out?—I think Crozier and I together; he was in the room at the time.

You met the Temples on the staircase ?—Yes.

Did Crozier say at the time that you and he were going to sit up very late that night? No, nothing of the kind. I have no recollection of it.

Will you swear that he did not in your hearing say that ?-I don't recollect it; I did not hear it.

What time did you first notice the fire ?-I don't know; I cannot say. I have not the least idea of what time it was.

Did you not notice the time?-How could I? I rushed down the stairs. Did you knock at Crozier's door ?-As I went up I knocked at his door violently.

Which way did you go?-Down the back stairs.

Did you find the back door open ?—No, locked.

Quite sure of that ?-Positive. I had great difficulty in getting it open.

You and Crozier went out by that door?-Yes, the kitchen door-the door leading into the kitchen.

Were the flames coming out of the windows?-Out of the staircase windows. Were they coming through the windows ?—Yes.

Did you hear the policeman's rattle ?-Not at that time; not for some time.

How long?-Time under such circumstances appears very long. I thought it was three-quarters of an hour, but I suppose I was wrong. I really cannot tell. It seemed an age.

Was the policeman's rattle the first thing you heard ?-No; Mrs. Temple was the first thing I heard.

Do you mean to adhere to that ?—Yes, most decidedly.

What! her screams ?-No; she came out of the window.

Did not a policeman come round to you before any flames had burst out ?—No. No policeman came to me before she threw herself out of the window; that I can positively swear.

Did you scream out? Yes. I screamed, "Fire!" "Murder!" every thing I could think of.

Before you heard the rattle ?-Before I heard or saw any policeman. The first person I recollect seeing was not a policeman, but Mr. Freer. I do not recollect any one before that.

Did you not see some one besides her and the policeman ?—No, I did not.

How many policemen did you see?-I only recollect two, but I am almost blind at night; I see nothing.

You saw Mrs. Temple ?-Yes, I saw her, and heard her.

Did one of the policemen say to you, "Are there any inmates in the house ?" -Yes, but that was some time afterwards.

How long?—I cannot tell the time; it is impossible.

Will you pledge your oath it was five minutes after you got out?—No, I cannot.

Will you swear it was two minutes ?-No, I cannot tell; it might have been five, ten, or fifteen.

But you were quite self-possessed?-Quite.

Well, being self-possessed, can't you say whether it was three minutes or threequarters of an hour?-I cannot.

Did you hear the policeman's rattle ?—Yes; he sprang it as he went.

Did you not hear it before he came ?-Oh yes. I saw him as he came up. I said something about a fire-escape, and begged him to get assistance, and he then went away, and sprang his rattle as he was going.

Then, did you not hear his rattle before he was going?—No, I heard none. Was Crozier standing before you when the policeman came ?-Yes, he was there.

How long was it before you were taken to Gloucester-terrace ?-At the same time that Mrs. Temple was taken away; but I got excited. I was rushing about.

In what state, then, was the building? Were not the flames coming out at all sides ?—No, not at all sides. When I went away there were no flames in the theatre, or on that side of the house; they were coming out of the large window, and they caught the side of Mrs. Temple's room; but I have no recollection.

Cannot you give any idea how long it was before you saw her ?—No; it seemed a long time, but might have been an hour.

Was not the fire burning on every side and in every room ?-Not that I am aware of. Most decidedly not.

You cannot give me the time it began, nor how long it took to burn the building? No, I cannot.

Where did Crozier go to ?-To Mrs. Stevens's, with me. I was not certain he was not one of those who took me there.

The room you slept in had a window opening towards the leads, close to Mr. Egg's house (Little Campden House, which adjoined) ?—Yes.

Your usual sleeping-room was at the back ?-It was.

Was there any fire in the room where you slept that night-before you left it had the fire reached it ?-No; it had not reached the bed-room.

You did not find any smoke until you opened the door ?—No.

Where is the green-room ?-On that side of the house.

Does it not lie under your room and Crozier's ?—Yes.

Not under your bed-room that night, but your usual bed-room ?-Yes, and under Crozier's.

When you opened your door did you see the flames?—I turned to the right of the stairs, and when I got to the staircase I saw flames.

Where? It seemed to me that the staircase was on fire.

On the east side of the house there are seven windows; had they blinds or curtains? No, not all of them. Not before the tapestry was put up; the lower window of the library on that side had shutters, which were closed. There were curtains on two dining-room windows there. There was tapestry put up at two of the gallery windows; not the dining-room.

At both the gallery windows ?-Yes.

When ?-A week before the fire-it might have been longer.

Nailed up? They were nailed up. repairing.

They were put up for the purpose of

Had you ever put them up before?-No. I had never repaired them before. Did you want to find out in that way whether they needed repairs ?—I knew that. It is the only way in which they could be repaired. Mrs. Temple promised to assist me in repairing them.

Did she ask you for what purpose they were put up before the windows?—No; I told her, and she said she would assist me.

Will you swear that you did not put up tapestry in the east dining-room window ?-No, decidedly not; there were two curtains there.

Will you swear that ?-Most decidedly.

How many windows did you put up tapestry to ?-The three gallery windows. Did you not nail up, so as to cover the hall windows, a coarse dowlais got to cover carpets?—Yes; it went all round the hall and covered part of the window, but it was looped up at the side.

Did you nail it up so as to cover the hall window ?—Yes; it came partly over the window.

Was it not nailed up at each of the windows so as to hide what was going on in the hall ?—No; it was looped up so as to give sufficient light. The object was to cover the carvings, which had been cleaned.

Did it not hide from those who were without any thing that took place in the hall?-No; it was looped up.

There are houses all along that (the front) side of the house, the windows of which would overlook the house ?-Yes.

How long before the fire was this cloth put up ?-It might be a week.
And there it remained until the fire ?-Yes.

Did you before the fire repair any of the tapestry ?-No; they had got some needles for me to do it, and I had begun a portion of it.

You were going to do it yourself?-Yes; with the assistance of Mrs. Temple I have often done these things.

How lately had you finished the varnishing ?-Very few days before the fire. You bought a quantity of paper, such as is used in papering rooms ?—Yes. How many pieces ?—I don't know; I think forty.

You are right-there were forty pieces. Did you hang them up to the

ceiling, so that they should fall loosely to the ground?-Not that I am aware of.

You must know. Will you swear they were not ?-Some of them were put in that way. They were put over the carvings and pictures.

The witness was pressed a good deal as to this and whether he had ever done it before; and he said he thought he had some years before, but could not say when.

The witness was then pressed as to a quantity of sheeting which he admitted had been got and hung up loosely over the walls to cover the carved woodwork. He was asked if he had ever hung up sheeting so before, and he said he had hung up holland sewn together for the purpose of covering the carved work. That was sewn. This was pinned together in pieces.

Did you ever cover the walls in that way before ?—No.

The learned Judge.-Never the walls ?-No, only the carved work.

He was then pressed about a box of candles, suggested to contain a cwt., which had been had. He said he had ordered them in Oxford-street, but could not say where, nor could he say what they weighed, but they were put in a cupboard, he believed, and he said his sister had written to him about them, that some candles should be got for storing. He was then asked as to the books being taken down, and then left with the leaves open, in the library. This he admitted, and said it was for the purpose of drying, as the house was damp. He was pressed a good deal as to pictures or other things suggested to have been removed, but denied any such removals. He was then questioned about Crozier, his butler, or valet, who, he said, was always with him, because for some ten years he had been subject to fits and required such attendance, and he admitted that he sometimes dined with him. He was asked about Colonel Waugh, and admitted that he had 20007. put to his credit at the bank of which he supposed Colonel Waugh was the head, and probably through his influence. He was then asked as to his purchases of pictures, and pressed as to whether he had not bought a great many of them at very low prices-10s. or 15s. apiece. He said he did not recollect; but that he had bought some at low prices, but not most of them. Pressed as to the highest sum he had given, he said 1007., or he thought 1507., and being pressed to name any at that price he mentioned one or two. He was asked if he had bought any pictures in 1861, and he said he could not swear, and so as to 1860 and 1859, though he thought that he must have bought some in 1859. He was asked if he was not in difficulties in 1861, and he said he did not consider that he was. He admitted that he had been sued by a butcher for 267., but could not say whether it had been owing more than a year, and said he had paid it. Asked if a Mr. Lee, a florist, had not in 1860 declined to let him have plants on credit, he denied that he knew of it. He admitted that he had got Temple to discount him a bill in December, 1861, and that in January, 1862, he applied to him to discount ten other bills for 401. and 601. Asked if he had not applied to one Browne, an attorney, to raise him 10007., he said he thought not, but would not swear it. Asked if he had not said to Mr. Freeth at the time he effected his last policy, that the place was a great incumbrance, he said he had no recollection of it.

Mr. Lush.-You say you had sunk 55,000l. or 60,0007. in the place?-Very likely I did.

Were you in the habit of giving bills?—Oh, yes.

And of renewing them ?-Sometimes-occasionally; not frequently. He went on to admit that he owed Temple 1107. at the time of the fire.

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Asked if he did not say, a short time before the fire, that the expenses of the place were too great to keep up, he denied it.

Asked if two sofas in the catalogue of his claim were not at Sir Lytton Bulwer's, he said he was sure they were not. Sir Lytton had had two, but not those. Asked as to a bedstead charged 1007. in the claim, he admitted that he had given only 5l. 10s. for it, and had done nothing to it, but he knew 1007. had been offered for one similar to it. Asked as to the amount of his claim as originally sent in, he denied that it was meant as a formal claim, and admitted that it was reduced from 8770l. to 75157. in his formal claim, and there were, he said, things omitted in it after all. Asked again as to the article in the "West London Observer," he denied that he had corrected the proof, though he would not swear he did not, and he admitted it was read over to him. Pressed as to his knowledge of any rumour at the time as to the origin of the fire, he denied it, as he had done before.

Re-examined. He said that when at Raggett's, twenty-five years ago, he was on a visit, and at the time of his marriage he was in good society. He was musical and sang, and his society was sought after. He repeated his denial that he had ever gone out of the house after going to bed. He said the purchases of the paper and sheeting were open, and in the neighbourhood. He explained his purpose as to the tapestries-to repair them and fit them to the windows.

The examination and cross-examination of Mr. Wolley lasted several hours. He preserved his self-possession throughout, and answered very quietly.

Mr. Freer was the next witness called. He stated that he had been at the house at a ball or concert for some charitable purpose. That was the extent of his knowledge of Mr. Wolley. On the night in question he was in Honiton-street and saw sparks coming from Campden House. A policeman was before him, running towards it, and got there first. They knocked at the front door, and threw up stones at the windows. Then he ran round to the left towards the back of the house, outside the wall, and came round again to the front. They then broke palings on the right side and got through to the back of the house. Before that he looked over the wall, and saw some one in his shirt standing on the lawn, calling out to some one. He, witness, went round to the back of the house, and told the policeman it was all right, as the people were out. Then the policeman and he got through the palings and ran round and saw Mr. Wolley, and his servant, and a woman lying on the lawn, and a boy at the window. Mr. Wolley was very much excited, and kept saying, "Oh! poor Temple." Witness said, "Let us try to save the lad," and a ladder was got, but it was too short. Mr. Wolley kept crying out, "Oh, poor Temple! oh, my poor house!" Some one came up (the witness thought a second policeman), and the witness said, "What have you been doing?" and he did not know what the policeman said in answer. He was not certain when the policeman sounded his rattle. As far as he could say he and the policemen were the first persons there. Mr. Wolley had only a shirt on, and the witness took his poncho off and gave it to him. During the whole time he was very much excited. When he got across to the house he fell into a fit. When the witness first arrived, he said, "Flames were coming out behind; they seemed to be coming from the top of the house; not a large body of flames." Mr. Wolley being asked by the witness what awoke him, said, "Some great noise, like a beam falling," and that he opened his door and was nearly suffocated, and had great difficulty in saving his life. The witness sent some clothes in a cab to Mr. Wolley, and did not know what became of them.

Mr. Bovill called upon the company's counsel to produce the clothes they had.