The Express. — London, England, 1848-08-10 00:00:00

escape, and, therefore, become enemy prey to their assailants. Oa Sunday afternoon two of the navvies were walking down the street, when, in consequence, it is supposed, of some provoking words, ens of them was struck at by en Irishman with a sickle. The blow wait aimed at the man's head, and in attempting to wend it off, he received it on his arm with such force as to break the sickle in two ; the man receiving, 51 the mom elm., a etep wound on the left arm, eight inches in length. We im mediately pursued the Irishman, but having gone scout a hundred yards he fell down exhausted from loss of blood. The Irishman was won afterwarts taken into custody, as well as sops of his companions, who were examined and liberated. This gave rise to renewed disturbances in the evening, and not an Irishman won permitted to enter the lowa without being knocked down and severely beaten ; their wily protection from further violence being the inter position of the polies. During Monday and Tuesday the proceedings,vvaeraged and emboldened by success, extended their and went in large bodies to the houses of sevitsl of the principal farmers in the neigtbourhood, armed with *tisk* and bludgeons, and drove away all the Irish whom they found employed, at the same time beating and ill-treat ing all who ventured to come forward in their defence. In some instances, so bitter is the feeling aeainst the Irish, that the navvies have been joined b 7 the agricultural sal Queers, who consider that they are entitled to that which the Irish receive for their exertion. during tho harvest. So audacious have bees the proceedings of the navigators, that it has been deemed necessary by the magistrates of this division of the West Riding to send for a troop of military, and to order out some of the cavalry. A number of special constables have also been sworn in, and other proceedings taken, which it is hoped will put a stop to further disturbances. NORTHUMBERLAND. THE NORTHUMBERLAND AGRICULTURAL SO2.IETT held their ennuis. meeting at ilexham on Tuesday last, and the show was considered to be the best that the society has had since Its first opening in 1836. The Duke of Northum berland is president, and honoured the meeting with his presume. lie was supported by most of the leading landed proprietary of the enmities of Northumberland and Durham. The show of pure short-horned bulls and cows was of first rate description, and included those which gained the first premiums at the Royal Agricultural Society's show at York, and at the Highland Agricultural Show at Edinburgh. The sheep were very numerous and varied, and included some very fine pens of the pure Cheviot breed, as well as several of the highland or blarkfaced breed. The ins,,lements were, on this occasion, of greater variety, and of a more improved de scription than on former occasions ; and, the show of horses was not only numerous but excellent in quality. The Mari gins of Londonderry culled off the first prix • for the best abort-horned bull, aged ; and the first prize for the yearling bull wee given to Mr. Chrisp, a well-known breeder in Northumberland. The first cow was the property of Mr. Hopper, of Stockton on-Tees, and was the same which received the principal agricultural prizes in Itogiand and Scotland. After the show a dinner took • pbc.. in a large bzoth erected for the occasion, at which near 500 sat down, the Duke of Nordiumh• deed presiding. This is the first oc.asion that his grace has attended an agricul tural meeting since be became possessed of the large lacdsd estates in the county, and his rseettion was very enthusiastic. SOMERSEISHIRE. BoT CHARGEO Bain SHOOTING A CHILD. — Yesterday, at the Guildhall, at "lath, H. Irilliams, 12 years of age, and belonging to a respectable family, was charged bi tore the mayor with killing C. T. NV eats, aged I year and 7 months, by discharging the contents of a uistol through his brain. The deceased child woe the son of a coachman is a gentleman's family. On Monday evening, about 7 o'clock, the child was seen sitting on a stone step in the Lanmlown-road, and near him was the prisoner, who had a pistol in his hand. He was in the company of two other boss. Suddenly Williams presented the pistol at the head of the child he fired, and the bullet entered the little fellow's head just above the eye, and passing through the brain, made its exit at the owed.: side of the skull. It is almost ni eclus to say that dcat.t was instantaneous. The boys said that ;hey had got the pistol from their father's garret about a month ago. They had frequently snapped the trig ger, and, although they could see the bullet, they did not think die pistol contained any powder. The Aid was re manded en bail. NAVAL. DavoNrom, Avo. B.—Reinard, at, Com. eraeroft, ar rived tbl morning !tom Portsmouth, and anchored in the Sound., but sailed Manly after to j .io the rquadron at Cork.—!Saner, 14, Lieut. Bacon, has sailed for Lisboa and Malta. ADIIIILALTT, AVO. 9.—APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenants: C. H. ♦. Temple, to Southampton; P. B. loom to Coact Guard.— Chief Eagiseer W. itishardeon, to Viagard.— Clerk in Charge: G. W. Anderson, to Spy.—Second Master J. S. 0. Farrel, to [Maher.— Midabipman t Hon. H. F. Deane. to Trincomalee; E. S. D'Arcy and B. E. Young, to Ocean ; A. D. Campbell, to Piagard ; S. H. Pike. to Victory.—Miudern: C. P. Tuck, to Crane ; T. James and P. Ridley, to flpy.—Aakstant Engineer: B. Mo Ewen, to Fiagard.—T. Baker, to be Imiector of Machinery. SPORTING. lifiTl24l:l AT MANCIIESTER.—Ttunsr. WOLYIIIIIANIPTON BTAILZII.-5 to 2 agst Yardley (i), 4 to I apt Lauri (t), sto I apt Cracow (t), sto I apt Inheritress. Sr. Leo/ca.-5 to 2 apt Springy Jack I t), 9 to 2 east Jus tice to Ireland (t), 9 to 2 art Flateateber, 6 to I apt Surplice, 20 to I apt Arndt, 25 to I apt Insdinine (t). Deaar.-1,000 to 36 apt Garrick (t). Boner Recall have been erroneously advertised in the Abett Calendar fur We:dam-ay and Thursday nut, instead of Tues day and Wednesday. iLab) intelligence. EQUITY COURTS. Herres the Lord (tancellor. En DYCZ SOIIHRE.—Ttus was &petition presented by Mr. Dyce Sombre praying that the commission so long pending against him might be superseded, sad with that new that he might be again examined as to the state of his mind.—Mr. Betbell, for Mrs. Dyce Sombre a.ked that the petition might be beard in private. There were in the affi davits ponsages which he could not read in open court.— The Lord Chancellor could not give a private hearing unless the pantie, on both sides consented to Bolt, for Mr. Dyce Sombre, was not instructed to consent to a private hearing.—ln a conversation which tken ensued between the learned counsel and the Lord Chancellor, it was agreed that Mr. Dyce Sombre, who is now in Paris, should come to London, or the neiobbourhood, in October next, to be examined by two &mom of the Lord Chancellor's appointment, in the presence of two other doctors, one to be named b. Mr. Dyce Sombre, and the other by his wife. Before Vice-arm:err Knight Bruce. Re FTFIN.—CUSTOLT OP INPANTIL—The Vice-Chancel lor gave judgment in this caw (which has excited much interest, and the facts of which are detailed in the report of the hearing in the Express of August 4, lut), to the following effect:—This case having been argued in pubic (for neither party expressed a wish to the contrary), and neither party asking that jurigment should be d. livered privately, I have considered it right to state my view of the matter itt open court. The application is one, by petition, ' respecting the custody and care of the three infant children of Mr. Fyne, a member of the Irish bar, and a lieutenant of English militia, who in an affidavit of the 21st of July, describes himself as 01 No. 9, Southamptoa-street, Strand, and in an affidavit made by him tour days afterwards de scribes himself u temporarily residing at 49, St. John's Wood-terms, fur the eole purpose of being near his child ren. The former affidavit c'.ntaios also this statement: "And I further make oath and say, that I have a settled residence, to wit, Coburg-house, Bridge-row, Hammersmith, wherein to take my two sons, and that I can and will educate them there, and allow my wife daily access to see them." This gentleman was, I think, in October, 1040, gazetted u Cuid Justice of Totem°. In one of his affid.vits he s that he was appointed to that office on Oct. 4 in that year ; and he adds, " which appoint ment I was obliged to resien in Dee. following." The application is supported, and is indeed brought forward, by the mother of the children and by their maternal grand mott er. It may not be unworthy of remark that not any other relative or the infants on either ride is a deponent on this occasion. I have examined the affidavits arid exhinits, and the statements made by Mr. Fynn in person at the bar. The eircunistences in evidence are in some respects distressing. Cases indeed, in which a hither sought to be deprived of the custody of his infant children, or to be controlled in respect of guardianship of them, can seldom be otherwise than' painful. Were I at liberty (as I am not) to act on the view which, out of court, I should as a private person take of the course likely to he most beneficial for the infants, I should have no doubt whatever upon the question of interfering with the father's power. Without any hesitation I should do so, though to what extent and in what manner I do not say. But there may and must be many cases of conduct, many cases of family differences, family difficulties, and family misfortunes, in which, though interposition would be for the interest and a tvantage of minor children, courts of justice have not the means of interfering usefully, or, it they have the means, ought not to interfere ; and the jurisdiction to which the present petition is addressed is one that—infi nitely various as are the pcksio e circumstances in which it is applicable—is yet r.stricted, and I believe wisely restricted, by certain principles and rules from which there can with propriety be in its exercise ne departure. The acknowledged rights of a father with ft spec: to the custody and guardian ship of his infant children are conferred by the law, it may be with a view to the performance by him of duties towards the children, and, in a sense, on the con dition of his perterming these duties. But there is great difficulty in closely &lining them. It is not substantially possible to ascertain or watch over their full performance, nor could a court of justice usefully attem it. A man may be in narrow circumstances ; he may le negligent, inju• dicious, and faulty, as the father of minors; he may be a per son, from whom the discreet, the intelligent, and the well. disposed, exercising a private judgment, would wish his thadrus to be, for their sakes and his own, removed. He may be all this, without rendering himself liable to judicial interference. And, in the main, it is, for obvious reasons, well that it should be so. Before this jurisdiction can be called into action, it must be satisfied, not only that it has the means of acting safely and effectually, but also that the father he so conducted himself, or has shown himself to be a perm of such description, or is placed In such a posi tion, r to render it not merely better for the children, but essential to their safety or to their welfare in some very serious and important respect, that his rights should be treated as lost or suspended, and he superseded or interfered with. If the word " essen tial" is too strong one:pre:ion, it is not much too strong. What I have said may, however, where there is a mother, sad Modally as to infants under seven years of age, be sub rat te qweliffeation with reference to her rights, crested or sufard by the statute called Mr. Seri ant Talfourd's Act. The present petitions certainly is not a petition under that NC bat I nu,sitt not probably to deal with the proceeding without harms in mind that were the throe children or , the two boys placed in the 'nth, r's sae custody to-day the mother would be entitled to present a petition under the diktats to-morrow and probably with effect. Whether, how. ever, as the matter stande, there is here a case for interfering with paternal authority is, I thibk, an embarrassing quer tion. As to the youngest of the three children, • daughter, the father does not seek to disturb or interfere with the custody of her which the mother has. Of the boys the elder Was born in December, 1843, so that he is at pre ant not five years old. The other was born in 1845. The father end mother are, and have been for more than a twelvemonth, firing apart from each other, by her wish, it appears, rather than his, for he expresses a desire that they should be ter conciled. lam not persuaded that she has not • good &- fen°, to the pending suit, if there is one pending, for a res titution of conjugal rights. It is not suggested, nor is there the least reason for supposing, that Mr. Fynn could suture fully institute • suit for a divorce, a manse et thoro. Whether Mrs. F) nn could auccesdully institute such a eta may be a question. la the month of January last, when Mr. Fynn 's confinement is the prison of the Rue de Clichy, at Paris, commenced, the two boys, then in his sole charge and keeping, were delivered into the care and charge of their mother and maternal grandmother, and in the same custody these two children have continued, and. as I think, well and beneficially for them, continued ever since, subject to such occasional access of the father ae, under the direction of a learned judge (I believe Mr. Baron Alderson) has been, within the last few weeks or days, allowed to him. It is right to add that the two boys, if on the eccesion in January last, to which I have referred, the mother, or maternal grandmother, had not taken charge of them, must in all probability, as it appears to me, have been exposed to serious dangers and to extremities of various wretchedness. The imprisonment of Mr. Fynn at Paris, having in February been terminated, during a revolutionary tumult. by a forci ble breaking of the g_ol, he was enabled to seek the repos session 01 his sons ; and he has done so aft, r an inter.nediate passing through the English court for the relief of insolvent debtorr, to which, after his French release, he had recourse. But I may observe that, had order and law not been inter rupted in Paris, Mr. Fynn would probably at this mo ment be a prisoner there—and, though cot • criminal pri soner, yet confined for a debt, in the manner and circum stances of contracting which he must (I am obliged to say) be, in my opinion, considered as having acted censurably and discreditably. For five or six months next before the commenceu.ent of the French imprisonment, the two boys had been in the sole charge of the father, apart (rain their mother, during which period he bad them with him in various parts of the continent of Europa, without a compenion, a nurse, an attendant, or • servant of any kind, as I collect. Probably he was not able during that time to take proper care of them, or provide for their being taken care of in a proper manner. Certainly I think that in fact (and I mean before the French imprison ment) he did not do so; and I repeat that in ray judgment their separation fron. him in January last was for the two boys a matter, if not of worldly salvation, at least of the highest benefit and greatest importance, arid not merely on account of the imprisonment. If they are now restored to his custody and guardianship, how is he to educate them — how to provide them with the care so important to their wel lere—how to maintain them t Ido not see and cannot con ceive. It is plain, I thi.ik, that he has not at present the means, nor does it appear to me that there is any probability that he will have the means, of doing so. To restore the boys to him will, as it seems to me, be in all human pro balsility to consign them to unsettled and ire, gular mch:es of fife, adverse in the highAst degree to culture, to discipline, to all, by which they ought to be formed for oc cupying • station worthily in the higher or middle ranks, to Pay nothing of the occasional or frequent, if not constant, privation of the ordinary comforts, perhaps decencies of life, in their class of society to which they will, in my judgment, be very likely (0 be expoe, d. The father has not, nor is likely to have, a nurse, a governess, a servant, or substan. tinily a house, so far as I can collect. Some letters from Mr. Fynn—four at least—have been produced, of which the authenticity is not in dispute. Theme letters--whether to be taken as wholly or in part sincere, or wholly or in part in sincere, he wishes • portion of one of them at least to be taken as insincere—cannot, I thibk, be disrewarded in the cue, either with referehes to the nut, or with reference to b s statements as to the future. One of the four runs thus : New Yea'. Day, 1048.—My dearest wife,—ln consequence of the enclosed from !Mott, lam most reluctantly ennipelled to break my promise of not again addmesing you. It appears your mother called on him to say that a visit to her would at present be unnecerwary ; as U I ever cootemplated any such, and as if Mr. Scott had not previously invited me to his huspita , le board. But this conduct O only in keep ins with her officious and cursed meddling al: through, and makes me every morning I rise curse the hour I ever allowed you to get into her clutches. You beg of me never to mention her directly or indi. rectly, and yet you put it in nip power to do so by allowing this later. ference, which has already met me a place of Sou /. per annum, robbed me of my birthright, and now waits to deprive me of my friends. But the vengeance of God will overtake the maniereaa of your tither, and my children will curse her to the end of time. Vim know I have • prison staring me hourly in the face, that my children are without even their right clothes. and haven't • morsel to put into their mouths; and yet you, their mother, have not the feeling, the heart, to rend them a farthing. This time List year I rent you presents and money to the amount of 35f., and bow very gratefully you have returned the favour. 161. would save your husband and children, whom you wrote • few days ago you wished only to save, and not one sous have you sent. Gracious God, that such unnatural hard heartedness could exist ; above all, in • woman that Fanfares so much for those belonging to her I will leave Paris in spite of your Cruelly on Me nday evening, and on the morning of that day I shall write to "colt, and thuskard, and Jortlao, about the woman who is the sole cause of all. I have done everything to oblige and meet your whale*, toed here Is my reward. I have left fol. hue d' tojou, and shall wait for a final mower on Monty morning at the Hotel Carel. I always thought you noble, warm, and generous; bet your present conduct has altered my °pluton. May God save me and my peer boys, and visit with his malediction the authoress, of their ruin —Boner. Another is thus : Hotel Canal, 20, Rue de Bohan, Paris, Saturday, Bth.—My very foolish and misguided wife, I have just seen the prefect du police, LI well . the lady of the floral de Bath, who Mowed me your very pre cious production. A nice wife you are, to write to an botrl•keeper what your bu-band bad monthly; and what a child she roust think you, as she dues, to pn•poec to her to send down my children, ac. as Your letter to the amliarsador, which he forwarded to the prefect, was ridiculous in the extreme. The idea of a wife writing to any one for the address of ber husband and children, could only emanate from the same sensible brain that by its productions has always damaged me and mine. I find by a letter tom Mr. Carton that your sister no long. r interferes in the affair, which shows her sense, an will make me retract every line I wrote respecting her. I will do Justice where it is due, and vied with every curer More who, I now learn for the first time, solely deserve lb All your tricks and expom of my pr. rate affairs will avail you nothing; and if it was not foe M. de Richermont, my avocet, who, I understand, this day writes to you, I would have gone down and exposed you and yours to everyone In Tours. You talk of my only haring Si. a month—pray didn't my father leave you a elf:eller sum for all the children only, and did you ever mid them one penny of their money since you received it ? Yuu know their things have been mixed, and yet you, their mother, are so cold hearted a• not to release them. You bare a trunk of their clothes, and yet refuse to send it ; and you have the impudence, not withstanding all this, to write of my poverty, caused by your In famous mother', letter-writing to my hither, and to beg of etranpre to send you the boys! If they were to go barefooted you should never hare them, and all your lies and meanness.w and unnatural and heard.* conduct will only make me bitterly make you suffer. I now tell you I have everything prepared to vind.mte my rights. I write Ws day to the Doyen of Tours. and I will, most assuredly go down on Monday and take my daughter also from you. I hare now offered everything to conciliate you, and I have been met with the gravest hypocrisy, lying, and abuse. I write to Scott and to Mr. Headley, and ha son.in-law, Mr. Beaver, by this. - - - - - - The Paris imprisonment having commenced on the 11th of January, as 1 understand, he afterwards, in a letter of the 2nd February to Mrs Ainsworth, addressee her as his best and his kindest mother-in-law, and asks her blessing—a re quest contained also in a letter of the 15th January, which in full, is thus : The Prison, 08, Rue filthy, Paris, Saturday IS.—Madam,— On my battled knew., and from the bottom of my beset, I ash pardon, your forgiveness-your full and sincere forgiveness— for all the misery, dsappointment, and unhappiness I bare ever caused you. I wrote all my hasty letters under severs provocation, end In a state of excitement that words cannot desenw. lam now suffering for my folly—for my ingratitude—and God knows what day will be my last. I will do anything you require to prove the sincerity of my contrition, and to show you that l am altered more than you can believe. Fur a week I here lined on bread and water; have lid neither sh set nor eti chines to put on, end sleep in a room with felons and robbers—Bre I never see; enil received for the first time mince my marriage the holy sacrament thi* morning. I therefore write to you as one who has made his peace with God. and wishes to be at peace with all. For his take forgive me, and I will be content. No Mr has undergone mute than I have this week, awl my bitterest Imply would have melted at my sufferings. itecoocile meta my wife—the only being I ever loved, adored, and worshipped—and I will submit to anything to please you. Don't, for the sake of my darling children, make public our differences; but let them be healed up, end if ever I offend you or her more, never, never, never see or write to me. no ill you cane op to town and see me, and! will sign any concession you Wee. Ikm brokenhearted, wretched, sad miserable ; and if I am not restored to your friendship and reconciled to my darling Em, I will put an end to an existence that is already a load to MC For God'. sake, toe the sake ol the Weaned Virgin, come up mid me and pies me your blessing and forgiveness. lam ruined If you will not cme forward to bring about this reconciliation, for upon it I take all the hope I here of hammiess in this life and the next. God will bless you fur your great charity sad for Winging together them be intended never should be separated. On my rums I renew this preening, humble, deep-felt prayer, and may God bless and induce you to grant 4.—Your um/en emata son.in-law, Rosser Fee,. • • Now, even apart from any question merely of pecuniary meana, without any reference to Mr. Yynn's solvency or insolveucy, or worldly prospeeta, without meaning that his rffidavits, or those ut Mr. Harnott, ought to be disco carded, and without being convinced that some at least of the affidavits made against Mr. Fynn do not contain exaggerated statements against him, I may, I think, safely say upon the whole evidence before me that he is • person to whose guardianship or care every reasonable man baying an option would strongly object to intrust a child. I do not certainly say or intimate that a man's being a highly ineligible person to be appointed to the office of guardian of an infant establishes the proposition that he ought not to have the custody of his own children. In the present instance, however, Mr. lynn's clear unfitness, in my judgment, to be a guardian of his children it he were not their father his been exhibited in such a manner, /Vials hem each causes, and exists in such a state ef circumstanoes, with respect not merely to his means of supporting the children, but with respect to that and other important 0011al derations, as to render it incumbent on the court, for the sake of the children, to interpose against their father. I repeat, however, that I am unable to view the ques tion otherwise than as one of doubt and diffi• rulty, which I say independently of a point in the case which I have hitherto but slightly noticed, and 'object to which all that I have said must be considered as uttered. This point is the question, whether the court has the means of acting safely and effectually. I allude to pro perty now, and to property only. Lord Eldon, we know, has more thin once addressed himself to this consideration, u to which it is unnecessary to say mon than to refer to' " Wellesley v. Duke of Beaufort," sad the anonymous ease cited in "Lyons v. Blenkin," referred to by Mr. Chambers in his valuable book on infants. Mrs. Ainsworth has ex pr, seed a willingues to give an undertaking es to the main tenance and education of the children; but I believe I ought to require either an actual appropriation of property or income, or aims sorority. I am, however, disposed to give the petitioners time for this purpose, and if what shall be done shall be satisfactory I lured, all things else to remain subatantially se they are, to make an order referring it to the master to approve of a scheme for the custody, maintaaaaas, and education of the infants, providing for a limited access of the father to them. All, however, at present I do is to direct the petition to stand over with liberty to apply, fd ra.Ains worth undert king to pre vide for the proper cars end msiotenance of the children until (tailor order. It was ultimately arranged the t the proposition to be made by the grandmother should be sub mitted to his Honour on Monday next, when the case is to be disposed of, and that the present interim arrangements, as to the access of the father to the children, should be con tinued, except that the time of such access should be four hours. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCIIIT :7 OvILoroan, Auo. 9. Oyu. S - 175. - - - Before the Lord Chief Baron and Cosunon Jury. _ SEDUCTION. BROWN o. YARDLEY.—This was an action brought by Anne Brown, to recover from the defendant, Joshua Yardley, compensation in damages for the loss of the services of her niece, Mary Anne Brown, by reason of her seduction by the defendant. Berjeant Shoe stated the cue. He said that she was a person of respectability although in a humble position of life, and at the time of Deis unfortunate occurrence she occu pied a cottage at a place celled Brock-hill, in Berk shire, her family consisting of her niece, a young woman seven or eight and twenty years of age, who was the unhappy subject of the present inquiry, and a nephew, who was also grown up. The plaintiff's niece aristed in the household work, and also earned some money by the use of her needle, and up to the time of her unfortunate connexion with the defendant her conduct had been meat irreproach eble, and there had never been the slightest stain upon her character. The defendant was • member of • highly re spectable and wealthy family, and at the time be first be came acquainted with Mira Brown he war not of age, in foot not more than 19 years of age; but, notwithstanding bin youth, he appeared to have acted with great wickedness, and to have exhibited all the art of a profligate seducer. In the month of June, 1848, Miss Brown happened to be at the White Hart Inn, near her own re sidence, which was kept by a person with whom she was well acquainted, and who had been in the habit of employing her in needlework, and she there saw the de. feodant, who hal come from Ascot Races, and he entered into conversation with her, expressed his admiration of her, and requested to be al:owed to visit her upon honourable terms. lie, accordingly went the next day to her aunt's house, and an intimacy sprang up between the young people. At this period the defendant war living with hie mother, at a short distance from the residence of the plaintiff, and he constantly came to the cottage, and was received as the suitor of her niece, and frequently expressed his ink.- tion to marry her, reigning as a reason for delay that he was a ward in chancery, and not being of age he could not marry until that period arrived. Ihe consequenie of this continued intimacy mu that, in an unguardi d moment, the young woman unhappily yielded to his solicirations, and the result was tic became in the family way, and in the month of lhcember, 1817, she was deli vered ut • female child. The defendant had all along pro. (eased the most honourable intentions; but having obtaintd his object, he very soon appeared desirous to break off the connexion, and shortly after the birth of the child, and with out giving any explanation, or even bidding farewell to his unfortunate victim, he left that part of the c.,untry, and went to Greenwich, leaving the unhappy young woman • prey to misery and almost despair. Mies Brown having as. attained where the defendant was staying, none communi cations passed between them, and, in reply to a letter sent by her to him, the defendant returned the following answer: Wednesday Morning.—l received your letter last night, arid take the earliest opportunity to answer it. It worries rue esceedingly, lam confined to my bed, and gone this in bed. I trot you as much as I porailily could, with a prom se of more when I could. My nears and case you may burn or give William. I mule you I hare not et this moment a chilling to snare or I would have sent you mere. What do you wont to leave your aunt for? 1 thought you would nut on any account port from your baby. You are just going to show your tuve fur her. If once you leave her she shall come el Greenwich, and you we no more of her. Any one in the world would forgive me what 1 have done. If you phase to wait a fortnight I will rend you something more, and will tell you more then. Don't leave the chtbl-- il you do, it waft fulv when you old you loved her. lam quite surprised of your writing me w. 11 • letter. If you keep with the child I will do everything I mu. for you, but you know the utmost I shouln be Obliged to pay is Ya. 641. per week only. Joel turn that over in your mind. Did you mewl to taunt me about *ending my things to my mamma! You may do just as you please. Take the child there if you like. There was nothing ins my letters of the' same stamp as yours ; at lemat, they were kind. You know my eirennastances at preenst as well as I du myself. lam going to London to-morrow about the loan, and then I will, if you behave right towarvis me, do what you wish ; but not, if you taunt me about sending my things to my mother. 1 dare ray you are moat damnably ailment ; at least I judge eo by your letter. 11 you leave, where Mier you to go to, with out money or friends' you will soma find out the difference, and and there are thousands who wont employment, but cannot obtain it, and are starving. I give you this ad vice as one who, however he may have treated you, realty I bas your interest at heart. Although I would not marry you, I with to be on good terme with you if you would allow me. hut what liar my mamma to do with it t Take the child there to-morrow morning, and heu what she hat to say to you.—(olgried) _ . . ---- • • To ibis letter the following answer was returned by Miss Brown : Sir,—l receieed your letter. I will wait the time you state to know what you will do for baby. You ask me why I leave here. Can you think I eon stay in • place where I am pointed tat by every person who would have been frlerale to toe if I had taken their advi el I con liter I hare quite mental trouble enough. I have been cruelly treated, even heat by my own brother with the bubo In my arms. Fur whom have I eutfered all this I For one whose promisee go to the wind.. You say d l will do right by you, you will by me. Now, if you will point out to me what is right I will endeavour to do that, ao having date wrong has made me wretched. You need not upbraid tee with respect to poverty; we would all be rich if we could. Though I am p or I am not mean epinted ; my heart chill bosh rather than bend. You say you are an altered being. May Him that formed you grant you may be. Let e be • lemon to you. Never be the means of another woman's rebury. I appose I am not the first. Hail you triM me your deci- Won hoot September I could have to given you, but never for year having behaved to me m you have moot that. In • &Hennes-place aequaintance any one would have void I am going to leave—you say, witheut friend,. I had quite as many aa I hail need in my condi tion, and it is not so late in life with me but 1 may have again. An altered conduct may soon make frieuda —Yours., M. A. Stowe. The next letter read by the learned serjesnt was one writ ten by the defendant, and dated " Greenwich, March 2.3, 1848." It was as knows: My dearest Mary Anne,—l am sorry —Tee, truly sorry—l wrote that last letter to you, as, perhaps, you did not mean to annoy me when you vole of sending my cigara he., to ray mamma. If you did mean to dew, it is no other than I ought to expect, as I have treated TOU SO ill, Do, my dear Mary Anne, forgive ale —forget you ever received such • letter. I will never write such another. It was indeed cruel of me. You reproach me with not telling you I intended Invii.g till I left Ilolypurt. I fully expected to fulfil my promise to you, and had not the slightest idea of leaving till the morning I came away. You know the diaparity in our age nit everything else. Yea, though I cannot be your husband, I can still be your I fiend. Ito you think I could have had any idea of leaving, and kept it from you! Are you ma satisfied that when baby was bye I really intended to marry you I I am quite our° that ia after years you will not regret my determination. You oey you suppose you are not the first woman I have treated so; indeed you any and bitterly— very bitterly—do I regret it. It was no common ram of seduction. Till I left I fully intended to marry you. believe me in this, and then perhaps you out not think me so hue. I ehould much lie to see you, ex, pu may improve I atilt care for you. How can we meet I Can you come to Windsor If so, what day, what time? If you do nut w .nt to are MC, write, and I will rend you another nmittanoe. Did I not, my dear girl, supply you as well as I could with money! You little know the straits 1 went through to procure it for you. I am quite sure if you ever itut you still mood me with affection ; and nothing can give me greater Wafture than to hear from you that you are well. It you can conveniently I know you would like to see me. If you do OM* toll me the day and time you will be in Clarence-crescent It will be a very good meeting pleoe. We CMS then have a talk about the future. Be asoured I still love you as much as I ever did, although I will not keep my promise that way. It will be a groat pleasure to receive a told letter front you--not exactly ,ike the Irat. If you come do nut bring the baby. Any day will suit me, and any time, as I have nothing to do. I am quite shocked at Willianeeconduct ; in fact, I have mien thought of it before. I had written a letter to send to you asking you to forgive ray sokind letter, but had not posted it when I received your.. lied bless you I—Ever your affectionate friend, JOSSTA YALOLKT. The following answer was sent to this letter : Winkneld, March 25.—Sir,—Your let ter came rare to hand. Could you suppose that I could think too trilling a thing us seediest your cigars to your mamma would annoy you. Thom things are of no use to me—thnt TM my reason. It could be of no CMOs quenoe me she 111 now acquainted with the matter. You speak of friendship. Love and friendehlp are two very different thinp ; the friendship of one uncer tain sa the wind in of httle avail. You ray you would wish to see me. Can thia be possible! You wish to see one you so bitterly regret an acquaintance with. I reminded you of the diaparity between on in the early part of our ecquaintsuice—you should have considered that then. As to my meeting you at Windsor, my health will not permit that. I am quite surprised at receiving curb letters fram you. They must cepa:. the sentiments of mime other pets., and not the Mr. Yardley I thouxht I hid eo lung known. 1 had before this letter apposed you had run e affection fur baby, but not to wish to see her convinces me of that. With respect f to her future support, you will, perhaps, turn that over In your mind, what you will do by the time you have stated, which will be neat Wedneirehry. I am truly worry you should be put to *traitor to inracure melt trifling mime of money for me. Why had ye* not told me no berare 1 Youhould never have dune Nat Although sometime. I ha i not money, I had money's worth, or what could I have done. You appear to think I have had • great deal of money, I consider It very oiling for the exprone I hate had.— Your., Mc, M. A. Baowm. The defendant then sent the following reply : April 14, 181.5.--Madam I have been away from Oreenwich, have this day returned home, and found your lrater awaiting air. I think there was nothing improper in my but it was certainly kind. I en- I pruned • wish to see you, and it seems you do not feel inclined to accede to my request. I now forward you half a ravereign for the nesintenance of your child tor the ensuing month, which to the utmost the law can conipel me to do. The same shall be enclosed 'to you monthly.—l ant madam, your obedient servant, Josoca Yammer. This letter closed the correspondence. Mary Anne Brown, a good lookieg young woman, was then celled. She said, the plaintiff is my aunt. In 1846 I was living with her at Brock-hill, Berkshire. My brother also lived in the same cottage. 1 used to work at my needle, and assisted my aunt in the domestic affairs and sled made butter for her. I ant b :Tame acquainted with the defendant in June, 1846, and he paid his addresses to me after that time The tint time he came to my aunt's cottage he brought me some books, and he then asked permission to visit me as a suitor. After this time he frequently came to visit me, but my aunt repeatedly advised me to discontinue the connexion. The defendant frequently promised to marry me, and he bought me the wedding-ring, which I now pro- dace. The brat time he made me a promise of marriage woo in November, 1846, and it was after that period that an im proper intimacy took place between us. That intimacy occurred either at the latter end of February or the beginning of March, 1847. It took place in my aunt's cottage, and my aunt and my brother were in another part of the house at the time it happened. I was unwilling to consent, but he placed his hand over my month, and told me not to be so ridiculous. I resisted him Ab well as I could, and he said, " Iteannot make such a material difference, I mean to marry you." Even tually he succeeded in eflbcting his object, but it was against my consent. After this the intercourse was continued, and I consented to the defendant's whites because he told me that it could not make any difference then, and that be would not marry me under I yielded to his wishes. I was confined Dertuther 7, 1847, with a female child and the defendant is the father of that child. While I was in the family way he bought me a wedding-ring and told me to wear it to induce the neighbours to believethis I was married, and I did so ; but my aunt knew the truth. While the defendant was paying his addresses tome ho told me that he should have 2701. • year from his father, and that when he was twenty-fiv• years of age he should have 2401. • year from his grandfather. After the child was born the defendant repeated his promise of marriage, but said he could not marry me until he came of l ege; and he gave me small sums of money on different occa eions—a few shillings at a time. The whole I have received from him Is 91. and sixpence. I am still living with my aunt, and am entirely dependent upon her, as sines this occurrence I have not been able to obtain any of my usual e mployment at needlework. I have seen the defendant in Guildford during these ageism, and I have been informed that he is married. The letters that have been produced are in the handwriting of myself and the defendant. —By Mr. Chambers lam not sure whether lam now 30 or 31 years old, but I am sure that I never told the defendant I was five or six-and-thirty. I may have told him that I was not confi dent as to my age, but I believed I was near thirty. I first met the defendant at the White Hartpublic-house, near my aunt's cottage. I was acquainted with the landlady, and had taken two of her children to see Ascot races, and when I returned I was in the bar parlour with her. The defendant had also been to the races, and on his return he called at the Whits Hart to take some refreshment. Ho entered into conversation with me, and told me he had some very interest ing books which he would lend me to read, and he asked permission to visit me next day, He called the next day, and gave me some books and introduced himself to my aunt. After this the defendant came re peatedly in the evening to the cottage, anti my aunt and my brother used to go out of the room and leave us together sometimes for an hour or two. The defendant used to am ,ke cigars or a pipe, and sometimes ho had gin and water, and other refreshment, but I never drunk any gin ar.d water with him. He used often to talk about his " mamma." (A laugh.) He always called her his " mamma." I cannot state exactly when the improper intimacy fleet took place, but it wails the evening, anti either at the end of February or the beginning of March, 1847, and my brother and my aunt were in another room, which was only separated from the one we were in by a passage. I never asked the defendant what his age was, but he told me that he was not of age, and that he was a ward in chancery, and if he married before he was of age the marriage could be vet aside. Ile also told me that he should not be of age untit the 26th February in the present year. I have received several other letters from the defendant, but I destroyed them, and I only kept his titters when I had reason to 112- lieve that he would deviate from his promise to marry me. Upon one occasion I told the defendant that I should cue him for the surniort of my baby, and he said in answer thee he would "cheek Any one one of anything in a court of justice." (A laugh ) The only offer he has ever made me was to give half-a-crown week. He used to visit me after the child was bora ; but upon the 23d February last he en tirely discontinued his visits. Up to that time I &keys thought he intended to marry me. Mr. W. May, a gentleman residing at Brock hill, deposed that he had known the plaintiff and her family fur a good many years, and they Ours a very iespectable character. Ile ult.o said that upon receiving information of what had or. marred he recommended them to ea attorney in London, in order that they might obtain retirees. Mr. J. U. May, the attorney for the plaintiff, deposed that upon his attention being cunt d to the mitter by his father, he undertook to act in it ; but in the first instance be did nut do so piofessionaly, but merely to mediate between the p.aties with a view to obtain come compensation from the defendant. He &coedit gly wrote to the defendant on the Ilth of April, and he called at his Mike, and witeees told him that his object was to ieduce him to do what was right to the family whom he had inured. The defendant replied that his krona , : was only 300 1. a year, and he raked witness what he should expect him to do, and he told him he thought he ought to make the m'.ther some small allow. ance. The defend .nt treated the matter very lightly, and e was so flippant that witness nag quite disgust d at his conduct, and told him if he did not behave differently he must quit the office. The defendant then inquired if 121. a year would be enough, and 'Mom then asked him what he intended to do to reimburse the aunt for her expenses, and whether he hod any intention of carrying out tie promise of marriage. The defendant replied that he was not of age when he made the promise, and that if they must go to law with him, he had an uncle in Italy, and if they got a verdict, he should join him, and neither aunt nor niece should ever get a farthing. Witness upon this told him that he was aware he had money in the funds ; and there was a remedy with such characters as he was ; and the defendant them said he would not wive anything, and left the office. In the course of the conversation the defendant said he knew that the plaintiff was a virtuous girl, and he was sorry he had committed himself by his conduct towards her; and he added that he should have married her, but his fr.ende adv.se4,him not to do 80. Serjeant Shee then proposed to put in the certificate of the marriage of the defendant; but upon Mr. Chambers objecting On the ground that it was not legally receivable as evidence, tke document was withdrawn: Mr. Chambers ilea addressed the jury for the defendant, and be said before he proceeded to comment upon the facts of the ease be must requret them to direct their attention to thereat question at issue between the parties ea this occa sion. This was nut an action for a breach of promise of marriage, but it was an action brought by an aunt to recover compensation for the loan of the services of her nit ce on ac count of her seduction by the defendant, and it was for that loss only that the jury ought to give damage.; and they ougot altogether to utamiss from their attention all the topics of aggravation that had been introduced into the case. Another action for the breach of promise might be brought, the next day against the defendant, and damages might be obtained against hint, and therefore the damages its the present instance ghoul Ibe merely awarded fur the alleged injury sustained by the aunt. Serjeant Shce said the defendant was a minor at the time the promise was made, and therefore no action would lie against him for breach of promise. Mr. Chambers proceeded.— lie should contend that on the present occasion the jury had i othing whatever to do with the breach of promise, but they were merely called upon to say what dan.age the aunt bad really sustained, and that damage he thought they would be of opinion oas very trifling indeed, when they looked at all the circumstances of the case. Ile complained cf the topics that had been introduced to prejudice the case of the youth for whom he appeared. Youth he must call him, for it was et sr that at the time the intimacy first took place between the parties he was not more than 19, while the young woman whom he was alleged to have seduced was at all events eight or nine years older. It was all very well to say that it was the duty o' the jury to protect female virtue, but he could not help thinking that it was their duty at the same time to protect their sous, and to see that young men were not ensnared into improper connexions. What were the facts in the present case ? A boy of 19, returning from the races, goes into a public-house to take seine refresh mint, and there sees a young woman with whom he is smitten, and he at once declares himself her lover, and visits her at the house ol her aunt in that capicity. What was the duty of the plaintiff under such cir cumstances) Ought she net immediately to have com municated with Ms friends ; and it they did not sanction his proceedings, would it not have been her duty to forbid him from coming to the house. Instead of doing this she permitted the intimacy to continue, and had the imprudence to leave the young people alone together for several hours, when she must have been aware what would have been the almost inevitable result of such a course of proceeding. With regard to the seduction, he coneidered it mere probable that the young lady of seven and twenty, who was evidently pew ward of considerable experience in worldly matters, should have bt en the seducer, than the boy of 19, who was innocently talking about his " mammi," and whose conduct had evinced nothing but innocence and sim plicity. As to the statement of his learned friend, that the defendant bad obtained possession of the young woman's person by force, it was perfectly ridiculous, and the evidence I showed that there was not the slightest foundation fur it. The wily geese/fore vet present, however, was the amount of loss the aunt had sustained; and he should submit that, if she had em.ained any damage, it was the result of her own misconduct, and neglecting to perform her duty ; and that, if the jury considered that she was entitled to any damages at all, they would only give her a very trifling amount. 'the learned counsel then proceeded at considerable length to comment upon the circumstances of the connexion between the parties, and he concluded by expressing an opinion that, if the jury were to give large damages in such a case, it would act as a premiere to induce persona pl iced is similar ei , cumetances to the plaintiff to neglect the ex rcise of that peeper caution which was required of them, and would tend to give damages to persons who were themselves the occa sional the mischief of which they complained. The Chief baron having summed up, the jury, oiler a short deliberation, returned a verdict far the plaintiff— Damages, 2001. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—MositouTo, Auo 8. Before Mr. Baron THS ST. WOOLLAS Al UHUSR.-A Womare SHOT BY A SoLuinit.—M. Keay, aged 22, was charged with the wilful murder of Agnes Hill, on the 26th of May last, in the parish of St. Wool:as, near Newport.—Mr. Greares, hiv ing stated the case, called John Mitchell, who deposed : I ant • private in the 14th Regiment, which has been at Newport since April lest. We were qaartered in the barracks, and the prisone. shared my room. When we were quartered at Plymouth I knew one Agnes Hill, who came to Newport on the 26th of May. Between 10 and 11 o'clock of that day I saw her in company with a soldier named Dennis Doherty, coming from the canteen. I then went to my room, whither prisoner fol lowed me. He took the ammunition-box, and attempted to take oat 10 rounds ; this was an unusual time to take tunmuni ti.,n. The prisoner left the room and returned in the course of three minutes, when my attention was drawn to him. He appeared to be sponging out his firelock, but Ibis did not create any suspicion in my mind. He then left the room, ant: shortly alter I heard the report of firearms, and through the window I saw a number of our men run in the direction of Agnes Hill, who was falling. I went and assisted to carry deceased to the hospital. The next day Agnes was deed.— Michael M'Guire examined : Am • eergeent in the 14th Regiment. Was quartered last May at Newport. On the evening of tke 25th of May I was on guard at the barracks. The prisoner was delivered over to me for being intoxicated, at about 25 minutes to 10. He was sentenced to six days' confinement, with, however, the liberty of walking about the yard of the barracks. At one o'clock on the 26th of May c I saw the prisoner. I went into the ard-room and heard the ensign ask him why he did i and he said to put her out of the wey, and he war W . . g to suffer for it. I found one round of ammunition deficient in the prisoner's cartouche box. Several witnesses were examined, who de, poseC to the following facts:—There was an acquaintance between the prisoner and Agnes Hill, which led to an at taehment. On the 28th of May Kelly had reason to doubt her fidelity; he saw her walking with • soldier named Doherty, and immediately proceeding to his room armed himself with his musket, proceeded to the barrack-yard where he had seen the parties in communicettion, and telling Doherty to torn aside he lilted his musket to the height ot his hip and shot Agnes in the lower put of the abdomen, the b. , 11 passing out behind. The poor girl lingered until the following day, when she esuired. Ihe jury re turned a verdict of guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy. —His b.rdship pronoun c ed ju d gm ent on the unhappy man, sentencing bun to death. He held cut no hope of mercy, nor could he recommend it.—During the trial the prisoner evinced signs of deep emotion; when his doom was sealed by the words of the judge he burst into tears and sank down t ithausted. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1848. POLICE.—IrEsTeRDAY. CLERK EN WELL.f-sh7Dge.o- Boum—Four young men, planers, belonging to Clerhenwell 'pariah, were charged by Mr. Martin, the master of the workhouse, with having re fused to perform work. The prisoners were admitted into the workhouse, and, on being offered work to pick oakum, they refused to do it, and they were given into custody.—One of the prisoners, who was spokesman for the others, del not deny the charge, saying that they were put into a room to pick oakum and it was immediately over the dead house, where bodies were deposited, and the stench arising there from ;was so offensive that it wee dangerous to their health, and impossible for them to work in the place. They were willing to work if they were put into a proper place .—Mr. Combe inquired whether there was any foundation for this charge ?-14r. Martin denied it, and said it was a mere excuse for the purpose of getting off the work.—An inhabitant householder in the parish, who happened to be in the court, here said that • short time ego he was summoned on • coroner's inquest at the work house, when the coroner and jury made tome strong remarks in reference to the dead house in the workhouse, and the danger attached to it as &nuisance. The stench arising from it was so bad, th:t Mr. Taylor, the parish surgeon, ha stated that it was highly dangerous to his health to make a post motto's examination in the place.—Mr. Sheehy, sur geon, and assistant to Mr. Taylor, confirmed the statement. —Mr. Combe said that, under such circumstances, he could not consistently punish the parties charged. If the dead house was in the offensive state described, and the men : were placed in a room above it in which it was dangerous for them to be in, they could not be blamed if they refused to work in it. M A BLBOROUGH-STREET.-- FHA eesetawr PERSONA- TioN. . 'Smith was charged with having obtained money and property from various persons by falsely re,iresenting himself to be Lord Alfred Heresy, M.P. for Brighton. Toe prisoner has been carrying on his system of fraud for some months, and up to the present time he succeeded in eluding the police, who have foe some months been in active pursuit of him.—S. Page, milliner, No. 18, John-street, Oxford street, said on the 20th of last April the prisoner entered her shop and said he warded to niece a prerent of a bonnet and cap to a lady who was in the country. Tee prisoner selected a bonnet which was in the window, and ordered a cap to be made for it. The prisoner then said if she could give him change fur • 201. note he would pay her. She told him she cou:d not, but she would rend for change. '1 his the prisoner objected to, and slated that he would send for the articles in the morning, and his man would then pay for them. In the caurse of conversa tion with the shop-woman the prisoner was addreand as " Sir." The prisoner said, "I am not ' sir,' I am Lord Alfred Ilervey, the number fur Brighton." The prisoner then said he would cell in the evening. The prisoner did call, and after some conversation he asked witness if she could change a 401. or 501. note for him. Witness told him she could not. He then asked her for some change to pay his cabriolet. Witness gave him a sovereign, and he then left. Witness believed she was dealing with Lord A. Hervey, the son of the Marquis of Bristol, otherwise she would not have parted with her money. Witness did not see the prisoner again until Tues day night, when he was in the custody of the police. Wit. nee wrote to Lord Alfred Ilervey, who called on her, and on learning what had occurred he told her that some one had been assuming his name.—lnspector Whall, of the C divi sion, said he should write to his lordship in order to have his attendance at the next examis.ation.—The prisoner denied that be represented himself to be Lord Alfred Hervey, but admitted he had received the money. He said he had bor rowed the money.—The prisoner was remanded. MARYLEBONE. DRUNK ESHER.. AND THREAT To KILL—SERIOUS CHARGE. It. noggins, rending in George street, Enston-square, was charged, under circum stances of a very serious nature.—William Harbour, a fly minter at Greenwich, deposed that between 12 and 1 in the morning, as he was standing at the White Hart, in the town alluded to, he was hailed by defendant, who appeared much excited, and said he had lost his brother; he entered the fly with the view of finding him if possible, and desired witness to drive him to the station-house. He proceeded on so directed, and on the road defendant met has brother ; they were both drunk and he (witness), agreeably to orders' from them, conveyed them to a house at which they had left their coats. They alighted, and shortly afterwards re-entered the vehicle, when defendant agreed to give wit ness 10s. to take them to London.biidge. On reaching that spot he said he had no money, but would pay upon being set down at his house in the Hampstead road. lie (witness) at elt feadant's request, pulled up at a public house in Tottenhans.court-road, where something was called for and drank, and, as he did not know the way to George-street, he asked a man who was present to ride with him on the box. At No. 57 they were let out, and they went in doors, when witness who had, at London bridge, bad an understanding with them, that if he went on further his charge would be 155., waited for the purpose of receiving his tare, when defendant's brother came out and asked for change for a 101. note. Witness told him it wcs not likely that a man in his situation had so much money about him, but that it he would produce the note and give it to him, he would endeavour to procure the change required. There was no tote, however, forthcoming, and while the altercation alluded to was going on, just within the door, defendant came from an inner room with • dagger, which be drew from a sheath, and threatened to run witness through. By the advice of his brother he re treated with the weapon ; but presently afterwards he re turned with it, and used the same threat as before. A con stable was sent for, and he (defendant) was given into custody.—Thomas Taylor, the man who role with Harbour on the box, corroborated a groat portion of the preceding evidence, adding that defendant made a thrust at him with the dagger upon his coming out with it the second time, but that he (witness) fortunately succeeded in parrying it off by suddenly raising his arm.—A policeman here produced the dagger, an ivory-handled one, the blade of which was about 18 inches in length. The defendant and his brother were both intoxicated. Harbour had also been drinking, but was not much the worse for it. Taylor was perfectly sober. —Mr. Broughton rems-ked severely on the nature of the prisoner's conduct in bringing out the dagger and threaten ing them. He (the magistrate) did not believe that there was any intention of doing more than attempting to drive them away by means of the production of the dagger, and, under all the circumstances, be should order defendant to pay 15s. for the fly, as also ss, for the owner's boas of time by being detained at the house and at the station, and an ad ditional 71. for his attendance at the court; he should further order him to pay ss. to Taylor, and in the event of his not complying with these conditions, he would be dealt with for the assault, end perhaps fined severely, as well as being held to bail.—The money, amounting to 325., was, prior to the closing of the court, paid. THAMES.—Ate EXPERT SWINDLER.—G. Jackson was charged with obtaining mosey under false pretences. On the 29th of July he called at the Steam-shio beer-shop, Fure-street, Limehouse, and asked Mrs. Fry, the person who had charge of the bar, whether he could have • bed there ? He said that when last he put up at a lodging-house he bad been defrauded of 271., and was resolved nevi rto go to one again. He accounted few coming without his things by stating that his ship entered the dock at too late an hour for him to procure • pass. On the strength of this representa tion she let him have 10e. to get some cliches. He came back after procuring the articles, and produced what appeared to be a peas to let George Alexander Palmer (the name he then gave) take a chest hammock, beg, and three parrrts, from the ship Marlborough. She then let him hay • 10s. more, when h.> again left, and she saw no more of him till she found him in the dock. On the 13th of July he called on • Mrs. Elder, of Crow.stieet, Poplar, and repre sented himself as having formerly lodged with her sister, of whom he spoke highly, mg. mentioned manna which no stranger could have been acquainted with. He said he came home in the Acton, alter a long voyage, with all his wage, due, out that the vessel was then under detention, in conse quence of one of the men having 22 lb. of tobacco on board. Under these representations she gave him 7s. 6.1. to bring his goods ashore, having kept him on the beet in her house for three or four days. He never brought his chest, nor did she see him again until he was in custody. Several cases of this kind were proved —Reich, the gad r, said he knew the pri soner well. He had been committed by Mr. Broderip three years ago, and had several times since been had up at this court. —He was committed. MONEY MARKET. WEDNESDAY EVENIN6. The first movement of prices this morning wee in he downward direction which characterised yes terday's business. Console were done as low as 861, but subsequently recovered to, and were sold ak high as, 88; for money and to-morrow, but on leaving off were quoted only 86# to !. The tmnsactions were not of much importance, and were principally for making up books preparatory to the settlement to morrow. According to rule options had to be declared to-day, and it is understood that some rather large amounts of stock were " put " on the occasion. Reduced Threes were 88; ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 87 to a ; Long Annuities, 81 to 13-16 ; Ex chequer Bills, 36e. to 40s. premium ; India Bonds, 30s. to 345. premium ; India Stock, 239 to 241 ; Bank Stock, 197 to 9. Business continues so extremely limited in the foreign market as to render it somewhat difficult to give accurate quotations. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were called 43 to 4 ; the Fours, 68k to 704. Russian, 98 to 100. Spanish Fives, 11 to 4 ; the Threes, 211 to ; ; Passive, 21 to 34. Portuguese, 174 to 181. Mexican, 16; to 171. Chilian, 84 to 6. Brazilian, 69 to 71. Peruvian, 30 to 3. Venezuela, 15 to 18. New Granada, 114 to 124. The reports of the Manchester market yesterday come quite encouraging. Spinners and manufacturers are stated in many cases to be engaged for some time to come in working to order, and as stocks showed no accumulation, and therefore the market wax free from pressure, whilst there was a lair quiet demand for Germany and elsewhere, prices were well supported, [with rather a disposition to look forward to some im provement. Reek Stock. M EN OLIPII i 1t . 1 4 1 1. 7 IF j... r ---- """T•-•. N ott. 4. • • unoi e a J pee t. Ned. Aims_ 66 ill , nr.i .01.1 lib, Ap,......, ;, k 1 3 per Ct. Coen Amis.. Sot g Enyv130!ki1,!...R..4. :pi!'„ New 3/ Plff Ct. Awe... o 7 01 7/ Long Annultles, exp. GUI Jew. Ditto, till,,' 4/.1 1 1600, 81610 2 J ' Oa , India Stock 240 Ditto th0M1,37 Tit -, India Honda. £l,OOO. 33 Jun0.21..21 --, L. s TOILITON FUND& 1 g per Ot. Brarillae Pontlx, 11 TO 5 perCent.Spie..bp,. II pa Co Chill. Loud., 68/ 3 per Cent. rilehig r,„,,0164. e per CL Mark:m.l646, 16/ g 25 P. , Cent. b,,,,,c•• ~' . 5 par r. , t .112 CamtWO Bongo. dlr. from Gull., 431 Bo 1 per Ct. Butch Cert4, ‘ EXCHANGE!! AND STOCK- AkkoAD 1.1 ILaigstrao. Avo. 6.—Hanoverien Loan nye ter .1... Pl,. pyy C.A.., !iamb. CartLf , lei; i . 4.4.4 U..% In Corte.. 66 • bitto, !Reedits end Co., 41 4 ; p i , L e, sw Throo v, deg.., 68 ; Bpai.wh VIVO we Cane., Ti. DWwO4 Ceuta., r tlll Vises ,• AVG. 2.—Ao.tvlAo FIT. per CM/. 731; p m , - c.d.., 64.; Ditto. Throe _ I Per Cents.. 42: Ditto. ret...C. 'e Genie., 39. Logo. 1634. 121; Ditto, Itco, 81 ; Its au. :1•14.)t A Givrxi.r , Arc. 7.—K:eta/tee oo Loudon. 21.47 1.,t711 BiLmegio,boim. 1840, 735 : lAtto. 164.2, 73, , 674, Ditto, 1636. 60 ; LOU.. of Ate City. 1443. Th . i „; u,.,,. Boa of Belgium, 62 ; heue of 1841, Al. Exchaba ~,, I_ 4 ' , •2.1 1 , - TAt...„..i. ----- -- - Lo o: z i t : 1 RAILWAY NEWS. lit Our share market was flat and inactivey,,.‘ The preference shares appear only to fiudpia,vrt,,'....iii ith a 6QAI %bow of lanes I r lam saw ir,oxnd of fine' in lin ,m‘n er PAID. In N ee o:ll 7 n . 44 N. c w .. 34 Do. Xelt. ....VI. 116.. lqs; . DIP. M. I. 4* ; X It "' elk D. N.& hx67,1(42. 1, 1 .1 tuniko 41Coorollo a. 0 Maw.. btri..l.l *Rea:kg/0.4. 4 .4*ll Aberdeen ... . Je r b" r_. {V , t A& Dbidle, ntr. {FN. ilk 8. VOW/. Bins. k Oilurd Jo. Ittaion.Mans.elitro. 12 , 22 '32 10. 4s 421% 42 4sd. 11 Ill: Ili P. 4 14 its. sd Id. g at 16d. ii i:0 4 1 1 1 Do. 1A.14444111 Midi a. Sr Narnal. aLtimy , lennatrart . Do. .tre e ' ' Le. Ds. :•imere ' Aorfilik. '' Da Soma ;Ye: p 1.40 wart p:(. Le. t.d.t. Y. SKI L~ M. de. Warm) N. I.4.aanas Dew Nue.. a al A. Nor Lb 151.,.. 4 North II even.. 11:1 ited 4 . 6 ./l..they. iku, &utiosh GAIN! 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Do. 1141. e D0.131.10e.)6K1V IlhotorhOouattos Do. Sor.U.Gurtiya W. Esth.fla.4.nol Do. do . .. . DoNor.s a ' Do. do. S per Cod Do. shares j. 14. New .. . . Castors. Lhdhe Cs A Ds. do ...... h MA do Do.do.tiorp.or.d4 0 do. Do. Nee... W N0.0.f0i01'0 . 4. now, et. non .tot. East laandhshere EdisoLisrph to.aso Do. 4 shares W. shares . kdsro.. As Nord Seder, leuetl. Dor. UM:* Nonbcrn..... 17.71;;.11;:i OLSoub Wegllrc U NUL of r.odsmd• Do. Nese, 404 Do. Aar. w. Great Wew.na Do. Ohara. ..... - Do. New. ID. • • tiat44 and a/ Do. shares Do. s shwas Lam. & Osrlisat Loaroshiro & Yorksh Do. do. oh.rres D o. W. alzser.othf o Do.NewChaz.Gpl.l. Do. Lsorr; DolbstiJerif 11•11'{/ riot fd , Go.. Do. W. IL.Unlou De.Pretiona IVyr. Oat aliases Leal. and Bru,(/ord. Lae,. and Ql. XlO De 01fartoi.ipii. Lir.,Lrusup,4 Lanodios £ Iths Aleau pright.— Do. Coat. Do. do.Gidar. Spii r. Do. Pd. env. Sp. Ct. /v. de. 1A52 .... I Do.New3l,gr.6p.Ct. ' 1 f j 4 10 62 iiel : 2 I 14 12id.ii., IS 1101.01' 1 ila. * 10 id. i . I+R 1171 .61 60. iv 10 Ili ild• 66 21 zit •6) 30 ad 614.. • d 1 63 4 , p. • d: 6 • ro. 6 Ia Al. 31d. I H. IF.$ 4 Ild. 2111 304 2/11. la in t,..mt0.,. N. W eMen De f Ana L.& 1. • do. Yew..... . De. . Do.4elab.. L. LM. D0.101.5e.,M é L. De.101.016...11 t H b Le. 101.. .. Nen c RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. LORDS.— GRO P 11.—Manebester, Bolton, Ma* and Mid!nada Preamble proved ; dense agreed w , crew be reported. PKVSSIA.—TOWER SILESIAN.—The ardaual report this line has just been published. The total receipts during dale 1847 mucsa:ell to 1,391,789 thalets, and the expenditure to /11,114 shelve, leasing a profit 44 482,886 thalers. A dividend of lip ceat. has been decWd. Thin sae 1,41U0 employes vo the liae. COMMERCIAL AND MARKET& PRODUCE. Ilixamo-LANE, Auce. 9.—Ta• alp market has been quirt to-day, and prices will difficulty MIMI ;on 'Aids West India sold ; 9,000 bags Slundlo were intermingle rate ; buyers did not appear to be diets sed to itiie fail ggtwyyd they were bought la at 375.; 1,200 boxes ilasannah were about one-third sold at last week's currency, the remanderliniga A Fargo of 'Savannah te reported MA Mist, for Si. Pending ir pneatt contract. likened dull standard quality, S3s. bales Mods' wall in public sale at a slight deciine; fair elms pig yellowish, 4G.. to 495. 6d.; long berried, 69.. 6d. I'Latatme Cifa sod heavily at about previous prices.—Kice: there has been s etri derable demand to-day, presumed to be tor the eintinent, and prat are a shade dearer.— Saltpetre 1,090 bags offen d . Remise sold 2Ss. ; ref. 6 bought in 26s.—Cotton dull; 1 id bike sold-Tillw dull at 440. Cd. for new.—Tea the public sales went a seasty; importers supported the market, mho-1m to sell at loser peas, al bought m 9,000 packages out of the 11,00 u idered, koalas 2,000 sold.—Jainesca arrowroot partly sold 64d. to td.—Gasslies.l Os. to 9s. 6d.—Jute bought in 19S. Out) paid on sugar to hbt week, in London, Liverpool, en Bristol, 11011, and the Clyde To the same period last year . 421 X OVUM PAID a• =a Dr lan To WIT PDX Ha Total Same thaw In 1147 to, 15.5,14 S Ingram 2,1343531A COTTON.—LIVERPOOL, AVG. 9.—The market Ind TT fiat to-day, and the sales were 4,000 bale; 1,000 of which Isert a speculation. BHIPFIN6 I INTELLIGENCE.—Usna aIL OCR. Ott DIM •ta. Dr 6 AIR 9: • 2 Dublin ou Holland .... 00 ladle a. Sims, 0 11C91(0 u. 1 Waterford 1 to nagbadee 01 Franco. 00 Do. Marsoli • 00 ,• .libeAw ti a.m./tilers 0 0 Lisbon Aua.llo Bonen sari 1:s0 Bran- Anti a Hamburg Ole tirdm N.S.W .01 Ora,.. Aug. M Atm, 9.—Attired: Hendrick Hudson, New TOE Hopewell, Jamaica ; China, Jane Lockhart, Quebec; C•llPiank /OW St. Lawrence; Meacham, St. John's; Prince Aitut, liatara; Wm. Pelle, Monte Video ; Salvador, Tensed ; Quern, Petersburg: Sub Hamburg; Bataricr, Rottenlam ; Test, Dantzic ; Ann. Demi liar Edward Banks, (Mend; Socakumnicren, Norway; Ira, Gods wold ; Sotide, Bumiburg ; iortitude, Iwhella, Quebec; Three" Petersburg; John and Jane, Emden.—Sailed; Ram, Ilidap; kill Alfred, Gibraltar; Decereui, Ala, Llreeptol, Quebec; Neldok Cape; Jordon°, Gambia ; Mary Elizabeth, Inn; Celidona Bas burg; Gind7e, Boum diun ; Tritur, Ostend; Victoria, Bruhn; AP. yea, Baltic ; Magnet, Botterdam; Lion, Ilasingen. Luenrour, Art. 9.—Arrived : New York; SUSIMINSe. Orleans ; Symmetry, Quebec; J. Porter, et. Stephen's Genes M" wash ; Mary Ana, Newfoundland; Sicret (es Cues , sztr; Safeguard, Pernambuco—Sailed : Sea Lion, New Weans ; England, Boston ; Montezuma, Monts al ; I for•bori, Lim 1104 Malaga : Inconstant, Archangel ; Dora, %airmen ; son, Sulu* Pomona, Dudek ; Sedans, valcutta ; F.cho, Ncs ; S' 2 4 lionigaberg.—Ott : Tecumseh, Yonair, Quebec ; BIRTHS. BA 1 LY.—Ang. 5, at Bradnell Dome, Bucks, the wife of J. EMY. of a KM. BELL—Aug. T. at Mlint.reh, Mrs. R. Bell, of a dattrider. CASW ALL.—Aug. 7, ea Heutielii, Berta thu wi.e of A. Casein. E.:. of the lance Temple, of a daughter. CH It 16TOP11 4.3l.—Aur. 7, la llarommuuith, Mitilleem. the sited .1. C. Christopher. &g., of a daughter. CLARK E.—Aug. 7. aErorton, Mrs. W. F. Melte. of a dtmliter. 11ARFKK.—Aug. 5, at, Kesideurtorraluarn. tho w . do of L N .Um " ( Esq. of a son. DOW El.L.—Aug. 6, at Dulwich, the wife of F. Howell. Ey.. of sem. K 1 N ti.—Aug. 7, at Blairlogie, Mrs. King, wiled Me WOK Mt Eon.' ()Melon, of a oaugh ter. SAMUEL — Aug. 5. at Chpharwroadplace, Reonington, the wife of J ean Abel. Eau.. “1 . • dwatater• SCOTT.—Aug. 5 at st. Catherine's, Dumfries, the wife of J. I. ," • Fa y ., of a daughter. SY M....AUg. 6, a. Salleatra. the wife of Capt. J. Sym. of • d unlatch WARDELL—Aug. 7, the war 41 W. W. W ard°. L ' f i'l" f a "W. MA&RIAUES. ASIITON—CORLETT.—Aug, b. at Ormstirk, by the Rev. C. Cr dile, curate of Scarlabrick, T. M. Ashton, ,to Ellen Cahn. leW of °nastier. BOW EN-11 Al 0 11.—Aug. 5, at Si. Marylebone Chorr.b, W. T. Bomh Wo.theld H to Franeea yowl:meet daughter of the hue W. Dagfh. Ml, ome, ROWER—WALLER Uonmet —Aug. T. et Mellor Churt'h• b yythe 13.,t Freeman, Mr. J. Bower, eon of J. Bower, Req.. W ni do , Kuowles, youngest daughter of T. Waller, My.. 44 Larthdl.Drnt shire. CLAYTON—FAIRHUR6T.—Aug. 6, at Ormskirk, by the Ise E ltattersby. M.A.. domestic chapialu to the Right Doe Lord end. mendele, Mr. R. Clayton. of tee Dalton Castle Inc, %Wittman. Mir Ormeklrk, to Margaret. daughter of Mr. T. Ma r bunt. of Ormitirt. SAGA —W 1 LLS.—.Aug. 7, at St. Mari lehom, C. Seth. Esp., of Cs& spur-street, to Aria. widow of the late 1 0 . WM; Ken. of llnf . '" it%eut apar W ELLS—J ACKSON .—Aug. 6, at M. Mary's, Mimbeth. Mr. C. ifeta et Met Kowa:, Kennington, Surrey. to Lydia, murices ausbLa 04 is late Mr. S. Jackie:3, formerly Keut. WOOthi—RU Ir3EL L.—Aug. 5, at Rhos y 71rdre Church. bY D. Edwards, M.A., William eldest son of it . to Yafl tidal , daughter of S. Itumeil b Erio.. of Aecrefan Irou Works. RATIN 1 • NTIION Y.—Aug. 5, Carolina, Mimi daughter of .1. Maar 3.1 Waattwood. nay tilmileghans, aged 25. BOUTS.—Aug. 5, at hew Kastrutd, Mr. W. Bads, aged 7e. car . CARMICIIALL—AUS. 4.M Wardoeldwed. Dinnfrieninfo 4 ' . intellect aged 66. FIN I/LAIC—Aug. 6, at Rowebank. Johnstone, J. rindlst'. 1 late FREEM AN .—Aug. 4, at Wolverhampton, Ellsalfeth. widow o tat T. Freeman. Esq., of 41.elteshsto. JAWW AN 6. at Rases*. DeAchet, wet, sal of J. K K 1 11K Yr 00 D.—Ang. 4, at OlaatoW, Mr. KlflEnood. 111 C 011 . 117— ed Aug 1t . 5, at Mairsont, elmshirs, J. Web. Eoft• 1 F. : 7 51 jr . . LE TO CZEL—Aug. at Modeler:4B777oMM isnaenc , b4 Ls Towel, Bea, 17. LOVELL.—AmU MM. trod M. NICOLAM—Aeg. 3, Mr N. B. Kkalai, 0.C.11.0•. BFURRIKIL-4,4m. SOWN Blemill4ham. W. MAN.—Ave. ea Mort* HAI, Maths, relut of J. dm. o IrrlitolitarsZillilWl* Wu.* nieSio• Meese. Prier. st Om. N WlNefriall*TNTlNear. Awns' 1(4 14 Penni. Fast Louisa, —.woe of 04001 WO. T HE Ai ion DI sPa Ess. w iacot Join 1 1 0 Inioncoi Woo, 04.. 1 th▪ e bittwary At 61 if"`" ln ' nndo . pe..t pnle+mat on h the writhed can ilmynthi tihriictl want brilliant twit° tra laid to hx t h t t the to Sn wane! todc for um ' r ot .rty whit Pr•Lankoc.t Ottgritte-ros Pimlico. V) the Itiw'rY • and who Awn of indolence r ,, c -'fully h BC I' owl Erclirb 24ero , ‘; • mil% my cao Commerce.' j. 1 5 ----W r " j r i ti A l s n a l . T dp l c . b b 4,ljrai: Coy; tote genorate the keel I teL ,Ir) w. bra...h. V , atrol if n d eyen r ot defn-tise. ball -trnt, the toilet struetiong bagatelle t Cji of embryo Untie the I garulaaes, Ohl 01l comb ‘ 11 " c 1 ; farnllJ hot Vail elle X X : like dellverol Ho neigh )lathe and the Lon.lon The work 'DU N Integine• mean.. et Inteotine Du Door William • ('nit,.: tiltht.a to the forty even to effluent f Ille T ellott o be I erect: the with. non to q its I that bat seri