The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-11 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND BLACKWALL. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting was held at the London Tavern—Mr. T. N. Daniell, the chairman, presiding. The report has already appeared. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they had expended a large sum in widening and ex tending their railway, and he was therefore anxious to lay before the meeting the results which had been obtained from that expenditure. The sum laid cut on the. Bow line had been £239,004 ; on the Parliamentary account, £17,036; on the alteration account, £40,462; and on the station account, L 366,150 ; total, £672,342. The yearly returns been as follow :—Dow traffic, £ 6 044 North London ditto, £11,481 ; Tilbury and Southend, £3,510 ; Eastern Counties, £4,854 ; interest, £2,500; goods traffic, £5,486; total, £38,873, which was equal to nearly 51 per cent. But then came the unsatisfactory part of the business, the smallness of their dividend. The fact was their railway was designed as a pleasure line, and at first they load had to contend with no competition. In the course of time, however, other lints bad become inocu lated with the same idea, and there was now no side of London on which they did net meet with rivals. If, there- . fore, they lied not connected themselves with other lines they would really have had nw traffic left them at all. The traffic on their extensions was increasing, the falling off being on the main line. The traffic to Southend this autumn had been something enormous; especially when they considered how little there was to see at Southend. Probably the popularity of the trip might be accounted for by the fact that it was the shortest route to the sea. A PROPRIETOR—II is actually less trouble to persons to go there than to cross London-bridge. (Hear, bear.) Mr. WHETIIAxt and several other shareholders asked for an explanation of the sums of £3,027 in the capital account for surveying and valuing; and £748 for engineering, making a total of nearly £4,000; whereas the work to which it ap parently applied had cost only £4,400. Mr. Tim said that when it was determined to widen the line in 1854, a bargain was made with the surveyors and en gineers that they should be paid hal iper cent. on the outlay. The amount of the commission could not, of course, be de termined until the co-t of the land and works had been a'certaiucd. The charge had therefore bad nothing what ever to do with the works actually constructed during the half-year. Mr. G. SMITH observed that a few days before Mr. Ricardo, the chairman of the North Staffordshire Railway, bad received a telegraph stating that the North-Western Railway had for the third time repudiated a traffic arrange ment which they had made with them, aid which had re ceived the signature of the Marquis of Chandos. Mr. Ricardo was quite :Wounded at such conduct, and be had told him (Mr. Smith) that if he had been treated so by his hoard he would DOI have retained his seat for a single moment longer. However, the conduct of the North- Western board was so mud; resented in Staffordshire that it had been determined to send a great proportion of the traffic (which was now worth something like £BO,OOO or £lOO,OOO. a-year) by the Midland to Derby, and thence by the Great Northern to London. That arrangement would, for the present, he inconvenient to shippers, and he was, therefore, anxious that this elmpany shculd make such arrangements at Ilaydon-square as would render the North Staffordshire line independent of the North-Western, and bring a great increase of revenue to the ltl , elee•att Ceturtny. Uttar.) The CHAIRMAN s aid the hoard \la9 quite aline to the importance of the subject, and he did not see any reason in the world why overtures should Rot be made to them with a view to carry cut Mr. Smith's idea. (Hear, hear.) Mr. VENABLES insisted on the importance of reducing the tares. lie had made his own fortune, not by the anti quated system of large profits and small returns, but by the system of large returns and small profits. Unless the cam pany adopted the same plan they would never have larger dividends. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that frequent experiments had been made in the way of reducing their fares, but the result had not been found to support Mr. Venables' theory. A PROPRIETOR said that between London and Shadwell they actually charged more than the cab fare (hear). A SHAREHOLDER pointed out the necessity there was of relieving the overworked officials at Stepney; or, at any rate, of paying them better (hear, hear). The report was then received, and a dividend of 2s. 9d. per share was declared. On the motion of Mr. G. Smith, a resolution for consoli dating- the shares into stock was agreed to. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. NORTH LONDON. The half-yearly meeting of thiscompany was held yester day afthe °diets Euston-square—Mr. R. U. Mangles, M.P., presiding. The report said—" The receipts for the half-year show an increase of £2,266, and the expenditure a decrease of £1,457, as compared with the corresponding period of 1857. The result of the half-year's transactions is that a net balance of £23,838 18s. 14. remains against £ . 29,762 17s. 7d. last year, which enables the directors to recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £BB3 Bs. 14. to be carried forward. By ca-operation with the South- Western Company the directors have organised a sys tem of through passenger trains to and from Richmond and Twickenham. This traffic, commenced only in May last, is fast rising into importance, and the directors hope that more extended relations with the South-Western Company may result from this arrangement. For the accommodation of a large population, which has recently sprung up in the district between King-land and Islington, the directors have erected a new passenger station at the Stoke Newington road. it will ne opened for tt attic in a few days, and will, no doubt, assist, in increasing, t'ie company's revenue. Dur ing the peat half-year a commencement has been made in the issue of the company's 4 per cent. debenture stock, to a limited extent, to replace bonds falling due; and, as opportu nities offer, the directors will continue the same operation. The share capital of the company remaining unissued anorinis to £56,780, on which loans have been obtained. It would be desirable, in the opinion of the board, that the issue of these shares should he no longer delayed, and that the proceeds should be applied to the extinction of the lia- Mites above alluded to. It is proposed, with the sanction of the present meeting, td offer these shares, in the first iasraoce, pro rata, to the existing shareholders." The CHAIRMAN said that, having been requested to take the c'iair in the absence of Mr. Scott, the chairman, it was a matter of great satisfaction to be able to congratulate them on the best r: turn they ever had from the railway, especially as, with one or two exception., the traffic on every line in the kingdom had fallen elf, and the dividends diminished. Hoping his position as a representative of the London and North-Western Company, it was no little satisfaction for him to be able to state that there was to be a dividen 1 of 5 per cent., an 1 that showed that this line was different from all otter branches, and it.s•ead of de tracting from the London and North-Western, it could pay greater dividends than that great undertaking could pay Welt'. There had been no falling off in the prospects of the company, for the traffic since the Ist of July, as com pared with the corresponding eterks of 1857, in passengers and goods traffie, had increased. There were other elements which eveulti shortly come into operation, which he hoped would add to their receipts. For ins.ance, a str.tinn would shortly open at Stoke Newington, which he bad no daunt would add to their receipts without increasing the expendi ture. In May next the Hampstead J unction wonld be opened, and that veil , ' not fail to add to the profits of the hue. Though the company Lad three times previously phi dividends of 5 per cen t, y et the capital was considerably ler., and in no year they had been enabled to catry over so large a balance. ( Hear, hear.) tie l o ped this would prove satisfactory to the propriet , rs—indeed, he had no di übt. it there had been a bad re pnt the tnecing would have been more ful:y attet.dtel. In the rattle of biros( II and coll e agues he brg,gcti to say they were greatly ind e b ted to Mt • Chubb, their secretary, for their proee erity. as it was much due to the exertions of that g n lenirin. Ile would now more that the report be received and adopted. In answer to questions frith Mr. ri ER A P.l Tll, The Cu AIRMAN said that £66000 11,1) . tomes bad fallen doe in July, and were renewed .at 4 psi' cent. The new caettel would be issued amongst the proprietors pro rata. The report wile adopted, the dividend declared, and the ulial vote of thanks parsed. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. The half-yearly report states that it is not in the power of the directors to point, as on former occasions, to progres :tire increase of receipts, the well known state of trade and ruining industry, for ninny months past, may be legitimately as-igntli as the cause. The receipt-, including the balance front last half-year, amount to £176, 234 63.1(1. ' the current expenditure to £91,930 15s. 111 d., both of which include the revenue and expenditure on all the branches. The ills uosable balance after payment of all interest, rentals, and ither outgoings, amounts to £28,000, which is equal to the payment of a half-yearly dividend at the rate of 81 per cent. per annum on the enAna.y shares, leaving nearly £2,000 to be carried to next half -3 eat 's account. The amount alluded to in the last half-yearly report, as due from the Dement Iron Company, is £23,242. As, however, the final repayment is guaranteed with in'erat, it has been placed to a suspense account. The directors continue to feel a lively interest in the railway extensions westward; the formation of the South Durham and Lancashire Line is pro ceeding rapidly, the works of the Eden Valley Line, in ex tension of the South Durham and Lancashire Union towards Penrith, ke., are about to be vigorously prosecuted. A new company, ecti•led the "Cleveland Railway Company," have obtained Pat liarnentary posers to construct about ten miles of railway in tke eastern portion of Cleveland. The lire in question has its terminus at Guisbro', and should the anticipations of the promoters be realised, the traffic ob tained through their exertions will he placed upon your line. The attempt made by the Cleveland Railway Company tl carry their works front Guisbro' to the Tees, and across that miser, in direct eompstitien with your Guisbro' Line, was defeated by the efforts of your directors, and by the unanimous vote of the eummittee of the house of Com mons. 'I I: e directors In obtaining the concurrence of the Legislature to the extension approved by you beyond Gaiihro', and for the construction of a branch to cross the Tees below Stockton. The aims of your directors to open out further the mining districts, to communicate directly with the Not th-Eastern anti West Hattlepo.l lines, and and invalualee facilities to the trade c f ne Improing If ye " 17 , for the present been h us'itated.:Other plans to secure these h will have the recommendation of greatly under the ciic di minishedetshcoisct, are, hon . .e‘ ert beard. The company .s other applications to Parl consideration iameat have resulted in obta inin g all the powers sought. The di rectors feel that several of these are so important as A t w o o w n a tt r s - t war rant the employment cf o f the capital of te theta are—Paweis for the CG i l'-;,; t 1 .,a irxrcr:se of capital for lensed lines and brenches,_ rolling st-ck end new L 77 ;t l -k . ' , l , p fo n r . t a h o e n . nr e n ni al e g or i ll i t n i,t 7e l r (a o n re consequent incorporation of r Valley ittie sod in one Vino.) of the IS ear,, Railway'! ) _`; Plitv, the Mideit-ahro' and Retleae Railway (0117313.11i3nt.t, Darlington Allddleshro' and Ctii,hto' Railway roirspanYt the k with th e o we ton ,and Barmaid Castle Ral way CottntanY't. awl Darlington Railway Cempany, on agreed antlyist bases —to abandon the making of a branch line in Weardale, no longer deemed necessary—for the amendment and improve ment of your existing lines—to make an extension from Redcar along the coast, via Marsk, to Salthurn, in the North Riding, about six miles—to make a branch communi cation between your west lines, via St. Helen's Auckland, to Bi s hop Auckland and the North-Eastern line, about two an d a-half miles. The adjustment of capital anti share ac count, as provided for in the new acts, will be made as early cssible • and in due course you will be called upon to as p • shares, and on such terms as sanction such ibeue of the new . oetermine to be expedi ent the ehercholder3 1123 Y And just. THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP. An extraordinary meeting of the proprietors in this com pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern to hear the report of the directors and committee of co .operation with re spect to the prospe cts of the undertaking. The chair was ta ken by Mr. Hope , w ho was su pp orted b y M r. Henry • B er keley, M.P., Slr Joseph Paxton, 31. p., and other direetcrs. Mr. YATES, the secretary, read the report in question, which stated that the directors bad met the committee of co-cp-ration on the 20th and 28th of July, and that, having discussed the various propositions referred to them, it was unanimously resolved to submit the following recommenda tion—that the Great Eastern steam-ship should be pat up for sale by public auction; but that if any adequate sum were meantime offered by private contract power should be given the directors to accept such sum as they might think The CHAIRMAN said he would simply move the adoption of the report just read, which was the unanimous conclusion of the directors and the committee of management. He would, however, remind the meeting that if it acquiesced in the proposal now made it would be tantamaunt to acquies- log in the sale of the ship. Mr. TAYLOR said it appeared to him that the directors recommended the company to commit suicide. The proposition was absurd, a., if the ship were put up to public auction, the number of bilders must necessarily be so limited that the property would be sacrificed. He hoped the meeting would not entertain the proposition, as it would be far better far the proprietors to subscribe among themselves to pay current expenses rather than have the property thrown away. It was possible that the Government might yet purchase the ship. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said the recommendation of the corn- mittee was that the ship should be sold by auction, but that if, in the interval, any reasonable offer was made to purchase her, the directors sbou:d be authorised to accept it. If this proposition did not meet with the approval of the meeting he confessed that he did not know what else was to be done. There were debts on the ship, open accounts, and acceptancts, which could not be long delayed, and it occurred to the board that possibly a better sum could be obtained for the ship while it was in the possession of the company than in the hands of strangers. The board and . _ the committee were of opinion that the best time to put the ship up for sale would be about the end of October, which would afford time for the shareholders or other parties to come forward. It was an unfortunate thing that the shares were held by large holders, who appeared in disposed to risk any further capital in the speculation, Appeals had been made to them, and they would not, or could not, respond. There were debts pressing upon the board, and all he could say was, that if any shareholder could strike cut a course to release them from their present dilemma, better than that of the united wisdom of the com mittee of co-operation, they would be very gra!eful to him. Mr. TAYLOR inquired whether the prepeeitien of Mr, Magnus (referred to at the lest meeting) had received the consideration of the directors ? The CHAIRMAN—It was submitted to the board, and we looked upon it as too absurd to be entertained. It amounted to a proposition to sell the ship for £90,000. A SHAREHOLDER—For £290,000. The CHAIRMAN replied that the proposition in point of fact only involved a sum of £90,000, as the £200,000 would be required to fit up the ship. The £90, 000 would only pay their debts. Mr. TAYLOR then read the proposition of Mr. Magnus, and said that, in his opinion, the vessel would not-fetch £50,000 by public auction, whereas, -if money could be raised to send the vessel to sea, she might yet earn large profits. He had been informed that four ships trading between Panama and Fraser River (calling at San Francisco), had earned a net profit of a million sterling. Here was a profitable trade in which the ship could be employed if she were once ready to go to sea. (Hear, hear.) A SHAREHOLDER suggested that, if the directors and shareholders were to meet together on the common ground of partners in a great undertaking, they might be able to de vise means of extricating the company from its present diffi culties. The proposition of Mr. Magnin', and that of Mr. Guedalla had both some good features, and it was possible that if all parties could come together, the funds might be got to finish and equip the ship. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BAKER (a director) observed that the impression on his mind was that the board had already done all in their power. They had failed, and it would be unfair of them to hold back from honest creditors the money that was due to them. If they could not pay their debts they were bound as honest men to sell the ship. (Herr, hear.) He had also the conviction that if the vessel were offered for bona fide sale, there was too much spirit and national feeling in the country to allow it to be sold for a song, and that amongst the 30,000,000 of people in the United Kingdom 250,000 could be got to subscribe It each to purchase the ship. The sum of £230,000 was alt that was now required to purchase a tonnage of 25,000. Mr. TAY LOR inquired whether It might not be well to appoint a committee to consider the terms proposed by Mr. M agnus ? (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Magnus had offered no terms whatever ; alt he had asked was, that a month might be given him to do that which the shareholders could do them selves. Sir JOSEPH PAXTON put it to the meeting whether it was likely that they would ever see a single farthing of their money if the proposition of Mr. Magnus were carried out. The proposition of Mr. Magnus was in point of fact to give It) per cent. to any new company, and to divide with toe old sheieholders any surplus that might remain after paying 8 per cent. insurance, sad setting aside a certain sum for wear and tear. He looked upon such a prop )sition as per fectly absurd. A PnoenrETon said the company was precisely in the position of a man who bad commenced building a house which he had not the means to finish. The only alternative was then to sell, unless indeed they could get some one to lease the ship. The ltev. Mr. NICHOLSON said that the company were not precisely in the position of the man who commenced building a house which he had not the money to finish, as he could mortgage the house and thus obtain the means to finish it. (Hear, hear.) It appeared to lem that the directors had not used all the powers which the ect of Par liament gave them to extricate the company from its diffi culties. (Hear, bear.) Indeed a friend of his bad been informed the other day by one et' the officials on board the ship 'hat Mr. Hop (the chairman) was " nibbling at it." lie wle, he believed, one of the largest shareholders in the undertaking, and he would certainly apply to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to restrain the directors from selling the ship by public auction. (Herr, hear.) The CHA 11, .)I AN —With regard to V-c accusation of my ".nibbling at tne slt'p,". I can only say it is a perfect delusion, al, I assure you, I am quite willing to sacrifice every shilling I hate in the concern, provided I may never hear her name again, for she has he's a perfect torme et to me for the last three or four years. I have sacrificed time, mohey, peace of mind, in Iv, everyitirg that a man can sacrifice for this concern, and the only thing I hate to bletne myself fq r is that I have not made the rev. gentleman pay up the calls on his shares . , which he has not done up to this moment. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. Mr. Nictroesos said that be had not paid the two or three hundred pounds in dispute between him and the directors simply incluse the company owed him more titan he owed tiers. Are r a good deal of discussion, in the course of which several suggestions wr re thrown out for raising the money, Mr GUEDALLA asked whether a sulli lent sum might not be raised on moo gage to satisfy the more pressing creditors. The CHAIRMAN—We cannot borrow more than we have already borrowed. If L 40,000 could be got in the course of a week or so we might be able to hold matters over. Mr. BEATTIE (one of the members of the committee of co-operation) said that one of the schemes submitted to them was to transfer the ship to a new company, on payment of the debts now due upon her, and then to raise the ad li tional sums, upon the most economical estimate, to fit the ship for sea. A PROPRIETOR suggested whether it might sot be better to pass a resolution, empowering the directors to sell the ship in the month October next, in the event of their not being able to get any parties to lease her. The CHAIRMAN said that with the exception of the leasing powers the proposition of the hon. proprietor was dissentients. p r Theecl se report y si u; i was l a r t t o ll e t h n a r t e made d h w y i t t I h t e t w b o o a d r d i ; On the question that it be adopted, another animated de bate ensiled, when The CHAIRMAN sa'd that )Ir. Freehfield, the solicitor to the company, had drawn up a resolution which might meet with the general concurrence of the meeting. It was to this effect—" That the directors be and are hereby authorised to receive proposals for the private purchase or otiarter of the ship, and that in the event of failure, they he authorised to advertise her for sale by public auction, and that mean time funds be raised by mortgage or preference shares on such terms as the directors should think fit, and that no sale be concluded without the consent of the share holders." hir. TAYLOR strongly protested aga'nst the words, " sale by public auction," and instanced the ease of the Screw Steam-ship Company, which advertised its vessels fur sale at a reserved price of £lB per ton, and could not get a single oflhr. (Ilene, hear.) lie moved, as an amendment, that the words " sale by public auction" be struck out of the re solult.e ion. Tamendment having been Fecondel was put from the d(c.;;ATaeoichrpiste,euotrorg, co-operation in t s i ni n e ,ni g eno, e allni t ria i re v uly,3 ; a:d , n t ,hig h btrlt y egino ; ni ' be : gewe t tr t e hnaees 7 olt . reilietda: ' ' dont resolution, carried. attirio ; na ! inittbceo weenPrre ta commit t ee p w p i o t i h n the ,e o d f accordingly, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the proceedings terminated. Loan BROUGHAM.—The Carlisle Journal thus describes the wcrkmattlike style in which Lord Brougham went through his dotif s in cutting the first sod of the Eden Valley Railway a few days ago :—" I. rd Brougham re ceived from the brawny navvy who stood beside him a neat. spade, with which he cut the first sod, ar.d threw it into a handsome mahogany harrow, which had beer, previded for the occa.ion. Ills Inrdsh , tr then, with a vieortr as remark able as it. was charactelktic, wheeled the barrow along some planks that Ind been laid for a distance cf some ten or a dczeu yards, emptied its contents, anal then, in a truly navvy-like manner, turned his back, and pulled the barrow to the point when, ebe stetted. During the operation, the most tleafetiinz, cheers resouud,d from every part of the field. His lordship appeared to be much amused with hls own performance." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment.—Ex tract of a letter from Mr. E. Pollard, druggist, of 59, Catherine-street, Devonport, dated May 19, 183- :—" To Professor Holloway.---Sir,—Mr. Blanker, of Charlotte street, New Passage, near Devonport, suffered severely for b le u g t leg. He tuv ui tried e a r s l w ee o t l t i l n d d de in vi l s s e is , treatment. At lengt h more than seven rears from cal aid a would not heal by thei r he had re course f it Ointment and Pills, wine ), t h e course o remedy that me th a few weeks, perfectly c ured it, and he is now in most ex cellentelerY to your Oin health." Mr. Blan ker desires thin statement to be published in the hope t thc sann r;ceill thy sAmo reigf hat others similarly afiliettd may LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Ave. 10. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF THOMAS BULL. The bankrupt was a grocer mad draper at Hambledon, near Southampton. The balance-sheet commenced Sept., 1837, with a surplus of £317. The claims of unsecured cre ditors are £2,9,89 ; good debts, £435 k property, £1,685. The assets, but for the inevitable deprecitvion by realisation under bankruptcy,wou , d be adequate to payment in full of all the creditors. By far the greater portion of the expendi ture, both trade and persmal, was vouched. This was the certificate meeting. There was no opposition. The official assignee said the property had realised £1,659 The Commissioner asked what was the cause of failure, and was informed that the bankrupt. left his home one day, and was not heard of until a considerable time after the adjudication had taken place. He then " turned up" at Bath, under rather remarkable circumstances, but bad since then conducted himself with great propriety, and much to the satisfaction of his creditors. The Commissioner observed, that as the bankrupt seemed to be labouring under some mental excitement he would not examine him • the manner in which be had quitted his home indicated a little aberration of intellect. He was clearly entitled to a certificate of the second-class. Second-class certificate granted accordingly. IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF CHARLES AYTON. The bankrupt was a builder, and carried on business at Attleborough. This was the last examination meeting. Claims of unsecured creditors, £1,443; do. holding security, £318; good debts, £222 ; property held by creditors, £405. Messrs. Lucas and Bagley appeared pro and con. It was stated on behalf of the assignees that the bankrupt had in May last made an essigument of his property to his 2reditors, and that a short time previously he had received for building a rectory £2,000, of which sum no account was rendered in the balance sheet. The rectory seemed to have been a bad job, for Ayton stated that though he only re ceived £2,000 it cost him £4,000. An adjournment sine die, with protecgon, was ordered. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—GUILDFORD, AVG. 10. (Before Mr. Justice Willes and a Special Jury.) BROWN V. BARNERD. This action leas brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the loss of the services of his daughter, by rea son of her seduction by the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Ballintine and Mr. Russell were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. F. H. Lewis were fur the defendant. Sergeant Ballantine, in opening the case to the jury, said hat the plaintilLwas a person in a very respectable position of life, who formerly kept the King's Head, in Lower-street, Islington, and at present carried on the same business in Suffolk-street, Southwark. His daughter Susan, who was the subject of the inquiry, was about 20 years of age, and the defendant was about 24. It appeared that Miss Brown had acted as barmaid to her father at fslington, but at the latter end of last year she, by his consent, was engaged in the same capacity at the George pubic-house in Lambeth walk. The defendant carried on the business of a general dealer opposite the George, and he used to go there fre quently, and paid attention to Miss Brown, and an intimacy took place between them. This continued until the month of December when, in consequence of some disagteement with her mistress, the plainti ff 's daughter left the Ge or g e, and went to visit her aunt, and it was just before her depar ture that the first improper intercourse took place with the de fendant, and it appeared that it was at his own house that it happened. It appeared that the intercourse took place only upon one occasion, and in the month of May following the young woman was disco vered to be In the family-way, and upon her being questioned about the matter she stated what had taken place between her and the defendant, and the latter was applied to with a view to ascertain what he intended to do in the matter. He, however, appeared to treat the affair very lightly, and the plaintiff, on the result, was compelled to bring the present action. -Susan Brown, the daughter, a good-looking young woman, was called as a witness. She gave her evidence in a very modest and proper manner, and according to her statement the defendant committed the act imputed to him at the beginning of December last year. The witness was subjected to a rather severe cross-exa mination by Sergeant Parry, who, upon the instructions given to him, put several questions with a view to show tbat she had been on terms of improper intimacy with other young men, and also that she was discharged from the George by her mistress in . consequence of her talking ci much to the young men at the bar. Sbe,.however, indig nantly repelled the accusations that were brought against her, and denied most positively that she had ever been inti mate with any other man than the defendant, or that there by w her was sany m t i ru str t e h ss fo int r he im su p g ro g p e e s r tio c n on t d ha u t et. she bad been discharged Mrs. Brown, the mother, deposed that it was with her and her husband's consent that her daughter Susan went to be barmaid at the George, and when she left they knew that she went en a visit to her aunt. This was in December, and witness went to fetch her home, and when she saw her daughter, she observed that she was very much flurried, and she kept her bed on the following day. Tney had several other daughters besides Susan, and they were all living at home. Upon discovering that her daughter was in the family-way, she and• her husband went to the defendant and told him what had happened, and asked what his intentions were. He at first denied all knowledge of such a person re her daughter; but at length he said, in a jeering tone, "Oh, Brown, Brown ; I think I recollect seeing her at the George." He afterwards said that he belies cd she had been in his room on one or two occasions, but that nothing wrong took place between them. The daughter sees recalled, and she stated that the affair with the defendant took place on the same day she went to her aunt's. Mr. T. Brown, the plaintiff; said that he formerly kept the King's Heal, Lower-street, Islington, and his daughter acted as barmaid at that house until she went to the George in Lambeth-walk. When she had been there three months it appeared that she did not suit, and she consequently le:.; and went to visit ber aunt. Witness first found that she was in the family-way in May of the present year, and be Immediately went to the defendant's how. Ile at first said that he did not know him, and had never heard of his name before, and knew nothing of his daughter. He seibi^euently said, ill an insulting manner, that he 'tea lected the name, but that witness was quite inia . aken in the matter so far as he was concerned, and that he had better go to Islingtou and make inquiries, and he would find it all right. James Brown, a little boy, a brother of the plainti ff' s daughter, prove d that upon one occasion he was out walking with his sister, and they passed the defendant's house, and the defendant called them In and give him a cake, and tack his sister upon his kneeand kissed her. Sergeant Parry having stated that he did . not intend to call any is itoessee, Sergeant Ballantine summed up the case for the plaintiff, and be urged in indignant terms that the instructions which had been given by the defendant to his counsel, who was, of course, bound to act upon them, to endeavour to vilify the character of the young woman, upon whom be had already inflicted so deep an injury, without calling a single witness to prove what was suggested, ba•l materially aggravated his case, and showed that he must be a most unmanly and un feeling person. He then submitted to the jury that the case fur the plaintiff had been dearly made out, and that it was one in which they ought to give exemplary damages. Sergeant Parry then made a very temperate and able seeech on behalf of the defendant. He said he did not deny that tinder this peculiar form of action the defen dant in cense " liable a to l e n ') o d a r y i t y a damages ken a n c t o o between r he dant w fu tejurlyiimwaasudwilitaist gi da ti l e ig ne h e ter o , f amount of damages tiny ought to award under the circum stances. His learned friend had used a good wary sarong epithets towards the defendant, and had said anything that he considered likely to influence the inlaids of the-jury and Induce them to give heavy damages. All he could say in reply was that if they did give extravagant damages, it would n• t only be the ruin of the defendant, but the effect weuld he that the plaintiff would not get a farthing. He had never attempted to di puts the liability of the defendant, but aithoogh, where matters of this sort occurred between a man and woman, the former was held to be legally respon sible, he said he was sure that the jury would agree with him that in the cr.:se t f a connection between a young woman of 20 and a young man of 24, the seduetit n, as 't was called, was not al Nays on one side only, but I, its patties were frequently equally to blame in the transaction. In conclusion he said that the jury ought to look at all the circumstances as - men of the world and common sense, and having aorta and daugh , crs of their own, and he said he felt satisfied that if they did so they would see that the justice of the case would• be amply satisfied by a moderate amount of damages. The learned Judge having summed up, the jury after a short deliberation returned a verdict for the plaintiff-- damages, D5O. SAI4IUF.LS V. DENNIS. This was a special jury cause. Mr. Hawkins was for the defendant, and Mr. Watkin Williams for the plaintiff. This was an oction of slander brought by the plaintiff, an extensive watch and clock maker, in Cletkenwell, against the defendant, also a tradesman occupying a respectable position in the same 1 calitv, in order to vindicate his cha racter from cat ain imputations that were alleged to hare been cast upon him by the defendant. Mr. Hawkins, on behalf of the defendant, said he was instructed to state that whilst he emphatically denied ever intentionally or at all made use of the alleged ex pressions, he at once freely admitted that whether he said them or not, there was no foundation in fact for any such imputations upon the plaintiff's character ar conduct. Mr. Watkin Williams said, on behalf of the plaintiff, that the explanation and apology of the defendant here all be had e%er desired, and he was stilling - that the case should be amicably settled, each party paying his own costs. A juryman silo !heti withdrawn by consent. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WELLS, Auo. 10. CROWN COURT. (More Mr. Baron Watson.) THE CRUCH ST. MICHAEL MURDERS. The care for the pi o3ecution lasted the whole of yes'erday, and was sought to be established by the evidence of nearly 50 w i tnesse ,.., who deposed to the various facts stated by Mr? ' Coleridge iu his opening address to the jury. Mr. Kingdon addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. It was his duty to address them for the prisoner charged with this fearful mime, and he besought their anxious atten tion to the remarks be should have to offer to them. The enormity of the crime had led public opinion to the conclu sion of the prisoner's gnilt ; it had been discussed through the length and breadth of the land ; but he would ask the jury to exclude from their minds all they bad heard or read upon the subject. Responsible as was his duty, still more so was their task responsible. Let them b- jealous of any un due bias that might exist in their minds. lle would ask them to go through fact by fact, and to weigh each fact cc cordiugto English law—not to convict upon conviction alone, and if any doubt existed the prisoner should have the bent of it. The prisoner was a yr,ung inan who hall lived nearly all his life with his gra:Al:vitt r, and the charge against him new was in r. ality that he had mureeted his grandf . after and grandmother; and let them first icquire what could be his object or raotive in takieg from the would there who were most dear to blot in life. The pi oseention suggested two motives. Let them exaluine them one by one. The first motive was, that be had incurred some debt for drink, and bad stayed away longer than be ought ; and they were asked to believe that this imprudent act had induced him to kill his grandfather and his grandmother. Could they imagine that such a single act should have led to such a c r a i ,he grat, m tut i ree . orra.n.t L hße e r t u, t t h w e iaf m s jhued there g m e o at by the ihl la- df c e o ebi m iene m egn o nsa strong against of human I hTeh best tfoonind termshiin vs,iptehn thedili g o i d a I t a l a previous edar a n after noona jt g er. Tup s t h s e i r a e ls c e a o c a m o d t p d t a i : - e y m s u o l g tl g rn v e e s t is even ing he had heard his grandfather fa t t h h a e t ; s o a n y the next morning t ae o inngs E t i gh t e ig) wsrtaa grand mother. the prisoner heard tht::hetl3ei previous on was that this motive bad led to the iaodju osia.iteo: act. But the witneLs called not Owouthio to prove this conversa• ion wou:d Hayman heard no such conversation. It rested entirely upon the evidence of one witness. These two motives, he sub mi t-'d, had entirely fare I. Le.asing, the ease, then, free from any motive let them go to the facts. He agreed that they must take all the facts together; but they must exa mine them individually and separately. The first fact was his aslcing how tt e touch-rag was made, and Read told him ; but it was Read who suggested that reek powder might be used for firing a gun. That conversation, if true, did not originate in any desire on the part of the prisoner to obtain powder, for it was Read who had suggested in what manner it might he used; but there was no corroboration of this statement. Read said the' the prisoner had accompanied him to 11'3 house. Mrs. Read said the prisoner c :me after her husband had been at horse an hour, and said he bad come to ask William to lend him a bit of powder, and this was inconsistent with the story told by Read. Then it had been said that he stated he wanted it fur Miss Morris's fowls, which had the pip. Miss Morris had been called, and she was indignant at the idea of the fowls having the pip, hut she admitted that he did not know what the pip was. Gelid they place any reliance on this suggestion ? The next fact was as to the bicol. Mr. Herapath said he could not say it was human blood ; and he said it must have spurted from some wound. Did not that at once remove all suspicion of its being human blood ? because the surgeon had stated that the blood from the o'd woman's throat would ro t have spurted out, and the old man had been shot by some one standing at a distance from him. They must recollect that the prisoner was in the habit of assisting his grandfather in killing pigs. The blood, therefore, was out of the question. The next point was that the old man had died from a gun shot wound, and that some days before the prisoner had filed a piece of iron at a blacksmith's shop; but of what importance was that? In an idle moment he had taken up the iron. The surgeon had stated that in his opinion the wound was inflicted by a round bullet. What then became of the idea of the piece of iron ? The next fact was, that there was a gun in the house, and of so peculiar a descrip tion that no one but the prisoner could have used it. As to the gun being in the 'wise there was nothing in that. Upon the examination of the gun yesterday, he thought that the suggestion that the prisoner alone could use it was at an end, for upon trying the gun in court it stood both at half and full cock. Goldsmith, the policeman, would have them suppose that the prisoner was the first man who had sug gested that his uncle bad been shot, whereas the evidence proved that the gun had been found three hours before, and it had been suggested that the old man had been shot with that gun. Then his friend had prominently set forth the fact of the prisoner's having gone to ask the number of the £5 note. He, however, submitted that that did not go one step towards proving the guilt of the prisoner, but quite the contrary; for it was the very thing that any reasonable and sensible person would have done in endeavouring to discover the murderer. He would seek to know the number of the note, in case it should be offered for chance by any one, so that it might afford a clue to discover the perpetrator of the crime. If the prisoner had had a sinister object would be have taken the policeman with him ? The next step was one upon which touch stress had been laid by the prosecution ; he meant the difference of the statement of Mr. Meade King and the prisoner as'to the ladder and looking in at the window. He wished Mr. M. King, a ma gistrate, had not shown so much zeal as to go and subject the prisoner, of whom he had a suspicion, to a most severe examination. But be was glad be had done so, for it proved no inconsistency in the prisoner's conduct. The fist grave charge made by Mr. King was that the ladder had not made a sufficient impression on the soft earth of the garden, when it was first pot there, according to the prieener'e statement. What had Mr. King done ? He had the ladder placed in the same position ; and he bad gone up twice and the prisoner once, and then he stated that the impression was mach deeper. It was unworthy if the prosecution to have relied upon such circumstances. Thee came the question as to the prisoner's not having seen anything in the bedroom. But what was the conduct of Mr. King ? He had been in the bedroom, he had inspected it, and was aware that a murdered woman was lying in the bed ; and then with his mind so preccupied, he had looked into the room; but if a stranger had looked in ae the window, all he could have seen would have been the appearance of some body in the bed. There was nothing else for him to have seen, for there was no blood visible. Therefore, the prisoner, looking in hastily withent his mind being pre pared for anything, had nothing to 14ad his mind to ttre fact of his grandmother being murdered, and if he had not looked into the window in a particular way, as Mr. King admitted, be could not have seen the bed. But Mr. King said, look which way he would, he must have seen the things strewn about the floor. But when the prisoner looked in before 6 o'clock tire deed might not have been en tirely complete, for 'he rep a . t of the gun was not heard till 20 minutes to 6 o'clock. 14i.ght it not have been that, when the prisoner was rattling at the door, the author of the deed bad not completed his work of pillage ? He might have finished that after he had been disturbed. Then he came to the last of the many facts that had been strung together by the prosecution to connect the prisoner with this crime—he meant the only strong fact in the case against the prisoner. He did not conceal from himself that it was one which might lead to a suspicion; but it was of so vague a charac ter that they could not place any reliance upon it. On the Thursday morning they found a bundle in the pigstye, and it contained a knife and a letter belonging to the prisoner. At first it was suggested that the handkerchief was a strong fact, but one of the jury bad exploded that by saying there were one hundred dozen of that sort of handkerchiefs made by the same manufacturer ; awl the only thing spoken to was that Mrs. Nation had heard that it was hemmed by a child. Were they to convict a man of murder upon such a circum stance ? With regard to the knife and the letter—what possible motive or object could the prisoner, had he com tuit,ed the murder, have had in putting such articles into the bundle, which would convict him of the crime ? It was so improbable that he would rsk them, in the name of com mon sense, whether they could believe the prisoner could have done such a thing. Could they believe a man would be so insane ? The prisoner had what might be called a double home at his grandfather's. If he had not his knife and his letter in his pocket they would expect to find them lying at one or other of his homes. litany foul murderer erne into the house and took all the property he found lying about, they would expect to find those articles among others which had been stolen, and these things were found with the su:ar-tongs aed the £5 note. Could they suppose, if the prisoner had committed the act, that he would have taken the trouble to take the knife and letter from his pocket and put them into this bundle? Could any human being suggest an object for such a course ? It ne.s I not as if the murder had been committed with the knife. If that supposition should he rejected RS tlbStird, what wis the other alierriativa ? That he, bring at the cottage—his home by day—might have kept little things beloncing to him there. What more likely than that, after using the knife to eat his supper, he might have left the knife where he bad , sapped ? If he had committed the act he could not have been etre!) a madman as to have put those things in the bundle. The greater probability was that the knife was lying carelessly about the inn and was taken up by the plun derer. Why, when the pelicemau searched the prisoner and ask( d if he had anything el- e, the prisoner at once said, "Yes, there's my knife." and he searched in his pocket for it. If he bad put the knife in the bundle would he have named the knife? Then, as to the letter; he had imagined it was a love letter. Had he left that about as well as the knife ? or had it dropped out of his pocket ? The grand mother might have found it, and seeing it was a love-letter, she might have become alarmed, feeling that he could not keep a wife, and might have taken charge of it ; and the inurdeter in search of plunder might have caught that up with the £5 note. But there was one little fact which ap peace.] to rim conclusive of the prisoner's innocence. They had heard that some of the procet ds of the robbery had been found in a straw rick, deposited in a glove. To whom did that glove belong? %Vas there a tittle of evidence to con nect that clove with the prisoner or with Mr. and Mrs. Bucknell Was it not cenclusive that sortie meson to whom that glove belenged had committed the muttl , r ? hint not only was there this strong fact but there w as another equally cogent? A gr . ) note bed been found in the butelle. 91 r. gut knell had sai,4 be had £4O upstairs. Where was the oilier £33? Had the prisoner g it it? Not me farthing. was found upon hien. Where was that £35? It was clear there must have been sortie person connected with the runnier who was a stranger to the house, and who had the £ 3 - i. Put n5l t h e facts together, andpcigh them sepa rately, and he thought, al hough there might be sus picion, t there was not a conviction such as they could act upon. lf they had soma facts which raised a suspicion, let them compare them with the general bserings of the case, and if they found the general facts co.slat eet with the prisoner's inrocerce, then how c , old they say the lei:enter was guilty? It was material to consider the time. It eels clear that the report of the gun was heard at 20 minutia to 6, there tore tha , must have been the time at which the old man nos murdered. Then, it was clear that the prisorier was at the gateway with his father just before 6 o'clock; therefore they had the two points of time-20 minutes to 6 and 6 o'clock. 'fire time of the prisoner writ clearly aceenuted for after 6 o'clock. Thus, as to his time before 6, it did not appear when he was seen going to the Cottage lon on that morning; but they had been asked to believe that, because it so happened that no one sate hint g r there—he was there be:ore the gun' was discharged, and, further, that they bail gone by a short road through the fields. They were asked to believe this without any evidence to support the proposition. Why wire they to take any such thing for granted? To found two such theories upon such a presumption of facts was what he should not have expected from this prosecution. They would not Let upon such wild specula tion without some evidence to support it. The prisoner, when examined by Mr. Meade King, said he arrived at the inn shortly betCre six o'clock, and what was there to contra dict it? A man named Willes was called to prove that the prisoner did not pass along the road between five and a quarter to six, and he then left his garden and went into his trottee. Why, that-wave/Jest he (t)re learned counsel) wa nted to prove. hat quarter din hour would be Vie very tinge the prisoner weuld hive gone along the road. That was the strongest p9ssible point in favour of the prisoner. If he did not go along that road between five o'clock and a quarter to six he could not be the person who committed the act. To get over this the prosecution asked them to believe that hr had gone across the fields; but, why were they to jump to such n conclusion ? That disposed of the question of time, and that was only consistent with the innocence of the pri soner. He would nnw assume that the gun which deprived Mr. Bucknell of life was disehareed at `2O minu'rs to 6, and be would assume that Mt. Boricnell's life was taken fleet. It was, therefore, moat probable that souse one was concealed in the teller, and had shot Mr. Bucknell upon his entering that cellar. Then the death of Mrs. Bucknell was accomplished. This must have taken time. What did the murderer do next? He ransacked the house. Ile mart have selected tire things and tied them in the bundle. Ile must have put tire silver in the glove; mu st have got out of the house, gone to the pigstye, and concealed the bundle, then to the pond to wash the hay knife, and then to the straw rick to hide that knife and the glove,—end they were asked to believe that the prisoner did all this in 20 minutes. But the owner of the glove might have begun this deed at 20 minutes to 6, might have murdered both these unhappy per sons, amid might have been disturbed by the prisoner's rattling at the door, and during tire time that the prisoner I went to Mr. Morris's house the tour dryer might have con cealed tire things assts rf copal. The person who committed the murder was evidently disturbed while in the act of piunthr, for Mr. Kim had told them that everything in the room indicated that the person must have been disturbed. What a medley cr thiegs was in tire hendle,—tlie knife, the key, tl:c liter, isle tong., the ; e5 note, and the half mit meg,—and yet th e s il ve ispoons were I. ft in the rcoin ! He could not conedve anything extraordinary is tire conduct of a stringer who, hayin ' e; committed etteh murder, should conceal his plunder upore the prent!ses. The next inquiry was the conduct of the prisoner at the time and immedi ately after the discovery of the murder. It wen within their experience that there were some signs about the conduct o: a tnurderer. But wh a t was th e conduct of the prisoner? Had ha committed the act they wou ld hardly expect the t immediately after it he would have gone to request the nt ighbours to come to the spot, and then would have g one to the a - -Itar Inn to endea vour t o discover the number of the nete. Wes there any coat': sad manner, or anyt hire' to lead them at the .ime to cast any suspicion open him? There nothieg extraordinary cc improper in his conduct. He actuelly in vited the policeman to go and search tire pigstye, where, if he was guilty, the most damning proofs assainst him would be found. Ile Lad now gone through all the facts, and be saved thorn to weigh them in every way. Until be came to 09 knife And the letter there was not fact wexthir their considera'ion, and he submitted as to these it was impossible to suppose that the prisoner had pet them into that bundle. Would they, upon that fact alone, convict tie prisoner? If they found there was some suspicion, let them look at the conduct of the prisoner, and he then submitted that they IT us feel Oat some other person had committ• d those most foul acts, and that the prisoner must be innocent. They were not to convict a man upon mere suspicion, but a sus picion beyond all doubt; and they must hear in mind that it was a cardinal eoctrine in the admins.ration of criminal jus tice in this Country, that if the jury had in their minds any reasonable doubt of the guilt of the accused they must give it in favour of the prisoner. Mr. Baron Watson Om summed up the case. They had been assisted with t he most singular ablity and ingenuity by the counsel on both sides. They were not there for the purpose of allowing persols to escape from crime, nor were they there to convict any person without sufficient proof of his guilt. They were not to convict upon suspicion, but to convict only upon legal evidence leading to a conclusion that would satisfy them beyond all reasonable doubt that the prisoner . was the person who had committed this act. The jury retired at half-past 12 o'clock to consider their verdict, an: returned at five minutes to one, and then gave a verdict of guilty. Mr. Baron Watson then. passed sentence of death upon the prisoner. NORTHERN CIRCUIT-LANCASTER, AUG. 9. __ . --- The learned Judges of this assize attended Divine service yesterday at the parish church. This morning their Lordships sat at 11, Lord Chief Baron Pollock chaTing the grand jury and trying prisoners, and Mr. Baron MST tin trying civil causes. The cause list contains an entry of eight causes, two of which are marked for special juries. The calendar contains the names of 12 prisoners charged with the ordinary run of offecces. CIVIL SIDE. (Bare Mr. Baron Martin.) At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. P. Burke and Mr. Sowler, having been nominated as Queen's counsel of the County Palatine, were called within the bar by his lordship, and took their seats accordingly. lIORNDY V. SIVARDRICIC. This was an action for a breach of promise of marriage. The defendant did not appear. Mr. A. Crosse appeared for the plaintiff. It appeared that both the plaintiff and defendant live at Preston, the plaintiff being a bootbinder and the defendant overlooker in a factory. For two or three years the defendant courted the plaintiff, when having met with one Margaret Crooke, who became in the family way by him, he thought she would suit him better, an 4 told the plaintiff his opinion In that respect by announcing to her, " He was going to sell her." On that occasion the plaintiff, there being another per son present inthe room, asked the defendant if he could deny that he had promised to marry her, and the defendant an swered that he could not do that. The defendant afterwards got married by the priest to Margaret Crooke, and admitted his marriage. To show the defendant's means It was proved that be was earning 30s. a-week, and for the loss of the advan tage of being his wife, and fsr the injury done to her fedi , gs, the T pl a Theoe. i 17tiyieffr f o un d ao uw c au s es tried u t rgi verdictel d t e i n o i m tbh p re c t n hc s eo aupt course eina of i f i fft d_ h a e u da a ma g y e a s gw . most uninteresting character. e e s ; e l o s f o t . h e CROWN COURT. (Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock.) Richard Kay, aged 42, was indicted for administering oil of vitriol to Thomas Bullock, at Blackburn, on the sth of June, 1858, wits intent to do him somegrievous bodily harm. Mr. Wixham prosecuted; Mr. Fernley defended the pri soner. It appeared that on the night in question the prisoner went to a public-house kept by one Mark Porter, and Por ter having asked his guests, one Riley, the prosecutor, and the prismer, to taste some cordial, as the prosecutor ex pressed it, pulled a wine bottle out of his pocket, and said, " He'd better spirits than owt he had," and asked Porter to trs'ze some, at the same time pouring out about a spoonful, which was described as " two-thirds of a squib" in quantity, in a small glass. The landlord smelt at it, esked what it was, and put it down, and then' Riley smelt at it- and the prisoner asked him to taste, but Riley said, " Na, forsure," and put it on the:counter. The prosecutor then stepped up to it and swore he would take it, and, before any one could stop him, " whipped it off." He almost immediately f e ll down and began beating the floor with his hand, and crying out "be was done." Riley thought be was acting at first and laughed. They, however, soon saw the prosecutor foaming at the mouth, and sent for a doctor and to a chemist's, who brought some magnesia and water and gave it to him. The prisoner refused to state what was in the bottle, saying the landlord would be as wise as he was if he told him. On the arrival of Dr. Witherington he used the stomach pump, and found the prosecutor's tongue, the roof his mouth, and throat much burnt, and for a week he was in considerable danger. Mr. Fernley having addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that the poison was not administered by the pri soner to the prosecutor, who himself took it and could not be prevented, and also that there was not the intent in the mind of the prisoner laid in the indictment, His Lordship summed up, and The jury acquitted the prisoner. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.— William Francis Lefevre, a young fellow respectably attired, and of general appearance well calculated to disarm suspicion, was charged with steal ing a purse containing a half-sovereign and some silver from the person of M ra. Eliza Kellard. The prosecutrix deposed that on Tuesday afternoon she landed from a steam-boat at the London-bridge pier, her husband being with her, but a little in advance, when the prisoner rushed violently against her, and she distinctly felt to p n u a t t la ch er h o i w s, u bt a t n h d e d w ew aa n to a n s i r t a is pi l d ta ly nd as i a n ha li c e n r u p ld o , kincktnettn. S ee he quick, for when she reached her pocket his hand was gone and her purse with it. She immediately called out to her husband to stop the prisoner, and he did so, when the prisoner demanded that her husband should search him at once, but her husband refused le do so, telling him that that would be better done by a policeman. Her hus band kept close to the prisoner, threatening to stop him if lie offered to run away, till they met a policeman, when the prisoner was given into custody. When searched at the station-honse the purse was not found on the prisoner, but prosecutrix had no doubt that he had transferred it to a confederate by a rapid and imperceptible movement while upon the steam-boat pier. The prisoner denied that be had taken the purse, and asserted that he was a respectably character, and got his living hones•ly as a cap-maker. Police-constable 522—lie gave a false address, my lord. Prisoner—That's false ; I gave a correet address, and I am quite willing to go with this gentleman (meaning the officer) or any other gentleman ta show him where I live. I'll go now. Lord Mayor—No you wont, you'll stop here. Prisoner—All I've got to say is that I'm a respectable man. Police-constable Monger—He has been here before, my lord. Prisoner (impudently)-7-That's false ; I never was here before. Partriege, the gaoler, however, deposed that the prisoner had been previously convicted, and thereupon he was re manded, in order to give him all the advantage which might arise from a full inquiry into his antecedents. Robert Kelley and John Crawley, each 16 years old, were charged wilt being concealed in a truck on the pre mises 2 and 0, Philpot-lane, supposed with intent to eimmit i e' that li e a the rd a felony. Two or three times recently attempts had been made to steal a piece of lead pipe, which wa, down a hack wall, and alantstrteatatitribi soay rt of no I gfO repeated.no o ' e i I s oec,k which t 1 i e i u n p it oct convinced o nn i fne going h d : upt them rCi d t premises two boys were si en to scamper away from the pipe, which was all but broken away front the roof, and a slight search discovered the pri-oners secreted in a k. w Tend and r t{ c tectilie? whose was a h a r a a n g ;l e ( r i d , y d i ms rea eh u e t olive , e t h , e s sharp l a o n o d k i c n r g a little ley iini u n p to rm ex b • who was a lad well grown for his 3 ears, endeavoured to show that lie had been made a victim to the persuasive Ita n d ri led labourl: powers of svatir— Kelley ?eviving sentence with the sang froid of an old hand, while Crawley blubbered like a baby. A lady, named Burns, was eunitnoned by Ww. Sco:kin, The sum in dispute was 6d., complainant having carried ossf.ehiies csoernniptatani2olndwa3h•so' defendaut a distance which slightly exceeded three miles; and she, ace , riling to his assertion, resolutely refused to pay a cabman, for refusing to pay her lawful fare. more than 1 61., which she alleged was what she had usually paid for the same distance. Defendant, on her side, stated that she handed com plainant half-a-crown, out of which he was to take his fare. She admitted that she told hint she had never paid more than 611. for the same journey ; but urged that if he had a legal claim to another six p ence he ou g ht to hav e taken it out of tire half - crown. tuhldis, o n ly ito we b r e - er n , rd lie e ra w d ou to ld p b pas y dis appointed, Th e Lord Mayor thought this a very reasonable defence. It was quite clear that the legal tare was 25., and no d ou b t the only object of the cabman , who was sure of his point, w as that he might annoy the lady by a summons and get hs pocoinsltseda , n d as e xpens es. I defendant would 6d. a nd complainant would bear his own costs, and get nothing , ting for his time. Complainant said as for that he would make the lady a a : p present of the 6d., if it would do her any good ; but he teok the money nevertheless, arid went away grumbling. GUILDHALL.—ThE ADVANTAGE OF CHAWACTER.— , ' George Knight, alias Jack Street, John Swan, and John Anderson, were placed at the bar before Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall, charged with attempting to pick pockets in Farringolon-street. Mr. Lewis, jem., defeaded the prisoners. William Stewart, a carpenter and ex-policeman, said he • was carrying a couple of 12-foot mahogany boards under; his arms, in Fatringdon-street, when Knight thrust one end of them away from him, and at the same time cautioned him that he would knock some one's eye out if he were not careful. At the same moment witness perceived Anderson and another man walking in front of two ladies, whose pockets Swan was attempting to pick. Not knowing Knight was connec!cd with the other prisoners, he directed his al4ention tti Swan's operatiwts, upon which they all ran away across the road. Witness followed them, and again saw Swan, who carried a coat on his arm to conceal his band while snaking the attempt upon two other ladies' pockets. Witness drove his planks against Swan's arm to make him quit his hold of the lady's dress, and then proceeded into Bride-lane, where he dersited his boards, and immediately returned and gave infermatian to the police of tke prisoners' movements, and when taken into custody Swan said it was the man who escaped that picked the pockets, and not lie. Sergeant 46, and police-constable 367, said they saw the prisoners coining Gut of Black Horse-court, Farringdon street, end on seeing the officers they all ran away, hue were shortly after eeptered. Nothing material to the charge was found upon theta, but they all gave false addresses. Moss.,a detective officer, and Lilly, :344, said they bad seen Swan and Anderson convicted both summarily, and at the sessions, when SWan hal four years' penal servitude, are] Anderson 12 months. It was also stated that Knight had been convicted awl seffered 12 months' imprisonment. Mr. Lewis urged that there really was no evidence to convict upon in this care, even if the prisoners wei e the notorious characters they were represented. Sir Chapman Marshall said he had given the case his best consideratiom, and lie bad determined to commit the pri soners for three calendar months, with hard labour. BOW- ST REET.—A sntnmons was taken out by Inspector Mackeoz , e of the F divisional police against one of the con durtota of the London General Companv'= zt:=, plying between the City and tt e Vi - ts -end, to try the ques tion ns t o v. tether the company bad the right to charge extra fares on Sundays after eight o'clock in the CV nings. Complaints have been frequently made of the hat dship inflicted by this arrangement upon the parties of holiday seekers to whom Sunday is the only day of recreation, and who are mostly in a humble station of life; but both the omaibus 'god stwoboot proptietOrts pvpil thczinglio of thq trreatly increased traffic of that day to impose 'an extra pay ment on their customers. Inspector Mackelzie stated that he gct on to the defen dant's 'bus at Loudon-bri Igo with four other persons, all of whom were charged W. instead of 4d. each on alighting in the ritrand, He (the inspector) openel the door of the omnibus and pointed the conductor's attention to the words, " to or ft out Charing-cross, 4d.;" but he saw no intimation to the effect :that the chftrge was 61. on Sundays after eight o'clock. On being crass-examined by Mr. Beard, the solicitor who attended for the company, the inspector declined to swear that no such notice was painted on the door. Ile did not see it ; and even if he had, be should riot have considered it legal or honost to make the extra charge. Mr. Hemty corrected the inspector's impression upon this point, telling him that the company could charge any fare they liked, end when they liked, according to the pre sent state of the law, so long as they exhibited a proper not of the charge inside the omnibus—the only require ment.:, of the act. Mr.. Beard was prepared to show that the notice was inside. Mr. -henry—That is the only question in the case. It bein i z manifest that the conductor was not sober enough to hear the case, the inquiry was adjourned ; but Inejeector Mackenzie said he had no wish to press the charge after hearing his worship's exposition of the law. James Quinn, a pest-office letter-carrier in the Western district, Old Cavendisk-square, was committed for trial for stealing a letter, contkhring two half-sovereigns, it being the second case om the same office within a week. WESTM I NSTER.—FA tr.v - JARS.-A nne Burr/m:8 appeared on a warrant trAorei Mr. Paynter, having been taken into ens ady by Seate, one of the warrant officers of the court, char, .:d with having threatened to take the life of John Burrows, her husband, a _master sweep, carrying on business in Pond-place, Chelsea. The complainant stated that : - or some time past he had been living very unhappily with It's wife, who was a woman of a very excitable disposition. Last Monday morning, •about four o'clock, she threatened that she would cut his throat, and that she would afterwards serve herself in the same way. She had threatened several times that she would murder him. Mr. Paynter—l suppose you have forgiven her several times. Complainant—l have, sir; but lam never safe. lam in danger of my life day atter day. The fact is she is jealous. Prisoner—Yes, sir ; he has a woman that he is in the constant habit of visiting. He takes to her what belongs to his family. Complainant—lt is false. Prisoner—lt is true, sir. He goes to see her night after night, and pretends that he goes and sleeps in the fields on account of my temper. I cannot live with him. I want a separation. Ile uses me cruelly. That day week he dragged me out of bed by the hair of my head. I feel the effects of it now. Scate said that the prisoner had been away from her hus band about four days. She is now under recognisances to keep the peace towards her husband. Mr. Paynter—Why do you r !cave Lira ? Prisener—l lit ye no means of living without some sup- port from him. Mr. Paynter—You rppear to live very unhappily together. You had better allow your wife something (to the husband). What can you allow her ? Complainant—Half-a-crown a week. Ido not want to live with her. Prisoner said she was content to take that. She was then held to hail in one surety of £5, with an understanding that some arrangement would he entered into for a separation. MARYLEBONE.—AUDACIOUS STREET ROBBERY.— CAUTION TO LADlES.— Caroline Smith and Anne Crool;, both of them well-dressed women, the former describing herself as being a married woman, living at 46, Newman street, Oxford-street, and the latter also married, living at 4, Portland-road, Portland-place, were placed at the bar before Mr. Long charged with the following audacious robbery : Mrs. Caroline Part, wife of Mr. James Part, of Camden road villas, Camden-town, deposed that on the previous afternoon, while walking with her son near her own resi dence, when a carriage broke down, her son left her for a few moments to see what was the matter, a considerable crowd having collected. The prisoners were close to her, and she felt a hand at her pocket ; they left he: rather hastily, and on feeling her pocket she found that her purse had keen stolen. She followed the prisoners, and saw them putting their heads in at the carriage window as if to make inquiry as to whether any one was hurt; and she distinctly observed Smith pass her purse to the other prisoner. She (prosecutrix) called to her son, by whom both the prisoners were given into custody, and Crook then gave up the purse, which contained three sovereigns and 6s. or 7s. in silver, alleging that it was given to her by Smith. Kelly, 371 S, produced the purse, and it was identified by Mrs. Part. The officer said that upon inquiry he had ascer tained that correct addresses had been given. The pri. inert, who pleaded guilty, were sent to the House of Correction, for three months with hard labour. CRUELTY TO DONKEYS ON HAMPSTEAD-HEATH.— Thontas Jores, aged 14, was charged at the instance of Mr. Love, chief constable of the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelly ill-using two donkeys. George Seaman, an active officer of the society, stated that on the previous afternoon he was on Hampstead-heath, when he heard such sounds as convinced him were caused by blows from a stick, and on turning round he saw the prisoner belabouring with ell his might with a large stick two donkeys upon which two stout ladies were firmly seated on their saddles. The prisoner, evidently in con formity with orders which he had received, did all in his power to make the animals gallop as fast as possible, and in order to effect his object he resorted to the brutal course of beating them on the legs, back', and hind quarters. Witness desired him to desist, hut be refused to do so, and on his return, after be had nearly exhausted the strength of the poor animals, witne I took him into custody, when in reply to questions put to him, he said, "What was Ito do? The ladies promised me a penny each beyond the regular charge for myself if I would make them " cut Meng as fast as they could step out." The officer further said that tie donkeys had no shoes, and that they were altogethar in a very bad condition. Mr. Love stated that his worship could have no idea unless from actual observation of the cruelty practised by donkey drivers on the heath. Complaints were continually being made, and officers belonging to the society were conearitly on the look-i ut for offenders, many of whom had within the last five ur six weeks been brought up and con victed. _ _ _ . -- --- Mr. Long, in consideration of the youth of the prisoner, fined him only 103. or seven days in the Ilouse of Correction, at the same time giving him distinctly to understand that. if brought up again for a similar ()Ilene?, be would, upon proof thereof, be touch more severely dealt with. ROBBERY OP A LICENSED VICTUALLER. — Anne Walker was charged with having stolen a pewter pot and a pint, the property of Mr. Win. Carruthers, the New Inn, M arylebone-lane. The evidence went to show that on the previous afternoon the prisoner, who was very drunk, was followed and jeered by a number of persons, and on a basket containing onions, and which she was unable to balance upon her head, falling to the ground a pint pot rolled out of it, and on the basket being examined there was found in it a quart pot, both the measures belonging to Mr. Carruthers. The prisoner, who had run away, was captured by Mr. George Smith, 28, Marylettonc-lane, who came up with her in Mayor-street, and she was taken into custody by Sergeant Moyes, 14 1), by whom she was conveyed to the station-house. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, was committed fur trial. ANOTHER ROBBERY AT A Punme-llousk. —John Cummins, a bricklayer'•s labourer, t roployed doing repairs in the cellar c f Mr. Francis, the Prince Regent, Seymour place, Bryanston-squarc, was charged with having stolen therefrom a bottle or sherry; he was also charged with an assault on the landlord. The cases were ch ally proved against him, and for the felony he was committed for two months; in addition thereto he was fined 20s. or 14 days' imprisonment for the assaul. CLERK ENWELL—VERY BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A WOMAN.—A RUFFIAN PUNISIIED.—A rough, sturdy -1 °king fellow, who gave the name of George Pony, re, , itling at 16, King's-read, St. Pancras-road, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrvvbitt, charged with violently wsaulting Mrs. Sophia, a elm womnn, of 7, Church-row, Sr. Pancras. The prosecutrix, a respectable-looking female, who ap peared in the witness-box with a f ear f u l bl ac k eye , sa id t h e priNoncr was her brother-in-law. On Saturday night she met the prisoner, and ha v i ng spken to him about some family matters, be, without receiving the least provocation, struck her a heavy blow in the eye, and felled her with great force to the ground. When she got up he beat her about the head and body, and having again knocked her down, the prosecutrix, who was strerning with blood, then went to the police-station, and complained, and shortly afterwards the prisoner was apprehended by police constable 'Miser), 432 S. On their way to the station the prisoner tried to renew the as4ault upon the complainant, but was prevented doing so by the police. Ilis brother, however, in the most cowardly manlier went behind and struck her a tremendous blow and then ran away. The prisoner was a little the worse for drink and was very violent when the charge was being taken a t t h e station. Sergeant Muivany, S S, and Wilson, 432 S, stated that Ore prosecutrix was perfectly sober, and that she presented on the night of the assault a most fearful appearance. In the most off-hand manner, the prisoner said his sister in•law annoyed him and be struck her. All the marks of vio'ence on her face were not his doing. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was a perfect savage, and if he went on in the manner he was dosing he would come to a very bad end. He should send him to the House of Colt rection,-wit h hard labour, for two calendar months. The prisoner, who seemed rather surprised at the decision, was then removed. SOUTH WARK.—ROTIBERY OF A GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN AT BARCLAY'S BREWERY.—John Edwards, a respectable-looking young man, in the employ of Messrs. Bishop and Newsteatt, clothiers and jewellers, 90, Holborn hill and Shoreditch burren dzred to his bail, charged with being concerned with m other in stealing a oubl watch and chain, value LA), the property of Robert William Welker, at Barclay's Brewery. Mr. Edwin apprated far the prosecutor, and Mr. Solomons for the defendant. The prosecutor tated he we; lodgetkeeper at the brewery. On the r2th of October last lie was called away to one of the offices, leaving his watch and chain on the dell. He returned in a few minutes and missed them. Information was immediately given to the police, and shortly afterwards a man named Alfred Webb was brought to this court charged with the robbety. When before the magistrate he confessed to it, and pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months under the New Criminal Justice Act. Since then witness had ascertained that the watch and chain had been pledged at a pawnbroker's in St. Martin's-lane by the prisoner on t h e ve ry day of the robbery ; consequently, he gave infur illation to the Felice. ceoss-exatot: , «l by Mr. Solomors - -Piesccotor had seen t , e prisoner r.trut the lodge with another man, and when taken into cnstFrly he admitted he pledged the watch. Sergeant Wise, 4r..9 A, having received information frOm last witness of the robbery, proceeded to Wandsworth, and there he saw the man Welk, who was convicted of stealing the watch and chain, and sentenced to months' six Ira pi tsort ment. He told witness that the prisoner pledged it at a pawnbroker's in St. Martin's-lane, where he proceeded w;tli the prosecutor and found it, consequently he took the prisoner into custody. Mr. Combe told the prisoner lie must either be tried by him or go to the s . .ssions. If he preferred the former, he must plead guilty. The prisoner, after consulting with Mr. Summons his solic tor, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months haul !rho,. Lit UEI.I- Y . TO A HORSE. —John Minus, a costertnonger, of Henry•street, Kent-street, was brought berme M'. Burcham by Smith and Guest, officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, charged with cruelly working a horse in a horrid state of torture. Smith stated that about eight o'clock on that morning he was on duty with Guest in the Borough Market, when he saw the prisoner driving a horse and cart laden with vege tables. the poor animal could hardly walk; in fact, only Once legs were available, as the twat!' had a dreadful sore just above th fetlock, and the other leg came in contact with the wound each time it moved. Mr. Burcham went and looked at the animal, and on his reurn into court he expressed his surprise that aby person should he so cruel as to drive a horse in such a deplorable state. Would he consent to have it killed? T;te defendant, after a little hesitation, replied that he would, but still he did not think the horse was so bad. Smith toll his worship that the horse was worn out, and must suffer severe!•. lie Lever saw one with such a foot. Mr. Butch= here toil the pr:soner that unless he at once consented to have the horse killed, he should send him to the House of Correction with hard lai,oor. The prisoner hoped his worship would not do that. He wool , ' rather have the horse killed. Mr. Burcharn then directed Smith to see that done, and said that the expenses at the green-yard would no doubt act as a caution to others. LAMBETH.—TILE LATE FATAL FIREWORK EXPLO SION.—Mr. John Ramsey, the owner of the houses No. 1 and 2, Charles-street, and 3 and 4, Elizabeth-place, Wislmin.qer-road, houses lately used fur the manufacture of fireworks, and in which the late serous and fatal explo sion took place, attended before Mr. Elliott to answer to four summonses, and show cause why an order should not be made on him to take down the dangerous tuins, which arc in a shattered and tottering state. Mr. F. 11. Caiger, the architect and surveyor to the metropolitan police, attended to support the summonses, and described three cf the ruins as being at present in a daneercus state. Mr. Inspector Dodd was then called, and deposed upon oath to the fact of his serving the notices as required by the Building Act, and also to having tflixed the necessary notices to the hoarding round the ruins. In reply to a question from the magistrate, Mr. Dodd said that three out of four of the ruins were in a dangerous state. The defendant said that, as respected the building No. 2, Charles-street, be had complied with the request of the officers. Mr. Caiger admitted that this was the case, and he had withdrawn the summons in that instance; but the other One buildings, as stated by Mr. Dodd, were in a dangerous state. The defendant said he should of course comply with the Mr. Elliott told him that in the interim the ruins could not be permitted to be left in a state that was dangerous to the public ; and he should, therefore, make an order that the provisions of iie act must be complied with, and the buildings taken down in seven days. At one o'clock, the hour at which summonses are gene rally appointed to be heard, Mr. Lock, a member of the vestry for the parish of St. George•the-Martyr; Mr. White, of the Crown ; and Mr. Harris, of the Equestrian Tavern, in the reighbourbood, were in attendance to solicit the magistrate's assistance in preventing the further use of the premises in question in the manufacture, in so crowded a neighbourhood, of fireworks; but hating been told that three o'clock was the hour appointed for the hearing of the summons in question, they went away, saying they should return, but did not again make their appearance. THAMES.—MoTnEn AND SON.—J. G. Stewart, a morose-looking man, about 25, was brought. before Mr. Selfe, charged with assaulting and wounding his mother, Mary Ann Stewart. When the complainant got into the witness-box the blood was streaming from a wound on her nose and anether on her cheek. Mr. Selfc—l hare seen you and your son here before, Mrs. Stewart, about the unlawful possession of property, and not under the most creditable circumstances. _ Mrs Stewart—lt is so, sir, I know. 'That had son of mine has got me into difficulties, and brought me here. Mr. Selfe—Now, tell me what he has done this afternoon. Mrs. Stewart said she was a marine-store dealer, carry ing on business at No. 95, Broad-street, Itateliff, opposite Stone-stairs, and her son was a marine-store dealer also. He had been on the drink for the last threes days. She had been a widow 16 years, and her son had been almost conti nually ill-using her since the death of his father. A few weeks since he threw a 141 b. iron weight at her head. It struck her below the ear, knocked her down, and she was for some time insensible. In consequence of her san having neglected some business, she remonstrated with him, and he abused her and took up a jug, with which he struck her on the face with great violence. The jug was broken to pieces, and she was cut on the nose and face. He r son bad threat ened to murder her, and had repeatedly beaten and kicked her. Mr. Selfe—l wish you would get out of the business you are in. It is a dat.gerous one, and I have warned you. Whose name is over the door? Mrs. Stewart said her son's name was over the door. The business was her own, bat her son claimed to be master of all her property, the house, and the stock in trade. It was a painful thing for her to prosecute her. own son, but she had no alternative. Mr. Self€—You have told me that at least half a dozen times, and I don't want to hear it again, Mrs. Stewart. The prisoner, in defence, said his mother was abusing him for several hours, and called him a scamp., a scoundrel, and a villain. ➢lrs. Stewart—So you are, though I irty it. The prisoner —She said I ought to bb transported, and abused me so much and worked me up to such a rage that I threw the earthenware jug at her face. Here a sceue of crimination and. recrimination ensued between the mother and son, and Mr. Selfe stopped the case and said tie parties were mot cool enough to enable him to decide Os , case at present. He remanded the prisoner. SUPPRESSION OF INFAMOUS HOIT;SES.—Mr. H. J. Mitchell, vestry clerk of Whitechapel, An . Cattell, clerk to Mr. Glynis, veetry dell:. of St. John, 'Mapping, the parish officers of the two places, attended this court in consequence of Morris Shoely, a bloated and repulsive-looking fellow, having given notice, through Mr. Sydn.ey, of 33, Jewry street, his solicitor, that he intended to put in bail, himself in £BO, and two sureties of £4O each„ to appear at the Clerkenwell Sessions to receive judgment; when called upon. Mr. Mitchell explained, that in conseq at nce of the appal ling amount of infamy, blasphemy, drunAenness, and vice in the district, the " East London Association" was brought into existence, which bad already effected much good ; and at the instigation of that society the parish officers of White chapel and %Yapping had prosecuted SI seedy, her sister Margaret James, her husband Benjamin Thomas James, Ann Gilmore, and otiters, frr keeping cc.mmon brothels, and they all pleaded guilty at the last Middlesex sessions. Mr. Sclfe—l know they did; they - were wholesale traffickers ice vice and immorality. Wltat has become of the offers ? Mr. Mitchel—They all found bail to appear to receive judgment when called upon. Sheedy is nowhere, and bee been brought up from Clerkenwell Prison,. Mr. Selfe—There were seven indictments against the person Sheedy, and he pleaded guilty to sin of them. Mr. Cotton—His sister, Mrs. Margaret James, and her husband, were the owners of 25 infamous houses. The scenes in the streets, day and night, and the collection of prostitutes were so num Tons, that the East London Asso ciation interfered and compelled the ()verse srs to prosecute Sheedy and his relatives. Mr. Sydney—The nuisance is abated, &girl all the defen dants have shut up their houses. Mr. Selfe-1 am very glad to hear it. t My learned col league, Mr. Yardley, who has been presiding in this court daily for the last three weeks, says he has had fewer night charges from the II division since the pin:mention of these most infamous hothel-keepers. I hode the East London A-seciation will persevere, and not allow the nuisance to be transfet red to other places. After some conversation between Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Sydney as to the amount of hail, Mr. Sells said the order &I the quarter sessions was that Sheedy should find bail—himself iu £BO. az d two sureties of £4O each. Ile must act on the order of the quarter sessions. George Hoey, grocer, of 20, Wapping-street, St. George in-the-East, and Thos. Phelps, butcher, 10, Anchor and Hope-alley, Wapping, then tendered themselves as hail for Morris Sheedy, of 12, Dock-streer, Whitechapel, and' were accepted. BIRTHS. BAma.—On the 10th inst., at Tottenham, the wife of Horace Barry, Eq., of a daughter. Boortiny.—On the s•h inst., at the Vicarage. Holwell, Oxfordshire, the wire of the Rev. Cunningham Boothby, of a daughter. Born.—On the Sth inst., at 45, Cambridge-tmace, Hyde-park, the ife of Edward Lennox Boyd, Esl., of a daughter. BRAMAAL—On the 7th inst., at 2, Courtland Villas. tho Mat Kensingtou-gardens, the wife of Augustus Braham, Esq., of a daughter. Caarscv.—On the sth inst., at 31. Dale-street, Leamington, the wife of Henry Chimney, Esq., of a Son. COCK Er.L.—On the 7th inst., at Dalston, the wife of Frederick Edgar Cockell, Esq., of a son. COCKYII.—On the Bth inst., at Ivy Cottage, Crompton, Oldhatn, the wife of the Rev. John Cocker, of a son. DrwAs..—On the 6th inst.. at 20, Great Stuart-street, Edinburgh, Mrs. William A. Dewar, of a son. DICK 1 NSO N.-011 the 9th inst., at Surbiton, Surrey, Mrs. George F. Dickinson, of a daughter. DUDMAN.—On the Sth inst., at Pitney House, near Langport, Somerset, the wife of the Rev. L. Shirrelf Dudman, of daughter. MARRIAGES. HENDRIKS—Ltrrutt.----On the 10th inst., at the Church of the Heil Trinity, Buckfastleigh, South Devon, by the Rev. William Marsh, M.A., Vicar of Ashburton, Frederick Hendriks, Esq.. of Kildare terrace, Hyde-park, London, to llortense Campbell, third surviv ing daughter of the late Lieut.-General Sir John Hunter Littler, G.C.8., President of the Supreme Council of India and Deputy- Governor of Bengal. Jon NSON—Lr.orn.—On the 7th inst., at St, Tames 's Church, Picca dilly, by the Rev. P. Peering, Wllliant Altrisoirr, town, to Harriet Ann, relict of the , late T. W. Lloyd, Esq., of Regent-street. rillTeliAnD—CAmrnEr.L. --- On the 10th inst., at St. Peter's, Croydon, by the Rev. J. J. Perowne, 31. A., Examining Chaplain to tbo Bishop of Norwich, the Rev. C. Pritchard, M.A., F.R.8., to Rosa lind, daughter of the late Alexander Campbell, Esq., of Tun- ' bridge-wells. Srumix—lirvAN.—On the 7th inst., at Little Hampton, Sussex, by the Rev. J. M. Heath, Vicar of Enfield, Middlesex, the Rev. Henry Stuart, to Eleanor Caroline, daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Bevan. WALTERS—STONE.—On the sth inst., at Wootton Rivers, Wilts, by the Rev. T. Kingsbury, R. Walters, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde park, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the Rev. Dr. Stone, Rector of Wootton Rivera, and formerly Fellow of Brazenose College, 01- forl. Woontxx—ALLEN.—On the oth inst., at St. Mary's, Walthamstosr , by the Rev. Thos. Parry, Vicar, John, eldest son of John WoodleY. Req., of Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park, to Eleanora Marla, second daughter of R. B. Allen, Esq., of Walthamstow, Essex. DEATHS. Asnny.—On the 7th inst., at her residence, Leamington, Miss Ashby, aged seventy-nine. CAFE.—On the 7th inst., at New Brompton, Chatham, Harriett e of Capt. 11. L. Cafe, 94th Regiment, and daughter of tile late 301 - in Wilkinson, Esq., Purbrook House, Ilants. Dorsos.—On the 7th inst., .Tarnes Stuart Dotson, Esq., of IlarioNv , Uses. DRIVEr..—On the Bth hlst., at his residence, the Grange, Harre,gate , John Driver, Esq., of Liverpool, aged forty-nine. GLADWIN.—On the 7th inst., at Liverpool, Mary, relict of the late Rev. C. T. Gladwin, aged eighty-cr.e. Hon: INOON.—On the 7th inst.. at the Oaks, Ambleside, Arthur, the eldest son cf Benjamin Hopkinson, Esq., aged twenty-one. MACNAUGHTA N.-011 the 7th lust., at his house, No. ro, Davic.s - Mr. Peter Macnaughtau formerly of No. 21, Mount-stree t, G rosy enor-square. SMITIL—On the 7th inst.. at Consall Hall, Staffordshire, Knlghtlo9 Herbert, second son of Charles Serg , son Smith, Esq., aged six teen. Wys - r.—On the Sth inst., at his residence, Crouch-end, HornseY; John West, Esq., late of Pield•heath, Uxbridge, and formerly of Weudlebury House, Oxon, aged fifty-two. Woe DSWOUTIL—On the Sth inst., at Edgetield Cottage, Camberwell, Mary, second daughter of the late W. A. Wordsworth, Esq. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Stracd, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of niadloM WOne§tioy, August 1858. the pai, 2.5 i 25 I THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1858: