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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CH iNCERY.—Arret 3. (Before the Lords Justices.) 'RLRY V.,LORD STAFFORD—CAMPBELL V. CORLEY. This was a motion en heh.alf of Mr. Corley that no part t sum of £2,466 3q. 4d. cas.b iu the bank to the credit of cause of " Campbell v. Corley," or any money in the ads of the receiver appointed in the causes, or any part the residuary personal estate of Constantin Corley, de and, might he transferred cr paid to Mr. Alexander &RCN Campbell pending the appeal by Mr. Corley from e decision of this court. to the house of Lords. There Is also an appeal from the decision of Vice-Chancellor i nderaley, by which his honour had directed that a sum • S6OO, which by arrangement had been certified as due 0111 Mr. Campbell to Mr..' Jacques, his former solicitor, .euld.be paid out of the said sum of £2,466 33. 4d. Mr. Chapter and Mr. Southgate were for the motion; Mr. "Ireene and Mr. H. 3.1. Riddell were for Mr. Cpll Ir. F. S. Williatas anity...:7;e if the Chancellor. Alter some:discussion , Their Lordships made a' carder to the following effee'— • 7 that there should be co interfermee.with the order fur , y7OK 600 to Mr. Jacquet, and that £.500 shou!d be 't in cot;rt to answer Mr. Coney's costs since the hearing; Vice-Chance.lor Ott the ort!er of the (consequent upon the Jona orde; of this Court) should he varied by consent ; sat all the ree of the funds should be paid to the solieitots trustees upon .trusf, to clear elf incumbrances on the re ersionary fund of Mi..Campbel!, in the suit of " Colley v. .ord Stafford ;" thee the balance shteird he paid to Mr. ; and that the reversionary fend should he thereby barged with any sum wi%ich, in consequence of tbe decision f t h e House of Lords on the appeal, might have to he paid ,y Mr. Campbell to Mr. Cooley. tir cw r- 424 2 CARTER 1. ILLIDGE. This suit was instituted to obtain the winding-up of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Assneation (established in 1825), under the direetion cf the Court. the same company being already, by resolution, in the ccm•se of winding up volun tarily. It appears that the compt, ny were entitled to a number of slaves and the children or such slaves born in Brazil. The slaves were lawfully acquired, and their chil dren lawfully possessed as slaves in Ba azil. A doubt had, however, been expressed as to whether the directors cf the company could realise the value of the slaves without sub jecting themselves to punishment under the Enelisio law, and the opinion of the Court was now sought on this point. Mr. Selwyn and Mr. Lewis were for the plaintiff; Mr. Bacon and Mr. Alluntt for the defendants. Their Lordships' attention hating been called to the 6th and 7 h Vic., c. 98, sec. 6, made the order for the sale of the slaves, and added a direction for sale applicable to the children of the slaves in question. The words of the Cth section of the act in question. being the act which was passed in 1843 for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, is as follow :—" Provided always, that nothing in this act contained, shall be taken to subject to any for- - feiture, punishment, or pi ntlty any person for transfzrring or receiving any share in any joint-stock company esta blished before the passing of this act in respect of any slave or slaves in the possess , on of such company before such time, or for selling any slave or slaves which were lawfully in his possession at the time of the passing of this act, or which such person shall or may have become possessed of or entitled unto bow; fide prior to such sale, by inheritance, devise, bequest, marriage, or otherwise, by operation of an." PRIM' Y, THE BRIDGEWATER CANAL COMTAN Their Lordships vsve juegment in this appeal from a de cree of Vice-Chancellor Wood, and dismissed it with costs. The facts of the case were devoid of public interest. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—AUQ. 3. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) :IZI RE MILLINGEN. The bankrupt was an umbrella manufacturer, of Fore street. This was the examination meeting. Debts, £.2,564; assets about £5OO. Mr. Linklater opposed and examined the bankrupt tr.uch ing hie ready money sales. It appeared that for some time before his failure he had been in the habit of selling goods for ready money, chiefly to pawnbrokers, without making any entry in his books. lie kept a hcrse and chaise, and used to go about selling goods where he could. Half of his pales were effected in this way, and the other half at his shop. He had made ready money sales to the amount of £2,400 since January, 1856. He had been in the habit of exchanging cheques with different persons; it was impos sible f‘r him to give the particulars. From January, 1856, to the failure there were entries in his banker's book of £3,000 or 24,000 of receipts and payments, which did not appear in his cash-Look. These were in respect cf the ex banged cheques. Upon being examined by Mr. Lavrranc3 the bankrupt deposed that the sales seated in the account as amounting to £13,808 were all vouched ; the ready money sales were un vouched, but the porchrves. : 9,14,482, were also vouched. Mr. Linklater and Mr. Lawrence having been heard on behalf of their respective clients, His Honour said the only question was whether the' bank rupt should pass. He thought no good result would ensue from an adjournment. If further examination were desired it might he bad at the certificate meeting. He should there forz, followivg the principle laid down in Sellers' case, allow the bankrupt to pa's his examination " without prejudice to any, And e very qa(StiOti" when he asked for his certificate. Tbe bankrupt passed. IN RE TP.OWSE. The bankrupt, A.E.Trowse, a coachsrnith, &c, Leather lane, at plied fi,r his certificate. - The ha nkrutitcy occurred in 1855, but the proceedings had been de Ukved by litigation in other courts. -Mr. TAM ranee appeared in soppurt of the application. No opp ea.:don being offered, a third-class certificate was granted. IN RE CALVERT AND CO. It will be remembered that a short time since a trade debtor's surn.nons was taken out by Me;srs. Cerrnick and Co., for a debt,. which v 4 as paid. Mr. Phitilos l ow'appliett for the coats of the summons, to which Mr. Cree, for Messr,i. Calvert and Co., ohj-cted, en the ground that th sy should have been applied for at the time the summons 'll as disposed of. Mr. Ph illi ps sa id the coats were necessarily incurred in getting the money. ,'he summons Lad been talt , n out long before it was returnable and on the Moirday, when the time expirepi, Messrs. Calvert and C). sizred-an atimfssloi of the debt, and tork advanrag of the nine days allowed by the law, paying the debt an h'e Saturday as the time expired On the Monday, The Commissioner said the sa questions of coats were left in the discretion of the Cour, ; he was clearly of opinion be ought to refuse the applicat:ot, • INSOLVENT DEBTORV COURT.—Aun. 3. (Before the Chief Commissioner.) The learned Commissioner vies red his paper, and the Court adjourned. lie sat on Mt,n4l:3 , night till nearly nine o'clock, and disposed of several ma 'te:.s. In the case of William Henry Parker, losfore reported, a . intignant of six months was given under Ito: discretion ary clause. He bad been a mantlemaker in Monkwell- street, City, and was acquitted at t Se Central Criminal Court un a charge of arson. (Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.) IN nit JAMES ABBOTT—A COLLEGE FOR IDIOTS. This insolvent, a " 8.A.," described as a canvasser, who had etetepted to establish a e , liege for Wets of the higher classes, 'vas (apsed by A Miss Newman. who had been matron en' Bartholomew's Mr. Reed supported. It appet red that the insehr a ba I advertised for a seper jnteodeefe f his c I! , ce Laverstock, nrar ilalishury, which was f r f The kiedier el I.ses, anti also a college which was to river Oxfard and Cambrldge. Ile failed in his pro xi, and Intnye the insolvom.e. Miss Neaar an cornplalool that bad been induced to advance Li 50 which she hail saved up, and also raiLing money on he- 2.eversionary property for another £ISO. Mr. Comm:se:oner asked some rf the lePried manse' to take il i a the case for Mb' Newman, and Mr. W. Denney (ruse's; -A and (\epos, d for her. Miss Newman .'e. ailed manner in which she had ad winced her money ta the insolvent. end the expectation he held not to her fate• the estal.l.slintent of a college which was to rival the great mist Mr. Denney made :an ,nere-etic sieegh, complaining that he bad heen defrauded of her money. Mr. Commissioner Philli2s expressed his obligation to the learned counsel for condecting the case. The poor woman had Let her money:, and it was a case for the full extent of the discretionary clause. After commenting on the conduct of the insolvent, he gave a judgment of six months. (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) IN RP. GEORGE FEATHERSTONE GRIFFIN. Mr. Dowse opposed for two creditors, on the ground of a vexatious defence, and The learned Conimissiocer gave a judgment of six months. IN nn HERTIERT S. H. CORNEWALL. The insolvent ho bean atroot four years in prison. His debts were upwards of £30,000, which were nearly all sc oured, and lie gave up property. Mr. Sargood appeared for two creditors to obtain an amendment to the schedule, which was set right, and a consent obtained. Tho Insolvent was discharged. - ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—NEWCASTLE, AUG. 2. CIVIL COURT. (Before Lord CHO' tree Polock.) HUNTLEY T. THE ST. GEORGE ASSURANCE COMPANY. This was an action on a policy of life assurance, effected In the St. Get , rge Assurance Company, of London, on the life of the late Mr. George Hantley, surgeon, of llowlon, near- Newcastle, for X 2,000, and in which hi , widow, as hip representative, was the plaintiff. The defendants pleaded that the deceased was not a man of sober habits, that he had 13right's disease of the kidre3s and !ran disease at the time %tarn he effected the 3 i ' , tilt. • that ha was as are that be bad tl;ese disetaez and .' fraudu lently elneestled this kettcyledge from the cotnnanc. Mr. noggins, Q.C., Mr. Whee'er, and Mr. Weal appeared fur the plaintiff ; and Mr. Athertos, Q, C., Edarci James, Q.C., an•l Mr. Ilopwoed fir the defendants. It appeared from the statement of the learned csunscl for the,plaintiff, and from the evidence of the various wi , nesses called, that the deceased was a surgeon in very exte , isivr practice at Ilowdon, near Newcastle, bring surgeon to everal institutions, collieries, and large iron foundtries, in addition to his private practice. He was 54 yelps of Wind up to the time when he insu - ed his life, en the I.2th of 1857, was known as a remarkably healthy, robust, ruchly-complexioned, active man, subject to no ailments, road of shoe.ting and dancing, and who took a great deal of exercise. ne was a vegetarian, seldom took any animal foad, and then only a very little roast beef, and was in other respects a remarkably solsr and et Irtetnions man. sever 11 ;Tells ft" rival insttrince e. tires 1 - rt , i frequently applied to him as tang are as 1351 tO ins , :re his life; in their rill=s, but until the presentpolic vrts effected his reply had beep that he could not afford rite psrt of the plainttff re spectable persons in the tti rlibourhood where deceased had lived were called, who pr., 4. that they had known Hin for '2O years, and that his ehsrieter was 119 above staid. A publican cf his town was called, who proved that, ex cept tlitrine. a period cf three called, when he was in at tend:wet. daily on a o i l ' 10 V, who heal had hie foot " who was 'taNing at hfs andcrushel by a rails ay w , ggoo, lie never was in the bons.r drank anything E its the case the plea cha n t ey' there. the deceased was not of tio b er habits was abandoned by the counsel for the defend ants. Mr. Preatm, a can.in of 1 .4 1, _a surgeon at Newcastle, had been on terms of intimacy 17 years, and never knew hi m w w an u t b a illat_ fur the last qUently !Pt tarn Pr 660111 Of game, and i i i i r t ?r. Ha ire l+wayel .troy he was very fond of shooting, and thatlhe would f e e_ weutly be out six or seven hours shooting. A lady rf his Fpoke to heving teen at a . party: with l et Chi ist -es, 1856, and that he danced a Scotca r7ed eau her ith e"eat spirit, aid that in the ceurse of the mall she wel zed and danced a polka with him. A surgeon named Milnr, to whom he had mentioned hew much he had enjoyed the dancing at the party, told hiin he thought he had better leave dancing to younger peeple. Befere the policy was effected, on the 9th of April, 1857, Dr. Davison, the medical referee of tin employ, tenoned that the deceased was in aetind health, that he ha-t no affection of the heart, lungs, or kidneys, that his chest teas remarkably well develdped, aed that his was in all respects a desirable life to insure. His brother, who resid d with him for 12 months imme diately preceding the insurance, said that during that time he had nothing the matter with him, but that shortly before the insurance be complained ef not feeling quite to well and went to Crofts, a watering-niece, for three weeks. It also appeared that on the B , li of March, a month preceding the date of the policy, he was called up in the night to atterd a woman in her confinement ar.d walked a quarter of a mile about 11 o'clock at night to where she lived, and remained attending her till 3 o'clock in the morning. It was vehet t' e witnesses termed a " very eearse" itcy, eed elf et fallin -, lie ant wet in poi: gto this house, and sat in his 1 t cletlus end shoes while he stayed there. It was after this teat he complained off elirg unwell and went to Crofts. in May—a month after the policy had been effected—he eal:rd is Sir John Fife, an eminent practitioner in New castle, to attend him. Sir John Fife f Mat very little altered. He was ruddy, robust-looking, neck muscular, his eyes bright and full. His breathing was itregular, his pulse quick and not firm. Ile examined him with the stethescope carefully and fennel no ti ace of either heart or lung disease. He had watery swelling of the extremities and he made two punctures on each side cf the tendon Achilles, from which a considerable amcurt of serous fluid escaped. Ile examined his urine, which was small in quantity, datk eeloured, and of intense acidity as tested by litmus paper. Ile then applied nitric acid and heat to it to test it for alba ' men, and lee eculd discover no trace of albumen, and he had great hope of the case. Ile mentioned to the deceased that he could diSCON't rno albumenuria to reassure him. II ad he discovered traces of albumen in the urine along with the other symptoms, he should have thought the case hopeless. In his opinion, he was then suffering from subacute infl.m mation and congestion of the kidneys. The disorder was functional, and there was no organic disease, and. in his opinion, no chronic inflammation. Exposure to cold on a raw, windy, wet night would be very likely to ',ranee such symptoms in any man. The presence of albumen in the urine was not always indicative cf Bright's disease of the kidneys; an attack of dyspepsia or other causes of disorder of the sys tem might produce it. Bright's disease producad pallor and emaciation, and he never saw any man exhibit sytrpt ems so entirely opposite. He was one of the finest specimens of a healthy, robust, middle-sized man he ever saw of middle age. This was the plaintiff's case, iu no way shaken on cress:- examis ation. For the defern'ant it was submitted that the answers of the deceased to the inquiries made " Had he heart disease," " Had he Bright's disease of the kidneys," to which he an swered in:the negative, were the bases of the contract entered into with him, and that if he knew he had these diseases and concealed his knowledge of these facts from the com p:nay, then by the terms of the contract the policy was void. To show that he had both these diseases and khew it when he made the policy the fact that he himself was an expe rienced surgeon was relied on, and Dr. Charlton, of New; castle, was called, who proved that as early a April, 1855, the decca , :ed consulted him professionally and cemplained that something was amiss with him. He then examined him carefully with the stethescope, and found that he had heart disease and lung disease, and he advised him to avoid ex posure to cold and wet, and to keep himself quiet in the pursuit of his profession. In November or December of 1836 the deceiver; and his wife called upon Lim and he ex amined him again, and he found him in exactly the same condition—neither better nor worse—and told him what his stnte was. Dr. Ernbleton, of Newcastle, stated that in January, 18.37, he was consulted by the deceased, and he then carefully examined hint, and made him strip. lie fiend that he had heart disease, disease of the lungs and liver, and watery swellings of the ]cgs. On the 7th of April, the day after the deceased had made proposals to the defendants' company to insure with them, the deceased sent him a bottle of his urine to examine. He then tested it with heat, and with nitric acid, and with them both, and detected the presence of a large quantity of albumen. He informed the deceased that lie was sorry to say that he bad discovered albumen in his urine. He forebore to say more to him, can that as a medical man he would draw his own conclusions from this, and wished not to distress him; but be informed his wife, the present plaintiff, fully of what be considered the deceased's state, which he considered to be a very dangerous one. On cress-examination the witness stated that other causes than Bright's decease of the kidneys tn'ght produce albumen in the urine. A vege table diet, if the blood got very thin, would be likely to pro duce it. 'shi , -In -It - then, if the dee' His Lordship—ln a,. pt.( y, deceased had eateii animal food and takeu a little wine he would have been alive and well now? • Witness—Very likely. His Lordship—l should advise insurance companies in future to put r.mong their questions to the insured, " Are you a vegetarian?" The deceased died on the 17th of June, 1857. In summing up, Mr. Atherton relied upon this evNence as showing beyond doubt that the deceased had concealed from the defendants facts regarding his own health which showed him toblt labouring uner dangerous di tense at the time when he effected the policy, and that be was, in fact, Ishouring under lirleht's disease and heart disease, and knew it at the time. Mr. Hoggins, in reply, commented strongly on the fact that the defendants had not dared to call their own medical referee, and relied upon the body of evidence he had called for the plaintiff as :homing that up to the time when the deceased attended the midwifery case in March, 1857, he was a strong, robust, healthy, ruddy-complexioned, active man; that the report of the defendants' referee on the 9th of April, 1857, immediately before the pol!cy was effected, entirely bore out this evidence, and showed that at that lime he had neither heart disease nor Bright's disease, and this report was corroborated by the evidence of Sir John Fife, given a month afterwards on the return of the deceased from Crof s. His lordship, to summing up, told the jury that the issues were rarrowed to three, whether the deceased had heart disease, whether he had Bight's disease, and whether he knew this, and concealed his knowledge from the company, which would be a fraud upon them. The circumstance of the deceased haring died within three months aft, r the policy was effected justified the closest inquiry, With regard to the evidence for the defence be said the deceased might well not Inhere that be bad • disease of the heart, for ha went a shooting, he danced, and took much exer cise. had Le that disease nature herself world tell him be mid not do such things, and as to heart disease he might well say " that is a mistake." As to Bright's disease, he was told that he had albutnectuda, hut that was ro certain indication of Bright's disease, and might eri,e from other causes, and from living on an en tirety vPge•able diet. The facts were, however, for the jury, and he left it to them to say whether the deceased knew at the time when he effrc , ed the policy whether he had either or b th of the dii;ewcs mentioned, and whether on the evidence he ha I, in point of fact, either of those disease.% If they found these issues in the affirmative they must find fir the defendant, if in the negative for the plaintiff. The jury retired, and of er a short absence returned with a verdict for the pininiiff, damae.es ,C 2,000, less the amount of the half-yearly premiiinn, £33. They also found as a fact that the deceased did not know that he had either of these disca! and that, in point of fAct, he bad neither. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Bann Martin.) Jos. Johnsod, 28, Richard Sayer, 33, John Sloan, 30, Andrew ihrtrant, 44, and James Cameron, 32, were severally charged with the manslaughter of one John Cain, on the ZlOth of M ay Mr. Overend, Q.C., Mr. Seymour, and Mr. Fowler ap peAre.l for Vie to os,eution; ti'e prisoners tvcre defended by the lion. A. Liddill end Mr. Da?ison. I t appears that a bum; er r f penons had been in a " atwankcy-house"—i e., a house fir the ssle of small beer, in the suburbs of ill's town, cn tte 2.91 i of Ma ,y, ar ac cording to their sta'etnents, which were of a very contradic tory and confused nature, they all left together, and, on pa'sing th e Ellison's Arens, where come me n were standing, a central row rock place, in which the eeceased, John Cain, received such St Ye• C acunds as caused his death. The five prisoners were Protest an , s, ar.d the principal wi• news Irish Catholics,. a fact which gave the wh o l e mat t er t h e com plexion of an Change row. In course a o n i d t h h e r i fighte k b a t a s : c w o e a r l rake, a shovel, a peke - , a knife, a e freely used, and anyth:ng in the nature of a weapon which came handy. Cain, the deceasetl, was seen down on his back, and the prisoners beating and stabbing him. Several witnesses were called by the prosecution to show that the prisoners Joheso , ;, Bertram, and Camere4 were present, with Sloan and Sayers, engaged in this attack on the deceased. One cf these spoke of the row as being a general one, in which both sides took part. A pistol, which bad been recently fired off, was found at the prisoner John son's house. Mr. Lewndes, surgeon, proved that there were some severe stabs on John Cain's body, one of which had entered his lungs, and was eufliient to cause his death. There was also another wound ha the neck, which would have caused his death. This closed the case-for the prosecution. After an able speech from the learned counset:for the de fence, who contended that there was an absence of common purpese and design in tie prisoners to attack the deceased, and that the witnesses were all Catholics, and, as it ap peared, were armed with some kind of weapons, left it to the jury to say whether this wrs not a general row, - and contended that in the conflict of statements the charge was not brought home to the prisoners, on whose behalf he called several witnesses to show that they were quiet and inoflen sive men. 'llls Lordship, after remarking that a great deal had been said about Catholics and Protestants, which he tres•rel the jery would dismiss from their mirth:, then summed up the evidence with great ea: e. "The jury retired for about three-quarters of an hour.and I eturned a verdict cf guilty as against Sayer and Sloan, and goatsnot against Johnson, Bertram, and Cameron. inn and Sayer were recommended to mercy by the jury on account of the want of evidence as to the cause of provocation. Sentence was deferred. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—BonmtN, AUG. 2. The commission 'for fhe minty of Cornwall wai opened in this rosin on Sa..t.rday everting by Mr. Baron Charm,' Yesterday thejudies attenoird Divirre service at the church, sod rhfor .motniog the husiueirs rommereed, Mr. Baron. Wa , son presiding In the Crown court and Mr. Baron Chan nell at Nisi Prins. There are only four cases in the cause list, but they are expected to occupy the whole of the time allowed here. There arc 21 prisoners in the calen dar, 1,1;1 the Ohm; are of a trifling character; there I. one charge of infanticic:c, but the learned Baron, in his charge to the grand jury, suggested to them that the evidence was very nnsaii4act , ry, and be thought it rely 1:1c-ly that they would conslder it right to throw out the bill. There is a case of burglary; the prosecutor and his family were in London, and the servantr, taking advaniagr of the absence of the family,. west to a dance at a public lions.' and on their ret urn t h ey f oun d that t'e house hart been broken into, anti all the plate bad beer; taken. Thr only evidence against the prisoner was that be was in nos of a pair of pincers, and the police thought the ifontee had been bro!ica into with p;nctre, and the other pee of evideroce was, that the prisoner had a tahacco-b-x, and a tohneco-box was found nea r the hoase, but %shether it was tire prironer's or not did no t appear. As regarded that tin !corned judge told the grand jury tkat he thought the ea I dace very u:2atisfacfory. CIVIL. SIDE. fure Mr. Baron Channell.) COLLINS V. SYMONS. Mr. Collier and Mr. Coleridge were coansel for the plain tiff; and Mr. 11. T. Cole was counsel for the defendant. Tois was an action upon an apprenticeship bond, brought by Mr. Collins, who u as a carpenter at Wadtbridge, against the defendant, who is the fat Ler of a boy who had been ap prenticed to the plaintiff, and had ran away before emu. pleting his time. The defence setup was that the plaintiff NO 1117troated THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EViE!N the boy, and that he ran away to America without the knowledge of his father. Witnesses were called on each tide in support cf the plain tiff's and defendt.nt's cases. Mr. Baron Channel], in summing up, told the jury that the detertant was dearly liable on the bond, but lift it to them to sly the amount of damages that the plaintiff was entitled to. Verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £4O. HOME CIRCUIT.-GUILDFORD, AUG 3. The commission for the county of Survey was opened on Monday, and both courts were opened for business this morning—Mr.Justicetics presiding on the Cicil Side, and Mr. Baron Bramwell in the Crown Court. There are 04 causes entered for trial, 20 of which are to he tiled by special juries. On the Crown side there are 10 prisoners for tilt], but none of the C2 , C3 ere of a serious characier. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice Willes and a Cctr tun Jilry.) Y. ROCHE. This was an action to recover £62 10e.. being five quar ters of arrears of an annuity of £5O granted by the defendant to the plaintiff. Mr. S:ear( ant Petereclorff and Mr. Hennen were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Tompson Chitty appeared for the defendent. It appeered that the annuity in qdestion had been granted by the defendant, and executed by him in 185 9 , upon the condition that the plaintiff should educate and bring up two illegitimate children of which he was the father. The circumstances were rather peculiar. It appeared that in ]B4l the plaintiff; Margaret Smith, was in Germany, where she was engaged as governess in a high family, and the defendant, John Webb Roche, who was stated to Ve an Lis!' gentleman, made her acquaintance, and ultimately acme form of marriage, which turned out to he cf no legal value, was gore through by a person whom the defendant represented to be a clergy men, and after this they lived together as man and wife until 1845, when the plaintiff again accepted the situation of a governess in Germany; but the defendant insisted that she should return and live with him, stating that she was his wife. They then continued to live together until the year 1851, when the defendant married; and at this time be wrote a letter to a gentleman named Shepherd, in which he reques ed him to break the "terrible tidings to dear Mar garet" as well as be could, to spare her feelings, and at the same time stated that he would always provide for her, and that he might at once advance her money to the extent of LA. That sum was accordingly given to the plaintiff, nod the defendant went to reside in Ireland; and in 1852, finding she could not obtain any more money from him, the plaintiff went to Ireland and saw the defendant, when he created the agreement which was the subject of the present action. It should be stated that four children were the result of the connection betel een the parties, but et this time only two were alive, and the Agreement was to the effect that upon consideration of the plaintiff educating and providing for the two children then alive, he undertook to pay her £5O per annum by flair quarterly instalments. One of these children, it appeared, has since died, hut the morey seemed to have been paid by the defendant fcr a considerable time, when he ceased paying the quarterly amounts, and the present action was brought to recover the arrears. Miss Margaret Smith, the plaintiff, a lady-like looking person, apparently about five-end-thirty years of age, was called as a witness, and she proved the facts above narrated, and was not subjected to any cross-examination. The defence set pp was purely a technical one, it being contended that no legal consideration bad been proved for the annuity ; and also that as one of the children had died, it could not he enforced, the original understanding being that the money was to be paid for the support and education of two children. The jury eventually returned a verdict for the peaintifl for the full amount claimed, the questions of law being re served for further consideration. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) Edward Mandeville Martin, a young man of respect able appearance, was indicted for obtaining money by false pretences. Mr. Knapp conducted the prosecution. The prisoner, who appears to have been carrying on a most extensive and im pudent system of swindling all over the country, conducted his own defence. The first case gone into was that of obtaining a sovereign from Mr. Biddelcomb (formerly a very active superintendent of the Surrey constabulary, but who at present keeps the i Swan Inn at Chertsey) by fat=e pretences. It -appeared that the prisoner went i,o the inn on the 12th of July, and represented himself to be the Rev. Mr. Martin, and he stated that he was the intimate friend of Mr. Remington Mills, a magistrate who was well known to Biddelcomb, and who, he said, was going to appoint him to be preacher to a chapel at Englefield-green, and he subsequently hired a fly for the purpose, as he stated, of going to visit Mr. Mills, and upon his return be said be had got the appointment, and that be was to preach on the following Sunday. lie then sated that he was short o f cash, and asked Biddelcomb to lend biro a sovereign, which he did, and it turned out that all the statemen's he bad made were entirely falee. Mr. Biddelcomb was cross-examiced at considerable length by the prisoner, and in answer to the questions that were put to hint he said that the prisoner invited him very po litely to come and bear his first sermon, but he respectfully declined. He also said that the prisoner wrote a letter to him in which he stated that if it should rain he should want a covered fly to take him to the chapel to preach. He added that this letter was sent him after he had given the prisoner the sovereign, and it was addressed " Biddel comb, Esq.," and it began ",My dear sir," and the moment he saw this he knew that he had keen "done." (A laugh.) The Rev. Mr. Knight, the minister of the chapel referred to, proved that the prisoner had never been appointed as the minister, and that be had no intention of resigning his office, and that consequently there was no vacancy. He stated that all he knew of the; prisoner was that he called upon him and told him that he had been a Roman Catholic priest, but that he had seen the errors of that religion, and that afterwards he had been a Church of England clergy man, and that after that he had been a Congregationalist, and he wished witness to allow him to perform one of his services, but lie declined to do so without knowing mere about him. Ile subsequently made some inquiries about ! the prisoner, which were not at all satisfactory, and he in consequence told him that he had better retire, and the prisoner then said that he should be off to Chertsey. In answer to questions put by the prisoner, Mr. Knig! said that he told him he might perhaps be permittei to make an address to the Sunday sclool children. He said that be took an interest in him in consequence of his specious manner, and would have done all in his power to assist him, if his character bad turned out to be good, and that be could he trusted. • • Mr. Peter M‘Farlane a wine merchant at Guildford, was then examined. It appeared that this gentleman is of the Roman Catholic persuasion, and that he casually met the prisoner on the 14th of July, at Farnborough, and that he drove laim for some distance in his chaise. The prisoner upon this occasion represented himself to be a clergyman and an author, and to be rather desirous to enter the ltomish Church, and he gained so much upon Mr. M`Farlane's good opinion that he invited him to visit him in case lie should cone to Guildford. On the 25th ofJely, which was Sunday,. he received a note from the prisoner, dated from the White Hart Hotel, requesting to see him, and upon his going there he told him that he had been preaching at the Lower Chapel for the Rev. Mr. liatchard, and that he was going to breakfast with him on the following morning. Mr. AP Farlane upon this invited him to his house, where he staid all night, end the next morning the prisoner said he was short of money, and asked Mr. M`Farlane to lend him a sovereign, and when he was about to - give him that sum he said he might as well Jet him have two, epon which Mr. M‘Farlane gave him two sovereigns. He afterwards received a letter from the pri soner, in which lie athlressed him as his" Very dear friend," and stated that he was most anxious to get into some quiet rtionaatuy at. Rome. (A laugh.) In answer t) a question put by the prisoner, the witness said he was quite sure that he mentioned the name of the Rev. Mr. Ila'chard, and not that of the Rev. Mr. Butcher. The prisoner exclaimed in vn impudent tone that he was rot surprised diet a Pepist should not tell the truth. The witness said that the prisoner told him that he had met the Rev. Mr. liatehard in the Holy Land, at the - .Holy Sepulchre, and described the dress he wore on that occasion, and chat be had a velveteen coat on. (Laughter.) The Rev-Mr. Hatchard was then examined, and Le sated that the prisoner was an entire stranger to him, and he knew nothing abut him. The prisoner, upon being called on for his defence, was about to read a long written statement, the commencing ebseivations of which appeared to be that it was owing to tin education Le had received, and to• his haring been brought up a Roman Catholic ' that ire bad been induced to endeavour to gain a livelihood by deception and lying. Baron Bramvrell interposed and told the prisoner that this course of proceeding was quite irrelevant. The Court had nothing to do with the religious principles in which he ha): been brought up, and the (Ally question was whether he was guilty of the offence imputed to him. The prisoner then athiressed the jury again in a theatrical manner, and at some length, the effect of what he said apparently being that be had been brought up to literary pursuits and had endeavoured to gain a livelihood as an author, but the booksellers would not publish any of his works because he had no name, and as he could not starve he was compelled to resort to the proceedings he had done in order to obtain a subsistence. . _ The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty. The learned Judge, in passing smence, raid that if a bad education was the cause of the pti,oner committing such offences as these, he must endeavour to correct it, and the mode in which he should endeavour to do so on the pre sent occasion was to order him to be kept to hard labour for 12 months. Daniel Cummins, 39, was indicted fr assauling John M'u!ley with intent to rinser In alicr c. unto the intent of the prisoner was laid to be to rob the prosccutor, and also to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Robinson' conducted the promcution ; Mr. Laxton was counsel for the prisoner. . _ _ It appeared that ibis was a prosecution instituted by the Brighton Railway Company under the following circum stances :—Dri the 28th of March the prosecutor got into an open third-class carriage for the purpose of proceeding to London. The prisoner and a wen= were the only other persons in tire carriage, and when the train got into the M ers thaw tunnel the prosecutor felt the pi isoner pushing against him, and he at length* his hand to his pocket. He pushed his hand away, and immediately upon his doing so, the prisoner seized hint and commerced a mist savage a• tack upon him, and in the course of the snuggle the priooner actually seized him by the legs and endeavoured to throw him out of the carriage,wirich be would have succeeded in doing if the pro secutor had not been a powerful man and that he succeeded in catching told of the iron rail of the carriage. He at length got the prisoner down, and he held him until the train arrived at the Caterham station, where the prisoner was handcuffed and secured, the prosecutor being at this time covered with blood and ♦ery severely injured. The prisoner was then conveyed to Croydon, where it appeared tie resided, and it required the efforts of six constables to aecure him and place him in the po'ice station. The defence set up fur the prisoner was that he was in a mate of insanity at the time he committed the act; but the mly evidence that was adduced to sunpiirt this suggestion Wai that of a brother, who stated that 12 years ago the prisoner hal received an injury upon his head in Leland, vhen his skull was fractured, and si!ice that time he had acted in a very extraordinary manner trPon several occa sicns. , Mr. Keene, the governor of the gaol, stitcd, in ancvror to questi ms put by the C o urt, that iu his opinion the_prisoncr was not in his right mind, and he said he lvrmed this opi nion from what he had seen of his conduct since he had then under his charge. He added, however, that he believed the surgeon of the prison entertained a contrary opinion. The learned Judge then summed up the case, and ex plained to the jury the law upon the subject of insaniiy, and, after a short deliberation, they returned a verdict Hutt ing the prisoner guilty of wounding with intent to do k trievous bodily h arm. .rntishliipcesaitdheitpwriasosnaervetroyebizadyceaasree, penal d a h l du l t i y is to L ;ete He added that if any f urther evidence could be obtained with regard to th e state of h mind ie ' , i t would no doubt receive AttclitlOA La the proper quVter. oseferlvtitiutdbeis. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-Aug. 3. (Before Mr. Creasy.) &Uri Arthur Schambp.rcer, 20, was indicted for havirg e•toier. a quantity of printed books, value £l3O and upwards, the property of Mr. David Nut!, the foreign bookseller, el tie tqrand, his nester. He pleaded alr.Orridge wear( d en the part of tLe prosocution; Mr. M, tealfe for the ?risorer.. _ The Prosecutor stated, in answer to the Court, that the risoner had been in b's service about six months, at a 'alary cf 10s, per month, which would h eve been in_ reased from time to time. The prisoner came from Vienne situation,and was eel( recommended f rom th ere . \ o bof the stolen books were found stowed take iut E thel) worth way in a house he lodged at in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy- . gnre, by Holmes, detective, of the I? division, and in his esk was * found a can - Anew, marked in his handwriting, by "Stich it was rcerrtelued what works end the numbers Of epics he had takAa away from the stock. Sentence was postponed. James Welch,29, was indicted for unlawfully assaulting Ameiia Farness, with intent. Mr. Palmer was for the prosecution; Mr. Gent for the prisoner. es e g r r il e y : 13 1 y years of age, and was aggravated it was the The evidence in this case, entirely unfit to be given in detail, shored conduct on the part of the prisoner of a fraecvtolti thatng tie character,and w what prosecutor his own niece. Ile was found guilty and was sentenced to 18 months' hard lebeur. The sentence was appl au d e d i n court. Jaynes Church, a labourer, in the service of Mr. Langley, a contractor at Hayes, was indicted for fraudulently obtain ing corn in his master's name from Mr. West, a corn dealer at Southall. He was found guilty, and was sentenced to one month's hard labour. He bad borne a good character for many years. Mr. Itibton prosecuted ; Mr. W. Cooper was for the pri soner Frederick James was convicted of an indecent assault upon a child named Mary Ann James, the daughter of the keeper of a beershop celled the Royal Oak, at Heston. He was sent ere, dto 18 months' hard labour. . Mr. Ribton, instructed by Mr. 'Vaughan, prosecuted. Thomas Jones, 26, and John Williams, 26, were con victed of committing a larceny in the dwelling-house cf George Spencer, the property stolen being more than £5 in value. Jones, an old offender, repeatedly convicted, was sentenced to seven years' pens] servitude, and Williams to four months' bard labour. Catherine Dunn, a tall, strange-looking woman, was indicted for having stolen . a pair of gle ves cf . the value of ls. 3d., the preprry of Wile. m Trimby. Mr. Hawthorne prosecuted; Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Orridge were for the prisoner. The prosecutor was a haberdasher in Chapter-street, Vauxhall-bridge-road, and the prisoner went to his shop and purchased a packet of needles. Seeing a customer baying gloves at is. 3d. par pair she examined them and selected a, pair, and then asked to be shown some at Is. 6d. per pair. While the assistant was reaching the latter she placed the is. 3d. pair in ter bag, and then having selected a pair at ls. 6d. she placed a shilling, a: sixpence, and a fourpenny-piece on the counter to pay for them. When told she had another pair in her !owe she said they must have get there by mistake if they were there, and when she was accused of stealing them, she went on her knees, and implored them not to hurt a poor soldier's wife from India. 31r. Sleight, for the defence, did not deny that the prisoner had committed the act imputed to her, but urged upon the jury Abe extreme probability that it wee done without thong t, by mistake, and without felonious intention. The prisoner ta as the wife of a soldier, with whom she had gone troup,ll 10 years of fie'd service in India, including the Sikh campaign. The ek:iinve had elected her mind t.) such a degree that upon all matters having reference to India, particularly the slaughter of women and children which had unhappily taken place there lately, she was so excitable as to a great extent not to be accountable for her actions. She had borne children, and was now in the family-way, a state in which many females acted under erroneous ideas and impressions; and though be couldnot ask the jury to say that this poor woman was notguilty on the ground of insanity, the effect of which would be to incarcerate her in an asylum for life, he hoped that upon the evidence, which he could not attempt to controvert, they would be able to come to the conclusion that sae might have put the gloves into her bag without the idea of stealing them being in her mind at the time. It was a very curious circumstance, tending, he thought, to show the prisoner's absence of mind, that she put down le. 10L'. to pay for the gloves, which came Only to ls. 6d. deposed to a certain au angeneas and Witnesses were allied. They gave the prisoner a very good characte; and excitability of manner abo u t her, particularly when matters relating to India were breached in her presence. Ske was a soldier's wife, and had passed many years in India. Mr. Creasy told the jury that the question they had to crmsider was simply whether the prisoner intended to steal the gloves, and if they had any doubt upon it they should give her the lynefit of it. The jury acquitted her. There was some applause at the verdict in the body of the court. (Before Mr. Payne.) Thomas Sann e ford, 58 , described as a seaman , was in dicted for having ot , tained by false and fraudulent pretences from Freder:ck Sayer the sum of 103., with intent to cheat him thereof. Mr. Poland appeared for tae prosecution, on behalf of the Mendieity Society; Mr. Gent was counsel for the prisoner. The prosecutor, Capt. Frederick Sayer, attached to the S'aff at the Horse Guards, stated that on Monday, the 19th of J uly, the prisoner called at the Horse Guards and asked to see him. He was shown into his office, and he then pro duced a paper, and said Le was a native of Sibton, in Suffolk, and had been a lieutenant in the navy. He represented that he had Gweed a vessel called the Hope, which foundered off the coast in Aptil last, by which unfortunate occurrence he lost £B5O, and was brought to ruin. He mentioned the names of several persons resident in the neighbourhood of Sib on, and also alluded to circumstances connected with his (Capt. Sayer's) fatuity which occurred 30 years ago, by which he was indue Al to believe that -his representations were true, and he gave him 103., thinking him a deserving person. The paper be had with him contained the names of several persons, opposite to which were entries of sums which he said those persons had given to relieve his di;- tress, a!,el appended to it was a certificate purporting to be siened by a Mr. Pearson, of Mark-lane, and setting forth that the petitioner's statements about the loss t f the Hope were true, and that he was worthy of charity. .Coen after he ha,4 gone away it occurred to witness teat possibly the man was an imrstor, as he bad been unable to mention the name of the clergyman of Sibfon, which was well knewn thereabout; but in a very short time he learned that he was in custody, having bean apprehended just outside the office. The prisoner told him. that the reason he left the navy was that he was in fear of a court-martial. Edward Webb, an officer of the Mendicity Society, stated that en the day in question he saw the prisoner in company with a woman in St. James's-street, and knowing them he watched their proceeding 3. They went along Pall-Mall to the Duke of Yurk's Column, thence to the Horse Guards, and on the prisoner coming out of Capt. Sayer's office, he passed a paper to the woman, who went off with it. He took hold of the prisoner, who thrust another paper into his mouth and tried to chew it, but part of it was recovered. He >truggled slob ntly. There was no Mr. Pearson known in Ma: k-lane, and the prisoner had been convicted of-ob tattling money by similar represeetations several times. P.- - hex before the magistrate, the prisoner wished the ease to be dealt with summarily, and appealed to Capt. Sayer's leniency, but he was cout:tate. for trial. Mr. Gent urgccra variety a.groands, most of them of a technical nature, for an rcquittal. Mr. Payne summed up very carefully, and The jury found t' - e prisoner guilty. It was then proved that the prisoner had for the last 20 years lived by imposing on the public. He had been four times convicted, an I was exec sell:me:4d to 15 months. Ile was a 14atling ructutar of the lYggitig letter fraternity. Mr. I'eyne having* consulted the ruagistrates present, said he thonpht himself that a sentence of penal servitude ought to be passed upon the prisoner by w ay o f exami l e, and to protect the charitable from tie iniquitms frauds which i o had carried on for a long course of years. ,t• How ever, tekla a very light view of the case, the sentence on tie p r e am a o ccasion was 18 calendar month s ' h ar d l a b our, the rema i n d er of hi s d ays i n penal servitude. h ht e tt w , i c f u l , .. t e p r t. h cs e was convicted again, he might rest assuro William Williams, a respectable-looking man, was placed at the bar to receive sentence. He was convicted on Moods} , of assaulting Cbades , Cule, a police-constable, in the execution of his duty. It appealed thet on the morning of the 20 b of July the constable was in Oxford-street, and hearing a cry of ''police" be went to the spot it proceeded from, and found a gentle man holding a womaa who Was struggling violently to escape. The gcnVeman said the woman bad robbed him of his watch and chain, which she bad in her hand when be went up. BeiJg in plain clothes, he said he was a policetnan, and took the woman into custody. The prisoner interfered and wa ted to know what be was going to do with the woman. He said he was a constable and had got her in custo 'y for a robbery. The prisoner said he could not tclifwhetber be was a policeman or not; but to satisfy him upon that point, be took out his warrant card, and showed it I im, and l e read it under a gas lamp. But not satisfied with this proof of the constable's authority, he still disputed his to take toe woman, and, tripping him up, the womau act away, and while be lay on tire ground tire prisoner kicked him on the arms end body. In the end the prisoner "tars taken CO the itation instead of the woman, and there he found there was no mistake as to the prosecutor's being a policenian. A person who was prevent corroborated the statement that the warrant card was shown to the prisonl r, who read it by the gas light. Mr. Metcalf-, frr the prisoner, now called evidence as to the iesi.ectability of the prisoner, and his good character. It was stated by his employer's ft,reman that he was an honest, sober, and well conducted man. /al r. Payne said, allowing the any chivalrous or Quixotic feeling the prisorer might have had in going to the a sist race of a woman he thought was being ill-used, he had com mitted a very serous offence in rescuing from lawful cus tody a person wl o no doubt had committed a feloay ; and, under all eh cutostances, he ought to have been content to leave her with ti .e constable after the latter had very pro perly exhibited his warrant card. Considering his charac ter, and in the absencs of any suggestion that be was con cerned in any way wit 11 the woman who was accused of the robbery, he al culd eel - Am:me him to six months' bard labour. John ()dm,' 26, a journeyman baker, was convicted of feloniously embe zz li ng t h e sum o f 2 s . 64, and other moneys, received by him in th e capac i ty of servant to William Coles, and was sent: te six months' hard labour. Elizabeth Drejicr, 30, formerly en hospital nurse, was convicted of stealing 31 yards of calico, the property of Adam Adams and ; pother; sentenced to three months' bard labour. POLIC E INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HOUSE.— 7 'wows Rug, 17, was charged with the following itnnudent robbery:— Mr. Neck, •.t th e fi rm o f M oore , Peede, and Co., ware heuse men, Fr day-street, deposed that about 10 o'clock he . t.hserved the p r i soner loitering outs id e th e i r ware h ous e, and upon ;pg to-anoth er p ar t o f the place at a little dis tance fr.-m the doer, h e saw him suddenly rush into the shop, se :7.c I.p twa pi eces of s il k b a ndaerehiefs. , , ar.d then rush out ar sin, Witness pursued as fast as he could, and soon came op w ith him, upon which he threw the handker chiefs aw; y. Witness held him till a policeman came up, and then gave him into custody. The value of the hand rchiefs was £2l2 s . The plisoner said it was all a mistake; he had 'never touched the handkerchiefs. He was an innocent lad, and had never been in custody before. Lord Mayor—We shall see about that. Does any one know anything about him here? Popp!n, 13 P, metropolitan police—l know him. I had him in charge en the 25t1, August last for picking pockets at the Crystal Police Railway Station, and in searching him I found no fewer than eight handkerchiefs upon him. He te as taken before Mr. Elliott, at Lambeth Police-court, and sentenced to three months. _ _ _ i'cllcf-COnstAble 438, Iaty)—Equot tbilthO has boon pO4: ING AUGUST tenced to two re ooths fi om Southwark, for pocket picking, and I believe be only came out of prison on Monday. Lord Mayor—Well, you are an " innocent lad," indeed. I thought what sort of innocence yours was. The prosecutor requested the Lord Mayor to deal with the case summarily, but as the prisoner continued to assert in the most impudent manner that he had not touched the handkerchiefs, be was committed for trial. Charles Davison, conductor of a Fulham omnibus, be longing to the Metropolitan St.loou Omnibus Company, was charged with embezzling 2s. 4d., belonging to his em ployers. The solicitor who conducted the case said that it was trivial so far as the amount of money was conc:rrel, Jett it was of some importance generally to ell omnibus companies and omnibus proprietors • and from his statements, and the evidence of witnesses called by him, it appeared that en Saturday morning last, accordieg to custom, the prisoner handed in his way-bill and money for the previous day, in both ( f which he accounted for five inside fares at 4d., seven outside fares at 4fi. sad tvs o outsidesat 3d. ter the last journey from Fulham to London upon Friday night, while upon that journey the omnibus was more than full, in a legal sense, inasmuch as a female deposed that when she got in at Walham-green, accom panied by two children, a gentleman bad to change to the outside in order to make room for her ; and a little girl further deposed that during the journey she counted altogether 20 insides, two of whom, however, were babies, and so would not pay ; while one little girl sat upon her mother's knee, and another sat upon the umbrella seat. On the other hand, there was some difficulty in proving the identity of the prisoner, as the witnesses had not parti cularly noticed him ; and Mr. Woutner, for the defence, raised some technical objections in addition, contending, moreover, that there was no evidence to show, and no pos sibility of showing, !hat the prisoner, although be might not have made a correct entry with regard to the last journey, had not, by overstating on his way the result of the other journeys of the day, actually accounted for all the money received by him during the day ; and, to give a colour to this hypothesis, he proved that although the legal number of inside passengers eras only twelve, the prisoner bad fre quently accounted to the cashier of the company for an excess over that number. The Lord Mayor admitted that there were difficulties in the ease, but at the same time said it was one of so much importance, although the amount in question was small, as to induce him to leave all doubts to be solved by a jury, rather than to dismiss the charge without being fully satis fied of the person's innocence. The competition between the rital companies, which led them to carry passengers all the way from Fulham or Putney to the Ctty for 4d., must be sufficiently ruinous in itself without the aid of robbery, and the proprietors must be protected against the peculation of their servants; but to give an epportunity of producing the other conductors of the company so as to complete the proof of identity, he would remand the prisoner for a few days., _ _ _ _ _ _ ReManded accordingly, but admitted to bail. Francis Worrell Stevens, share-dealer, who was last week committed from this court to take his trial at the next session of the Central Criminal Court, now applied to be admitted to bail, according to the terms of his commitment —viz.: himself in £2,000, and two others in £l,OOO each ; the parties proposed being Miss Worth, 10, St. Mary's road, Peckham; and Mrs. Fitzgerald, 42, Marchmont street, Russell-square._ _ No opposition was offered on the ,part of the prosecutors, who had riceived due notice, and the required recognisances having been entered into, the prisoner was discharged. GUILDHALL.—George Jams Buchanan was placed at the bar before Alderman Mcchi, charged with obtain ing goods older false pretences with intent to defraud Messrs. Cooke, Sons, and Co., of St. Maul's-churchyard. William White, a warehouseman, in the employ of the prosecutors, said—On the 21st June last the prisoner called at the warehouse and presented an order for two silk dresses, which be represented were for Messrs. Collins, of Sloane street, Chelsea, who were customers. The goods were selected and sent into the entering-room, and the order was returned to him with directions to go to the entering-room and he would have the goods. The order was written on one of Messrs. Collins's billheads, and on Friday last be pre sented another order for two more silk dresses, value £8 ss. I gave the order back as before, and sent him to the entering room where I also sent the goods. I asked him if he was the same person who brought a similar order a few days previous, and he said he was. Thomas George Jones, one of the entering men in the same employ, said—l saw the prisoner on the 21st of June in the entering-room. He brought an ordex from Collins, of Chelsea, fur whom, he said, he required the silks. I asked his name, and he said it was Wbately ; and after entering the goods, I gave them to him with an invoice, and he went away. I have not been able to find the order, but lam quite sure the prisoner is the person I delivered the goods to. I let him have the goods, believing he came from Collins, of Chelsea. Mr. Charles Collins said—l am a draper in Lower Sloane street, Chelsea. The prisoner was in my employ about three or four months as clerk, and left me on the 21st of June last without any notice. I gave him no authority to obtain the goods in question, neither have I received them. Mr. White recalled, said—On the 30 h July the prisoner called again with an order from Messrs. Collins for two silk dresses and 30 yards of silk glace, the value of which was about £l5. I selected the goods and sent them to the en tering-room. I afterwards met the prisoner in St. Paul's churchyard, and he complained that be had not been per mitted to take the goods, saying he should look very foolish (la going back without them. I took him back with me, and spoke to Mr. Werth, who asked the prisoner if he came from Messrs. Collins. He said he did ; and I then asked him if he was the same young man who obtained two silk dresses about six weeks previous, and hie said he was. Wm. Pearce Johnson, an entering man in Messrs.Cooke'i employ, said—The prisoner came into the entering-room, on the 30th July, with the order produced, accompanied by the last witness and the goods. I asked him to write his name on the order, and he wrote " Walcl3." On comparing the writing with the order, I refused to let him have the goods, but sent them to Mr. Collins by omnibus. Mr. Collins recalled, said—The prisoner wrote our orders generally upon our billheads, an I I believe the order pro duced is in his handwriting, but I gave him no authority to write it. I received the goods mentioncd in the order pro duced. This completed the whole of the evidence for the prosecu tion, and tile prisoner having said he would reserve his defence, r,as fully committed for trial. WESTMINSTER.—SYSTEMATIC AND EXTENSIVE PLUNDER OF A TIMBER MERCHANT.—REPREHEN SIBLE PRACTICES IN THE TRADE.- Edward Thomp son, William Cook, and Eliza Cook, his wife, underwent a lengthened examination, charged with stealing a quantity of mahogany frcm the timber-ybrd of Mr. Hudson, Great Peter-street, Westminster; and George English, Fryer's mount, Bethnal-green, timber dealer, charged with re ceiving it. The case was discovered through the vigilance of the police. It appears that George Mattocks, 162 G, and George Legear, City detective, having seen a truck go to and from English's at a very early hour with timber, watched it to the prosecutor's, and privately inquired of him whether he had sustained any losses. Mr. Hudson, who bad from time to time missed mahogany, immediately made arrangements with the officers in order to detect the offenders, and watched them en the mornings of the 16:h and 17th ult., the result of which was be found that the prisoners Cook and his wife, with a young man named Carroll, aided by Thompson, a man who had beer: five years in pros . ccutor's employ, brought out timber from his • yard in Peter-street and Smith-square, Westminster, cn the latter morning, to the value. of £4 10s., and conveyed it to the prisoner Eng house, where he 'ock it in. The prisoners with Car rail were captured, when the latter was put into the witness-box as an approver against the rest, and from his testimony it was c4ear that he had at least conveyed timber from Mr. Hudson's five times. It was stated by English that he had bought timber of the other prisoners at 44d. per foot, which was allceed by the prasecutor to be con siderably lat neath its value. Mr. Moittnn, cf the firm of Humphreys, Morgan, and Son, urged that it was the common practice of persons who attcutled sales of limber at the east end of the town to hawk it about for sale, or rend their servants with it to sell, and that there was nothing in this case to induce any suspicion in the mind of his client (English) that the wood had been dishonestly obtained. Ile produced four or five witnesses in support of his statement, who proved that they had re peatedly taken and tent lots to English similar to Mr. Hud son's mahogany, for which they thought a fair price as odd lots had been given. Mr. Brown, on the dart of the prosecution, opposed this view of the case, and said such timber as this was not hawked about. The male prisoners, Thompson and Cook, pleaded guilty, and entreated the mercy of the court. Mr. Arnold observed that the witnesses for English, against whom there was no imputation, had clearly proved that it was a practice in the trade at the east end of the town to hawk timber about, and in the face of such evi dence no jury would convict English of buying this limber with a guilty knowledge, which it was necessary to show to constitute the offence, arid be therefore felt it his duty to discharge English, but he could not too strongly deprecate the practice of purchasing timber in this way, as the facility of disposing of it gave great encouragement to crime. He thought that for the protection of timber merchants and others employing men, more caution ought to be exercised by persons making such purchase*. The female prisoner was entitled to Vie benefit of the rule of law, that she was acting under the coe r cio n o f h er h us b an d , and was therefore discharged, her husband and Thompson were committed for six months each to hard labour in the House of Correc tion. A QUESTIONABLE APFAIR.-111artha Eades and Ca therine Mayer, two young women, were placed at the bar charged with stealing a silk handkerchief from the shop of Mr. Gilbert, Queen's-road, Chelsea. Prosecutor's shopman, Thos. Blythe, proved that the accused came there on the previous afternoon, and desired to be shcwn some expentive silk handkerchiefs; from which Mayer purchased one, and paid ss. Immediately afterwards another handkerchief was missed, and upen the loss being spoken of, Eades was seen to drop it from under her mantle, andehey were then given into cuetody. The police produced a ring, some new boots, and other articles found upon the prisoners, and said that upon in quiry they found they bad all been honestly purchased and paid for. One of the constables said he knew the accused as rearctable servant girls. A very respectable-looking married woman said that the prisoner Eades was her sister, and was in service, but at house with her until the 18th inst., by leave of her master, owing to sickness. M ayer was her fellow servant, and they hail both just returned from France with the family. The shopinan was recalled, and again swore that he saw the prisoner Eades drop the handkerchief from her mantle. lie, however, had no desire to press the charge against the accused, as they bore so good a character. Mr. Arnold did not think it proper to let the matter go off in that way. The policeman who took the prisoners said that elthouali Eades offered any moray to he let go, she at the some time niest positively asserted her innocence. Upwards of L 2 was found upon the accused. Eades, saint an air of trnthfulnese in her manner strongly calculated to create a favourable impression, said that they were requested to move fr om the counter as a handkerchief was lost ; and v. hen they did move it was found on ihe floor. She knew nothing whatever about the handkerchief. She did not think it had been taken off the counter by her mantle- or dress by accident. She could most positively assert that she never touched the handkerchief. The prisoner Mayer said she had left her master's house at Richmond on the previous morning, when he hail given her £3 to make some purchases with, an d s h e was t.) return home at five o'clock, instead of which she was locked up. She could assure the magistrate that her fellow-servant did not touch the hankerchief. Mr. Arnold said that there must be some mistake in the mater. Lookirg at all the circumstances, he felt that a jsuy would agree with him that the handkerchief had by some accident been swept o ff the counter, or the ravelling at its edge (which bail been pointed out to him by Mr. Hunt, the chief usher) had caught El d re ss till mantle or till she moved, and then fell. He dieehatesed the prisoners, Ad, Ir 4 Da tidy in and thought it a pity th a t tilt PrOteut°F 4, 1:8 58. quiry into their character before he preferred the charge at the station upon which they were detained. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--BETTING ON HORSE RACESCAPTURE OF BATTERS.—John .Scott, landlord of the White Bear Hotel, Piccadilly ; Charles Thorpe, Barnes Lodge, King's Langley, Herticrdshire ; Henry Reeves, 8, Wilton-place; John _Reed, No. 18, Bear-street; Nicholas Butler, 12, St. James's-place; Joseph Rose, 31, King-street; Charles Esse, 20, Carbon-hill ; Thomas Edmonds, 38, Moscow-road; James Saunders, 25, Has ker-street ; John iswin, 49, Great Qupon-street 17:Via on A sharst, 18, Sianit7, -;:tret ; Ch istopher Brown, 20, Pantou-6;reet ; William Coleman, 58, Millbank-street; William Chapman, 36, Old C om pto n -street; William Mawson, 3, Walltm-green.; and John Flood, High street, Fulham, were brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with having been found in a house used for betting pur poses. The defendants, who had evidently just been taken into custody by Inspector Webb, Sergeant Silverton, and other constables; were all placed at the bar. Mr. Superintendent Hannant said—l produce my autho rity from Sir Richard Mayne for entering the house, No. 221, Piccadilly, known as the White Bear Hotel. At two o'clock I found all the defendants in the house. SPott and Thorpe, I believe, came from the bar; the others were in the coike room. I told them I had a, warrant to enter the house and to take them into custody. Some said they only came there for a glvs of ale. I found several betting books and racing memoranda in the house and on the defendants. After the defendants were removed to the station-house, except Thorpe and another, I searched a desk in the pas sage. I found betting books, and a telegraphic despatch relating to horse races. The books produced—one of them a club book, another a ledger—contained the names of some of the defendants. Mr. Beadon asked the defendants if they wished to ask the superintendent any questions? The defendants replied in the negative. Inspector Webb, C division, examined—l corroborate Mr. Hanuant's statement. The defendants were searched, and the betting books spoken of found on their persons. After defendants were removed to the station-house I searched the coffee-room, where there was a desk, and I found several handicap books, racing cards, and betting books. Some of the betting books appeared to have been thrown under the sofa by the defendants when the police entered. I saw in Thorpe's hand a card; I told him to put it down; be threw it on the floor. I picked it up, and found that it was a card with the odds marked against several horses. Before I saw Thorpe with the card 1 had searched him, and I cannot tell how be became possessed of the card. In the bar, on a shelf, I found a memorandurn-book with entries of money signed by Reeves, and one entry sinned by Scott. I fount( also several handicap-books on a shelf, behind some pint pots in the bar. In a drawer I found a notice paper, on which was printed, ", No betting or lists are allowed at this establishment, by orderof the proprietor." I fonnd a regis ter in the bar. Some of the dzfendants' names are there. Some who call themselves labourers are there entered as esquires and gentlemen. I know that the license of the house was refused to Thorpe ate the annual licensing day, last October, and in July last it was granted to Thorpe. Since that time •I have seen Thorpe and Scott there, and Scott in my presence said to-day that he was the landlord of the house. The defendant Thorpe asked if this witness saw him in the coffee-room at the time ? Mr. Beidon—The evidence is that you were not in the room. Thorpe I had been searched, and nothing fouud upp? me. Sergeant White, 13 D, and S:rgeant Warren, 27, of the same division, stated that they had examined the premises and they could find no rearks of any forcible entry. None of the missing properV had been found. Mr. Herring, for his clients, sa!d that a more unfounded charge was never brought forward. Mr. Barnes was a highly respectable tradesman, who had carried on business as a carpenter and builder for many years, and he had re moved Mr. Dobson's goods to the hcuee of Mr. Ashley. He had since been there to do many jobs. There was not the slightest ground for the allegation of the charge of robbery which had been made; and as to the female prisoner she hall lived 18 months in the service of Mr. Dobson, who had with her a most excellent character from a former situa tion, and be (prosecutor) must have known she was a most honest and trustworthy person. The learned gentleman added that a more gross violation of the liberty of the subject had never been perpetrated, and that, if necessary, he could prtduce a number of most respectable witnesses, some of whom were present, who would testify to the high character of Mr. Barnes for honesty and integrity. Mr. Broughton, without callin , pel Mr. Iletting to product. :my vincs3es, discharged tne accused, being quite satisfied that there was no evidence which would justify him in detaining them. Mr. Herring gave the prosecutor most distinctly to under stand that an action for false imprisonment would be com menced against him. _ CRUELTY TOWARDS DONKEYS AT HAMPSTEAD.—Two boys named William .Bedworth and Charles Antrobus, the forms 15 and the latter 12 years of age, were charged by Mr. Wan. Love, chief constable of the Royal 2ociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the following shameful Conduct : George Seaman, an active officer of the society, deposed that on the previous evening, between six and seven o'clock, he was at Hampstead-heath, near Jack Straw's Castle, when he saw the prisoners driving four donkeys, upon each of which ahere was a female. They ((he preoners) were beat ing the poor animals in a merciless manner with the handles of their whips upon the back, legs, and hind quarters. They west on in the direction of Highgate at a very hard trot. Upon the prisoners returning he took them into custody, when they alleged as an excuse that f‘ the ladies" told them that if they whacked the donkeys as hardts they Could, and made them gallop, they should have twopence extra. In answer to the magistrate, the witness stated that in the course of his experience as an officer be had never seen a mere cruel beating. The donkeys were quite exhausted when they got back to the heath. The riders were notchildren, but full-grown women. The payment they (the prisoners) were to receive to Highgate and back wr ts ninepence for each "lady," in addition to twopence pocket-money fir making the donkeys " go in good stale." Mr. Love said that complaints were continually being made to the society of the cruelties practised on Hemp -item'. heath on donkeys, and that the prisoners had been cautioned more than once by the officers of the society.. Upon one oc casion the younger prisoner knocked out the eye efa donkey, but in consequence of the inability of the gentleman who witnessed the occurrence to attend and give evidence, he was discharged. Little boys like the prisoners were sent out with donkeys on the supposition that, on account of their yt utt', their conduct would ha passed over. litany of theAtivers of mature years had frequently made a boast of even bein g, o a s h. ,l e i n i l t ) l o t s o e u d t n a p n o y n ' t t h r o e u m b lfeo,r t n o ny pa o y ct a of fi o u r e n o el f t3, l .. oa., or Mr. Broughton said it was necessary to make an example g th i e n m to ap of the prisoners, who had be en very _ properly brought before consideration yo eratloi 5,. each,ntheiryth, lie should only inflict jo b fl ut ic , ,t t i a lp k o h o t w or 14 days in the House of Correcti on , an d he herd that the sentence — km them in the-future. lenient, as It perhaps as—would operate as a caution to C L ERKENWELL.—DAMAGING THE WIRES OF THE TELEGRAPII COMPANY. --William Gutridyc, a dirty. looking boy, 11 years of age, residing at 2, Brand-street, Holloway, of no occupation, was placed at the bar, belme Mr. Corry, charged with wilfully eftmagiog the telegraph wiles en the Great Northern Railway, at Holloway. Police-constable Batcherdore, 430 A, said about six o'clock lAot (Alopdatr) hip was OA duty in tho Beadon—The evidence is that the card was seen in your hands. Thorpe—The card was on the floor. I picked it up and kept it until told to put it down by the inspector. Mr. Beadon—The time has now come to weed the de fendants. As there is no evidence against several beyond their being found in the house, they may be discharged. Mr. Hannant—We propose to proceed against four only; Scott, Thorpe, Beeves, and Bird. The other defendants were then discharged, and the four named defendants were retained at the bar. Mr. Beadon—We now come to the serious part of the case, - and, if it be the wish of the defendants, I am quite willing to remand this case until to-morrow, in order that they may have the benefit of counsels' advice. The defendant Scott said it was decidedly his wish that the case should be adjourned. Mr. Beadon consented to adjourn the case until the next day. Bail was required for Bird and Reevo t and Scott and Thorpe were allowed to go on their own bail. WORSHIP-STREET.—Martha Abrahams, a known thief, was charged with stealing a watch from the person of Mr. Newell, a cooper, residing at Bethnal-green, who was passing in the afternoon, when the prisoner suddenly confronted him, and before he was well aware of what she was about, snatched the watch from his pocket and adroitly broke it away from the guard chain. Finding, however, that she could not get away with it, she slipped it into a truck that was standing near, where it was found. She was then handed over to the police. _ _ The prisoner now pleaded guilty, saying that she did take the watch, and would rather have the matter at once disposed of by the magistrate than be sent to trial. She was therefore comicted under the Criminal Justice Act, and sentenced to six months' imnrisonment, SERIOUS VIOLENCE. — Thomas Brown, a middle-aged person of respectable appearance, was charged with assault ing and injuring a little girl named Deborah Hodgson. Elizabeth Hodgson, the mother, a very poor woman, stated that the night before she was standing in Pitfield street, offering seine small articles fur sale, when the defendant, who was intoxicated, came up and began to abuse her, calling her an impostor and other names. He then laid hold of her child, Deborah, and digging his knee into the small of her back, injured her so severely that she was obliged to be taken to the London Hospital, where she remained. The defendant, who said he was a warehouseman, assured the magistrate that he had ne intention to do any injury, and was exceedingly sorry for what had occurred. The magistrate held him to bail for his reappearance a week hence. MARYLEBONE.—UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF BUR GLARY AND ROBBERY .—John Barnes, a master builder, residing at No. 3, Archer-street, Westbcurne-grove, Paddington, and Charlotte Jenkins, servant to Mr. Dobson, who eccupies apartments at the house of Mr. Ash- ley, a tailor, carrying en business in Bridge-terrace, in the same neighbourhood, were placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having been concerned in a bur glary and robbery to a considerable amount—the articles stolen being the property of the said Mr. Ashley. Mr. Herring attended for the prisoners. Prosecutor deposed that on Saturday night last he went to bed at half-past 10 o'clock, at which time the shop and hack parlour doors were closed,' and he believed that the house was completely closed at 11. About six in the morn ing he was awoke and informed that the house had been broken into. He soon after found that he had been robbed of a quantity of cloth and doeskin, of the value of L 25, and of silver plate consisting of spoons, sugar-tongs, and other articles worth about £l4. Mr. Broughton—Why do you accuse the prisoners ? Prosecutor—Because the female was the first person to give MC information of the robbery, and also that she bad got up much earlier in the morning than usual. I have seen the male prisoner at the house. By Mr. Herring—My regular servant left me last Wed nesday to go into Devonshire. I don't know that she had any followers. Jane Jenkins, the prisoner's (Charlotte Jenkins) sister has since supplied her place. Jane Jenkins stated that she got up at six in the morning, and that she found the parlour and kitchen in great dis order. Barnes was at Mr. Dobson's apartments about nine o'clock on Saturday night. He remained there about a quarter of an hour, and something was said about a lock. By Mr. Herring—l did not sleep with my sister that night. I was the first person who got up. When I ascer tained what had taken place, I went up stairs and awo k e my sister, who, after dressing herself, went below with me, and began. to cry, exclaiming, " Oh, what will my mistress say." I lost no time with regard to informing Mr. Ashley. All the doors of the apartruer.ts I have to do with were fastened, and there was no appearance of breaking in er out of the premises. The kitchen window had not been fastened. Hornsey-road; near the line of the Great Northern Railway, when he saw the prisoner and six other boys throwing stones at the telegraph wires. He went up the embankment near the Hornsey-bridge, and saw several stones thrown and strike the wires. He distinctly saw the prisoner take up three stones nearly as large as half-bricks and throw at the wires and strike them. He ran after the prisoner, and, after a mat t chase, succeeed in capturing him • and when on his way to the police.station he said be had broken ono of the wires in half. He bad been to the spot thi ;mo niug, but could not discover that any damage had been done, although the place was strewn with large stones. A gentleman who attended on behalf of the prosecution said it was the intention of the Electric and International Telegraph Company to prosecute in every case, because they had suffered very much from such injuries. tir. Collie said, as far as the Telegraph Company was concerned, they did not seem to have sustained anydamage in the present instance. The gentleman replied that the company's wires bad not been damaged ; but the defendant was in the middle of the Great Northern Railway line, which was a trespass. In answer to the charge, the defendant said he was sorry for what he had done. He was not throwing the stones at the telegraph wires, but at the birds. He would not do so again if be was let off. - Mr. Corrie said as tlze company had not sustained any damage he did not think it worth while to punish him for the lesser offence of trespass. Addressing the defendant, he told him that he might be sent to the House of Corrtction with hard labour for two years, so that he bad better be careful, and tell his companions what he had then beard. He would new be discharged. The prisoner was then discharged. SOUTHWARK.—ROBBERY OF A GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN FROM BARCLAY'S BREWERY.—John Edwards, a respectable-looking young man, in the employ of Messrs. Bishop and Newsteed, clothiers and jewellers, of 90, High Holborn and Shoreditch, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with being concerned with another in stealing a gold watch and chain, the property of Robert William Walker, at Barclay's Brewery. Mr. Solomon app€ared for the prisoner. The prostcu'oi stated that ia bctobEr last his watch was stolen from a drawer in the brewery, and shortly afterwards a man named Webb was charged at this court and sen tenced to six months for the offence. The watch and chain could not be found until a few days ago, when he saw it at Mr. Fleming's, a pawnbroker, in the Strand, and from in formation he received the prisoner was given into custody. He 'knew nothing further of the , prisoner or the circum stances. Charles Wise, police-sergeant, 459 A, said he received information where the watch was pledged, and that the prisoner was the party who pawned it. He accordingly took him into custody, and when he was locked up is the cell in the station-house he called witness to him aod told him he had something to communicate to him. Witness enutioned him, when he asked him how he thought he should get on, and if Mr. Walker would appear against him. Witness told him that the latter would appear, and be could not say how the case would terminate. He then voluntarily told witness that on the day the watch had been stolen he met Webb in the Borough-market, and at his request he pledged it for him in St. Martin's-lane. Witness ascertained that such was a fact, :Ind he now re quested a remand to enable him to produce the pawnbroker and the watch and chain. Mr. Splomon contended that his client merely pledged them. He did not know they were stolen. Mr. Combe remanded the prisoner until Monday next, accepting bail fur his appearance. LAMBETIL—MILITARY OUTRAGE AT -.THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—AIex. M'Grogan and Joseph nrankin, pri vates in the. Royal .Antrim Rifles, at preset tt stationed at Woolwich, were placed at the bar before thug Hon. G. C. Norton, charged with the. commission of the fallowing dis graceful outrage :-- Mr. Wm. Cousins, a harness maker, carryil nee on business in Westminster, said that on the day before :he went to the Ciystal Palace with some friends for a day's pleasure, and while walking in the gardens he heard the prisoners and several of their companions making some rein elks about the badges or orders of the members of the Odd Fe llews' Society, a number of whom were in the gardens at the time. He (witness), however, did not interfere in ancy way, nor did he offer the slightest insult to the prisoners or their com panions, though immediately after be rceeiv ed a most vio- , lent blew from behind from the prisoner M."Grogan. The instrument used • for striking hint - v vas the belt which the prisoners wore round thei r body, and the buckle part having struck him o: n the bridge of the nose, caused the most ietense pain ant! injury. Tne instant the blow was struck the prisoner get ve the . Irish cry," and instantly le was surrounded by six or seven of the party all striking at him with all their Light with their belts and had it not been that he h a d a strong hat on at the time the injury to his head must have be en of the most serious description. As it was, as his worn :yip might per ceive, he received several wounds on his bete d which he had been obliged to have dressed by a doctor. k 'hiding that be had nothing for it but to fight his way thro ugh those who surrounded him, he set to with his fists and., half a dozen of his assailants sosn lay about him. Mr. Norton—Did the prisoner Brankin ike you at all? Witness—He did, sir; he gave me a d et perate blow on the head with the buckle of his belt, and •was one of the most violent of the lot, but a more cowardly tset of scoundrels I never witnessed; in fact, they are a perfect disgrace to the British army. Several witnesses were called to corrobornt the testimony of the last witness, and they all spoke of Mit 3 fiendish con duct and violence of the prisoners. Mr. Superintendent Lund also described the conduct of the prisoners and their companions as being- ,of the most out rap;eous description, and it required some con siderable efforts to quell the disturbance they bad created. From what be (Mr. Lund) had learned, it appeared that the y had managed , to get intp the village and drank a quantity of ram, which made theta apparently mad. Mr. Norton--I wonder how they could brave got into the Crystal Palace in such a state as that of d en nkenness? Mr. Lund—They would not have been admitted had it been discovered they were at all the worse: for drink. The moment I spoke to Messrs. Sawyer and S t 7 .ange of the state the soldiers of the Antrim Rifles were in. those gentlemen at once directed that they should not have a drop of anything to drink, and, in fact, they are always excf:e dingly particular in preventing visitors from having any me e than that which was sufficient for refreshment, and certainly not so much as to cause intoxication. Mr. Notton.believe,d frau) all he had heard and seen that such was the fact, and that the management of Messrs. Sawyer and Strange in their particul ar department was such as to give great satisfaction. The prisoners, in reply to the charge, 38 id that the people in the gardens had made some reflections; on their cauntry, Ireland, and one of them, Itl'Grog,:an, ar Id ed that the blows from his belt would not do much harm. _ . Mr. Norton animadverted with just severity on. their scandalous conduct, and sentenced each lo pay a penalty of f.,5, or in default to two months' impris , inment. The prisoner Brankin was again chrtrged with throwing two table knives at two ladies, and viol:a:fly assaulting Set gcant Smith while in the execution of ids duty, and for them" joint offences he was sentenced to two months' hard labour in Wandsworth house of Correction. THAMES.—CIGAIIS AND CRINOLT:NE.—EIIen Carey, a neatly dressed young woman, Wll3 ?Drought before Mr. Yardley, charged, on a Custom-house: information, with smuggling 2211b5. weight of cigars, hy which she had in curred a penalty of £lOO. She pleaded guilty to the informatirtn, and the magistrate at once sentenced her to pay a fine of £lOO to the.Quecils and in default of payment to be imprisoned for six months. Mr. Gardner, a tide surveyor of customs, introduced to the notice of the magistrate three ler gt) petticoats lined with cigars,- and said the prisoner was a pusnenger by the General Steam Navigation Company's ship The Moselle, and on her arrival at St. Katherine's Wharf the prisoner was about to step on shore, when her immense natundity of dress excited his suspicion'', and he asked her if she had anything about her liable to duty: She declared she had not, anti ex plained that her full blown appearance arose from crinoline, which she and every lady in the land considered as very becoming, whatever the gentlemen.. might say on the sub ject. He hinted to her that her crinoline petticoat was of extra dimensions, and handed her over to a female searcher, who stripped her in a private cabin, took the three petti coats linea with dears from bee person, and brought her out again with her size diminished to reasonable proportions as she now appeared. Mr. Yardley—The prisoner is not wearing crinoline noW. The (Seer—No, sir. Mr. Yardley—lthought not. She appears to be dressed in a very proper manner. The officer—Ye?, sir. Mr. Yardley—You have no faith in crinoline again. The officer—N(ver, sir; I shall always suspect every woman who wears crinoline. BIBRIES. ASTLET.—On the Ist inst., at 47, Portland-place, the wife of the Rev. C. T. Astley, of a son, stillborn. CANNAN.—On the 24 inst., at Richmond, Surrey, Mrs. D. A. Cannan, of a son. JA.nvrs —On the 2d inst., at Tufnell Villa, Uppsr Holloway, airs. J. S. Jarvis, of a son. JERVI*. —On the Ist inst., at Southbank, Surbiton-hill, he wife of St. Vincent Jervis, Esq., of a son, stillborn. Lavxs.— On the 31st ult., at Maidenhead, the wife of Mr. Thos. Lever. of a son. 3111.3 GRAVE.—On the 31t ult., at Mattersey, Notts, the wife of the Rev. Vernon Musgrove, of a daughter. 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