The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON' MONDAY IEVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1859. 'EN OE: introduced him to her father. Way, the father, had been many years in the Bristol police and kept a shop and he being satisfied that the prisoner would be a most eligible match for his daughter, gave his con sent to their marriage. This was appointed to take place on the 22d December, 1858, at the registrar's office, that particular day being chosen because that was the day on which the prisoner said he was to come into his property. The marriage accordingly took place, and it was rather a strange circumstance that instead of being married from her father's house the lady was brought to the office in an omnibus from the house of a man named Box, with whom her sister was living in a state of adultery. Previ ous to the marriage, Way had taken the prisoner to board and lodge in his house, and, so long as his faith in the prisoner's property continued, he boarded and lodged him and his wife, and supplied them with every necessary. Way appeared still to enter tain considerable respect for his former guest, and described with great admiratio n the eloquence of his after-dinner speeches, but when he recurred to the moneys which he had expended, and particu larly to the quantity of tobacco which the prisoner had smoked, his indignation for the dishonour done to his daughtsr returned. As the prisoner did not come in to his property, he and his wife a shorttimo after left the house of the hospitable father and went to reside elsewhere, but they soon became penniless, and having no shelter, the prisoner walked his young wife for two nights on Brandon-hill. The poor creature was pregnant at the time, but she was eventually admitted into the General Hospital, and confined in the month of October last. She was dis charged from the hospital ; but on the Ist December she was again admitted a patient, and was now so ill as not to be able to attend the trial. Mr. Cripps cross-examined the witness Way to show that he had induced the prisoner to marry his daughter, and that the prisoner was in a state of in toxication when the marriage took place. The wit ness denied these suggestions, and as the formal proof was quite clear, the learned counsel declined to address the jury. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Baron Channell said he should have been better satisfied if the circumstances under which the prisoner became acquainted with the girl had been • better explained. But, as it was, it was a very bad case, and aggravated by the defence which prisoner had got up ; though the father's evidence was not very satisfactory. His lordship then sentenced the prisoner to 12 months hard labour. James Pownall, 52, surgeon, was charged with the wiful murder of Louisa Cooke on Oct. 30, 1859, at Lydney. Mr. Cripps prosecuted ; Mr. W. H. Cooke and Mr. Guise defended the prisoner. The prisoner at the time of the unfortunate oc currence now in question was residing in the house of Mr. Leete, a surgeon, at Lydney. He had only been recently liberated from the lunatic asylum at Northwoods as cured, and, as our readers may re collect, he got up one morning and cut the throat of one of the maid servants with a razor, and so caused her death within two or three minutes. As the main question now was as to the state of prisoner's mind at the time he did the act, we give only a brief narrative of the facts as proved by the evi dence, beginning with the early history o f t he pri soner, as detailed by witnesses called for the de fence. It was stated that the prisoner had been seve ral times in lunatic asylums, but it was thought necessary to trace his history only from the month of March last. The prisoner was then residing at Wroughton, near Swindon, with his wife and sister and wife's mother, an old lady between 80 and 90 years' of age. In that month he was seized with what the doctors called homicidal and suicidal mania. He attacked his aged mother-in-law, and beat he r about the head witha poker, till he nearly killed her, and then attempted to destroy himself. Dr. Morris, a physician at Swindon, was called in, and found the prisoner, Dr. Pownall, sitting in a chair in the kit chen in a state of insensibility, and suffering from the effects of some narcotic poison, which, from a bottle which was shown to him, the witness believed to be chloroform. External and internal stimulants were used, and the prisoner became . sensible. The same day Dr. Morris saw him again, when the prisoner said he was better, and that, unfortu nately, he had taken chloroform, but he was sorry , for what he had done, and wished it not to be men tioned He said he had been annoyed by Mrs. Pownall and had met with pecuniary losses, and his object was to destroy himself. He also said they excited and upset him, and he hit the old woman on the head. From what the witness saw and was told by . Mrs. Pownall he signed a certifi cate for his admission into Dr. Davey's asylum at Northwoods. This witness, in answer to questions from the learned judge, explained that in homici dal and suicidal mania the impulses are sudden, and are often followed by tranquillity as soon as the impulse has been gratifed. The othea medical man, who signed the certificate was a Mr. Gay, but he was not called as a witness. Chas. Bonham said, he was called in and saw the cuts on the head of the old lady, and arranged to sit up at night with the prisoner. One night he was sitting up with him, with Dr. Davey's son and a keeper, and it ap peared the prisoner overheard some conversation which had taken place, and observed that he saw through the trick, He then went into a long state ment, complaining of the conduct of his family to him, and continually complained of his food being drugged. He became much excited when he knew that Dr. Davey's son and the keeper had come, and managed to get out of the room, under pretence of calling for some water, and returned with a double barrelled gun behind his back and rushed with it to the room where his wife, sister, an mother-in-law were , and pointed the gun at th d em. His sister seized the gun by the muzzle and lifted it up, and the keepers laying hold of him behind, the gun, which was loaded, was taken from him without any injury being done. The next day the prisoner was taken away to Dr. Davey's asylum, at North woods. Dr. Davey was examined, and said he re ceived the prisoner with a certificate, which stated he was labouring under homicidal mania, and he treated him accordingly. In about three weeks he appeared considerably improved, so much so that on the 17th of May Dr. Davey wrote a letter, in which he said he thought he was in that state of mind in which he would be improved if he were restored to his liberty, but he (Dr. Davey) found an unwillingness on the part of the prisoner's family to his being restored to liberty. Some correspondence ensued with her Majesty's Lunacy Commissioners, who wrote a letter to Dr. Davey, which he had destroyed, but in which, he said, the Commissioners requiredthat the prisoner should be restored only, under leave of absence, under a keeper. The family wished the prisoner to be removed to the asylum at Coton-hill, near Stafford, but Dr. Davey said he could not give a certificate of insanity for him to go there. The prisoner was detained at Northwoods till a suitable attendant could be engaged to go with him ; but this difficulty being at length got over, the prisoner was taken by his new keeper, named Richard Poole, t , the house of Mr. Leete, at Lydney. When Dr. Davey . discharged the prisoner he gave him a certificate in the following. form : "Northwoods, near Bristol, Aug. 10, 1859. " I hereby certify that Dr. Pownall has been under my care here for some four months, that he is now quite re covered, and is this day discharged cured. "J. G. DAVEY, M.D." Dr. Davey said ho had no doubt that the prisoner, when in his asylum, had been suffering from homi cidal mania, and that when he committed the act now in quest;en he was suffering from a paroxysm of that disease, and was unable at the time to dis tinguish right from wrong. He said he gave the certificate above referred to to the prisoner, in order to influence his mind hopefully and cheerfully, and o to put him in the best possible state for recovery. He never allowed the prisoner to have razors, and he did not think it necessary to give Mr. Leete any caation on that point, as he supposed the prisoner was going to be placed under the care of a gentleman conversant with cases of insanity, who would not allow his patient to have razors. Dr. Davey also said that at the same time that he gave the prisoner the certificate that he was " quite recovered " and cured," he also gave him a letter of introduction to Mr. Leete, containing cer tain hints "to put Mr. Leete on his guard." In stead, however, of sending this letter by the post, Dr. Davey gave it to the prisoner, who produced the certificate to Mr. Leete, but said nothing, about the letter of introduction, and nothing more was seen of it till it was found among the prisoner's papers in his bedroom, after the dreadful tragedy had been enacted. The prisoner arrived at Mr. Leete's, at Lydney, on the 10th of August, and soon gave Mr. Leete to understand that as he had a cer tificate of cure he was a free agent, and would not be under control, and, on the 23d of August, he dismissed his keeper, telling Mr. Leete that he did not want him (the keeper), and that he himself was going to London in a few days to settle some busi ness. The prisoner had always borrowed a razor of his keeper, who used to lock it up immediately it was done with, but after the prisoner had dis charged his keeper his razors were given to him. The prisoner's friends, when applied to on the sub ject, objected to his having them ; but on the 18th of August Mr. Leete wrote them a letter, inrwhich he said, " I consider all the precautions requested to be taken with respect to Mr. Pownall to be per fectly unnecessary." T he razors were accordingly given him, and, as he h ad money, the prisoner was a llowed to go in and ou t, and to conduct himself e ntirely as if he were a freo man and in his p erfect s enses. It so happene d that Mr. Leete had an . o ther patient, who was a fflicted with e p ile p s y , and who was kept in a co tta g e two or three mi les off; sub ject of hillnciuiry the girl, lived a whoses t, servant, e d r e v a a t n h 11 Dm the h e was a quiet „- , . inofiensiVe girl, about 16 years of age. On the 29th of October she came to Mr. Leete's house at Lydney and slept with the servant of that establishment, as she had done on two or three - previous occa sions, Mrs. Leete having on those occasions passed the night at the cottage. On that night, the 29th of August, Mr. Lute came home at eleven o'clock, and as he was cold and wet he went into the kitchen, and sat there talking with the prisoner till they both went to bed, there being nothing in the prisoner's manner more than usual. At about 4 o'clock in the morning Mr. Leete was knocked up to attend a midwifery case, and as he had no luci fers he knocked at the prisoner's door, and hejumped out of bed to get some matches. Mr. Leete returned at about 5 o'clock, and the prisoner, who had pre viously appeared interested to know about the case, called out of his room to know what it was. Mr. Leete replied that it was nothing more than com mon, it was only fright, and went to bed. It ap peared from the evidence of the servant maid, that at between 5 and 6 o'clock, the prisoner knocked at her bedroom-door to call her, as he had done on two or three previous occasions. Louisa Cooke then dressed herself, and went into Mr. Leete's bedroom, to fetch a case of instruments which she had been instructed to take to the cottage. The prisoner's bedroom was opposite to Mr. Leete's ; and soon after the poor girl had left her master's room a noise was heard as of a scuffle on the landing. The de ceased cried, " Oh !" and then " Murder !" and when Mr. Leete jumped out of bed and opened his door she rushed in, saying " Master, he's murdered me ; I shall die." She held the box in her hand, which Mr. Leete took from her and examined her wounds, but finding that all the important vessels in the neck were cut, he saw that he could do nothing and laid her down and she died directly. In his fright Mr. Leete had bolted his room door and rushed to the window, and gave an alarm to some men who were passing, and wished them to break into the house ; but before this could be done the pri soner had opened the door of the maidservant's room, and told her to " Be 'quick, get up, some one has murdered her." The affrighted girl lost no time in putting on her gown and making her escape into a neighbour's house, as did Mr. Leete likewise, and when the men got into the house they found the prisoner in his bedroom, in his shirt, sitting on the bedside, with a blood-stained razor on the washstand. A policeman was then sent for, and the prisoner was taken into custody upon the charge of murder. Such are the main outlines of this case, somewhat inverted in the order of proof. Dr. Davey was the last witness examined, and the jury said that they were quite satisfied on his and the other evidence that the prisoner was insane at the time he did the act. Mr. Baron Channell, however, summed up the evidence, and explained to the jury the nature of the question they had to determine, and the chief points of the evidence. The jury then found the prisoner not guilty, on the ground of insanity. Mr. Baron Channell then directed that the pri soner should be kept in custody during her Ma jesty's pleasure. During the trial of this case a good many ob servations were made with respect to the conduct of the medical men which led to the catastrophe; but we do not think it necessary in this summary to do more than repeat the main facts of the case upon which those observations arose. After the trial of this case, one prisoner, W. Gapper, remained to be tried ; but it appeared he had been carried away to another assize to give evidence, and had not been brought back. Mr. Baron Channell said it was pcssible the pri soner was an innocent man, and he would, there fore, adjourn the Court, in the hope that on the arrival of the next train the prisoner would be brought back for the trial. His lordship recom mended the jury in the meantime to take a walk, which they did accordingly, but as the prisoner had not arrived when the Court resumed, the jury were dismissed, and the assizes brought to a close at four o'clock. In consequence of his absence the prisoner will be compelled to remain in prison to await his trial at the Spring Assizes, which will not take place ill the first week in April next. client has been unjustly dealt with. I will ask him. Are you prepared to pay when cal led upon ? Prosecutor—Yes, lam ; every farthit g. I am entitled to thousands when I arrive at 21 , in Janu ary next. Mr. Combe—l am sorry that Mr. Pearson used this finesse, but I do not think that any jury would convict if they took a common-sense view of the case. Here is a man carries on business, incurs debts, and pleads infancy ; and when one of his creditors tries to get his own, he is to be prosecuted for swindling. I cannot say whether he has not used the best means to recover his property or the value. Prosecutor—But I am entitled to thousands when I come of age. Mr. Combe—Then you had better have waited, and not get goods in this manner. Ido not justify Mr. Pearson, strictly speaking. Prosecutor (in answer to Mr. Edwin) —My ac count against Mr. Row was for £l2 10s. Mr. Edwin—That is the exact amount due by you to my client. Mr. Pearson—We supplied goods amounting to £l2 10s. to the prosecutor in October at a month's credit, with 21 per cent. discount. Mr. Com be—Then he ought to have paid you last month ? Mr. Pearson—Yes, sir. Mr. Combe—l always think that when goods are obtained by infants otherwise than as necessaries it is a complete fraud. What does Mr. Wells say about it ? Mr. Wells—The custom of the trade is, that I can extend the credit to four months by dropping the discount. Mr. Combe—When you incurred this debt did they know you were an infant ! Witness—l do not know. I never saw Mr. Pear son before. I gave the order to his traveller. Mr. Combe—Did the traveller know that you were an infant ? Witness—l do not know. I did not tell him whether I was or not. Mr. Combe—Then you concealed that fact ? Mr. Binns—Are you not now dealing with some of the first firms in London, they knowing you to be under age ? Witness—Yes ; I am supplied readily with hun dreds of pounds' worth of goods. Mr. Edwin—Do you know Mr. Wallis ? Witness—Yes. What did he sue you for ? Witness—l do not know exactly. I then pleaded infancy. Mr. Binns—All the parties will be paid in full, your worship, in January nexi. But this is a case of false pretences, and must be gone into. Mr. Combe—lf I am satisfied in my own mind that no jury will convict I shall dismiss the case. Prosecutor (in answer to Mr. Edwin) —After the first invoice was made out, goods to the amount of £2 were had in addition ; and when I went to Mr. Pearson's I receipted my invoice, when he put down two sovereigns, which I put in my pocket. Mr. Pearson then tendered his account for £l2 10s., and said that settled it. I said no, and gave the sovereigns back, saying it was not a legal tender. Mr. Combe—Then you made out two invoices ? Witness—Yes, sir ; the first for £l2 10s., in the name of Row ; and when I was in Mr. Pearson's house, and spoke about the additional goods for £2, he said, make out another invoice in my name for the whole amount. Consequently, I made out a second invoice as desired, and tendered that. Then Mr. Pearson handed me his account and two sovereigns. Mr. Combe—Then there is an end to all the fraud, as the first bill is null and void. Mr. Binns has a perfect right to do all he can for his client, but he must see what the case is now. Whatever false pretence there was, was in the first instance, when Mrs. Pearson obtained the goods in the name of Row, but Mr. Wells goes to the house afterwards knowing that £2 worth of goods had been added to those first selected, and makes out a second invoice for £l4 108. in the name of Pearson. That sets aside the first invoice, at the same time he does that in the presence of both prisoners, well knowing them to be man and wife. Mr. Binns—But Mrs. Pearson, or Row, has not purged herself from the criminal act of falsely ob taining the goods, amounting to £l2los. She must do that, sir. Mr. Combe—My opinion is that there was a sub sequent dealing by making out the second invoice, and that was an abandonment of the first. I shall dismiss the case, and in doing so, must say that it is one of the most unfair and unjust prosecutions I ever heard of. The defendants then left the court with a host of friends. THE HON. HUGH ROWLEY AND EIS LATE WIFE. ASSIZ. ham. The Perseverance, iron screw troopship, Com mander E. R. Power, arrived at Spithead from Malta and Gibraltar at midnight on Saturday. She will go into Portsmouth harbour this morning to land her invalids, passengers, and will after wards make good her defects and prepare for fur ther service. The Melpomene, 51, screw, Captain C. J. F. Ewart, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the Channel. The Vigilant, 4, screw steam-sloop, Commander W. Armytage, alongside the dockyard at Ports mouth stripping for paying off, had leave grant ed ashore to her crew from Saturday night until this morning, only sufficient hands being left on board to keep watch. The 141egcera screw troopship, undergoing repairs at Portsmouth, has been placed in No. 8 dock at that port. The paddlewheel steam sloops Alecto and Hecate, under repairs at 'Woolwich, will be ready in a few days for tke pendant, and the Devastation, Antelope, and Rifleman have been removed from the fitting basin to the river. The new screw steam-frigate, 26 Galatea, on Saturday rec eived her yards and. other portions of her equip ment, and in a few days she will proceed under steam to Sheerness. The steam storeship Supply has been hauled into basin for examination and re pairs. The Harpy was on Saturday undocked. The Industry, from Ascension, cleared out the remainder of her cargo of returned stores on Saturday, and will commence reloading for her return voyage. The military store steam transport Lord Panmure, H. T. Moore commander, arrived at Woolwich o n Saturday, from Pembroke, Carrickfergus, and Dub lin, laden with returned stores, having experienced some heavy and severe weather in the Irish and. English Channels. The screw steam transport Himalaya, Captain Seccombe, from Portsmouth, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Friday morning. She is appointed to embark 80 men of the 41st Regiment, and proceed to Queenstown. There is some doubt about her going to Nova Scotia, as originally intended. The gunboat Shamrock, at Devonport, is in a bad condition ; she is to have a thorough repair preparatory to the resumption of her surveying duties in the spring. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Commander Theodore M. Jones to the St. Vincent; Lieutenant J. Simpson (b), to command the Jackal, vice Lieutenant N. G. R Murray, superseded ; George Marsh, master, to the Edgar; James M. Share, master, to the Wellington, for the Revenge; Frederick B. Youel, master, to the Wellington, for the Or lando; Frank Inglis, master, to the Diadem; Daniel J. May, master, to the Flying Fish ; Geo. Giles, master, to the Cumberland, for the Charybdis Frederick Townsend, Thomas Pounds, John F. R Ayien, James S. Watts, Henry G. Swainson, Charles B. Ryall, Frederick Piper, Percy V. James, and Frederick J. Ray, second-masters, have been promoted to the rank of masters ; Robert Bryan Turner and Henry Darroll, acting third-class assistant-engineers, to the Asia, as supernumeraries. (From the Daily News) The nomination of Count Cavour to represent Sardinia. in the Pasta Congress is the important fact of the day. It nds forth as a proof that the House of Savoy, however sensible of its recent obligations to the Emperor of the French, is not prepared to sacrifice to that potentate its deeper sympathies and its far more sacred attachment and allegiance to the cause of Italy. Count Villamarina has been removed from the post of Sardinian Am bassador in Paris, avowedly on account of his being the private friend and political adherent of Cavour. Even the fact of his having been the successful agent who negotiated the marriage of Prince Na poleon with the Princess Clotilda slid not save him. It was augured, therefore, that the same Imperial fiat would exclude his principal from the Congress. The retirement of Count Cavour from office was no doubt chiefly owing to his own dissatisfaction with what he considered the abandonment of the Italian cause in the Treaty of Villafranca ; b u t that treaty, for which so many motives have been as signed, was precipitated in no small degree by the unceasing attacks of the Roman Government upon the Minister of Piedmont. Cardinal Antonelli re presented that Count Cavour's efforts were directed towards the total disruption of the Papacy ; and he twitted the French Emperor with being, net the accomplice, but the dupe of a revoluti onar y and anti-sacerdotal movement. The Emperor made light at first' of such accusations. He was himself, indeed, busied in revolutionising Italy through his friend and agent, Mons. Pietri, and considered the rising of Bologna as the necessary consequence of Roman misrule. Nothing daunted. Antonelli placed in the hands of the Duc de Grammont a series of documents and letters, alleged to be from Cavour and his agents, by . which the insurrection in the Roman States wa s in some way connected with the action of the Piedmontese Government. The French agents had received orders to keep their efforts and their influence from the Roman frontier, whilst the Piedmontese, bent upon the war, felt the necessity of having the whole country south of the Po in arms against Austria and its allies. Whether the mass of information respecting the conduct of the Piedmontese Government was really the cause of the French Emperor's determining to make peace, it certainly was employed as an argument and an excuse to Victor Emmanuel. That monarch, in consenting . to the conditio ns of peace, placed himself at variance with his Minister, who c never.admit the restoration of Italian dukes that had fought in the Austrian ranks after having go verned in purely Austrian interests. Count Cavour withdrew. But there is no doubt that the King of Sardinia is now of the opinion then expressed by his ex-Minister, that the provisions of Villafranca cannot be earried out. More indeed is meant by the nomination of Count Cavour to Congress than an expression of dissent on the part of the Sardinian Government to the restoration of the Dukes. Cavour not only repu diates this scheme, but insists that any other ar rangement than the creation of a great kingdom, under the House of Savoy, in North and Central Italy, must fail. Of this opinion he is the most zealous supporter, and most able expounder. A Congress that should exclude him, would be a tri bunal to deciie upon the affairs of Italy refusing at the outset to hear the principal evidence. If it be true, as alleged, that the Court of Rome has deter mined upon sending Cardinal Antonelli himself to Congress, the two Italian rivals, the champions of retrogession and of progress will meet in the arena, and we trust the public will be allowed to know something about the arguments employed. If the Cardinal precipitated the treaty of Villafranca by statements that will not bear the test of truth, the French Emperor will be better enabled to discern all that he sacrifices by embracing the cause of the Popedom against Italy. The disputation between Count Cavour and Car dinal Antonelli may soon be decided by serious po liticians. The one holds the peace of Italy in his hands—the other holds anarchy, weakness, and war. At the present moment the Court of Turin alone can exercise a salutary influence. It has on two or three recent occasions gone as far it could to show itself grateful and obsequious to France. In persuading Garibaldi to withdraw, in the sub stitution of Boncompagni for the Prince de Carig nan, it proved at once its influence, its adroitness, and its desire to reconcile the new engagements of France with the necessities of Italy. tut Victor Emmanuel must feel, what all who observe his position must see—that he walks the lengthened summit of a lofty ridge, with a precipiece on either side. To retrograde or to stand still are alike im possible - onward m ovement, without a false step , can be his only safety. To have sent any one else than Count Cavour to Congress, would have been a grievous error. For how more flagrantly desert Italy than by leaving it virtually unrepresented in the Congress ? The same reasons which rendered Count Cavour's presence in Congress inevitable, must give to his recommendations irresistible force. Every power save one, which is Austria, must be most desirous to settle the affairs of Italy without the employment of coercion and compulsion. France has solemnly promised this ; and were he to break his promise, Napoleon would let loose upon himself all the mad extravagance of Italian vengeance. Eng land, Prussia, Russia itself, whatever the bribe kept in reserve for it, must feel equally interested in ' taking the swords of other military empires out of the balance. The declaration of all the non-belli gerent powers, that the restoration of the Dukes could be effected by a renewal of war, must suffice to liberate France from the engagement which it precipitately took to labour in their behalf. The fear that prevailed some time since, that Sar dinia might be induced or obliged to abandon or compromise the question of Italian independence, is now completely removed. The nomination of Count Cavour is a powerful demonstration and a sufficient guarantee that Piedmont maintains or re sumes the attitude which that statesman at first gave it. 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In pigs its fattening qualities aro still more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its manifest superiority over every other kind. of compound or manu factured food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such his been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shows, Royalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their cattle on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the principal prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded. The patronage of Royalty, of our principal nobility, the clergy i and of our leading agriculturists, must prove a ( * Tea t incitement to this gentlem an to p ursue his onward a course; and he may confidently rely, in producing so highly-favoured a compound, on a continuation of such high and distinguished patronage., fIIILAND CIRCUIT—NOTTINGHAM, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) The Court was occupied during the latter part of yesterday until a late hour in trying Samuel Un win Newton, a warehouseman, who pleaded "h ot guilty" to the charge of feloniously uttering tee forged Bank of England notes, with intent to defraud. Mr. Boden and Mr. Manson conducted the pro secution on behalf of the Bank of England, the pri soner was defended by Mr. Bristowe. The case was one in which the guilty knowledge and fraudulent intent of the utterer were established beyond a doubt by the fact that there had been three distinct utterings within about seven days of spurious £5 Bank of England notes, printed appa rently from the same plate, by a man who on two of those occasions wore the uniform of the Notts Yeomanry Cavalry, and on all three endorsed them with different names, not one of which was the name of any soldier in that force, nor of the pri soner. The only real question for the jury was whether he was the utterer. Of this three species of evidence were given, none of which appeared alone conclusive, though abundantly so when taken together. Each of the persons to whom the false notes had been put off, and another to whom one had been tendered, swore to their strong belief that the prisoner was the man who offered the notes ; but when he was first shown to them in plain clothes among five or six others, and wearing a hat, several of them had only ventured to speak as to his strong resemblance in features and com plexion. Mr. Samuels, a lace-dealer, in whose employment the prisoner had been some six months, leaving in 1857, proved that he had during that time become well acquainted with the prisoner's handwriting, and that the indorsements of the names which the utterer had been seen to write upon the notes were the prisoner's writing, as well as the indorsement of the names Adams and Page, in whose service the prisoner had also for merly been. Thirdly, a man named Mayo, who had while suffering imprisonment in the Northampton Gaol formed acquaintance with the prisoner, who was also confined there, and discharged about the same time as the prisoner, in Dec., 1858, gave evi dence that prisoner and himself were in May last fellow -lodgers, and that the prisoner had at that time borrowed the undress uniform of the Notts Yeomanry Cavalry from one of the corps, which was then called out for exercise ; that he had ac companied the prisoner on two occasions—once on the sth of May, when he went into the shop of a Mr. King, one of the persons to whom a false note had been uttered, while he himself remained outside until the prisoner came out with a pork pie, which he said he had purchased with a false note ; and a second time, on May the 7th, when he went to the shop of a grocer—Mr. Burt, another of the victims —and remained at a little distance, that the pri soner joined him when he came out, and informed ' him that he had given another false note in pay ment for some groceries which he had desired should be sent to a publichouse a little way above, and which he desired the witness to go and ask for. He also stated that on another occasion, on May 12, the prisoner had informed him that he had tried to get change for another note at a publichouse in the Portland-road, and that as they could not give him change he got it at a shop nearly opposite, where he had purchased Is. worth of cigars. This infor mation Mayo had given before the police had a knowledge of the places at which the notes had been passed, and the circumstances related by him cor• responded in almost every particular with the facts proved by the witnesses. Mr. Bristowe, in ad drressing the jury, impeached the credit of the witness Mayo, and endeavoured to create a distust of the evidence as to the handwriting. The learned Judge then summed up the evidence, and the jury, after retiring for an hour, returned a verdict of guilty, and a previous conviction having been proved against the prisoner, he was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. The learned judge took his seat at 9 this morning. Wm. Shirtcliff was charged with having forged a promissory note for the payment of £144 with intent to defraud, knowing the same to be forged. Mr. Boden was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Merewether for the prisoner. The prisoner, it appeared, was formerly a com mission agent in the lace trade, and had become an agent for the Monetary Advance and Life Assur ance Company, and was in that capacity in the habit of sending up proposals in forms supplied to him by the company to fill in with the names, cir cumstances, and characters of those who applied for loans, and of the persons proposed as sureties. The company, upon their agreeing to make the desired advance, sent down a form of promissory note, to gether with an agreement to be filled up, signed, witnessed, and returned to them by their agent, upon which their practice was to remit the sum bor rowed directly to the borrower in half Bank of England notes, deducting interest, commission, and expenses. In Feb., 1859, the prisoner sent up a proposal in the name of William Goodman Wood Bellamy, surgeon-dentist, Tollhouse-hill, Notting ham, describing his character and circumstances and those of the sureties very fovourably. The company agreed to the advance, and a form of note and agreement having been sent down by them were in due course returned by the prisoner. The note was joint and several, for the sum of £144, and purported to be signed by Bellamy, a woman named Hoon, and by three others, all of whom were also parties to the agreement, which was attested by the prisoner. On receiving these documents the secretary of the company sent by post, in an enve lope addressed to Mr. Bellamy by the above descrip tion, half notes for £lOO, and subsequently a post office order for a small balance, with the remaining half-notes. On the morning before the first of these letters was delivered at Mr. Bellamy's by post he received a note from the prisoner requesting that if a letter addressed as above should be received he would send it to him, Shirtcliff. Mr. Bellamy, who was in entire ignorance of the whole transaction, was somewhat surprised at the request, but on the letter arriving he delivered it to the prisoner's wife, who called to receive it. In the interval be tween the . arrival of the first and second letters a forged receipt purporting to be duly signed by Bel lamy was received by th company, and a second note was sent by Shirtcliff to Bellamy, containing a like request to that he had first made. Mr. Bel lamy, however, on this occasion refused compliance, and the second letter from the company, from some unexplained cause, was never delivered to him. Two of those who signed the agreement and note were marksmen, and they stated that at the time they supposed it to be for their own benefit for a matter of £2O. It was elicited in cross-examination of the com pany's officer that he had received from some per son in London, who called and represented himself as Mr. Bellamy (but was altogether a different per son), a part payment of £l2, and that this person promised to pay the whole, but did not, in fact, pay anything more. Of neither the payment nor the promise had Mr. Bellamy any knowledge at the time. Mr. Mermether called the attention of the Court to the fact that the note in question was headed " limited," and referring to a fact elicited by him, that the company consisted of a number exceeding 20, he contended that the company was not such an one as could, under the Limited Liabilities Act, sue upon the note ; that it was an invalid document, and that as consequently neither the company nor any person could by possibility be defrauded, so there could not be the intention to defraud which was necessary to support the charge. He further contended that there was no evidence of the utter- in The Court overruled both objections, on which Mr. Merewether declined to address the jury, and The learned Juglge having summed up, the jury re turned the verdict of Guilty. Sentence, eight years' penal servitude. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOCESTER, DEC. 17. (Before Mr. Baron Channell.) George Pinkney Moorson Atkinson was charged with feloniously marrying one Louisa Way, at Bristol, on the 22d Dec., 1858, his former wife, Elizabeth Atkinson, being then alive. Mr. W. H. Cooke appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Cripps defended the prisoner. The prisoner was a respectably-dressed man, who had latterly passed as a naval officer, and he was now charged with bigamy in marrying Louisa Way, a girl of about 18, his former wife being still alive. It appeared that in the month of December, 1854, the prisoner was married at Dodbrook Church, in Devonshire, to Elizabeth Garrow, a grand niece of the distinguished judge of that name, and in the marriage register he was described as the son of Capt. William Atkinson, RN. After his marriage he and his wife went to Ireland, and lived at Tra il:l6re near Waterford, - where Mrs. Atkinson sup ported herself by keeping a boarding school. For some reason, which was not explained, the prisoner, who did not appear to have any occupation, left Ireland, and his wife went to live with her sister, who had been married to a gentleman named Fisher, of Rose Mount, near Waterford. According to Mr. Fisher's evidence, the prisoner had become greatly addicted to intemperance, and when heleft Ireland he went to Bristol, and there indulged in the same excesses, till he became penniless. He, however, managed to keep up some appearance of respecta bility,nt h a e v naval r o i ffi i n c o e a r , , and and w g „,, a s v e at i t o u o t u t t t o ha o t om h e e i had nto s p e r r o v p e o a r t i n v and dressed himself up in the unif o rm of a worth £2OO a-year. At Bristol he became ac quainted with Louisa Way, a young girl of 18, who was apprenticed to the tailoring business, who THE ARMY. In order to supply the deficiency created in the Royal Regiment of Artillery by the late removal of the ith brigade Garrison Artillery to Que bec, the 11th and 14th brigades Field Artil lery to Bengal, the 12th brigade Garrison Artillery to the Mauritius, and the 13th brigade Field Artil lery to Bombay, and•with a view of re-establishing the home strength of the - corps according to its original proportions, it is stated that the Horse Guards have decided on appointing an equal number of new brigades with the greatest possible expedi tion. Additional recruiting parties will accordingly be despatched throughout the various districts already established for the service, with instructions to apply themselves 'with the most persevering energy to raise the requisite number of competent men ,and forward them to head-quarters ,Woolwich,to be enrolled. 54 first-class cadets have passed satis factory. examinations at the Military Academy, Woolwich, and immediately after the half-yearly exhibition on Wedvesday next they will be gazetted to commissions in the corps of Artillery and the Engineers. SNOW STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE. The village of Crooke, near Durham, was visited on Wednesday afternoon with a storm of snow and wind of unusual violence. About five o'clock, J. F. Adamson, a farmer, proceeded on his return jour ney to his home, a distance of between seven and eight miles, to Quebec, near Esh Loud. A quarter of an hour afterwards, he was killed by a train of eighteen empty coal waggons, engine, and tender passing over his neck, severing the head from the body, except as it hung by the skin. It is supposed that deceased was blinded by the falling damp snow, and the wind blowing in hisface ; that whilst walking along the line he trod on two loose rails, when his feet slipped, and he fell with his body across the railway, his headinside the rails. In con sequence of the engine jerking, the engine man's fears were excited, andhe attempted by signals, &c., to call the gatekeeper's attention,but unsacessfully. On his return with another train, search was made, and the body was found. In the breast coat pocket a broken medicine bottle, labelled, was dis covered, which was taken by the policeman to the different shops, by which means he was identified. Dece'ased was 42 years of age, and leaves a wife and adopted son to naGurn his loss, Our Shields correspondent writes on Thursday forenoon:—" The counties of Durham and Northum berland have been visited, since daylight yesterday morning, by one of the heaviest snowstorms expe rienced in these parts for some time. It is now lying very deep in the hill districts and down on the coast, and in some parts it has drifted up several feet. Several of the colliery waggon ways have been partially blocked up by snow, and difficulty has been felt in passing from town to town. The wea ther has been very cold, the wind blowing from the north-east, and yesterday the thermometer in this town indicated four degrees below the freezing point. Yesterday afternoon the view seaward from Tyne mouth Point was very grand and impressive. The entire seaboard was covered with a mantle of snow, and the distant Cheviots were also wrapped in their winter's mantle ; the North Sea was breaking with great fury on the North Pier and across Shields Bar, the sky seaward being almost of an indigo colour, the north-east gale bringing up blinding showers of snow, which made it exceedingly diffi cult for the pilots to keep their look-out. So dark and stormy was the afternoon at three o'clock that the lights on the coast had to be put up, to assist vessels making for the harbours. The Shields life boats were ready for any emergency, but the few vessels that attempted to run for port were got in in ssfety by clever seamanship. Some light vessels - that had got down as far as Shields Bar were ob ,. liged to put about and run for Bridlington. Bay. ~The weath er i s a littl e m ild er thi s morning." The Journal du Loiret announces the setting at liberty of Capt. Doineau from the prison of Tours. It may be remembered that he T,as condemned taking part in the death of an Arabian chief. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—Among the nutnerous i extraordi nary cures without medicine effected Barry's deli cious health-restoring . Revalenta .krabiT , F u eo tion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation", n s er d vo; i : l b d i l do e u B ; and liver complaints, cough, asthma, e,;. and debility, the following are not the least ". remarkable.:— "Athol-street, " Athol-street, Perth, May 2, 18-12.—T hirteen years' couch, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry'~: excellent Revalenta Arabica Food.—James Porter." No. 24,814, the Rev. Thomas Minster, cure of fivo years' nervousness, with spasms and daily vomitings. From the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross. —No. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, arid general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health -restoring food.—Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen,' in tins, at is. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; .51b., 125.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins car ria g e free, cacreceipt of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London. Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 60,. Grace6hurch-street ; 4, Che a pside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street ; 330 and 451, Strand ' 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; 8.5, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin, Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, IZaimes and Co. ; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp and • Scott ; at York, Raimes, Blanchard,; sad Co • at South- ampton, Randall and Son. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF PERTURY, [The following appeared in our late edition of Saturday.] At the Westminster :•Police Court, ,on ISaturday, the late wife of the Hon. Hugh Rowley Appeared in compliance with a summons granted on the application of Mr. Rowley, calling upon her to answer to a charge of per jury alleged to have been committed by her in the recent case in the Divorce Court, in which she sought and ob tained a decree granting a dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty _ Mr. Metcalfe appeared on behalf of the lady, and Mt. Sleigh and Mr. Orridge for the Hon. Hugh Rowley. Mr. Sleigh having stated the case for the Hon. Mr. Rowley, which was to the effect that his client denied the whole statements of his late wife with respect to the acts of cruelty, said the first of these was, that the lady had sworn that the hon. gentleman had never gfven her a farthing since she was married to him ; the second was, that the Hon. Hugh Rowley had cut his wife's hair off in the same manner as he would shear a sheep; and the third assign ment of perjury was, that the hon. gentleman had knocked her down in a most brutal manner. The hon. gentleman then called witnesses to prove his statement. Mr. G. T. Billing, principal clerk to Sir C. Cresswell, and crier of the Court of Probate, who said—l was present at the court on the 24th of Nov. I was present at the trial of Rowley v. Rowley. I remember its being heard. The petitioner was Theresa Caroline Rowley, and the respon dent the Hon. Hugh Rowley. The petitioner, Theresa Caroline Rowley, at present in court, was sworn by me, and gave evidence in the suit. The Hon. Hugh Rowley said—l resido at Leominster Lodge, Fulham. lam the complainant In this matter. Lady Langford is my mother. I was married at Padding ton Church to Theresa Bishop in the month of November. That marriage was dissolved by the Court of Divorce. About ten days afterwards I went abroad. I was 18 when I was married ; Mrs. Rowley was 25 years of age. We went to Boulogne, and from thence to Paris. We stayed at the Hotel Maurice. I think we stopped there about a week or ten days. I treated niy wife during that time as I thought with kindness. I meant it to be so. I did treat her with kindness, most distinctly. This was in February She has sworn that I locked her up without fire or light in a room for some time. I did do so, but it was at her own request. It was in the sitting-room at the Hotel Maurice, but as at all other places on the continent the do mestics held the keys, if Mrs. Rowley had wished to go out she could have rung; the bell and done so. When I returned that evening I found a gentleman sitting with Mrs. Rowley to whom I had a great objection. She said site was annoyed that he came, but, as she very justly said, how was she to prevent it ? if a man came into her room she could not turn him out, and the opportunity of saying she was not at home was taken away. I said then, to save you the trouble of saying you are not at home, I will lock the door. I did do so, and left the key in the hall. As re gards firing, I have no doubt if she asked for firing it would have been given if required. She never made any com plaint to me about my treatment. On the :contrary, she appeared thankful for what I had done. By the Magistrate—The person I objected to was an ac quaintance of my own. Examination continued—From Paris we went to Calais. I treated her with kindness there, although she swore I struck her, and knocked her head against a shutter. Such a statement is utterly untrue. I never prevented her writ ing to her friends. She never expressed any wish to do so. I never did so. From Calais wo went to Brussels. We re mained there about 10 days. We visited the field of Waterloo. I recollect something occurring with respect to her bonnet. I was wearing a soft wide-a-wake . We were in an open carriage. I cannot say we were quarrelling that I remember. There was, however, some argument, I believe, going on. As well as I recollect two riders rode past, wearing hats similar to that I had on, minus the feathers. I asked my wife to let me see how she would look in a hat like the one I had on. I asked her to be kind enough to put my hat on, which she point blank refused. I intended it more as a joke than anything else, and put on her head a soft wide a. wake. There is no truth in the statement that I tore her bonnet from off her head, and put my hat on her's, covering her eyes. It was not done with violence or any cruelty on my part. From Brussels we went to Mayenee, up the Rhine, from thence to Frankfort by the rail. I never struck her during the journey. I swear I did not most decidedly. By the Magistrate—The journey occupied about half-an hour. Examination continued—l never struck, kicked, or of fered her any indignity in the carriage. We went to the Hotel Ituss4 there. I recollect firs. Rowley was taken unwell after we arrived. I don't recollect her asking for water. I never, as she states, forced a spoonful of salts down her throat on that occasion. I attended kindly to her during her illness, and procured medical aid. He was a foreigner. They sent for him from the hotel, so I feel convinced he must have been a foreigner. From Strasbourg we went to Paris. I never threw a light or heavy dressing case at her while we were on, our journey. I never pre vented her leaving the railway carriage, but I asked her not to do so. She had a means of communicating with her maid. I had provided every convenience for her at her own request. From Paris we went to Boulogne. We lodged at a hotel there. This was in March, 1852, but I 711 E rAVI'. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham, directing the Castor, 36, sailing-frigate, and the Brilliant, 26, gun-frigate, now attached to the re serve in ordinary at that port, to be removed from the river Medway to London, to be used as train ing-ships for the Naval Coastguard Volunteers-now beano . raised. The Castor is to be stationed in the river Thames, and the Brilliant in or near the City Canal. Each vesse l is to be g ot ready with all d e spatch for the service to w hich it is to be put, an both are to be furnished with their heavy main deck guns from the gun-wharf, in order that the volun teersmay b 3 exercised at gun-drill on board. The Castor is a very fine frigate, and has only been at tached to the ordinary a little more than a years having been rid off after a lengthened service on the West Coast of Africa. As soon as the vessels h av e been (r yot ready they will be t o wed round from Chatham, to their destination. The sailing frigate Trincomalee, 24, also attached to the ordi a - nary at Chatham is ord ered to be prep ared as training-ship for the naval volunteers on the east coast of Scotland, to which station she will be towed. It is also intended to station vessels of war at Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle, and the other great ports, to ser ve as training ships fdr the volun teers to be raised under the Royal warrant, the ships to be selected from those in ordinary at Chat- THE CONGRES S. • am not quite sure about that date. I recollect the occasion when some of Mrs. Rowley's hair was cut off. Miss Bisho ss p was present when that circumstance occurred. Isli Bishop is Mrs. Rowley's sister. By the Magistrate—We arrived at Frankfort about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I can't be sure about the time. There was a substantial tea served on the occasion, and. there might have been salt on the table. Examination continued—When Mrs. Rowley came down. to breakfast on this occasion she said she had been a long time dressing her hair. I remonstrated with her, when she said, "If I did not like it I had better cut it off." I can not say whether there was one or two curls. I cannot say whether I cut the whole of the back hair off. When I went to fetch the scissors she was sitting in a chair. Wh e n I re turned she was in the same chair and in the same position. I cannot say whether I. cut the whole off or not, but I cut it off by her wish. I did not hold her han ds. She never held up her hands to prevent me cutti n g it off. S h e did not resist in the slightest. I did no more than cut the side curls off. There were servants about, a nd I belie ve the door of the apartment wis open. Miss Bishop was p resent during the whole of the proceeding. I never tried to pia her out of bed. She got out of her own accord. She had , nothing on but her night-gown. She r an down stairs and implored the protection of my valet. The other servants came up and asked what was the matter. I had not used or threatened her with personal violence. The slightest con tradiction would cause hysterics It is most decidedlY to true to say I took up a meat choppe r, and threatened It strike her if she did not retire up stairs , b ut I daresay they (Mrs. Rowley and her maidservant) will say I di se w d While living at Boulogne I paid her debts. is fa say I never gave her a single sixpence. By the Magistrate—Mrs. Rowley had no separate settle ment. She never had any occasion for an y pocket re her from me. She always wore a green leather bag r ound e u waist, which contained £ 1 , 500 . I ne ver controlled her* she wished to spend any of this £1,500 she did so. It ow' her own money. 0 at Boulogne, and Mrs. Rowley Examination continued—l had brain. fever w hile' W is . for a medical man, as I had said I would cut my throat. I never prevented my wife writing to her friends. I I le , o dictated the terms of the letters no more than saYhg " ,. g1 „1 my love, &c." From Boulogne we returned to During the time I was at Ryde I acted towards Mrs. •": ley with kindness. I never illtreated her. we nt to shot to study, in order to pass my examination for the Lancers. The letters put into my hands are in Mrs 11 : by said she would ee ley's handwriting. [Many of these letters were refs), Mr. Sleigh in his opening statement.] we d tha t Mr. Metcalfe asked for copies, bu t it was arrallo-,,vect any person on the part of Mrs. Roivloy m i g ht them. ° the ° It being now past four o'clock, the further hearing summons was adjourned until Tuesday next.sera Mr. Metcalfe, 'on behalf of the late Mrs. R,owlel9 although he had been 'precluded o n the present eeeee/i, from making any observations on th e p art of the the Yt tiste should be fully prepared on Tuesday next to OW ° all she had stated in the proceeding s at Westminster. COUIV TRY MARXBTS• CAMBRIDGE—DEc. 17. Other There was a fair supply of wheat, and, with S 430; steady demand in the trade, white moved off at 46s to iii red, 40s to 46s per 36 stone. There was not much dotio, — to s 4 . os barley to-day ; malting 40s to 42s ; grindi n g . ' 249 -- 4 t° — in s lim to it — ed s s p u e p r plig ;B old,ean s per 30 stone. Oats at 18a to 26s for 110 W; old oats, 01 36 stone. santodnel P eas, 36 83381ert0114.111; per NOTTINGHAM —DEC. 17. _,, d Oar , ma rket, 7 0 , 1 hest We had a small attendance at to-day' supply of grain. An advance of is per quairt,f t h e troll; was maintained, with a rather steady pile 4 ' . i n fer: Malting barley a fair supply, at former 1) riel l ' oi c, suS t ; sorts a fair show, and heavy. Oats a sing'" s ly St w '' - dull sale, at previous rates. Beans a tool OPP ' ' g to 311 extreme prices of last week. ~,,,,. 2 g ,„2s White wheat, new, 488 to 50s Barley, g rin • ,2`2" - 'j Red do. 448 to 46s Oats old, .. ...... 224 to 2d sj Old. white s2s to sis Nevldo ........ .. AL , t o 4 _ Red do. . 45s to 47s I Beans.. ........ ......`z - 6 t 0,4 Barley, malting.— 40s to 46s 1 Beans, newsew.... ,;0 00 11. Super. flour, 35s to 39. ; fine, 31s to • per -- There was a raLoEdleCraEteSTatiEvß-pi;Drc. 17. attendance, and prices ls up. Wh of i w te he w a ll t e t a °; : d4i4L' :;11451'9. —red,barley, _.,..., for fill . 4 Ot.tdoe4s was s grinding, pers21 70 slow, to s a3 t t o o n sq e ;u ; 0 malting,t & a t v i oern quotations rang fair inq u l l .7 per gr ; 34s per 24 stone. Beans a moderate sale, at 416 per 38 stone. 20 W ile. Fine flour, 34s I Seconds, 32s I Thirds, 30s per ran3fiegintog426.o_o2riatoooto . As --- NORWICH—DEc. 17. co et .-. Here, to-day, there was rather a fair attendallau siic i : trade, and an inactive market. There was a si n lo s age ll • wheat, prices forboth old and new were general Ig o oil on former rates. The supply of malting barleZeo, 00 at fully the currencies of last market. i n. o ats, v WO . peas little or no change. 420 _ . White wheat. 47s to 50s I Red wheat ....... .30 t o Malting barley....42s to 48s 1 Chevalier barley- • 2 40 to 'l , ' Distilling do.. ....25s to 27s I Oats.. ............ Flour, 308 to 30s 6d per sack from the '""-- . _ Ats YORK--DEC. 17. , a f1x 1 .7 d o. A small show of wheat, with a fair sale , . - 0 , 0 0 0 7 0 . rates of last market day. Malting barley Wos(_.,nin in clot ply at former rates ; grinding qualities the tw; fed of the buyer. Beans were at high prices. 4- 20 . 0 ._ 4s• business was transacted in oats, at former rates. to Wheat, red .42s to 463 1 eats.... ******** 44 0 t ' ° _4 White do .45s to 50s Beans .......... ......,3 tO Barley . 30 s to 41s Peas ......er q p .. '' i., Malt, 68s to 7 0 s per q r. ; rye, 30s /11 --- STAINIFORD—DEc. 17. espraneo .iti• At our market yesterday wheat went at al 13 5 r10..• on last week's prices, with a tolerable ouppiP _,, ic for tT, demand, realising the extreme prices of last w rit ev to bsmi qualities. In oats not much doing, and lv ' t° 2 9 maintained. Beans still in favour of the selle r ' .os to o'• Ao Wheat . 42 s to 463 I Oats.. • ...... . _ .........•49 to White do 45 s to 51s I Beans . ..• . ...• • ; o'7 B ar l ey 283 to 453 I Ditto, old . _ss' DUBLIN—DEo. 16. . 0 0? - 0 1 the Our market was pretty we ll attended this M . , oti tioe l there wa3 a moderate sapp l y , at about quote' 0. J. s. last week. In Indian cor n nothing doing. ~ cl• 10 v s. d. s. d. 11 °° 0 0 I Wheat, white.. 28 oto 30 0 Do., new ..... 13 ol ° 3 Do., red .. 27 0t029 0 Bere ......... z y 16 Do., new .... 21 0 to 24 0 I Rapeseed .• • . • • i s 0t• 1 9 0 Barley Oats Do., black l2 otol2 6 Indian rn CO" FOREIGN MAIL PACIC-0-L LI A p, 0 1163 In the following table E signifies that letters are u-la'sllo. by evening malls from London, and 31 bf 11°rning In the following table E signifies that Let. rri ,- in, '.--se%i by evening mails from London, and 3/ Ifi °r° 30 DESTINATIONS. Despatch FOrtoc. (....21.,,./e.., of Mails. Desl± -----. -- 10 jao. 4 Australia and Mauritius, via Bahamas and Havana via New Jan. 12, 31 Southampton ....... Ditto, via Marseilles .......... Dec: 19, B ......... .. 1 D ec ' 2 1 Soulbal* .10• York B LiverPo°l:: Pee• Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Dec.223l', lil LlYerP°° is , 1 t l l ' Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- Dec.. sion, and St. Helena Jan. 6, B D ev°"°r China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via ,Southampton Honduras and Blewfields . DO' yf India (Calcutta) and Ceylon,. l/. • via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles : -.. V''' 0 India (Bombay), via South- 01). ea Lisbon, Vigo, am t o, . Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, .1 0 ' 0 Dec.2o, . N SoutharoP.:. iDiree.n, ii: Malta, Egypt, and. Aden, via gyp , Di south . ..., 12: 1 1: 9e6 r • Southampton ........... . ..vligsloa,nadnsd.o.p.oc.t.; ,Dlaenc: _9 : 031 you pea 0 N u e n ly t t e •o d u n s t d a t t a e n s d a;t n D ex it c t o o, a v n i c a t Marseilles Jan 2 9 19,4 (:) • ii i ha ilip• * 3 -- ..-, r,iverPo°"' ''' America (by British packet) Dec. —, -..' -- baraP• a d n. ' a ßritish :::.. 1 Ditto (by U. S. packet) ,__ Dec. 21,E Sout 0 -0 ,1" • West Coast of Africa, Ma- • 23 B Liverpool. deira, and Teneriile .. . dd . West India, California, Vene- of er zuela, Chili, Porn, Grey- Dec: —, F. Galiva •:" Dec. 253 • ClO w r in , t1:0 4 -.-._,,,„ (fromee o t - by , Old et , . town. New Granada, &o. .... tuic icor t be s y s so d by od 111).1 lib.' 00130.- .nfto EPPE4 [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Err s' s cao) COCOA..—This esteemed preparation cipal grocers at ls. 6d. per lb., in packets. Each pack et is labelled " pathic chemist, London." ----_____-- BAILEY.—On the 15thilinIstit., Tat HChSe.shunt, 1 1814° ' 411-81141,, , of the Rev. M. B. Bailey, of a daughter. _.. e .pa r ' CockimuN.—On the 15th inst., Westbourl;oo. . villas, the wife of Wm. A. Cockburn, lEs r l'? ° ! a hn 101,, WurrTv.—On the 13th inst., the wife of °%eer i'ii Whitty, LL.D., M.A., civil and Joining eg.ater I",..n°"' map agent, of 3b, Parliament -street, Westuno-,,0cl sv' don, and Ricketstown Hall, co. Carlow, of a se' al MARRIA.GRS. o Sair lw HAILBROUOII—HOOD.—On the 17th inst., at )1 " z b Church ,Ennismpla, Oscar W. ga►nbr°l6 ' to the Hon. Caroline Mary Hood. _ vial ehti rc i ll ' MILNE—HENTY.—On the 15th inst 'of at the p--, poott Brighton,cn:EoTn : and noCdnhsarlies Milne, Esq., 'of the lnne-tb ciai— Pr-ng-grove_tlslew.orth, to Blii!tbeeoter. only daughter of Grge B.enty, g q . ' °I Gillett b il P It A T li S. ill, /12 B L I-) CRAIG. —On n C t r h o tie ° Blacket, Esq " ~ aged Ba. n ond r* CAREUTIIER.s.—On the 13th inst., at The —r , 0 Craig, Esq.,the 16th inst., at Bristow') CROFT.—On Chepstow, David Carruthers, Esq., age d 83 ' s a rabt 41 RoOPT.—On the 16th inst., at Surbiton-bill, Kent 1A1136$ Cul f 2 / I°' apedfellEtia6ssq.i nst. , at 'Welling', so a , Law.-0n the 15th inst., Edwin R. Law, o' 1 b la 4 chester-terrace, Stoke Newington. Stara, P. LIGIIT.—On the 16th inst at lien , .1 $ 54.1 Esq., aged 87. S aliht NASII.--On the 14th inst., at Bedford, (I• Y• woo l aged 74• So/REs.--On the 17th inst., Le corawodert. ion'ir Joaquim Soares, of 'Upper Hamilton - NOS wood, aged 68. ........_-------- 1/ofirla: —_—__ ..00 -, IP LONDON : Printed and Published by AL . -nme, ; 4 pi of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SO ''tbs .00111 w Strand, in the Precinct of the Sava, 111 [ Middleao, Monday, Deceraber 19, 1 869 ' ,i EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FRAUD. At a late hour on Saturday Mr. Thomas Pear son, of the firm of Tamplin and Pearson, feather merchants and manufacturers, Little Queen-street, Holborn, and Mrs. Ellen Pearson, his wife, a very lady-looking female, were brought before Mr. Combe, at the Southwark Police Court, by a ser geant of the S division, No. 46, charged with de frauding Mr. George Thomas Wells, upholsterer, 42, Blackman•street, Borough, out of goods of the value of £l4 10s. Mr. Blnns appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. W. Edwin defended. Benjamin Thomas, a young man, clerk to the prosecutor, said that on Tuesday afternoon last, be tween 1 and 2, he saw the female defendant in his master's shop, and when Mr. Wells west upstairs, Mrs. Pearson asked for some Brussels carpet for stairs. He showed her some, which she selected instead of oilcloth, and desired to be sent to No. 5, Clifton-road, Camden-square, with other goods which she had purchased. She said. that her name was Row, and she told Mr. Wells that she would pay for the goods on delivery. She requested them to be brought between 2 and 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Combo—What did the lady say exactly about paying for the goods ? Witness—She said I'll pay for them on delivery, ' but the goods must be left at No. 5, Clifton-road, Camden-square. The goods were packed up and addressed to Mrs. Row, and forwarded according to that direction. Mr. Combe----Did you give the lady an invoice ? Witness—No, sir ; Mr. Wells did that, but I made an entry of the goods in the books. Mr. Edwin—How long has Mr. Wells been in this shop at 42, Blackman-street ? Witnessl do not know exactly. I came there in September. Mr. Edwin—What did the lady say her name was ? Witness—Mrs. Row, and she directed the goods to be sent to her or Mr. Row. I went to her address last night with Mr. Wells, and saw a plate on the door of No. 5, Clifton-road, " Mr. -Row, Surgeon-Dentist." I saw both prisoners there, and as we approached the gate Mr. Pearson was coming down the steps and he asked our busi ness. Mr:Wells told him, when Mr. Pearson said " You must not come here in this burglarious man ner." Mr. Combe—Whattime was that ? Witness—Nine o'clock. In continuation witness said that Mr. Wells asked Mr. Pearson " Are you prepared to pay for the goods ?" Ido not recollect what answer he made, but he prevented us from going in. Mr. Wells then asked for Mrs. Row, when Mr. Pearson made some evasive answer. Mr. Wells then said, " If you don't pay for the goods I'll give you in charge." Pearson said " You may do as you please." A sergeant of police, wh o accompan i e d us, was then called forward, and they all entered the house with Mr. Pearson, who fetched the female, and then Mr. Pearson gave the invoice to the ser geant. The invoice was made out in the name of Mrs. Row. Mr. Edwin—l can explain that as the case goes on, sir. Did you not know' that the male defend ant's name was Pearson ? Witness—l did not until last night. Mr. Combe—From what I see of this case it ap pears that the wife gets the goods under another name, as Mr. Wells was indebted to her husband, and she used this finesse to get the value of the goods. Under the circumstances he did not know whether it could be disposed of without going to the sessions, so that a jury . might decide. Mr. Edwin—The cage is this, sir : My client's firm sold the prosecutor goods in October last for £l2 10s., and when applicetion is made for the money, Mr. Wells says he is an infant, conse quently Mr. Pearson was compelled to use this mode to get payment of his account. Mr. Combe—ls Mr. Wells in court? Mr. Bin n s —Yes, sir. Mr. Combe—Then let him stand up. The prosecutor, who appeared rather young, then stepped into the witness-box, and was sworn—My name is John Thomas Wells, and I keep the shop, 42, Blackman-street, in my own name. Mr. Combe—How old are you ? Mr. Wells—l shall be 21 years of age next January. I am, therefore, under age, and have no partner. Mr. Combe—Did you write this invoice for goods amounting to £l2 10s.? Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Combc--Have you had any actions brought agzinst you for goods supplied to you for your shop ? Witness—Yes, sir, and I have successfully pleaded infancy. Mr. Combe—Have you owed the male defendant any money for goods? Witness—lf that is Mr. Pearson, I owe Messrs. Tamplin and Pearson £l2 10s. Mr. Combe—Don't you believe the male defend ant is that Mr. Pearson ? Witness —Yes, I do, sir. Mr. Combe—l don't know much of the tricks of tradesmen and their ingenious ways of doing others ; but here is a young man, under age, carrying on business, obtaining goods, and when payment is demanded, pleads infancy. I should like to send him before a jury, where such a matter would be thoroughly exposed. Mr. Binns—We wish to go before a jury, as my