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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Feb. 6. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 6. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell and a Special Jury.) BROADBENT V. HUGHES. -------- Mr. Sergeant - Shee, Dr Wambey, and Mr.. Francis were counsel for the plaintiff; Dr. more, Q.C., and Dr. Tristram for the defendant. The testator, Joseph Hugh Hughes, died at Islington on the 3d of September, 1859, at the age of 88. By a will dated the 18th of August, 1859, he left the whole of his prope r ty , consisting of about £4,000 in the funds , to hi s niece, the wife of the plaintiff, and appointe d the plaintiff sole executor. The defendant, Mr. Alfred Hughes, was the son of a deceased brother of the testator, and he pleaded in oppositio n to the will undue execu tion, incapacity, and undue influence. The deceased was formerly a surgeon in the Royal Navy. He was taken prisoner at the siege of Dant sic, was confined for about 10 years at Verdun, and returned to England upon his release when the Bourbons were restored. He was offended at some thing that had been done during his absence by his brother Charles, the defendant's father, and gave up all intercourse with him and his family. The wife of the plaintiff, who was the daughter of a deceased sister, was then at school, and he had her at his house during the holydays and proposed two or three persons from whom she might choose a suitable husband. She married M r . B roa db e nt against his will, and he was at first angry, but be came reconciled to the match in the course of a few months. In 1842 he retired from the service, and between that year and 1857 he travelled about a great deal on the Continent and in England. In June, 1857, he stayed for a few months at Winches ter, and in October - went to Exeter. In November, 1858, Mr. Broadbent, who lived with his wife and family in London, went to Exeter to see him, and they returned together to London. He stayed with the Broadbents, at Islington, until April, 1859. He then expressed a wish to leave the house, because he wanted to make a will in Mrs. Broadbent's favour, and he thought it would be advisable to do it elsewhere. He went to Worcester, but only re mained for a day or two, and when he returned to London resided at the Glocester Coffeehouse in Chelsea. He remained there until July, receiving frequent visits from, and sometimes visiting, the Broadbents. In July he removed to lodgings near the Broadbents at Dolby-terrace, Islington, where he remained until his death. He was taken ill on the morning of the 16th of August, and was at tended by a medical man in the neighbourhood, Dr. Lafargue. Mr. Broadbent told Dr. Lafargue that he had not settled his worldly affairs, and Dr. Lafargue expressed an opinion that it was time for him to do so, and mentioned the subject to him. He said he was very ill, but he did not think he should die yet. A solicitor (Mr. Bolton) was introduced that even ing, but he then refused to make the will. His first illness arose from an attack of paralysis, and on the 17th of August he had an attack of bron chitis. On the 18th of August Mr. Bolton was in troduced again by Broadbent, and Broadbent said, " This gentleman is come to make your will." Mr. Bolton asked him how he intended to leave his property. He said he wanted hi m t o l eave some thing to the son of an old friend, na me d Adam th waite. Broadbent reminded him that both Adamthwaite and his son h a d b een d ea d f or some time, and added, " You know you said you would leave the property to my w if e , y our n i ece ." H e said, " Well, let it be so." Mr. Bolton asked whe• ther he understood rightly that he intended to leave his property to his niece, Mrs. Broadbent, and he assented. Broadbent asked him whether he would leave anything to his other nephews and nieces. He said "No!" in a very decided manner. While the will was being drawn up the question was repeated, and received A, similar answer. After Mr. Bolton had drawn up the will he began to read it aloud. The testator said he would rather have it read by the doctor, and he accordingly read it. The testator was then propped up with pillows, and he took a pen to sign it. lie began his signature at a wrong place, and his hand shook so much from paralysis that Dr. Lefargue steadied it while he sirmed. It was then attested by Dr. Lefargue and Mr. Bolton, the testator thanked them, and they withdrew. Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent, several of their chil- dren, and many persons who had seen and con versed with the testator during the last three or four years of his life were called and gave strong evidence of his testamentary capacity. He was fond of reading the newspapers, he was accustomed to converse on the various topics of the day, and he transacted his own business. A great deal of cor respondence was also read for the purpose of con firming that evidence. Dr. Lefargue and Mr. Bol ton both believed him to be perfectly competent, and Dr. Lefargue and Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent said that his mind remained unaffected until within a few days of his death. His family were Roman Catholics, and he was educated in the same faith, and, as Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent said, he died in it. On the part of the defendant, Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes, with whom the testator had lodged at Exeter for a twelvemonth, from the autumn of 1857 to the autumn of 1858, were called, and said that, in their opinion, his mind was then very feeble. He was fond of reading the newspapers, and talking about what he had read, but he did not seem to understand it. He was visited by Miss Susan Hughes, the defendant's half-sister, who stayed with him for a short time, and was taken by him about the neighbourhood. In the autumn of 1858 they thought he was getting worse, and communicated with Mr. Alfred Hughes, his nephew, the chief of the police at Bath. Mr. Hughes came, but did not see him, and it appeared that he felt angry with Mr. Hughes, because he was under the impresion that Mr. Hughes had employed the police to track him. Mr. Broadbent afterwards arrived, and the testator was pleased to see him. The landlords of the inns where he had stayed at Worcester, and of the Glocester Coffee-house, and several other wit nesses were examined for the purpose of proving his defective memory and incapacity to take care of himself. They described him as dirty in his habits, and further said he was unable to tell whether he had reer.ived the right change after paying a bill, and was accustomed to want to pay the same bill over ar.d over again. The landlady of the house at Dolby-terrace, where the testator lodged at the time of the making of the will, also said that, in her opinion, he w as i ncompetent to Make a w i ll. Be fore he was attacked with paralysis he used to go out for walks, and he always ordered what he wanted and paid his bills. After his attack he did not seem to know Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent or any vne else. The most material witness, however, in opposition to the will was Mr. Briggs, a managing clerk in Sir John Lubbock's hank, who had trans acted business for the deceased for many years. lie said that Mr. Hughes, during the last few months of his life, called several times at the bank, that his mind was so feeble that he did not even understand how to fill up the form necessary to' enable hint to receive his half-pay, and that he advised him to go and live with his relations, who could take care of him. A cheque was produced which had been signed by the testator a few days after the making of the will, and had been paid ; but Mr. Briggs said he should not have allowed it to pass if it had come under his notice. Mr. Briggs added that he should decidely have refused to attest any will made by the deceased as late as the summer or autumn of 18.59. But it was proved that in Jan., 1859, he entertained apprehensions that his money was not safe, invested as it was then in the Dutch funds, because there was danger of a Continental war, and he wrote a very sensible letter containing directions that it should be transferred to the Eng lish funds, and the transfer was made. - - - It was contended on the part of the plaintiff that the testator had always preferred Mrs. Broadbent to any of his other relations, and was carrying out an intention which he had for years entertained when he made the will in her favour; and on the part of the defendant that his intention was to die intestate, and have his property fairly divided among his relatives; but that the Broadbents in duced him when his intellect was so far gone that he did not know what he was about to make the will now propounded. Sir C. Cresswell summed up. The jury f oun d a ver di c t for the plaintiff, i n favour of the will upon 1.11 the issues. llis Lordship then decreed probate. The ease has occupied three days, and was not co ncluded until seven o'clock. . cAPE OF A DETECTIVE _FFICER.— NARttov E 9 ------------ o Sergeant Jar • Via, of the City detective force, had a narrow es , cape on Saturday from2ffatesimilar to that which befel 1 hamesonae time since. ton received information thatew days ago, namede p l oy We rm..ivirMßoor.o Inspector Tiamil- Walter, aged 26, had absconded-;tre;hnis se.tt, ar, confectioner, of Sheffield his employer. On Saturday morning £lOO, the iropert "- f panicd by a Sheffield constable, arrived iti.. Bassett, acco Y m o having been obtained, secured the v a ed . in town, and a clue Jarvis, who succeeded in arresting Walter,ssstanco of Sergeant in the cab with • the , officer and Mr. l who a was placed formed Jarvis that he had received a threatening let i n _ from the prisoner, intimating that he would bleonwini lett,r brains of any person . who arrested him. Jarvis suddenlytith seized Ills arms, and discovered that he held a loaded pisoi rcaiy cocked, in encl . ], hand, concealed beneath the loose sleeves of one of the fashionable Inverness capes which he wore. Ire was immediately disarmed, though not without some difficulty, as he is a muscular and determined young man. On arriving at Bow-lane station-house he was searched and the pistols - examined. One contained two bullets, and there is et - cry probabili ty that, if Sergeant Jarvis had not displayed great couraga an d readiness, the prisoner would have'attempted his life. His apartments were subsequently searched, and £5O in bank-notes, a gold watch, and other article, were discovered. In the evening he was conveyed to Sheffield, handcuffed, as there was reason to suppose that he would attempt suicide. The February General Sessions commenced this morning at the Guildhall, Westminster, before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant-Judge, Mr. Payne, deputy, and the following very full bench of magistrates :—Mr. Pownall, chairman ; Mr. John Bentley, Mr. H. H. ' Harwood, Col. W. Wood, Mr. Wolsey, Mr. T. E. Baker, Mr. White, Mr. Parbury, Mr. Beetham, Mr. Halsey, Mr. E. W. Cox, Mr. Hogarth, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. T. Cotterell, Mr. Rankine, Mr. Faul coner, and Sir James Tyler. The calendar contains the names of 61 prisoners, 54 charged with felony, and 7 with misdemeanour. SOLDIERS' BELTS.—Two powerful-looking young guardsmen, named George Hales and Chas. Hum phreys, were indicted for unlawfully and maliciously assaulting and inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Henry Summerfield and George Stevens, police constables, in the execution of their duty. Mr. Cooper conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Treasury. The prisoners were not defended. It appeared that on the night of the 18th Jan. the prisoners were at the Clock-house Tavern, Knightsbridge, where their conduct was of the most riotous and disgraceful character; they were quite drank. The constable Stevens, 266 A, was called upon to remove them, and Hales went away, but returned and wanted to go in again, but the constable would not permit him. A mob had col lected, and Humphreys came up, unbuckled his belt, and with dreadful exclamations said he would use it ipon the first person that came near him. Hales rushed into the crowd and struck a poor old woman, and also Lieut. Gilbert, of the West York shire Militia, who was standing by. Hales was then taken into custody, when he fought and kicked desperately, one kielt being of so severe a nature that the constable's stocking was saturated with blood from the wound it caused. Humphreys struck at Summerfield's head with the buckle end of his belt, and the blow cut a piece nearly out of his hat, one side of which was smashed in. He also kicked him twice in the groin, which resulted in a serious injury, and instruments had to be used upon him. Lieut. Gilbert stated that he resided in Montpe lier-square, Brompton, and was passing at the time this transaction occurred. The conduct of the police men was most forbearing, and they were persuad ing the soldiers to go quietly home to barracks. They used their belts indiscriminately, and one of the blows fell upon witness's shoulder. For the protection of the police, who were only doing their duty, he " fell" upon Hales, pinioned him, and held him until another constable came up. A gentleman who was standing by had his chin cut open by one of the blows, and the policeman Summerfield had to be taken to the station in a cab. Neither of them have been able to go on duty since, and are under the care of the divisional surgeon. In summing up, the learned Judge said the con duct of Lieut. Gilbert was deserving of the utmost praise, and he was entitled to the thanks of the Court and of the public for what he had done. The Jury found the prisoners guilty of the whole charge. The Assistant-Judge told them that their conduct had been of the most atrocious character. They had merely urged in their defence the old plea of intoxication. That, in his opinion, was rather an aggravation of their case, for they wore the Queen's uniform, and ought rather to be the first to preserve order than, as they usually were, the first to break it by attacking the police, who were the servants cf the public and engaged in the duty of preserving order and protecting the public. They were armed with these belts, which were really weapons of a very dangerous description, and it was impossible to tell the amount of mischief and personal injury that might be inflicted with them in the hands of savage, drunken men. They had thoroughly dis graced the coats they were wearing. The pease of the town was not to be outraged in this way, and a severe example must be made of the prisoners, each of whom he sentenced to hard labour for one year. James Murray, 39, was convicted of an assault upon James Simmons, a police-constable in the ex ecution of his duty. The constable found the pri soner drunk on a door step, and was about to get him to go home, when he turned suddenly upon him, threw him down and dashed his head on the kerb stone, cutting the skull open. The prisoner was a Scotchman and a habitual drunkard. He admitted himself that his character in this respect was and always had been very bad. The Assistant• Judge said, the sentence of the Court he was about to pass would alter it for at least six months, for which period he must go to the House of Correction and be kept to hard labour. (Before Mr. Payne.) Frederick Alexander Thompson surrendered to take his trial on an indictment, in which he was charged with having stolen a number of cubic feet of gas, the property of the Gaslight and Coke Com pany. Mr. H. Giffard was counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Ribton and Mr. F. H. Lewis. It appeared that the prisoner had been in the oc cupatioh of a room called Rosoman-hall, in Roso man-street, Clerkcnwell, which he let out for tem- perance lectures, balls, and concerts, and the gas was supplied by the prosecutor. In consequence of his being in arrear of payment it was intimated to him that the supply would be cut off, but he begged that it might not, as he was under a con tract with a teetotal society to supply them with the use of the room and gas for lectures two or three nights a week, and said it should be paid ; he offered first half a sovereign, and then said he would endeavour to get V.. After a second applica tion the fitter went and cut the gas Off from the main, took away the supply pipe, that is, the piece which passes from the main to the meter, and plugged up the hole in the main, and that in the meter also. Nevertheless the teetotal society had their gas as usual, and the chandelier gave a better light for at least three nights after the supply pipe had been taken from the meter, but in consequence of information which reached them they thought it prudent to remove furniture and fittings, forms, banners, &c., from the hall, when it was discovered that up in one of the corners of the ceiling a piece of gut had been attached to the end of a disused pipe, which was connected with a main at the back of Northampton-buildings, and to the end of the pipe which supplied the chandelier, so that a supply was procured direct from another main, the meter having been supplied from the main in Rosoman street. It was calculated that about 300 feet would be consumed on each of the three occasions when it was used by the teetotallers (several of whom gave evidence), and the value of which was put at about 4s. The cross-examination of the teetotal witnesses by Mr. Ribton, particularly one named Penne father, who said he was teetotal to the backbone, and had been so for 20 years, was most amusing, and created great merriment in court.. Mr. Ribton, in his address to the jury, com plained in very strong terms of the manner in which the company had treated this man, who had always borne a most irreproachable character, in resorting to the criminal law, and charging him with a felony under such circumstances, for it could not possibly amount to anything beyond a breach of contract. The company contracted to supply him with gas, and he contracted to supply the teetotal lers with it, and though at the moment he was un able to pay up the arrears he did all he could do, and had not the company cut his supply off, he would ha ve cont i nued to carry on his rooms and been enabled to pay. As it was he was compelled andis es i t) another p to ai g d ive th u e p ahrirseparreem,resorting person, t e the mode who h head had of getting a supply from th old pipe he had no more committ e d a f e l ony than a man would in cutting a slice of his' own bread for his him a luncheon. company He declared he would have done the same thing self; and defied the compa n y, an d had the ete u p asked to be paid for the extra gas use d of o would have been paid. The prisoner h a d, as he r" n. it sidered, been improperly deprived of his supply through the meter, which was done in his absence, and he thought he had a right to resortto the other pipe for what he himself was under contract to sup ply, as he fully intended to pay for it and not to purloin it, :and, if the prisoner had not paid for it, then their remedy was t he Count y Cour t. itnesses to character were then called. The learned Judge said, he thought the contract between the company and the prisoner was deter mined when the supply was cut off. It seemed to be admitted that the prisoner placed the piece of gut on the old pipe, by which means he got the supply in another way, and the question was, did he then wilfully and deliberately intend to steal the gas and not pay for it, or think he might do so tempo rarily, as his regular supply had been stopped, without any intention of fraud. If the jury had any doubt about the matter they would give him the benefit of it. The jury retired, and after a short deliberation found the prisoner not guilty. [ADVERTISEMENT.)-11r. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has just published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two :stamps). It should be read by all who are about buying a watch, as it contains prices and important informa tion as to—What watch to buy ! where to buy it ! and how to use it [Anv uuTtsEmENT.].—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Be careful —The damp fogs and sudden changes of tem perature in wi n t er always produce colds, influenza, and catarrhal fever. Holloway's Pills readily remove the . first symptoms of th ese di seases but when neglect has:pernutted them to gain a stronghold on the system, his Ointment should be well rubbed twice a day upon the back and chest; this course perseveringly followed for a short lime, will rescue many who,through inattention, seemed doomed to serious or fatal consequences. .Asthma, bronchitis, and consumption, are thus prevented. The irritable chest is soothed, the cough becomes looser and less frequent, and the breathing is strengthened. IThe app e tit e returns, good digestion is restored, bringing with it ease, strength, and vigour. ornE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1860. OLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 6. MANSION-HOUSE.----A foreigner, who gave the name of Oralia Peake, but who had been pre viously accused on more than one occasion under other names, was charged with stealing a diamond pin, value £3 35., from Mr. Richard Taylor, of 147, Strand, bookseller. The prosecutor said he was looking in a window in Cheapside, when he felt a pull at his scarf, and on looking round, saw the prisoner withdrawing his hand. Immediately after he found that his scarf pin was gone, and consequently he collared the pri soner, who, passing his hand behind him, dropped the pin upon the pavement. Witness held the pri soner till a policeman came up, who took the pri- 1 soner into custody, while a lady who had picked up the pin handed it to witness. Sophia Carter said she saw the prisoner put his hand behind him holding out the pin, as if to pass it to a confederate, but as no one took it he dropped it on the pavement. Several boys began to scramble for it, but placing her foot upon it, she kept it there till she had an opportunity of picking it up, and then gave it to Mr. Taylor. The policeman who apprehended the prisoner said he found on him only three farthings and a knife. The prisoner, although long-resident here, af fected to be ignorant of the English language, and an interpreter was, therefore, employed, through whom the prisoner impudently denied that he touched the pin, or thought of doing so. Mr. Alderman Hale inquired whether anything was known about him. Mr. Goodman (chief clerk) said, yes, he had been there repeatedly, and some gentlemen a:, one time interested themselves in him so far as to endeavour to get him restored to his native country, but as he was a native of Rome, and had been banished as a political offender they failed in this, and the pri soner had ever since favoured London by making it the scene of his predatory operations, for which he had been several times imprisoned. Mr. Alderman Hale said be would pnt a stop to the prisoner's operations for a time by committing him for trial. BOW-STREET,—Henry Taylor, a Post-office letter-carrier and sorter, at a salary of £BO a year, was committed for trial on a charge of stealing three letters, containing, respectively, a miniature portrait, a box of pills, and a piece of knitting, which had come into his possession in the course of his duties at the General Post-office. On Saturday the prisoner was detected by Smee, the police officer attached to the General Post office, in the act of destroyir.g and concealing the envelopes of several letters, and appropriating their contents. He was taken into custody, and the letters being traced by means of the fragments of the envelopes (which were put together so as to render the addresses legible), the owners of the three articles mentioned were discovered, and the property identified. At his lodgings were found several pocketbooks, of the description generally used for Christmas and New Year's presents, all of which had evidently passed through the post, the impressed stamp being plainly legible on the leather covers, as if it had penetrated the envelopes in which they had been enclosed. WESTMINSTER.—Owen Gullivan, an itine rant fishmonger, was charged with violently stab bing and wounding his wife Eliza in the throat. The prosecutrix, who appeared in so weak a state as to be scarcely able to give evidence, said that on Saturday night she went to Regent-street, West minster, where she met her husband with his barrow crying bis fish for sale. She asked him how he got on, when he complained of being very unsuccessful, and swore at her loudly. As he turned directly, with the intention as she thought of going home, she followed him to give him the key, which he took. Shortly after that he took some thing from his barrow, immediately upon which he hurried towards her, and without utteringa word she felt that he had given her a blow in the neck. It was with a knife, and she became insensible and knew nothing more. A very large knife with a long, sharp blade, such as is used by hawkers of fish, was here produced and identified by the pro secutrix as the one carried by her husband with his barrow. James Tanner, a clerk, confirmed this statement. He saw the man suddenly rush towards the woman, who immediately afterwards cried out " Murder! I'm stabbed," and on going to her he found her bleeding profusely from a wound in the throat. John O'Brien, 269 B, proved apprehending the prisoner, who said he was very sorry. A certificate was handed in from Mr. William Peale, of Marsham-street, Westminster, which stated that he had examined the complainant, and found that she had a long incised wound on the neck, inflicted by some sharp instrument. She had lost a considerable quantity of blood, and the wound might have proved fatal. The prisoner was remanded for a week. John Jackson and John Davenport, privates in the Grenadier Guards, were charged with the fol lowing gross outrages. Emma Rigalsford, 11, Lower Simmonds-street, Chelsea, a very respectable looking young woman of 19, said that, between 11 and 12 on Sunday night, she and her father and mother had just loft Buckingham-gate, and were crossing towards James street, when being overtaken by rain, her father stopped behind to put her mother's cloak over her head, and complainant got a few yards in advance. At that moment Jackson came up, laid hold of her, and tried to turn her cloths over her head; she screamed out and got away from him, and was about to run across to her father and mother when both the defendants caught her together and threw her down. Her fattier came up, when they attempted to strike him. He called for the police, and Daven port, taking off his belt, was about to use it, when, seeing a policeman coming up, he put it on again. The mother and Elizabeth Mitchell, a young wo man who was passing. confirmed this account. The defendants used very bad language to the mother, and while the 'father was stooping to pick up his hat, which they had knocked off, they pushed him down in the mud, and served the mother the same, and the latter and the daughter's clothes were so spoiled that they could put none of them on that morning. Mitchell added, that she heard Daven port ask a gentleman to give him the price of a pot of beer. or quartern of gin. The gentleman re fused to do so, when Davenport said that if he did not comply with his request he would give him " domino" with his belt, which he was flourishing at the time in his hand. The gentleman ran away and the soldier after him for some distance, when he returned to his comrade, and then the attack was made upon complainant. The police proved that both the defendants were drunk. Jackson walked quietly to the station ; but Davenport threatened to knock somebody's brains out. Mr. Paynter wondered what the sentry and picket at Buckingham Palace and Wellington Bar racks could have been about while this was going on ; he should have thought, if there had been any place in London free from risks of this sort, it would have been the particular spot where this affair had occurred. One would have conjectured that at the entrance of the Queen's Palace no outrage of this sort could have been committed without the inter ference of the sentry or picket. The constable said the disturbance was so great that he had heard the cries from a distance. The sergeant of the Grenadiers who was present said, that if the sentry had been on the alert the soldiers would have been taken by the picket. Davenport said he never touched the girl. The other prisoner made no reply. Mr. Paynter said they had both disgraced the uniform they wore by the commission of this gross outrage. It was disgraceful that a respectable girl returning •home with her parents on a Sunday night could not pass along the streets without being attacked by soldiers in this shameful manner, It was fortunate for them that they had not used their belts. Davenport was committed for two months, and Jackson for one, with herd labour, in the House of Correction. WO RSHIP - STREET.---Edward Leach Lemke, a middle-aged man of respectable appearance, was brought up for final examination, charged with fraud. The prisoner, it was d e t a il e d some weeks since, hadf or along ti me b een i n the habit of calling upon tradesmen and others, and. representing l him selfwe as the secretary o r o ffi cer of a e tra l d ee e t s , approtedction society in the City, offered to o owed d g th to em th . e , m ln , an th d is su w e ay leg h a e ll w y a t s hep e statedl' n b g y ;!'lr. Lewis, of Ely-place, for the prosecution, to have, recAved more than £ 2OO , withoat benefit to any_ body but himself, and, haying been given into cas tody by one person whom he had so defrauded, other cases were gone into against hire, and, on his being remanded to the House of Detention, Was there struck with paralysis, presenting, on his being next brought up, supported by his wife and one of the officers, a most miserable and helpless appear ance. He himself entreated mercy, saying the surgeon of the gaol had assured him he would n ever recover, but the magistrate had a doubt of this, and, the prisoner having formally pleaded guilty to one of the minor charges—minor, that is to say, as to the amount he had_ obtained—he was again remanded for the f act he . alleged to be more positively ascertained. The prisoner was no - A . apparently as helpless as before, and a cer' , ficato was handed t o the Bench ' from the 4 m e ffi c alofficer of the House of Detention, stating that the prisoner's illness was not assumed, and that he would in all likeli hood continue in the same state he was then in. The gentleman attending for the society very much regretted to hear this, but the object in pro lecutinff the prisoner, it was obvious, had only been for the joint protection of the association the name of which the prisoner had been so injuriously using and of the public. The magistrate saw this in the same light ; and, in answer to a renewed appeal" from the prisoner for a merciful consideration of his offence, which had resulted so miserably for him, told him that if it had not been so distinctly proved that the afflic tion under which he was now labouring was an actual suffering, without dissembling or exaggera tion on his part, he should have undoubtedly sent him for trial, to be followed most probably by penal servitude ; as it was, he should deal with him sum marily upon the one case to which he had pleaded guilty, and for that he should send him to the House of Correction for four months, but for im prisonment only, as hard labour in his position was out of the question. phreys turned round to the other boys and said, 'What the deuce are you at ?" With the assistance of Mr. King, a solicitor, I took him from his seat. Mrs. Draper said, " He has done nothing." By Mr. Yardley—l saw Wright move his legs and strike the seat. Wright—Why, two boys were kicking on each side of me. I did nothing. Mr. Thompson, in answer to other questions by the magistrate, said Mrs. Draper was sitting two or three seats in advance of Wright, and said he had done nothing; it was in her ordinary mode of talking. Mr. Yardley—At that time, you tell me, there were great noises in the church ? Mr. Thompson—Yes, sir ; fearful noises. Mr. Yardley—You cannot say what she said disturbed the clergyman ? Mr. Thompson—No, sir. Mr. Yardley said the evidence amounted literally to nothing. It might be there was a very great disturbance in St. George's Church deserving of the highest censure, but the churchwardens had not got at the head and front of the offenders. It was of no use to bring a lot of boys before him unless there was some evidence against them. There was nothing that was tangible. It was not Pretended the prisoners acted in concert, or disturbed the clergyman. As to the little boy, the churchwarden could not say he kicked the scat. It was as likely to be some one else as he. With regard to Mrs. Draper, her offence was literally nothing. She had only said " He has done nothing." Unless Mr. Howell could carry the case further, there was literally nothing against the prisoners. Mr. William Warwick King, solicitor, of College hill, who had been engaged in some of the prosecu tions at this court on behalf of the Rev. Bryan King and other clergymen of St. George's, confirmed the evidence generally of Mr. Thompson, and added that while the people in one gallery were . singing " Rule, Britannia " the people in the opposite gal lery were singing " We won't go home till morn ing, till daylight does appear." Mrs. Draper said " Why do you touch that boy ? " in a louder tone than ordinary. When Mr. Thompson put his hand upon Wright the boy said " I will summon you." There was a great deal of noise in the gallery where the boy Wright was. The noise, confusion, and riot were terrible, and a scandal and a disgrace to a Christian country. Mr. Yardley—l perfectly agree with you, sir. It is perfectly shocking. Have you any other evi dence, Mr. Howell ? Mr. Howell—No, sir. All I can say is the churchwarden is desirous of putting down these un seemly riots. It is a great pity those who do not approve of the ceremonials and services of the rector and clergy do not stop away. Mr. Yardley said the case amounted literally to nothing. He hoped the general remarks he had al ready made, andthose he was about to make, would do some good, and that he should not again hear of these frightful disturbances in a plasm set apart for the worship of Almighty God. He was, how ever, almost inclined to despair of it—he utterly despaired of it. (Sensation.) He had said all he could in the way of advice, admonition, and remon strance. The strong arm of the law must be applied I to put an end to the outrageous proceedings in St. George's Church, for things were carried on to an extreme. If the general disturbances were ever so great, and whether persons went to the church with one common design or not, they ought to be pro ceeded against for a riot; if it could be proved they were acting in concert it would aml;sYnt to a conspi racy. He would point out how stringent was the protection thrown over our churches ana chapels, and what severe penalties people were subjcetetl t° who were guilty of brawling in church or chapel, or disturbing a congregation. Mr. Yardley, after quoting the acts of Queen Mary. and William and Mary for the punishment of persons disturbing a congregation, or disquieting preachers, said the penalties of fine and imprisonment to be summarily inflicted by magistrates were very severe, and ho and his' colleague would put those acts in force when 'necessary. Mr. Yardley then went on to say there was a more recent act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Geo. IV., cap. 30, the Bth clause of which enacted, " that if any persons riotously and tumultuously as sembled together, to the disturbance of the public peace, shall unlawfully and with force demolish, pull down, or destroy any church or chapel, or any chapel for the religious worship of persons dissenting from the United Church of England and Ireland, duly re gistered, every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall suffer death as a felon." The capital punishment was repealed, but the punishment was still very severe—penal servitude or transportation for life—and he (Ar. Yardley) hoped people would take notice of the words " begin to demolish, pull down, or destroy any church or chapel," and the serious consequences that would follow uuy attempt of the kind. A still more recent Act, the Bth and 9th Vic., cap. 44, sec. 1, enacted " that every person who shall unlawfully and mali ciously destroy or damage any picture, statue, , monument, or painted glass, in any church or chapel, or other place of religious worship, or any statue or monument exposed to public view, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to be imprisoned for any period not exceeding six months, and, if a male, may during the period of such imprisonment be put to hard la bout', or be once, twice, or thrice privately whipped." .. Mr. Howell said that act was passed for the better protectien of works of art and scientific and literary collections after the destruction of the Port land Vase in the British Museum. Mr. Yardley—Yes, and also applies to pictures, statues, monuments, and painted glass in our churches and chapels. I would have put that act in force if it had been proved that the prisoners before me had injured the monuments and painted glass in St. George's Church last night. The third and fourth clauses of the same statute enacted " that any- per son found committing any offence against this Act may be immediately apprehended without a warrant by any other person, and forthwith taken before some neighbouring justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to law; and every person who shall abet, counsel, or procure the commission of any offence against this Act, shall be punished as a prin cipal offender." It should be borne in mind that magistrates had to deal summarily in such cases, and accessories were liable to conviction as well as princi pals. It would be going out of his wry to say what he would do if a case was made out under any of the statutes he had quoted. Whenever a case of creating a disturbance in a church was made out, he could answer for himself, and also for his colleague Mr. Selfe, that the summary powers intrusted to them would be put in force. He hoped what he said would be taken by the prisoners, and by others in that court, as a warning. if any person did in jury to the statues, ornaments, or painted glass in a church or chapel, the plinislinient Was six months' imprisonment and hard labour. If there was a riot or tumultuous assemblage in a church, every one present or taking part in it was liable to be indicted, and ptotild tines joining in shelf Ail offetiee might be induced, in a moment of excitement, to go IV ther and peril their lihertt kit the test of their livet, and bring th e i r f r iends to grief ail their iiVes, A stop must be put to these notorious scenes, which had been going on' every Sunday for a long time. It was not a onestiln of rood doctrine or bad dee trinti Mietiier the services tie Bbidaeted in St: George's Church wore objectionable or not, lAt whether mob law was to be tolerated in this coun try. He could not help thinking i th 9 persona Whose duty it was to preserve la* and order in the church had exerted themselves itith id9re vigilance and zeal; thCO: st?enes, so disgiicettil id tlih country, would have been long since put down. Let every person who heard him rely upon it, that if any offenders were breafaht hitst dr hieol leagues laW as it stood would be put in force: Once more, he tnust say, a stop must be put to these outrageoUs and Prbticetiiiihst nothing tangible could he proved against the four prisoners, and they must be dischargßd. They knew best asiaa" they went to Fq. George's Chureb. on Sun* flight; 110 assumed they did not go there for a goo d pur pose. Perhaps them Weht With the intention of bathg• Present at a disturbance. If they did that again they might find themselves involved in serious consequences. If any *kited persons Went td church to destroy property the punishment was six Motithi ) imprisonment and hard labour, and they might probably go further, and involve themselves in a charge of riot, and subject themselves to two years' imprisonment; or be concerned in the par tial demolition of the interior of the sacred edifice, and then the punishment would be penal ser vitude for life. He was afraid things would go on from bad to worse, until persons were brought before him on charges involving a sentence of penal servitude for their natural lives. He hoped the peaceable - and well-disposed would join the autho rities of the church in restoring peace in the dis tracted parish of St. George, and for ever putting an 'end to a state of things which every rightly constituted mind must sincerely deplore. If it should happen there were any more of these dis turbances in St. George's Church, lie hoped the ringleaders, the principal offenders, would be brought before him. Mr. Howell—l hope they will, sir. I feel much obliged to you, and so does the churchwarden, for the great pains you have taken in explaining the I'law, and I hope, sir, it will have its pr o p er e ff ect. Mr. Yardley—l lope it will. 1 hope those who have heard me will profit by what'l have said. r :hope for the best. Mr. Howell—The gas columns, the galleries, and the banisters of the reading-d es k were great l y . damaged last night. Mr. Yardley—Keep your eyes open and be vigi lant, and further damage will b e avoided. - The following statement has been prepared on behalf of the rector and clergy of this distracted parish : __ _ "There was no disturbance at all at St. George's church till after the appointment (by the vestry) of the Rev. Hugh Allen as lecturer, a clergyman whose opinions it is hardly necessary to say are violently opposed to those of the rector of St. George's. Mr. Allen preached for the first time on Sunday, May 22, 18,59. On that day he intruded himself upon the rector's usual afternoon service, though warned by tho curate not to do so ; and whereas the usual hour for the afternoon service was 4 o'clock ho commenced the ser vice at 20 minutes before 4, so as to pre-occupy the church and hinder the curate from conducting the usual parochial service. This gave rise to great confusion and disturb ance for the first time in the church. When it was decided by the Court of Queen's Bench that the lecturer should have the use of the church at a reasonable hour, which the rector might appoint, the rector offered him the use of the church at 5 o'clock on Sundays, that is, after the rector's ser vice, as suggested by the Court; but on his expressing a wish to have his service before the parish service, this was at once agreed to, and it was arranged that the lecturer's service should be at a quarter past two. The lecturer himself had wished that it should be at half-past two—the rector that it should be at two o'clock, from the fear, which subsequent events justified) of some unseemly collision. Ultimately it was settled that the lecturer's service should be at a quarter past two. It will be seen by this that, so far from the hour of the lecturer's s ervice being any real grievance (as was afterwards alleged), the rector even extended the privileges accorded to the lectut: or by the decision of the Court, and offered him the choice (h t. having his service either after or before the usual parochial service, and it was the lecturer himself who preferred that it should be before the rector's service. That the rector judged rightly in wishing the lec turer's service, if it was to be befoie his own, to be as much before as possible, is proved by the ioct that many of the lecturer's congregation habitually remained in church after their own service was ended, to annoy the rector and his congregation at their service, which followed soon after, while the rector's congregation, on the other hand, neve,- once sought to give any annoyance or to interfere in any way with the lecturer's service. " After having been closed in September by order of the bishop, who hoped that this step would put a• stop to the disturbances, on the 6th of November the church was re opened after the bishop's arbitration ; but, so far from the rector's concessions being met by a corresponding spirit on' the other side, the riots bgan anew with more violence than ever. The mob took possession of the seats occupied by the choir, and turned the clergy and choir out of their places in the church. They:shouted the responses aloud in the most indecent and outrageous manner, sometimes into the very ears of the officiating minister ; they tried to stop the prayers, lessons, and sermon, by continued coughing and hissing, stamping of feet, whistling, and slamming pew floors. They turned dogs, howling from the effect of drugs pm yosely ad ministered to them, into the church, on one occasion, and on another occasion crackers were let off, and munical in struments used in the church to disturb the service,. On more than one occasion clergymen and laymen were spat upon, pelted with stones, and had mud thrown in tteir faces in the streets. In short, the mob behaved just as the dregs of society would behave anywhere if they thought they might do so with impunity. Whether the local au thorities really did their best to check, or even to discoun tenance these disturbances, is a matter Which those who have read the papers must judge of for themselves. The presence of the police in church for several weeks hindered the outrages of the mob for a time, but the force was sud denly withdrawn on New-year's-day, notwithstanding the earnest request of the rector that the withdrawal might be gradual, and the riots are now worse than ever. " As it had been stated that the rector has forced a choral service on an unwilling congregation, it may be as well to state the origin of the choral services at St. George's. In 1844 the churchwarden illegally locked up the organ, and refused to allow it to be used at service at all, paying the organist's salary on the express condition of his refusing to play ; and this he did because the rector continued the use of the church militant, which was advised by the late bishop. After remaining for several months without any music whatever, members of the congregation at last agreed to pay a choir, so as to be independedt of the use of the organ, and in this way the choral service was begun, which has been continued uninterruptedly from that day to this— a period of fifteen years. No one can reasonably suppose that the choral service which is used in all cathedrals, in several parish churches, and at :the special services for the working classes at St. Paul's and Westrainstor Abbey could be any real cause or justification of the riots in ques tion. " About four years ago the rector invited some clergy men into his parish, who proposed to establish a mission in some large and poor parish, without any expense to the ;ehioners themselves, subject, of course, to the Bishop par., . ~ et , the t , ocess. Two mission chapels have since been opened by thernin the ( parish of St. George's, with Sunday and daily services, ._ , ree to all classes alike. They have esta blished and mainte.!ned Sunday and daily schools. Under their advice aid encomgement ladies have been associated together to visit and relieN: e the sick and to rescue the poor women of that neighbourhood from sin and misery. Very considerable expense has been inCurred in this way for the spiritual welfare of the parish, and :ouch good has really been effected by these means, while the return which they have received has been to be sneered at am jusulted, on some occasions put in peril of their lives, and to have their chapels invaded, and the services interrupted a riotous mob. Is it just and fair, then, that this state of things should be allowed to continue at St. George's ? NAtihz are those who violate no law themselves to be deprived of the protection of the law ? Can it be believed that there is stvy religious principle whatever in the riotous mobs which are thus tolerated and connived at ? Can it be believed that no way could be found of putting an end to such riots if they occurred at St. George's, Hanover-square, or St. James's, Piccadilly ? All that is asked for is fair play, and that Divine worship in St. George's-in-the-East should not be deprived of that protection which is extended in this land to all forms of worship." The vestry have appointed Thursday the 16th inst. for the election of a lecturer in the room of the Rev. Hugh Allen, M.A., who has been pro moted to the rectory of St. George's, Southwark. It is to be hoped that their selection will not tend to increaae the unhappy divisions which at present prevail in the parish. There are a' considerable number of candidates; but it is thought that the choice of the vestry will fall upon one of the 101- lowing gentlemen :—The Rev. George Eastman, 13. A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, rector of Drayeot Foliatt, Wiltshire, late curate of Stepney ; the Rev. Thomas Richardson, of St. Bees' Theolo• gical College, incumbent of St. Matthew's Church, St. George's-in-the-East; the Rev. J.P. Courtenav, 8.A,, late curate of Whitechapel. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-TIDE-EAST. Yesterday the following persons were brought before Mr. Yariley, at the Thames Police-court charged with being concerned in the disgracefu riot which took place in the parish church of St. George's-in-the-East on Sunday evening last : Henry Wright, aged 15, of No. 30, Brunswick street, St. George's, and James Humphrys, 17, of No. 20, Cannon-street, St. George's, charged with disturbing the congregation assembled for Divine worship ; Curston Cartjohn, 15, of 36, Buxton street, Mile-end Old-town, gold-beater, and Mary Ann Draper, 40, of No. 21, Warner -street, Clerken well, charged with obstructing Mr. Thompson, churchwarden of St. George's, in the performance of his duty. There was a large attendance of the vestrymen and ratepayers of St. George's opposed to the Tractarian innovations and ceremonials of the rector and curate in attendance. The proceedings were conducted with the greatest decorum, and formed a striking contrast to the noisy and blas phemous proceedings of the rioters in the church on the preceding night. The Rev. Bryan King, his curates, and choristers were not in attendance, and their absence prevented any of those hostile demonstrations of feeling outside the court which have happened on former occasions. Mr. Howell, solicitor and vestry-clerk of St. George's-in-the-East, conducted the prosecution, and, after Cartjohn had been arraigned in the dock alone, said there were four persons separately charged with offences in St. George's church on Sunday night, but it would be a great convenience to all parties, and save a good deal of the valuable time of the Court, if all the charges which arose out of one disturbance were taken together. Mr. Yardley—l see a number of charges from St. George's church on the police-sheets. If you can show the parties acted in concert, and went to the sacred edifice for one common purpose, they can be charged together. Let all the prisoners charged with being concerned in the riots in St. George's church last night be put into the dock. The prisoners having answered to their names, Mr. Howell said the charges arose out of a dis turbance in St. George's church on Sunday night. The service was a choral one, and unpopular with the parishioners. The unhappy state of things in the parish of St. George had been before the magi strates of the Thames Police-court so many times that he had no occasion to dilate upon them, or to trace the origin and cause of the disturbances. He should therefore call the senior churchwarden, who would give a fair statement of facts. On Sunday evening there was a tremendous disturbance in the church ; it was, indeed, fearful, and lasted during the whole time of Divine service. The church was crowded to excess, and the services and ceremonials were interrupted by yells, hootings, hisses, the singing of snatches of songs, and noises of every kind from all parts of the sacred edifice. Mr. Yardley—Snatches of songs ! Mr. Howell—Yes, Sir; and catcalls, whistling, and uproar of every description: The churchwar den's attention was particularly directed to the gal leries, where a number of boys were slamming doors, kicking the seats and benches, and making other noises. The churchwarden told them to be quiet. They would not. At last the churchwarden found it necessary to call in the police, and the church was cleared of the rioters. The prisoners, with one exception, were all young persons, and, no doubt, had been the dupes of designing persons who had escaped. Mr. Yardley—ln what shape, Mr. Howell, do you present your charge I' Mr. Howell—For interrupting Divine service. Mr. Yardley said, when the solicitor talked about designing persons, there must be a design. If there was a design or concert to interrupt Divine service, he did not see why all the parties should not be in dicted for a conspiracy. Mr. Howell said there was no doubt the rioters who went to the church had one common design— to prevent the celebration of Divine service. Mr. Yardley—lf there has been a design, you have scarcely been happy in selecting the objects of your prosecution. Mr. Howell—We are very unfortunate. We cannot get at the worst offenders—the adults who have got up these fearful riots. Mr. Yardley said it would be mere affectation to pretend not to know that the disturbances in the church of St. George's-in-the-East had been going on for some time, and were getting from bad to worse. Every means, therefore, should be adopted to put a stop to them. If there were persons whose precepts and advice had led younger and More igno rant individuals to take part in such highly dis graceful scenes, the designers ought to be put upon their trial on a charge of conspiracy. Mr. Howell—lf we could discover them we would certainly do that. Mr. Yardley must say, from the opening of the vestry-clerk, every person taking part in the alleged disturbances on Sunday night could be indicted for a riot or disorderly assemblage. It would bo pre mature for him to say what he would do until a prima facie case was made out; but, from the open ing of the solicitor, it was a question whether the persons sould not be proceeded against ley indict ment for a riot and tumultuous assemblage. He would see what the law was. Mr. Howell said there was the Act of Queen Mary against disturbances in a church, or disquiet atn, which was a highly penal one, a offenders io to severe punishment. disquiet ing g .lNl as r a . cb Y olne a gc r rt d ee l dg ey—Yes, and there is another Act of William and Mary ; but if the offenders were in dicted for a riot they could be still more severely dealt with. Mr. Yardley then read the definition of a riot from " Russell on Crimes and Misdemeanours," vol. i., Page 350 A riot is described to be a tumultuous disterbance of the peace by throe persons or more assembling togethi of their own authority, with an intent mutually ate assist ono another against any who shall oppose thnin In the execution of some enterprise of a private Nature, and afterwards actually executing the same in a violent and turbulent manner, to the terror of the people, whether the act were of itself lawful or unlawful." And the law was, that if any person encouraged, promoted, or took part in riots, whether by words, signs, or gestures, he was himself a rioter, for in that case all were principals. It was requisite that the people should know what the law was. Mr. Howell—lt is the earnest desire of the church warden that you should state what the law is, sir. Mr. Yardley—l h ave done so 'very often indeed, end with very little effect. I almost despair of doing any good. if the parties are proceeded against for riot they can bo more severely punished than they can be under the Act of Queen Mary, or Philip and Mary, which certainly gives me very extensis: e summary powers. Mr. Howell believed the boys in the dock were misted by others. Mr. Yardley—The question is whether they were together with a preconcerteP design in a place of public worship. If they disturbed the congrega tion in such a manner as to create a terror they could be indicted, and if found guilty would be subjected to a long term of imprisonment. Mr. Howell--I will not say there was a precon certed design among these prisoners living in dif ferent parts of the town. Mr. Yardley—You are not happy at all in your selection of offenders. Mr. W. J. Thompson, senior churchwarden of the parish of St. George-in•the-East, was then sworn. He said—l was present at the church last night. There was a very great disturbance—sing ing—whistfla? cat-calling, hissing and other un seemly demonstrations. It was a most disgraceful noise. My attention was called to boys in one of the galleries. I was told they had fireworks. I took a boy out who was conducting himself impro perly. I was interrupted by Cartjohn, who stood before , the oth er b oy, an d put difficulties in my way. He said, " Th at b oy has done nothing; let him go." I pulled Cartjohn out of the church, and gave him into custody. Cartjohn, was in the south gallery. Wright was in the north gallery. My at tention was called to the singing of " Rule, Bri tannia" during the sermon. I went to the north gallery and saw Wright kicking the seat and mak ing a noise. I told him to come out, and he would not. Mrs. Dr a p er t h en called out, " He has done nothing." I sent for the police, and slid I would not allow such'unseemly noises. I don't know whether they knew I was churchwarden. There was a good deal of noise in the centre of the gal lery, and boys were standing upon the seats. Hum- CAPTURE OF TWO CONVICTS. A most daring escape of two convicts from a rail. way train while in motion occurred shortly after four o'clock on Saturday morning last, on tho Great Western line between Reading and Twvford. It appears that 13 convicts were under orders of re moval frum Dartmoor prison to Chatham, and they were placed in the train in two lots, nine.bcing un der the charge of two officers, and the remaining four with one officer, occupying two separate com partments in a second class carriage. The convicts were fastened to each other by the hands with the usual irons and chains, and they were all orderly and quiet, nothing occurring to excite suspicion that any contemplated effecting an escape. The train left Reading soon after four o'clock on Saturday morning, and when three miles distant from the town two of the convicts, named John Brown and Robert Bevill, who were in the compart ment where there were nine, suddenly jumped from their seats and leaped through the window of the door, the train at the moment running at th e rate of 30 miles an hour. The officers in charge were natu rally amazed at their intrepidity, but on looking near the doorway it was discovered that both o them had managed to slip the irons from off h their wrists, and that therefore they were not shackled in any way in their movements. The other convicts , did not exhibit any desire to be refractory o the experiment of escaping not being on r o which they were disposed to adopt. On the arrival of the train at the Slough station the railway authorities were made acquainted with the escape that had been effected, and as it was Opposed that the convicts l-11ust.either have been killed or injured the wheels of the carriages were examined to see if blood was discernible.. None, however, could be traced, and therefore it was ima ginedweere nothk.ill.ed,. but tha d t . they that they Might have stistain d suc injuries as to Dia bl e them from getting f_ar away. Telegraphic mes f forwarded to the police, both borough pa es were :t Reading, and on Saturday morning and county, the chief cons table 9f the county gave directi ons . tef 66 nten i to examine ti;: woods and thickets be tween Reading iifid Maidenhead. This order was executed on Saturday and Sunday last, but with , opt any trace having been found, or any informa tion OThairied of the missing convicts. The police of the borough of Reading were very active in their inquiries, and had arranged.. for information to be gi+o.ll to them in the event . of any strange or sus picions men being seen in the town. Soon after the time for the commencement of service§ tt the places of worship in the town on Sunday evening, tWd men of remarkably strange appearance and dress excited the suspicion of a man passing along the Market-place. At once he pro ceeded to the polite-station, and the description he gave to Sergeant Townsend, the officer in waiting, led him to suspect that they were the men who had jumped from the train. He hastened to the Market-place, but the men were not there ; he pro , ceeded further, and meeting with Inspector Hardi man he communicated to him hit; they both mad e o ff f or t h e men. suspicions, and Th e pfficers saw them in the High-street, near the shop of hair dresser; Inspector Townsend get in front of f then turned round, at once seized both by the col lars, and charged them with being esceped con victs. In s p ec t or H ar di man i nstan tly took charge of Bevill, and Inspector Townsend held ti:.e other prisoner, Jowl Brown. The latter made a niC.st desperate resistance and used fearful epithets, say ing he wolild not be taken by one man. He swung his arms about violently, andstruck the officer a fear ful blow on the left eye, but Inspector Townsend retained his hold of the fellow. Police-constallle Penner afterwards came up, and Brown was safely lodged at the borough police-station. The man Bevill at once admitted that he and Brown. were escaped convicts and quietly walked to the station. The policeman hero examined the convicts, and Brown was found to wear a brown slop frock; un derneath this was a woman's old cloak and a shirt, and when the latter was pulled off the Dartmoor prison suit was visible. Bevill had only a smock frock over his prison dress. This conclusively proved that they, were the men who had escaped, and they were then removed to the county gaol for safe cus tody. When a remark was made that it was wonderful they escaped without a broken limb, Brown replied, " Ah, but it shook every bone in my body." Bevill was not in the least degree hurt by the leap. They admitted that after getting away from the train they walked to a wood in the country, tore down some branches from the trees, and covered them selves over for the day. At night they strolled about, and when they got to a cottage they entered and took the old hats and other articles of dress in order to disguise themselves. It was their intention to get to London, but they were afraid of going along the turnpike road. They walked about until, by roads they knew nothing of, they got into Read ing on Sunday evening. On Sunday the Berks po lice received information of a cottage having been broken open at Woodley on the previous night, and the articles found in the possession of the two convicts answered the description of what was re ported to have been stolen. On Monday morning the convicts were brought up before Mr. Micklem and Mr. Morris, two magis trates for the borough, charged with having unlaw fully made their escape from custody. They wore the Dartmoor prison dress, and when the evidence of Inspector Townsend had been taken as to their capture the magistrates remanded the prisoners into safe custody at the county gaol, for communi cation to be made with the authorities. Both were thoroughly unconcerned as to whrit was going on ; and Brown laughed heartily when the policeman described the dresses he wore over his prison suit. COUNTRY MARIETS. COLCHESTER—FED. 4. Only a moderate supply of wheat, and the best samples were taken at the full prices of last week; damp parcels difficult to sell. Malting barley of the beat description is becoming very scarce, and is fully la per qr dearer. Anne and peas taken freely at our quotations. Wheat, white ....44s to 50s I Beans, Mazagan..32s to 36s red 38s to 46s Middle & small 338 to'42s Barley 36s to 46s White peas 3k to 40s Oats ..20s to 28s Grey.. 326 to no CHELMSFORD-FZB. 3. There was a fair supply of wheat, but generally the trade was very dull, at about last week's prices for best; inferior the turn lower. Spring corn as before. Fine malting bar ley scarce, and firm. Wheat, white 408 to 50s red 38s to 43s Barley 30s to 37s Chevalier 32s to 42s Grinding 21s to 26s Malt 60s to 66s Chevalier 638 to 688 Oats 22s to 32s Peas, Partridge 376 to 386 White 37s to 396 Boiling 376 to 406 Dun 32s to 356 Beans, Tick 3Bs to 40s Harrow Ticke 40s to 436 Mazagan 35s to 378 DERBY— At our market yesterday wl the prices of last week. Bari White wheat, new, 47s to:511 Red do . 43s to 48s Old white 47s to sls Red do.. 438 to 488 Barley, malting 388 to 45s —FEE 4. heat held at no advance on ley advanced la. Barley, grinding 274 to 283 Oata, old, ~ —a to New do.. 23s to 27s 8ean5...... 44501494 Beans, new —s to —l5 GLOUCESTER-FEB. 4. At our market there was ;;tier a fair attendance, 'with a firm business doing. English white wheat, 45s to 47a; red, 43s to 46s per qr. Foreign, 46s to 605 per qr. In barley, oats, and beans no alteration. -YORK , -Fan. 4. An average quantity of wheat ...n offer, which made last week's quotations A tolerable supply of barley, and - fin• samples quite as dear. Oats and b sans steady. Wheat, red .40s to 45s Oats . 22s to 25s White do .46s to 50s Beaus 424 to 44e Barley , .32s to 40s Peas . ....344 to 37e Malt, 60s to 70s per qr.; rye, 32s per qr.; flour, 33s to 35s per sack. LEICESTER-FEB. 4. Fino flour, 33s 1 Seconds, 31s Thirds. 2 9s per 20 stone. There was a tolerable supply of wheat to-day, a fair attendance, and trade steady. White •wheat, 47s to 60s —red, 42s to 46s per 36 stone; a very fair inquiry for lino barley, grinding, 30s to 33s ; malting, 33s to 41e per qr.; oats, 24s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans—ad, 62s to new 42a to 44s per 38 stone. KIRKALDY—FEB. 4. Here to-day we had good supplies of wheat and oats, but small of barley. Sales ready. Wheat sold at rather lees money, oats without change, and barley again was a shade dearer. Wheat (N). Barley (N). First.... 40s Od 32s Od Second.. 46s Od 37s 6d Third .. 49s Od 405 Od Oats (N). 205 6d 26s Od 298 Od Oats (0). —s Od —8 Od —5 Od Wheat (0). Barley (0). First.... —s Od —5 Od Second.. —s Od .—s Od Third .. —s Od —s Od .ET—FEB. 6. the close of th• market.) Walls End. COAL MAR., (rrices of Coal per Ton at a. d. Hastings Hartley .. „15 0 1 . Tanfield Moor Butes..l4 0 1 Whitworth.. 16 West Hartley ..15 6 I Powell'sDuffrynSteam.22 6 Wylam 16 6 Ships at market, 17—Sold, 15. FOREIGN J!LIIL PACKET LIST. In the following table E signifies that letters are' deeps tolled by evening mails from London, and M by morning reeft„ -- it ' Ne . DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of .- 111 2, i ,` of Mails. Despatch. ' Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Feb. 11, E Southall*. Feb cos Ditto, via Marseilles Bahomas and Havana via New York Feb. 17, E Liverpool.. Feb . 1 5 6 Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Feb. 8, E Liverpool.. 1 6 • Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- 01l a Eton, and St. Helena Feb. —, 13 Dcvonport Mar China, Mang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Feb. 20, MiSouthamp. Feb. 1,.. 8 Ditto, via Di unifies Feb. 10 Ek Feb 34 Gibraltar, via Southampton.. Feb. 11, Southamp, Pcb. g, Honduras and Ulewfields .... Feb. 17, M Southamp. Feb. 1 ° India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton . Feb. 20 , Southamp. Feb. 19 Ditto, via Marse i lles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles . Feb. 18 2 FeLo.; IO Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos A Tres, a nd F. Islands .... Feb. 9, M outhamp. Feb. § Lisbon, Vigo, and 0p0rt0...,. Feb. —, 31 suthamp. Feb. ,11 Malta, Egypt, and Ades, via, Southampton Web. 11, .31 outhantp. Feb. g_ Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland - United States and British N America (by British packet) Feb. 11, 1' iverpool.. Feb. 5 Ditto (by U. S. packet) - West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Tenerifre Feb. 23 14 Liverpool.. Feb. 1 0 West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, &e. [ADVERTISBMENT.]—Mothers and ir.mrses will find D 6 Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food admirabli adapted to remove all disorders of the atom Itch and bowels to which infants, and children are at all time t; liable, such la indigestion, flatulency, colic, dysentery, d iarrhcea, conatv pation, debility and restlessness. It rift., mg, thens, no." rashes, and is used with more a d vantage • than milk ill rearing infants. We quote a few out of It) any testinw nials :—" Amsterdam, 31st Dec lBs2.—Ds ar Sir ,-01 11 ; child, up to the ag e o f eleven we ek s, was very delicate, on wasting-away, and milk, sago, and arrowroot t. turned i'n t on its stomach, cau s i ng great suffering. Wi ) then fed upon Du. Barry's Revalenta Arabica, which. agreed won: derfully with he r ; an d s h e is now, at the age of ni°,7 months, a plural:, and lively little girl.—Da Servo_• " Wildervank, Holl an d, 20th S ept. 1853 . —D ear Sir,—Or. baby, which Heaven presented us with tent nenths bac" was attacked, when four weeks old, with a t !lavas° of th • stomach and glands, by whi c h our seven Ina vious infant; had all been carried off, and this last child seemed destiny to follow its sisters and brothers before many days, for ellt doctor, a very able practitioner, had, during :three weak! , exhausted all his skill, and was at a loss what to pr escrio" next, when he advised ,Du Barry's BErvalecrita Arabic* which, I am happy to say, worked a groat chunge for tb:. better in a few days ; and in six weeks' time Etta child 1 /: perfectly well, and is now a cheerful Moon aing boy ... source of the greatest happiness to us E 'Vaginal: In tins, at ls. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., 6s. 9d. ; ~ 125.; 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, en r eceipt of per; office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-s tr eet, Load Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, A u v l, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, aid, 160, Olfeta street; 330 and 451, Strand • 49 and (30, Bishopsgor street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also. at Duna': Bewley 'and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Rail nes and at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Maneherr to v, Sharp of Scott; at York, Raises, Blanchard, and C .; at SoutP ampton. Randall and Son. BIRTHS. ASTLEY.-On the 4th inst., at 44, Albion-I street, Hi des park, the wife of the Rev. Charles T. Astle 3-, of a On CLENCII.-On the bth inst., at Balham-hill, Mrs. Echann Clench, of a son. Hors.'Ns.—On tho sth inst., at Hampstead, - Mrs. Monl e f Hopkins, of a son. PROWEIL—On the 3d. inst., at Dover, the vAfe of )1 0 , ° r Prower, of Purton House, Wilts, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BRAND—WILSON.---On the Ist inst., at St. Jain caetilly, James Brand, Esq., New York, to Wits Jw" Marianne Wilson, Regent-street. SAINTON—DOLISY.—On the 4th inst., at the French„ A a s nv bassador's Chapel, and afterwards at St. Georgw's, over-square, Prosper Sainton, Esq., of 6, Darlers.,l,"l... Berkeley-square, to Charlotte Helen Dolby, of .4, Atreet, Manchester- square. DEATH S. CLARKE.-011 the 6th inst., at 4, Il ea thcote-street, 141)4. ' lenburg-square, John Clarke, Esq., aged 87. .1-Lnurs.—At Botesdale, Suffolk, Robert Homer IlarritiP t ::4q., aged 67. JAuvx6, — At Southamptonostreet, Camberwell, J. 1 511fil Esq., age. ~1 76. LIZIGH.—On the sth inst., at 37, Portman-square, Dowager Lady Leigh. John LORD.—On the 3d inst., at Park Village Ea s t , Mr- Lord, a;ed 81. ‘ ORFORD.—On the 4th inst., at 7, Hallcin-street -West?l34l grave-square, Mary, Countess D owa ger of Orford. or/ RA.DCLIFFE.—On the 2d inst., at Penge, &ITO , T r ot Clifford Radclyffe, incumbent of St. Luk e ' s, - and of 36, Upper Bedford-place. frbooll. TApLIN.—On the 3d inst., at Kidling ton, Oxon, - 'laplin, Esq., aged 72 J - 00 , LONDON : Printed and Published by NIURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printed . at The fiuts Qfficel ° V a Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the co. Middlesex, lueaday, February 7, 1860. PAST] -LA CI The Con WADDIN daily at the Mi. Wat Shareholde *** In az speitfully i the present inadvertent eireumstane meeting wa ASTE CIT. The Share that at a Me of the taste Ways, held a gate-street, elected to th of the Easter being given, Mr. Love.—( 4th Feb.) At Meeti day last, Mr. their policy, in Mr. Wadd support thei February.) London Ta pußsuA -a- Chaneer3 another. plait fendants," th the Middle TE i, ha the cm In cy or-about th tors, on or-be and prove the Rolla, in the default . there( benefit of the Monday, the goon ; at the s ad indicating u Dated this 3 EDii WHERIE Chan and others arai the 19th day of made what chl Smith, late of l Wh o fed the Will, in the woi MieefonarySoe Moravi an Ml = Society ; the N , Orthopedic 114 Malta Protesta London. City Royal Free H Church Soviet amongst the Je don Society for phan Society, B Lion-aquare, LI the Brighton Di 'Wider the above are, by their try day of March, 1E chamhers of Vic No. 3; Stone Bui fault thereof the nefit of the said at one o'clock it Pointed for heat Ibove charities.- MARS( terrace Solioit P OYAL F 11) TUTIC S pounded 1148. Presider At this particu Irkleh are math helpless of hums actitteeln eittreal the medical of Initieuta very . circumstances; tl of funds alone ca bet. of in-patient The Hospital 1 Si many of whit] st the disposal o: lo;sll2"aftllcted either as in or ot The doors are bled by disease, 1 Contributionii req., Nichol as- ls znond and Co. ; Grots,, and Co. Jones, Lloyd am Williams. Dena bet and Co., Bern Rospital. The Weekly D The public are tween 12 and 4 a Buititows The Proprietor of the trade, nob' to their extensive BURROWS and purity of their-vd edged by the Dui `nes ae the incre t he 'And is a an& They beg to cal Vfinel, as bein g %macho. ALainaPle case, *ill be forwarder et, or a dozen foi It is a well-kna rte the greatest stomach, and dob amines will acoel bireiwthening. ai Their Tonic W Valids, both old a the homes of the acknowledged an faculty, both at h To prerert imp et the firm. All orders to bf A 1300 n..IVEN AV Bbovc. fo ICcet free, by the Lbt a directed env( MIDICAL FRI cons Debility Lo ildisestion, 'Dial ?wilt in consult plain directions A The True Guide 1 Mire. Every yo Ireirleif he values --British Critic Tavistock-square U EARRi T 1 the REVI tairablyAdapted liver, and bowel! , tion), habitual co narvensaess, bill, Iloisep In the ears I Yaterta, neura Palpitation, hen cramp', spasms, asthma, bronoh tlairito, restorin oo,'strong new tionat regularity, to the most divot Dr. Shoe Dr. Wnrzer. Die. tiriNGSTI APNICA. —The hay, suddenly is People in the Wee hitherto The 'proYince of hal of the Royal tint, and beauty commercially, en Contradiction in Africa The gr 4 lucent this firm' Itudying their,pl are most curious, requielm Ltrtnirston tonne ea Food, which sunaption,seroful small-p ox • and Years.. ) In Englea wonderful imp! tux dough; must' Pepsial. eonatips and restoring the enter energy to t from the many health has been after all other n Years, and all 1 a few expressie Cure No. 71, of the Lord Stuart benefit from Du Decks. "—Cure from dyspepsia, flatulency, spas! bare been rem( Jolly, Worthen' Field-)laraltal 1 tion of the eto rrefe..et of Lan , the serves an , 48,721 eu Years' fearful e. Nee. 47,121 311 Waltham Croft , . Indigestion. cat] Cure No 45,314 : l'erpool a cure ( Ile/I'OU irritabi constipation, dyl shorland, of tofu Allan, of enlargement of Cure No. 3 , .. 1 and daily von" diarrhoea and d consumption.—( Plater, of paraly timber uterohal 'tinge, spitting 4 -- Cure No. 51,51 (Indfgestioa), de •torntented her tarton, Ltice't The Dowager C Font irritability Virginia Zegue Cuedvilers re No. 180 a tipatiou, indl turered great Verve or reliei -arry's Food Fleet -street, LI ~tryousness, de ''' l nah my serve git ,„. eetnally curet b a hay to an - nidlin p g p ton Re( :cuesoive nervr and general del VA been radios ocd. Cure Net 8,906: r at debility h so "d. ' In. Canisters °Urrreflned qt eaniatorg 'marry Du Barr tna. Maaon, street t also at lde, 'Loudon ; Tres Store oSce