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

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND BLACKWALL. Yeiterday the half-yearly meeting was held at the London Tavern—Mr. T. N. Daniell, the chairman, presiding. The report has already appeared. The CHAIRALIN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they bad expended a large sum in widening and ex tending their railway, and he was therefore anxious to lay before the meeting the results which had been obtained from that expenditure. The sum laid out on the Bow line bad been £:239,69.1 ; on the Parliamentary account, 517,036; on the alteration account, £49,462; and on the station account, £336,150 ; total, £672;342. The 3;:arly returns had been as follow :—Bow traffic, £6,044; North London ditto, £11,481 ; Tilbury and Southend, £4,310 ; Eastern Countie:4, £4,854 ; interest, £2,500; goods traffic, £5,486; total, /38,815, which was equal to nearly o per cent. but then came the unsatisfactory part of the business, the smallness of their dividend. The tact. was their railway w as designed as a pleasure line, and at first they had had to contend with no competition. In %tie course of time, however, other lints had become inocu lated with the same idea, and there was now no side of London on which they did not meet with rivals. If, there fore, they had not connected themselves with other lines they would really have had no traffic left them at all. The traffic on their extensions was increasing, the falling off being on the main line. The traffic to Southend this autumn had been something enormous; especially when they considered how little there was to sae at Southend. Probably the popularity of the trip might be accounted for by the fact that it was the shortest route to the sea. A PROPRIETOR—It is actually less trouble to persons to go there than to cross London-bridge. (Hear, bear.) Mr. WHETIIAR and several other shareholders asked for an explanation of the sums of £3,027 in the capital account for surveying and valuing ; and ITIS for engineering, making a tatal of nearly £4,000 ; whereas the work to which it ap parently applied bad cost only £4,400. Mr . TITE said that when it was determined to widen the line in 1854, a bargain was made with the surveyors and en gineers that they should be paid hal iper cent. on the outlay. The amount of the commission could not, of course, be de termined until the cost of the land and works had been ascertained. The charge had therefore had nothing what ever to do with the works actually constructed during the half-year. Mr. G. Smrru observed that a few days before Mr. Ricardo, the chairman of the North Stafibrdshire Railway, had received a telegraph stating that the North-Western Railway had for the third time repudiated a traffic arrange ment which they had made with them, aad which had re ceived the signature of the Marquis of Chandos. Mr. Ricardo was quite astounded at such conduct, and he had told him (Mr. Smith) that if be had been treated so by his hoard he would not have retained his seat for a single moment longer. However, the conduct of the North- Western board was so much resented in Staffordshire that it had been determined to send a great proportion of the traffic (which was now worth something like £BO,OOO or £lOO,OOO. a-year) by the Midland to Derby, and thence by the Great Northern to London. That arrangement would, for the present, be inconvenient to shippers, and he was, therefore, anxious that this company should make such arran g ements at Ilaydon-square as would render the North Staitordshlre line independent of the North-Western, and bring a great increase of revenue to the Blackwell Company. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said the board was quite alive to the Importance of the subject, and he did not see any reason in the world why overtures should not be made to them with a view to carry out Mr. Smith's idea. (Hear, hear.) Mr. VENABLEB insisted on the importance of reducing the fares. He had made his own fortune, not by the anti quated system of large profits and small returns, but by the system of large returns and small profits. Unless the cam pany adopted the same plan they would never have larger dividends. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that frequent experiments had been made in the way of reducing their fares, but the result had not been found to support Mr. Venables' theory. A PROPRIETOR said that between London and Shadwell tbey actually charged more than the cab fare (hear). A SHAREHOLDER pointed out the necessity there was of relieving the overworked officials at Stepney; or, at any rate, of paying them better (hear, hear). The report was then received, and a dividend of 2s. 9d. per share was declared. Oa the motion of Mr. G. Smith, a resolution for consoli dating the shares Into stock was agreed to. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. NORTH LONDON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day atithesdlices Euston-square—Mr. R. D. Mangles, M.P., presiding. The report said—" The receipts for the half-year show an increase of £2,266, and the expenditure a decrease of £1,457, as compared with the corresponding period of 1857. The result of the half-year's transactions is that a net balance of £23,838 18s. ld. remains against £20,762 17s. 7d. last year, which enables the directors to recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £BB3 81. ld. to be carried forward. By ce-operation with the South-Westeru Company the directors have organised a sys tem of through passenger trains to and from Richmond and Twickenham. This traffic, commenced only in May last, Is fast rising into importance, and the directors hope that more extended relations with the South-Western Company may result from this arrangement. For the accommodation of a large population, which has recently sprung up in the district between Kingsland and Islington, the directors have erected a new passenger station at the Stoke Newington road. It will be opened for traffic in -a few days, and will, no doubt, assist in increasing to company's revenue. Dur ing the past half-year a commencement has been made in the issue of the company's 4 per cent. debenture stock, to a limited extent, to replace bonds falling due ; and, as opportu nities oiler, the directors will continue the same operation. The share capital of the company remaining unissued I amounts to £56,780, on which loans have been obtained. It would be desirable, in the opinion of, the board, that the I issue of these shares should be no longer delayed, and that the proceeds should be applied to the extinction of the lia bilities above alluded to. It is proposed, with the sanction of the present meeting, to offer these shares, in the first instance, pro rata, to the existing shareholders." The CHAIRMAN said that, having been requested to take the chair in the absence of Mr. Scott, the chairman, it was a matter of great satisfaction to be able to congratulate them on the best return they ever bad from the railway, especially as, with one or two exceptions, the traffic on every line in the kingdom had fallen off, and the dividends diminished. Holding his position as a representative of the London and North-Western Company, it was no little satisfaction for hint to be able to state that there was to be a dividen I of per cent., and that showed that this line was different from all other branches, and instead of de tracting from the London and North-Western, it could pay greater divid ends than that great undertaking could pay itself. There had been no falling off in the prospects of the company, fur the traffic since the Ist of July, as com pared with the corresponding weeks of 1857, in passengers and goods traffic, had increased. There were ether elements which would shortly come into operation, which ho hoped would add to their receipts. For instance, a station would shortly open at Stoke New ington, which he bad no doubt would add to their receip ts without incr easing the expendi ture. In May next the H am p stead Junction would be opened, and that could not fail to add to t he profits of the line. Though the company ha d three t i mes . previously paid dividends of 5 per cent, yet the capital was considerably less, and in no year they had been enabled to carry over so large a balance. (Hear, hear.) He hoped this would prove satisfactory to the proprietors — in deed, he had no doubt if there had been a bad report the meeting would have been mote fully attended. In the name of himself and colleague he begged to say they were greatly indebted to Mr Chubb, their secretary, for their prosperity, as it was mach due to the gxertions of that gentleman. He would now move that the report be received and adopted. In answer to questions from Mr. HERAPATII, The CHAIRMAN said that £86,000 debentures bad fallen due in July, and were renewed ;at 4 per cent. The new capital would be issued amongst the proprietors Fro rata. The report was adopted, the dividend decLred, and the usual vote of thanks passed. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. The half-yearly report states that it is not in the power of the directors to point, as on former occasions, to progres sive increase of receipts, the well known state of trade and mining industry, fur many months past, may be legitimately assigned as the cause. The receipts, including the balance from last half-year, amount to £116,234 Gs. 1(1., the current expenditure to £91,950 15s. 11.1c1., both of which include the revenue and expenditure on all the branches. The dis posable balance after payment of all interest, rentals, and ether outgoings, amounts to £28,000, which is equal to the payment of a half-yearly dividend at the rate of 81 per cent. per annum on the ordinary shares, leaving nearly 1::2,000 to be carried to next half-year's account. The amount alluded to in the last half-yearly report, as due from the Derweot Iron Company, is k. 23,242. As, ho wever , th e final repayment is guaranteed with interest, it has been placed to a' suspense account. The directors continue to feel a lively interest in the railway extensions westward; the formation of the South Durham and Lancashire Line is pro ceeding rapidly, the works of the Eden Valley Line, in ex tension of the South Durham and Lancashire Union towards l'enrith, &c., are about to be vigorously prosecuted. A new company, entitled the "Cleveland Railway Company," have obtained Parliamentary powers to construct about ten miles of railway in the eastern portion of Cleveland. The line in question has its terminus at Guisbre', and should the anticipations of the promoters be realised, the traffic ob tained through their exertions will be placed upon your line. The attempt made by the Cleveland Railway Company to carry their works from Gnisbro' to the Tees, and across that river, in direct competition with your Guisbro' Line, was defeated by the efforts of your directors, and by the ucania.ous vote of the committee of the house of Corn ier-MS The directors failed in obtaining the concurrence of the Legislature to the extension approved by you beyond Onisbro', and for the construction of a branch to cross the Tees below Stockton. The aims of your directors to open out further the mining districts, , to communicate directly Eastern and l est Hartlepo.l lines, and give with the North - new an d invaluable facilities to Stoc the trade bf ort tad b t h e improving town and p tier the present been frusirated„Other plans to secure these of i objects, which will ha ve the recommendationone to o greatly a p ai of the nainished cost, are, h owever , hoard. The company' s other pp have resulted in obtaining all the powers sought. The di rectors feel Amongst 'that several of these are so imp ortant as to war rant the employment of terms con g ratulation.ofthe them are— . powers fur the consolidation of t . he o c f ap c i a ta p l it o a ti leased lines and branches, for t he increaae anaatien (and for :rolling stock: and new branches, for the anialg consequent inc o rporation of the suanagetnent u , neer one _ title and in one b o dy) of the Wear Valley Railway Com puny, the M Iddlesbro' and Hedcar Railway Company, the _afiddlesbro' a uti Guisbro' Railway Company, the Darlington and Barnard t :astle Railway Company, with the Stockton and Derlingto a Railway Company, ow agreed and jest bases —to abandon t he making of a branch line in Weardale, no longer deemed necessary —foe the amendment and improve. ment of your existing lines—to make an extension from Hedcar ai,meg tae coast, via Marsk, to Saltlntrn, in the about six iniles—to make a branch corainuni- North Ridi 30 3 r i ntr west lines , __ via St. Helen's Auckland, to Eh Won betty and the North-Eastern line , about two jSi shop Atte! a.an The adjustment of capital arid share ec lat! a-half m des. v ided . for in the new acts, will be made as early em s tr on ts,si a b s le p ; ro i in doe course you will be called upon to sh . ares and nn such terms as action such issue of the new . determine to be expe di ent and ju s t . tb as PS may THE - SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP. An extraordinary meeting of the proprietors in this com pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern to Nor the report of the directors and committee of co-operation with respect to the prospects of the undertaking. The chair was taken by Mr. Hope, who was supported by Mr. Henry Berkeley, M.P., Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., and other directors. ➢lr. YATES, the secretary, read the report in question, which stated that the directors had met the committee of co-operation on the 20th and 28th of July, and that, having discussed the various propositions referred to them, it was unanimously resolved to submit the following recommenda tion—that the Great Eastern steam-ship should be put up fur sale by public auction ; but that if any adequate sum were meantime offered by private contract power should be given the directors to accept such sum as they might think fit. The CHAIRMAN said he would simply move the adoption of the report just read, which was the unanimous conclusion of the directors and the committee of management. He would, however, remind the meeting that if it acquiesced in the proposal now made it would be tantamount to acquies- . . ing in the sale of tke ship. Mr. TAYLOR said it appeared to him that the directors recommended the company to commit suicide. The preposition was absurd, as, if the ship were put up to public auction, the number of bidders must necessarily be so limited that the property would be sacrificed. He hoped the meeting would not entertain the proposition, as it would be far better for the proprietors to subscribe among themselves . . •••• ...•.,,..-- - to pay current expenses rather than have the property thrown away. It was possible that the Government might yet purchase the ship. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said the recommendation of the com mittee was that the ship should be sold by auction, but that if, iu the interval, any reasonable offer was made to purchase• her, the directors should be authorised to accept it. If this proposition did not meet with the approval of the meeting he confessed that he did not know what else was to be done. There were debts on the ship, open accounts, and acceptances, which could not be long delayed, and it occurred to the board that possibly a better sum could be obtained for the ship while it was in the possession of the eempany than in the hands of stranger. The board and the committee were of opinion that the best time to put the ship up for sale would be about the end of October, which would afford time for the shareholders or other parties to come forward. It was an unfortunate thing that the shares were held by large holders, who appeared in- disposed to risk any further capital in the speculation, Appeals bad been made to them, and they would not, or could not, respond. There were debts pressing upon the board, and all he could say was, that 'if any shareholder could strike out a course to release them from their present dilemma, better than that of the united wisdom of the com mittee of co-operation, they would be very grateful to him. Mr. TAYLOR inquired whether the proposition of Mr. Magnus (referred to at the last meeting) had received the consideration of the directors ? The CHAIRMAN—It was submitted to the board, and we looked upon it as too absurd to be entertained. It amounted to a proposition to sell the ship for £90,000. A SHAREHOLDER—For £290,000. The CHAIRMAN replied that the proposition in point of fact only involved a sum of £90,000, as the £OO,OOO would be required to fit up the ship. The £90,000 would only pay their debts. Mr. TAYLOR then read the proposition of Mr. Magnus and said that, in his opinion, the vessel would not fetch .£50,000 by public auction, whereas, if money could be raised to send the vessel to sea, she might yet earn large profits. He had been informed that four ships trading between Panama and Fraser River (calling at San Francisco), had earned a net profit of a million sterling. Here was a profitable trade in which the ship could be employed if she were once ready to go to sea. (Hear, hear.) A SHAREHOLDER suggested that, if the directors and shareholders were to meet together on the common ground of partners in a great undertaking, they might be able to de vise means of extricating the company from its present diffi culties. The proposition of Mr. Magnus, and tbat of Mr. Guedalla had both some good features, and it was possible that if all parties could come together, the funds might be got to finish and equip the ship. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BAKER (a director) observed that the impression on his mind was that the board had already done all in their power. They had failed, and it would be unfair of them to hold back from honest creditors the money that was due to them. If they could not pay their debts they were bound as honest men to sell the ship. (Hear, hear.) He had also the conviction that if the vessel were offered for bona fide sale, there was too much spirit and national feeling in the country to allow it to be sold for a song, and that amongst the 30,000,000 of people iu the United Kingdom 250,000 could be got to subscribe £t each to purchase the ship. The sum of £250,000 was all that was now required to purchase a tonnage of 25,000. Mr. TAYLOR inquired whether It might not be well to appoint a committee to consider the terms proposed by Mr. Magnus? (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Magnus had offered no terms whatever; all be had asked was, that a month might be given him to do that which the shareholders could do them selves. Sir JOSEPH PAXTON put it to the meeting whether it was likely that they would ever see a single farthing of their money if the proposition of Mr. Magnus were carried out. The proposition of Mr. Magnus was in point of fact to give 10 per cent. to any new company, and to divide with the old shareholders any surplus that might remain after paying 8 per cent. insurance, and setting aside a certain sum for wear and tear. He looked upon such a proposition as per fectly absurd. A PROPRIETOR said the company was precisely in the position of a man who had commenced building a house which be had not the means to finish. The only alternative was then to sell, unless indeed they could get some one to lease the ship. The Rev. Mr. NicuoLsoar said that the company were I not precisely in the position of the man who commenced building a house which he had not the money to finish, as he could mortgage the house and thus obtain the means to finish it. (Hear, hear.) It appeared to him that the directors had not used all the powers which the &ct of Par liament gave them to extricate the company from its diffi culties. (Hear, hear.) Indeed a friend of his bad been informed 14,other day by one of the officials on board the ship that Met Hope (the chairman) was " nibbling at it." He was, he believed, one of the largest shareholders in the undertaking, and he would certainly apply to the Court of Chancery for an injunction to restrain the directors from selling the ship by public auction. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—With regard to the accusation of my "nibbling at the ship," I can only say it is a perfect delusion, as, I assure you, I am quite willing to sacrifice every shilling I have in the concern, provided I may never hear her name again, for she has been a perfect tomcat to me for the last three or four years. I have sacrificed time, melees', peace of mind, in fact, everything that a man can sacrifice for this concern, and the only thing I have to blame myself for is that I have not made the rev. gentleman pay up the calls on his shares, which he has not done up to this moment. (Hear, bear.) The Rev. Mr. NICHOLSON said that he had not paid the two or three hundred pounds in dispute between him and the directors simply because the company owed him more than he owed therm. After a good deal of discussion, in the course of which several suggestions were thrown out for raising the money, Mr. GUEDALLA asked whether a sufficient sutu might not be raised on mortgage to satisfy the more pressing creditors. The CHAIRMAN—We cannot borrow more than we have already borrowed. If £40,000 could be cot in the course of a week or so we might be able to hold matters over. Mr. BEATTIE (one of the members of the committee of co-operation) said that one of the schemes submitted to them was to transfer the ship to a new company, on payment of the debts now due upon her, and then to raise the addi tional sums, upon the most economical estimate, to fit the ship for sea. A PROPRIETOR suggested whether it might not be better to pass a resolution, empowering the directors to sell the ship in the month of October next, in the event of their not being able to get any parties to lease her. The CHAIRMAN said that with the exception of the leasing powers the proposition of the bon. proprietor was precisely similar to that made by the board. This report was then received with two dissentients. On the question that it be adopted, another animated de bate ensued, when The CHAIRMAN sa'd that Mr. Freshfield, the solicitor to the company, had drawn up a resolution which might meet with the general concurrence of the meeting. It was to this effect—" That the d'rectors be and are hereby authorised to receive proposals for the private purchase or oharter of the ship, and that in the event of f.ilure, they be authorised to advertise her for sale by public auction, and that mean time builds be raised by mortgage nr preference shares on such terms as the directors should think fit, and that no sale be concluded without the consent of the share holders." Mr. TAYLOR strongly protested against the words, " sale by public auction," and ins t an ced the case of the Screw S te am-ship Company, which advertised its vessels for sale at a reserved price of £lB per ton, and could not get a single offer. (Hear, hear.) He moved, as an amendment, that the words " sale by p u bli c auction" be struck out of the re solution. The amendment having been seconded, was put from the o.air, but negatived by 22 to 7. The original resolution was then carried. A suggestion hawing been made, that the committee of co-operation should be requested to act in coucert with the directors, in carrying out the resolution, it wts reappointed accordingly, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the proceedings terminated. LORD BROUGHAM.—The Carlisle Journal thus describes the workmanlike style in which Lord Broughom went through his dutits iu cutting the Ii st sod of the Eden Valley Railway a few days ago :—" Lord Brougham re ceived from the brawny navvy who stood beside him a neat spade, with which he cut the first sod, and threw it into a handsome mahogany barrow, which had been previded for the occasion. His lordship then, with a vigour as remark. able as it was characteristic, wheeled the barrow along some planks that had been laid for a distance of some ten or a dozen yards, emptied its contents, and then, in a truly navvy-like manner, turned his back, and pulled the barrow to the point whence he sin! ted. During the operation, the most deafening cheers resounded from every part of the dal.. His lordship appeared to be much amused with his own performance." [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Holloway ' s Ointment.—Ex tract of a letter from Mr. E . dated I d 9 r , u i e s e s l ,2 S t : ,_ta , f , 5 1 9 ., , ) Catherine-street, DevorTort, _ , l .—Sir,—Mr. Bleaker, of Char otte near Devonporr, suffered severely lbr from a wound in his leg. He tried more than seven years d. Charlotte street, I t: e ° e k t 8 ; I% ° ' r e w i 1 .1 " a l i s - ii s , N l v g a e Y , ihneNilaaitnl vain, as de A v t is l e e , n b g u ti t i in the course of t and P il ls, which, l e t t e w r o y u r l d e remedy y healtli a t by m re course to your Ointment their eiea i t r a e i a d tm eo e u n l t d . I d sires this statement to be ex cellent health." Mr. Blanker desires thin afilictol may that others sim il a rly a few weeks, perfectly cured 't, and he is now in most published in the hope receive the same relief by the same means. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-AUG. (Before Mr. Commissioner Gonlburn.) IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF THOMAS BULL. The bankrupt was a grocer and draper at Hambledon, near Southampton. The balance-sheet commenced Sept., 1857, with a surplus of £317. The claims of unsecured cre ditors are £2,189; good debts, £455; property, £1,685. The assets, but for the inevitable depreciation by realisation under bankruptcy, would be adequate to payment in full of all the creditors. By far the greater portion of the expendi ture, both trade and personal, was vouched. This was the certificate meeting. There was no opposition. The official assignee said the property hal realised £1,659. The Commissioner asked what was the cause of failure, and was informed that the bankrupt left his home one day, and was not heard of until a considerable time after the adjudication had taken place. He then "turned up" at Barb, tinder rather retnarkable circumstances, but had since then conductel himself with great propriety, and much to th e sat weel ion of his creditors. The Commis:ioler observed, that as the bankrupt seemed to be labouring under some mental excitement ke would not examine him; the manner in which he had quitted his home indicated a little aberration of intellect. He was clearly entitled to a certificate of the second-class. Second-class certificate grantr d accordingly. IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF CHARLES AYTON. The bankrupt was a builder, and carried on business at Attleborough. This was the last examination meeting. Claims of unsecured creditors, £1,443; do. holding security, £3lB ; good debts, J;2112 ; property held by creditors, £405. Messrs. Lucas and Bagley appeared pro and con. It was stated on behalf of the assignees that the bankrupt had in May last made an assignment of his property to his creditors, and that a short time previously he had received for building a rectory £2,000, of which sum no account was rendered in the balance sheet. The rectory seemed to have been a bad job, for Ayton stated that though he only re ceived £2,000 it cost him £4,000. An adjournment eine die, with protection, was ordered. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—GUILDFORD, AUG:'IO. (Before Mr. Justice Willes and a Special Jury.) BROWN V. BARNERD. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the loss of the services of his daughter, by rea son of her seduction by the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Ballintine and Mr. Russell were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. F. H. Lewis were fur the defendant. Sergeant Ballantine, in opening the case to the jury, said hat the plaintiff was a person in a very respectable position of life, who formerly kept the King's Head, in Lower-street, Islington, and at present clzried on the same business in Suftlilk-street, Southwark. His daughter Susan, who was the subject of the inquiry, was about 20 years of age, and the defendant was about 24. It appeared that Miss Brown had acted as barmaid to her father at Islington, but at the latter end of last year she, by his consent, was engaged in the same capacity at the George public-house in Lambeth walk. The defendant carried on the business of a general dealer opposite the George, and he used to go there fre quently, and paid attention to Miss Brown, a nd an intimacy took place between them. This continued until the month of December when, in consequence of some disagreement with her mistress, the plaintiff's daughter left the George, and went to visit her aunt, and it was just before her depar ture that the first improper intercourse took place with the de fendant, and it appeared that it was at his own house that it happened. It appeared that the intercourse took place only upon one occasion, and in the month of May following the young woman was disco vered to be in the family-way, and upon her being questioned about the matter she stated what had taken plied between her and the defendant, and the latter w as a p plied to with a view to ascertain what he intended to do in the matter. He, however, appeared to treat the affa i r ver y lightly, and the plaintiff, on the result, was compelled to bring the present action. Susan Brown, the daughter, a good-looking young woman, was called as a witness. She gave tier evidence in a very modest and proper manner, and a ccording to her statement the defendant committed the act imputed to him at the beginning of December last year. The witness was subjected to a rather severe cross-exa mination by Sergeant Parry, who, upon the instructions given to him, put several questions with a view to show that she had been on terms of improper intimacy with other young men, and also that she was d'scharged from the George by her mistress in consequence of her talking to much to the young men at the bar. She, however, indig nantly repelled the accusations that were brought against her, and denied most positively that she had ever been inti mate with any other man than the defendant, or that there was any truth in the suggestion that she had been discharged by her mistress for improper conduct. Mrs. Brown, the mother, deposed that it was with her and her husband's consent that her daughter Susan went to be barmaid at the George, and when she left they knew that she went on a visit to her aunt. This was in December, and witness went to fetch her home, and when she saw her daughter, she observed that she was very much flurried, and she kept her bed ou the following day. They had several other daughters besides Susan, and they were all living at home. Upon discovering that her daughter was in the family-way, she and her husband went es t o k e t d h e w d h e a f t e n h d i s a nt nt a e n e d t i 0 t n o s l d were. him w He a e t had at fi h r a e p t pened,and denied e all knowledge of such a person as her daughter ; but at length he said, in a jeering tone, " Oh, Brown, Brown ; I think I recollect seeing her at the George." He afterwards said that he believed she had been in his room on one or two 1 occasions, but that nothing wrong took place between them. The daughter we recalled, and she slated that the affair with the defendant took place on the same day she went to her aunt's. Mr. T. Brown, the plaintiff, said that he formerly kept the King's Head, Lower-street, Islington, and his daughter acted as barmaid at that house until she went to the George in Lambeth-walk. When she had been there three months it appeared that she did not suit, and she consequently le.. and went to visit her aunt. Witness first found that she was in the family-way in May of the present year, and he immediately went to the defendant's house. He at first said that he dig not know him, and had cever heard of his name before, and knew nothing of his daughter. He subs - ruently said, in an insulting manner, that lie recolected the name, but that witness was quite mistaken in the matter so far as he was concerned, and that lie had better go to Islington and make inquiries, and he would find it all right. James Brown, a little boy, a brother of the plaintiff's daughter, proved that upon one occasion he was out welking with his sister, and they passed the defendant's house, and the defendant called them in and gave him a cake, and took his sister upon his knee and kissed her. Sergeant Parry having stated that he did not intend to call any witnesses, Sergeant Ballantine summed up the case for the plaintiff, and he urged in indignant terms that the instructions which had been given by the defendant to his counsel, who was, of course, bound to act upon them, to endeavour to vilify the character of the young woman, upon whom he had already inflicted so deep an injury, without calling a single witness to prove what was suggested, had materially aggravated his case, and showed that he must be a most unmanly and un feeling person. He then submitted to the jury that the case for the plaintiff had been clearly made out, and that it was one in which they ought to give exemplary damages. Sergeant Parry then made a very temperate and able speech on behalf of the defendant. He said he did not deny that under this peculiar form of action the defen dant was liable to pay damages to the plaintiff in conse quence of what had taken place between him and his daughter, and the only question for the jury was what amount of damages they ought to award under the circum stances. His learned friend had need a good many strong epithets towards the defendant, and bad. said anything that he considered likely to influence the minds of the jury and induce them to give heavy damages. All he could say in reply was that if they did give extravagant damages, it would not only be the ruin of the defendant, but the effect would be that the plaintiff would not get a farthing. He bad never attempted to di pute the liability of the defendant, but although, where matters of this sort occurred between a man and woman, the former was held to be legally respon sible, he said he was sure tbat the jury would agree with him that in the case cif a connection between a young woman sf 20 and a young man of 24, the seduction, as it was called, was not always on one side only, but both parties were frequently equally to blame in the transaction. In conclusion he said that the July ought to look at all the circumstances us men of the world and common sense, and having sots and daughters of their own, and lie said he felt satisfied that if they did so they would see that the justice of the case would be amply satisfied by a moderate amount of damages. The learned Judge having summed up, the jury after a short deliberation returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages, £l5O. SAMUELS V. DENNIS. This was a special jury cause. Mr. Hawkins was for the defendant, and Mr. Watkin Williams for the plaintiff. This was an action of slander brought by the plaintiff, an extensive watch and clock maker, in Clerkenwell, against the defendant, also a tradesman occupying a respectable position in the same locality, in order to vindicate his cha racter from certain imputations that were alleged to have been cast upon him by the defendant. _ _ ' Mr. Ilawkins, on behalf of the - defendant, said he was instructed to state that whibt he enip`iwically denied ever having intentionally or at all made use of the alleged ex pressions, he at once freely admitted that whether he said them or not, there was no foundation in fact fur any such imputations upon the plaintiff's character or conduct. Mr. NVatkin Williams said, on behalf of the plaintiff, that the explanation and apology of the defendant were all be had Bier desired, and he was willing that the case should be amicably settled, each party PaYille his own costs. A juryman was titan withdrawn by consent. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WELLS, Aun. 10. CROWN COURT. . (Before Mr. Balm Watson.) THE CRUCII ST. MICHAEL MURDERS. The case for the prosecution lasted the whole of yesterday, and was sought to be established by the evidence of nearly 50 witnesses, who deposed to the various facts stated by Mr. Coleridge in his opening address to the jury. Mr. ICingdon addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. It was his duty to address them for the prisoner charged with this fearful crime, and he besought their anxious atten tion to the remarks he should have to offer to them. The enormity of the crime had led public opinion to the conclu sion of the prisoner's guilt; it had been discussed through the leng►h and breadth of the land ; but he would ask the jury to exclude from the it minds all they had heard or read upon the subject. Responsible as was his duty, still more so was their task responsible. Let them b. jealous of any un due bias that might exist in their minds. He would ask them to go through fact by fact, and to weigh each fact ac cording to English law—not to convict upon conviction alone, and if any doubt existed the prisoner should have the benefit of it. The prisoner was a young mall who had lived nearly all his life with his !vrandfat her, and the charge against him now was in reality that he had murdered his grandfather and grandmother ; and let them first inquire what could be his object or motive in taking from the world those who were most dear to him in life. The prosecution suggested two motives. Let them examine them one by one. The first motive ww, that he had incurred some debt for drink, and bad stayed away longer than he ought ; and they were crime. uature Let them judge by asked to believe that this imprudent act had induced him to grandfa . ther, kill his grandfather and his grandmother. Could they imagine that such a single act should have led to such a after noon on the best of B T u h t ey i if :ti n e d ii motive im sp spending had di g h e s t i t 7 r e e tpr previous v against thethe common feelings of human o t f h t e e r r e ms any .t i i ll-feelino• against his grand mother. The second motive was he had heard his grandfather the old man, and arranging to accompany him the next morning to Bridgewater. stairs, and the suggestion was that, h on the previous even ing say that lie bad Do up act. But the witness called to that this motive had led to the r a o r v d e this Ellen j ees wouldanti not swear that the prisoner hie EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1858, Hayman heard no such conversation. It rested entirely upon the evidence of one witness. These two motives, he sub tad, bad entirely failed. Leaving the case, then ' free frcm any motive let them go to the facts. He agreed that they must take all the factstogether • but they must exa mine them individually and separately. The first fact was his asking how ti e touch-rag was made, and Read told him ; but it was Read who suggested that rock powder might be used for firing a gun. That conversation, if true, did not originate in any desire on the part of the prisoner to obtain powder, for it was Read who had suggested in what manner it might be used; but there was no corroboration of this statement. Read said that the prisoner had accompanied him to ins house. Mrs. Read said the prisoner came after her husband had been at home an hour, and said he had come to ask William to lend lam a bit of powder, and this was inconsistent with the story told by Read. Then it had been said that he stated he wanted it for Miss Morris's fowls, which had the pip. Miss Morris had been called, and she was indignant at the Idea of the fowls having the pip, but she admitted that ;he did not, know what the pip was. C, Ind they place any reliance nit this suggestion ? The next feet was as to the Wesel. Mr. Herapatli said he could not say it was human blood ; and he said it 111113 t, have spurted te am same wound. Did not that, at once remove all suspicion of its being human blood ? because the surgenu had stated that the blood frem the old woman's throat would not have spurted out, and the old man had been shot by some one standing at a distance from him. They must recollect tint the prisoner was in the habit of assisting his grandfather in killing pigs. The blood, therefore, was out of the question. Time next point was that the old man had died from a gun shot wound, aad that some days before the prisoner had filed a piece of iron at a blacksmith's shop; but of what importance was that? In an idle moment he had taken up the iron. The surgeon had stated that in his opinion the wound was inflicted by a round bullet. What then became of the idea of the piece of iron ? The 'next fact was, that there was a gun in the house, and of so peculiar a descrip tion that no one but the prisener could have used it. As to the gun being in the house there was nothing in that. Upon the examination of the gun yesterday, he thought that the suggestion that the prisoner alone could use it was at an end, for upon trying the gun in court it stood both at half and full cock. Goldsmith, the policeman, would have them suppose that the prisoner was the first man who had sug gested that his uncle had been shot, whereas the evidence proved that the gun had been found three hours before, and it had been suggested that the old man had been shot with that gun. Then his friend had prominently set forth the fact of the prisoner's havin g gone to ask the n um b er o f th e £5 note. lie, however, submitted that that did not go one step towards proving the guilt of the prisoner, but quite the contrary ; for it was the very thing that any reasonable and sensible person would have done in endeavouring to discover the murderer. He would seek to know the number of the note, in case it should be offered for change by any one, so that it might afford a clue to discover the perpetrator of the crime. If the prisoner had had a sinister otject would he have taken the policeman with him ? The next step was one upon whinkmuch stress had been laid by th e prosecution ; he meant Oda difference of the statement. of Mr. Meade King and the prisoner as to the ladder and looking in at the window. Ile wished Mr. M. King, a ma gistrate, had not shown so much zeal as to go and subject the prisoner, of whom he had a suspicion, to a most severe examination. But he was glad he had done so, for it proved no inconsistency in the prisoner's conduct. The first grave charge wade by Mr. King was that the ladder had not made a sufficient impression on the soft earth of the garden, when it was first put there, according to the prisoner's statement. What had Mr. King done ? He had the ladder placed in the same position ; and he bad gone tip twice and the prisoner once, and then be stated that the impression was much deeper. It was unwarthy of the prosecution to have relied upon such circumstances. Then came the question as to the prisoner's not having seen anything in the bedroom. But what was the conduct of Mr. King ? He had been in the bedroom, he had inspected it, and was aware that a murdered woman was lying in the bed ; and then with his mind so preccupied, he had looked into the room; but if a stranger had looked in ae the window, all he could have seen would have been the appearance of some body in the bed. There was nothing else fur him to have seen, for there was no blood visible. Therefore, the prisoner, looking in hastily without his mind being pre pared for anything, had nothing to lead his mind to the fact of his grandmother being murdered, and if he had not looked into the window in a particular way, as Mr. King admitted, be could not have seen the bed. But Mr. King said, look which way he would, he must have seen the timings strewn about the floor. But when the prisoner looked in before 6 o'clock the deed might not have been en tirely complete, for +he repo . l of the gun was not heard till 20 minutes to 6 o'clock. M;ght it not have been that, when the prisoner was rattling at the door, the author of the deed had not completed his work of pillage ? He might have finished that after he had been disturbed. Then he came to the last of the many facts that had been strung together by the prosecution to connect the prisoner with this crime—he meant the only strong fact in the case against the prisoner. He did not conceal from himself that it was one which might lead to a suspicion ; but it was of so vague a charac ter that they could not place any reliance upon it. On the Thursday morning they found a bundle in the pigstye, and ' it contained a knife and a letter belonging to the prisoner. At first it was suggested that the handkerchief was a strong . fact, but one of the jury had exploded that by saying there were one hundred dozen of that sort of handkerchiefs made by the same manufacturer ; and the only thing spoken to was that Mrs. Nation had heard that it was hemmed by a child. Were they to convict a man of murder upon such a circum stance ? With regard to the knife and the letter—what possible motive or object could the prisoner, had he coin witted time murder, have had in putting such articles into the bundle, which would convict him of time crime? It was so improbable that he would rsk them, in the name of com mon sense, whether they could believe the prisoner could have done such a thing. Could they believe a man would be so insane? The prisoner had what might be called a double home at his grandfather's. If he had not his knife and his letter in his pocket they would expect to find theta lying at one or other of his homes. If any foul murderer melee into the house and took all the property he found lying about, they would expect to find those articles among others which lied been stolen, and these things were found with the sugar-tongs and the £5 note. Could they suppose, if the prisoner had committed the act, that he would have taken j the trouble to take the knife and letter from his pocket and put them into this bundle ? Could any human being suggest an object for such a course ? It was not as if the murder had been committed with time knife. If that supposition should be rejected as absurd, what wrs time other alternative ? That he, being at the cottage—his home by day—might have kept little things belonging to hint ' there. What more likely than that, after using the knife to eat his supper, he might have left the knife where he had sopped ? If he had committed the act he could not have been such a madman as to have put those timings in the bundle. The greater probability was that the knife was lying carelessly about the inn and was taken up by the plun derer. Why, when the policeman searched the prisoner and asked if he bad anything eke, the prisoner at once said, " Yes, there's my knife," and he searched in his pocket for ' it. If he bad put the knife in the bundle would he have named the knife? Then, as to the letter; he had itnagined it was a loveletter. Had he left that about as well as the knife? or had it dropped out of his pocket? The grand mother might have found it, and seeing it was a love-letter, she might have become alarmed, feeling that he could not keep a wife, and might have taken charge of it ; and the murderer in search of plunder might have caught that up with the £5 note. But there was one little fact which ap peered to him conclusive of the prisoner's innocence. They had heard that some of the proceeds of the robbery had been found in a straw rick, deposited in a glove. To whom did that glove belong? Was there a tittle of evidence to con nect that glove with the prisoner or with Mr. and Mrs. Bucknell ? Was it not conclusive that some person to whom that glove belonged had committed the murder ? But not only was there this strong fact but there was another equally cogent ? A£s note had been found in the bundle. Mr. Bucknell had said he bad £4O upstairs. Where was the other £35? Had the prisoner got it? Not one farthincs. was found upon him. Where was that £35? It was clear there must have been some person connected with the murder who was a stranger to the house, and who had the £35. Put all the facts together, anti weigh them sepa rately, and lie thought, although there might be sus picion, yet there was not a conviction such as they could act upon. If they had some facts which raised a suspicion, let them compare theme with the general bearings of the case, and if they found the general facts consistent with the prisoner's innocence, then how could they say the prisoner was guilty? It was material to consider the time. It was clear that the report of the gun was 'heard at 20 minutes to 6, therefore that roust have been the time at which the old man was murdered. Then, it was clear that the prisoner was at the gateway with his fattier just before 6 o'clock; therefore they had the two points of time-20 minutes to 6 and 6 o'clock. The time of the prisoner was clearly accounted for after 6 o'clock. Thus, as to his time before 6, it did not appear when he was seen going to the Cottage Inn on that morning ; but they had been asked to believe that, because it so happened that no one saw him go there—he was there before the gun was discharged, and, further, that they had gone by a short road through the fields. They were asked to believe this without any evidence to support the proposition. Why were they to take any such timing for granted? To found two such theories upon such a presumption of facts was what he should not have expected from this prosecution. They would not set upon such wild specula tion without some evidence to support it. The prisoner, when examined by Mr. Meade King, said he arrived at the inn shortly before six o'clock, and what was there to contra dict it? A man named Willes was called to prove that the prisoner did not pass along the road between five and a quarter to six, and he then left his gar den and went into his house. Why, that was what he (the learned counsel) wanted to prove. That quarter of an hour would be the very time the prisoner %wend have gone along the road. That was the strongest possible point in favour of the prisoner. If he did not go along that toad betweep five o'clock and a quarter to six he could not be the person who committed the act. To get over this the prosecution asked them to believe that he had gone across the fields; but, why were they to jump to suea a conclusion ? That disposed of the qmiestion of time, and that was only consistent with the innocence of the pri soner. He would now assume that the gut) which deprived Mr. Bucknell of life was discharged at 20 minutes to 6, and he would assume that Mr. Bucknell's life was taken first. It was, therefOte, mos t probable that some o ne was concealed in the cellar, and had shot Mr. Bucknell Qpon his entering that cellar. Then the deat h of Mrs. Bucktell was accomplished. This must have taken time. What did the murderer do next? Ile ransacked the house. He must have selected the things and tied them in the bundle. He must have put the silver in the glove; must have got out of the house, gone to the pigstye, an d concealed the bundle , t hen to the pond to wash the hay knife, and then to the straw rick to hide that knife and the glove,—and they were asked to believe that the prisoner did all this in 20 mittens. But the owner of the glove might have begun this deed at 20 minutes to 6, might have murdered both these unha p py per sons, and might have been disturbed by the prisoner's rattling at the door, and during the time tint the prisoner went to Mr. Mortis's house the murderer might have con cealed the things and escaped. The person who committed the murder was evidently disturbed while in the act of plunder, for Mr. King bad told them that everything in time room indicated that the person must have been disturbed. What a medley of things was in time bundle, —the knife, the key, the letter, time tongs, the £5 note, and the halt fait tnegs—and yet the silver spoons were lift in the room ! lie conk! not conceive anything extraordinary in the conduct of a stranger who, having committed such murder, should conceal his plunder upon time premises. The next inquiry was the conduct of the prisoner at the time and immedi ately after the discovery of the murder. It WIS within their experience that there were some signs about the conduct of a murderer. But what was the conduct of the prisoner? Had he committed time act they would hardly expect tint iummediately after it he would have gone to request the neighbours to come to the spot, and then would have gone to time Star Inn to endeavour to discover the number of the nete. Was there any confused manner, or anything to lead them at the time to cast any suspicion upan him? There was nothing extraordinary or improper in his conduct. He actually in vited the policeman to go and search the pigstye, where, if he was guilty, the most damning proofs aeainst Min would be found. He had now gone through all the facts, and he asked them to weigh them in every way. Until he came to the knife and the letter there was not a fact worthy of their consideration, and he submitted as to these it was impossible to suppose that the prisoner had pat them into that bundle. Would they, upon that fact alone, convict the prisoner? If they found there was some suspicion, let them lock at the conduct of the prisoner, and he then submitted that they tins teel that seine other person had committ,d those most fold acts, and that the prisoner must he innocent. They were nut to convict a man upo❑ mere suspicion, hut a sus picion beyond all doubt; and they must bear in mind that it was a cardinal doctrine in the adminwration of criminal jus tice in this country, that if the jury had in their minds any reasonable doubt of the guilt of the accused they must give it in favour of the prisoner. Mr. Baron Watson then summed up the case. They had been assisted with the most singular ability and ingenuity by the counsel on both sides. They were not there for the purpose of allowing persons to escape from crime, nor were they there to convict any person without sufficient proof of his guilt. They were not to convict upon suspicion, but to convict only upon legal evidence leading to a conclusion that would satisfy them beyond all reasonable doubt that the prisoner was the person who had committed this act. The jury retired at half-past 12 o'clock to consider their• verdict, an: returned at five minutes to one, and then gave a verdict of guilty. Mr. Baron Watson then passed sentence of death upon the prisoner. NORTH ERN CIRCUIT-LANCASTER, Atm. 9. The learned Judges of this assize attended Divine service yesterday at the parish church. This morning their Lordships sat at 11, Lord Chief Baron Pollock charging the grand jury and trying prisoners, and Mr. Baron Martin trying civil causes. The cause list contains an entry of eight causes, two of which are marked for special juries. The calendar contains the names of 12 prisoners charged with the of dinary run of offer.ces. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. P. Burke and Mr. Sowler, having been nominated as Queen's counsel of the County Palatine, were called within the bar by his lordship, and took their seats accordingly. HORN BY T. SWARBRICK• This was an action for a breach of promise of marriage. The defendant did not appear. Mr. A. Crosse appeared for the plaintiff. It appeared that both the plaintiff and defendant live at Preston, the plaintiff being a bootbinder and the defendant overlooker in a factory. For two or three years the defendant courted the plaintiff, when having met with one Margaret Crooke, who became in the family way lily him, he thought she would suit him better, and told the plaintiff his opinion in that respect by announcing to her, " He was going to sell her." On that occasion the plaintiff, there being another per son present in the room, asked the defendant if he could deny that he bad promiselto marry her, and the defendant an swered that he could of tlo that. The defendant afterwards got married by the priest to Margaret Crooke, and admitted his marriage. Y To show the defendant's means it was proved that he was earning 30s. a-wee k, and for the loss of the advan tage of being his wife, and fnr the injury done to her feeliugs, the plaintiff now sought compensation in damages. The jury found a verdict for the plaint.ff—damages, £5O. The of her causes tried in the couree of the day were of the most uninteresting character. CROWN COURT. (Before Lord Chief Baron Pollock.) Richard Kay, aged 42, was indicted for administering oil of vitriol to Thomas Bullock, at Blackburn, on the sth of June, 1858, with intent to do hint some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Wham prosecuted; Mr. Fernley defended the son er. It appeared that on the nig,ht in question the prisoner went to a public-house kept by one Mark Porter, and Por ter having asked his guests, one Riley, the prosecutor, and the prisoner, to taste some cordial, as the prosecutor ex pressed it, pulled a wine bottle out of his pocket, and said, lle'd better spirits than owt he had," and asked Porter to taste some, at the same time pouring out about a spoonful, which was described as " two-thirds of a squib" in quantity, in a small glass. The landlord smelt at it, asked what it was, and put it down, and then Riley smelt at it. and the prisoner; asked him to taste, but Riley said, " Na, forsure," and put it on the counter. The prosecutor then stepped up to it and swore he would take it, and, before any one could stop him, "whipped it off." He almost immediately f e ll down and began beating the floor a ith his hand, and crying out "he was done." Riley thought he was acting at first and laughed. They, however, soon saw the prosecutor foaming . at the mouth, and sent for a doctor and to a chemist's, who brought some magiesia and water and gave it to him. The prisoner refused to state what was in the bottle, saying the landlord would be as wise as he was if he told him. On the arrival of Dr. Witherington'he used the stomach pump, and found the prosecutor's tongue, the roof his mouth, and throat much burnt, and for a week he was in considerable d an Mr. Fernley having addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that the poison was not administered by the pri soner to the prosecutor, who himself took it and could not be prevented, and also that there was not the intent in the mind of the prisoner laid in the indictment, His Lordship summed up, and The jury acquitted the prisoner. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Beard was prepated to show that the notice was irjside. Mr. fienty—That is the onh- question in the case. It being; manifest that the conducor was not sober enough to bear the ease, the inquiry was adjourned ; but nsecc tor Mackenzie said he had no wish to press the charge after hearing his worship's exposition of the law. James Quinn, a post-office letter-carrier in the Western district, Old Caveudish-square, was committed for trial for stealing a letter, containing two half-sovereigns, it being the second case from the same office within a week. WESTMINSTER.—FAMILY JARS.—Anne Burrows appeared on a warrant before Mr. Paynter, having been taken into eus dy by Seate, one of the warrant officers of the court, chargad with having threatened to take the life of John Burrows, her husband, a master sweep, carrying on business in Pond-place, Chelsea. The complainant stated that for some time past he had been living very unhappily with his wife, who was a woman of a very excitable disposition. Last Monday morning, about four o'clock, she threatened that she would cut his throat, and that she would afterwards serve herself in the same way. She had threatened several times that she would murder him. Mr. Paynter—l suppose you have forgiven her several mes. Complainant—l have, sir; but lam never safe. lam in danger of my life day after day. The fact is she is jealous. Prisoner—Yes, sir; he has a woman that he is in the constant habit of visiting. He takes to her what belongs to his family. Complainant—lt is false. Prisoner—lt is true, sir. He goes to see her night after night, and pretends that he goes and sleeps in the fields on account of my temper. I cannot live with him. I want a separation. He uses me cruelly. That day week he dragged me out of bed by the hair of my head. I feel the Effects of it now. Seate said that the prisoner had been away from her hus band about four days. She is now under recognisances to keep the peace towards her husband. Mr. Paynter—Why do you not leave him? Prisoner—l have no means of living without some sup port from him. Mr. Paynter—You appear to live very unhappily together. You had better allow your wife something (to the husband). What can you allow her ? Complainant—Half-a-crown a week. Ido not want to live with her. Prisoner said she was content to take tkat. She was then held to bail in one surety of £5, with an understanding that some arrangement would be entered into for a separation. MARYLEBONE.—AUDACIOUS STREET ROBBERY.— CAUTION TO LADIES.— Caroline Smith and Anne Crook, both of them well-dressed women, the former describing herself as being a married woman, living at 46, Newman street, Oxford-street, and the latter also married, living at 4, Portland-road, Portland-place, were placed at the bar before Mr. Long charged with the following audacious robbery : Mrs. Caroline Part, wife of Mr. James Part, of Camden road villas, Camden-town, deposed that on the previous afternoon, while walking with her son near her own resi dence, when a carriage broke down, her son left her for a few moments to see what was the matter, a considerable crowd having collected. The prisoners were close to her, and she felt a hand at her pocket ; they left her rather hastily, and on feeling her pocket she found that her purse had been stolen. She followed the prisoners, and saw them putting their heads in at the carriage window as if to make inquiry as to whether any ene was hurt; and she distinctly observed Smith pass her purse to the other prisoner. She (proseeutrix) called to her son, by whom both the prisoners were given into custody, and Crook then gave up the purse, which contained three sovereigns and Gs. or 7s. in silver, alleging that it was given to her by Smith. Kelly, 371 S, produced the purse, and it was identified by Mrs. Part. The officer said that upon inquiry he had ascer tained that correct addresses had been given. The prisoners, who pleaded guilty, were sent to the House of Correction, for three months with hard labour. CRUELTY TO DONKEYS ON HAMPSTEAD-lIEATH. Thomas Jones, aged 14, was charged at the instance of Mr. Love, chief constable of the Royal Society for the Pre vention el' Cruelty to Animals, with cruelly ill-using two donkeys. George Seaman, an active officer of the society, stated that on the previous afternoon he was on Hampstead-heath, when he heard such sounds as convinced him were caused by blows from a stick, and on turning round he saw the prisoner belabouring with all his might with a large stick two donkeys upon which two stout ladies were firmly seated on their saddles. The prisoner, evidently in con formity with orders which he had received, did all in his power to make the animals gallop as fast as possible, and in order to effect his object he resorted to the brutal course of beating them on the legs, backs, and hind quarters. Witness desired him to desist, but lie refused to do so, and on his return, after lie had nearly exhau s t e d th e strength of the poor animals, wanes took him into custody, when in I reply to questions put to him, he said, "What was I to do? The ladies promised me a penny each beyond the regular charge for myself if I would make them "cut alcnng as fast as they could step out." The officer further said that the donkeys had no shoes, and that they were altogether in a very bad condition. Mr. Love stated that his worship could have no idea unless from actual observation of the cruelly practised by donkey drivers on the heath. Complaints were continually being made, and officers belonging to the society were constantly on t he look-cut for offenders, many of whom bad within the last five or six weeks been brought up and con victed. MANSION-HOUSE.— William Francis Lefevre, a young fellow respectably attired, and of general appearance well calculated to disarm suspicion, was charged with steal ing a purse containing a half-sovereign and some silver from the person of Mrs. Eliza YeHard. The prosecntrix deposed that on Tuesday afternoon she lauded from a steam-boat at the London-bridge pier, her husband being with her, but a little in advance, when the prisoner rushed violently against her, and she distinctly felt his hand in her pocket. She put her own hand down as rapidly as she could, thinking to catch his, but he was too quick, for when she reached her pocket his hand was gone and her purse with it. Site immediately called out to her husband to stop the prisoner, and lie did so, when tte prisoner demanded that her husband should search him at once, but her husband refused to do so, telling him that that would be better done by a policeman. Her hus band kept close to the prisoner, threatening to stop him if he offered to run away, till they met a policeman, when the prisoner was given into custody. When searched at the station-house the purse was not found on the prisoner, but prosecutrix had no doubt that he bad transferred it to a confederate by a rapid and imperceptible movement while upon the steam-boat pier. The prisoner denied that he had taken the purse, and asserted that he was a respectable character, and got his living honestly as a cap-maker. Police-constable 522—He gave a false address, my lord. Prisoner—That's false ; I gave a correet address, and I am quite willing to go with this gentleman (meaning the officer) or any other gentleman to show him where I live. I'll go now. Lord Mayor—No you wont, you'll stop here. Prisoner—All I've got to say is that I'm a respectable Police-constable Monger—He has been here before, my lord. Prisoner (impudently) — That's false ; I never was here before. Partridge, the gaoler, however, deposed that the prisoner had been previously convicted, and thereupon he was re manded, in order to give him all the advantage which might arise from a full inquiry into his antecedents. Robert Kelley and John Crawley, each 16 years old, were charged with being concealed iu a truck on the pre mises 2 and 3, Philpot-lane, supposed with intent to commit a felony. Two or three times recently attempts had been made to steal a piece of lead pipe, which was down a back wall, and last night about 10 o'clock the inmates cf the premises heard a rattling sort of noise, which convinced them that the attempt was being repeated. Upon going outside two boys were seen to scamper away from the pipe, which was all but broken away from the roof, and a slight search discovered the prisoners secreted in a truck. Kelley was a ragged, diminutive, sharp-looking little wretch, whose head hardly reached the bar, and Crawley, who was a lad well grown for his years, endeavoured to show that he had been made a victim to the persuasive powers of his compani on, who had led him into evil. They were sent to 21 days' hard labour upon bread and water —Kelley receiving sentence with the sang froid of an old hand, while Crawley blubbered like a baby. A lady, named Burns, was summoned by Wm. Scotkin, a cabman, for refusing to pay her lawful fare. The sum in dispute was 6d., complainant having carried defendant a distance which slightly exceeded three miles; and she, ac cording to his assertion, resolutely refuses! to pay more dian ls. 01., which she alleged was what site had usually paid for the same distance. Defendant, on her side, stated that she handed com plainant half-a-crown, out of which lie was to take his fare. She admitted that she told him she had never paid more than ls. 6d. for the same journey ; but urged that if he had a legal claim to another sixpence he ought to have taken it out of the half-crown. The Lord Mayor thought this a very reasonable defence. It was quite clear that the legal fare was 25., and no doubt the only object of the cabman, who was sure of his point, was th a t he might annoy the lady by a summons and get his costs and expenses. In this, however, he would be dis appointed, as defendant would only be ordered to pay the 6d. ' at.d complainant would bear his own costs, an d get nothing for his time. Mr. Long, in consideration of the youth of the prisoner, fined him only 103. or seven days in the House of Correction, at the same time giving him distinctly to understand that if brought up again for a similar offence, he would, upon proof thereof, be much more severely dealt with. ROBBERY OP A LICENSED VICTUALLER. - Anne Walker was charged with having stolen a pewter pot and a pint, the property of Mr. Wm. Carruthers, tke New Inn, Marylebone-lane. The evidence went to show that on the previous afternoon the prisoner, who was very drunk, was followed and jeered by a number of persons, and on a basket containing onions, and which she was unable to balance upon her head, falling to the ground a pint pot rolled out of it, and on the basket being examined there was found in it a quart pot, both the measures belonging to Mr. Carruthers. The prisoner, who had run away, was captured by Mr. George Smith, .93, Marylekone-lane, who came up with her in Mayor-street, and she was taken into custody by Sergeant Moyes, 14 I), by whom she was conveyed to the station-house. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, was committed fur trial. ANOTHER ROBBERY AT A PUBLIC- HOUSE. —John _ - a bricklayer's labourer, employed doing repairs in the cellar vf.Mr. Francis, the Prince Regent, Seymour place, Bryanston-square, was charged with having stolen therefrom a bottle of sherry; he was also charged with an assault on the landlord. The cases were clearly proved against him, and for the felony he was committed for two months; in addition thereto he was fined 20s. or 14 days' imprisonment for the assaul. CLERKENWELL.—VERY BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A WOMAN.—A RUFFIAN PUNISIIED.--4 rough, sturdy koking fellow, who gave the name of George Pony, residing at 16, King's-road, St. Pancras-road, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with violently assaulting Mrs. Sophia, a clia!woman, of 7, Church-row, St. Pancras. The prosecutrix, a respectable-looking female, who ap peared in the witness-box with a fearful black eye, said the prisoner was her brother-in-law. On Saturday night she uiet the prisoner, and having spoken to him about some family matters, he, without receiving the least provocation, struck her a heavy blow in the eye, and felled her with great force to the ground. When she got up he beat her about the head and body, and having again-knocked her down, the prosecutrix, who was streaming with blood, then went to the police-station, and complained, and shortly afterwards the prisoner was apprehended by _police constable Wilson, 432 S. On their way to the station the prisoner tried to renew the assault upon. the complainant,but was prevented doing so by the pollee. Ills brother, however, in the most cowardly manner went behind and struck her a tremendous blow and then ran away. The prisoner was a little the worse for drink and was very violent when the charge was being taken at the station. Sergeant Mulvany, 8 S, and Wilson, 432 5, stated that the prosecutrix was perfectly sober, and that she presented on the night of the assault a most fearful appearance. In the most off-hand manner, the prisoner said his Sister in-law annoyed him and he struck her. All the marks of vio!ence on her face were not his doing. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was a perfect savage, and if he neat on in the manner he was doing he would come to a very bad end. Ile should send him to the House of Cor rection, with hard labour, for two calendar months. The prisoner, who seemed lather surprised at the decision, was then removed. Complainant said 51 for that he would make the lady a present.of the 6d., if ould do her any good ; but h e too k the money nevert heless, and went away grumbling. GUILDHALL.—TILE ADVANTAGE OF CHARACTER.— George Knight, alias Jack Street, John Swan, and John --Inderson, were placed at the bar before Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall, charged with attempting to pick pockets in Farringdon-street. Mr. Lewis, jun., defended the prisoners. William Stewart, a carpenter and ex-policeman, said he was carrying a couple of 12-foot mahogany boards under his arms, in Farringdon-street, when Knight thrust one end of them away from him, and at the same time cautioned him that he would knock some one's eye out if he were not careful. At the same moment witness perceived Anderson and another man walking in front of two ladies, whose pockets Swan was attempting to pick. N o t knowing Knight was connected with the other prisoners, he directed his attention to Swan's operations, upon which they all ran away across the road. Witness followed them, and again saw Swan, who carried a coat on his arm to conceal his hand while making the attempt upon two other ladies' pockets. Witness drove his planks against Swan's arm to make him quit his hold of the lady's dress, and then proceeded into Bride-lane, where he deposited his beards, and immediately returned and gave information to the police uftke prisoners' movements, and when taken into custody Swan said ft was the man who escaped that picked the pockets, and not he. Sergeant 46, and police-constable 367, said they saw the prisoners coming out of Black Herse-court, Farringdon strcet, and on seeing the officers they all ran away, but were shortly after captured. Nothing material to the charge was found upon them, but they all gave false addresses. Moss, a detective officer, and Lilly, 344, said they had seen Swan and Anderson convicted both summarily, and at the sessions, when Swan had four years' penal servitude, and Anderson 12 months. It was also stated that Knight had been convicted and soffered 12 months' imprisonment. Mr. Lewis urged that there really was no evidence to convict upon in this case, even if the prisoners were the notorious characters they were represented. Sir Chapman Marshall said he had given the case tte his hest consideration, and he had determined to commit pri soners for three calendar mouths, with hard labour. - , SOUTHWARK.—ROBIULRY OF A GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN AT BARCLAY'S BREWERY. — John Edwarel3, a respe , Aable-looking young man, in the employ of Messrs. Bishop and Newstead, clothiers and jewellers, 90, Holborn hill and Shoreditch, surrendered to his hail, charged with being concerned with another in stealing a gold wash and chain, value £2O, the property of Robert William Walker, at Barclay's Brewery. Mr. Edwin appeared far the prosecutor, and Mr. Solomons for the defendant. The prosecutor stated he was lodge-keeper at the brewery. On the 12th of October last be was called away to one of the offices, leaving his watch and chain on the desk. He returned in a few minutes and missed them. Information was immediately given to the police, and shortly afterwards a man named Alfi ed Webb was brought to this court charged with the robbery. When before the magistrate he confessed to it, and pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months under the New Criminal Justice Act. Since then witness bad ascertained that the watch and chain had been pledged at a pawnbroker's in St. Martin's-lane by the prisoner on the very day of the robbery ; conseq uen tl y, be gave infor mation to the police. _ _ Cross-examined by Mr. Solomons—Prosecutor had seen tie prisoner about the lodge with another man, and when taken into cust,,dy he admitted he pledged the watch. Sergeant Wise, 459 A, having received information from last witness of the robbery, proceeded to Wandsworth, and there be saw the man Webb, who was convicted of stealing the watch and chain, and sentenced to six months' imprison ment. He told witness that the prisoner pledged it at a pawnbroker's in St. Martin's-lane, where be proceeded With the prosecutor and found it, consequently be took the prisoner into custody. Mr. Combe told the prisoner he must either be tried by him or go to the stssions. If he preferre& the former, be must plead guilty. The prisoner, after consulting with Mr. Solomons his solicitor, pleßded guilty, and was sentenced to six months bard labour. BOW-STREET.—A summons was taken out by Inspector Mackenzie of the F division of police Against one of the con ductors of the London General Company's omnibuses, plying between the City and the West-end, to try the ques tion as to whether the company bad the right to charge extra fares on Sundays after eight o'clock in the evenings. Complaints have been frequently made of the hardship inflicted by this arrangement upon the parties of holiday seekers to whom Sunday is the only day of recreation, and who are mostly in a humble station of life; but both the omnibus and steamboat proprietors avail themselves of the CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—John Minus, a costermonger, of Henry-street, Kent-street, was brought before Mr. Burcham by Smith and Guest, officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, charged with cruelly working a horse in a horrid state of torture. Smith stated that about eight o'clock on that morning he was on duty with Guest in the Borough Market, when he saw the prisoner driving a horse and cart laden with vege tables. The poor animal could hardly walk; in fact, only greatly ini4iased traine of That day to impose an extra pay- three legs were available, as the fourth bad a dreadful sure went on their customers. just above tilt- fetlock, and the other leg came in contact Inspector Mackeezie stated that he got on to the defen- with the wound each time it moved. dant's 'bus at London-bridge with four other persons, all et Mr. Burcham went and looked at the animal, and on his whom were charged ed. instead of 4d. each on ' , lighting in wine, into court he expressed his surprise that any person the Strand, He (the inspector) openei the door of the should be so cruel as to drive a horse in such a deplorable omnibus and leen ted the conductor's attention to the words, state. Would he consent to have it killed? "toor f ors Charing cross, 4d. ;" but he saw no intimation The defendant, after a little hesitation, replied that he to the effect that the charge was 6d. on Sundays after eight would, but still he did not think the horse was so bad. o'clock. Smith told his worship that the horse was worn out, and On being cress-examined by Mr. Beard, the solicitor who must suffer severely. He never saw one with such a foot. attended for the company, the inspector declined to swear Mr. Burcham here told the prisoner that unless he at once that no such notice was painted on the door. Ile did not consented to have the horse killed, he should send him to see it ; and even if he had, he should Hot have considered it the House of Correction with hard la'ionr. legal or honest to make the extra charge. The prisoner hoped his worship would not do that. He Mr. Henry corrected the inspector's irupret7sion upon would rather have the horse killed. this point, telling him that the company could charge any Mr. Burch= then directed Smith to see that done, and fare they liked, and when they liked, according to the pre- said that the expenses at the green-yard would no dottht sent state of the law, so long as they exhibited a proper act as a caution to others. notice of the charge inside the omnibus—the only require ment of the act. L A 1-.1 .—T E LATE FATAL FIREWORK EXPLO. , SION.—.II'. John I?amsey, the owner of the houses No. 1 !old 2, Chatles-street, and 3 and 4, Elizabeth-place, Wesiminstr-roao, house:; lately used fur the manufacture of fireworks ' and in which the late serous and fatal explo siob tcok "lace, attended before Mr. Elliott to answer to four summonses, and show cause Ally an order should not be made on him to take down the dangerous r uins, which are in a shattered and tottering state. Mr. F. H. Caiger, the architect and surveyor to the metropolitan police, attended to support the summonses, and described three of the ruins as being at present in a dangerous state. Mr. Inspector Dodd was then called, and deposed upon oath to the fact of his serving the notices as required by the Building Act, and also to having affixed the necessary notices to the hoarding round the ruins. _ In reply to a question from the mav,istrate, Mr. Dodd Said that three out of four of the ruins were in a dangerous state. The defendant said that, as respected the building No. 2, Charles street, he had complied with the request of the officers. Mr. Caiger admitted that this was the case, and he had withdrawn the summons in that instance; but the other three buildings, as stated by Mr. Dodd, were in a dangerous state. The defendant said he should of course comply with the taw. Mr. Elliott told him that in the interim the ruins could not be permitted to be left in a state that was dangerous to the public; and he should, therefore, make an order that the provisions of the act must be complied with, and the buildings taken down in seven days. At one o'clock, the hour at which summonses are gene rally appointed to be beard, Mr. Lock, a member of the vestry for the parish of St. George-the-Martyr; Mr. White, of the Crown ; aed Mr. llarris, of the Equestrian Tavern, in the reighbourhood, were in attendance to solicit the magistrate's assistance in preventing the further use of the premises in question in the manufacture, In so crowded a neighbourhood, of fireworks; but having been told that three o'clock was the hour appointed for the hearing of the summons iu question, they went away, saying they should return, but did not again make their appearance. TIIAMES.—Morumt AND SON.—J. G. Stewart, a morose-looking man, about 25, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with assaulting and wounding his mother, Mary Ann Stewart. When the corop!ainant got into the witness-box the blood was streaming from a wound on her nose and another on her cheek. Mr. Selfe—l have seen you and your son here before, Mrs. Stewart, about the unlawful possession of property, and not under the most creditable circumstances. Mrs. Stewart—lt is so. sir, I know. That bad son of mine has got me into difficulties, and brought me here. Mr. Selfe—Now, tell m e w h a t he has done this afternoon. Mrs. Stewart said she was a marine-store dealer, carry ing on business at No. 95, Broad-street, Ratcliff, opposite Stone-stairs, and her son was a marine-store dealer also. He had been on the drink for the last three days. She had been a widow 16 years, and her son had been almost conti nually ill-using her since the death of his father. A few weeks since he threw a 141 b. iron weight at her head. It struck her below the ear, knocked her down, and she was for some time insensible. In consequence of her son having neglected some business, she remonstrated with him, and he abused her and took up a jug, with which be struck her on the face with great violence. The jug was broken to pieces, an] she was cut on the nose and face. Her son had threat ened to murder her, and had repeatedly beaten and kicked her. Mr. Selfe—l wish you would get out of the business you are in. It is a dangerous one, and I have warned you. Whose name is over the door ? Mrs. Stewart said her son's name was over the door. The business was her own, bat her son claimed to be waster of all her property, the house, and the stock in trade. It was a painful thing for her to prosecute her own son, but she had no alternative. Mr. Selfe—You have told me that at least half a dozen times, and I don't want to hear it again, Mrs. Stewart. The prisoner, in defence, said his mother was abusing him for several hours, and called him a scamp, a scoundrel, and a villain. _ _ _ Mrs. Stewart—So you are, though I say it. The prisonerT—She said I ought to be transported, and abused me so much and worked me up to such a rage that I threw the earthenware jug at her face. Here a scene of crimination an recrimination ensued between the mother and son, and Mr. Selfe stopped the case and said the parties were ■ot csol enough to enable him to decide the case at present. He remanded the prisoner. SUPPRESSION OF INFAMOUS HOUSES.—Mr. H. J. Mitchell, vestry clerk of Whitechapel, Mr. Cattell, clerk to Mr. Glyms, vestry clerk of St. John, Wapping, the parish officers of the two places, atteuded this court in consequence of Morris Sheedy, a bloated and repulsive-looking fellow, having given notice, through Mr. Sydney, of 33, Jewry street, his solicitor, that he intended to put in bail, himself in £BO, and two sureties of £4O each, to appear at the Clerkena ell Sessions to receive judgment when called upon. Mr. Mitchell explained, that in consequence of the appal ling amount of infamy, blasphemy, drunkenness, and vice in the district, the "Bast London Association" was brought into existence, which had already effected much good ; and at the instigation of that society the parish officers of White chapel and Wapping had prosecuted Sheedy, her sister Margaret James, her husband Benjamin Thomas James, Ann Gilmore, and others, for keeping common brothels, and they all pleaded guilty at the last Middlesex sessions. Mr. Selfe—l know they did; they were wholesale traffickers its vice and immorality. What has become of the others ? Mr. Mitchell—They all found bail to appear to receive judgment when called upon. Sheedy is now here, and ass been brought up from Clerkenwell Prison. _ Mr. Selte—There were seven indictments against the person Sheedy, and he pleaded guilty to all of them. Mr. Cotton—His sister, Mrs. Margaret James, and her husband, were the owners of 25 infamous houses. The scenes in the streets, day and night, and the collection of prostitutes were so num >rous, that the East London Asso ciation interfered and compelled the overseers to prosecute Sheedy and his relatives. Mr. Sydney—The nuisance is abated, and all the defen dants have shut up their houses. Mr. Selfe—l am very glad to hear it. My learned col league, Mr. Yardley, who has been presiding in this court daily for the last three weeks, says he has had fewer night eliarges from the H division since the prosecution of these most infamous brothel-keepers. I hope the East Londoa Association will pet severe, and not allow the nuisance to be transferred to other places. After some conversation between Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Sydney as to the amount of bail, Mr. Selfe said the order of the quarter sessions was that Sheedy should find bail—himself in £BO, and two sureties of £4O each. Ile must act on the order of the quarter sessions- Gem ge Hoey, grocer, of 20, Wapping-street, St. George in-the-East, and Thos. Phelps, butcher, 10, Anchor and Hope-alley, Wapping, then tendered themselves as bail for Morris Sheedy, of 12, Dock-street, Whitechapel, and were accepted. BIRTHS. BARRY.—On the 10th inst., at Tottenham, the wife of Horace Barry, Esq., of a daughter. BOOTIIBY.—On the 5111 inst., at the Vicarage, Holwell, Oxfordshire, the wife of the Rev. Cunningham Boothby, of a daughter. BoYD.—On the Bth inst., at 45. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde -park, the wife of Edward Lennox Boyd, Es 4., of a daughter. BlumAst.—On the 7th inst., at 2, Courtland Villas, the Mel Kensington-gardens, the wife of Augustus Braham, Esq., of * daughter. CUAUNCY.—On the sth inst., at 31, Dale-street, Leamington, the wife of Henry Chauncy, Esq., of a son. COCKELL—On the 7th inst., at Daleton, the wife of Frederick Edgar Cockell, Esq., of a son. COCKEIL—On the Sth inst., at Ivy Cottage, Crompton, Oldham, the wife of the Rev. John Cocker, of a son, DEWAL—On the Gth inst., at 20, Grcat Stuart-street, Edinburgh , Mrs. William A. Dewar, of a son. DICKINSON.—On the 9th inst., at Surbiton, Surrey, Mrs. George E. Dickinson, of a daughter. DniimiN.—On the Sth inst., at Pitney House, near Langport. Somerset, the wife of the Rev. L. Shirreff Dudman, of daughter. 3f iRRIAGES. llENDRixs—LirrLEa.—On the 10th inst., at the Church of the Hall Trinity, Buckfastleigh, South Devon, by the Rev. William Marsh, M.A., Vicar of Ashburton, Frederick Ilendriks, Esq., of Kildare' terrace, Hyde-park, London, to Hortense Campbell, third mull/. ing daughter of the late Lieut.-General Sir John Hunter Littler, G.C.8., President of the Supreme Council of India and Deputy- Governor of Bengal. JOHNSON—Lt.ovn.—On the 7th inst., at St. James's Church, Picca dilly, by the ltev. P. Peiring, William Johnson, Esq., of Kentish town, to Harriet Ann, relict of the late T. W. Lloyd, Esq., of Regent-street. PRITCHARD—CAMPBELL—On the 10th inst., at St. Peter's, Croydon , by the Rev. J. J. Perowne, M.A., Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Norwich, the Rev, C. Pritchard, M.A., F.R.S., to Row Lind, daughter of the late Alexander Campbell, Esq., of Tun bridge-wells. STUART—BEVAN.—On the 7th inst., at Little Hampton, Sussex, bi the Rev, J. M. heath, Vicar of Enfield, Middlesex, the Rev. Henri C. Stuart, to Eleanor Caroline, daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Bevan, WALTERS—STONE.-011 the sth inst., at Wootton Rivers, Wilts, by the Rev. T. Kingsbury, It. Walters, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, ilyde park, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the Rev. Dr. Stone, Rector of Wootton Rivers, and formerly Fellow of Brazenose College, 01- ford. WOODLEY—ALLEN.—On the oth inst., at St. Mary's, WalthamstoW , by the Rev. Thos. Patty, Vicar, John, eldest son of John Woodley , Esq., of Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park, to Eleanora Marie, second daughter of R. B. Allen, Esq., of Waltharastow, Essex. DEITIIS. Asurric.—On the 7th inst., at her residence, Leamington, M 1 Ashby, aged seventy-nine. CArs.—On the 7th inst., at New Brompton, Chatham, Harriet t , Emily, vii , e of Capt. 11. L. Cafe, 94th Regiment, an d d a ughter of the late John Wilkinson, Esq., Purbrook House, Hants. DollsoN. - 0 1 1 the 7th inst., James Stuart Dobson, Esq., of Harlovr. DervEu.—On the Bth inst., at his residence, the Grange, Harrogat e, John D, iver, Esq., of Liverpool, aged forty-nine. GLADwIN.—On the 7th inst., at Liverpool, Mary, relict of the late Rev. C. T. Gladwia, aged eighty-one. HoexitssoN.—On the 7th inst.. at the Oaks, Ambleside, Arthur, the eldest son of Benjamin Hopkinson, Esq., aged twenty-one. MACNAUGILTAN.—On the 7th inst., at his house, No. so, Davie s ' street, Mr. Peter Macnaughtan, formerly of No. 21, Mount-streets Grosvenor-square. SMITII.—Ou the 7th inst., at Consall Hall, Staffordshire, Knight l . o Herbert, second son of Charles Serg'son Smith, Esq., aged ell' teen. WEST.—On the Bth inst., at his residence, Crouch-end, HornseYt John West, Esq., late of Pield-heath, Uxbridge, and formerly of Wendlebury House, Oxon, aged fifty-two. WORDsWORTII. — On the Bth inst., at Edgefield Cottage, Cam b e rwell, Mary, second daughter of the late W. A. Wordsworth, Esq. 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