The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-12 00:00:00

• • • - ABS "?' 4 • • o.rl • mt , , 7" \ - V - l'A"II 4 ; ‘„,s; • • „ p 4,4, P i ; 1 - ' —4 ! ..,••• • - 6 - 7 4 ' . • e . ; - • ' s \ brE ' `•• c • with the same offs eas that wit • r. O'Doherty is now charge I had hoped that - e esult of that trial and the punishment of th ual would be instrumental in saving the country fr m what since occurred. I fondly hoped that my ble efforts in indication of the law would have rendered it unneces sar that I should again so shortly on the same grounds haze to restate the same case to a jury of this city. In that expectation I have been wefully disappointed. You will judge of Mr. O'Doherty by his own acts, not by the nets of others, but you must consider—(l speak under the direction of the Court, who will correct me if I am wrong, if I am not justified in referring to it)—the state and circumstances of the country at the period of those publications. I shall only read the documents written and published by this gentleman himself, for the purpose of proving this case. I charge that immediately after the conviction of Mr. Mitchel, at the latter end of May or beginning of June, and when his paper by his conviction had ceased to exist, this paper was brought into existence for the purpose of filling up the space that had been previously occupied by Mr. Mitchell's paper. The first article I shall read for you held out Mr. Mitchell as a martyr, and as a man whose example should be followed; an example, which I regret to say has been followed by the young man now before you. I ask you to follow me in this c onc l us i on , th a t at that time (in the month of June) a deliberate plan was formed to make the gathering of that harvest, about which we are all so anxious, the signal of rebellion— the signal of war against the Sovereign—the signal for involving us in universal bloodshed and ruin. The first article was published on Saturday, the Ist of July. It is the leading article in this paper, and i s ent i t l e d , " Our Harvest Prospects." And as the article was not read on the arraignment of the prisoner, I deem it my duty to read the entire of those ar ticles for you. Bear in mind, gentlemen, that about this time clubs had been established through great portions of the country. They seem to have persuaded themselves that to enable them to effect their purposes, it was necessary to enlist not merely the inhabitants of the town, but also the agricultural portions of the community, and my allegation is this, that they held out to the latter class the prospect of pos sessing the growing harvest, in order to induce them tcs join in the rebellion which it was intended should break out. The Attorney-General having read the article "Our Harvest prospects," proceeded:—With what object and for what purpose was this article written and pub lished to the world? Can any doubt be entertained but it was published with the object of representing to this country and to the people of it that they were to appro priate to themselves the harvest, the produce of the land, no matter what claim of property or other claims might interfere; and further, that they should "appease their thirst deep in the blood of the English foe?" Who were the English foe? That, gentlemen, was explicitly laid down, and the object was to establish a different king dom. It will be for you, gentlemen, to say whether such intention did not amount to such an attempt to deprive her Majesty of her royal name, style, and honour of the Crown of the United kingdom. What was the meaning of saying that the struggle was to be a life and death one ? What did it mean but such a struggle as that which we have recently witnessed ? In the same article the prisoner says, " simultaneous risings can only be effected through the instrumentality of a council whose influence will extend throughout the length and breadth of the land." Is it consistent with the Government of the country, with the preservation of order, with the possession of property, and having the laws to insure us that property, that a council should be assembled which the entire country are to obey, whose call they were to attend to, and whose call was to be the signal for an uprising to banish from this country that Government ? Having read the article "On the Council of 300," he proceeded—l believe I was not wrong in saying that the object in calling to gether or establishing this Council (this Provisional Government, I suppose) was to obtain the salvation of the country, as they call it, and to preserve the harvest. Who were the enemies of the country alluded to in the article? Can it be any but the English, the Govern ment of the country? In the same article a call is made upon Mr. Smith O'Brien and Mr. J. H. Meagher, to rouse themselves from their apathy and take the initia tive, and unfortunately that call has been responded to. For what purpose, gentlemen, did he call on those gen tlemen? The present history of the country, gentlemen, plainly tells us. Further on, gentlemen, we are told, "If the crown of the Queen stands in the way of the Irish people retaining to themselves the harvest of 1848, for their own use and benefit, that Crown must perish." I do not ask you to give an inferential meaning to those publications. No ; I ask you merely this, not to look about for any covert meaning that those words may bear, but the only meaning, which the words are capable of. The Attorney General next read an article treaded " Courage," and commented on its contents at considerable length as be proceeded. He continued : I do not know, gentlemen, the line of defence that will be taken for the prisoner, but the only legitimate line of defence that is open for him is, that in point of fact those publications do not bear the construction that is put upon them. It is not for you to try whether, under the circumstances of this country, the prisoner was justified .ipsompassing, imagining, or intending to excite this rebellion. We are not here to try what the effects of that rebellion would be ; but I think I may he at liberty to say that I rejoice from the bottom of my heart that, at the time I now address you, not withstanding the advice which he has given, we are not under any apprehension of a rebellion. Very different, indeed, might have been the result ; not that there was any reason to believe that a rebellion could be successful, but from the deluge of blood which wou'd necessarily inundate the country, had the advice of that men been more generally received; if, as he had advised, a emovisiopikgovarnment were sitting in your capital; 411eMeerheOfind teditted, clubs had been to where they had not already been formed; if the propo sition for a " simultaneous movement " had been carried our; if that simultaneous movement had taken place, though I entertain no doubt but the powers of the Go vernment, aided by the good sense, intelligence, pro perty, and loyalty of the country, would have rendered it impossible that such an attempt could have succeeded but though it could not have succeeded, many, many, valuable lives would have been lost, sacrificed. In the next article the writer seems to be progressing in vehemence. It is headed our " War Depart ment," and in it he enumerates the arms and mode of warfare to be adopted—of course for legal, peaceable, and constitutional purposes. He says, " There is something fascinating in a pike well polished, or a nice gun." May I ask for what legitimate purpose was a pike ever manufactured or ever purchased in this country ? It may be true that till a recent period there has been no law against the possession of pikes, and there was not; but, I as again, for what legitimate moral pur pose were pikes manufactured and purchased through the country? The learned gentleman then read the article headed " Our War Department." He continued—That completes the articles I have taken from this paper of the Ist of July. I will not weary you by going over these articles. I will merely ask you to take them in connexion one with the other, commencing with " Our Harvest Prospects," and ending with " Our War De partment," and say whether there can be any doubt as to the object with which they were written. If you have no doubt, you will have a duty to perform—it will be, I have no doubt, a disagreeable duty; but, gentlemen, the preservation of society requires that you discharge that duty firmly and fearlessly. In the last sentence of the last article 1 have read for you, the prisoner promises that he shall recur weeklyto the same subject, and accordingly that promise he had kept, for in the next number of his journal he has another article under the same heading of "Our War Department," which exceeds in atrocity of conception the recommendations of the preceding one. The next article to which I shall draw your attention has reference to the events in Paris, and states that, al though the troops were well supplied with ammunition, the workmen, who were starving, held out for four days against them, and were beaten only because there was a nation against a class, but it added, " should it be a war against a Government, or against a King, as ours in Ire land shall be, they would have annihilated both." Can the jury say that was inconsistent with the mental intention to levy war against the Queen ? The ar ticle next says, the workmen of Paris slaughtered once and a half as great a number as the garrison of Dublin; was not the object of that to induce the people to take part in this mad scheme, by show ing that it was practicable ? The article then says " the time is fast approaching, and in one or two short mouths you will be called upon to imitate them." That d was the Bth of July; in two months it was expected that the harvest would be ripened, andtheas thenks, , the Will outbreak should occur. The writer then courage? You have you display the same energy e d courage, to sweep the English Government the physical courage, will you the object of it was to teach "War Department,"and leaven tan dtht the r moralir and d not be afraid of artillery for ever from your shores." The next article is headed the people that they neh that on d and that they could not of the country, could be use , s damage. Coupling the only small cannon (six pounders), from the nature inflict on them any seriou h r whether you can entertain will have to ask yourself is,foreintntions imputed to him. whole of these articles toget e , the only question you a doubt that this man had the f th of them is, that they tendency, bat recollection Mr. Mitchel was punished were not s . o e xpress as the present articles. The Learned Counsel who defended him said he did not see how he could depose the Queen from the Royal name of the Imperial Crown, but the meaning is that it was the object of the parties to deprive, her of a part of her dominions, and establish there an independent kingdom. I call upon you, gentlemen, to discharge your duty as jurors in a different state of things from that which existed when I addressed the former jury. Then it was all talk, but you are all aware of what has since occurred. In conclusion, I call upon you, regardless of consequences, faithfully to discharge your duty according to the best of your judgment. Evidence was then given by Mr. Vernon, registrar of newspapers at the Stamp-office to show that the prisoner was one of the proprietors of the Tribune. Mori ere r Redmond, a police•conetable, proved that on the Bth of July he purchased a copy of the paper at the Tribune office, 11, Trinity.street. The case for the Crown closed at half-past five o'clock. The case was then adjourned till to-morrow moraing, when Mr. Butt will address the Court and jury on be half of the prisoners. The jury were conveyed under the care of the sheriff to a hotel where they are to spend the night, and con stables were sworn in to keep watch over them. THE QUEEN V. JOHN MARTIN. Before the rising of the Court an arrangement was made that Mr. Lalor should be brought up from Nenagh gaol to give evidence for Mr. Martin. [PRICE SD. Madame Taglione left London last evening by the General Steam Navigation Company's Mail steam-ship, Princess Royal, for liamburgh. The Earl and Countess of Leven and Melville, and the Ladies Lesliel!d e lville, left town, yesterday, for Leamington. 'll N 7 AUGUST 12, 1848. had left Hackney early the same evening, but no tidings were heard of her until this morning, when she returned to her mother's house. The mother then proceeded to state that the day following that on which her daughter left home it was found that she had been seen in the company of a gentleman resembling the accused, and acting upon this information, she (the mother) called on him, and having represented the facts relative to her daughter's absence, and intimated that she suspected he had inveigled her away, his reply to her was, that she was a nice young girl, that he had been tampering with her for the last three weeks, but found money was of no use, and he added that the girl was safe, and that she (the mother) might go home and make herself easy, for her daughter would return home to her in a month. Those latter words the accused had used on the occasion, and the magistrate (Mr. Cottingham) having been made acquainted with the alleged taet, issued his warrant against the accused ; as he was not in the way when the officer called in the first instance to request his attendance, and to describe that a charge had been alleged against him injurious to his character, and the necessity for his coming to the court to explain the matter, The accused said, that he was from home when the officer called, and upon being subsequently apprised of the nature of the charge against him, ho was glad to have an opportunity of coming forward to deny the imputation cast upon his character with respect to this matter. Jessie Cabb, the young girl alluded to, was then sworn, and in accounting for her absence from home since last Monday afternoon, she said that after leaving her aunt's house at Hackney, and when she was walking along Shoreditch, a gentleman came up and spoke to her. That after walking by her side a short distance he went into a pastry cook's shop and brought her out some sweetmeats, which he desired her to eat. That soon after she had partaken of some she became sick and retched very much, and that the gentleman remained by her side, and that she did not know what took place afterwards, as she became insen sible until the following morning (Tuesday); she found herself lying in bed alone, in a house in one of the streets leading out of Blackfriars-road, and having got up she left the house. Mr. COTTINGHAM here questioned the girl, and in reply she said that she saw a woman in the house, but said nothing to her, nor did she ask her for money for permitting her to sleep there. How she came there she cnuld not tell, nor could she say whether the gentleman who gave her the sweetmeats had accompanied her to the house. Mr. COTTINGIIAM desired the girl to look at the ac cused, and say whe:her he was the person whom she had met on Monday evening? The reply was that she had previously seen the accused in the vicinity of the Borough hospitals, but that he was not the person whom she described. Mr. COTTINGRAM then asked her where she had been since Tuesday? and she said that she been walking about the Parks and the west-end of the town, and had not lain on a bed since Monday night, nor had she eaten any thing. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that she did not look as if she had been starved, but fed well since her absence; that there was so much improbability in her statement re lative to her having met with some man who purchased sweetmeats for her, then becoming suddenly ill, and afterwards finding herself alone in bed, on the south side of the water, and lastly, her walking for so many days and nights about the parks and streets; there were, as he said before, so many improbabilities about it, that he must confess he did not place much reliance on what she had stated. He (the magistrate), however, was persuaded that she had been enticed away from home by some heartless seducer, with whom she had been until that day, and that he had bound her down not to di vulge the circumstances that transpired during her ab sence. The magistrate then, addressing Mr. Craven, explained to him the reason the warrant was issued against him, was owing to the:words which it was alleged he had used to the mother of the girl, but that the girl's own statement had completely exonerated him from any participation in her abduction. The accused denied that he had ever uttered the words attributed to him, and complained that his character had suffered in consequence of the unfounded reports pro pagated about the affair. Mr. COTTINGIIAM informed the mother of the girl that in the event of her discovering the person who had in. veigled her daughter from home, he would grant a war. rant for his apprehension, and punish him to the extent of the law. IRELAND. ARRESTS IN DUBLIN. DUBLIN FILIDAY.-Mr. Mahony, publisher, or Capel-street, ,1 1 .6 astesterday arrested under thesS:s. pension of the Ifabeas Corpus Privilege Act, and committed to Neivglte. Four persons, said to bOANDericans, werq . broug, into the Castle yesterday by the police, frmn lontarf. Mr. SMITH O'BRlEN.—Yesterday a military guard, consisting of thirty men and an officer, was placed on Kilmainham gaol. Mr. O'Brien is quite cheerful. lie is not allowed to read the newspapers. Mrs. O'Brien has access to him, and some gentlemen who obtained orders from Government have been per mitted to visit him in the presence of an officer of the prison. now first ,o in f the progress tri . s underat the evin 0 Doherty, fa i is excitementc loquestion ables e this t oc ll ioi e l) em Ti l j f r v : iesta'shisiNeoo'inirpr Court—that 1 00 ' u e pu l ß rr o i s te n l i t y . A rt lA i . a—c o tt f the Irish Tribune. The r, at least, to greater part of the day w T a o s fihs oc eM c r u . p i ied with argument, da ba beforeyou. whether itTlthehhetehe court-house, o u er ur the e. were hncooaust seh e e i e,nriagi n bdi n ne n p e et 1 broughtholepe d l se,haaanppdpet appear, of take little interest in the proceedings. The accounts from the south are again tranquil. The Roman Catholic clergy, in all directions, are warning their flocks to discountenance the rebel movement, and to hold no cotnmunication with parties who would endeavour to seduce them into treasonable conspiracies. There are further arrests. The Wex ford .Mdependent states that warrants have been is sued for the arrvst of not less than eighty persons in that county. Eighteen persons are in custody, charged with being concerned in the attack on the mails near Abbeyfeale. The Dublin .Evening Post contains the following:— We have received a communication from Dungarvan, stating that a vessel has been seized with thirty tons of gunpowder, and the ship's papers are said to be false. We cannot, however, vouch for the accuracy of this statement." The mid-day mail from the south brings no news beyond an idle rumour that Mr. Meagher had been arrested ; but no one could say when, where, or by whom. It has been as ser t e d th a t M r . O'G orman headed the insurgent peasants who attacked the mail-coaches near Abbey reale ; or that he was, at all events, the leader of the movement in that quarter. Some decided in formation, implicating him in the outbreak, must have reached the Government, as the foundation of this proclamation. We have seen aletter from a Limerick magistrate, written yesterday, which says :—" O'Gor man got into a boat on the Shannon to-day, endea vouring to escape to the county of Clare. There is scarely a doubt that all the insurgent leaders are still in the country, and that they will soon be in custody." THE STATE TRIALS. DUBLIN COMMISSION COURT—Ai:Jo. 10, The Court sat shortly after ten o'clock. The Al torney •General, Solicitor-General, Mr. Sergeant O'Brien, Mr. Whiteside, Q.C., Mr. Baldwin, Q.C., Mr. Smyly, and Mr, Perrin were in attendance on the part of the Crown ; Mr. Holmes, Mr. Butt, Q.C., Sir Colman O'Loghlen, and Mr. O'Hagan appeared for the prisoners. The son of Mr. J. Mitchel, a fine boy about seven years old, was in Court during the proceedings. The space around the dock was kept perfectly clear, and no persons, save the police and authorities, were allowed to approach it. The proceedings on the present occasion presented a strong contrast to those which took place on the trial of Mr. Mitchel. At his trial, his friends crowded tile court to cheer him with their sympathy. On the present occasion, not one of the political friends of the prisoners were present to sustain them ; or, if such persons were in court, they carefully abstained from giving expression to their feelings. Messrs. Martin, Williams, and O'Doherty were brought into court about half-past ten o'clock. Clerk of the Crown—Put Kevin Izod O'Doherty to the bar. Sir COLMAN O'LoauLEN—Before this case comes on I have to apply to your Lordship to decide the question regarding Mr. Duffy's arraignment, and that Mr. Duffy be brought into court. The application was acceded to, and Mr. Daffy was placed at the bar. Sir COLJIA.N O'LoGULEN then moved that Mr. Duffy should be at liberty to plead. The question was, whe ther they were entitled, as a matter of right, to have the plea recorded, and be submitted they were so en titled. He contended the arraignment of Mr. Duffy was completed, and if it' were not completed on the former day, that it had been since completed. In sup port of his proposition he cited the second volume of Hole's Picas of the Crown, p. 219. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL submitted that Mr. Duffy was not entitled to record his plea—for, in point of fact, he had not been arraigned. The CHIEF BARON—No authority is cited to show t'aat in the circumstances that have occurred in the pre sent instance, the arraignment was complete. There are two questions here—first, whether the arraign ment was complete, and next, whether there is any reason, ex dubito, why the arrraignmeut should be now completed. Baron PENNEFATIIER—The authority cited by Sir Colman O'Loghlen is quite decisive against its being an arraignment. According to that authority the indict ment should be read out distinctly to the prisoner, unless be waives his right to harq that Clones and consents that an abstract only should be read, and that has not been done in this case. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN—We said we waived the reading of the indictment if we got a copy. We have got the copy, and should now be at liberty to plead. Baron PENNEFATHER—Not until the Crown call upon you to pleal Mr. BUTT, Q.O .—I consider, in consequence of the mode of proceeding the Crown has adopted in this case, that they seek to obtain some advantage, and I consider it would much better become the dignity of the At torney• General to waive any advantage he might thus obtain. However, I do not appeal to the Attorney- General, but I apply to the Court. I trust your Lord ships will not allow the Attorney-General to come in here and control the proceedings of the court, except in the way he is entitled to do so, by entering a ?folk proscqui. As long as I have the honour to hold a brief, I will never again consent, to suit the convenience of the Court or the Attorney-General, to the slightestdeparture from the regular course of proceeding; and I now ask of the Court confidently, but boldly, to keep faith with .me and the prisoner, and put us in the same condition we would be in if we had not consented to the suggestion for postponement. Baron PENNEFATHER—We cannot decide that when once a prisoner is put to the bar the arraignment should be completed, except on express authority. Mr. BUTT—But this proceeding went much further than that. We put it, however, as a question for the discretion of the Court rather than as a matter of strict right. SOLICITOR-GENERAL—The Learned Gentleman has put forward a variety of grounds in support of his ap plication, and, amongst others, that the present pro ceeding on the part of the Crown is unprecedented, but I submit it is the ordinary practice that a prisoner should be called to the bar, and when the Clerk of the Crown has commenced the arraignment, the counsel for the Crown may ask the Court to let the matter stand over for a time. The Learned Gentleman was equally unjustifiable in saying that the counsel for the Crown (whose only object is to bring the criminal to justice) intend to practise any stratagem or device. I say those insinuations are not to be tolerated, and will not be en dured. I hope the Court will not impose such unprece dented conditions on the Attorney-General as to call upon him to disclose the circumstances which he deems it necessary to consider before an individual who is to be tried shall be called upon to plead. We must proceed advisedly in this case, and not be forced to take a preci pitate step, if we deem such step precipitate. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—As far as I am person ally concerned, I am only discharging a public duty, and I wish to do that conscientiously. If the trial goes on this present Commission, I may be satisfied to have Mr. Duffy tried on this indictment; but when it is suggested that applications are to be made to postpone those trials, I may not, perhaps, discharge my duty as I ought, if I allow myself to be embarrassed by the bills found for felony, when I have the grounds to send up bills for high treason. Perhaps I have not done my duty as I ought, in sending up bills for felony, when I might have sent up bills for high treason. But if the case is not determined at the present commission, the Court, I trust, will not, by any act out of their way, oblige me to take any course that would fetter my dis cretion in sending up bills for treason. Mr. BUTT—I call upon the Court to interpose between the prisoner and the unconstitutional threat of the Attorney-General. Let them allow the prisoner to plead, and the Attorney-General to take his course. CHIEF BARON—We do not see any thing in the case to induce us to proceed with the arraignment of the prisoner. The proceedings of the commission are still pending ; the commission is not about to close, and another case was fixed for this morning. We shall not proceed with the arraignment of Mr. Duffy, but shall proceed, as we were about to do, with the trial of O'Doherty. THE QUEEN V. KEVIN IZOD O'DOHERTY, PROPRIETOR OF THE " TRIBUNE." PROSECUTION FOR FELONY. Kevin Izod O'Doherty was then placed at the bar, to take his trial on the charges on which he was arraigned on the preceding day, namely, for imagining, devising, and intending to depose the Queen from her royal style, title, and honour of the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom, which imagination, intention, &c., were indicated by articles published in the Tribune newspaper. Proclamation was then made for a jury, and the panel was read over. During that proceeding the prisoner's agents were actively employed in noting down the names ot objectionablAkperpons. a There aie about 150 names on the pine], b& 48 per- 1 sons only, in 'the first instance, sliediered to tr es. ilk By the directidn of the Court illre names were 'n called on fines of• 20/. rThe thrensened imposition o a fine caused f nine a‘dtlitional persons to announce their presence in.court. It w aeemedenecessary, howe*, to call over the i names a non fiflts-Af 501., and this additional fine had f tke effec e4,,fausing Tato other oputlemcn answer to Mir names, making in all tliftersons w „ • •yedagke summons to littend as jurors, - but of a lis 1 sposeVof about 150 persons. The second juror who was [called upon to be sworn, namely. Mr. Nolan, was ordered by the Crown to stand by, on the ground that he was bail for the printer of the Nation. The objection was allowed, and Mr. Nolan was ordered to stand by. John Phayre was objected to by the prisoner's counsel, on the ground that he is a burgess of the city of Dublin. The challenge was to the effect that Mr. Phayre as such burgess was interested in the conviction of the prisoner, because the goods and chattels ot all felons convicted within the city of Dublin, became the property of the Lord Mayor, and corporation, and burgesses. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL demurred to the challenge on the part of the Crown, on the ground that it was not shown by the challenge in what manner the goods or chattels of felons convicted within the city of Dublin became vested in the Lord Mayor, &c., or how Mr. Phayre was personally interested in the matter. After hearing counsel on both sides, the Court ruled in favour of the Crown. Mr. Phayre was then peremptorily challenged by the prisoner, When the Clerk of the Crown called the name of Mr. Reid, merchant tailor. Mr. BUTT—I wish to ask if this man is not a Castle tradesman? SOLICITOR-GENERAL—That is not a proper question to make. The COURT intimated that the question might be put. Mr. BUTT (to Mr. Reid)—Are you a tradesman at the Castle, or one of the Lord-Lieutenant's tradesmen? Mr. Reid—l am not aware that I am.—(Laughter.) The prisoner's challenges having been exhausted, the following jury were sworn : — S amuel Be g ot Oldham, 1 Richard Ulysses Burgh, Edward Birmingham, Richard Collier, George Yeates, William Reid, George Nesbitt, John Kershaw, Blaney Mitchel, Charles Mathers, John Johnson, and Thomas Stewart. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, at three o'clock, TOse to state the case for the Crown. The prisoner, Mr. Kevin O'Doherty, he said, stands charged before you, gentle men of the jury, with the commission of an offence of a very serious character. He is charged with the com mission of a felony, and the consequences of his convic tion may necessarily be to him very serious indeed; but though the law makes the charge a felony, it does not attach any certain punishment to it—it is discretionary with the Court to state the punishment to be inflicted. It is not a capital felony, but a felony that may be punished either with imprisonment or transportation, which may be extended to the full period of the life of the individual. I mention that fact for this purpose, that being aware of the very serious nature of the charge, you will, I am quite sure, give your calm, deliberate, and full attention, to the nature of the charge that is brought forward against the prisoner, and to the evidence which will be adduced on the part of the Crown in support of that charge. Sometimes it is the duty of jurors to judge of evidence of a contradictory character; in the pre sent case you will have no questions of that description to decide. About the evidence in this case there will be no doubt, the facts being conceded, and your province will thereby be to decide whether the evidence being all admitted, the acts of this man are evidence of the inten tion which the Crown has assigned to him in the present indictment. The charge against him, relieved from legal form, is founded upon an Act of Parliament which in a very few lines indeed defines the crime which is the sub ject matter of this investigation. 'The charge is that since the passing of this Act this gentleman (Mr. O'Do herty) did compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend to deprive or depose our Lady the Queen of the style, honour, or royal name of the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom. There is another charge against him, that he did also compass, imagine, invent, devise, and in tend to levy war against her Majesty w ithin the Unites] Kingdom, in order by force and co nstraint to compel her to change her measures and counsels. And we say that the intention of the prisoner is expressed, uttered, mid declared by the publication of certain printed documents. Gentlemen , at the time of the pub lication of those documents Mr. O'Doherty was the pro prietor of a newspaper in the city of Dublin. That newspaper was, I believe, first p u blished in the month of June, in the present y ear. I sa y so because part of the subject matter of the present pr o secution is the fourth num b e r, first volume, which wa s published Saturday, the on the Ist of July. That will be a material circumstance for your consideration, and I belie v e that alto g ether but five or six numbers of the papers ever saw the light. The present indictment is founded on publications in two numbers of this paper. One was published on Saturday, the Ist of July, the other on Saturday, the Bth of July. It will be for you, Gentlemen, to bear in mind the period at which this paper came into existence, and the object with which it was undertaken. I charge the object ot the publisher of this paper to be this, to excite rebellion in the country, which unhappily they have been able to do. It will be material for you to bear in mind some of the matter that appears in those publications them selves. This article of the Ist of July refers to, and of course was published after the conviction of another newspaper proprietor, Mr. Mit chel, for the very same offence as that with which Mr. O'Doherty stands charged before you at the bar. Very little more than two months since the time I have the honour of addressing you, it was my duty to address i another jury against a young man charged precisely _ No. 17,435.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING Subscribers LONDON, LinMINGIiA LISLE, &c., TO EDI LDS - DEE, AND Trains leaye Lond on .... Birmingham Liverpool . kenchester Preston ICelveastle Carlisle Arrive at Edinburgh— Glas zow.... l'erth bundee rliroath ,M, LIVERPOOL, NIANCIII>TER, CAE IN:IURGIi AND GLASGOW, PERTIL ROAM DOWN TRAINS. SUNDAY TRAINS. B. No change of carriage between London and Edinburgh and -London and Perth. 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The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away , and last approachingwhi c k to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, , et for want of careful investigation of its real cause , has been to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work, 80:',nished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases o f y oun g per of . sbue7lenPti2l3,,oth sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con , heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has rune', t he Indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by y outh _2;,;;Tnu:tureers of consultation iYom Eleven till Two, and Six to Ill ustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON FUYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. N ew Edition, enlarged to 196 pates. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by Post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 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Furthermore, two other ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. eachand , oy post Is. Gd.) called " What to Eat, Drink, Avoid," and " now to be Happy." They are not merely ximphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's ife, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate —to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's la to a ke y be hadws—and ep alway ofs on the " sunny side of the way." The above works m Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvslho, 147, Fleet•street Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other :s' se) from the author (who may be coMerrel with personally, mrnings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaeo Regent-street ; and all :3ooltsellAr.4 REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR.AN LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH I) MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. rust published, and may be had In French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. ad„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, :. 4 g ELF-PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early neriod of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feeiings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty co loured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the reproductive Organs, explaining their struct,n c,, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'AIERT, 31. D,, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Ilall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriaga requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it he traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when used in moderatio n is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abitsed.the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on the nature and conseauence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subiect. This work contains an accuraterat and complete account of the Anatomy and Phys.ology Reproductive Organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attentien and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health man should & be nd poosfsestsheed. phyitsicalunfcoartpualb,ailtietileys ohfamtlveknigeh the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering that the from their invariable consequences, enwisely entertains a tear of ap plying to a qualified phys.cian for re lief. Shame and the dread sre o rrequently, but erroneously e ntertained that these complaints a beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeng or assistance where alone it c an be procured. In acting thus ki , he forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the C3HSCS of lisease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inv riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by I'ls posse-sion o: the reqdisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional purseits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. L.VMERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a i,aarantee for his professional experienee, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 62, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street: Starle, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet- street ; Gordon, 146, Author, y t h o o m m T a y e i let° Two,n v 1 e a d n o d n t r h u e F LI vseo till r E s p g esolly h r tr ,i n t a o Lea d e nhall-street, London; or, free by post for forty - two stam p s, frromhy'llieettAeru, his ice. 37. Bedford-square, London. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, AUG. 11. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee : That in the case of the Wolverhampton Curacy (No. 2) Bill, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with:— That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. That in tho case of the ViegiFt Mary Hospital (New castle-upon-Tyne) Estate Bill, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. That in the case of the City of London Sewers petition, for leave to read the Bill a second time, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the Bill may be read a second time not later than three clear days after the presentation of this report.—Resolutions agreed to. FIRES IN WARWICKSIIIRE.—Since the termination ' of the Warwick Assizes, on Tuesday last, a man has been committed to the county gaol to take his trial for wilfully setting fire to wheat and other ricks, at Salford, near Alcester. Yesterday (Thursday) morning, about half-past eleven o'clock, smoke was perceived issuing from a bark-rick at Kenilworth, the property of Messrs. R. and W. Draper, very extensive tanners of that place. The rick contained about '2OO tons of bark, and its esti • mated value is 1,6001. ; and, at the time our corre spondent wrote (six P.m.) , the fire was but partially sub dued. The rick being t h a tched with straw,itis sup posed that the latter ignited by a spark falling ffromo an adjacent chimney. The p ro p erty was insured in the County Fire-office, the engine of wh ich, together with the Warwick engines, were on the spot as soon , as prac ticable, but the fire had so enter ed the heart of the rick that it was necessary to take it entirely to pieces. Strange to say, that although Kennilworth has 5,000 inhabitants it is yet minus a fire-engine. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—The thousands who have been so delighted throughout this season with the great exertions of the director, and the splendid effec:s those exertions have produced, will be glad, but not surprised, to hear that the vast array of talent here engaged have risen up en masse to offer a flattering homage to their manager, by appropriating Monday next to a coinpli mentary benefit, as some slight return for the immense sacrifices . which have been made to sustain the high re puta non the Italian opera here enjoys. STATE OF TRADE AT GLASGOW.—We understand that a number of weaving factories, which have been , stopped for the greater part of the last twelve months, have again resumed work; and now there are about four or five at a stand-still. The factories of Glasgow, of which there are above forty in the city and neighbourhood, contain some 10,000 looms, and give employment to upwards of 12,000 females , and about 1,500 males. Most of these are now in full employment. Though a reduction of ten per cent. on their wages has lately been made they are still able to earn a moderate livelihood. The spinning-mills are in a still better condition, as they are all working on full time, with but three exceptions.—Glasgow Paper. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROUSE OF LORDS. FIELD'S DIVORCE BILL. The proceedings upon this important and extraordi nary case came to a rather sudden and unexpected ter mination on Thursday last. We had the whole of the following in type, and intended to have published it on that day, but was prevented in consequence of the press of Parliamentary matter and the foreign and Irish news. The object of the Bill in this case was to annul a mar riage that had taken place between a young lady of the name of Field, between 18 and 19 years of age, and a person of the name of Samuel Brown, who was upwards of 52 years of age, and had formerly been a butler in a family in Wimpole-street. Our readers will recollect that we some time since gave a detailed account of the case when Brown was tried and sentenesd to six months' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for a false entry of the marriage upon the marriage register of Trinity District Marylebone Church. Immediately upon the conviction of Brown proceedings were taken to annul the marriage by the introduction of a Bill into the House of Lords for that purpose. The second reading of that Bill was appointed to come on some time since, and upon that occasion the Lords present were the Earl of Devon, chairman, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Radnor, the Earl of Verulam, the Earl of Lonsdale, Lord Sudeley, Lord Montfort , & C. Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Roit, Sir John Bayley, Mr. Walford, and Mr. Austin appeared for the petitio ner ; and Mr. Ballantine represented Samuel Brown, the husband, by whom it was alleged that the young lady had been threat ened and coerced into the marriage against her own free will and consent. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel in opening the case, that the circumstances con nected with the present proceedings were of the most ex traordinary character. In 1843 Mr. James Field, the father of Miss Esther Field, dmd, leaving the petitioner and a younger brother orphans. By the death of her father Miss Field became possessed of landed property to the extent of 1,200/. a year, and about 40,0001. in money. Should her brother die this amount would be doubled. Mr. Robert and Mr. John Brown, the brother of the Samuel Brown who had coerced the young lady into a marriage, were the trustees and executors to the will of James Field. In the month of April, 1847, Miss Field, who was then 17 years of age, went to reside in the house of Mr. John Brown, at Tring, in Hertfordshire, where he carried on the busi ness of a brewer and innkeeper, and in his business he was assisted by Samuel Brown, who had previously been a butler in a family in Wimpole-street. Samuel Brown was at this time 52 years of age; and, upon Miss Field going to his brother's house she used to call her guardian father, Mrs. Brown mother, and Samuel Brown uncle. She treated the whole as relatives. On the 18th of May, 1847, Samuel Brown proposed, to her astonishment, mar riage to her. She laughed at him, but when she found that she was persecuted and annoyed she told him she loved another, and could never love him, for be was old enough to be her grandfather. Brown then began to threaten her, saying that if she did not marry him he would shoot himself, and having found out who was the object of her affections, threatened to do him some injury. Brown afterwards renewed his threats in such a way as to cause the young lady before the day was over to consent to become his wife. On the following day he left the house, and did not return until the 21st or 22d of May, when she begged to be released from her promise, as she could not perform the contract, and again adverted to the great disparity of years. For a few days Brown remained quiet, when he again began his system of persecution, and continued it until the 18th of June, when he again obtained her consent to the proposed union. On that occasion he showed her a letter, which he bad addressed to her brother in consequence of her conduct. During the whole of this extraordinary pro ceeding he made her pledge herself to secresy, and by gross and wicked fraud be succeeded, on the morning of the 19th or 20th of June, after having obtained her promise, in bringing her to London. While on the way she again told him that her I , heart failed her, and that she could never become his wife; when he said, " Nonsense," and that resist ance was out of the question. On arriving in town they proceeded to the residence of the parish clerk, and afterwards to Trinity Church, Marylebone, where the marriage was solemnized. Even at this stage of the proceedings Brown was guilty of deception, tor he said they were to be married at St. George's Church, Hano ver-square, by license, instead of which they were mar ried by banns. He told ber that if any questions were asked he would answer them. After they were married they returned to Tring about half-past five o'clock. In this most unfortunate and distressing affair there was one happy circumstance connected with this marriage—it hail never been consummated. There had been no co habitation. On the 24th she went to the house of Mr. Smith, solicitor and banker, at Hemel Hempstead, where she at present remained. It was to Mr. Montague Smith, sou of this Mr. Smith, that she was attached, and in answer to something he said she then for the first time mentioned her marriage, and afterwards made the same communication to Mr. Smith, who came to town, and it was not till he had gone to several churches that he found out where the marriage took place. The Learned Counsel then called the following witnesses, whose examination, together with the Learned Counsel's (Sir F. Kelly) address, occupied their Lordships two days : Miss Field was called and examined, and her evidence corroborated the statement of the Learned Counsel, and also repeated in the most positive terms that she bad been forced into giving her consent to the marriage by the threats and violence of Samuel Brown, one of those threats being that he would not only do her much bodily harm, but would do Mr. Montague Smith, to whom she was attached, UR injury. Under these cir cumstances she consented to the marriage. It was also stated that Samuel Brown had been prosecuted and con victed, and was at the present moment undergoing his sentence of six months' imprisonment, for fraud in the publication d icEt ed dw by y o rdoNr vdeh t; t or t if h d etgheeb examined a Court, o fby that an had j . been zi, y and prior p ra r ms i o tuo r epl t p o eßd that roosal time e —l t av t there since am butler to Mr. Clitheroe, of 31, Wimpolestreet, and have butler, C r e b s e s a - e n e n d x a h i ic s e erv o i t ee Samuel. Brown lived there as Cross —examined for seven years last October; d f a ro t m th a h r o s auys,e thatsince, I b u k t n h o a w s been sinee i l n wa th s e in se th rv e Mr. Clitheroe. James Field examined by S . KELLY—I am bro ther to Esther Field, and I am now seventeen years old. I have been at Harrow School, and s i nce t h e death of fmy father have been under the care of M r . John and Mrs. Brown. At the house of that gentleman I always spent m y holidays, and my sister did the same. Mr. Samuel Brown resided in the house. I had no knowledge of his intentions towards my sister until he informed me of their marriage, of which I did not approve. I used sometimes to pay a visit to Mr. Smith, a solicitor at Hemel Hempstead. lie was an old friend of my father's. Mr. and Mrs. Brown always manifested a dislike to my sister's visiting Mr. Smith's family, and of course I went there the less uften in consequence. My sister and my self regarded Mr. and Mrs. Brown in the light of our parents. Everything that was done for us was done by Mr. and Mrs. Brown, and no other individual that we knew of ever interfered in the management of ourselves or of our affairs. I remained at Harrow till last June. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—I have stopped at Mr. Smith's during the holidays. I was once taken to that gentleman's hou se by my father. There are several young ladies, daughters of' Mr. Smith, and there are three sons. Mr. J. Brown assigned as a reason to ray sister and myself why be did not wish us to visit at Mr. Smith's, that Mr. Alontaeue Smith bore a very bad character. I have also heard it stated that one of the Misses Smith had eloped, and had been followed, over taken, and brought home again by her mother. Mr. Brown assigned as one reason why it was his wish that we should not visit the Smiths, that one of the Misses Smith had eloped. Re-examined by Sir F. KELLY—The Browns did not state as one reason for our not visiting the Smiths, that it was their wish my sister should marry their brother, Samuel Brown. As far as my own observation has gone I have never seen the least impropriety of conduct in the behaviour of Mr. Smith's family. By the Earl of RADNOR—When the Browns first objected to my sister visiting at Mr. Smith's they did non assign any reason. The reason subsequently as signed was, that they were anxious she should riot meet and associate with Mr. Montague Smith. That gentle mon is about thirty years of age, and is a solicitor in Furnival's-inn, and it is his father who has the profes sional conduct of the present proceedings. The parish clerk to Trinity District Church stated, that he recollected Samuel Brown giving him instruc tions to publish the banns of marriage on the 23d of . of May, the 30th of May, and the 6th of June last yerr; and that on the 19th of that month he again saw him, that being the day on which the ceremony was per formed. Samuel Brown described himself as of 31, Wimpole-street, and Sarah Field, also of Wimpole street, spinster. Cross-examined--Miss Field I saw on the morning of the 19th of June. The young lady was very firm, and not at all nervous or agitated, as ladies usually are on such occasions. It' there had been any appearance of fear or disinclination to the marriage manifested by Miss Field, and it had been noticed by the officiating clergy man, the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, that gentleman or myself would have asked her questions upon the subject. After the ceremony the parties went to my house and partook of refreshment, which had been provided fur them, as I heard. The witnesses to the marriage were my wife and myself. That is by no means an unusual occurrence. I had not known Samuel Brown before this. The Rev. Mr. Hamilton examined by Sir J. BAYLEY —I was the officiating minister on the occasion of this marriage. I performed the ceremony. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE — I should read out the entry which had previously been made by the clerk on the register, and should ask each party as to the correctness of entry; and if it had happened that either party had given a different reply to that which corroborated the entry, I should of course make an entry accordingly. Supposing either of the parties had dis sented from the entry then, there would be a new registry. I remember this particular marriage, because within a week of its performance I had some inquiries made of me in respect of it. Mrs. Speller, the wife of the clerk at Trinity Church, corroborated the evidence given by her husband. Mr. Smith, a solicitor and banker at Hemel Hamp stead, said—l am not only the attesting witness to that document, but I drew it. I had for many years been the legal adviser of the testator, and his banker also. He had very considerable property, 60,0001. at least, invested principally in estates. I knew his father, who was worth 80,000/. to 100,0001. The testator left the principal part of his property between his two children, Esther Field and her brother. A yearly income of about 1,200/, each, besides the other property was left them, and in the event of either dying without is-ue or without having been married, the survivor took the whole If Esther married, her property was to be settled up on her for her own separate use. There was , a small personalty of about 5,0001., perhaps, arising from savings out of the income. As the will did not appoint any guardian, there was a bill filed in the Court of Chancery in 1846 for that purpose; and when this event occurred the business was still in progress, but not completed. Up to this time the only persons who had exercised any control over the children were Mr. end Mrs. John Brown and Mr. Moore, who had succeeded one of the original trustees who had died. I have five daughters and three sons, one of whom is named Min tague. I was not aware until Miss Field atter tail affair mentioned it to me, that there was any attach ment between her and my son Montague, and than I knew nothing more about it than what that young bdy told me ; and even now I do not know that either of them has made an offer of marriage to the other. Prior w June, 1847, I had not seen Miss Field but once—and that was in April—for probably two years, and or the occasion in June she had come in compliance witl my request, as I wanted to speak to her about the aploint want of her guardian. When she was at schod she spent her holidays at Mr. Brown's. When she came to my house on the 24th of June last year, she Uld me what had occurred four days afterwards, and expressed a wish, as she could not live with Samuel Browr , that if it were possible the marriage should be put aside. In -th consequence of this I institutede necessary proceed ings and consulted counsel. One result of those pro ceedings was that Miss Field should be placed under the care of my family, and in consequence of that order she has remained in my house up to the present moment. This was under the order of the Vice-Chancellor. My eldest son is named Montague, and is now 29 years of age. lie is a solicitor in Furnival's lon. Samuel Brown was P rosecuted at the Central Criminal Court for fraud in respect of the banns on the certificate of th e Attorney-General, upon the matter being referred to him by the Vice-Chancellor. My son Montague ass not been married, to the best of my knowledge. Cross-examined—l have received t he ren ts under the authority of the trustees, and pay th em i nto their ac count as in wmelyi asin bank. t h l os a e m i nthe Chancery,at attorney and in these e have s adoptede proceed ingsthem at the request of Miss Field. My sot Montague has not been in my house since this occurrence, and it has been by my orders that he has not been there. He is a solicitor in Furnival's Inn. He got into some diffi culties in consequence of his Eton connexions. By Lord RADNOR—Miss Field said she was married to Samuel Brown, but that she wished t) get rid of it, for she could not live with him. She also stated that she had been intimidated into the marriage. Mr. Steele, the medical attendant, stated that he had seen Miss Field after her arrival at Mr. Smith's on the 24th of June, when he found her in a very nervous and , excited state, so much so that he apprehended a fever would follow. Other witnesses having bean examined, Mr. ROLT summed up the whole of tke evidence, and the further consideration of the case was adjourned to Thursday last. On that day Mr. BALLANTINE rose to address their Lordships in opposition to the second reading of the Lill for annulling the marriage, on the behalf of the husind, Samuel S. l3rowii, when The Earl of DEVON intimated that their Lordships would not trouble the Learned Counsel. There was no occasion to do so, because, although h 3 had originally come down to that House impressed in ftvour of the Bill, still the effect of the evidence in chief, and that drawn out by the able cross-examination of th 3 Learned Coun sel who appeared on behalf of the husband, had been to satisfy him that the Bill ought not to be proceeded with, inasmuch as it was not sustained by the evidence, in re spect of the allegations, that the consent of the young lady had been forced and against her free will. In this opinion he was supported by that of the Noble and Learned Lord who usually occupied the woolsack, by Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell, with all of whom he had held consultations on the case. He could not therefore move, as it had been his iaten tion, the second reading of the Bill. The effect of this decision will of course be, mat the marriage being thus declared a valid marriage, and with the tree consent of the young lady, she will la 3 handed over to her husband as soon as his period of imprison ment for the fraud has expired. POLICE INTELLIGENCE GUILDHALL. William Cqgly, a foreman in the emplor of Mr. Mid. son, a stationer on Lambeth-hill, was sunmoned before Alderman Huraphery, for assaulting am ill-using his wile. Mrs. Patience Cuflly, a respectably-tressed young woman, said she was married to the prisuier on the 2d of January last. On the second nighthe complained that the bed was not made comfortable, ind at once got up and drew her and the bed on to thefloor. He was then in a state of intoxication. About urea weeks after he shook her most violently, and left marks on both her arms; and on another occasion he caught her by the neck, and if it had not been for the itterference of his brother she would have been strangleO. On the 2d of June he came home at a very late hour in a beastly state of intoxication, when he took her up aid flung her on the stairs against the banisters, hurting h4r hip and back so severely that she was unable to leave ler room for about from a fortnight. While so confined he rejeated his violence by throwing various articles at her, toad she became so alarmed that she t ook the first opporttnity of fl y ing her home to secrete herself. On one occasion he seized a razor, and fearing he was going tc take her li fe, she fell on her knees and said , " Don't, William, I will not leave you." He desisted, and went to h e r box and t ried to cut up her clothes , and afterwards to burn them. The defendant denied using any threat, bat admitted t h a t he was very wrong in shoving her aga inst the banisters. He also said that his wife's statement re specting his conduct the night following their marriage was untrue. Mr. hey Hardy, a surgeon, and Mr. and Mrs. Tindall, of Old Fish-street-hill, having deposed to t h e ill- treat ment the complainant had received from the time of their snarl iage, Alderman HUNPLIERY said it w a s very clear the de fendant was a most inhuman man, and he should hold him to bail, himself in 1001. and two sureties e ach, to keep the peace towards his vife and all her Majesty's subjects for twelve months. In default of bail ho was locked up. CLERKEIV WELL. A gentleman, named Barry, residing at Islington, was summoned by an omnibus conductor fcr refusing to pay his fare, 6d. The complainant said he was the conductor of an omnibus running between Islington and Chelsea. For the whole distance the fare was ed.•' b ut from the Regent's-circus , P i cca d i ll y , to Tottenham court-road, vehicle to that effect. The defendant got on th e omnibus at the Regent - circus and alighted at Islington , when he refused to pay more than 3 d. Th e fare, 6d. was stuck up inside ; that was his fare. - was 3d., and a painted board was placed o utside the The fare for short distances was outside. Defendant said it was a low cunning trick, to take advantage and to intimidate ladies. The 3d. was on the, board, without any qualification. Mr. TYRWILITT said he must be guided by the Act of Pat-dement. The law specifically stated that a table of fives should be affixed inside of the omnibus, and if they thought, proper to make fares for short distances, they must also be placed inside. The complaint was then dismissed. MARLBOROUGH - STREE T. William Powell Dellerton, a young man who formerly held a situation in the dead-letter department of the General Post-office, was brought before Mr. Bingham, fur final examination, charged with embezzlement. lie was also charged with having deserted his wife, leaving her chargeable to the parish of St. George, Hanover square. It appeared from the evidence adduced on the last and. present examination, that the prisoner had very cruelly treated his wife, leaving her without the common neces— saries of life, and abandoning her to her own resources. It was, in consequence, her wish to be separated from him. Mr. l3leunam said he had been informed that the persons from whom the prisoner had embezzled the money, did not intend to press the charge against hire,. He (Mr. Bingham), however, should not discharge hien until he had conseited to enter into a deed of separation with his wife, in order that she should not be distressed again by his conduct. The prisoner at once consented to this, and having signed the necessary papers, was discharged. Just as he was leaving the court, Mr. Green, from the office of Mr. Hebb, solicitor, stepped forward, and servael him with a copy of a writ for 2501. Mr. Smith stated that since the case had been before the public, he had received a sovereign from a gentle man for Mrs. Wellerton , which the donor be gg ed mi g ht be acknowledged through the medium of the public press. Mrs. Wellerton said she was destitute of every means of gaining a livelihood. She was exceedingly clever at knitting fancy cloaks and other articles, and had she the means of purchasing the materials she should soon by her own exertions be placed in comparative comfort. Mr. BINGHAM said he thought, it the case was made public, some benevolent individuals might come forward and assist her. He would give her a sovereign from the pour-box as a beginning. SOUTHWARK. Thomas Craven, a medical student, was brought up under the authority of a warrant, charged with the ab duction of Jessie Cabb, a girl of 14 years of age. The girl's mother, a respectable woman, attended this court the preceding day, and described the circum stances attending her daughter's absence from home ; that on Monday afternoon she sent her to an aunt's in the Hackney-road, on an erra nd, and that not returnin g , inquiries were made, who it wag a s c er ta ined t h at she CALEDONIAN- RAILWAY. OPENING of the CASTLECARY BRANCH, and COMPLE !ION of the DIRECT LINE of RAILWAY between LONDON, PERTti, DUNDEE, ARBROATH, MONTROSE, &c. EXPRESS TRAINS between LONDON, EDINBURGH, GLAS GOW, PERTH, DUNDEE, and ARBROATH. Between London and Edinburgh. ••• • • •in 12 hours. Between London and Glasgow •• • ..... iu 12 hours and 10 min. Between London and Perth ..............in 14 hours. Between London and Dundee .. • • ,• in 15 hours. Between London and Arbroath • • •••••• in 15 hours and 45 min. N.B. The line of Rahway is continued from Arbroath to Mon trose, and fast coaches run between Montrose and Aberdeen. 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