The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.--The attorneys and solicitors are begin ning to raise their voices against the injury about to be inflicted upon them by the proposed income tax ; and though it is -not likely that when lawyers com plain they will excite much sympathy in the minds of the public at large, they are certainly as much entitled to be heard as any other portion of the community. That there are plenty of roguish practitioners who, if fifty : per cent. were taken from their incomes, would'lstill enjoy much more than they deserve, is, very likely perfectly true ; but as a demand necessarily regulates a supply, there can be no doubt that professional rascality is called into existence, to a great extent, by the dis honesty of clients ; and the pettifogger would starve if there-were not knavish employers to make the food he lives upon. We, however, have nothing to do with the prejudices against attorneys, and our business is to consider the argument urged in' their behalf by the Incorporated Law Society—a body comprising none but the most respectable members of a class which.certainly contains within it, us much honour and integrity as belongs to any other body of men, though, : like every profession , it is one into which " vile things sometimes intrude themselves. The Law Society has presented, a petition to the House of Commons, calling attention to the fact that the average income of the attorneys and solicitors is already taxed to the-amount of six per cent. ; for the stamps on articles of clerkship and admissions to prac tice amount to nearly three per cent., while the certi ficate duty, which is payable every year, exceeds three per cent. on the annual income of the profession. If such is the pressure upon the gross earnings of the attorneys, and solicitors, while it falls almost unfelt on the wealthier memhers of the profession, how heavily must it press on the pocket of the young practitioner, who, with an income of only one hundred a-year--or indeed if his expenditure should even exceed his re ceipts—must still, if he seeks a livelihood at all, pay twelve pounds per annum for the privilege of doing so. When the Government places a tax upon one class which (taking into consideration the fair remuneration to which industry and skill are entitled) professions in general are not considered able to bear, it is certainly forcing the one that is thus specially burdened to get from the people the sum demanded by the Government. The attorneys are told they must submit to an impost such as no other body of men are subjected to ; and thus, like the Jews in some countries, who, when unjustly taxed by the State, were tempted to get unfairly from others what was oppressively take,n from themselves, there are ninny low practitioners of loose and wavering prin ciple, who revenge the injustice done to them in the special infliction of an onerous charge, by visiting the pockets of the public as heavily as possible. Whether it would be convenient to release attorneys from the charges to which they are now subjected, is a question we are not disposed at present to discuss ; but it is obvious that they ought to stir themselves most strenuously against the proposed income tax. If it should pass, a solicitor whose earnings area little under two hundred a year will have to pay ten per cent. in the shape of a direct tax upon his income. We do not think that the Law Society acts so judiciously in asking for a release from the existing burdens upon the profession, as it would do in exerting itself to prevent the imposition of further grievances. The latter is always the easier course, and is at the pre sent moment the only one that is at all likely to suc ceed ; for the feeling of the public is strongly in favour of every possible opposition to the obnoxious income tax, and the exertions of the legal profession may hereafter be gratefully remembered at a time when the financial state of the country may allow of its release from the impost it at present labours under. STANDARD.—One danger is near, is approach ing in augmented force, is even present—the danger of a deficient revenue, accompanied by the declared limits of the productiveness; of indii ect taxation. This was the touchstone which determined Mr. Pitt in 1798, and it is the touchstone which has properly determined Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Pitt saw that with out aggravating the sufferings of the people almost -beyond endurance, he could not increase the burden of indirect taxation. Sir Robert Peel sees the same—sees , more, for he sees the failure of an attempt to raise revenue from an increase of indirect taxes. We wish we could say that the condition of the mass of the people is better in 1842 than it was in 1798, but the failure of which we speak would, unhappily, contradict any such assertion. The country is enormously richer, but the people are, we lament to say, not richer ' • the inequality in the distri bution of wealth has prodigiously increased, and this inequality it is which peremptorily commands an im proved system of taxation. Indirect taxes as they affect necessaries, and those comforts which habit has ren dered necessaries, proceed upon the hypothesis that as consumption is equally distributed, per capita, so wealth must make some approach to a like equal dis tribution ; and in proportion as a people recede from such an equal distribution, so much more unjust be come all taxes upon necessaries and comforts, until, at last, injustice is lost in folly, and the taxes become unproductive through the misery of the people. But they are plainly not far from becoming unproductive, when we find them incapable of increase. But, again, it will be asked, is there really no difference between the circumstances of 1798 and the circumstances of 1842 ? None, certainly, as respects the necessity of providing for a deficit in the public revenue —none, as regards the necessity of providing against dangers, possible in any case, certain if not guarded against— none as to the fact f our having reached the limits of indirect taxation. In all these particulars the cir cumstances of the two eras are precisely parallel. But there is a difference in the amount, though not in the kind of our difficulty ; and admitting that this dif ference is favourable to our time, we ask, in turn, is there no difference between an income tax of ten per cent. superadded to enormous indirect taxation, and an income tax of three per cent., accompanied by a remission of taxes upon many of the necessaries of life ? COURIER.—The attempts to get up an agitation against the income tax have hitherto proved the most signal failures. The Morning Chronicle and the Morning Advertiser endeavour daily to make a show of some demonstration of the kind having taken place, by continually printing a large head line " Income Tax," and parading underneath the meetings that have taken place against it. These meetings, however, seldom exceed two, some times only one, and instead of being meetings of great bodies of men, they are held in vestry rooms, and are attended by a few tradesmen and dealers, who either are, or wish to ap pear t o be, opulent enough to come within the operation of the proposed income tax. Under the formidable head in this day's Chronicle the return of meetings is nil, and the space is filled with letters from correspondents, and+ extracts from country papers, in which the writers and radical editors express their opinions that the country is greatly indignant v and alarmed, and that wh o l e coun ties are "up against the tax ; but certainly the peo ple never exhibited alarm and indignation in so quiet and silent a manner on any previous occasion. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 30. IN RE THOMAS WAKEMAN. This day being appointed for the choice of assignees under the fiat against the bankrupt, who carried on busi ness as an engineer and general machine-maker, a number of creditors were in attendance to prove debts in order to be entitled to vote in the choice. The case had been already several times before the Court, and it appeared that the amount of debts and lia bilities appearing in hiaschedule was about 4,7001., while r.o certain statement could be made as yet with respect to the sum, which was likely to become available to the creditors, but it was surmised that the dividend would scarcely amount to Is. in the pound. The cause of bank luptcy was said to be a speculation which he entered upon with respect to a patent for railway locomotives, and which patent had already brought the inventor to insolvency. After an uninteresting and lengthened discussion, Messrs. John Wilson Thwaites, and Seeley were ap 7 pointed assignees. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. (Before Serjeant ADAMS and a Bench of Magistrates.) These Sessions commenced yesterdky, - before Mr. Serjeant Adams and a Bench of Magistrates. The Giand Jury having been addressed by theaLearned Chairman on the nature of their duties, retired to their room, and shortly afterwards returned into'Court with several bills. PICKING POCKETS.—John sinith and Thomas Keefe were indicted for picking poCkets. The prisoners, who were both very young, pleaded not guilty. It ap peared that a policeman had seen the prisoners in Leicester-square, prowling about, and saw one of them draw a handkerchief from the pocket of a person passing, and hand it to the other. The policeman im m ''diately took th em i n t o cus t o dy w ith th e h an dk erc hi e f in their possessio n . Mr. I'AvNE addressed the Jury for the prisoner Sthith. • The Jury found them both Guilty, and the Court sen tenced Keefe, who had previously been convicted of fe lony, to ten years transportation, and Smith to 6 months imprisonment. FOWL STEALING. —George .4//en, Richard Brooker, Thomas Lillywall, and Charles Bailey, were convicted of stealing le tame live fowls, the property of Thos. Jeffry. Allen and Brooker, who were old offenders, were each sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour, six weeks of the time to be passed in solitary confine ment; and the other two to three months imprisonment each, three weeks of the time to be passed in solitary con finement. SHAMEFUL CONDUCT OF A POLICE WITNESS.— Edward Neal was indicted for stealing a pair of boots value 2s. the property of W. Field. The prosecutor keeps a marine-store shop Great Peter-street, Westminst er On the day of the robbery the , prosecutor's r , sN t yife mi sse d She se h • a pair of boots f rom the window, and on saw the prisoner fitting on the hootsonth the strniet out collared him. lie extricated himself from her, and was • 3 immediately stopped by the p o liceman, B , who took him to the The station -house. prisoner, nhis defence, df said that he was a stoker 1 ~ ~~- in th e employ of the Westminster Steam Packet Company; that he had been employed by a gentlemen to take a parcel from the Golden Cross, Charing Cress, to Vaux hall, for which he had been paid one shilling ; that on his return through Peter-street, a boy offered him the boots and asked a shilling for them, but that ultimately he purchased them of the boy for sixpence; that he was in the act of fitting them on when the prosecutrix made her appearance, and the boy who had retained possession of one pf the boots ran off with that and the prisoner's sixpence. There were various circumstances which seemed to cor roborate this account. The prosecutrix, on looking out had seen a boy standing by the prisoner with one of the boots in his hand, and on her approach the boy had decamped, taking the boot with him. The CHAIRMAN—Did the prisoner give the same ac count at the station-house ? Policeman 39—He gave a very ficlious account, your Worship. The . CHAmtarr—What did he say ? Policeman — He said he had been a stoker. The CHAIRMAN—I dont mean that; did he give the same account about purchasing the boots ? Policeman —He gave a fictious, your worship. The CHAIRMAN—Did he say he had purchased the boots of a boy for sixpence ?—(Prisoner—l did.) Po liceman—He said he had bought them for sixpence. A Juryman—What was found on him when he was searched ? Policeman—Two keys and a knife ; that was all. Prisoner—And six pennyworth of halfpence, which the boy had given me change. The CHAIRMAN—Was there. sixpenny worth of half pence found on him ? Policeman—There were a few halfpence ; I do not know how many. Prisoner—There was sixpennyworth, and they were returned to me by the inspector. The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty, the Chair man having expressed his opinion that the prisoner's ac count was correct. To the surprise of every one present the Court al' lowed the policeman his expenses. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. DISGUSTING CASE. Ann Fisher, an interesting looking young woman, was indicted for stealing two blankets and a quilt, value 16s. the property of Luke Redgate. Luke Redgate kept a lodging house'; prisoner occu pied an unfurnished apartment in his house ; a young man named Dawson occupied furnished apartments. In consequence of certain information he had received from Dawson, he went into the prisoner's apartment on the 24th of March, and gave her into custody on the charge of stealing these articles. She gave up certain dupli cates at the station-house for the articles in question. The pwnbroker however, did not recognise her as the person who had pledged the articles. In answer to ques tions from Mr. BALLANTYNE, who defended the prisoner, the witness Redgate stated that the prisoner and Dawson cohabited together, and that until she had been seduced by Dawson, there never had been a more honest person than the prisoner. The prosecutor had missed his blankets on going into Dawson's room, and then Dawson had given him the information. Dawson had also in dicted the prisoner for pawning some of his property. Edward Dawson was then called, and deposed that the property produced belonged to Redgate, and had covered his (Dawson's) bed, and it had been pledged on the 9th of March. The CHAIRMAN—Where did you sleep from the 9th of March to the 24th ? Dawson—At Mr. Redgate's. The CHAIRMAN—What covering had you on your bed ? Dawson (hesitatingly)—l had some covering. The CHAIRMAN—What counterpane had you ? Daw sen—lt was like this, a white one. , The CHAIRMAN—W hose counterpane was it 7—The witness Dawson remained silent. The CHAIRMAN—Was it not the property of the young woman at the bar ? The witness Dawson—lt was. (This answer created a buzz of general indignation in the court.) The CHAIRMAN—There never was a greater mistake, Mr. Dawson, than in permitting you to stand there to give evidence. You and the prisoner ought to change places. She has evidently been made the victim to screen you. You ought to have been placed at the bar, and that young a oman should have been called as a wit ness against you. Indeed I hope it will be so still. I hope that some Magistrate will be found who will commit you for this robbery, on the evidence of that young wo man. Go out of this Court, sir, disgraced in every pos sible way. The Jury immediately found the prisoner Not Guilty. She was again indicted for stealing a coat and other articles, the property of Edward Dawson. The coat in question had been pledged as far back as January last, and the prisoner and the prosecutor had cohabited toge ther up to the month of March. _ _ The Jury interrupted the case to deliver their verdict of Not Guilty ; and as the witness Dawson was leaving the Court, The CHAIRMAN said to him, " I sincerely hope that you will be prosecuted, and that the young woman will be made Queen's evidence against you." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man named Robert Fairfax, was charged with having committed a robbery in the house of a gen tleman named Osborne, and with having struck a lad, who detected and pursued him, with a hammer on the forehead. The nephew of Mr. Osborne having heard a noise on the landing place, went to see what was the matter, and observed the prisoner endeavouring to hide himself. The prisoner, who was a stranger to every one in the house, upon being asked what business he had there, muttered something about a lady, and was secured by the witness (a lad seventeen years of age), who suspected that the fellow had property about him belonging to the home. The prisoner, finding that his departure was likely to be impeded, struck the young gentleman with a large hammer on the forehead, and covered him with blood, but as the latter was extremely resolute and spirited, the chase was followed up, and the prisoner was caught by a policeman, who found several silk handkerchiefs and other property, which were owned by the prosecutor. upon his person. The prisoner, upon being charged with having used so murderous a weapon as the large hammer produced, solemnly protested that he had no notion of doing the witness any serious injury with it, All he wished was to get away, as he knew that, as appearances were so much against him, he should stand no chance at the Old Bailey. The policeman produced a chisel, which had been found in one of the rooms of the house into which the prisoner had entered, and from which the property had been stolen by him. The door of one room had, he said, been evidently opened with the chisel. The prisoner—Not at all ; I never used the chisel. There was no occasion. The LORD MAYOR—What do you mean by saying there was no oecasion ? I suppose you job on without using it ? Prisoner—Certainly, my Lord, I did. I opened the door of the work-room with a key which I found in the other. I used no violence at all. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, you make a very candid ad mission, at any rate ? Prisoner—l don't like people to tell lies. Now here is a regular lie. I never used the chisel, but I certainly went in and took the thing, and as for the young gentleman, I never meant to hurt, though he happened in the scrimmage to get an unlucky knock. The LORD MAYOR—We shall, I trust, get rid of you for ever.—Committed for trial. GUILDHALL. ROBBING BAKERS' SHOPS.—Four stout able-bodied young men, named Williams, Boulditch, Knight, and Crompton, were charged before Sir Peter Laurie with entering the shop of Mr. Negas, No. 57, Whitecross street, and taking by force a quartern loaf. The prosecutor and his assistant stated that the pri soner, William Knight, walked into the shop, which was within a short distance of the Refuge for the Destitute, in Playhouse-yard, and was constantly surrounded by miserable creatures like them, when they said they were fainting with hunger, and unless some were given them they should take it by force. Upon being refused they seized upon a loaf, which they took out and divided it with the other prisoners. A constable was sent for, and upon his arrival, in a few minutes, they were given into his charge, not having shown the slightest inclina tion to escape, although they could have readily done so before he came. • The prisoners did not deny having taken the bread, but said actual famine compelled them, as they had not tasted food for two days. They came severally from Chester, Gloucester, Somerset, and Yorkshire to look for work in London, but could get none, and the only re source, therefore, iat was open to save them from the worst of all deaths, that of starvation, was to commit some crime for which they should be sent to gaol. The prosecutor requested the case might be dealt with summarily, .as he had no wish to act severely towards the unfortunate starving beings. Sir P. LAURIE said he felt bound to commit them for trial, although he wished he could adopt some other means with cases like the present, where sheer distress was the inducing cause of crime ; but he had not the power as a Magistrate to pass them to their parishes, and he must protect the property of the honest and industri ous tradesman. Mr. Alderman Lticss (who came into Court during the hearing of the case) said it was truly melancholy -the destitution and misery that at present pervaded the metropolis. There were thousands of lads like the pri soners, who ran miles after equestrians, and were over joyed at the chance of getting a penny or twopence for the chance of holding a horse. The prisoners were then fully committed for trial, and the parties bound over to prosecute. BO TV-STREET. SINGULAR CHARGE.— Thomas Hancock, a private soldier in the Grenadiers, and who we observed bore a stripe for good conduct, and Janc Coleman, a pretty young woman, were placed at the bar on suspicion of stealing an infant, three weeks old, under the following extraordinary circumstances : John Brevi''er, the complainant, who is a porter at Covent-garden-market, stated that last night about seven o'clock, he and his wife, with their two children, one a baby of three weeks old and the other a child two-and a-half years old, fell into company with the two pri soners, and went to the Sugar Loaf, King-street, Drury-lane, where they drank about two pots of porter together. Soon after this witness's wife said she wanted to go home for a little time; upon which the female prisoner said ". Give me your baby, I'll take care of it for you." The mother then went away, and witness and the prisoners resumed their seats. Shortly afterwards, however, the female prisoner got up, and was going out. Witness asked her where she was going to, and the soldier re plied, " Oh, it's all right ; let her go." She then went out, and, not returning in half an hour, witness began to feel uneasy, and asked the male prisoner where the woman was gone with his baby. He replied, " I dDn't know; let 's go and look for her." They then went out, but not succeeding in finding her, witness gave the pri sonerinto custody, as an accomplice. From in. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1842 formation which witness received, be took pollee man 121 F with him about twelve o'clock last night to Shire lane, where they found the prisoner in bed. On entering her room she tried to cover herself over with the bedclothes. Witness said to her, " Tell me where my child is." The girl replied, " I've not got it, it's my mother." He had since been told that if he went to No. 4, Exeter-street, he should find the baby. He accord ingly went there this morning, and he saw two females standing at the door, who said that the prisoner's mother was a " second hand" there, where she had lived up till yesterday, but that did not reside there now. He went into every room but one, and could not find his child. In that room which he did not search a female was in bed, and he did not like to enter it ; he had no doubt, however, now, but that if the Magistrate would send a policeman thoroughly to search that house, the child would be found, as, from information he had received this morning from persons, outside the Court, he was convinced that his child was there. In reply to questions from Mr. JARDINE, the com plainant stated that he was perfectly sober at the time the baby was lost. He could give no reason for stealing his baby, except to make a property of it. Mr. JARDINE said he did not think that very likely. Indeed it was a very odd story altogether. Police Constable F 121, who took the soldier into custody, said the complainant was quite drunk at the time, so much so, indeed, that witness refused to take the charge for a long time on that account. The soldier was quite sober. Thomas Hancock when called on fur his defence, in a manly straightforward manner spoke as follows :-- 1 Please your Worship, in the afternoon about four o'clock, I left the barracks and was proceeding along Castle-street, when a young woman came up to me and said, " Soldier, will you give me a glass of ale," I said, " lam going somewhere to get a pint, I don't mind if I do." •We then went intoaa public-house near Rupert-street, where we had not been long when the complainant, his wife, and two children came in ; the two females got into conversation, and the man brought over his pot to me and asked me to drink; I did so and returned the compliment by asking him to drink from mine; we were very comfortable, and remained in con versation nearly an hour; I then got up and said, " Now I must go, it's nearly parade time." I then asked him if he should be there after parade, he said no he should not, but he asked me to meet them iu the evening at the Sugar Loaf in King-street, Drury-lane. We then parted and I went to parade. After parade I was going towards King-street, looking for the Sugar Loaf, when I met the woman who had the baby, and she took me to the house, where I fc.und the man, his wife, and child. The wife soon after went out, and the woman who had . the child went to look for her as she said. The complainant then called for a fiddle, and his wife almost directly came in, and they all began to dance. The woman who had the child, however, did not return. They asked me where she was. I said I did not know ; but I did not say it was all right when the woman 'went out. I never knew any of the parties till yesterday, and as for the young woman who stands by my side, I never saw her till this morning ; she is not the woman at all who was drinking with us, or who had the Child. When the man said he bad some suspicions of me, I at once gave myself up to the landlord, and said I considered myself in custody. Mr. Collins, the landlord of the Sugar Loaf, corroborated the latter part of the prisoner's state ment. He said the female prisoner had not been at his house at all, the woman who was in their company was considerably taller, and was dressed altoge ther differently ; he remembered the woman perfectly. Mrs. Brewer, the mother of the lost baby, then went into the witness-box, but declared that she was unable to recognise the female prisoner, as she had been drinking. Mr. JARDINE remarked on the wickedness and impro priety of a woman, only three weeks over her confine ment, getting drunk and dancing at a public-house ; whilst he deeply regretted the loss the complainant had sustained, he should certainly not be justified on the evi dence of a drunken man, which had been contradicted, in detaining either of the prisoners, they should there fore be discharged. Brewer then applied for a warrant to search the house, No. 4, Exeter-street, but it was refused. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK CHIC UlT,Bury St. Ednzund'*, March 28. The Commission for this county was duly opened _on Saturday at a late hour ; there being 15 cases entered for trial, of which three were. Special Jury causes, the . rest of a rather common class. Since the last Assizes at this place the county Courts have been remodelled at some expense, and various al terations effected in their general structure, which tend materially to the comfort of the Learned Judges. We regret to say, however, that the accommodation afforded to the Bar and the Attorneys is rather circumscribed, though, on the whole, the Courts have been improved both in their external and internal appearance. CIVIL CouaT.- 7 (Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY.) BROWN V. FIELD. Mr. Kelly and Mr. O'Malley were Counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Prendergast appeared (with Mr. Byles) for defendant. This was an action of slander, the parties to which were neighbours, residing at Cronfield, in this county. On the part of the plaintiff it was asserted that the de fendant, without any provocation, had first accused him of having " stolen or taken away his plough irons," and had afterwards added, that " he had been in gaol for robbing the house of Mr. James Freeman," a farmer, in the vicinity, of which he at the time said he . had been " informed by Ted Freeman." On the part of the defen dant, the Learned Counsel elicited from the first witness, in cross-,txamination, that the defendant and Mr. Field came on the road quarrelling, to the spot where the plaintiff was raking his peas, and that thereupon there was a general war of words, in which both parties abused each other, while the plaintiff called up the witness to hear what the defendant would say against him. During this interview the witness also said; " the conduct of the plaintiff was so very a2gravatinr., that if he had been the defendant he really did think 'he should have knocked him down." Upon this the Learned Judge interposed, and suggested that the case should be compromised by the withdrawal of a juror. Mr. KELLY said he would consent to this willingly, if the defendant would retract his words, that being the only object of the action. Mr. PRENDERCAST was very ready to say, on the part of his client, that no serious imputation was meant to be conveyed by the language used by him. Both the par ties, indeed, were highly respectable men in their way, and possessed but one fault, which was that they were both rather quarrelsome and bad tempered.—(Laughter.) His LORDSHIP thought that this was by far the best termination to such a case, which had evidently arisen out of a hasty quarrel. Each party would now pay his own costs. CROWN COURT—(Before Lord Chief Justice TYNDAL.) The calendar contains a list of only eighteen prisoners, in consequence of the gaols having recently been de livered by the Magistrates at an adjourned sessions. The offences, however, set forth in the calendar are of a serious character. John Gilbert and James Riches were indicted for hav ing burglariously entered the house of the widow Far row, on the night of Saturday, the Bth of January last, and stolen thereout six silver spoons, five half-crowns, sundry shillings, sixpences, and eight farthings. To this charge the latter-named prisoner pleaded guilty. It appeared that, on the morning of Friday, the 7th January, 1842, the prisoner Gilbert called at the house of the prosecutrix, who keeps a general shop in the un frequented village of Bromeswell, near Woodbridge, in this county, and asked for three halfpennyworth of to bacco. Having been served, he next asked for a light, when he was politely asked to walk in and light his pipe at the fire of the " keeping-room." While in this sanctum the stranger saw the widow put the money he had paid, her into a drawer in her bureau, an antique piece of furniture which adorned the walls of the room. On the next evening a Mrs. Keeble brought to the shop a half-crown, in which was a notch, as•well as a slit in the rim, the effect of which was that it had no " ring" in it. Besides this there were four other half-crowns, 155., and six tea-spoons in the bureau, when Mrs. Farrow retired to her lonely couch at nine o'clock, after having seen that all was safe. About one o'clock her rest was broken by a noise, bait no cause for suspicion arising. the prosecutrix " clanged them noisy chaps," and turned again to the arms of Morpheus. On coming down stairs, however, at eight o'clock the next morning, it was apparent that the window had been broken open, the house entered, and the bureau rifled of all its precious contents. The alarm being given, the constables were sent in pursuit, and in a very short time the prisoners were both in the custody of • the police. In order to connect the prisoner Gil bert with the commission of this offence, it was now proved that his shoes corresponded with the snow marks around the window, as well as did those of Riches, there being two distinct sets. They were both, moreover, seen at ten o'clock on Friday near the shop of the prosecutrix, and it was proved that, on being turned out of a beer-house in Woodbridge, at twelve o'clock on Saturday night, both the prisoners went to gether past their own lodgings towards Bromeswell. After having been taken into custody, the prisoners made their escape, but being retaken, they afterwards made certain statements, which, as far as Gilbert was concerned, plainly indicated his participation in the crime imputed to him. The CHIEF JUSTICE then summed up the case to the Jury, and having called their attention to the possibi lity of their finding Gilbert guilty of housebreaking alone, as there was no direct proof of the hour when the house was entered, The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, in accordance with that suggestion. Gilbert having been previously convicted of felony, was forthwith transported for fifteen years ; but Riches was only sentenced to one year's imprisonment, there beiag no other imputation upon his character. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, March 28. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) _ _ James Brown was indicted for a highway robbery from the person of Benjamin Johnson, in the neighbour hood of Manchester, on the 13th of Dec. last. Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Boothby for the prosecution; Mr. Whigham for the defence. It !appeared from the statement of the 'prosecutor, that on the night in question he was proceeding from his warehouse in Manchester to his residence at Hardwick, about a mile off. He had in his pocket a roll of notes, amounting to about 2301. He had reached the end of Tipping's-lane, approaching his own house, when he was set upon by several men, at least three, who knocked him down, seized him by the throat, and in an instant rendered him senseless. When he recovered a little, he found two men helping him up. His money was gone, and he was severely cut about the head, apparently from kicks by heavy clogs. His throat was so injured, that he even . now spoke with great difficulty. His watch pocket, containing the notes, had been cut away. One of the notes was a 201. note, which had been cut in two, and very imperfectly put together again. A little boy, who was near the spot, said that there were four men in the gang, that they knocked thQ pro secutor down, and that while one knelt on him the others ran away. He thought the prisoner was like one of the latter. In the course of the next evening a person passing through one of the back streets of Manchester heard a cry of murder, and running to the spot found the pri soner on the ground, and several men beatinc , him. On his coming up the assailants ran away. He asked the prisoner what was the matter, who replied that they wanted to rob him, but his money was safe. He said he knew them. The witness said he ought to go and give information, for the purpose of having them punished. The prisoner replied his money was safe, and he would not do so. The witness suspecting something wrong, said he would detain him until he saw the police, upon which the prisoner ran away, but was pursued and taken; on his person was found about 531. in gold and silver. It appeared that he had lately been changing notes at various places, and had been seen in possession of several 101. notes, and one of 20Z similar to the one which had been lost by the prosecutor. One of the notes he had changed was a 51. note of the Bank of England, No. 10,479, and evidence, which occupied the Court the greater part of the day, was adduced to show that this note formed part of the bundle which had been taken from the person of the prosecutor. It was traced from the branch bank at Manchester, through a great number of hands, and was supposed at last to have formed part of a payment made to the prosecutor by Messrs. Har greaves and Dugdale, and which he had deposited with the other notes. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to twenty years' transportation. William Hoyle and John Mills, the former about thir teen, and the latter about eleven years old, were indicted for attempting to commit a felony, by endeavouring to burn the cotton-mill of Mr. Charles Haigh, at Spotland, near Rochdale, on the 15th of February last. Mr. Brant conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Green the defence. _ _ _ _ _ It appeared that the mill had been left safe by the manager at eight o'clock in the evening. On going into the mixing room, where the cotton goes through one of the earliest processes, it was discovered that some "fly," that is, the soft down which escapes from the machine during the process, which had settled upon the sill of one of the windows, had been on fire. This window was about three feet from the floor of the mill inside, but was level with the ground on the outside—a circumstance which fortunately kept the " fly," which had settled there, so damp that the surface only had taken fire. In the third row of panes, about twenty-seven inches from the ground outside, a pane had been broken some days before, and was still out. On searching, part of.a limiter match was found, which there was every reason to sup pose had been put through the broken pane. The win dow was next a private focit-path, where marks of clogs were found, which corresponded with those worn by the prisoner Hoyle, who was taken into custody. He said that he and Mills had done it in the evening before they went home, and that they had a great mind to have' gone back and ex tinguished it, but they did not. Mills said he had nothing to do with it. Hoyle said to him, " Yea, thou has' then, thou stood three yards off by the wall." Mills denied again, on which Hoyle told the police that Mills had got a bottle of oil of vitriol to throw on the cotton, and that it was put behind the old necessary door. On searching, it was found there. It di d not appear whether the oil of vitriol would ignite the cotton or not. On the close of the case for the prosecution, the Judr,,e said there was nothing to go to the jury as against Mills, who was removed from the bar, and Mr. GREEN proceeded to address the jury on behalf of Hoyle, contending that it was a wicked and dangerous trick, but was not accompanied by an intention to burn the mill. The Judge summed up the case, and the jury found Hoyle guilty. Mr. Brandt, on behalf of the prosecution, recom mended him to the mercy of the Court, on the ground that he believed the prisoner to be the dupe of more wicked persons of riper years. On some inquiry being made, it appeared that this was the third attempt made within a very short time to fire the mill. The Judge said the case was one of a very serious cha racter, and in moral guilt as great as if the whole of the property was actually destroyed, that being the intention Such things must be prevented. He would consider what it would be best to do with the prisoner before he passed sentence. HOME ClRCUlT—Kingston, March 30. CROWN COURT.—(Before Baron GURNEY.) Sarah Robinson, aged 21, was indicted upon the Co roner's inquisition for the wilful murder of her new-born illegitimate child. Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence, that shortly before Christmas last, the prisoner, who resided with her grandmother at Dorking, presented an appearance which induced a belief that she was enceinte. On the sth of January she was observed in the water closet, by a person who resided in the house, and she then appeared very unwell. On the same day she placed herself under the care of Mr. .Curtis, a surgeon at Dorking, and continued under him till the time she was taken into custody. On the night or the 27th January the water-closet was emptied, and the soil placed on a dunghill on the premises of a neighbour ; on the following morning the body of the child was found amongst the soil, and it was evident that it had been there for some time. Soon after Christmas the prisoner was observed to have decreased in size, but no particular notice - Iry - as taken of the circumstance. Mr.. Curtis proved that the prisoner applied to him for advice on the sth Jan. and remained under his care till the day the inquest was held on the body of the child. She appeared very ill, but he saw nothing which led him to suppose that she had been de livered of a child, or that she was in the family way. On the morning of the 28th of - January he was called to see the body of the child ; the umbilical cord was ruptured, but there were no marks of violence; the child had been born alive and had breathed. Mr. Baron GURNEY told the Jury that the case against the prisoner had entirely failed ; there was no proof whatever that she had given birth to a child, further than a slight alteration in her appearance. He never before knew of a case of that description in which the supposed mother had not been subjected to an examina tion by a medical man in order to prove whether she had or had not recently been delivered ; and the fact of, the prisoner having been for three weeks under the care of Mr. Curtis prior to the finding the body of the child, and his not having any reason to suppose that she was or had been in such a state, was much in her favour. The Jury instantly acquitted the prisoner. Sarah Head, aged 19, was indicted for the wilful mur. der of her illegitimate male child, at the parish o: Lambeth. Mr. C. JONES defended the prisoner. Mr. CLARK SON stated the case on behalf of the prosecution, and called the following witnesses - Mr. James Francis Wool, of Bowhill Terrace, Brix ton, stated that on the evening of the 11th inst., on his return from the City, a communication was made to him by Mrs. Wool, which induced him to go to the water closet, when he observed what he considered to be the body of a child lying on the soil. He immediately sent for 'Mr. Christie, a surgeon, and also for a policeman. The prisoner was at that time in her bed-room ; she had been in his service about 12 months. Wm. Blenhame, 182 P, stated that on the night of the 11th inst. he was called to the house of the last witness; he examined the water-closet, and after considerable dif ficulty succeeded in taking the body of a child from the soil; he fished it up by means of a sweep's scraper, which he placed under the neck, and part of a clothes' prop. After washing the body he discovered an incision upon the left side of the neck, which extended about three inches. On the following morning he went to take the prisoner into custody; he then searched for the baby linen but could not find any. Inspector Campbell stated that the day after the body of the child was f iund, he went to Mr. Wool's with the last witness. He found the prisoner in her bed-room, when the prisoner said, `• There is no knife there, the mark on the child's throat was made by the clothe's prop in forcing it down the water closet." At that time he had not said anything to the prisoner about a knife. He subsequently examined all the props, but could not dis cover any marked with soil ; in fact, there *as not one of them, on account of their length, which could be put down the closet. Sergeant Kendall,. 1 P, examined the prisoner's room, the night the child was found. He asked her whether she had any knife in the room? to which she replied she had not. He was then about to search a bureau, when she said, " There is nothing there, the doctor has searched all those drawers." He afterwards found a penknife with a broken blade in her work-box ; she then said she had brought that up afterwards. Mr. Christie, a surgeon, stated that he was called in on the night in question, and saw the child taken from the water-closet. He observed a wound, about half an inch in depth, on the left side of the neck, extending from the ear, about three inches. The main vessels were not divided, but a quantity of blood had flowed from the wound. On the following morning he made a post mortem examination of the body, and found a con tused wound on the left side of the forehead, under which, and on the dura mater, was a quantity of extra vasated blood, which would increase the cause of death. When he first saw the prisoner, she at once admitted to him that she had been deliVered of a child. He then asked her where it was, when she said that it was dead— that she had put it into a pail of water, and had afterwards thrown it down the water-closet ; she admitted that the child was born alive, but said that it was tuft full-grown. She also stated that she was standing at the time it was born, and that it fell upon the hearthstone. The wound upon the neck could not have been caused by the scraper with which it was taken from the soil. The, knife produced was a more likely instrument to have caused such a wound. It was a clean cut. Should say, from the appearance of the wound, that it had been inflicted whilst the child was alive. Had it been inflicted after death it would have had a very different appearance. The child was full grown. Mr. Baron GURNEY-- Might not the contused wound you have . described have been caused by the child falling upon its head, as stated by the prisoner ? Witness— Certainly. Mr. Baron GURNEY—Supposing the child had died from the effects of the injury on the head, and if the wound in the neck had been inflicted immediately after wards, might it not present the same appearance as if it had been inflicted during life ? Witness—Yes, if in flicted immediately after death. Mrc JONES addressed the Jury on behalf of the pri soner, and contended that the charge of murder had not been established by the evidence adduced. There was another charge upon which they might find her guilty, viz., that of concealing the birth of the child ; but upon that subject he would not trouble them with any obser vations. Mr. Baron GURNEY having very minutely summed up the case, The Jury acquitted the prisoner of the murder, but found her Guilty of concealing the birth of the child. The LEARNED JUDGE immediately sentenced her to two years' hard labour in the House of Correction. Thomas Courtney, aged 19, was indicted for wilfully inciting and counselling the last named prisoner to murder her child. Mr. CLARKSON said, as the Jury had acquitted the female of the charge of murder, the prisoner could not be convicted as an accessory, and, therefore, he should not trouble them with any further evidence. The Jury, therefore, under his Lordship's directions, acquitted the prisoner. Samuel Cooper, aged 19, and George Boseley, aged 19, were indicted for feloniously wounding Robert Branford, police constable, No. 101, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock defended the prisoners. It appeared that on the night of the 11th of February, the prosecutor, who was on duty in Mint-street, Bo rough, was called to the assistance of a gentleman, who was beset by two females of loose character. Upon the prosecutor's interfering, Cooper seized him by the neck, and struck him several times over the head with his fist. Bosely then ran up and struck him a violent blow across the head with a life preserver, which felled him to the ground, and inflicted such a severe wound as to render him unable to attend to . his duties for some time. Cooper was taken into custody on the spot, but Bosely was not apprehended for some days. The Jury found Bosely Guilty, and acquitted Cooper. The latter was then indicted for the common assault, to which he pleaded Guilty. Boseley, with a female of the name of Sarah Pearce who had bnfore been convicted of felony, was then in dieted for stealing two waistcoats and other articles, the property of Charles Paddon. The case was clearly proved against the prisoners, and the Jury instantly found them Guilty. — ' Mr. Baron GURNEY sentenced the prisoners to be severally transported fur 15 years ; and Cooper to be kept to hard labour, in the House of Correction, for two years. Cooper, on hearing his sentence, became extremely violent ; and it required the assistance of several con stables to remove him from the bar. _ _ Mr. Baron GURNEY told the prosecutor that he had conducted himself in a very praiseworthy manner, and had risked his life in apprehending some very suspicious characters. He should, therefore, order him to receive a reward of 101. beyond the usual expenses. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Darius . Shepherd, a young man fashionably dressed, and with much the appearance of a foreigner, and wear ing mustachios, was charged with wilful damage under the followinc , circumstances :—Mr. William Robinson, the landlord ' of the Crown Tavern, at the corner of Glasshonse-street and Marylebone-street, Regent-street, stated that about half-past 7 o'clock ou Tuesday night, the defendant presented himself in front of the bar, and called for a glass of Hollands and water, but with which he was refused to be served, as he was evidently then in a state of intoxication. He, however, persisted in remaining there, causing some interruption to the business being carried on ; but at length, in a burst of " indignation," he seized hold of a pair of fold ing doors,.and dashed them from him with such tre mendous violence that they were torn from their hold ings, and two patent spring . hinges -broken, so as to be past repair, and other injuries done, the estimated amount of which was between 14s. and 15s. Mr. MALTBY said, the damage must be paid, and the defendant was then removed to the lock-up cells, but in about a quarter of an hour was liberated, the required vim being forthcoming -through the agency of a friend. :lenry Stokes, a young man, in the working dress of a inech anic just having left off work, was charged with uttering a counterfeit shilling to a boy named William Bryant, aged between seven and eight years. It appe,:tred that on Tuesday the scoundrel went up to the child, who was standing with some onions to sell in Oxford-market, and asked him if he could give change for a shilling if a pennyworth of onions were bought of him. The poor little fellow, who was anxious for and proud of a customer, joyously answered in the affirma tive, and directly held out sixpence in silver and five pence in copper, which the prisoner snatched from him, at the same time putting the shilling in his hand, and set off running, without waiting to take the onions with him. The boy instantly put the shilling into his mouth, and, finding he could bend it easily, was con vinced it was a counterfeit one, and ran after the pri soner, crying out " StOp thief !" The latter was stopped, but the sixpence in silver wasnot found on him. Mr. MALTBY ordered a good shilling to be given -to the boy, and remanded the prisoner until the Solicitor to the Mint coulcrattend. WORSHIP-STREET. Richard Bottomley, a young man with a pale and hag gard countenance, and of very dissipated aspect, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Broughton, upon a charge of having attempted to murder his wife and to commit self-destruction. The wife was prevented by illness from attending, but from the statement of the father, a respectable looking old man, and the evidence of other witnessesiit appeared that she had been married about eighteen months to the prisoner, and had lived in constant misery during that period, ixt consequence of the drunken and dissipated habits to which he was addicted. The prisoner had on two occasions sold off every thing they possessed. leaving his wife in a state of utter destitution, and the last time he did so she sought protection under the roof of her father, IA here she had since remained. On the pre ceding evening the prisoner called at her father's house in Ramsay-street, Spitalfields, and knocked vio lently at the street door, which was opened by his wife; on seeing whom, the prisoner drew a shoemaker's knife from under his coat, and made a rush towards her, but ,she slammed the door against him, and succeeded in fas tening him out. A few minutes afterwards, police con stable Metcalfe, H 123, was passing the house, when he saw the prisoner standing on the step brandishing the knife, and declaring, with dreadful imprecations, that he was resolved on murdering his wife, and afterwards cutting his own throat. The policeman seized hold of his arm, and, after wresting the weapon from him, con veyed the prisoner to the station-house. After being locked up. the prisoner made a desperate attempt to strangle himself with his handkerchief ; and he after wards dashed his head against the wall, and broke out into such frantic excesses, that it was found necessary to handcuff him, and to strap him down at full length upon a stretcher. The knife, a sharp-pointed and most deadly instru ment, which had been recently ground, was produced by a policeman. Sergeant Coleman stated that the prisoner was in cus tody some time ago for threatening the life of his wife, and the term for which he was held to bail had not yet expired. Upon being asked if he wished to say anything, the prisoner made a long and rambling statement, to the effect that the father and friends of his wife had fomented discord between them, and been the chief cause of their unhappiness. He admitted being a drunkard, but said that his wife had no right to complain of his infirmity, as she was aware of it before she married him. The MAGISTRATE admonished the prisoner in forcible language, and said that he should remand him until Sa turday next, to consider what would be the best mode of dealing with him. UNION-HALL. HORRIBLE REVENGE.—A warrant was applied for against a woman named Dowddl, for throwing a quan tity of vitriol in her husband's face. A policeman of the M division stated that, while on duty the preceding night, his attention was called on hearing the groans of a man near the " Bull" public house, in the New Kent-road. He immediately pro • ceeded to the spot, and saw a man, who appeared to be in great agony, with his handkerchief up to his face, and he complain e d that his w if e , f rom w h om h e h a d been living apart for the last two months, had the moment before watched him as he came out of the Bull, and flung a quantity of vitriol in his face, a portion of which went into one of his eyes, and gave him the most excru ciating pain. The policeman added, that on perceiving the condition of the unfortunate man, he led him to the Hospital, and the surgeon, on examining the sufferer, was of opinion that he must lose the sight of one of his eves. The Magistrate said that no warrant was required in such a case, and directed the police to apprehend the woman the moment they saw her, and bring her before him, to answer for her diabolical conduct. CLESKEIV WELL. A fashionably dressed young man, who gave his name as C.iarles Reeves, was charged by police const a bl e 89 E., with twisting the knocker off the door of the hous e of Mr: Hopkins, 4, Southampton-row, Russell-square. FrOm the evidence, it appeared that the prisoner, with two others, had been amusing themselves at the expense of their neighbours, in the above mentioned place, at half-past 12 on Tuesday night: The policeman, who sus pected they were mischievously inclined, watched them narrowly, and succeeded in arresting the prisoner, with the knocker in his handkerchief ; he at once threw it into the stre-et, exclaiming, that the policeman had not seen him twist it off, though he might have done so. That he was willing to pay the owner for the damage done, and let there be no more about it. Mr. Coomee.—What are you ? Prisoner—Nothing. Mr. COOMBE—DO you allege you did not commit the act ? Prisoner—Oh, I believe I did. Mr. CoounE—You must replace the Ino.ler, and pay a fine of 2Js. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a Common Jury.) TEMPLE V. HORLOCK. This was an action to recover from the defendant the sum of 506/., the amount of a bond entered into by him under rather singular circumstances. The declaration alleged that one George Lionel Massey being indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of 2881. he was taken in execution, and, with a view to his release from custody, the defendant, who was his friend, arranged that other sums to which Massey was indebted to the plaintiff should be added to the above amount, and that a cognovit should be given for the whole sum, which was 5061., and the defendant undertook that if the money was not paid on the 2d of December, 1840, that he would on the Bth surrender Massey at the plaintiff's chambers, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to be there taken in execution ; and failing to do so, he undertook to pay the amount of the debt, and signed a deed to that effect. The plaintiff alleged that the condition of the bond had been broken by Massey not having surrendered, and the action was therefore brought to recover the amount of the bond from the de fendant. The defendant put several pleas upon the re cord, but the principal one was that, on the Bth of De cember, Massey had surrendered himself to be taken in execution,and the plaintiff gave him permission to absent himself, and that he was therefore absent with the leave and license of the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Pearson were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Bullock appeared for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL', briefly addressed the Jury and detailed the facts as above stated, and called the fol lowing witnesses : Charles Parry, clerk to the plaintiff, who is an attorney in Furnival's-inn, produced the bond, and proved the signature to it to be that of the defendant. Frederick Wellbank, officer to the Sheriff of London, proved that, on the ith December. 1840, a warrant was put in his hands for the arrest of Mr. Massey. He went to the chambers of the plaintiff 'on the Bth, before two o'clock, and remained until three, but Massey never made his appearance. Cross-examined—He saw the plaintiff, but he did not 611 him that Massey had been to his office that same morning. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. MESMER then addressed the Jury, and said there cold be no doubt that Mr. Horlock had most incauti ously incurred a liability in behalf of his friend, but the substantial question the Jury would have to decide was whether, in point of fact, the condition of the bond had not been fulfilled by the surrender of Mr. Massey, and whether the plaintiff had not given him leave to depart, and if this was proved it would be a cOmplete answer to the present action. He said that it was very probable that the plaintiff, finding that he had got a respectable person as security for the payment of his debt, did not trouble himself about taking the body of his original debtor, but he suffered him to go at large, knowing, or believing, that he should get his money, which was much more desirable from the person who had rendered him self responsible, and who he thought was in a better condition to pay it than the other. The Learned Coun sel then produced some letters that had passed between the parties in which Massey expressed his determination to surrender on the appointed day, and so relieve his friend from liability. The Counsel then said he should ahew that Massey did surrender himself at Mr. Temple's office, and that upon his representing that he could get a bill of exchange as a security for the debt, Temple allowed him to go away and did not, as he ought to have done, in fairness to Mr. Horlock, insist upon his remain ing until the officer came to capture him—and that carries out the strict letter of the under taking which had been entered into by Mr. Horlock, This, however, he supposed did not suit the purpose of the plaintiff, who did not desire to have the body of his debtor, but the money of the friend who had become his security. The Hon. George Lionel Massey was then examined. He deposed that in 1840, he was indebted to the plain tiff, and the undertaking upon which the present action was brought, was signed by his friend Mr. Horlock as security for the payment of the . amount. He had ap plied.several times before- December in that year, to know the previous character of Mr. Horlock's engagement, but the plaintiff refused to inform him, or to let him have a copy of it. He wrote to Mr. Temple, and expressed his readiness to do every act requisite to relieve his friend Horlock from liability, and that he was willing to surrender at any time, and having ascertained, at length, from Mr. Temple that two o'clock on the Bth December was the period fixed for that purpose, at twenty-five minutes past ono he went to the plaintiff's office and saw him there, and he told him that he was come to surrender himself in discharge of. Horlock's undertaking. The plaintiff said he was sorry, and wished to know whether he could not make some arrangement ; and witness told him he thought he could get a bill for 3001., at nine or twelve months—and plaintiff said he' should be satisfied with that. Witness said, he should have to go to Mount street, Grosvecor-square to get the bill, and Mr. Templer consented that he should do so, and he went away for that purpose about twenty minutes to two o'clock. He was not successful in getting the bill, and he wrote to Mr. Temple to that effect, and begged him to act leniently, and at the same time expressed his willingness to surrender himself at any time, when he should be called upon to do so. On being cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant CHANNELI, the witness said that he was in pecuniary difficulties at the time, and had many pressing demands upon him. He had known Horlock about twelve months, and there had been several pectniary transactions between them, but not to any considerable amount. He said he was' sure that neither Perry or any other person was present when he had the conversation with the plaintiff on the Bth of December. The plaintiff's partner, Mr. Bonner, Was not present, at least he did not see him. He did not recollect that the plaintiff told him that he might go to Mount-street, but that if he wished to save his friend he must be back by two o'clock, but he knew that plaintiff did say an officer would be there to take him. He never returned to the plaintiff, neither did he let him know where he could be found. The witness also said, that in the following month of February he was outlawed, and he admitted that although the present Cause was set down for trial at the last summer assizes, that he took no steps to offer himself as a witness. To contradict the testimony of this witness, Mr. Ser geant Channell recalled Perry, and he swore that he was present during part of the conversation, and that he heard Mr. Temple say that he had been deceived so often by Mr. Massey that he would not take his word any more, and that when he went away he told him that if he wished to save his friend he must be back by two, o'clock. This statement was also confirmed in sonic par ticulars by another witness, the partner of the plaintiff. Sergeant CuANNELL then replied upon the whole case, and commented upon all the circumstances that had been adduced, contending that the present defence had been got up to deprive the plaintiff from obtaining the debt which it was admitted was justly due to him. Baron ALDERSON was about to sum up when the Jury intimated that it was unnecessary, and they returned a verdict for the plaintiff, the Foreman at the same time stating that the Jury considered the defendant had failed to make out to their satisfaction that Massey had been duly surrendered in accordance with the terms of the bond. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following ar3 the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending March 19,1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1838-9-40-1 CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Four I Four Winters Years Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 115 199 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 129 160 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration V I.lseases of the Ilea-t and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and ether Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ........ 5 5 4 Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 7 11 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 5 7 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of Uncertain Seat lO6 115 104 0 1 . d Age, or Natural Decay 5l 90 69 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern- per ance - Causes not specified Deaths from all causes . 792 - Average Weekly Deaths lOl7 912 . . - . Population Average Deaths renu- Weekly in DISTRICTS. merated Deaths thel losl. 1839-9-4?-I. Week. West—Kensington, St. George --"----, ( Hanover-square), Westmin- Four j Four ster,St. Martin in the Fields, Ye rs.jWint^rs. St. James 300,705 135 151 135 North—St. Mary-le•bone, St Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 182 145 Central—Saint Giles and Saint ' George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don, West London, City of London 373,806 188 213 158 East—Shoreditch,Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,494 206 228 169 South—St Saviour, St. Olave, , St.George(Southwark),Ber monthey, Newington. Lam- . beth, Camberwell, Rother hithe, Greenwich .... —438,060 221 243 185 Total It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality— and the parishes of St. ,larylebone, St. Pancras. Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmitt Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890, and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1810, and 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMi . ERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING March 12. March 19. Highest Lowest Daily Mean .... 46 49 General Register Office, March 24, 1812. CORONERS' INQUEST. Yesterday a long investigation took place before Mr. Wakley, M.P., in the University College Hospital, on the body of Elizabeth Gwilym, aged 80, lately residing at No. 3, Fleur-de-lis-court, Fetter-lane. Ann Gloster said that she was 82 years of age, and lived in the same room as deceased. The only means of support the deceased had was 2s. 6d. per week and a loaf of bread from St. Dunstan's parish, and witness earned a little now and then by nursing. On Wednes day afternoon last the deceased and she went to church together, and on coming out deceased said if she would go with hor she would try and walk as far as her sister's. The deceased was exceedingly feeble from want of food, and on arriving at the corner of Guildford-street the wind was so powerful that it blew deceased down with great violence. She exclaimed, " Oh, Ann, I've broke m y leg." A policeman came and picked her up and car ried her to that hospital By the CORONER—For three days before we had scarcely anything to eat, and all that we had on the Wednesday between us was the half of a pennyworth of tea and the half of a penny loaf. The deceased had to pay the entire 2s. 6d. she received from the parish per week for the room. The deceased would not go into the workhouse of the West London Union, as she had a great aversion to it. Mr. Carhill, the house-surgeon, deposed to deceased's admission to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon. She was labouring under fracture of one of the thigh-bones, but very slight. Her appearance indicated extreme des titution, and she seemed in a dying condition: He gave her wine and o th er nour i s h ment, but she lingered till Saturday afternoon at three o'clock, when she died. Her death was mainly attributable to destitution, and the want of the common necessaries of life, but no doubt ac celerated by the fall. The CORONER said it ought to be generally known, in defiance of' any mandate from the Poor Law Commis siomers, that aged and infirm poor who had an a version to entering a un i on w or khouse, could, by obtaining the signatures of two. Magistrates, c o m pel the guardians of the parish or union in which they resided to allow then; a sufficient amount of out-door relief, eithe r in money °r food, for their weekly maintenance. The Jury returned a verdict " That the deceas e Elizabeth Gwilym, died from fracture of the thigh bon:: sting , caused by a fall, f ro m extreme debility an d exhauo produced from the want of the common necessaries el life." at the wretched situation of the deceased' The deepest sympathy manifested itself in the Coup The nion, Ann Gloster ; and, at the suggestion man, the Jury subscribed 125., the Coroner 55., t, Air. Mills, his Secretary, 2s. 6d., towards relieving 1 " poor creature's immediate necessities. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS' Dutertre, alias Desrosjers, one of the men el mitted for trial before the Court of Assizes, the assassination in the Rue d'Arcole, Wa s arr "-iv last week, before the Tribunal de Premiere stance, together with another man named Anstlusil: for a robbery in the apartment of 31. Leeli it e the Rue du Cherche-Midi. When the Pre-,' 0t t be was about to interrogate Dutertre he move Court, by Counsel, for a postpo nemen t of the h e k ri until after he had been tried for the capital d rene to ot which he was accused. The Learned Counsel., the same arguments as were used on behalf of ATMs Lafarge, when under similar circumstances. ho i e l was opposed by the Advocate, G e neral T rig it The and the Court decided that the trial then f0!..4 should proceed. The prisoners were both f7tbi guilty. Dutertre was sentenced - to hard labour a.letit hulks for six years,•and Ausmann to close c onine w • for five years. • he P ie A gentleman, passing on Saturday along t be bl Montmartre, perceived that an attempt was . 00 16 made to pick his pocket, but suffered the operahtltto proceed until the thief's hand had got to the - ° t et -and was about to extract the handkerchi ef, the critical moment, the furtive hand was gr as r.t by a vice, and held until the person to w hoa longed was dragged along to the office of the cu ni t ioi sary of police of the quarter, where he.was rcAnibie, as an old and notorious practitioner in the 1,1011 who had been at least nine times before in the of justice, to which he was again committed. THE MARKETS.-(YEST-r4. -- CORN EXCHANGE. hoe in The fresh arrivals of grain since Monday d e al A small. Wheat firm at last quotations, with senl e . n ra t)); for Foreign. Barley as last reported. ' Oats ag o le tb dearer, the stock being moderate. Flour better of late. COLONIAL MARKETS. , er e There was not much demand, but holders 's 10 ; and obtainel full rates. The imports were so ls to 6t. Sugar sold steadily. Brown West India at 576 ' r of' Yellow, tls. to 70s. per cwt. In Refined Sin t 001 business was done ; Standard Lumps, 82s. pe r n , O n d Coffee there were few buyers, but prices are fir'i'a ordinary Ceylon, 765. to 78s. per cwt. Rice s" freely. Bengal, 10s. to 12s. per cwt. dfo il TEA MARKET. The operations were few, but holders ob' rates. Company's Conou ls. 11d. cash. se TALLOW MARKET. 91 )„ The market was dull, and prices were b 43j' tained. Yellow Candle 475. 3d. on the spot ; t. for delivery in the last three months of the Jo , FRUIT MARKET. The demand. was good, and prices firm. Cullilw k tl t kttu k il t" . 1 4 11‘1:trhP0( e 41 1•4 i ' 1 1 I 4 1 4 ' ' l 4l A A ' P Of 1 . I t leer Yk,:tp 60 70 Stockton 90 90 9 0 11 IRISH MARI A RKET NOTE for th, ETS. Wcek endin g OUBLIN IV From To 95 0 36 , 14 o 14 g '; 14 0 .F 7 9 0 /3 "' 0 11 6 14 526 Wheat i per barrel `At stone.... 3a7 Here 2:6 Barley 475 Oat s l4 5t0ne...... Flour, per cwt. stone.... 387 Oatmeal stone Sold to Bakers only. 0 , 2 0 9,326 Cwt. ' ... 8 0 r Eye Average price Jf Vt, '''' and lour 55. Oil l'f q go Faits ...... from 17 , Bcceipts of Flour, 8,2'11 f ro m )55. L' '7,1 " to n is Baler of Do. 13,139 1 t from ss. 04' to ?IMF OF BREAM Quarterr. bat ..... Hail Qtrartern CORK Mareh 26. O,t. 1 Wheat ( I per 2Ort.)lBs 0 Ito Od.t.tats (per list. 5 , 1 1 0 Barley (per 165t.)11 0 12 8 k lot.r (per cwt )••••• d d Oatmeal per cwt.)... Beef, 6d. to 61d.—Muttnn, 5d to Ric—Veal, , fork, 4d. to sd...—Fresh Butter, 11(1. to leILl PRICE OF BUTTER.. First Quality the Merchants. To the ta ' Second 74 mile NIP 0./ ft* . fliird •......... •••. ...... t 0 net ....N.H.. — Fourth •••••••••••••••••••,... Fifth ..••••• 44 ........ Sixth 26 ..... CLONMELL M A RKE'rS...March SG Per Cwt. s, s. d. 99 0 Hides (raw)...... C, 14 6 Baconrsgs.......•', Q 52 0 Per Bag. 40 C• I FLOUT, s tl 38 01--- Fourtsta.....` Per Barrel, 0 16 Rapeseed.... .......... 0 0 I Barley # 13 OCoals •••••••••••••••••• KILKENNY MARKETS. 04 .0 Wheat s perbarrel)2Bl.od.to 338.04. Beef ,per ..... Barley .....12 0 19 0 M 4 I tats 14 0 15 0 Pork 0 6 Flour (per bag) 25 0 b 9 0 Veal 0 0 Butter(per cwt.) 0 0 98 0 'crest! Butter • ••• 0 6 • Bacon rigs 45 0 46 0 Salt Ditto 9 Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes per IL/ s. d. gew Butter .........98 oto 0atmea1............... f) Rendered Lard...... 0 Fleur. Second 0 .---Household 0 to 60s. per cwt. . 1. COAL MARKET. . i # Ships arrived since last market day, 3 4 . 0I s. d. ~.,. , Adair's Carr's Hartley Leaez's Main l3 6 Walls End Heugl, l , o " -- _, ,, ) I West Wylam Wylam '' ,o , g # Walls End Gibson ' l7 0 Wale El. d Tees .. "" . :/01 W. E. Braddyll'atiettoit . Walls End Hetton :0 I Cowpcn ... ....... ~ ..... ... 0 , 0 Walls End Lambton 2O 1 Hartley ..... ~ . . ..... ..•••' . .„0 Walls End Stewart's 40 9 Walls End Elgin .....•• COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. I , ~ 1 Wheat. Barley. Oati. Beans. ~,o, Per Quarter.l s. to a. s, to s. a. to .. s. W'' 14 6 ; Carlisle - i ' 9 "., Hexham 44 71 36 38 23 28 ... - . ) 1 Morpeth 154 10 ill 34 18 us 40 4 „11 . ' . Penrith 66 33 25 Sheffield — 64 - 32 23 .... elPa, P, Winchest r 60 06 26 30 20 26 40 " d il , O Per Bushel. s. d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s. d. s.d. s. 41. s i, vl 4) ,, „ .Carmarthen 6 9 G 0 0 0 4 U 0 0 1 9 5 6 - •ii "i 5 v, r;owbridge 76 80 00 4(! 00 30 50 ~ 0 , , d l Swansea 7 0 8 0 3 8 4 4 2 0 3 8 5 6 ' 1 ''l Per 8011. i 00 l i Barnardcastl 14 n 17 0 89 90 40 74 96 1„ 1 I 6 0D 0 1 Durham II 0150 76 90 50 60 00 l a u 9; ? Richmond 12 0 18 610 0 11 0 60 7410 0 1 ' I" HAMBURG MARKETS. , 12 is , Gi/A.IN. 1 1 11 0 I'll - Wheat, Marks 360 to 462 Barley, Mecklenb°;!h „ , 7, 0 0 N, , , t)„ % k - 1 , ----- Magdeburg 348 to 468 Mag d e burg • ~ t: k t.foi :l', b l Millet, white 3S to 468 --- H o l s tein ..... „ 1 ,6, V i i Wi; —-- red 390 to 456 --- OderbrUCk.". ,0 V i 0 i't. t o .--- Brunswick 'l6O to 462 Oats, Eider .......... •"*,, l':7 i r, t , t: :g t ql (t • Mecklenburg 380 to 456 -- MecklenbUri ,! j r, , 'l4 l' s . k ------ Polish •05 to 480 -- H015tein.. .... ..., .16 li t ,h,' la -- Holstoin - Uplan ......... •.; ? J o N 3 q i, , f ) l,',; Rye, Mecklenburg --- Marks -- Elbing and Ko Buck Wheat... .. . ...... . t .. ( 0, 1 Ct4tollt nigsburg t 24 te `2BC Rapeseed, Hanef e ' .. . ~i 0 ~ 'Nit, t, ~qs , 246 to 270 Beans ... ...... ....... 0.:: ... .149, „:, „.-h ,, , 1 , Pomeranian 240 to '270 Malt ...................... .. 1 i; nit t ,l4, Anlvilt COUPON. '' .s 1, °NI Carolina and Tennessee 7 %Ate 9% Marrnham . ............. s 1 Georgia, Ist sot t ..... .... 7% Madra5..,......... .• ..' 511 A , () 4 2d6% 6% Surat,- ..................... i ;„,. k,N; 3d and 4th ... Mk 6 Domingo .....• ...... 1 4 t Nic,Ne t COF FEE. „ ... '" i 1 l ' O l t i h ie Mocks . 13 to 1334 Domingo ................... 4 i, , t . ar t - Batavia .0,,i 5% La Guayra ............ . ..... 11 , 40,0,01 Sumatra — Porto Rico .....•• ~,„ ' %1 71 17.ili` t1 Rio Bahia SUGAR.-(Wit 8% Discount.) ~.., • '' l` ' nq, , 41,' , i t. 3 3 4 5 1 , Ilavannah ........... I, q l, l it lrA illtt,N i k k i.tz ti Havannah, White 3 to 3% Banta, White ........... .14 1 It (;,,itt , ,t11,, , Brown 2% 2% Brown .. v i :ii . e ..14 Q 4, I Nt Rio, White 2% 4 Pernambuco, % ya w n " t,V4i, l q r gro . p- 1 Brown . l% I% , 4,,..-4. o, Manila. Brown. 2% to 2% ' 1 10! t,.;th " .2 ti" I "c II ii 1 At the Court of Assizes at Nantes, ° *t , , ', `4,' ;i t %,e$ AN I P inst., five boys, from 14 to 16 years of f t - a jti e r 1 . hi t tN,ANI raigned for the following audacious attemPt . 0 ill (1 . 0 01 ; ' i 1 i t . ,t 4 ,741 robbery in Nantes, between seven and eight... l 3 iiiki ',i144,' 1 kt,,:,`, ing of Shrove Tuesday.:—As a man was c°': o ,ej i l. hNv.k ;: i ir 4 4 .. 1 11 l 'lt tavern in the rue de la Perouse,,- he was --1 all ,b, '9 044 . h , 11,, the juvenile band, and assailed with kid Ot' i iti it 11% , ;4iZtil while one of them forced from him a silve r ve,o l )ol ,1411,Ni t t ti it' It„ h pended round his neck by a string, WI, ,;.11 ' A dd i7, , tc,,li t ;ot waistcoat pocket. Though bleeding eoP l° :i ' e fe o 59 t;,,i t iVi treatment he received, the intended victim , i c t o t 0 4 i 4 1 , 644)4' self until assistance arrived, and enabled .i th !Deo Oi 4%47 itq k tt l , one of his assailants, the rest escaping " I kh eOliO r i tlktbi, t ` ) , Two days after information was given that '„,, 0 1 , 1 o`, '11 4 4 4 . .,`, 4, offered for sale. This, and the acquaintan'o, if or; I ' l ^,a 4 • t; police already had with these young rog ne m ,tealo :Nlt:11 1 11 4 ;\' arrest of the other four. On being interr7 h i s s ' i,;l, l t4rt them confessed the robbery, and irupeac l 2 e ree 4.l%!ri t Nt' l l rates, against all of whom, except one, t flatly t d f tqtriN 4 kli evidenze for their conviction. Conselnbut it; i hty'ai t ,:lll,,, pronounced four of the prisoners guilty', p 6e o r,lft j' i ti:;-:1, 4 , 1, 11 1 the fifth, who was discharged, Three ‘" 1.- till° Olt '''l t ' ,. '4i: imprisonment for 18, 15, and 13 months , 14/ il eet.,,el 4141 41 b 4 31 being under the age of discernment, Wt as e ar r ` P tKA til b 1, TI House of Correction, there to remain un -- '0 t t ,qt, t years of discretion. ''' ft '' t i l t Sc , 1,, 11, h _____ ___ ___ SIC . tS 'Ntil BIRTHS. I'II1 ' II 4ft 44, A the 114 lf 'II )r 'tt )' On the 26th inst., at St. John's-woo. , - - D I I t't t ,''t t 'qt I to rt, h, Alexander Hepburne, Esq., of a daughter. , ~,birft , , I Y'4O h, On the 27th inst., at Eastwood, Nettingna"' d i ,-;%4 izi,,N„t li of George Walker, Esq., of a daughter. ~ 124 pli 1 4i;tot .t1 1 On the 27th inst., at Canonbury-place, the . o f, G I . 14 or". t , 4, 4 Harvey, Esq., of a daughter. the i3(11 4 1 441 )q On the 28th inst., in Hyde Park-gardenl l I, Shaw Lefevre, Esq., of a daughter. ,„ 1 . ki r V' I: 11 :r In i ,v of h e' M. 4 RR IE D. yoole ct 'ti th *t, th e ' Oa the 29th inst. at Eseriek, Constentince; igo , li g i il, k 4 iy t , ii l t t.: to Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. Di. ,o; Nti,, , o4e the above place.: • , g at ioye r o F V t !, tt,Y , . I ' On the 29th inst., at St. George's Church , ato otog ,A,^t ~,')R „ the Rev. Edward Moore, to I.ady Harriet P' , el, ,1 , 1, 4 1 :1,,,,1 , :Q, youngest sister of the Duke of Buccleuch. K ase', F te l; q:0 1 t,i; On the 29th inst., at St. George's, HaW er. berts', 4 oPe,i' , j . ,;;' bald Robertson, Esq., son of the late George% ) of , cr . Py ti tb,..!tiii' Esq., of Benhome Castle, North Britain, t° . t v o Ng„ , qtt t,, ir o to of the Very Rev. the Dean of Carlisle. i 4 I qt k ' tii k lie ° I. ` ;IN '4 DIED: lee. t is o r e i nt k 1 On the 16th of February, at the CarrYing -1) ,:r, sg e e tti„R t h - li, of Quinte, Upper Canada, Henry On the 21st inst., at Langton Matravers, .1-!,_ , oie ,o , ei 4n .i, m 'p , WebleY Sb l l, ( o , s gt , 11 ,, ! t illi , 4 Samuel Serrell, formerly Vicar of St. Ctithb er ' 'Brig l3 ` e , ! :Of) On the 25th inst., at Brunswick - sq uare, siC ‘f. kStl,' } l ''N E!'n ta , Ralph Gore, Bart., aged 83. • s toPl ier 'if G A, ti p At Egerton-road, Blackheath, Captain Cho 0 u. i 1,,,,1t i ,4:1ty ' R. N., aged 63. wia,eti E t ,l On the 28th inst., at Kensington, Catherine,. silly 111,,,,,, , t., late George Match..m, Esq , of A sli fola Lodq o ' r a i / , i S kt t j 1 :17, 4 i only surviving sister of the late Admiral <".O -'44 -'44t l,' Nelson, K. 13, -- - 0 1,.' ea, London: , . ea, London: Printed and Published by 11111RD. 1 ia, ,st , No. 112, Strand, at The Su. O ffi ce. Ne• _ l '. e4f the County of Middlesex, Thursday , Marti'. ' I 5 0 19 0 I SAL rt, T