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Ti-LE 9T,TN, LONDON, rtIDA.Y MO in favour of a system of agricultural statistics, had first led him (Mr. Gibson) to look into the evidence taken before that Committee. He found from the evidence that many eminent men were in favour of the views he now asked the House to adopt—more especially Mr. G. Webb Hall and Mr. Saunders. The former gentleman had stated that the agricul tural interest were in profound ignorance as to statis tical information—that such information would be of almost incalculable benefit ; and he had suggested that the machinery for obtaining it might probably be supplied by the Poor-law Commission. The Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir J. Graham) had, as a Member of that Committee, put questions to witnesses which justified him (Mr. M. Gibson) in hoping that he was favourable to the motion. The character of the questions put by the Right Hon. Gentleman certainly justified such an opinion, for he had particularly questioned Mr. Saunders as to whe ther or not a good system of agricultural statistics might not tend much to produce steadiness of price. —(Hear, hear.) There was a good deal of evidence of the same character, with which, however, he would not then trouble the House. Now he might he told that it would be very difficult to obtain this informa tion, and that he was asking the House to pledge I itself to an impracticable and wild scheme without going into any details to show how it was to be re gulated and worked. But he begged to say that the duty of devising details did not attach to him, but to the Government. It was for him to show the pro- priety of the principle to the House, and if approved of it was for the Government of the country to carry it out. They best knew what officers they had in their service, who were most competent to undertake the duty, and upon what department it ought to devolve. He appealed to the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade to allow the address to pass. It was not uncommon for Members of that House to move addresses to the Crown, on which the Government subsequently founded measures and passed them. It other countries he found that this agricultural infor mation was obtained; for instance, in the United States of America, where the Commissioner of Pa tents presented an annual agricultural report to Con gress. It gave precisely the same information which he wished to see furnished in this country. He might be told that the farmers would object to state the amount of their produce, thinking it involved some future taxation, or something more than merely fur nishing information. But a Mr. Tremanhere, who had undertaken to procure such information in five parishes by himself, stated, in the work he published, that he found no great difficulty. He said, that though there might be a little jealousy at first, yet where the farmers found it was merely for the purpose of affording information he had no apprehension that they would refuse to give it. He, for one, was prepared to vote for an Act of Parliament to enable them to obtain this information. They passed an Act of Parliament to obtain a re turn of the amount of hops when they wanted tc levy a duty, and an Act to enumerate the people for general purposes. His simple object in this case was information. He would be strenuously opposed to any attempt to impose a tax on home-grown wheat. He hoped the Right lion. Gentleman would alloy; this resolution to pass, and not merely say that he would take the subject into his consideration. No thing could be easier than for every farmer in the United Kingdom to make a return of the quantity of wheat, barley, or oats, which he produced, and great advantage would result from it. Many persons had been opposed to the taking of a census. Dr. Price, a very eminent man, in writing a book on annui ties, had endeavoured to show that the population of this country had been diminishing ever since the Re formation, and that, in 1797, it was only four or five millions. If the census had not been taken. that error might never have been corrected. It would conduce to the benefit of the agricultural interests to know exactly in what position they stood: and, actuated by this motive, as well as by a desire for the general welfare of the community, he moved for these returns. It should not be for a moment supposed that all those who advocated a free trade in corn were enemies to agriculture; on the contrary, he most sincerely desired the prosperity of agriculture. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentlemen would not de cline acceding to his motion. Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE said, that althougl there were reason.; of a particular kind, which made- it inexpedient for the Government to accede to the motion on the present occasion, yet he was fully alive to the importance and desirableness of achieving the object which the Hon. Gentleman had in view. The Hon. Gentleman had quoted in favour of his motion the opinion of certainly the most competent man in England to give an opinion on the subject. Mr. Saun ders of Liverpool also thought, that proper agricultural statistics would materially promote a steadiness of price. Now he (Mr. G.) admitted the full force of that remark—he felt that question was one of com mon interest—one which affected all classes of the community, and was not confined merely to the corn grower. He further admitted that, at present, agri cultural statistics were of a most vague and conjectu ral description. Those who were importers of corn and dwelt in the great seats of commercial activity, had means of arriving at the state of agriculture which the isolated farmer had not. He had no means of knowing what breadth of land was sown with corn each year, nor what produce the crops yielded. These facts were all plain and palpable enough, and he mule; assure the Hon Gentleman, that her Majesty's Go vernment felt the greatest anxiety that information should be procured. He feared, however, that thc motion of the Honourable Member was mud too comprehensive in its terms, and tha• if carried it would excite much apprehension among the farming class that their condition and affairs were to he scrutinised in too rigi6 a spirit ; nor would they, he feared, at leas. for some time, be willing instruments in procuring the desired information. The Government had been in hopes that the labours of the Tithe Commission would have supplied much valuable intelligence on this subject. They had to a certain extent furnished communications of a satisfactory and interesting cha racter, but they did not give any simultaneous ac count of the crops, and what they had now in view was not merely to ascertain what state the agricultural counties were in at particular times, but a permanent system of statistics by which the market might, to a great degree, be measured. The Hon. Member had spoken of Lord Sidmouth having applied for certain information on this subject, but those queries the Hon. Gentleman might see were not replied to in at. ample or satisfactory manner. The most plausible plan of all for obtaining information was that of the Poor-law Commissioners, but they repre sented difficulties towards the attainment of such information of a very peculiar kind. On the whole, he did not think it would be advisable for the lion. Gentleman to press his motion ; at the same time he hoped the House would understand that the Govern ment were not hostile, or even indifferent, to his views. The Government had already taken some steps in the matter, although he admitted those steps had not led to success. The Government did not see by what means the object of the Hon. Gentleman, however laudable and desirable it might be in itself, could be carried out, and therefore he did not think it would be right for the Government or the House to pledge itself to the motion. He would feel it his duty, if the Hon. Gentleman declined to withdraw his reso lution, to move the previous question. The Govern ment, he repeated, were-anxious to promote theobject he had in view, and would seek its attainment by every means in their power. Mr. CHRISTOPHER had no objection to the in formation being procured, but he did not think it would be possible at present to obtain it. He should, therefore, oppose the resolution. Mr. BROTHERTON did not think it would be desirable for the Hon. Member for Manchester to press his motion. Mr. MILNER GIBSON withdrew the motion, on the distinct understanding that the executive powers of the Government would be exerted to obtain the object of his motion. The other Orders of the Day were then read, and the House adjourned at Seven o'Clock. Benedict's forthcoming new opera at Drury-lane, to be entitled the Brides of Venice, will be rehearsed for the last time this evening : the principal characters by Messrs. Harrison, Stretton, Borrani, Mrs. Alfred Shaw, and Miss Romer. THE LAST OF THE STUARTS.—The remains of this extraordinary man were on Sunday last consigned to the tomb, their last resting-place, in Tweedmouth churchyard. The funeral was attended by an immense concourse of people, considerably more than 1,000. James Stuart was born on December 25, 1728, at Charleston, in South Carolina, United States. His father, General John Stuart, was a near relative of the PreteOlder Prince Charles. James Stuart left Ame rica when seven years of age, and was a spectator at the battle of Prestonpans, and witnessed the death of Colonel Gardiner and the flight of Johnny Cope. He beheld the triumphal entry of Prince Charles into Edinburgh, and was a spectator at the battle of Culloden. Stuart, when about 20 years of age, enlisted in the 42d Highlanders, in which re giment he remained about seven years. He was an Ensign in General Wolfe's army, and fought at the battle of Quebec ; after that war lie sold his commission, but very soon after he again entered the army, and served during the Ame rican war, and was at the battle of Bunker's-hill. After this he entered the navy, and served under Admiral Rodney. He was also for several years a sailor on board of merchant vessels. About sixty years ago he settled in Berwick-upon- Tweed, or rather in Tweedmouth, and during that period he has travelled the borders as a wandering minstrel, scraping bn a wretched violin. He has had five wives and twenty seven children. Ten of his sons were killed in battle—five in the East Indies, two at Trafalgar, one at Waterloo, and two at Algiers. Stuart was short in stature, but of remarkable strength ; he is said upon one occasion, about thirty years ago, to have gone beneath a cart loaded with hay, and carried it on his back for several yards. He was able to follow his wonted avocation until a few months ago, when he was almost ent irely entirely co n fi ne d t o hi s h ouse . A f un d was ra i se d cl long which na n lifein the old man tos peenade and t h e comfort.evening o ti m e f He since n s g d f said a few w ee k s ago comp ar a tivethat a he " hadna been sae weel aff this hunder year " His death was caused by a slight accident, which he rece ived on the hip joint from a fall on the Thursday preceding his death. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, April 18. YOUNG V. WATERPARK. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England occupied his Lord ship the whole morning. The question in the case was, whether a power of appointment had been properly exercised. The Vice• Chancellor of England decided that it had not, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Apr4lB. The VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND took cause petitions to-day, none of which possessed any feature of interest. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir JAMES WronAm.) GRIFFITH V. P.ICKETTS. The Court was engaged during the morning in hearing the arguments iu the above part-heard case, which came before the Court on demurrer. The case was of no interest except to the parties immediately concerned. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, April 13. (Sittings in Banco.) TILE QUEEN V. HAY.NES AND OTHERS. This was au indictment against the defendants, who were the parish officers of the parish of St. Michael, in the city of Oxford, for disobedience to an order of sessions, in not paying a sum which they had been ordered to pay as the expenses of an appeal. The case was tried at the last Oxford Assizes, and the defendants Haynes and Foster, the churchwardens, were found guilty, and the other defendants Byron and Walker, who were the overseers, were acquitted. Mr. WHATELT, on behalf of the two - first defendants, now applied for a rule nisi to enter a verdict for the defendants or in arrest of judgment. The circum stances of the case were these. Several of the new buildings of the Colleges in Oxford had been rated to the poor, and an attempt had r een made to rate the old foundati,ns of Jesus College and of Exeter College. A rate had been made and an appeal entered against it, on the ground that the paish officers had omitted to rate these ancient foundations The College authorities refused to interfere—the parish of deers did not defend the rate, and when the appeal came on for hearing, it had been disposed of by the sessions as, in fact, an undefended cause ; and the Recorder of Ox Cord, to the astonishment, he believed, of every erne present, had ordered the parish officers of St. Michael to -pay 3041. Ss., as the costs of this undefended appeal. They had re fused to pay this sum, and this indictment was in conse quence preferred against them. He applied for the rule on the uround—first, that the Recorder had no jurisdiction whatever in the case, inasmuch as the rate was assessed under a local Act, and that as by that local Act the guardians of the poor were the persons to whom the rate was paid, the defendants had in fact no funds out of which to pay the costs. The Learned Counsel was proceeding with his argument when he was interrupted by Lord DENMAN, who said that as there were many points of law which would arise for consideration in the case, it had better go into the Crown paper for argument. WORTHINGTON, ADMINISTRATOR OF DUNCAN DECEASED, V. GRIMSDITCH, M.P. This was an action for money lent and interest thereon, which had been tried before Mr. Justice Williams at Chester, and in which a verdict passed for the plaintiff for 1,2081.105. Mr. EVANS now moved for a rule nisi to enter a verdict for defendant on the third plea, the statute of limitations. The defendant, it appeared, had in 1810, 1813, and 1816, borrowed of the Misses Duncan, the laSt of whom died in 1842, various sums of money in bond. There were various accounts of decuniary transactions between the parties, but these ac counts ceased in 1823, but there was an account put in, dated 1824, in the defendant's handwriting, stating that he had paid half a year's rent for the Misses Duncan, up to 1825. The rent was annually 17!. less than the sum the defendant owed for interest, and to take the case out of the sta tute, the steward of the landlord under whom the Misses Duncan held Was called to prove that the defendant had regularly paid the rent for the Misses Duncan up to the cime of the decease of the survivor of the sisters. He con tended that the evidence was not sufficient to take the case out of the statute of limitations, and submitted that he was therefore entitled to his rule. Lord DENM.AN--Take a rule. BAIL COURT, April 18. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) HIE QUEEN V: THE HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an application, made by Mr. Watson, to compel the Hull and Selby Railway Company to pay over a sum of 2,5001: to the Company of Proprietore of a bridge called the Selby Bridge. The facts elicited were these :—that the bridge in question was erected in 1791 under an Act of Parliament; :hat in 1836 an Act was passed for making and maintaining che Hull and Selby Railway ; and in that Act it was enacted that should loss accrue to the Bridge Company from the work ing of the railway, then such loss should be made good to the ridge Company by the payment on the part of the Railway Company of a sum of money, equal to ten years' purchase of the ascertained decrease of the Bridge tolls, provided such 4tun should not exceed 2,5001. The affidavits filed stated chat the decrease in the Bridge tolls very far exceeded that 4um, and, therefore, the present application was made. The Court granted the rule asked for. CUE QUEEN AND THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS OF THE TONER HAMLETS. Mr. Michael Scales, addressing Mr. Justice Wight nan, said that, during the last term. the Court had .;ranted him a rule nisi against the Commissioners of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets, which was made return tb!e cn the first day of the present term. Since that rule had been . granted, the Commissioners had allowed um to examine their accounts, and he had done so most :arefully. He now sought permission from the Court ro file an additional affidavit, containing some further .nost important information, and with it a copy 4' the accounts. No part of this information, or of :he accounts was in his (Mr. Scales's) possession when he was last before the Court. He also appled to have the rule enlarged for such reasonable time as, under the circumstances he had stated, the Court might think proper. Air. Justice WIGHTMAN—The Court, Mr. Scales, can not allow an affidavit to be filed after a rule has been :lilted. The rule of Court is not to allow supplemental affidavits. _ _ Mr. Scales—But, my Lord, I was not in possession of his information when I obtained the rule, and it is most desirable that it should be brought under the cognisance the Court. It consists of the accounts I have exa mined. and of which I have now the copy in my hand. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—If you choose to abandon :he rule, and make .a fresh application for a new rule founded, upon your new information and your old in formation combined, you can do so. Discharge your old rule, and try, under the new and old matter, for an , then rule ; there can be no objection t.) that. Mr. Scales—With all deference to the Court I think 't would be better to allow this additional affidavit to be tiled. It is very necessary these accounts should be brought into the consideration of the matter, for a ;renter fraud never was practised upon the public. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—The rule is inflexible, Mr. Scales. lean only help you in the way I have pointed out. Mr. Scales (in a very insinuating tone)—Could the other full Court help me, xiy Lord, if I applied there ? Mr. Justice WIGHTM AN—NO. The rule is the same there as here. • Mr. Scales—Any of the other Courts, my Lord—do you!think I c ould?—(Laughter.) The Learned Judge shook his head, and Mr. Scales retired. In a few mibutes, however, he returned, and it :vas then arranged that the rule nisi aliealy obtained should he discharged 00 payment of c gists by Mr. Scales, and that on a future day he should apply fur another rule, founded on the old affidavit and the new one com bined. SHERIFFS' COURT, AprillB. KLEY V. ASH. This action was brought to recover the sum of 101., the amount of a quarter's rent, for a house occupied by the de fendant, a beer-shop keeper, in Byer-lane. The defence set up was that the defendant's son was the real tenant, but this being disproved in evidence, the Jury gave a verdict' for' the plaintiff. Nye believe was t o recover compensa- MORGAN CUMBERTAND. tiolnninthdisammagees (w fo i r li i c i l ijuries which the plaintiff alleged be had sustained from certain slanderous expreSsions uttered by the defendant), Mr. JAMES said the parties had consented to a verdict of 40s. being entered for the plaintiff. COUR (B T efQ o re F M ß r.. A co N m X tu r ipn P e T r C Ev Y AN , s Assil 17. THE DRAPERY TRADE AGAIN-IN RE JOHN CORTELL ADAMS. The bankrupt had carried on business as a woollen-draper in Basinghall-street, City. His debti and liabilities are stated on his balance-sheet to be 12,5561. Is. 2d. ; but, in ad dition to this, his transactions in accommodation bills in volved an amount of 80,000/. At the last hearing he was .adjourned sine die, it then ap pearing that during the three years of his trading he had made "no profit whatever," according to, his own statement, while he put down his loSses at 5,640 /.165. 2d., out of which was 1,376/. 10s. : 10d. for discounts, and his expenses at the rate of 800/. a year. This extraordinary trading was unvouched for by documents or books ; and each of his five separate balance sheets contained so many discrepancies that the Court ad journed him sine' die, but with leave to come up again to-day for the purpose of passing his last examination, if he could satisfy the Court and his creditors as to the truth of the items contained in his amended balance-sheet. Mr. Lawrence, who now appeared for the bankrupt, said that the ptincit al objection urged was the amount of his expenditure, which was unvouched for at the last meeting and since that time the bankrupt had sedulously applied himself at the official assignee's office, and had been able to vouch out of one year's expenditure, 540/. o the 700/. charged by him in the balance-sheet, and besides this he had rendered a cloth account, which gave a full description of the receipt and sale of every piece which had passed through Lis hands. - Mr. Commissioner EVA_NS—Why has he not vouched for the whole of his expenditure. • Mr./11 40 L a g w d e r t a t n ( c e e n — e I e d f n not bebelieve e t e h s t ) said had i dt h that it t t in h eh creditors s power. really believed that the bankrupt had a purse. Mr. Commissioner EvANs—Has he satisfactorily accounted for his purchases and sales of cloth? The Official Assignee (Mr. P. Johnson) —Why, Sir, after a fashion he has done so. Mr. Conntissioner Evans—Well, then, as he has accounted for the cloth, has he accounted for the outlay of the money which he obtained upon his sales of the cloth ? The Official Assignee—He has not, Sit ; and his trading was carried on in a most extraordinary manner. For i x . ample, if he sold a tailor a piece of cloth worth 20s. or 30,, he got him to ace. pt a bill for 1001., 150/., r 200/., a a the case might be. Those bills heimn-ediateiy got discounted, and as they became dee he was obliged to find the means of taking them up, Which absorl ed his cash, and beside which he could not press his debtors to pay him. It is my opinion the bankrupt must have some book in which he kilit memo randums of these_ various bills. Mr. Lawrance—As the bills became due, Sir, he took them up himself. At Commissioner EvANs—This is ore if the most suspi cious accounts I have ever seen. Here are discounts charged at 1,3761., bad debts 3,0001., and the personal expenditure at the rate of 800/. a year, without a single shilling of profits on his business. I shall adjourn the banrupt sine die, and with out a further hearing. The Bankrupt 7-1 think, Sir, I can find the memorandum at Mr. Johnson's. Mr. Commissioner EvANs—Then if you can, you ma% apply again. I firmly believe the man is dishonest, and that he has concealed property; and with this view I shall adjourn him sine die, and grant him no other hearing, except at his own expense. A worse case I never had before me. It is most reckless work. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Aprill7. IN RE DUNCAN CAMPBELL. This insolvent has been before the public on former occa sions, in consequence of his connexion with the British Ame rican Association, of which be was a Director, and was also proprietor of the brig Barbadoes. Pie was opposed to-day by. Mr. Woodruffe, onbehalf of a creditor named Eden, who stated that he had supplied iron- CHARITABLE PAWN SOCIETIES BILL. Mr. DIVNTZ - presented a petition from the pawn brokers of Birrnittg4ani against this Bill. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition to the same effect from the pawnbrokers at Exeter. Lord J. MANNERS also presented a petition against this Bill. MASTERS AND SERVANTS BILL. Viscount DUNCANNON presented a petition from Rath against . the Masters and Servants' Bill. Mr. BERKELEY presented a petition from. the Staffordshire Potteries against the Masters and Ser vants Bill. on the fourth occasion he had been employed on pub lic buSiness. The conduct of the Recorder of Wor cester afforded nol ground whatever for the Bill. Mr. PAKINGTON had stated nothing with re gard to the conduct of the Recorder of Worcester that ho was not perfectly ready to substantiate. After a few words from Mr. V. SMITH and Sir J. GRAHAM, the order was discharged. The County Coroners Bill was ordered to be re committed pro forma to•morrow, in order that the several amendments might be printed, with a view to consideration on a future day. The County Courts Bill was appointed for Wed- PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. nesday next. Lord. J. RUSSELL presented a petition from On Mr. COWPIR being called on to fix a day for the Dublin on the question of Presbyterian marriages in dropped order on the Charitable Paw n S ociet y Bill, Ireland. The .Noble Lord a l so presented a petition in Mr. GLADSTONE said he had to submit to the favour of the ten hours' clause of the Factories Bill. Hon. Gentleman and the House, that, under circum- NOTICES OF MOTION. stances which he would name, it was not desirable Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice that he should, to- that the Charitable Pawn Society Bill should for the morrow, put a question to the Home Secretary, as to present be further proceeded in. In recommending the course the Government intended to pursue with that the Bill should for the present be withdrawn, he respect to the medical charities in Ireland. by no means wished it to be supposed that the Go- EDUCATION. , vernment was indifferent to it. The subject had been Me. EWART gave notice that he should, , under the consideration of the Government on several to-morrow bring under the consideration of the House . occasions, and it was under their consideration at the the expediency of voting a sum of money to be ap- present moment. Gentlemen appointed by the Go plied to the purposes of education. He also gave vernment were now engaged in investigations upon the notice that he should, on a future day, introduce, as subject, in order that the whole case, both as to the on. former occasions a motion for the total abolition law and the practice of pa wnbrokers, mi g ht be full y of the punishment of death. understood. The Government, therefore, thought it BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. their duty, under these circumstances, to suggest to Lord ASHLEY wished to state the course that the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. C owper) to consent to the be proposed to take with respect to the Factories Bill. dischar g e of the order for his Bill. He had intended to move an instruction to the Corn- I Mr. COWPER said a Committee sat upon th is sub mittee, but the Speaker had given him to under- ject in the year 1838, and the House , there fore, had stand that it was not consistent with Parliamentary not been taken by surprise by the introduction of his law to do so. The Speaker had likewise informed Bill. Still, after the intimation of the Right Hon. him that he would not be able to move the insertion j Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone), that the subject was of any clause till after the whole of the clauses of the under the actual consideration of the Government, he Bill had been. disposed of in Committee. That be- should feel it his duty to consent to the discharge of ing the case, he thought it better to take the Order.—The Bill, therefore, is lost. another course ; and as it was probable that O n the motion of Lord G. SOMERSE T, the in Committee there would be no opposition to Dropped Order for the Court of Chancery (County the Bill as it now stood, and the Committee Palatine of Lancaster) Bill was re-appointed for this stood for the 26th, he had determined to . day fortnight. move on the third reading that certain clauses AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. be added to the Bill for the purpose of carrying out Mr. M. GIBSON then rose to move that an hum the amendment he contemplated. Her Majesty's ble Address be presented to her Majesty, represent- Government had concurred in that arrangement, and ing that, in the opinion of this House, it is desirable had given him to understand that they would arrange , to obtain authentic information upon all matters con the business of the House so as it the Bill went 1 uected with the agriculture of the United through Committee on Friday, the 26th, that the Kingdom ; that this information is altoge . third reading would be had on that day week—that ther deficient, so that at this time even the was, to-morrow fortnight. He would now, there- extent of land under cultivation, and the amount of fore, give notice, that on that day, on the third its produce, are subjects only of vague conjecture; reading of the Bill, he would move the addition of that the total absence of all statistical knowledge in clauses limiting the number of hours of work per reference to this important subject, has at various day in factories to eleven hours, until the Ist of Oct. times proved detrimental to the public interests; and 1847', and after that period he should propose a fur- praying her Majesty to devise measures for ther limitation. supplying to Parliament, from time to time, On the question that the Order of the Day be now statements of the breadth of land under read, cultivation for each species of produce re- Mr. P. M. STEWART begged to put a question spectively, and the amount of produce derived to the Right H o n. Ba r onet at the head of her Ma- from the same ; together with such other in jesty's Government. He wished to know if it was the formation as will exhibit, as far as practicable, a Right Hon. Baronet's intention to submit the con- perfect view of the agricultural capability and pro teniplated measure with regard to the law of bahliing,_ duction of the United Kingdom. He said the potion before or after the day fixed for bringing forward the of which he had given notice contained within itself Budget. It' material changes were contemplated much of the argument by which he intended to sup • it would be a matter of consequence that the bankers port it. He hoped that Hon. Gentlemen would not should have early intimation of them, but if it was allow their ditkrences on other questions to prevent not contemplated to make any great changes, of course their agreeing on this one ;he trusted that they would it would not much matter. . allow this question to rest exclusively on its own merits, Sir R. PEEL begged that the Hon. Gentleman nor consider that it had any end, meaning, or intention would not draw any inferences from the fixing of the in view, but that which the words of the resolution period for introducing that measure, and if the Hon. implied. He should be enabled to show that the pro- Geatleman meant to make any speculations, he advised posal he made was a practical one, that it could only him not to found them upon anyprohability of great or be carried into effect by the assistance of the Govern unimportant changes. His Right Hon. Friend the ment, that it was not only practicable but easy, Chancellor of Exchequer had fixed Monday, the 29th, and that the information he desired to obtain would fir bringing forward the Budget, and on the Monday be useful, not only to agriculturists, but to the following he (Sir R. Peel) proposed to bring forward commercial classes, and would be conducive to the question of the Charter of the Bank of England, the general welfare of the community. He believed in case he should fail of securing precedence for that it was unnecessary for him to say a word here on the question on the Tuesday. general ad va nta g e of statistical information on the Mr. HUME , said it would be much better to fix the great interests of the country, not merely to philoso day at once. . phers and political writers, but to the practical states- Mr. BORTHWICK said it was now more than man. For he was quite certain, if facts were not probable that on Friday, the 26th, the House would within reach, estimates and conjectures would go into Committee., and he wished to ask the Right be made use of, and legislation would be founded Hon. Baronet whether it would be therefore necessary on those conjectures, often vaguely obtained, when it to postpone the Poor-law Amendment Bill, that stood ought to be founded only on facts. Parliament had fixed for that day, according to the arrangement made already recognised the advantage of collecting facts, before Easter ? in reference to the different interests of the country, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he was unwilling to by the expense it had incurred and the trouble it had disturb the arrangements which fixed before Easter the taken at various times, for procuring such information. order of the bu s ine s s throughout the cur- For instance, on the number of the people, their wealth rent month. Certainly according to that (to some extent), their resources, their power, and arrangement the Poor-law Amendment Bill for the classification of the facts thus obtained, it stood for Committee for Friday, the 26th inst. would not only be advantageous to the Government The house had heard what his Noble Friend itself to possess the statistical information with refer the Member for Dorsetshire had proposed. nice to the productive industry of the country, which Tie (Sir James Graham) was anxious to he was seeking to obtain ; but also to the persons meet the Noble. Lord's convenience, and the themselves who were most interested in the various convenience of the House, on th e condition that it branches of industry. It was very desirable that could only be done by disturbing the arrangement th e y s hould have accurate information on the subject. made before Easter, if the House would consent to There was no doubt that the misapplication of capital the course suggested by his Noble Friend. The in this country frequently arose from the want of course to be taken, then, would be, that the accurate statistical information. This argument pecu- Factory Bill would be read a second time liarly applied to agriculture, and he therefore called on Monday next. It should be the the first thing on on her Majesty's Government to devise measures to that day. The Committee on the Bill should be supply the country with accurate statements as to the fixed tor Friday, the 26th, in preference quantity of land under cultivation, and the different to the Poor-law Bill, which, in that case, kinds of agricultural productions which the culti if the House consented, he should postpone vated land of the country brought forth. By this till after the Factory Bill was disposed o f. The third information they would be enabled to solve the pro reading could then be fixed for Friday, the 3d of May. blem of the proportion of the food produced in the If that course were assented to he (Sir J. Graham) country to the population. They would be enabled would be eble to. answer the question of the-Hon. to compare the relative increase of food and popula- Member for Evesham, that the Bill would not come tion in different years, by comparing the different re on till after the next Order of the Day. turns with succeeding years. He did not desire to . Lord J. RUSSELL saw no objection to the ar- introduce a corn-law discussion, and he wished to rangement proposed, it being always understood that guard himself against any misunderstanding upon on the second reading they would not be precluded this point. It might be inferred that by his from taking any discussion which any Hon. Member mentioning his desire to obtain the propor might think proper to originate. Ile did not wish tion of food to the population of the coun .to delay the Bill, but of course it must be try, that he was thereby advocating a re understood that no arrangement could be made of peal of the corn-laws as a conting ent measure ; any kind having the effect alluded to. With respect a nd that he based his support of free t rade in corn on to . the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, he supposed that it' the ground that the country did not produce sufficient the Factories Bill took up any great length of corn for the consumption of the population. Now, time, the Right Honourable Gentleman would he would be just as strong a supporter of free trade in • move the second reading of the Ecclesiastical corn, even if the country produced ten times as much Courts Bill on the Monday following. With re- as was sufficient for the consumption of the people. gard to any arra.tigement for bringing on the ques- The reason he advocated free trade in Corn was that tion of banking. on Tuesday, he hoped the Right he believed it to be a civil right. Freedom of ex lion. Gentleman would not be disposed to counte- change he conceived to be a civil right, and as such mince any such arrangement, as a great many notices he would.ever support it. The information which he of motion stood for that day. was then seeking would be eminently useful to persons Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that th e N o bl e L or d connected with, and engaged in, agriculture. If the would see the position in which he (Sir R. Peel) NV 84 agriculturists had the means o f knowing the amount placed in consequence of his acquiescing in the pro- of the produce of the country they would be enabled posals for postponement of certain business that had b e en fixed before Easter. lie had intended to form data which would afford them an opportunity of applying at that period that the Irish Registration Bill shouldg reater skill in the cultivation of their land. A merchant could not carry on his business have been brought forward on Friday next, but in unless he had the advantage of tabular statements of consequence of the request of the Hon. Gentleman imports and exports which related to his business ; o pposite (Mr. Wyse) he had agreed to postpone and he (Mr. Gibson) believed that the farmer and the the Bill solely on the ground which the agriculturist would be enabled to the same extent to Honourable Gentleman had made as the basis make use of similar information as a sort of guide to of his request. An erro neous inference had been cultivation.—(Hear, hear.) I n th a t i n f orma ti on th e drawn from his acquiescence in the Hon. Gentleman's farmer and the agriculturist w e r e now com pl e t e ly proposal, that the Gove rnment wished to shrink from deficient. They had not the smallest data in the pressing the Bill. He wished to remove any such world by which they could ascertain the extent of impression, and he would fix an early day for the land which was under cultivation in this country, or second reading of that Bill. . what amount of produce the land brought forth. Sir J. GRAHAM proposed on Monday to move, Th ey had indeed geographical and trigonometrical as the first Order of the Day, the second reading of surreys, but they wanted more than that. The most the Factories Bill, and then the Ecclesiastical Courts' eminent writers on political economy, and the most Bill ; and on Friday, the 26th, he should move the eminent writers on social improvement, had all ad• Committee on the Poor-law Bill. mitted the total absence of that information which he Mr. WYSE, in allusion to what had fallen from was then calling on her Majesty's Government to the Right lion. Baronet on the subject of the second furnish to the country. Mr. Porter, a name which reading of the Irish Registration Bill, begged to re- he knew would carry weight with it in that House, mind the Right Hon. Gentleman that he had stated, in his celebrated work on the progress of the nation, when he asked for the postponement of the measure, regretted the total absence of statistical information that the Irish Member s could not be ready to take a of this description. To give the House some idea of part in the discussion under a fortnight ; and he the necessity of this information, he would just state trusted, therefore, that the second reading of the mea- that a short time ago the Earl of Essex, at a corn sure would not be hurried. Sir ROBERT PEELIaw meeting, expressed his firm belief that the country said that . he could not fi e X wa s fully capable of producing su ffi cient food for the an earlier day for the second reading of the Bill than that which the Hon. Gentleman had d. consumption of the population. The gentlemen who Mr. BOTHWICk. was glad to nam h e . . entertained similar views to his (Mr. Gibson's) held hear t e discussion on the Poor-law Bill was fixed for an early day. a different opinion, and these conflicting opinions —— showed how necessary it was to have the DROPPED ORDERS OF YEST-it • g DA information he was then seeking.—(Hear, hear.) Several of the dropped order s disposed of. of yesterday were Mr. Porter, in his book on the pr o g ress of the nation, QUARTER SESSIONS BILL . remarked that, owing to the want of information at the time of the most limited harvests which had oc- Sir JAMES GRAHAM hoped that his Ho- curred for a great number of years, the price of corn nourable Friend , the Member for Droitwich would continued to fall, until it was ascertained that there consent to have the Order of the Day for proceed., . was a scarcity of corn, and then the price flew rapidly lug with this Bill discharged. He had received i up. He alluded to the year 1837-8. It would there from the Recor ders of several lar g e cities in which fore be seen that the want of this information was Quarter Sessions we re held, repre se nta tio ns to the ; disadvanta geous b o th t o the consumer and the pro effect that any le g islation on the su bj ect wo u ld be ; ducer, inasmuch as the absence of this information Inexpedient. He believed the that under provisions caused . great flu c t ua ti on i n p r i ce . H e knew that au of• the Municipal Corporations A ct, . the Secretary of thority had great weight in that House, and very and he 1 find very little di ffi culty in giving ample authorities thought had the power of regulating, to a certain ex- : properly so. Re Was happy to think that he would for the propriety of the course he recommended to the tent, the proceedings of quarter sess i ons, owould be better 1 thought that the, evils complained removed by the interference of the Secretary . of ' House. In the first place , he hadaddressed himself State to the agricultural g e n tl emen, but State than by the Legislature. he should now turn • Mr. PAKINGTON had, when he proposed in the year 1836 on the ofagricultural • ' Bill, *Aged it as his, opinion, that it would be better , su bject distress. He there found that the several suggestions there that the measure should be taken up by the Gover . n. 1 one of in made by the wit• nesses order to prevent a recurrence of the eV . "' len ts He had introduced the Bill with the entire I , d i stress , was that there should be established a system of • ' - eoncurrence of that Right Hon. Gentleman, and he. ' would at once consent to the discharge of the order. cu ltural statistics. It was suggested in that Com a e llse '"'AWS was glad the lion. Gentleman had mit tee, that as such a system was so useful to mer fte—*— the request of th e Ri g ht H on . Baronet. , chants—guiding them in the i r a dven tures , and regu- When be had int ro d uce d the Bill the Hon. Gentle- lating the hazards they would otherwise run—it inah had stated , that the Bill was rendered necessar ought to be, and might most advantageously be, intro - !) . y the conduct of cert a i n R • ' y d the transactions of the landowner and ecorders wticularly by duce into . i'. conduct- of the Recorder of Vir Th ' farm er. But his mind had been more particularly s nort. Gentleman - had stated that no less e i . this subject, from perusing . a pamphlet less th an four ' directed to adjourn , ... ic l,-- ken place unnecessaril y. . Now , i written by the Right lion. Gentleman in the chair . . of thots‘ . eo ei rtAglts, the first had taken lace ' 'L f vre) and which had been prompted from p i (fir. e . e , . ' beforeVelliseirsed lii4 °Ace ; the secon dd b that Right Hon. Gentleman was .an error :the experience derive y - of his . - . . ' l 4 di on Oefrart- , ;., 1517 f mites; the_ third had been' as a member of the Committee he had referred to. mai in conoteterdt e . Keith all the authorities; and i The opinions expreved so strongly in that pamphlet /• . , •0-. 1, - --,-$ ..:-. , e7 1 / 7 ,__l ;„. :1 , . 1--, .',v • ~V; 5,..-h, ' f ~ , t -- WI ?; APRTL_IO, _ 1'34&. - - mongery to the Barbadoes, to the amount of 2431., for which he had not been paid. This transaction bad been ruinous in its consequences to him, as he was only a yoiinfr, tradesman, and could not afford to lose so large a sum. He had been obliged to sacrifice his wife's property, to satisfy his own creditors. The insolvent underwent a long examination respecting his connexion with the British American Association. He stated that he believed the Duke of Argyle and the Marquis of Downshire were responsible as directors of the concern. Two creditors in person appeared to oppose ; but in conse quence of the advanced period of the day the case was ad journed till Friday. • THE WILLS FORGERIES. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Shortly after ten,.o'clock Mr. Justice 'Williams took his seat on the bench, when the prisoners William Barber, Joshua Fletcher, William Saunders, Lydia Saunders, and eorgiana Dorey, were placed at the bar. At the instance of the Court, the witness Christmas was called, and re-examined—ln the autumn of 1842 I told Fletcher that there were unclaimed dividends on 3.5001. in standing the name of Slack. 1 did not mention it to any body else. 'lite witness Wheeler was also recalled, at the request of Mr. NVilkins, and said, that the prisnier Fletcher kept an account at the Bank of England, from 1839 up to the tune of his apprehension. Mr. JAMES, Counsel for Mrs. Dorev, said, that Mrs. Dore` now wished to withdraw her plea of Not Guilty, and to plead Guilty. Perhaps he was not exceeding his duty, in asking the jury to recommend her to mercy. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he could not interfere with the jury. lie was sure they would do what wss right, and that the verdict in the first case would not influence them. The plea of Not Guilty was then withdrawn on the part of Mrs. Dorey, and a plea of Guilty was entered. Mr. GREAVES then rose to address the Court on behalf of Fletcher. He contended that, in point of law, there was no proof of any joint acts here, and that his client ought to have a verdict of not guilty on this ground. The Learned Gentleman quoted the case of the King v. Messingham in proof of his position. Where there were separate acts they must be proved separately, and a joint procurement must be preyed where there was a joint charge. Mr. BALLANTINE followed on the same side. • Mr. Justice WILLIAMS could not stop the case. The pleading guilty of one of the prisoners did not vary the case. It seemed to him that the argument came to this, that unless the whole of the parties were present at the uttering of the forged will there could be no procurement or incitement. Mr. STONE said he did not think there was any evidence against the prisoner Saunders to go to the jury. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he was of opinion there was some es idenee for the jury. Mr. WILKINS then addressed the jury on behal, of Barber. He said, it appeared to him from the state of the Court, that the interest in this case was unabated. After passing a corn p'iment to the jury for the attention which they devoted to this m st important case, and to the ability and skill of the Learned Gentlemen who prosecuted in this case, lie said that he asked for nothing for .his client but justice. He was thoroughly convinced of the innocence of his client, and he therefore did not appeal to their mercy. He was glad. for the sake of Mr. Barber, that his Lordship refused the appli cation made on behalf of the other prisoner, for if it were granted it would delay the time at which his client was to be restored, if not to his former station and position, at least to the smile of frendship. His Learned Friend had stated this case with great fairness, and he trus'ed he would con tinue to conduct it to the end in the same way. There were six counts in the initictment,which must fall to the ground as far as his client was concerned. He had been charged with forging the will, but not a tittle f evidence was ad duced to establish that fact. If Mr. Barber had been guilty of an immoral offence he ought to be pusished, but if he didnothing inconsistent with his duty as an honest attorney, he was sure the jury would not hesitate in acquitting him. His Learned Friend had told them how unclaimed dividends were to be transferred, but he did not say how difficult it was to have this effected; that each case has to be strictly nvestigated by skilful solicitors, who (he said it in their iown hearing) followed his client, Mr. Barber, with a desire for conviction, which he could not account for on any other supposition than that they wished to make some amends for their own neglect of duty. He believed they were more anxious for the conviction of Barber, than for the conviction of all the other prisoners together; but in spite of their emissaries, and spies, and tamperings, he was sure the jury would send him from the dock as stainless as any one of them, though he might not have a bed to lie on, or a penny in his pocket. Why was not the confession of Mrs. Dorey brought forward? The jury would draw their own conclusion from this fact. His Learned Friend said that the will in this case was suspicious, that it bore suspicion on the face of it. Was it, indeed ? Was it not before Mr. Freshfield, who had so much experience in those matters ; and he did not suspect it to be fictitious. It was before Doctors . -commons and there they had no suspicion . of its being forged. Why then was Mr. Barber to find out that the will was forged ; on the cc ntrary he had less reason to think it forged than the others ; he had not so much interest in the matter as Mr. Freshfield. He would be able to show to them that greater pains were taken to impose on Mr. Bar ber than on the proctors or Mr. Freshfield. Fletcher intro duced a lady whom he called Miss Slack to him ; she was in appearance a respectable woman, arid was dressed in mourn ing. Mr. Barber went to Mr. Wills, the proctor, and ap peared everywhere in the most open manner in the character of an attorney in connection with this will, and not a single lie, not a single attempt to deceive was prcved against him. tie acted in the most open and honourable manner. There was a great difference in viewing transactions after an accu sation was brought and before it was brought.. When once an accusation was brought every person wondered that sus picions were notexcited before. Mr. Fletcher was a member of a respectable profession. He was a rich man. Mr. Barber was his attorney for many years, and in this case he did not do a single act which was not necessary to be done as an attorney, and in the most open manner. lie did many things openly which he might have concealed if he wished. He was the attorney of Fletcher, and nothing more. He was never seen communicating with Fletcher ; lie was never at his house, nor was Fletcher at his. It did not appear that Mr. Barber had the least acquaintance with Mrs. Dorey, or Mrs. Saunders, or Mr. Christmas. He thought it was clear that the statement made by Mr. Barber was made in cosse quence of the representations Made to him. It was evident that this was the else when he said that there was an entry of the death of Anne Slack at Somerset House. There was no such entry at Somerset-house ; and was it possible to con ceive that lie would have told such a lie to Captain Foskett when it could be so easily detected if he believed it to be a lie?; It was clear that he got the information from others, and believing it to be true, he stated it to be the fact. He communicated with Captain Foskett and gave him every assistance that he ought to give. The let ters which were signed by Mr. Baiber to Captain Foskett were written by his clerk, and only signed by Mr. Barber. Was this the conduct of a man who was playinga knavish part? It was said that Barber wanted the signature of Miss Slack, in order to forge it. How could that be so, when the signature to the will was quite different from the signature of Miss Slack? There was next the forging of the registry. This was not necessary at Doctors' Commons, nor at the Bank, nor to obtain the probate of the will. The only object for which it could be forged was to deceive Mr. Barb - er. He put an advertisement in the Times newspaper, asking for the legal representatives of Miss Slack. Was it probable that a person implicated in a wicked conspiracy, as Mr Barber was said to be, should take such a node of effecting his object as to put an advertisement in a paper so widely circulated as the Tines? Throughout the whole of the case Mr. Barber ap peared in the most open manner as an attorney. He had told them that Mr. Barber, if acquitted, would leave the dock penniless. Others had their thousands, but it did not appear that he had put a sixpence into his banker's hands. They made inquiries as to the money the others had in the bank; they did not allege that Mr. Barber had any money. It was not pray , d that a single 5/ note or a 101. made its way into Mr. Barber's pocket. He ( Mr. Wilkins) had been called a daring evidence. If he was so called, because he did not • respect persons or circumstances when the interest of his client was concerned, he was con tent to be so called. He did not care that he had such a man as Mr. Freshfield as. an opponent, and he did not hesi tate to say that Mr. Freshfield had given evidence that would follow hint with disgrace to the grave. He came prepared with a well ,ligested 'statement to procure the conviction of a man who stood a few months ago as high in the profession as he did. When he pressed Mr Freshfield he owned that he wilfully suppressed a portion of the evi dence. What object could he have in doing this but to hunt Mr. Barber to perdition, and to do this by the suppression of evidence that would have been in his favour? It was evi dent that Mr. Freshfield die not believe Mr. Barber to be guilty, for if he did he had Forrester athis elbow. His Learned Friend said that the issue must be wh, .ther there was any guilty knowledge. There let it be. He was willing te test the issue on that ground. And what proof was there that his client had any guilty knowledge in this case? Not the least. They could not look through the windows of the souls of men, and see what was passing there. They must judge of men and their motives by their actions, and he begged of them to judge of Mr. Barber by this test. They had been told to temper jus tice with mercy. He did not want to depreciate the value of the attribute of mercy, for he knew how much they all stood in need of it. But here he took higher ground. He would not condescend to steal a verdict from their pity, and to send his client from the dock with his peth clouded with suspicions of a questionable acquittal. \o; he asked for justice at their hands : and if lie were in any way instru mental in restoring his clierit to society, he should feel amply repaid for the anxiety and trouble he endured on his ace count, and with his latest breath ' he would thank his God that he had been instrumental in rescuing him from destruction. The Learned Gentleman then went over the evidence, commenting on it as he went along and showing that there was nothing to throw the least suspi.ion on Barber. He was a shrewd man ; and if it was his intention to put the stock in the name of Miss Slack in his own pocket he would have acted in a manner very different from the way in which he had acted. Mr. Barber was not a par y to Miss Slack being brought for .ward, but. Captain Foskett was, for he said he would rot re commend Miss Slack being made a party to the inquiry then going on, and if he had acted otherwise Miss Slack would be in possessions of her money, and this case would never have come before them. The conduct of Mr. Barber was perfectly open. All the documentary evidence against Barber came from his own office. He !ad never been seen at the house in Francis-street. The supposed Miss Slack was introduced to him at his own office. He told the people at the Bank that she was Miss Slack, because Fletcher told him so, as Phil pott identified her from the representation of Barber. The Learned Gentlemen then referred again to the evidence of Mr. Freshfield, which he read over at length. He com mented in strong language on the suppression of the fact that Mr. Barber felt very indignant when Mr. Freshfield told bins he was himself suspected. If Mr. Barber felt a consciousness of guilt he would have acted like a guilty man, and made his way to the nearest railway station to go to a foreign . country. But no, truth and honesty were bold. He remained ; and the very documents referring to this transaction were found tied up in a professional manner, were found in his office after he was " taken to the Mansion house. It was quite consistent also that he should refuse the name of the person who instructed him, because he knew what was due from a professional man to his client. He had now gone through the whole evi dence ; and, in conclusion, he begged of them to reflect what were the advantages and privileges they derived from society, in order that they might well weigh the verdict they were to give. He entreated them not to listen to public clamour, and to give a verdict according to reason, and truth, and justice. The Learned Gentleman occupied more than four hours in addressing the Jury. Mr. GREAVES then addressed the jury in behalf of the pri • saner Fletcher. Afterbegging the jury to discard from their minds the verdict in the former case, he sought to impress on the jury that there was not sufficient evidence to identify Fletcher wish this transaction. The principal evidence against him was that of Mr. Apslev and his wife, who deposed to the inquiries he made at king's Langley respecting Miss Slack; but there was nothing unreasonable in supposing that under the circumstances they were mis taken, especially as they did not seem to be very cer t a i n respecting his identity. - 'There was no evidence to show that either Mrs. Dorey Or Mrs. Saunders knew Fletcher before this transaction. It had not been clearly proved that the foreign tobacco, which had not paid duty on being un notes came into the possession e'f Mr. Fletcher, and upon this shipped. point IN contended that the case for the prosecution had en- Colebv Atkinson Davis, an officer of Customs, fully tirely failed. Fletcher had not been apprehended till after p roved the offence. this transaction was disclosed, and he was attending at the e Mansion house as a witness when he was arrested. The prisoner %as fined in the penalty of NU There was no evidence that his client ever knew anything .Two women named Green and Shaw were charge d fin going,ther than wtth being concerned in the robbery of a great numb L er _ the evidence warranted.:. they found that his client ever 01. pieces 4if woollen cloth, silk, satin, and velvet, the forged this will. Ths ev:. :-.ce was mach too doubtful and property of Mr. Lamb, a woollen draper, residing at 100, uncertain to warrant tb• •-. ;n finding a verdict against his Boll)• rtt. bill. client. _ Mr. Humphries prosecuted and Mr. Robinson de .... _ _ . . Mr. STONE was about to address the jury for William Saunders and Lydia Saun.liers, when, Mr. Justice WILLIAms said that though he did not think there was no evidence to go to the jury with regard to William Saunders, yet it was for them to say, before the Learned Counsel addressed them. whether there was such evidence against him as was worthy of' their serious consideration. There was not the least evidence that he had any knowledge of the uttering of the forged will—supposing it to be forged—which was necessary, in point of law, to make him guilty. They would therefore. consider whether they would think it necessary for the Learned Counsel to addres them for William Saunders. fended the prisoners. In November la. t, Green was discharged from Mr. Lamb's employment, where she had been as cook. Soon after her d.parture, the property was missed, and on investigation it H as ascertained that the prisoners bad been disposing of it. At Green's lodging in Crown coitrt, Goswell-street, several keys were found. One of them opened Mr. Lamb's wareronm the othe opened a box in which the key of the wareroom waste ntained. Several small pieces of v..leet, satin, and cloth were like: wise found there, which the prosecutor identifi , d. dress-maker named Chelford depo . sed to having Ina°. The jury did not think there was any evidence against him, and they accordingly brought in a verdict of Not Guilty. Mr. STONE then addressed the jury for Lydia Saunders. She was charged with a guilty knowledge before the fact, and with inciting Barber to forge the will and to alter it. The first evidence against Lydia Saund , Ts was that of Martha Anne Neville. She had not seen her for a year. His client was . was never seen by the witness without her bonnet. She said she had flaxen ringlets, but there was black hair found in the hair brush. It was sworn that Mrs. Dorey was in the habit of calling there, and was there anything improbable in supposing that the black hair was hers. The mother was a person of bad sight, and all she could say was, that she be lieved the prisoner was the person who lodged with her. Could they be satisfied that she was the person who came with Mr. Barber to Mr. Wills? Mr. Wills had not seen her for more than five minutes, and he had no distinct recollection about the person of the woman who called upon him. The most important evidence they could ad dude was to establish a similitude between the handwriting to the will and the ordinary writing of Mrs. Saunders; but they had not tried to establish anything of the kind. The Learned Gentleman then commented on the evi dence of Mr. Host and Mr. Philpot t, and begged of the jury to consider how unlikely it was th,.t, they could recollect the person of Mrs. Saunders, who must have gone to them as much disguised as possible, when, upon cross-examination, they admitted that they would not be able to identify any of the other numerous persons who transacted business with them. There was nothing, then, to identify the prisoner as connected with this will. Mrs. Dorey, who was a guilty person from her own confession, might have been the person. fhe note which had been spoken of was never seen in the possession of Mrs. Saunders, nor was her writing upon it. The witness Gorsuch stated that he saw her get into an om nibus, and.that it went in the direction of the City, and from this they were called on to conclude that she went to the Bank in order to get the gold. He said that she came in with a bag, and that when she laid it on the counter there was a jingle, as if of gold. Was it likely that she would lay it on the counter, or that she would take such a sum as 1,0001., which must weigh about 21 lbs., in one hand, as she was represented to do? There was nothing in the evi dence to satisfy them that her id..ntitv was clearly established, and he entreated them to give the benefit of the doubt to his client, if they were not fully satisfied upon the evidence that she was the person who committed the fraud. The same evidence which was given in the former case as to the character of Mr. Barber was given before the present jury. They all stated that Mr. Barber was a person of re • spectability and honour. It being now past five o'clock the Court adjourned till this morning, when Mr. Erle is to reply. several cloaks and bonnets for tip: prisoners out of cloths and velvets furnished to her by thvm. The se garments which were considerable value were pawned by the prisoners at the shop of Mr. Ling--y, in Greek' street, Soho. and were produced in Court by hi s assistant. The prisoners were remanded. • A drayman, named Cousins, in the employment of Messrs; Reid, the brewers, and residing on Saffron-hill, was charge,' with assaulting his wife and two police constables. It appeared, from the evidence, that police. constable Ma r : tin, 144 G, being on duty on Saffron-hill, between five and six this morning, heard cries of "murder" proceed &on' 6 house there, and, on reaching the landing on the first-fioert - saw the wife staneing in her night garments on the stairs' and screaming violently. The prisoner, on hearing witness, ,rushed out, brandishing a fire-shovel, with which he aimed A terrible blow at the officer's head. The constable elevated his arm to ward off the blow, and the weapon descended upo n it with such force that the handle was broken in two p l ac es. He then ran into his room and Martin shouted for assistan ce, his arm having been rendered almost powerless. Jackmat.l, 192 G, then came in, and, upon entering the room, the P r ," soner lifted a chair, and, with a blow, broke it on Jackma n ! shoulder. He was finally secured but not without very gr es '' . difficulty. The prisoner's wife and the landlord of the house describe the prisoner's conduct as extremely violent. He destroy ed a great deal of furniture. ad The prisoner with an air of great indifference, said he h been out drinking all night, and did not doubt but that wh at the police stated was true enough. The MAGISTRATE sentenced him to seven days' iniprior ment in the House of Correction. When he calve out hs must be bound over to keep the peace towards his wife. • Prisoner—There is no necessity for that; I will never liVs with her again. The MAGISTRATE hoped the Messrs. Reid would be prised of the nature of the charge against the prisoner. Inspector Penny promised to acquaint them. The prisoner was locked up. UNION-HALL. Thomas litalland,- described as a begging-letter writer, was charged with the following heartless robbery : The prisoner has been flr some time known as a profeaced' begging-letter writer by the officers of the Mendicity Societyt. and in that capacity had introduced himself to the cenr' plainant, an infirm old man, who was allowed Bs. a week PO' his support from some members of his family. The old marl: having some arrears due, employed the prisoner, being a O L, IIII of "good address," to go and receive the money. Yesteraak the prisoner proceeded for the cash, all of which he convert.,sto his own purposes, and "rigged" himself out in a new of clothes, in which he appeared at the bar. • net Mr. COTTINGHAM characterised the conduct of the prISO as base in the extreme to an aged man like the complatnl, The Magistrate added that he should deal summarily 3 / I _, the case to prevent the complainant the trouble of attending the sessions to prosecute, and commit the prisoner for two months to hard labour; and at the same time Mr. Cottint: ham directed that the prisoner should be divested of the ne° ' suit of clothes, which were to be given up to the ceinplaltr, ant, as they were purchased with his money. . • •• POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HO USA:. A woman, named Mary Walters, was brought before the Lord Mayor by the authorities of Bishopsgate, upon the charge of having al , a , ,doried her settlement in Glou cestershire, to which shL and her four children ha-1 been regularly passed from E t. B itolph, Bishopsgate, and re turnad to the latter, which she and four of her childrtli became thus a rinus burdrn. Mr Themts •Liff,rd Stuart, Vestry-clerk to the ic.frish of St. Botolph, lhshopsgate, stated that the woman, who was a widow, and her family, had been some time ago chargeable to that parish, arid had been duly sent home to Gloucestershire, where it was proved beyond the slightest doubt her husband had had a birth settlement. For a short time they remained in the Lodbury Union, in the pari,h of %Vesterby. in Gloucestershire, but to he surprise of the London awhoritie3, she appeared with four of her children at the worl<house-gate in B.shops gate, and craved achnissom. Upon beim!. admitted, she declared that she had bey n turned out with her children by the Board of Guardians of Lodhury ; that although they received her into the house', as if she had an es tab.ished claim upon the funds of the parish by virtue of her husband's settlement. they subsequently denied all knowledge of her husband, and actually thrust her out to run the chance of o .casi,coal charity. Upon receiving this extraordinary intelligence the parochial au herities of St..l3,ft&ph, Bishop-gate, caused a letter to be written to thAn at Lodbury. requiring an explanation, and the answer they verived was thaf the statement of Mary Walters was totally untrue, and that she had though proper to discharge hers.-it. a p.:wer which every depen dent upon parochial bounty - enjoyed, and her children had to remove from the union alzh , ugh her claim for support was undeniabe. The LORD MAvoa—Well, defendant, what have you to Nay in ans,%er to the utter denial to the truth of chat statement you made to the ves•ry-trierk?—The defendant said that she had n t discharged hersUf from the parish. That alt hou2ll she awl hid been appal , nth received into the union cla real e!aimants, they had beet; torned -oon afterwlr al.d told that thei might beg their way home f.o agabi, and that she ha in ruin requ,sl.d hat fh.-...:entlenien of the Bo:,rd give her, for lily's sak,,, twopence or thr epence a piece to enable her to convey her children to Lond,.n. The LORD MAYOR—I have here a letter from the :i.tchorities of Lodnury, asserting that all you have said is filse—that they willingly admitted you, and that you insisted upon leafing them, and that as a matter of course they could not d, taro you against your will. Mr. Smart said that the woman had repres- nted her c n lition in sucli a toann-r as was calculated to aff, et tll ordinary hearers. lie had been at great trouble in estab ishint< the settlement,. but he had succeeded upon the evidence of the sister of the defenda_,t's deceased husband, and - he parish to %Ilia she and her children had heen removed had paid all the expenses claimed by St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, a strong proofthat the settle mer,t, had been let:ally made out. The, Loiti3 MAYOR said that he should deal with all ca•es of the kind with a severity which, he trusted. would much diminish the expens-s to which the London parishes we e put by imp. stors. Mr. Smart said ihe inc.) !%N nience and annoyance and expense ovca-i , ne.? try p.isons who acted as t,:e def nd ant had acted was inconctivabk. If the parish in Glou cestershire chose they tittatt reject the ..rder which would be g v,n without the produetion of the witnesses, and ev,ry tittle of the legal evidence which had been already given. The difficulty in cases of this sort be came, in fact, overwhelmingly great, and if there ap peared to be the slightest defect in legal proof back the claimants were thrown upon thc City, with all the ex • penses. The defendant said wes willing to work for her chi'dren. and ,he did hot w , int to be a dependent at all. The LORD MAYOR entence you to imprisonment iu BrideA ell for a n - lont'.. The next offence of the kind you cornwit will :subject you to imprisonment fur three months. The defendant was then committed. Her children have bei-n sent to be taken care of at Norwood. An old wretch named John Budmore, %hose age was stated on the list to be 65, was charged with having vio lated two sisters of very tender years. The prisoner was said to be the pew-opener of a Diseni . . ing meeting-house in Spitalfields. One of the children stated that when she and her sister went into bed the pri-oner went down upon his knees and prayed, after which he undre-sed himself and joined them. The second child was too ill to attend the examination, and the prisoner was remanded for several days. A gentleman of the bar was brought before the Lord Mayor. The defendant bad been driving in his cab along Cheapside in the morning, at a moderate pace. when a boy. about fourteen years of age, was seen to fall at the horse's feet, and the wheel of the cab passed over his head. The poor boy was taken to the hospital in a state of insensibility, and the surgeon's certificate represented that he was in extreme danger. It was quite evident that the accident was not caused by neglect or want of proper caution on the part of the defendant, who was immediately discharged upon bail. CLERKEN WELL. Five labourers, four of them named White, and one Pearson, were charged with an assault of a very savage nature on Messrs. Dennis and Price, extensive builders, residing in Twyford-villa, Caledonia-road, Islington. John Hely White was further charged with assaulting a boy named Hughes. Mr. Bolton c.,nducted the prosecution, and Mr. Horry, the barrister ' defended the prisoners. It appeared, from the evidence, which was very volu minous, the case having occupied the Court during the gri ater part of the day, that, on Easter Monday, a little b named Hughe, cros.ed a brick-field at the Chalk ro .d, and, in so d ing, it was alleged, disturbed some of the sand which had been prepared for the manufacture of bricks, in which employment the prisoners were en gaged. The prisoner John Hely White ran after the youth, and, after a race of two hundred yards, overtook him—th..._ boy threw himself on the ground. The pri soner seized him by the legs, dragged him along the field, and lifting him up dashed the upper part of the boy's body against the earth. Mr. Dennis and Mr. Price shocked at the prisoner's brutality, ran over and entreated of him to desist; he refused, threatening to treat Mr. Dennis in the same manner. Mr. Dennis seized him by the collar and the boy escaped. The prisoner, enraged at the interference, struck M r . Dennis two or three violent blows on the breast. Mr. Price endeavoured to prevent turth , r violence, but the other labourers, h. aring the noise, rushed in a moh across the field. Mr. Dennis escaped into his own house, but they fell upon Mr. Price, who r.maired, and b, at him in a dreadful manner. His face and body were covered with contusion• , , and were it not for the timely arrival of a police officer and other assistance, he declared his belief that they would have murdered him. He was carried into his own house. bleeding pro fusely from several wounds in the head, and in a state of ins-usibility. The prisoners were fully identified by several witnesses as the principal assailants. The prison,r John Hely White, who had his arm in a sling, and affected to labour under greA pain from in juries which he said were inflicted on • int hy Mr. Dennis, was sent by Mr. Grct - Ato th.:t Grt.y's Inn-road I lospita.l for ex;mninatit,, - ,, and the house-surgt.on there, after a minute exlmilt , :ton, certified that there was nothine whatever the or-.;x• r with him. The pri,oiter; Ti d !rial. James Sandia; y, a ct,tfee-shop keeper and bagatelle room proprietor, of 141, Goswell street, waq charged with harbouring and concealing fifteen packages of CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN , For the Week ended April 13, 11 , 41. made up from the Returol_:d the Inspectors iti the different Cities and Tenn. in EngJan' 1 " -- • Wales. per Imperial Quarter Wheat Ms. H. Oats Rat.lry 33i. ld I Rye ...... 32. 4d 1 Pease ..... ATERAOIS OF THE LAST Ali WEEKS. Weeks endingi WHEAT. ;BARLEY.' OATH. I IIYE. I MANE. r=►ri , March 9 56 0 31 6 , 19 1 ;13 9 . 31 0 3 1 4 16 A 56 3 33 3 20 11 33 8 31 3 --,l Q 23 56 5 33 1 20 0 34 1 31 2 3 ; G ; 20 56 5 32 7 19 81 3 t 3 31 a 91 g April 8 55 5 31 10 '..0 1f 33 9 30 11 3 _,.. j 13 ..... IMPLitla i .1 GC , RAM ATE AVIRAGZS OF THE Six v."" % i - d ! Wheat.... ..... 55. Id i Oatb 2 s 0 s : O t.t t.l p 8 e e. a a e r): :. ... :::: .3 31 1; ed,' ,:: Kar,e.... ...... 33 , 1.1 Rye . DUTIIS ON YOKILIGN COHN. Wheat .... ..... 17 (ki. ; Oat. 5; on • Rye ..... . 6 0 g.. 1 P 11 e c a ap ite % ,.............. 1 1 6 0 15464::. Barlcv MARKET NE WS-YESTERDAY' RAY MARKETS, SM ITTIFI ELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ 56; I ll :: fill ditto, 31 6s to 3/ lOs ; tine Upland ditto, 3/ 1 2 ? i. :3/ 16s; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ ss; Oat Straw,ll6s to ll Wheat Straw, 1/ . 8s to 1/ lOs per load. . Supply but Pl"-, . _ Aerate, and trade dull. - 14 01: CUMBERLA.ND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 to 3l 6s; N T ditto, 31 8s to 3/ 14s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 15i t 0 Clover Hay, 315 s to 4/ 17s ; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1/9s ; NS , Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. A limited supply', *77 •. sluggish demand, at the above quotations. , 9 ;. ' T s it ,: NV HITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 16s to 3. 7 ...50 useful ditto, 3/ 6s to 3/ 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 i' 11 3/ 18s; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 51 ss; Oat Straw, 116 s ? o f . 8s ; Wheat Straw, I/ Ss to 1/ lOs per load. Both HAY /‘ ' straw ;net a dull sale, at late rates. . • MEAT MAIINETS. • Sn , -- .1„ APRIL 17 I to-day's - ;he supliv :! , .OUTIIALI„ APRIL .—ln to-day's market the b- Id. fat stock was only moderate. Prime Beasts and. Sheilre.: somewhat freely, at. an improvement of 2d per 81bs. V . .!. o n t wise the demand was inactive. Beef, from 3s to 4s; 31 " 3 01, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4cll . Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per 81bs. Supply—Beasts, 41; and Lambs, 2,329 ; Calves, 50; Pigs, 41. Nearly the W of the stock found buyers. 116MFORD, APRIL 17.—Although the general denien„,4 by no means brisk, prices had in some instances an unT4l tendency Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 23 4d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and 2s 6d to 4s per 81bs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 28s; Qua old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mulch Cows, with ,!J" small Calf, 161 to 181 lOs each. eiggi HAILSHAM, APRIL 17.—Although we bad a fair 1 1 - -- time-of-year supply of fat stock on offer to-day, the ge l demand was steady, at full prices. Beef, from 25 „,( yp d 4s 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s to .6s; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs. fit a ARUNDEL, APRIL 16.—Prime Beasts and SheeP, steadily, at an advance of 2d per 81bs. In the value_m - A da kinds of stock no variation was noticed. Beef, from 29 / AV 4s; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 6d; • Lamb, 5s to 6a; Veal, 3 1 " 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 10d per 81bs. 90 414 CHICHESTER, APRIL 17.—We had a steady sale for 40 the prices of which were supported. Beef, from 23 6d tf o islA Mutton 2s 10d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d; ) 01 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Calves, 18s to 265: Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 205.;. Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. er e. At GREAT FOOT RACE.—The lo t a lked 0 , . & e el' foot-race. between Goli'smith, better known as the__ ; " wich Lurcher," and Banks, of the West-end, for 10 04 ; 0 0 on which some very considerable sums of money depende o9 p re' 113 off on Wednesday, at Child's-hi 1, Hampstead. in t be , i' pee l sence of nearly two thousand spectators. The men , of before pitted a.,ainst each other about three ment bs ti t when Banks was declares the winner, but as the defeikelir Goldsmith was attributed to his having neglected to d .p! spiked shoes (a precaution taken by his adversary)' $11 000„' much diversity of opinion exiqed on the merits of tb e , ( o; the race of yesterday to run two hundred and fifty was determined on. Banks had rather the call in the b e dos° circles, but his friends appeared shy, and but little w 3e bee! on the ground at, odds. Limrires and referees havinf„ appointed, the signal was given, and the men went 0 ' as t. together. Goldsmith immediately made the runranboree beautiful pace, retained the lead, and won 'by two of yards. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE LORD MAyoo iti 11` HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.--On the ittng oing stant James Stanley, a gentleman's servant, rest hoof Long Ditton, made an affidavit at the Mansion-7 11 (which his Lordship signed), to the effect tha (Stanley) had had twenty-six holes in one i e rgicir" fourteen in the other, and that he had been so 6 0 1:L for two years and a half, and lately could only In, the use of crutches ; and from this state he Or ; 0 04 he has been miraculougy cured by Holloway's 1- . t i s i Ointment, after a host of surgeons and one hosPt i olgj failed to give him relief.—Sold at Professor fil PT, e Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice Die ro ttP l gratis); and by almost all respectable Chemists Lb mit the civilized world. BIRTHS. Invitfheeofl2ththe Rev. hi. mat. A. e G ss a f t o h rd er L co od ie fe o , f Great re da a u t g l h if t o e r t d . ; lo Itrc jf the ° On the 14th ,nst., in Sussex-gardens, Hyde-Parl‘' of Robert Buchanan Dunlop, Esq., of Drumhead, ° dross, Dumbartonshire, of a daughter. „ On the 15th inst., at Rugby, the lady of 10 0 Esq., of a daughter. t of° On the 16th inst., in Watling-street, We. Robert s MARRIED. ,b te On the Bth inst., at St. George's, Hanover4ll'iil o ;4o Rev. W. H. Dickinson, Mr. Charles Heseltine,,_t e r Eliza, second daughter of Mr. J. Hodson, of 0' 1 " . . il igo Covent-garden. lifir r osiv On the 11th inst., at Yeovil, Somerset, the 10'0 P Nicholson, M.A., Rector of Corscombe, Dorsetsbire' only daughter of Henry Penny, Esq., of Yeovil. i/e i , P" tf On the 13th inst., at Great Badminton, O s r obirte Everard, 8.A., Rector of Didmarton, Gloucest4go Marie Madeleine Cecile, eldest daughter of the It` 00 0 ‘, L. de Rusillion, of Yverdun, in the rays de Va,t l ": r ysit.. e g tlV On the 16th inst., at St. Martin's Church , do" son of John Drummond, Esq., to Susan Carow"„ii. of Andrew Mortimer and Lady Emily Drunlrn°— at p D a /l ia D m . aa, -------- ... 4 r On the 6th inst., Blaquiere aged 68. On the ' 2d inst., at Rome Anne, the wife of --- rat General Sir Jasper Nicolls, K.C.KB. g n ehi* A. On the 15th inst., in x ' ' IT it'''' , 7 Manchester-street, ... lz . of Colonel Robert Taylor, of the Madras Artillerf• aro' . 0/ 45- ' 0 On the 15th inst., at . Cambridge-terrac e, 4 ell' Blake, Esq., aged 78. • f VI I/ d On the 14th ' mst., Frances Sarah, the wife 0 IV'estmelltb:i:6oo. t, ii C. 144. Esq., of Dunstable, Bedfordshire. On the . l4th inst., Charles Dimsdale Colia llibe.4 ef , Dover-place, New Kent-road. On the 15th inst., Timothy Smith, Egl•P - " iorf peric 10 ; , t - Regent's-park. llis lii • 4 On 1 2d Dragoon thellth Guards. inst.., at Edinburgh, Colone l the ! "O. ~f ri s ill 4 . f On the 13th inst., in Chatham-place, Blac.-- r '.., w _ Bode, Esq. stefir/ • On the 13th inst., in Queen Anne-street, A- l 4. Hunter, Esq ,of Beach-hill, near Reading- ~.b, srel , On the 13th inst., Reeve Bunn, Esq., of IP o A7iiiia ol , At Mornington-crescent, Hampstead-road, , o o to.' try, Esq., eagd 59. Tho m On the 14th inst., Martha, the wife of lkir. -..-- o r of High-street, Kensington. kiiee,l ° I On the 14th inst., at Upper Tooting, Fattili`— 94. 4 daughter of John Simpson,' - Esq. , toi ef • On the 15th inst., Ann, the wife of Charles v the Paragon, New Kent-road. ---- DIVED--- -C) of 1). London: Printed and Published by 1001 14 ti 4 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The b'att L . Strand, in the Precinct of the Severe sti Middlesex, Friday, April 19,11144 I