The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-09 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.--Dartmouth was among the boroughs which were redeemed by the Reform Bill from the degradation of nominal representation. Before that just and necessary measure was enacted, this little maritime town gave two seats in Parliament to the nominees of the Treasury ; in whom its close corpo ration invariably discerned all the requisite qualifica tions for the honour and advantages then pertaining to such legislators. The Reform Bill opened the borough, and assigned one Member to its constituency. Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. H. Seale had endeared himself to the inhabitants by his numerous virtues, and espe cially by the exertions he had used to break up the close corporation confederacy by which the represen tation of the borough had been prostituted to the pur pies of private gain and political corruption. That gallant officer became its first representative under the new system ; and continued, without competition, to be returned as its Member to every successive Par liament. His death occurred a few days since, and his remains will be committed to the tomb this day. But scarcely had the breath left the body of the deceased Member than the Tories were on the alert to recover their lost influence in the borough. Electioneering agents of the Carlton Club, metro politan and local, commenced operations. Their can didate was announced. Mr. Joseph Soames, Go vernor of the New Zealand Company, is to contest the seat on the " Conservative interest ;" and the Dartmouth Reformers, who have hitherto been faithful and firm to the principles and party which obtained for them their long-sought right to the elective franchise, are modestly " solicited" to exercise that right in favour of the candidate who, with the party which nominates him, would gladly deprive them of their votes! The modesty of this attempt on the constituency is equal to the delicacy the Tories have shown to the memory and bereaved fa mily of the deceased member, in thus needlessly agitat ing the constituency before his funeral has taken place. Although taken by surprise by this indecent haste on the part of their opponents—and necessarily unprepared to engage in a contest while the solemnities of commit ting the remains of their deceased member to the tomb were yet unperformed—the Dartmouth Liberals will be found true to themselves, and to the cause with which they are identified. They have found a candi date worthy of their exertions in Mr. George Moffatt, well known to the Liberals of the metropolis as an eminent merchant, and as " a good man and true." Mr. Moffatt has already shown by works, as well as words, that he regards Parliamentary Reform as only the means to the attainment of valuable results. As the Chairman of the London Penny Postage Committee in 1838 he contributed, by his zealous and persevering exertions, to the attainment of that immense national benefit. Mr. Moffatt's opinions on the question of free trade are identical with those who advocate the removal of commercial restrictions, as essential to the extension of our trade and the profitable employ ment of our increasing population. Mr. Moffat will commence his personal canvass of the electors on Monday. We cannot doubt of his success. The Dartmouth Tories, by violating the decorum which the conventionalities of society pre scribe—and which, even when political excitement is more strongly felt than it is atpresent, are observed— indicate the hopelessness of the contest into which they are plunging themselves and the constituency. The constituency is small—not more than 250 will vote. Nothing but the employment of corruption and co ercion can prevent Mr. Moffatt's return by a large proportion of the electors. The former is, happily, by the new election law rendered more easy of detec tion than it was. Let the Liberal voters be but proof against the latter, and Toryism will sustain a defeat at Dartmouth that will discourage any future attempt to seize upon the representation. STANDARD.—We appeal to the memory of our readers to witness whether we have not anxiously abstained from the agitation upon ecclesiastical mat ters, which is now distracting the Church and the country ; or if our readers are so forgetful of our con duct, or so ill-informed of the pressure we have had to resist as to hesitate in acquitting us of a voluntary part in the agitation, we can appeal to hundreds— to thousands—of offended correspondents, whose fa vours we have rejected or whose suggestions we have slighted, though heartily concurring in their opinions. We know our countrymen, and we best know that most numerous and most intelligent, as well as best disposed, division of them—the members of our Protestant Church. We know that they are slow to move, because they are religious, prudent, and just, and that they will not move at all except upon what seems to them a clearly righteous and an adequate ground ; but we know also that when they move, they are determined, inflexible, and irresistible. When such men arise to action they stand much more in need of the curb than of the spur. We should apply the curb if we could hope to have influence; but though we might offer violence to our own convictions, and should certainly forfeit all our influence in the attempt, it would be an utterly vain one. Let us close our columns against the para mount topic of the day, and we may to-morrow close our establishment; while the line we could conscien tiously pursue in perfect conformity with the uni versal feeling would be taken up by some mere time-server, as indeed we see already some of the mercenary class pressing into it—the last and the decisive proof that the public mind has been defini tively made np. We copied yesterday with satisfac tion, from the Morning Herald, an announcement, of the correctness of which we have no reason to doubt, that the Bishops are preparing to interpose. We can assure their Lordships that there is no time to spare, and that they must make up their minds to interpose effectually when they do interpose. It is now too late to stand upon trifles • too late, indeed, to treat any of the dispute d points as trilling ; every ensign of hostile innovation is an intole rable insult., and every rag of such ensign must be abandoned, if an honourable peace is to be obtained for the Church. Without the removal of every tatter of Tractarianism the people will not be satis fied—must we add, ought not to be satisfied. In short, if the Bishops will have an end to the present distractions, they must exercise their legitimate influence to have the order of the Church brought back to what it was a dozen years ago, the most glorious era in the history of any . Church since the age of the Apostles. That glorious era it was which tempted vain men, who had no share in producing it, to turn the deep religious feeling of the nation to the account of their own ambition or foppish conceit. They saw the Church the object of a veneration only less than that paid to its divine head, and they hoped to ' exalt themselves as priests of the Church above all other men, and to render their persons " the • observed of all observers," by fanatical dresses, gaudy church furniture, and antic gesticulations. • Such men could not appreciate the true source of the veneration so universally paid to the Church—the Me t:nee of those personal vanities and passions, and of those profane frivolities with which they, in their stupid conceitedness, would desecrate the majesty of religion. If the Church is to become again what the Church was twelve years ago, the object of devoted love and reverence to the people, all the innovations introduced by the self-seekers and coxcombs must be swept clean out. Men cannot be too firm, or we will say too obstinate, where prin ciples are concerned ; but they who deny that the surplice preaching is a mere sign of novelty, as some bishops do, will admit that surplices are not prin ciples, and will surely surrender surplice preaching to the feeling of the people, who cannot help con necting it with the Tractarian innovations. If firmness or obstinacy upon questions of high prin cioe cannot be too much commended, obstinacy in things trifling or indifferent to principle cannot be too much despised. There are, it is true, the two cases in which a plausible apology may be made for obstinacy upon questions of secondary importance. An importunate claimant may be refused a trifle, because he is importunate— becauae in his case every new concession leads to a new demand. This cannot apply to men who ask only for the status quo—their de mand limits itself for ever. They only ask to be left where they and their ancestors have been for nearly two centuries. The remonstrant Churchmen, indeed, give the best possible proof of their content ' ment with, and deep affection for, the Church, in ear nestly praying that its practical order and ritual may undergo no change. Arguments and answers ht to he used towards importunate aggressors un doubtedly do not apply to them. The second case where trifles may be obstinately maintained with some colour of reason, is when the concession of the trifle gives a party triumph ; but the Bishops will scarcely treat the whole laity and forty-nine fiftieths of the clergy as a party to `salance 'against a few hundred Tractarians ; to put them at all into opkyosite scales would be a triumph to the Tractarians immeasurably disproportioned to their real importance. No, the Church can have no triumph in being left to the peace ful enjoyment of her time-honoured usages ; but the least concession of the least of those usages would he indeed a triumph to the Tractarians —a gross insult to the Church—an insult., we do not hesitate to say, fatal to the Church as a temporal establishment. This may be thought the language of exaggeration, it is, however, the language of our deliberate and: sincere the utmost alarm f convict . Ve confess Chu ß r ' e n h . as a temporal establishment. A very or few rise • since every h an d and Purge of the nation were cheerfully opened for Ch P u u rc r collected for building of chure'hiersP7s- Money was and for the erecting and Support of elc-:urreTsel°l7,2l,oll"tir ):AplTtds of thousands of funds. How is . it non, 174. yei.;.r men most active in promoting these noble imitrfbptiatts, and most liberal in contributing thi n ,. Pives,,kow the very men who oppose any grants pigeb' cue, , - -4 6:;•2 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENiNG s DECEMBER 9, 1344. PRICES OF SHARES Lig (~ANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 6. Dividend per Annum. Names of Com panies. Amount I Paid. Pri ot Share. Canals. Ashton and Oldham«. Ashlay.do.la.Zonch..av Basingstoke ............... Brecknock & Aborgay. Birmingham,l.l6thsh. Do. and Liverp. Juuc. Cbelmor & Blackwator Coventry ..,....,.......... Cromford .................. Dudley •••••••• Oa • • • •••••••• Derby Danube and Mayne.... Ellesmere and Chester Erewash Forth and C1yde...... Grand Junction........ Grand Union Grand surrey ..„........ Grand Western...". Glaroorgansh., ay. coat Gloucester & berkeley Grantham ......,........ Huddersfield ....may Kennet acid Avon ...av Lancaster Leeds and Liverpool.. Leicester ........ Leioester & Northamp. Loughborough ........ay Monmouthshire ......... Montgomeryshire.... Melton M0wbray........ Mersey and 1rwe11...... Macclesfield Nee h Oxford 00000 000000 Peak F0re5t...........av Regent's (or London).. Shropshire Somerset C0a1............. Do. Lock Pun/ Stock Stafford and Worcester Stratford -on- AT on...av Swansea Severn & Wye & EaiL Trent & Mersey, sh. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Birrning. Warwick and Napton... Worcester & Birmlng. Wilts and Berks.....av Wisbench Way and Docks. Commercial ........e ••••• East and West India... London ....... Ditto Bonds ............. Bristol... ..... ...... av Do.Bnds,var. amounts St. Katharine. ...... Ditto Bonds Ditto B.nds Southampton MO. Undies Hammersmith. ..... ...... Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr c. Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of SI,. Ditto New ditto of 71. Ditto Bonds VauxhaiL...... .av Assurances. Albion ................. Alfred Life; .......... » „ Alliance Brit. and eor Ditto Marine............. Atlas .. .. ........... Birmingham Fire........ British Commercial Cler. Med. Sc Gen. Life County .......• Eagle •••••••• .•••••••••••••••• Economic Life European Life Ditto New Freemasons ....woe Globe ....•••-•"•«•.....•• .... Hap* Life Ditto Imperial Ditto Life...—. - Indemnity Marine. ....... Law Life Legal and general Life London ..... Ditto Ship National Loan iund... Neptune Marine...-. Palladium Life......... Protector Life Provident Rock Life R , yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto ..... University Universal Life...". Union Fire and Li fe : 7ointStk Banks Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westmrnstr Ditto New Landon Joint Stock— Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Engind Ditto Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight v. Cok• Bath.. .. British Ditto Provincial Birmingham ...„..... Binning. & Staffbrdah. Brighton ..... Ditto General.... City of London Ditto New ....... Continental Consolid.., Ditto Imperial.....lmperial _........ Isle of Thanet Independent ........... Phcenix ..... Ratcliff.- ...... South Metropolitan..... United General —. Westrnins. Chartered.. Ditto Water Works. Birmingham East London.. Grand Junction......ay Kent Nw Riv Lon. Bride An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lend. West Middlesex...ay Yrk u ldg Co. Le; Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. k Gloucester Bristol and Exeter...... Caledonian ................ Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties...—. Edinburgh & Glasgow Grand Junction...— . Great North of Engin . st Great Western ; Ditto Half Shares j Ditto Fifths Harwich (Braithwaite) Hull and Selby . ...... Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Selby ..... Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Halt-Shares London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and Blackwall London and Greenwich London and Birrningh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares.... Manchstr and Birming I Midland Counties North British Norwi h & Brandon Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss.sl. dis. Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich lork and N. Midland Ditto New Shares , Mines. Albion Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos Ditto Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.sl. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron .. Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo ..... _ ....... ...„„ Columbian las. 51. p.m. General Mining Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy. Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes Rhyinney Iron ..... Santiago de Cuba...—. United Mex., issai. pm. Ditto Scrip ..... Ditto New Literary. Londn,with Sin.Tlcket London University Russell King's College Miscellaneous. Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur ! Brit. American Land, Canada ........ ..... Upper Canada Bonds Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property ; Mat. Wood Pay., isa. I/. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand ............. Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc. South Australian Thames Tunnel. Van Di enaen's Land .„ peT ant. 41. 4 10s. 4 per cod. 44. 454 .15c IL ss. 11/ 12s. ad. .ss. . /. 10s, 34'. 101. 171. 301, 3}i 17s. M. lbi. 6 percent. 113 .54 204 IL I. 15L 3SL lft 101. 104. 111. I. 41. - 11. cent. 4 per cent. le per cent. per cent. 31. 10s. S per cent. 5 per cent. I% per cent. 4 per cent. per cent. .% per cent. I/. 06. 9d. 186. Id. per cent. IL 76. Si. lig. 4 per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. Ss. 651. pr sh U. ss. er share percent. SL pet c - cit.l k 303 . be. j a 3 per cent. 5% per eent. 5 per cent. eper cent. Dper cad. 4s. Its. &I per emit. :1.25. 19 eh. k be. 11. Ss. 10s. 'los. 5 per cent. Aper cent. 5 per cont. Per cent. 1L 58. 4s. s , per cent. C),, per cent. 11 4. 5 per cent. 10 5r cent A per cent. 6 per cent. 6 percent. 6por cent 6per cent. per cent. per cent 1 per cent. 6 per cent. lls per share Sa. per share 10 per cent. per COIL 18a. 11. be. 11. 7.. Al. and ba. Oil. and be. per cent. rceat. 101. 101. IT per oh lberr s h 8 per cent. 5 per cent.: 6 per cent. 5 per cent; 6 pet cent 114 per cost 34 II& V. 10s. V. le.. SU. 10s. !per cent. 41. 16s. 11. 14a. 24138. p. Db. 11. 4a. NI cent. es. per sh. IL Si. perch 10 per cent. 04 per cent. 91.65. per sh NI. per sh. les. per .h. per cent. 10 per cent. to per cent. fw3C all tei. per eh. 11. 14s. Sl.per Aare 4,1 per ab 91.175. pr at 11Se per ai IL U. 5.. 15e. a la lat. 15 per cent. per cent. 1411 per cent. le per cent. IL 11. ..... /. 10g. .6 s. 4. 97 18 0 us e• 100 0 0 150 0 0 8 15 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 9 HO 0 0 41 13 4 133 0 0 100 O 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 ilio 0 0 100 0 0 172 13 4 100 0 0 150 9 0 b 7 6 6 39 18 10 47 8 8 100 0 0 140 0 0 83 10 0 142 17 0 109 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 190 0 0 160 • 0 100 • 0 78 9 • 83 16 8 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 • 19 10 • 140 0 ii:s e e 145 I e 79 0 8 100 0 0 86 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 • 100 • • 79 8 0 67 10 9 105 0 110 A A 100 0 0 Stock Stock L 47 9 0 Stock 50 • • 52 0 0 68 2 • 52 • 0 .... 79 10 9 500 0 0 25 • 0 100 • 0 100 0 • 50 e o 250 0 0 50 0 • 100 9 • 100 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 2000 Stock 100 0 • 25 0 0 25 0 • Ki • • 100 100 • • 100 • • 50 • 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 • 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 5 0 Stock 100 0 I 100 0 0 900 0 0 4() 0 0 be 0 II 100 • 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 • e 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 • • 50 0 0 104 • • 20 0 0 54 0 0 25 0 • 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 • • 20 • • 77 I• 0 SO • • 20 0 • 20 • • 20 9 • 100 • 0 10• • • 75 • 0 50 • • 50 0 • 50 0 • 25 e 0 30 • • 450 0 0 100 • • 50 • • 5• 0 0 b• • 0 se 0 0 Y 5 • 0 100 0 • 41 13 4 140 0 • 100 0 0 63 11 9 100 0 0 100 • 0 100 • • too o • 50 • • [OO 0 0 100 0 • To 5 • ) 5 • • 23 50 • 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 • 56 0 0 12 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 6 0 100 0 0 SO 6 0 56 0 9 10 0 0 25 4 0 50 0 0 180 4 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 • 2U 0 8 50 0 • 50 0 0 100 e • too 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 16 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 [OO 0 0 MO 0 • 2 0 0 32 0 • 32 • 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 20 e 50 9 50 0 0 2000 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 44 0 0 100 o e 2 10 0 6 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 tO 0 0 12 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 18 0 e 50 0 0 25 0 0 S 0 El 15 0 0 100 0 0 31 0 14 10 0 100 0 I) 23 0 ( 150 0 0 150 0 0 3500 2.5 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 21 0 0 25 0 • 15 0 • 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 o 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 • 0 10 10 • 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 20 0 0 !.0 0 0 55 0 0 20 • 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 6000 25 0 0 40 • 25 z 0 • 2 40 0 0 10 0 75 0 0 - 100 0 0 100 0 0 /5 0 0 - Is, - 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 9 [OO 0 ) 30 0 0 50 • 0 35 10 0 [OO • 0 32 10 9 15 0 I , 14 0 I 5 9 0 1 10 0 500 5 0 0 le 0 I. 3 0 0 10 0 1 I_7 0 0 1175 e 0 25 0 0 50 0 - 9 50 e 0 00 0 0 100 25 0 0 20 59 0 0 50 20 0 01 20 0 0 00 O 0 O 0 PANIES' PRICES. 1844. 10 0 • 10 • 8 10 0 10 0 • 12 10 • 1 • 9 2 10 0 50 0 • 50 0 e 25 0 0 25 0 9 A a 4. ...., -r 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 o o 100 0 0 LAW INTELLIGENCE,. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 7. RING V. 8/RSON. Mr. Justice MLLE summed up very tolnutely. He said that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict in what damages they might think sufficient, for 'the arrest after he had been put out of the defendant's house, as he had done nothing to justify that course. But as to what had taken place within the house, they must con sider whether the conduct of the plaintiff in th• par lour had been, as was alleged, so disorderly as to warrant the landlord in removing him. For that was the defendant's plea, and not that the plaintiff was ejected in consequence of the offence for which he had suffered imprisonment. The Learned Judge agreed with Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, that it would be hard if a man, having atoned for his fault according to the laws of his country, should be infamous for life,and be prevented from returning to an honest course of life. But that question did not arise, as the defendant had pleaded in justifica tion only the disorderly conduct of the plaintiff in the house, and not his previous character, although the latter had been referred to by counsel on both sides. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after deliberating about three hours, found for the plaintiff— Damages, 205., on all counts. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ROME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, Dec. 7. (Before Mr. Justice Wimaasus.) Sarah Jobsen, 14, was indicted for maliciously an feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw, value 401., the property of William Bacon, at the parish of Hempstead. Mr. Ryland conducted the prosecution, and Mr. C. Grey appeared for the prisoner. The prosecutor deposed that he was a farmer, and resided at Hempstead, in this county. The prisoner was in his service as nursery-maid on the 16th of August, and had lived with him for more than six months in that capacity. About ten or eleven o'clock in the morning of the day in question, he was out in the field harvesting, when he observed some smoke in the direction of his stack-yard, and, upon going there, he found a stack of straw on fire, and it was com pletely consumed. The value of the stack was 401. On the morning of the fire he had reprimanded the prisoner for not paying proper attention to the chil dren. She did not make him any answer when he spoke to her. Harriet Stock, a servant in the employ of the pro secutor, proved that on the morning of the fire, and just before it broke out, she saw the prisoner come in a direction from the stack-yard, with her master's baby in her arms. There had been a fire at the neighbouring village of Blagden about a fortnight before, and on the day it happened the prisoner said she liked to see a good fire, and she should like to see her master's place on fire, adding, that if the straw was fired it would be sure to light the buildings. On the day of the fire at the prosecutor's she told the prisoner that the police had been there making inquiries, and had asked some questions about her, and on her saying this the prisoner appeared very confased and walked away. Catherine Rumball, another of the prosecutor's servants, also proved that she saw the prisoner come out of the stack-yard a very few minutes before the stack burst into flames. Thomas Moore, a police constable, deposed that he apprehended the prisoner on the day of the fire, and she took him to the place where the stack had stood, and pointed out in the ashes where she first saw the fire. The prisoner was taken before a magistrate the next morning. Her mother was standing by her, and she told her she was sure to go to prison, as she was taken on suspicion of having caused the fire. The prisoner replied, "Nobody saw me do it, although I was in the stack-yard." David Smith, an inspector of police, deposed that the prisoner was placed in his charge after she had been taken into custody, and he heard her say to a woman named Rumball, who was sitting up with her, " If I said I had lighted the fire, people would believe me, but I am not so soft ; no one saw me do it, and a they cannot hurt me." When the prisoner was be -35 fore the magistrate, she said she knew nothing about 42 the fire. ib lVi This was the case against the prisoner. Mr. GNAT briefly addressed the jury, but the evi dence was too clear against the prisoner to give him the least chance of doing so successfully. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS summed up, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty, but at the same time strongly recommended the pri soner to mercy on account of her youth. The Learned JUDGE ordered the prisoner to be called up for judgment, and, after remarking that the conduct of the prisoner evinced great malignity, said he felt it his duty to sentence her to be transported for fifteen years. He added that the recommendation of the jury should be forwarded to the Secretary of State, who might, if he pleased, direct the infliction of a milder sentence. Joseph Tunbridge, 20, John Hammond, 18, and John Brown, 18, were indicted for a highway rob bery with violence, upon William Sorrell. Mr. Ryland defended Brown and Hammond, and Mr. Marsh appeared for Tunbridge. From the evidence of the prosecutor and other witnesses, it appeared that the prisoner resided at Great Waltham, and on the evening of the 23d of October he was at a public-house called the Six Bells, n a neighbouring village. While he was there he changed a sovereign, and the prisoners, who were with him, saw the operation. He left to go home at an early hour, and when he was about to cross a stile leading to a place called Langley's Park, -he was assailed by three men, who threw him down, placed a handkerchief on his mouth, and then rifled his pockets of all the money they contained. The prosecutor swore positively to the identity of the three prisoners as the men who so acted, but upon cross-examination he admitted that he had accused another person of committing the robbery, although he was afterwards satisfied that he was mistaken. His evidence was, hoirever, corroborated to a con siderable extent so far as it related to the prisoners Tunbridge and Brown. The jury found these prisoners 'guilty, and they were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and hard lalymr. Hammond was acquitted. The prisoners Taylor and Hurrell, who were con victed on Thursday of sending a threatening letter to a farmer named Miles, were brought up for judgment, and sentenced to be transported for seven years ; and thus concluded the business of the assize. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 6. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE ) John 111‘Cann was to-day put upon his trial, charged with the wilful murder of Benjamin Gott. Another count in the indictment charged him with manslaughter. This case must be even yet fresh in the recollection of our readers, as it created at the time of its occurrence considerable excitement. Five other persons, named Rogan, O'Brien, Donovan, Quin, and Power, who had been concerned in the matter, were triad at the last assizes, and were convicted of manslaughter ; but in consequence of some legal ob jections being raised to the form of the indictment, judgment was_respited, and these persons are still i n custody. M‘Cann at that period was not apprehended. Mr. Bliss and Mr. Overend were for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Wilkins. The facts of the case were briefly narrated by Mr. Bliss, and were as follows :—On Whit-Monday last, the 27th of May, there had been a procession of Orange lodges. On that occasion two bands were engaged, one of which was called the Idle and Calverley band, and of that band Gott (the deceased) was a musician. As they I% ere passing through the town of Bradford, the band playing certain tunes, and amongst others " the Boyne Water," which gave great dissatisfaction to the Irish population of the neighbourhood, who fancied also that a still more offensive tune, called "Croppies, lie down," had been played. When the procession was over, and the musicians were returning home in a straggling manner, a number of Irishmen were seen coming behind them, having sticks and other weapons in their hands, and making use of threatening language. The Irishmen commenced as attack, and the first thing they did was to knock down the man who who was playing the drum. They then fell on Gott, and from the violence that was employed his death resulted. On a past mortem examin ation the deceased's skull was found to have been most severely fractured, and death was attributed to that cause. Amongst the people in the crowd was the pri soner, and he took an active part in the proceedings. Thomas Thornton, the first witness, was undergoing examination, when Mr. WiLictsis said, he thought it would be idle for him t fait o o n, rfa a ote attempthe Justice rhnt t g h o iaese c rmo, o om bat the minor charge against the pri soner. He h a d rea d t h e d epos i t i ons over twenty t i mes, ofc mo m or. Ldfa e tsn a htß n shili s peaD ge f xpih r re e tere s bum i rrm s .ii t es i sfis n t aiy g enn i c, t e . ws sh He t o w p o l u e ladd, guilty there- addressed alluded the to n jury, the commencement of this report, and recommending them to find the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. The jury, without hesitation, pronounced the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter, and sentence was deferred till the opinion of the fifteen judges could be had upon the legal objections before referred to. John Critchlow and William Bolton were next placed at the bar, charged with having on the 25th of August last., at Sheffield, feloniously and unlawfully attempted to destroy a certain steam-engine, by the explosion of a large quantity of gunpowder, the property of John Wilson, Thomas Dunn, William Jeffcock, and George Hounsfield. This case would have been tried yesterday, but Mr. whole he behalf jury. o A f the fresh jury wa t s hn oje this b in e e c r ted n n g t o e t m h e . pannelled for the trial of the prisoners. Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Overend, and Mr. Smith were for the prosecution; and Mr. Grainger was for the defence. The prosecutors in this case were some of the largest coal-pit owners in the neighbourhood of Sheffield. In the month of May last there was a general " turn out " of the colliers in that part of England, and the prose cutors' pits had been unworked from May until the date , of this occurrence, in August. Towards the end of August there were symptoms of returning good sense on the part of the men, and on the 26th it was determined that some of them at least should return to their work. At the mouth of the pit there was, as is frequently the case, a steam-engine, worked for the purpose of hauling ' up the coal, as well as of letting persons in and out of w the pit as occasion might require. WWI; as the engine I , which the prisoners were charged with having blown up. The indictment was founded on the 7th and Bth of Geo. IV., c. 30, a. 7, which renders it felony for any person maliciously to pull down, destroy, or damage with intent to destroy, any such steam-engine. Jonathan Habershon was the first witness called. He deposed that he was under-ground steward at No. 2, Deeps-pit Colliery, near Sheffield. There was a steam engine at the mouth of that pit. The boiler, which weighed when filled about 8 tons, was detached from the engine, and was surrounded with brick-work. On the night of Sunday, the 25th of August, witness, who lived close to the pit, was awakened by the re p or t o f a tre mendous explosion, and in about half an hour after• wards William Prinee, who slept in a kind of cabin at the mouth of the pit, called him up and took him to ex amine the boiler. On reaching there he found all the brick-work blown down and scattered about. The boiler happened to be filled with water, but no water had es caped. The steam-pipe, however, had broken away from the steam-chest ; the pipe for the conveyance of water to the boiler had also been broken, and a small shed over the boiler had been blown down, so that the steam-engine was put out of working condition. On re moving the debris witness found two caps and a hat eery much damaged, as well as a tin case cont a i n i ng a collier's cartridge and some loose gunpowder. In the firehole were found several portions of a barrel, and everything smelt strongly of gunpowder. Cross-examined by Mr. GRA/NGER—The pit had been worked twenty-two years : The boiler was about three yards from the steam-engine. Was quite s ure th a t t wo caps were found. The cartridge found in the tin case was such as colliers commonly employed in the opera tion of blasting, and gunpowder was occasionally used for that purpose in some of the pits near Sheffield. William Prince remembered the 25th of August last. He was in bed in the cabin at the mouth of the pit, and shortly after eleven o'clock he saw some men peeping into the cabin, through a small crevice in the door. In a few minutes after he heard an explosion. He thought there were about six men altogether. Cross-examined—The night was dark. Could not see the faces of the persons who looked in at the door. Mrs. Ledger di-posed that she resided about half a mile from the colliery. The prisoner Bolton was her brother, and had dined at her house on the 25th of August. About twelve o'clock on that night sho was awoke from her sleep by a noise at the door, and she heard a moan apparently proceeding from a man in great bodily pain. She opened the door, and found her brother crouched down at the door. He was very much burnt on his head, face, neck, and hands, and was covered with black, and his clothes were torn. Witness obtained assistance, and put him to bed, when Mr. Shaw, a sur geon, was immediately sent for, who attended him for 14 days whilst he remained confined to bed at her house. Cross-examined—The prisoner appeared very much intoxicated when he got to her house, and he vomited a quantity of spirits and ale. He was delirious also during the night, and continued so for several days. John Shaw, jun., a medical student, who was called in to see the prisoner, confirmed the last witness's state ment as to his condition at that time. Witness asked him how he had received the injuries about his person, and he replied by firedamp. A woman present said it would be best to tell the doctor all they knew about the matter, and they then said they had heard a great explo sion, and that they suspected the prisoner had been con cerned in blowing up a steam-engine. The woman begged of witness not t o men ti o n the circumstance to any one, and the prisoner joined in that request. John Shaw, surgeon, of Attercliffe, corroborated the greater part of this testimony, and detailed a statement made to him by the prisoner wherein he confessed his participation in the act with which he was charged. They put some gunp ow d e r i n a barrel which they placed in the fire-hole, and setting light to a fusee, one end of which communicated with the powder barrel, they r an away to await the effects of the explosion ; but as thi s did not take place so soon a s they had anticipated, th e y went to the fusee to blow it up. He had just reached the spot where th e eng i ne was when it did happen, how ever, and he remembered little or nothing further. The prisoner Bolton had made this statement to witness on several different occasions. Cross-examined—The prisoner told him that he had met with two men before the occurrence, who would not let him go till he had had a certain quantity of some thing to drink. He did not say that he was very drunk. William Maybury, a tailor, living in Todd-street, Manchester, deposed, that he met the prisoner Critch low with two men, named Dixon and Stocks, on Tees day, the 27th of August. The skin was then all off his face. He said that he had the wet scurvy, which ac counted for that circumstance. He met the same per sons together soon after in the Coach and Horses public house, and he heard Stocks ask Critchlow if he had been to a doctor, to which Critchlow replied no, he was frightened to go to a doctor lest he should be found out. Critchlow then asked Stocks if he had seen that day's paper, and if there was anything particular in it. Stocks answered, that be had seen the paper, and that a cap had been found. Critchlow said that that was his cap, and he then proceeded to detail the circumstances at tending the explosion, adding, that he had before very large whiskers and a good head of hair, but when the powder went off it flashed in his face, and scorched it all off. He was otherwise alao a good deal injured. Cross-examined—Have not got much above tailoring yet. There was a rat-den at Davis's public-house. Wit ness did not provide the rats or the dogs. He assisted Davis sometimes in keeping and obtaining the rats. He did pay for his board and lodging at Davis's. Was not in the habit of attending prize-fights. Had never been at one. Didn't teach boxing ; put the gloves on some times, for a little bit of amusement. Had been in trouble once, about six years ago, for hitting a man in the shop where he then worked. Had never seen Critchlow pre vious to the first interview which he had referred to. Several other witnesses corroborated the main features of the evidence already given. Mr. GRAINGER addressed a long and ingenious speech to the jury on behalf or the prisoners, commenting chiefly with regard to Critchlow's case, on the want of all evi dence connecting the prisoners together. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up, and laid the case before the jury in the clearest manner, who retired for a few minutes, and then returned with a v er di c t o f G u i lty against Bolton, and of Acquittal as regarded Critchlow. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, observed u p on t h e magnitude of the crime of which the prisoner had been found guilty. It was especially a crime in a county like that, where property of incalculable value was often in vested in engines of the description alluded to, which, valuable as they were, were particularly liable to tire attacks of vicious persons. In a moral point of view, the crime was very great, for, if people chose to leave their work, and band themselves together, and go out at night, taking barrels of gunpowder with them for the purposes of mischief—people who went so far as that would require very little inducement, h e &axed, to go much further. The prisoner had, however, suffered already in his person very severely for what he had done, and it appeared that one of his unhappy companions on that night had paid a severer penalty still. When he should recal that to his remembrance, it might prove to him, perhaps, a more bitter r eco ll ect i on , an d g i ve him a great deal more pain than he was likely to suffer at the hands of the law. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months, with hard labour. A man named Thomas North Stocks was next indicted for harbouring John Critchlow, well knowing that he had committed a felony. As Critchlow had been ac quitted, however, by the jury, the charge against Stocks was, of course, abandoned. December 7. At the sitting of the Court this morning his Lordship announced that, in consequence of the heavy state of the calendar, it was determined to open another Court on Tuesday next, to assist in the trial of the prisoners. James Tansey was charged with manslaughter, for that he, on the 23d of September last, at Halifax, in the West Riding, feloniously did kill and slay one Daniel Martin, by stabbing him with a knife in and upon the left side of the neck. Mr. Hall and Mr. Boothby conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Dearsley defended the prisoner. Those of our readers who are acquainted with Halifax well know that there is a quarter of the town called Hat ters'. yard, and Gardeners'-square, which is principally inhabited by the lower class of Irish—a spot notorious fur the constant recurrence of misdemeanours and as saults, and the scene not unfrequently of more serious affrays, ending sometimes only with the death of one or other of the parties concerned. In this quarter resided the deceased, Daniel Martin, and the prisoner, James Tansey, both of whom were Irishmen. About mid day on the 23d of September the deceased, a powerful and at the same time a violent and intemperate man, was seen in pursuit of a woman, his sister, whom on reaching he struck with great force, accompanying the blow with the remark that" he would teach his sister to be a w--- for any man." The woman rushed for safety into the house of the prisoner, whither she was pursued by the deceased. The prisoner at that time was seated in the kitchen in his own: house, paring a sheep's head with a knife. Into this room the deceased entered, and struck at his sister, when a man named Rocks interposed, and him the deceased felled to the ground. Upon this the prisoner rose from his seat with a knife in his hand, and, saying that he would have no row in his house, attempted to turn the deceased out. It appeared that the deceased however, struck the first blow. A scuffle ensued between the two, who ultimately made their way into a corner, and there, by some means or other, the deceased was struck under the left ear by the knife in the hand of the prisoner, and from the wound thus inflicted Mart!n's death resulted in a few hours after. It was contended for the prosecution, that the prisoner deliberately raised the knife to strike the deceased, and some mention was made of another knife, a most formid , hle weapon in ap pearance, which it was insinuated had been substituted by the prisoner for the one with which he as eating his dinner. There was no evidence, however, to support this view of the case, except that a policeman produced two knives which he had found in the house, and the blades and hafts of which were both covered with blood. For the defence it was contended, that the prisoner rose suddenly from his dinner to turn out an unwelcome in truder ; that in the excitement he neglected to lay down the knife, and might have been even unconscious that he had it in his hand, and that in the scuffle that ensued the blow was accidentally given. Mr. Dearsley explained to the jury, that where a man killed another on a .udden rencontre in his own defence or in that of his children, wife, or servant, that was justifiable homicide. The case before the jury, he contended, came within that cate gory, and the prisoner was therefore entitled to an ac quittal. But this view of the case was somew'iat inter fered with by the evidence of two apparently respectable witnesses, one of whom deposed, that after the deceased had been struck with the knife, and whilst the blood was yet gushing out and bespattering the walls aro un d, t h e pr i so ner raised his fist again to strike the deceased, but was prevented by the witness saying, " Nay, Jemmy, don't strike the man again, he's dead." The other wit ness referred too imputed to the prisoner the words, "If I haven't killed him, I will do it." There were some slight discrepancies in the minor details, but the above , were the principal ads generally corroborated, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having summed up, The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after a short absence found the prisoner Guilty of Man slaughter, with a recommendation to mercy on account of having received considerable provocation in his own house. His LonDsuir addressed some most appropriate re marks to the prisoner, and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour. George Swainson was indicted for haring, on the 2241 of July last, at Cawthorne, feloniously cut and wounded George Dyson, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The case was yet proceeding on the part of the defence, when Mr. HALL, who was for the Crown, intimated that he thought it would be useless to press the charge, and the jury, therefore, under his Lordship's direction, at once Acquitted the prisoner, and his Lordship refused to allow the prosecutor's costs. This man, who was evidently innocent of the charge laid to his account, and was much " more sinned against than sinning," was committed to prison in July last, and there he would hare remained until next March but fur these Winter Assizes. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Shrewsburv, Dec. 7. The commission for Salop was opened yesterday evening, and Mr. Justice Coltman having attended Divine service this morning, at Sr. Chad's church, took his seat in the Crown Court at eleven o'clock, when a full jury of 23 gentlemen was empannelled, Viscount. Clive, M.f., being the foreman. The calendar contain, the names of 38 prisoners, whose offences may be thus classed :—Murder, 1 ; manslaughter, 1 ; arson, 3 ; sheep stealing, 9 ; horse stealing, 1 ; highway robbery, 8 ; burglary, 6 ; maliciously stabbing, 1 ; concealment of birth, 1 ; and larcenies, 6. Hannah Westwood, aged 19, an idiotic and miserable looking girl, was placed at the bar on the charge of un lawfully concealing the birth of her female child, at Halesowen. The prisoner exhibiting evident proofs that she was labouring under weakness of intellect, the jury was sworn to determine whether she was then of sound mind and understanding, so as to be capable of pleading and taking her trial. The matron of the county prison was then examined as to the mental capacity of the pri soner, and the jury having returned a verdict of incapa city, she was ordered to be confined during Her Ma jesty's pleasure. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Leicester, Dec. 7. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) , Thomas Berresford, a venerable-looking old man, sta ted to be 74 years of age, was charged on the coroner's inquisition with the manslaughter of a boy named Wil Liam Harrison, about 18 years of age, by shooting him with a gun. The circumstances of the case created considerable in terest, and a very general sympathy was excited for the prisoner. Mr. MEeLort, in stating the case to the jury, expressed the great pain he felt in being called upon, in the exer cise of his professional duty, to conduct the present pro , secution. The prisoner was charged with the shooting of the deceased ; but, although the act was fatal, vet, a, he acted under strong influences, created by the conduce of the deceased, the offence did nut amount to murder, but to the minor offence of manslaughter. There was no doubt the prisoner was the sport of the ruffianly boys of the neighbourhood in which he lived, and that he was at the time he fired the gun much excited by the out , rages which were committed upon him. It would, Low ever, he thought, be impossible to reduce the offence below the crime of manslaughter. The jury would have to determine whether or not the prisoner by his own act • caused the death of the deceased. If the discharge of the gun was accidental, of course the jury would acquit the prisoner ; but, if intentional, however great the pro vocation, and however unpleasant the duty might be to the gentlemen whom he was addressing, they must find the prisoner guilty of the charge imputed to him in the indictment. The circumstances of the case, as proved in evidence, were shortly as follow :—The prisoner, an eccentric old man, together with a maiden daughter, between forty and fifty years of age, lived a secluded life upon a little freehold of about fifteen acres, at Martinshaw-wood, near Ratby, in this county. He was considered a harm less man, but in consequence of his peculiar habits, he has been the constant sport, and subjected to the great est annoyance, of the ♦illage boys in the neighbourhood. It was their habit to assemble in numbers, and not only to jeer and assault the old man, but even to beat his daughter. On Sunday, the 27th of October last, the de ceased, with ten other lads, went to Martinshaw-wood, and engaged themselves in their accustomed practices of annoyance. The deceased, Harrison, went into the yard of the prisoner's house, and, to use the expression of one of his companions, " teased him out." The prisoner presented himself with a gun, when the deceased beat him with a briar about the head. The prisoner re • quested him and his colleagues to go away, when the deceased replied they would, if he would shake hands with him. The old man did so, when the deceased lett the yard. No sooner, however, had he got into the lane, than he and his companions commenced throwing stones, several of which struck the arms and body of the pri soner. Under the influence of this provocation, he pre sented his gun and fired. the contents lodging in the breast of the deceased. The blood gushed out of his mouth, and he shortly afterwards expired. The pri soner, when apprehended, stated that he had fired the gun in self-defence. A large bagfull of atones was presented in the Court to-day, all of which it was sworn had been thrown into the yard, and premises of the prisoner by his youthful assailants. Mr. MACAULET, in defending the prisoner, said the: jury must undoubtedly convict him of manslaughter. unless he (Mr. Macauley) could convince them that hi shot the deceased in defence of his life, or that the dis charge of the gun was accidental. He purposed to adopt the latter course of defence. He would show that tilt prisoner fired the gun when a shower of stones was rat tling about his head, and that he was struck and severely bruised upon the right arm. The trigger would not have been pulled if the arm had not been struck. He (Mr. Macauley) should call before them the old man's daugh ter, who was a witness to the outrages committed upon her father on the day in question, and would also put into the box the surgeon who attended the prisoner after the assault committed upon him on that occasion. Ann Berrestord was then sworn, and deposed that when her father fired the gun he was struck upon the arm, head, and body with stones. His right arm was quite black the next day. Mr. J. Sketchley, surgeon, proved the injuries the pri soner had received upon his arms, and spoke to his ex cellent and peaceable character. Mr. MELLOR, shortly replied, contending that the prisoner's declaration to the policeman, "that he did it in self-defence," showed the act of firing to be inten tional. Mr. Justice PATTESON, in summing up, said there was no doubt the prisoner was use•. exceedingly ill, and that he received gross provocation, but that did not justify him in the use of tirearms. He ought to have appealed to the civil authorities, and had his assailants properly and deservedly punished. He left the jury to say whether the act was accidental or intentional. If the former, the prisoner was not guilty ; but if the latter, he was guilty of the crime of manslaughter. The jury found a verdict of Guilty, but strongly re commended the prisoner to mercy. Mr. Justice PATTESON, in passing sentence, said, had the jury not accompanied their verdict with a seemly mendation to mercy, he certainly should have passed a very lenient sentence. The prisoner had been convicted of a very serious offence, but he had already been i❑ prison a considerable time ; and, morever, he had re ceived the greatest provocation from deceased and his companions. The sentence was, that he be imprisoned in the gaol, without hard labour, for four calendar months. The Learned Judge then turning to the lads who had been examined as witnesses, said, " Boys, you have been the real cause of all mischief. You all de serve punishment, and I do hope you will each of you be prosecuted for the assaults upon the old man. I as sure you, if it was in my power, you should not only be otherwise punished, but you should he severely whipped." The other cases tried during the day do not deserve a particular report. LONDON SESSIONS. (SATURDAY.) These sessions commenced before the Recorder, Alderman Wilson, and Aldermen, Copeland, Hum pherv, Challis, and Moon. William Burgess, a sickly-looking young man, was indicted at the instance of the City Solicitor, for as saulting the police in very a violent manner, at the Garlick-hill station-house, to which indictment he pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. R. Gurney and Mr. Doane conducted the pro . secution ; the prisoner was undefended. City Police Sergeant Butter, 403, stated that on the 21st of September last he took the prisoner into custody for fraudulently obtaining a dinner at the Ge neral Wolfe public house, in the neighbourhood of Cheapside, to the amount of 4s. 4d. without the means of paying for it. On getting him to the station ! house, his conduct became quite outrageous, using the mo►t violent epithets. He completely wrenched oft a bar that divides the office at the station-house from a passage, and made a desperate effort to strike Mr. In spector M`Lean, who was on duty, but he failed in his object. He (the prisoner) then made a strong endea vour to escape, and apparently intentionally put his head through a valuable plate of glass, and broke it. At last he became so exceedingly violent that the of ficers on duty were obliged to strap him down on a stretcher, as well as securely hand-cuff him, and then remove him to the Giltspur-street Compter. On the next day he was taken before the late Lord Mayor, Sir W. Magnay, who sentenced him to two months' imprisonment for the wilful damage of the glass; and on being liberated from Bridewell he was again taken into custody for the charge of assaulting the police. As regards the dinner the case was dismissed. RECORDER —NOW, policeman, are you certain that he wrenched the bar off. and attempted to strike the inspector? Witness—lll swear he did, sir. RECORDER—Very well. Now, prisoner, do you wish to ask the police sergeant any question ? The accused, who, from his address, seemed to be a very well-informed, and certainly an ill-used young man, replied that he bad formed a series of questions whilst in the Compter, but which had been taken away from him, by order, as he supposed, of the governor, Mr. Whithair. He denied fraudulently obtaining the dinner, inasmuch as he had money enough in his pocket to have paid for it, but which he was prevented doing by the police sergeant, or, as he might technically designate him, the " learned ser geant."—(Laughter.) As regal* taking the bar, and endeavouring to strike the inspector, he solemnly avowed that he never touched it. The fact was, that he was illtreated in the most unmercitul manner by the police at the station, and in trying to evade their violence the window was broken. His arms were pinioned behind, he was tightly secured by cords to a stretcher, and the effect of the blows which they in flicted on his person with their truncheons was fully apparent to the late Lord Mayor, when he was taken before him. Both his eyes were black, and bruises were on his thighs and chest, and on other parts of his body. His complaints did not end there, for while he was incarcerated in .13ridewell the authorities de prived him of the use of pens, ink, and paper, whereby he might have communicated with his friends, who would have applied to one of her Majesty's judges for a habeas corpus on his behalf, so as to ascertain by what right he was incarcerated. Mr. Inspector M`Lean was then sworn—He was at the Garlick-hill station-house when the prisoner was brought there for fraudulently obtaining a dinner. RECORDER—What kind of a bar is it that divides the office from the passage ? Inspector—lt is a wooden one, and falls into a kind of groove, the other end being fastened by a nail. RECORDER—Now, did you see the prisoner wrench it off and try to strike you with it. Inspector—l heard he did. RECORDER—Yr, no, that won't do. Did you .1* did you not ? Inspector—l did not, Sir; but I sly,/ but very little of him. RECORDER—Then you were in no personal datigi-r of him ? Inspector Not in the least.—(Muen sur prise in Court.) RECORDER—Who ordered him to he put on the stretcher? Inspector—l do not know, Sir; I did not. I understand that he was violent. RECORDER—Do you not know that he was beaten in an unmerciful manner when m a helpless state? Inspector—l did not see him struck RECORDER-But did he not show tt , e Lord 1114yitr some bruises? Inspector—l believe he did—in fact, I am almost certain of it. Prisoner—Will you allow me, my L.rd, to ask tl:e witness a question ? RECORDER—Certainly. Prisoner—When before the Lord Mayor, did you state that I had wrenched the bar off, and endeavoured to strike you ? Inspector—No, I did not. RECORDER—I suppose you were not coniciou4 of his making such an attack ? Inspector—No, Sir, I was not. RECORDER—Now call the next witneis James Ballymore, police-constable 405, said he was at the station-house when the prisoner was brought in custody there. RECORDER—Did you see him lift the bar ? Con stable—l did, Sir. • RECORDER—What else ? Constable—Endeavoured to hit at Mr. Joseph M'Lean. RECORDER—Then he was close to him ? Con stable—Oh, yes, Sir; he only escaped the blow by starting on one side.—(Much sensation on hearing this falsehood.) Mr. Alderman COPELAND (much excited)—l hope, for the sake of the public, that these two police-con stables will be immediately suspended, and I will take care to bring the case under the notice of the first Court of Aldermen. I never heard such gross perjury during the whole of my magisterial duties. The RECORDER—Gentlemen of the jury, owing to the very great discrepancies in the evidence, you can not do less than acquit the prisoner. I shall feel it my duty to make a proper representation of the facts to the proper quarter, so that a strict investigation may take place respecting the conduct of the police, for the safety of the public. Mr. Alderman CoPELLND—And I beg to tell the accused that he shall have every facility the Court of Aldermen can render him in prosecuting the parties who had so grossly perjured themselves on that occa sion. —(Loud applause.) The jury instantly acquitted the prisoner, to the great satisfaction of one said all of the members of the bar, as also a crowded court. Morris Jones, landlord of the Old Parr's Head, in Aldersgate-street, appealed against a conviction for having knowingly suffered notoriously bad characters and prostitutes to assemble in his house. Mr. BODKIN, who appeared for the appellant, con tended in limine that unfortunate girls could not be said to be notoriously bad characters, unless it were shown they had been guilty of a riot, or some offence which the Legislature had intended to guard against by the statute. If merely their immontlity was to constitute them notoriously bvi characters, any of the male sex who committed seduction, or were guilty of fraudulent bankruptcy, would fall within the opera tion of the Act. Mr. Alderman WILSON said the question was whether they were bad or good prostitutes—if there were any good; and he should wish to hear the facts of the case. Two constables of the City police then stated that, on the Bth of October, between one and two o'clock, they saw four prostitutes leave the appellant's h►►use, and hearing a noise within, they entered, and found twelve men and seven prostitutes drinking. Alderman WILSON asked if they were notoriously bad characters, and the police answered in the affirma • tive. One of them, Jenny Jones, had been several times in custody. Mr. BODKIN deprecated the Alderman putting such a leading question after the discussion that had taken place in the hearing of the police. Aldeman WILSON—I cannot help Mr. Bodkin be ing sore upon the point, but I will have the truth out for the guidance of the Court. Mr. BODKIN—I am not sore at all, and will not place my experience against the Alderman's as to who are and who are not good prostitutes. Alderman WiLsoN—You will not stop me. Mr. BODKIN—I do not wish, but as an advocate I Am bound to say that I attach no weight to answers so obtained from the police by their superiors. Alderman WILSON—I have been a magistrate as long as you have been a barrister, and will not be lectured as to the form in which I shall put my questions. Mr. BODKIN—You are presumed to have no know ! Age of law. I am not desirous of lecturing you, tnd shall address myself to the organ of the Court. I shall not undertake the task of reforming your practice. Alderman WILSON (hastily)—You cannot reform me.—(Laughter.) The RECORDER—I remember takirg an objection once to a question of Lord Tenterden's, which was a bold step, but the objection was allowed. Mr. BODKIN—Yes, Lord Tenterden had the good sense to see the force of it, which is not the case here. After some further conversation, the conviction was affirmed. POLICE INTEL LibrENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSIoN-HOUSE. A sailor, named John Cox, who had been the day , lefore paid off upon his return from a voyage to Canada, and a young woman, who said her name was Mary Reading, were brought before the Lord Mayor, the female charged with having run away with a shawl from the shop of a linendraper, and (as the police-sheet stated) having left the sailor drunk behind her, either to pay for, or remain in pledge fur the article. The complainant stated that on Friday night the gailor and the lady, who appeared to be, and de scribed herself as a servant girl, resident in the prolific neighbourhood of Petticoat-lane, walked into the shop—Mr. Cox -being evidently " lumpy"—and looked out a shawl. As the witness did nut know whether the sailor might not be shamming, in order :to afford an opportunity of doing something on the double, care was taken to watch the pair narrowly. They left the shop without making any purchase, but soon returned. It then appeared that the sailor was really ." far gone," but the woman had all her wits about her ; and after again examining the shawl, she snatched it up, and cut away out of the shop as fast as she could, leaving her comrade responsible. A policeman, however, who probably had intimation of what might take place, checked her career in a very policeman-like manner, ani deprived her of what she called the 1,r(,,,r,t t - .hat w2F road: The policem-ol stared that he was in a great hurry i n passing rig • upon quitting the pr: sectitot's shop. The LORD MAYOR--- Well, Miss R-ailing, whit have you to say to this ?—The female prisoner stated that she wa- well a( quainted with she and that he took her to the shop to treat her to a shawl. Well, she pitched upon one, for which the linendraper asked 18., and the sailor took out a sovereign to pay for it, thereupon the linendraper said they must not go away without taking a drop of something short. As she was a teetotaller, she refused to break the wholesome rule by which her conduct had been long regulated ; but the sailor, who was not a teetotaller, felt inclined to accept the invitation. Seeing that things were in so unpromising a conlition, she thought the hest thing she could do was to take the shawl home, after which she intended to return to take care of Jack when sud denly her plan was frustrated by the officer. The LORD MAYOR—And what have you to say, Mr. Cox ? The Sailor—Say, your Lordship, I kn.,w nothing at all about it. It's all a dream to me The station-.house inspector - said the sailor had about him two sovereigns and some silver. The LORD MAYOR—Was the woman drunk ? Officer—Rather so. _ _ . The Female Prisoner—Never' I take ❑othing stronger than spruce. The LORD MAYOR --I must know something more about you, Miss Reading, before I let you go. The sailor may depart, and the complainant may have his shawl. WORSHIP-STREET. Jane Wyatt, John Wyatt, her brother, and a young man named George Street, were placed at the bar be fore Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, the female charged with robbing Mr. H. l'apling, a merchant, and the others with - receiving the stolen property. The prosecutor, it appeared, was passing sear the 1 Eagle in the City-road, on Friday night, when the ft-male, whom he had observed in company with till two male prisoners, ran after and accosted him. fie repelled, arid endeavoured to walk away from her, but she kept up with him, making some playful remarks about a cigar that he was smoking, and put up her hand as if to lay hold of it, after which she went hastily off. He immediately discovered that he had been rob bed of a valuable breast-pin, and turning hack, saw the female rejoin hcr male companions, and hand something to Wyatt, in whose hand he then distinctly saw the Rine The prosecutor advanced directly to Wyatt, and, Betz* ing his hand, exclaimed, " You have got my breast-pin, there ! " The prison e r d e ni e d it, b u t presse d his han d to his side, and, as was then supposed, dropped the pin into his pocket. The police had by that time corns up, and the two male prisoners were taken into cos" toly by Sergeant Shean, while Andrews, a nother officer, went in company with the prosecutor, an d apprehended the female, who, speaking aside to the, latter, told him that she had given the pin to "Jack (her brother), and that if he would not press till/ charge he should not o n ly h ave hi s own pro p er ty back, but her silk shawl in addition. Thf• prisoners wer e searched at the station-h.,use, without disrov,'ry of the missing pin; hut the i , ! the pht' where tile mule pri,ttn , :.n • !,at+.l pin lying upon the ver - ,t Watt had stow when he was uppused to have put toe pin into his pocket. The female prisoner now alleged that she was drunk and unconscious of what she did at the time, and the male prisoners denied all knowledge of the matter. Mr. BROUGHTON asked if they were previousli known, and was answered i n th e affirmaive as to the prisoners. A brother of the Wyatts was stated to have been transported, and their father was last week tried at the Central Criminal Court, and convicted of stealing a cheese in the most daring manner from a cheese; monger's shop in Pitfield-street, tioxton. The ply sorter Jane Wyatt had been many times in custodi and tried at the Old Bailey, and was the reputed wife of James Burton, who was not lung since transporte d for coining. The MAGISTRATE said there was not sufficient proof against Street, whom he therefore di s ch arge d ; but he committed Jane and John Wyatt to Newgate for trial- 11,‘ ON-11A L George Hazell Frazer, a young man of highly' respectable family, appeared on his rec gni:tance 0 answer a charge of stealing two half crowns and s door. key from the perso n of A nne Th orpe , the wif e of an engineer, living in Holland -street, Blackfriars . The foll,wing are the brief f ac ts, w hich are of rather a singular description :—On Wednesday nig', last the complainant gav e th e p r i soner i n t o cu stody the door of the Naked Boy public-house, on a charg e of robbing her of tw o h a lf- c r owns an d a door -keg' The F risoner denied the accusation, but when he 10 searched two half-crowns were found in his pockel % one of which was very black, being ide n tified by iti . complainant, and also the key of her door. The Pr' s soner, on the former exami na ti on , d en i e d th e truth of the accusation, and, according is his account , r met the complainant at the door of a pubb c ., house in the Borough, out of w hi c h s he "" turned by the barman, being intoxicated at thatirne• That he (prisoner) walked with the complainant for some distance, treated her to some spirits, and they afterward.; proceeded to accompany her to a house o t ill fame in Kent-street, on leaving which they W e !, into another public-h o us e , an d on l eav i ng that S: charged him with robbing her o f th e mone y and t I P e key. He admitted that th e k e y was f oun d in i 4 pocket, but said that he could not account for the cit . cumstance, otherwise than believing it h a d been placed there by the woman who preferred the charged against him. He added that he was independent, 1 0 lived on his property, and he argued on the improbi. bility of a man in his condition of life taking &dyad tage of a woman, and robbing her of her money 11 ,. ° key. The prisoner's brothers, b o th hi g hly respect', ble men, attended, as well as other friends, and ga r the accused a most excellent character as a man ' p. capable of acting in the manner described. The complainant denied that she had accompa ll 2 . l the prisoner to the house of ill-fame ; spoke of 1 1, 1 being married to an engineer, and said that she coon! have no motive in trumpinz up a chary- of feloni A against the prisoner She admitted that &he h acted with imprudence in entering a public-114'o with a stranger, but th.t she would not have done 3 but for the circumstance of her taking a littie," ? .., much at the house of a relative at Camb e rwell belt:" she met with the complainant. The magistrate sent for some witnesses, the of Xl l , cipal of whom were the landla ly o f th e h o use of li be fame where the prisoner alleged he accomvanied t e j complainant, and also the barman of the Nl"' Boy public-house, the first of whom could not ide,lY tify the parties ; but a younger female in the hou'.; said that she saw the complainant and the prisoner the house alluded to on the night in question. I n t barman also stated that the c om pl a i nan t was put °- of the house on the n i g ht a ll u d e d t o . Sh e was till and noisy. lie added that she had a glass of liquor 1 0 4 ( the bar before she was turned out. The barman. ; another public-house stated th e com pl a i nan t a nd P",i soner entered the house on the night in question, "" f that before she quitted the bar s h e c h arge d the Win e with robbing her. Mr. COTTINGITAM took a great deal of pains in the e a inquiry, and said, although it app eare d t h e tow to was a young man of unimpeachabl e c h arac ter 1 1 1 ) ot the present period, yet he (the magistrate) could I l e , divest his mind of the str o ng fact of th e complainaned, key being found in his possession when search.. The magistrate added that he could make no a ft tinction in the present case from any other, and t") he should, therefore, send it before another triblit' and for that purpose should commit the prisoper-`" to the sessions for trial. re Bail was taken for the prisoner for his apps w to answer the charge. THE COMIC MISCELLANY F O R 1845.—Al rhriSfr mas approaches, the publishers begin to bestir the themselves, to enable the reading public to celeb ri , Dr; the merry season with a due share of mirth and laugh,7,, t i and in this laudable endeavour Mr. Colburn has ts_„"'" the lead, by the publication of " The Comic MiscellTl f for 1845," from the pen of John Poole, Esq., the poPt t author of " Paul Pry." The price of this attion volume, embellished with a portrait of the author , . an illustration by Phiz, is 10s. 6d., ele ga ntly W in o; and it will doubtless soon be dispensed throughou t a b le length and breadth of the land, setting many - a'` e in a roar," if true English wit, humour, and droller?' have not lost their p , >wer to charm. ed . EXTRAORDINARY WHEAT CROPS.—A corre s , - o °.„, e ent of the Norwich Mercury communicates the follo:4,5 aceoun, of some extraordinary crops of wheat: to , land (under 5 acres) lies in Happisburgh, eontiguou„„,'" o . homestead belonging to G. Wilkinson, Esq., North " ham, whose intelligent steward, Ducker, took thegret it , e d, possible pains to ascertain the exact quantity prociti t o and also the exact measurement of the field, to ob r . s o g any doubt to the perversion of truth. It was Spe ldi o a wheat, and the product was an hundred and A be eoo:nbs two bushels, being nearly twenty-two ee°7. o p and a half per acre. • Siuth a productive c iv et has probably never been produced from any g the quantity of land within the memory of ,0 s oldest Norfolk agriculturist, and many, many n et l. may elapse before a similar instance can be recoreipe, The cast of wheat in this neighbourhood, g.,„ e l• rally, the product of yesr, really . 'licit lent. Mr. R. Cull, y. Bac:or, has sure produced s.-venteen cootn , per acre, and in this and •tu adjoining ~f Wittonoduee longing to Lord Wodehouse, which generally Il ve to eight or nine coombs, and last year only from " ser e. seven, has this year produced twelve coomba pe r ti oi• The cast and quality of the barley, which W as (3° o o dered likely to have been extremely indifferent , proved quite the contrary. —Bury 12 Post. ini2Esminu re' On the 4th inst., at Haughend, Yorkshire, the la d y K. Clarke, Esq., of a daughter. IQ LSO ° On the 4th inst., at Hampstead, the lady of J. B. Esq., of a daughter. Ebert ''' On the sth inst.. at Lecroft Lodge, Hurst, Mrs. Creasy, of a daughter. th e On the 6th inst., at Omega-terrace, Regent's - 1"" lady of R. T. Swinnerton Dyer, Esq., of a daughter. the On the 6th inst., at Grove-hill -terrace, Cambervrem wife of Alfred Sadiow, Esq., of a son. Are' S. On the 7th inst., at Sise-lane, the lady of All Brandram, Esq., of a daughter. A fa °°ll i • On the 7th inst.,at Stamford-hill, Mrs. J. Bernar., On the 7th inst., at Barnsbury-park. Islington, the g 1 the Rev. Daniel ilson . of a son. AO ° On the 7th ins Wt., in Lowndes-square, the lady 0- f Walthrd, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at All Sainte Southampton, 161—blecP. Ellis, to Mr. Charles C. Luckumbe, of Doughty-stre et ' A lenburgh-square, London. T o ros w On the sth inst., at Trinity Church, Gray's A D-. O ftb! Felicia Emma, only daughter of the late Major Barker!, pf 12th Bengal Native Infantry to Evan B. Jon's , Union-strot-t, -00. Sit On the 30th ult., at Moffat, Dumfriesshire , the scot' James Baron, lint., Baron of Co stoun, and a Baronet o' land and Nova Scotia. Ar d On the Ist of O c t o ber last, in India, Lieutenant Maxwell Irving, of the Madras Artillery, aged 21. On the 26th tilt., at Hastings, Major M u ngo 1 4 ' late of th e 42d Hi g hl an d ers . E°44 On the 30th tilt., at Henfield, Nelson Smith Morg surge the 2d on aged 46. 11, . 5544 On inst., Harriot, the wife of James Macke of Park lane, Piccadilly. d On the 4th inst., at Crofton House, Titchfiel Cha..les Naghten, Esq., aged 25. Pi sc o e i On the sth inst., in Devonshire-street. r°'' Egl" Mrs. Bahhage, relict of the late Benjamin Blib bag* Teignmouth, Devon. wi do , o f On the 6th inst., at Lower Clapton, Mrs. Hun" the late Mr. Roger Hunt. Esq . shirY On the 6th inst., at Herne-hill, William Devi's' „see, On the 6th inst., at Park- street, G ro svenor . o o k: Anne, eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. Siricyon, On the 6th inst., at the Parsonage , Tor br y ad, 02. •D'n Wolston, the widow of the late J. Wolston, Egg,' ag ea On the. 6th inst., at Islington, Edward E y re, L ?rinit-0 anti r'ublul4irtl by ';• a 12, .4tra.nct. Printer. at Tite Sun „Pl a t CO PP Strand, in the Preciact of the SAVOY, UR - Mletlem Itrany, Pamir* Of /14° lOper cent. DX per sh. 11. Ed. per .b, IL 4a. IL 15s. per cent, 1 per cent. andl ea.6d. ba. !per cent. :per cent. Ai per cent Spec cent [ST OP SCOTTISH COM NOV 30, Bank of Scotland...... Royal Bank . • ••• •• • . 8 per cent. 6 per cent. per cent. 6 per cent 7 per cent. 6 per cent. T(. per cent. 6 per cent. 1 per cent. per cent. per cent. rper cent. per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. IN per cent thper cen C British Linen Compny. Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank . Central Pk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. *1 Scott. Edinburgh Life Insur. Scottish union Insur Standard Life Insur Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas. Raliwy Glasg. and Green. Rail. Dtnadeeand Arias' YaiL lady 8 2 . ' 4 le 2b. Comrllmony EMIGRATION. —We are authorised to state that the paragraph under this heed, w!ich we copied last week from the London papers, was in part incorrect. Dr. Blarney's voyage to Sydney, it appears, Wes per fect, voluntary.— Wert Brttolg, 160 1334 235 250 80 106 31' es 4 no 101% 25 1 sio 1910 71 1140 1 160 .... All paid 101) 21 18 3 26 24 120 GO 0 0 40 0 • 50 0 0 5 • 0 Il • 0 5 • 0 5 • • 83 0 • i _0 0 9 10 I 10 5 0 0 $5O 0 0 All paid 2 0 8 0 0 8 10 e 2 10 0 9 10 ( 50 0 0 10 0 • 5 19 0 10 0 0 2 0 • 19 10 0 12 10 0 9 10 0 1 0 0 b 0 0 1 A 0 10 I 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 a 5 • • 0 0 40 0 0 44 • 10 • SS 0 20 0 0 20 • 0 I 0 • 0 7 10 • 25 0 • 10 0 • 17 10 • SS • • 10 • 0 10 • • 25 0 • 11 0 • 15 • • II • 0 19 • • 56 - 6 . 6 s• • I I 75 • 0 31 5 0 S• • • 50 • • 51 • • SS • • 30.1 99 • • II • • 25 • • 41 • 0 10 1 o 25 0 • . 1 - 6% .*. 403 ,11.) - 3a. ' 49% 1 6)1 I ise 45 16 74 150 evk 26 1! 93 20 26 6 4 10 3i O 0 0• O 0 O 0 IS% TN 11 42 103 ISt 5 214334 105% ~.31 5% 4 Or t et ,1 the kra IPA 10 )1 girt Si