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NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ROBERT WILCOXON, £sq., in the Chair. THE DIRECTORS, .INIEMI3ERS, and FRIENDS of this SOCIETY, will dine together at the- Im ndon Tavern, Rishnpqate-street Within, on MONDAY, the 2311 o f December, 1844, at Five o'Clock precimly. Tickets One Guinea, ST&WARDO. Messrs. Aders, J. Bakcr, H. 11 Blowers, C. Brankston, T. „ Brown, M. C,rter, J. D. Causton, J. ~ Child, H. M. Crewden, J. Cuffley, J. R. Dryden, R. Englefield, J. ~ Evans, J. L. PI Gee, E. Goodall, M. ~ Hilditch, S. ~ Ingle, J. ~ Jones, S. ~ Massey, J. P. Tick ~Massey, may be had at the Londoi the office, Arthur street M'Culloch, W. „ Midlane, H. Milledge, J. 0. „ Milledge, R. 0. la Morse, D. Newbon, J. 3. Reid, T. , Ridley, A. „ Ridley, R. „ Roberts, T. Starr, F. St ockdale, G. „ Stokes, J. If Sympson, C. „ Teakle, C. Walsh, J. I/ Warren, T. „ Williams, W. „ Wilson, C. 111 Tavern, of the Stewards, er at t "West, London-bridge. thJBBERY at Ate..ssrs. ROGERS and CO.'S, th Bankers, CAUTION, The Public are respectfully requested to pay particular attention to the Numbers and Dates of all 51., 101., 201., 301., 401., 501., 1 , 1504 , 200/., 3Q01 ., 5001 ., and 1,0001. Bank of England Notes tha t J be offered is payment ; and before changing them to ( amine the same, and compare them with the Lists of the Bank Notes stolen from Messrs. Rogers and Co., and which have been ad v ertised several times successively in the Daily and Weekly Pers. Lists of tho Stolen Notes may be had at all the Banking-houses, or of Messrs. Rogers and Co , 29, Clement's-lane, Lombard street ; or John or Daniel Forrester, at the Mansion House ; and at all the City a n d M e t ro p o lit an Police Station-houses; and of Mr, , Fra ncis_ nobler, Solicitor, 26, Bucklersbury, Mansion House, .amldon, IJWILL OPEN ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26. NIQUE EXHIBITION.-BATTLE OF W ATERLOO. „New Model, upon a very large Scale, representing the Splendid ,narge In the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Ca alrY under the Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry en der Sir Thomas Picton. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. Urea from Ten till Five; and in the Evenings, brilliantly illuminated, from Seven till Ten. Admission, One Shilling. WINTER OVER-COATS, WRAPPERS, &c. JESSRS. BURCI{ and LUCAS (late J . . Arid Albert) respectfully invite gentlemen to view their new fashio na bl e assor t men t o f PATENT and BEAUFOR.T t EAVEIIS, FANCY VESTINGS, TROUSERINGS, &c., Car the approaching season ; he style and cut of every garment are ba ranteed equal to any of the first houses at the West-end, at erre ies n unison with the economy of the times, feeling confident t : lat gentlemen who may do them the honour will be perfectly satis. :441 with any garment that leaves their establishment. A large as grtrnent if Great Coats kept ready made in all the different arid ti %taPproved forms agreeable to the prevailing taste; being made '' ri der the sup er i n t en d ence of the proprietors, they are enabled to eak confid ent l y as to th e i r su p e riority over all garments of a slop des cription, the which are entirely excluded from this establishment. 2 2 , KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, cr.. Eurite the Statue. EXTENSIVE SALE of WATCHES, nwEr.- LER y, &c., until the 2fith December, when the shop C 106.1 far another business. t , T he Splendid Stock of Fancy Jewellery, Gold and Silver Watches, t:lver Plated Goods of every description, Tortoiseshell Wort _ I ". Inkstands, Tea Caddies, and a great variety of other fancy attic i °pr ies n Gold and Silver, Shell, Ivory, and Jet, are now SELLING at an immense sacrifice, by Messrs. HOR TON and Co., at 3.4, "dgate-street, who are retiring from the retail business. A GRICULTURE, COMMERCE, NAVIGATION, THE CHURCH. B. SXVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, 14, Cornhill, louden, opposite the present have finished a few th e n Pieces of PLATE, suitable for tion re Gentlemen th e u eled with either of the above pursuits or professions, to whic h 1 ... Y: invite the attention of Committees who are in search of valuatile ruonials for cho co L D ENGLISIT CUSTOM,;. Th e IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! , Public are specially informed that during the re-erection of. 4. - . O SES and SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their 4tb lishment is only at 154, Minories. The hearty customs of the ol.ren time, Are, certainly, deserving of a rhyme Nor are we much inclined to bexemiss, With such an o ipcntunity as this. 'Ti, pleasing to assemble once a year, lo g ad festivity and social cheer. 'Tisp'easing, while we view the cracking log, To cr , ck a joke, orhold a dialogue. he bough of holly, with its crimson berry— The plenteous feast—the wine which makes us merry— All teed to make us welcome Christmas here, And hail its customs with a hearty cheer. Put shall we rot our happiness express, I :ty Chris t mas with a change of dress P MOSES and SON are anxious to re/is e Old customs, which we all should keep alive. In olden times, glad Christmas (merry Sire) Was hail'd by young and old, with new a tire And shall this custom quite forsake the land ? „No-not while MOSES' splendid showrooms stand. We'll winter garments may he bought so cheap, Xre'll still to this old English custom keep. The well-stock'd Mart of Moses seems to say— ' Come, buy a suit of clothes for Christmas-day." t those who wish for such a custom 'till, k Exclaim, in ready answer—" So we will!" t4t bete 14:0„ work, entdirec itle " THE COMMERCIAL PHEN.4D with fuli d ns fo tior Self-Measurcreent, en appirca. be forwarded post free. 13e, s. d. READY MACE. bitla • from I 6 tot h 41,01 14 ........... ....... Dittop,,,ncrfields 0 13 6 `c? Pe nth 'llttons nt._ „ 1 kes, Athols, ................. of Ito a'► vc,s tat, handsomely trimm Wa r , ` `rater Coats, in every style ..... ..........0 • 6 o i,, h e Tx inter Trousers, lined ure ss oakin 9lO is "ats, edged, &c...... ........ ..... ..••• •ric ..... ........ _ 1 n g l 'n/ Cellar V est er 1 9 ° Uhl- br tett Ditto 1, • - tAS I - ,,?ys' Huse.. Suite 0 17 0 Ditto Tunic, neatly braided • 0 IS MADE Ti MEASURE. Saxe Gotha Coats, velvet collar and cuffs from 1 18 0 s ailed Coats, in every style and Shape, handsomely trimmed 5 0 Villect Tweed Wrappers tto, ditto, Trousers 0 8 6 auckskin Ditto D oeskin Hitto, any pattern • 12 0 r ! t. or Dress Trousers 'hrisere ............. ........... ................. 0 7 0 'inter Ditto, in end'ess pattern ........ ji l t " , Coat prtto. ditto, best manufactured —. 2 15 S ek Coat Dit• t o, the best manufactured 3 0 1' Hussar Suit-, 1 7 tf . ' d to Tu ' nic 1 ~isurnix g to axy extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the ke l p following prices t— s Suits, dress coat, vest, and tr0u5er5.......... ........... from 1 16 41 h, d itto, jacket, vest, and trousers 0 18 • 1, 4„ . „ . "alcr.— Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved w kih,luanged, or the money returned. "e--E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail ▪ Draper s Outfitters, and General Warehousernen, 154, MI- Alelgate, City, opposite the Church. , itai,Tolt —E. Moses and Son are obliged to guar the public imposition, having learned that the untradesmarihke 7ltst been or ben". connected with them, or it's the same concern, rmorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. saso have no connexion whatever with any other establishment, liss p - "e who dire genuine Cheap Clothing should o rnt optrr'ntment, ke..) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate „to the Church. ?ri "' l ' So business transacted at t s Establishment from sunset on 5 , .%,6,ti1l sc "set on Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve POST.OFFICK—CAUTION. t b RICE and CO., perfumers to her Majesty, 2E, 11e me Lombard-street (late Price and Gosnell's, and formerly Butts, Price, and Co's.), by the recommendation of the ap se ; r Y of the Post-office, beg to " impress upon their Corre tstrthts the necessity of precision in the address of all letters in. for them," thus—" Price and Co." (and not " Price and gti,,,, n : t ll "--that firm ceased to exist in 1851 ), as the only means of 14 s": ' 4 4 ret against the fraudulent conduct of individuals who take 41ain letters and orders intended for Price and Co., by : t ll l assuming were firm of " Price and Gsnell," well knowing th ey neve in any way connected w o ith that firm It ti OTHERWISE THAN AS SERVANTS. Iftp,.. c. and Co.'s Perfumery is so superior to any other, and in such t' th - 1 41 demand, that many shopkeepers are basely deceiving the 1 1111,, 4 sellinrth a urious imitations em . Price and Co. respect t44l *slim Laes ' and Gentle m en when they purchase not to INr ill . a nY article without the protection label, from a design by Sir "P: 4l Ceegreve, being affixed to it, with the signature of ct ti rid Co. Lombard-street," in red ink, and " 28" conspi. t 'Y in its centre. rice and Ce. are the sole Wholesale Agents for re _ DELCROIX'S KALYDOR, llfy ih n ch cosmetic, surpassing all ethers for preserviag and beau- ItlslZg the Complexion, prepared for the use of her most gracious kti. -- i t Y the Queen , and her Majesty the Queen Dowager, by es "' cornreand, and protected by letters patent. Price 4s. ad. DELCROIX'S MACASSAR OIL, t he under the sanction of the " Lords of the Treasury," for 44 4 of her most gracious Majesty and their Royal Highnesses twe e if i nce of Wales, the Princess Royal, kc., is also protected by or hegd, irantly-executed, correct likenesses, in embossed medallions, el . Majesty and hie Royal Highness Prince Albert. Price DELCROIX'S ODONTO. tk o 7e de not hesitate to recommend, fromexperience, DEL. ODONTO, or the Queen's own Dentifrice, as the most Tecnieans of purifying, preserving, and embellishing the • - " a nd (lures, hitherto offered to the Public."—Court Gazette. her :e The Bouquet Duke of York is the last new fashionable It k a of the season 1844 ; but though the last, is nut the least rk th i rPe etion, AS it happily combines the preceding excellence of all Rhi, °la' bouquets with the delicate and delicious fragrance of the Aloes rose. Let him who is a true born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth If he suppose that I have pleaded truth -14. Prom otT this briar pluck a white rose with me. ofi.,' ra • J. Delcroix and Co., 158, New Bond-street, have pleasure the i. c -r 'clC this their last bouquet of the season, and beg to inform f or t h : 111 . t! and their Patrons that, during the recess, all ardor. %let unique oadeau" of a case containing the six royal bou- P rine kr one guinea, comprising the bouquets do la Reine, d'Albert, Wiles, Duke of York, Princeise Royale, and Princess. thi,: Wi ll be forwarded to any part of the country, carriage paid. - 11 'nre the maims, particular attention is required in observing Nry b ° ,;, 158 , New Bond.street, London, be upon each case and soldlb ' t ie, as worthless counterfeits, for the sake of profit, are Y D ruggists and Hairdressers in town and country. P Rlvn SHAVING A LUXURY. i nve nt - - and CO.'s ItYPOPHAGON surpasses every soap ever , od sh 'or shaving. O n e trial will prove that the luxury of a It YPohi, 4 " can be enjoyed only by these who use Price and Co.'. biletraiton. which renders shaving (hitherto disagreeable and prealnful) pleasant and easy. r s e d by Price and Co., 28, Lombard-street (late Price and and sold by Delcroix and Co., 158, Now Band-street, rn roZwhero else in London, price Ss. 6d per pot, Is. per square, • :a for boxes Is. 3d. and 2s. Bd. ttsvilie Mr. Price w ill h ave pl eas ure in presenting any br o th er 40 hit s rw ith a square of the Bypophagon gratuitously, who may ett t,e th e honour of , aft 11 ' t MontpeNes I ouse, 28, Lombard- FOGS AND DAMP AIR. If lnc LAY's ASI HMATIC CANDY hay, fer n , for m an li e tee it s ec a years, been proved an effectual Preservative O'on ects ot the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter vvind.,.are se prevalent this Climate. Its effects are to expel t rti46 .preserve the Stomach from the admission . of Damps, and j e repa r ,,, h( me who suffer from Difficllty of Breathing. I",,ndon-,`' O nly by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, 0„,. and sold Retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, Iti;)n,t(,"tintd-street Gifford, 11'4, and H. Burfield,. ISO, Strand; Kton 4, Coriihill ; Hallows, Druggist, 2, High-strea, Is -41 Ires Heudebourck, Druggist, Church street, Hackney ; by 0i44,-;ctable Medicine Venders in Town and Country. 4 11% 4 e— None can be _genuine, unless the names of "Barclay and " W eStamp allzed baud' Boa. No, 16,383. LONDON, SA URDAY EVENING 9 DECEMBER 21, 1844. ..! Pr;l. • v.v1111. - . • • • • › ` <l. • — • •• • • r *44r , ,4 7 -• . 4 1-*- . • , i 1 t rwtrrn,. 11 • -.4Ze , , / 44 • 0 90 _ ). • --7•\ t,-" - • .410 ( - y • ..; " • o ff • ••,' • ' PRICE scl. T Ifk; SUN is Pablidted RFERI MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVE3I I f a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) ie Publiaked in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRIIINN and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMEN7'S INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby i•zsuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. ETROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT, 7th and Bth Viet., c. 84.—NOTICE to BUILDERS, and Others engaged in building operations, within the limits of the above Act, On and after the ]st of January next every builder, or other person engaged in building, is required by the above-mentioned Act, before commencing the erection, alteration, addition to, or enlargement of the structural parts of any building, to give notice to the surveyor of the district in which such building is intended to be erected, or in which the building to be altered, added to, or en larger!, is situate, and if any builder fail to give such notice, he will be liable to pay treble the amount of his fees to the district sur veyor to whom notice should have been given, and also to forfeit a sum not exceeding 2.01., as well as to, have the buildings built either without such notice or contrary to the Act, pulled down or abated as a nuisance. ARTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings. Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar.square, Charing-cross, Dec. 20, 1844. TETROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT, 7th 171 and Bth Vict., cap. :84.—T0 all OWNERS and OCCU. PIERS of PROPERTY within the Cities of London and West. minster, and within certain Parishes or Places within the operation of the Metropolitan Buildings Act. Notice is hereby given, that on and after the Ist dayof Ja nuary, 1845, all buildings built or rebuilt after that day, subject to the provisions of the Metropolitan Buildings Act, passed during the last session of Parliament, must be built according to the pro visions of that Act, and if they be not so built, such owners and oc cupiers will be liable to certain penal consequences thereby pro. vided; and Notice is also hereby given, that, if any doubt or difference, or dissatisfaction arise, either between the surveyor of any district and any such owner or occupier, or between the owner and occu. pier of adjoining properties, in certain cases set forth in such Act, the same may he referred to the decision of the official referees ap. pointed under the said Act, and that all questions relating to the costs of such works and buildings executed under that Act, in which the owners of property may be jointly interested, may be taxed and examined by the official referees, and recovered by the summary proceedings by the said Act provided ; and Notice is also hereby given, that whenever the interests of in. capacitated persons may be affected by any works under the said Act, such works may not be executed without the cognisance and authority of the said official referees ; and Notice is also hereby given, that all streets and alleys laid out after the said Ist day of January, must be of the width, and be made in other respects according to the conditions prescribed by the said Act, and that drains must also be made to every dwelling. house, according to the provisions of the said Act. And further notice is hereby given, that if any person have any complaint as to the execution of the provisions of the said Metro politan Buildings Act, as it regards any particular building, notice thereof should be given to the surveyor of the district in which the building to which such complaints refers is situate, or if the matter complained of concern the district surveyor himself, or the operation •f the Act generally, to the official referees, at the office of Metropolitan Building•. ARTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings, Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar-square, Dec. 20, 1844. t METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT, 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 84, sec. 19.---The attention of Workmen, Labourers, Servants, and others, is hereby requested to the following extract from the above Act : " If any workman, labourer, servant, or other person employed in any building, or in the alteration, fitting up, or decoration of any b u ilding, wilfully, and without the direction, privity, or con sent of the person causiug such work to be done, do anything in or about such Luilding contrary to the rules and directions of this Act, then, upon conviction thereof before any two Justices of the Peace, upon the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses, which oath the said Justices are hereby empowered and required to administer, every such offender shall be liable to forfeit, for every such offence, a sum not exceeding fifty shillings. " And that if, upon or immediately after such conviction, any such forfeiture be not paid, then it shall be the duty of any two Justices of the Peace to whom application shall be made, to commit the offenders, by warrant, under the hand and seal of such Jus tices, to the common gael, for any term not exceeding one month, at the discretion of such Justices." ---- - ARTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings. 011 ice of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar.suare, Charing-cross, Dec. 20, 1844. lETROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT, 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 84.—RUINOUS AND DAN. GEROUS BUILDINGS.—Notice is hereby given, that on and alter the Ist of January, 1845, information of any building, or part of any building, threatening danger to the public, or the in. habitants of such building, may be given by any person to the surveyor of the district, and to the overseers of the parish in which such building may be situate, or either of them; and that forthwith upon receiving any such information, such surveyor or such overseer, to whom such information shall have been given, is required by the provisions of the Metropolitan Buildings Act, to take immediate steps for the removing, repairing, or securing such building. The address of every district surveyor may be obtained from :he overseers of the parish, or at this office. ARTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings. Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar-square, Charing cross, Dec. 20,1844. ROTA", POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The arrangements for the Christmas holidays commence on Monday, the 211 instant. One of the brilliant novelties is the CIIROMATROPE, to wh`ch may be added, Subjects in Nature and Art for the PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE. The first Ex hibition of a Series of beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. On the Evenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. C. E. HORN lectures on the MUSIC of DIFFERENT NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and Pro fessor BACIIIIOFFNER'S varied LECTURES daily. Dr. RYAN also Lectures on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. All these Lectures abound in interesting Experiments. sursmi- RINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL and DIVER. The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. Admission, Ir.; Schools, Half-price. A Now Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just published price Is. FAMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. _ Offices, No. 9, Great St. Ilelen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street.' They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but ;We trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per annim, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without ono shilling let or loss. Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. THE FINEST WAX AND SPERMACETI CANDLES.—Those who burn these are respectfully recommended to make one trial whether PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES, at one-third of the cost, do not burn better. They may be had of respectable dealers throughout the kingdom, if care can be taken to prevent any Imitations being passed off as the Patent Candles; and the Trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, nd Palmer and Co., Satton-street, Clerkenwell. Published this day, to be continued fortnightly, price Ono Shilling, of A. FULLARTON, and CO.'S edition of A. THIERS' HISTORICAL WORKS. M e Translated from the French, with Original Notes, by T. W. REDHEAD, Esq., with a prefixed Summary of the history of France, to contain the entire Appendices, and a Copious Index of Persons and Events. Illustrated with Portraits and Historical Socnes of the most authentic character, and by the ablest artists. A. Fullarton and Co., 106, New; 'gate-street. _ - - Now ready, Part 1., Bvo., with Two Maps, to be completed hi Three Parts, PHE CONQUEST of SCINDE, _AL with come Introductory Passages in the Life of Major-General Sir CHARLES JAMES NAI'IER. By Major-General W. F. P. NAPIER. Author of " History of the War in the Peninsula." Now complete in 6 vols. Bvo. T. and W. Boone, 29, New Bond-street ; Oliver and Boyd, Edin. burgh; J. Cumming, Dublin. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.---Liverpool, Dec. 18 December 19. James Kean, 35, was charged with uttering a forged will of one James Baines, deceased. The indictment was of immense length, the offence being set forth in a variety of ways. Messrs. Blair and Drink water appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner conducted his own de fence, and manifested considerable dexterity both in the cross-examination of the witnesses and the general management of his case. lie is rather a good-looking man, of genteel exterior. The facts of the case, as appeared from the counsel's statement, were the following :—That in the early part of the present year Mr. James Baines, of Everton, died, leaving a considerable amount of property, under a will dated in 1840. Disaffection boing excited amongst some of his relatives in consequence of their expectations not being realised, Mr. James Mawdesley, a brother-in law to the deceased, residing in Burlington-street, employed the prisoner to make inquiries as to the va lidity of the said will. Accordingly, in September last, the prisoner took some steps in the matter, and several interviews took place between him and Mawdesley, when the latter paid over several sums of money as a compensation for the prisoner's trouble. In October the prisoner called upon Mawdesley arid produced a'will, which he stated to be the original and legitimate will of Mr. Baines, and purporting to be signed by him ; he then proposed to go with Mawdesley to Chester to have the will executed (that was aboLt the latter end of October); but, on their meeting there, the prisoner made some excuses as to the non appearance of several witnesses who were to have been in attendance, and afterwards tried to make his escape. On the 25th of November he was discovered at Manchester, and taken into custody. A number of papers were found upon him connected with the trans action in which he was implicated, The will which the prisoner had prepared, and which bore the signa ture of James 13aines, was alleged to be a forgery, and in the handwriting of the prisoner. James Mawdesley deposed to the various transac. tions between himself and the prisoner up to the time of their meeting in Chester, and additional witnesses were culled to support other parts of the case. The prisoner entered into a long defence, in which he endeavoured to fix the charge of forgery on other parties, and to show that he himself could have no motive for the commission of an act such as that with which he was charged. Ho called several witnesses, whose evidence did not, however, change the features of the case. His Loansnxr briefly summed up the evidence,'and the jury, after a few minutes' consideration, found the prisoner guilty of uttering the will, knowing it to be forged. The prisoner begged hard for mercy, when His LORDSHIP said Have you never expe rienced mercy before ? Prisoner—Slightly, and I have not abused it. For many years of my life I have had great difficulties to contend with, and have fought my way up to hold a respectable station in society. The JUDGE—You have been once before sentenced to transportation. The case of to-day has proved you are a most wicked, daring, bad man, in every sense of the word ; and I should ill discharge my duty if I gave you any opportunity of returning to this coun try. The sentence of the Court is, that you be trans= ported for the term of your natural life. Prisoner (with a look of concern)—We shall meet again, my Lord. The trial occupied the time of the Court for the greater part of the day. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—Edward Davies was charged with assaulting Matthew Mathews at Manchester. It appeared from the statement of counsel that, on the 24th July last, Mathews and another gentleman were walking along the street, when the defendant came up and struck him, and was about to repeat his vio lence, when he was given in charge to the policeman. Mr. SowLsa, on the part of the defendant, wished to show that the proceeding arose from an old griev ance between the parties. The injury sustained was very slight, according to the evidence given by the surgeon. fir LORDSHIP thought it improper that the time of the Court should Ise taken up with such a frivolous matter, in which the jury also concurred. A verdict of Guilty was returned, and the de fendant fined 205., and ordered to enter into his ocsn recognisances to keep the peace. John Chamley, Edward Kynaston, and John Lomax, were discharged by proclamation. John Clarkson, convicted of forging a promissory note, was sentenced to ten years' transportation. John Thomas, convicted of bigamy, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The whole of the criminal business; being disposed of, his Lordship thanked the jury for their attention to the numerous cases which had been brought before them, and adjourned the Court at a quarter to six. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, Dec. 19. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Richard IVrigford Clompit, a tenant of Lord Clifford, was indicted for maliciously wounding three colts, the property of George Gill. Mr. Rowe and Mr. Cox defended the prosecution; Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Stone the defence. Mr. Gill, the prosecutor in this case, had several colts in the care of a farmer of the name of Elias Randall, which were suffered to run upon the slopes of the bank of the river 'reign. The case for the prosecution was, that the prisoner, seeing that these colts trespassed upon his land, had shot at and severely wounded some of them. To prove this, two witnesses were called, who stated that they saw the transaction and could swear to the person of the prisoner; and two other men also swore that at a greater distaac• they saw the transaction, as doscribed by the first witness, but could net speak to the identity of the prisoner, though one of them said he believed it was him. Several discrepancies appeared in the evidence by the cross-examination, and the prisoner received an excel lent character from several respectable witnesses, and among others from Lord Clifford, who said that he could be justly proud of his tenants, but of none more than his friend Mr. Clompit. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Henry George Carpenter was indicted for ravishing Elizabeth Hibbert. Mr. Cockburn (who attended specially) and Mr. Stone conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Rowe and Mr. Merivale appeared for the prisoner. The prose cu ti on was i nst i tuted by Lord Clifford. The prisoner was a resp ec t a bl e druggist, residing at Chudleigh. Eli za b et h H i bbert was a poor girl living with her mother, near that town. She had for some time been unwell, and her mother having lived long in the neighbourhood of Lord Clifford, that nobleman allowed them, as was his habit with regard to the in valided poor, to reside in one of his Lordship's cottages. The girl having been recommended to take medicine had several times gone to the shop of the prisoner to have her prescriptions made up. The prisoner always conducted himself in the most proper manner until the time in question, and then he behaved to her in the way described by the girl in her evidence. Elizabeth Hibbert was examined and said—l am twenty-one years of age, and lire with my mother in a cottage belonging to Lord Clifford. On the 22d of October I went to Chudleigh, and about one o'clock in the day I called at the prisoner's shop, and asked him to let me have a box of pills, and I would call again for them. I went away on some business, and called again at his shop in about an hour. He said he had not begun to make the pills, and he asked me to sit eown, which I did. In answer to a question which he asked me, I told him I had a pain in my stomach. He then asked me different questions, and TN hat I was going to treat him with on my birthday. I said, " Nothing at all." He said, " You may as well give me a glass of shrub." I told him I should not give him anything. He then asked me if I would have a drop of peppermint ? I said I did not care if.l did, if he would please to give me some. He had pre viously asked me to have some gin or some shrub, which I refused. Ile then took a glass, and emptied something white into it from a bottle in the shop. He took the glass out of the shop. He stopped a minute or two, and then came to the door between the shop and the room behind. He said, " Come in here." I went. He told me to sit down, which I did. He then shut the door of die room, and took the glass from off the table, put his arm round my neck, and said, " Before you drink I must have a kiss." I said, " You shan't, and it I had known this I' would not have come in." He then kissed me, and I sipped out of the glass. He said, " Drink, drink ;" an d I said " I don't like it." B u t h e pressed me, and I said, a H ere ' s your health," and then I drank about a third of it. I rose from my chair to get out at the door, but he ' caught me and threw me back on the chair. He behaved rudely to me. I called out as loud as I cou:d. Some one came to the shop. The prisoner left me, and went into the shop. I heard some one speak in the shop. I called out, " For God's sake, some one come to me." The person who was in the shop went away, and the prisoner returned to me. He fastened the door. I tried to get to the window, but he caught me and threw toe down, and again took liberties with me. I cried out. At length he let me go. I said I would tell (reit as soon as I got out. He said, " No, no ; you won't." I said, " I'm d—d if I don't." Ho again said, " Oh, no ; you won't." I said, " hel )me God, I will." He then went out int o t h e shop, and I went out of the house as fast as I could to Mrs.Strowbridge's, at the King's Arms, and saw B e t sy Trurman, and told her of the prisoner's conduct. When I got home, I told my mother. Cross-examined—The prisoner's house is in the main street of Chudleigh. It is a corner house, with another street running by it, into which the window in the back room looked. Two people looked in at the window while I was screaming. There was a blind to the window. It appeared that the depositions of several persons had been taken who were not taken by the prosecutors be fore the grand jury, and their names were not on the hack of the indictment. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said this was extremely im proper, and not fair towards a prisoner. It was reason able for a prisoner to suppose that the witnesses exa mined before the magistrates would be produced on the trial, and he could not know the contrary until the in dictment came down from the grand jury ; and then at the last moment, when it was too late for him to setid for such witnesses, he found they would not be called for the prosecution, and ha consequently lest the benefit of their testimony, which might be of the greatest import ance to him. It was an improper practice, and ought not to be adopted or allowed. The witness was a particularly rnodest-1001.(ing girl, and gave her evidence in a manner which entitled her to credit. Elizabeth Trueman stated that Elizabeth Ilibbert came to her on the day in question, and appeared dread fully frightened ; she was crying. Elizabeth Strowbridge said she kept a grocer's shop at Chudleigh. The Is t witness called her to see Eliza beth Ilibbert. She appeared pale and trembling, and made a complaint of Carpenter's conduct. Charity Ilibbert deposed that she was the mother of the prosecutrix. When she came home that afternoon she complained that Carpenter had ill-treated her. Elizabeth Williams, the housekeeper of Lord Clifford, had that morning sent the prosecutrix to Carpenter's for some pills. Louisa Trowbridge, a witness whose deposition had been tiken, but who was not examined before the grand jury, was now put into the box by Mr. Cockburn, for cross-examination by the prisoner, ➢ir. Baron ALDERSON saying that it would be com petent for Mr. Cockburn to contradict her. Mr. ROBE cross-examined her, but nothing was elicited. John Trueman, a constable of Chudleigh, bad a war rant against the prisoner on the 23d of October. Searched for him for a week, but could not find him. His shop was shut the day after this happened. Cross-examined—The prisoner:afterwards gate him self up. Mr: ROWE then addressed the jury at great length for the prisoner, urging upon them the improbability of such an offence being committed in so public a situation. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, having summed up with great care, The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault. Sentence deferred. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Lincoln, Dec. 19. (Before Mr. Justice PATTEsoN.) The Learned Judge, who was occupied yesterday until about fire o'clock in the evening in trying unim portant cases of larceny, this morning, at half-past nine o'clock, attended Divine service at the Cathedral. Thence he proceeded to the Castle, and opined the county com mission shortly after eleven o'clock. Mr. Justice PATTESON shortly charged the grand jury (of which Viscount Alford, the eldest son of Earl Brownlow, was foreman), and then proceeded with the trial of prisoners. Wiliam Hamilton, Edward Howes, and James Jordan were charged with feloniously assaulting the person of William Wetherill, on the night of the 12th of October last, and stealing one 5/. note of the Wisbeach and Lincoln Banking Company, ten sovereigns, one half sovereign, and other moneys, the property of the said William Wetherill. It appeared that the day upon the night of which the robbery was said to have been committed was Holbeach fair, and that the prisoners, who had, with the prose cutor, on their way home been at a public•house kept by a man named Carpenter, left in the direction of Wisbeach together. While on their way the prosecutor was knocked down, and robbed, not only of his money, but of various articles of wearing apparel. The next day the prisoners were found together at Wisbeach, one of them wearing a cap belonging to the prosecutor, and all of them wearing clothes purchased by the money which they had stolen the previous evening. 'I ho 5/. note (which had been cut and rejoined) was clearly identi fied as the note stolen from the Prosecutor.—Guilty. The Learned JUDGE sentenced each of the prisoners to 15 years' transportation. William Haynes stood indicted for having stolen a horse and gelcing from Horncastle, in this county, on the 20th day of August last. Mr. Wildman appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Boden for the defence. The circumstances, although somewhat singular, are very shortly stated. On the evening of Tuesday, the 19th of August last, Mr. Brown, a farmer residing i❑ the neighbourhood of Ilorneastle, saw his horses safe in the field in which they at that time grazed. The follow • ing morning they were missing, and strange as the fact may appear to be, the prosecutor and others traced his horses from Horncastle to the neighbourhood of Reading. in Berkshire, a distance of upwards of 200 wiles. The conduct of a Mr. Price, a young farmer living near Reading, is deserving of particular notice. It appeared that on the Thursday (the robbery of the horses having been committed in Lincolnshire on the Tuesday) Mr. Price saw two men conveying four horses by side roads and across grounds in the neighbourhood o f his farm in Berkshire. He immediately suspected the horses were stolen, and pursued the men by whom they were conducted. At first he endea voured to banter and " deal" with them; but at last exclaiming, " One of those horses looks very like a horse belonging to Mr. Brown, of Horn castle," the man now missing raid, " If you have got any better title to the horses than we have, take them." Mr. Price, in a most determined tone, replied, " I'll not be content with the horses, but I'll have men too," The prisoner and his companion immediately made off in different directions, one taking to the right and the other to the left. Mr. Price followed the prisoner, who, find ing himself closely pursued, threw himself from his horse and took to the fields. Mr. Price, like a good sportsman, followed his game, and, to use the expression he this day used in his evidence, "ran the prisoner to corer," but afterwards " broke ground " and secured him. It turned out, upon consulting that unerring chronicle the Hue and Cry, that Mr. Price's suspicions were perfectly correct, and on the following Monday Mr. Brown arrived in Reading to identify the stolen horses. The master-man, as he was called, sans horses of course, got away. It was stated yesterday and this morning that a great defence was to be made for Haynes. An attorney, or an attorney's clerk, from Essex-street, Strand, represented that they should prove that the pri soner (who is a London man, but who represented him self to come from Glastonbury) was at Sleaford the night the robbery was committed. The case for the defence, so far from benefiting the prisoner, after Mr. Wildman's very able reply, tended to convict him, and he was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. Mr. Justice PATTESON' ordered Mr. Price to receive from the county 101., in addition to the ordinary allow ance. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, Dec. 19. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) George Dye, aged 17, was indicted for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a wheat stack, the property of Daniel Watson, of Lurling. Mr. Evans appeared on behalf of the prosecution. The prisoner was not defended. The prosecutor is an innkeeper at Lurling, and also farms a small quantity of land. On Sunday night, the 25th of August, the prisoner and five other men had been spending the evening at the prosecutor's house ; they lett about half•past nine o'clock, and went up the road together until they came to the turn of the road leading to Hockliani. The prisoner then left the other men, saying that he was going to Norwich. They had passed the stack a minute before, and must have seen a blaze if it had then been on fire. Soon after they had parted company with the prisoner, they perceived the reflection of a fire in the direction of the prosecutor's house ; but, thinking it was far off, they did not turn back. About half an hour after the six men had left the prosecutor's house, he was called up by the prisoner, by whom he was informed that there was a fire up the road. He looked out of his window, and saw his own stack in a blaze. 'rho prisoner made several statements of a con tradictory character, in consequence of which he was detained in custody, and was afterwards examined as a witness against two of the men who had been in his company at the prosecutor's house. The prisoner and the two men were kept in custody for eleven days, but the evidence being insufficient to connect them with the actual perpetration of the offence, they were discharged. However, on Oct. 8, Stephen English, a Suffolk consta ble, was going from Bury to Ludeury in a gig, and about a mile from Bury he overtook the prisoner and two boys, and being requested by the former to take up one of the boys, who he stated was his brother, the constable took the lad up, an I drove him five miles. During the ride, the boy told English all about the fire at Lurling, and when the prisoner came up, the constable observed to him how fortunate he had; been in getting off the fire job so easily. The prisoner replied that he was very ' fortunate ; he kept his tongue quiet, and they could get no hold of him. He then said that there were two others in the Mt2SS as well as him ; they had been apprehended, but were discharged. English thee asked the prisoner if they were the persons who did the fire. He replied that he did it, that he went over the gate, and set the stack on fire with lucifer matches, and not a ball, and that he then gave the alarm that no suspicion might fol low him. The prisoner then gave the details of a fire he did at Ipswich. English then asked him if he had done many fires, to which the prisoner replied, that if he had not there was no reason why he should not, that there would be plenty of more fires this winter ; he did not care about being transported ; if he was there were plenty more to take his place. The prisoner had not the slightest idea that his interrogator was a constable, English having previous!y stated that he was a liquor merchant, and the prisoner was npt a little surprised when informed of the real calling of his companion, who, as soon as the prisoner had furnished him with with a detailed account of his exploits, took him into custody, and the prisoner then thought he hall been bamboozled by the disguised liquor merchant. The prisoner when called upon for his defence, told the jary that English had spoken falsely, but the jury thought otherwise, and found the prisoner Guilty.— Sentence deferred. William Medlar, aged 37, was indicted for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a stack of wheat, the pro. perty of Robert Samuel Thorne, Burgh, next Aylsham. Mr. Palmer appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Pren dergast defended the prisoner. The prosecutor is a farmer, residing at the parish of Burgh, and the prisoner is a cordwainer, living in the same parish. About one o'clock of the morning of Tuesday, the 26th of November last, a stack of wheat belonging to the prosecutor, standing in the midst of several other stacks, was discovered to be on fire by Mrs. Goodson, the wife of the constable of Burgh, who lives near the premises of Thorne. Goodson was awoke by his wife, and immediately got up and called the prose cutor, who arrived at the stockyard before the fire had extended as far as the eaves of the stack. Persons in the neighbourhood arrived soon afterwards at the fire, but only in time to save the surrounding stacks. The stack fired; (the produce of twelve acres) was totally consumed. Two policemen arrived at the fire shortly after it had broken out. Soon after they came up they perceived a smell gap in the fence leading from the stack yard into a field of wheat, where some one had got over, and one of them watched by the gap till daylight, to prevent any person proceeding in that direction, and destroying any trace of footsteps that might exist in the field ; and on examining the wheat field the policeman discovered thirteen footsteps leading towards the prisoner's houSe. From circumstances which came to the knowledge of the policemen, the pri soner was apprehended between eight and nine on the morning of the fire. The prisoner's shoes were taken off and compared with the impressions in the field, and they corresponded in every respect. The cottage of the prisoner was searched, and part of a box of lucifer matches corresponded in colour and dip with one that was found in the ditch of the wheat field, near the gap leading from the stack yard. The prisoner, when ap prehended, stated that he had been in bed hours and hours when the fire broke out ; but on inquiry being set set on foot, it was ascertained that, about twelve o'clock on the night of the fire, the prisoner called at the public house in Aylsham, which is the adjoining pari s h to Burgh. In order to prove malice on the part of the pri soner towards the prosecutor, it was proved that the prisoner had repeatedly expressed the greatest animosity towards Mr. Thorne. On one occasion he was heard to say that " Mr. Thorne starved him and his wife and children, and would not give him work, nor suffer others to do it, and that he would mark him for it some day or other." Mr. PRENDERGAST addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner with great ability. The Learned JUDGE summed up the case, and the jury found a verdict of Guilty.—Sentence deferred. against her. In all cases cited by Judges Gurney:- ::'` 7l ' . ' teson, Gazelee, and Littledale, it was held that the 61 " dence was inadmissible. The JCDGE-I shall receive the evidence, subject t& a proper case. Examination continued—l arrested Miss Railton, ftnd delivered her to Casey, at his private residence. The lock-up at Wolverhampton is a wretched and miserable place, and I did not take her there on that account, fur I am sorry to see an unfortunate woman in that miserable place. She said, " I am sorry I did not tell you all ah - nit it, but what will become of my sister, her seven children, and the poor young man ? At noon, on Sun day three weeks, a person came to me and performed an operation on me, which caused me excruciating pain until a lute hour of the night. At night, my sister delivered me of a child, which she killed." I a‘lted, " How do you know it was killed?" She said, "It was born alive, I heard it cry." I asked her what became of it ? She said, " A person came three or four nights after and took it away." She said it was Mr. Sherriff, and addod that he had performed a similar operation three or four times in two months, but never with effect until that Sunday. She said she was not ill until the operaktion had been performed. She was quite well previously. On the 16th I saw her again, in consequence of a note from Casey. This is the note produced. Casey recalled—This note is in my handwritin. I sent it to Colonel 1f0 , 4.-• in consequence of Miss Railton telling me she would like to see him. I said it was late, but she desired to see him, and I wrote the note. Colonel Hogg continued—When I got there I saw her in the same room. She said, " I have been most un happy since I saw you yesterday, lest, from the state of mind I was in. I might have told you anything that is untrue." I then, at her request, repeated what she told me the previous day from my note-book, which I ht. re with me. When I came to the part where she said 'ner sister had killed the child, she said, " Oh, did I say sac, ? ,Then I must be mad, and at the time did not know what I was ;saying. My poor sister ; she took the ci rolled it up, took it to the tire, gave it some nout•ish ment, and it died. My poor mister ! lam sure she felt very much for it." Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEN—I did apply to the Coroner for a warrant, but h t ; refused. I only made application. Miss Railton was arrested immediati Jy after the Coroner decli ne d t o int cr f er C Henry Wm. O m b er l ow , c h em i s t,. • of Tolverhamp -, ton —I remember M r . Sh err iff com i ng t o tot-, about five months ago. He said he wanted to ask a favour, .for me to attend a female who was respectable, and whcre seuresy was required. I said, "Do you want me to pro cure a miscarriage ?" He said, yes. I replied, no in ducement would cause me to do it. Lie said the ,nailY would "eome down." Wm. Quinton, surgeon, of Queen-street, Wolverhamp ton—The back part of my premises are in Curtle-street. Sherriff was my assistant. I have seen Hildreth at my surgery frequently, from August to September. I asked Sherriff the object of Hildreth's visits. He told me dreth wished him to procure the abortion of a highly respectable female, who would be confined in a room of Hildreth's house, the greatest secresy to be observed, and money no object. I think this was on the 25th of Au gust. He asked me if I would take the case. I replied, " I will have nothing to do with it." Mr. Sherriff came to me on the 28th of October, and said, " There is a child found in the privy in the yard." I went out and saw the body, which I should think had been there three or four days. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEN—I saw Mr. Hildreth at my surgery twenty times or more. The first time was on the 18th of August. On the 25th I spoke to Sher riff about it for the first time. 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Tits WOLVERHAMPTON CASE.—The trial of this long expected case came on this morning, when the Court was densely crowded, but the curiosity of the " ladies" was most wofully disappointed, as the nature of a portion of the evidence rendered their exclusion necessary. Jane Railton, 30, a very interesting-looking and lady like person, John Sherriff, 26, and James Hildreth, 38, both of highly respectable appearanee, were arraigned on an indictment charging them with concealing the birth of the child of the female prisoner, at Wolver hampton, on the 21st of October. Mr. Beadon, with Mr. Woolrych, conducted the prose cution, the prisoners being defended by Mr. Yardley, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Iluddlestone. The prisoners severally pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Haley, surveyor, produced a plan of the premises of Mr. Quinton, surgeon, of Wolverhampton, in whose privy the child was found, and to whom Sheriff was an assistant. Joseph Titley, servant to Mr. Quinton, proved the finding of the child. Timothy Casey, police-officer, of Wolverhampton, said—l told Mr. Sherrill - there was a child found, and he said, "Is there ?" lie took the fork and pressed on the body. I said, " Don't rupture it, it seems fresh, and has not been long in." I took the body to a public house, and sent to the Coroner. Mr. Foulke, the sur geon, saw it. It was the same child that was taken out of the privy. Cross-examined—lt was partly from the pressure of the fork that I judged how long it had been in. I took Sherriff into custody at the second sitting, in the jury room, by direction of Colonel liogg, the deputy chief constable. I had no warrant. By Mr. HUDDLESTONE—Miss Railton was taken into custody on the 12th of November. She was brought to my house about eleven at night. She was crying and very agitated indeed, suffering under much anguish. Miss Railton was at my house eleven days. She was very much affected ; the whole time she suffered greatly. My wife was with her, and paid her every attention. I ordered her to do so, as Miss Railton was constantly crying. My wife remained in the room one night at Miss Railton's request. Thomas H. Foulke—l am a surgeon at Wolverhamp ton. I attended an inquest on the 30th October at the Greyhound, Bell-street, on the body of a female child, which appeared to have been born at or near its full time. The external body was green. I should suppose it had been born about five or six days. I could not perceive any sign of food in the stomach of the child, and do not think it had received any. I found meconium on the body. There was a marked appearance of it. My opinion is that the child was born with the head presented. The meconium may have been discharged by pressure after death. The witness then detailed par ticulars of the examination made of Miss Railton. I have no doubt Miss Railton had given birth to a child, within ten or eleven days I should think. Colonel Gilbert Hogg, deputy chief constable of the county—On the 9th November, from information I re ceived, I went to Mr. Quinton's, and saw Mr. Sherriff. I asked him if he knew Miss Railton,i the sister in-law of Mr. Darby, the postmaster, and if he had not attended her professionally ? He said he had not. He admitted having given Mr. Hildreth medicine for a female in his house, who he supposed was in the family way. I asked him again if he had slot done so ? He said he did not know Miss Railton, and he had not attended her. On the 11th November I had another interview with him at Mr. Quinton's. I told him I had still reason to believe he attended the party in her confinement, particularly so from information I had received that he applied to Mr. Omberlow for that purpose. He said he did so, but the person for whom he applied was the late cook of Mr. De Hane, a surgeon in Queen-street. He again repeated that he did not know Miss Railton. I attended the ad journed inquest on the 12th of November, and in con sequence of what I heard I arrested him, telling him that from the evidence given before the Coroner by the surgeon, I thought it my duty to detain him. On the 9th I went to Mr. Hildreth, who is a printer, and asked him if his sister-in-law, Miss Railton, was staying with him. He replied " No, she has left the town since the races, but returned yesterday, and is now with her brother-in-law, at the: post-office." I said I had reason to suppose she had been confined in his house ; to which he replied, " It is false ; whoever says so shal be punished for injuring the character of a re spectable female." I asked if he had ever applied to Mr. Sherriff for medicine or advice, and he said he had not. I went to his house again on the 15th November, and arrested Mrs. Hildreth. He said to me, " You are going too far with this business ; you had better let it drop a good deal." This was after I apprehended Mr. Sherriff and Miss Railton, both of whom I had arrested without a warrant, on suspicion of felony. After the inquest on the 12th I went to the post-office, where I found Miss Railton. Mr. Foulke and Mr. Casey were with me. Mr. Darby, the postmaster, married Miss Railton's sister, who is now dead. Before Mr. Foulke examined her, I told her I had reason to believe she had lately been confined, and the child destroyed. She said "It is a mistake, and not at all the case." Mr. Foulke then went up stairs to Miss Railton, by my direction. After he came down I went up, and saw her. I said the surgeon had told me she had lately been confined, and I was sorry she had told me a falsehood. Mr. HUDDLESTONE here objected that this remark of Colonel Hogg was an inducement to Miss Railton, and therefore her statement was inadmissible as evidence NEWINGTON SESSIONS. (Before T. PUCKLE, Esq., Chairman, and a full Bench of Magistrates.) On Thursday, a special sessions was held at the Court house, Newington, before Mr. Puckle and a full Bench of Magistrates, under the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 101, to adjudicate upon the applications under the bastard) , clauses of the Poor-law Amendment Bill. The applica tions were very numerous, and in all the cases which came before the Court, with one exception, in which the Magistrates thought there was not sufficient evidence, the putative fathers were ordered by the Magistrates to pay 2s. 6d. per week for their respective offsprings, from the time of the first application for the summons, exclu sive of costs varying from 20s. to 30s. The new bastirdy — clauses of the Act came into opera tion on the 9th of August last, and Mr. Boxer, the chair man of the board of guardians for St. George's, South wark, was in attendance to watch the eases and the working of the Act. In one of the cases before the Bench, Mr. Pummt, the chairman, asked Mr. Ware. the magistrates' clerk, in the event of the father not paying the costs, could he re cover them from the female ? Mr. Ware replied in the affirmative. Mr. JOHNSON (the magistrate)—Yes ; and a more cruel, harsh, and unjust measure than these bastardy clauses never passed the Legislature; and the more I see of them, the more am I satisfied that they amount to a total denial of justice, and hold out a temptation to crime. Here is the absurdity and cruelty of the law—the third section gives the justices power to make an order on the pigatire father, and to enforce the same by distress or committal, after one month from the date of the order. The father has the power of appeal to the sessions; in which case the whole of the expenses must fall upon the unfortunate female—she must find travelling expenses, lawyer, counsel, witnesses; and she is probably poor and friendless, ignorant, and totally unacquainted with the law. From the cruel operation of these clauses, the worthy magistrate said, that in three cases out of four the appellant would be successful, and get off without having to maintain his child.:Then, again, as to the hard ship of the case, the parish officers would form er ly ass i st the female, and compel the father to support his illegiti mate child; but here, under the seventh section, the pa rish officers are, under a penalty, p os iti ve l y pro hibited from interfering; the words are, they shall not interfere in any respect." Again, the eighth section declares the parish officers to be guilty of a misdemea nOur if they in any way endeavour to force the man, or persuade him to do an act of justice by marrying the female. And yet the mother is punishable for the neglect or desertion of her bastard child, and may be committed to prison. He (the worthy magistrate) repeated that it was a monstrous denial of justice ; and he was at a loss to know how the Legislature could expect the magistrate could conscientiously administer justice by enforcing the provisions of such a law. Mr. WARE said the Act was altogether incomprehen sible. Mr. PUCKLE (the Chairman)—lt is extremely defec tive and loosely worded, and exceedingly vague in its meaning. The other Justices fully concurred, and the matter then dropped. A female applied to the magistrates for a warrant to enforce the payment of an order of 2s. 6d. per week, made upon the father of her child at the last sitting of the bench. The father only laughed at the order when served on him, and said he would pay when he was made to pay, and not before. Mr. JouNsoN—Did you demand payment at the time you gave the order to the father? Applicant—No, Sir; I told him it was your worship's order, and he only laughed at it. Mr. JOHNSON said she ought to have demanded the amount at the time of serving the order. The applicait said she was really ignorant how to act. Mr. JOHNSON—There can be no doubt of it. How are these poor creatures to know the working of these monstrous laws ? The man may well afford to laugh at the Magistrate's orders. The fathers of illegitimate children might get out of the way, or put the female to an enormous expense by appealing to the sessions. No wonder that illegitimate children were on the increase. The worthy Magistrate again condemned the clauses of the new Poor.law Amendment Bill relative to bastards as an act of inhumanity and injustice. Mr. PUCKLE remarked that hitherto the appeals had been very few. Mr. JOHNSON—There were two last sessions, and how many we may eventually have from the whole county it is impossible to foresee. _ _ The Magistrates were unanimous in condemning these clauses of the new Poor-law Amendment Act, and said that part of them were totally incomprehensible and absurd. In one case a man said he had so many illegitimate children that he really could not afford to pay for any more. He was ordered to pay 2s. 6d. per week and 20s. costs. INCENDIARISM.—A few nights a go , a l arge cow house, containing a quantity of reed and straw, situate at Great Elm, near Frome, th© property of the Rev. Dr. Griffiths, was entirely consumed by fire ; and there is no doubt it was the vile act of a n i ncen di ary, as t h e build ing was at e a considerable dist ance f rom any o th er pre mises.— iltshire Independent. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Van Diemen's Land, the Mauritius, and the Gold Coast. ?~~~~!~~ .~ /~~r~,~ JUDGES - at the CENTRAL Clil34A COURT, 1845. The following is a Nit of the Judges who will pre in rotation at the sittings of the Central Criminal Ct during the year 18457 up to the commencement Michaelmas T, rm : January B.—The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchec (Sir Frederick Pollock), Mr. Justice Patteson, and Justice Erie. February s.—Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice liams, and Mr. Justice Cresswell. March s.—The Judges of the Norfolk and N( Wales Circuits. April 9.—Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Justice Colerii and Mr. Justice Coltman. May 14.—The Lord Chief Justice Denman, Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Coltman. June 18.—The Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Just Patteson, and Mr. Baron Gurney. July 9.—The Judges of the Norfolk and North Ws Circuits. August 20.—Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Baron Ito: and Mr. Justice Cresswell. September 1 7.—Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Wig man, and Mr. Justice Erie. October 29.—The Lord Chief Baron of the Excheby Sir Frederick Pollock), Mr. Justice Coleridge, and .1 stice IRELAND. CHARITABLE BEQUE,TS ACT. DUBL DEC. 19.—The following is the o pi n i on the law 0 `Peers of the Crown upon the case submitted ' direction oi the Lord-Lieutenant, in con sequence o f t made by Dr. Murray, Roma n C a th o representatio,' Archbishop of , T) ublin , who had transmitted to his E cellency the pu b h :shed opinion of Mr. o . o4:nnell respei ing, the operation of the Charitable Bequests Act as gards the regular clerg: v in Ireland : " QUERIES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF VIZ 7 AND E BEQUESTS BILL,. XRELANI VICT., C. 97 (CLIARITABL: E RIGHT HON. TUB A FOR THE OPINION OF TORNEY AND THE SOLICITOh 'GENERAL. " First,—Whether the provisi, , ns of the 10 Geo. cap. 7, which are referred to in th; 15th sec., t Charitable Donations and Bequests .Act, render t donation or bequest to any member or members of religious order or community in the said pr.'visions m tioned unlawful ? " Secondly—Whether the Charitable Donations an B:-.quests Act is calculated to prejudice or raise SIX doubt, by implication or otherwise, as to the pre -exis inn rights of any member or members of such re4giot older or community as aforesaid ? And if it be, •,wh alte-rations would it be desirable to have made in the Ak , for the purpose of preventing such implication or doul " Thirdly—lf a devise, donation, or bequest for al • ritable purposes be invalid, as being contrary , to ‘t policy of the law, would it be the duty of the Comm sioners to sue for the recovery of the came, and apply to other charitable purposes—or how should it be rec vered or disposed of ?' " OPINION.--(COPY.) " First—There is no provision in the Roman Cathol Relief Act, making devises, donations, or ,bequests or in trust for, religious orders, communities, o . 'r societi of men of the Church of Rome, bound by monistic religious vows, unlawful. But a court of equity ire.•ll not enforce a trust in favour of such a religious cot: munity, as it would be against the policy of 10 Geo. IV cap. 7. " We are, however, of opinion that the 10 Geo. IV cap. 7, does not, either expressly or by implication, rer der a devise, donation, or bequest to a member or MEM hers of such religious order unlawful. A devise, Bona tion, or be quest to a member of such religious order, fo his own use, or u p on any trust not contrary to lea would, in our opinion, be valid. " S:condly—We are of opinion that the 7 and 8 Vic. ea: ) . 97 has not in thi s respect ma d e any alteration it t h e ,', aw, amd that it is not calculated to prejudice or rais, ace c ,:tubt, by implication or otherwise, as to the pre existing,' rights of any m em b er or mem b ers of such reli giotzs ord6. * or community. " The 22a section provid e s th a t ' noth i ng herein eon twined shall be taken to a vo id or ren d er unlawful an) bequest vvhioh but for this A c donation, devise, 0/... would be lawful, exce .: as to the ti m e withi n w hi c h t h l li deed, will, or instrument s containing such donation, d e . vise, or bequests for pious or charitable us es is her e i n b e •' fore required to be executed ant! registered.: " This latter part of the section, as to the time irithit which the instrument is to be executed, referero the 16th clause of the Act, which clause apprici. , to members of the Established Church, to Roman Catholics, algid to al Dissenters. "Notwithstanding the enactment in the 22d st ction, above mentioned, it has been suggested that the pr‘ wise at the end of the 15th section contains an express le t lative declaration that a devise, donation, or bequest t a member of a religious order is illegal—we do not concur in this opinion. " The 15th section of the Act was intended to fac4li tate the endowment of the ROMGO Catholic secular cleri y —and we are of opinion that the proviso in that seetios was added to prevent any question being raised th at it authorised a donation, devise, or bequest to the cot a. missioners and their successors for tlie benefit of at iy but secular clergy. . _ _ " The proviso - does not, in our opinion, eithe? expressly or by implication, render illegal any donation, devise, or bequest, which but for the passing of the Act would have been lawful. The 22d section of the Act renders this construction of the proviso quite clear. The sta tute confers no benefit on the regular clergy—but it creates no disability, either expressly er by implication. " Thirdly—lf a charitable donation, devise, or be quest be invalid, as being contrary to the policy of the law, it belongs to the Crown to dispose of it by thr sign manual for such legal chartable purposes as to • Al Crown may seem proper. And women it belongs t r .) th Crown, by sip: manual, to dispose of property given o] devised fur purposes, the prcessdings shouh bo an information i.',Jed by the Attorney --General, ant not a suit by, or in th,, name of, the Con....missioners Charitable Donations and Bequests.—Attorne - r-Genera r. Mathews, 2 Levins, 167 ; Clifford v. Francis;- Free. man's Equity Reports (Ed. 1823), p. 130 ; AttOmey. General v. Syderfin, 1, Vernon, 224 ; Moggericisfs Thackwell, 7 Vesey, p. 74. " It is to be observed, that by the former Charittable Bequests Act (40 George 111., c. 75, Irish), in case it should be inexpedient, unlawful, or impracticable to ap ply a charitable donation, devise, or bequest, strictly according to the directions and iatentions of the donor or donors, the Commissioners were authorised to apply the same to such charitable and piois purposes as they should judge to be nearest and most conformable to the directions and intentions of the donor or donors. " This enactment is omitted from the Ast of last ses sion, " T. B. C. SMITH. " Dec. 13, 1844." " RICH. IV. --- 63EkNE. MEETING IN THE DOMINICAL CHAPEL. There was a very numerous meeting held this day, in Denmark-street Chapel. Alderman Staunton presided. After resolutions were passed, strongly condemnatory of the Charitable Bequests Act, Mr. O'CONNELL addressed the meeting. He com menced by advez ting to the Extraordinary Gazette of last night. When he last spoke in opposition to the board, he did not know how it was constituted. Now he had the names of its members officially announced, and any remarks which he had to make in reference to the Catholic Prelates who had consented to act upon it, should be with the great respect and veneration.— (Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was a triumph of one portion of the Catholic community over another, aid he was one of the defeated party. This was regarded as a triumph by the Governm en t, who could not wait to announce it in the ordinary course, but adopted the mode used in time of war—they announced their victory in an Extraordinary Gazette.—(Hear, bear.) He regretted not been able to agree in opinion with these venerated prelates; but, after all, they were like himself only fallible men, ard, with great respect, he expressed his opinion that they were in error. H e f eare d .t h a t th e Bill would have th e effect of seriously checking Catholic bequests. Men woulkl not like to have their affairs ran sacked by a board, the majority of which were hostile to his religious belief. Mr. O'Connell stated that he had seen a letter from Rome, and from a quarter entitled to the most implicit crtdence, stating that a Mr. William Peter, an English agent, was in that city negotiating a concordat with England, in connexion with the Austria' envoy. ANOTHER MURDER IN TIPPERARY. The Evening Post contains the following:—" A letter, we understand, has been received in town, announcing the lamentable intelligence that another murder has been committed in the northern division of Tippera ry . The victim of agrarian crime, in this instance, was Mr. Henry Carden, \‘ ho resided near Templemore. It was stated that he was fired at yesterday, and died soon after. No details are given. The Tipperary papers contained some weeks since accounts of proceedings on the part of Mr. Carden against some tenantry." ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN MEATH.—A letter from Athboy states that an attempt at assassination was made in that neighbourhood. An extensive grazier, whose name we have not learned, went out yesterday evening, accompanied by his brother to look at some cattle, when they were fired upon. The brother, it is stated, was wounded, but we hope not dangerously. FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF LlMERlCK.—There mains of the late Earl of Limerick, with those of the late Lord Glentworth, grandson, and Lady Mary Pery, daughter of his Lordship, will arrive at Limerick, on Saturday, and be laid in state at the family mansion, in Henry-street, until Monday morning, from whence they will be conveyed for interment in St. Mary's Cathedral, followed by the executors and relatives of the deceased. A Cuaious ESCAPE PROM SHIPWRECK.—AD an out ward bound vessel was bearing up for this port on Tues day evening, she was driven by the fury of the storm, bowsprit foremost, on Carden Head, with such force that the bowsprit was shivered in atoms. The recoil seat her back some hundred yards from the rock, and, notwith standing the fearful concussion, she was enabled to reach this port in perfect safety.—lVaterferd Chronicle. DEATH OF A FEMALE WHILST WATCHING A CORPSE.—Last evening Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Gun tavern, Gun-docks, Wapping, on view of the body of Eleanor Thomas, aged seventy-five years. It appeared by the evidence of a brother of the deceased that on Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, the deceased was sent for by some neighbours residi ng i n Wapping,o to sit up duri ng th e n i ght with the corpse her. She w as t h en in her usual Well-street, of their mother. apparent good health. About four o'clock in the morn ing deceased was suddenly seized with illness. Her brother was sent for, and she was removed to her own house in Gun-street, in an apparently lifeless state. Mr. Betson, a surgeon, was in a few minutes in attendance, but, upon examination, he pronounced life to be quite extinct. The gentleman said he attributed death to an attack of spasms in the stomach. Verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. The Earl and Countess of Kenmare left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Thursday, for Dorn.