The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-19 00:00:00

FRANCE AND MOROCCO. FROM TOR MORNING PALMAS OF SATURDAY. TIMES.—The news of_ the bombardment of Tan gier by the Prince de Joinville will cause some ex citement in this country, especially under the present somewhat ticklish relations in which we stand to France. There is not, however, on examinati on , muc h to create apprehensi ons i n thi s fact. It appears that the Emperor of Morocco has for some time past been constantly allowing his territories to become the re ceptacle of Abd-el-Kader and his bands. Abd-el- Kader makes irruptions into Algeria, burns, pillages, and devastates; and then, when the French forces come up to him, retreats into the territory of Mo rocco. The French retire ; the chieftain remains upon the-borders, watches their departure ; and when it suits him, out he sallies again, and commits his depredationa. The Emperor of Morocco is a quiet man, and indisposed enough to hostilities in his own person: - Any warlike chieftain, however, who will -take the trouble off his hinds, and give the French • intruders a dressing, he is ready to. patronise. And Abd-el-Kader only does what the Emperor himself, if he had the spirit, would like to do, and so meets with this tacit encouragement. This conduct on the part of the Emperor has been remonstrated against by the French ; and the demand made of him from that quarter, either not to admit Abd-el-Kader into his do minions at all, or, if he did, to keep him away from the border, and prevent him from being in a situation to make these hostile sallies, seems reasonable enough. It was considered a fair one by the British Government, and Mr. Drummoad Ha . . was dispatched to act as mediator, and if possible bring about an accommoda tion. It was thought at one. time that this had been • effected, but the negotiations appear to have broken off. In this state of things the Prince de Joinville gave out his intentions-of bombarding some town on the Moorish coast, and forcing the Emperor to come to terms,?-and Tangier has been bomb ar d e d accerd ingly.• 'ln all this there is not much that we see to alarm our national jealousies. France and Morocco are two independent Powers, and may fight if they please without being subject to our interference. rhe Prince de Joinvill2ielayed his bombardment a fortnight, in order-to giVe time to the British and European resklents in the town to withdraw them selves and their property into a place of safety. And although the actual time when the bombardment eotnmenced was not communicated to Sir Edward Owen, it was known that . the Prince was only wait ing for a decisive answer from the Court of Morocco, and that when that answer came he would com mence hostilities. The only cause of complaint perhaps worth noticing is the fact that the Journal des Debats,. the organ of the French Government, gave a sort of promise some time ago that Tangier, as being a semi-European town, would not be se lected for the bornhardment. The selection of this Place has doubtless caused great inconvenience to the foreign residents there, the majority of whom are British, but the qty.'s "Was purposely deferred until all these were ourof danger, and even then the quarter they inhabited was spared. John Bull is apt to be horrified at hearing any other shot fired in the Mediterranean but his own. Still there is not much to alarm him here, so far as present signs go. It is the duty, however, unquestionably of this country to be on the alert on these oclasions, to see that no un fair advantage is taken, and that France does not con vert a piece of fair retaliation into a means of aggres si6n and conquest. Attacks like the present have be fore now ended in the complete occupation of a coun try by a foreign Power; and•the French are probably not so entirely satisfied with the advantages they have derived from their possession of Algeria, but that they would be well content to have a slice of Morocco in addition. This cannot submitted to. The French navy has been on the increase now for some time, and the activity and spirit of the nation has perhaps at tached itself to that department now more than it has ever yet done. We should not, we have all along said, be sorry to see a little more activity shown in the same direction among ourselves, and a considerable rein forcement equipped at sea. The fleet is at present hardly worthy of our maritime supremacy, and cer tainly insufficient to maintain it. lIERALD.—The vigilant activity of our Paris Correspondent enabled us.tu communicate yesterday, in a very early second edition, the fact of . the bom bardment of Tangier by the Prince de Joinville's squadron: At present we have nothing before us upon which to reason except this naked fact. That • fact is, however, an important one, because it proves that France has, in good earnest, commenced a war, from which she cannot now honourably retire without obtaining concessions, which as yet the obstinate Go vernment' of Morocco has shown no disposition to yield; but a war which, if prosecuted to its probable results, can scarcely he regarded with indifference by any of the Great Powers of Europe, least of all by this country. Meanwhile it is no more than justice claims, to acknowledge th a t th e ac t o f aggress i on h as been fo rced upon the Government of France by the infatuated stubbornness of the. Moors. CIIRONICLE.—The first blow has been struck in - new contest. France and Morocco are already at war, and the news of, a bombardment at Tangiers will arouse the attention of many to the state of our foreign relati ons , w h o, so l ong as peace remained un broken, might have been content to leave the subject to Lord Aberdeen and the Cabinet. At such a time, the sentiments recently expressed by a man of Lord John Russell's sagacity acquire a new title to consideration. The views contained in his last speech, of our relations with France, were those of a pacific but intrepid statesman. They stand in marked contrast to the feeble course pursued by the Foreign-office, and indicate the true mode, and, in our judgment, the only mode, by which peace between England and France can be maintained. Nothing could be less a mbarrassing to an honest Government, which wielded with firm hands the destinies of Eng land, than the speech of the Noble Lord. There was not a particle of faction. What effect this speech may have produced on the public mind in France we cannot yet say; but when-a-atatesman so averse from war, so temperate and fairin all his views of the re lations of one country with another, has spoken out, as Lord John Russell did the other evening, Lord Aber deen should take from it an assurance of the cordial support of all parties here in his demands of adequate reparation for the injury which- has been inflicted on Mr. Pritchard, and adequate security that, in their pro credings against Morocco, the French will not convert due chastisement for injuries into undue aggrandise ment; or, under the guise of vindicating their terri tories from outrage, place themselves in a position to exercise an influence, in:which other maritime States can never acquiesce, on the southern coasts of the Mediterranean. It is as well that this determination should be apparent. There is no use in ambiguities. The Mediterranean was not made for Marseilles and France alone. It is a noble sea, the shore.; of which Europe and America must preserve in far more hands than one. We still hope that the ques tion between the two nations on the coast of Africa will be brought to a satisfaCtory solution. It is for the interest of both ceuntries that such should be the c 44 e- No persons can wish less for war, or wish more for peace, than we do; but there is one thing worse than war, and one thing for which no peace can com pensate a people ; and that is, loss of honour. France is strong and powerful: not stronger or more powerful than ourselves ; but strong enough to know how stron g we are, and powerful enough to feel that British power is not inferior to hers. The cardinal error of Sir R. Peel is to consider M. Guizot the only possible French Minister. The latter is his own double at the Tuileries. It has be come a sort of habit with our Premier to consider himself indispensable, but not much more so than M. Guizot. Whether M. Guizot returns the compli ment we cannot say, but nothing can lead to worse results than these international flirtations. It makes an unpopular Minister do harm abroad as well as at home. It gives a Minister in a freecountry two troubles—one to support himself in the House of Commons, another to support hi s friend in the Chamber: of Deputies. Gibraltar is as dear to us as Guizot. We are quite willing to prop the latter, but we cannot afford to lose such props as Tunis and Tangiers to the former. So, also„in.regard to the antipodes. It is a very easy Vatter'to Stroke down Mr. Pritchard, and to mitigate /7..,-our*iith at M. d'Aubigny ; but the worst of these ?"." things - is - that, some other foolish agent will do some other foolish thing, under the belief that some other foolish Minister' will let him off as easily. No, it Tnuat come to thii, that they, who v:oiate proprieties -_znuat not do so with impunity. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) GUILDHALL. retrogradation has already commenced, and, CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. commenced with the missionaries themselves ? DONOHUE V DRAPER. If the truth be, as we fear it is, that the meral In this case the plaintiff, Mr. John Donohue,green state of these new acquisitions to the king- grocer, Vere-street, Clare•market, sought to recover dom of truth already declines, must not we from the defendant, Mr. John Draper, landlord of the conclude that in foreign missions, as in home Globe, Charles street, Hatton-garden, the sum of 61. teaching, the voluntary system is radically vicious ?" for the hire of a van. " There is," as a ggoci man sa id, " a littl e M r. Ch arnock appeare d f or t h e p l a i n tiff ; an d M r. Pope in the heart of every one of us." We all Lush for the defendant. wish for power ; we, all, wish that other men I Mr. CRARNOCK stated that the defendant had a should adopt our views in religion, as in every- Derby club at his house, the members of which were thing else; give us power, h owever , an d though desirous to go to Epsom on the Derby day. The we may first use it for the good of others, we will , defendant, in consequence, engaged a van of the soon apply it to our own profit, and to the se- plaintiff, for which he consented to pay 61., it being cure preservation of the so profitable power. The for the accommodation of ten of the members. On principle of Popery in _this respect is universal, the day named, the van being at the door, the driver and in the relation between intelligent, and there- of it, who was the plaintiff's brother, was told fore powerful, missionaries and ignorant con- by the defendant that the plaintiff had agreed verts, it has full sway. The All-wise has not, how- to let the van for twenty persons. There were ever, left his own service without a protection from eighteen, however, who took their seats, in ad this danger : that protection is " civil government:" dition to whom the defendant put into the van —civil government which forestalls the tempt- three barrels of ale and porter, twelve hampers ing lure, temporal po we r, th a t h as led so of pr ov i s i ons , w ith a l arge quantity of cigars, soda many religious teacher s i n t o mortal error— water, and bottles of wine. With this load the van leaving the ministers of, religion to their sacred went to Epsom Downs. On its return, at Tooting, office and preparing a p eo pl e u p on whom that o ffi ce there was a di s t ur b ance among t h e party , an d , i n a may he most effectually exercised. Might not the pugilistic encounter, a person named Bullen received principle of a civil control and a civil support be ap- a black eye. The defendant was so disgusted with plied with the best effect to missions among the his friends that he left them there, and came to town heathen ? The subject - Is intricate, but the end is all- in a cart. The defendant now refused to pay the de important. mand upon him, and offered to pay 4/. The action was brought to recover the whole amount. Mr. Proctor, a coal dealer, said that on the 16th of May, he was in the defendant's parlour, when the ' plaintiff was there. He heard the former say, "Is ' your van hired ? If not I will engage it, and give you 6/." Witness understood the plaintiff to allude to the Derby day, and asked for a deposit. The de fendant replied, that he could pay for the van in the morning, when the van was brought. He also ob served, that there would be ten persons besides the luggage. By Mr, Lusu—The defendant told him that he had offered the plaintiff 41., which he refused to take. Daniel Donohoue, the plaintiff's brother, confirmed the statement of the Learned Counsel, and said that the luggage, with the passengers weighed above two tons. He produced the excise'ticket for the hire of the van, which was signed by the defendant. Other evidence to a similar effect being given, Mr. Lusu, for the defendant, contended that his client was not the person who engaged the van. Two gentlemen, of the names of Silk and Bullen, rendered themselves responsible, and they agreed with the plaintiff that twenty persons were to go in the van, and that they would pay him Cl. for the hire of it. He would prove this, and that the horses in the van were not sufficiently powerful for the journey ; that one of them jibbed ; and that the party were fre quently obliged to,get omit of the van, in order to push it along the road.—(Laughter.) Mr. G. Silk, a commercial traveller, said that he entered into an engagement with the plaintiff for the hire of his van, for which he was to pay 31., the plain tiff consenting to take ten persons of his party. Mr. Bullen was to provide ten other persons, and to pay an additional 3/. Witness was to receive the money from each, which was 61. for the day. Some brought their own provisions. Defendant supplied only two barrels (nine gallons each) of ale and porter, two dozen quart bottles of stout, six bottles of wine, two dozen bottles of ale, some cigars, and a piece of beef and ham.—(Laughter.) The van had not got further than Kennington, when one of the horses b egan t o jib, and some of them had to get out to push the wheels. Others got out, fearing that the van would he upset.—(Laughter.) This happened, at least twenty times, and on some occasions th e y a ll go t ou t. They arrived at the course about half-past one o'clock. They left again about half-past five o'clock, and it was near eleven o'clock before they got to Tooting. There were some would not go any further, and they hired a cab, while others walked to town. On a part of the road the driver got out to fight, and that de tained them half an hour. It cost witness 12s. for the hire of a cab to town. By Mr. Lusu—There were only two of the partS , the worse for liquor. He had never been at Epsom before, and would never go again. Mr. Bullen corroborated the last evidence, and said that the cause of - his dispute was, that his hat was knocked down over his eyes. He resented the af front, when he received a black eye. Mr. Penny, one of the party, stated that he agreed to pay Mr. Silk. He went out for a day's pleasure, and it was the hardest day's work he ever had in his life.—(Laughter.) Sometimes, when the party was pushing behind and the driver whipping the horses, they would start off into a gallop, when they all had to run, and it was with the greatest difficulty that they could get up to the van.—(Laughter.) Some other witnesses being examined, Mr. CHARNOCK replied, and observed that the sig nature to the ticket was in the handwriting of the de fendant, and was a proof of his responsibility. The Learned CO - MMISSIONER summed up, when the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, 61. Rickard Palmer, a young man residing at Ber mondsey, was charged with pilfering silver spoons from two taverns. Charles Woods, waiter at the Three Cups Tavern, Aldersgate-street, stated, that the prisoner was served by him with a tumber and tea-spoon, containing six penny-worth of gin and water, in the coffee-room, by his order. He (witness) suspected him, and continued to watch him, but was unfortunately called away. On his return, in three minutes, he found Palmer had left, having thrown the newspaper over the glass to conceal that he had taken the silver spoon. He ran into Aldersgate--treet, informing the police of it; de scribing the particular kind of chocolate-coloured trowsers he wore. No other persou had been in the room at the time to steal the spoon. About twenty minutes after he was taken by a City policeman, owing to the description given. He denied having been at all at the Three Cups, and on being con fronted with Woods, the waiter, still persisted in this statement, though he was immediately recognised by the latter. A metal spoon, made of British plate, was found in his waistcoat pocket, which, he said, he had picked up. Five duplicates, relating to two shirts and other wearing articles, were found on him, toge ther with three p oc k e t handkerchiefs. William Freeman, waiter at the New Inn, Old Bai!ey, remembered the prisoner as having remained about an hour in the room with some hot gin and water he had ordered. After depositing a tray in a cupboard in the room, he was absent for a few minutes, and on his return found Palmer had decamped, taking with him five silver salt spoons. Witness had singled the prisoner out from among a number of prisoners in the Compter, on being taken there for that purpose. A silver cruet, worth V. 10s., had been stolen by onother man at the same time. The prisoner offered no defence, and was remanded, under expectati on th a t other charges will appear against him. .MARYLEBONE. Shortly before the meeting of the Court, a poor Italian, who gave his name Louis Morangi, was brought up in custody and placed at the bar, charged, at the instance of Viscount Frankfort, N 0.17, South wick-crescent, Hyde Park-square, with having re fused to desist from playing his organ when required to do so. It will be remembered that his Lordship has for years past evinced a most decided antipathy to street music, particularly that of the organ-ic descrip tion, and that, upon several occasions when offending musicians have been placed at the bar of justice to answer for their misdeeds in disturbing the said ec centric nobleman Mr. Wooller has attend e d t o con duct the cases; his professional services were, how. ever, now dispensed with. Charles Davis, the butler, gave evidence to the effect that on the same afternoon, about three o'clock, the prisoner was playing his organ for some time within a few doors of Lord Frankfort's residence, and by order of his Lordship witness went out and desired him to move away. He continued to play on, and presently stationed himself directly in front of his Lordship's house, at which spot he was ulti mately given into the custody of police-constable Wilkins. Mr. RAWLINSON here read a section applicable to the offence, in the 57th clause of the Police Act, which runs thus :—" And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any housekeeper within the metropolitan police districts, personally, or by his servant, or by any police constable,to require any street musician to de part from the neighbourhood of the house of such house holder on account of the illness of any inmate of such house, or for other reasonable cause ; and every person who shall sound or play upon any musical instrument in any thoroughfare near any house, after being so required to depart, ,shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 405." Mr. RAWLINISON (to Davis)—ls there any illness in his Lordship's house ? Davis—There is not, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON—Men, what "reasonable cause" do you assign for having ordered the prisoner away ? Davis—Only that Lord Frankfort does not like mu sic, Sir, Mr. RAWLINSON—These organ-players know that he don't like it, and they go there on purpose to an noy him, I believe. Isn't that so ? Davis--It is. Sir, there can be no doubt of it. Mr. RAWLINSON—Then it's very scandalous con duct. 1 The prisoner, in answer to the charge, stated in Italian, that he was not aware of his having done any thing wrong, and that he was merely playing in the street as usual for his livelihood, when he was laid hold of by the constable. —H e was discharged. QUEEN-SQUA RE. As the magistrate was about retiring, a respectable looking elderly female applied to Mr. Burrell for his assistance under the following circumstances :—Ap plicant, who stated her name to be Elizabeth Bird, said that between 21 and 22 years ago, she was de- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST l9, 1641 Mr. HARDWICIC said the public might possibly 'suffer some inconvenience in not having the means of procuring refreshment after the performances of the theatre ; but the Act was peremptory, and he was bound to put it in force. If an indulgence was ex tended to well-conducted houses, other houses not so well-conducted would claim the same privilege, and thus the very evil which the Legislature sought to remedy would be-created to a great extent. The fine of 20s. was then inflicted. The next case was against'M. Duhourg, the well known restaurateur, in the Haymarket. The evidence was similar to the previous case, and the penalty was the same. Mr. Baker, the late superintendent of the C division, accompanid by Mr. Beresford, the new superinten dent, came into Court, and, addressing Mr. Hard wick, begged to be allowed, on his retirement from the police, to express his grateful thanks for 'the kindness and assistance he had invariably met with from every Magistrate who had sat on the bench, and to beg for a continuance of the same advantages to his successor. Mr. HARDWICK said he was pleased at the oppor tunity of expressin g his satisfaction at the respect and attention which the officers of the police had in variably paid to the suggestions of the bench. Such a good understanding was calculated to render the administration of the law by Magistrates more secure and more respected, and at the same time to add to the efficiency and the respectability of the police force. The parties then retired. THAMES POLICE. Joseph Morris, the proprietor of several tenements in Stepney, was charged with assaulting a poor wo man named Mary Pearson, who resided in one of his houses. It appeared that the prisoner had sent a broker into complainant's house a few days since, under a distress warrant for rent, and sold all she had. He came the next day, and finding that some charitable persons had given her a chair and some blankets, he attacked her and beat her, and endea voured to force her out of the house. One of the complainant's neighbours proved the assault, and said the prisoner had also flourished a chair over her head in a menacing manner. The prisoner, who seemed as subservient to power as he had been tyrannous to poverty, interlarded his ad dress to the Magistrate with your Reverence, your Lordship, and even your Majesty, said the com plainant owed him three-quarter' rent, and after the furniture had been taken from the house the key was given to him. On the next day, however, the woman, he found, had taken possession again, and he `certainly did try to force her out. Complainant said she was out at the time her goods were taken, and when she returned horde she found everything gone. Mr. BALLANTINE fined the prisoner 405., or in de fault he was to be imprisoned three weeks. The prisoner for some time refused to pay the fine, until he saw the cell door open, when he thought it better to produce the money. UNION-HALL. On Friday Sarah Bagley, who it will be recollected assumed the dress of a sailor to accompany a young midshipman to sea, and who was charged with having absconded from home, taking a quantity of clothes and also some money belonging to her father, a letter sorter in the Post-office, was again brought before Mr. Cottingham, having been remanded from Wed nesday, in ord e r t o have inquiries made with a view of discovering her paramour. The girl's father said that she still maintained the same silence with respect to giving any information as to the person who inveigled her from home, as she did on the former occasion ; the only circumstance she divulged being that he was a midshipman in the navy, but as to what ship he belonged she refused to tell. He added that he was willing to overlook all that had occurre.l, if she promised never again to assume the disguise of the other sex ; that he had a comfortable home for her, and that he and her mother would receive her<with open arms. Mr. COTTINGILAM in vain endeavoured to extract from the girl the reason of her having quitted home under such extraordinary circumstances, and he pro ceeded to put several questions as to her acquaintance with the man whom she said, on the last occasion when she was brought up, had promised her a berth on board his ship to go up the Mediterranean. She said in reply, that she went toDover with him, and that he took her on board his ship, which was lying in the docks there, and that she walked on board, and that he was called " Ned" by his shipmates ; that when she returned on shore, he took her into a pub lic-house, desiring her to wait for him, but he never returned, and she was obliged to make the best of her way back to London ; that she afterwards met him in town, when he promised to take her to Italy, and marry her, and she prepared to go with him in the garb of a sailor, to work her passage, and to make him fulfil his vows when they got to the end of their voyage. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that he now believed the accused had been telling a great many falsehoods, for it was absurd to suppose that there were men-of-war lying in the dock at Dover; that she had prevaricated a good deal in her story, and that he supposed she was anxious to make a noi,e and excite the astonish ment of people by acting in the manner she had done. She must get rid of the romantic nonsense which was floating in her brain of her inclination to act the part of a heroine in followingher lover in disguise to Italy, and instead of reading such balderdash as she was in the habit of doing, attend to her domestic affairs —to stop at home at the house of her father, who was a respectable man, and held a responsible situation, in stead of playing the fool, which would assuredly end in her destruction. The Magistrate, having cautioned her as to her future conduct, consented to liberate her on her promise to accompany her parents home, to which she agreed : and she was accordingly given up to them, and they left the Court, she having pre viously doffed the sailor's togs and dressed herself in her own clothes. Richard Mullett was brought up on remand for stealing a horse, chaise, and harness, belonging to Mr. Davis, livery-stable keeper, Blackfriars-road. Henry Jordan, carrier, said that the. prisoner had for some days been driving about Woodford with a dashing female whom he called his wife, and had put up the horse and g i g at his stables. He said he had come down to enjoy the scenery of the forest, but offered him, on a subsequent day, the gig for 51., saying he was short of money, and that the gig was worth .16/. Mr. Brood, a coach-maker of Woodford, to whom he introduced him, asked him if 3/. would do, which he agreed to accept, and gave him a receipt for the amount, signed "R. Mullens." The prisoner then accompanied Mr. Jordan's servant to Stratford, who pawned the harness for him for 21. The horse was, subsequently, offered by him to Mr. Jordan, who suspecting the circumstances, gave information to the police. The sergeant found him and his pre sumed wife in bed at Woodford, and on being told 'of the charge against him, he replied, " What's to pay ?" He was then taken into custody. A second charge of felony was brought against him by Mr. Kerslake, stationer, of Vauxhall, whose lodg ings he had plundered of fifteen volumes of novels and other property, having rented the rooms only four weeks. He had disposed of the articles to pawn brokers in the vicinity, and all the cases were sub stantiated. A plea of monomania was set up by counsel on his behalf. The MAGISTRATE said this was a very fashionable custom at the present day to aid every criminal of re spectability, but the jury would judge of the case. He was then fully committed to the Central Cri- minal Court on both charges. George Walters, cabman, and Thomas Taylor, la bourer, were brought up on r eman d for driving furiously over Mrs. Mary Ann Rees, the wife of a compositor, in Webber-row, by which her life was endangered. _ _ Mr;'Rees stated that the surgeon had now pro nounced his wife out of danger, but that she would remain a cripple for life. He had been at the expense of a nurse, and two medical men, and it would yet be a long while before she could venture down stairs. Walters, in a ruffianly manner, said, that Mrs. Rees after the accident was in the office on Thursday, and the complainant only sought to make property of them. Mr. Ree s d en i e d th a t s t a t e ment; his wife had not been even out of bed since the accident, except a few minutes, when she fainted away. The MAGISTRATE said they were evidently great ruffians, and as they viewed the case in that light, and supported it by a falsehood, he should order Wal ters to pay 3/. for the damage, and a fine of 2/. 103., with expenses, and Taylor to pay 21. 10s., or to be imprisoned for one month with hard labour. - 'They were then both locked up. Samuel Herit, one of the messengers of the Queen's prison, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, the sitting magistrate, charged with conveying two bladders of gin into the interior of the prison. Mr. Colville, the principal turnkey of the prison, stated that the prisoner was one of the messengers, and well acquainted with the rules and regulations of the prison. Last night, as the prisoner was passing through the lobby, h e let two skins or bladders fall on the floor, which, on being taken up. was found to contain spirits. The prisoner was detained, and given into custody. Mr. COTTINGLIAM ordered the prisoner to pay a miti gated fine of 5/, or one month's imprisonment. In default of payment, the prisoner was locked up. CLERKENIVELL. Martha Cunningham was charged with the following outrageous conduct at the Clerkenwell Workhouse : It appeared from the evidence, that at eight o'clock on the previous night the prisoner went to the work house and asked to see the overseer. He came ; upon which she abused him in the grossest manner. After much difficulty she was removed. She came again at ten o'clock, and shouted and screamed so that all the paupers were aroused out of their beds. She cried Murder I Fire !" and collected a mob of five hun dred people in front of the workhouse, to whom she made the most hideous representations of her trer.tment in the workhouse, every word of which was untrue ; but the story roused the people at the time to a condition livered of a male child at No, 9, John-street, Marl borough-road, Chelsea. When the infant was about a month old, a very handsomely-dressed lady visited her at her residence, and having much admired the child, asked her if she was inclined to part with it. Applicant replied that she was not; but on the lady stating that she would adopt it as her own, and that 'it would became the heir to very large property, she said she would consider of it, and speak to her hus ' band on the subject. The lady subsequently visited them three or four times, and as applicant still ob jected to be separated from the infant, the lady said that she should be admitted into her service, and there remain with her offspring, undertaking never to di vulge to any person that it was her child. She at length consented to this arrangement, on the lady promising that she would be a friend to her and her other children as long as she lived. She then took the child with the understanding that she would im mediately provide a wet nurse for it, and come on the following day to conclude the arrangement. From that period to the present day she had never seen either the lady or her child, although year after year she had made every effort to trace them out, and had gone before the magistrates at Chelsea to ascertain if they could in any way assist her. From inquiries she had made of late, she had every reason to believe it was a Mrs. Pelham. She had been that day to the workhouse at Chelser, and had recognised Mrs. Pel ham as the lady who took her child. She had a youth with her of one or two and twenty years of age, but having parted with her child at a month old, she could not attempt to say whether that young man was her son.' Mr. Edwards, the chief clerk, explained to the Ma gistrate that Mrs. Pelham was the person who had been charged about three months ago at that Court, with great cruelty to a lunatic son, the issue of her Connexion with Sir Brent Spencer. He had been found confined in a most filthy state, it would be re membered, at Chelsea. Mr. BURRELL asked if this was the child of which the female spake Edwards replied no ; it was the one who had been charged with her, and who went by the name of Wilson Pelham. Tunstall, a police-constable of the B division, ob served that there was a great likeness between the ap licant and 'Wilson Pelham. Mr. BURRELL said it was a long period of time to speak to a person's identity.—Applicant said that if the written account she had given in to Mr. Rider, the Chairman of the Board of Guardian, was referred to, it would be found to exactly correspond with Mrs. Pelharn's appearance. She recognised her the mo ment she saw her. Mrs. Pelham was a very hand some woman, at-the time she had the child from her. Mr. BURRELL remarked that she still retained the traces of great beauty. What could her object be in taking the child ?—Mr. Edwards observed that it was no doubt to palm it upon some gentleman as his off • spring. Mr. Rider, the Chairman of the Board of Guardians, who had taken a very active part in this prosecution, had stated that it had been ascertained that the female, Mrs. Pelham, had an allowance of 1007. per annum from some gentleman in Edinburgh. Mr. BURRELL asked if there was any other person who had seen the lady at the time she took the child ? Appellant replied, her husband, who was still alive. Mr. Edwards Observed, that the applicant had parted with the child with her own consent. Mr. BURRELL expressed his opinion that it was a felony, notwithstanding. Her intention was to carry off the child at the time she made these alluring pro mises. She had evidently intended the fraud from the moment. Her story of making it the heir to large property, and of permitting the mother to re side with it, were all ingredients of that fraud. Mr. Edwards inquired what course the magistrate intended to adopt ? • Mr. BURRELL said he should take time to consider. He then turned to two or three cases in the law books which appeared to confirm his view, and said that he should examine the statute law prior to the 9th of ' George IV. on the subject. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FELONT.—AIice Harvey was brought up for final examination on a charge of having stolen some pro perty from the residence of Mr. Hodson, M.P., No. 13, Upper Brook-street, where she recently lived as housemaid. The stolen property was here prockyed. It turned out, on examination, that the prisoner had pilfered everything on which she could lay hands; there was a blanket, a pair of stays, a bottle of champagne, same coral beads, and a remnant of finery, the pro perty of her master and mistress; a brooch, a pair of earrings, and other articles, belonging to the house keeper (Mrs. Wyke) • some lace and stockings be longing to Grace Miles, another servant; a shawl, belonging to Ann Jolly, a fellow servant; and a quan tity of sugar and spice pillaged from the store-room. The housekeeper, Martha Wyke, gave evidence as to the manner in which the prisoner's delinquency had been detected. The prisoder, who had lived as housemaid in Mr. Hodson's family for about six months, left her place last Thursday week. She ' went to her friends at Bromley, leaving her boxes behind to be sent by the carrier. When the carrier called the boxes were brought down, but one of them being badly corded, the lid came open, and dis played a blanket, which was immediately known as the property of Mr. Hodson. This led to further search, and then the various articles produced in Court were found in the boxes. In defence, the prisoner accounted for the posses sion of the articles in various ways. Some, she said, were her own property, other articles had been given to her.—The prisoner was fully committed. A decent looking lad, who gave the name of Wm. Stafford, was charged by police-constable C 55, with having been wandering about St. James's-square, at unseasonable hours. The constable- said, when he questioned the de fendant, he was told by him that he (defendant) was destitute, and without the means of paying for a shelter. Mr. IlianwicK questioned the lad, and drew from him the following story : He said he was the nephew of Alderman Humphery. He had been in the employ of Mr. Birch, the pastry cook of Cornhill, but had been discharged because he had pocketed threepence when sent on an errand, by charging sixoence for what had only cost half the money. Since that time he had tried to get regular employment, but without effect. lie had subsisted on the produce of his clothes until that resource failed, - and latterly had kept himself from starving by ob taining a job here and there. Mr. HARDWICK requested the constable to make inquiries into the truth of the lad's statement. The constable on his return, acquainted the Magistrate that the lad had stated the truth with respect to his relationship to Alderman Humphery, and also as to his dismissal from Mr. Birch's service. Mr. HARDWICK asked the lad what he proposed to do for a living ?—The lad said when he came of age, he was to receive 300/. He thought if he had a trifle to buy food with, he should be able to get work enough to keep him. Mr. HARDWICK directed Clements, the chief clerk, to give the lad ss. out of the poor-box. The lad expressed his gratitude, and was liberated. A MEMBER or THE Tunr.—George Martin, alias Toby, a powerful man, who called himself a jockey and gentlemen's bet-maker, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick, for having cruelly beaten Richard Parrott. The parties lodged at No. 14, Shepherd's-market, where some differences occurred between them. About six weeks ago the defendant attacked the com• plainant outside of the house, about half-past twelve o'clock at night, knocked him down, broke his leg, and hammered his head against the pavement. The landlord of the house came out, and succeeded in put ting a stop to this ruffianly attack by seizing the de fendant by the throat and dragging him out. While the complainant was resting on a step of the door, the defendant rushed at him and renewed his violence. The bystanders interfered, and the complainant was protected from further injury. As it was discovered that the complainant's leg was broken he wa s re- moved to the hospital, where he has been confined ever since. The landlord of the house, named Rowe, corrobo rated the statement of the ferocious violence displayed by the defendant towards the complainant. In reply to the charge, the defendant said he had been jockey boy-in the service of the Duke of Cleve land and afterwards of the Earl of Pembroke. Re cently he had picked up a living by going about for gentlemen to see horses entered for the different races, and to form a judgment of their chance of winning. If bets were won on information which he furnished them, he received a gratuity; if they were lost he re ceived nothing. With respect to the assault, a quar rel had occurred, and a fight had ensued, in which the complainant got the worst. Mr. HARDWICK said nothing could be more cowardly , and unmanly than for the defendant to beat the com plainant's head on the pavement after he had broken his leg. He should inflict a fine of 41. for the assault or six weeks' imprisonment. CAUTION TO HOTEL -KEEPERS ! —MT. Dick, pro- prietor of the Blue Posts Hotel, Haymarket, was summoned by the police . for having his house open after the hour prescribed by the Act of Parliament. Police-constable Gray proved that he went into the defendant's house at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock on Saturday night, and found three persons, men and women, taking refreshment at the bar. He went up stairs and found several other persons having supper. Mr. Dick said he was willing to admit the cor rectness of the statement of the police. His house was an hotel, and frequented by company of respec tability. Parties who attended the Opera, after the performance repaired to his house for supper and refreshment. As the utmost decorum and propriety were observed, he really thought some little indul gence ought to be extended towards him. The police admitted that the parties in the home appeared to be persons of respectability. ( bordering upon desperation. At length the police came up, and she was taken to the station-house. Mr. COMBE sentenced her to a fortnight's imprisoa ment in the House of Correction. HAMMERSMITH. ROBBERY OF THE WINDSOR COACH.-011 Friday a respectably dressed young man, named Frederick Fleming, described as an omnibus conductor, was brought up before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting Magis trate, in the custody of police-constable Puddiford, T 127, charged on suspicion of having been concerned, with two others not in custody, in stealing a port manteau and a box containing jewellery and other property, to the value of nearly 2001., from Stacey's Windsor coach, on the Bth instant, at Kensington. Evidence having been given to show that the pri soner was the only outside passenger when the coach stopped at Kensington, that he was seen in a sus picious position there while the coachman was setting down a lady, and that the portmanteau had dis appeared, The prisoner, in answer to the charge, protested his entire innocence. He was, he said, the brother of the proprietor of the Chertsey and Chobham coach, with which he came up on the day in question to Kew-bridge, but it there became very heavily loaded, and he got off and came up by the Windsor coach. Mr. CLIVE said the case was one of strong sus picion. It would be necessary to have the attendance of Mrs. Batchelor ; for which purpose, and to give time for further inquiry, he should remand the pri soner until Thursday next. THE ALLEGED MURDER OF THE AMERICAN CAPTAIN. The examination ofJohn Kent, the cook of the ship Thomas Bennett, charged with the murder of Captain Halsey, master of the said ship, took piece at the Police office, Liverpool, on Thursday at noon. The magistrates on the bench were, Edward Rushton, Esq., R. Houghton, Esq., Thomas Booth, Esq.. and William Dixon, Esq. There were besides several gentlemen on the bench, who appeared to take much interest in the pro ceedings. Mr. Davenport, solicitor, attended as advo cate fur the prisoner. The case appeared to have excited the greatest interest, as the court was excessively crowded. A great number of captains and other sea faring men were present. The investigation occupied the attention of the court for three hours. The follow ing is the evidence given : William Gibbon examined—l am first mate of the Thomas Bennett. She is an American ship, and belongs to Charleston. The Captain was E. L. Halsey. We sailed from Liverpool on Saturday, the 3d of August, bound for Charleston. We put back, and arrived in Liverpool on the 14th. The prisoner was employed as cook on board, and sailed with us from Liverpool. The reason we put back was the murder of the captain, which occurred on Thursday, the Bth instant. We were in lat. 46 50, long. 9 57. I produce the log, in which I made an entry at the time. At three o'clock in the afternoon the captain went forward to the galley to see after some cooking. I was standing behind the mainmast. In about a minute, or two minutes .at farthest, I heard a noise on deck. One of the boys came to me, and, in con sequence of what he said, I ran forward, and found the captain lying on his back on the deck. I saw a murk of blood on his left jaw. In less than one minute he was dead. I had hold of him when he died. He never spoke. I did not see the wound given. When I went up, the cook was standing by, quietly looking on. I cannot say that he had anything in his hand. The cook did not speak to me. I asked him how he came to do so horrid a deed ? his reply was, " Had I not done so the captain would have killed me." The reason. I asked the question was, that no one but he was near to the captain. I am not aware there had been any previous quarrel between the captain and the cook. The cook was sober. The captain appeared to be under the excitement of liquor. There had been a previous dispute about the dinner. George Houghton Monro examined—l am steward on board the Thomas Bennett. I remember the morning the captain was killed. It was the Bth of August. In the morning, between eight and nine o'clock, the captain ordered dinner to be on the table at halt-past twelve o'clock. At a quarter past twelve o'clock the captain sent the cook to assist to hoist a studding sail. I then went aft to set the table, and the captain said, " This is one o'clock ; I told you to get it ready at half past twelve." I then brought the kettle with the soup. The day before he had ordered that I was to bring the soup separate. I told him the soup wa- then ready, and he said, " Bring the dinner on the table." I then fetched the dinner, and put it on the table, and told him it was ready. He walked into the cabin and looked round, and saw that the dinner was on the table, and then ordered me to call the mates. The second mate, Alfred Grinnell, refused to come. The captain went to him, and asked him the reason he did not come to dinner. The second mate said he did not know that it was his (the captain's) orders that he should come. The captain then came and said, ". God d—n you, you have cooked for the mates ; go and conk for me." I was going, and he called me back. Ile said, " You pay a d—d sight of attention to the mates, but cannot cook anything for me." I said lam willing to do anything I can and cook whatever is wanted. I then began to clear the table and put these things into the pantry. The captain came into the pantry and told me to go out of that—l had no business there. I told him the things were dirty and must be cleaned. We were using white plates and dishes, and he told me he had given me orders never to put them on the table again. I . said there were not sufficient of the others. He said he did not care a d—n ; they should not go on 'he tab!e any more. After this he called me into the cabin to draw off some brandy into a pint decanter. I mixed him some brandy and water and nutmeg. Ile then appeared to be milder, and I asked him what I should cook for his dinner. Ile walked up and down the cabin, and then took another glass of brandy. Me then said, "Go get my dinner." I then went into the galley ; there was soup ready, and I went back and told the captain, and he said " Go and get my dinner ; you have cooked for the-mates." I asked him what I should get, and he appeared much excited. I went and killed a fowl. In almost two minutes after he came again for his dinner ; drove me from the galley, and said the cook should do it. I went to the pantry, and he drove me back again. I then went again to the galley, and asked the cook what I should do, and whilst talking to the cook the captain came. I had one foot in the galley. The cook eras in the galley ; he had brought in potatoes. The captain said, " Give me my dinner." I told him everything was ready. I had a large black-handled carving knife in my hand. The captain seized the knife from my hand, and made a spring with one foot on the galley, and told the cook to come out of the galley. He seized the cook either by the shirt or neck on the left side. The captain, on going into the galley, pushed me so that one of my legs got between the spar and the water cask. The captain said, " God d—n you, come out of the galley." The cook said "Let me go, Captain Halsey, and I will come out." The captain had hold of the cook with the right hand. In pulling him out of the galley, the cook, I thought, struck him. I cannot say with which hand the cook struck, from the position in which I stood. The captain took the knife with his left hand from me. They both came out of the galley together, the captain being first, pulling the cook. I then saw blood on the captain's right jaw, but I was fast with the spar. They got on deck, and I liberated myself, and ran round the galley for the second mate. I did not return to the galley. I saw the captain dead as they were bringing him into the cabin. At the time of the affray I think there were men at work near to the galley. The boy was there. [Mr. Rushton here ordered that the boy Thomas Ewens, who was on board the Thomas Bennett, lying in the river, near Woodside, should be sent for.] I gave the captain, on that morning, before breakfast, a wine-glass of brandy and bitters. After breakfast he had a good deal of brandy—filled over and over. He was not sober that morning. He was intoxicated. Ile had not been sober from the Mon day before. I had sailed with the captain twenty years ago, when he was second mate, and also when he was master of the William Gibson. I had not sailed before with him in the Thomas Bennett. I shipped with him in Charleston, and was proceeding with the vessel on her return. Coming this way we had not so much liquor. lam an American citizen, and belong to New York. The quantity of brandy he had drunk that day was over a pint. The captain, on going from Liverpool, appeared flighty each day. lie appeared quite a different man after leaving Liverpool. I did not see the captain make any blow with the carving knife after taking it from me. Albert Grinnell produced the knives. [The one with which the cook had stabbed the captain is a sailor's ordi nary knife, and apparently but in paor order. The one which the captain took from the steward was a long carving knife, but exceedingly slender, being nearly worn away.] and I'll come out." I walked:aft, and on returning, I met the steward, who said, "It's done," and I said, " What's done ?" He gave me no answer, and I immediately went to the galley, where I found thecaptain lying on his back, and the mate holding his head. I saw blood around the captain's face. I then took hold of the captain's head, while the mate went for plaster, and the knife with blood on it was shown to me by Smith, and shortly af terwards the other knife, but I do not know where he took it from. The captain was in a dying state. I saw the captain previously to the transaction. I did not see him drink anything, but cannot say that he was sober, lie appeared Eke a man under the influence of liquor. I had previously seen him at other times when I thought he had been drinking. I had never observed a mutinous disposition on the part of the crew. Every man was willing cheerfully to do his duty. Edward Wallace Hall, a seaman, gave similar testi mony. George Woods—l am a surgeon ; I have examined the body now lying in the deadhouse. There .‘ ere twelve external injuries of a severe charaeter—three on the upperportion of the sternum, three on the left side (Attie back, one on the outside of the left shoulder, one spvc?r the lower part of the sternum, one over the let lower jaw, one on the left sid,? of the lower region of the spine, one on the posterior part of the right shoulder, and one in the upper part of the right breast. I o , neeive they have all been stab wounds; but lam not quite ce, t :in as to the one over the left shoulder. [Th•• knife was shown]. This is just such a weapon as would .have in flicted such wounds The character of the wounds was sufficient to have produced death. The principal Hounds were on the right shoulder, and the other over the breast ; both penetrated the lungs. I consider that either of the last described wounds would have caused death. I have no doubt in the world that the wouilds on the body were the cause of death. • • The whole of the evidence having been gone through, Mr. Rushton said—Prisoner, it is my duty to inform you that whatever you say will be written down, and if you should be tried here, in this country, will be read against you when you are tried ; therefore you iv-eit not say anything unless you choose. It is my duty, also, to tell you that this case having occurred at sea, under the American flag, I have some doubt whether you can be tried here or not ; however, supposing you can— that the authorities here will try you —or, that the Ame rican authorities who have a representative here, will claim jurisdiction ; I shall take care, if you are tried here, that youshall have the advantage of a trial as speedily as possible, for I will remand you till Monday, when the grand jury will be sitting. If they should hand you over' to the American authorities, all these depositions will be forwarded to the tribunal before which you are tried. If you have anything now to say you can do so. - The prisoner was about to speak, to give, as we under • stood, some statement or explanation of the case, but being advised by his solicitor, he said he 'should decline then to say anything. lie stood remanded till Monday. • LIYERPOOL, FRIDAY.—This day a Coroner's In quest was held upon the body of the captain, before a jury of Liverpool merchants, and, after the case had been fully gone into, a verdict of justifiable homicide was re turned. The prisoner is still in custody, the magistrates having forwarded the depositions taken by them to the Secretary of State, and they are awaiting directions, a doubt having arisen as to their jurisdiction in the case. The American authorities have claimed the prisoner, with the view of sending him out for trial. MURDER AT MANCHESTER. LATEST PARTICULARS. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—This morning, Evans, the murderer of Jane Millen, was brought up at the Borough Court, at twelve o'clock, before Mr. Maude, the stipendiary magistrate, where he underwent a long examination, the proceedings occupying upwards of five hours. The whole of the evidence went to substan tiate the facts sent yesterday. The Court was crowded the whole of the time, and the prisoner appeared to treat the whole affair with considerable indifference, occa sionally interrupting the witnesses and cross-examining them. It was proved that he was in the house about an hour before the murder was committed, and that no other person had been seen or heard near the place. There were several marks of blood upon his person. An instrument made of iron, something after the shape of a life-preserver, was found in the house, and was tinted with blood. Mr. Sinclair, surgeon, who had examined the body, gave it as his opinion that the wounds on the head and neck caused death, and that they were inflicted whilst the unfor tunate woman was alive, and that the iron instru ment' produced would inflict such wounds as were found about her head. The husband of the decased woman thus describes her appearance when found : " When I got her out of the coal-closet she was quite -dead. She was bleeding at the nose, ears, and mouth, and her tongue was protruded very much and greatly swollen ; her neck was very much discoloured. and also greatly swollen ; her head was cut and bruised and presented an awful spectacle." At the close of the case the prisoner insisted on making his statement, not withstanding repeated cautions of the magistrate. A great deal of his statement was quite irrelevant to the charge. Speaking of the day of the murder he said, " I got up on Wednesday morning about eight o'clock, as near as I can recollect ; I went into the back yard and washed myself. I put on my cap, and just as I' was going to the lobby to get my jacket to go out, this woman (one of the witnesses) came with the water to the door, and Mrs. Millen asked me to take in this water as she was not well. I just tipped' one of them in, and that was all. I put on my jacket, and went out. I was going to the same public-house I was at in Oldham road on the previous day. I missed my tobacco-box, and I returned for it. I went up stairs a.nd found it on the table. There was no person in the house. I went into the kitchen and lighted my pipe, and smoked it. No person came, and so I went up-stairs, and got what I wanted. I took whatever I 'thought proper, for the drawers were not locked. I then put them all in the lobby and went for the cab to drive me to the station." The prisoner, after accounting for the blood upon his person in his own way, said, " I know no more of the death of Mrs. Millen than any human being under the sure." He was committed to take his trial at the pre sent Liverpool Assizes on the charges of murder and robbery. BANK ISSUES. The Gazette of last night contains the following returns under the new " Act to make further provision relative to the Returns to be made by Banks of the amount of their Notes in Circulation." The period is twelve weeks prior to the 27th of April last, and the average amount in each case is certified by two of her Majesty's Com missioners of Stamps and Taxes : Banbury Bank, at Banbury and Woodstock— Gillett, Tawney, and Gillett Banbury Old Bank, at Banbury and Shipston on-Stour—T. R. and E. Cobb Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, at Basingstoke and Odiham—Cole, Seymour, Brooks, Lamb, and Hillier Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, at Bedford— Trapp, llalfhead, and Trapp Bradford Old Bank, at Bradford, Yorkshire— H., A., and W. M. Harris Brecon Old Bank, at Brecon, Merthyr Tydvil, Carmarthen, Llanelly, Haverfordwest, and Cardigan—De Winton, Jones, Church, and Evans Bridport Bank, at Bridport, Beaminster, Lyme Regis, Chard, and Axminster—S. and W. E Gundry Burlington and Driffield Bank, at Burlington and Driffield—Harding, Smith, Faber, and Foster Craven Bank, at Settle, Shipton, Keighley, Gisburn, and other places—J.,- T., and R. Birkbeck, and W. N. and H. Alcock Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank. and Ross and Archenfield Bank, at Hereford and Ross—Hoskins, Morgan, and Hump Lincoln Bank, at Lincoln, Gainsborough, Market Raisen, Caistor, and Grimsby— Smith, Ellison, Smith, and Melville Newark Bank, at Newark—T. S. Godfrey and G. Hutton Newbury Bank, at Newbury—E. B. Bunny and C. Slocock New Sarum Bank, at Salisbury—th.tle), Everett, 11,tley, and Smith Norwich Crown Bank, at Norwich, Loddon, Thetford, Bungay, and Southwold—Harvey, ' Hudson, and Harvey Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, at Nottingham—F. I-lart and A. T. Fellowes Penzance Bank, at Penzance—Batten, Came, and Marrack Reading Bank, at Reading and Maidenhead— J. and C. Stephens, and W. C. Blandy Royston Bank, at Royston—J. G., H , and F N. Fordham Salisbury Bank. at Qishury and Fording bridge—W. B. and C. G. Brodie Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, at Shrewsbury and Market Drayton—C. M. and C. Adams, and C. Warren Southampton Town and County Bank, at Southampton—M. Maddison and R. Pearce South well Bank, at Southwell, Mansfield, cu:d Alfreton—W. and J. C. Wylde Stone Bank, at Stone and Stoke-upon-Trent— W. Moore 43,457 55,153 24,730 8,516 12,676 68,27 24,698 12,745 77.154 27,625 100,342 28,788 36,786 15,659 45,120 10,866 11,405 43,271 16,393 Monro cross examined—The cook had sailed with the captain before. The captain has told me he would ' rather have that man (meaning the cook) than any one else, and said he gave him ten shillings extra pay. The captain snatched the knives violently from me. The reason I ran away was, I was frightened of being killed. The captain had the man in one hand, and the knife in the other. I had heard the cook several times that day express a• wish to be able to please the captain. I heard the captain in the morning say if we (the cook and my self) did not do as he wished, he would find a way to make us do so. From my knowledge of the cook he is a good man, and the captain always spoke well of him. The captain, every day after leaving Liverpool, was LONDON JOURNEYMEN BAKERS' PROVIDENT IN more or less under the influence of liquor. One night STITUTION.—On Friday the first annual meeting of the he was completely crazy, and broke the trumpet, by supporters of this charity, which is established for the :mashing it against the cabin door. From Monday he support of members in sickness, to provide an asylum for was very much intoxicated. He was not in his senses the aged, their widows, and orphans, and to establish from that time. He broke his chronometer the day be district houses for the accommodation and mental im fore, by throwing the stool at it. lam sure he was not provement of members, was held at the Coach and in his senses, judging from his actions. The cook ap- Horses, High Holborn, Mr. Isaac Henderson in the peared to be much frightened, and turned very pale. The chair. Mr. Cruikshanks read the report, which pre captain was about forty-five years old. On the Tuesday dieted that the Institution would be, ere long, in the first or Wednesday I saw the captain take oat his pistols. He class of charitable institutions in the metropolis. 18G did not threaten ; but, from his manner, I feared he members had joined it, and the provisional committee had would do some mischief, and I therefore took away the received assurances of support from masters. journey powder, and informed the cook. men, and private individuals. The committee were Mr. Rushton called the mate (Gibbon), and said a also in communication with twenty-nine " houses of paper had been placed in his hand, stating that it was call," that would no doubt join the Institution in time. supposed there had been a mutinous disposition evinced Letters were received from Mr. Liston, surgeon, approv by the crew after leaving Liverpool. Was this so or ing of the Institution, and from Doctors Cox, Roberts, not ? The mate—No such thing ; nothing of the sort. and Bowkett, offering their services as physicians. The If there had been I should have made an entry in the log. receipts, after discharging all liabilities, left a balance in Mr. Rushton—Had there, in point of fact, been any the Commercial Bank of 151 ss. 9d. The report was quarrel between the captain and his crew, or any of his adopted, after which the officers for the ensuing year officers ? The mate—Only with the steward, were elected, and thanks voted to the chairman. Albert Grinnell—l was second mate of the vessel, and A CLEVER BOY.—A farmer's wife, in speaking of shipped in Liverpool. At the time of the occurrence I the smartness, aptness, and intelligence of her son , a l a d was on the o pp os it e s id e o f t h e d ec k , the starboard side. ! six years old, to a lady aequaintanee, said, " He can read I was standing on the larboard side of the galley when fluently in any part Of the Bible, repeat the whole Cate the captain passed me. He told the cook to come out of chism, and weed onions as well as his father." .4Y es , the galley. I looked round and saw the steward stand- mother," added the young hopeful. "and yesterday I ing at the galley door. I heard him say to the cook, licked Ned Rawson, throwed the cut into the well, and " Come out of the galley." The cook said, " Let go me, stole old Hinckley's gimlet."—Amer ican Paper. i 23,335 9,700 18,589 14,744 9,154 MARKET NE WS.-SATURDA I. COVENT-G.43E533EN. y Notwithstanding .urt market was ver heavilY . : plied with both Engli s h an d foreigr. fruit, as well vegetables of home produce, the general demtindi from the comparatively low rates demanded; WO at our quotations :—Potatoes, from 4s to 6s 6d Per Onions, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Turnips, 2s 3d to 3s 3 L ( Il u , Carrots, 4s 6d to 6s per dozen bunches ; Wal t pickling, Is 6d t o 3 8 ; S p i na eh, 6 d to Is ; GoOsos,,' Is 6d to 3s 3d ; Currant s , 2 s 6d to 41 ; Orchard 1 ; 2s to 4s ; Orleans ditto, 4s to 6s ; Green Gages , . to 6s ; Broad Beans, Is to Is 9d ; P e as. 2s to Apples and Pears, 2s to 3s 9d ; and French Been% to 3s per half-seive ; Pi ne Apples (English), 4s fia," Hot-house Grapes, i s 6d to 5 s ; a n d Ch e r r i e s, P. per lb ;. Pine Apples (Foreign and Colonial), 6(1 , and Melons, 2, to 5, each,; - Peaches and Nec;ter' ll 'i l l to l2s ; He i Cabbages, 2s to 6s ; and White ditto 0 Is per dozen . ; Ciscumbers, 4,1 to 8.1 per brace radish, 2s to 6s per bundle ; Small Salad, 2d_; and t , rooms, 9d io 1, per i urn t ; Rariishea, 4 , 1 to'', d.:szen 1' 2d to 1,; 6 t p ,, , r so" Gr l 'ally For .t, r,s well a, for de wand d d re: ious rates were well Ported. :,!. th, vi ]t:tle was doing , er, in active r. .quest, 1 7 0 t a fair anT,olltt t o ness was r.,ta 2s 6.1 to 3s 64.1; P. 44 2s 8d to 3s B,t ; 1, 3, 8 to 4,8 d ; Veal, 3 ', 1 4s 4..1 ;. and I', I.:. 2,4,.! ;‘, 3s 10d per Blbs by thetr A —We }bid a sc.‘oty p'y .t . Poultry, Sit the was heavy, n t bar,ly we,. It's prices. Chiekeos, at from 2s 9d a, 4s ; . 9 .4 to 35 . ; lioslinP„ to 6s ; i'igeon.s. a:1 t, ; ; Rabbits; 10d W each. 4t Bevel ritri....y star 0 ......._____ IP : a6(l aft; Notio CORI. Al3O, to I , erfc o'clo ek iottr oev at It e i'4 B AWE)] IaSCS, sri ~i.~~~:. Prime 7,1111 i:(71; pric - • 17ZWPORT. The demfied.for mrat Was nomer :active, at ful 1 36 1 :( B,T , ef from 23 6d to Is .6d ; \!ottr , ri. 2s 8.1 t°-A, Lamb, 3s 1041 to 4s 8d ; :3s 6.1 to 4ct ; 2s 8d to 3s 10d per 8O). lIIILTAXNGSGATE. • • fry' Salmon wag ag a in .pl en tif u l, an d i s reqnei t at to 8d p ,- .r lb. oy, , ters moved off steadily at frogTl 42s per hu,hel. In oth er kind s of fish but In' d wurrmeliii.PEL. There was a steady busuwss -domg,• and prieg firmly supported. Beef; from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; 2s 8(i to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s $d ;. Veal, os 4s 4d ; and Perk, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs. nism.az. - The prices of wheaten' bread in the idetroP 4 2 from 8d to Bid ; of hous e h o ld di tto , 6d t o lid r loaf. RIDE lITAUKET. Rawhides at perstone of 1433.—8e5: steers and ; h e t ' .5s 6(1 to 5s 10d ; m iddli ng hid e , 4 s 8d t o 5s 4d ;-.110, bides, 4s 2d t !) 4 s 6d. Sh eep an d ca lf s ki ns, at per 9 „ Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s 6d ; shearlings, is 3d td " lamb skins, Is 3d to 2s. HAY MARKETS. 41 SMITIIFIELD.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/12s t°, Useful ditto, 41 6 s t o 4112 s ; fi ne U plan d di tto , 41 1 0 51; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 61 6s ; Oat. Straw, 1165 a 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 12s per load. average supply and a steady demand. 41 CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31185 te ls Useful ditto, 418 s t o 411 45; fi ne U p l an d ditto, 41:11 51; Clover Hay, 4/16s to 61; Oat Straw, 118 s to Wheat Straw, it Ils to I/ 13s per load. Suppli • ably good and trade rather dull.. .. 41 4 a WRITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/15s Useful ditto, 416 s to 41 12s ; fine Upland di tto , 41 51; Clover Hay, 51 t o 6/ 12 s ; O at S tra w, 1` 1 1/ lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 12s per lost tr Hay and Straw moved off steadily, at full pric e6 "fik! otherwise the trade ruled heavy. New Mew: l l c , sold at from 31 t o 4/ 4 s ; an d New Cl over, 4 1 to 5' " load. Astii SUPER WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FBO O I ; I O ' There is a l arge arr i va l o f Wh eat to this clay'sll3 II Having had unsettled weather during the last fo l d the holders of Wh ea t o b ta i ne d i n t h e ear l y pa rt 10 ,5 day an advan ce o f I s . per quarter f or b est sampl.tebr the little busin ess d one , b ut towar d s t h e close 1,7:1# Nome' dull at last week's rates. A fair demand Grinding Barley. Oats and Shelling sell readily 1 , 4 0 1° any mat. rial alt era ti on i n va l ue . B eans are cci at an advance of Is. per quarter. The harvest bil s menctd pretty generally in this neighbourhood. 00 0 1 , Per qr. of 60Ib. to th e IWO 011 , Wneat Suffolk, Essex, and Kent —to Si,, )1 I Ditto ditto ..... White... 3. 4 Red ...... 0 ‘..; Ditto ditto White.. . 3 • 1 „ 4 6 Lincolnshire and Cambridge 41 Ditto ditto White... . 1 York ire ........ —6O 49 Ditto ditto White... 3' 45 Fore 11/N.... Red 4 9 41 1kl: coNT, ••••••• 'dl Ditto ditto. .......... White... Per (par Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 5 6 ; . 0 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Foreig.: ***** •••••••••••••••••••••••••••;••••••••••••••• • 7 Per qr. t.f 681 b. is Selma, Small rmi" ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• , Ticks ~•,.»••••»•»•••••••»•»,»,»•»••••»•»•»,• F0reign............ *** •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Oats, Potato ar d Pola Mealinp...., lld to 1234 d., Fcrtign —d to ..-d• eeeee •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• :.15s. to Od• Malt ••••••••••• . .••••••••••••• eeeee 40i fine 4S•• P e 4, j o t Rapeseed.... 000000 ••••••••••• ••••••••• 24 1 . Os '2s'. Os. 4111 . 4 RAILWAY RETURNS. 0 10 We extract from the R a il way R ecor d the ii 0 recei , ed on the p r i nc ip a l R a il ways o f Great prif : ;(1„, ° the week ending on the day of the month preen 0 each. The return includes the money receic'l' passengers, parcels, carr i ages, horses, mails, and '4 chandise:— ended T p 1 Week . ,41 ' Name of Railway. .i. l' I Aug. 10 Arbroath and Forfar 282 1 J 9 Birmingham and Gl ouces t er 3,273 --- • Brandling Junction 10 Bristol and Gloucester 0 9 Chester and Birkenhead 6 82 10 8 Dublin and D rog h e d a 677 'a'• -- Dublin and Kingstown 1 f 5 11 Dundee a n d A r b roat h 3 332 ' '•, 5 8 I 10 Durham and S un d er l an d 3 19 10 Edinburgh an d Gl asgow 3,628 9 11 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4 , 72 ,?, 11 0 0 10 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 3,2" 19 10 Glasgow and G reenoc k 1,2 63 ,5 9 10 Grand' Junction - • 10,0 58 1 7 4 10 Great North of England 2,3 79 7 ! 11 Great W es t ern 9 .Liverpool and Manchester 10 London and Bi rm i ng h am 1 5 - 4 11 London and' Bla c k wa ll 1,424 ' 0 10 London and Brighton 13 London and C r oyd on -96 • 5 S Pi 15 London and Greenwich 196 1 g 1g I 11 London and South Western ....... - . 8 Manchester, Bolton and Bury . 99 0 ,6 1 0 10 Manchester and Birmingham 3.634 '', 4 , l a . 10. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc. • 8,7 02 19 ' ' 10 Midland Counties . 12,102 9 5 10 Newcastle and Darlington 1 ,042 I Q 5 10 Newcastle and Carlisle zo B4 !I 1 1 443 ' 9 11 Newcastle and North Shields 9 North Union and B o lt on an d P reston ' 1,99 A - 6 12 Paris, CorbeiLand Orleans 0 12 Paris and Ro uen 10 Preston and Wyre O7 1 1 0 10 Sheffield and Manchester 648 3 5 15 South Eastern 317 0 5 10 Taff Vale 11 Ulster , ~:5 27 ; 11 Yarmouth and N orw i c h ...... ........ 10 York and North Midland an iv _„" BARBAROUS OUTRAGE.—Friday eight 111 '" - A brought. from Ilford House of Correction by M r *„.t n e, son, the governor, and safely lodged in Newr;barr take their trials on Monday next. on the capita' o - Of grossly violating, awl seriously injuring, the n r s tol , of Hannah Hales, a widow, residing at ' LeYnisr . Essex. The prisoners, whole names are John lien, Jeremiah Wakeling, William Scarboroug h, yilr liatn Winder, Henry William Watts, Jame' beef guard, William-Wil e y, an d James Ashford, ha ve s fielt" examined before M essrs . D av i s, C otter, an d Stree fro nt magistrates for the county of Essex the evidence adduced, it appeared that on the . fig at of Tue s d a y, t h e 6t h i nst., the prisorers N ere dri nkl ,oti% the Crown I n n, a t Leytonstone, when the Pr es Ts came in, and at th e i r earne,t solicitations she ".`"" 0, 11 duced to drink more t h an s)lotild have d°" * :; s o3' leaving the ho us7 abut tea o'clock, th e three first - :detle• , 41 prisoners rock the woman down a lane, past the 0 51 00 of Mr. Dean, the magistrate, and on to the fore st l e the other prisoners joined `them. Here the-WA:rill% tacked the untortuiatte woman ; and she, - eo rli offered considerable resistance, they, after foe, breaking her arm, and bruising her body in : 5 brow fill manner, one after the other accomplished their to e purpose. They then escaped, leaving their unP r ber life victim rn.arly de ad, and for several days after rage was in cousitTerable cli,nger. Information o f the % c oo' liming been given t o Addington and Benton , °l ', di e ! stables bel ong i ng to t h e K division of police, ti e i; much difficulty, succee d e d i n apprehending all :rie" soners. Mr. Valiance, a surgeon, of Stratford, de s o sao , the injuries Which had been inflicted on the po°r ,W bro ltef and said, he a t fi rs t th oug h t h er arm bad been •oaer'', l The prosecutrix identifi e d t h e w h o l e O f the Pr is • 0. the and they, in defence, d en i e d the charge. saying „„ to se • heard her screams, a nd mere l y went to the pia-- what was the matter. NP °4 ti e„ s eq c h itsh - _ - tb° S ' On the 13th inst., at t he RTH ry . Recto, Orcheston St • gall' wife of the Rev. E. . Bidwel of a daughter. a mbet b. On the 13th inst., T Mrs. J. l, Obbard, of South L app of a son. " P 4 ' On the 13th inst., the lady of W. if, Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, of a son. of T horo On the 14th inst., in Harley-street, the lady tb. Nettleship, Esq , ofa daughter. Wire' On the 15th inst., at Gordon-street, Gordon-gl V. Pettigre wife of the Rev. Henry Hughes, M.A., of a son._. MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Mr. Dul i a s 110:. Cameron, of B uc ki ng h am . c h am b ers , Adelphi, to AI setts, second daughter of Abraham Cooper, Esq. , New Millman-street. I - ' 4l tk 441 DIED. r lies , On the 26th of May, at Jaifnapatam, in the East:ffl Lieutenant A. F. Collev, of the Ceylon Rifle Regimen" 4 , St. ReOiennath.sec2,odrpins,sto,otleicri.ipalaelcie7,oEgeurstton.squarlet.e surgeon 0` y, Esq., a - On the sth inst.. at Poplar, Frederick Whatley COW , °f the Hon. East India Company's Pilot Service, Calcutta..oo On the 9th inst., at Brighton, Martha, widow of WIL Bagot, Esq. Shea' On the 9th inst., at Tunbridge-Wells , Mr. J a m - forth, aged 42. %%71110 On the 12th inst., at Park-road, Stockwel l, HorY King, Esq., surgeon, ;wed 25 --- pft - KOr V, 1.,,, . ..rir... - ..: , vi ~ ehlisheti by AIT 1010 TOI - lilt ):0. , 1 i •.? . ..: k 0,11,4 .at ,i'm AC) 11'* i "- _ 141 : . t i Of . ' -. '. ' ' '' ' ' •-,. '' ' .', h t: . 5e. - :,y, in the v Bliddlake, 4opctaiya*lgt.iotiL)4344. ~ 1. ,-1