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LAW INTELLIGENCE - . - COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, April 6. Hastings, in the dwelling-house of John Compton; four rof preparation for leather. All that remained.of him 51. notes, 10 sovereigns, 20 half-sovereigns, 100 shillings, was his skin. I 100 sixpences, and 500 p enn i es, an d a d es k , t h e property When the prosecutor was asked whether his horse had of the sail John Compton, and then burglariously broken any marks on him by which he could identify him, the out of the said dwelling-house. old gentleman,"who was a remarkable-looking person i Mr. Spooner condarted the prosecution ; Mr. Flood himself, replied he thought there were. appeared for the prisoner. I Well, name them, said the counsel fur the prosecution. John Compton, the prosecutor, kept a public-house at 1 —Why, zur, ha had a rat tail. , Wellesbourne. On the evening of the 7th of February Well ?,—Two broken knees. 1 several persons were drinking th re. Some were in the Well ?—He was lame in each shoulder. ' tap-room, and others in the kitchen. The prisoner was Anything else ?—Blind in both eyes. one of those in the kitchen, where were also one Alex- Any other marks ?—Yes, he has a bump in the near ander, a man nam. d Sabin, and h's mother, and the foot. witnesses Parrott and Allibone. From tamest ad parts Try again.—Well,zur, he had a sore on each shoulder, of the kitchen persons there could see all over the bar, and was lame there, theyupper part of the division of which consisted of glass. The tone of melancholy tenderness in which these In the ceurse of the day in question, he put the four 51. " interesting meets" of the lost animal were described notes, and about 20/. in golf and silver, into a teacup in was inimitable ; and, spite of the place, and the loud the bar, and subsequently transferred it to his desk, and repeated calls of " order," the Court was convulsed which was within the bar. He went to bed at about half- with laughter, in which even the Learned Judge was past 10, when there was nobody in the house that he compelled to join. knew of besides himself and his servant-girl, Ann Cot- A witness was then called, who carried on that respect . ton, and he left the door fastened by two bolt, and an able and knowing trade which is designated by the robrious term of a " knacker." H e d e p ose d t o th e f act op iron bar across. In the kitchen there wits a settle P or high-backed seat, and a screen behind it, before that he hal bought the " 03" in question of the pri which there stood also a huge coal-box, and behind sonars. "raves a shacking bad on, and, after consider this screen any person might hare lain concealed. In the able barer and standing ciut, he had been induced to morning he was aroused by Ann Cotton, who gave him venture in the speculation the sum of 55., and 6d. more to information that something had happened, and she got be spent in drink. up about seven o'clock, and found the house door open, Both the prisoners were convicted, and sentenced to six and his desk removed from its place and broken open, months' imprisonment. as it might have been with the coal-hammer. which John Walter was indicted for burglariously breaking stood in the kitchen, and all his money gone. He gave into the house of Thomas Lucas, and stealing therefrom information to the consteble, and about three hours after a quantity of articles enumerated in the indictment ; he got ue it occurred to him to look behind the screen, and Jonas Palmer, an old man about 70 years of age, and sawdust being about the place, there appeared the was charged with receiving some of the property, know mark of a man havin g b een lyi ng th ere . Th ere were ing it to have been stol en . no marks as of a breaking in upon the outer door. Mr. Moody prosecuted ; Palmer was defended by Mr. Itiehard Allibone deposed that he had met the pri- Edwards ; Walter was undefteeled. saner that very Tuesday in the Warwick-road, ten yards Mr. LUCAS stated, that on the 7th of November he from the prosecutor's house, when the prisoner told him was the last up, and went to bed last, and saw his doors that he ha i " see'd Mr. Compton put some money in a secure. In the morning, on his descent, he found that teacup, and he'd have it out or be transported," when his house had been broken into; inasmuch as the thieves witness said that " he'd bi tter not, as it was a house had fairly torn away the wall so as to get out the iron where they could always hate a quart o f ale, wh e th er bars that defended the windows, and had then forced the they bad money or not," and he replied, "he did'nt windows. and so effected an entrance, and carried off mind that." Was one of the guests drinking in the the property lost. Suspicion fell upon the prisoner kitchen on Tuestlav night, and heard a noise behind the Wa'ter, and others living at Ilchester, and who were screen, and got upen the settle and saw the prisoner be- known as a gang of thieves. Thither the constables hind the screen, whe shook his fist at hi m , as biddi ng were sent. Before, however, they reached the street him not to betray him. where the prisoners lived, the alarm was given, and the Cross examined—Had been in prison as a poacher, property stolen was ie stantly removed from the various tad ben so 15 times, always for poaching; the lag time houses. On turning a corner, one of the constables saw was about these months age. On the 7th of February the prisoner Palmer flinging something into the river. he had been out of gaol about a fortnight. The first The spot was searched, and a cheese found there, which time he was in was a good bit ago, and he had been a Mr. Lucas identified as one of the articles stolen from poacher ever slice. Had never been tried for felony. his house. The prisoner had subsequently made a con- Joseph Parrott—Was in the kitchen of the public- fessiou before the magistrates. house drinkeig on the night in question. Saw the pri- lioth the prisoners were convicted. goner there, and did net see lent leave. On the Bth A former conviction was then proved against Walter, to , •k a pint of ale to the prisoner in the lock-up, and told and Mr. Moody suited that he had still two other him that his br .ther hid sent it to him. The prisoner indictments against him, upon which, however, lie should said that he shouldn't see him again until the assizee, not proceed. and then not again for 15 years. He should see what He was sentenced to 14 years' transportation. The Learned Judge th en , a dd ress i ng P a l mer , ex he had n..ver seen—he should see a new country. lie sheuld get 15 years. pressed his regret that he should have to pass sentence Cr iss-examined—The prisoner could at the time of upon an old man who had nearly run out the period of thigcenvegation see that Sarah Christian, the wife of human existence--three score and t, n—and at the close the police-ufficer, was within hearing. Had lived at of life stood a criminal at the bar of his country. His Wellesbeurne all h's life. Had been convicted and fined Lordship then sentenced him to eight months' in once for poaching, but never in trouble for anythine else. prisonment. Sarah Christuth—Was the wife of Edward Christian, doseph Church, a boy 13 years or age. was indicted the police-officer. Deposed to having heard the above for forging a check for 51., with intent to defraud C. conver-ati .n, and 'urther, that the prisoner said. " He'd Hopkins. be d—d if they ever got the menet., fir he'd never tell There were many counts varying the intent, and any .ne where it was." On which - Parrott said that he others charging the prisoner with having uttered the might as well tell him where it was, that he might go check knowing it to have been forged. and get it, and have some of it. Mr. Stock prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by Anti Cotton. the servant girl deposed to having seen Mr. Phinn. prisoner on the Tuesday evening skulking about behind On the part of the prosecution it was proved that the the serein, and to having sten all the other guests finally prisoner had brought the check in question to the shop leave the house, and not seen him do so. Still she could of an old lady living at Murdock, in this county, and not say he died net go when she hadn't happened to be who was an agent fir Stuckey's bank. The lad stated looking. But at all events he did not go with the others. that he came from Mr. Choffey, of Stoke, by whom the When she came down in the morning she found the check purported to ha,ve been drawn upon Messrs. bolts drawn, and the bar that went across the door Stuckey, of Yeovil. The check was one of Stuckey's standing up by the side of it, so that any person might printed checks, but_ from the look of the writing the have gene in or out. old lady fancied there was something wrong, and, there- Edward Christian, the police-officer, apprehended the fore, called her niece, and sent her with the prisoner prisoner on the Wednesday morning, the 7th of Fe- to her brother, who lived hard by, to have his bruary. Told him that he took him up on a charge o f opinion upon it. On seeing the check he immediately robbing Mr. Compton's house. He said that he knew pronounced it to be a forgery, and that his sister nothing about it—he had 'no money nor victuals fora must not change it. Strange to say, he did not keep long time but what his brother had given him. the check but gave it back to the boy, who immediately Richard Payne —The prisoner and his brother lodged left the*shop and went away as it to leave the plsce. This, at his house. The prisoner was not in on the night in however, he did not du, but returned instantly to the question when they all went to bed. After he had been shop of the old lady, before her niece had arrived, and asleep was awakened by a noise. Could not say at all said that her brother had examined the check, and stated what o'clock it was, but the moon was shining. The that it was all right, and that she must change it. This prisontr came down in the morning about half-past she did, giving the boy a 51. note for it. The boy took se,wi. and paid witness's wife eighteen-pence, and then the note and carried it to a shop in the village, and, a shilling. The pr soner had, however, been working saying it was a note he had just received at the shop of l'or Mr. Parker for two days the week before. He had the old lady before referred to, for a check he had car never before pail any money to his wife. tied there, requested change for it. Change was given, Mr. FLOOD address- d the jury for the prisoner, telling and he left. It was proved by Mr. Choffey that he did them to put out of their con-idera,tion all that the wit- not draw the check, but there was some difficulty occa neesee Allibone and Parrott had said, as not being en- sioued by his admission that there were other "Stokes" titled to the slightest credit for one moment, those two beside the " Stoke" where he lived, though he could not hardy off nders havieg very probably been themselves say if there was any Mr. Choffey living there. tae thieves. The Learned JUDGE summed up the case, leaving it Mr. Sergeant CLARKE having briefly summed up the to the jury whether it was probable that so young a boy ease, as the prisoner could have known that the check was The jury, after a deliberation of about three quarters forged. There was no proof or pretence that he forged of au hour mein this evidence, returned a verdict of it himself. His Lordship intimated that it was much Guilty, with the justice ef which verdict the Learned more probable that he was the dupe of some other Commitsi -tier expressed himself perfectly satisfied, and Permit', theugh there was the fact of the falsehood which th, reenee sentenced the prisoner to be transported for he told to be taken into consideration. tea years. After a very long consultation the jury acquitted the Thus terminated the Crown business of these assizes, prisoner. short heron• five o' lock. CIVIL SIDE.—(Bt fore Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) CIVIL SlDE.—(liefere Lord Chief Justice TINDAL The whole of the civil business wa,s disposed of this and a Special Jury.) morning. The cases have been of so local and uninte- Vie RIGHT H.S. THE, EARL OF HAIIR ,, RorGIT V. KENDALL. resting a churActer, that it would be idle to report them This was the last cause, and stood appointed for nine teeloek this morning It was an ac.ion of debt to re cover a smelt tol , but ready to try tl.e .ight of the nelee plaireiff to a toll-traverse claimed by him in the Iligh-stree of Market-Ilerhorouele lying on the high r ied from Leicester to L..ndon. It had be. n tried at a 'termer assizes for the county of Leicester, befere Mr. Baron Gurney, and now came down for a new trial. Nir. Hill, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Whitehurst, and Mr. W , ddineton, appeared for the pleintiff ; Mr. Ilunalrey ai.d Mr. Mellor conducted the defendant's case. This was tin action to try the right to a toll through the town of Alai ket Harlem...ugh, situate in the manor of treat liowth n. The declaratien -ret up a toll-traverse. The exlstesce or suite a toll wis deli, el, and an exemp t-• , n seas also claimed by the defendant as one of the in hebiten.s te• Great Bowden. A toll traverse was where the way was over a moan's soil, and might ef course exist wohout any duty being to be performed by the owner of it. A toll-thorough was a ' toll for going over a common highway, and no person coul.l effectually set up this without thige having been a considera tion f g it at sorne ancient period. In olden times the Crown had exercised the right of making such grants in consideration of doing something—as for in st tv.e, as suggested in this ease, the keeping of a bridge in repair, or the Eke. Now, the first question here was, whether there lad been a tell-traverse, or only a toll- Lierough, fur "it was impossible," said the learned Judge, "to look at the inquisition put in of the year As;.4IZE INI-.I.I.I(iENCE. 1.25 e, and the reign of Henry 111., and doubt that the MIDI,iIIVD CIRCUIT—IVpicick, April 4. Crown then had possession, and that there then was a Cllt)WN COUR 1%—(13:-...f;ire Me Biro! (teaser.) toll. No doubt there was at that time, but then the Alter a case of ad einistereet eoxi t.“ drugs nit, in- case for the defendant was, first, that it was a toll tent to procure ebor ion, which, as it was s'opped by the thorough only, which had been lost by the non-con- Only, it is p rhaps liege .use and otherwise better, not tinuance of the performance of the duty in respect of more rp ottieul trly to locution, weich it was greeted." The inquisition referred to was George Gardner pleated runty- (an understanding tinder a writ directed to the sheriff "to find out who it having been come to between the Learned Counsel, Mr. was: oat bad not paid the tolls, and to collect," &c. There was a return th ere t o o f e i g h t marks, or there- Miller, Mr. H a y es , teed Mr. Mellor) t o an indictment chargieg him eoh a misdemeanour, iii having, on the about+ , for Harborough, and of seven marks for Great loth of Feeru oty last, at th e p er i s h of St. Mary, in the Bowden. This was a writ for a collection in the King's borough of Warwick, urtlae filly taken one Jane Page towns and boroughs in Warwi c k s hi re o f to ll s to raise a out of the custody an d care, arid aeainst the will, of portion to marry the King's d aug ht er . A p i pe-roll of one Catherine K'mnberl y. th e person- having the lee Cut 1177 also recognised the existence of a t o ll. I n 1688 care ant change of tier, the said .Jane Paee then being the owners, through whom the plaintiff claimed, performedan mime:Tied girl, and w i d er t h e age of sixtt en years certain services fur the town out of the proceeds of that was to say of the age of thi r eel - , years. ' these tells, which were no loager performed. A bridge, It,epp are 1 that the young laely was entitled to some j toe, was kept in repair by the predecessors of the plain property', it wis eid aeout 10.1 year, and she was at tiff, hut now, long ago, a new bridge had been built, sceo .1 at Nils- . Kmeerley's at Wa . wick. The defendant which had ever since been repaired by other parties. In was also to • ere t eeed cineunstatie s, had been on terms 1670 the steward of the manor, who was a lawyer, in a of acqua 'oft , ce w. h Mr. and Mrs. Lage, an i had t een Isolemn document called it a toll-thorough. In 1728 a bill accustemed. wit, th fu permisei nof Mie, Kimbei ley. was filed by the predecess.ir of the plaintiff, which prayed that it m i g h t b e d ec l are d a to ll- t h oroug h . In 1755 pru'ethly sane toned be M.. and Mrs. Pa re, or one of them, front tme te time, to t Ike he young ady o u t w i t h a ease was submitted to counsel (Mr. Sergeant Hill), him. On the 10th of Febru ,ry last, he took tier out as whetein were these words—" Nota bene—The lords of bslia.: far a walk ; she did not retern to Miss Kind): r- th • matter do not repair any of the bridges," &c. so that ley':, bet the deleutlaet reek her away to a distant part this would seem to have been felt to be the weak point o the co untry , sem atilt-et. in Weles, as it was sa•d. at that time. In 1785 t h e purc h ase b y the ancestor of Mr. Pag e d e l ..ot .t ash l, to p .ess the pr. sccuCon, as, the petintiff frem Mr. Bliss, a surviving trustee, took wh deter might have beet. his a pr-hensions at firs-, he place, and it had ever since b een i n t h e f am il y of Lord wa., now setstie 1 that th.. d fen lent had respected her Harhorough. virtue. Inlee ', it se-m d now ueque-ti ined, that ex- A hest (1 . witnesses were call e d f or t h e d e f endant, eeet as above steed, no s it ut freedom haul been taken who proved about the repairiti of the bridge, &c., by with the y ,, u , .g 1 Ay, Q. d pr .I.sbly note was ever in- the lords of the manor at inc tune, and nothing of the ten , l4. lV heftier or n t it lied been in cuntem lation kind ha v ing been dyne by them of late years; and t h at to detain It. r until sse bee alue o f proper roe fir mar- for the list sixty years there had been a very general riage, et. etherwin. te p ss. ss himself of et r and le r refuse) to pat the tell on the part of persons not claiming Any, did tee a all ele..rle ap ele property a. a lieu e any particular (-xt•mprion, on the ground that no such Teere was a - usetesti .1t ef ode r and very- tli;tinte p m . o- claim ex:sted as us as set up. Evidence was a•so given of tire a aEogeth rhe ant ef a 1.1 talk d about, hut teethe ~. exemption at ell titn• aof the inhabitants of Great Bow of th•• kirel transpir. din Ce ure and it vva• of a tiatur den, ;it'd th at .h e d e f en d a nt w a s ..ne of them. to make melition of it, under these circurnseane eg eery . Then LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left it to the jury to say— itnproper. fiset, whether it was a toterriverse as the pleintiff said, Mr. Belem GURNEY acquiesced in the p r ep,,ei,,, or as the defendant a .id, a perfectly good toll-thorough agreed up. n an I sublime d by i I,e celit e el e n b ti, sties, at one time, but lost by the not continuing to perform but said that it . wee an effe ice •fav, r y ategreveted de- the diey in r es p ect o f w hi c h i t was grante d . Hi s Lord seript on. !nv t dnet th.• 'gee of ramie, s; an that but fear ship desired that they would first consider that guys , ion. th a fact whice h.d lie ri -toter) be tie le re, 11 coense!, - Th y 'et l- se, and almost instantly Said, "We find that e teal is bleb th re a s . v r Ei soon tor I eh: ving t . ee there eas no :oil-traverse, and our verdict is therefore , S t t going finding into ) the vt e , of n ,s courses tio decisive c o i' f ivi. th t ue, 'het he had resp teed Let-y-0..11g woreates virtue, h e entered fur the deSendent." 51,,.,1,151,,.,1,1 hat e f•t t his duty to ha e ietEcted it eery e o ( f ) t t h h e e r causeguest question t h o - f severe punishni nt. on Toe d fu nix - t was Oleo di .charged en entering int., the clef •udent s exemption. • nee else con-led A his •wn r co_ niza we in 50. / e come ep end r e ;e y e .. • ; e. the business of these assizes and j 'dam nt e h n .....I , e I tip• n u• on the wet le t Tulin: t 2: til• ci rcu it; , and his L. gdship rose a few minutes be- I i.evie' o ell,e:. a e t .at hi- wo IA rani t) s:, . a ; ., ti IT il , f ' et. ia ne, way ere , .e.l shortly afterwards left the town, e hichpre-eutly assum e d i t e wonte d stillness. turtier nita'tsteel t,e pros eder, Ai r.P . ete r let family. .1 on -,4 G&lres, Ow. 1 ~1 v. h.. wit •' e- •er, !ay . ; or, it•ted IcESTE!'N CIRCUI7L- 7 -711 intuit. April • 4. ? of ' ll 'ui , 4. , 1 ai , ; ht er Of his bra' er, a - Bat eieghem. by (B e f ore M r. Justice Wtoe urnate.) Et date .g his. in he sewn: et in a tfierre', ees thee railed G e org e Politer and limy Buck were indicted for tpin r .eei.e sent nee. stealing two hole es and an a-s, the property of John <•i'' I-t'aesltte seid, that it was a melarcholy install , * H hey. Mr. Allen prosecuted. The prisoners were of the sail etfes sef giving was to an ung .vervale,e MD' defended by Mr. Hodges. P' r ; 1:e, had kit, 'I his tet it brete r, and the wadeee in The prosecutor stated that he lived near B at h , and • : h,el ne had corima tted this lament .ble crime bortiertd p ,ssessed the two horses and the ass in question some very n , erly upon murder. The sentence was that he be time in .July. Ile saw them in a field, in which they : „ este , ' l e ii for t n yeteee %% ere kept. on Tuesday night, and the next morning ,„. ne ether s• ntences were P used, and - the - , we. e gone, but after some time one of the horses tret!teng only -ma other case , which heft , lust before been anti the ass came back again to their old quarters, and 1 1 c' 6 r- Mr. S c ..‘ tan ::a..... •rg. ant Choke, in. the Grandthe guardianship of their old master. The other horse eil otegreenn e etis .logeseip :te e et belt past to one oclock, the thieves had evidently taken too great a fancy to, and e. et sherd); tfterev 'ill,' quit- ed the town. teIt,AND JI:ItY-,IOOM —(Before Mr 1, lawyer his inclinatioa for return might have been, he .. Sergeant was dept • d of the power to do so. After some time, from CLARKE.) ive Llenr.Greentvay, ag,cl 21, w..s imitated for h seams him; heard by the prosecutor, he went to a cur ..;.,:.;.:, ci.;: Llio 6 ;11 of i v b. 14 ,.. ry 1, 44 ,, a 4 44 , w. , ,. „,!'fFg mess. at Promo, and there, mirabile dicta! he found ''''" - a c e trait 04144 or rati4er the ramags of 1113 Asedi ia • qua,. Mr. Commissioner llolroy 1 heard a number of in solvent cases unuic r th.=. new Act IN THE MATTEa OF JOHN SLEIGH. The insolvent, s ho has the ch:rtre (of the telegraph at llazelmere, appliA fur .his final order. lie was opposed on the part of a eied.tor ►awed Bridger, and supported by Mr. T. B. Hught e. The complaint was, that the insolvent was in a con dition to pay his d:•bts, and it was prayed that the pe►ition might ht- disynissed. It %%ai urged on hs be hldl that he only wanted time, and would set aside 301. a year for his creditors. Ile rt quired protection f•om law proceedln4s. .?Ir. Commissioner Hor.novn thought tint, as pay ment was the (6ject in view, the case should stand over to amend the schedule, and for the ins.,lvent to make a distinct proposal to ply a yearly sum. The case was adjourned till the 11th of May, and the " protecting order" from all legal proceedings enlarged until that day. • INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 6. Mr. Commisiioner Law sat specially to hear the following bail case. He afterwards heard two short motions, and on its risinz, the Court adjourned fur the Easter recess, to the 12th in=tant. FRIENDLY AR R EST.7--IN THE MATTER OF JANE DIMOND The insolvent, wh , ) h.,d been a tavern-keeper in New Ormond -street, apOied from the Queen's prison, to be discharged on sureties. It was admi'ted that the insolvent had been "friendly" put into gaol, in order that her property m ght he divided among her creditors, instead of one creditor getting the whole under an execution. The insolvent now attended with iwr hail, and they were aceeptel in the sum of 150/. Tne discharge was issued instanter. This case afford , an instance of expedition. The insolvent had only been in prism a few days; the schedule wa s filed on the Ist in: i ta n t, an d th e libera tion on bail obtained on the present occasion. SITTINGS OF THE COURT The present sittings hive been fixed to the 11th of May, and the Court is appointed to sit every day, two days being devoted to bad casts. There has of late been an increase of business; last week upwards of 40 schedules were filed. A recent decision under the new Act in the Court of Bankruptcy, will, it is ex pected, give an acce,s'on of business to this Court, as it has been held that a trader who has taken the benefit of the Enso!vent Debtors' Act ►trust insert his former d-bts, and, as a trader, is only all)wed to an amount of 3001., ve:•y fe.v who hive been reli •ved will be in a condition to avail themse!ves of the new provision. There are rumours in circulat►on respect ing an amendment of the law of debtor and cre litor, and it is thought that the G►vernment will shortly bring forward a measure on the subject, especially in reference to the law of insolvent debtors. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—Bury St. Edmund's, April 4. CHOWN COURT.—(Before B. ANDREWS, Er.q.) George Smith, Thomas Bear, and James Cousins, were ind:ettd for burglariously entering the house of Jacob Flicks, and steldintr, therein a variety of property.. The indictment also th rged that this offence was accom panied by violence to the person of the prosecutir. Mr. Mills appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Prender gast and Mr. Power defended the prisoners. The prosecutor, who is very deaf, and by no means a bright :pecim , n of the genus " farmer," deposed to hav ing retired to bed on the night at ten o'clock, when he and his wife barred up all the doors and windows. At twelve o'clock the " deaf-un" was roused from his slumbers by his more watchful spouse, with the alarm ing intelligence that there were thieves in the kitchen, ior she could hear them talking. Ere the bewildered man could rouse his senses to the necessities of the mo ment, the bed-room door was opened, and in stalked four men, one of whom had a bludgeon, while another hell a horn-lantern. The parties being thus placed "in presence," the maurauders went through the usual course on such occasions, by demanding money in the first instance, and by enforcing it in the next by a good ish tap on the prosecutor's head, the effect of which was, that all the ready cash in the house was surrendered at discretion, and the burglars marched off with some wearing apparel, and other things mentioned in the in dictment. The prosecutor now swore to the persons of the three men ' in spite of a very severe cross - exam i nat i on from both their Learned Counsel; and The Learned JUDGE having summed up the facts to the jury, they, after ten minutes' consultation, found them all Guilty, and they were transported for fifteen years. Win. Pearl, Win. Bull, and Thomas Harrald, were charged with a highway robbery, accompanied by vio lence, on the person of Jeremiah Head, on the night of the Ist of November last. Mr. Dasent conducted the case for. the prosecution; and Mr. Prendergast defended Bull and 'humid, the other prisoner being without counsel. The prosecuter is a young labourer, living at Saxham, and would appear to have been enjoying himself in this town, on the last night of the once famous "Bury fair," for he was at the Castle inn at eleven o'clock of that night, together with the prisoners and many oth ers , a ll strangers to him. Th e festivities of the scene were in terrupted at that hour by one Howlett, a constable, who cleared the house, at the request of the landlord. From the Castle the prosecutor repaired to the Bull, and having refreshed himself there, started at twelve o'clock to go home. Lie had scarcely got many yards from the door, when he was set upon, as he said, by all the pri soners. Pearl seized him by the collar, and dealt him a severe blow on his left eye, while the others proceeded to rifle his pockets, which they emptied of a comb, a knife, and two pocket-handkerchiefs, articles which, together with 2d., constituted the whole of his worldly goods. This done, he „swore that Harrald said, "Now I'll go and fetch the police," and ran off in one direction, white the pro-ecutor went on a similar errand in another. In about half an hour, he fell in with Howlett again, and, on having told his tale, they went in search of the robbers. On the Angel-hill they saw Pearl with two other men, who ran away, but Pearl they captured and ok to the station-house where they se a r c h e d hi m , an d found a comb and a handkerchief, which the prosecutor at once identified as part of his lost property. The two other men were taken into custody on the following day, and the prosecutor now swore to them all as being the Ore- men who had robbed him. The jury, tovve%er, acquitted Bull and Harrald, who had receiv,d excellent characters from many respectable inhabitants of the town, N% hile they found Pearl guilty. There being a previous conviction for felony against this N orthy, he Nas sentenced to be transported for ten years. CHESTER ASSIZES, APRIL 4. (1k fore Mr. Justici• WILLIAMS and a Special Jury.) WORTHINGTON V. GRIMBDITCH, M.P. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Welsby appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Evans and Mr. Vaughan Wildams for the defendant. Mr. WELsnir opened the pleadings. This was an action of debt, to recover the sum of 1,2081., due by the defendant to the plaintiff, who sued as administrator of two ladies deceased, named Duncelf. The defendant had i pleaded—first, that he never owed any money ; second, . that he had paid the money to one of the ladies deceased; third, that he had paid it to the other ; and fuurth, that inure than six years having elapsed, he was freed from the debt by the statute of limitations. Upon these pleas issue was joined. Mr. JEnvia said the plaintiff, as the jury had heard, was the administrator of two ladies deceased, and who in their lifetime had resided near Macclesfield; in the county of Chester. The defendant was a solicitor in that town, of considerable eminence in his profession, and I further known as the represent a ti ve i n P arl i ament of the place in which he so practised. In his capacity of at torney he had been the confidential adviser of the two Miss Duncalfs, and from the year 1810 up to the tape i t of their de 4th he had bee; employed by tima.,..141,04,4 TIIE ,, SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORN' sol.___AksrAll4434 LONDON SESSIONS. The Quarter Se- , sioos of th.! Peace for the City of London commenced on Saturday morning, betlwe the Lord Mayor, tile Recorder, Allermea Lucas, lfire brother, Gibbs, and Sir J. Duke. The business, beyond several parochial and o.her appeal , , consisted pr;n cipally of cases of ass mit. A young man carne to apologie for the ah,ence of a gentleman who was sow mined on the jury, and who was not in t - wn when the summons was serve,!. The Recorder said that this was the second time the gentleman had kept away ; the Court, therefore, ordered that he be summoned to attend at the Old Bailey-, where he will have a fortnight's employ in stead of two hours. Thomas Moore was indicted for an assault on Robert Cheil, on the 28th of November lat. Mr. PAYNE said that this case verifiel the correct ness•of the old proverb, " Two of a trade can never agree." The two parties keep booking-offices in Old Change, and are rivals to each other. The prosecutor is employed to receive at his office plate and other valuable packages directed to the Castle at Windsor, to H hich place they are conveyed by a carrier named Gutterill. It app ared that the defendant received a quantity of luggage, directed to her Majesty, and employed another carrier instead of the person whose name was on the direction. IVords arose between the parties, an I the re,ult was that Mr. Moore kicked Mr. Cheil, and did hmi considerable injury. The prosecutor sa‘d he hai a warrant from the Lord Chamberlain's office to receve plate and other valuables to be forwarded to Windsor when her Ma jesty holds her Court at the Castle. On the day named Lord S.adford sent a load of trunks directed to he sent by Gutterill through the hook . ng.office of witness. Mr. Moore got hold of them by hailing and gammon ing the caravan, and this he did often. On the day ut the assault witness wens to the King's Head, and Moore stood at the bar. Witness said to him" Well Two Moore, you are not col eat with robbing me, but you must rob another man." The pri-over then mile up and kicked him on the hip, and he was kept from busine.i.s sever,! days. The jury found the : defendant gulty, and the Recorder ad.jul , re-i him to pay a fine of 51. to the Queen, and enter into ree g,itizinces in the sum of 401. to keep the peacu for one year towards all her liege subjects, and espe,iilly towArls the prosecutor. Sally .11(mel, a youn; wooly' who h ti been before the Ahlernym neaey 100 times during tha last two years, on charge ot . " smashing the glaze," and dome times of lawn In kin h, was indicted tor a=saulting George Crawley, the turnkey at The Commo-I-Sergeant stited the c a: - 41 George Crawley s a ed that, on Lady-day, he was in Smith field-b trs, wh -n Sally came up, and gave hi n a violent blow on the fare. Ile htd been in the pace seven years, alld frequently took her in custody. She had been fifty-eigic titnei committel to Bridewell, and often forgiven without a committal. Cawley was ful!y c irnted hr a %sitoe , s, who was saluted on che , k with her "hunch of lives." The prisoner sad 1 that she n -ver struck Crawley, but she ca. led id n a In .ao fel ow, becahs , he was having a iove lath- wiAl a lady i i mourning in a mart, an I she consi Jere it n. 4 r:zht. Iu ansaer to this, it w , ts 0-ove , l that there Is no court in that thoroughfare, and that Crwa ley tvas walking The -en en.:e was tint she be imoris,ned one o , ooth, an 1 ento:r ioto her owr. re.:ovizan-.2es to kelp rho peace for tso p-ars towor:s Geu:ge Crawley, and coa..evence t)ea:,h of them was lu(13,- ex p'ained. prisolwr A wed. behaved per-oh when sober but mad when she gets gih. Sh e i s , caue l y ever out of p isoo a week t..g.,,ther. life Mr. Grimsditeh bol not been in the position as to money matters that he had since occupied, for it I would appear by the evidence which he shou'd submit ! to the jury, that he had repeatedly borrowed money from the two ladies, and was, in fact, up to their death, considerably indebted to them. Confidence had grAu ally ripened into intimacy, and at length it would ap pear, as the ladies grew older, into a claim of relaticn ship, for in the letters which would be laid before the Court, it would be seen that of late years the defendant addressed the ladies as "Dear Cousin." Among his other professional pursuits, the defendant was manager and law agent to the Adlington estate. On that estate the Miss Duncalfs lived, and had for years rented a farm. Mr. Grimsditch, having become indebted to them in the sum of 1,8731., for which, up to the year 1824, he paid them interest, amounting to 93/. 13s per annum, appeared from that time to have paid the annual rent which amounted to nearly that sum, instead of paying them interest, and receiving their amount of rent ; in fact, from the year 1824 to 1842, when the last of the bliss Duncalfs died, he had paid no interest, but in lieu thereof, had paid rents for them, amounting to 1,160/. or thereabouts. Upon the death of Miss Duncalf in that year, it was found that she had made a will, appointing executors, and bequeathing all her property to Ler next of kio. The executor refused to act, further than to seal up all the papers and documents in her house, and a struggle took place in the Ecclesiastical Courts of Chester and York, for the administration of the effects of the deceased. Among the rest, Mr. Grimsditch entered a caveat, and appeared very anxious to get ad ministration confided to him. Ile tried very much to obtain an injunction of the papers of the Miss Duncalfs, and evinced great anxiety to search the family Bible, and other documents. Ultimately administration was granted to the present plaintiff ; and upon searching the papers of the de2eased ladies, which had until that time been sealed up, there were found bonds of the de fendant's amounting to 7201.; and also st : ttemeots of _ • accounts which showed that from the year 1824 the di' fendant had been indebred to the two ladies the sum named before, namely, 1.8731. These state: ments were all in the hand writing of the defendant himself ; and upon the aelmini trator applying to hin for information, the answer given was, that. he did to t owe one farthing. The plaintiff was, the refore, corn pelled to bring an action for the recovery of' the coon.-T appearing to be due, and at the last assizes for th County of Chester. an action was tried, in wr.ich a ver dict was given for the plaintiff for the bend debt. Upon that trial, by the form of the plea , lings, the plaintiff could not recover for the m.mey not lent on bond ; and although the defence to that action was just the same to the present, and the question then decided was in truth the same question which the jury now had to de cide, yet a second time the plaintiff had to bring hi action for the part still remaining due. Upon the former trial Mr. Baron Gurney, who th , m presided, ex pros-eel himself strongly as.,to the defence attempted and he, Mr. Jervi , , was greatly deceived if the same feeling did not now pervade the breast of every person who heard this trial. The defendant, in answer to his own written acknowledgments of debt, had p!eaded that he never had owed any money to the Misses Duncalf ; next he had pleaded payment, a safe plea, for the parties to whom he alleged payment, being d-m , l, could not re fute it ; la-tly, he had pleaded the statute of limitations. What did the jury think of such plea, by an attorney, in answer to the demands of the representatives of his client? And what would they think of such pleas, when they did, as they certainly would, most signally fail? No doubt if the defendant had searched the family Bible —had himself found the dlcuments among the papers of the deceased, and had obtained administration of their effects, he would at once have paid the money to the next of kin. But why should he refuse to do so now ? Why did he bring the administrator twice into Court for one debt, although of two natures as to securities ? Mr. Jervis concluded with some severe strictures on the con duct of the defendant. The statements of account, in the hand-writing of de fendant, showing the results stated by Mr. Jervis, and the payment of rent by the defendant up to 1842, were put in and proved. Mr. EvANs addressed the jury for the defendant, justifying the plea, but called no witnesses. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS left it to the jury, whether the payment of rent was not.in lieu of interest, and whether die principal sum claimed and proved, was not 'thereby taken out of the statute of limitations. The jury found for the plaintiff for the full amount. POLICE liiTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSION-HOVSE. CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO SINK THE SHIP COLINA. —There was a great a;semblage of persons in the justice-room and the avenues to it, in consequence of the understanding that William Bead, the shipowner, of Ipswich, and William Simpson, the captain of the Colina brig, which was the property of the former person, would be brought up for final examination on the charge of having conspired to defraud the Alliance Marine Insurance Company of the sum of 1,2501., by sinking that vessel off Holland. The examination was appointed to take place at three o'clock, in conse quence of the unavoidable absence of Mr. Clarkson till that hour. The Lord Mayor and Sir John Pirie sat upon this occasion. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin attended upon the part of the prosecution; and Mr. Wontner, the solicitor, appeared for Read. As it was generally understood that Simpson would be admitted as Queen's evidence against his employer, neither counsel nor solicitor attended for that prisoner. Mr. Clarkson, in addressing the Lord Mayor and Alderman Pirie upon the subject, said that the pri soner, Captain Simpson, had voluntarily made a statement relative to the charge in which he and Read were involved, and that Mr. Wontner, the solicitor for Read, should he furnished with a copy of that statement as speedily as possible, in order that imme diate preparation might be made ,for the trial, which would in all probability take place in the ensuing week. It was not the intention of the Counsel for the prosecution to read that statement to the justice room, but he thought it necessary to intimat e th a t i t was heir intention to produce it on the trial, and to accept the offer of Captain Simpson to turn Queen's evidence. Under existing circumstances, the prose cutors applied to the Magistrates to commit the two prisoners to Newgate for trial. The necessary course would be subsequently adopted to take the deposition of Simpson, and Mr. Wontner should be furnished with copies of the whole of the evidence without delay. Mr. Wontner c:id not object to the proposition of Mr. Clarkson ; and the prisoners were both committed, Simpson for having feloniously sunk the ship Colina, and Read for having aided and abetted in sinking her. The statement of Simpson comprehends the whole of the statements made by the clerk of Read and gage, as to the conversation which was represente d to ave taken place at Ipswich on the subject of the wilful loss of the Colina between the prisoners, and the details of the plan of scuttling the vessel. The captain declares that according to the suggestions of Read, who first proposed the project of doing the In surance Company by dropping the vessel, he took the opportunity wholly unknown to the mate and the rest of the crew, to go below with an augur and bore two holes in the Colina's bottom. He also confirmed the account given by the several boatmen who went to wards the Colina for the purpose of saving her from the destruction which threatened. It has been stated that there are several other cases in which it is believed Read was a participator in the profits of dropping vessels, but it did not transpire whether any of those cases were to be prosecuted. Mr. Page has been, all are assured, altogether ignorant of any transactions of the kind. The mate of a vessel, called the Diana, who appeared on Friday, the 29th of last month, in pursuance of his recognizances by bail, to answer the complaint of Mrs. May, the widow of the deceased captain of that vessel, again appeared, the further hearing of the case having been adjourned to this day, Mr. Bozon, the solicitor of Mrs. May, stated that, since the last hearing of the case, he had obtained further evidence, which would tend to add to the suspicion entertained that the ship had been wilfully set fire to at St. Helena; and he could prove, by the testimony of a respectable witness, that, in addition to the property taken possession of belonging to the late Captain May, the defend int possessed himself of a gold watch, guard, and chain, which the de fendant denied, upon a former occasion before the Lord Mayor, the captain ever had. Mr. Bozon further stated that the evidence which he considered most material would, in his opinion, clearly show that the defendant had acted most fraudulently to wards the widow, and that the case was one which his Lordship was bound to send for trial to the Central Criminal Court, as the whole of the cir cumstances were most mysterious, and required clo , e investigation. Thomas Fitch, upon being called by Mr. Bozon, stated that he lived at Deal, and had been a seafaring man for 27 years. He was a passenger in the Diana in March last, and recollected the circumstance of the captain having been found shot in his cabin on the evening of the 15th of that month. The captain was buried at sea the following clay. Before he was dropped into the waves, and on the evening he was found lying dead, witness requested the mate to square the yards and run down to some vessels which were then close in sight, to have a doctor to see if anything could be done for the captain, which the mate refused. He also requested him to take the ship to the Island of Ascension, but to that proposition he would not agree, although within sight of the island, and that he insisted upon going back to St. Helena. There was plenty of provisions on board, and the vessel was quite seaworthy for the voyage to England. Witness well recollected the late captain leaving a watch, which he believed to be gold, and a guard chain, which the mate took possession of, and that after the captain's death, and the blowing up of the ship at St. Helena, by which the steward lost his life, he saw the chain in the defendant's possession. The steward, Cox, who was killed by the explosion of the vessel, kept a journal of everything that transpired on board, and the defendant, after that catastrophe, broke open the steward's chest and took the papers from it. Witness further stated the manner in which the Diana was blown up at St. Helena, and declaied it to be his unshaken opinion that the vessel had been set fire to. The litaw titer havitig comultod Mr. Goodmati, the chief clerk, said the case was rendered an exceedingly suspicious one, and thatfoul play had, no doubt, been perpetrated. Ile did not, however, consider that there was sufficient evidence to justify him in sending the case to a jury. It was certainly a case which Mr. Bozon was justified in bringing forward, but he should he satisfied with the promise of the defendant to appear, if his presence should he required, upon a future occasion. The defendant declared that there was no ground for the charge; that he had acted with firmness and judgment, and reliance upon the skill of older persons throughout; that the watch-chain was his own, and that he was not aware of any unfair play at all in any. of the transactions. Thus the case has concluded for the present. Two very dirty-looking vagabonds were charged with having picked pockets. Upon one of them, a most filthy red-headed fellow, a highly scented silk handkerchief was found. The LORD MAYOR— How did you get this hand kerchief? Prisoner—l have had it these three months. The Loan Mavoa—But how did it become so much scented ? Prisoner—How ? Why, easy enough. I always wear scent in my hair, and I keeps my handkerchief in my hat, to be sure.—(Laughter.) —Committed for three months to Bridewell. GUILDHALL. Thomas Howell, James Mahon, and John Skinner, three young men, having the appearance of mechanics, were brought before Sir John Key, charged with breaking into the harness-maker's room at the Oxford Inn, Warwick lane, and stealing eight pairs of coach traces, a knife, and two pair of pincers. The prisoners were remanded. ITIARLBOROLGH-STREET. John Kebble and James Kebble, two brothers, very respectaVy drei- ed, were brought before Mr. Hard wick for final examination, charged with having stolen, at various times, about eight dozen silk scarfs, worth about 801, from the shop of Messrs. Higgins and Son, ho-iers, at No. 21, Old Bond-street. From the evidence of William Owen, one of the assist ints, it a.opeired that the pr:soners about ten weeks ago came into the ship and asked to look at some scarfs. While they were examining a parcel, one of them claimed an acquaintance with witness, having, as he asserted, met turn at a house in the ne ghbourhood. The prisoners did not buy a•iythiog, but they come again the next day and bought a scarf. Shortly a 'ter thi, they again carne to the shop, anti got the scarf exchanged, paying the difference. Th© prisoners continued to call at the shop to see witness until about a I,ft:tight ago, when. in consequence of some scarts having been missed, stock was taken, and then a discovery was made that about eight or nine dozen, worth about a guinea each, had been stolen. Inquiry was made, and Polict'.sergeant Wball, C 16, was einploted to trace out the thief. Having suc ceeded in finding one of the lost scarfs in the hands of a pawnbroker, he obtained a description of the party who pawned them, and this description tallying exactly with the appearance of one of the prisoners, the police-sergeant went to their lodging, and took them into custody. Police-sergeant Whall, C 16, said, when he appre hended ihe prisoners they were in bed. He searche them when dressed, and found nine duplicates, all of which related to p or tio ns o f t h e m i ss i ng scarfs. Ile was enabled, by the help of the duplicates, to ascertain. how between two and three dozen of the stolen scarfs were disposed of. The.pavinbrolters came forward and produced the goods in their possession, all of which were identified by two of Messrs. Higgins and Co.'s assistants, Owen and Barnes. The prisoners said they would make no defence for the present.—They were fully committed. William Burgess, shop:nail to Messrs. Stagg and Mantle, linendrapers and mercers, Leicester-square, was charged with having stolen six silk handkerchiefs, the property of his employer. In consequence of a communication made to the prosecutors the prisoner was called into the counting house, and asked if he had sent handkerchiefs to any one in St. Martin's-court to be made up. Prisoner denied that he had, and. he was then told his boxes must he searched, as he was suspected of having robbed the firm. His boxes were searched, and in one of them was found - two pieces of riband, worth twelve shillings. . Miss Jane Anthony, milliner, No. 18, St. Martin's court, said the prisoner called at her shop, and brought six handkerchiefs, which he wanted to have hemmed. One of them, he said, she might have fur an apron. The handkerchiefs were produced, and identified as the property of Messrs. Stagg and Co. Police constable Clarke, C 79, said when he took the prisoner into custody, he remarked to him he was a ruined man, as his character was now gorse.— He was fully committed. Catherine Apperley, a young woman in a miserable condition. was charged with having attempted to de stroy herself on Thursday last. The prisoner was seen to throw herself into the Serpentine, about three o'clock in the afterno on o f Th urs d ay last. A call was made fur the Humane Society's boa, but before it reached the place the woman was drigged out. She was taken to the receiving -house, and after proper attention hid been p tid to her, she was sent to St. George's Workhouse. Mr. HARDwSc a'ked her what had induced her to attempt such a wicked act ?—The woman said she was the wife of one of the Grenadier Guards, now in barracks at Winchester. In consequence of her hus band marrying without leave, the commanding offi:er refued to let him sleep nut of barrack ; but as her husband was then on duty at the Tower, this was not so great a hardship, as her husband did contrive to allow her a trifle out of his pay, which, with her own earnings by her needle, sufficed to maintain her. About a month back her husband's regiment was sent to Winchester ; and as his pay was reduced by stop pages for arrears, he had been unable to send her any money. She had, in consequence, fallen into a most frightful state of destitution ; and after pawning every • thing she had, she ~ took the determination of ending her miserable life by drowning herself. She went out for this purpose on Thursday, but her unhappy design was frustrated by persons who accidentally witnessed her proceedings. Mr. llAanwicx ordered the poor creature to have some refreshment provided for her, and sent for some one from St. George's Workhouse. The woman, in corroboration of her story, produced a letter which she had just received from her husband. The letter was couched in most affectionate terms, and the writer mentioned his determination to send for her to Winchester as soon as he could save a little money. Lacy, the Messenger of St. George's, soon after wards arrived in Court, and he at once took charge of the poor woman until she is in a fit state to be again brought up, when, no doubt, some temporary assistance will be afforded to her. James Brody, a man of respectable appearance, about 40 years of age, who refused to give his address, was placed at the bar on the following charge. Mr. Henry James Gunning, of No. 15, West-street, Seven Dials, brass ornament manufacturer, stated that on Thursday last the Lprisoner, who was a perfect stranger to him, applied at his factory for employment, stating that he had a wife and four children, and had been out of work for several months, and that, in conse quence, his family were in a state of actual starvation. Prosecutor, commisserating his unhappy condition, directly gave him work, and as he was leaving the pre mises at dinner time, advanced him a few shillings to procure his family what they might on the in-tant stand in need of. As the prisoner was leaving the shop at tea-time, he was observed to drop, by accident, a piece of brass, the property of the prosecutor, which he had no right to have about him. From that circumstance suspicion was entertained that he was removing prooerty from the premises, and a watch being set upon him, he was seen to take and secrete about his person other artich s of brass-work, and on his being gin•n into the custoly of the police and innp , ; eoi , srih r lese ( e:a . h )c,f,d e :aniu . hn,s , ) cerdd: dinner atbmtadi about nur u , tuhet m tnde b tnmii . tnn . he r alga.c, tt o ivaw f nTfattihel a il,eyra ; n i ur i h E ete l , ;th e job s ei sa,l robbed dctd t rou h i him,gsrea,ne,d tnr r hvea r aer o alnrsi p :oil edeetrdfthtt:l•hthl:l3idomsasff. pt th h eati.e. e .t, t wards sold the stolen property in the neighbourhood. The prisoner said distress had driven him to commit the offence. Mr. HARDWICK—This is one of the black , st cases of ingratitude that ever was brought before mt. Pleading pov. riy under such eircumstanc s is minsense. I shill commit the prisoner to Newgatc for trial at the Centra! Criminal Court. BOW-STREET. John Skinner Francis, a young man of military ap pearance, wearing. mustachios, and who wa stated to have been formerly an officer in the Cape of Good Hopr- Rifles, and Mary Ann Browne, a young woman, very fashionably attired, and who was stated to be the daughter of a clergyman, were brought up in the custody of Inspector Pearce, of the A division of po lice, charged with having feloniously uttered a forged cheque for 1901., purporting to be sig►ned by the Dowager Lady Nelthorpe, with intent to defraud Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., the bankers, in Lom bard -street. Mr. Bush, of the Society for the Protection of Bankers from Forgery, attended on the part of the prosecution ; and Mr. M. Chambers, the barrister, at tended as counsel for the prisoners. Thomas Evison stated that he was a cashier in the house of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co. Herecol lected that the cheque produced was presented there for payment on the 9th of January last, but he could not remember by whom. The Dowager Lady Nel thorpe kept an account with Messrs. Payne, Smith, and Co., and the cheque purported to be signed by her. Witness cou ld no t t e ll b y w h om it was pre sented, but on a reference to the books he found that it had been paid in Bank-notes. The Dowager Lady Nelthorpe stated that she. re sided at River-hill, near Sevenoaks, in Kent, and had also a town residence in King-street, St. James's. She kept an account with Messrs. Smith, Payne, and 004 - 4130 - iNgdgets: .ciieque prodwed two- got signed by her, neither had she authorised any person to draw or sign it. She knew the female prisoner, who was introduceqi to her in the month of October, 1842, and she remained at the house of witness until the month of Dee mber following. During her stay there she had frequent opportunities of seeing witness write, and had no doubt also seen her sign cheques. She represented herself to witness as friendless, hope less, and in absolute want of clothes. Elizabeth Mason, of Ranelagh-grove, Pimlico, stated that the two prisoners formerly occupied apart ments in her house for about five months, at a rent of 15s. a week. They lived together as man and wife, and went by the name of Francis ' • they left the apartments in February last. In the January previous the female prisoner told the witness that she was going to take some money out of the Bank of England, and soon after that she pail the amount of rent due with a Si. Bank of England note, which witness subse quently paid away to Mr. Cafe,' the auctioneer, in Great Marlborough-street. Witness believed the body of the cheque produced to be in the handwriting of the female prisoner. Susan Luff, a milliner, in Regent-street, had seen the female prisoner write, and also believed the body of the cheque to be in her handwriting. Inspector Pearce stated, that in consequence of in formation he had received, he went to Kingston on Thursday last, and at ten o'clock at night succeeded . in apprehending the prison e r s a t th e l o d g i ngs t h ey occupied there. The male prisoner at first said the female was his wife, hut afterwards admitted that she was not. The female declared her innocence, and. expressed great anxiety to know what account her companion had given of the transaction. Sergeant Kendall, of the A division, stated, that after the male prisoner had been placed ut.d.r his charge by the last witness, he said that he knew the cheque in question had been presented fur payment at Messrs. Smith, Payne, end Co's, hut he did not know by whom. He had no idea it was a forgery. The notes were given to him by the female prisoner, and he afterwards paid them away. Mr. Bush applied, on this evidence, to have both the prisoners remanded fir further examination. Mr. Chambers submitted that there was no evidence agaiiist the male prisoner.—Mr. Bush said there was ; and he should he- prepared with further evidence against him on a future day. The p - isoners were both remanded until TueStlay week, and an applioution to admit the male prisoner to bail was refused. A shabby-genteel looking younc , man, named Chris topher W,1,0n, was placed sefere fir. Twyford, charged w.th having a mackintosh ni ak in his possession, re si eetivg which he mat n t pive a go. dace:taint. P. slice able 119 said he was in s. arch of thieves list night in a house in Be Ifoidbury, rather notori us as the resort of such characters, and. while there he saw the prisoner offering the inackin;osh in question for sale for twelve shillings. When the witness went into the room the prisoner displayed by his manner some anxiety as to the presence of an officer, a'.d in consequence of this the eitness asked the prisoner if the cloak belonged to him, and he said, " I know nothing whatever about it." The officer then said he must take the prisoner into custody. and the pri! , ,ner immediately struck him. Be was, boa ever, ultimately secured and conveyed to the station-hogs... The prisoner in his defence. said the mackintosh did tyst belong to him. It was lying on the table when the officer came in. The prisoner was remanded for further inquiry. QUEEN'S-SQUARE. Thomas Pyvis, a sickly-looking youth, was placed at the bar before Mr. Burrell, charged with having broken into the dwelling house of Major Thomas Henry S. Clerke, No. 4, Brompton-row, and stolen therefrom a large chest full of silver plate, a gold watch, three gold rings, a diamond bracelet, a suite of silver, including ear-rings, bracelets, brooch, &c., and other articles of jewellery. The evidence of several witnesses who were ex amined went to prove that on the evening of the 29th ult., about five o'clock, Major Clerke left his resi dence, giving the footboy orders to follow him to his club-house with his bag, that he might dress for a party. The boy did as he had been ordered, and the presumption is that the perpetrator of this daring and extensive robbery had watched the proprietor and his male servant from the premises. Shortly after they had left the place, the look thought she heard a noise, but supposing -it was caused by the kitten, paid no attention to it, but on hearing the hall-door shortly afterwards slam too, she became alarmed, and her suspicions that the house had been robbed were shortly afterwards confirmed. On the return of the foothoy, at eight o'clock, she proceeded with him to examine the house, and on entering the Major's room they found that the plate chest, which was usually kept there, had been carried off, and th a t an attempt had been made to force open several drawers in the room. They also discovered that an upper sleeping apartment had been visited, the whole of the locks on the drawers forced, and a gold Geneva watch and other valuables stolen. On their return to the Major's room they discovered a hat which bud been left by one of the robbers, a skele ton key which opened the street door, and by which the thieve. had effected an entrance to the premises, .1 small file, a jemmy, acid a candle. The police were called in, who, on examination of the place, a ere of opinion that the robbery must have been committed by some persons intim acly acquainted with the pre. :nines, and they, as u-enil in such matters, directed their inq u i r i es as to any servants who had been re cently dischare-ed. They ascertained that prisoner, after a service of five months, had left the Msjor's service in - January, being subject to fits, and was an !inmate in St Thomas's Ib-pital, but they hal every reason to believe, in sonsequence of some communica tion made to them, that he went in and out of the establishment whenever he thought fit, and had an ample opportunity of com mitting the robbery ; added to which, the water man at the coat h-rank at Knightsbridge, on a visit to the hospital, said that he had every reason to believe that prisoner, with a female, Fired a cab on the even ing of the 29th ult., and placed a large chest inside it. Under these circurnstaeces of strong suspicion, added to others about to he detailed, the prisoner was taken into custody by Bradley, a constable of the B division, to whom he said, without any leading questions being put to him, " lie supposed he was taken about the Major's spoons." James 11Pley, the Major's footboy, proved that prisoner had been in the habit of coining to the house to visit the servants. He never saw prisoner wear such a hat as the one found on the premises. Ellen Measted, formerly in the Major's service, proved that prisoner knew where the plate chest was kept, and at the time he left the service abused the Major, and said he would serve him out. Benjamin Pelliss, 28 G, produced the plate-chest. On Saturdayweek he was on duty in the Bagnigge wells-road, and saw a woman whom he knew to be a bad character pass, and in a moment .afterwards, on crossing the road, she said to him, " You are wanted here," and pointed out the plate-chest, which was standing on the road side. The chest on examination was only found to con tain a few trifling articles, the others being gone. Major Clarke said that he had a character with the prisoner from Lady H. Chisholm, hut he was so sulhrti and violent that he was obliged to discharge him. He had paid him fOr a month before he entered the ser vice, and for a month afterwards. The prisoner declared that he was in the hospital on the 12th of March, and had only been out once during the middle of the day. He denied all know lhdge of the robbery. He was remanded until Friday next. Mary Sherbeck, a middle-aged, decent-looking woman, was charged, before Mr. Burrell, by Mr. Parham, a pork butcher, re,iding in the Broadway, W.stminster, with stemliiig a piece of salt pork, of the valu- of one shilling. At about half past eight o'clock, on Thursday night, whilst the complaihant was serving some customers, the prisot.er entered, and pretending to be looking at th pork as if -h. were ebout to buy it, put it under her shawl, and left the shop. He 'topped her at the d , or, and mecused her with taking the -meat, which she enied, but immediately afterviards dropp-d item the pavement, and offered to give him her shawl if he would let her go. Sh , - was, however, given into custody. The pi ironer, who' did not deny the charge, and bey.ged hard for mercy, as it was the first offence, was committed to take her trial at 'be flex'. Midd esex Ses-ions. UNION-HALL. William Dear, alias Howard, was charged with stealing a bay gel Lug, the p •oper - y of Mr. Wheat ley, the coach prop ictor, of Gr , -enwich. Thomas Rogers. foreman to Mr. Wheatley, stated that 'the prisoner was horsekeeper in the employ oi' Mr. Wheatley, who.e service he suddenly left with out asignintr any cause about a Manight ago. On Thursday night last wi:ne-s saw the bay gelding sale in his waster's stable, and the next mor.iing he rni , :sed it, and found the stable. door had been force-I open. Samuel Giddens, a horse-slaughterer, in Green strs et, Blackfriars-road, stated that on the morning of Good Friday, the prisAier brought a bay gelding to his yard, and offered .it to him for sale. IVhen questioned as to whom the animal belonged, the pri soner's answer was thLt it was the property of Mr. Archer, fishmonger, of Dorking, in Surrey, who sent him to London to dispose of it. The witness suspecting the truth of the prisoner's statement, pre- tended to send out for change of a Bank of England note, and de, ained him until he sent for a constable to give him into custody. William Harris, inspector of horse -slaughterers' yards, stated that upon being apprised of the circum stance of the prisoner having offered the horse for sale, and his assertion with respect to its being the property of a Mr. Archer, at Dorking, he (the wit ness) immediately started off for that town, to make the inquiry. He sent back his carrier pigeon with a note to Mr. Giddens, informing him of the falsehood uttered by the prisoner. • On subsequent inquiries it was_ ascertained the horse was stolen, as already de scribed, from Mr. Wheatley's stables at Greenwich. The prisoner told the,Megistrate that his character stood well at Greenwich ; thatio-lad.ufvekibeeliobl' r trouble before, and that he would bring up witneosof as to his (prisoner's) good conduct. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that he was bound to-ECIA , the case for trial, where evidence of prisoner's go character would operate on the minds of thc - Comal and jury.—The prisoner was committed accordingly , James Keegan was charged with robbing a man .nauloe Jamieson, in Vine-yard, Tooley- street. . The complainant is a sailor, and having just . a r rives from a voyage he - went ashore, and got " half-seas over at a public-house in Tooley-street. When he • left the house, in passing the end of a notorious place, Vine-yard, he was surrounded by several men, mongol whom were the prisoner and a man named Harley (situ/ committed), who pinioned his arms and while therhelo him in that situation, turned all his pockets mat out, and robbed him of all the silver he had in his possession. The prisoner escaped at the time, .boC was taken into custody on Thursday for robbing *- female, and when he was taken to the station-house he was at once , identified as having been concerned in On other robbery.—He was committed. HORSE STEALING.— WiIIiam Dear, late korse-keeper • in the employ of Mr. Wheatley, omnibus proprietor, co • Greenwich, was charged with stealing a horse, the pro' perty of his master. It appeared that on Good Friday morning Mr. Wheat' ley's stable was broken open and a horse stolen. The same afternoon the prisoner took a horse to a knacker'. yard in Friar-street, and offered it for sale. Suspicion however, being entertained that the animal was. Stolen' an inquiry was made on the subject, the result of. which was a discovery that the horse had been stolen from lgr' Wheatley's stable. The prisoner, who pleaded poverty in extentlittionf was committed. MARKET NE W S.—( SAT (IRDAV.) COVENT-GARDEN. The prevailing fine weather having caused. Vegetation tO progress rapidly, we have had a very large time-of-7SO sor ply of vegetables, yet the demand was steady, at lull pricsk In Fruit, comparatively little was doing.-Pp 4 stoi3Ofrom 2 5 . 9° to 5s per cwt ; young Onions, 2s to 4s ; Coleitorts or Great 2s to 4s ; Turnips, is 6d to 2s 6d ;. Carrots, 4s ta's6 6d ;Ow, Leeks, 8d to is 2d per dozen bunches ; old Onions;-2i VW - 2s 8d; Spinach, 8d to is 2d; Apples, Is to 4.0 ' • Pears, 7$ tO 12s; and Brocoli Sprouts, is to is 6d per 114'111'41'e ; AAP*" ragas, 3s to 8s ; French Beans, is 9d to 2s 3d; Oranges,-7s to 14s ; and Lemons, 8s to 13s per 100; Spanish Nuts, - 16 1 Barcelona do., 20s to 248; and Brazil do., 15s perluilisi ; Almonds, 6s, and Chestnuts, 12s to 255 per pea( rnewlo9 l "' toes, 4d to 10d; Pine Apples, 6s to 9s per _lb; Seal Onions, is 6d to 5s ; and eetroot, 6d to 10 per ass"; Horse-radish, 2s to 5s ; Celery, 8d to 2s 3d ; Rhubarb, 8 . 4 to Is 6d ; anti Brocoli, 2s to 3s per bundle ; Radishes, Bd. to 1. per per dozen hands; Lettuces, 3d to is 44 'per score; • Sea-kale, is 9d to 3s 6d; and Small salad, 2d per punnet; Parsnips, 6d to is per dozen ; Turnip-greens, 2s- 3d per bAUF 4, basket. tJZW GATE AND IMADENNAEL. Prime Lamb was in trisk demand, at advanced ratO.' I P • all other kinds of Meat not much business wao; point Beef from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 34 6d ; Luny , 5s 44 to 6s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 43 2d ; and P0r1,.2s . 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs. There was very little businees doing, 'OW prices were with difficulty supported. Fowls, td to „4 6 _ 1 ; Chickens, is to 2s; Ducks, Is to 2s 3d; Geese, 4s to'b_ ti% Pigeons, 4d to 10d ; Turkeys, 5s to 8s; Rabbits, 6d to 11f0 1 ; • Hares, Is6d to 2s 6d each. . NEWPORT. Prime Meat was in demand at full prices. Pthervrise trade ruled dull. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 8d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8d ; Veal, 35 4il to 4s 2d ; and Pork 2s 6d to 4s 4d per 81bs. WRITECHAPEZ. We had a very heavy demand for all kindc'of nieat, excelw Lamb, on the following terms :—Beeffromls 4dtd4s ; Muttotit 2s 4d to 3s 64 ; Lamb, 55 4d to 6s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 411 2d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. '- Although the supplies of Fish were extensive, tlit deipsof was active, at very full rates. Turbots, 8s to 18s ; Cod-flea 3s to 108; Brill, 6d to 2s 3d ; Hallibut, 4s to 9s ; Hadderg 4, 2d to 6d ; Lobsters, 10d to 3s 6d ; Whitings, ld to 3d ; Crib, 8d to 3s • Scates, 10d to 3s ; Gurnets, 6d to ls ' • Plaice, 3d t 4 10d each; Soles, 6d to 3s 3d per pair; Eels,4d to 10d; P er lb; Flounders, is to is 4d per dozen; Oysters, 12s to :‘, l / per bushel ; Red Herrings, 10s to 41s per barrel ; lifackaret 4d to 8d each. 1117NGERFORZI. Although the supplies of most articles on sale were ony moderate, the demand was throughout heavy, at b u t 40 variation in prices. . , BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are fr.'', 8d to Bid; of Household ditto, 6d to lid per 41b loaf. BIDE MAIMMT. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs--Best steers .and heiffirof 5s 4d to 5s 8d ; mi t ddling hides, 4s 6d to 5s ; inferior dittor 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin=lViarkt s calf, 6s ad to 8s; long woolled sheep, 4s 6d to ss9d; 11 11- °" ditto, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; lamb skins is to Is 8d; and shearlini" 6d to 8d each. IZAIMLILUX.UTS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ las to : 31 So; us!: ful ditto, 31 3s to 31 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 13s 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 55 to 51; Oat Straw; 63 to 15 " Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 103 per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/. to 315 e ; usiP"; ditto, 31 6s to 31 12s ; fi ne Uvland ditto, 31 13s - to: ,, AP - : Clover Hay, 3158 to 4/15s ; O a t Straw, 1183 to 1/101; Whe; . Straw, 1/ 103 to 11 12s pd. losul. Trade extranely dw" at barely late rates. "• WurrEcHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 161 to ', useful ditto, 3/ 6s to 31 lO s ; fi ne U p l an d ditto, 3'l 12 1 :. N i 3/ 16s • Clover Hay , 315 s to 51 5s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 8s; Wheat Straw, 1! 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Both 1 14 and Straw sold heavily, at but little variation in - prices. . WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDA.X. , • • There was a very short supply of Wheat at this day , market ; thy trade firm, and a fair extent of bUsinO._o transacted, at an adv ance o f f u ll y Is. per quarter fro' the rate of last Friday. Barley sold on much the san!° terms as la,t advised. We not e no a l terat i on i n the ra h of either Oat,,, Shelling, or Beans. Per qr. of 601 b to the bustle.. NPR' Wow, .. , Suffolk, Essex, and Kent R to 57 66 40 Ditt -- ditto White... 00 66 g" NortOlk Red 55 51 0, Ditto ditto White... —. 57 66 Lincolnahile and Cambridge Red......; .. .55 SI • a rk Diva ditto 5O K . N shire 115 Ditto ditto Forel., 'VVh ftee ite... a. 63 16 5 ... 4 _ ..,°- Ditto ditto White." 56 00 ""' ',.. Per guar cr int s rri a t i Barley, Norfola an.t iifirilk ' S I : Yorkshil , a d Lineoln.atre —. 3 Grinding Foreig 0 Per qr. cf 631 b. t.• the bu s deans, Small n . 3 . 31 Fl Tics 3l 34 SO, ....,, , Foreign. Oats, rot.", a d Pole d —. —s • .'..: "" I '• 1 a.ealin t lo.i. to 11a., Foreign —d to —4 pep Stew; 3 &lolling Ls. to 25 per I.ea 4 • • Min 1. ..,,, R " .. ipe5eed...................."..... 251.1.1 s '47 S. Of ..;. M. /. Os. psrjalu . RAIL WAY„ RETURN& • We extract from .the ' Railway Magazine the 10 1 received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of: the month prefixed each. The return includes the money received Pt' passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and4 l er chandise:— Week of R Total. ' same ailway. ended Mar. 30 Arbroath and Forfar ' 159 12 8 30 Birmingham and Derby Junction : 1,353 1 4 °- 29 Birmingham and Gl ouces t er . 2, 4 0 : 3 4 s .. 1 .6 5 r , , 7 • 30 Brandling Junction as 16 .. 1 • 29 Chester and Bi r k en h ea d April 2 Dublin and Kin g s town ,191 .7. „I L Mar. 31 Dundee and Arb roa th - ? 30 Durham and Sunderland 78 9 .• 6 • 30 Edinburgh and Glasgow '..2,054 .15 6 31 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 3,774 18 10 30 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .1,261 , ,e 1 0 30 Glasgow and Greenock 685 5 .2 . 30 Grand Junction 7,332 14 ;. 6 . ~ • 30 Great North of England . I,gss i 9 I, 31 Great Western 29 Liverpool and Manche s t er • %4,198 • 4 30 London and Birmingh am . 15,561 .10 - 1 . April 4 London and Blackw a ll 863 • 1 .„' - Mar. 30 London and Bright on , April 2 London and Croyd on 4 London and Gre enw i c h BB9 17 _. ? Mar. 31 London and So u th Western ....... ...; 5,303 0 14. 29 Manchester, Bolt on an d B ury 706 . 3 . • 1 Manchester and Birmingham ..... • 30 Manchester, Leeds, an d H u ll Assoc 5,620 0 „, t o ' 30 Midland Counties - 2,486 13 : • 30 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,491 10 .': ' 31 Newcastle and North Shields 343 3 ,v, ' 30 North Midland - ' North Union and Bolton and Preston ' -- 26 Paris and Orleans 4,390 . - 0 . , 17 916 . Mar. 30 Preston and Wyre ' 229 13 30 Sheffield and Manchester 602 6 .1 . . April 4 South Eastern Mar. 30 Taff Vale - 721 5 - ; 0 1 ' 31 Ulster 30 York and North Midland BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., at Chester, the lady of Sir- JEdiri." - Walker, of a son. On the 2d last., at Camden Vicarage, the lady of the . James D. Money, of a eon. On the 2d inst., at " The Nunnery," Sussex, the wife Brown, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d fast, the wife of Alfred Brettle, Esq., of „ tineham, Kent, of a son , still-born. r T. On the 3d inst., a t H ac k ney , t h e l ady of the'Rev." Wright, of a daughter. lot On the 3d inst., in N o tti ng h am - p l ace, t h e l ady of LIDO' • Shadwell, Esq., of a son. On the 3d inst., at Elizabeth-place, Brixton-road, the of William Thomson, Esq., Assistant Commissary4o,l of a son. On the 3d inst., at Blackdown, the lady of the Bev. # OlO Codrington, of a son. On the 4th inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, the *if. ° Richard Albany Nelson, Esq., of a eon. On the 4th inst., a t Woburn-square, Mrs. William 04. , 'owes, of a son. • - On the 4th inst., the lady of John Cutbell, Esq., of dish-road, St. John's-wood, of a son. MARRIED.. On the 2d inst., at H o lb eac h, J o h n Phi pps , E sq ., to 31 06 Elizabeth Sharman. On the 4th inst., at St. Bride's, Fleet-street, Mr. • Piper, of Bishopsg a t e - s t ree t, t o Eli za b e th, secon d dolt" of Mr. Josiah Harvey, Grand Junction Wharf, Whiteiriar°'... DIED. On the 22d ult., at Boulogne-sur-Mar, Mr. John late proprietor of the Royal Pavilion Theatre, Whited's!'" road, aged 53. On the 24th ult., at Inverleith-row, Edinburgh, Dicta r nant Charles William Hope, Royal Engineers, zouNleg t °is of the late Lieutenant-General Sir John Hope, G.C.ti• On the 25th ult., at Paris, Patrick Stewart, Esq., of Aticu lunkart, county of Banff. +h On the 28th ult., at Spofforth, Yorkshire, Mary, --e of the Rev. Richard Hartley, D.D. oaf On the 28th ult., at Carlsruhe, Baden, Cecilia, ‘the Wingfield Yates, Esq. • On the 4th inst., Captain David Baztor, late of the ahl? Bombay Castle, of _ _ London : Printed and Published by MURDO Y01:7 1 11 2 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. " a l Strand, in the Precinct of the Sayoy, in the Connti.,„" Monday. 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