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

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. IRON THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The bombardment of ,Tangiers by the Prince de Joinville's squadron, intelligence of which reached the British metropolis yesterday, and was :announced in the Globe, seems to have taken all par ties by surprise. Hostilities between France and Morocco—which it was hoped and believed had teen averted by the interference of Mr. Drum 3nond Hay—have actually commenced. " The dogs of war" have been let loose ; and the capital of Morocco is laid in ruins by the cannon of France. .Another difficulty is thus created in the pending negotiations between the Cabinets of England and Trance ; from which we sincerely hope the two countries will, by the wise policy of their Ministers, be extricated, without being involved in war with each other. Such an event cannot be too strongly depre cated. The discharge of the first hostile cannon in a dispute between France and England, from whatever cause it might arise, would be felt as the shock of an %earthquake, by every civilised nation in the world. The interests of every Power would be effected in a greater or less degree, in proportion to their local posi tion upon the map ; nor could the most far-seeing statesman set limits to the extent of the hostile operations, nor predict the duration and effects of the conflict. Such are our deliberate and deeply felt opinions respecting the consequences of war Vetween France and this country. It may fairly be asked, why the hostile position in which France and Morocco are placed toward each other, should create fears that England will become involved in the contest ? Are not the two former coun tries completely independent Powers ? May . they not carrel and fight, if they please, without involving England in the strife ? The question, in this abstract form, seems capable of an easy and satisfactory reply. There is nothing in a war between France and Morocco which, necessarily, involves this country. History and experience, however, prove that events far less likely to produce war, of a com prehensive range, and of protracted duration, than the present quarrel between France and Morocco, have caused the sword to be drawn by almost every Tower, on one side or the other, until the whole continent of Europe became conve rted into the scene of its calamitous operations. Nor is this the only source of our apprehensions. The war party in Trance possesses considerable and growing influence. M. Guizot, it is evident, is disposed—probably more from compulsion than inclination—to a seeming com pliance with its incessant clamours for military demonstrations. The Prince de Joinville's pam phlet—though a mere feather in the scale was caught at with avidity. As a feather, it was thrown up to ascertain the popular feeling in 'Trance. The experiment was successful. Its senseless esa.sconades were largely quoted as indisputable autho rity by the mischievous party with which this hair brained youth had joined himself. His vanity was Yea by applause ; and his warlike doctrines were quoted by the French press, as though they had proceeded from .n oracle. If prudence had actuated the French Minis try, and peace had really been its cherished and deter mimed purpose, would a youth like De Joinville have been appointe d to the difficult mission with which he was entrusted—a mission in which the alternative ofhos 'tile attack was to be preceded by negotiation ? To our mind the selection of the Prince de Joinville for this service seems pregnant with suspicion as to M. Guizot's desire for peace. It indicate a pre-determined purpose, on the part of the French Ministry, that :negotiation should be the precursor of hostilities ; and not that it should prevent them. We will assign one or two of the reasons which induce this opinion. The first is the language held by the Paris Globe—M. Guizot's own organ—on this very subject. The fol lowing extract from an article on the Morocco war— though written some days before the French expedi tion appeared before Tangiers, anticipated the result ; and avows the real purpose for which it was under taken. It will be seen that England's power in the Mediterranean is to be reduced by the subjugation of Tangiers :—" Morocco is evidently the dependent of England, who maintains and protects it. Eng land can only hold Gibraltar, as long as no great Power has possession of the coast of Morocco and Tangier. Place French cannon on the African coast of the Straits, and the import mace of Gibraltar will diminish one-half. England is, therefore, obliged to maintain the Islamism • of Tangiers in order not to have France there, as she Is obliged to maintain Constantinople, in order to pre .vent Russia from taking it." Another reason is, the ananifest importance which the French attach to the possession of Tangiers, as the means of securing their -Algerian territory. That Abd-el-Kader had greatly annoyed the French in their military progress, is unquestionable ; and that he was able thus to impede their operations, and, to a consi derable extent, frustrate their quiet settlement in Algeria, cannot be denied. But Abd-el-Kader's irruptions into Algeria supply no justifiable reason why the Emperor of Morocco should be attacked, raid his capital bombarded. To implicate the Emperor . of Morocco, it was necessary to show that he connived sat, and assisted, that formidable chieftain in his :sallies, and in his other annoying proceedings. Whe ther implicated or not in the hostile irruptions of Abd-el-Kader—the alleged provocation given to France by the Emperor of Morocco—nothing can be snore certain than that England cannot permit France to possess herself of Tangiers. An attempt to appro priate to herself a single foot of land in the Empe . Tor of Morocco's dominions, would—at least, if the Cabinet of England be not criminally imbecile, and ' t raitorously indifferent to what pertains to the honour and interests of their country—be followed by a de ,..risive protest against the act. This, if not imme dliately successful, an armament, on a scale sufficiently , large to give effect to that remonstrance must in e,tantly be dispatched, to enforce upon France the :necessity of keeping within those limits which the reservation of the balance of power manifestly pre -I,cribes. England has no disposition to acquire fur- Cler territory. She neither seeks to add to, nor to snake a boast of, the strength she wields. A tran quillity of spirit—the result of a conscioutness of power to resent insult, and to protect herself against siggression—pervades the nation. A force is con s antly at the disposal of our rulers, which, if pro erly prepared and employed, enables this country to st quiet, devoid of fear, and as little disposed to I). ast. STANDARD.—The affair of Otaheite is, we trust, in a course of satisfactory accommodation by the only p sties who can properly or safely meddle with it, the ✓ sponsible executive Governments of Great Britain :IA France. Certain it is that the facts which • me to light day by day are not of a character to ake the accommodation more difficult on the side of this country. Already Great Britain seems to I e scarcely a party in the dispute, which in substance lies not between France and this nation, but between France and an anomalous sort of government in itaheite, in which power is divided between the native Queen and a society of missionaries, as jealous of the influence of Great Britain at least as of the influence of any other European power. Were it not that by an unlucky chance the missionary rime minister of the Queen has obtained the cha racter of a British Consul, which, however, he Solemnly renounced four months before the acts now 'complained of occurred, Great Britain would really I ave no concern in the affair. A writer in this day's Times, whose statements are entitled to the considera tion due to those of every man who verifies what he says by his name, Fives an unpleasant view of the rooral state of the higher authorities in Otaheite, and even charges the missionaries with connivance at vs hat they ought certainly to condemn, if they can t) st prevent it. This writer, who signs his name 44 Walter Brodie, the Gore, Eastbourne," charges Queen Pomare with bigamy and habitual drunken loess, intimating that a considerable portion of the tnissionaries themselves are the reverse of teetotallers, • mentioning the imprisonment "in the stocks" of Mr. Pritchard's representative, the British Vice- Consul, whose habits are, it appears, rather too Jovial. This outrage upon British rights was, it appears, offered by the Otaheitan Government; but we have not heard that any reparation was de manded for the restraint imposed on the Vice-Con sul's legs. Mr. Brodie alleges against the Otahetian Government and its missionary adviser the graver char ge of having accompanied , by unneces sary harshness and indign i ty,the of e f i Fret org French missionaries two years ago the dispute wi th France. row, these considerations are of great importanc e, riot merely in relation tothe F question dispute between Great Britain and lance, but to the continued progress of true religion and its conse quences--the civilisation and happiness of the human race . As regards the present diplomaticsociet ques tionwh'h there is much in the state of eve h av e been contemplating in Otaheit e t o co l m e - ran d a great relaxation on the part of diplo vatists on both sides. Our free-acting ancestors of e eighteenth century used to hold, that whatever tight be the state of political relations in Europe g‘ there was no peace beyond the line." Now it may be wise to adopt the same discriminating • undary, for a somewhat more pacific purpose, and to • kl that rigid rule of public law ought not to extend zr uch beyond the northern hemisphere, more especially In the imperfectly civilised islands of the Pacific ; in cl. 4 Public law being, like all other law, ex instituto • d of a reciprocal obligation, in order to be just, , eannot well be applied in dealing with uncivilised na tions anywhere. The second, and immeasurably the r ore important consideration is, the light thrown by . hat e• eats at Otaheite upon the missionary system. T 41 p-missionaries have wrought an immense amount ofsoocl iLthe South Seas cannot be disputed; even As fent satisfactOry picture of Otaheite that has eLiebed us !shwas a glorious contrast to the state of Ike &land My years ago; but here comes the me as -,tefleel i lon, s this good likely to be ht~, Is it_ not even apparent, that oreqy government the course of TIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENIN(9-, AUGUST 19, 1844. prisoner, contended that it was a thoughtless act, and that the prisoner could not have anticipated what could have been the result. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault. —Sentence deferred. James Brittain was indicted for stabbing Henry Cotteral, at Wigan, in March last. Mr. James conducted the prosecution. It appeared that the parties were related to each other, and resided in the same house at Wigan. On the night of the 13th of March a quarrel occurred between the prisoner and the prosecutor's father, in the course of which the prisoner struck the old man, who thereupon sent for the prosecutor, who was ab sent at the time. On his arrival he attacked the prisoner, who snatched up a large knife which was near, and inflicted a severe and dangerous wound on the prosecutor. He was shortly after taken into custody, and a knife which was found in the house, likely to have been used on the occasion, was found wet with blood. The prisoner appeared to be a poor untrained, half witted person. Guilty of a common assault.—Sentence deferred. Patrick 111‘Crea was indicted for wounding Daniel M'Avoy, at Rainhill, on the sth of August. Mr. J. Pollock conducted the prosecution. It appeared that on the evening of the offence the prosecutor, who is a labourer, was standing at his own door, when the prisoner came past. In con sequence of some old grievance they were not on good terms, and the prisoner began using very abusive language to the prosecutor. The prosecutor advised him to go home, and he went some distance, when he suddenly returned with a knife in his hand, and made an attack on the prosecutor, in which the latter was wounded severely on the temple, and one of his ears nearly severed from his head. The prisoner was shortly after apprehended, when he stated that he had been struck by the prosecutor, and that drink had bean the cause of the quarrel. Guilty of an assault.—Sentence deferred. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) The first cause on the list was undefended. The next four were actions by Sir Oswald Mosley, the lord of the manor, and owner of the market of Man chester, against sundry butchers who persist in selling flesh meat in shops in their own houses instead of on the stalls of Sir Oswald in the public market, thereby avoiding the espionage of the inspec tors of the market and the payment of Sir Oswald's market tolls. Mr. Wortley, Mr. Brandt, and Mr. Denman ap peared for the plaintiff; the several defendants ap peared in person. The proof was the same in each of the cases — namely, that plaintiff was the owner of the market, with the right to take tolls, and the selling by the defendants in places out of the market. In each case a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, with small damages. Similar actlqns have been frequently tried before for infringemerfts of these market rights. COOKE V. REDDILLION. This was an action to recover the price of 600 pieces of mousselin-de-laine, delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant. Mr. Martin and Mr. Crompton conducted the case of the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson and Mr. Atherton that of defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff, who is a manufac turer, had contracted to supply the defendant with a certain number of pieces of m ousselin-de-laine, to be delivered within a certain time, to be paid for in cash, with a discount of 2i per cent. for the ready money. About 1,600 pieces were delivered and paid for; but it was alleged that those now in question were not de livered in time, nor were of sufficiently good quality; yet the defendant, alleging that he was in immediate want of the goods to supply his customers, retained them, and did not send them back. The cause occu pied the remainder of the day. A verdict was ulti mately returned for the plaintiff for 3301., being the full amount claimed, after deducting a discount of 2,1 per cent. Saturday, Aug. 17. DON, DIM. BATEMAN AND ANOTHER, V. LEVER AND ♦NOTHER. This was an actionOlejectment, to recover the possession of a warehouse between Crow-alley and Bank-street, facing Walker-street, in Manchester. Ifr. Martin and Mr. Cowling conducted the case of the plaintiff. The defendant Lever and his wife and the other defendant :(who said she was no more than their servant) appeared in person, and way was made for them on the floor of the court. It appeared from the evidence that the property had formerly belonged to a Mr. Clegg, who was one of the early and successful race of cotton-spinners, and who amassed a large fortune in that business. He purchased the property in 1787, and built the warehouse in question upon it. He died in 1818, having devised the property to the present plaintiffs, and Mr. Thomas Wilson, late of Highbury, near Lslington,, London, -who having died about a year ago, the property vested in the plaintiffs, as trustees of Mr. Clegg's will. Last year the property was untenanted, and a lock was put on the warehouse door. The defendants broke off the lock, took pos session, and barricadoed themselves in, pretendsng that they had a claim to the property, as the heirs of a Mr. Hamilton, who died some 70 years ago. The case was proved on the part of the plaintiffs, and the receipts of the rents t and profits of them for a series of years. During the case of the plaintiff only a few ques tions were asked, but on the defendant Lever being told that he might now address himself to the jury, said his wife would state his case. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL said he could not allow that. If he appeared in person, he must speak for himself. He might have counsel if he chose to em ploy one, but his wife could not be counsel for him. The lady, however, armed with a long paper, would not so be silenced, and proceeded in her harangue. The Judge for some time used his endeavour to in duce he purpose, and it soon be came shortest way was to let her e r vi t ae o ndtesist, thatb t u h t e to no have her say. The substance of her harangue was, that her husband was the real heir to the property, and that they had been sold for gold. His LORDSHIP directed the jury to enter a verdict for the plaintiffs. This being done, he proceeded to explain to the defendant Lever that he had no defence to the action, and that if there had been no other bar, the lapse of time since 1787 would effectually prevent him from defending the action. The lady again broke in, and it was only by di recting the next cause to be called on that her ha rangue was put an end to. SANDFORD V. JACKSON. This was an action of troverto — reCOver the value of a parrot and cage. Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brandt for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff is a widow lady of a certain age. She had a brother who first owned the parrot, and she, it was alleged, purchased Poll and the cage of him for 51. 10s., a receipt for which sum was produced. It was admitted, however, that no money actually passed, the brother being at the time indebted to the plaintiff in a larger sum. Some time afterwards a sister of the plaintiff, who resided with her, fell ill, and could not bear the noise of the bird, on which account Poll and the cage was sent back to the brother's for a while. The brother, then being in difficulties, said he feared if it remained in his house his creditors would take it, sent it to the de fendant's. The occasion of its removal being passed over, the plaintiff was desirous to reclaim her favourite bird, and sent to the defendant for it, who refused to deliver it up, alleging that it belonged to the brother, and had passed to his assignees ; on which the pre sent 'action was brought. It had, however, been allowed to slumber, and would no doubt have been dropped altogether, had not the defendant compelled the plaintiff to proceed with it ; the consequence of which was a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 51. 10s. CROWN SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) Joseph Farrell was indicted for the manslaughter of Amelia Farrell, his wife, at Manchester, on the 31st of July last. Mr. F. Pollock conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins the defence. It appeared fr o m the evidence, that on the day named in the indictment, which was a Sunday, the prisoner came home to his dinner at a later hour than usual, at which the deceased expressed her displea sure, and accused him of having been 'in the com pany of another woman, to whom she applied a variety of epithets current on such oc casions. He assured her it was not so, and begged her not to use such language, especially in the presence of " Em ma," his daughter by a former wife , S he, however, called him a liar, and continued her vituperations, when at length he was so much provoked that he threw some boiled potatoes at her, and as s he still con tinued, h e s t ruc k her with the back of his hand once on the eye, and once on the mouth. She did not fhll immediately, but after a little time appeared to slip down beside the wall, when it was found that her nose was bleeding. The child cried out , and some neigh bours ran in. The deceased said " This is hard usage," to whi c h the pr i so ner replied , " Then you should have held your t o ngue." She walked with help to a neighbour's house, and the next day kept her bed, but so far recoved as to go about the house, complaining of giddiness in the head. On the 7th of August she got worse, and a medical man tewasm sent for. She soon a ft er di e d. On apt - amination it was cliscoved that there was considerable extravasation of blood on the left side of the brain, which at that time adhered to the skull, and appeared to be of several days' standing. It appeared on cross-examination, that before the 31st of July she had complained of her head, and said she should not long survive her sister, who had died of apoplexy about a month before. Mr. WiLitiris addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that the death might have been caused t b h y , apop lexy, prizo4er Theafter deliberating for some time, found G an uil d b y .e the ute nbclerowdeftreorm prisoner. ad th : jury, mow 11... retr cgradation has already commenced, and nom x nenced with the missionaries themselves ? lif 3 e truth be, as we fear it is, that the moral stat , > of these new acquisitions to the king don I of truth already declines, must not we con el ude that in foreign missions, as in home teach ing, the voluntary system is radically vicious ?" " T ere is," as a good man s a id, " a little Pope in the heart of every one of us." We all wish for power ; we all wish that other men should adopt our views in religion, as in every thi: la else ; give us power, however, and though we rnay first use it for the good of others, we will soo '1 apply it to our own profit, and to the se cui 13 preservation of the so profitable power. The pritn.ciple of Popery in this respect is universal, an I. in the relation between intelligent, and there fovo powerful, missionaries and ignorant con ve.ri's, it has full sway. The All-wise has not, how ever, left his own service withbut a protection from th'il 3 danger : that protection is " civil government :" -civil government which forestalls the tempt in3 lure, temporal power, that has led so m any religious teachers into mortal error— leirving the ministers of religion to their sacred of Ewe, and preparing a people upon whom that office ' mny be most effectually exercised. Might not the pr inciple of a civil control and a civil support be ap pl !fed with the best effect to missions among the he kthen ? The subject is intricate, but the end is O jai portant. ;PUBLIC INCOME AND EXP - - DITURE. ,A paper, containing an account of the public in cot ne and expenditure of the United Kingdom for three years, ended the sth day. of January, 1842, 1343, and 1844, has been issued in a printed shape on tlit 3 motion of Mr. William Williams, the Member for the. town of Coventry. The following particulars of this document will not be uninteresting to our readers get terally. We find, first, that the gross total amount of the+ public income was, in the year ending January 5, 18412, 52,315,43 3 / 4 in the year ending January 5, 180.13, 51,120,040/. ; and in the year ending January 5, 18-114, 56,935,0221. The gross total amount of the public expenditure during the same period was, in the year 1841-42, 54,465,318/. ; in the year 18st2-43, 55,195,1891.; and in the year 1843-44, 55,.501,7401. It accordingly follows that in the two fu,st-mentioned years, 1841-42 and 1842-43, there was an excess of expenditure over income, amount in g in the former to 2,149,8851., and in the latter to no less a sum than 4,075,119/. In the year 1:843-44, however, the tide turned once more in fa vour of the revenue, the amount of income having exceeded the amount of expenditure by 1,433,283/. Mins in the above three years the balance appears to be 4,791,721/. against the revenue, inasmuch as that exoess of expenditure over income still remains to be reduced. It is known, nevertheless, that the quarterly returns for the current year, hitherto published, have been generally favourable to the revenue, and therefore a gradual extinction of the adverse balance seetns far from improbable. Proceeding to details, it appears that the total amounts received under different heads during the three ' years in question were as follow, viz. :-Customs in 1841, 28,376,305/.• in 1842, 26,289,776/.;• and in 1843, 27,928,659/. Ex cise in 1841, 9,471,917/. ; in 1842,_ 9,311,1381. ; and in 1843, 8,641,2221. Stamps in 1841, 7,276,360/. • in 1842, 7,139,7831. ; an d in 1843, 7,076,7 52 i. Assessed and land taxes in 1841, 4,715,358/. ; in 1842, 4,4:35,410/. ; and in 1843, 4,385,068/. The property tar yielded in 1842, 582,0381. only, .but in 1843-44, 5,387,455/. ; the , P,ost-office, in 1841, 1,495,540/. ; in '1842, 1,578,145/. ; and in 1843, 1,535,2161. The Crown lands and other. ordinary reacources are hardly worth mentioning.. Under the receipts of 1843-44, however, the sum 0f,1,315,2081. (the : money received from China under the treaty of August, 1842) con tributes to swell the amount, and virtually consti tutes, in fact, the Surplus of that year, which was only 1,433,283/., as already mentioned. We now pro ceed to the " expenditure" side of the account. As the total amounts. under the different heads vary but little in the three years, we shall merely give the particulars of the amount disbursed in the year ending the sth of January, 1844, the grand total of which was, as has already been stated, 55,501,740/. In fine, the charges, of collecting the revenue cost the country 2,783,5421. • the, charge of the public debt, 29,261,012/. (of which the sum of 24,512,7531. was for interest on the permanent debt; 3,924,184/. on the ter minable annuities ; 135,991/. for the expenses of ma nagement, and 688,084/. for the interest on Exche quer bills.) The civil Government entailed an ex pense on the nation of 1,626,2191., of which the sum of 371,800/. was appropriated to the Civil List and Privy Purse, 308,423/. to the allowances granted to the several branches of the Royal . Family, 26,3171. to the Lord-Lieutenant -of 'lreland's establishment, 106,001/. to the 'salaries And expenses of the two Houses of Parliament (including printing), 510,394/. to the civil departments (the Government offices, &c.), including superannuation,allowances, 297,9771. to other annuities, pensions, and superannuation al lowances on the Consolidated Fund and ,on the gross revenue ; and 5,307/. to civil list pensions. The charges incurred by the administration of justice amounted to 1,782,469/., of which 580,5161. was ap propriated to courts of j ustice, 5664381. to police and criminal prosecutions, and 635,5151. to correction. The diplomatic expenses amounted to 361,4261., viz., 178,4561. for the salaries and pensions of foreign Mi nisters ; 125,7081. for Consuls' salaries and super annuation allowances; and 57,262/. to the disburse ments of outfits, &c. The gross total charge for the maintenance of the sea and land forces amounted to 14,513,9171.; of which the sum of 5,997,1561. was appropriate) to the army, 6,606,057/. to the navy, and 1,913,704/. to the ordnance. - Among the less important items, there figure the following sums; viz. -416,056/. for the China expedition; 1,245,823/. for the opium compensation ; 11,2861. for bounties, &c., for the promotion of fisheries ; 405,246/. for public works ; 211,561/. for improvements and various public services (paid out of the revenue of Crown lands) ; 996,834/. for the Post-office ; and 1,760,463/. for a variety of miscellaneous services, too numerous, and not sufficiently important, to merit a detailed enumera tion. The charge, in 1843, for home secret service money was 10,000/. ; for foreign secret service money 33,800/.; and for secret service money in Ireland 5,770/. The amount of terminable annuities was, on the sth of January, 1844, 3,924,723/. ; and, in cor responding perpetuities, as estimated by Mr. Finlai son, 1,550,762/. ; leaving a difference of 2,373,961/. We have thus endeavoured to give our readers some idea, however imperfect, of the present condition of the pecuniary resources of their country, and the pre sent expense of maintaing its various institutions in a manner becoming the honour and dignity of so great an empire. RAILWAY MORAL CLASS BOOK.' (Br THE BISHOP OF LONDON.) (From Punch.) MORALS FOR THE FIRST CLASS.—The morals pre scribed for this class are the same on all days of the week. An act which is moral ,on Mondays, Tues days, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, is moral also on Sundays. The reason is, that this class em ploys the best tailors, eats the best food, drinks the best wines, in short, lives the best ; and lastly and especially, pays the highest fare of all the three classes. Moreover, being accustomed to amuse themselves all the six days of the week, it would be cruel to deprive them of recreation on 'the seventh ; and having little or no business on any day, they have as much business to travel on Sunday as on any other. MORALS FOR THE SECOND CLASS...-. It is not, strictly speaking, quite proper for persons of this class to do the same thing every day ; so that a per fect system of morality would prohibit them from Sunday travelling. Many of them go to Holborn and the City for their clothes, dine upon two courses, and cannot afford hock, claret, and champagne, or even good port and sherry. However, on the whole, they . are pretty respectable. Thus, for the trans gression, the rigid rule of right may be relaxed, and they may be permitted to travel on Sundays ; but they are to understand this permission as a sufferance merely, and their conduct in availing themselves of it is by no means to be-approved of. MORALS FOR THE THIRD CLASS.—For this class of people to travel on Sundays is a heinous crime. They are meanly clad, and live upon a coarse kind of food. Toil and hardship are their portion during the week, and enjoyment on the Sunday would make them discontented with their lot. The third class of railway passengers is formed of the inferior classes, and not being respectable, no respect whatever should be shown to its inclinations. Its fare is nothing like an atonement for the crime in question. The Legis lature, therefore, has acted very improperly in com pelling Sunday trains to run third-class carriages ; and the statute, if possible, should be evaded. Tim FOREIGN MAILS.—Thd following notice was issued on Saturday at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" The next mails for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be made up on Monday evening, the 19th inst. (to -day), to be forwarded by the Hibernia steamer, via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston.- The next mails for Malta, Egypt , India, Hong-Kong, and China, will be made up on the morning of the 3d of September, to be forwarded via Southampton ; and by, the overland closed mail to India, &c., ma Marseilles, on the evening of the 7th of Sep tember." On Saturday a notice was issued at Guildhall, by order of the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London and the "Liberties thereof, that on and after Monday the thoroughfare of Ludgute-hill would be closed, in consequenee.of , an order from that body for the same to be repaired. M. Duprez, who purchase& from M. Aguado, for merlyo at thefro from Court ,0 0 0 f 0 7 Spain, 300,000 E, for an, a hotel in the Rue 'urot b a nter cer tain sum of money a n d a life annuit y of 20,000 f., has, by the death of the annu itant, become p ossessed of the rg, valued t pro perty after the payment of only one or two years' an. nuity. SUMMER ASSIZES. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Devizes, Aug. 16. Henry Hatter, William Box, and Adam Clements, were indicted for assaulting James Wilson, putting him in fear, and stealing from his person four sove reigns and other moneys, his property. Mr. Ball appeared for the prosecution. It appeared that the prosecutor, who is a commer cial traveller from Thames-street, was driving his gig between nine and ten o'clock on the night of the 2d of May, on the road between Calne and Devizes: When he arrived at a place called Bromham-cross, he saw three men in the road ; one of them was in the centre. Upon coming up to him that man seized the horse's bridle. Mr. Wilson told him to get out of the way, and at the same time lashed his horse. The man then held the horse more firmly. Mr. Wilson then lashed the man, when he received a severe blow on the shoulder, which was struck by a man behind with a bludgeon. Mr. Wilson then took out his life preserver, and was getting out of the gig, when he was struck a blow on the head, which stunned him, so that he could not tell what occurred afterwards. When he came to himself he found he was standing against his gig, bleeding profusely from his head. His purse had been taken ; it contained four sove reigns, a crooked half-sovereign and a new one, and a crooked sixpence with two letters on it. He got into his gig and drove towards Devizes. He over took a cart with two men in it, and one of the men accompanied him to Devizes. The prisoners were the men who stopped him. A surgeon was then sent for; and he stated that Mr. Wilson had received severe wounds on his head and shoulder; the wounds were very dangerous. The next morning Hatter toa relation what they had done the previous night. The prisoners were taken into custody, and on Box and Clements were found the marked moneys. They were seen together on the 2d of May and on the following day, and the prosecutor swore most positively to them, and described their dress. The jury found all the prisoners Guilty.—Judg ment of death recorded. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 16. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice TIND - AL.) NRWTON V. HOLFORD AND OTHERS. This was an action of trespass, brought by Mr. Augustus Newton, barrister-at-law, against the late High-Sheriff of this county, and four other defendants, officers and assistants of the sheriff, for breaking and entering the house of the plaintiff, injuring the locks of the doors, and beating the sons of the plaintiff. The defendant paid 21. into court, and pleaded that the plaintiff had not sustained any further damage. The plaintiff appeared in person to conduct his own case • Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Greaves aepre sentcl the defendants. The action arose out of a proceeding . which has already formed the groundwork of two trials, one of which (a civil action) took place at the last Middlesex sittings in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, and the other (an indictment for perjury) at the last Worcester assizes. It will be necessary, therefore, in order to make a report of the present case intelligible, to go a little farther back than the sth of July, 1843, when the trespass now in question was committed. The plaintiff having become indebted to a wine merchant in the amount of 121., was served with a copy of a writ, and consented to a judge's order to enter up judgment, which was accordingly entered up, and a writ of ca. sa. was issued thereon. An officer of the sheriff of the city of Gloucester arrested the plaintiff by virtue of that writ while he was attending the Midsummer Quarter Ses sions, last year at Gloucester, in his professional capacity, and the plaintiff laimed the protec tion of the Court. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, who pre sided, declined to make any positive order on the subject, but suggested an arrangement, by the terms of which the plaintiff was to be at liberty to pursue his professional avocations during the continuance of the sessions, the plaintiff on his part undertaking not to take any advantage of the first arrest. A few days after the quarter sessions had concluded, the writ of ca. sa. was placed in the hands of George Wilson, a special bailiff nominated for the purpose, and he pro oeeded, accompanied by Holtham, Turner, and Vines, the other defendants on the record, to the residence of the plaintiff at St. Paul's Cottage, Cheltenham. The bailiffs arrived there about a quarter to 12 o'clock in the day, and finding the garden-gate could not be opened from the outside, Wilson scaled the paling. The plaintiff's younger son, William Philip Newton, came up at the moment, and attempted to get over the paling at a different place, but the defendant Turner pulled him down by the leg into the road. Being, however, young and active, the youth suc ceeded in getting over the paling be fore Wilson could accomplish the same feat, and immediately ran to his mother, Mrs. Newton, to acquaint her with what was taking place. He then ran back, and tried to set a large Newfoundland dog at Wilson, who being fore warned, was fore-armed, and presenting a pistol, threatening to blow out the dog's brains if it was not taken away. The lad, frightened out of his wits, ran away as fast as he could, and one of the servants shut up the dog in a stable. The defendant Wilson then got down into the garden, and opened the gate for Holtham, Turner, and Vines, who went with him to the front door, and endeavoured to obtain admit tance, which was refused. The bailiffs then retired for a short time under the shade of some trees, and finally effected an entrance by the back door, which, according to the plaintiff's case was burst open by the defendant Wilson. The bailiffs then entered, arrested the plaintiff, and took him off in a fly to Gloucester gaol. The plaintiff's eldest son, Francis Robert Newton, was pushed about a little by the defendants in getting through the passage, and the plaintiff brought two actions for what occurred, one of which, in which the cause of action alleged was false im prisonment, was tried in the Common Pleas, and the plaintiff was fortunate enough to obtain 501. damages. The other action was that which was tried to-day, in which the gravamen of the plaintiff's complaint was, that his door had been broken, and his two sons had been assaulted, by which he lost the benefit of their service. Mr. Sergeant TA.LYOURD addressed the jury for the defendants, contending that the 40s. which had been paid into court was an ample compensation for the injury which the plaintiff had sustained. The jury, being of the same opinion, found a ver dict for the defendants. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant AT CHERLEY.) Richard Harris, aged 30, pleaded guilty to three several charges of burglary, and was sentenced to transportation for lift!. Considerable progress has been made with the calendar, owing, however, chiefly to the ignoring of bills by the grand jury, and the number of prisoners who pleaded guilty. Among the bills ignored are both the charges of child murder. Saturday, August 17. The business in the Nisi Prius Court to-day has been of a most uninteresting character. Upwards of seven hours were consumed by the trial of a case in which the question was, whether certain goods which had been seized by the assignees of a bankrupt were really the bankrupt's property or that of his brother, who had purchased them, as the plaintiff's case stood, under a bill of sale. The next action was one, which was in effect undefended, upon some bills of exchange; and the third was an action of ejectment, where, the plaintiff having made out a prima facie case, a com plete legal answer to the action was made out by proof of a feofment and fine. This closed the day's pro ceedings at six o'clock. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY.) Francis Augustus Cox, a person ;very respectably connected, was iudicted for stealing, at Bristol, on the 15th of May last, a certain order for the payment of 291. 1 ls. the property of the Postmaster-General. Mr. Whateley, Mr. Godson, and Mr. Bros, ap peared for the prosecution. Upon being, arraigned, the prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge. Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY sentenced him to nine calendar months' imprisonment, with hard labour. NORTHERNCIRCUIT.—LiverpooI, Aug. 16. The Learned Judges of Assize arrived here last evening from Lancaster, and opened the Commission of Assize for the southern division of this county. This morning their Lordships attended Divine ser vice, and about noon proceeded to business. The Lord Chief Baron presides in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Creswell on the Civil Side. The cause list contains an entry of 37 causes for the first list, which includes the hundred of Salford, and 95 for the second list, for the West Derby hun dred. It is rumoured that the Solicitor-General, Sir F. Thesiger, comes down on a special retainer in two cases—" Farrer v. Deflinne" and " Milne v. the Cor poration of Manchester," in which latter also Mr. F. Kelly comes down for the plaintiff. • The calendar contains the names of 86 prisoners. There is one case of murder, 5 of attempts to mur der, 7 of manslaughter, 4 of rape, 10 of burglary, 5 of cutting and wounding, and 2 of throwing vitriol. CROWN SIDE. Richard Woodhouse, a youth of about 17 years of age, was indicted for throwing a corrosive fluid over Jane Liffey, with intent to injure her. Mr. Green conducted the prosecution, and Mr. J. Pollock the defence. It appeared from the evidence, that on the 16th of May last some children, among whom was the child who was injured, and who was little more than two years old, were playing in Penny-street, Manchester, near her mother's house. The prisoner, who had been sent by his master to a shop for some aqua fortis, was returning in that direction, when he met the poor little child, and without any provocation poured some of the liquid on the back of her neck, in consequence of which she was severely injured. She was taken to the infirmary, where she remained six or seven weeks before she was sufficiently re covered to be discharged. Mr. J. Pozzacx, in addressing the jury for the Eilward Maylett was indicted for the manslaughter of T't ►omas O'Donnell at Manchester, on the 23d of July f last. 11 fc. Monk conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Will oins the defence. It appeared that the prisoner was a boatman on the Roe: b dale canal, and on the morning of the 23d of Jule last, was conducting a boat to the Piccadilly wha- in Manchester. The boat was in the empty lock,, and the prisoner had raised the sluice for the purpc 'se of letting the water in. The deceased, who was a boy, had been bathing, and on coming out of the vf ater was crossing the lock-gates, at the end of whic I i the prisoner was standing, for the purpose of gett . iaig his clothes, which were on the other side. The prisoner, as if in sport, caught at him as he pass« A, and the poor boy slipped into the full lock, and ovas drawn down by the current, and did not rise againt. For awhile the prisoner seemed stupified, but some boys shouting that he had murdered the lad, he jumped into the boat, and began searching for the body• with the boat-hook. Not finding it, he closed the s etuice and let the water out, when he succeeded in g( rtting the body out, after it had been submerged about ten minutes, but life was quite extinct. Wrialuis addressed the jury, who returned a verd jet of Not Guilty. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 17. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONDLANQUE.) D. ROSS'S BANKRUPTCY. T bankrupt in this case was a commission agent can 7ing on business in I:Dye-lane,. and to-day he applA ed for his certificate. He was opposed on the ground that he had speculated and been extravagant in til‘de and personal expenditure, having at the time liabi itios hanging over his head for 11,0001. connected with. a Scotch sequestration. TI ie COURT considered the opposition justifiable, and st postponement of the bankrupt's certificate was made: for one year and a half. THE NEW INSOLVENCY LAW. In the case of an insolvent named Holmes, the first undev the new Act, his Hosoun gave it as his opinion that it would be better to employ an attorney than an agent. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. DONOHUE V DRAPER. In -this case the plaintiff, kr. John Donohue,green gromr, Vere-street, Clare-market, sought to recover from the defendant, Mr. John Draper, landlord of the Globe., Charles street, Hatton-garden, the sum of 6/. for t'ne hire of a van. • Mr_ Charnock appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Lush for the defendant. Mr. CHARNOCIC stated that the defendant had a Derby club at his house, the members of which were desirau.s to go to Epsom on the Derby day. The defendant, in consequence, engaged a van of the plain tiff, for which he consented to pay 61., it being for the accommodation of ten of the members. On the elay named, the van being at the door, the driver of it., who was the plaintiff's brother, was told by 'the defendant that the plaintiff had agreed to l.et the van for twenty persons. There were eigh teen, however, who took their seats, in ad diticaa to whom the defendant put into the van three barrels of ale and porter, twelve hampers of pro visions, with a large quantity of cigars, soda water, and bottles of wine. With this load the van went to Epsom Downs. On its return, at Tooting, there was a disturbance among the party, and, in a pugilistic encounter, a person named Bullen received a blac:k eye. The defendant was so disgusted with his fr ends that he left them there, and came to town in a cart. The defendant now refused to pay the de mand upon him, and offered to pay 4/. The action was br ought 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 Nan hired? If not I will engage it, and give you W." Witness understood the plaintiff to allude to the Derby day, and asked for a deposit. The de fend ant replied, that he could pay for the van in the monaing, when the van was brought. He also ob servad, that there would be ten persons besides the lugf page. Ry 111 r. Lusn—The defendant told him that he had offered the plaintiff 4/., 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, Lusif, 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 6/. 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 out 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 6/. 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 h orses 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 be upset.—(Laughter.) This happened, at least twenty times, and on some occasions they all got out. 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. Lusn—There were only two of the party 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. Blr. Penny, one of the party, stated that he agreed to pay Mr. ilk. 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 driYer 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. CuaasocK 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 COMMISSIONER summed up, when the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, 6/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) GUILDHALL. Richard 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. Ile (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 ever the glass to conceal that he had taken the silver spoon. lie ran into Aldersgate-street, 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. lle 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 pocket handkerchiefs. • William Freeman, waiter at the New Inn, Old Bailey, 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 Cornpter, on being taken there for Ahat 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 expectation that other charges will appear against him. MARY LEB 61V E. 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, 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 attended to con duct the cases; his processional 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 Frankfurt'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 40s. _ _ _ Mr. RAWLIKSON (to Davis)—ls there any illness in his Lordship's house ? Davis—There is not, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON—Then, 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—lt is. Sir, there can be no doubt of it. Mr. RAWLINSON—Then it's very scandalous con duct. _ 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.—He 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 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 become 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 Chelsea, 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 ?—Mr. 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. Pelham'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 1001. per annum from some gentleman in Edinburgh. Mr. BuanELL 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. Ile 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. FELONY.—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 prodwed. 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. HARDWICK 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 sixpence for what had only cost half the money. Since that time he had tried to get regular employment, but without effect. He 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. Haanwicx asked the lad what he proposed to do for a living ?—The lad said when he came of age, he was to receive 3001. He thought if he had a trifle to buy food with, be 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. 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 home the 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 order to 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 1, 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. COTTINGIIAM 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 to Dover with him, and that he took her on board his ship, which was lying in the docks there, and thatshe 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. COTTING HAM 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 noise 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 following her 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 ni 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 gig 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 161. 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 2/. 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 o nly 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 AIAGISTRATE 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 Cr" minal Court on both charges. George Walters, cabman, and Thomas Taylor, Iv bourer were brought up on remand for driving furiously over Mrs. Mary Ann Rees, the wife of a compositor, in Webber-row, by which her life We e 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 ha 1 been at the expens e 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. El after the accident was in the office on Thursday, an the complainant only sought to make property ° them. - Mr. Rees denied that statement ; his wife had r been even out of bed since the accident, except a fe ll minutes, when she fainted away. The MAGISTRATE said they were evidently B reat ruffians, and as they viewed the case in that ligh t ' and supported it by a false hood, he should order 117 ' 3 ters to pay 3/. for the damage, and a fine of 2/. it"' with expenses, and Taylor to pay 2/. 10s., or to "" imprisoned for one month with hard labour. They were then both locked up. THE VICTORY.—We are requested to state 010 the new naval novel, The Victory, or The Ward fle g , Mess, by M. 11. Barker, Esq., " The Old Sailor, published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl bo. rough-street, and may now be had at all the librari es ' Mr. Colburn has also just published the following P° llll { lar novels :—Parsons and Widows, by the authorle " Peter Priggins"—The Wilfulness of Woman, by w o authoress of " The History of a Flirt"—Hyde arstophe Sporting Novel, by "Craven"—Whitefriars; t Days of Charles the Second, an Historical RoraEolheen third edition. The following are just ready :- --- A r t - e Arundel, a Tale of the English Revolution, by - 0 1 be Smith, Esq., author of " Brambletye House,' and the Roman Traitor, a True Tale of the Republic, bf , t xe. author of "Oliver Cromwell," "Marmaduke MARRIED. .e,lo ra On the 12th inst., at the British Embas.y Paris, - o ' - i, a t r John Woollett, Esq., of Rouen, to Marianne ' , 'second datig'—e ofJohn Arthur, Esq., late of Vernon, France. C ol On the 14th inst., at St. Martin's-in- the-Fields, no pher Francis Holmes, Esq., Captain is the Army, to - 412 Anisa, second daughter of Mr. Harding, Braintree, E., 55 ,_ e f. t ,' of On the 14th inst., at St. Pancras, Mr. William Gu'V er of Steward-street, Spitalfields, to Mary Ann, eldest d ang "" R. B. Clarke, Esq., of Gower-street, New-road. On the 14th inst., at Hampstead,SylviaWest M is, the e • ar , noi se daughter of Major Bull, of York House, to Don a s s !. Antonio Chixhorro de Gamo o onford, Por t l a ylf , On the 15th inst., at Hampton, Captainp Wentworth ,_ . s i r Madras Grenadiers, to Harriet, third daughter of the leLe Ambrose Hardinge Giffard, Chief Justice of__:CeYl° On h n t t h h e e 1 1 2 0 t t h h DIED. 1 dell, second daughter late inst . , ins.,at j l ll \ l ' i i a nche a ster, Lieutenant o n Twigg. gobs t Artt ar 0f the Shakes pear , pear, of the 49th Regiment. Oil On the 12th inst., at C f t Somerset, Le ompton Paunce oo , Goodin lluse YHunt, Esq, ,: beth On the 13th inst., at Leamington, Lady Anne E_ r uz„ B , o o, Montagu Scott, eldest daughter of the late Charles iv i'" Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. ff. On the 14th inst., Isabella Wright,the daughter o Miss Wright, ' ironmonger, Hammersmith-gate, aged 21. .„,,..,in, O n the 14th inst., at Topsham, near Exeter, Charles .e.t."-- third surviving son of G. Gwilt, Esq., of Southwark. gigh On the 15th inst., Samuel Luck Kent, Esq. of , Wycombe. EleilO r On the 15th inst ., at Richmond- 31155 green, Walmesley. East E s se%, Ham On the 15th inst., at the Manor Ho use, i ' '' ~r g „ Katherine Juliana, the second daug hter of William D . - Fry, Esq. A a k 4 03 ' On the 16th inst., at Cambridge-square, -park, - r the infant daughter of J. D. Mullens . v- worth' On the 13th inst., at the Rectory House of .e&eg On the 16th inst., Thomas W illiam Leicestershire, Mrs. Rachel Wilson , aged 37. or th e Tyn d a le, Esq ., Middle Temple, barrister. YOL I'4 Lyndon: frinted and Published by ØIURD • 11 No. 112, Strand, Printer , at The Sus Oflice; G o Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ,1" Middlesex, llionday, August 19, 1844. BIRTHS. G. V. On the 12th inst., at Milton-next-Gravesend, WS. Sharland, of a daughter. wife a On the 14th inst., at the Vicarage, Somerton, th e the Rev. W. R. Newbolt, of a son. sil l ‘ res On the 15th inst., in Queen Ann-street, Cavendish' the lady of G. Burrows M.D., of a daughter. 0 1. On the 15th inst., M ' rs. Sampson Samuel, of North - b ings, Finsbury-circus, of a daughter. V icar On the 15th inst., the wife of the Rev. W. Wheeler, of Old and New Shoreham, of a son. ar— R. I L On the 16th inst., at Middleton-road, Dalkon, .."-' Shaw, of a son. __..-•••••"°