The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-26 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The tardiness with which the inquiry into the Landlord and Tenant system in Ireland pro ceeds, and the improbability of any considerable prac t'c it advantage to the population from the labours of the Commission, have been often made the subject of complaint and prediction. We do not expect any new disclosures by the publication of the report, ap pear when it may. It is not information as to the state of Ireland, and the causes of the depressed and disorganised condition of the people, that is required ; nut an honest purpose to remove their grievances ; with which all who are not wholly ignorant of the social condition of Ireland, are acquainted and must deplore. The appointment of the Commission to inquire into the nature and practical operation of the relations which exist between the landlords and tenants in Ire land, was a mere pretext, resorted to by Sir Robert Peel for the purpose of evading the demand for a practical remedy for well-known grievances. It was a weak apology for doing nothing. The source of most of the monster miseries of that wretched country, and the provocatives of its peasantry to those terrible instances of what has been described as " the wild justice of revenge "—by which it is degraded and disgraced— will continue to operate. The report of this Commis ion—fraught with facts which have been elicited by former Commissions and Committees, and published in their reports—will be laid upon the tables of Parlia ment, and ordered to be printed, with all the pomp and circumstance of some new revelation. 'Thus the farce of inquiry will close. While, however, the Commissioners are carrying on the inquiry at the several places they visit, with closed doors, and all the other means of keeping the information they receive sacred from the prying curiosity of the public, some of the particulars they collect escape, by some means or other, and thus prematurely obtain publication. The following facts, published in the Irish journals, as having been given in evidence before the Commission, though not new, sufficiently illustrate the condition of the peasantry, and account for the recklessness they occasionally display : " In consolidate on of farms agrarian outrages have chiefly originated. This has diminished labour and caused great distress and misery, driving many of the evicted tenants to desperation. " FARMING POPDLATION.—Large farmers with grass lands are in some cases in a comfortable condition. With tillage lands the contrary is generally the case. Small farmers are commonly struggling for a liveli- Ii od ; and labourers are in the most wretched state. Wages, where employment can be had, seldom ex coed sixpence per day, without food. Witness knows many families who can get no more than one meal of potatoes and salt a day. The Government loan fund is of great service to labourers. . . . . . The rent on small farms is generally higher than on the larger ones—the rent of small farms is generally paid in cash, and witness believes more punctually than that of large farms. The children of tenants. on the death of their parents, are left to the care of friends, who, in general, perform the duties of guardians, if the farms are left to them. Labourers in the country usually hold cabins with little or no land from far mers, but they usually reside near or in towns, where their condition is miserable in the extreme. In the country, the rent is paid by distress, or civil bill at Quarter Sessions. The con-acre system, which prevails in some parts, is of infinite service ; but for this they would be unable to obtain provisions. Con-acre is usually set at 101. per acre, and taken from farmers. In many cases employment cannot be obtained at any rate 01 wages. The wages usually given are Bd. per day in seunmer, and 6d. in winter. Witness has known la beurers to go seven or eight miles at four o'clock in the morning, and offer to work the day for 6d. Agrarian outrage in almost every case has arisen from the evic- Con of tenantry." " Lord DEVON—Do the Catholic clergy assist, by ad ice, to put down agrarian outrage? Answer—Yes, always; and but for the advice of the Catholic clergy, the dread of future punishment, and the Lope of future reward, I am confident assassinations would be more frequent. " Lord DEVON —How did these outrages originate? " Answer— Before the passing of the Emancipation A ct, gentlemen gave leases to a numerous tenantry for ,i,e purpose of making them 40s. freeholders, and had 1, equent intercourse with these tenants for different perposes; but since the passing of that Bill the landlords ;tre consolidated their farms, and driven the smaller formers to seek employment as labourers when no ern- Voyment could be obtained. If the landed proprietors ha I more intercourse with their tenants, and corrected sock grievances as lay in their power, I feel confident t hat the tenants would do all they could to cultivate their friendship. But the rents are chiefly paid through ::gents, who, having no interest in the welfare of the tenantry, do not care, with some honourable exceptions, what becomes of the tenant, so that the rent is paid. Now, as the rents are frequently demanded at a time when the tenant is not able to pay it, from not having s 41 his crops, an eviction takes place, and the tenant is driven out on the world. From the number of those evictions, the tenants look on the landlord ith suspicion ; the landlord, on the contrary, equally Istrs and suspects the tenant • and thus originate the a trarian outrages. Some landlords and agents ask their rents in a harsh and intemperate manner ; this appears t the tenant as if the landlord or agent owed him some i 1-will, and he is, thereforei'afraid that they will evict I,im. Tenants will make great sacrifices to serve a i-nellord or agent who deals with them in a kind and Itrteous manner. I know of some landlords and a ;ents who are more kind and generous to tenants of a d ;:perate character than to their more industrious and peaceable tenants." V:That security cal exist for the preservation of e -cud order, or for the respect in which life and pro perty should be held by the community, to render hoth secure, in a country where masses of the popu- I tion are thus made to feel that " that the world is net their friend, nor the world's law ?" One advan tage will result from the iiiquiry, though not pre cisely that which Sir Robert Net contemplated when he issued the Commission. The wretched eondition of the small farmers and labourers will be n !airs exhibited—a condition more deplorable than is t ' he met with in any other portion of civilised Eerope. The cause of that deeply-seated and evid,ely spread moral and social wretchedness will el-o be partially, if not fully, developed. Though nut within the range of legislative interference, nor to be cured by the interposition of Government, the xposure will not be altogether futile. Publicity be secured ; and public opinion will he brought to bear upon the landed proprietors; to whom, as a class, the calamitous circumstances of the tenantry noel labourers insist be attributed. Neglect of the duties of property, with a rigorous exaction of their i4lits—and in many cases extortion of more than their legal claims—constitute the source of Ireland's monster grievance. STAN DA II D.—The paper pellets which have I een fired from the masked battery of a Contempo rery at Lord Brougham's Act for abolishing impri sonment for debt for all sums not exceeding twenty pounds, afford ample evidence, if further evidence w ere wanting, of the absolute necessity that existed for such a measure ; the virulence and unchristian vindic tiveness displayed by these writers clearly evincing hat degree of forbearance might be expected by the most honourably disposed debtors at their hands. For the obstruction it has met with in other quarters it would be more difficult to account, if one of its ob jects had not been to protect the unfortunate insolvent from the rapacity of a class of persons who are often the chief cause of his inability to meet his engage ments; and whose rapacity is frequently the only ob stacle to his release from prison, when the obduracy of his creditor has been finally overcome. In the teeth of the opinion of Lord Brougham, that the attestation ef the affidavit of the insolvent need not cost him more than half-a-crown, the Commissioners of the Bank ruptcy Court, although not entirely agreed as to the extent in which the unhappy debtor shall be mulcted, are sufficiently of accord as to the im possibility of his dispensing with the services of an " attorney-at-law ;" and whilst some of these func tionaries are content that the amount of which he is to he thus denuded shall be 21., others have decided that it ought to be 31. It was naturally enough to be expected that a measure calculated to discourage the rapacity of the lower class of attorneys, and cl:minisle the necessity for the interference, as often as heretofore, of even the more respectable part of the profession, would meet with every possi ble opposition from those whose profits it is cal culated to abridge. Hitherto, in a large majority of the instances in which a debtor has been incarce rated for less than 20/., the law costs have fornied the larger portion of their respective debts. Lord Brougham's Bill diminishes the temptation of either the creditor or his lawyer to heap cruel au 1 fruitless expense upon the debtor, since he can no longer hold over him in terrorem the )spect of imprisonment on his account, whilst it relords the creditor ampler and more accessible moons of punishing any fraudulent or dishonest conduct on the p ar t o f the debtor. Lord Brougham 1-,ttres us that no " attorney -at-law" ist an insolvent in his application to the Bank rui-tcy Court, and that the Commissioners have no power whatever to require such a person to witness caii sheet of the petition and schedule, in the face of the schedule to the Act , which requires the signature I.:ut once, and the attestation, not of an attorney -at law, but merely of an attorney or agent." The Com missioners refer, it seems, to the statutes of the 5 and 6 Victoria, c. 116, and the 7 and 8 Victoria, a s their authority for altogether resisting his Lord ship's suggestion, and quote the clause that each sheet of such petition and schedule shall be signed by the petitioner, in the presence of a nd attested b y h is attorney." We do not understand in what manner this revision can be said to controvert his Lordship's opinion. lie seems, indeed, to have been perfectly aware of its eeistence, and the language in which it is couched is precisely that on which his suggestion appears to have been founded. Perhaps his Lordship's re marks on the irregular attendance of Commis sioners, coupled with a fellow feeling for the pro fceion of the law, and an impatience of the cur tailment of its profits, may have had some influ ena.e.,in the matter. For the present, however, we ,--1iV1 5 V:'61;1;51.4,14t we prefer Lord Brougham's iefuntiese A - : 034—"Relative mewling of the words "at :\- "if torney" and " attorney-at-law," to that of the Commissioners', and we cannot but continue to regard it as one of the most importan` features of his Bill that the debtor may obtain his li berty without being subjected to the extortions of the lower classes of attorneys-ataw. Such a proposal could not fail to excite a stro - 'g opposition on the part of a large and singularly active body of persons. Their objections are, however, entitled to even less credit thin those of the traders and shop keepers who have lately expectorated, through the columns of the Times, so much bile upon the subject. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH. — The Queen, 110, Captain Martin, is progressing. very rapidly with her equipment, and will go out of the harbour to Spithead on the first of next month. She has got her top-gallant masts pointed and all her running gear rove, and most of her stores on board. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, still n?mains at her anchorage at Spitheael. Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour is at Portsmouth, and has his flag flying on board of her. The delay in sending this vessel to sea has given rise to numerous speculative reports, and among others that it is in contemplation to change her destination from the Pacific to the Mediterranean. The fact is, she is only waiting the termination of the nego tiation between the British and French Governments re specting the Otaheite affair, it being deemed advisable that the Gallant Admiral should leave the country with something like definitive instructions as to the course he is to pursue when he assumes the command in the Pacific. The Collingwood is in most excellent order, and does credit to the service. _ _ The Victoria and Albert, royal steam yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, has not returned from her cruise, but is expected this afternoon. She left on Tues day afternoon, and proceeded to the westward, and has been kept at sea during the week, in order fully to test her new tubular boilers, and to ascertain the advantages of her various internal improvements since last season, especially if the unpleasant effluvia arising from the bilge water has been done away with by the remedies that have been applied for its suppression. The yacht is to be got ready immediately for the use of her Majesty, who it is understood will embark the second week in September. The experimental brigs are not yet commissioned, and the delay has caused considerable surprise in the nautical world, for they have been all ready, with top-gallant masts on end, for some time. It has been alleged that the reason why they have not been commissioned is because the Lords of the Admiralty have it in contem plation to commission some larger vessels, and that the hands will be required for them. We do not know how true this may be, but it is very evident that the cause of delay in commissioning these brigs is only of recent date, and therefore it is not unreasonable to suppose that the Admiralty may be waiting the turn of events before they man these vessels. Every necessary preparation is being made at the various dockyards to meet any sudden emergency. A number of able seamen are being entered at each yard as riggers. This is a very excellent precaution on the part of the Admiralty, for should the exigencies of the service require a, number of line-of-battle ships to be brought forward at a short notice, these are the men whose services will most be wanted. The rigging of the advance ships is all ready to throw over their masts, and by the aid of these men the vessels can be fully rigged and all ataunt while the regular hands are entering. PORTSMOUTH, Atm. 25.—The unprotected state of our ports has become amongst naval men a leading topic of conversation, more so at the port than e'se where, and not without good reason, we think, when we have before our eyes the fact that neither Portsmouth, Devonport, nor Sheerness has a "guard" ship, and the only ship fitting out for that service is the Queen, 110, in this harbour, for the flag of Sir J. C. White at the Nore. The St. Vincent, 120, until lately the flag.ship at this port, is in the Sound at Plymouth, ordered to hold herself in readiness to leave that port at a moment's notice. The Collingwood will leave Spithead in a day or two (Tuesday is reported) for her station, when there will be no ship fitting out at this or any other port except the Queen. A descent upon our coasts, even to the mouths of our harbours, would be, under such circumstances as the above, an attempt by no means difficult of accomplish ment, especially if steam were employed ; an enemy might pour shot and shells into our garrisons, and into this, perhaps, easier than any other, in the night, and be out of reach before any craft could get out of harbour to cope with them. To remedy the possibility of this, it is the opinion of heads grown gray in the service that a first-class steam-frigate, of powers somewhat like the Terrible (now building at Deptford), should be con structed for the service of each port, and which should be kept in such a state of constant readiness as to be eligible for chase or fight almost at a moment's notice. Such vessels would be far more eligible and efficacious in lzeeping off marauding hos than all the guard-ships that ever carried flags. The Coliingwood, SO, Captain Smart, at Spithead, has received sailing orders. She will sail on Tuesday, we believe. The Inconstant, 36, Captain Freemantle, was at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 20th ult. The Queen, 100, Captain Martin, has her topgallant. masts pointed, and will drop down to Spithead from her moorings in the harbour, it is expected, next Saturday. The Spartan, 26, Captain the lion. C. G. J. B. Elliott, was at Port Royal on the 23d ult. The Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. Blackwood, is on her way from Tangiers, to relieve Commodore Chads, in the Cambrian, 36, in China, who will return toEngland. The Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, arrived at Sierra Leone on the 2d of June, and was to place herself under the orders of Captain (since Commodore) Jones, the senior officer on the African coast, who was expected in the Penelope, 22, steam frigate. The Growler, steam sloop, Commander C. H. M. Backle, from the Brazils, and the s!oops Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir W. Daniell, and the Wasp, 16, Commander S. H. Ussher, from the West Indies, were ordered to reinforce the squadron on the coast, to assist in the suppression of the slave trade. _ _ The Pique, 36, Captain the llon. M. Stopford, left Ja maica on the 10th ult., for Barbadoes, with specie. The Vindictive, 50, now in dock here, is being cape d ited (it is reported) for flag service on the West India station, to relieve the Illustrious, 72, flag of Sir Charles Adtim, AT hrse period of service has expired. The Victoria and Albert royal yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, return, d to Cowes last evening, having been out four days on a trial cruise, which has yielded the highest satisfaction. She came into the har bour again this day, at twelve o'clock. In Dock—The Vindictive, Prince Regent, Dwarf, Scourge, and Athol. In Harbour—The Victory (flag-ship pro tem), Queen, Excellent, Sylvia, Nautilus, Fearless, Echo and Comet steamers In the Basin—The Daring, Osprdy, Lily, Flying Fish, Pataloon, and Waterwitch. SHEERNESS, AUG. 23.—The Monarch, 84, is ordered to be brought forward for commission forthwith. An order to enter 100 men for general service has arrived at this dockyard, 'since which announcement " many have called, but few have been chosen." In the Harbour—The Ocean, Raven, and Africaine. In Dock—The Monarch, Herald, Beagle, and Vernon. PROMOTIONS. Assistant-Surgeon.—Jatnes Allan (1837) to tho rank of surgeon. Second-Masten—W. H. Green, of the Fearless, to the rank of master. Clerk.—E. Gabriel, of the Madagascar, to be pay master and purser. APPOINTMENTS, Captain.—M. H. Dixon (1811) to the San Josef, with the charge of the ships in ordinary at Devonport, vice Burgoyne, whose period of service has expired. Lieutenants.—T. J. R. Barrow, L. B. Mackinnon, G. Pyne, J. W. Probert, S. F. Short, all additional to the Formidable, flag ship at Gibraltar. Mates.—T. H. Molyneux and R. Barrington, to the Excellent ; J. I. llanyard, to the St. Vincent ; W. H. Conolly, to the Comet. Assistant•Surgoon.—W. P. Banks, M.D. (1838), of the Fearless, to the Crane. Clerks.—A. Arlington (in charge), to the Alban ; J. B. Martin (in charge), to the Lynx ; T. W. W. Spear, to the Dwarf ; G. T. Harris, to the St. Vincent ; Mr. Rivers, of Deptford Dockyard, to the Director of Works' Department of Chatham Dockyard. Masters' Assistants.—G. Raymond, to the Crane ; Henry Petch, to the Tartarus. Naval Cadet.—G. R. Tuckey, to the Alfred. Boatswain.—John Stanley (sUp.), of the San Jcsef, to the Fox, vice Culter, superseded. ROYAI. MARINES. PROMOTIONS. First Lieutenant. —G. Elliott to be Captain, vice Bridge, to half-pay, Second Lieutenant. —W. Hutchinson to be First Lieu tenant, vice Elliott, promoted. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE RIVER QUEEN.—On Wednesday afternoon, an accident of a frightful character took place on board the River Queen upon her voyage to Ipswich from Walton-on-the-Naze, in Essex. It appears that the vessel, as usual upon days when she takes an " Excursion," had a crowded deck and cabin, and some parties to avoid the crush went down into the engine room, open under the permission of the engineer. Among these were Captain Robert Resker, of the Zephyr brig, belonging to this port, his wife, and several other persons. Resker afterwards came on deck and sat upon the hatches connected with the light above the engine room. From this position he was seen to rise, and then suddenly to fall backwards through an opening upon the engine, within the works of which he was caught, and though the engineer, prompt at his post, stopped the way of the boat immediately, the unfortunate man was crushed to death in an instant. — ..Suffolk Chronicle. Within these forty years, in the course of which population has advanced about 65 per cent. in Great Britain and Ireland, crime in England has increased 700 per cent., in Ireland about 800 per cent., and in Scotland above 3,600 per cent. MURDER OF A CHILD.— A child, twenty-one months old, named Elizabeth Carpenter, died on Tues day at Bristol, in consequence of the ill-treatment it re ceived from a woman (not its mother) with whom its father cohabited. During the absence of its father, the unfeeling wretch was in the habit of beating the poor infant about the head with her clenched fist. She had kill n itti Pr .m e t q o u il e rl n l t t, l ir y lied h a e fya a rd to tahneri n inquest deeslnat not e t at t sa h li a ,l cot it cald, : h nv a da t y et hse t h h je e u iNr c y, h o i t l i re turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Elizabeth Light," the woman whose brutal treatment had occa sioned the poor child's death. PRINCE ALBERT'S BIRTHDAY.- .To day is the an niversary of the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, o n which occasion the ill us t r i ous Prince com pletes twenty-fifth year, having b een b orn on the his 26th of August, 1819. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 24. APPLICATIONS UNDER THE NEW ACT. The cases of several insolvents were brought before the Court on the question of fees to be paid on the filing of their proceedings, and the Learned Commis sioner was obliged to be somewhat positive on the subject, in order to counteract the opinion which seems to exist, that men are not only to get into debt, but to be considered "martyrs" because they happen to be in prison. There is a sickly affectation of hu manity either for the debtor or creditor, instead of the centre path, in which the truth will be found. An attorney applied to his Honour, with a view of ascertaining whether the schedules of insolvents in prison could not be filed without the payment of fees until after their discharge. He said that from what had appeared in the newspapers the applicants thought they could be released at once from prison. Mr. Commissioner FONULANQUE said that every article that appeared in a newspaper did not constitute law. The whole Act was to be carried out, and not a part, and therefore it was quite impossible that pro 7 ceedings could be filed without the payment of fees. The attorney hoped the payment of 1/. in each case would be deemed sufficient till a scale of fees could be promulgated. An advertisement of the first hearing could be inserted in an evening paper for a less sum than was charged by the morning papers. The COURT said that the advertisements were for creditors, and must be inserted in the morning papers of known large circulation. The Commissioners were anxious to give every facility to the discharge of men, but in a court of law there must he certain regulation, without which no proceedings could be satisfactorily carried on. The attorney again referred to the statements which appeared in the papers and the forms published. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE (significantly)-- Take the law from the Queen's printer. Some further discussion occurred, which ended in the Court ordering that 30s. in each case should, in the first instance, be deposited with the messenger of the Court. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE intimated that in a few days the orders would be issued; it was im possible to make rules instanter. IN RE TOLFRET. This was an application on the part of an insolvent who had been five years in prison, and was originally taken on a Judge's order as a person about to leave the country. The attorney for the insolvent mentioned the cir cumstance to the Court, as a difference of opinion ex isted on the subject. The insolvent was now charged in execution, and the point was whether he could avail himself of the new Act, which he could not have done if the proceedings had not gone on to execution. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUII was of opinion that he was entitled to his discharge, as he was now in prison on an execution ; and he made the order ac cordingly. IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT BANISTER. This case has already been before the public. The bankrupt was a draper at Portsea, and had absconded from his creditors ;he had visited Madeira. He had, however, returned, and the present sitting was fixed for his last examination. The solicitor to the fiat applied for an adjournment, in order that a fiat against Charles Banister might be worked in London together, in accordance with an order of the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. The Court granted the application. SUMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN ClRCUlT. —Liverpool, Aug 23 . CROWN SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) Eliza Daley, James Daley, and Elizabeth Daley, were indicted for attempting to murder a new-born infant. Mr. Armstrong, assisted by Mr. Hutton, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins the defence. Mr. ARMSTRONG having stated the case to the Jury, Mr. HULTON called Eleanor Evans, who stated that she lived at 34, Be dale-street, Manchester, and kept a lodging-house, and the three prisoners, who were mother, son, and daughter, rented apartments from her. The female prisoners slept in the same bed-room with witness, and James Daley occupieda room to himself. Witness ob served that the younger woman, Eliza Daley, ap peared to be pregnant, and remarked to her, that it was so said by all the married women in the neigh bourhood. She had also spoken to the mother relative to the state in which her daaghter was supposed to be, and she (the mother) said it was nothing of the kind ; she had a complaint of dropsy before she left Ireland, and that she had had two other daughters who had died of the same complaint. On the afternoon of the ' 25th of July, the two women in company went out, and remained absent until seven o'clock in the evening ; and when they returned, Eliza Daley went immediately up stairs, and the witness following shortly afterwards, perceived that she was undressing herself, and remarked to her that it was an early hour for her to be going to bed. Eliza replied, " Yes, but lam rather unwell." Eliza Daley, having undressed herself, went to bed, and the mother took up a cup of coffee. About half-past ten o'clock witness had occasion to go into the bed-room, when she found Eliza Daley sitting on a box at the foot of the bed, having on at the time a green striped dress. Witness laid, Q 1 Miss Daley, what are you doing out of your bed ?" and she replied, " I ant not well, and have got up," and she then jumped up and ran down stairs, and shortly afterwards witness heard the back door opened, and some one go out. Witness, after a little lapse of time, went down stairs, and found that Eliza Daley had gone into the privy, in which she re mained upwards of half an hour, when she was called in by witness. Witness about eleven o'clock went to bed, leaving the two female prisoners in the parlour, and shortly afterwards she heard some one come in at the front door, who proved to be James Daley. About twalve o'clock the son and mother came up stairs, and witness asked Mrs. Daley where her daughter was, and she replied that she was sitting in the kitchen. Witness said, " It's a main poor excuse ; I must go down and look after her." Mrs. Daley said, "Don't, my dear; I'll go." Witness said, " I feel alarmed ; I must look after you both." Mrs. alley made no reply, but got into bed, and witness shortly afterwards heard an infant cry. Her nephew, John Roberts, brought a candle, and she went down stairs, and found Eliza Daley sitting in the kitchen, and from the appearances near to the place, she found that she had been in labour. Mrs. Jackson was called, mad Eliza Dalev said, " What do you want here ? go to your bed," and she then swore. James Daley came down stairs, apparently much confused, and asked for an explanation of what was going on. He was told that his sister was in labour, and he exclaimed, " It's a mis take ! 0, my life and my character !" The e lder D a l e y said it was not true that - her daughter had had a child ; she was tuffering under a complaint of which two of her daughters had died, and the appearances were caused in consequence of the great quantity of medicine she had taken, and said it was unkind of witness to expose the girl before her sister. James Daley begged hard of witness to be as silent as possible, for he believed it to be altogether a mistake. From what his mother had said witness went up stairs, and found Eliza Daley in bed, and requested her to confess whether or not she had had a child, for if she had had one, every attention should be paid to her. She (Eliza Daley) said it was nothing of the sort ; swore at them, and requested that they would go to bed. Some time afterwards Eliza Daley exclaimed, " 0, what shall I do ?" and her mother requested her to be quiet. Witness, on awaking in the morning about six o'clock, found Eliza Daley sitting up in bed changing her clothes. The mother was not there at the time, but came in shortly afterwards, and took away some foul linen and a green dress. Eliza l)aley's clothes were placed together, as though she had con templated leaving the house. Eliza Daley was taken into custody. Several witnesses were called to depose to the facts mentioned by the witness, and that the elder Daley early on the morning named in the indictment was endeavour.. ing to gain access to a privey, having with her at the time a bundle. Peter Smith, a night-soil man, stated, that on the morning of the 26th of July he found tho body of a male child, wrapped in a cloak, lying on some ashes in a midden. Mr. WILKINS proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoners, when His LORDSHIP interrupted the Learned Counsel, stating that he wished to consult Mr. Justice Cresswell on the subject of the indictment. On his Lordship's return into Court, he said he thought it his duty, in order that justice might be done, to stop the proceedings. He had looked at the indict ment with some care, and had found that it was founded on a statute that, whoever should attempt to drown, or suffocate, or strangle, with intent to commit the crime of murder, should, although no bodily injury should be occasioned, be held to be guilty of a felony. In the in dictment there was no other crime whatever charged ; and it was his duty to tell the jury that, what ever they might think of the misconduct of the prisoners, there was no evidence whatever of an attempt to suffocate or drown. If the child had been placed in the midden-hole, without the person so placing it there having a knowledge of what was on the other side of the wall, this would not be a legitimate mode of construing the statute ; and on the other hand, supposing that the person placing the child there was acquainted at the time with what was in the midden-hole, it then must appear that they had se lected the dry ashes to put it upon a place of compara tive safety and not of danger. There was another diffi culty also which presented itself. It was necessary that it should be shown who was the person placing the child in that situation, and of this fact there was altogether an absence of evidence. llis Lordship, after some re marks relative to these points, said he should not order that the prisoner should be liberated, as an indictment in a different form might be presented. A verdict of Not Guilty upon this indictment was then taken. Alfred Locke, Thomas Jennings, and Ellen Leech were charged with having committed a burglary on the night of the 21st of July last, in the house of Deborah Taylor, and stolen therein upwards of 3001. in money, and some silver plate, her property. Mr. Brandt and Mr. Monk conducted the case for the prosecution; and Mr. James and Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoners. The prosecutrix is a widow, and keeps a public-house in Salford called the Nelson Arms. The front of the house looks into Chapel-street, and the back into Sidney-street. On the evening of Sunday, the 2I s t of April, Mrs. Taylor's bedroom was noticed to be in a state of safety, and the bookcase, in which the money THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1844. was kept, was locked. At a little after ten o'clock it was found that the room had been forcibly entered, and the box, containing the cash and some silver spoons, &c., stolen away. The persons who had com mitted the depredation must have gained access from the back part of the house. To connect the prisoners with the burglary, it was shown that the two men, about a fortnight previously, had been sitting in an upper room in the house, from which room they could obtain a view of Mrs. Taylor's bedroom. On the Saturday night be fore the robbery, the male prisoners were seen in Chapel-street, opposite to Mrs. Taylor's house, from which situation they could see the bedroom window. The prisoner Locke lodged in Spear-street, which is about a mile and a quarter distant from Mrs. Taylor's house, and there had several times been seen with him at his lodgings a short man, not in custody, who must have been one of the parties who committed the bur glary. On the Sunday evening in question, Locke and and the little man spoken of, left the house at which Locke lodged, in company together, and went to a public house kept by a person named Wilson, where the little man changed his dress ; subsequently Locke and this man; in company with the other two prisoners, were to gether at the College Inn, near to the old church. The next pbsce in which they were seen was in Sidney-street, near to Mrs. Taylor's premises. The prisoner Jennings was keeping watch at one corner of the street, and the little man before alluded to at the other, and the prisoner Locke was passing about before the house, and after doing so for some time, he turned the corner into Scholefield-street, and was lost sight of for about a quarter of an hour, when he was seen to come apparently from the house, carrying something under his arm, and on going up to the other men some one said it's all right, and the parties separated. In a pit standing in the road taken by the man who was seen to carry some thing under his arm, was found the stolen cash box, and on the road taken by the man who has escaped the vigi lance of the police, were found other portions of the stolen property, and also a dark lantern. To connect the female with the transaction, it was shown that at the time the prisoner Locke was walking before Mrs. Tay lor's house, she had gone, in company with Jennings, into Mrs. Taylor's vaults, probably with the view of as certaining in what situation the inmates of the house were stationed. Jennings, after this, went to his lodg ings, where he left a message that if a man, answering the description of the little man spoken of, called, he was to meet him at the College Inn ; and at a quarter after ten o'clock this man and the male prisoners were toge ther at this public-house, where a transaction took place which was important to the inquiry into the guilt of the prisoners. The landlady and her daughter were sitting in the kitchen opposite to the room in whieh the par ties were, and they heard a sound as of gold money being counted. In consequence of this, on hearing of the robbery, a communication was made to the police, and instructions were given what was to be done if the parties came again. About ten o'clock the following morning the two male prisoners did come again, and the police were sent for, who took them into custody. Locke had on an entire new suit of clothes, and in his pockets were found seven sovereigns, and in the pockets of Jen nings were found four sovereigns. When told the charge upon which they were apprehended, they stated that they were at their lodgings at the hour the offence was com mitted, which was ascertained not to be the fact. These accusations having been proved in evidence, Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soners. This, he said, was a case which would require on their part a very great deal of care, watchfulness, and jealousy over themselves. He knew of nothing more easy than by an exercise of ingenuity to excite suspicion against others ; and if they lent a ready ear to the party making an accusation, and allowed that party to make an impression on their minds, there was afterwards a secret satisfaction, of which, perhaps, they might be uncon scious at the time, in making every circumstance fit the accusation and justify the impression on their minds. All cases of circumstantial evidence were calculated to ex cite suspicion ; and the circumstances in this case, as stated by the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, were put together with great skill and ingenuity ; and it fre quently happened that a Learned Counsel so situated, unless he was something more than human, allowed his judgment to be warped. It would be their duty to find a verdict in accordance with the evidence ; and he felt as sured they would take great care to ascertain whether the evidence which had been adduced was sufficient to justify them in pronouncing a verdict of guilty against the prisoners, of one of the highest offences 'mown to the law of the land. He contended that the case against the prisoners, as stated by the prosecution, was not suffi cient to justify them in coming to a conclusion of guilty, and that all the facts deposed to were perfectly compati ble with the innocence of the parties . ace used ; in fact, against the female prisoner there was no case whatever. The Learned Counsel concluded an eloquent and inge nious defence by a passionate appeal as to the conse quences if a verdict of guilty was returned against the prisoners. The Learned JUDGE, with great perspicuity, summed up the case to the jury, who, after a deliberation of a few minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty against the whole of the prisoners. A previous conviction was proved against Jennings. Sentence deferred. August 24. CROWN SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON). William Swanston was indicted for the murder of his wife at Wigan. Mr. Sergeant Murphy and Mr. Segar conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Wilkins and Mr. James. It appeared that on the evening in question the pri soner came home from the factory in which he was em ployed as an overlooker. He went up stairs, and found his wife lying intoxicated on the floor. It would ap pear that he had given her a kick in the hinder part of her person, and shortly after he came down stairs and mentioned to a little girl, his eldest daughter, that her mother was drunk, and there was no supper ready. Ile afterwards went again up stairs, and finding his wife still lying on the floor, apparently in much pain, he carried her down, put her in a chair, and sent for a doctor. By the time he arrived, the seat on which she sat and her clothes were drenched with blood. The medical man had her again taken up stairs, and on examination found that the kick the prisoner admitted he had given her had displaced the bone at the extremity of the spine, rup tured the bladder and some blood vessels, of the hemor rhag2 from which the unfortunate woman finally died. She as sinking, indeed, when thedoctor was first called in. Some brandy was administered to her, which she at first refused, saying she did not like it. The prisoner then remarked, " if thou hadat not been so fond of it, this would not have happened." He expressed, how ever, great sorrow at what had occurred. He had al ways borne an excellent character, but the unfortu nate deceased had latterly been given to habits of intoxi cation. Guilty of manslaughter. — Sentence deferred. James Burgess was indictment for an attempt to mur der his wife. Mr. Brandt conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. J. Pollock. The prisoner was a machine-maker, and about two years ago, being then 18, was married to his present wire. They had one child. Some family disputes arose between the wife's family and him, and he finally sold off his goods with the intention of going to America, she returning to her friends. The windows of his father-in-law's houca having been broken, the prisoner was accused of having done it, and he asked his wife to meet him at the house of a mutual acquaintance, to try and make it up. She (lid so, and they being left alone in the house, he asked her to go into the other room. She re fused. He then put out the candle, seized her by the throat, and strangled her, as she said, until she was blind, and then with a knife attempted, as she supposed, to cut her throat. The neighbours hearing an alarm, broke in the door, and found the prosecutor standing on the floor leaning against a table, and nearly insensible. ller throat was much bruised, but no wound had been inflicted, it haring apparently been the back of the knife which had been used. Evidence was given of the prisoner having threatened on more than one occasion to cut his wife's throat. Verdict—Guilty of an aggravated assault. To be im prisoned two years. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug. 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY.) John Smith, aged 50, a bill discounter, was charged with forging and uttering an endorsement to a bill of exchange ' with intent to defraud Thomas Gardener. Mr. Godson (Queen's Counsel) and Mr. Greavee con ducted the prosecution; Mr. Keating, Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Gray, the defence. This case was rendered more interesting than similar investigations usually are from the singular circumstances disclosed in the progress of the inquiry. The prosecutor and prisoner had been intimate asso ciates for years in the business of bill discounting, but had recently disagreed. The alleged forgery, an en dorsement to a bill of exchange drawn by prosecutor, took place in March, 1842, when notice of its being dis honoured was given to the prosecutor by the attorney for the prisoner, who commenced proceedings against the acceptor, and recovered the amount in an undefended action at the Gloucester Summer Assizes, 1843. In March last, a bill for forgery was presented to the grand jury, without any previous inquiry before a magistrate, when the trial was postponed to these assizes, the pri- . soner being admitted to bail. Numerous witnesses were called to state their belief that the endorsement was not in the prosecutor's handwriting, but, as usual, they all varied on cross-examination as to the parts of resem blance and non-resemblance. After a very powerful and searching speech from Mr. KEATUNG, The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, and a verdict of Acquittal was pronounced. The trial lasted until half-past ten at night, when the business of the assizes closed. At one o'clock Chief Justice Tindal left the town on his way to London to prepare the judgment in the Writ of Error upon the Irish State Trials, which is to be de livered on the 2d of September. On the 4th of Septem ber we understand that that very learned and most ex cellent person starts on a continental tour. TVESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bristol, Aug. 23. (Before Mr. Justice PA.TTESON and a Special Jury.) PARFITT V. THOMPSON AND O THERS. Mr. Crowder, Mr. Sergeant Mannino. and Mr. Ball conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Butt that for the defendants. This action was brought to recover the amount of the loss on a policy of insurance for 2,0001, which had been effected on a vessel called the " Hutchigon" by the Forth Marine Insurance Company, of which the defendants were members. Th e ship was built in 1825, and pur chased by tho plaintiff in 1838, when she was repaired at an expense of 1,5001. In 1841 she was chartered b y Laurie, Hamilton, and Co., on a voyage to Sierra Leone, and then this insurance was effected. On the 10th of March, 1841, the vessel sailed from Bristol, under the command of Captain White. In the Bay of Biscay the weatheriwas very bad, but the vessel arrived in the Mala couri river on the 15th of April, where it remained till the 9th of July, when she sailed for England. When off the Isle de Los there was very rough weather, but when off Cape Verd, the windlass, anchor, &c., were lost, and the vessel became leaky, and with some diffi culty reached the Gambia river. An agent of Lloyd's then surveyed the vessel, and it being found necessary that very considerable repairs must be done, and which could not be completed there, it was considered best to sell the vessel, which fetched 4111. The defendants contended that th©y were not liable for a total loss, but only a portion, and they paid 4001. into Court, and alleged that the question was, whether the vessel had sustained the damage by the perils of the sea or through unworthiness. Mr. Justice PATTESON having summed up. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, the amount of damage to be regulated by Mr. Powell, of London. Several common jury cases have been tried, but they have been chiefly brought under the Interpleader Act, to determine as to the proprietorship of goods and fur niture, and their interest was confined to the locality. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY and Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN. John Donnycliff was indicted for cutting and wounding Sarah Powell. Mr. Gurwood prose cuted, and Mr. Prendergast defended. It appeared that on the day in question, the 23d of June, she met the prisoner, and went to a public-•house with him, where they had some drink. They went afterwards to other public-houses, and both eventually got tipsy. They then went to prosecutrix's lodgings, where they quarrelled, and she aggravated him very much, upon which he struck her in the face, and then took a knife from his pocket and stabbed her in the breast. The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to be impri soned for four months. SENTENCES.—Faith Bowerman, aged 17, who was on Friday convicted of the manslaughter of her new born infant, was brought up and sentenced to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. Sarah Hyland, aged 22, convicted of concealing the birth of her new-horn male child, was also brought up and received a like sentence. John Le Grand, aged 50, described as a merchant, was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of Robert Anwyl, and stealing 180 dozen of lace caps, capes, collars, &c., value 601., the property of John Byng Banks. It appeared that Mr. Banks occupied rooms as a warehouse in the dwelling of Mr. Anwyl, at 82, in Lawrence-lane, and that the property in question was deposited in the rooms used by Mr. Banks. The rob bery in question was committed on Christmas eve, and was first discovered by a man named Jones, in the employ of Mr. Anwyl, who went to the house to get his master's rooms ready for him. He found Mr. Banks's door had been broken open, and imme diately fetched the police, who discovered everything in confusion. On Mr. Banks being informed of the circumstance he repaired to the premises, and dis covered that the goods in question had been ab stracted. It was subsequently discovered that a Mr. Lafitte, a dealer in gloves and French goods, in Addle-street, was selling goods which resembled exactly those stolen from Mr. Banks. On inquiry, it turned out that the prisoner had sold 180 dozen of caps to Mr. Lafitte, which, on being examined, turned out to he the caps stolen. That person had given 271. 10s. to Le Grand for the caps. This being the case, the police received orders to apprehend the pri soner, which they did, and on searching his rooms discovered some collars, which had also been stolen from the warehouse of Mr. Banks. The RECORDER said he did not think there was sufficient evidence to convict the prisoner of having broken into the warehouse, although there was some thing against his character. At any rate it was doubtful whether he had come honestly by - the goods. He was only one degree removed from the other per sons who had sold the goods. The jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Louisa Saville, aged 17, and Mary Saville, 16, were canvicted of stealing one shawl, value 95., the pro perty of Sophia Green, 26,:11igh-street, Islington. The prisoner Louisa was sentenced, at her own re quest, to transportation for seven years, having no other means of procuring her livelihood except by prostitution; but the Common-Sergeant, taking into consideration the youth of the prisoner, the sentence was afterwards respited, it being mentioned that an attempt would be made to get the prisoner into the douse of Occupation. The other prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. FELONY.—TViIIiam Day, 32, was indicted for steal ing one tablecloth and two napkins, value 31., the property of Mary Ann M`Gagan, and one scarf and one gown-piece, value 41., the property of Clara Brown, in the dwelling-house of James M`Kean, Spurney street, Leicester-square, on the evening of the 4th of August. Witnesses were called, who detailed the facts of the case, and swore positively to the prisoner's identity. Mr. Pnacocx addressed the jury for the prisoner. • Several witnesses were called to prove an alibi. Each underwent searching cross-examination. The jury, disbelieving their evidence (though the wit nesses swore that the prisoner spent the day in question in their company) found him Guilty. He was sentenced to transportation for seven years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SAT UR DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Laidler, who stated that he had been a seaman on board the shin John Campbell, of Liver pool, a vessel of 600 tons, in the palm oil trade, ap pearedof tmaltinghat vessel, cs sbaeelf:) and declaration S a i r s John eri e r s elative f P cirrui cruelties mutiny th which,e l u loo r n p s o ts boardaete had been crowned with murder. Sir J. Pram, upon looking over the statement con tained in the thclaration, - said it was quite impossible for him to allow such a paper to be declared to be true before him, with the view to publication, until he should have made application to the owners of ale vessel on the subject. He was, he said, aware that many awful occurrences took place on the coast of Africa, but parties interested not unfrequently ex aggerated, and sometimes wholly misrepresented matters, and were themselves sometimes chargeable with mutiny, the very apprehension of being accused of which induced them to be the first to complain. The seaman solemnly pledged himself to the truth of the statement, which was to the following effect : The ship, John Campbell, left the Liverpool Docks on the 21st of October last, bound for Old Calabar, on the African coast, in the palm oil trade. Two weeks after the ship sailed the skipper (Robert Nelson) died off Madeira, when the supercargo assumed the com mand, in defiance of the senior officer on board, who should have asserted his right according to the usages of merchant ships in such cases. About a month after our skipper died the supercargo reduced our daily rations to a very serious extent. We had now gained our destination, working hard under an African sun unloading the ship, but finding ourselves oppressed with heat, and languishing for the want of food, we consulted, went aft, and respectfully complained to the proper officer, the first mate, that in consequence of the reduction of our rations we felt weak and unable to do our work. The officer referred us to the supercargo. We then addressed ourselves to that personage, who also reused our request, on the ground that the ship's provisions were short, and should be reserved for the home ward passage. We knew this to be an evasion of our just claims, and a falsehood, as the owner, Sir Joseph Sharp, at the time we signed the ship's articles, said we should have plerrty to eat and be well used. After our humble petition was derided and denied, we re turned quietly to our duty, whilst the supercargo sent off to some of the ships in port, and having con versed with their skippers and supercargoes, several of them accompanied him on board the John Campbell. We now believed our usual allowance of food would be granted to us, and being satisfied, we gave them three cheers as they passed over the side, being under no apprehensions. On this occasion the supercargo was told that the John Campbell crew did not recog nise him as master, but were ready to obey the senior ship's officer on board. The supercargo did not re turn on this day, but remained all night ashore, and next morning he sent for half the ship's crew, no rea son having been assigned for this unusual order. This mysterious request having excited our sus picion, all hands refused to comply until the intent was known. When the messenger returned, he said we might look to ourselves, as the war canoes were pre paring to come off. Our amazement may be con ceived ; and there now ensued a scene of barbarity and cruelty that could not be exceeded by the most ignorant savages on the coast, and inhuman and blood thirsty as the natives sometimes are, they cannot be excelled by the butchery and bloody purpose of the orders issued in this deplorable instance. We saw about fifty armed war canoes put off, with from 18 to 20 natives in each, chanting their war-songs of blood and slaughter, with the supercargo at their head. They soon drew up in a circle round the ship, and swept her deck with volleys of shot and poisoned ar rows. Being astonished at such an extraordinary at tack, and shuddering at the idea of instant death, we stood on the defensive with such weapons as came to hand, but becoming weak from wounds and loss of blood, the ship was easily boarded, and nine of us tied with cords, and thrown, covered with gore, into the canoes, and taken ashore and paraded through King Yambo's town, where every species of cruelty and insult was also inflicted upon us. The natives having exhausted their cruel energies, we were stripped, our clothes taken away, and ourselves put in chains, and suffered to lie on the damp ground in separate huts, and fed on wa t er an d h a lf a poun d o f bi scu i t a dayduring ; 43 days, two of our number having died from this brutal treatment—the carpenter and Edward John- son. The crew being now in chains, and the ship defenceless, the natives turned upon the supercargo, and plundered the vessel of her gear, and every move able article upon which they could lay their hands. This was but a slight portion of retributive justice upon the supercargo. The paper of the applicant, after some particular details of severities alleged to have been practised by the supercargo, states, " On the 10th of May the French brig-of-war Alloinella arrived, when we were, thank God, all put on board of her, and landed at Gambia on the 11th of June, and lodged in gaol, but were instantly liberated as soon as the magistrates had examined the case, no crime being recorded." The statement concludes with the expression of determination to bring the supercargo to public justice upon the arrival of the other injured parties, and gives the names of the men who were ironed, viz., Alfred Benness, Samuel Gil lin, William Hall, Edward Cadogan, Edward John son, Joseph King, William Laidler, and the carpen ter; and the names of those stated by the a?plicant to have been murdered, viz,, Edward Johnson and the carpenter. The statement, which is dated, " Gambia, Ist July, 1844," is signed William Laidler and William Hall. Sir JOHN PIRIE—How do you say these men were murdered ?—They were poisoned in the hut; some of the poison wag found, and pronounced by the me dical men to be destructive of life. Sir JOHN neic—Have you brought any certifi cate or paper with you relative to the .case?—No. IVilliam Hall and I are the only men here; all the rest are scattered about. Sir JOHN PIRIE—Is the ship in which you were employed arrived yet ?—I do not know. We are only just arrived. We were brought from Gambia in the Rowena schooner ; Sir Thomas Ingram, the Go vernor, sent us over to England. The applicant then showed one of the poisoned arrows, which he said had been sent against the vessel from the armed canoes. Sir Join.; PIRIE—WeII, I shall write to the owner, Sir Joseph Sharp, at Liverpool, immediately, upon the subject. It is scarcely possible that such things could have happened without the owners having, by this time, received some intimation of it. The applicant most solemnly declared that every word he had written was perfectly true, and that as many of the crew as survived would testify to the accuracy of it. Sir Jomc PiarE then sent the seamen to a place of refuge, and wrote to the owner of the vessel, alludi:T to the matters detailed, and requesting information on the subject. GUILDHALL. Richard Evans, an ostler, residing in Catharine Wheel-yard, New Brentford, was charged with hav ing exposed a glandercd horse in Smithfield market on Friday afternoon. City police-constable Race, who discovered the beast at the entrance of the market, stated, that on telling the prisoner that the horse was glandered, he replied that it ought not to be so, as he had just bought it for 4/. 1.55. at Dixon's Repository, and did not bring it into the market for sale. Witness went accordingly to ascertain the truth of his story, and ascertained that he had spoken correctly. Alderman CHALLIS—And pray do they intend to give this poor man's money back that he gave for the diseased beast ? Race—l cannot tell, Sir; they said that the horse was quite sound when they sold it, and, therefore, they could not put up with the loss. Alderman CHALLIS—Then I think it is a very dis graceful proceeding. It's evident that the prisoner did not know the animal was glandered, or he would not have purchased it, and he must, therefore, be dis charged. Prisoner—Then pray, Sir, cannot I have t'he money or horse ? Alderman CHALLIS—The beast I shall order to be destroyed, as it is not fit to be allowed to go at large ; and as for the money, why I am afraid you must seek the assistance of a civil court to recover. It is very certain that you have been imposed upon, and I am very sorry for you. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Atkins, a well-known thief, was charged with having, in company with a number of other thieves, assaulted police-constable Crowning, C 158, and Mr. J. Gibbons, a gentleman well known for his adroit ness in the detection and apprehension of pickpockets. Mr. Gibbons said about five o'clock on Friday he saw two thieves, one of whom put his hand into a lady's pocket, and apparently obtained a booty. The two men then went into the Coach and Horses, in St. Martin's-lane, and Mr. Gibbons waited until he saw a policeman. The police-constable C 158 came up, and he told him what he had seen. The constable went into the house, and, after great trouble and risk, succeeded in getting the thief into the street. While taking him towards the Vine-street station-house, through St. Martin's-court, the constable was sur• rounded by a gang of thieves, who knocked him down, and shamefully ill-treated him. The prisoner, who was handcuffed, was rescued and got off. Wit ness was struck by Atkins, who was one of the fore most in the attack on the constable. The result was that Atkins was secured and lodged in the station house. Mr. HARDWICK sent Atkins to the tread-mill for one month for the assault on the constable, and fur ther inflicted the fine of 51., or tw•o months' Imprison ment, for the assault on Mr. Gibbons. UEEN-SQUARE. George Walker, the driver of the hackney cab 555, and William Worley, the driver of 877, were charged on a summons with wanton and furious driving, whereby the safety of the public was en dangered. The case was proved by a police-constable of the B division, named Friendship. He stated that at half-past twelve on the forenoon of the 29th ult. he was on duty in Knightsbridge, and saw the two de fendants driving at a furious rate from the direction of Kensington. Both horses were galloping, and the drivers were whipping them at the time. The cab 555 was driven up against the other, and at that mo ment 877 caught some projection, and defendant Worley was thrown off the driving-box with great violence. The other cab was then driven off at the same speed as before, and the policeman followed on another vehicle, but was unable to overtake it. Stevens, a waterman, who had seen part of the oc currence, confirmed the constable's statement. It was here represented to the magistrate that the two drivers had been fined 40s. each at another police court, at the instance of one of the Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for ill-treating the horses on this occasion. The men, in defence, expressed their regret, and said that they had already undergone punishment for this offence. Walker said he was only just out of prison. Mr. BURRELL said that this was a distinct charge. It was most fortunate that life had not been sacrificed by defendants' conduct. The public safety must be protected, and he should, therefore, commit defendants for two months each. LAMBETH-STREET. Thomas Charlton Cowley was brought up before the Hon. C. Norton, on his remand, for levying libe ral contributions, in the shape of board, lodging, and necessaries, on several tavern-keepers at the East-end Mrs. Howard, landlady of the Red Lion, Penning ton-street, London Docks, stated that he had not only introduced himself, but one of his friencli, to her pub lic-house, and, by his plausible story and address, had got in her debt to the amount of 8/. The parties now said they would not be at the trouble to prosecute, and would not press the case. The prisoner still persisted in saying that he was one of the most wealthy landed proprietors at Port Lincoln, as Judge Cooper well knew and could prove, and would give a mortgage on his estate to Mrs. Howard, or any other of his prosecutors. As none of the parties pressed the case, the prisoner was discharged.. He assured the magistrate that the estate was well able to pay, and he would import some of the 200 bullocks he had upon it, for the purpose of satisfying the complaints. _ _ UNION-HALL. A youth named Hornblow was brought up for making a most determined attempt to drown himself in the Surrey Canal. It appeared that the defendant had been walking with a young female, and in the course of their walk they quarrelled, when he quitted her arm, and, rush ing towards the Surrey Canal, jumped into the water. He immediately disappeared, when a young man living on the banks of the canal witnessing the act, and seeing him rise to the surface, plunged in after him, and-a strugghrenstred, during which the drown ing man pulled him under, and it was with the utmost difficulty witness at length succeeded in saving their lives. The defendant was quite insensible when got out of the water, and was obliged to be conveyed to the workhouse, where the usual remedies for resusci tation being adopted, he was at length brought to life. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that the intrepidity displayed by the young man who saved the defendant was very much to be commended, and that he deserved a re ward from the Humane Society for his activity; that it was just such a case as a society established for rewarding meritorious persons for saving the lives of persons from drowning, should confer some substantial mark of its favour on so deserving a person. The magistrate then ordered the defendant's father to enter into his recognisance for his son's future good beha viour. William Windsor, well known to the police, and previously convicted of felony, was charged with steal ing a purse, containing some silver, from Mrs. Pear son, an actress of the Surrey Theatre. The complainant stated that she was walking al ong the London-road about five o'clock in the afternoon ; when she got to the corner of Garden-row she was addressed by a young . man, who asked her if s h e h a d lost anything. She immediately put her hand into her pocket, and found that her purse, containing some silver, was gone, and the young man said he saw the person who robbed her, and wh o a t th e t i me was running with great swiftness down the London-road. Henry Hughes, servant to Mr. Folkard, the pawn broker, of the London-road, stated that he was stant" ing at his employer's door at the time mentioned. Ire saw the complainant closely followed by the prisoner and three other young fellows. When the lady go t to the corner of Garden-row, he observed the prisoner step out in front of his companions, and with great quickness and dexterity thrust his hand into the cow , plainant's pocket, from which he instantly withdrew it, and then placing his hand in his own pocket ran away, followed by his associates. The fact was made known to a policeman, who succeeded in taking the prisoner into custody. The policeman stated that the prisoner belonged to a very daring gang of pickpockets who infest the London-road and the vicinity of the Surrey Theatre, and that he had on a former occasion been convicted of felony, and had only recently been liberated fro° gaol. Mr. COTTINGIIAIII said that he should commit the prisoner at once to the Old Bailey, and he gave direr' tions that the record of his former conviction should_ be made known to the judge, in order that such a dor gerous character might be sent out of the country. THAMES POLICE. • On Saturday Mr. James Donovan, proprietor of the Windmill, Robert-street, Limehouse, appeared i n answer a summons, taken out at the instance of Dr, spector May, for having his house open for the sale beer on the morning of Sunday, the 18th inst. Police-constable 129 K stated that at half-pas t one o'clock on the morning named in the summons b. saw the door of the Windmill opened, and five persons let out. He attempted to go in but the landlorg prevented him. Witness, however, contrived to g et in, and searched the house by himself. He first found a man asleep in the tap-room, and then proceeded the parluur, upon which the landlord said he had 11 ° business to enter, as there was no persons there, ba t . , private friends. He, however, went in, an d count five men, two of whom were smoking, and one asleefh. There was no liquor upon the table, but witness sad i a female concealing two tumblers, one o f w hich " found contained gin and water. Mr. BALLAIITINE —There is not a tittle of evidenee. here to prove the sale of beer fur which the- surnraeu; has been taken out. Had it been f or the sale 0 ' spirits the case would have been otherwise r but now dismiss it. WAND' W ORTH. Mr. Adam Logien the eminent vocalist, who reside s in Portland- place, Clapham-road, was brought befor e „ Mr. Clive, charged with being drunk and riotous the Clapham-road, and also with assaulting a kuP Edward Symons. Police-constable John May, 281 V, stated that ne that (Saturday) morning, about half-past two o'clock, the defendant came home to his residence in Sydney' terrace, Portland-place. In a few minutes a fter' wards Mrs. Leffler ran out, pursued by the defendant' Witness ran up to them, and Mrs. Leffler claimed l protection, and wished her husband removed from bet' Witness took defendant back to his residence, and be remained in doors some time. He afterwards cal out and went to a neighbour's house, where his Wu° had taken shelter. He knocked at the door, and tb s people in the house desired witness to take bees away, which he did, and again persuaded him to go, into his own house. Witness subsequently wen t round his beat, and, in the interval, the defendant went tos lady's house, broke open the front. door, and had ge t on the landing of the stairs, when witness was c alla , ' in, and he took defendant into custody. The dr fendant had been drinking freely. Mr. CLIVE—Did his wife make no-charge ? Ce ll ; stable—No, Sir; she only wished him to be kef away. • A gentleman her stepped forward, and said t- 1 Mrs. Leffler was in attendance, and wished to bar e her husband bound over to keep the peace. Mrs. Leffler, who was weeping, was then brough t forward and sworn. She stated that she had bee n married to the defendant twelve years. She if?, sorry to be compelled to take such a course, but . 1 ' was necessary for her safety that s h e s h ou ld ail° protection from her husband's violence. That mer l 2: ing he had returned home betwe en t wo an d tbr"" o'clock, after drinking freely, and took out a knife P her. The first thing he did after entering the bell was to kick her sister and herself. Wh en h e t o ok ei s the knife, complainant ran out of the house, and de; fendant struck her as she was leaving the house, nn a said she should never enter it again. Defendant litt i frequently taken a razor in the dead of th e n i g ht, ner, said he would murder her. He had p u t hi s hands by her throat, and threatened to choke her. Mr. CLIVE—What is your husband ? ComplaiP . ant—He is a singer. Mr. CLIVE—What have you to say in answer t° this charge? Defendant—l deny it in tote; and,, to having used any serious threats, she is labouro:: under a great mistake ; and it i s no t t rue that 1 3 : t tempted to make use of either a razor or a knife DI., night. I was certainly ver y muc h exc it e d. I lel home in the morning in a n angr y moo d, and fiv e caused me to drink freely of brandy and water s' night. I regret, exceedingly regret, that this expo sure should have taken place ; but, as it has gone S° far, I may as well state the origin of this disagreeable affair. I received a note from some young ladies re' questing me to get them orders for the theatre. Al wife chose to put an immoral construction on SO in nocent an affair, and applied epithets to the ladies> that they were wholly undeserving of. Last night' when she was out, I went after her, not to injure her', but to bring her back. I sent my sister and my Ser i vant after her, but she would not return home. a afterwards went to the house of M r . L e M erc i e r, wbe- r I knew she was concealed, but w h en I got into t he house I was given in charge. I oug ht to have Da e e „, at the theatre to-night to a pp ear b e f ore th e pub li c' but I suppose I shall have to relinquish my engagerne n o f Mr. CLIVE—Had th e c h arge b een mere ly that / your running out of the house after your wife, should not have considered it o f muc h momen t; be t, accompanied as it is by acts o f repea t e d violence ~, your wife, I must take cognisance of it. Complainant—l cannot put up with it any lonfee r. Even before his children his cond uc t i s disgracefuli.' r Defendant—You must have a m o th er ly f ee ling ° your children to bring me h ere an d endeavour ao ruin me. ett Mr. CLIVE—You must find two secur iti es , in n "'„ f each, to answer for your good cond uc t t owar ds 3 19 '" wife for the next three months. 14 As the defendant was being removed from the of • Mr. Symons stepped forward, a n d sa id h e bad • charge of assault to prefer against him. He felt hit; self bound to persevere in the charge, if it was 0 11 :J to secure peace to the neighbourhood. Mr. Nicholls, the second clerk, said the reel" nisances the defendant had entered into were gener s t and therefore he would have to be of go o d behavie n to all persons. 6 Mr. Leffler—This gentleman, who now charge as a meddling fellow, interferes in my p ~iiB affairs, and had the impudence last night to take by the collar ; consequently I struck him. Another gentleman now came forward, and s as s Mr. Leffler had cut his sister-in-law's head el' e during the quarrel that morning. e j Mr. CLIVE—I have no charge of that na t ure elite. r on the police-sheet, and the constable h as n ot s 2l ' o word about it. Was he present ? Constable-1 w. not present, Sir; and no complai n t o f th e kind Is' os made to me. The gentleman said several persons s aw the b l ood stream down the lady's neck and shoulders. dli Mr. Leffler—Neighbours, I suppo se ; m y frie n neighbours. tile r Mr. CLIVE—I shall not proce e d w ith any to charge now. The defendant h as t o fi n d s ureties s it keep the peace towards his wife, an d, o f co urse, 0 1 'd other persons. Let this case be d ec id e d first, then, if any other party will persevere in makieg oo s charge, they must apply for a warrant o r suno i against the defendant. He will re ma i n in clota di until he procures bail. The defendant, not being provided with bail, was re' moved in custody. In the course of half an h ou r a p erson , w ho re„ e : sented himself as the landlord of th e h ouses i n Sy o f terrace, complained to the magistrat e th a t severe o f his tenants were giving him notice in consequenelv the disturbances Mr. Leffler created. The Pe; s a took no notice of what he did, b u t h e th oug ht it their duty to do so. •rslt o Mr. CLIVE—The police 'must not enter P" . houses because a-man and his wife quarrel. i_seee Mr. Symons here observed th a t th e disturu tha t took place in the street ; for instance, the one old morning lasted two hours. The defendant had ao ia they were all cats and cowards, and that be w settle his (Mr. Symons's) account. nt is Mr. CLIVE—I have already raid the defend ` .ni ,h held to bail, and now, if you wi s h to further jo t him, you must exhibit articles of the peace °p a I him at the sessions. With respect to the pe"l.....'bt want to point out this fact to you • the police ouesatic to be extremely cautious in interfering in d°,_ in re•o h disputes. Ido not say they should permit an d of the Feace to take place without interfering, fo r you know you have your remedy against then misconduct. After some further conversation the parties left t he court. BIRTHS. Th. i scei On the 19th inst., a t L a Bill ar d e rie, near Cognac , '— the lady of Frederic Hennessy, Esq., of a son. rin & EA" On the 19th inst., at Hamburgh, the wife of G. ‘...-r- - civil engineer, of a daughter. ____------- MARRIED. - On the 6th inst., at Frankfort-on-the-Maine , by t he, gel.. o Mr. Bolton, the Bev. W. F. Lanfear, British Chaplan ..., Wiesbaden, to Agnes, youngest daughter of the lat e lkterray, Esq , of Murraythwait, Dumfries DIED. On the 23d inst., at Blackheath-park, James KelllP, sc. J. On the 23d inst., at Kensington, Kitty, relict of the late Ferard, Esq., of Englefield•green, ~1 London: Printed and Published by MURDO YO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sure Oface,,,,_ l lt tv of Strand, i n the Precinct of the Savoy , in the ',aun ty Middlesex, Monday, Aso* 26,1841.