The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-27 00:00:00

--- SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. fl OM 'IIIE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. STANDARD. --As it is not improbable that' the high easterly wmds in St. George's Channel may delay our Irish express, conveying . the report of yesterday's proceedings in the Dublin Court of Queen's Bench, we will take the opportunity to say a few words upon the effect of the State prosecutions in Ireland. We are well aware, that the topic has for some months pi s sessed very little interest ; but this absence of all interest in the repeal agitation, and in the destina tion of its authors, is the very fact upon which, if we could, we would willingly fasten attention. We pray of our readers to recal as faithful a retrospect as they can of their views, their feelings, and their expectations regarding Ireland for the last fifteen or twenty years ; or, indeed, as long as any of us can remember. e again pray them, having done this, to say, ••• they point to any month within the !•- Acid of recollection during which Ireland has been so ti 'le the object of interest as during the last three months ; and finally, whether the interest of which l'!'eland has been for so many years constantly the ob j,Jt, has not been a painful interest—the interest of some 1)-"sent danger, or of some evil, the cure of which ap ;'red to be hopeless. For the first time within the nor) , of the existing generation, that interest is 1.-is)g,ether extinguished. If any one now a sks a q uestion about Ireland, it has relation to the success of the at mospheric principle, upon trial at Dalkey, or the Cashel r.ilroad, or the facilities of crossing the Irish Sea, or the capacity for improvement of the western ports or the is estern fisheries, or perhaps it concerns the progress of agricultural schools or educational • societies ; in short, whether weak or strong, the pre- • sent ,igterest in Irish affairs is of a pleasant nature. • Whould have thought such a change possible this tiriat three years, when the country was threatened NN ith an Irish rebellion if it dared to dismiss the Whig Ministers ? Who would have thought such a change possible twelve short months ago, when Mr. O'Connell vas arranging his campaign of monster meetings ? What would have been thought, in May, 1843, if the Attorney-General for Ireland, had he been rash enough to . promise the one-half of what he has done by L ! idly putting the law in motion in its most s•inple and constitutional form ? Even that half mould be more for the pacification of Ireland than has been accomplished by 0, the statesmen that have ruled the country for half a century. This is to walk in the light of the Constitution, and to stand upon the law.. The path may be often rugged, steep, and tedious, but it is direct and broad, and it is sure in the end to bring you to victory, to whatever toils and attacks it rray expose you by the way ; and it is thus that Ir. Smith has achieved the peace of his COllll - He has, single-handed, grappled with con pirators and a conspiracy that held a long series of governments in a slavery more or less degrading ; he has flung them down upon the threshold of the penal dungeon about to open for them ; and this not only without provoking the rebellion so often threatened as tine penalty of laying hands upon the inviolable person of the arch-incendiary—not only without provoking, re ts we see contemporaneously, extinguish ing every motive and opportunity for rebellion. This is what has been effected, by the learning and vigour of one man, and he, perhaps, the most modest, unpre tending man that ever took so prominent a part in pub lic life. I Chambers had no control over her. Lord Denman, l how ever, who trie:l the cause, directed the jury that the hus band was- liable for the acts of his wife. The jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 40s. damages. Mr. JAMES was instructed to move an arrest of judg ment, on the ground that a sufficient cause of action was not stated in the declaration, because it was only alleged that the:plaintiff lived upon plunder. Now there could be no doubt that a man might exist upon plunder with out being aware that that upon which he was living was plunder. It was evident that the slander was against the wife and daughters, but this action was brought by the plaintiff. Lord DENMAN considered that the plaintiff was in• eluded in the family, and in that light had good cau,:e of action.—Rule refused. BAIL COURT, May 25. (Before Mr. Justice CoLERIDGE.) The Court heard motions up to eleven o'clock. None of them possessed the least interest, being upon points of prac tice. Afterwards the Court sat at Nisi Prius, and was en gaged in hearing the cause of Wilkinson v. Longstaff, which was an action upon an account for iron work done by the plaintiff for the defendant. There was not the least interest in the case. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 25. (Sittings in Banco.) The cases that came before the Court were totally devoid of •üblic interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 25. THE QUEEN V. DOUGLAS. The Hon. Mr. DENMAN moved for a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be discharged out of the custody of the Marshal Of the Queen's Bench Prison, on the ground that he had been in prison upwards of 12 months, and his debt was under 201. The defendant was committed in execution on 23d of February, 1843, fur a debt of 121. 7s.—Rule granted. BROWN V. WRAY. Mr. C. JONES applied for a rule to show cause why the defendant in this case should not be discharged out of the custody of the Marshal of the Queen's Bench Prison. It appeared that the defendant had, on a pre vious occasion, been in custody for the same debt, and on the same writ. In March, 1842, defendant had made an arrangement to pay the debt to the plaintiff by instal ments of 21. per month, and the first payment would become due on the 23d of April following. On the 14th of that month however, he was arrested by another creditor, whereupon several detainers the plaintiff's being one of them, were lodged against him. He quickly settled the other claims, and on the 18th he sent to in form the attorney of the plaintiff that the Marshal would not release him unless the detainer of his client were withdrawn. That was, thereupon, done, and he was once more restored to liberty. He was, however, again arrested by another party, and, having settled the de mand of that party, he was now unable to obtain his discharge because the Marshal persisted in keeping him in custody, on the ground of the plaintiff's suit. I; was now submitted that, having already been in custody on this particular writ, the judgment was fully satisfied, and he was, therefore entitled to his discharge. The Coma granted the rule. The Court then took the new trial paper, but no case of interest came on. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, May 25. IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM LANGLEY GRACE. This insolvent, who had a number of " loan societies " on his schedule, appeared for his final order. An attorney appeared to oppose, and Mr. T. B. Hughes supported the application. Mr. HccuEs took a preliminary objection to the op position, on the ground that it was on the part or a loan society at No. 4, Farringdon-street, called " The Life Assurance Company," which was not a corporato body. He cited a case which had been decided before Mr. Com missioner Fonblanque (on an objection raised by Mr Sturgeon, the barrister), that a loan society which was not chartered could not oppose. The point arose re specting one of the parties connected with a promissory note, on which it was now sought to oppose the present applicant. The attorney said he appeared fur a Mr. Coventry, a payee of the note for 501. Mr: Humus said he was one of the parties belonging to the. Loan Society. Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD said the opposition was now by an individual creditor, and, prima facie, the party had a - right to oppose. Mr. Coventry might be a money lender, and using the grand name of a com pany. Mr. THOMAS insisted that the same rule should be applied in this case as was in the one he had cited. The note was the same, and although the name of one of the parties might now be given, it was evident that the As surance Company held the promissory note. The attorney who appeared to oppose, said he was for Mr. Coventry, who had been his client for a number of years. Mr. HUGHES asked for an adjournment, in order to prove his proposition, as he felt confident that the Court, acting on the rule as laid down by Mr. Fon blanque, would not permit an unchartered association to oppose. Two instalments had been paid on the note at the office of the Society, and the Company had got the insolvent to insure his life. He pressed for an adjourn ment, and for an order that Mr. Coventry should attend. The Learned COMMISSIONF.R, after some further dis cussion, adjourned the case to the Bth June, in order to ascertain the validity of the point raised, and gave an in timation that Mr. Coventry should attend. Mr. HUGHES said he was confident the note was held by the Society, and that two instalments had been paid at the office in Farringdon•street. The case was adjourned accordingly. GLOBE.—The erection of the Nelson monument in Trafalgar-square has given universal satisfaction to the n: tion. It seemed to be an atonement to the memory o' England's greatest naval hero, for a neglect .with hich the metropolis was justly chargeable, in omitting to grace one of the principal thoroughfares of the chief city of the empire with a statue to commemo rate his unrivalled deeds of heroism. The combined naval power of France and Spain was annihilated by lk"elson, at the moment when Europe was in arms against us, and our existence, as a nation, was threatened by the restless ambition of the former power. Trafalgar b. re !he same rela..ion to the destinies of Britain upon t' e ocean which Waterloo exercised over them upon the L nd. Yet Wellington, in his military character, has Lc en honoured, as he deserved to be, during life; and the v'etories he achieved perpetuated by statues erected to commemorate-his deeds. But forty years were suffered to elapse ere a public place in London was appropriated to a- statue to remind the country which Nelson ho eured—and, we may add, which Nelson saved—of -se heroic deeds that shed a glory around the name Britain and preserved to her the undisputed empire the seas ! Yet this tardy tribute to the heroic Nelson 1.,.s been marred by an official interference as ungra- CI. 113 as it is indefensible. The Committee appointed to s-perintend the management of the funds subscribed r the erection of the monument to Lord Nelson, were :.; xious to accompany the opening of the monument .he public eye by an entertainment, to be given 4,0 the spot, to the survivors of the old veterans who shared in the glories and the dangers of their invincible I' oder. Permission for that purpose had been asked told 4ebtained from the Chief Commissioner of Woods tied Forests. Cireurastanees hal caused-a postponement the dinner fir a short time. Yesterday was selected by the Committee; and arrangements were made for the purpose. Advertisements were put forth. The Duke of eurahridge was anfieunced as having graciously con-. s. nw.l to preside on the occasion. At almost the last hour, and.. when the arrangements were - deemed complete, Lord Lincoln interfered and withdrew the consent he lead ,given. Placards were posted around the square on Wednesday evening, announcing that the dinner was - unavoidably postponed ; and great surprise and disappointment were in consequence excited. By in terdietiae the dinner on the proposed and peen- Farly appropriate spot —the only spot where any , cial interest would be created by the dinner to the b. ave men who were to be entertained—Lord Lincoln has' caused the project to be abandoned. The old weather-b:eiten,• and in many instances maimed and wounded, veterans were thus deprived of their long - expected treat ; and the public were disappointed of witnessing what to every Englishman would have been a gratifyine spectacle, because associated with events which can never be recalled without emotions of a truly patriotic character and tendency. About 250 men- of the crews who fought under Nelson's eadershin are understo al to be "laid up" in Greenwich llo:pitalmany of them bruised and battered—indeed, crippled " hulks." Their number is rapidly diminishing. A few months, and they may all he removed beyond the reach of such a gratification as that which was designed for their aged frames ; and far from the disappointment and chagrin which the aban donment of the festival they were to enjoy, and become the observed of all beholders, has oc2asioned to their clings. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, May 25. DE VE RE V. MI CDESLEY-.1 lIDGM ENT. The Loin) CnANcEr.ton briefly gave judgment this morn ing in this CR3e, which related to certain bankers' accounts. Ilis Lordship affirmed the judgment of the Court below, and dismissed the appeal with costs. The COURT then proceeded with cases upon lunatic peti tions. . ROLLS' COURT. May 25. His Honour, tiielt,s-rEn OF TILE Rm.'s. was engaged this morning in the further hearing of the part-heard case of Rowley v. Adams. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT May 25. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) DRAKE V. DRAKE. _ . . . In this case his HONOUR pronounced judgment. He said that if the case . of " Wood y. Milner" were an authority for the proposition In support of which it was cited, he would have nothing to do in the present case but to make the order which the defendant wished, but he was satisfied that it was snot an authority for any such general proposition. The .question which the Court had to consider was how far i,e def-ndant was likely to be prejudiced' by making the , veries sought by the bill, and how far upon the merits the :peal was likely to succeedodways attending to the circum :ince that tile defendant's right to apply to have his Appeal lvanced, and that the onus of making such an application, must be thrown upon the defendant and not upon the plain tiff. In this case the defendant did not deny the plaintiff's ight to a disco Very absolutely • and the ultimate consequences f' giving the discovery resolved themselves into a little extra able if his judgment was wrong. He had no means upon plea of doing justice' to the plaintiff; but the specific ground upon which he relied for overruling the plea was the absence of an averment by the defendant that the money claimed was duo at the time when the plea was pleaded. In this case he thought he would be doing no injustice by treating the plea accord- Mg to the strict rules of pleading. He would be greatly sur prised if the defendant should persuade any judge in iThan very to allow the plea, unless the averment, which he con : i , lered to be ranting, should be added to it ' • and even if it were added Ire would still be satisfied that the plea was bad on other grotinds.. There was nothing . in the merits, except the inconvenience to the plaintiff; to jus:ify him in making the case an exception to the general rule. It is understood that neither his Honour nor Vice-Chan cellor Bruce will sit on Monday and Tuesday. WARD V. 1114 E SOCIETY* OP ATTORNEYS. Mt. JAM PARKER moved for an injunction to re strain tho United Law Society, in Chancery-lane, from surrendering their charter, and obtaining a new charter upon different trust; from the charter now in existence, und from alienating any of their property. It appeared that'unier the old charter the shares were held in trust fir the different members of the society, and for their executors; adMinistrators,:and assigns. By the new charter it is preposed to make the trusts correspond with thoae of the Universities, so that the shares should not Iv parted with by the members. Ilia lloNotia directed that notice should be served upon the claendatits,-,and granted an interim injunction: COURT 'OF (jUk:EN'S BENCH, May 25. (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN U. THE NORTH OF EN LAND RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. GRAINGER moved, 6n behalf of Sir Wm. Chater, for a mandaMus against this Cotnpany, commanding theth to lower . a road. The Act or' Parliament - whi c h authorised" the Company to make the railway provided that - where any-bridge "stoilld be erected over the rail way, the ascent or the appro,ae,h to such.bridge should not exceed ono'foot in twenty fect. - - The affidavits upon which he moved stated that ontheroad in question there was an ascent of one foot in eleven feet. The COURT asked whf n this road w as made ?- Mr. GRAINGER replied in 1833;-1)•-, , • . Lord DF.NMAN said parties shoulti eome earlier. The Court would - nOt• interfere after' such a delay.--Rule reftAed. .•• • FERbeSON V. CILAMIIERS AND WIFE. The plaintiff brought this action to recover compensa tion• in danLikeS for slanderous words which had been uset 3 / 4 by Mrs. Chambers. These words were the follow ing':—" Mrs: Fergti-nn is a notorious thief, and she has brotight up her vvhole family to theft, and all crimes that are' bad. The• whole family are notorious thieves. ' One of their daughteri robbed' us a fortnight ago. and the old man, the father, lives upon the plunder." Upon the trial•it appeared that. Mr. Chambers's wife did not live with him, and that she had not been robbed. The Counsel for Mr. Chambers then urged that Mrs. Cham bers'was a woman of very violent temper, and that Mr. - - . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1844. the complainant stated, that on the previous after )on, as he was returning with his master and other gentlemen from the races, and while the carriage was stopping at the Bell, at Tooting, the prisoner came up and struck him in the mouth. The provoca tion, he believed, was, that a short time he!'ore, he had dragged the defendant away from the leaders of his master's carriage, while defendant was endeavour ing to stop them, alleging that his cart had been pur posely driven against by the riders. Lieut. Colvin, Lord Altamont, and Mr. G. W. Bacon, of Hertford-street, Mayfair, gave evidence, and said that no provocation was oflered to the defendant before he assaulted the groom. The defendant said he had been very much ill used in the first instance. The carriage had been dviven recklessly and wilfully against his chaise-cart, and he and two friends had been thrown out with great violence. Upon getting up he had tried to stop the leaders, • but had been dragged off by the complainant. Jpon coming up with the car riage at Tooting, he merely went up to it to get the owner's name, when the complainant rudely pushed him away, upon which he had struck him. He had no witnesses; one of his friends was the steward of a ship, and could not come, und he would not bring the other. Mr. CrAvE said the prisoner had acted very foolishly in so doing. Ile could not postpone the case, because there had been ample opportunity to have produced witnesses. Whether the prisoner had or had not been ill-treated in the way he described he could not say, but if such conduct had been pursued towards him, he knew that the law would give him redress, and therefore the assault complained of was altogether inexcusable. The prisoner must pay a fine of 10s. The fine was paid. UNION-HALL. John Allchin, one of the stewards of the Reform Stock Benefit Society, held at the White Bear, Ber mondsey, was brought up for re-examination, charged with being concerned; with a man named Marrs, the secretary, not yet in elistody, with breaking open the " strong box" of the society, and stealing upwards of 201., belonging to members of the society, who were all very poor men, having wives and families to maintain, and at the same time defacing the entry book, so that the sums of inoney could not be cor rectly known. The landlord, it appears, had recently taken pos session of the house, and a few days subsequently the members had a meeting in his room. At its conclu sion, and after the departure of the members, the money-box, which was left there, was demanded by the secretary Marrs and the prisoner Allchin. Under the impression that he was authorised to deliver it up to the secretary, the lindlord gave it them, and no sooner had they disappeared, than he found the box had been broken open in the room, its contents, amounting to 201. abstracted, and the leaves of the entry-book lace rated, so as to make recognition of the sums or parties matter of impossibility. On this discovery Allchin was instantly secured, but Marrs had absconded. All chin admitted that he applied for the money-box in conjunction with Marrs, but he was totally irrrespon sible for its contents, which Marrs had appropriated, and decamped with. The Magistrate said no doubt existed in his mind that they were the two men who had plandered the society; his determination was to commit them both for this cruel robbery, but he should remand Allchin to await the capture of Marrs. John Barnes, a seaman, was charged before Mr. Coifing ham, with stealing a quantity of clothing belonging to John Frances, one of the crew of the Speedwell sloop, of Glasgow. The prisoner went on board the Speedwell, lying off Mill stairs, the preceding day, and, addressing the master, asked if he would engage him, saying that he would work his pas sage to Glasgow for his victuals. The master informed him that he had his complement of men on board, and it was supposed the prisoner had gone ashore, but instead of doing so, he contrived to go down in the forecastle, and took away all the clothes belonging to the complainant, who was en gaged up the rigging at the time. The prisoner got on shore unperceived, and he was taken into custody soon afterwards with some of the stolen clothes on his person. He was re manded. A girl, aged seventeen, named Anderson, was charged with plundering her parents of various articles. The mother gave a melancholy account of the prisoner's evil propensities, in the course of which she said that her daughter was in the habit of breaking open the boxes and drawers, taking out the clothes, and afterwards selling them at the rag shops for a mere trifle ; that expostulation with her was quite useless; and on frequent occasions she had armed herself with the poker, and threatened to do for her (the mother), if she attempted to correct her. She often stayed away from home for nights together, and returned in a state of filthy wretchedness. Mr. Corrtxcit.tm—Where does she go P—The mother said, they could never find out, but that she was known at times to frequent the penny concerts in the Mint, and other low, vile places for young persons. The mother added that she would be thankful if she could be got into some asylum. Mr. CorrixduA3t—That I have no power to do. She ap pears to be quite an incorrigible girl, and the only thing I can do is to hold her to bail, and in default of procuring it, she will be locked up in gaol.—She was accordingly com mitted. COURT OF EXCISE. Mr. Win. Parsons, the proprietor of the Duke of York, in Turk-street, Bethnal-green, was charged with hav ing in his possession five gallons of British spirits that had not paid duty, and was fined 201. Johanna Rapp, of 23, Golden-square,Westminster, was complained of for selling wine and spirits, she having no license. The case was fully made out by two respect able officers of the court. Defendant's residence is a lodging•house, and information having reached the Board of Excise that exciseable articles were retailed therein as in a tavern, a detection immediately followed —wax-lights were charged 35.; apartments, 10s. 6(1.; fire, - Is.; servant, 35.; and the other charges for refresh twists were equally exorbitant. Au attorney argued, that as the officers went to his client's hou , e on a Sunday, stating that they were going to a funeral, she was bound to serve them; but Mr.Nlayilw sareasticallyreplied, that such articles ought not to be sold by unlicensed persons, to the detriment of the very heavy taxed tavern-keeper. Proof having. been given that the defendant was rated in the parish books at a rental of 82/. a-year, the Court gave judgment, fining her in the penalty of 251. Victor Gengues, of Nos. 1 and 2, Leicester-square, was ordered to pay 151. for a like offence. Edward Smith, 17, East-street, Fibsbury-market, a French_poltsher, was summoned for being in possession of a quantity of illicitly manufactured spirits. Ten gal lons of the stuff was produced in court. It was 22 per cent. over proof. Defendant said he had purchased the spirit as naphtha. at 9s. 6d. per gallon. Mr. Sanders, the store-keeper, in answer to the Court, said that the duty was 7s. 10d. on such spirits. A fine of .51. was inflicted, and the liquor was adjudged to be forfeited. _ _ John Gibson, 4, Providence-buildings, Old Kent-I.nd, was summoned fur working a private still. Mr. Bayfield, a gentleman connected with the Excise, said that he discovered on the defendant's premises a private still, which was in full operation, and charged with sixty gallons of molasses wash. A most extensive business must hare been carried on by him.— Fined 501. No other cases than the above-mentioned were brought publicly forward during the past week. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. The question brought by the City Police into this Court, last week, of the alleged nuisance caused by the Jew dealers obstructing the different streets and avenues in the neighbourhood of Petticoat-lane, by exposing their goods for sale, again occupied the at tention of the magistrates, Mr. Alderman Kelly, Mr. Alderman Fairbrother, and Mr. Alderman Johnson, for a considerable time. The Court was crowded on Saturday chiefly by persons; of the Jewish persuasion, and the interest taken in the proceeding was greater than on the pre vious investigation, which resulted in consequence of Mr. D. W. Harvey, the chief police commissioner, having visited the neighbourhood, and the determina tion on the part of the corporation to suppress Sunday trading. After much discussion, it was resolved on the part of the defendants and others of the Jewish persuasion present in the Court to abandon all Sunday trading ; and the Commissioner expressed his firm determina tion of prosecuting all persons found trafficing after this day (Sunday) week. The owners of the two marts hoped there would be no distinction made. All dealers should be treated alike as well as the marts. Mr. Ryland—Depend upon it the Corporation will indict any persons offending after receiving this caution. CLERKENWELL. A man named Pearce was. put at the bar, eharged with stealing a sovereign, the money of Sarah Bridges, a servant to Mr. Richardson, of No. 4, Belgrave terrace, Holloway. The prisoner, it appeared, was employed, with other men, inyainting and otherwise beautifying the house of Mr. Richardson, broken d k while - so engaged, the box of and was' o o l verei n. thessutfellow workmenobljePenrc t s , e a c thegaccu s r eT o dh -en open, and out of it was e companions ns ulted together on the and paintingporthit blue. they eventua c l fixed the crime on him, and under . that - irn in Pressi thpy first inflicted "a the faste nin g his hands behinds him, summary justice" lower l part white, the nose had not t a t t i t i er would have watraurisoner , red, and the against one been thus allowed to drop, sub sequently applied for an assault of his shopmates for the injury, or .rather insult, he received on that occasion. It was positively sworn acknow ledged wto that the accused , wh ile under this t reatment , !edged that he had stolen the.sovereign, expr ess i ng, at the Same time," his sorrow, and a desire . to b e allowed to work it out.—Committed to Newgate. WORSHIP-STREET. Charles Stewart, a young Scotchman, and a person of Jewish appearance, named Dan. Rogers Rodrigues, were charged with being concerned in an extensive robbery, amounting to 1,5001. of goods, committed on the sth inst.,.on the premises of Mr. hay, jeweller, I Leith-street, Edinburgh. The pri,o3ers described themselves as " surgeon-chiropodists." Rodrigues was known as a hawker of pens, pencils, &c., in the neighbourhood of Petticoat-lane. Sergeant Barker, of the II division, stated that in consequence of information he had received, he went with Davis, a police-constable, to Petticoat-lane, where they apprehended the two prisoners for the burglary at Mr. Hay's. Upon Rodrigues they found two cases of surgical instruments, a gold pin, and some loose jewels, and upon Steward a gold watch, two gold chains, a gold pin, three gold rings, a duplicate for a silver snuff-box pledged on the 18th instant, and a silver-mounted riding whip. At the residence of Rodrigues, Devonshire-terrace, Bethnal-green, they found a considerable quantity of apparel, a cloth cap, with gold band, a gold breast pin, a dial, a neck chain, an d gold rim:B, a duplicate for a brequet chain, pledged that day, a pair of pocket pistols, and other articles produced. When apprehended they declared their entire innocence. Some of the articles found upon them corresponded with portions of the stolen pro perty. They admitted having been lately in Scotland, but said they had re turned to London before the time the robbery was said to have been committed. They were both re manded to allow time for evidence being brought from Scotland. LAMBETH-STREET. Richard Pierce, a waterman, was charged before Mr. Norton with being concerned, w ith others, in stealing 33 gallons of brandy, of the value of 531., the property of Mr. Lucev, a master lighterman. Mr. Pelham attended for the prosecution, and called Mr. Evans, the inspector of the River Police, who stated, that early on the morning of the 25th of last month one of ten casks of brandy, on board a punt belonging to the prosecutor, in the St. Kathe rine's Dock, had been plundered of thirty-eight gal lons of its contents. A day or two afterwards a lighterman, named Drake, was taken into custody on charge of being concerned in the robbery, and the evidence against him amounted to the fact of his having taken a punt, which lay alongside that on board of which the robbery took place, out of the St. Ka therine's Dock, to the St. Saviour's Dock. From that morning the prisoner had kept out of the w y ; but on the night before he, Mr. Evans, succeeded in apprehending him in the long room of a public house in Ratcliff Highway, in company with a num ber of low prostitutes. He had at first denied his name, and was rather "bounceable," but ultimately acknowledged he was the person he (Evans) was in , earth of, and he was taken to the station-house. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, and said he should be able to prove his innocence. Mr. Pelham applied for the remand of the pri soner until Thursday next, when Drake, the other man in custody, would be again brought up. Mr. NORTON complied with the request, but said he should take good bail for his appearance on that day. From what transpired during the hearing of the ease, it appears that plunder of this description in the docks and on the river has latterly been carried on to a very considerable extent. Charles Newling was charged with stealing one hundred Manila cheroots, the property of Alexander Stewart. The complainant stated that he was an ap ore ntice on board the John Horton, of Liverpool, then lying in the London Dock, and which had just arrived from a foreign voyage. On that day the pri ;finer and another person came to him on board, and the latter asked him if he had any cigars which he wished to have taken out ? He replied that he had some which he wished to take to his father in Dublin. The prisoner's companion then asked to see the eheronts, and said he would put him up to a "dodge," by which he could take them out free of duty. He then placed the cheroots in a handkerchief, tied the latter round the waist of the prisoner, and endea voured to keep him, witness, in conversation, while the prisoner jumped into a boat, and was about to make his escape. He (witness), however, called out to a Custom-house officer, and he was secured, not, however, before he had thrown half the cheroots into the water. Mr. NORTON observed that it was not only a most " artful dodge," but the most barefaced robbery he had met with for some time. The prisoner, in defence, said that the person who had accompanied him was bargaining to pay the com plainant ten shillings for the lot, and, because he did not pay him lie., he gave him into custody. Mr. Walker, the inspector of police in the dock, said that similar tricks were of daily occurrence, and that sailors complained bitterly of being robbed of cigars and various contraband goods by a gang of persons of the prisoner's description, by various " dodges" as they were called. The prisoner was remanded for a week. QUEEN-SQUARE. A question as to the right of the Equitable Gas Company to break the ground in the Vauxhall-bridge road, to lay down their pipes, was, on Saturday, to have been determined by the Magistrate at this Court, but was reserved for the investigation of some higher tribunal, in consequence of the Magistrate considering that he had no jurisdiction in the matter. The facts of the case are these :—ln the night of Friday, the 17th, the Gas Company laid down a new main across the Vauxhall-bridge-road, near Regent street, and on the following morning a large number of the Bridge Company's men endeavoured, under the orders of their superiors, to take them up. As East as the Bridge Company's party dug the earth out, the adverse gang shovelled it in. Mark Webster, on the part of the Bridge Company had got a hammer, and was about to remove or break up the pipe, when the gas-lighters shovelled the earth over him and his tools, and, on his scram bling out of the hole, George Kelly, one of the Equit able's, shoved him in again, for which he was charged with an assault. The bone of contention ,is, that the Gas Company did Lot ask permission to break the ;round or lay down the pipes, and this is met by the other party with the declaration that they were put ting down a fresh main by the side of the old one, which old one had been placed there by permission, and the Magistrate, on looking to Lord Lansdowne's Act, which gives the summary jurisdiction in assaults, was of opinion that he had no power to adjudicate where a question of right was fairly set up, and left the opposing parties to try the merits of the motion in one of the superior courts.—Committed to Newgate Catherine Castell, a prostitute, was charged with having stolen a silver watch from the person of Alexander M'Cul loch, under the following circumstances :-111Culloch, who is a groom, had been drinking all night, and met the woman on his return between six and seven o'clock in the morning. Being in liquor he was induced to accompany the defendant to a house in the Almonry (one of the lowest parts of West minster, and chiefly inhabited by the lowest grade of prosti tutes); here he fen asleep, and was awoke by a policeman, who asked him if he had lost anything, and on searching his pockets, in one of which he had placed his watch, it was missing. A young woman, the landlady of the house in question, deposed to seeing the defendant take the watch from the pro h thatr g agif e tes , n: tilgoheeevtro:shbwitoe addressed srt oh fse t h h aow e pam ll t i ac charged aiinn; pro secutor's pocket and place it in her bosom. She sent for a policeman, as the defendant threatened to charge her with the robbery, and the watch was found on her. gis T tr h a e te de a f t en so d m an e t, le i n n g a t n h s , w an er d t d o e t n b i e ed e with a felonious intention, but for the purpose of giving it to oekarefreespiets half-crown, iali• p l ok a in n g d the complainant when he awoke.—She was discharged. n w a i j m trl e h d n uttering Taylor,Dyd e a c. who o counterfeit n c t Tothill-street. The defendant said he did not know that the half-crown was counterfeit. Inspector Barefoot said the defendant was well known to the Police.—Remanded until Monday. Three lads, named Richards, Wynd, and Seer, were charged by Mr. Elliot, the Master of St. Margaret's Workhouse, with refusing to perform the work which had been assigned to them, namely, breaking stones. They were casual paupers, and slept in the workhouse last night, and the night before. They were requested to break stones from seven to twelve this morning for their support. William Squib, who has the management of the lads in the workhouse, s aid, he called them at 7 o'clock this morn ing, and ordered tkem to come to work. They did so, and took the hammers in their hands, walked about the yard, and gave a blow now and then, and told him he might do the work himself, and that they would neither do it for him nor the master, and added, " We did not come into the house to work." The lads have been repeatedly charged at this office on similar grounds; about a month ago they were sent to the House of Correction. _ _ The defendants were also charged with assaulting the po lice, but Richards appeared to have been the most violent of the three. The defendants, in answer to the charges, said they did not refuse to work, but that the stones were largo and diffi cult to break ; that the worst kind of stones were sent to the workhouse. Wynd, who is a thin, weakly lad, said he could not break such big stones. Mr. BURRELL committed Richards for six weeks, and Seer and Wynd for a month. BOW-STREET. A woman named Eliza Millar was brought before Mr. Jardine, Charged with threatening to break the windows of Benjamin Sheppard, coffeehouse-keeper. The woman came out of prison this morning at nine o'clock, completing at that time her sixth imprisonment for breaking the windows of Mr. Sheppard. She was now brought up upon information of Mr. Sheppard, who swore that when the prisoner was last before the magistrate she de clared, on leaving the dock, that when she came out of prison she would break every window in the complainant's house. She was now, therefore, brought up on a peace warrant to put in bail for her good behaviour. The prisoner said she was unable to procure bail, for she had no friends in the world. She had no recollection of using the threatening language of which she was accused. Mr. JARDDTE—Why, I heard you myself. Prisoner—Oh, then of course I did use it. Mr. JARDINE, *addressing the complainant, said the pri soner had been in prison for two months this last time, and he wished to know how the complainant would like him to act ?—Mr. Sheppard said he only wished to be protected. Mr. JARDINE said the effect of his ordering the prisoner to find bail would be to send her to prison for twelve months. • Mr. Sheppard said if the prisoner would promise faithfully to keep away from his house he would not press the charge against her. The prisoner gave the required promise, and was accord. ingly discharged. WANDS WORTH. Joseph G. Buck was charged with assaulting Joseph Orger, groom to Lieutenant Colvin, of the 9th Lancers. CORONERS' INQUESTS. On Saturday Mr. Baker, the Coroner, held an in quest at the Commercial Inn, Poplar, on the body of Thomas Mayes, aged 13, a very fine boy, who -lost his life under the following deplorable circumstances: William Mayes, of 14, Castor-street, Poplar; said the deceased was his son, awl worked with him in the Ratcliffe Dock, at Ratcliffe. On Friday morn ing, between seven and eight o'clock, whilst the work people were raising the lower mast of a ship, he was suddenly informed that his son had been found lying on the ground and was bleeeding. He f o rth w ith proceeded to the spot, and discovered him as described, blood flowing from his nose, mouth, and ears, and on lifting up his shattered head, he ascertained that his poor boy was gone. He removed him with all speed to a Mr. Buchanan, surgeon, where he was pro nounced to be quite dead. A wall separat e d w it ness from deceased, who was stationed to give the word of command to the men at work at the crane , i n d o i ng which he had frequently t o look round the edge of e the wall, and whilst so engaged , it is supp ose d th a t the earn tid shthi crane w the all. deceased ' s must No o suddenly u s d a e l nv headl the severely b e t ween that accident t a k e place., slipped and j er k e d b ac k, 'Joseph Perry deposed that he worked in the same yard, and saw the deceased, about three m i nu t es. pre viOuS to the occurrence, or to his finding hi m in the situation already described, about th ree f eet f rom t h e crane. He heard no cries of di s t ress , an d cou ld only account for the accident happening as stated by the father of the deceased. The Coroner having remarked upon the melan choly facts of the case, and observing that no doubt the deceased's death was occasioned in the manner. mentioned by first witness, although there was no positive evidence of tha fact, the jury returned a ver dict of " Accidental Death." Mr. T. Wakley, 31.P,' Coroner, held an inquest at the George Inn, Church-lane, Kensington, on the boils of Mr. Matthew Orpwood, aged forty-four years, the landlord of the. above inn, who committed suicide on Wednesday last. It appeared from the evidence gone into that the deCeased had for the last five or six years been much addicted to drinking, and during the fortnight previ ous to-his committing the fatal act had not been sober an hour, although he was able during the major part of that time to attend to his business as usual. During these repeated fits of in toxication -he was generally very low and dispi rited, and latterly he had complained of a pain in his back, for which he was attended by Mr. Turner, as sistant to Mr. Pollock, surgeon, of Bath-place, Ken sington. On the morning of Wednesday last he was from six o'clock attending to the bar, and between ten and eleven o'clock went into the kitchen to see to the cleaning of the pots, when he complained of a pain in his head. About half-past eleven o'clock Mrs. Orpwood saw him go in the direction of the cellar, with his leather apron on, and considering he was attending to the cellar duties his stay was taken no notice of. About half-past twelve o'clock however, on his sister going to the top of the cellar stairs to cut a piece off a flitch of bacon, which was hanging there, she was horror-struck at finding the deceased hanging by a rope from the same nail, quite dead. He was immediately cut down, and surgeons sent for, hut although blood flowed freely, life was quite ex tinct. Deceased has left a widow and four children. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." THE WILL FORGERS. We copied from the Observer of last Sunday, into our co lumns, the circular which had been issued by Barber's soli-. citor, inviting the signatures of parties to a petition to the Crown, praying for a commutation of the sentence of t h at convict: We have since heard that, n otwithstanding the ac tive exertions of Barber's legal advisers, and the high opinion which one of them frequently expres sed of his client, not more than six signatures have been procured to the instru ment. Barber, however, is a man of such sanguine tempe rament, that there is reason to believe that he is still not without hopes that something to soften the horrors of his sentence may still be effected. tip to the moment at which the verdict of the jury was, pronounced lie "fully anticipated acquittal;an and even after the whole.CoUrt heard it dis tinctly issue from the nionth of the forenari, le' could scarcely consider the fact a realit. lid. lias been" tilreadrelothod in ' convict's dress, a degradationfletcheib* Neel -al, lie appeared to feel most severely. 'ln ;re and !td respite of Barber's sentence, we haves heard any rumours of 'alte ration on which the sliest 'dependence is to be placed, and the month, to the conclusion of which we mentioned, in a former article, his actual e mbarcation was to be de layed, must by this time nearly have expired. An applica tion was made to the jury to sign a recommendation in Barber's favour, but it was declined. The greater number of the jury, we have been informed, were fully prepared to give their verdict at. onee; but there were two or three jurors upon • whom the .address of Barber's Counsel had made an impression. The jury, in consequen ce of this dis agreement; retired, and they all, w ith the exception of a solitary juryman, 'were very soon ready to return to the Court to utter their decision. The eleven assentients being firmly convinced of the guilt of all the prisoners, placed the letters and other documents in the hands of their fellow juryman, stating that they were anxious he should consider them by himself, and he accordingly adjourned to a separat Dart of the room, from which he afterwards returned in tears, and declared that he felt it impossible to withs t a n d the con viction of guilt which the papers forced upon his mind, and a verdict of guilty was accordingly, as is well known to the world, pronounced against the individual for whom such a struggle had been made. In adverting to these trials again we cannot help contrasting the efficiency of the old police, as exemplied in the persons of the two Forresters, with the eV.- 1 tective portion of the new police. It is believed by those who are well qualified to judge, that if the new force had been employed in the investigation of these nefarious frauds the re sult might have been very different; and there can he little doubt that many of the curious intricacies which tended so much to the establishment of the guilt of the parties involved in the conspiracy could never have been brought to light. In illustration of this remark, it is asked by those who have taken a deep interest in the investigation, what probability there would have been, after the apprehension of Barber and Fletcher, that the new force would carry the facts, as re garded the other offenders any further. The fictitious Emma Slack had been for three weeks in a lodging in London, and on inquiry- it was found that the occupiers of the house were unable to say who she wk . " what place she came from, or whither she had gone ; and, in fact, all the information they could give was, that she was evidently dis guised, which made the mystery more impenetrable. The course, it is believed, which would have been adopted by the new police, judging from their practice under similar circumstances, would have been to send a circular, giving the best descrip tion they could of the party, to the different station-houses, and that they might have done to eternity ; the matter would have remained is statu quo. It could only have been by the tact of individuals who have been educated from early life in ctxtraor Hoary investigations, and who are pos sessed of singular perseverance, steadiness, and skill, that any discovery could have been "reasonably expected. The course which these intelligent officers pursued is worthy of remark. The inquiries concerning Barber's connexions ap pear to have been first undertaken ; no facts transpiring, the way was paved to the connexions of Fletcher. No pre sent apparent connexions of the latter could be found an swering the descriptions of the parties. The Forresters, therefore, had to look to associates of a former day, and here was found one in the person of a Miss Richards, of Bath, who, although apparently having discontinued any ac quaintanceship for many years, did not escape the vigilance of these able men. The judgment here shown has been fully established by the facts as they were afterwards brought to light. But even very little was known as to who this Miss Richards, of Bath, precisely was, and no little exertion must have been used in.ulthuately finding her as Mrs. Dorey, of Oxford-street, London. So again in the apprehension of Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, whose family even, as there is good reason to believe, did not know where they were ; and lastly, in the discovery of the dress, and those unanswerable minor facts tending so materially to the proof of the identity of Mrs Richards as the fictitious Mrs. Stewart. Amongst the strongest evidences of the correctness of these observations, as to the conduct of these officers, is the frequent allusions made to their exertions by Mr. Charles Freshfield and Mr. Weir, who so ably managed the whole of the prosecutions, and who repeatedly declared, that if it had not been for the extraordinary efforts of the Forresters, the mysteries of the will forgeries would, in all human probability, have remained undeveloped.— Times. DREADFUL MURDERS NEAR NOTTINGHAM. Norriscnust, THURSDAY NIGHT.—This afternoon the town and its environs were alarmed by the discovery of a murder, which, for atrocity, has perhaps never been sur passed. The victims in this massacre—for the term is scarcely too strong —are a poor woman named Ann Saville and her three children (two girls and a boy), of the several ages of seven, five, and four years, who were found with their throats cut from ear to ear in a small " spinny" in the parish of Colwick, a beautiful suburban village, about three miles from Nottingham. What is worse, there is a strong chain of evidence to prove that it was a husband who took the life of her that was, in the emphatic. words of Scripture, " the wife of his bosom"—alather who Ailed the blood of his children, and that, too, when from their.tender years it was utterly im possible that they could have forfeited a parent's love by any misconduct of theirs. '" It will be proper to statetlid following particulars to enable your readers better to understand the details of this dreadful business. Mrs. Saville and her children, after having been in the union workhouse, at Nottingham, for the last three months, came out at the request of her sister (a Mrs. Brown sword), on Monday last, and went in search of her husband, a framework knitter, employed at Mr. Sutton's shop, at Radford. On her finding him he came back with her to the town. and left her to sleep at the house of Samuel Wardle, in Wood street, Meadow-platts ; next morning, after breakfast, be fetched his wife and children away, and set off with them to visit her sister, at Carlton. He afterwards returned on the same day to Wardle's, and as his wife and her children were not there he professed to be much alarmed. It seems that he was paying his addresses to a young woman, at Radford, named Tait, and on that evening be actually went to her and offered to marry her ; the girl told him that she understood he was already married, and refused to have anything to do with him. Saville replied, " She's not my wife •, she has never troubled you, and never will ; she's safe, and the children provided for." The next dts he went again to Wardle's, and his wife not being there, he said he thought she must have drowned herself. Afterwards he made some other statements of a contradictory nature, which gave rise to a suspicion that lie knew more of her than he was desirous to have understood. This having got abroad, an immense mob collected round the house, and if the man had not been taken into custody, lie would probably have re ceived rough treatment at the hands of the populace, who believed that he had drowned his wife and children in the Trent at Colwick Weir. This afternoon the prisoner underwent an examination be fore the Mayor and Alderman Heard. The prisoner having been properly cautioned, entered into a long account of how he had spent his time since last Monday. He said that he was taking his wife to Sarah Harestaff's (his sister) in Earl street, and that when on the way she began to cry, and told him she would go no further ; since then he had not seen or heard anything of her. While this was going on, a note was delivered to the Mayor, stating that the bodies had been found. It appears that a bird-fancier named Swinscoe, M Carlton, was taking a walk with his son, and discovered them in the spinny. The children lay together, but the mother, with her throat shock ingly mangled, was at some distance. A razor was in her left hand, but it was held in such a manner as to render it evident that it had been put there since her death. The un fortunate woman does not • appear to have struggled much, and•ler hands were uncut; there were also traces of her having been dragged along the grass. The bodies were quite cold and stiff, and the blood was congealed. The razor can be identified as one that the prisoner was in the habit of using; and when the prisoner's box was searched his raior case proved to be empty. Spots of blood were also found upon his trousers. The bodies were removed to Mr. Parr's barn, whither the inhabitants of the districts surrounding have flocked in thousands to satisfy their curiosity by gazing upon the bloody corpses. An inquest will be held to-morrow (Friday) at Mr. Parr's house, before Mr. Swan, the Coroner for the county. The spinny where the horrible transaction took place is situate on the top of a high hill between Carlton and Col wick, and is crossed by a footpath - between the two villages. It possesses many natural beauties, the prospect being re markably fine. TRUCK SYSTEM IN THE LACE TRADE. At Honiton, on the 18th inst., Mrs. Chick, of Branscombe, lace manufacturer, was called on to ans• wer the complaint of Sarah Perry, a pauper of Ottery St. Mary, for hiving paid her wages in truck. The justices present were—Wm. Porter, Esq., in the chair; G. Smith, Esq.; and the Rev. T. J. Marker. Mr. Cox, of Honiton, appeared for the prosecutor, Sarah Perry ; and Mr. Coleridge, of Ottery, appeared for Mrs. Chick. _ _ _ Sarah Perry was first called, and examined by Mr. Cox.—She stated that she had worked for Mrs. Chick between 17 and 20 years, and that during the whole of that period she had been accustomed to be paid in goods; that sometimes she received a halfpenny or a penny in money, when the goods did not exactly come to the amount of the lace, but that she never had, on any occasion during that period, received as much as sixpence she most posi tively s wore ; that just before Christmas last she took some lace to Mrs. Chick, who ordered her to go on making the same lace, and that on the 13th of February she took the lace so made to Mrs. Chick's shop in Branscombe, that she saw Mr. Tucker, Mrs. Chick's agent and son-in-law, and that he took the lace, and paid her in goods, viz.—a piece of print, a loaf of bread, and some butter. On cross-examination by Mr. Coleridge, she ad mitted that she had seen some paper stuck up at the shop, like two that he produced, but that she did not read them (one of these papers was the resolutions of the board of guardians against truck, the other a paper signed by Mr. Chick, and stating that he should riot, in future, order any lace to be made, but that he should exchange goods for ready-made lace). She also said that Mrs. Chick had once sent her away without buying her lace, because it was not made well, but afterwards she called her back and took it. Mr. Coleridge tried to break down her evidence as to Mr. Tucker not asking if the lace was ordered, and her stating it was not, but without effect. Mr. Coleridge then addressed the. Bench for Mrs. Chick. He did not defend the truck system ; he did not deny that his client had practised that system up to the time that the Board of Guardians had issued their resolution, but from that day his client had been most anxious not to break the law ; and in proof of his anxiety, he put forward the paper which he had caused tolantrinted, and he would show that he payed money to all from whom he ordered lace. He also could rely upon the fact 'that Mrs. Chick could not be hound by the illegal act of her agent. He then called Mr. Tucker, who stated that in consequence of the resolution of the Board of Guardians, he had the notices produced stuck up in the shop, and that on the day in question he had asked every person who came with lace if it had been ordered, and all that had been ordered he paid for in money. The lace that the complainant made was a sort that was never ordered ; they had no sale on it. Cross-examined by Mr. Cox—Mrs. Chick sold bread, butter, drapery, &c. Employed five bakers. Did not deliver the bread to'the lace-makers, but gave them tickets to go to either of the bakers for it. Paid one baker 45/. for ten weeks' bread. The difference in price at which Mrs. Chick sold the bread, and at which it could be bought for ready money, was a halfpenny pe r l oa f ; th e diff erence i n th e price of butter, one penny per pound. Paid all the persons on the day in question in cash, whose lace had been ordered, there having been eighty persons who brought lace that day, perhaps more, perhaps less. Would not swear that he paid 1/. in money ; would swear that he paid some money. Did not know if he had paid ss. ; believed he had. Had the bill declaring that he would exchange goods for ready-made race printed in consequence of the resolutions of the Board of Guardians. Wrote it himself; employed no lawyer to do so. Did employ a lawyer's clerk. Several other witnesses, whose evidence was unimportant, were then c a lled, and Mr. Cox addressed the Bench. After the facts that had come before them, he need say nothing as to the injurious effects of the truck system ; he had proved that the lace had been ordered, and paid for in goods ; and the attempt which had been made to throw dis credit upen the informants had failed ; he had never known a person in her position give evidence better; he was very ftirtutate"• in having so good an inform ant in the first case that was brought forward, ti iiuci,„.l - I , JJ:. 1 The BENCH at once declared the offence p-oved, and fined Mrs. Chick in a penalty of 51., and 2/. costs, and ordered that 2L 10s. should be paid to the poor woman, Sarah Perry. They further intimated that on any further conviction of any one they should award the full penalty. The public are indebted to ti:e exertions of Mr. E. Carter, of Ottery St. Mary, for this case having been brought forward.--- Western Times, WEST-END GAMBLING HOUSES. The recent capture by the police of a number of the gambling-house proprietors and unfortunate vic tims, has caused a general feeling of satisfaction among the respectabl.e inhabitants who reside within the district in which these dens of robbers flourished, at the expense of the miserable dupes who nightly at tended them. In the City the exposuse has occa sioned a great stir, and excited a vast deal of conver sation and interest ; and the magistrates there say that this first bold effort upon the part of the police authorities must be followed up with an unflinching, determination not to permit any attempt at re-esta blishing these horrible nuisances. We have taken the trouble to make inquiries, through a channel of unquestionable authority and experience, into the par ticular condition of affairs amongst the maters of the extensive vicinity of the playhouses, and we trust that the information we shall from time to time supply will give important assistance to the police, and that the police will be honest enough to act upon it. It appears, upon the exami nation of the roulette tables which were seized by the officers, that they were found to be so ingeni ously constructed as to prevent the possibility of winning upon the part of the players, the proprietor having the power, by the use of a secret spring, to check the ball in its progress to the aperture, the fall ing of the ball into which would entitle the dupe to win. The dice which were taken in all the houses, particularly in the Albemarle-street crib, were false, and co.lsist( d of different descriptions, variously num bered, and so ingeniously contrived that it was ut terly impossible for any one but the most adept black leg to detect the villany. For instance, if the player had to throw six to win his bet, one of the fraternity usually termed " bonnets " would change the dice with the expertness of a thimble-rigger, and substi tute dice without such a number upon them, so that a losing number must be thrown ; the same trick is carried on with any other number. The expectation of the slightest chance of what the unfortunate players call luck is, therefore, quite out of the ques tion. This plan has been acted upon in all the play houses, but most successfully in the large establish ments, in which the greater number of assistants or " bonnets" are employed. It may be useful to describe these rascals. A " bonnet" is sometimes a regular swell, dressed in the first style of fashion. On occasions he is dressed without any dash at all, and generally in black, and he frequently assumes the clerical appearance, " with spectacles on nose." These worthies appear at the tables, in the presence of the casual parties who are playing. as total strangers to all parties, and play with a remarkable degree of ease and quiet, as if they had nothing on earth to do with the conspiracy to plunder the visitors. There is another class of " bonnets" to be seen at the minor houses. They are mostly Jews, aid appear covered with mosaic gold chains and rings. [f an unhappy person with a propensity to play gets amongst these indefatigable gentry, the idea of escap ing with the amount of a fare of a cab is quite absurd. A. " bonnet" generally receives from three to five guineas a week, and a per tentage of from 25 to 50 ner cent. upon the money lost by any friend he may introduce to the establishment. Some of the indivi duals who follow this most degrading occunation were formerly in respectable situations in life, but their early love of play reduced them gradually to their present infamous position. When a " bonnet" becomes too well known—say after five or six years' employment—he becomes useless in that capa city, as his phiz is recognised by the still decent frequenters of the house ; but he is not altogether discarded by his old associates in villany. He is kept to be turned to another account, and appears in the character of a " dodger." In this capacity, if he happen to be a sober fellow, he does great service to an establishment. His duties are, however, most laborious, as well as debasing. He is engaged in the out-door work of the house at night—in following new visitors to their residences, and ascertaining who they are, and all about theca. If a stranger o!'gentle manlike appearance walk into a flash hell, and lose fifty or one hundred pounds without making any bustle or croaking about it, and behaves " quite the gentleman," the " dodger" is ready to follow him to his place of abode, and to make inquiries, which, if found to be faVourable, cause great attention to be paid to him on his next visit, and when he loses what ever money he has about him, he is offered a loan upon his IOU, or his cheque. The moment the ac commodation is accepted, the gentleman is booked as a safe pigeon, for a sum corresponding with his posi tion in society. This game progresses for some time ; the I 0 U's and cheques are paid, but at last the victim finds out the secret that he has been robbed and that everybody about him has been concerned in plucking him. In some instances a dupe is bullied out of his bills, or threatened with exposure amongst his relations and friends. In other cases, however, men who have plunged into the vice without thought, have been able to muster up nerve enough to send for the police to take the extortioners in charge upon the demand of a settlement, and under such circumstances the claimant has rejoiced to get away, and has never been heard of as a claimant afterwards. These practices have been carried on to such an extent within a few years, that many young men who held respectable situations in public offices and in mercantile houses in the City have been obliged to forfeit them in consequence of the annoyances to which they were subjected by the duns of the gam bling-houses for the amount of I 0 U's for money lost by the means we have already described; shame alone having prevented them from at once rousing thes, police from the nightly sleep in which they have been indulging, while the owners of the flash hells have been wide awake in this most atrocious work of rapacity. There is no part of' the metropolis which the gam bling-house keeper and his satellites hold in such utter abhorrence as the City of London. They de clare that a City Alderman (and they more particu larly point at Sir Peter Laurie) has no notion of the duties of a magistrate—that his early education unfits him for taking an enlarged and liberal and enlightened view of the refined usages of society—that he is in truth a century behind the age; and they adduce, as an instance, the fact that no gambling-house could ever be established in the City, in consequence of the absurd and misplaced vigilance of the Civic authorities. It is 'not in 'the spirit of exaggeration we state that' there is not a hell-keeper or " bonnet" or " dodger" at the West-end who would not willingly subscribe to pay the funeral expenses of the Alderman of Alders gate ward, whose image is perpetually haunting their imaginations, as it was said, to visit the sleeping and waking thoughts of Coster long before that delinquent was charged with the offence for which he was removed from the country. We trust that when any of these gentry make their appearance in the City, to at tempt to extort money, pretended to be won, they may be handed over to the magistrates for whose qua lifications they have so much contempt. Not long ago a young gentleman of highly respectable family, who held a situation, producing 1,0001. a year, under Lord Jersey, the Master of the Horse, was ruined amongst these hells, and, having become indebted to some of the proprietors, was absolutely hunted out of his office, and exposed, and is now wandering an out cast about the Continent. It is well known that several of the men who have shares in these establishments, and keep expensive equipages, can neither write nor read, from such low conditions have they risen to wealth; but they have, indirectly attached to their interests a well-known attorney, who is associated with a class of persons who supply him with ready-made or extemporaneous evidence, fur the purpose of sanctioning the enforce ment of any demands they have the shadow of a right to make. The Secretary of State for the Home Department has been in communication with the Commissioners of Police upon the subject of effectually putting down gaming ; and it is rumoured that the Commissioners have been rebuked for having allowed the Police Act and the laws against gambling to be so openly and audaciously violated as they have been within the last two years, and they have been called upon to state whether it is requisite to make the laws more stringent to enable the authorities to check a practice which has proved so destructive, and so completely paralysed the moral energies of society. It is considered a most strange and inexplicable fact, that in such a country, boasting of an effective and most powerful police as to physical strength, public decency and the laws are so fearfully infringed, while at Paris all the gambling-houses were com pletely broken up within forty-eight hours after the Act passed for their prohibition ; and although ten years have elapsed since that prohibition, not a single instance of the transgression of the law has been heard of.—Sunday Times. THE COLLIERIES OF THE TYNE. —Arrangements, as is now pretty well known, have been set on foot for some time past by the coal owners of this district, to get their pits again at work. In addition to those already enumerated we have now to mention Willington, Heaton, Sosfuth, and Cox lodge, as having partially resumed operations. We have been informed that Felling Colliery will commence full work next week, with an entirely new set of men, unless the turn outs should in the meantime accept the conditions offered by their late employers. If the pitmen should still hold out, they will in many instances be compelled to quit their dwell ings, in order to make room for those who are willing to accept employment.—Newcastle Advertiser. LON4SEVITY.—On Thursday, William Milnes, aged 104 years, the oldest pauper on the barony roll and pensioner on the Old Man's Friend Society, Glasgow, died in that in stitution. The deceased was brother to Andrew who is still alive and hearty in the Old Man's Asylum. He is in his 103 d year. MARKET NE WS.-( SA TUR DAY. ) COVZI7T-GATLDZAT. Our market was again heavily supplied with both fruit and YoL; - etabh!v, as we 1 as choice luxuries, many of the latter o,' wh , h were pa-chased for shipment to Scotland and the nortl• of England. Generally speaking, the demand was active, at good prices. The show of flowers and shrubs Ivo very extensive, while a good business was doing in them. Potatoes from 2s 3d to 5s per cwt; young Onions. Is 3d to 2s 6d; Turnips, 2s to 2s 9d; and Carrots, 55 to Cs 6d per dozen bunches. Spinach, 4d to 8d ; Gooseberries, 2s 9d to 4s; • and Peas, 2s to 3s 6d per half sieve. Asparagus, 35 to 6s ; French Beans, 9d to is ; Oranges, 8s to 15s; and Lemons, 8s to 13s per 100 ; new Potatoes, 2d to 4d ; Pine apples' , 7s to 9s ; Hot-house Grapes, 5s to Gs ; and Forced Cherries, 15s per lb ; Peaches, 30s to 355; and Summer Cabbage, 8d to is 3d per dozen. Strawberries, 4s per small pottle. Cucumbers, 8d to 5s 6d per brace. Cauliflowers, 2d to Gd • each. Horse-radish, 2s to ss; Celery, 8d to is 3d. Rhu barb, 4d to is 6d; and Brocoli, 10d to 2s per bundle. Sag Kale, 8d to 2s 3d ; Mushrooms, 8d to is 6d; and Small Salad, 2d per punnet. Radishes, 3d to 6d per dozen hands. Lettuces, 6d. to Is 10d per score. Currants, 4d to 10d pe r pottle. NEWGATE AND MEADENSA.I ,II. We had only a moderate supply of poultry, yet tk e demand was heavy, at barely late rates.. Capons, 55 ' to is ; Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Fowls, 2s to 4s ; Chickens , Is 6d to 3s; Ducklings, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Goslings, 4.3 t 0• 7 5; Pigeons, 5,1 to 9d ; and Rabbits, tame, 1 s to Is 6.1 each. Plover Eggs, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per dozen. The supply of e ach kind of meat being more than adequate to meet the of the dealers, prices were again on the decline. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 10d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 2d per Bibs. _ wants HIINGENFORD. The supply of fish on sale was tolerably extensive, yet the demand for it was steady, at full prices. In all other articles exceedingly little was passing. NEWPORT. There was only a moderate business doing, on the follow- , ing terms:—Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to . 3s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 31 4d to 43 6d; All a Pork 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. A t f The demand for most kinds of Fish was tolerably gel . '" to at about previous rates. Turbots, 5s to 12s ; Cod Fish, 15 3s; Haddocks, 2d to 6d; Brill, 10d to 4s; Lobsters, 6d t ° !; 1 5 ! Whitings, 2d to 4d; Scate, 6d to is 3d ; Ouruets, 4d t° Plaice, 3d to 9d ; Mackarel, 3d to 10d; Guard Fish, 3d W `- each; Salmon, is to Is 4d; Eels, 4d to 8d; Crimped S ca n • 3d to 4d per lb ; Red Herrings, 2s to 3s; and Bloaters , Ili to is per dozen; Fresh Herrings, 2s to 4s per 120; Solt,. • Salt Fish, 20s to 25s per barrel ; Cod So u nds, 6d to Is P" bundle. lIVIIITECHAPEZ. e c ; Prime Mutton commanded a steady sale, at full P. 4 - S e t • otherwise the demand was heavy, on lower terms.-- 9 1 0 from 2s 4d to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 4s; Lamb, 4 6 t ha 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4 3 Gd ; and P or k, 2 s 4(1 to 4s Per °"-- BREAD. • 0 1 The prices of Wheaten B rea d i n th e me t ro p o l i s ars 8d to Bid; of Household ditto, 6d to lid per 41b loaf. HIDE atAitzzr: Raw Hides, at per stone of 141b5—Best steers and heif:e r* 5s Gd to 5s 10d ; middli ng hid es , 4 s 8d t o 5 s 2d • inferior ditto; 45 4d to 4s 6d. Sheep and C a lf Ski ns , a t pe r ' skin—Ms tic ft e r g calf, Gs 6d to 8s; long wo o ll e d s h ee p, 3s 9d to 51 6d; ditto 2s 9d to 4s 6d; shea r li nge , 6d t o 10d ; aid lamb slaw' Is 3d to is 10d each. HAT MARKETS. sir SHITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay , 21 lOs to 31 1,, t o ful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ 8 3 ; fi ne Upland ditto, 3/ 1", 5 ,5,; 3/ 13s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 51 5s ; Oat St r aw, 1/6s to l' in d Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. A. short supply' a very dull trade. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3 1 ; L ; ful ditto, 3l 3s to 3110 3; fine Upland ditto, 31 103 to 3 1 ,7; 5t Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ i s to 1/ 9s ; Straw, I/ 103 to I/ 123 per load. Both Hay and StraA eo heavily, at barely late rates. 311 WHITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 12s to 0 • useful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3 1 1 , 2 , 9 10 ; 3/163; Clover Hay, 3/ lOs to 5/ 88 • Oat Straw, 1/ Gs to Wheat Straw. 1/ Ss to 1/ lOs per load. Supply moders te v good and trade exceedingly dull. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAT• lot . There is a thin attendance of buyers at this day's In sr if , The finest samples of Wheat have met a slow sale, at bsre,,_ so good prices as last week ; all other sorts must be noted ;i; per quarter lower. The demand for Barley is very lio„ it i a without material alteration in value. oats and Sh e ", 1 4 • each command rather higher rates. Beans are in rellos s " , an advance of Is. per quarter. b u . c s s ,h s : 0 1 ; ft 1 , Per qr. of 601 E b. x t T o ik the Wneat Su ff hlk, Essex, and Rent„„ Red..... —to 56 "",,,, 0 ' Ditto ditto White... 62 1 " 0 Norfolk Red ..... 56 L 0 Ditto ditto ..... Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red. — be; t in Ditto ditto .... Si Yorkshire . Red....... -- - S 6 „, Ditto ditto ... .. White... 56 .; bu Foreign tted 56 . ~0 4 0 • Ditto ditto .... White quay at - 1r , r ill. Per er Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk .......... Yorkshire a d Lincolnshire ......... ....... Grinding - ;71 ° Foreign SI ,_ bo te_l; Per qr. of 1131 b. to W.. r , Beans, Small fin• •• ' Ticks — 34 52 Foreign Oats, P , tato a, d Pola d ... . .... item '• lid to 12% . cl . Foreign —d to --d. Pet i 0 04 Sh .11ing As. to 27: 04. p e r .... . I. c .d ' M ilt ....., Ws fine dat• r--. 1 ,0. . . R ioeived..... 2sf.Os Os. Os. —.I. da• Pe' RAILWAY RETURNS. no We extract from the Railw a y Magazine the 5._, , received on the principal Railways of Great Britain f t , the week ending on the day of the month prefixe d T r , each. The return includes the money received 1° passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and Dor chandise : Week Total. d, Name of Railway. ended .C. 5. i , May 18 Arbroath and Forfar 124 15 • 7, 18 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,477 19 7 17 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,141 12 e r 18- Brandling Junction 655 0 , 17 Chester and Birkenhead 464 4 8 21 Dublin and Kingstown 994 19 4 19 Dundee and Arbroath 242 3 6 18 Durham and Sunderland.. 193 17 18 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,480 0 1 19 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,31 8 18 1 4 18 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,553 19 9 18 Glasgow and Greenock 925 4 18 Grand Junction 7,9 14 ° 5 18 Great North of England 1,449 13 5 19 Great Western 17 Liverpool and Manchester 13 10 18 London and Birmingh am 19 London and Blackwall 9 66 11 6 18 London and Brighton 21 London and Croydon 23 London and Greenwich 770 6 81 19 London and South Western ....... 16 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 739 ,; 4 18 Manchester and Birmingham 3 .01 3, '; 9 18 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc. 5,813 , i - 9 18 Midland Counties 18 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,522 ' 1 4 19 Newcastle and North Shields 2 98 5 18 North Midland 1 17 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,314 9 . 14 Paris and Orleans 5,996 1 3 7 9 ,5 • I 20 Paris and Rouen 5, 981 " 9 18 Preston and Wyre 18 Sheffield and Manchester 6Ol 2 4 23 South Eastern 18 Taff Vale 19 Ulster 19 Yarmouth and Norwich . 18 York and North Midland • OP' HORRID MURRID OF A WI FE BY HER i"ll —BATIIGATE, MAY 23.—Our hitherto peaceful been thrown into a state of unusual excitement hY th petration of a murder of the most cold-blooded and dehhemett kind. It appears that on last Sunday night, a info 'tbar. 31 `Crinen brought his wife and child to Ballancrietf tol 00 in the vicinity of his dwelling, and after treating her to mAi gill of liquor, they all proceeded homeward, but when Play a neighbour's house, the wife went in, and begged of , s boo inside to shut the door, and keep out her husband ;, R itb getting in, ordered her out, when she went with bu the tt great reluctance, at the same time asking the mistre,s, e house to accompany them on the road, who comPil•—id her the request, and carried the child, until the husban d- U ) t hetr : very abruptly, that she need not go any further ; sh e 51 0 fore returned to her own house, but after being in u i .„ 5 ,0 3,, was awakened, at one o'clock next morning, by the he oat knocking at the door, and requesting her to rise, as sloPb his wife would not go home w ith hi m . The wonal,: er inall • with some others in the h ouse , p rocee d e d to where k d e sdi said his wife was sitting, where they found her quit e ,, c or almost in a state of nudity, and in a horribly mutilale"doo, dition. It appeared as if he had dragged her up al a i i:ol the road, as part of her hair and blood was on the ` ° ,,poiya and stones on the road. The child, who had been A e " te es' all night, was nearly dead, but was revived, and hour., 0 8 claim, "0, daddy, daddy, you danced on mainly'', • o f 0 foregoing are all the particulars we are in pessessL.A. °l2 uhf iet, but hae no doubt this horrible affair will be inquired into.—Edinburgh Courant of Thursday. Frei SUICIDE or • LICENSED VICTUALLER.--- On nest it afternoon, Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, held an jaq o f tlio! the George Inn; Church-lane, Kensington, on vi1.„,d14.0 body of Mr. Matthew Orpwood, aged 44 years , th e "T e ll oa of that inn, who committed suicide by hanging "Veceste''' Wednesday last. Verdict—Temporary insanity . , has left a wife and family of four children. se On the 15th inst., in Blackheath-park, If" . . BIRTHS. j r tic sington, of a daughter. 13ed- On the 15th inst., at the Rector"-, Little Strug daa ht °n iter , fordshire, the lady of the Rev. J. G. Pearson, MARRIED s op On the 2d inst., at Vienna, in Au stria,. HenrY .. ) , 0 11t4t is, -' o l4 ' o E f scio t I . i n, e otfil Newcastle-upon-Tyne, former 2e wi set n a is l of London, to Augusta, daughter of F. L. Weste""" na t lesete:i t .t.rtin I ' • at St. y ili n a e r ,t . Margaret, ilers tn Y e 01 unl -ill t ' ' ' ter of the late Mr. Henry Shaw, of Ulverstone. vow- to ' • On the 22d inst., at East Parade Chapel, Lee c touditl. second son tof the Rev. Andrew Reed, D.D., of Le m, ... Margaret, youngest daughter of E. Baines, FA- , °f OO P ' On the 23d inst., at St. George's, Cam William Parkes, Esq., to Mary Anne, only dailgb` s .' ~ Rust, Esq., of Aldermanbury. ii, Cer At Stoke Church, Devonport, Lieutenant Rein ° daisy mander of her Majesty's cutter Snipe, to Annallsne ter of W. Tuck fi eld, Esq., R.N. • AUP DIED. Ne ar- On the 11th ult., at New York, Jacob Walton, miral of the White. Die t ; .t. Charles On the 17th inst., at Largs, North Britain, • s 0 Cayley, R.N., agedlB. • 1 'll M l° On the 18th inst., at Amwell-street, Pentonvt e, ~ _ . .4 Lydia Cornwell. - . °f Will berwell,. r o f On the 20th inst., at Plymouth, Anne, the wife 0 he Langdon, Esq., of Inwood Lodge, Somerset. •t of t'' „._ she On the 21st inst., at Nottingham-place, itil.' - ' r 'Ol late Patrick Bartlet, Esq. 1410billi On the 21st inst., at Cranbourn, Dorset, the Ito. tb. _ . Templeman, aged 78. h•ifid°/r of On the 22d inst., at Blackheat h- p ark, Sara • late John Robinson, Esq., of Leaoenhall-street. . do ght er On the 22d inst., at Brighton, Martha, youllge" of the late John Lagier Lainotte, Esq. nn Morrilre'llr On the 21st inst., at Egham, Surrey, Mrs. A hove At Field-place, near Stroud , Gloucestershire, stop , r1d222:-------.--51r 'in OVS u lt , London: Printed and Published I_4y BLUED- . 4 , 1 i No. 11:4 Strand, Printer, at The Sue 00 1 . 4, 00 `; 0 01 '" i .. Strand, in the Precinct of ti e Savoy, glb . Middlesex, Monday, My 27, 1144. . . • , . ree t th, "1h .the. J. ti It wu et c 8 ; at to t i 4 / 8 1,1 1 trthZ