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. - . , ;' r E 1. N IV, M 0 DAY MORNING ARCHES' COCRI; Dec. 7. jk and sentenced to be transported for seven years ; and thus concluded the business of the assize. THE OFFICE OF JUDGE PROROTBD. Br BROOKES AGAINST CRESSWELL, CLERK. This was a citation against the Rev. Henry Creswell, vicar of a parish in Somersetshire, in the diocese of Bath and Wells, calling, upon him to answer certain allegations, which.cbarged him with conduct disgraceful to him as a clergyman. The letters of request ware issued from the Court of the Bishop of Salisbury. Thal articles set forth that Mr. Creswell had been guilty of using indecent, obscene, and violent language, of getting drunk, and of fighting and brawling within the parish of which he was incumbent. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 3. At the sitting of 'the Court William 'Potter, yesterday convicted of - arson, was place d - at the bar,' and after very solemniddre..ss from hisL o rdsh ip,' receive sentence of death. Sarah Wilson, Thomas Addy,' George Reynolds, and Christ' pher Ingledew, were indicted, the - female prisoner for stealing from the person of Richard Harland'thirti seven sCnotes, and the others for receiving the'stolen property, and with being accessories after the fact; by harbouring and assisting the principal delinquent. Mr.'Bliss and Mr. •Blanshard conducted the prosecu tion ,the prisoners were defended 'by Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Orerend. • It appeared from the. statement of the "prosecutor, Mr. Harland, that oil Saturday, the 19th of October last, be was at Yarin and had in his possession' a sum of 1851. in 5L notes. Of these ten were notes of the National Bank of Scotland, - which he had received from a person in the fair. Ile had paid away a sum of about 30/. for some sheep, and . ef this' 30L, 15/. consisteg of Scotch notes, leaving him still possessed - of 1551, including seven Scotch notes. He had 'been at - several public houses ia the 'emirs's of the day, and . in the evening was in one kept by nPerson'of theriarne of Baker, in *hose stable hie hose bad been put up. 'Being about to lease Yarin, he carne but into the passage, intending ' t ai ga to the :stable fbr his horst, - _andikete met a woman, who, he said, was , the . prisoner 'Wilson. She addieSsed to hint certain solicitations of an improper kind, which he said be repulsed. She, however, still lelloived bins into the stable-yard, and on the way she was spoken 10 by two men, whom he did ,not yeeognise, one . of whom wore white troweers. Wilson then suddenly tom open his waistcoat,. snatched his pocket•book, and , she and the, two men ran up.the yard and disappeared. This was the sole direct evidence as to the actual robbery, and it appeared from the other testimony for the prosecu tion, as Well as from Mr. Harland's cross-examination. that he had on some occasions given a Considerably dif ferent account of the transaction. It appeared that on the Morning of Yerni fair the four prisoners, with the exoep tiOn of Reynolds, came together to a pUblie-houseinYerm, 'and from &conversation Which took place in their presence, it appeared that they, with Addy's' wife and' two Chi!. dren, had come over together from Northallerton that morning. They preposed.to the person that drove them to take them on to Stockton, .where they said they wished. to,purchase some hardware, bid it did not seem that at that time they carried their intention into effect. It appeared, however,. thatlate that night, and after the time the robbery was committed, the' same party *ere seen entering Stockton on foot,.and they applied at the house of a Mrs. Cowley for. lodgings.. They " procured one bed there, which was occupied. by -Addy and hie wife,' and Ingledew and. Wilson, who had passed as Mar- Tied people, were accommodated. With .a bed at the house of A Mra-Chapman. To her they stated 'that they' hid owe from Darlington .and were going to Middlesbo rough.' In the course _,of that evening Reynolds was seen at Stockton, and went to a shop kept by.a person of the name , Of Weldon, Of Whom he purchased several pairs or stOckings. He tendered in . payment a note of the National Bank, Of SCotland, which hi took from a roll of 'paper that seemed to the shopman to consist of notes, .and in which there was, at sill events , a second 6/. note.. _ The shopmarisdeclined said it, and it WAS handed back to' Reynolds, who there was no - harm .done,_ and put it back with the otheri. He subsequently went. to another, shop and purchased a hat, in payment of. which he again tendered a Scotch 'note and received the change. Early the next' morning he called' at Mrs. Cowley's . and saw. A - ddy and his wife. They w ere shortly after joined by Ingledew and 'Wilson. In the Connie of that morning, Sunday the 20th, 'lngledew and Addy went• together to a livery .atable.and bargained for en omnibus to take them to Thi rs k. . At that . time In gledew produced a' pocket-honk' in whiCh was 'a thick roll of paper, which, to the witness; seemed to consist of notes. The,oninibus went to Mrs. Cowley's, and the party got in, and went on to Thirsk. They' were shortly after taken into custody. but upon searching them very little money was found,. Reynolds was taken into custody at Newcastle. . . . Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury for the prisoners, contending that not the slightest reliance was 10 'be placed upon the evidence of the prOsecutor, and that, taken in -connexion with his statenienta to thei con.: stables, it tended rather' to show tfitif Roberts was the person by whorn. the robbery' was committed. As is the other evid e n ce , i t did o no more-rate at'the highest —than. -raise a Mere .suspicion. The .possession o f a Scotch note by these' parties was not to be wondered when many ef that kind had during the day been cir culated in the fair, and the witnesses were probahly . 'ani,a taken' in their ideas, as to the amount of money in their posiession, a probability . .strengthened .by the fact of hardly any being fiiund upon them. , As to the strings of the cloak, it would be a very dangerous thing make the guilt or the innocence of the prisoner to depend on their identity ; even supposing they were satiafied of. their identity they would. still have to take for granted, without proof, that the.prisoner had 'plaeed them . there.. And sUppese they ; were satisfied of all' this, it would only provethat some time in the course* the few:days preceding , the prisoner Wilson hid been there a thlog, which, wh e th er gu il t y or i nnocent , wou l d p ro b a bl y h ave been the case. . • • • llis LORDS H IP .hav:ng summed up, the jury, retired, and after being some : time In 'consultation, rettirwld a verdict of .Guilty aginst all the prisoners. - Sentence was deferred. - • • ' John Hunch, aged; 4.6, was indicted for stabbing - John Crabtree, with intent to 'do.hith' some grievotis bodily harm. • . . . 'lr Pashley and Mr. Pickering conduCted the prose cution, The prisoner was not defended, by counsel. "The prosecutor stated, that on the day in question the prisoner came into • his house, and said, " John, - she's a foolish woman to =think' koing to do 'ionnething, at her," and without further prefibe struck at prose cutor with a knife .he held in his hind. 'The knife - struck the Prosecutor - on the side,. tnit not being a 'straight thrust, it turned, and merely passed through -the waiatcoat. The prosecutor caught the prisoner by the - Wrist, and endeavoured AO push :him down ,stairs'ati The prisoner got hiehd loose, and agai n stabbed at him. He' again succeeded 'in ca t c hi ng t h e priSoner's wrist, and finally, after _a severe. struggle, got away from him; with no more ser ious injury than a cut on the hand.' The proseeutor went • down the road and tnet one .of his 'neighb;mirs, to whom . he; stated Whit had occurred. Shortly after, when the "prosecutor was gone, the prisoner (seine up. The Witness•said to hini "Jack, What hest thou been' doing 4 ". The .'prisoner replied, "•D —n' the knife, it is doubted, Or else —;." The witness' 'aid, ," Come into our house, and let us -know whit thou halt had,up." • The prisoner went into the .house and related to.. him the : transaction. The witness said Thuu'lt have' to be hungif thou folloiest those tricks." He replied,, ",_God hid ordered hiin to kill thrie . that day ; he had his work to de, and he must go and do it." 'Witness then seised him, and a scuffle 'ensued; 'but the witness finally snceeeded in mastering him. ' The tsii setter then 'said,' " thee; its been a: good one, let's try -again, I can whirl thee next time.',' He became, however, apparently tranquil once more, and talkettra. tionally for some time, but took the. opporttinity of Wit ness- going out for a minute:to get possession of "a 'carving knife-, With. which he so terrified the' inmates that th e y rushed out of the house in a body. The witness hearing the alarm earn e into the house, and seeing thepriskei with the earring knife in his hand, cried' Out. ". Jack, if thou does'nt lay thatdown, I'll cleave that "bead," on which the prisoner laid the .khife deWn, and 'Wes taken.into Custody. . . • ' This„Witness, on farther examination. ratalial, that up to six or eight weeksbefore,the prisoner' hati`been well behaved. and A' quiet hardworking min.. AbOnt that time he,begin to neglect his work, refused* to Isaiah or CL , an tiMself„ and would lie in bed 'all day, saying that he was Clean, beet, and had:no - strength in his limbs. On one oceaaionh e came to the anti asked him to put him ink chair an&keep him for a show. The wit ness added," SOorntimes; - when we had *cooinmany, • we'd bring hi& ddWil and knoCh hies about, - to Sew it 'ud. do un any good:' lie explained, however, , that the knocking;. about__Meent'inerely lan Co him; by their society. - - • The documents, which were very voluminous. entered minutely into the details of Mr. Creswell's conduct, in support of the allegations exhibited in the articles. l'he Learned Advocates on both sides having nd dressed the Court, The Learned JUDGE went minutely through the several articles, commenting on them as he went along. He said, that although some of them were such as to agree with arid support the charges in the citation, yet there were many more, the form of which required alte.. ration, and fur that purpose the Court felt bound to send them back.. On the whole, he was of opinion that there were sufficient grounds for requiring further inquiry. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 6. - • (Before Mr. Commiasioner Houtovn.) W;GNEYS . BANXILUPTCY—EXPARTE MAYZERMAN AND His Homoux to-day, in delivering judgment. reapect ing„Nlessrs. Masterman's claim for certain costs on the bankrupt's estate, and ,which claim bad given rise, to proceedings in another Court, 'said that Messrs, Wigney were bankers at Brighton, Makerman and 'Company being their London agents. In March, 1842, the date of the bankruptcy, Wigneys owed Masterman and CO. many tli usand pounds ; but the latter held bills of ix change and promissory notes ,to. A much greater value than.the amount of their claim._ Subse.quently 'to. the bankruptcy, Nlastermans! had incurred law expenses in putting the bills and notes in force, and this without coming to that Court, or giving any notice to the as- 1 signees., . The question now submitted to him (the Learned Commissioner) by Messrs. Uasterman and the , assignees was, whether the former should, in their ac, count with the estate, be allowed such. costs. He was of opinion that Messrs. Masterman had. npt only an equitable but a legal lien on all securities placed in their hands by Messrs. Wigney, and that all legal and lair , .expenses incurred in their. . realisation, should be , allowed in their account. The Learned Commissioner having cited several law authorities in support of this opinion, proceeded to say that it had been contended by Mr. Chambers, on the .part of the Messrs. Wigney, that they . (Mastermans) should, in the first inatanee, have given notice to the assignees, and. consulted with them: , Now, there. was nothing before him to show that, if the assignees had had notice, they could have interfered, or effected any satisfactory ar• rangetnent. Fur these reasons, be thought . that Messrs. Masterman ought to be allowed all costs ,incurred by thetain enforcing or in resisting claims arising out of the securities deposited Kith them by Messrs. Wigney. But there was a further claim for expenses .made. by the Messrs. Masterman, which arose. out of the following cirenmstances :—After four o'clock in the afternoon of the 3el March, 1842, Messrs. Masterman received frOnt Mr. tevens a cheque on Glyn and Co. for 1531 75., to be placed -to the credit of Captain Clark's account with Wig.. ney and Co. Clark was a customer of Wigney, s and kept an•account at their house. Mr. Stevens brought an action against Masterman to recover this sum, and on th.e trial in December„lB42, before the Lord Chief Baron Abinger, obtained a verdict.. Messrs. Masterman's Counsel ten-, tiered a bill of exceptions to the. summing up, of, the Learned Judge, and the proceedings upon the bill of ex. c?ptions were still pending. It appeared by the bill of exceptions that. the cheque in question was paid by Messrs. Glyn to Messrs. Masterman on the 4th March, at what is called the morning clearing.- The cheque was searched for, but could not be found. It appeared in evidence that it was usual with London bankers to ga cheques which were paid into a banking house after such. bid marked by the ,other banking house,. and that a cheque being so marked was .a guarantee that it would be paid by the party marking it, and - it was then treat d as cash. It was not proved- that this particular cheque was taken to Messrs- Glyn and Co. to be marked, hut he, •witnesa, who received it at Messrs. Masterman's„ said he should imagine it was taken to Messrs. Glyn and Co. to he marked,. for that was the . regu hie course of business. Payments made to a London banker on account of a country banker between, four and five o'clock were generally advised by post Abe next day, and that course was adopted with-respect to this cheque. Messrs, Masterman continued to make payments on ac count of Messrs. Wigney and Co. up to five o'clock of the afternoon of the Zd March. There were several payments made .on account of Messrs. Wigney by . Messrs. Master man after half-past tour on that day,-and to a cnnsidera tle amount. On the following day the Brighton Bank closed, and Stevens brought his action against Messrs. Masterman, on the grninals that they were in that trans action his agents. For the costs incurred in defending that action he (the Learned Commissioner) did not think that Messrs, Masterman could claim against the assig nees, Stevens paying in the money not for Wigneys, but fur Clark, who kept his account-at Wigneys.' The: re sult of his judgment was that. Messrs, Masterman should be allowed these costs in realising the securities, but not thug., incurred iodefending Stevens's action. MIDLAND ClllCUlT.Leifester Dec. 6.. Catherine "Jarrell, was arraigned. upon a chargei of manslaughter, .in causing the death of one Sophia &mat .y. The prisoner was arraigned upon the coroner's inqui sition, and also upon the cominen indictment proceeding from the Court. The prisoner, who is - abotit forty years of age, has long practised the art and mystery of mid - velfery, and the deceased having heard her highly apoten of by thine whOin she had previously , atteutled in Teis,a of labour, engaged 'her to aitend . upon-her in her_coming Confinement, itnd it was out of the alleged neglect she was said to haie been guilty of on th tt, occasi.n,t by which her death was occasioned, the prettent charge arose. The evidence necessarily adduced is not fit for publi cation, and we only notice the case in justice to the pri soner, as the Learned Jud g e (Mr. Justice Patteson) . told the jtiry in his opinion there was no eridence to stipOort either indictment, and that ,the coroner's jury had-dealt hardly with the prison er in returning the verdict it had. • The jury instintlY , acquitted her.' the deceased was said to have been the Mother of , thirteen children. .. 1 . ?Uinta /I'isenta - it; aged 25, was Charged;with hinting Tihecetttion• prosecutrix, ve ry' intermarried with one .Elisis -Swingler, lais former wit's, Sarah being then alive: • Hr. Burnaby, conducted the case . an the part, of 'the pr interesting woman of the , age of 23, deposed that' in March of this • y“r she !Atte working in ; Leicester at' the straw bonnet blisinAs, •he became acquainted with Newman, "Whola she under- Stood was a journeyman - cloCkmaker. 'Newman paid hie addresseato her;•representing- himself to be h single mairi,'itrid the priAecittrik, entertaining an 'affection for hitsi teceived those'acldresSes ilivcorably, and they *ere married it '-Lnbenhara Church in September.'. 'The pro secutrix had heard-is -early as the , inonth.of June that Newman Was 4 7 mitrried man, when s h e - wro t e la his mother . it ; Kettering. Before she recArt.d - '' an answer the prisoner called "upon her; and asked whether she had not , written to her mother 7 The prosectitrix- asked ` him what she should 'have --to :write about ? To - which he 'replied, that he knew she had ; " but his" ,MOther 'was une?ell, end denied himself to be a married man. - A - Tew days.afterwards she received it letter purporting to Come from %the mother (which no doubt it did not), Saying Newnian was a Single man: This being, sitisfsetory to ter the stequalisiunee - continued,'and' on the 26th' of. September they were mar ried by banns at the ehurch previously named. _.The poor ti had.not been marrit4 .more than three weeks When a women. called at thehouse Where they were living. and asked for Newcian. The prosecutrix replied that he was notthen at, home. The .woinan then said that she - (the.prosecntrix) was not hie l'iwful Wife, wherenpOn inquiries were set on foot, arid it was found he had been previously married on the 13th of September, 1841, at Langley, near Slough; in BUckinghainshire. The proof of both marriages was perfectly clear. The prisoner de clined sayinr, anything in his defence. . • • The jury found him Guilty. • The Learned JUDGE then sentenced him to be impri soned in the House of Correction anti kept. to bard' labour for:six calendar months. . ASSIZE - INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.:—Chelmsford, Dec. 7. (Before Mr. Justice Wieetasts.) ' Sarah Absoa,.l4, was indicted for malic iously um feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw, value 40t., the property of William Bacon,' at the parish of Hempstead. - .. Mr. Ryland condneted the prosecution, and. Mr. C. Grey appeared for the prisoner: . The prosecutor deposed that he was a farmer, and resided at Hempstead, in this county. . The prisoner was in his service is nursery-maid on the . 16th of August, and had lived with him for more than six months in that capacity. About ten or eleven o'clOck . in the morning of the day in question, he was out i n the field harvesting, when h e o b serve d some smoke in, the direction of his stack-yard, and, upon goingthere, he fours 1' a stsek•of straw on fire, and it was Coat pletely consumed. 'The value of the stack Was 401. On the morning of-the fire he had reprimanded the prisoner for - not paying proper attention to the chil dren. She did not Make him any answer when -he spoke to her. ' ' ' ' i Harriet Stock, a servant in the employ of the pro'. seeutor, proved - that on the morning of the fire, and just before it broke out, she saw the prisoner come hi a direction from the stack yard, with her master's baby in her arms. There had, been a fire at the neighbouring village of Blagden about a fortnight before, and on the day it h a pp ene d the prisoner said she liked to see a good fire, and she sh ou ld , like to see her master's plabe on fire, adding, th a t if the straw was fired it would be sure to light the buildings - . On the day of the fire at the prosecutor's she told the prisoner that the police had been there making , ..LoNDoi*i. sEssloNs. inquiries, and had asked some lueations. about her,- . - (SATLIRDA.Y‘ .) and on her saying this the prisoner appeared very These sessions - commenced before the, Recorder, v . :oast:zed and :valksd away. Alderman' Wilson s and Aidertnen, Copeland, Hums ' estherine liumbell, another of the prosecutor's , pherv, Challis, and Moon. ' , -• 1 e. sysnrs, also proved that she saw the prisoner come , William Burgess, a sickly-looking young man, was out of the stack • ;t.ird a very few minutes before the 'indicted at - the instance of_ the City Solicitor,-for as,- stael, burst 1140 flame s . : ' - • saulting the police in very as v i o l en t manner , at - the Thomas Moore, a police constable, deposed that he Garlick-hill station-house, to which indictment he apprehended the pristmer on. the ;day- of the fire, and pleaded Not Guilty. • . , • she took him to the place where the stack had stood, Mr. R.• Gurney and Mr. Doane conducted the pro and pointed out in the. a s hes where she first saw the secution; the prisoner was undefended. . fire. The prisoner was , taken before a tnagistrate the . City Police , Sergeant Butter, 403, s t a t e d th a t on next morning. - Her mother was standing by hersand the 21st of September last he • took . the prisoner into she told her she was FUN' to go to prison, a s sh e was taken on suspicion of having caussd the fire. Th e custody tor fraudulently obtaining k di nner a t th e Ge floral Wolfe public house, i n - the neighbourhood, of prim.ner replied, "Nobody saw me do it; although I v; as in the stack-yard." Chelipside, to the amount of 4s. 4d. without the me a n s _ .. , David Smith, an inspector of police, deposed that of payin g f or • it., .On getting him to the . station , . .. , house s his conduct becam e qu it e ou t rageous, us i ng t h e the prisoner was placed in his charge after she had The prisonsr was acquitt ed on the ground of in san i ty ! float violent epithets. H e comp l e t e l y _ wrenc h e d o ff been taken into 'custody, and he heard her sap - to a' - - - - ' "-- •• . .11. bar that divides , the office at.the station-house from a wo-nan named Rumball, who was sitting up with her, . . SOOT)! tyALE . s CMCUIT.---Cheiter, 4)ec.8.• I“passage f and made a desperate effort to strike . Mr. In v' If I said I h a d li g ht e d the fire; people would believe (Before Mr. Baron crUINEIr.) • . ' ; 1 , Spector _M i ii...7 ( it t n h iv pr h i o so iv n g e ss o o . l4 lh d en uty,.but he failed in his . . . . . • . , 1 . your to escape, and apparently - intentionally put his me, but I am not . so soft ; no one saw me do it, ; and ~.,, CASE of .3za.. wISTERnOrkOH.----C4ABGE or roe- - made a strong endea they cannot hurt me." When the prisoner was he- • able plate of ,glass, glees ; and broke :it: GE/IY AGAINST A soperrox, . . fore the magistrate, she s a id s h e knew nothing about This ease being fixed for this morning, the Court was . I ; , head:through.-a, vain the fire. crowded to.excess, the ease exciting. very great degree , At bust he - became so .exceedinglyosiolent that the of- This was the case against the prisoner. of interest,. in consequence of the accused having occu- t ticers on duty were obliged to strap him doWn on a ' Mr. GRAY briefly addressed the jury, but the Mi . - 'Pif'd A most respectable .station in the county, treeing t , stretcher,.as „well as securely bandseuffhim, and then him to - two. months' twice served the u ffi cesf.idayor , of Stockport, and held I remove him to the •Giltspur-street Compter. On the deuce was too clear against the prisoeer to give him . the situation of clerk to , the magistrates of that borough. next day he. was : taken. before thelate Lord MaYor, the. least chance of doing so successfully. Air. Justice WILLIAMS summed up, and the . jury ' ' -imprisoninentfer the wilful datnageof the glass; and The prisoner was defended by Mr. Jervis, ,M.P., and . si r .ws_m agoa3 . 4 w h o v..oteoced after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty, ' Mr. Welsbv who Were brought down from London On but at the same time strongly recommended the pri- special retai n ers for the * purpose, as was also Mr. Bond . Hu het h e celebrate d . h h d • to take 'on. being liberated from Bridesvell he was !gal tk ' n , a en into custody for the char g e : of assaulting the police Boner to mercy on account of her youth. e s, - an writer, ver- , 1 . .batira notes of the proceedings.. . - • I the -dinner the'case was dismissed.' - '', As regards The Learned JUDGE ordered the • prisoner .to he The Learned Judge, who is labouring under indispo • NT I n' • . are-you•certain that' called up for judgment, and; after remarking that the sition, did. not take his seat-until' ten.,o'clock. Shortly ;" RECORDER-- , --. ow, policeman ,; tce d ma f _ . .. be wrenched the her off, an .attempte d t o . atrike the• conduct of the prisoner evinced great malignity, said afterwards the grand jury caste into COurt with upWards ' he felt it his duty to sentence her to be transported for of twenty'bills -including four against John Kenyon . inspector? Witness—Tli swear he did,, sir. _ fifteen years. He added that the recommendation sf Winterbottom fo' r forgery. This concluding their busi - •REcoaihitt—Very well:. Now, .prvon . er, do you the jury should be forwarded to the . Secretary? he o r nisi, the Court discharged them- . .. State, wh o m i g ht, if he pleased, direct the . infliction The prisoner, John Kenyon TV interhottom; was then • accused, who; from his address, : seemed to be a very of a milder sentence. , placed at the 'bar, charged with having had_ in his . pos- • . well-informed; and certainly an ill-used young man, Joseph Tunbridge 20 John Harrimond 18 a n d sessions certain bill-of exchange for 5,060/.,and that he replied' that he had. , formed • a series- of .questions .John Brown 18, • ' • . . 1 '' ' ' n token were indicted for a highway rob.. . had for Mr. that hill - the names of Elizabeth Isherwood, whilst in the. Compter , but which had bee berg with vio' lence u rul AV lharn Sorrell. . . . • Anna Marta bherwood Mirtara Isherwood, and Anna away from • him, b y order s as he supposed, of the Mr. Ryland d f p 1 e ended Bro Magdalene Isherwood, the exeeutrikes of the late Mr. Mr.Marhh appear. for Am and Hammond, and governor, Mr. Whithair. He denied frandulently From the eviden ce l Tuabridge. ' , John Isherwood, of •Marple Hall, with intent . to defraud obtainingthe d' • .ch he had money inner,. inasmuch as witnessei, it appi,a r a l a t e h Proliventoi and other' them. Ha was also charged with uttering. the said bill, enough in his pocket - to have , paid for it; but which he Great Waltham, and on prisonerth:Zren resided at- with-brv,intlt; to d t e ta fti f t it he d trustees of 4, the :Pol d icir Li i t Wai:prevented doing 1* the pOliCe'sergeant, or; as he (Moller he was at a public -housegettith 23d of was intent to defraud Messrs . r R'barts, at' rt i t l xti a s n :n7 w ight technically designate him, the " learned ser- Fes, n a neighbouring village. While the --t ' be was i bankers, of London. Each indictmnt charged ' him se. Co.,' grant . ( Laughter .) As regards taking the bar, namely with forging the names of the respective en- and endeavouring to strike the inspector, he solemnly said that the plaintiff 'was entitled t o a ver di c t i n w h at 1 t h ere h e changed a sovereign, , and the prisoners, who I- doriers; and also with uttering. The prisoner pleadtd damages they might think sufficient, for the arrest after • were with him, saw the operation.- He left to go nit gildv. .- - - . ' ho - had been put out of the defendant's house, as he had done nothing to justify that course. But a. to what tome at an early hour, and when) he was about to ' The Atterney-General, Mr. Davidson , and Mr. Yardley cress a stileleadin g .. . ' led Langley ' had taken place within the house, they must con- .to a place cal s Park , aprred for the prOsieution. - • , • • ' . e Was assailed y him d b three men, who threw own he ATTOiNEY-GiNERAL, in stating the easel° the ~ . eider whether the conduct of the plaintiff in the par- ' lour had been, as was alleged, so disorderly as .to placed - a handkerchief on his mouth , and then -rifled' jury, ' entreated theM to dismiss fr . om . their minds eV prejudices arising from the discussion of the case outof is . pocketa of . all the money theY contained ' . warrant the landlord in removing him. For. that was . ' Ihe door', and to decide. the case solely in accordance with the defendant's plea, and not that the plaintiff was Prosecutor swore positively .to the identity of the the evidence which would be laid before them. He was ejected in consequence o f the offence for which he had three. prisoners as the men who - so•tieted, but upon p l ace d i n a m ost painful positi6n, having knOwn - the suffered imprisonment. The Learned Judge agreed with . cross-examination he admitted that he tad accused prisoner all his life, and could not have believed he would Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, that it would be hard if a -man, - another person of committing the robbery, although be guilty.ef the offence with whibh be was charged; as having'atoned for his fault according to the laws of his he was afterwards satisfied that ,he was Mistaken. he hid .always thought him aa' honourable a man as any country, should be infamous for.life,and be prevented from His 'evidence was, however, corroborated to a con- in the . country. The prisoner had been for many years, returning to an honest course of life. But that .question aiderable extent so far as it related to the prisoners Previons to 1839, allattorney and banker in Stockport, did not arise, as the, defendant had' pleaded inyustifica- j Tutibridge and Brown, . and the confidential adviser . of the late •Mr. John -Leber. tion only the disorderly conduct of the plaintiff in the The ' ' f • d these 'and they e jury . ounwood; of Marple Hall. In the year 1814 Mr. Isher house, and not his previous character, although the latte r . ese prisoners guilty, ey wood e ff ec t ed a policy of insurance on his life for bad ben referred to by counsel on both sides. were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and hard ~ .. the business for h im. • 3,0004, the prisoner transacting • The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after lab into Hammond was acquitted. • • When . the policy was effected , it wet placed by' Mr. deliberating about three hours, found for the pl a i n ti ff — . The prisoners Taylor and Burrell, who were oon- Isherwood in a box at Marple Hall, where it was - sup!. Damages, 205., on all counts. - victed on Thursday of sending a threatening letter to posed to be kept untilhisdeath, which took place in . ' a farmer named. Miles, were brought up for jud ) lent, NT Ashy, 1839.. After his death the prisoner went to the agent of the Pelican . Life-office in Manchester, produced the policy of assurance, having, it was supposed, taken it from the deed-box of. Mr. Isherwood, to which he hadic-_, cess when attending the funeral , lie informed the agent of the death of Mr. Isherwocycl,and asked for the requisi4 certificates to-be filled up. There 'he subsequently pro. duced the certificates, and on Dec. 20, 1839, called wish them and the prohate of the will of the late Mr. Isherisood, The :wont proposed to pay the amount of the policyby a bill at seven days' sight, mend the prisoner obtain- add a stamp for that purpose. The bill was then drawn by the agent and handed to the prisoner, he -at the manic time being told that it must not be endorsed by the par ties by procuration, or it would not be paid by the onto°. On the ad of January, 1840, the bill was paid by the' prisoner into the Stockport Bank, and shortly after that period ho received considerable sums from the bank; When paid into the bank it had the names of the ladies mentioned' in the indictments on it but as he . shOuld'only. proceed On the one ehargingthe prisoner with forging the name of Anna Alagdelene . Isherwood; nolw Mrs. Lloyd, he (the Attorney-General) would confine hiMself to that case. .The bill -was subsequently trait's- - milted to Messre..Jones Loyd -and Co., in London and the aeceptanceottwoof the trustees of the Pelican- . ,Hide. It was paid by Messrs. Roberts and Co. •.ln May, 1840, application was made by Mrs. Leyd, to the prite,ner,' the ainotint of the policy, when.hesaid it Wag necessary, before the money would be paid by thew office, that there should be a Canterbury probate obtained to her father's will as. well as a Chatter one.: To ether. applications, he said, the money was ssfe-iri London,.and the office vroul=l pay.interest for it.. -Howev.er, in . August,_lB4o, it wa,, discoiered that the prisoner_ had received the money, and Mr. Push was sent-down to investigate the matter, ,and he, finding that the prisoner hid absconded, took means to secure his- apprehension, and got advertise ments issued; offering a reward of 2001. for him. could' not be found, however, until the month of Septem ber" last, when he Was accidentally met With by a man of the name of Paine, on the north shore at Liverpool, when he was apprehended.. ' • A number of witnesses were then called to prove thetas • facts, utter which, Mr. Jna'ns took several objections to the indictment, on the ground that the prisoner was indicted for forging the 'names of •each endorsee separately,- whereaa the 'whole endorsement was only one transaction,_ and the bill was not coinplete until', 11l the names were ilgned that there, was a variance in. the: diff,rent coonts. the title of the Pelican-office lidt being correctly deScribei, and 'that the bill itself Was - not a negotiable instetiment, until accepted; and, therefore, - There could be-no frond in uttering it. "t ' Mr. WELSBY folinwed en the same - side.: • The Junox said the point 'was one of too great nicety - for him to decide; and he would, therefore, reserve it for the consideration-of the Judges,- Mr. laity's then addressed the jury. on behalf of the -prisoner, in a most eloquent -s - pe'ecli, 'contending ihlat there was so much doubt in the case that - they 6ould not safely convict. It has manifest that the prisoner, being the confidential adviser -of the family,.considered that he had - authority to receive the money; and to endorse the bill, and therefore the utmost extent of. his guilt was, a breach of trust. He implored them, therefore, under these circumstances, not to consign the prisoner, by their : verdict, to slavery, and his wife and children tuinfamy. The Learned Juan. briefly summed up the , case, , and The jury, after a few moments' consideration, pro nounced a verdict of Guilty;, • • ' - . Pit Lordship ordered judgment to be revised. . t - There were •three other indictments, charging . the prisoner with'' forging the names. of Atina' Marta ,I4ter-. wood, Miriam; Isherwood, - and Elisabeth lahervrood; - and Mr. JigliVlS said he: apprehended the prisoner was e±n titled, in`some way-or, other,' tobe discharged frOm those indictments. • • ' The Jur:aux- 7 0h, no,•certainly not. Mr. Jinvls—Will. your Lordship take 'a note that I made, the application ? . • - . The JUDGE-17e - Mr. Jnitvis then applied to the Judge to allow the 'officer of the court tit'fitrnis4 a copy of the indicttnent» The - JIIiOGX- , --Ibere no objection. • . avowed. that heneier touched it. The. fact was, that he was illtreated in , the most untnerciful,manner by the police at the station, and - in trying. to evade their violence the window was broken. lis arms were pinioned behind, - he Was - tightly secured by cords to stretcher, and the ,effect of the blows which they in flicted on his peeton with their truncheons was fully apparent to the late Lord Mayor, when he was taken before him. Beth eyes were black, and bruises were on his thighs and chest, and on other parts •of his Body. His'eqmplaints did not end there, for while he.waa incarcerated, in Bridevvell . the authorities de '--prived him of the use of•pens, ink, and paper, whereby he might have communicated with his friends,, who would have applied to one of her Majesty's judges for a habeas corpus •on his behalf, so as •to ascertain by Whit right -be was incarcerated: • • . Mr. Inspector 11PLean was then sworn_—He was at the Garlick-hill atation-house when the prisoner was brought there for fraudulently obtaining a dinner. Racoapint—What kind of a bar is it that divides the office from the- passage? Inspector--It is. a wooden one, and falls into a kind of gr oo ve, th e o th er end being fiistened by a nail. • • . • Recoaor.a-,-Now,•did you sEe the priionn.wrench it of omit try to strike you with InSi.ector-1 heard he did. RECORDiII.—N , •, no, that won't do. Did you' or did you not ? Inspector-4 didlnor, Sir; but I saw but very little of him. Recoanea—Tbo you were in no perSonal danger of him ? tor Nid in •thi , prise in Court.) • , • Recoftoun—Who ordered -him to be• -put the stretcher ? Inspector--I do not knove.';._Sir ; I did not. I understand that he. was violent. • • " REcoanea—Do.you not know that .he was beaten in an unmerciful manner when ill a iielplesil state? Inspeetor—l did not see him. struck. - • . Lord Slsvi - ir eoni ll : c o c ;:i l i n se E s ß ? — .Ti t sp d e i tCt i . t /r )e —:Tl,l 6 i t ' v w e. ts l : l :. did in fact, am almost cells in of it. ' . Prisoner Will you allow me, thy to' ask the • wißtnnescsoftangEuße_ c stior: ;r ?tnii . nly. • Prisoner-f-',Vlon ileti,re the Lei-d yon state that I had wrenched the bar off;au d: endeavoured to strike you ? losoector—No, 4H no t. RECORDER—I- 4up0c.304,. yon were nit of his -makieg suoit an attach? Inspector—No, Sir, was not. ‘, Call the next witness. James Bzillyinore, police-constable 405, said he was at the station-house when the prisoner Was brought in oustorly there. RP:coal:l.Eß Did pu see him lift the bar ? Con. stable-1 did, Sir. - moan ER —IV htit Pl4e ? Con Ate We deavou red to hit at Mr. Joseph RECORDER—Tiv,n he was close to-him ?• Con stable—Oh, yes, Sir;' he only escaped the blow by starting :in one side —(Much winsation on , hearing i.; falsehiod.) Mr; Alderman CoiznAND (much excht(l)L-Fhope, for the Sake or 'the Public, that theie two pOlice-con- Stables will he immediately suspended,' and I will take care to bring the 'case under the notice of the first Court of Aldermen. I 'never heal d such gross perjury during the whole of my - magisto-4sl duties. The RECORDER—Gentlemen Of the jury, owing to the very great 'disin-epancies in the evidence, you can not do less than acapiit the prisoner. I shall feel it my duty" to rrflicti s proper r --present.stion of the f a ct s to, the proper quarter, so that a strict investigation may take ;place ijipe(ting'thi condo & of the police, fot the safety. of the - public. ' • - •• " Mr.'M I beg to tell the accused that he shill have every - facility the Court 'of Aldermen Can - renclr him in prn , ecuting• the parties •who had so grossly perjured themselves on that occa aiiin.--:(Loud applame.) • • The jury instantly acquitted the prisoner, to' the great siti4action of one and all of the members of the as' also a crowded court. - • Mr. .iforris linAlord of the' cm 'Parr's Head, Sri Aldersgate-street, appealed iikisiilst conviction for having knowingly suffered notorionsly'baa characters and prosqtutes to assemble in house. •.• Mr BBODKIN, t, who appeared- for the Otie!lint, con tended in•litnine that unfortunate girls'Could . n,.t , be ,said to.be *notoriously bad cliarticteri,..unlass,et were shown they had been gnilty . of a riot, or some offence which the Legislature had intended to guard agaiOst by statute. It merely their immorality was to constitute them notoriously - bad characters, any of the n*le sex who committed` sedtiction,:nr:Were guilty of fraudulent hinliruptcy, would fall within•the opera . .tion of the Act. -• . _ . Mr. Alderman` - ‘Vii.sott* Said the question was whether they were bad or good prOstituteS 7 ,-if there were any good; and he should Wish to hear thefacts of the case. ,; Two constables of the City police Oleo stated thet, on the Bth of October, between one and two o'clock, they saw_ four prostitute's leave the appellant's house, and hearing. a noise within, they entered, and found twelve men and seven prostittites'drinliine. • Altlermao Wits'Ott asked if they w'e're notoriously bad Characters, and the police anhwerMin the affirms. tive.. One of them,' Jenny Jones, had been several . times in custody.. Mr. BODKIN deprecated th e Alderman putting such a leading question after the discussion that had taken plaCe in the. hearing of the police. Aldeman WthsoN—l cannot help Mr, Bodkin be ing sore upon'the. point, but I will have the troth but for the guidance` of the Court: v r .:Bo t ,k /5 .—.4 'am not, sore at all, and will not place my exye*pce, akaihit..i.hel Alderman's' as to Who are and whO:aie Pot,go4 prostitute s , Alderman WiLsOn—You will - not'stdl3pie. Mr, Boktc.trt--7I do not. Wish, but as an advocate I am bound to say that .1, attach no weight to ansWers so obtained from the pollee by .their superiors. Alderman Wason--I have- been a magistrate as long as you have been a barrister, and will not be lectured as to the 'form in. which I shall -put 'my 'cinestiom. Atr. !onictN:—YOu ikpreininecl tb have no know ledge 'of laW„ lam not de s i r o us - o f • lecturing you,. and shall address tnyAelf to !he organ of the Court. I shall not Undertake the task of 'reforming your practice. : , AlAfrintui .Wrisazi (hltily)—You c annot reforM me. , --.(Laughter.) • The remenil;eitalcipg an objection once to a ipestion•of Lord T en t er den's t which was a hold st e p, but theLobj-Ctioll was Allowed. BODKI,Nr..*YeN Lord 'renterden had the g9ed sense to see the force of it, which , is not the case here. After some; further conversation, the conviction was POLICE (sA IN Tu T R E D E A L x. I ) G7ENCE. VAAShiN-liol/SE.: . sailor,liained Join Cox„ who had been the day 'before . ' paid' off upon his return from a voyage to Canada, and a young woman, who said her'. name W!La '4/411eading, were brought before the Lord 3440r,'' the 'female charged With haiing run away ,with a shawl from the shop of - i linendraper, mid (as the police-Sheet stated) having left the sailor drunk behind her, either to pay for, or remain in Pledge for the article. ''The complainant stated that on Friday night the sailOr and the lady, who appeared to be, and de- Scribed herialf as a servant girl, resident in the prolific neighbourhood of l'ettiCoat;lane, walked into the shop-41r. Cox being evidently lumpy"—:and Tociked out a shaWl. 'As We witness did not know Nhether the sailor might not be shamming; in order to afford an opportunity of doitig . something on the double, care was taken to watch the:pair narrowly. They left the shop without making any purehase, but soon returned. •It then appeared that the sailor was really " far gone," but the woman had all her wits efk)ut her ; and after again examining the shawl; she snatched it up, and cut away outbf the shop as fast SS She could, leaiing het comrade responsible. < A policeman, hOweVer, who probably had intimation of what might take place, checked her career in a Very policenian-like tnat?ner, and deprived her . of what She called " the present that was made her." The policeman stated that She was in' a' great hurry in Passingelong t upon quitting the prosecutor's shop. The Loan MAYOR—WeII, Miss Reading, what have you to say to this P—The female prisoner stated that she wag well acquainted with the sailor, and that he took her to the shop to treat her to a shawl. Well, .she'pitched UPO'n one, for which the linendraper asked 184., and the sailor took out a sovereign to pay for it, thereupon the linendraper said they Must , not go away without takings drop& something' short. As she' was a. teetotaller., she refused to-break the wholesome rule, by whiCh her conduct had been' long regulated ; the sailor, who was not a teetotaller felt inclined t o adept the invitation.. Seeing that'things were in so unpromising a pandition, she thbught the best thing . she could do was to take the shaid home, 'after which she intended to return to take care of Jack, when sud denly her plan was frustrated by the officer. The LORD 1 1 1A.YOR—And what have_ you to sty ; Mr. Coi ? The Sailor--Sity; your Lordship, I kno w nothing at till about it. It's all a dream tome. • The statiOo-hOUSe inspector said the sailor 'had iihout him two sovereigns and Some silver. The Loan INISTOR--Wis - the woman drunk ?' Officer—ltalher So: • The Fel:Mlle Prisoner—NeVerl ' I take nothing . stronger.than spruce. • .The LORD M - aroa- 7 / Must know something more about you, Miss Reding, before I let you gb. - The sailor may depart, arid the complainant may have his DECEMBER I , 1844. female, whom,he had observed in company with the two`maleprisOnera, ran after and a c c os t e d him. He repelled, and endeavoured to walkaway from her, but she kept ap with him, making some playful remarks about licigar that he was smoking, and ptst up bier hand as if to lay,hold of it, after which she went hastily off. He immediately discoveredthat,he had been rob bed of a Yaluable breast-pin, and turning back, saw the femiderejein her male companions, and hand something to Wyatt, in 'whose hand he then distinctly saw the pin. The prosecutor edvaneed directly to Wyatt, and, seiz ing his hand, exclaimed, . " Yon have`gat my breast-pin there l" The prisoner dented it; but pressed his hand to his side, and, as was then stinpoied, dropped the pin ,into his pocket. The 'Alec had 'hy:that time come up, and the two male prisoners were' taken into.cus.. tody br Sergeant Sheen, while Andrews, another officer, went in.oompany with the prosecutor, and apprehenfled the female, who, -speaking aside to the Fatter, told him that she-had given the pin to "Jack" (her brother) ; • and that if he would not press the - charge he.should ndt only have' his Own property back, hist her silk 'shawl in addition. The prisoners were earched at the station-house, ivitheut dis covery of the t.. - ;isting . pin ;" _bat the Sergeant, return i ng to the place where tttr,‘ male prisoners lied been, taken, found the pia ly;ng upon,the veryNot,where •Wyatt had stood when he was,. supposed to have ,put the pin into his pocket. . • - Thefemale prisoner now alleged that she was drunk and•unb9nscious of what she did at the time, and the ! Agonp ri defied all knowledge of the matter. • Mi . ,'ISHOU47IITOX asked if they were previously ki•ewii, and was: answered in the affirmative as to all the 'priiionerS. A brother of the Wyatts was stated .to have been transported, and their father was last week tried at the Central Criminal Court, and convicted of stealing a eheese in the most daring manner from a cheese. rootiger's shalt in Pitfield-street; Horton. . The pri soner Jane Wyatt had been many times in cust o dy and tried at the Old Bailey, and was the reputed wife of James Burton, who was not long since transported for coining: • The MAGISTRATE Said there was not sufficient proof againSt Street, whom he therefore discharged; but he committed Jane and John Wyatt to New for trial. • UNION-HA LL. f4orgr- Hazel! Frazer, a young, man. of highly respectable family; appeared on his recognisance to answer, a charge of stealing two half crowns and a door.key from • the per49n of Anne Thorpe, the wife of an engineer, living in Holland-street, Blackfriars. The following' are the brief facts, which are of ratheri singular des cr ipti on :—On Wednesday night last the complainant gave the prisoner into custody at the dOor of the Naked Boy pablic..house, on a charge of robbing her Of two half-eroWns and a door-key. The risnner denied , the accuiation, hut when he was searched two half-crowns were fotind in his pockets, one of which was very black, being_ identified by the cpmplianant, and also the key of 'her door. The pri- Olfer, on the former examination; denied the truth of the ricciistition, and, according to his account, he met the complainant at , the door of a public house in the 'Borough, out of which she was turned by the barman - : being intoxicated at th e ti m e. That he (prisoner) walked with,the complainant for some di:stance, treated her to some apirits, and then arterwardi . 'preceeded aCcOmpany , her to a house of illfaree in K - ent=street, on leaving which they went lido-another , public-house,, ar i d 'a n leaving that she charger hint with robbing her of the money and the key. He admitted: that the :key was found in his packet ; but said that heyould not account for the cir- Cumsance, otherwise than belieeing it had been placed there by the woman who preferred the charge against him. Ile added that lie. was independent, and lived on his property, and he argued '.on the improba bility of a 'man in flit - Condition of :life taking advan tage of a woMan, anti robbing her o f h er money an d key. The prisoner's brothers, 'both highly.respecta. file men,'etterided, as Well as other:friends, and gave the aceniked . A most excellent character as a man in capable of acting in the , mannerAescribed. • The complainant denied that she had accompanied the _prisoner to- the house of ill-fame ; spoke of her beilig married to an engineer, and said that she could have nn :motive in truMping, pp a charge of felony against the prisoner. -She admitted that she 'had acted', with imprudence: i n . e n te r i ng a public-house with a stranger; bid that she would not have done s‘s, • but . for ; the circumstance of. her taking a little too muchat the house of is relative at Camberwell before she met with the complainant • Thernagistrate sent for some witnesses, the prin cipal of whom were the landlady of the house of ill fame where the prisoner. alleged he accompanied the 'complainant, , and also the barman of the Nak e d Boy public-hOutie, the first of whom could n o t iden tify the, parties ; but a younger female in the house said that she saw the complainant and the prisoner in the hOuse,,alluded to on the night in question. The .harman.alSo stated that the complainant was put out of the bouie_on the night alluded to, She was tipsy and noisy. He added that she had a glass of liquor at the•bar before she was turned out. The: barman of atiother publicthouse stated the complainant and pri soner.,entered the•hause. on the night in question, .and that hefore she quitted'the bar 'she Charged the former with robbing• het. COTTINGRAM took a great deal of pains in the inquiry, arid said, althoUgh it 'appeared the accused was i youP,g man of unimpeachable character up to the_present period, yet he (the magistrate) cpuld not divest his mind of the strong fact of the complainant's key beipg -feund in, his possession when searched. The magistrate added that die:could. make no dis tinction ,in the present case from, any other, and that he should, therefore, send it before another tribunal, and for thistrateptime should—cornmit the prisoner to to' the sessions , lot, trial. • - Bail was taken fOr the prisoner for hit appearance to ar4Werthe ;charge. CLERKEB WELL. , )Kr..JohnJ3ak..?:, a . tradesman living in St, John's hine„ Was charged with.assaulting Mrs . S,happi r d, a re spectable m arr i e d wozpan, living in Suinner.street, 1 , . . • , ShepPird deposed, that on .Wedn esday last the :was paising thrOugh St, John's. square;When the prisoner ree over, arid, seizing her by the cloak, exclaimed, " I will:give. en in.charge.!".the lady exclaimed that she had never seen . him before, and asked why he should in •terfere with her ? The priaouer, said he was certain the was the person who stole a sheet' from him. She again vehemently protested she knew nothing whatever about him, but)), threatened to give her in charge to a constable unleas she accompanied him to his _house. Greatly fri4btened, she complied, and wh en there the wife and children of the priaoner declared she was not the person, andshe weiset at liberty. Mrs. Sheppard declared she had - been ill, ever since from the fright. , The prisoner in defence field a person whom he had treated hospitably had stolen a sheet from him, and he thought "Mrs. Sheppard was the person. The lady said that if Mr. Baker had apol og i se d She would not , have taken any proceedings against him. If he would now.pay 10s. into the poor-box she would ,not press the,oherge further, Baker—No, I can't give more than ss. Mr. cossz=lhen you.will pay a fine of 21, and the costs, Or, go to prison for inaonth.--.-The money was paid PitiesbtAßONS.—We, are pleased to find, that the communication upon the subject of the non-ad niission of Jews to masonic lodges in Prussia, in our No. 83, which was subsequently eopied into The See news paper. is creating - :censiderable sensation abroad ; ,end that the Freemasons Quarterly •Repiew, the masonic organ of communication • in England, has w a r ml y espoused the cause. We, are informed by correspondents; that. the French- and German masonic periodicals are cordially assisting the cause of our co-religionists of the brotherhood,--67he Voice.of Jacob. - CAL/D9NIAI4 ASYLUM.- - Thursday the members, of the corporation of this Society, which provides clothing, food, instruction, and lodging, for a certain number of the children. of . Scottish widows, _whose Isusbands are deceisied in the army, navy, or marines, held their winter meeting at the Freemasone"ravern, Great Queen-street, for the election of a fresh batch of young children into Abe Asylum in Copenhagen -fields and for. the - transaction of busine ss . The Chisholn; occupied tho chair. :The point of the greatest import- Mr.. Li6etingMiaqs master aum, discussed. was with reference to the matter o f the school being a member, of th e Ch urc h of Scotland and.nora Free Churchma n . Q n the Directors reporting that thgehYthod had, at a (the assistant meeting t p o r tr io l u a s s l y t , ) e t l o ec the vacant office of heed master of the school, the Rev. J. Cumming wished to know whether the Committee hid taken ,care, to .ascertain. that Mr. Lightbody was a member , of the Established Church of Scotland. .Several of the Directors said that they had inquired into • that. subject, and .had found that .he was duly qualified aceording to that rule of t he . Society which Mr. Cumming sP"kiL . under. Mr. Cumming: added, that it was a most important question, and he objected to the appointment being - confirmed •,by that Court until full proof had been obtained that Mr..Lightbody was an Established Churchman. The Directors stood firm, and pressed th e confirmation of their appointment., which, being moved . .by M r , Lindesay, and seconded by Mr. Nisbett, 'was carried by .a large majority. Mr. Cum , ming objected strongly to the appointment. lie knew theft Mr. Lightbody was not Member of the Established Church of Scotland. The Chairman 'said the appoint ment wafr subject to his being so - or nut. Mr. Cnintoing declared he would canvass • the matter to the utmost. ,T.lie ejection of twelve boYs and•eight girls into the Asy !,ltun then took place, and occupied till three o'clock. L• Deal:itor DR. XNZGIIT, Or MARI4ScIiAL COLLEGE. It is our. painful,task to announce the sudden and deeply lamented death of , this learned and respected profeesor, which melancholy ,event• took - place yesterday gunning. Dr. Knight bad been engaged in observing the late eclipse, on Sunday week, when he unhappily caught a severe cold; but having partially recovered, he rentured put.to attend his class; and this, we regret to add, was followed by a return of his illness in a more 7at gra s : l Inflammation of :the. brain unhappily ~ .12upervened, and .baffied all medical appliance to arrest its lane Tfrs , att, IV Jo °l M ßS W H y l a P ehe T r ß b E ro ß th T er,.and young w—c— too. pl ace about ten A.M. Dr. • 'XIIIght a sadden demise , while yet a 'little advanced be naafi named ileorge Street, were placed at the bar be of, great and varied talents, - yond ihe Prinie - of life elnd while in the full possession (Ore Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, the female... chatged with robbing. Mr: ll.'"rapling, a • merchant, :mtist - prove a loss, not and, the others with recei v i ng the stolen ` prverty. • witasily estiinated; tW the \ UiliVeriiity a Which `for many The prosecutor, it appeared, was passing near the years be was so efficient and distinguished f member,-- Eagle in the City-rosd, on Friday night, when the ' Macke* Jotan4 Wednesday. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, Dec. 6.—As usual at this advanced season of the year, only a !hailed business has been done .in Foreign Wools, hitt every confidence is felt of a favourable reaction' at the com mencement of the new year. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, DEC. 6 .—There has been a steady demand. for bath combing and clothing wools this week. Last week's prices are firmly maintained .; but the rates h hick .have been given to the farmers lately will not afford further supplies at a profit, unless higher prices can be realised in these markets. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, DEC. 6.—There is not the least variation in the prices or demand for either long or short wool this week, and purchases continue to be made with more confidence. Lk:cos.—The Markets at both cloth halls this week have been very dull. The season having now so far advanced, and the writer having hitherto been so mild, hashed the effect, to a great extent, of prevent ing the sale of winter goods. The stocks are, how ever,. by no means heavy in the hands of th e manu facturers, and prices are steady. in the warehouses business has beet' correspondingly dull; feiv buyerF. have been in ttie market, and there is little deing ex cept to order. The threign houses are very gtdst. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAT.—Tnere is no alteration in the demaad for combing wools, and deep grown hogs and wethers are in fair request to meet the immediate wants of the consumer; and as such kinds are not abundant, the difficulty of setting a supply from the grOwers, at. prices to meet the buyers here, is not abated. The quantity coming to market is barely equal to the consumption. Hence comes the conflict as to :whether an 'increased price can be realised, which the spinners now so strongly resist. The exceedingly depressed state of the yarn trade offers no encouragement to the spinners in any way to augment their productions, which is now very mate rially curtailed. Although yarns are somewhat readier sale, and a general feeling prevailing that they'have seen their lowest point, yet there is no dis position on the part of the buyers, either for home 'consumption or export, to buy, except at prim must ruinous to the producer. There is a tolerably good demand for piece goods made all from wool, such as lastings, damasks, mereens i .and merinos; but the same improvement is not so apparent for Orleans, Co bourghs, and fancy goods, which are still only com mending prices very unsati s f ac t or y ; an d as thisis not the season when any material increase in the demand is usual, the manufactUrers are acting with great caution, and limiting their production till they see a ohance or realising prices more commensurate with the cost of manufacture. MANCH ES rtlR, THURSDAY E VENING.—We , are again rather more flat than on this day week in our cloth rnarket, hut as the . month of'December is always one of the dullest, not much importance is attached to the fact. Prices are a little lower, but,hardly quotable. Yarns are much in the same state, though there is a good business doing. HARNSLEY.—The linen trade continues to improve, and the prospect for the winter is very cheering, as the general trade of the town is better than it has been for a number of years. There are at present more buildings in progress (including three steam loom factories) than there has been at one time since the memorable year - 1 825.—Leeds Mercury. IVIZZTZCZAPALS. too There wa• a limited supply o f Meat, y e t the . , to was rather dull, at our quotations. B ee f , f rom 211 00 1 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s Rd to 35 Sd ; Veal, 2s 10d to 3 5 and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per albs. 311UNGZELPORD. For most kinds of Meat we have to report An imP f°llj All demand, at a trifling advance in the quotations. other produce met a slow inquiry. BRZAD. The prices of wheaten Bread is the Metropolis to fro•n 7d to lid ; of household ditto, Sid to 6id P er loaf. 2K21.1113101 Raw hides at p r IMIDII stone ofl4lbs.—Best 7. s teers and } , e l ks i . 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; middli ng hid es , 43 841 to 5s 4( 1 ; ' 0 ferior hides, 48 4d to 4s 6d. Sheep an 1 calf skins'lo p.r skin —Nfa(ket calf, 6s 6d to ffs . long "Q! ;) sheep, 31 to 4s ; short ditto, 2s 6d to 3s 3d. KAY VIAN.X.STO. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4 7 Useful ditto, 4116 s t o 514 s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 n '"; 5/ lOs ; Clov e r H a y, 41 103 to 61; Oat Straw, 111 ;i0.1 11 121 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 13s to 1/ 15s per !cad. (lay and Straw sold steadily at full prices. , 1 851 CIIMBERLAND.—COarSe Meadow Hay, 31 15s too* Useful ditto 51 to 5155; fine Upland ditto, 5 1 lila 5/ 14s ; Clover H a y, 41 S s to 5 1 1 7 s ; Oat Straw,. 1 1 0 to 11 13s ; Wh ea t St raw , l l 14s to 1 1 .16s Ps! A fair average supply, and an active demand. • 501 WRITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow H a y, 31 lls tor „ $5 Useful ditto, 4/ 16 s t o 5/ 4 s ; fi ne U p l an d ditto, 31fl; ' 51 13s ; Clov er H ay , 4 / 101 to 6 / ; O at Straw , 11Z--,41 1112 s ; Wheat St raw , 11 13 s to 111 5 s per load tolerably good, and trade steady. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FitiII#A ded There is again a goo d arr i va l o f Wh eat, t he 1: 1 °` i y are very firm, and demand a small advance uP 426 ;ii'• finest qualities. Other sorts fully maintain last s ip% prices, and a good extent of business has been P at this day's Mark e t. Th e fi nest §amp l es of B ar l e y o ; s ei support rho it value, but inferior sorts must 1)5 :, , n , P . t ei rather lower. Oats, B eans , an d Sh e lli ng are in leb request, at last week's rates. the 0.4.11 Per qr. of 601 b. toll.-a aves. 0 00 Wnest Sufiblk, Essex, and Kent...-. E Red to 4 6 AS a Ditto ditto Whit e ... SI r Norfolk. .... Ditto ditto ..... ..- 50 Lincolnshire and Cambridge 44 4 a Ditto ditto ..... AO 4 0 Yorkshire ........ ......... 45 4 , Ditto ditto ... ....... White.. Al 41 Foreign ..... ....... 49 s Ditto ditto White... 54 pop Per quart 1 xr 4 Barley, Norfolk and Sufiblk ... ... sl Yorkshite and Lincolnshirr ........ g4 d Grinding ......... ........ ..... sO Foreign — 34 , 0 011 1 , 1 Per qr. 6.11 b. 4 . Pie Si 41 leans, Small "n, ..............».«.»....... .. 0 'SS 1) Tic' s ... Foreign. — 43 .01 i-- hits. ~ t att. a d Pola ... . ..... —a ... 94 0. I. d 12d , ......... --d to Pe l og s-, ..... „ .011. / ',,d ....... 40 Bar 445. }Kr e f t APIP STATE OF - THE HOSIERY COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIONS. (From the Times.) There is a very important distinction to be drawn between the arguments with reference to the re moval of commercial restrictions, which are put forward by the organs and adherents of the Anti- Corn-law League or the partisans of free trade a tout prix, and those views which we have uni formly entertained on these important subjects. We yield to no party in this country in our desire to procure for the public consumer the various products which are imported to our shores, encumbered with as few restrictions as the demands of the revenue' and the precautions imposed by e long-established, ,though unwise, system of protec tier), will admit of. It is needless .to discuss the prncticability of measures which would at once deprive the revenue of its most important items, or expose various important interests, which have been created under a system of protective duties, to unlimited competition even in the home ma r k et . But the interests of the public imperatively demand than revenue, and not protection, s h ou ld b e ma d e the ,standard- of our system of import duties ; and that whenever a greater degree of protection ex ists, it should be gradually reduced to the limits of this sound and equitable rule. Much of this spe cies of commercial reform remains to be accom plished ; many of the most important articles of consumption are still' burdened with duties which .are some of them injurious to the revenue and to the public, for the sake of certain local or class interests ; whilst some, as, for instance, the high duties on to bacco and tea, are 'equally injurious to the na tional interests, without having even the pretext of protection to support them. Nor can we allow ourselves to doubt that if the Government find themselves in possession of a permanent: sur plus revenue, they will avail, themselves of so favourable an occasion to try these important experi ments in finance, although at the risk of a temporary loss. We are not insensible to the importance of' this policy; the people of, this country expect it and demand it ; and as long as we are dealing with - our own interests under our own , laws, we entertain no doubt of a favourable result. But here the agree ment between ourselves and some other partisans of the free-trade doctrines ceases, and the distinction to which we just :now alluded begins. They admit, with us, that the primary advantage of a liberal tariff on foreign commodities is the reduction of prices to the home consumer; but they arrogate to themselves an absolute and indefeasible power of obtaining, or extorting, by these reductions' of our own import duties, corresponding reductions of the duties levied on our productions by foreign Governments. Relying with unlimited confidence on this assumption, they argue that the increase or decrease of foreign duties is solely to be viewed as the result of our own commercial measures ; and thus, under a different form, they revive the ancient and exploded theory of a direct balance of trade. All experience has demonstrated that no such balance exists between nations any more than between private dealers. Trade is conducted by a circuit of operations, not by direct exchange, akin to barter ; and the amount of purchase or sale from or to any given state by another state, is no proof whatever that corresponding inverse transactions in commodities must take place between them. England is the best customer of Russia, though Russia prohibits to the utmost extent the principal productions of England : and Brazil is one of the best customers of England, although the Eng lish colonies are protected competitors,' which exclude, for the most Flirt, the produce of Brazil from our ports. We do not contest the obvious truth that a reduc tion of duties on the produce of any given country tends generally to promote commerce with that country, and may he the means of obtaining by treaty some equivalent concession ; but it is egregiously false to contend that such reductions, without reference to treaty stipulations, force, or even in duce, a foreign Government to act in the same spirit. High or hostile tariffs have been adopted by fo reign states of late years, partly for the purposes of revenue, partly for protection. Our iron and our cottons are taxed by the Zollverein, not only because German corn does net freely enter into British con sumption, but because there is a ,strong demand on the part of the German iron-masters and the manu facturers for protection ; if we did admit German corn, and if; in consequence, the rate of wages and the cost of production fell in this country, our goods would become cheaper, and consequently more formidable to foreign competitors. The cheaper they are, the more will they be excluded, and what ever tends to make them cheaper tends, of course, to strengthen the party of protection abroad. If the abrupt and unqualified measure of 1841 had been car ried, we do not entertain the slightest doubt that it would either have been used by foreign countries as a direct advantage, enabling them to lay on export duties on their produce, or viewed as a danger, de manding a stronger wall of defence; and that the effect would have been a more rapid increase of du ties than that which has taken place. In fact, we have seen in the last four years, that the more we have tended to reduce our own duties, the greater has been the tendency of foreign countries in the opposite direction. In Brazil the question turns upon the want of revenue, not upon the demand for pro tection ; but the same argument applies with equal force. It is a gratuitous assumption to Rifle) that a mo dification ofduties in Britain will infalliby bring about corresponding reductions in foreign states. The income tax may enable the British Government to remove the burden of taxation from the food of the people to their purses ; but Brazilian Governments have no in come-tax, and they must meet the demands of their Exchequer as they can. An increased export trade to England would have no effect on their resources unless it was encumbered with an export duty; and in their present social and political condition, they may defy us to point out any mode of raising their revenue more practicable and more analogous to our own than that which they have adopted, provided always revenue, and not retaliation or prohibition, is the principle of-their new tariff, as we believe it to be. tlirtgst As for the threat of hostile differential duties, we are I On the 22d ult ,at Sotterley, Suffolk, Mr. R. N ys gr, A not bound to presume that such powers will be exec- ! On the 27th tilt., at Black wall, William, sole cited, though they may have been sanctioned, by - the Howard, of the Thames Plate Glass Wo o rks• Legislature of that country; we have to deal, not On 2 2 ,-i d i t ., t Ed th w e ar lie S v olly eh E a .s rge; the Payten, with the powers conferred on the Brazilian Executive, On Chapel, Yo:rk. 0 but with the use it makes of them, and similar powers On the 3d inst., at Hastings, Miss Letterman. have at various times been conferred by Parliament On the 4th inst., at the Green, Stratford, E s `"" on the British Crown, although they have remained, rice, late of Mount-street, Berkeley-square. 0 _ yOW 112 , as these will do, .a_ dead letter. WIRD° Loneen : Printed and Published by „ ito , o os • - Nn. 112;' 'Atria& Printer; at Tie Ot diaries ilianconi s - his bOVE elieW - Mayor of Strand. o': the Savoy, ma "7 f Bedfordow: tor ot Plownel.-;Coik Examiner, Kiddies; blonde; Doosber 9,1J146 LACE TRADE. :„ tbf The condition of the workmen enga ged "', o p ' hosiery trade remains much th e same . The 0 411 „,,r hose branch, which, a few mon th s s i nce , WO °P l y rently in a flourishing state, has no w become sogo l most depressed; employment is var y scarc e, so ° ol ,l 0 thing hut complaints are heard on a ll s id es , not from the stockingers, but from th e f ema l e s en no lh in } this manufacture. The wrought-hose 1 0 t . he though depressed, is something better than 4 ll cut-ups, but even those employed in this ?To, are suffering severely. The fine branch, tno A above 40-gauge cotton stockings, experienee l s . o much duller demand than those under that qn° ge , though the coarse cotton hose branch, under 30-0 5 9 ,0 is extremely depressed in this district. The clr li e l, and pantaloon branch is, if possible, worse thattl o 'po It is natural to inquire, if these men are stopPe`l bg e are unemployed, what has become of them ?* N'Ve. oc h , made an investigation, and are assured that the', sl hil es ingers resort into the neighbouring counties, too o hs recourse to mPndicity and other means t o o btain 50 sistence, not bei ng w illi ng t o su b m it to t h e wo rku° 0 while they can subsist by any other means. IV The silk ht)siery trade is gradually declining . t o for plain silk hese and knotted ho se , once th e ms' lls 4 of Nottingham, they have become so flat as to Wi e r lint few workmen. The silk glove branch, though s° t he ing severely, is. upon the whole, rather better tha n te d other two branches. The bobbin -net tr a d e is edtP lt ihe on all hands to be extremely dull, an d ne t s cann ° ,, e rs sold with any degree of facility. Th e mac hine nl e it however, no sooner find that they canno t sell t o o laces, than they attempt to make ne w p a tterro, W As stopping their machines, they cease to produce. 0 for changing the cards with facility in patterns I° o l with the jacquard apparatus, experience has P r° o ce that the changing a pattern causes a great hitidlitsd in arranging the guide bars or guide brasses , e rf that a considerably less quantity is produced fore' alteration. .40 The silk warp lace trade, like every other t oi l of British silk m anu f ac t ure , i s i n a very g',"'"ths state ; and were it not th a t a cer t a i n portion °' is warp frames are engaged i n m a ki ng co tt o n 151 1 , 00 141 press figured stripes, the situation of workmen ° c ef be indeed deplorable. In all th e numerou s bra ri on lf of the hosiery and lac e manu f ac t ures , th e re j s sit hf one that may be said to he in a t o l era bly Il e ,hicit state, namely, the cotton tatting lace, in . ,Li g elt branch the hands are fully empl o y e d.—Not tt4 Review. h THE LATE EARL OP LONSD;ALE.—The su- 50 , 1 1 01 ; , for the memoria l to this nobleman amount s to 86 21 ' EXTRAORDINARY WHEAT 'CROP9.—A corre, s ,,yed ant of the Norwich Mercury communicates thefO"'"A'be accoun, of some extraordinary 'crops of wheat: -- 00 land (under 5 acres) lies in Happi s h urg h, contig° (l fier hoinestead belonging to G. Wilkinson, Esq., North 0 0 sham, whoseintelligent steward, DUcker, took theg,r e tic eal possible pains to ascertain the ex ac t quan tity Pr u psti l and alio the exact measurement of the field, to ost any doubt to the perversion of truth. It was S an.,lcii wheat, and the product was an., hundred a° 010 coombs two bushels, being nearly twenty-two 0 co l and a half per acre. Such a productive .404 has probably never been produced f ro m ail, quantity of land within the ' m em ory °' t or' oldest Norfolk agriculturist, -and man y, mini i r jed' may elapse before a similar instance can be re c° , o os The cast of wheat in this nei g hb ou rhood, vosi: rally, the product of this year, - .is roan,' Ibtsot lent. Mr. R.' Culley, Becton, has som e land " 10 01 e produced seventeen coombs per acre, and in this and the adjoining village o f Wittlo o . longing to Lord Wodehouse, which generally P f i c el" eight or nine coombs, and last year only from o rb seven, has this year produced twelve coombs P er o ttsi' The cast and quality of the barley, which . wag, 00 dered likely to have been extr eme ly indifferen t, proved quite the con trary.—Bury Post. ____.6,oolo ---- BIRTHS. of if' . On the 3d inst., at Albury, near Guildford, atop it° H. Place, Esq., of a daughter. ~,, 10` On the 4th inst., at Rottingdeane, the widow of "'"ists* Joseph John Wakehni st Peyton, Esq., o f w a k e burstt w .A. of a posthumous son. tl'll r the 4th inst, at Lovender-terrace, Wands Mrs. William Esdaile Win;er, of a son. liti tiv ' On the sth inst., in Manchester-street, Manche/M r the lady of Charles Jones, Esq., surgeon,.ol a son. tdee , 0 . On the 6th inst., at Charlotte-street, Portland-P la t' F. E. Walther, of a son. b t it° Sr On the 6th inst., the wifeOfJ. H e nry Dart, Esq.., t/0 at.law, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., in Welbeck-street, Cavendish -001M lady of the Rev. S. Paynter, of a daughter. icto- P ati l l On the 4th inst., a t S nares b roo k, t h e lady of A- .Dobree, jun., Esq., of a son. _..,1 Se liCle On the 4th inst., a t Hampstead, the ladyof Rich ar• croft, Esq., of a daughter. tS • I°l3lb On the 4th inst., at M e l c hb ourne Park, LadY of a son. MARRIED. a of .4 b. On the 3d i ns t., a t. Li ver p oo l, C ap t a i n . M: Go-- I A r oe 42d' Royal Highlanders, to Caroline, daughter of E. Esit.. of A bereromhy. quare, Liverpool. • t ) 4°3 _4 Om the 3d inst., at St. James's, Clerkenwell, CaP- a v i t o , Kice)x, to Mary Ann, widow of the late James 14 Stewart, Esq., of River-street, Myddellon-scins MARKET TiEWS.—(SATURDAY. ) COVZIM-9.altnina. I, Of Okin g to' tile pr,ta:liog cold weather, the supP; Vegetables was smull, and the trade ruled setl" , .,„ advanced rates. Most kinds of Fruit were in good's ques.:, and prices steadily supported. Potatoes from 26 6 i to 4., 6d per cwt; Turnips, 2s 3d to 3s 3d; Carrots, 4 14 to 6. 6d; Coleworts or Greens, 2s Gd to 3s; and Leek 6, ,,i to 1 s 9:1 per dozen hunches ; Apples and Pears, 2 s t o '64 Spinach, is 3d to 2s ; and Onions, is 6d to 28 pit: half sieve y Pine Apples, 7i to 9s ; Foreign Gill 6d to 10d ; Filberts, Ind to Is 2d; and Cobb Nol g ' h . to Is 2d per lb ; Foreign Melons, Is 6d to 3$ 'O i se ; Red Cabbages, 2s 6d to 5s ; and Savo:, s, is to 11 9 1 1 1 0 dozen ; Horse Radish, 2s to ; Broeelf, IS 0. 0 2s 9d; and Celery, 8d to 2s 6d _per bundle ; Mushr° ° , ol 8d to is per punnet ; and New Oranges, 80 to ' per 100. itZWEIA2II AND ILISALDIMILAI.,Z. _ace Although the supplies of Meats ere rather excen.w, the general inquiry was - steady, at re. j' ful l P r ; Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 24 8d tri Veal 3s to 4s ; a nd P or k 2 s 4d to 3 s 1 0 d per Os. byr carcass. We had a very extensive supply of PI Game and Poultry offering, and which was mostly Fused of at miserably low figures. In articles of 114) ::: produce rather an improved business was doing. r advance was noticed in the currencies. • 311111 - W'POILT. For each kind of prime Meat the demand ruled SOL at Cull prices, but otherwise the trade ruled dull. in from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Ve" 2d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Sibs. 21XLIZNOSOATZ. The supply of Fish was in no way extensiie , the tra.:e was firm, and previous rates were well 114 ported. 40 , : ,„a4b Nkrri Ax P I :1411 1 "i t h ‘ t jt4N. ' 1 44 4 1 ,n.an .thi t4 ._ 2 lll ` s 7: 4 l 4 ; ei lf t ; 4,11 V l / 1 1 t ),?„„_ t 1 It 4 Ert77e o'c io :s p., ( 0 11 ' ," I ° l l4 tjrinteil