The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-30 00:00:00

ALLEGED CRUELTY TO A FO REIGN SEAMAN. (From the Liverpool Albion of Monday.) On Saturday afternoon Mr. Rushton was for some hours engaged at the Police-court, in investigating a a case in which an English captain was charged with having inflicted wounds on the head, chest, arms, and fingers, of an American sailor, by cutting him on those several parts of the body with a sword. The name of the defendant in the case was Peter Petre, master of the Lydia, a remarkably fine-looking man, who, for many years, held a commission in her Majesty's navy, and has, ever since the year 1817, b een comman di ng Ships out of the port of Liverpool. The complainant, who belongs to the State of Massachusetts, and who gave his name Josiah Lawton, is a young man of a pale, yet pleasingcast ofcountenance, and told his melancholy tale, the details of which caused a thrill of horror through the Court, in a straightforward manner. Mr. Owen, solicitor, conducted the case on the part of the prosecu tion, and Mr. Harding, barrister, defended the accused. Mr. Owen opened the proceedings by briefly stating the facts, which were in effect that, on the voyage home from the Brazils, the captain deliberately and literally mowed the complainant down with a drawn sword. He then called the complainant, who appeared with his fingers bandaged and both his hands tied in a sling. He stated that he was a seaman on beard the Lydia, and that he was on the homeward-bound voyage from the Brazils on the 19th of December last. About six o'clock on the evening of that day the watch was changed, and, shortly after, he received orders from the mate to go aloft to rig in the main-top gallant yard. He accordingly went, but, being prevented from doing as he was ordered by the larboard-boom being fast, .he returned on deck for a marling-spike, with which to loose the rope. When he got on deck, he asked the mate if he could tell where he might find a marling-spike, to which the mate replied, you think I carry marling-spikes in my pocket ?" Complainant said, " I don't know whether you do or not," whereupon the mate exclaimed, " I want none of your jaw." The captain, who was aft, asked what was the matter, upon which the complainant informed him that he was in search of a marling-spike, and that he want ed it for the purpose already mentioned. The captain im mediately said, " Tut, tut, I never heard the like before." The complainant said if he were allowed to cut the heel lashing, he could get the top-gallant yards in, but, that otherwise, as the mate had made the boom so fast, he should be unable to execute his orders. The captain refused to allow the heel-lashing to be cut, and ordered him instantly aloft, telling him, at the same time, that he should stay above until he had completed his task. When the complainant had got about half way up the main rigging the mate sung out, " You d—d half-and-halfer what did you say of me !" Complainant repeated the words, that he (the mate) had made the boom so fast as to render it impossible to rig in the yards, whereupon the captain exclaimed, " You d—d Yankee son of a—, come down here 1" He accord ingly came down, and, when he had reached the deck, the captain said, "The mate shall see you slung up and give you a severe flogging." The complainant's reply was, " The sooner the better;" but the words had scarcely escaped his lips, when the captain struck him two blows in succession on the face. The captain and mate then seized hold of him, and he remained in the hands of both for a short time. The captain then dropped his hold, and ordered two of the men, Lewis Young and Charles Kegan, the second mate and carpenter, to take him aft. Those men immediately proceeded to obey orders, and took him aft as far as the mainmast. The captain then proceeded to his cabin, speedily returned with the sword in his hand, and came to the spot where Kegan and Young were holding the unfortunate man, and where the mate was also standing. The captain then struck the complainant once or twice with the sword, the scab bard being on at the time ; but, 'almost immediately after, the complainant saw the sword naked. He did not, however, see the captain draw it from the scab bard. The captain then cut at him with the drawn sword ; he cut him with the sword on the arms, shoulders, head, and hands ; and he was cutting at him at such a rate, that he cried out, " For God's sake, save my life." After he had made this entreaty the captain gave him two or three additional cuts. He then cried for mercy again, believing at the time that he was bleeding nearly to death. After the second appeal, the captain ceased to cut him any more. He then told the captain that he was bleeding to death, to which the latter replied, You d—d Yankee son of a—, you are not bleeding at all." During part of the time that the captain was making, use of the deadly weapon in the manner described, Kegan and Young continued to hold the complainant, they being unaware that the captain was making use of a sword, as it was extremely dark at the time; but the moment they ascertained that that weapon was being used, they let go their hold. After the cutting had ceased the com plainant asked the captain to dress his wounds; but the captain refused to comply with the request, and, almost at the same moment, one of the sailors came up out of the forecastle with a light and said, that the complainant was actually bleeding to death. The captain then or dered a bucket of water to be brought and the wounds to be washed; and, after this had been done, the captain dressed the injured parts. The complainant denied that he struck either the captain or the mate ; but, . it subsequently appeared, that he had told Superintendent Leverett the day before that he had struck them both and knocked the captain down. Several of the sailors were then examined to corroborate the testimony of the complainant, and they deposed generally to the dreadful nature of the injuries. Kelly, a passenger on board the Lydia, stated, that, although not a professional man, he had dressed and attended to the wounds at the request of the captain. He said that he had not observed any disposition to mutiny on the homeward voyage. Mr. J. P. Harris, house-surgeon at the Northern Hospital, stated that the complainant had been brought to that hospital the day before, and that he la boured under an extensive wound on the right fore arm, about the middle, on the outer side ; that the little finger of the right hand had been cut off' about the middle ; that there was a wound on the left hand at the base of the thumb, another wound on the upper part of the chest on the right side, and a wound also on the head, which seemed to have been recently healed. He believed the complainant would ultimately recover the use of his hand, but he had not the use of it at present. At the time the wounds were inflicted, they were dan gerous to life ; and they had evidently been inflicted with a cutting instrument. A sword with a scabbard on could not have inflicted such wounds, unless the scabbard was pressed and made sharp at the edge. They were clean cut wounds. When the case for the prosecution had closed. Mr. Harding said he was instructed to state, that the captain had never used a naked sword on the occasion ; that the captain had borne her Majesty's commission in the navy up to 1817 ; that, from that period to the pre sent he had commanded many vessels out of the port of Liverpool; and that no charge had ever b een b roug ht against him, except once when there was a dispute about the wages. He then called Thomas Muir, the chief mate of the Lydia, who stated, that the complainant had stove in the bottom of the long boat ; that, near a dangerous shoal on the coast of Brazil, he knocked the ship about five or six points, " on purpese," as he said, " to have a row with the cap tain ;" that, at the time of the affray, he struck the cap tain on the head and knocked him down, and that he had attempted to " gouge" him (the mate), by putting his hands into his mouth and trying to tear his jaws asunder. Joseph Wilson, a passenger, deposed, that the cap tain's conduct was that of a gentleman, and that he had not used any undue violence towards the crew. The case having here closed, Mr. Rushton said he had no doubt but that the com plainant had been saucy ; that he and the mate got to words ; that the captain interfered ; and that it was right the man should have been punished. But there the authority of the captain ended. It could never be that that wholesome authority, placed in the hands of a captain, should be turned into a felon's sword to slay, for the man had been cut down with a sword. There was no safety for life if this sort of conduct was to be tolerated. It was one of those deliberate acts of rash ness for which the captain must answer before the tri bunals of his country. He should be taken into custody. Mr. Harding asked whether he would be admitted to bail. Mr. Rushton inquired whether there was any further evidence for the defence? Mr. Harding replied, that there was not, except evi dence as to unexceptionable character for forty years. Mr. Rushton said he would take the capt a i n ' s own re cognizance in - 5 001., and two sureties in 200/. each for his appearance at the Court this day (Monday), at twelve o'clock. Bail to this extent was shortly after bandered and ac fcepted, and the captain was liberated for the present. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EAS TERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, AT SPRING FIELD. On Sunday morning, as one of theiuggage trains was proceeding from Colchester to London, on arriving at Springfield, by some accident the train got off the rails, and after running about fifteen yards some of the car riages, with the engine, were overturned. A number of labourers had been employed at the spot where the ac cident occurred, in getting ballast for the repair of the line, and at the spot where the train appears to have run oft', there has been a sort of temporary rail laid down, and which was used by the workmen to carry the gravel out of the cutting, and the labourers were at work at the time. The mail train had passed over the spot about an hour before, but fortunately no accident occurred. The engine and tenders were both thrown on their sides, and William Scott, the stoker, fell under the former, and was killed u In ' the t and i long time before his body could be s r ; i t a The driver named William Henne ex , was very severely cut and scalded, and it is very dou btfulwhether he will recover. He was immediately conv eyed to the Two Brewers at Springfield, where he said t ha t be fore the train ran off he felt a jerk, as though somethingo;vtreurn the line, and this was all he was abl e to state tion. A carriage was attached t o th e train, in awnhsn were six persons, all of whom escaped uninjured ; and, indeed, they were not aware that any accident had hap pened until the stoppage of their carriage. There was, also, a cattle-truck, in which were several bullocks, and by the shock of the engine, being overturned, one of them was thrown out, and, hanging by the halter by which it was secured, was suffocated. Both the men are harried, and have large families. From inquiries that have been made, there appears-to be very little hopes of Henney's recovery. NEW TAX ON CoAL.—With feelings of extreme disgust, we announce to our readers that a new tax en coal is in preparation. The corporation of London intend to apply to Parliament to lay a tax of five-pence per ton on coal, for the purpose of beautifying and improving the streets of the metro polis. The Bill, indeed, we believe, is printed. A more impu dent aot of piracy than this was never contemplated. Will the c l od trade be Went under ajob like this?... Gateshead Observer. tr trb Mbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE .LND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 30. Names of Com panies. Canals. Ashton and Oldham... Ashby-de-la-Zouch..av Basingstoke ..... .......... Breckneck & Abergay. Birmingham, 1-16th sh. Do. and Liverp. June. Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry .................. Cromford ......... ...... DudDerley Danube and IrLa . yne.. Ellesmere and Chester Erewash Forth and C1yde........ Grand Junction. .... Grand Union Grand Surrey ....... Grand Western. ... Glamorgansh. ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham ........ Huddersfield ..... Kennet and Avon ...av Lancaster Leeds and Liverpool Leicester Leicester & Northamp Loughborough ........av Monmouthshire Mon tgomerysh ire Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath Oxford Peak Forest 2V Regent's (or London).. Rochdale av Shropshire Somerset Coal. Do. 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QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) BOSANQUET V. GRAHAM. This was the case in which the London and Westminster Bank were plaintiffs, and the South Western District Bank defendants, and which has been so often before the Court. The defendant Graham was the public officer of the latter bank, and in such capacity had executed a warrant of at torney to the plaintiff; on which judgment had been entered up. A rule msi had been obtained to set it aside, and the Court had directed an issue to be tried, in order to ascertain the facts of the case. That issue had been found for plaintiff. A new trial had been applied for and refit it So that every question had been decided in favour of plaintiff. The Attorney-General. this morning, applied to the Court to discharge the rule nisi, to set aside the judgment as against his client, Mr. Graham, with costs.—The Court granted the application. CRIMINAL LNPORMATION.--THE QUEEN V. HAMPDEN. In this case a rule nisi had been obtained for a criminal information against the defendant, under the following cir cumstances. Mr. Eyton, the applicant, and defendant, were both gentlemen of fortune, residing in Warwickshire, and had at one time been intimately acquainted. At length the attentions of Mr. Hampden to Mrs. Eyton be came very marked, and that lady complained to her husband of Mr. Hampden's conduct, and Mr. Eyton remonstrated with him, but Mr. Hampden continued to annoy the lady, and the consequence was a fracas between the parties, and the application by Mr. Hampden of the terms liar and coward to Mr. Eyton. Some time since a portrait painter at Leamington had taken Mr. Eyton's portrait, and had, with Mr. Eton's permission, exhibited it at the News'-rooms, as a specimen of his talents. Shortly afterwards Mr. Reeves, the keeper of the rooms, received an anonymous letter, stating that he was likely to do an injury to his busines by publicly exhibiting in his rooms the portrait of a man who had suffered himself publicly to be called a liar and coward. Mr. Eyton then applied for a criminal information against defendant, alleging in his affidavit that he believed defendant was the writer of the letter. Several other persons who had seen it declared their belief that it was defendant's writing. Mr. THESIGER this morning showed cause against the rule, and read the affidavit of the defendant, distinctly denying that he was the writer of the letter. 105 k 86 820 126 150 Lord DENmA-N—Where the question is one of simple fact, and that fact is distinctly denied, the Court, I believe, never interferes by criminal information. It is a matter to go to a grand jury. _ _ _ Mr. KELLY, in suppport of the rule, argued that notwith standing a denial of a fact by the party accused, yet the Court could interfere if the case were one in which there was strong probability that the charge was true. Lord DEN3IA-11 said that in such a case the Court might possibly interfere, but in the present case the matter was of too little importance for the time of the Court to be wasted by going into a minute inquiry on the subject. The rule must be discharged, but without costs. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. CLARKE. Mr. JERVIS (with whom was Mr. Erie and Mr. Wylde) moved for a rule to call upon the Attorney-General to show cause why the verdict found for the Crown should not be set aside and entered for the defendant. 10134 21 3 17 3 24 2034 It appeared that the defendant entered for exportation a large quantity of foreign wines at less than their real value, which subjected the wines to forfeiture to the Crown, and they were accordingly removed to the Queen's warehouse, where they no 7 are. . Mr. WARREN showed cause against the informality of seizure on the ground on which the verdict was sought to be set aside. The arguments on both sides were of a technical character, and occupied the attention of the Court the whole of the morning.—Judgment deferred. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Our Contemporaries, without respect to mere party politics, have united in paying the highest praise to Mr. Sheil's speech. This offering at the shrine of talent is creditable to their taste; and will go far to excuse those of them who endeavour to weaken the effect of that splendid effort upon the case for the prosecution. That those who have prejudged the case—who have laboured for a conviction, and have therefore defended the means by which the Attorney-- General has endeavoured to secure it—that these jour nals should feel general chagrin when they discover the weakness of the case, as made out by the Crown lawyers, and the effective dispersion of that air-built pile by the powerful speech of Mr. Sheil, is not to be wondered at. Admit the relevancy of the topics which constituted the material of Mr. Sheil's argument, and., for any purpose for which the prosecution was insti tuted, the case might as well be withdrawn from the consideration of the jury. The " monster indictment" has become so much waste parchment—utterly worth less, except as a memorial of the legal ingenuity and labour employed in its fabrication. Hence the efforts of the Tory journals to neutralise the ef fect of Mr. Shell's oration. It was " effective," " brilliant "—" the most able effort of an able man " —" the best speech of the Grattan school of eloquence ever delivered by any disciple of' that school, or by its founder ;" a similar opinion being expressed without any important variation of phraseology. by them all. But then the speech which they thus agree to praise, was so much eloquence wasted ; for, say they, "it failed to touch the defendants' case ;" and, therefore, though commanding admiration by its extraordinary merits as an oration, has not succeeded in influencing the judgment of the third party—the jury and the public. What, then, is the defendants' case ? This question must be determined before the inquiry as to the effect of Mr. Shell's speech on that case can be answered. The indictment charges " conspiracy"—a combination to effect an illegal purpose,; or to effect a legal purpose by unlawful means. Mr. Sheil opposed to this, the most formidable count in the monster indict ment, the fact—admitted by the witnesses for the Crown—that every meeting of the alleged conspira tors was open to every person without distinction, who, by the payment of a shilling for enrolment as a member of the Association, desired to know what they said and what they did. Even this small fee was not demanded from the reporters for the public press, nor from the short-hand writer who announced himself an agent of the Government. The Repeal Association published its documents to the world. The correspondence was read openly; and was pub lished in the papers of the day, as part and parcel of the proceedings of its meetings. Such a conspiracy was never before heard of. Not a day passed but the news papers told all that could be known respecting it. The Attorney-General himself has admitted this. His speech was little more than a repetition of what every one knew from a perusal of any newspaper. This rehearsal was, it is true, seasoned with a somewhat alarming assurance to the jury, of "as wicked a conspiracy as ever yet was entered into against the peace of any country ;" but it was a mere momentary flight of imagination ; it excited inordinate expecta tions of some astounding revelation, which was doomed to disappointment. STANDARD.—It is important that the public should be put in possession of the marks proper to distinguish those who ruin causes and parties, by supporting the right on wrong grounds, and by "making bad worse," when they happen to be on the wrong side ; and our time happily furnishes an example in which we can trace all those marks without the least chance of error, and with a certainty that in pointing them out we can not possibly offer offence or wrong to political integrity. The example in question is the for merly renowned Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, who has once more emerged from his natural ob scurity to instruct the people of England. Thirty four years ago Toryism, though otherwise the true patriotic faith, was, truly or falsely, said to be a little tyrannical ; certainly, it was not favourably disposed to popular rights, and then the future Radical was of course the most violent of Tories. He it was who moved the committal to the 'rower of the late lamented Sir Francis Bur dett for a letter, little differing from the pre amble to the Reform Bill, afterwards supported with zeal and even fury by the imprisoner of the honest and able, though somewhat extravagant, Member for Westminster A few years later the Irish Romanists pressed their demands. These de mands were resisted upon the two-fold ground—that Romanism was false in doctrine, and that its political organisation must render it both dangerous too the peace of a country governed by free institutions, and obstructive of improvement and civilisation. Sir Thomas, of course, chose the weaker groud, or perphaps took a weaker than the weakest ground taken by others, and opposed what was called Ca tholic Emancipation, as an extension of civil liberty. This was not less absurd than the argument of his friend, the late Mr. John Fuller, of Sussex, who denounced Romanists as unworthy of civil rights, because the majority wore red waistcoats and blue breeches, and frequently stockings that did not cover the foot. While the opposition to Romanism contained any such dash of absurdity, Sir Thomas Lethbridge was the most zealous among the opponents—but when the dangerous character of Romanism had fully developed itself, when the mis chief had grown to some formidable strength under the lethargic administration of Lord Liverpool, and when, consequently, the Opposition became rational and serious—as offered to a tangible evil, menacing our peace and union and freedom—then Sir Thomas suddenly changed sides, and became as violently pro-Romanist as ever he had been earnestly ultra- Protestant. The Protean politician, however, did 64 (sii 5% 400 'IL lOL 194 46 1 659 184 164 15% 40s. 20s. 4% 170 205 12% Ibo 4 4 ;i 40 130 16X 13 Nk 25 25 205 81 5$ 00 46 1 l 5 245 29% 42 7754 I'7 4114 55 23 32% 265 144 6534 2 q 3 6% 6 not close his metamorphosis with this change ; for we next find the old violent ultra-Tory the most Radical among the Radical supporters of the Reform Bill. The history sketched above is not a very re spectable one, but Sir Thomas has challenged it in corning forward with the weight of his high char acter for consistency, honesty, and wisdom to exhort the farmers of England to fall back upon the fixed duty scheme of the administration cashiered in 1841. There is something extremely characteristic of all the doings of this person, in the time which he has chosen for his last demand upon public attention. The League has been at work for two or three years, demanding a total abolition of the corn-laws ; but the voice of Sir Thomas was never heard to resist that scheme which he now pre tends to treat as so wicked and unjust. For anything that Sir Thomas cared—for any thing that Sir Thomas said—the corn-laws might have been repealed at any time in 1842 and 1843. But 1844 presents a different aspect of must think ink feex ex e affairs. The f armers are awa k ene d, b y w h a t we ag o g f era th te e d, off b e u e t t w o h f at th w e e p l v T i i i t e eo to be f " the League." And in the general awakening, Sir Thomas, too, arouses himself, for what? To encourage and co-operate with his brother agriculturists ? Oh, no ; the Baronet starts up merely to tell them, that though it is wrong to submit to be ruined outright, they ought lo submit to be ruined a little; in short, Sir Thomas tries to break the fall of "the League" (to borrow his own figure), by receiving the conspira tors upon a fixed duty. We have, indeed, no ap prehension that a single human being can be biassed by the advice or example of such a person as Sir Thomas Lethbridge has shown himself through a long life. Still less do we apprehend that such arguments as this can prevail with even the weakest understanding, but it is well to let the public know that Sir Thomas is now a Whig and a fixed duty man, because from that it may be confidently inferred what is to be the fate of the fixed duty—as to the fate of the Whigs, that has been determined long since. Let the " fixed duty" farmers, if any such fools there are, be henceforth known as "Lethbridgites," and there will be little danger of the sect augment ing. Upon the silly address" it would beaunneces sary to say more if some had not used it as a text upon which to raise doubts as to the probable course of Ministers in the session about to commence. We have no authority to say anything upon this point, but we are as thoroughly convinced as we can be of anything, that no change whatever in the corn-laws—that no change of any other law calculated in the slightest degree to depreciate agricultural property—is in contemplation. When people say that the Minister must speak out, they forget, or would try to make others forget, that Sir Robert Peel has already spoken out as distinctly as man could speak— that he has pledged himself to the sliding scale unaltered for some years and at all times to the maintenance upon that scale of figures such as shall insure to those engaged in agriculture a fair remunerating profit. Perhaps the right honourable baronet anticipates a time when the corn-laws shall be a dead letter, removable without i n j ur y as a mere incumbrance. We know that we, ourselves, antici pate such a period, the period When the united king dom shall become an exporting country as respects corn, if only the present corn-la w s be maintained. Within the last thirty years agricultural produce has increased in a higher ratio than population; so that now they are nearly commensurate. Let this pro ceed, and the facilities opening for colonisation ren ders the process almost certain, and we shall have a surplus of agricultural produce to export; but with such a surplus we suppose that no one would care much about corn-laws. This is the sense, and this is the only sense, in which the question of the repeal or modification of the corn-laws was ever treated by Mi nisters as a "mere questions of time." As long as these laws shall be in any degree necessary, they will be firmly maintained by a Conservative Adminis tration. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 6i Antwerp - 25 95 Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 Us. Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. 11. 3M. 956 Trieste, ditto 9 58 Madrid Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville .YGE.— IGibraltar .. ... "THIS DAY.) Leghorn ....... 30 80 Genoa 25 95 Milan Venice Naples Palermo, per oz I 18} 1 isbon .. 524 Oporto 524 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York,2ldays sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER 02, 'Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin.. 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 1 Silver in Bars... 0 4 111 THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) OFFICE of the MASTER of the HORSE to the QUEEN DOWAGER, Carlton Royal Mews, Jan. 27. The Queen Dowager has been pleased to appoint Mr. Gladwin John Richard Wynyard, Page of Honour to her Majesty. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Albert Davy, as Consul at Leeds, and of Mr. Thomas M'Guire, as Consul at Glasgow, for the Uhited States of America. WHITEHALL, JAN. 27. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Wm. Wilson to the church and parish of Balmaclellan, in the presbytery and stewartry of Kirkcudbright, vacant by the death of the Rev. Gavan Cullen, late Minister thereof. WHITEHALL, JAN. 29. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Thomas Monro, Master of Arts, to the church and parish of Campsie, in the presbytery of Glasgow, and county of Stirling, vacant by the transportation of the Reverend Robert Lee, late Minister thereof, to the parish of Old Grey friars, Edinburgh. WHITEHALL, Jsw. 29, 1844. _ _ The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Richard Ogden, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be ber Ma jesty's Attorney-General in the Isle of Man, in the room of James Clarke, Esq., resigned. JAN. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, _ _ _ _ 26. Ordnance Medical Department—Surgeon T. H. Quig ley to be Senior Surgeon, vice Simpson, retired; As sistant-Surgeon J. A. Davis to be Surgeon, vice Quigley, Jan. 24. COURT OF COMMON PL - FIAS. Hilary Term.—ln the seventh year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Monday, Jan. 29, 1844. This Court will, on Monday, the 12th day of February next, hold a sitting, to give judg men t i n suc h cases as stand over for the judgment of the Court. N. C. TINDAL. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. SUMMER CIRCUITS, 1844. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. , Chief Commissioner. Essex-Chelmsford, R Ch E e v as L fo ß rd E , Y S N a O trirety ß , s Lly 6. Essex-Colchester. Monday, July 8. Suffolk-Ipswich, Tuesday, July 9, Norfolk-Yarmouth, Thursday, July 11. Norfolk-Norwich, Friday, July 12. l ' y rhursday, J u ly 18. At the City and Ceunty of the City of Norwich-On the same day. 16. , Monday, July 22. and City, F r id ay , J u l y 26 . July 19. es N ua o f u r Norfolk-Lynn, b o l kr l k i-d - gße L us y hr m yi r n e __S , t c u E e ad s mm d b a u l d se u , F r d a y, o n ttingham, Mond a y, J u ly 29. Tuesday, July 23. N H o u r n t t h i n a m g d p o t n o n s h s i b r i e -- r e _ T e n t t e i r n b o g d r o o n u g Rutlandshire--Oakham, Wednesd ay , J u l y 24. L N i o n t c ti o n ln g s h h a i m re- shir L e_ inc N ol At the town and county of the town of Nottingham, on the same day. Derbyshire-Derby, Thursday, Aug. 1. At the City and County of the City of Liehfield-Friday Aug. 2. Staffordshire-Stafford , Saturday, A ug. 3. Shropshire-Shrewsbu r y , Thursday, Aug. 8. Warwickshire -Birmingham , Monday, Aug. 12. Warwickshire--Warwi ck, Thursday, Aug. 15. Warwickshire --Coventry, Saturday, Aug. 17. June Leicestershire-Leice ster, M onday, Aug.. 19. N o rthamptonshire-Northampton. Wednesday, Aug. 21 Bedfordshire-Bedford , Friday, Aug. 23. Friday, HARRIS,Es ql4. Commissioner. Berkshire -Reading, B uc ki ng h am shire -Aylesbury, Saturd a y, A ug. 24. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. Oxfordshire-Oxford a nd City , Monday, June 17. W orc estershire -Worcester and City, Wednesd a y, JOHNi C4 R B2 e A a T di li n E g, D re- June 19. Gloucestershire -Gloucester and City, Friday, June 21 Monmouthshire-Menmouth, Thursday, June 27. Herefordshire-Hereford, Friday, June 28. Radnorshire-Fresteigne, Monday, July 1. 13reconshire-Brecon, Wednesday, July 3. Carmarthenshire-Carmarthen, and Borough, Friday, July 5. Cardiganshire-Cardigan, Monday, July 8. Pembrokeshire-Haverfordwest, and town, Wednes day, July 10. Glamorganshire -Swansea, Friday, July 12. Glamorganshire-Cardiff, Monday, July 15. At the City and County of the City of Bristol-Thurs day, July 18. Somersetshire-Bath, Monday, July 22. Somersetshire-Taunton, Wednesday, July 24. Devonshire-Plymouth, Saturday, July 27. Cornwall-Bodmin, Tuesday, July 30. Devonshire-Exeter, Thursday, Aug. I. At the city and county of the cty of Exeter, on the same day. Dorsetshire-Dorchester, Monday, August 5. Wiltshire-Salisbury, Wednesday, August 7 . Southampton-Winchester, Thursday, August 8. At the town and county of the town of Southampton Saturday, August 10' HOME CIRCUIT. WILLIAM JonN Law, Esq., Commissioner. Kent-Dover, Friday, July 5. At the City and County of the City of Canterbury- Monday, July 8. Kent-Maidstone, Tuesday, July 9. Sussex-Horsham, Saturday, July 20. Hertfordshire-Hertford, Saturday, July 27. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. DAVID fom. - c7cK, Esq., Commissioner. Yorkshire—Sheffield, Monday, June 10. Yorkshire—Wakefield, Wednesday, June 12. At the Town and County of the Town of Kingston upon-Hull, Wednesday, June 19. Yorkshire—York, Friday, June 21. At the City and County of the City of York, on the same day. Yorkshire—Richmond, Monday, June 24. Durham—Durham, Tuesday, June 25. Northumberland—Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Friday, June 28. At the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon-Tyne —same day. Cumberland—Carlisle, Tuesday, July 2. Westmorland—Appleby, Friday, July 2. Westmorland—Kendal, Saturday, July 6. Lancashire—Lancaster, Monday, July 8. Lancashire—Liverpool, Tuesday, July 23 . Cheshire—Chester, Friday, July 26. At the City and County of the City of Chester, on the same day. Montgomeryshire—Welsh Pool, Juesday, July 30. Flintshire—Mold, Eriday, August 2. Denbighshire—Ruthin, Saturday, August 3. Merionethshire--Dolgelly, Wednesday, August 7. Carnarvonshire—Carnarvon, Saturday, August 10. Anglesey—Beaumaris, Monday, August. 11. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN HOOSE BARRY, merchant, Liverpool. ANN GAULT, baker, Standon, Hertfordshire. BANKRUPTS. JOHN TUBB, draper, Basingstoke, to surrender Feb. 13, at half-past twelve, and March 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Ashurst, Cheapside. THOMAS BALLS, iron -merchant, Thames-street, Feb. 8, at half-past twelve, and March 19 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldemanbury ; Tucker, and Steavenson, Threadneedle street. GEORGE HILLER, varnish manufacturer, Sun straet, Bishopsgate-street, Feb. 13th, at half-past one, and March 12th at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Official Assignee, Coleman-street ; Rutherford, "ombard-street. WILLIAM BUTCHER, commission agent, Greai Marlborough-street, Feb. 13, at two, and March 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Mayhew and Mayhew, Carey. street, Lincoln's-inn. ALPHONSO LEQUEUTRE, miller, Chingiord-mills, Essex, Feb. 6, at twelve, and March 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba singhall-street ; Adamson and Cooper, Ely-place. 'THOMAS ROMI A Tycf, grocer, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Feb. 8, at twelve, and March 20, at one, at the District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Ingledew, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Wil liamson and Hill, Gray's-inn, London. JOHN LEECII, ironmonger, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 12, at eleven, and March 19, at half-past one, at the District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Ilarle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chisholm, Hall, and Gibson, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. THOMAS BERRIDGE, tobbacconist, Manchester, Feb. 9, and March 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; 7ohnsOn and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Manchester. HENRY MURCH, sail-cloth-manufacturer, Norton under- Hamdon, Som er s e t s hi re , F e b . 14, and March 7, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hertzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Nicholets, Bridport ; Stodon, Exeter ; Brace, Essex-street, London. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. S. Brooks, shoemaker, Orchard-street, St. Luke's. F. Fell, innkeeper, Halifax, Yorkshire. G. Kendrick, Fish -street-hill. G. Moody, egg-merchant, Union-street, Shoreditch. W. H. Johnson, pork butcher, Bermondsey. W. Gee, butcher, Sheffield. J. Sellers, sjindle flyer, Bradford. J. CharleF, master mariner, Porth, Cornwall. W. C. Scott, baker, Camberwell. E. Wymer, tobacconist, Oxford-street. J: Clinton, horse-dealer, Maidstone. E. Pierpoint, cart owner, Liverpool. T. Lister, boatman, Halifax, Yorkshire. T. B. Day, oilman, Hanovvr-house, Clapham-road. G. S. May, oil man, York-road, Lambeth. T. Lewis, grocer, Toxteth-park, Lancashire. A. G. Franchi, ship agent, Devonshire-st., Bloomsbury. W. Ray, farmer, Edgeware. J. Sleigh, Lieutenant, R.N., Haslemere, Surrey. J. D. Keely, surgeon's assistant, Hertford-st., Fitzroy-sq. F. H. Peachey, butcher, St. John's-common, Sussex. J. Oliver, fruiterer, Cobb's Croft, Kent. J. Smallshaw, gunner, R.N., Portsea. M. S. Lotinga, surgeon, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham. F. Forman, butcher, Mountsorrel, Leicester. J. Langworthy, lieutenant, R.N., Topsham, Devonshire. J. A. Corkhill, attorney, Padstow, Cornwall. J. T. Ansdell, attorney, Birkenhead, Cheshire. J. Watkin, baker, Leicester. E. Taylor, victualler, Mu nchester. J. Stott, druggist, Littleborough, Lancashire. T. Young, baker, Morpeth.street, Bethnal-green. G. White, tailor, Regent-street, St. James's. H. Ricket, beer retailer, Princes-terrace, Islington. T. W. Briggs, licensed victualler, Barrow, Derbyshire. W. Pitts, coach maker, Charles-street, Lambeth. H. B. Swain, hawker, Bradford, Yorkshire. J. Holt, plumber, Prestwich cum Oldham, Lancashire. W. N. B. Harman, dealer in jewellery, Dover-rd., Surrey. W. H. Jones, master mariner, Tranmere, Cheshire. J. Baker, plumber, Bradfield, Essex. H. Carman, Draper, High-street, Holywell, Flintshire. T. Procter, servant, Park-lane, Leeds, Yorkshire. E. J. Cotsford, auctioneer, Ann-street, Pentonville. M. R. Platts, painter, Great Pulteney-street, Golden-sq, W. Eagleton, hat-maker, St. Albans, Hertfordshire. E. Cunnah, attorney, Chester. T. J. Turner, carpenter, Marshal-street, Golden-square, T. Mayers, publican, Christleton, Cheshire. J. Leigh, publican, Gresford, Denbighshire. J. Tench, attorney, Stafford. W. Jarrett, wood-cutter, Chatham. J. Elston, music seller, Leamington Priors, Warwick. J. Wilson, attorney, Kendal, W es t more l an d. J. Gist, baker, Totnes, Devonshire. J. Firman, bailiff, Frinton, Essex. T. Wingham, colourman, York-terrace, Borough-road. W. Presgrave, clerk, Sevenoaks, Kent. J. G. Woodcock, guard, Croydon, Surrey. T. Smith, smallware dealer, Warrington, Lancashire. H. Marklew, innkeeper, Oxford-street. SECOND NOTICES. J. Midgley, tailor, Barnsley, Yorkshire, Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. ETempest, joiner, Glusburn, Yorkshire, Feb. 3, al eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, officia assignee, _ J. Showsmith, shoe maker, Ilkley, Yorkshire, Feb. 3 at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, J. Dolan, licenced victualler, Liverpool, Feb. 5, al eleven, at the Liverpool district Court. Turner, officia assignee. SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, HOUSE OF LORDS, JAN. 22, 1844. All Peeresses, on announcing their intention of being present on the occasion of the opening of Parliament, on Thursday, the Ist of February, will have places re served for them in the House of Lords, if the announce ment be made at this Office before five o'clock on Wed nesday, the 31st instant. No Lady can be admitted into the House except in full dress. No Strangers will be admitted, except by a ticket from the Lord Great Chamberlain. The doors will be opened at twelve o'clock. AUG. CLIFFORD, Acting G. C. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Jan. 30.) SUGAR.—To-day business in the West India Sugar market was restricted by the indifferent assortment at market ; bright yellow qualities met with ready purchasers at prices rather above those of Friday : inferior and brown sorts were disposed of to a fair extent at the previous currency. Bar badoes fine yellow sold at 68s to 70s, good 65s to 665, and middling 62s 6d to 64s 6d per cwt. REFINED.—To-day many parcels of Refined Goods were taken by the home trade. Brown Lumps fetched 74s to 74s 6d, and Standard Lumps 755 6d per cwt ; Pieces and Bas tards were much in request, at previous prices. Bonded Crushed Sugar sells slowly at 25s 6d ; other -articles are in demand. Turkey Loaves, double refined, 2ilb to 41b, 35s to 38s ; Hamburgh, double refined, 61b 33s 6d to 34s ; ditto, 91b to 101 b, 30s to 31s ; ditto, 131 b to 141 b, 30s ; Tittlers, 201 b to 301 b, 26s 6d to 27s ; Prussian, 401 b to 451 b, 26s to 26s 6d ; Pieces, 21s to 23s ; Bastards, yellow, 18s to 19s ; Brown, 14s 6d to 15s; and Treacle, lOs 6d to 11. Dutch Crushed Sugar is 22s to 23s 6d ; but little basiness has been done. 111Aunmus.—Prices have been fully supported. Good grocery 638 per cwt ; very low dark brown sold at 44e to 475, middling to fine 50s to 56s 6d, middling 58s to 59 9 , an d good middling 61s 6d to 62s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—By private contract several parcels of white Bengal have been sold at full rates, and Dobah has been in fair demand at the previous currency. Manilla Sugar at barely previous rates : 213 bags at public sale went at 17s 6d for good grey, and 16s to lis fop washed. Java Sugar at easier prices. To-day Bengal Sugar at stiff ,rates; middling to fine white fetched 65s to 69s per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day yellow Havannah damaged sold at a decline of 6d to is per cwt; slightly damaged went at 169 to 17s, and damaged 15s to 16s per cwt ; sound low at 16s 6d to 17s 6d; and middling 18s to 18s 6d. White Havannah, good quality, fetched 24s 6d to 255, middling 23s 6d to 245, low 22s 6d, and washed 228 6d to 23s 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.—West India at 24s to 29s per cwt. Bengal Syrup is 18s to 19s per cwt. COCOA.—The good and fine qualities of West India have commanded former rates, but inferior sorts are difficult of sale. Bahia taken in at 31s for good red. SAGO at Ils 6d to 12s for common, and at 15s to 16s for middling bold Pearl, 16s to 16s 6d for middling grey, and 17s 6d for good middling. Sago Flour is 18s to 18s 6d per cwt. Tapioca, fine at 6d to 61d, good qd to sd, and inferior 2d to 3d. Jamaica Arrowroot fetched 7d per lb for good, and St. Vincent bid per lb. To-day common Sago at 12s 6d to 12s 9d per cwt. COFFEE. West India at stiff rates. This afternoon Mocha low middling greenish fetched 65s 6d to 66s 6d. middling 67s 6d to 695, good middling yellow long berry 74s to 765, triage 20s to 61s. Beylon at an advance on Friday's prices of is per cwt, good ordi nary pale fetching 65s to 65s 6d, rather ragged 64s 6d to 655, damaged in the country first class 63s 6d to 645, second 60s 6d to 61s, and sea damaged 60s 6d to 63s 6d. Demerara taken in, fine ordinary at 60s; Batavia taken in at 31s 6d; damaged Bengal sold at 48s to 625. TEA.--Since Tuesday last the market has presented a firm appearance for Tea; black has been in good demand, and full rates have been paid. Fine green is much wanted, but the market is scantily supplied, and stiff rates have been given. In the lower sorts several purchases made at previous rates. To-day common sound Congou for cash at lld to 11d, and common Twankay is 2d to is 2id per lb. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum at stiffer prices. Leeward Island Rum is 10d to Is lld proof. Deme rara 2s 10d to 3s paid for good and fine strong qualities. Calcutta Rum at is 7d proof; with certificate. For Brandy further advanced rates have been paid. Cognac best brands of the production of 1838, hhds 5s 9d, puns 5s 7d; 1839, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d; 1840, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d; 1841, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss; 1842, hhds 5s ld, puns 4s 11d, and low to middling 3s to 4s per gallon. Geneva at Is 10d, and fine pale at 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. English Corn Spirits lOs to lOs 2d. Scotch and Irish 108 to lOs 2d, and malt spirit 12s 6d to 13s per gallon. RICE.--Java, low dusty yellow at 7s 6d to Bs, fair yellow 8s to 8s 6d, middling white 9s 6d to 10s, good middling lOs 6d to lls, repacked 4s 6d to 10s, and sea damaged is to 9s 6d; Madras at 8s 6d for yellow ; and Lombock at Bs. Bengal at lOs 6d for middling, and at Its for good middling white. Carolina at 21s for third, 24s for second, and 26s for first sort. Patna at 13s to 17s per cwt. To-day Bengal Rice mid white fetched lls per cwt. SPICES.—This afternoon Cassia Lignea, fine thin bright quill, fetched 68s to 695, good mid 645, low mid coarse 58s to 58s 6d, broken ends 56s 6d, slightly mid 595, and broken 47s 6d. Dry Ginger at 95s to 100 s for bold bright, and 55s for rather small. White Pepper at higher prices. Nutmegs are little wanted. Pimento 3d for good quality. INDIGO.—Since the conclusion of the quarterly sale of East India Indigo, a good demand has been experienced, and the rates previously established have been sustained. Spa nish Indigo fetched 3s to 3s 6d per lb. Oils.—For Olive Oils prices have advanced. Gallipoli 461 to 47/, Spanish 431, and Barbary 42/ per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil has been taken sparingly, Ceylon bought in at 33s to 33s 6d for fine ; Palm Oil fetched 27s to 27s 3d for good, 22s 6d to 26s 6d for low to mid, and 21s for very low; fine 28s 6d to 29s per cwt. Linseed oil at 26s 6d to 27s per cwt on the spot. Rape oil at 36s to 36s 6d for pale, and at 35s to 35s 6d for brown. American lard oil 42/ to 431 per tun. Prices have made a stand for sperm oil. 721 is the value of British, and 701 per tun for American. In common Fish Oils there has been little passing ; Southern has maintained the former value ; Cod 321 to 32/ 10$ ; paie Seal 35115 s to 361 per tun. TALLOW.—On the spot 41s per cwt accepted for prime P.Y. Candle; for delivery 41s 6d• to 42s is the value for the last three months of the year. Town Tallow at 42s to 42s 6d per cwt nett cash. North American at 33s 3d to 40s 9d for low soft to good hard; South American good 38s 6d to 395, East India 39s to 40s 6d, and second sort yellow Candle 39s 6d to 40s 6d per cwt.---This afternoon P.Y.:Candle on the spot was 40s 9d to 41s per cwt. THE STATE TRIALS. At the hour of going to press, our usual Irish Ex. press had not arrived. THE STATE PROSECUTIONS We are really at a loss to conjecture what good Sir Robert Peel expects from the prosecution of Mr. O'Con nell. Be the result what it may—acquittal or punish ment—the influence of the agitator is sure to be aug mented, and the authority of the Government propor tionally weakened. At the date of the latest accounts, the Court of Queen's Bench bad sat eight days, but not a single circumstance had been brought to light that was not well known before. The foul and wicked conspiracy of the Attorney-General, turns out to be nothing more than an open combination to effect a change in the law, such as has existed over and over, again in all parts of the country, and such as exists in the Complete Suf frage Union and Anti-Corn-law League, at present. All that has been proved, and all, we are satisfied, that can be proved, against O'Connell is, that he has organised associations, collected subscriptions, and given tickets of membership to as many people as desired to repeal an Act of Parliament that has only existed some forty years. This he has done peaceably, and accompanied by professions of the most unbounded loyalty. Now, what 4 there in all this that has not been done a hundred times over—that is not done at present ? What greater crime has O'Connell committed than the Reform leaders of 1831, or than the Anti-Corn-law and Complete-Suffrage agitators of 1843? None whatever. But the Ministry feel themselves in a difficulty, and they try to evade the concession of justice to Ireland, by wielding the instruments of justice to do her more grievous wrong than she yet has suffered. The whole course of this prosecution has been marked by folly. It began ill in the suppression of the Clontarf meeting, and it has gone on from bad to worse through the blunders of the preliminary proceedings—the unfair ness of the panel—and the ludicrous absurdities of the Crown witnesses. Come out of it what will, the Admi nistration must suffer.—Aberdeen Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday a young woman, named lsabella Honeyman, was placed within the felons' bar, charged before the sitting Ma gistrate, Mr. Rawlinson, with having stolen jewellery and other property, from 42, Upper Seymour-street, Portman square, the residence of Mrs. Phillips and her son, the Rev. Howell Jones Phillips. It appeared from the evidence, which was gone into at considerable length, that the prisoner, who had been in the service of Mrs. Phillips, was discharged from her situation about two months ago, and that she then sought and ob tained refuge at the institution called the " Servants' Home," situate in Nutford-place, Edgware-road ; she at length quitted to go to Major Chase's, 31, Nottingham-place, as cook, and left one of her boxes at the institution before re ferred to. It was searched, and in it were found a pair of shirt-studs, a napkin, and some dessert plates. Her box at !Major Chase's was next examined, and in it were a pocket-handkerchief with a lace border, and other articles. From further information which was obtained, it turned out that a Mrs. Collins, whose son had lived at the Major's, had, at the request of the prisoner, sent her daughter with a gold chain, seals, and ring to pledge ; and that James Collins, the husband, had also pawned for her (prisoner) numerous articles of plate. She was known to Mrs. Collins, who had made and altered dresses for her, and from the representations made by her with respect to the manner in which she became pos sessed of the plate, &c., the correctness of her story was not doubted. When accused of the robbery at Major Chase's, the prisoner said that when she took the things she was in great distress, and exclaimed to the Rev. Mr. Phillips, " For God's sake let me off; don't prosecute me, and I'll work and redeem it all." The property was produced, and a great portion of it was sworn to as belonging to the Rev. Gentleman. It farther appeared that a great many duplicates were discovered in one of the prisoner's boxes, and that evidence would be forthcoming upon a future occasion which would show that she had perpetrated robberies at the " Servants' Home." The prisoner stands committed for trial on Mr. and Mrs. Phillips's case, and she will be brought up again on Wed nesday (to-morrow). A tall, well-dressed, lovesick-looking youth, about 19 years of age, who gave his name George londelly, was placed at the bar, charged under the following somewhat curious cir cumstances : It appeared that on Saturday night last, as police-con stable Chester, 103 D, was on duty, he heard a no i s e i n James-street, Oxford-street, and on going to the spot he beheld the prisoner lying drunk upon the pavement ; he was making a great noise, and witness therefore felt it his duty to take him to the station-house. Mr. RAwurrsoN—What kind of noise was he making? Witness—He was rolling about the stones, your Worship, and crying out " Emma, dear Emma !"—(Laughter.) Mr. RAwuNsori—Did she come to his assistance? Wit ness—No, your Worship. Prisoner (sheepishly)—l hadn't long left off work, Sir, and on my way home I unfortunately had a little drop of drink. Mr. RAWLDTSON—YOII are a foolish fellow ; go about your business, and find your Emma as soon as you can. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday William Daisley, a boiler-maker, was brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with causing the death of his infant daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Daisley, by striking it on the head with a bundle containing meat. The prisoner, who exhibited great remorse, appears to be about thirty years of age. John Davis, a police-constable, 94 K, stated that on Saturday night, about half-past eleven o'clock, he passed the prisoner and his wife at the corner of Grundy-street, Poplar. They were quarrelling, and the woman had a child in her arms. He had not gone more than thirty yards from them when he heard the sound of two blows, and the prisoner said "How do you like Chat—you shall have more of it if you don't mind." The prisoner's wife immediately crossed to the opposite side of the street and sat down on the steps of a door and began crying. He asked her what was the cause of all the disturbance, and while he was talking to her the prisoner came up and said " That is my wife ; I wish you would take her home." Witnesstold him if the woman was his wife he ought to take her home and settle his family grievances there, and not in the streets. The wife, who appeared in great dread of the prisoner, said, " I can't go home along with him, or he will h a lf kill me, as he h as d one b e f ore ." She then got up and pro ceeded towards her home, and on her way began crying again, and said, " Oh, policeman, this is not the first time he has ill-used me; he has frequently threatened to knock the baby's brains out when it has cried." Witness saw them home, and returned back to his beat. In about ten minutes afterwards a_young man came after him, and said the baby was dead. He immediately returned to the house, and saw the mother sitting on a chair, with the infant undressed on her lap. The prisoner was standing behind her, and looking over her shoulder, and his wife accused him of having killed the infant, which appeared to be quite dead. He took the prisoner into custody, and fetched a surgeon to see the body of the child. A young man at the back of the Court here said the wife did not use the words, "You have killed my child," as sworn to by the policeman. She merely said her husband had beaten her, and injured the child. He lodged in the pri soner's house, and it was he who called in the policeman. Davis was re-called, and he said the expressions used by the wife were, "Oh, how could you kill my baby?" and the husband made no answer whatever. I of the K division, said th e post mortem examinationnspoeetr M of the body had not yet taken place, and the inquest could not be held till next day. There were several witnesses in attendance ready to give evidence. Mr. BRODERIP declined hearing any more evidence at pre sent, and, after the usual caution, asked the prisoner if he had anything to say in his defence? The prisoner held down his head, and in a subdued tone, said he had nothing whatever to say—he had no recollection of anything he did on Saturday night. Mr. BaopEmr—lt is my duty to remand you on this very painful charge until Wednesday. A coarse and dissipated-looking man, of great bulk and florid complexion, named John Brown, was charged by Mrs. Eliza Brown, his wife, with assaulting her in a most violent manner, and nearly knocking her eye out with a rolling-pin. Mrs. Brown, a lady-like and elegantly-dressed woman, who appeared in great pain, said that her husband came home very tipsy on Friday evening, and made a great dis turbance. On the following morning he asked her for some money, and on her refusal to give him any, he abused her, and made a. good deal of noise. She begged of him to go into his own room, and was anxious that he should not give annoyance to a gentleman, the captain of a ship, wh o lodged in the house. He swore he would have money, and struck her with his fist, and beat her violently. Sh e f e ll down, and he kicked her, and said he would be the death of her, and then took up a rolling-pin and struck her on the eye with it. The defendant, who is very deaf, in addition to his other infirmities, said he had not heard a word, and the evidence was read over to him by Mr. Leadley, the clerk. He said it was all false, and that his wife w as penn i less when he married her, and she had persuaded him to assign over to her the lease:of some property, and would not allow him a penny to get shaved with. His wife pulled him by the hair of his head, and threw water over him. Mrs. Brown denied this, and said she wished the case to be sent to the Sessions, where she was determined to prose cute ker husband for the outrage. Mr. BIiODERIP said it was a proper case for a jury to de termine. If the defendant did not control the ferocity of his disposition, he would have to answer a charge affecting his life. It was a most unjustifiable and cruel assault, and he committed the prisoner for trial in default of bail. ------ --- We understand that the lonian Bank, the chief es tablishment of which is in London, and which has been carry. ing on a . steady busine ss f or t h e last four years, greatly to the promotion of commerce in the Greek islands, has just obtained a charter from the B r iti s h G overnment in addition to that pre viously received from the lonian Government. A VETERAN. —Died on Monday last, at Moor Houses, near Masharn, Mr. George Wharton, late of Laver ton, near Kirkby Malzeard, at the patriarchal age of 114. Until within the last two or three years this old man re tained his mental and physical faculties in an extraordinary way, and ever showed a disposition to conceal his age from inquirers. The length of his pilgrimage, however, has, from his narrative of circumstances which occurred in his youth, been pretty well ascertained. He remembered, when a lad, being present with his mother at the opening of one of the first Wesleyan chapels in London, when he heard John Wes ley preach the opening sermon. 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(Before Lord Sydney, the Rev. Sir C. Farnaby, the Rev. T. Scott, W. C. Morland, Esq., and J. Ward, Es%) Richard Benge was brought before the Bench upon a warrant issued at the instance of the Board of Guardians of the Bromley Union, charging him with neglecting to maintain his wife and family, who had in consequence become chargeable. Mr. Chittock, the master of the Foot's Cray work house, deposed that the prisoner's wife and three chil dren were at present in the workhouse, and • the ease having come before the Board of Guardians, they had directed him to adopt the present proceeding. • Lord SYDNEY asked the defendant why he did not maintain his family?—The defendant said be was quite willing to do so, but it was out of his power. He had been a housekeeper for 30 years, but owing to the rail way having driven all the coaches off the road, he had lost his employment, and was unable to get any other occupation. For the last ten weeks he had got a little employment, working on the road, and the moment be received any wages he offered a portion of them to Mr. Chittock towards the support of his family. Mr. Chittock admitted that the defendant had.made an offer to give him some money on Friday last, but at that time the Board of Guardians had decided upon adopting proceedings against him. He had repeatedly promised to take his wife and family out of the work house, but always neglected to do so. The defendant said he had no employment and no home to take them to, and that was the reason. He had tried in all directions to get a house or a l o d g ing but was unable to do so. He added th a t hi s wife ling, ill for seven years, and during the last two.years bad almost constantly kept her bed. Lord SYDNEY said if he could not get employment he should himself have gone into the workhouse, and worked there towards the support of his wife and family. The law did not permit men to be out of the workhouse while their families were in. The defendant said, that he went every board day to see the guardians, and told them what steps he bad taken to get work. He did not want to go into the workhouse while he was able to work for his living. Ile had now got employment from some parties who intended to run a new coach, and he should be able to take his family out of the workhouse and support them, and he had that day engaged an apartment for them. Lord SYDNEY said it was too late now for him to make the offer. He had broken his promise several times be fore, and the law must now be put in force as the Board of Guardians had placed the matter in the hands of the bend* The Rev. Mr. SCCTT suggested that, perhaps under the circumstances, they might see if he would now keep his word. Lord SYDNEY said, he had promised the same thing so many times that they could not trust him. The Magistrates then consulted together for a short time, when the Noble Chairman said th a t th e y m ust put the law in force, but the sentence would be a Tart lenient one, viz., one weeks' hard labour in Maidstone pet The defendant hoped that the Bench would not send him to gaol. He had lived in the neighbourhood fer, thirty years, and although his wif e , f rom ill ness , ha" been a great charge upon him, he had never before re ceived any relief. The CHAIRMAN asked what expense the parish bai l been put to for the support of the defendant's family Mr. Chittock replied that there were four persons, the wife and three children, and the expense was 2s. a a-head per week. They had been in the house six weeks , so that the amount would be 3/. Lord SYDNEY asked the defendant if he would pal this sum to the parish ? He replied that it was not in his power to do so. He had only had a little work og and on for the last fortnight, and during the whole of the other period he had no employment whatevir• He had now got a regular place, and was willing, as be had always done so before, to support his family. 110 had never had a f ar thi ng f rom th e p ar i s h i n a ll hi s life before. Mr. Chittock having been appealed to by the Bondi; said he had no reason to believe that the defendant had been in any work until the last fortnight, and he the' certainly came to him and offered to give him some of his wages towards the support of his family. As the Board of Guardians, however, had given him positive orders to take out a warrant, and bring the matter befor e the Bench, he was compelled to act upon them. oe. added, that he believed it was true that the detention" had now got into regular employment, which, peyhg* he might lose if he were committed to prison. The defendant again entreated the Bench not to sgaa him to prison. The Magistrates again consulted together, and .at length the CHAIRMAN said, that the conviction mkt stand for the resent, but the defendant would have * 0 opportunity of taking his family out of the workhouse; The matter would then be repre sen t e d t o th e B o ard, 01 Guardians, and if they were satisfied, and did not ppß the charge, the sentence of imprisonment would in * probability not be carried into effect. The defendant asked how his wife was to be brow& hence from the workhouse ? She was unable to wai Mr. Chittock said he would make arrangeanenti for her conveyance. The defendant was then discharged. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. Yesterday a Commission of Lunacy was opened be fore F. Barlow, Esq., at the Sheriff' s Court, Red Lion square, to inquire into the state of mind of Joshua' Richard Wilkinson, Esq., formerly Of catfield-hiu, Lewisham, Kent, a merchant of London, but now' o f Whitmore Asylum, Hackney. The Commission TiTa 9 sued out at the instance of his wife, and Mr. Selwin sr peared as counsel on her behalf. Mr. SELWYN briefly addressed the jury, after which the following evidence was adduced : Mr. Samuel Brain, surgeon, of Lewisham, depose d ' that he had known Mr. Wilkinson fifteen years, during, which time he attended professionally. He was for attacked in November, 1841, and on that occasion 1 11 : fused to be shaved, and for t wen ty- seven days ritrus6`,"'l take food, and was supported by forcing liquids doe . his throat. Witness considered him labouring unWP organic disease of the brain. Amongst other delneica l !„ he fancied he was entitl e d t o Lord Stanlefs estateL t 'ia" the North, that he wa s cous i n to hi s Lordship, and voz Mr. Masterman, M.P., i nten d ed to lend him 12,000 1 raise a regiment. Witness had seen Mr. Wilkiuson: ll Whitmore House, when he said he was divorced fry his wife, and h a d a li cense to marrry the Duke of-ittw land's daughter. Dr. Gordon, of Grosvenor•street, deposed that ho . signed the certificate on the 12th of Deeember, it e Witness found him labourin g un d er a di sease o f brain, of a nature that was utterly hopeless, as it g 7 ,1 rally turned to paralysis. On seeing him on the 2 his opinion was confirmed. H. Beverley, the proprietor of Whitmore 110 0 '* _,„. deposed to the e x t raor di nary d e l us i ons o f Mr. WilkinsM He told witness whil s t at B r i g h ton h e met with IP: daughter of the Duke of Rutland. He was in the hobo' of destroVng his clothes. He fancied he was Prin ce ' Albert, Sir Walter Raleigh's son , an d on one occ asion said the Queen checked Prince Albert for not par* sufficient attention to him. Mr. Wilkinson was introduced and examined by t he z CommissioNEn—He said he had a wife and one daur; ter, and then, turning round to the keepers, said, ttbb is my father and the other is my son. He then WO,. on in a very incoher en t manner , an d jumped upon. SP7 form, and, addressing the Court, said he would challene the world, and intended to raise an army 10,000 woof against O'Connell, and that he had a commission under; Lord Howe, and commenced singing " Rule Britanuil‘, The jury, addressin g the Commissioner, said th e i, were perfectly satisfi e d, an d returne d a verdict dallue` his insanity from December 12, 1841. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT AND Tun COLD WATNIt .CURE.—We have copied from The Times a paragraph re b r, tive to th e a ll ege d cause o f t h e death of Sir Franca Burdet t. We may state in addition, that the place to which he went t : undergo the eold water treatment was Thames Ditton, me r e being an establishment there for the purpose. The individual to whose hands he confided himself is scarcely known to il l, profession. It is unnecessary, therefore, to say that that', no ground for the impression entertained in some quarters *lli a medical gentleman, enjoying the honour of knighthood, an who lately wrote a werk in favour of hydropathy, superintende' the application of the cold water treatment. So firm was th faith of Sir Francis in the efficacy of the cold water system th he rose up in his bed when scarcely able for the effort, and w _ uplifted hands declared, the day before Lady Burdett's de a th that had she been subj e cted ti the hydropathic treatment I "' would have been restored to * perfect health. We understoo that the friends of Sir Francis are determined to i n stitute o strict inquiry i n t o th e whole circumstances connected with im melancholy case.— Observer. orx An extraordinary investigation has been Opp before the magistrates, at Wolverhampton, during "the e a r wt o , few days, relative to a revolti ng c h arge brought again:"' Caroline Harris, a midwife, who it is alleged has been k e f a r g . ing a house for the reception of pregnant females duriniL time of their confinement, and that for a pecuniary nomd"-d -tion the children were destroyed by her. The details this this case are of a h orr ibl e nature. The woman was renitinur for further examination. BIRTHS. On the 24th i ns t . , at Deene Park, Lady Augusta Bar ingr of a son. On the 25th i ns t ., at S andling-park, the lady of W. D ee deso Esq., of a daughter. .1. 0 lade On the 25th i nst., at t h e Vicarage, Marlborough, wA of the Rev. C. W. Edmonstone, of a daughter. nek • On the 26th i ns t., a t D u l w i ch-common, the wife ofFreas Clarke, Esq., of a son. On the 26th i ns t., a t S tam f ord-hill, the lady of Ric h es C- Coles, Esq., of a son. On the 27th inst., th e l a d y o f W illiam Ford, E sq. , o fGray'll Inn, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 28th i ns t., a t W est H ackney C hurch, b y the Be V * Edward Birch, A.M., Rector, Mr. Charles Bishop, of "a: land, to Ma r y, th e e ld est d aughter of Mr. W. G eorge , Ingham, Lincolnshire. on tpo ._ On the 25th ult., th e R ev. John Griffiths, chaplain Bombay Establishment, to Frances, fourth daughter tain Mortlock (late Capt a i n o f th e H on . E as t India, l'`" - pany's Naval Service), Brighton. DIED. oi On the 27th inst., A nn th e am i a bl e an d beloved wi f e Roger Lee, Esq., Clapham-common. Rector On the 22d i n st., th e R ev . M arma d u k e Wilki n son, -- of Redgrave-with-Botesdale, and of Nowton, Suffolk. On the 22d inst., Captain George Robertson, Alkyls % 1 " Great Portland -street, aged 87. On the 23d inst., Mr. C. F. Grasemann, of Hackney. On the 26th inst., at Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, R om Gibbing, Esq., of Gibbinis-grove, Limerick. On the 26th inst., at Ealing, the Hon. Lady Carr. On the 26th inst., Mrs. Ann Atkinson, of Chatham - Pn w " Walworth, aged 91. On the 27th inst., Ada Ellen Adelaide Tolderoy, sec ena l R e . daughter of Franci s V a l ent i ne L ee, E sq., Ch es ter -place, gent's-park. On the 28th inst., Mrs. Town, of the Comm erc i a l- r ead Ea t. ' wife of the late H. W. Town, of Wapping. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, N 0.112, Strand, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, Li O a County of Midgesex, Tuesday, January 30, 1844. 'Price.