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NA TIONAL - MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. TROBERT WILCOXO.N, Esq., in the Chair. BE DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, and FRIENDS of this SOCIETY, will dine together at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street Within, on MONDAY, the 9.3 d •IDczeniber, 1844, at Five o'Clock precisely. Tickets One Guinea. Messrs. Adcrs, J, s, Baker, H ~ Blowers, C. s, Brankston, T. ~ Brown, M. ~ Carter, J. D. Causton, J. s, Child, H. M. Crowden, J. I, Cuffley, J. R. s, Dryden, R. Englefield, J. Evans, J. L. Gee, E. ~ Goodall, "M. ', Hicks, M. Hilditch, S. ', Ingle, J. ~ Jones, S. if Massey, J. I'. 4leltets may be had at the Londo the office, Arthur-strec Messrc. M'Culloch, W. ~ Midlane, H. „ Milledge, J. 0. „ Milledge, R. 0. „ Morse, D. I t Newbon, J. S. „ Reid, T. „ Ridley, A. „ Ridley, R. „ Roberts, T. I, Starr, F. „ Stockdale, G. „ Stokes, J. „ Sympson, C. „ Teakle, C. STEWARDS. ” Walsh, J. „ Warren, T. „ Williams, NV. „ 'Wilson, C. ,n Tavern, of the Stewards, or at West, London-bridge. uWILL OPEN ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2G. NIQUE EXHIBITION.-13ArrLE OF WATERLOO. /ce v , Ch, - arodel, upon a very large Scale, representing the Splendid va r r tge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Ca -I,_ Y under the Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry Litter Sir Thomas Picton. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. ()Pe n from Ten till Five; and in the Evenings, brilliantly illuminated, from SCVell till Ten. Admission, One Shilling. WINTER OVER-COATS, WRAPPERS, &c. 3TESSRS. BURCH and LUCAS (late J. a nd Albert) respectfully invite gentlemen to view their new kt fashionable assortment of PATENT and BEAUFORT th. AV ERS, FANCY VESTINGS, TROUSERINGS, &c., for tt; a PProaching season ; •he style and cut of every garment are ' r allteed equal to any of the first houses at the West-end, at Paves in unison with the economy of the times, feeling confident sci t gentlemen who may do them the honour will be perfectly satis- With any garment that leaves their establishment. A large as t-1141ent of Great Coats kept ready made in all the different and ont approved forms agreeable to the prevailing taste ; being made der the superintendence of the proprietors, they are enabled to 'Peak 4, confidently as to their superiority over all garments of a slop -47iPtion, the which are entirely excluded from this establishment. , KING ILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, op the Statue.W txTENSIVE SALE of WATCHES, JEWEL for anoth e LER buYsiness, &c., until the 26th December, when the shop closes r . , he Splendid Stock of Fancy Jewellery, Gold and Silver Watches, Z:ry er Plated Goods of every description, Tortoiseshell Work „rti 1, Inkstands, Tea Caddies, and a great variety of other fancy o p „ el " in Gold and Silver, Shell, Ivory, and Jet, are now SELLING at an immense sacrifice, by Messrs. HORTON and Co., at 36, ' 4o4 e -street, who are retiring from the retail business. 4G RICULIURE, CO NIMERCE, NAVIGATION, THE CHURCH. 1 3• SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, 14, tpl e Cornbill, London, opposite the Bank, have finished a few eo u Pieces of PLATE, suitable forfort resentation to Gentlemen th::ete.d with either of the above pursuits or professions, to which te,Vilvite the attention of Committees who are in search of valuable unial s for si c hoccasions. OLD ENGLISH CUSTOMS. ,7 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! D OSES are specially informed that during the re-erection of tot a b., and SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their 'lshment is only at 154, Minories. The hearty customs of the olden time, Are, certainly, deserving of a rhyme. N0r,... are we much inclined to be remiss, With such an o ,poitunity as this. 'Tis pleasing to assemble once a year, In wad festivity and social cheer. 'Tis pleasing, while we view the cracking lug, To crack a j o k e , or hold a dialogue. „ be bough of with its crimson berry— The plenteous feast—the wine which makes us marry— All tend to make us welcome Christmas here, And hail its customs with a hearty cheer. tut shall we 1 of our happiness express, 13 0 hailing (7hris.maschange of dress ? MOSES and SON are anxious to re,h e Old customs, which we all should keep alive. In olden times, glad Christmas (merry Sire) Was hail'd by young and old, with new a tire A nd shall this custom quite forsake the load? SSo—not while MOSES' splendid show-rooms stand. t n—not winter garments may he bought so cheap, 711e'll still to this old Engl , sh custom keep. well-stock'd Mart of Moses seems to say — Come, buy a suit of clothes for Christmas_day." rxt th ose w h o w i s h f or suc h a cu stom'till, At A tlc ht,,elaim, in ready answer—" So we will !" do ~wc.rk, entitled "THE COMMERCIAL PHE N O. • -5 Wtll with full directions for Self-Measurement, on applica. e forwarded post free. tar e BEADY MAKE. itte 'no from 0 8 6 listlhe,tetfi is ,to olds "tt o 4 letons 0 13 6 Viii,tm,7..kes A thols, Psltnes, and every description of '0 1. printer Coat, handsomely trimmed W ar 'lnter Coats, in every style .bi„"0 Winter Trousers, lined h. ( 0 esB Coats, Doeski edged, &c 0 10 1 0 0 rk..... ........ .......... ......... ••• 1 3 q b oilin g Collar V est 0 1 9 t Nidbreasted Ditto .. h°3rs' Hussar Suits 0 17 6 '',ltto Tunic, neatly braided Sa x MADE TO MIZASURE. I„ vi e Gotha Coats, velvet collar and cuffs from 1 18 0 ltipiter Coats, in every style and Shape, handsomely trimmed I 5 0 th;',ed Tweed Wrappers 0 17 6 1:$,;), ditto, Trousers 0 8 6 trltskin Ditto 31, 4 , , km Ditto, any pattern 0 12 0 G•°_, or Dress Trousers b7,lllciere Vest 0 7 0 13rihter Ditto, in endless pattern ....••••••• • ...•.. 0 51 14 4 Coat ". ditto, best Manufactured bitte.o,k Coat g ub. , the b es t manufactured '3 3 0 I.3i4. , P o ssar Suit 1 7 Punic "`.uttlitg to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the kle m , following prices:-_ .3Siuits, dress coat, vest and tr0u5er5......... ............ from 1 16 0 ditto jack e t, ves t , an d t rousers f ro m 0 18 0 k e x P e ° rAls"r.— Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved ,3314 er a nged, or the money returned. "ica i i, 4 s ,e—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors Wholesale and Retail o°rie 4 s ,e E, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mi- Addgate, City, opposite the Church. t kairi n 6 ..—E. Moses and Y.on are obliged to guar the public ~i d seh,lroposition, having learned that the untradessnanlike 4,44 beep of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, ;14, r resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. th n ._ av e no connexion whatever with any other establishment, ' t 4 sapp,;,"' who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to pi event hlst.l,2?t,ment, &e.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate 3`.tOe Church. !ila, 20 business transacted at t Establishment from sunset on klq t ' A lset on Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve POST-OFFICE.—CAUTION. pRICE and CO., perfumers to her Majesty, 28, rv e ,, Lornisard-street (late Price and Gnell's, and formerly Ir et ;;' , Butts, Price, and Co's.), by the recom m endation of the Se. I lieu. t rY of the Post-office, beg to " impress upon their Corre tiedLenle the necessity of precision in the address of all letters in. de s Per them," thus—" Price and Co." (and not " Price and ttlkhliot 1 " -- -that firm ceased to'exist in 1831 ), as the only means of • , , a gaunt the fraudulent conduct of individuals who take Nell r etain letters and orders intended for Price and Co., by il- Ilk assuming the firm of " Price and Gosnell," well knowing f ey never were in any way connected with that firm len._ OTHERWISE THAN AS SERVANTS. tee *1 ,7 and Cc's Perfumery is so superior to any other, and in such inA it ' demand, that many shopkeepers are basely deceiving the !Idly by selling: p urious imitations. Price and Co. respect.. `tie solicit Ladies and Gentlemen when they purchase not to Zeti h ty article without the protection label, from a design by Si r Y'sl7: Cangreve, being a ffi xed to it, with the signature of alsun'a Y ind n Co. Lombard-street," in red ink, and " 28" conspi. N 45 centre. 4 and Co. are the sole Wholesale Agents for / Deb DELCROIX'S KALYDOR, 11, clie t - Cosmetic, surpassing all others for preserving and beau :lV%! the Complexion, prepared for the use of her most gracious Diu Y the Queen, and her Majesty the Queen Dowager, by es. Grand, and protected by letters patent. Price 4s. DELCROIX'S MACASSAR. OIL, th et ted Under the sanction of the " Lords of the Treasury," for ' l 5 p r i n o f her most gracious Majesty and their Royal Highnesees :be e i e e a of Wales, the Princess Royal, &c., is also protected by h e , g L iall Y-executed, correct likenesses, in embossed medallions, 1. id . Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Price DELCROIX'S OPONTO. tho w , do Rot hesitate to recommend, from experience, DEL. ... 4 411 1 .% ODONTO ' er the Queen's own Dentifrice, as the most Ne Means •f purifying, preserving, and embellishing the t —L 6 4 bd Guns, kitherto offered to the Public."—Court Gazette. 11,441, T he Bouquet Duke of York is the last new fashionable tib,„7.e of the season 1844 ; but though the last, is net the least 41 Cr o : "ti ee, as it happily combines the preceding excellence et all Mitts --Jal bouquets with the delicate and delicious fragrance of the teals rose. Let him who is a true born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth If he suppose that I have pleaded truth— lssem off this briar pluck a white rose with me. l 7ott s ,T; 4 • J. Delcroix and Co., 158, New Bond-street, havepleasure .at this their last bouquet of the season, and beg to inform f or ti t :7 ll4 y and their Patrons that, during the recess, all orders r - unique cadeau" of a case containing the s ix . royal bou 714.°r:'he guinea, comprising the bouquets de la Reme, d'Albert, Vic e - Wales, Duke of York, Princesse Royale, and Princesse 4. 6 W ill be forwarded to any part of the country, carriage paid. th li csUre the genuine particular attention is required in observing : l ery il h . ' 158 , New iond-street, London, be upon each case and ' t qd b.. ° ,„ tt le, as worthless counterfeits, for the sake of profit, are uruggists and Hairdressers in town and country. , Nu r , SHAVING A LUXURY. ''t and CO.'s RYPOPHAGON surpasses every soap ever s t r i 1f O p shaving. One trial will prove that the luxury of a cYp o „, a le Can be enjoyed only by those wise use Price and Co.'s tfteri74Bon. which renders shaving (hitherto disagreeable and li,ePzonful) pleasant and easy. Ih sattl i.e d by Price and Co., 28, Lombard-street (late Price and in ri4 $), and sold by Delcroix and Co., 158, New Bond-street, e.,°::here else in London, price 3s. 6d per pot, 1.. per square, for boxes Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. t hit e * l i . kr. Pric e w i ll have pleasure in presenting any brother hi, t With ~. a square of the Ilypophagon gratuito us ly , w h o may the honour of 3 t.al; 'at yontpePtes I ouse, 28, Lombard- 11 AytA DAMP R. k 4 ASTHMATIC CANDY h as , 'I,I Re LA s tfi e f 7 rn any years, been proved an . effeet . ual . Preservative von, are fleets of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter t t o a° prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Lc klieverserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and rtu tred °se who suffer from Ditlacilty of Breathing. lyjdon , PIY by Barclay and Sons, 95, arringdon-street, Jo! 03,4. Sold Retail, by their appointment. by Sanger, hat ori, ,atre e t Gifibrd 114, and H. Burfielcf,.lBo, Strand; pgtori ; tr, Cornhill ; hallows, Druggist, Hack.street, Is geese,T:udebourck, Druggist, Church street,ney ; and by 40',,lierv;"' 1 ? Medicine Verniers in Town and Country. 0-.4` bet can be fa xed e to , eacia Box unless the names of "Barclay and Stamp. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT, 7th and Sib Viet., c. 84.—NOTICE to BUILDERS, and Others engaged i❑ building operations, within the limits of the above Act, On and after the lst of January next every builder, or other person engaged in building, is required by the above-mentioned Act, before commencing the erection, alteration, addition to, or enlargement of the structural parts of any building, to give notice to the surveyor of the district in which such building is intended to be erected, or in which the building to be altered, added to, or en larged, is situate, and if any builder fail to give such notice, he will be liable to pay treble the amount of his fees to the district sur veyor to whom notice should have been given, and also to forfeit a sum not exceeding 9.0/., as well as to have the building's built either without such notice or contrary to the Act, pulled down or abated as a nuisance. ARTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings. Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar.square, Charing cross, Dec. 20, 1844. Published this day, to be continued fortnightly, price One Shilling, of A. FULLARTON and CO.'S edition of A. TIMERS' HISTORICAL WORKS. M e Translated from the French, with Original Notes, by T. II". REDI EAI), Esq., with a prefixed Summary of the History ofFrancc, to contain the entire Appendices, and a Copious Index of Persons and Events. Illustrated with Portraits and Historical Scenes of the most authentic character, and by the ablest artists. A. Fullarton and Co., 106, Newgate-street. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. 'ITETROPOLITAN , BUILDINGS ACT, 7th LTA. and Bth Vict., cap..B4.—To all OWNERS and OCCU PIERS of PROPERTY within the Cities of London and West minster, and within certain Parishes or Places within the operation of the Metropolitan Buildings Act. Notice is hereby given, that on and after the Ist dayof Ja ' nuary, 1845, all buildings built or rebuilt after that day, subject to the provisions of the Metropolitan Buildings Act, passed during the last session of Parliament, must be built according to the pro visions of that Act, and if they be not so built, such owners and oc cupiers will be liable to certain penal consequences thereby pro vided; and Notice is also hereby given, that, if any doubt or difference, or dissatisfaction arise, either between the surveyoj of any district and any such owner or occupier, or between the caner and occu. pier of adjoining properties, in certain cases set forth in such Act, the same may be referred to the decision of the official referees ap. pointed under the said Act, and that all questions relating to the costs of such works and buildings executed under that Act, in which the owners of property may be jointly interested. may be taxed and examined by the official referees, and recovered by the summary proceedings by the said Act provided ; and Notice is also hereby given, that whenever the interests of in capacitated persons may be affected by any works under the said Act, such works may not be executed without the cognisance and authority of the said official referees ; and Notice is also hereby given, that all streets and alleys laid out after the said Ist day of January, must be of the width, and be made in other respects according to the conditions prescribed by the said Act, and that drains must also be made to every dwelling. house, according to the provisions of the said Act. And further notice is hereby given, that if any person have any complaint as to the execution of the provisions of the said Metro politan Buildings Act, as it regards any particular building, notice thereof should be given to the surveyor of the district in which the building to which such complaints refers is situate, or if the matter complained of concern the district surveyor himself, or the operation of the Act generally, to the official referees, at the office of Metropolitan Buildings. ARTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings. Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar-square, Dec. 20,1844..,: NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Liverpool, Dec. 18. December 19. James Kean, 35, was charged with uttering a forged will of one James Baines, deceased. The indictment was of immense length, the offence being set forth in a variety of ways. Messrs. Blair and Drink water appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner conducted his own de fence, and manifested considerable dexterity both in the cross-examination of the witnesses and the general management of his case. He is rather a good-looking man, of genteel exterior. The facts of the case, as appeared from the counsel's statement, were the following :—That in the early part of the present year Mr. James Baines, of Everton, died, leaving a considerable amount of property, under a will dated in 1840. Disaffection being excited amongst some of his relatives in consequence of their expectations not being realised, Mr. James Mawdesley, a brother-in law to the deceased, residing in Burlington-street, employed the prisoner to make inquiries as to the va lidity of the said will. Accordingly, in September last, the prisoner took some steps in the matter, and several interviews took place between him and Mawdesley, when the latter paid over several sums of money as a compensation for the prisoner's trouble. In October the prisoner called upon Mawdesley and produced a!will, which he stated to be the original and legitimate will of Mr. Baines, and purporting to be signed by him ; he then proposed to go with Mawdesley to Chester to have the will executed (that was aboLt the latter end of October); but, on their meeting there, the prisoner made some excuses as to the non appearance of several witnesses who were to have been in attendance, and afterwards tried to make his escape. On the 25th of November he was discovered at Manchester, and taken into custody. A number of papers were found upon him connected with the trans action in which he was implicated. The will which the prisoner had prepared, and which bore the signa ture of James Baines, was alleged to be a forgery, and in the handwriting of the prisoner. James Mawdesley deposed to the various transact tions between himself and the prisoner up to the time of their meeting in Chester, and additional witnesses were called to support other parts of the case. The prisoner entered into a long defence, in which he endeavoured to fix the charge of forgery on other parties, and to show that he himself could have no motive for the commission of an act such as that with which he was charged. He called several witnesses, whose evidence did not, however, change the features of the case. I . IAN 131:11 DIN(' ' k 17i-E'all'lld(B)tih(Viejtoria, cap. 84, ' sec. 19 ' . TTShe'at(tCll:ttion7 o7th Workmen, Labourers, Servants, and others, is hereby requested to the following extract from the above Act : " If any workman, labourer, servant, or other person employed in any building, or its the alteration, fitting up, or decoration of any building, wilfully, and without the direction, privity, or con sent of the person causiug such work to be done, do anything in or about such :wilding contrary to the rules and directionA of this Act, then, upon conviction thereof before any two Justices of the Peace, upon the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses, which oath the said Justices are hereby empowered and required to administer, every such offender shall be liable to forfeit, for every such offence, a sum not exceeding fifty shillings. " And that if, upon or immediately after such conviction, any such forfeiture be not paid, then it shall be the duty of any two Justices of the Peace to whom application shall be wade, to commit the offenders, by warrant, under the hand and seal of such Jus tices, to the common gaol, for any term not exceeding one month, at the discretion of such Justices." ARTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings. Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar.suare, Charing.cross, Dec. 20, 1844. Air ETROPOLTTAN BUILDINGS ACT, 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 84.—RUINOUS AND DAN. GEROUS BUILDINGS.—Notice is hereby given, that on and atter the Ist of January, 1845, information of any building, or part of any building, threatening danger to the public, or the in habitants of such building, may be given by any person to the surveyor of the district, and to the overseers of the parish in which such building may be situate, or either of them; and that forthwith upon receiving any such information, such surveyor or such overseer, to whom such information shall have been given, is required by the provisions of the Metropolitan Buildings Act, to take immediate steps for the removing, repairing, or securing such building. The address of every district surveyor may be obtained from the overseers of the parish, or at this office. AItTHUR SYMONDS, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings. Office of Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar. square, Charing cross, Dec. 20,1844. caught me and threw me back on the chair. Ile behaved rudely to RN. I called out as loud as I could. Some one came to the shop. The prisoner left me, and went into the s h op . I h eard some one spea k in the shop. I called out, " For God's sake, some one come to me." The person who was in the shop went away, and the prisoner returned to me. He fastened the dour. I tried to get to the window, but he caught me and threw me clown, and again took libel ties with me. I cried out. At length he let me go. I said I would tell of it as soon as I got out. He said, " No, no ; you won't." I said, I'm d—d if I don't." He again said, " Oh, no ; you won't." I said, "So help me God, I will." He then went out into the shop, and I went out of the house as fast as I could to Mrs. Strowbridge's, at theliing's Arms, and saw Betsy Truman, and told her of the prisoner's conduct. When I got home, I told my mother. Cross-examined—Th e prisoner's house is in the main street of Chudleigh. It is a corner house, with another street running by it, into which the window in the back room looked. Two people looked in at the window while I was screaming. There was a blind to the window. It appeared that the depositions of several persons had been taken who were not taken by the prosecutors be fore the grand jury, and their names were not on the back of the indictment. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said this was extremely im proper, and not fair towards a prisoner. It was reason able for a prisoner to suppose that the witnesses exa mined before the magistrates would be produced on the trial, and he could not know the contrary until the in dictment came down from the grand jury ; and then at the last moment, when it was too late for him to solid for such witnesses, he found they would not be called for the prosecution, and he consequently lest the benefit of their testimony, which might be of the greatest import ance to him. It was an improper practice, and ought not to be adopted or allowed. The witness was a particularly modest-looking girl, and gave her evidence in a manner which entitled her to credit. Elizabeth Trueman stated that Elizabeth Hibbert came to her on the day in question, and appeared dread fully frightened ; she was crying. Elizabeth Strowbridge said she kept a grocer's shop at Chudleigh. The la t witness called her to see Eliza beth Hibbert. She appeared pale and trembling, and made a complaint of Carpenter's conduct. Charity Hibbert deposed that she WAS the mother of the prosecutrix. When she came home that afternoon she complained that Carpenter had ill-treated her. Elizabeth Williams, the housekeeper of Lord Clifford, had that morning sent the prosecutrix to Carpenter's for some pills. Louisa Trowbridge, a witness whose deposition had been taken, but who was not examined before the grand jury, was now put into the box by Mr. Cockburn, for cross-examination by the prisoner, Mr. Baron ALDEasoN saying that it would be com petent for Mr. Cockburn to contradict her. Mr. Rows cross-examined her, but nothing was elicited. John Trueman, a constable of Chudleigh, had a war rant against the prisoner on the 23d of October. Searched for him for a week, but could not find him. his shop was shut the day after this happened. Cross-examined—The prisi3ner.:afterwards gave him self up. Mr. RowE then addressed the jury at great length for the prisoner, urging upon them the improbability of such an offence being committed in so public a situation. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, having summed up with great care, The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an assault. Sentence deferred. MIDLAND ClRCUl7'.—Lincoln, Dec. 19. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) The Learned Judge, who was occupied yesterday until about fire o'clock in the evening in trying unim portant cases of larceny, this morning, at half-past nine o'clock, attended Divine service at the Cathedral. Thence he proceeded to the Castle, and opened the county com mission shortly after eleven o'clock. Mr. Justice PATTEsoN she rtly charged the grand jury (of which Viscount Alford, the eldest son of Earl Brownlow, was foreman), and then proceeded with the trial of prisoners. Wiliam Hamilton, Edward Howes, and James Jordan were charged with feloniou,ly assaulting the person of William IN( therill, on the night of the 12th of October last, and stealing one 5/. note of the Wisbeach and Lincoln Banking Company, ten sovereigns, one half sovereign, and other moneys, the property of the said Wetherill. His Lormsnir briefly summed up the evidence,!and the jury, after a few minutes' consideration, found the prisoner guilty of uttering the will, knowing it to be forged. The prisoner begged hard for mercy, when His LORDSHIP said Have you never expe rienced mercy before ? Prisoner—Slightly, and I have not abused it. For many years of my life I have had great difficulties to contend with, and have fought my way up to hold a respectable station in society. The JUDGE—You have been once before sentenced to transportation. The case of to-day has proved you are a most wicked, daring, bad man, in every sense of the word ; and I should ill discharge my duty if I gave you any opportunity of returning to this coun try. The sentence of the Court is, that you be trans ported for the term of your natural life. Prisoner (with a look of concern)—We shall meet again, my Lord. The trial occupied the time of the Court fOr the greater part of the day. CHARGE or AssAn LT. — _Etheard Davies was charged with assaulting Matthew Mathews at Manchester. It appeared from the statement of counsel that, on the 24th July last, Mathews and another gentleman were walking along the street, when the defendant came up and struck him, and was about to repeat his vio lence, when he was given in charge to the policeman. Mr. SOWLER, on the part of the defendant, wished to show that the proceeding arose from an old griev ance between the parties. The injury sustained was very slight, according to the evidence given by the surgeon. fir LORDSHIP thought it improper that the time of the Court should be taken up with such a frivolous matter, in which the jury also concurred. A verdict of Guilty was returned, and the de fendant fined 205., and o r d ere d to enter into his own recognisances to keep the peace. John Chamley, Ed war d Kynaston, and John Lom a x, h l s a oe r nin k tas s e o n, n ce , eo c : t n oic v tte i e c dn oef ted y o ar f bsi, f g o t ar r mag trans y n s ,p g wor a at sa p t r si o eo m nn i issory were discharged by p roc l amation. n no j t j e o o , h h wnn C a 7 , s d to three mo n th s ' i mpr i sonment. The whole of th e cr i m i na l business: being disposed of, his Lordship thanked the jury for their attention to the numerous cases which had been brought before them, and adjourned the Court at a quarter to six. It appeared that the day upon the night of which the robbery was said to have been committed was Holbeach fair, and that the prisoners, who had, with the prose cutor, on their way home been at a public-house kept by a man named Carpenter, left in the direction of Wisbeach together. While on their way the prosecutor was knocked down, and robbed, not only of his money, but of various articles of wearing apparel. The next day the prisoners were found together at Wisbeach, one of them wearing a cap belonging to the prosecutor, and all of them wearing clothes purchased by the money which they had stolen the previous evening. The 51. note (which had been cut and rejoined) was clearly identi• tied as the note stolen from the prosecutor.—Guilty. The Learned JUDGE sentenced each of the prisoners to 15 years' transportation. William Haynes stood indicted for having stolen a horse and gelding from Horncastle, in this county, on the 20th day of August last. Mr. Wildman appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Boden for the defence. The circumstances, although somewhat singular, are very shortly stated. On the evening of Tuesday, the 19th of August last, Mr. Brown, a farmer residing in the neighbourhood of Horncastle, saw his horses safe in the field in which they at that time grazed. The follow • ing morning they were missing, and strange as the fact may appear to be, the prosecutor and others traced his horses from Horncastle to the neighbourhood of Reading, in Berkshire, a distance of upwards of 200 miles. The conduct of a Mr. Price, a young farmer living near Reading, is deserving of particular notice. [t appeared that on the Thursday (the robbery of the horses having been committed in Lincolnshire on the Tuesday) Mr. Price saw two men conveying four horses by side roads and across grounds in the neighbourhood of his farm in Berkshire. He immediately suspected the horses were stolen, and pursued the men by w hom they were conducted. At first he endea voured to banter and " deal" with them, but at last exclaiming, " One of those horses looks very like a horse belonging to Mr. Brown, of Horn castle," the man now missing said, " If you have got any better title to the horses than we have, take them." Mr. Price, in a most determined tone, replied, " I'll not be content with the horses, but I'll have men too." The prisoner and his companion immediately made off in different directions, one taking to the right and the other to the left. Mr. Price followed the prisoner, who, find ing himself closely pursued, threw himself from his horse and took to the fields. Mr. Price, like a good sportsman, followed his game, and, to use the expression he this day used in his evidence, "ran the prisoner to cover," but afterwards " broke ground" and secured him. It turned out, upon consulting that unerring chronicle the Hue and Cry, that Mr. Price's suspicions were perfectly correct, and on the following Monday Mr. Brown arrived in Reading to identify the stolen horses. The master-man, as he was called, sans horses of course, got away. It was stated yesterday and this morning that a great defence was to be made for Haynes. Strand, A An attorney, t r to ep rn re ey se , n o td r e an th a a tt t o t r h n ey attorney's clerk, p k,f r r o o v m e Essex-street, t x t - h s e p tre r e i t . , soner (who is a London man, but who represented him self to come from Glastonbury) was at Sleaford the night the robbery was committed. The case for the defence, so far from benefiting the prisoner, after Mr. Wildman's very able reply, tended to convict him, and he was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. Mr. Justice PATTESON ordered Mr. Price to receive from the county 10/., in addition to the ordinary allow ance. fortunate ; he kept his tongue quiet, and they could get no hold of him. He then said that there were two others in the mess as well as him ; they had been apprehended, but were discharged. English the.i asked the prisoner if they were the persons who did the .fire. He replied that he did it, that he went over the gate, and set the stack on fire with lucifer matches, and not a bail, and that he then gave the alarm that no suspicion might fol low him. The prisoner then gave the details of a fire he did at Ipswich. English then asked him if he had done many fires, to which the prisoner replied, that if he had not there was no reason why he should not, that there would be plenty of more fires this winter ; he did not care about being transported ; if he was there were plenty more to take his place. The prisoner had not the slightest idea that his interrogator was a constable, English having previously stated that lie was a liquor merchant, and the prisoner was not a little surprised when informed of the real calling of his companion, who, as soon as the prisoner had furnished him with with a detailed account of his exploits, took him into custody, and the prisoner then thought he hail been bamboozled by the disguised liquor merchant. The prisoner when called upon for his defence, told the jury that English had spoken falsely, but the jury thought otherwise, and found the prisoner Guilty.— Sentence deferred. William Medlar, aged 37, was indicted for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a stack of wheat, the pro perty of Robert Samuel Thorne, Burgh, next Aylsham. Mr. Palmer appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Pren dergast defended the prisoner. The prosecutor is a farmer, residing at the parish of Burgh, and the prisoner is a cordwainer, living in the same parish. About one o'clock of the morning of Tuesday, the 26th of November last, a stack of wheat belonging to the prosecutor, standing in the midst of several other stacks, was discovered to be on fire by Mrs. Goodson, the wife of the constable of Burgh, who lives near the premises of Thorne. Goodson was awoke by his wife, and immediately got up and called the prose cutor, who arrived at the stackyard before the fire had extended as far as the eaves of the stack. Persons in the neighbourhood arrived soon afterwards at the fire, but only in time to save the surrounding stacks, The stack fired; (the produce of twelve acres) was totally consumed. Two policemen arrived at the fire shortly after it had broken out. Soon after they came up they perceived a small gap in the fence leading from the stack yard into a field of wheat, where some one had got over, and one of them watched by the gap till daylight, to prevent any person proceeding in that direction, and destroying any trace of footsteps that might exist in the field ; and on examining the wheat field the policeman discovered thirteen footsteps leading towards the prisoner's house. From circumstances which came to the knowledge of the policemen, the pri soner was apprehended between eight and nine on the morning of the fire. The prisoner's shoes were taken off and compared with the impressions in the field, and they corresponded in every respect. The cottage of the prisoner was searched, and part of a box of lucifer matches corresponded in colour and dip with one that was found in the ditch of the wheat field, near the gap leading from the stack yard. The prisoner, when ap prehended, stated that he had been in b , c 1 hours and hours when the fire broke out ; but on inquiry being set set on foot, it was ascertained that, about twelve o'clock on the night of the fire, the prisoner called at the public house in Aylsham, which is the adjoining parish to Burgh. In order to prove malice on the part of the pri soner towards the prosecutor, it was proved that the prisoner had repeatedly expressed the greatest animosity towards Mr. Thorne. On one occasion he was heard to say that " Mr. Thorne starved him and his wife and children, and would not give him work, nor suffer others to do it, and that he would mark him for it some day or other." Mr. PRENDERGAST addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner with great ability. The Learned JUDGE summed up the case. and the jury found a verdict of Gpilty.—Sentenee deferred. PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY. " We have further to present that it is the unanimous opinion of the grand jury, that the present winter assize was uncalled for in this county, inasmuch as a large majority of the prisoners in the calendar would have been tried at the next quarter sessions, within a fortnight from this time. " EDMUND WODEHOUSE, J. GORDON Foreman JOHN MOTT GEORGE KETT R. BLAKE ROBERT MARSIIIM ALBEMALE CATOR HENRY DOVER R. GILBERT JOHN STRACEY JOSEPH SCOTT WILLIAM WINDHAM WILLIAM COLLYER 11. S. PARTRIDGE W. B. DOUN." WILLIAM Gw YNN ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The arrangements for the Christmas Holidays commence on Monday, the 23d instant. One of the brilliant novelties is the cRitOMATROPE, to wh'eh may be added, Subjects in Nature and Art for the PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE. The first Ex hibition of a Series of beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. On the Evenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. C. E. HORN lectures on the MUSIC of DIFFERENT NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and Pro fessor BACHHOFFNEWS varied LECTURES daily. Dr. RYAN also Lectures on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. All these Lectures abound in interesting Experiments. SUBMA RINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL and DIVER. The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just published price Is. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, Dec. 19. Tinc WoLvEnnamPToN CASE.—The trial of this long expected case came on this morning, when the Court was densely crowded, but the curiosity of the " ladies" was most wofully disappointed, as the nature of a portion of the evidence rendered their exclusion necessary. Jane Railton, 30, a very interesting-looking and lady like person, John Sherriff, 26, and James Ilildreth, 38, both of highly respectable appearance, were arraigned on an indictment charging them with concealing the birth of the child of the female prisoner, at Wolver hampton, on the 21st of October. Mr. Beadon, with Mr. Woolrych, conducted the prose cution, the prisoners being defended by Mr. Yardley, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Huddlestone. The prisoners severally pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Haley, surveyor, produced a plan of the premises of Mr. Quinton, surgeon, of Wolverhampton, in whose privy the child was found, and to whom Sheriff was an assistant. 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They may be had of respectable dealers throughout the kingdom, if care can be taken to prevent any imitations being passed off as the Patent Candles; and the Trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, nd Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell. _ _ WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, Dec. 19. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Richard Wrigford Clompit, a tenant of Lord Clifford, was indicted for maliciously wounding three colts, the property of George Gill. Mr. Rowe and Mr. Cox defended the prosecution; Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Stone the defence. Mr. Gill, the prosecutor in this case, had several colts in the care of a farmer of the name of Elias Randall, which were suffered to run upon the slopes of the bank of the river Teign. The case for the prosecution was, that the prisoner, seeing that these colts trespaesed upon his land, had shot at and severely wounded some of them. To prove this, two witnesses were called, who stated that they saw the transaction and 'could swear to the person of the prisoner; and two other men also swore that at a greater distance they saw the transaction, as described by the first witness, but could not speak to the identity of the prisoner, though one of them said ha believed it was him. Joseph Titley, servant to Mr. Quinton, proved the finding of the child. Timothy Casey, police-officer, of Wolverhampton, said—l told Mr. Sherrill there was a Child found, and he said, "Is there ?" He took the fork and pressed on the body. I said, " Don't rupture it, it seems fresh, and has not been long in." I took the body to a public house, and sent to the Coroner. Mr. Foulke, the sur geon, saw it. It was the same child that was taken out of the privy. Cross-examined—lt was partly from the pressure of the fork that I judged how long it had been in. I took Sherrill into custody at the second sitting, in the jury room, by; direction of Colonel Hogg, the deputy chief constable. I had no warrant. By Mr. HUDDLESTONE—Miss Railton was taken into custody on the 12th of November. Sbe was brought to my house about eleven at night. She was crying and very agitated indeed, suffering under much anguish. Miss Raiiton was at my house eleven days. She was very much affected ; the whole time she suffered greatly. My wife was with her, and paid her every attention. I ordered her to do so, as Miss Railton was constantly crying. My wife remained in the room one night at Miss Railton's request. Thomas 11. Foulke—l am a surgeon at Wolverhamp ton. I attended an inquest on the 30th October at the Greyhound, Bell-street, on the body of a female child, which appeared to have been born at or near its full time. The external body was green. I should suppose it had been born about five or six days. I could not perceive any sign of food in the stomach of the child, and do not think it had received any. I found meconium on the body. There was a marked appearance of it. My opinion is that the child was born a ith the head presented. The meconium may have been discharged by pressure after death. The witness then detailed par ticulars of the examination made of Miss Railton. I have no doubt Miss Railton had given birth to a child, within ten or eleven days I should think. Colonel Gilbert Hogg, deputy chief constable of the county—On the 9th November, from information I re ceived, I went to Mr. Quinton's, and saw Mr. Sherriff. I asked him if he knew Miss Railton, the sister in-law of Mr. Darby, the postmaster, and if he had not attended her professionally ? He said he had not. He admitted having given Mr. Hildreth medicine for a female i❑ his house, who he supposed was in the family way. I asked him again if he had mot done so ? He said he did not know Miss Railton, and he had not attended her. On the 11th November I had another interview with him at Mr. Quinton's. I told him I had still reason to believe he attended the party in her confinement, particularly so from information I had received that he applied to Mr. Omberlow for that purpose. He said he did so, but the person for whom he applied was the late cook of Mr. De Ilene, a surgeon in Queen-street. He again repeated that he did not know Miss Railton. I attended the ad journed inquest on the 12th of November, and in con secinenee of what I heard I arrested him, telling him that from the evidence given before the Coroner by the surgeon, I thought it my duty to detain him. On the 9th I went to Mr. Hildreth, who is a printer, and asked him if his sister-in-law, Miss Railton, was staying with him. Ile replied " No, she has left the town since the races, but returned yesterday, and is now with her brother-in-law, at the; post-office." I said I had reason to suppose she had bcen confined in his house ; to which he replied, " It is false ; whoever says so shall be punished for injuring the character of a re spectable female." I asked if he had ever applied to Mr. Sherriff for medicine or advice, and he said he had not. I went to his house again on the 15th November, and arrested Mrs. Hildreth. He said to me, " You are going too far with this business ; you had better let it drop a good deal." This was :Ow I apprehended Mr. Sherriff and Miss Railton, both of whom I had arrested without a warrant, on suspicion of felony. After the inquest on the 12th I went to the post-office, where I found Miss Railton. Mr. Foulke and Mr. Casey were with me. Mr. Darby, the postmaster, married Miss Railton's sister, who is now dead. Before Mr. Foulke examined her, I told her I had reason to believe she had lately been confined, and the child destroyed. She said "Itis a mistake, and not at all the case." Mr. Foulke then went up stairs to Miss Railton, by my direction. After he came down I went up, and saw her. I said the surgeon had told ine she had lately been confined, and I was sorry she had told me a falsehood. Several discrepancies appeared in the eridenc3 by the cross-examination, and the prisoner received an excel lent character from several respectable witnesses, and among others from Lord Clifford, who said that he could be justly proud of his tenants, but of none more than his friend Mr. Clompit. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Henry George Carpenter was indicted for ravishing Elizabeth ilibbert. _ _ _ Mr. Cockburn (who attended specially) and Mr. Stone conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Rowe and Mr. Merivale appeared for the prisoner. The prosecution was instituted by Lord Clifford. The prisoner was a respectable druggist, residing at Chudleigh. Elizabeth Hibbert was a poor girl living with her mother, near that town. She had for some time been unwell, and her mother having lived long in the neighbourhood of Lord Clifford, that nobleman allowed them, as was his habit with regard to the in valided poor, to reside in one of his Lordship's cottages. The girl having been recommended to take medicine had several times gone to the shop of the prisoner to have her prescriptions made up. The prisoner always conducted himself in the most proper manner until the time in question, and then he behaved to her in the way described by the girl in her evidence. Elizabeth Hibbert was examined and said—l am twenty-one years of age, and live with my mother in a cottage belonging to Lord Clifford. On the 22d of October I went to Chudleigh, and about one o'clock in the day I called at the prisoner's shop, and asked him to let me have a box of pills, and I would call again for them. I went away on some business, and called again at his shop in about an hour. He said he had not begun to make the pills, and he asked me to sit clow n , which I did. In answer to a question which he asked me, I told him I had a pain in my stomach. He then asked me different questions, and what I was going to treat him with on my birthday. I said, " Nothing at all." He said, " You may as well give me a glass of ,shrub." I told him I should not give him anything. He then asked me if I would have a drop of peppermint ? I said I did not care if.l did, if he would please to give me some. He had pre viously asked me to have some gin or some shrub, which s m ho in p ut' :n or ci the two, and then l I refused. He then took a glas s , and, emptied something r room white into it from a bottle in th e s h op. He took the glass out came to ofthteheshopb shop. door Het e tw s e to eri ppe th d e a behind. lie said, " Come in here." I went. He told me to sit down, which I did. He then shut the door of the room, and took the glass from oft the table, put his arm round my neck, and said, " Before you drink I must have a kiss." I said, " You shan't, and it I had known this I would not have come in." He then kissed me, and I sipped out of the glass. He said, " Drink, drink ;" and I said " I don't like it." But he pressed me, and I said, " Here's your health," and then I drank about a third of it. I rose from my chair to get out at the door, but he NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, Dec. 19. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) George Dye, aged 17, was indicted for wilfully and maliciously setting fire to a wheat stack, the property of Daniel Watson, of Lurling. Mr. Evans appeared on behalf of the prosecution. The prisoner wag not defended. The prosecutor is an innkeeper at Lurling, and also farms a small quantity of laud. On Sunday night, the 25th of August, the prisoner and five other men had been spending the evening at the prosecutor's house ; they left about half-past nine o'clock, and went up the road together until they came to the turn of the road leading to Hockham. The prisoner then left the other men, saying that he was going to Norwich. They had passed the stack a minute before, and must have seen a blaze if it had then been on fire. Soon after they had parted company with the prisoner, they perceived the reflection of a fire in the direction of the prosecutor's house ; but, thinking it was far off, they did not turn back. About half an hour after the six men had left the prosecutor's house, he was called up by the prisoner, by whom he was informed that there was a fire up the road. lle looked out of his window, and saw his own stack in a blaze. The prisoner made several statements of a con tradictory character, in consequence of which he was detained in custody, and was afterwards examined as a witness against two of the men who had been in his company at the prosecutor's house. The prisoner and the two men were kept in custody for eleven days, but the evidence being insufficient to connect them with the actual perpetration of the offence, they were discharged. However, on Oct. 8, Stephen English, a Suffolk consta ble, was going from Bury to Lud bury in a gig, and about a mile from Bury he overtook the prisoner and two boys, and being requested by the former to take up one of the boys, who he stated was his brother, the constable took the lad up, an ,l drove him five miles. During the ride, the boy told English all about the fire at Lurling, and when the prisoner came up, the constable observed to him how. fortunate he had; been in getting off the fire job so easily. The prisoner replied that he was very Mr. I-I[TDDLESTONE here objected that this remark of Colonel Hoc's- was an inducement to Miss Milton, and therefore her statement was inadmissible as evidence N;,. 16,333. LONDON, SA tURDAY E N G , 4,. , 4 .90 DECEMBER 21 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Ti me or th e EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVER'; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRAMP; and a THIRD EDITION a t SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE, agsinst her. In all cases cited by Judges Gurney, Pat teson, Gazelee, and Littledale, it .. was held that the evi dence was inadmissible. The JUDGE—I shall receive the evidence, subject to a proper case. Examination continued—l arrested Miss Railton, and delivered her to Casey, at his private residence. The lock -up at Wolverhampton is a wretched and miserable place, and I did not take her there on that account, fur I am sorry to see an unfortunate woman in that miserable place. She said, " I am sorry I did not tell you all about it, but what will become of my sister, her seven children, and the poor young man ? At noon, on Sun day three weeks, a person came to me and performed an operation on me, which caused me excruciating pain until a late hour of the night. At night, my sister delivered me of a child, which she killed." I asked, " How do you know it was killed?" She said, "It was born alive, I heard it cry." I asked her what became of it ? She said, " A person came three or four nights after and took it away." She said it was Mr. Sherriff, and added that he had performed a similar operation three or four times in two months, but never with effect until that Sunday. She said she was not ill until the operation had been performed. She was quite well previously. On the 16th I saw her again, in consequence of a note from Casey. This is the note produced. Casey recalled—This note is in my handwriting. I sent it to Colonel Hogg in consequence of Miss Railton telling ase she would like to see him. I said it was late, but she desired to see him, and I wrote the note. Colonel Hogg continued—When I got there I saw her in the same room. She said, "I have been most un happy since I saw you yesterday, lest, from the state of mind I was in, I might have told you anything that is untrue." I then, at her request, repeated what she told me the previous day from my note-book, which I have with me. When I came to the part where she said her sister had killed the child, she said, " Oh, did I say so ? Then I must be mad, and at the time did not know what I was ',saying. My poor sister ; she took the child, rolled it up, took it to the fire, gave it some nourish ment, and it died. My poor sister ! lam sure she felt very much for it." Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEN—I did apply to the Coroner for a warrant, but he refused. I only made one application. Miss Railton was arrested immediately after the Coroner declined to interfere. Henry Wm. Omberlovr, chemist, of Wolverhampton —I remember Mr. Sherriff coming to me, about five months ago. He said he wanted to ask a favour, for me to attend a female who was respectable, and where secresy was required. I said, "Do you want me to pro cure a miscarriage ?" He said, yes. I replied, no in ducement would cause me to do it. He said the party would "some down." Wm. Quinton, surgeon, of Queen-street, Wolverhamp ton—The back part of my premises are in Castle -street. Sherriff was my assistant. I have seen Hildreth at my surgery frequently, from August to September. I asked Sherrill the object of Hildreth's visits. He told me Ilil dreth wished him to procure the abortion of a highly respectable female, who would be confined in a room of llildreth's kouse, the greatest secresy to be observed, and mox e y i n i o e o a s b k j eecdt. toe l i tn fh wouldl ls h t take s the e t e h a e 25th of s e.I replied, Au gust.l ied, " I will have nothing to do with it." Mr. Sherriff came to me on the 28th of October, and said, " There is a child found in the privy in the yard." I went out and saw the body, which I should think had been there three or four days. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEN—I saw Mr. Hildreth at my surgery twenty times or more. The first time was on the 18th of August. On the 25th I spoke to Sher riff about it for the first time. When I saw Hildreth on the 13th of November, he said he had called upon Sher riff about selling him some books. After some further evidence, Mr. IIUDDLESTONE submitted that there was no case to go to the jury against Miss Railton, as her own state ment was the only thing which affected her, and it was questionable whether that was legal advice. The JUDGE—I think there is evidence to go_ to the jury. Messrs. Yardley, Allen, and Huddlestone severally addressed the jury for the prisoners, who received exem plary characters from pe rsons o f the highest grade of Wolverhampton. Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up the voluminous evidence in a most minute manner, pointing out to the jury the law as it regarded each and all of the prisoners. The jury retired at nine o'clock, and on their return in half an hour Acquitted all the prisoners, which, the re porter adds, was received with applause in Court. There is another indictment against Sherriff. NEWINGTON SESSIONS. (Before T. PUCKLE, Esq., Chairman, and a full Bench of Magistrates.) On Thursday, a special sessions was held at the Court house, Newington, before Mr. Puckle and a full Bench of Magistrates, under the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 101, to adjudicate upon the applications under the bastardy clauses of the Poor-law Amendment Bill. The applica tions were very numerous, and in all the cases whi c h came before the Court, with one exception, in which the Magistrates thought there was not sufficient evidence, the putative fathers were ordered by the Magistrates to pay 2s. 6d. per week for their respective offsprings, from the time of the first application for the summons, exclu sive of costs varying from 20s. to 30s. The new bastardy clauses of the Act came into opera tion on the 9th of August last, and Mr. Boxer, the chair man of the board of guardians for St. George's, South wark, was in attendance to watch the eases and the working of the Act. In one of the cases before the Bench, Mr. PUCKLE, the chairman, asked Mr. Ware. the magistrates' clerk, in the event of the father not paying the costs, could he re cover them from the female ? Mr. Ware replied in the affirmative. 111 r. JonssoN (the magistrate)—Yes ; and a more cruel, harsh, and unjust measure than these bastardy clauses never passed the Legislature; and the more I see of them, the more am I satisfied that they amount to a total denial of justice, and hold out a temptation to crime. llere is the absurdity and cruelty of the law—the third section gives the justices power to make an order on the putative father, and to enforce the same by distress or committal, after one month from the date of the order. The father has the power of appeal to the sessions; in which case the whole of the expenses must fall upon the unfortunate female—she must find travelling expenses, lawyer, counsel, witnesses; and she is probably poor and friendless, ignorant, and totally unacquainted with the law. From the cruel operation of these clauses, the worthy magistrate said, that in three cases out of four the appellant would be successful, and get off without having to maintain his child.:Then, again, as to the hard ship of the case, the parish officers would formerly assist the female, and compel the father to support his illegiti mate child; but here, under the seventh section, the pa rish officers are, under a penalty, positively pro hibited from interfering; the words are, they shall not interfere in any respect." Again, the eighth section declares the parish officers to be guilty of a misdemea nour if they in any way endeavour to force the man, or persuade him to do an act of justice by marrying the female. And yet the mother is punishable for the neglect or desertion of her bastard child, and may be committed to prison. He (the worthy magistrate) repeated that it was a monstrous denial of justice ; and he was at a loss to know how the Legislature could expect the magistrate could conscientiously administer justice by enforcing the provisions of such a law. Mr. WARE said the Act was altogether incomprehen sible. Mr. PUCKLE (the Chairman)—lt is extremely defec tive and loosely worded, and exceedingly vague in its meaning. The other Justices fully concurred, and the matter then dropped. A female applied to the magistrates for a warrant to enforce the payment of an order of 2s. Gd. per week, made upon the father of her child at the last sitting of the bench. The father only laughed at the order when served on him, and said he would pay when he was made to pay, and not before. Mr. JOHNSON—Did you demand payment at the tiirie ycu gave the order to the father? Applicant—No, Sir; I told him it was your worship's order, and he only laughed at it. Mr. JOHNSON said she ought to have demanded the amount at the time of serving the order. The applicant said she was really ignorant how to act. Mr. JOHN SON —There can be no doubt of it. how are these poor creatures to know the working of these monstrous laws ? The man may well afford to laugh at the Magistrate's orders. The fathers of illegitimate children might get out of the way, or put the female to an enormous expense by appealing to the sessions. No wonder that illegitimate children were on the increase. The worthy Magistrate again condemned the clauses of the new Poor•law Amendment Bill relative to bastards as an act of inhumanity and injustice. Mr. Pt CKLE remarked that -hitherto the appeals had been very few. Mr. JOHNSON—There were two last sessions, and bow many we may eventually have from the whole county it is impossible to foresee. The Magistrates were unanimous in condemning these clauses of the new Poor-law Amendment Act, and said that part of them were totally incomprehensible and absurd. In one case a man said he had so many illegitimate children that he really could not afford to pay fur any more. He was ordered to pay 2s. GI per week and 2Cs. costs. INCENDIARISM.—A few nights ago, a large cow house, containing a quantity of reed and straw, situate at Great Elm, near Frome, the property of the Rev. Dr. Griffiths, was entirely consumed by fire ; and there is no doubt it was the vile act of an incendiary, as the build ing was at a considerable distance from any other pre mises.—Wiltshire Independent. 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A.- - . 1 ; 1, ) :. - " , -- ---- ' - ,,m -,,,,- t ' br- 4 -• .., ,; *-- ..,..., -R ' 4 ..:).. li . .......' 0 - x. ‘ , ..' , .i. 5 '•- •; '% - - , ('''''',- -A '' '). ' 'a' 'L ..!' ..:, •=- - -:;k ,-. " k ako.., , V,L'a , 7' j; ...‘""'" .... °7 T ' -' .i. 7 misemer.-Innenowacrocormicatamswenseass, _ ~~~i.~2_ ~~ J UDGESat the CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, 1845. The following is a list of the Judges who will preside in rotation at the sittings of the Central Criminal Court during the year 1845, up to the commencement of Michaelmas Term : January B.—The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer (Sir Frederick Pollock), Mr. Justice Patteson, and Mr. Justice Erie. February s.—Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Wil liams, and Mr. Justice Cresswell. March s.—The Judges of the Norfolk and North Wales Circuits. April 9.—Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Coltman. May 14.—The Lord Chief Justice Denman, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Coltman. June 18.—The Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Justice Patteson, and Mr. Baron Gurney. July 9.—The Judges of the Norfolk and North Wales Circuits. August 20.—Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Justice Cresswell. September 17.—Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Wight man, and Mr. Justice• Erie. October 29.—The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer (Sir Frederick Pollock), Mr. Justice Coleridge, and Mr. Justice Maule. IRELAND. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT. DUBLIN, DEC. 19.—The following is the opinion of the law officers of the Crown upon the case submitted by direction of the Lord-Lieutenant, in consequence of the representation made by Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, who had transmitted to his Ex cellency the published opinion of Mr. O'Connell respect ing the operation of the Charitable Bequests Act as re gards the regular clergy in Ireland : " QUERIES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 7 AND 8 VICT., C. 97 (CHARITABLE BEQUESTS BILL, IRELAND), FOR THE OPINION OF THE RIGHT HON. THE AT TORNEY AND THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL. " First,—Whether the provisions of the 10 Geo. 4, cap. 7, which are referred to in the 15th sec., of the Charitable Donations and Bequests Act, render any donation or bequest to any member or members of any religious order or community in the said provisions men tioned unlawful ? " Secondly—Whether the Charitable Donations and Bequests Act is calculated to prejudice or raise any doubt, by implication or otherwise, as to the pre-exist ing rights of any member or members of such religious order or community as aforesaid ? And if it be, what alterations would it be desirable to have made in the Act, for the purpose of preventing such implication or doubt ? " Thirdly—lf a devise, donation, or bequest for cha ritable purposes be invalid, as being contrary to the policy of the law, would it be the duty of the Commis sioners to sue for the recovery of the same, and apply it to other charitable purposes —or how should it be reco vered or disposed of ?" " OPINION.--(COpy.) " First—There is no provision in the Roman Catholic Relief Act, making devises, donations, or bequests to, or in trust for, religious orders, communities, or societies of men of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows, unlawful. But a court of equity would not enforce a trust in favour of such a religious com munity, as it would be against the policy of 10 Geo. IV., cap. 7. " We are, however, of opinion that the 10 Geo. IV., cap. 7, does not, either expressly or by implication, ren der a devise, donation, or bequest to a member of mem bers of such religious order unlawful. A devise, dona tion, or bequest to a member of such religious order, for his own use, or upon any trust not contrary to law, would, in our opinion, be valid. " Secondly—We are of opinion that the 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 97, has not in this respect made any alteration in the law, fled that it is not calculated to prejudice or raise any doubt, by implication or otherwise, as to the pre existing rights of any member or members of such reli gious order or community. " The 22d section provides that nothing herein con tained shall be taken to avoid or render unlawful any donation, devise, or bequest which but for this Act would be lawful, except as to the time within which the deed, will, or instrument containing such donation, de vise, or bequests for pious or charitable uses is hereinbe fore required to be executed and registered.' " This latter part of the section, as to the time within which the instrument is to be executed, refers to the 16th clause of the Act, which clause applies to members of the Established Church, to Roman Catholics, and to all Dissenters. "Notwithstanding the enactment in the 22d section, above mentioned, it has been suggested that the proviso at the end of the 15th section contains an express legis lative declaration that a devise, donation, or bequest to a member of a religious order is illegal—we do not concur in this opinion. '• The 15th section of the Act was intended to facili tate the endowment of the Roman Catholic secular clergy —and we are of opinion that the proviso in that section was added to prevent any question being raised that it authorised a donation, devise, or bequest to the com missioners and their successors for the benefit of any but secular clergy. " The proviso does not, in our opinion, either expressly or by implication, render illegal any donation, devise, or bequest, which but for the passing of the Act would have been lawful. The 22d section of the Act renders this construction of the proviso quite clear. The sta tute confers no benefit on the regular clergy—but it , creates no disability, either expressly or by implication. " Thirdly—lf a charitable donation, devise, or be quest be invalid, as being contrary to the policy of the law, it belongs to tho Crown to dispo,e of it by the sign manual fbr such legal charitable purposes as to the Crown may seem proper. And when it belongs to the Crown, by sign manual, to dispose of property given or devised for charitable purposes, the proceedings should be an information filed by the Attorney-General, and not a suit by, or in the name of, the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests.—Attorney -General ♦. Mathews, 2 Levine, 167 ; Clifford v. Francis, Free man's Equity Reports (Ed. 1823), p. 130 ; Attorney- General v. Syderfin, 1, Vernon, 224 ; Moggeridge v. Thackwell, 7 Vesey, p. 74. " It is to be observed, that by the former Charitable Bequests Act (40 George 111 , c. 75, Irish), in case it should be inexpedient, unlawful, or impracticable to ap ply a charitable donation, devise, or bequest, strictly according to the directions and intentions of the donor or donors, the Commissioners were authorised to apply the same to such charitable and pious purposes as they should judge to be nearest and most conformable to the directions and intentions of the donor or donors. " This enactment is omitted from the Act of last ses sion. "T. B. C. SMITH. " Dec. 13, 1844." " RICH. W. GREENE. MEETING IN THE DOMINICAL CHAPEL. There was a very numerous meeting held this day, in Denmark-street Chapel. Alderman Staunton presided. After resolutions were passed, strongly condemnatory of the Charitable Bequests Act, Mr. O'CoNxem, addressed the meeting. He com menced by adverting to the Extraordinary Gazette of last ni g ht. When he last epoke in opposition to the board, he did not know how it was constituted. Now he had the names of its members officially announced, and any remarks which he had to make in reference to the Catholic I'relates who had consented to act upon it, should be with the great respect and veneration.— (Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was a triumph of one portion of the Catholic community over another, and ho was one of the defeated party. This was regarded as a triumph by the Government, who could not wait to announce it in the ordinary course, but adopted the mode used in time of war—they announced their victory in an Extraordinary Gazette.— (Hear, hear.) He regretted not been able to agree in opinion with these venerated prelates; but, after all, they were like himself only fallible men, aud, with great respect, he expressed his opinion that they were in error. He feared that the Bill would have the effect of seriously checking Catholic bequests. Men would not like to hare their affairs ran sacked by a board, the majority of which were hostile to his religious belief. Mr. O'Connell stated that he had seen a letter from Rome, and from a quarter entitled to the most implicit credence, stating that a Mr. William Peter, an English agent, was in that city negotiating a concordat with England, in connexion with the Austrian envoy. ANOTHER MURDER IN TIPPERARY. The Evening Post contains the following:—" A letter, we understand, has been received in town, announcing the lamentable intelligence that another murder has been committed in the northern division of Tipperary. The victim of agrarian crime, in this instance, was Mr. Henry Carden, who resided near Templemore. It was stated that he was fired at yesterday, and died soon after. No details are given. The Tipperary papers contained I some weeks since accounts of proceedings on the part of IMr. Carden against some tenantry." ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN MEATII.—A letter from Athboy states that an attempt at assassination was made in that neighbourhood. An extensive grazier, whose name we have not learned, went out yesterday evening, accompanied by his brother to look at some cattle, when they were fired upon. The brother, it is stated, was wounded, but we hope not dangerously. FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF LlMERlCK.—There mains of the late Earl of Limerick, with those of the late Lord Glentworth, grandson, and Lady Mary Pery, daughter of his Lordship, will arrive at Limerick, on Saturday, and be laid iu state at the family mansion, in Henry-street, until Monday morning, from whence they will be conveyed for interment in St. Mary's Cathedral, followed by the executors and relatives of the deceased. A Cunfous ESCAPE FROM SIIIPWRECK.—As an out ward bound vessel was bearing up for this port on Tues day evening, she was driven by the fury of the storm, bowsprit foremost, en Creden Head, with such force that the bowsprit was shivered in atoms. The recoil sent her back some hundred 3 ards from the rock, and, notwith standing the fearful concussion, she was enabled to reach this port in per feet safety.— Waterford Chronicle. DEATH OF A FEMALE WHILST WATCIIING A ConrsE.—Last evening Mr. Baker held en inquest at the Gun tavern, Gm,-docks, Wrapping, on view of the body of Eleanor Thomas, aged seventy-five years. It appeared by the evidence of a brother of the deceased that on Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, the deceased was sent for by some neighbours residing in Well-street, Wapping, to sit up during the night with the corpse of their mother. She was then in her usual apparent good health. About four o'clock in the morn ing deceased was suddenly seized with illness. Her brother was sent for, and she w as removed to her own house in Gun-street, in an apparently lifeless state. Mr. Betson, a surgeon, was in a few minutes in attendance, but, upon examination, he pronounced life to be quite extinct. The gentleman said he attributed death to an attaA of spasms in the stomach. Verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. The Earl and Countess of Kenmare left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Thursday, for Dover. ~~, PUBLICATIONS. BUIL D ING SOCIETIES —TUBULAR SEWERAGE. THE BUILDER, No. 98, of THIS DAY, con thins Two beautiful Illustrations of 0:d English Chairs—Wil loughby Wilton's Third Letter on Building Societies—The Construc tion of Nand-rails, with Three Illustrations—Tubular Sewerage— Model Houses for the Dffiouring Classes—Caution to Builders—Me tropolitan Improvement Society—Notices of Contracts, Tenders, Competitions, Timber Sales, &c.; and the Architectural News of the week. 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