The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-10 00:00:00

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Robeit Huggins Smith, an elderly seaman, was indicted LATEST PRICES OF SHARES for obtaining, by false pretences, of John Allan, St. )111331 TER EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY.IN RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND himpaul's_ churchyard, three sovereigns, with intent to cheat GLOVI6E.-It becomes increasingly manifest that, in the The prisoner represented 'himself to OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. of the same. case of wealthy offenders, the public justice of the country requires to be guarded against evasion by more stringent se- Mr. John Allan as a particular friend of his brother's , curities than are at present provided by t he law. -ion- We do not residing in Rotterdam, who, however, denied all know- From the Official List, object to the discretion vested in mag istrates to take bail; al- ledge Of him. though, in most instances, this dis cretion o p erates in favour of Mr. BALLANTYNE took several objections to the in- PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. the rich, while the poor person is seldom able to obtain the re- rlictment, which were overruled by the Court, and the quired sureties, and is therefore comp elled to remain j in prison jury finding the prisoner Guilty, he was sentenced to LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 7. until his trial. That which is req uisite to secure the appear- nine months' imprisonment. RAILWAYS. ance of the party is, in the great majority of cases, lost sight John and Margaret Murphy, aged 20 and 49, were of by the committing magistrate. The amount of bail which indicted, the former for stealing a hundred yards of Dividend Amount would be deemed heavy, if not oppressive, the the case of a Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. working man, is of trifling import to one of higher classes printed cotton value 50s;, the property of Jonathan Annum. Stare. of society.. It is, therefore, obvious that for the security of Crocker, his master ' ; and Margaret (who is his mother) equal justice in the administration of the !awe, the amount of with feloniously receiving the same, knowing it to be 4 s. d. £' s. d. th e recognizances in which partie s are held for the a pp earance stolen. It appeared that the ma l e pri soner was formerly ahesale-en ••••• • • • • • - - 1210 0 3 Birmingham & Gloster Si. as. posh. 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 134 a a prisoner at the sessions or assizes, there to answer the in the employ of Messrs. Crocker and Co., of Friday- Ditto, New, 155.71 dis. 15s. 25 0 0 17 10 0 3314 charge on which he is committed, should bear a reason- street, Cheapside, as light porter •; and on the 27th of Brighton,Lews,&llast. - 50 0010 0 0 10 able proportion to the nature of the charge and his position December last the property mentioned above was missed, Bristol and Exeter.. • • 2/.l6s.per sh. 100 0 0' 70 0 0 8234 in society. Where this rule is not observed, the preliminary Ditto and Gloucester - 50 0 0 30 0 0 59% and suspicion falling upon the prisoner, he was taken proceedings are a delusion. The prosecutor is subjected to - 150 o o 50 0 714 into custody by Daniel Forester, on the 10th of January. Caledonian "• • •"• ' • much inconvenience and expense in preparing for and at- '2anibridge and Lincoln - - 25 0 0 110 0 4 tending the court, to perform the duty cast upon him ; and Two duplicates were found on his person, and it was Chatham & Prtsmouth - 20 0 0 10 0 - 50 0 0 5 0 0 8% he is frequently mocked by the escape of the prisoner, through proved that the prisoners were the parties who pledged Chester and Holyhead Chichester & Brighton - - 5 0 0 6 the neglect of the magistrate,who was bound by his office to use the articles. Churnet Valley .• ••• • • - 20 • o 20 0 7% due caution that the ends of justice were not frustrated by his The jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they were Cornwall .... - - 13 0 0 534 means. These observations are not of a mere general cha• sentenced to seven years' transportation. Direct Northern• ••• • • - 50 o 0 , 210 0 2% rector. They originate in, and are designed to apply to, a Henry Whitten was convicted of stealing a shoe, and Direct oi,,, If orwlch ••• • • • - 21 00 .1 1 0 0 1% ,Iteceles, & Ynnth - 25 0 0 1 110 0 i 114 glaring defeat of Justice by the escape of a person charged sentenced to seven years' transportation. Before sentence Dub . lin & Belfast June. - 50 00i210 0 , 6% with a very serious offence, through the facilities afforded was passed the prisoner's mother, who happened to be in Ditto and Galway • • - - 1210 0 ' 2% by insufficient bail. In November last the daughter of a court, hoped his lordship would be merciful.-The Com- Eastern Counties ..... 4s. per sh. 25 0 0!14 16 0 1 18% wealthy medical gentleman at Brentwood was charged with Do.,Perpetual, No.l 51. per et. 613 4 ! 313 41 1 pm. stealing a considerable quantity of silk, the property of non Ser a said the blame principally rested on her , Ditto, ditto, No. 2. • • - - 1 013 4 'l4 pm. for not bringing him up better.-On being removed from scoters Union ..... 50 0 0 10 0 0 1934 Messrs. Taylor, drapers, of that town. The mode in - which the robbery was alleged to have been perpe- the Court (as ordered by the Common Sergeant) she ex- Edinburgh & Gtasgew 21. As. p. att. 50 0 0 50 0 0 64 Ditto, Quarter Shares 113.3 d. p. sit. 12 10 0 12 10 0 16 Crated was not less artful than flagitious. A flies- claimed, in a pitiful tone, " Oh , , my poor dear boy-good Ely end Bedford .•• • • - 25 0 0 1 1 5 0 1% aage was sent to the tradesmen, directing that a number of bye !" " Good bye, mother ! ' returned the prisoner in Grand Connection •• • - 50 0012 10 0 rolls of silk, of different colours, should be sent to the house a tone which set the Court in a roar of laughter. Grand Junction .• •• ,• 101. per et. .100 0 0 i lOO 0 0 224 of the accused party's father, for inspection. They were sent. Francis Sheargokl, agod 43, pleaded guilty to tho Ditto ' H . Half Shares.. 10/ per ot. 50 0050 0 0 112 Ditto Quarter Shares 101. per et. 25 0 01 25 0 0 The youth by whom they were conveyed was desired to leave charge of embezzling and stealing the sum of 3 /. 15 s. and Gt • So ut hern &Western - 50 0 0 50 0 113¢ them. The whole of the rolls were returned, with an intimation 51. 75. , of William Taylor, his master.-Judgment ar - tlreat.NorthorEnaland 31.55 . 100 0 0 ,100 el 0 181 that none of them would suit, and with a request to the trades - rested until next session. Ditto, New.• •••• • • • - 40 0 0 ' 5 0 0 413 men that others might be sent. Some circumstances induced • • ;rem Western - • a belief that the pieces of silk, when returned , were short N Ditto, Half Shares- 7/.per cont. 50 0 0 80 0 0 101 POLICE INTELLIGE CE. Ditto, Fifths...-. • • 71. per cent, 20 0 0 20 0 0 , 40 of the quantities which left the shop. The precaution was therefore taken of carefully measuring and placing distinctive ( SATURDAY.) Anilfbrd Junction. •• • • - 50 0035 0 0 marks en the- pieces which constituted those sent on the se - WORSH I P - STREET. Harwich •• ••••.• • • • • • - 1 20 0 0 1 0 0 1% Hull and Selby .• • • cond occasion. These rolls we r e a l so re t urn ed, and were Mary Pritchard, altas Flaxmon, a decent-looking Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10 0 2034 immediately examined. A deficiency in several of the lengths woman, who is employed with several others at the Ex- Kendal to Windermere - 25 0 0 110 0 534 Leeds and Carlisle was detected. One of the principals forthwith proceeded to case-office in book sewing, at 14s. per week wages, was having Liverpool an i d s .. 3 r i a a d u ror ch t. - 50 0018 0 0 3334 50 0 0 4 0 0 21 the house, and the object of his visit was stated. The charge brought up for final examination upon a charge of . t . r 101. - et. 100 0 0 100 0 0 % was, of course, denied. But, strong in his conviction that feloniously intermarried with Henry Flaxman, a gas Ditto, l Half Shares lOl. per per et. 50 0 0 50 0 0 the grounds of his accusation were but too valid, he in- Ditto, Quarter Shares 101. per ct. 25 0 0 25 0 0 worker, her former husband, a rough•looking seaman, sieted on passing up stairs to a room whence he heard a'Amdon & Birmingham 101. per et. - Stock. 232 noise, which convinced him that it was the scene of who informed the magistrate that he had been "twenty- Ditto, Now Thirds lOl. per et. 32 0 0 20 0 4234 bustle and alarm. The embers of what had manifestly e i g ht y ears before the mast," being still living. Ditto, New 14 Share. 101. per et. 15 0 0 2 0 0 29 been a quantity of silk, recently consumed, were found on the The pris o ner was married thirteen y ears a g o at Shore- London and Illackwall - 16 13 4 - 734 fire and on the hearth. Other strongly corroborative evi- ditch Church to Pritchard, the sailor, and three children London and Brighton ll. Os. per sh. AO 0 0 50 0 0 64% Ditto, Loan Notes .sl.percent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13% dence was adduced, and the accused lady was committed for were born at intervals between his voyages. For nearly London Ind Greenwich - 12 15 4 - 11 trial at the sessions. Bail was, however, taken for the ap- five years past the sailor has been entirely absent, hay- Ditto, Pref. or Priv 5/.pgr cent. IS 17 2 - 24% pearanco of the prisoner, and she was released. At the ses- ing, according to his own account, been voyages in the London and S. Western 3/. As. per sh. 41 610 -- 79 stone, the illness of the lady was urged upon the Court as a mean time to Calcutta, New Zealand, and other parts of Ditto, New Bths - 40 0 0 6 0 0 23 reason for postponing the trial ; and the recognizances were 50 0 0 210 0 12% the world. Upon his return home lately, however, he :.,ender and Cro . yden . ... 10s. - per sk. 13 15 9 18% enlarged, and an arrangement was entered into that - sought . for his wife, and found her living at Haggerstone Ditto, Guarntd. sp. e. - 90 0 40 0 514 the accused party should be tried at the Winter As -London and York.• •• • - 50 0 5 210 9 6% with Henry Fl ixmnan. The latter asserted that she was size. The Winter Assize came in due course, but not Lynn and Ely ••• • • • - 25 0 0 210 0 544 so the accused lady. Some ingenious pretext was his wife, " lawfully" married to him. " Well," said the. .• anchester and Leeds 41. 7s, 6d. p. s. 100 0 0 70 0 0 148 urged ; the trial was postponed ; and t h e r e co gn izan c es sailor, "if that is the case, she belongs to a pair of us ;" 1 1: t i t. tte, Half 3lu s tr h es • • 11.175.6d.p.5. 50 0 0 32 0 0 6734 Dit . t ( o ) ' again enlarged. The 'Spring Assize arrived. The Court and having ascertained, by inquiry, that the second 4s. 25 0 0 20 0 16 ?S t ix a t r e te et r ithr s • - 65 0 15 0 7% was opened "with the usual solemnities." The grand jury marriage had actually taken place, he returned and gave Manchestr & Binning. 21. per share 40 0- 0 40 0 6534 were charged, and had retired to their chamber ; and Mr. the prisoner in charge to a police constable. Ditto, Quarter Shares - 10 0 o 4 o e 1244 Straight, the deputy clerk of assize, called upon Helen The registers of the two marriages were produced. mal ari a ....... ...... 41. 4s. per sh. - Stock. 12834 Mackril Richardson to surrender to take her trial. No Ditto, Fifths .• ••• • • 2 0 0 334 - - Flaxman, the second husband, proved very reluctantly s Ditto, Birm.& Derby 21.135. perch, - Stock. 26% answer was, however, returned. A bench warrant was ap- & Berwick plied for by Mr. Ryland for the apprehension of the fugitive that, about a year and a half ago, he married the pri- - 25 0 0 110 0 15 sorter at Hoxton, believing her to be a widow, as she re- Newestle & Dan. June. 6s. 25 0 0 94 0 0 4434 rrontjustice. This was, however, but capping the climax. 25 0 0 10 0 0 1634 An officer proceeded to Brentwood with ali imaginable speed. Pherself. She Presented had been an excellent wife, he North British •.•• • • • • - Northern and Eastern . Si. 5 8 . 10 0 0 45 0 0 1 60% He had, we need hardly say, his labour for his pains. The said, and they had an infant now at the breast. Ditto, Scrip, iss. 5.1. d. 15s. , '500025 0 0 1 4414 lady-as was well known to every one but those who A female witness also proved this marriage , but there Ditto, Quarter Aintree - 11210012 10 0 16% , o ught to have foreseen, and guarded against, such an were no witnesses to prove the prisoner's identity in the North Kent • • - 50 0 0 2150 1 3% Norwich and Brandon. - 20 0 0 ; 10 0 0 1 16% event---was safely lodged in some distant retreat, where she first. Ditto, New.........- 10 0 0 1 1 0 41 1 434 was not likely to be discovered, and where, if discovered, the The prisoner admitted her marriage with the sailor .ortsmcuth Direct.... - 50 00,2 10 0 , 2 warrant of the Court was powerless. We can understand, Pritchard, and that site had three children by him ; but Preston and Wyre •• • • - 80 0 0 50 0 0 : 26% and readily excuse, the feelings of the respectable parent afehmna& W. E Jane. - 20 0 0 1 0 0 , 3% she declared that, fur many years, he had exceedingly who has chosen rather to pay the amount of the recogni- - 20 0 0 100 i 3% ill-used her, and that she had never received anything Ditto, 2,1 Pref., 1842 - 25 0 0 25 0 0 zanies into which lie and his friend entered for the appear- from him, - 25 0 0 1 1 5 0 , 1% nnce in Court of his child. But these private feelings, how- Sheftield & Manchestr Si. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 . i 82 10 0 ever amiable and natural, ought not to be recognised by the ago, she said, he used her so badly, that two warrants Ditto, Quarter Shares 25 0 0 1 8 0 0 13 magistrate, however much they may he commisserated by the were issued against him from this court, but he then Shrws.,Welv.,Dad.,Bir - 50 0012 10 0 ' 334 man. It is because of the strength of those feelings, and the went away , and she had never seen him since, until he .south Devon ......... - 50 00110 0 0 17 ability of the individual to pay for their indulgence, unless now came and gave her into cust o dy. . South-Eastern & nogg 1/. Is. 33 24 1 - : 41% • , Ditto, New iss.32l.dis - t , o 001 80 0 164 truardett against by the amount of the required sureties, that Mr. Broughton told her that, if she had not married South Wales - Stevenson's Prtsznotith - 1 210 0 : 834 we contend for the propriety of regulating the bail by the again until after seven years' absence of her husband, she - - 210 0 1 234 position in society of the party in whose behalf it is tenuered. - 19 A 8 - would not he punished for bigamy ; but not more than Shames e l a ra a l i l i , d y Med7: 1734 The: object proposed is to secure the production of the s aricouth , & Norwich • - 20 0 • 20 0 . 2134 two years elapsed when she contracted the second mar prisoner at the trial. That object the magistrate is bound to • - 1 20 0 0 ':•0 0 0 23 image. Her own aeknowledgment of the first marriage Duo, New... effect by the means which the law has placed within his - !20 0 0 80 0 , 15% now taken in writing, was sufficient, with the other York & North 311,11mul 101. per et. 50 0 0 50 0 8 ' 103 discretion. Increased precautions are also called for in the proofs, and he now committed her to take her trial for Ditto, Half Shares lO/. per et. I 25 0 0 2i 0 0 52 case of witnesses. These are "bound over "by the com mitting magistrate to appear and give evidence before the the bigamy, admitting her to bail, however, in two sure- Do., Searliro'llnutch Ditto, S' ,•11,y Scrip - 1 2.5 0 0 20 0 0 42% - '5O 0 0 20 0 0 6734 grand jury, and if the bill Ise found, at the trial of the pri- ties of 401. each. Ditto, Extension - 215 0 0 1 3 0 15% soner. Bat the amount of recognizances ought to be regu- MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Boulogne 1111,1 Amiens - 20 0 0 2 0 0 11 lased by the rank and condition of the accused-the nature John Stock, cab driver, was brought up for final exa- ct. Northern or France - 20 0 0 40 0 6% of the charge-and the circumstances of the witnesses. . Orleans and Viorxon mination, charged . with having been - concerned with an- Orleans & Bounleaux - 20 0 0 20 0 1634 Unless these bs taken into account, the recognizances, so far other man, not in custod in attempt to rob and Paris and Lyons.- ..• - 20 0 0 20 0 9% as ensuring the ends of justice by a due prosecution of the • 3, an murder Mr. Charles Green, of No. 40, Bernick-street. Pans and Strasbourg - 20 0 0 20 0 3% -2000 2 0 0 3 charge-are, not worth a straw. Should getting the principal Paris and Orleans - 20 o 0 20 0 0 5) wanks or witnesses out of the way be deemed advisable, and The prosecutor, who is a tall stout man of gentle- Paris and ROULII ..• •• • V. 20 0 0 20 0 0 45 they b.! of the class who may be acted upon by a bribe, manly appearance, had a large wound just above the It urn and ?lime • • - 20 • 0, 14 0 0 3214 this mode of evading justice is rendered perfectly easy. The temple. On being sworn, he said I am a merchant's accused will then surrender to take his trial, if a bill has been clerk. Last Friday week I had been drinking freely, JOINT -STOCIL ZANIES. found-quits aware that the witness on whose evidence the and on my return homewards, about half-past ten o'clock, case rests has disposed of himself; or, if the imputed crime be I went into a public-house in Great Russell-street and felony, and the bill is to be presented to the grand jury a Name of Company. at the called for glass of gin and water. While I was at the Dividend Amennt per of Paid. Prim, same sasiions or assizes as their trial 'WM appointed to take h,.. v .1, a man came up to me and asked ms if I wanted a Annum. Share. place, the accused is equally at ease. His wealthy friends have, interposed, and the witness or witnesses on whose evidence cab. I told him I d i d not, hut he continued to intrude 1 the charge against him rests, fail to appear. The Court pro- his conversation e. on m I drank part of the gin and A u st ra l as i a .. •••• . . • . 8/. p er cent. .Z s. A. .t a. (1. 40 0 0 40 0 0 44•74 htritsh North American 6/. per eent. 50 0 0 60 0 0 45% nounces it " a very extraordinary proceeding ;" and the ac- water, and thinking it would be the means of getting rid cased party leaves the hall of justice amid the congratulations of the man, I left the rest of the gin and water fur him C' it et Londo . n . 5 5 1 1 .. pc p z cent. nt. 100 100 0 0 0 0 20 25 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 of friends. These scenes have become of frequent recurrence, to drink. 1 then left the house, but the man followed 'sma l l and ies .. t . l ........... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27% and, whenever they do occur, interfere with the impartial ad- me, and I walked on into Tottenham-court-road and London Joint-Stock... 81. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1434 ministration of justice. Until the Legislature shall interpose, went into the Blue Posts public-house and called for an- *Metropolitan ••.•• • • • • - 25 0 0 710 0 and by the appointment of a public prosecutor`, relieveprivate Vrovincial , of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 10,3 0 0 25 41 0 45 p other glass of gin and water. The man followed nrs into pat o , aew......... el. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 individuals from the expense, and preserve public justice the house, and wanted me to treat him. I yielded to his im- National of Ireland .. AL per cent. AO 0 0 17 10 0 16% from the danger of having its course interrupted by the pre • nortunity and did treat him to some gin and water. To the Nat. Prov , ncial of Eng. 51. per cont. 100 0 0 3,5 0 1,1 vs sent system, let magistrates use the discretion with which , ' Ditto, New... • ..... I Al. per cent. 20 41 010 0 0 best of my knowledga I left the public-house shortly they are invested, and apportion the amount of bail for. tke union of Australia •. • . - 25 0 0 24 0 0 26% appearance of prisoners, where the offence imputed is bail- afterwards, and the prisoner continued to follow me and union of L0nd0n..... At. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1234 able, and also the recognizances of witnesses in the case, by to urge me to take a cab. The man was then joined by • the principles we have ventured to prescribe; and the evil a second person, but I cannot say positively that the• INSITRA.NCE COMPANIZUL will be mitigated, if not wholly removed. prisoner is that man. To got rid of the man I crossed STANDARD.-Mr. Williams has not mulch reason to over and went down Crown-street, intending to go by Dividend Amount , exult in the effect of his a tt e mpt to i n sult the Duke of way of Sutton-street, hut, owing to the drink I had taken, Name oe Company. per of raid. Price. Newcastle. His display of last night did not greatly mend I suppose I mistook the turning, and went down George Annum. Share. his condition, while it gave to the Earl of Lincoln an oppor- yard. I have, however, no distinct recollection of the - - - tunity of performing the difficult task of pronouncing a more Albi on . ...... .. 31. 10s. 5 4 00 s 9 d e . 4 60 1 9 4 0 . 7 cause of my going down 0 e urge-yard. but I distinctly re handsome and eloquent vindication of himself rind of collect that when in George-yard I-received a violent aniance .. Brit.. • . and For. 16361; per.peri ec l at.. cent,i,r s i . 1 1 50 0 00 0 0 0 0 00 0 l is t 00 0 (1 0 1 1 : 5 11 % his noble father, than on Thursday- a more con- blow on the head, which deprived me of my senses. Ditto Mariac.• ••• . . piste vindieation was impossible. Mr. Hume, too, When I regained my recollection I was in Dr. Kenny's At " came out very honourably last night, and fairly left the British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 60 0 7 Member for C.',oventry upon his back, explaining that lie clericl,3led.&Gen.Life 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 5 % surgery having my wound dressed. The blow had di (Mr. Hume) had dissuaded his friend from making the vided the temporal artery, and I lost a quantity of County ••• . - • ....... 31. 100 0010 0 0 motion, and had earnestly advised him "to be sure of blood. I cannot swear that the prisoner at the bar i s crown .............. r 9s. and i his facts," of which it appeared, by Mr. Ilume's admix- one of the men who followed me about. On the follow- ;taste --• • • . i 61.55. bs. 40 0 0 5 0 0 10 : 25 5 0 0 0 11 1 44 Sion, that ho was anything but sure. We are not ing morning, while I was in bed at my lodgings, the police ...... • • GC 1 :0 00 0 0 much in the habit of recommending the gnomai brought the prisoner to my bed-side, and while I was Eeolloolio Life . L sl. Bc p 3 e ° r s cant. examining 1115 features attentively, the prisoner said, " I la it Scot. Law Life. 5 . 14 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 1 1', ..ti m r:ipetut Life .... .. his advice upon Members of Parliament. If Mr. 'Benjamin did not strilco the blow." I then replied, , " You raga- D'lsraeli had only anticipated it, he would not be in hi s Freema.sons' ..• •••• • • • 41. per cent. 20 I 0 3 0 0 present pitiable but, we fear, unpitied plight. True, with 1 5 2 / 1 ..1 1 ) , e ,z r calf. 5 1 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 41 19 5 5 014 bond, you are one of the men." It was not from any ( : 3 4 1 i 0 a b r e d i a 7: . :; ,.. .. . :::::::: 61. per relit. Stock. - 142 orators of a certain class, the care about facts would involve recollection of the prison that I said this, but it was bo a ser ious sacrifice. Incapable of commanding attention by cause he made a remark which induced me to believe he London : 11! ,7 1 1 1! m : L 9 n i iias,filet FireyPL 11 . ; .a x. ........; n. ::: . .... ..• . 1. 51 1 h1, 2 . s4k.s. be. 11 1 000 0 0 0 0 g 00 0 : 05 0 10 0 3 0 0 1 34 1 00 6 learning, character, sense, or real eloquence, they can obtain knew all about the occurrence. hearers only by th e a tt rac ti on o f startling personalities, Thomas Sprissgs, otbo at the Blue Posts, Totten -50 0 0 11282 2 11000 0 000 0 126 5: founded upon extraordinary facts, but extraordinary facts ham court-road, said, P about r half-past eleven o'clock, the Legal and General Life - are commonly no facts at all; they are, for the most part, of toe. . 5/. per cent. 1 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 41 0 prosecutor and a cabman were drinking at the bar. The London Ship that class of propositions for which we have a short and ugly toe. 25 1012 10 0 16 cabman . had been out driving for the prisoner, who was Marine name. And how are the ignorant, obscure, dull, and merely Med. InvIld& Oen. Life pert to perform the part of statesmen, if precluded from this sitting in the tap-room. The prisoner, after some time, . 5 8 1 1 .. . per iee.rrs cent. cs n cent.t . 1 1 02 4 5 00 0 0 0 National Lean Fund 5l. pe - rcent. resource? The public it may be said, can do without them went to the bar, and asked the other man for the P N al ati la ° , l l l i a ti 'l m lA L f4 ife . ••• • • .. • 3 , / ) . i p.ct. & bs. - -this is very well, but can they do without the public? money he had earned. The other man told him to have some some gin and water with them, and the pri- Phoenix .. .• Provident Lilt • • • : :: •• • - LA W IN T ELLIGENCE. soner drank with the gentleman and the other man. Protector Life........ • .:1 0 0 000 0 000 0 24 2 00 0 000 593 li Ito} al 0 0 10 0 0 24 COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 8. About five minutes past twelve, witness opened the Rock Lit...... door, and let the gentleman and the other man out. EXPENSES TO WITNESSES.-Ina case which OCCU- . Sun Fire . - 186 - pied some time respecting a fiat, a question arose whe- About ten minutes after this witness let in two persons, Ditto Life ..... ..... • - • -- ther witnesses summoned to prove an act of bankruptcy and he then saw the gentleman and the other man talk- Universal Life .... • "' "' -. ,nn # nrenftsn. nn .}l. nnnna;ta airin ne tba 'wan Tn a fa‘" ..,. 110%1. pr cut. 100 0 0 6 5 0 16 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Spare. 4 s. d. X s. d. Aberdeen .• ••••• • • • • - - 1210 0 3 Birmingham & Gloster 31. As. per sh. 100 0 0 100 0 0 134 Ditto, Neiv, iss.7l dis. 15e. 25 0 0 17 10 0 3334 Brighton,Lews,& Bast. - 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 liristol and Exeter.. • - 2/.l6s.per sh. 100 0 0 70 0 0 8234 Ditto and Glouceeter - 50 0 0 30 0 0 5934 Caledonian ••••• • • • • • - 50 0 0 5 0 0 734 '..7arnbridge and Lincoln - - 25 0 0 1 10 0 4 Chatham & Prtsmouth - 20 0 0 1 0 0 Chester and Holyhead - 50 0 0 5 0 0 8% Chichester St Brighton - - 5 0 0 6 Churnet Valley .• ••• • • - 20 6 0 2 0 0 7% Cornwall .. • • -- - j 3 0 0 534 Direct Northern• ••• • • - 50 0 0.1 210 0 2% Direct Iforwich ••• • • • - 2•1 0 0 1 0 0 1% Dism,Beodes, & Yrmth - 25 0 0 1 110 0 i 134 Dublin & Belfast June. - 50 0 0 , 210 0,, 63% Ditto and Galway • • - - I 210 0 ' 2% Eastern Counties ..... 4s. per sh. 25 0 0!14 16 0 1 18% Do., Perpetual, No.l 51. per et. 6 13 4 ! 3 13 4 1 1 pm. Ditto, ditto, No. 2. • • - - 0 13 4 34 pm. Eastern Union • • ..... - 30 0 0 10 0 0 1934 Edinburgh Ss Glasgew 21. As. p. sh. 50 0 0 50 0 0 64 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ils. 3d. p. sh. 12 10 0 12 10 0 16 Ely and Bedlhrd .•• • • - 25 0 0 1 1 5 0 1% Grand Connection •• • - 50 0 0 1 2 10 0 Grand Junction ••• • ,• 101. per et. 100 0 0 100 0 0 224 Ditto, Half Shares.. 101. per ot. 20 0 0: 50 0 0 112 Ditto,Quarter Shares 10/. per et. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Gt. Southern &Western - 50 0 0 5 0 0 113¢ tl•eatNorthof England V. ss. 100 0 0 ,100 IS 0 181 Ditto, New.• •••• • • • - 40 0 0 5 0 0 4134 • ;rent Western Ditto, Half Shares- 7/.per cont. 50 0 0 50 0 0 101 Ditto, Fifths...-. • • 71. percent, 20 0 0 20 0 0 40 Anillbrd Junction. •• • • - 50 0 9 35 • 0 Harwich ••••••.• • • • • • - 20 0 0 1 0 0 1% Hull and Selby .• • • Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10 0 203! Kendal to Windermere - 25 0 0 1 10 0 5 34 Lancaster and Carlisle - 50 0 0 15 0 0 3334 Leeds and Bradford • - 50 0 0 5 0 0 21% Liverpool & Manchestr 101. per et. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto, Half Sharps. • 101. per et. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Ditto, Quarter Shares 101. per ct. 25 0 0 25 0 0 'snulon & Birmingham 101. per et. - Stock. 232 Ditto, Now Thirds lO/. per et. 32 0 0 2 0 0 4234 Ditto, New IA Share. 101. per et. 25 0 0 2 0 0 29 Enndon and Blackwall - 16 13 4 - 734 London and Brighton ll. Os. per sh. AO 0 0 50 0 0 64% Ditto, Loan Notes sl.por cent. 10 0 0 10 0 9 13% London Ind Greenwich - 12 15 4 - 11 Ditto, Pref. or Priv 5/. per cent. IS 17 2 - 24% London and S. Western 31. As. per sh. 41 6 10 -- 79 Do., New Cans. Ms - 40 0 0 6 0 0 23 Ditto, New - 80 0 0 210 0 12 3 4 •:..ondon and Croydon • . IN. per sk. 13 15 9 - 18% Ditto, Guarntd. sp. c. - 9 0 0 4 0 0 51,4 London and York.• •• • - 50 0 9 2 10 9 6% Lynn and Ely ••• • • • - 25 0 0 210 0 534 • • anchester and Leeds 41.75, 6d. p. s. 100 0 0 70 0 0 148 Ditto, Half Shares • • 11.175.6d.p.5. 50 0 0 32 0 0 67 34 Ditlo, Quarter Shams 4s. 25 0 0 2 0 0 16 Ditto, Sixteenths .• • - 65 0 1 15 0 7% Manehcstr & Binning. 2/. per share 40 0- 0 40 0 55% Ditto, Quarter Shares - 10 0 0 4 0 0 12% midland ....... ...... 41. 4s. per sh. - Stock. 1 25 34 Ditto, Fifths .• ••• • • - - 2 0 0 334 Ditto, Birm. & Derby 21.135. perch, - Stock. 16% Newcastle & Berwick - 25 0 0 1 10 0 15 Newestle & Darl. June. 6a. 25 0 0 94 0 0 483 y North British •.•• • • • • - 2.5 0 0 10 0 0 16% Northern and Eastorx . 21. ss. 10 0 0 45 0 0 1 603 Ditto, Scrip, iss. Si. d. 15s. , 50 0 0 25 0 0 1 4434 Ditto, Quarter Aintree - 1 li 10 0 12 10 0 1 16% North Kent......- 50 0 0 215 o,' 3% Norwich and Brandon. - 20 0 0 ; 10 0 0 1 IS% Ditto, New..... .... - ••• • • • - 10 0 0 1 1 0 II j 4% • ortsmcuth Direci •• • • - 50 0 0 , 210 0 , 2 Preston and Wyre •• • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 . 2634 Itichmnd& W. E Jane. - 20 0 0 1 0 0 , 334 - 20 0 0 1 0 0 i 3% Ditto, 2,1 Pref., 1842 - 25 0 0 25 0 0 Sheffield and Lincoln.. - 25 0 0 1 1 5 0 , 1% Sheffield & Mancliestr 51. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 4 82 10 0 Ditto, Quarter Shares - 25 0 0 1 8 0 0 13 Shrivs.,Welv.,Dad.,Blr - 50 0 0 1 210 0' 3% :louth Devon ••!•• • • • • - 50 0 01 10 0 0 17 South-Eastern & Doer it. Is. 33 2 4 1 - ' 413 Ditto, New iss. 321. dis - 50 0 0 1 8 0 0 11% South Wales .... . - - 1 210 0 ; 534 Stevenson's Prtsmoutli - - 210 0 1 234 Thames and Medway.. - 19 A 8 - 17% Trent Valley - 20 0 0 2 0 0 ' 2134 Yarmouth & Norwich - ,20 0 0 ':0 0 0 23 Ditto, New......... - 20 0 0 8 0 0 , 15% York & North .Midland 10/. per et. 50 0 0 50 0 El 103 Ditto, Half Shares.. 10/. per et. 25 0 0 2i 0 0 52 Do., Searbro' Branch - 2.5 0 0 20 0 0 42 3 % Ditto, Sulky Scrip .. - 50 0 0 20 0 0 6734 Ditto, Extension.... - 25 0 0 1 5 0 13% Boulogne and Amiens. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 11 fit. Northern or Fmnee - 20 0 0 4 0 0 6% Orleans and Viorxon.. - 20 0 9 2 0 0 163 y Orleans lc Bounleaux - 20 0 0 2 0 0 9% Paris and Lyons ••• • .. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 3% Paris and Strasbourg.. - 120 0 0 20 0 3 Paris and Orleans..... - 1 20 0 0 20 0 0 8/ Paris and Honest ...• .. 2/.. ' 20 0 0 20 0 0 45 It .tien and Barre •• .. - 20 0 0 , 14 0 0 3214 SOINT-STOCIL ZANIES. Dividend Amennt Name of Company. per of raid. Prim. Annum. Share. E. A. A s. d. Att4tralasta •• Al. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 44 ltritsh North American 61. per cart. 50 8 0 50 0 0 45 Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23 Colonial .•............ Si. per cent. 100 0 5 25 0 0 14 Lon du and Westininstr 61, per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27% London Joint-Stock... Si. per ceatt. 50 0 0 10 0 0 144 *Metropolitan ... • . 25 0 0 7 10 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 II 0 45 Ditto, New.• • • • • • • . Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. hi. per cent. AO 0 0 17 10 0 1634 Nat. Provncial of Eng. M. per cent. 100 0 0 IS 0 5 37S Ditto, New.• • • • .... Al. per cent. 20 S 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia • . • . 25 0 ti 24 0 0 26n Union of L0nd0n..... SI. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12q Thomas Spriggs, potboy at the Blue Posts, Totten ham court-road, said, about half-past eleven o'clock, the prosecutor and a cabman were drinking at the bar. The cabman had been out driving for the prisoner, who was sitting in the tap-room. The prisoner, after some time, went to the bar, and asked the other man for the money he had earned. The other man told him to have some some gin and water with them, and the pri soner drank with the gentleman and the other man. About five minutes past twelve, witness opened the door, and let the gentleman and the other man out. , About ten minutes after this witness let in two persons, and he then saw the gentleman and the other man talk ing together on the opposite side of the way. In a few minutes witness let out the prisoner and the other two persons. Witness looked out, but he did not see eit_t ier the gentleman or the man who went out with ' - „,itn„ The man who went out with the gentleman was known by the nickname of Jemmy Green. James Clark, C 55, sa id cnatabout half-past twelve on Friday week, as te was going up Crown-street, he saw a cab stamtng- inVle street and a man on the box. The man ".11 the box called out, " Here—here comes a Bobb:i, I The prisoner immediately ran out of George r`...rd with a whip in his hand, jumped on the box, took Vie reins from the other man, turned round the cab, and drove furiously away. Witness pursued, and succeeded in stopping the cab. He then asked the man what was the matter ? The prisoner replied, nothing at all. Wit ness asked why he drove off at such a rapid rate ? but the prisoner made no answer ; and witness, after taking the number of the cab, and the number of the prisoner's badge, which was beneath his coat, told him he might go on. The prisoner replied, " You —, and you may go, too." Witness returned to George-yard, and, on looking about, he saw a gentleman (the prosecutor) lying on his side without his hat, bleeding profusely from a wound on his temple and insensible. Witness took the prosecutor to Dr. Kenny's surgery, in High-street, and had the wound dressed. The prosecutor did not recover his consciousness for some time. Witness took him to his lodgings and there left him. Police-sergeant Wells, C 1, said after he had received intimation from the last witness of what had occurred, he set about finding the prisoner. He discovered him at last in bed in a house, N 0.3, Petty•place, Ilanway-street. Lie asked the prisoner his name, and the prisoner gave it rea lily. He asked him if he was in Crown-street the overnight with his cab. The prisoner said he was. Ile had followed a gentleman to know what time ho would call for him the next morning, to take him out of town, but he had missed the gentleman. Witness took the prisoner to Mr. Green s lodgings. The prisoner said to Mr. Green, " I didn't strike the blow." Mr. Green answered, "You are the vagabond." The pri soner admitted that there was another man with him, and that this man's name was Darby. In defence, the prisoner proceeded to give a circum stantial detail of the affair. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 8. EXPENSES TO WITNESSES.—In a case which occu pied some time respecting a fiat, a question arose whe ther witnesses summoned to prove an act of bankruptcy were entitled to their expenses. One was an attorney, and the other an auctioneer, bo*,,b residing in town, and both claimed their expenses :or two days' attendance. Mr. Commissioner Gout:nun:4 was of opinion that the witnesses must be paht, If their testimony was required. The attorney tO t'ne fiat strenuously urged that they were bound to 'tend, and to give evidence. The matter was referred to the taxing-master, who was of opinion that the parties were entitled to a guinea a day. They again came into Court, and again the at torney resisted payment as they were town witnesses. He produced u case decided before Lord Tenterden. The attorney procured other witnesses who made O . :Lt an act of bankruptcy, and he did not require the r.ssist ance of the two persons summoned. He had previously declined to pay them, and stated his intention to appeal to the Court of Review. At the termination of the business, one of the parties, an auctioneer, applied to the Court. Ile wished to know whether he had no remedy against the person who had summoned him. He had been obliged to postpone a sale he had to-day, and had bee❑ put to great inconvenience. Commissioner GouLnriTAN was of opinion that, as the parties had not been mquired to give evidence, they were not entitled to payment. They resided in town, and he was afraid that tviey had no remedy. If, however, they had been requ'xrd to give evidence, lie should have or dered payment to have been made in the first instance, but as thc . tr testimony had been dispensed with, he had no polvvc to grant the application. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the ItEcotwint.) W,n. TIVA was indicted for stealing 193. from the person of Henessy ; and the indictment further .chargel that the said robbery was attended with vio lenc P. It appeared that the prosecutor had been spending the .evening with some friend;, and was returning home at a late h our , i n t h at state i n w hi c h part i es often find them selves after spending a pleasant evening, when he was induced to hire the prisoner's cab, in which, however, he had proceeded but a very short distance before the priso ner drew up, a - sd, taking advantage of his situation, dragged him out of the vehicle, and picked his pocket of the above sum. The prosecutor, however, was suffi ciently aware of what was going on to call for the assis tance of the police, by whom the prisoner was taken 'leo custody. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The RECORDER said that it was necessary to make an example of persons in whom, from the nature of their occupation, the public were compelled to repose a cer tain degree of confidence, and where that confidence was abused, particularly where, in addition to that, gross violence was resorted to, a severe sentence must follow. lie then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for t ee y, ars. John Douglis Niven pleaded Guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing in a dwellitg-house, and _ was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. John Green pleaded Guilty to a similar indictment, and received a similar sentence. Mr. llAnDwzox saFd the prisoner stood fully com mitted, but ho should hive him brought up again in a fortnight, to give Limo to the police to look after the other man. A FLOCK OF SHEEP DROWNED.—On Tuesday last an occurrence took place in the parish of Uldale, by which no fewer than eighty sheep lost their lives. It seems that the sheep, which belong e d to M r . Joseph Thwaite, of Murk Holme, in Uldale, had strayed into a neighbour's field, and, in order to dislodge them, the services of a dog were had recourse to. Th e s h ee p, f r i g h tene d by their pursuer, ran upon a sheet of wate r name d Littl e 'yarn, which was frozen over ; b u t, crow di ng t oget h er, and remaining in this position for same time, their weight, added to the heat thus engendered, caused the ice to give way; and the- whole lot were precipitated into the water and drowned. Seventy fair of their dead bodies were got out next day, and since the remainder have been discovered, but are of no value whatever beyond the price their skins may realise fur their unfortunate owner.— Cumberland Pacriuet. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 7.—Nothing whatever is doing in our market, nor will there be until the trade know the final intentions of Government, resp ecting the duties. From wh a t t ransp i red in the House, , however, last evening, it now seems evident th a t t h e Minister intends ' to adhere to his original proposition as regards the classifica tion of sugars=a plan full of difficulties and objections, as acknowledged by all practical and unprejudiced parties con versant with the sugar trade.—Bristol Mercury. STOCKTON-ON-TEES, MARCH 7.—The brig Alpha, of Whitby, struck on Shields Bar in coming out, and put into the Tees, this afternoon, leaky. NEW COURT. (Before the CommoN SERGEANT.) Wm. Williams was acquitted on the charge of stealing several pieces of ccpper from the factory of Messrs. Mad dox and Co., East Hackney. Wrn. Alexander was found Guilty of entering the pas sage:of a house in Middleton-square, and stealing there from two hats and twOs umbrellas, the property of Mr. Sinclair.—Sentence, transportation for seven years. Daniel Sinclair was charged with stealing one loaf, value 3J., but the iudieta.-,ut failing he was discharged. DOCKS. I ! Dividend Amount limn° of Company. per o f r a w. I Price. Annum. Share. X a. d. ',Z 5. d. Commercial ......... , 31. per cent. Stock. i.at and West India ... i 4 14/. pr cent. Stock. 142 Zast Country London !4).61. pr cent. Stock. 116% St. Katharine •••• • • ; 5 per cent. , Stock. 109% Southampton •••• • • • • 41. per cent.. 50 0 0 , 14 0 0 4 0 0 WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount Share. s, tl. 100 0 0 46 11 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 Natne of Corapany. East London Grand Junction Kont • • • • • • 21. 10a. Vauxhall • : .. 51. per cent. West Mitkllesex ••• • • • 4/. 16s. pr Ct. Price. 'GIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES • . t Dividend Amount • Name of Company. por of Paid. Price. Aunum. Share. -, - I X s. d. X s. d. Bank of Scotland ...• • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 172 ° Ro3A - 1 Bank of Sootland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 168% British Llnen Company 14/* per cent. - 100 0 0 226% . Commercial Bank .. - Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 167% National Bank ...... .. 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 1;ili Union Bank of Scotland 714 1. pr cent. - .50 0 0 95 Western Bank.... •• • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 76 ' North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7 I Clydesdale Bank ••• • • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14% Eastern Bank.. ••• • • • 3/. per cent. - 15 0 0 11% Caledonian Bank ••.• • 61. per cent. - 210 0 3% Edinb.& Glasgow Rank 51. por cent. - 5 0 0 7}4 city of Glasgow Bank . SI. per cent. - 815 0 13% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per eclat. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scotlnd • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur• • • 91. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Fire Diann 101. per cont. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18% Edin. & Glasg. Railway 4% Lper cent. AO 0 0 50 0 0 6514 Ditto, 4 Shares- - 4%/.percent. 12 10 0 All paid. 16M Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 29 0 0 15 Glasgo- & Ayrshir Rail. 4%1. percent. 50 0 0 All paid. 65% Glww&Groetick Rail, 21. per cent. 25 () 0 All paid. 12 Giggly & Garnkirk Rail. M. per cent. 25 0 0 All pald. 28 Dunclw& Arbroth RAIL 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 32% CANALS. Namestr ! 1 p' 4 Dividend Price. Names of '' s DiTi pe d r end price. ' 1 Companies. 1, ! per Companies. 2 i 7 , Annum. A... --'-. X, X Ashtn & 01.1 h 97 51.55. p c 72 Monmouthsh WO 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-7,11 la 4/. 70 Mutgonarysh 000 51. 98 Barnsley.. • • ;160 121. 160 Macclesfield. 114) - 15 Basingstoke.. l loo - I I Neath ...... 10 0 201. 365 Arknk&Abrg 1.50 81. j 85 Nottingham. 1:4 121. 260 Cromtbrd ... • 'lOO ISI. 164 Peak Forest . ; '7B 31. 40 Dudley.... • . ;100 41. 80 Regent's .... 33 11. 24 , Derby .. •• • . 100 i 81. 103 Rochdale.... 85 41. 55 Ellstnre&Chs'l33: 41. 58 Shropshire. •• 11 '5 81. 120 Erewash •• • :109 321. 410 Somrsct Coal 15 3 71.104. 123 1 Forth Sc. Clyd , loo 4/. 10.5 Do.Lk zed St P. ' 61. p. e. 11 (Irand•Juneta 100: 71. 140 t frrd &Wore 141 ) 281. 480 Gr aud 0 100 ; 11. 1013. 23 Shrewsbury.. 12( M. 230 Glamor;, 172 y 13%1. 210 Stourbridge .. 141 , 201. 360 Glstr&Brklyl 00, - 8 Strtfrd on A v r,. 11. IN. 30 Grantham .• ;150: 121. 100 . evern and ' 11. Bs. 30 Huddersfield. 571 - 20 Wye Rail. 5 Kennt & AvW 39; 7s. 641. 10 Trnt & Mr- / ~,, Lancastor ...; 47" 11. 10. 40 sey, IA sh. j '''''' 1 7 : e ce: c l s s t & r& L ic iv t rp hi 1 8 0 3 0 341. 41 610 70 Th il a i t r n_s . &s(edi It, 3_f_l_ . L \ 450 10 Leicester .... 1140 :j 101. 110 Worcstr &'7 ' - 50 1; 5 1 V. Loughborogh!l42i 70/. 1050 - 3 i 1 .... _a.g. 3 wilts Bc , BIM l'r\ 41. 6/ 11. 41. Pali. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCEI 10 1845. THE HAMPSTEAD MURDER. (From a Sunday Paper ) THE PRISONER'S INTRODUCTION TO MISS PHILPS. Notwithstanding all that has been written respecting this affair, the circumstances connected with it hare , only yet been very imperfectly brought before the public. We have learned the following additional particulars, the accuracy of which may be relied on :—Mrs. Edwards, the lady with whom Miss Sarah Philps, the young lady to whom the prisoner was paying his addresses, is re siding, had been in business in the county of Norfolk, as a dressmaker, but came to reside in London four years ago. Miss Philps is a native of Cromer, in the same county, and having become acquainted with Mrs. Ed wards when there, the latter having no children of her own, adopted her as her daughter. Miss Philps has been under the guardianship of Mrs. Edwards, who is a most respectable woman, for nearly four years. The length of the intimacy which has subsisted between Miss Philps and the prisoner locker has already been stated to be ten weeks, but the circumstances under which their acquaintance was formed have not yet transpired. We are enabled to state that the first occasion on which the prisoner spoke to the young lady was about twelve weeks ago, when meeting her one day in St. Martin's-lane, he ac costed her with, " I beg your pardon, Miss, but is not your name —?" She replied it was not, on which he again begged her pardon. Miss Philps proceeded on her way as if nothing had happened, taking no notice of the prisoner, but he followed her, and again coming up to her, inquired whither she was going. To this she , made no reply, but went on her way without taking the least notice of the prisoner. He again made some ob servation, of which she took no notice, on which he with drew, and she did not see him again for nearly three weeks. One day, about that time, he had seen her in the New-road, and advancing to her, made some com mon-place remark expressive of affection, but she know ing nothing of him, passed on without taking any notice of him. He, however, followed her to No. 6, Bath-place, and as she was opening the gate repeated the expression of his attachment to her, and begged permission to ac company her into the house. She resented the proposal, when he exclaimed, " By heavens, Miss, I will see you at home !" She, considerably alarmed, entered the house, hut said nothing to Mrs. Edwards, her guardian, about what had passed. In an hour afterwards the prisoner called at the house, and on the servant-maid opening the door, she inquired who he wanted. " The young lady," he replied, " who lives here,"not at the time know ing her name. Oh, Miss Philps," yon mean," observed the maid. " Aye, Miss Philps," he responded, de lighted at learning her name. " Will you give her my card, if you please," he said, banding his card to the servant-girl, with the name " Mr. Thomas Henry locker," engraved upon it. Not knowing the name of the young man who had twice accosted her in the street, Miss Philps, when the card was handed to her, had no idea that it was the same person. Not wishing, there fore, to go down to see a gentleman whose name she had never heard before, Mrs. Edwards went in her stead. That lady went the more readily because the idea flashed across her mind that the pergola hifsl only entered for the purpose of stealing some articles from the room, while the servant-maid was upstairs. On entering the asurtment where locker was, Mrs. Edwards inquired what was his pleasure. lie answered that he had seen Miss Philps on several occasions, and being quite fascinased with her, had called for the purpose of asking permission to pay his addresses to her. Mrs. Edwards, as might be ex • petted, was quite confounded at this. On recovering her presence of mind, she said to him, " This, sir, is very strange conduct on the part of one of whom neither Miss Philps nor I, who am her guardian, know anything, and even of whose name we have never heard before." " You may rely on it, Madam," remark , d locker, " that I am a person of respectability, and that my intentions ar e most honourable. My pares:ts reside at 17, Charles street,,,Pertlaad- town." Strange as were the circum stances under which the prisoner introduced himself, there was something se manifestly sincere in his manner, and see much of gentlemanly bearing about him, that Mrs. Edwards eventually called down Miss Philps. She at first met his protestations of love with repulses, but before she had been a quarter of an hour in his com pany, she began to feel in some measure influ need by his exceedingly winning manner. The interview ended in his obtaining both Mrs. Edwards's and Miss Philps's consent to his calling again on the following day, Mrs. Edwards in the interval taking the precaution to ascer tain that his parents did reside at the address he had given. On the following day, at the hour appointed, Ilocker called at 6, Bath-place. He had not been many minutes in the young lady's company when he propo eel mar riage, adding, that he had repeatedly seen her in the streets, and always wished to speak to her, though he hsd never summoned up the requisite courage to do so, until the afternoon on which h., had met with her in St. Martin's-lane. He said that, from the first time he saw her, she made a deep impression on his mind, which. so far from passing away, had ever since been daily growing. To the proposal of marriage Miss Philps paid no attention when made on this occasion, but having obtained permission to renew his visits, the prisoner again and again repeated it, until at last he obtained the promise of the young lady to give him her hand. Matters went on very smoothly for several weeks, he all the while representing himself as a clerk in the Stock Ex change, at a eatery of lOU a year, and as possessing besides an annuity of 751. left him by an uncle. For some reason or other he then appeared as if he wished to draw back, and for that purpose told the young lady that his father was opposed to the marriage, and that he being unfriendly it could not take place for at least 12 months. This was followed by a letter to Mrs. Edwards, pur porting to be written by the prisoner's father, in which the prisoner is represented as a young man of excep tionable character, and of ungovernable temper. This letter will be found referred to in the letter of Mrs. Edwards, addressed to the prisoner, and which will be given below. The letter, it was afterwards discovered, had been written by the prisoner himself, in a disguised hand, and with the father's name affi xe d t o i t . For two weeks afterwards, nothing was seen or heard of the pri soner by Mrs. Edwards or Miss Philps. At the end of that time, however, he wrote to Mrs. Edwards, saying that his father had at last consented to his marrying Miss Philps. This letter will be found among the sub joined letters. He renewed his visits to Bath-place ; but Mrs. Edwards, who never looked with a very favour able eye upon him, again discovered, or fancied she saw, something in him which she did not at all like. She therefore embraced the first opportunity of asking him, withdraw will he found un d altogethe r . i n one of the A prisoner's refere n ce t letters this in the most explicit terms, what were "hi s i ntent i ons regarding Sarah ;" adding, that if no t h onoura bl e , h e h better conversation to Mrs. Edwards. Matters were again amicably arranged, and everything seemed to proceed in the most auspicious manner. He prop ose d t h at t h e t i me o f hi s with the e ntmonth. moh Miss Philps should be in the course of We have brought the narrative of the circumstances eventful history, down to der at Hampstead. About this n the young lady (who, it tiint connected teh ,r ew withsweekswhen n fk s te t hr strange, n amn g u de should be here remarked, is a very modest, interesting, and handsome girl) were together, he mentioned to her that he had lately been at Sheffield, and that, when there he had purchased a handsome ring with a bril liant he did not wear it; his bought this ring he was y. This, it will be observed, n answeroty very r n y i t .fo was,n dSho thatef asked jtehwo eul gl him r i e why was about three weeks before the murder was committed. Consequently, on the assumption that he committed the dreadful deed, he must have meditated it three weeks before he carried his purpose into execution. It ought here to be mentioned that, notwithstanding the frequency of the interviews which the prisoner and the young lady had together, she never saw any appear ance of his being possessed of money—not even of silver or copper. It is also a curious fact, that notwithstand ing the vehemence of his protestations of love, and his being for several weeks on terms of marriage with Miss Philps, he never gave her ts.single present of any kind. The sister-in-law of Mrs. Edwards,being housekeeper to Sir Oswald Moseley, who resides in Portland-place, Miss Philps was in the habit of visiting the relative of her adopted mother at Sir Oswald's house, and locker very frequently called upon her there. Miss Philps called on Sir• Oswald Moseley's housekeeper at Port land-place about half-past eight on the night of the murder, and her first inquiry was whether locker had been there that evening ? The housekeeper replied that he had not. " Well," remarked Miss Philps, " though I had no appointment with him to-night, I did somehow or other think he would call." " Oh, it's too late for him, my child," observed the other. "It is later than his usual time," replied Miss Philps, " but still I think he will come." About ten minutes past nine his knock was heard at the door. He entered, and re mained for about an hour and a half. " Sarah," said he, after having shaken hands, and asked her and the house keeper how they did, " Sarah, this is the brilliant ring I told you three weeks ago I had bought at Sheffield." And as he made the remark he handed her a ring. " Why don't you put it on and wear it ?" she in quired. " Because," said he, " it's too large," and he put it on his finger to show her that it was so. " I have also," he observed, " bought this watch," showing her the watch referred to so often in the examination at the Coroner's inquest and at the Marylebone Police-office. After this they entered into general conversation; and the young lady observing that he had some spots of blood on the front of his shirt, asked him how it hap pened they were there? " Oh," said he, " the governor and I have been having a piece of fan together, and he accidentally made my nose bleed. Struck with the circumstance of his looking unusually c h e erf u l that night, she made an observation to that effect. " Yes," he replied, "I don't know how it is, but I never felt so happy in my life before. My mind, thank God, is more at ease to-night than it has been for a long time past." This, singular as it may seem, was said with a peculiar emphasis, and was again repeated in the cou rse of the evening's interview. - Miss Philps remark ed to her friend, after Rocker had parted with her, that she never before saw him so full of fun and spirits, and at the same time expressed her inability to account fo r the circum stance. Her friend had also been struck wit h his unusual cheerfulness and hilarity, coupled with the fact of his re peating several times, with a marked emphasis, that he never in all his life felt so happy as he did that evening. On one occasion, while mentioning how comfortable he felt, he added, " I thank Heaven, Sarah, that I , have nothing resting on my mind to make me unhappy. ' The subsequent history of this unfortunate young man is well known. The circumstance under which suspicion fell en him and his consequent apprehaesion have al ready been detailed in our paper. In the discovery of she leading facts, which will be brought forward at the Shackell, the intelligent and enterprising o ffi c e r o f the trial of the prisoner, the greatest credit is du e to Mr. detective police. We here subjoin the letters referred to in a previous part of this article. The first is from the prisoner to Sirs. Edwards, in answer to a letter of hors addressed to him : " it, Victoria-terrace, St. John's Wood. " My dear Madani,—l hardly know bow to address you, after reading your truly sincere and kind letter, which now lies before me. I shall never forgive myself for delivering my feelings to you in such an ambiguous and unintelligible manner, as it :s evident I must have done, for you so to have misunderstood me. I will re spectfully ask you one question. After my return to your sitting-room, did I behave as though I thought that was my last visit to you ? I joked and laughed heartily ; but, God knows, I should have joined you with a heavier heart, had I known you had so mistaken me. I well remember how earnestly you asked me if it were my intention to withdraw ; but I cannot call to mind that you added altogether' to the question. If I had , heard you do this, my affection for Sarah would imme diately have undeceived you. But I feel confident you now see what I meant, therefore I will say no more on this head. Why did you allude to your circumstances ? It was unkind of you. You did not intend it ; but it mi,de me fear you had formed an opinion somewhat un worthy of me—that you thought I had suffered the con sideration of your pecuniary affairs to induce me to leave Sarah. Never, Madam, never harbour such an idea again. It wounded me more than you imagine. " There is o'le part of your letter which confused me. You say, Deal openly with me in respect to this dear child, as to what your intentions positively are, or else withdraw yourself in an honourable manner.' If my letters and general conduct have failed to be straightfor ward hitherto, candidly I assure you that I know not ' how to proceed differently. Can you not gather from my last what my intentions really are? When I lately had the favour of a retired interview with you, I told you, as honourably as I could, that I thought it better to discontinue my attentions to Sarah, until my father should encourage me to renew it. Was it my affection or my sense of propriety, which then prompted me to make such an offer? My father's kindness gives me every hope, for he has told me when he will take an ac tive part in my arrangements with you. I mentioned this in the latter part of the above noticed letter. I can not see why you should experience that uncertain per plexity' of which you speak, and which renders you so uncomfortable. I consider that you have done your duty; and, whether you agree with me or not, lam satisfied that I have done mine. What remains to be done, time will effect. If it be your wish that Sarah Should not wait my father's pleasure, or, in other words, that she should set her affection on some one else, ac quaint her with it, and do not hide it from me. But if (which I trust is the case) you be disposed to make yourself more easy, and to encourage me to hope, and Sarah to have more confidence than suspicion, the time is not far distant when we may all of us be happy yet. Do not mistake my plainness of speech for want of re spect, but believe me ever your indebted and faithful servant, _ ' _ " T. H. HOCKED." The following letter is one of those which Ow prisoner wrote to Mrs. Edwards, when he appeared as if desirous of breaking off the intimacy with Miss Philps, and when he aligned his father's disapproval of the match as the reason : "Victori Terrace, St. John's Wood. "My dear Madam,—l cannot deceive you. I have written twice to my father ; the inclosed is his answer. I will not bias your mind by making any defence. I promised Sarah she should read my father's letter, what ever it contained. I regret that it does not realise my hopes. I thought to be happy, but am once more far from being so. I wanted to say much more to you, but I find lam not able. Do write me one line at your earliest convenieneo, and believe me, my dear madam, your ever indebted and obedient servant, " Friday night. " T. H. MOCKER. " Mrs. Edwards, 6, Bath-place, New-road." Contemporaneously with this, Mrs. Edwards received a letter purporting to be from the prisoner's father, but which is now known to have been written by the pri sowr himself, in-a disguised hand. In this letter, the father is made to represent the son as a profligate young man, and one who had resigned himself to the dominion of an " ungovernable temper." The object was to make Mrs. Edwards and the young lady acquiesce the more readily in his withdrawing from his engagement_ to marry the latter. Little imagining that the letter had been written by the prisoner himself, Mrs. Edwards enclosed it to him in the following letter. Though there is no date to it, we happen to know that it was written on the 26th of January of the present year : " 6, Bath-place, Saturday. "My dear Sir,--4 enclose your father's letter, which I confess is - anything but flattering. I would not for the world Sarah should marry a young man whose temper is irlgovernable. She is herself all gentleness, and any harsh or unkind treatment would break her heart. That I exonerate you from any mercenary views is only just ; but do you think your reformation is completed ? • Will there be no backslidings ? and in giving a young crea ture to your care, will you shield her and guard hr as a man of honour ? Again, I repeat, never myself would I enter any family without the approbation of the gentle man's friends. I will, if you approve it, after seeing you on Tuesday, visit your mother, perhaps I may there see your father, but I hold the paternal authority so sacred, that I should feel sorry were you to act in opposition to your father's wishes ; you must either be incorrigible, or else Mr. 'locker must be such a parent as never for one moment entered into my imagination. Most fervently hoping your reformation, and for your own peace of mind, learn the important discovery that temper is everything, are the sincere wishes of yours, very truly, "ELEANOR EDWARDS." After this a reconciliation took place between the pri soner and Mrs. Edwards and Miss Philp;. He renewed his visits and his correspondence, assigning as a reason that he had now obtained his father's consent to the marriage. The following letter to Mrs. Edwards bears en this incident in the curious courtship : " 11, Victoria•terrace, St. John's-wood. "My dear Madam—l want to know how you and Mr. Edwards are ; and can you not guess the mat ? As for me, I feel myself ' growing fatter' every day already. My father sent for me a few days ago; I have seen him, and all is right and comfortable. This is glorious news to any one who loves to hear of peace and harmony reigning in the family circle ; but to you, madam, it is doubly so, I know.. Tell Sarah how glad I shall be as soon as this mead Lent—this season of self-denial is over with me. My father is kinder to me every time I see him. We smoke our pipes in concert. On Monday evening last I was reciting something to him in my usual rough way, when he abruptly stopped me, and with his hand laid gently on my shoulder, said, 'My boy, it does our hearts good to hear you talk once more —fill up the glass again, my girl,' turning to my mother. You cannot think how this struck home to me. I thought of you both and our dear Sarah, and felt persuaded that it needed but a word from my father to you to restore me to my former position in your esteem and good opinion, and to .make me a more desirable and worthy object of affection in Sarah's estimation. My father has mildly upbraided me for forming any attachment at such an unfortunate period, and has kindly promised to second my views as soon as by steadiness and care I shall have proved a disinclination to my old habits of thoughtlessness and indiscretion. By keeping Sarah continually before me I am sure of being able to accomplish my duty. And, oh ! my dear Madam, when I shall see you again at your house, will you not unite your best and warmest wishes to mine that Sarah's peace of mind may never, on any occasion, be disturbed at the remembrance of our first meeting. Pardon my freedom with -you, and believe me, with the deepest anxiety about your health and Mr. Edwards', my dear Madam, your ever indebted and faithful servant, " T. H. HOCKER. Mrs. Edwards, 6, Bath-place, New-road, Feb. 6, 1845." There is now no longer a doubt that the prisoner is the only party c, ncerned in the murder. Alone he did it. Not the slightest suspicion attaches to any one else. Sir Oswald Moseley has, we understand, discharged his housekeeper (sister-in-law of Mrs. Edwards), though she has filled that situation for about twenty years. MEMOIR OF THOMAS HENRY ROCKER. The following. particulars respecting Thomas Henry locker, who stands charged with the wilful murder of the late Mr. Delarue, at Hampstead, have not before been published. Thomas Henry locker was born in the month of May, 1823, and will consequently be twenty-two years of age, in May next. lie received his education in the school belonging to Christ Church, situated in Richmond street, Edgware-road, and being a sharp forward boy, was much noticed as an apt and ready scholar, and in extreme youth was remarkable for his well-knit and muscular frame, which gave him great strength. He subsequently went to Sheffield, where, through the kind interference of a friend, he succeeded in procuring a situation in one of the schools in that town ; and while residing there, paid his addresses to an amiable your g lady of the name of Batty, with whom he has since boasted, he used to ride about in her parent's carriage, and whose letters to Hocker are now in the hands of the police, having been found in his lodgings at the time of his apprehension. In fact, it is be lieved, that he has been corresponding with Miss Batty up to the time of the murder, notwithstanding that he was at the same time paying his addresses to Miss Sarah Jane Philps, the young lady examined at the inqu-st. While at Sheffield Hocker led a very gay life, and his continual demands for money on his father caused his parent to apply for advances from loan societies, which has since occasioned him considerable embarrassment. About two years since Hocker was obliged to leave Sheffield, and having no other resource returned to his father, who then resided at No. 5, Charles-street, Portland Town, from which time he has led an idle and dissolute life, not untaintod by crime, his principal occupation having been the deluding - of females, and the meeting of the deceased Delarue in the fields, for, it is believed, the worst of purposes. His father having supported him for several months, and being much straitened in circumstances, fre quently remonstrated with him on his extreme idleness, as ho often continued in bed until the middle of the day. These quarrel s a t l engt h grew hi g h, an d on one occasion Thomas hooker made an attack on his father with such brutality that Mr. hooker had two severe black eyes, and was so bruised all over that he was un able to leave the house during a whole fortnight, After that occurrence, through the intervention of friends, matters went on more smoothly between him and his father, and since Mr. Hocker removed to his present re sidence, about fifteen months since, the prisoner has been known to render some slightassistance in the ladies' shoemaking business. There was, however, still a great difficulty in getting him out of bed in the morning, so much so that another serious quarrel arose between him and his father on the Ist of August last, when he slept for three nights in the fields near to the very spot where the murder of Mr. Delarue was perpetrated. On the following night the landlord of the house in which the father resides went with James Hooker, the brother, to that dreary s p o t, f or th e p ur pose of offering him a bed; but he evaded their search, and, after tra versing the dark Bellsize-lane without finding him, on their return they met two policemen, whom they told of the circumstance, giving them a descrip tion of Thomas locker's person, and requesting them, should they see him going towards the spot to sleep, to tell him to come to 17, Charles-street, as the landlord wished to see him. They did see him, and he did go to his father's residence ; hut when the ab we offer was made to him, he spurned it with contempt. About that time it was that Mr. Delarue was robbed in the Regent's park, by, it is said, a female and two men, the former first accosting him, and the Litter holding him while the robbery was committal ; and it is believed that the watch, the duplicate of which was found at the lodgings of Thomas Hocker, is the identie it watch of which Mr. Delarue was on that occasion robbed. About the same time Thomas 'locker was seen to be in the possession of several sovereigns, which he alleged Mr. Delarue had presented to him. The next evening Mr. locker's landlord met Thomas locker at Primrose-hill, when the latter consented to accompany him to the house of Mrs. Carter, No. 19, Charles -street, where he remained three weeks. At the expiration of that time, his mother took for him an empty room at No. 4, Charles-street, St. John's Wood- terrace, where he remained, going home daily to his meals, until his removal to No. 11, Victoria terrace, where he was apprehended. There is not a shadow of doubt that the alleged murderer, during his intimacy with Mr. Delarue, had received from his victim the sum of nearly 150/., the whole of which he had squandered in vice and debauchery, and that he was well aware that a stop was about to be put to his career, and that his victim would no longer submit to his importunate demands. There is no doubt that he had deliberately made up his mind to enforce those demands at every risk, even of sacrificing life, in proof of which there may be adduced the fact of his having told the story three weeks before of having lost the thick and massive stick which he brought with him from Sheffield, and which has just been found ; and that most probably,on Mr. Delarue refusing him more money, he instantly felled him to the ground with the stick in ques tion, following up his blows with kicks wail he had do• privt d his victim of life. Much has been said in the daily papers respecting suspicions as to other persons having been concerned in the perpetration of the murder. We can confidently state that no such suspicions have ever been entertained by the police authorities. THE GAME-LAYS' COMMITTEE (From the .League.) . . . The recent appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the game-laws, forms, undoubtedly, an epoch in the history of British agriculture. It is the first tenant-farmers' Committee. It is an inquiry which tenant-farmers, to a man, desire should be full, searching, and complete; and it is one which nine landholders out of ten, takin the country through, would have resisted if they had dared, and will, if they can, render as imperfect and inconclusive as possible. For the first time in British history have the farmers made their own, their real voices heard in the Legislature. There have been Select Committees without number to inquire into agricultural distress, but they have only been in tended to ascertain how reductions of rent could be avoided without making the farmers their own mas ters. The agricultural Committee of 1836 disclosed the fact that all the legislation by which for two and twenty years landlords had professed to benefit the farmers, had only enhanced the proprietor's rent at the expense of the tenant's capital. From that moment the political landlords became the most energetic op ponents of all inquiries into the existence and causes of agricultural distress. It was, therefore, with some thing like surprise that the concession of a Committee to inquire into the game-laws was received by the public. 'Writing as a farmer to farmers, we shall not waste a line on the supererogatory task of showing that the game-laws constitute one of the greatest and most hopeless burdens by which, amongst many others, the tenant-farmers are oppressed. That is an agricultural axiom. Nobody denies it, except such madcap reasoners as Mr. Grantley Berkeley, who unconsciously demonstrate just the contrary of that . they wish to prove, having all the value of most unwilling witnesses. There is no doubt that the inquiry will he an effective one. But we ask the tenantry of Great Britain how this has been brought about ? Has it originated with the " Cen tral Society for the Protection of British Agricul ture 7" Is it due to the indomitable perseverance of Mr. William Miles or Mr. George Bankes ? Does it result from influence, the disinterested in fluence of the Duke of Richmond at the Treasury ? Has the Duke of Buckingham at length proved him self in deed as well as in name the " farmers' friend ?" To each of these queries every farmer must say, no! no ! There is not a man amongst the warts protectionists, the self-designated " farmers' friends," who would not have shirked or burked the inquiry if he could. Fancy the faces of the eighty squire archal Members of the House of Commons who as sembled at Sir Robert Peel's on the morning of the day when the Committee waa agreed to Imagine what they must have felt when plainly told by the Prime Minister, doubtless in the blandest terms, that an inquiry into game-laws and game preserving was inevitable ! How, then has all this been brought about ? Hares, pheasants, and rabbits, might have devoured the substance and impoverished the family of every tenant farmer in the kingdom, so long as rent could have been levied out of his capital, before the landowners would have moved in furtherance of such an inquiry. Who, then, has proved to be the "farmers' friend ?" No other than John Bright, one of the dreaded cham pions of false League. The efforts of the League throughout the country, and the tact, eloquence, and intellectual power of a few Free-Traders in Parlia ment, have obtained this first instalment of justice for the tenant-farmers. They, whose very names have been used by the monopolist landowners to scare the tenantry from all investigation of the causes of agricultural depression, have been the only public men who have ever obtained a public measure unquestionably advantageous ,to the class of tenant-farmers. His Grace of Richmond made ap parently a great stir for the sake of the farmers, but it all ended in a seat at the Treasury for his own brother. Buckingham's devotion to the cause of the suffering' agriculturists has procured him a blue rihand and a diamond bauble for himself. While Miles and Bankes are talking of making sham motions—at the very mention of which even the land owning House of Commons laughs outright, and by which they know they can get nothing but a minority of about seventy or eighty of the most imbecile Members in the Ifouse—Bright the Leaguer obtains a Committee on the Game Laws with the lip ap proval of those who, by that inquiry, will be put upon their trial. Farmers, who are your friends ? Are those who delude you with false promises and illusory expecta tions, or are those who, telling you some home truths, go at once to a practical examination of your admitted grievances, your real friends ? The most rabid monopolists begin to note this as a sign of the times. Thus the New Farmer's Journal says:— " We sincerely rejoice in the appointment of the Com mittee, and, although by no means disposed to deny Mr. Bright his full share of credit for having obtained it, we may perhaps be pardoned for expressing our regret that the matter was not first taken up by some agricultural representative. Are we also to be indebted to a free trader for a committee of inquiry into the causes of the present distressed state of agriculture ?" As surely as the game-law inquiry was obtained by the exertions of the Free-Traders, so certainly will any effective inquiry into the " distressed state of agriculture " be procured by means of the League. So the Morning Post : In districts where the rural peasantry are suffering from want of employment and destitution, it is mere madness to suppose that the game-preserving system can be kept up by severity of law. If men be idle and hungry, they certainly will attempt to catch the wild animals on which they may feed. Let proprietors, there fore, look carefully to the condition of the people on their estates, and try to give them something better to do than poaching," And what makes men idle in the rural districts, but the slovenly cultivation induced by the corn-laws and game-laws, and the consequent vassalage of yearly tenant-farmers ? The great object of farmers now must be to make the inquiry as complete as possible, and the best mode of doing so will be for those farmers who have had opportunities of noticing the evils caused by game-preserving and the game-laws—and what farmer has not had far, far too many such ?—to communicate to Mr. Bright, as chairman of the Committee, the substance of the evidence they can give. Witnesses summoned by the Committee will have their expenses paid ; so that, by the devotion of a few hours to this most important question, farmers may help to remove the most cruel remnant of feudal barbarism by which they and their labourers are op pressed and degraded. Farmers should come pre pared to show the whole bearings of the game-laws, for already are there indications that the squires think of giving up their special law as regards hares and rabbits, and retaining it for the preservation of pheasants and partridges. But this will never do. Hares and rabbits are at present more complained of than pheasants and partridges, because they are a degree, only a degree, less destructive. The minor is sunk in the major. But what is the fact ? We knew that overwhelming evi dence of the vast injury done to grain crops, in every stage from seed time to harvest, by pheasants in particular, will be offered to the Committee ; and we know also that farmers and their men will be sub ject to espionage and entrapment by gamekeepers 93 much for the sake of winged as of four-footed game. The abolition of the game laws must be entire, and if the farmers who give evidence will state all the facts within their knowledge the result of the inquiry must be the TOTAL REPEAL OF ALL GAME-LAWS. Now is an occasion when farmers clubs should he rendered realities by the introduction of this topic, and by de puting some one of their body to give e vidence before the Committee. Farmers must begin to think and act for themselves. They should f orm societies to discuss their real grievances, and they should support each other in firm and business-like demands for their removal. There is no other body of capitalists who would submit to be devoured in detail as the farmers have been by the rent - loving landlor ds ; and nothing but a combined action on the part of tenant-110°e is neces3ary to emancipate them once and for ever.. The landowners could never resist any r eal rre' .. , sure on the part of the farmers—not one in fi t Y k be his rental what it may—could find capital and manage a thousand acres without extreme . 1 0 " i convenience ; and not one in a thousand, ha l l • stocked it, could continue its cultivation withany yearly loss far beyond his whole rent. It ill ° Li' because tenant-farmers do not co.operate Withr wo other that they have been, one by one, ground al io to the dust by the landowners. Let this Gatne c , to stoc., Committee be made the occasion for the coram en qo ment of such co-operation by tenant-farmers for ta own protection. [ADVERTISEMENT.] lIYGEIAN MANIFESTO. io All -medical advice is quackery, because ther e is fact but one disease, impurity of the blood, and the fore but one rente iy Proper Veg ets Purgation. errd Remember that it is only because doctors, in ° to make a trade of the science of medicine,e% poisons * and anti-medicinal preparations as I n • t is tines for the cure of diseases, that " advice," tb called, becomes necessary ; but if yc,u do 049 4 - t o poisons or anti•medicinal preparations, and only that which is proper and good, and which acts in b e : cordance with the laws of nature, then all advice m .„. comes unnecessary. This is the reason that all 1; 4 hygeists are their own doctors, and laugh et o f doctors term "advice." Whenever they feel pain ° f f i e , kind they have recourse to the Vegetable Univ ersal l a te dicine (Morison's Pills) which they can I'4 ll , without fear, so as to produce proper evacuations, e°'-e, mencing with four or five pills, and increasing. if ° t o cessary ; hence the fact of staunch hyg els rile t 5 some cases taking twenty, thirty, and even forty P oo at a dose, thereby proving the universality of f o r medicine, as in the case of Lady Sophia Grel' f o r disease of the spine; Sir Richard Sutton's s°°}oct, ° consumption ; living monuments to attest tbe lobe ° and thousands of others. But with the poi se dly doctors, such as prussic acid, opium, arsenic, dello° night-shade, &c., &c., if you take a grain or ° to much, death is the consequence ; and the re, those those persons who are, from a state cf ignora7o, obliged by doctors' treatment to make use °f 6 ltie poisons, " advice" of course becomes necessary. di. by giving advice that doctors make a trade et . , 1 to r eine; and hence their violent an i unjust opit3 all Mr. Morison's system, because it does taws)? ' l , e via mystery, and enables every man to become la: la doctor. The fact of scarcely two doctors agree ?so any case as to the treatment to be pursued, ls : cl p he that medical advice is quackery; one is for err. the other against it, and so on. The case of J 38,451 Lowe proves this assertion to be true; there we fibre visits made and charged for at 7s. fid. each , li rlu ftb° eminent doctors were of one opinion and t hree , thei other, the poor patient lost his leg after s il l s ; the say, for the good of science ! I Ileavea 51"-oblie. mark ! This should never be forg o tt en by the P.„O, llygeists, therefore, for the reasons beforerpoi, tioned, most solemnly protest against the use.. ° , O t he solts as medicines, or their being held out world as such. not oall The following deadly poisons are most u°* - nie ro ll9 used by doctors—there are many more, too nu - fe r the to mention, for the names of which we i r ; e di o reader to the "London Pharmacopoeia" an d Dictionaries. I.—Prussic Acid, in all its forms. 2.—Mercury, ditto. 3.—Opium, ditto. 4.—Arsenic, in all its forms. s.—Digitalis or Fox-glove, ditto. 6, Antimony, ditto. 140 34 And though last, not least, the practice a -- in all its forms. Co lleg e l Issued by Morison and Aloe, of the British bebs' • of Health, New-road, London, for, Bot•-11rt 00 of the body of Hygeists, who contend, :0 all diseases arise from one cause, namely' 0° purity of the blood, they can be 01 7 01; Vegetable Universal Medicine, which be ken posed of innocuous ingredients, may be any person without the advice of a doctor: i r e ., * Doctors hold out poisons as medicines I 111 00 that people may come to them to know b„, ( 1 til e ; what quantity, they are to be taken. „m:c e (bek le spirituous liquors is prescribed " medicinasg 0r it4 . 1 „ , 5 1 save ;the mark) by doctors, upon the sam e cd 'edi'w as the other poisons. If simples, or strictlY th e l ",o substances only were used, persons might e : ti. t hog in t 'e selves, which doctors want to prevent. It i s d o f doctors, to their shame be it said, make a " -e dicines. • STATE OF TRADE. Ther :e rtl FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, M.CRCII 7 .-" ps§tf.:n been a good demand for foreign wools during t he v y P hut in consequence of the continued frost. Na German wools are cleared out of the market. Lo g BRISTOL WOOL FAIR, MARCH 6.—The ilk;, - 1.7 - been about an average—the supply of wool less 14 " - t P tcl ii tts this season. A fair amount of sales was effecter at would barely afford an ordinary profit on P DA. in Yorkshire. bsfe t beit WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH 7,- - W . l during the week rather more buyers of long W°,,birt i t ritiq' operations have been confined chiefly to Hog an le , 0, tam late quotations. Wethers remain dull of 5 10 31 ' ( 10 06 be bought on rather lower terms. No variation '''-inefsgote, hos (a of LEEDS.—There has not been quite so much, ca se at the Cloth Halls this week, as has been tn e t oisePVge; which is partly to be accounted for from the o ti f tbe.oricP, A N goods, arising from the circumstance of tualaY r der...ber A manufacturers being engaged in delivering 0 ,1, ittl""gou' A continue firm. There have been a consideraufreaic, buyers in the town, who have purchased prett.Y .o le, b springadapted for the demand, and, on the, " 40 1, , may be considered brisk in the warehouees• of re ° bo# BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—eve C 31 1 ,11 a nd O P : better piece market to-day. The shipping thel co; trade Mouses both complain—the former th. he 10,1 1 rt not send out their goods—and the latter. t ' in g , °,OlP b , tinuance of winter prevents their opera ! , 0 10 9 ,0 6 spring trade. There is no improvement' n, t t pre e inO t i yarns for home consumption; and as the n rs ry export houses from shipping, the. trade ib 1 0 and the current prices most ruinous. There 3 bl11:, 0 fO d o in any kind of combing wools. The spinn e t r it y tsv fc es" immediate use, which, from the small qua rt In the market, shows diminished consumption' er change. EC $ " ; ,., 0,70 TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THLIRSDA: drains AO-'0 have had upon the whole a fair business $ 0(1 1, -0,0 pecially in the heavier descriptions of gooos , pro i nf itto at least buoyant on such, if not higher. 19 ° Th e t r i bt v t o steadier, but not, we think, in any case high n o d ° ,,Ater,„. are biddinr , fair to be very busy, and there,lwist they will have a prosperous spring trade. 'l n sell every week, and prices are still getting tir cury. S ' e lie ri felc. NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, Pe afile9S it tee‘ i Ce 1 i t° ~t Telescopes, Opera Glasses, &c., 39, Aibetnar-e,:sible4 01, cadilly. Deafness Acoustic Instrunients--,Dre-srs gai-e, Conductors when fixed in the cavity of ',4 - SOP - 0T; perceptible, they enable individuals at on, t t ; Ple a d .'" and of forty and fifty years' standing, of e—tieoo,estril" ness, instantly to join in general 0110011-4 0'1,4 i t) catch the sound of a distant low s peak er ;lie PO / theatre, &c.—lt pours the conversation iintfoiess,.l6ooll such an extent that in most severe cases u e- t , fr or Goole ro "' 4,, t hs be observed. Also original Ear German, and Spanish Artificial Ears andlOPediste,Yee in Trumpets of every description. l'nf re Or ill e Newly Invented Spectacles are placed bel° be fore go ct. vision that mist and dullness which *O W d J l5- 0 04 r so• hi ~ eyes is removed, every object becomes cle 3- „ s brig jorl j so that the most aged defective sight bec°°l-01,14fiye brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, ria:lesc°lle oil ginal state. Also Achromatic Waistcoat -- e f ,,,e r , Opera Glasses. Every kind of Telescope o ti re ell 'e l ; with increasing powerr, for Shooting, se 3 , w ith t. b ,i;solA upon stand for astronomical observations, .., bight op brated Lenses of the most clear, transporen br t stic s the powers are so great and the Lenses s. o__ ri O r r brilliant, that minute objects at an extraordlo7toseof are brought completely under the eyes. ye ps, travelf rists, and sea-side visitors will indeed luiye,„ t ico ° ,oo I) , Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solon:Ions, ,p ti so) d wit h S o d 1 0 Aurists, are not in any way connecte , t h keo the same name in their immediate neighull tsisOassfie in any part of the country. To P" e , rl O,A lV- i f cautious, and observe, —Only to be had 1 " i. her street, Piccadilly, opposite the York 1 1°t° _Ai r e, "II 11 I AIDSTONE.—IMPORTANT E R OJEC I ;j O 'li f t e ;l4 . lse that it is contemplated to deepen and wid en a ft UP j0ir , 2,74‘ way, so as to make it navigable for large craft of ,p- . will PNcootri stone ; which project, if carried out, advantage to Maidstone and the surrounding Chronicle. _---=------------ _ 00 'eli te TlOionmatis'eSetphlilllßTllS. of D I „r On the sth i l i l t: t s . t ,a , t a s tß o c a k r vin,setial.pel oe,luti:oe: Stephens, R.N., of a daughter. fcla iw ' Pill. ae t'it row, of a daughter. 3 7 O t 37th Regiment, tfilli fs'ff et n G le th nt, li o is f t a ., daatugGioitsepro.rt, the wife of CO er, 0 8 s, , 8 , On the 6th inst., in Westbourne.groN e, wife of F. A. Hawker, Esq ,of a daughter. tbe Of On the 6th lust ,at Lee, 'Mrs. Bruce, of a sop' t' ' or On the Gth inst., at Home-park, Stoke, Dav°lir Rife idow ..djy.- of G. Crawfurd Harrison, Esq., of a daughter. ~1 1, the o f Jo O hn n stltieea6vtehnsionnst,lsaqt.,Loornastisaolne.-square, lalillgt" fife ' th e • 40 0 ' il O r. n li t i l g ie ue 'l l ti r i giniests.i,tisa,totfhae sGonro. re, Kentish to o f ofe LAILMED.ciIOO( elt' , On the Isabella, 4th inst., at Felton, John C h an ,r,..a.- I .- eldest daughter of George BOJO, r-J'''' i p E e i park, Northmnberland. gr. °lite r On the 4th inst., at King's Langley Cluir.cAlle'r tWilrobire;* wood, of Newgat e. street, to An ArilOtt, elihiertforipllooo Mr. J. Betts, of Ball's-pond, King's Langl,elLichatitere` On the sth inst., at Pulborough, Joseph l'oagm ~.o, Esq., of Poplar, London, to Rebecca,younges, filf,Y late William Allen, Eaq., of Pulbcrougli, 6.,°,:ft.ed>°' On the fit h inst., at Richmond, SurreY , 14 ' of Kew, to Miss Ford, of th e Talbot Ilotel. 10' 0 llit e 1 1 , DIED. , o f the , D ig On the 4th inst., Margaret, wia °ll. - OW MConnel. Esq ,of he Polygon, Manchester. f p l , y , On the 4th inst , Richard Bennett, Esq.? ° ~. o f,. .0 .13 oNvf Elisabeth, ( , to % .)inn . e A ti l l i che t . l ‘e d s. l tct e 4ih,i.t e i x i , j a n g ' s e t d , 7aBt. Mansell . st ree . G a r d 7,i iiig clw pLno O rn. is: London t rn l e i t 5; :11 ig i c eltd: : ni, l . . 3s i tts,c'.e:ootc. feisill:lsr7te:lN!. E. Solo n on only ”000,, le ----------itti RP •,e 'di (:harles Claer-tetaerritiln___als,4i.:7ol3lii;l,;:, Printed And Published h l OM - '4ll - 112, Strand. Printer. at The SO „. , tbe Strand, in the Preeimet of the Savoy', Middlesex Monday, March 10 1845* -- tv. t 8 , y EtT egoluth t tliDe l4ndi nt Or ID OWI r resol th ve to Z t the c o thett ! such et It tit ee the , of o 4 tstrabl e und e f l toul tl4 le, and Peth,g och e a, It _ CRELN of ; 44.r4 E (711) Gtt °4P °tlC hY keist, re , 'trriya 41 r Joi