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TRIM Rr7l, LOWPOW, ' ZE INTELLIGENCE. P CUTT.—Croylon, August 5 . (13. f rp i, rd Chief Ju.tice TiNn.u. and a Comm n Jury.) COOKE V. WETHERELL, CLERK. :.as an action brought by the plaintiff against the des relent far criminal conversation with his wife. The case was of a most extraordinary character, and it is said that the damages were laid at 50.000/- Me. Sergeant Stare, Mr. Montagu Chambers, and Mr. Edwin James were for the plaintiff, Mr. Sergeant Channell, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Lush for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant SEIZE opened the case, and said that the plain tiff was Mr.- John Alynde Cooke, a young man, an attorney, who was veity respectably connected, being the son of Mr. Cooke. of Capel Court, Herefordshire, and he came into CoMtt to complain of the most serious injury that could be inflicted by one man upon another ; an injury that had em bittered the morning of his life, and which must deprive him of all happiness hereafter. The defendant was a man of forty-five, a minister of the Church of England, and at present the rector of Byfield, in Northamptonshire, and when be' told them that he was charged with incest and adultery with his own daughter, he (the Learned Counsel) was sure the jury would give him credit for feeling the deep responsibility of his task in having to lay such a case before them. He would endeavour to lay the facts of this almost un exampled case before them with as much calmness as he could command, and would give the jury that evidence which, in his opinion, made out a clear arid unanswerable case on the part of the plaintiff. The defendant was most respectably con nected. He had married a daughter of a gentleman who at the time filled the office of chief magistrate of the City of London, and through his influence he obtained the rectory of Byfield, which was worth 1,1001. a year, and also had a for tune of 20,0001. with his wife, who, however, had the con trol over that sum, and she settled it upon her daughter, the lady whose misconduct was that day the subject of their in quiry. In 18:39, after her mother's death, the young lady came of age, and the money was then transferred by the trustees to her name, and came under her control ; and it appeared that her fat her took a splendid mansion in Eaton place, where he lived in a style of great splendour, and far beyond his means ; and it would appear that, with the con sent of the young lady, her fortune was by degrees drawn from the Bank of England, and eventually entirely squan dered away within a little more than two years from the period of the young lady coming of age. The plain tiff was introduced to the family of the defendant about this time. He was a young man of between one and two and twenty. He had just been admitted an attorney, and was very successful in his profession ; and, having a fortune of his own to the extent of 8,0001., the brightest prospects were before him. In the summer of 1842 he met Miss Wetherell ; he was p.eased with her person, and he eventually offered her his hand and was accepted. Mr. Cooke was sincerely attached to the young lady, but he vrouhl riot deny that he did expect to re ceive some fortune with his wile. Her father objected to the marriage, and the terms of his refusal of Ilr. Cooke were barely civil, and eventually the parties were married without his consent at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The young couple went on a tour for a short time, and upon their return the father appeared to be friendly, and they went to pay him a visit at his rectory at Byfield. Two or three days had hardly elapsed when a gentleman named Mobett made his appearance, and produced an acceptance of Miss Wetherell's for 500/., and insisted upon his right to look to the newly-married husband for payment. The plaintiff was shocked at the twos, and he felt that he had been cruelly de eeived•hot li by his wice and her father. He knew that he was legally liable fir the ilehts of his wife, and he therefore felt that it was absolutely necessary for him to know the exact amount of her :iabiiities and the real position of her affairs. Notwith taneing that at this moment the plaintiff felt that he was - • eitely ruined by the treachery of his wife and father „lase, his conduct towards the former appeared to be of the kindest dessreitien, and he read a letter from his wife to the plaintiff couched in the kindest terms to bear out his statement. The result of the inquiries made by the plaintiff satisfied him that his wife was dreadfully involved. All her fortune had been squandered, and she had three acceptances out to a very large zonoure, and he felt it only due to himself to insist that her father sheuel give an account of his steward-hip, and that he seould grant him an interview for that purpose. This took place, and the defendant then admitted that he had wasted his daughter's torture, and that she had nothing left, arid that the turniiure, houses, and everything they had, had been made over by a hilt ot sale or warrant of attorney to different pa; ties whe had ado-need money upon them. From this time Mr. Wi thereli offered him every obstruction and oppo se on in obteireeg his rights, and his wife invariably took th • part of her father in resisting his wishes. After having coluly and unwillingly accompanied her husband to London from Byfield, she eventually returned to her father, and although the pleireiff repeatedly, in the most earnest and affectionate manner, entreated her to return to him, she in variably refused and treated him with the utmost coldness and unkindness, and he believed he (Mr. Sergeant Shee) should be ab'e to show that the defendant had made the must shameful charges against her husband, and he in time succeeded in en tirely alienating her affections from him. There was, in fact, a total abseece of everything like that kind of feeling which would be expected to animate the breast of a young woman of six-and-twenty towards a man to whom she had been married only two months —( The Learned Sergeant here read some letters that had passed between the Parties confirmatory of his statement.) Air. Cooke at length was compelled to take pro- ceediegs in Chancery, and eventually a deed was executed by whiol the defendant admitted that he was indebted to his d iughter in a sum of 1t3,0001., and that large arrears of interest were also due to her, and he undertook to repay the amount by yearly instalments of 500/. ; but to show that Alr. Cooke had acted in a perfectly disinterested manner, he did not take any interest under the deed, but the whole amount was pieced under the control and appointment of his wife. Imeiediately after this deed was executed, the defetelaiit wrote a letter to Mr. Cooke, forbidding him his e, or thorn having any intercourse with his wife. The Learned Serge •nt then referred to some other proceedings that had taken place, and said that all along the plaintiff's wife bad evinced the utmost hostility to him, and opposed him in every proceeding he a lopted. The plaintiff could not account for such conduct ; but at length he received some information which induced the most horrible impression upon his mind, and his subsequent inquiries led to the present charge being made against the defendant. The parties who gave the infor mation were person~ of humble station certainly, but he believed of unblemished character, aid the result of the inquiries made by Air Cooke through their information left nodeubt upon his mind that t disfeedaat nad been guil• yof the dreadful crimes ot incest and adultery. He should call before the jury the servants in the house in Eaton-square, and they would prove that they bid always entertained a suspicion of the character of the intimacy between the defendant and his daughter, and that, having watched, they were satisfied that they were in the habit of continually sleeping together es man and wife, and he should also prove that the detendent was seen at all hours of the night in his daughter*: bedro o m. The Learned Sergeant then stated other facts retail .g• to the appearance of the bed of the plaintiff's wife, which need not be further alluded to, but the effect of which, hi , said. was to satisfy all the servants that a most im proper intercourse was being carried on. He likewise said he should he able to ;move that the defendant hart been repeatedly seen In his (hole - titer's bedroom, nearly naked, and she in the same state. This Was at 'he house in Eaton-square, and he said he should he able to show that sinatlar proceedings took place at IA; field, and thst there the same suspicions were entertalned. The Learned :Sergeant then proceeded to state that he should prove that suspicion having been entertained that 'Alm Cooke was in the family way, from her stout ateetarene other indications, she had gone Into the country whit hi r father, and upon her return there were all the the inneations of a miscarriage having taken place. He then weer. on to see that lie should prove that the defendants went upon a c.nitary ex sedition together, and he should show that at heaufert.fines, at Chepstow, they slept together as man ie. A!' er eoueusratiug other circumstances, the Learned Sergeant conclule , t a very able address by observing, that to talk of the am-aunt of damages in such a case as this was per fectly unnecessary; if he made it out, he was sure the jury would think no amount of damages too large. or that any sum could be a sufficient reparation to the plaintiff for the cruel in ''ury he hail received. The following evidence was then adduced : Air. Win. Ilastings Reeile, examined by Dlr. CHAMBERS—I know the plaintiff in this action, and was present at his mar riage with Miss Wetherell. I produce the cbpy of the certificate of the marriage ou the 25th of September, 1842, at St. Geur,Cs, Hanover-square. The certificate was put in and read. The name of the de ferehmt's daughter was wrongly described in the certificate as Mary Emily instead of Mary Elisa. Examinatien continued—Shortly after the marriage I called upon the defendant at Mivart's Hotel, for the purpose of asking for some explanation respecting his daughter's property and the liabilities the plaintiff had incurred as her husband. I also wished to have some information respecting the accommodation bills. The defendant told me that a great portion of her for. tune had been expended in eercha,,ing furniture for the house in Eaton-square and at Byfield. The defendant mentioned eminething to me about an accommodation bill for 5501., and which his daughter had accepted for him, and added that it was secured eh her by a warrant of attorney or a bill of sale. I called a sec , nd time, when I met Mr. Nisbet, his solicitor, and be then said that by advice he must decline entering further into particular;. At the first interview he said he should sell the furniture, horses, carriages, &c, and invest the amount for the benefit of his daughter, and then retire from England. On the same evening Mr, Cooke sent his man Johnson, and I think Mrs. Cooke also. to take possession of the house in Eaton-place, and I c'illed there the same evening with Mr. Cooke. This defendant and Mr. Nisbet, his attorney, came to the house while we were there. They rang the: bell, and de manded entrance, but they were not let in. On the following morning, in consequence of an intimation from the police, Mr. Cooke and myself attended the Queen-square Police-court, and Mr. Nisbet complained that Mr. Wetherell had been deprived of the possession of his house improperly, and he pro duced a lease. Eventually the magistrate said he should order possession to be given up, and Mr. Cooke accordingly gave directions to his servants to give up possession. Upon this same evening I, Mr. Cooke, and a gentleman named Waddy, went down to Byfield rectory. Mr. Wetherell was there, and after some little parley and hesitation, Mr. Cooke was admitted alone, but I ceralt site what took place inside the house, although I was not admitted. There was an angry discussion, and Mr. Cooke said he came to demand his wife, and he was anxious she should accompany him back to London. Wit. mess heard her voice. and afterwards saw her. She seemed to take part with her father, and spoke very angrily to her thought sb. it i better she n consequence of which Mr. Cooke sa,d he should not go w i t h him. He then de manded to be let out, and after some farther angry words be came out of the house and joined us, and we then all re turned to Weedon, about ten or eleven miles from Byfield, and Mr. Cooke appeared to be suffering extreme anguish of mind, and seemed to be still anxious to take his wife back to Landon. I and Mr. Waddy afterwards saw Mrs. Cooke, and after some conversation she agreed to go back with him to town, and it was arrang ed that she should have her lug sage ready at an appointe d hour. The letter produced is in Mrs. Cooke's handwriting. They eventually, with Mrs. Cooke, returned to London. I and Mr , Waddy re p roached Mrs. Cooke with treating her husband in a cold and heartless manner. I thought Mr. Cooke's conduct was proper under the circumstances—it was affectionate and kind. After they arrived in Loudon I had opportunities of observin . 4 . their con -duct, and freqnently saw them together. I was anxious to ob tain information from Mrs. Cooke relative to her property, but I did not find her very willing to give information, and she seemed anxious to screen her father from the inquiry. I was only consulted and acted as a friend of Mr. Cooke's. It was through an intimate friend of mine that Miss Wetherell was introduced to Mr. Cooke. The plaintiff appeared to suffer !wry severely from what had taken place, and he was so much excited on some occasions, that I deemed it prudent to remain with him. Mr. Cooke was twenty-three or twenty-four years olcrwhen he married. Mr. Cooke's father was alanded proprie tor of great respectability in Herefordshire, and Mr. Cooke derived an estate from him. Cross-examined —Captain Godsell was the friend who Introduced Miss Wetherell to Mr. Cooke. He is a captain on half-pay in a cavalry regiment. I have known him nine or ten years. I never knew Mr. Cooke when living on his own estate. It is not art estate, it is merely a farm. It is occupied by a person named Hard wick. It is not in the occupation of Mr. Cooke's elder Brother. Cooke introduced me to Mr. Waddy, and we were all pretty intimate. I did not know Miss Wetherell until the day she became Mn.s Cooke. No one was present at the arriage but myself, Mr. Waddy, Captain Godsell, and Mr. Cooke. It was a runaway marriage. Captain Godsell and Alr. Waddy met us at the church. Mr. Waddy did not lend Cooke any money on that occasion. After the marriage almost and vc we au trrr.,4k.tasre at the !itun , Wr k Hotel, Lod Mr. and air-. Cooke went into the country by the South-Eastern Rairoa‘ They returned, and passed through London, on their was to Ryfield, about a week afterwards. Mr. ( ooke stayed at 13y8e1d two or three daas, and the :orn:er their returned to Lon a;n. having Mrs. C . ooke at Byfield. Mr. Wetherell wa- at .los time staying at Mivart's Hotel, and when I saw him and in quired after his daughter's property, he said that he and hi , daughter had been living extravagantly, and that it was nearly all spent. Mr. Wetherell gave me a letter for Mr. Cooke, which I handed over to that gentleman, and I have seen that letter since. On the second occasion, Mr. Wetherell said he saw there was a hostile feeling, and he should decline making any further communication. I cannot say whether Mr. Waddy was present when we took possession of the house in Eaton-place. We took possession of the house be tween seven and eight o'clock in the evening, but I do not know whether Mr. Cooke remained there all night. We were at the window when Mr. Wetherell came and endeavoured to obtain admittance, but we did not laugh at him. We (lid not do anything improper or offensive towards Mr. Wetherell. I cannot recollect whether a dinner had been ordered that day in the house, but I will not swear there was not. I did not dine there. Ido not know whether Mr. Waddy or Capt. God sell were in the house. We were at the magistrate's office the next morning by ten o'clock, and we all started for Byfield the same evening. Capt. Godsell did not accompany us. Mr. Cooke was not admitted immediately ; and I myself never asked or attempted to get in. Mr. Wetherell did say eventually that if Mr. Cooke came alone he should be admitted, and, when he went in, I and Mr. Waddy remained outside. I could hear what Mr. Cooke said as well as Mr. Wetherell. 1 heard no thing about a poker. lam a bill discounter by profession, arid have had a good deal to do with Mr. Cooke and Mr. Stratford on the subject of bills. Mr. Cooke owes me money; at least, lam upon his schedule in the Court of Bankruptcy. I owed him money before his marriage, but he is now my debtor to the extent of 6001. or 7001. I never supplied cards for Strut ford and Mr. Cooke to play together. Cooke and Stratford have known each other a good many years. Re-examined—Mr. Cooke's wife's liabilities were pressed upon him. Mr. Cooke his told me so, and that he was served with a writ a fortnight after his marriage. Miss Wetherell is two or three and thirty years old—much older than Mr. Cooke. Mr. G. R. Corfield examined by Mr. JAMES—I am a soli citor. I know the defendant, Mr. Wetherell, and had met him on some occasions before the marriage of his daughter. After this had taken place I acted as solicitor to Mrs. Cooke, and I believe she was at that time in debt upon different liabilities, acceptances, and accounts of attorney, to the amount of be tween 1,3001. and 1,5001. I do not know the acceptances were for the accommodation of Mr. Wetherell. When I was first called on to act for her, Mrs. Cooke was living in apart ments in Welbeck-street. This was in October, 1842. I re member being sent for one evening to Mivart's Hotel, where I saw the defendant and Mrs. Cooke. I know that at this time Mr. Cooke was very anxious for an interview with his wife, and that Mr. Wetherell took her away with' him, to prevent • him from doing so, by the back door of the hotel. She wos taken away by stealth by a back staircase, and I was sent down to pacify the husband, who had come to the hotel purposely to have an interview with his wife. I never saw Mrs. Cooke again. It had formally belt' arranged that they should all meet together on this occasion, but this was frustrated by Mr. Wetherell taking his daughter away. Mr. Cooke afterwards came to me in a very excited manner, and told me that Mr. Wetherell had just made a most extra ordinary statement to him ; that he did not believe it, and he hoped 1 should excuse his excited feelings, and give him a plain answer to the question he would put to me. Mr. Cooke then told me that Mr. Wetherell bad told him that I had told Mr. Mivart that Mr. Wetherell's daughter was unchaste when he married her. I denied the statement most indignantly, and offered to go at once with him to Mivart's, and we did so. Mr. Mivart came down, and there was another interview afterwards when the defendant was present. Upon his first seeing us, as we got near the house, he ran away. I pursued, and on his refusing to return, I threatened to pull him back by force, and insisted on having the charge cleared up. We then proceeded together to Mr. Nisbet's, and we had some conversation about what had been stated by Mr. Wetherell, and the latter persisted in stating that Mr. Mivart had told him that I had said his daughter was unchaste when Mr. Cooke married her. Mr. Cooke then came into the room, and after some strong language it was arranged that they should proceed to Mivart's Hotel, but they did not see Mr. Mivart, so that no further explana tion took place. Another appointment was made but Mr. Wetherell did not attend. It was quite false that I had ever made any such statement as the one represented to have been made by me. In consequence of these proceed. ings, I declined to act as solicitor to Mrs. Cooke any longer. During the unhappy differences between Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, the defendant appeared anxious to retard a reconciliation, and in all the conversations I had with him, he spoke in most dis graceful terms of Mr. Cooke, and in the very first interview with him he called him a " man —," and said that he understood he drove about the parks for hire. Cross-examined by Mr. CLA RKSON—I was surprised at hearing what I did about Mr. Cooke, and if it had been true, of course no one could be surprised at his refusing to let his daughter go to live with such a man. I knew no thing of the parties until the time I was instructed to act for Mrs. Cooke. Mrs. Cooke was certainly under other lia bilities than a bill for 5501. and a dressmaker's bill. There was a warrant. of attorney also for more than 8001. Mrs. Cooke did not say that she wenf in fear of her life from the vio lence of her husband, but Mr. Wetherell said so, and she re• treated it. She did not appear to be serious, and seemed anxious to return to her husband, hut her father prevented her, and on one occasion he extracted an oath from her that she would not return to her husband. Mr. Cooke's chief object did not appear to be to get back his wife in order to obtain possession of her money. She had no money. I was offended at the defendant taking his daughter away in the manner he did, and I said I considered Mr. Wetherell's con • duct so disgraceful, that I should wash my hands of the whole of the parties. Re-examined—lt was very well known by all the parties that Mrs. Cooke was under liabilities, but still Mr. Cooke was anxious to have his wife back. By Mr. CLARKsort—Witness afterwards received Mr. Nis bet's cheque for . the sum of 550!., but he did not know where it came from. The deed, showing that Miss Wetherell was originally en titled to a fortune of ✓0,0001., and that she came of age in 1839, was then put in and read. The ♦arious letters referred to by the Learned Counsel, and the settlement, were also put in and read. Eleanor Williams, examined by Mr. SHEE—I was formerly chambermaid at the Beaufort Arms, at Chepstow, and I am now in the same capacity at the Rummer Hotel, Bristol. I remember a lady and gentleman coming to the Beaufort Arms about two years ago, and they stayed there two nights. There was only one bed in the room, which they occupied. I came to London afterwards, and I went to the Queen's Bench prison. I knocked at a door there, and it was opened by the same gen tleman I had seen at the Beaufort Arms. I went the next morning to the chapel in tie prison, and I there saw the same lady and gentleman together. lam sure they are the same who were at the Beaufort Arms, and who slept in the same bed. (The witness then identified the defendant, who was in court, as the gentleman she referred to.) Cross-exarninvd by Sergant CHANNELL—The gentleman and lady went away in a post-chaise. Did not know what had become of the post-boy who drove them. A gentleman came to her at Bristol to make inquiries about this matter, and at his request she came to London. A lady accompanied the gentle man. She did not know his name. A lady named Baynton wrote to her to come to London. Cross-examination continued—Upon my oath I do not know his name. I don't know whether I have teen the same gentle.. man in Croydon. I don't know whether Airs. Baynton is here, hut she came with me from London. Mrs. Baynton's is a large house, but I don't know how many bedrooms there are in it. I went to the prison on tilt• morning after 1 got to Lon don. A gentleman named Sereninger went with me. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL here said he should wish to ask whether Mr. Cooke was in Court ? The question was put to the witness Corfield, and he said Mr. Cooke was in Croydon, but he did not know whether he was in Court, Sergeant CHANNELL said he should wish Mr. Cooke to be prevent, to see if the witness could identify him. Sergeant SHEE said Mr. Cooke ought not to be put to the annoyance of coming forward. Chief Justice TINDAL said the Learned Counsel would use his own discretion. Cross-examination continued—l swear I do not know the name of the gentleman who brought me into Court this morn ing. It was the same gentleman who came to me at Bristol. 1 don't know what business is carried on by Mrs. Baynton. She paid my fare back to Bristol. Mr. Sergeant Smelt here said he thought it right to state thr.t he had sent for Mr. Cooke. At present he could not be found, but he should be produced in the course of the trial. Mr. CLARKSON— You have sent for him where you knew he was not to be found, Mr. Sergeant Stise—lt is not so. He shall be produced. The cross-examination then proceeded. —Mrs. Baynton still lives in the same house in Seymour-street which she occupied when I first came to town. There are several gentlemen in the habit of going in and out of the house, but I have not seen any of those gentlemen in Croydon. No one has ever shown me a picture or the portrait of any gentleman. Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, examined by Mr. JAMES—I am a married woman. My husband is a gentleman's servant. We both entered defendant's service in April, 1843. I was engaged as cook and general servant. There were no other servants in the house at the time. Miss Wetherell had been married, and was living apart from her husband. The defendant and his daughter used to go backwards and forwards from Byfield. My husband had orders not to allow Mr. Cooke to come into the house. The bedrooms occupied by the defendant and his daughter were adjoining to each other, and the doors were quite close. There was a dressing-room between the two bedrooms. After I bad been in the service a week, I saw the defendant come out of his daughter's bedroom two mornings running, at half-past five o'clock. He had only his dressing gown on. On the first morning he had just opened Mrs. Cooke's door to come out, and he faced me as I was coming down stairs. When he saw me he leaned back, and then came forward. We did not speak to each other. On the second morning I saw the defendant just as he was going into his own room, and he had nothing but his dressing-gown on. On the evening before one of these mornings the defendant had g out, and Mrs. Cooke told us we need not sit up, for she would sit up for her papa. I was in the habit of taking up the breakfast to Mrs. Cooke in bed, and she used to tell me to k cock at her bedroom door, and if she did not answer, I was to put it on the table, and I have seen her go into her father's b eiroom with nothing on hut her night dress 'and a dressing gown. I used to take up breakfast for both of them, and I have always found that two persons had partaken of it. It was my duty to make the beds, but when I first went Mrs. Cooke told me that her father always made his own bed, and I used to make her's for her. My husband used to help me to make the beds. From what I had see n I h a d suspi cions, and the appearance of the bed of the defendant's daughter always led me to believe that two persons slept in it. The witness then spoke to other matters that are not of a character to be detailed. The witness proceeded. Mrs. Cooke used to pack up the bed linen herself, and I used to think it was very strange conduct, as ladies generally allowed their servants to do such things. Mrs. Cooke always used to lock up her dressing-gown and her night-gown, and I never saw them. I never saw her night-gown off her person, and I used to wonder and look about for it. I remember the defendant and his daughter going away in August, 1843. Mrs. Cooke was very stout. I could not get her dresses together, and she used to say her papa should dress her if I could not do it without tearing her clothes. I heard Mr. Wetherell about the same time say that when she went into the country she would get much thinner, and I was to tell the dressmaker not to make her dresses so large. I remember. upon one occasion Mr. Wetherell came down into the kitchen one night when they had come hems from Byfield, and he wanted some hot water to make something hot for Mrs. Cooke to drink. as she was not well. I went up with him with the candle and glass, and I was about t . go into her bedroom, but Mr. Wetherell took the things from me, and told me I could not come in, as his daughter was in bed, and he then went in and locked the door. I saw Mrs. Cooke the next morning, and she told me she was quite well, and she had merely been fatigued. They went away for ten days in the month of August, and when they came back Mrs. Cooke appeared much thinner, and seemed very pale and ill. She was thinner altogether. I asked her if she had not had a doctor, and she replied that her papa was always her doctor. I remember Mrs. Cooke giving me some napkins. There were appearances on themwhich ind uce d me to b e li eve s h e h a d miscarried. I never saw a surgeon (;7"adoctor of any descrip tion attend upon Mrs. Cooke. I went with the ''' fr " if e to Queen-square, and I saw the plai n tiff arrested P inite; sight. She has told me that she should like to see him transported for life, and she said she should never be happy until she had done it. !-lie and her lather arranged with my husband get Mr. Cooke taken into custody by the constable, and she prevented tee from interfei ing, saying we were her servants, and were bound to do what she wished. Cross, examined—l was in the service altogether abont six months. I noticed Mr. Wetherell corning out of his daughter'. droem about a week after I entered the service. I thought it strange that a daughter of that age should he waited on by her own father. I suspected all along that Mr. Wetherell was carrying on a connexion with his own daughter. I told Mr. Wetherell, after be came home from Queen-square, that I thought he was acting very unkindly to his son-in-law. He replied, " It shall never be ;" and Mrs. Cooke said to me, " How foolish you are. I should like to see him transported." I had said that I thought they might have lived happily toge ther before this was said by the defendant and his daughter. Ido not know what month it was when this happened. I have been at No. 29, Upper Seymour-street. Edgeware-road. I was there about a fortnight ago. I had been subpoenaed, and I wished to know when I should be wanted. A servant opened the door, and I saw Mr. Cooke. There was a lady there, but I have not the pleasure of her acquaintance. Mr. Cooke lodges at the house, I believe. I don't know how long he has been lodging there. I have seen Mrs. Boynton, but I don't know her. I swear I never bad any conversation with her. Mr. Cooke lodges with her. Ido not know who cr what 'Mrs. Baynton is. I don't recollect the days of the week when I saw Mr. Wetherell come out of his daughter's bedroom. I mentioned the circumstance to one or two per son., and I always suspected he and his daughter were living together as married people. I know that Mr. Wetherell has been in prison at the suit of Mr. Cooke. I remember that a cloak and a cap were missed, but I am not aware that my hus band was charged by Mr. Wetherell with stealing them. We were asked about the cloak, and we told him he had taken the cloak and cap with him when he went into the country. Mr. We therell and his daughter did say that the things had been left in their charge, and they must have taken them or lost them, and Mrs. Cooke was very angry and said we must abide the consequences. We left the service some time afterward 4, but we were not discharged. At the time of the Queen square business, Mrs. Cooke told my husband he might go and say what he liked about Mrs. Cooke, but she ad vised him not to do anything unless Mr. Cooke gave him 101. or 201. Mr. Cooke did give my husband 10/. I swear that Mr. Cooke has not given me any more money. I was advised not to take any more money from Mr. Cooke or his party. I always said that I would not tell anything against Mr. Wetherell but what I knew to be the truth. I always felt very uncomfortable at having the money, but still I kept it. Mrs. Cooke has frequently told me that she should he glad to see her husband transported. I used to tell her that I thought they might have lived happily together, and she used to turn it off with contempt, and say it never should be. I have never represented that Mrs. Baynton was to set me up in business after this trial. Before I was in service I was in the Magdalen Hospital. I placed myself there. I was about seventeen years old when I went to the Magdalen. The witness was then questioned at some length, and she admitted that she had been leading an immoral life. She was in the service once of a person named Cox, and she left him with a man, but she did not know his name. Re-examined—She was five years in the Magdalen, and since she came out she had lived a virtuous and moral life. Mr'. Cooke and Mr. Wetherell were aware that I was going to receive the 10/. from Mr. Cooke, and this was the trap I have spoken of. Mr. Wetherell wished to borrow some of the 10/.. hut I would not let my husband give him any. I swear that I expect no money or any benefit from giving my evidence on this occasion. _ _ James Russell, examined by Mr. Sergeant SR KE-1 am the husband of the last witness. We have been married three years. We entered Mr. Wetherell's service in April, 1843. We had no regular engagement, but were recommended to Mr. Wetherell to take care of his house. I have assisted my wife to make the beds. Mr. Wetherell generally went to bed about half-past eleven o'clock, and Mrs. Cooke about the same hour. I have heard the bedroom doors go late in the night, at all hours, two o'clock, three o'clock, and later. I have been into Mr. Wetherell's bedroom as early as seven o'clock in the morning, and have observed that his bed had not been dis turbed. When I observed this, I knocked at Mrs. Cooke's bed room door, and she always answered me, and then about an hour afterwards I have seen Mr. Wetherell in his ovvn bed room, with nothing on but a dressing-gown, with his legs bare, and his stockings hanging about them. The witness then spoke to the appearance of the bed of Mrs. Cooke, and said that in his opinion two persons had slept in it. The witness then went on to say that about the time of the business at the police-office, Mr. Wetherell told him, when he was about to see Mr. Cooke at his chambers, in Clifford-street, that he was not to let himself be bought cheap. He did see Mr. Cooke, and received 10/. from him, and when he came back he told Mrs. Cooke and Mr. Wetherell, and laid the money on the table. A policeman was there at the time and he told him to take up the money and mark it, and he did so. Witness made another appointment with Mr. Cooke on the following morning, which Mr. Wetherell was aware of, and Mr. Cooke was then taken into custody. He heard his wife say that she thought it would be better for them to live happily, and Mrs. Cooke told her to hold her tongue, and that all they wanted to do with Mr. Cooke was to get him transported. Before Mr. Wetherell and his daughter went into the country she appeared to be very stout, but when she returned she appeared to be fallen away, and looked very poorly. Cross-examined--I and my wife were in service before we went to live with Mr. Wetherell, and we are now in another ,service. I have seen Mr. Cooke at the house of Mrs. Baynton, in Seymour-street, and she has ;seen present when we were talking about this matter. She did not sit down and hear what tock place, but merely came into the room for a short time, to get what she wanted. On a third occasion, when I went to see Mr. Cooke, she stayed in the room for half an hour. I generally saw Mrs. Baynton when I went. I don't know what business she is. I never saw Mr. Boynton, or any gentleman who passed as Mr. Baynton. Mrs. Baynton is a woman between thirty and forty. She has no children that I know of. Mary Anne Hall, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—I live in hill-s•reet, Dorset-square, and am a washerwoman. I used to wash for Mr. Wetherell and Mrs. Cooke from the beginning of April to the latter end of June, 1843. I used to observe that the flaps of Mr. Wetherell's shirts always came to me washed out, and apparently with scented soap. The witness then spoks to the appearances upon the linen of Mrs. Cooke, but her evidence cannot be detailed. She used to remark that Mrs. Cooke was one of the most " delicatest" of ladies that ever she had to do for, because she always washed her papa's Dr. Charles James Cox, the physician to the General Dis pensary, and also in extensive practice as an accoucheur, was then called and examined. To questions put to him by Mr. Jitees, he expressed an opinion that the appearances deposed to by some of the witnesses denoted a miscarriage. He did not, however, speak with positive certainty. Mr. Robert Shoot, also a surgeon and accoucheur, gave a similar testimony. Margaret Langridge deposed that she was in the service of the defendant and Airs. Cooke in 1813. Witness acted as upper housemaid. While she was in the service she used to notice the conduct of Mr. Wetherell towards his daughter, and particularly the manner in which he embraced her. She had seen the defendant come out of his room undressed, and knock at Mrs. Cooke's door, and when she came out he would kiss her in such an indecent manner that witness had turned away ashamed. They had neither of them anything more on than a night dress and dressing gown. She had seen this take place several times. Witness had repeatedly seen the defendant go into his daughter's bedroom, and witness had gone to bed leay. ing him in the room, both of them at the time having nothing but their dressing gowns on. Upon one occasion when witness was with them at By fi 11(1 Mrs. Cooke went out of her bedroom, and told her she was going to her papa, and she was away for three hours. At this time witness was sleeping with Mrs. Cooke. She was undressed when she went away. She re membered Mr. Cooke coming to see his wife when she was staying at Mivart's Hotel, and Mr. Wetherell and a French waiter pushed him out of the house. Cross. examined—The embracing she referred to took place in 1842 ; that was before the marriage took place. The going into the bedroom was also before the marriage. Witness assisted in the marriage with Mr. Cooke, and she packed up Miss Wetherell's things and sent them to Mr. Cooke's house on the day before they were married. Mr. Wetherell did not know anything about the marriage taking place. When Mr. and Mrs. Cooke went to town together from 13yfield, witness accompanied them. They occupied apartments in Welbeck street, and he sometimes stayed out very late at night. He eventually left Mrs. Cooke al ogether. and in the course of a few (lays she returned home to her father. By Mr. CHAMBERS-Mr. Cooke tried several times to be reconciled to his wife after this occurred. Elie tbeth Revel, wife of Mr. Wetherell's coachman at B) field, deposed that after. Mr. Wetherell's marriage she and her father used occasionally to come to Byfield. Her attention was attracted to Miss Wetherell's bed by another servant, acd in her opinion it had the appearance of two persons having been in it. She likewise said that between three and four o'clock in the morning she had seen the de fendant go into his daughter's bedroom and remain there for twenty minutes. The witness likewise said that since the action had been brought she had seen the defendant in the Queen's Bench Prison, and he asked ker some questions, when she told him . w t h h e a s t hb s ee h s et also thadthing insga seen at nh r ea e st a s p eheceot could n l dg diddt o h n e owt i b n , nbd a e n wt d ohg h ao e t out rem o a f rk tVe t w ha ay t Russell and his wife said, but he was afraid of witness. He asked some further questions about the evidence, and when she told him what Mrs. Hall was to prove about the linen, he rubbed his face and turned quite crimson. Cross-examined—Her evidence had been taken down in writing, and she was sworn as to its truth. She had been told that more had been put into her affidasit than she really stated, but upon hearing it read over, she found it was not the case. Sae would nut swear that Mr. Wetherell did not say it was all a conspiracy to ruin him and his daughter. She hail so much to think of she could not recollect every thing. Mr. Wetherell owed her husband 701., but she did not say to him when she went to see him, that if he would pay her she would go away the next day. She did say, " Pay me the mon.y, and I'll go to-morrow." Mr. JAMES here tendered the sworn statement of the witness as evidence to prove that she had now told the same story. Sergeant CIIA N NELL objected. Chief Justice TINDAL ruled that it was not admissible. It was a most extraordinary course to cause a witness to swear to the truth of the evidence he would have to depose to. Evidence was then adduced, to show that the defendant went into the country with his daughter, he gave directions that all his letters should he enclosed in an envelope ad dre;sed to T. C. Mills, Esq., and it was proved that letters, so addressed, were sent to him at Gloucester, Monmouth, and Chepstow. This closed the plaintiff's case, and the further proceedings were then adjourned. Croydon, August 16. The proceedings in this very extraordinary . case were re sumed this day. The Court, as on the previous day, was crowded to excess. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL proceeded to address the fury on behalf of the defendant. tie said that the jury listened to the evidence which had been brought forward by the plaintiff, and be felt quite assured that they could not credit the testi mony of his witnesses, and therefore would return a verdict for the defendant. But while he (Mr. Sergeant Channell ) ex pressed himself in these terms, he must tell the jury that it was impossible for a person placed in his situation not to feel anxiety about the result. He fully shared in the painful feelings which had been expressed on the subject by his Learned Friend on the other side of the question. His Learned Friend had truly de scribed his case as a criminal prosecution. It was true that the defendant was not before them to answer for his life, but if the jury were to find a verdict against him, his life would be of no value to hien. All of human happiness, everything that would make life worth enjoying would be destroyed ; life, indeed, in such circumstances, would be a curse. And in addition to the degradation entailed on himself, there would he the miserable reflec.ion that he had suck his daughter, the being to whom he had given life, into a state of hopeless degradation and infamy. He did not believe that the jury would come to a conclusion involving so dreadful a result, and, therefore, he fully relied on an acquittal of his (Mr. Sergeant Channell's) client. He admitted that some of the witnesses had sworn positively to certain occurrences having taken place, but if every fact w ere to he taken as proved, because a wit nel had sworn to it, the most innocent might be convicted of offences; and their experience taught them that the most painful charges were often made ath „t e a t i n nocent parties without the slightest foundntie n , a n d . their only protection was to be found in the discrimination of the jury, who took care to examine into all the motives .f the the tvidenet carefully and cons,lera.ely, par ies, and weighing return their verdict accordingly. Should the jury find a verdict of guilty on so awful a charge as this, on a case of mere suspicion. ard without any positive evidence on which they cont.' rely ? This was the question they had to answer, and he hat very li•tle fear for the result. The Le; rued Coun3el then proceeded at some length to animadvert on the evidence of the witnesses, which he e.r.tended was wholly unworthy of credit, and on which he main- , tained it was wholly impossible they could find a verdict of guilty. He would ask t he j ur y , a s m en of common sense, 1 whether it was probable that the defendant could have been guilty of the crime laid to his charge ? He begged the jury to consider most attentively the letters of the defendant's daughter; they were most important. Was it, he would ask the jury, possible that a young lady could write such letters, knowing, as she mutt have done, that she had been all the while carrying on an incestuous intercourse with her own father? The Learned Counsel concluded a powerful and impressive address by calling on the jury to return a verdict for the defendant. The CHIEF Jusucx then proceeded to sum up the case. After describinahe nature of the case, he siid that any re compense that coilld be given to a husband who had been de prived of the affections of his wife must of necessity be very poor reparation for the injury sustained. It was, however, the only reparation acknowledged by the law, aid juries, in estimating damages in such cases, must always be guided by the peculiar circumstances of each case. This was not the ordinary case of the offence being committed by a stranger. It was a father charged with the offence upon his own child, and this certainly rendered the crime one of a far more hateful nature. Although human nature re belled against such an act, that. ought not to excite prejudice against the party accused, but on the contrary, ought rather to excite a doubt of the possibility of its having been committed. The Learned Judge then proceeded to comment upon the evidence. and he remarked that on the part of the plaintiff it was alleged that the charge had been distinctly made out by the evidence, while, on the ether hand, there could be no doubt that the defendant alleged the whole tubes conspiracy for the purpose of forwarding the views of the plaintiff. The jury would judge between the parties. It was fey them to decide the question. His Lordship then, after referring to the state ments made by the servants, said it was certainly most extra ordinary that they should have continued to remain in the house when they represented theraselvesto be satisfied a most abominable intercourse was being carried on between a father and his daughter. This remark especially applied to the witness who said that she was aware that the intercourse was going on before the marriage took place, and that she assisted in carrying out the clandestine marriage. The jury then retired for about forty minutes, when they returned their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 3,0004 IrES7'ERN Cl [WU IT.—Devises, August 13. CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) . . Ruth Fethant was charged with stabbing and wounding Mary Barter, with intent to do her same grievous bodily harm. Verdict—Guilty of a common a , sult, and she was sentenced to three months' hard labour. August 14. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) The indictment charged the .prisoner, under the name of George iron/ford. with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Woolford, hg casting or throwing her into the water, by which she was choked, suffocated, and drowned. There was a second count charging the murder to be of a woman to the jurors unknown. The short narrative of the facts of the case, as stated by counsel and proved in evidence, is as fellows : The prisoner, who was a showman, and travelled about the country with a learned pig, came to Salisbury on the sth of March last, with his two daughters (one aged 14, and the other 19). and took a bedroom at the White Lion Inn, in Toy street. The next day his wife, Elizabeth Woolford, came and joined him there, bringing with her a boy named Elijah, aged ten years, who was their youngest child. The reason of their not coming together seemed to be that his son had left him some time before, and the mother had been to Southamp ton to fetch him. They appeared to be in a state of great poverty, and they all slept in one room, the man and his two daughters on a bed, and the woman and the child on the floor, on a bed made up there. The man got what money he could for the family by taking the pig round the country for exhibi tion, having with him a drum and bugle. They remained at the White Lion until the 16th of March without anything par ticular occurring, but from the evidence it appeared th at the woman was in low spirits, and . appeared much dejected. On the evening of the 16th of March, which was Palm Sunday, the prisoner left the house at about seven, and said he was going to the post-office. At this time the deceased and her two daughters were in the tap-room of the inn, where they had been drinking tea. The little boy, however, had again absconded from them, which seemed to have had a great effect on the spirits of his mother. About ten minutes after the prisoner left the house the woman Elisabeth Woolford also left the room, and it is supposed the house immediately after, but no one saw her after she left the room in which they had been sitting. When she left the room she had no bonnet on. She never again returned to the house. Just before eight o'clock the same evening, a woman in dark clothes, with a red shawl and dark bonnet, and answering the description of the deceased, was seen by two women who were walking along the road leading to Salisbury from Loverstock. Loverstock, it appears, is a village near Salisbury, where there is a river called the Liffy, over which there is a bridge called Loverstock-bridge. The woman was near a place called Milford Hollow, and was going in a direction to the bridge. When seen by the witness she appeared to be crying, running fast, and looking behind her apparently much frightened. As they got on about sixty yards, they met a man whom they identified as being the prisoner; and as he passed them he was going in the same direction as the woman, and was heard to mutter, "I be d—d if Ido not do it." About twenty minutes after this the prisoner was again seen looking over Loverstock-bridge into the water. This was about twenty-five minutes past eight. At a quarter before nine he went into the tap-room of Clarke's brewery in Salisbury, and had some beer and smoked his pipe, when he left and went to the White Lion, where his family were left. When he got there he was asked if he had seen his wife . He said, " No. for he should not wonder if the old fool had hung or drowned herself, as she had often threatened to do." He then went back to Clarke's brewery, and asked for a half pint of beer. He then said to a man called Mit Thell, who was sitting in the room, When I went from here I went direct to Newman's (the landlore. of the White Lion), and saw my children by the fire, comfortable, but not their mother, and they told me they did not know where she was." He then said that he went up stairs, hut could not find her, although her bonnet and shawl were left in the room, therefore she could not be gone far; that he had been to look for her, but could not find her. He stayed there until near eleven o'clock, and then returned to the White Lion, and knocked at the door The landlord opened it, and asked him where he had been so late ? He said, " Looking after my be- of a wife, who, I suppose, is drowned." Nothing more was seen of the poor woman until the 9th of April, when the body of a woman, which was clearly identified to be that of Elizabeth Woolford, was found in the river Liffy, about two hundred yards below Loverstock-bridge. She had no bonnet or shawl on when found, but a bonnet and shawl, which were identified to be hers, were found in the water near the place where she was found, but higher up the river. No marks of violence of nadonthe body, whi c h presented the ordi nary drowned person who had been a long time i a n ny th k e a ceip w npd a e t a e wr r ae . nre U r(o) p uf on a coroner's inquest being held, the pri soner was apprehended at a village some miles from Salisbury, he having left that place with his family for some time. Seve ral witnesses were called to prove statements made to them by the prisoner after the poor woman was missing, but they were all to the effect that he had been looking for his wife, but could not find her, and that he believed that she had either drowned or hung herself, and that he was sure he should not see her again. One witness, however, who was called to prove a statement of this kind, proved a very material fact for the prisoner, which was, that on the 12th of March the deceased woman. whom he had known for some years, had called on him in Salisbury, and on his remarking to her that she was much altered and looked nervous, she said, "I have had a deal of trouble of late, more than I can bear. I am sure I cannot bear it long, but shall either hang or drown myself." Another witness, the servant at the White Lion, also deposed that on the morning of the day on which she disappeared, she (witness) asked the deceased to let her have a chair on which upon deceased said. " Pray take it. I shall not trouble this she was sitting for a short time, to bang some clothes en, where place much longer." The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Justice ERLE summed up the case to the jury with great perspicuity and minuteness, pointing out to them that although it might be that the prisoner had not lived happily with his wife, and might, by his ill conduct, have driven her to commit so tide, yet it was far from being satisfactorily proved that in any way he had been the active mover to her death by violent means ; but that, upon the evidence produced before them, it wag much more probable that she had been driven by despair and misery to commit suicide. He then read over the whole of the evidence, and The jury. after about half an hour's consultation, Coon e prisoner Not Guilty. During the wnole of the trial the prisoner maintains] the most perfect self-possession, and repeatedly cross-examined the witnesses, some of whom he charged with perjury and with coming there to swear away his life. At one time, during the examination of the landlord, he became so much excited that it was with difficulty that the gaoler could pacify him ; he walked up and down the deck, exclaiming, " I never saw the woman that night, on my soul ! As I live, by the Almighty, I never cast eyes upon her on the Sunday ! It is no use to listen to that man, he is perjured. lam innocent — innocent—innocent ! Ile has perjured himself—he has per jured himself !" Upon being asked if he would say an thing in his defence, however, he answered quite calmly. " All I have to say k. that lam innocent of the charge." Upon the ver dict of Not Guilty being returned, his fortitude quite gave way, and he fell bank in a chair in the dock and burst into a fit of weeping, apparently inconsolable far some time. This case terminated the ousiness of the assizes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION- H 0 USE. Mr. Jacob 'Mites Castello was summoned before the Lord Mayor, fist- having caused an obstruction at the corner of Capel.coort, which leads to the Stock Ex ell"ge• The neighbourhood of Capel-coutt has been for sortie thin.. crowded in an extreme degree during busin-ss h'•urs by the lower orders of jobbers—bitlis, bears, stags, and lame ducks ; and a pole_atrian has beon officiating there every day, in order to enable the .owners of promises on the spot to obtain access to their OWII Offices, and to clear the way for the public, who constantly have t o mee t w ith impediments from the ex cited specula tors . M r. C orney , th e Deputy of the ward, having be en app li e d to b y many of the respectable inha bitants, to exerci•e 1 - Cs influence in checking so disagree able a nuisance, directed that the police should summon any transgressor of the Sewers Act, and the defendant was accordingly cited before his Lordship. Thomas WI ite, policeman No. 24, stated that on the 9th instant, there b,!ing a crowd and a complete obstruc tion on tie Queen's highway, he spoke to a gentleman who was in conversation with Mr. Castello to move away from the glee7i's high Any. Mr. Castelloimmediately asked liow a c mthie:-taker, like witness, dared to speak to a gen gem ,n, and threatened to take witness before the Lord Mayor. As Mr. Castello acted in such a manner as was calculated to increase rather than dimi nish the obstruction, and as frequent complaints had been made of the annoyance to which the owners of premises in the vicinity, and passers-by were subjected, witness was Obliged to appeal to the Lord Mayor. Th,• Loin) MAYOR-IS it the public way that was obstructed ? Wi tness—Certa i n l y i t i s . The Loan M AYOR—Have you any witness to call ? Witness No, my L or d , All t h ose w ho were about the puce were ithhers, a n d ot h ers i n terested in Stock Ex change transactions. Mr, Gistdio sH..I he was very well known in the city of London to be a most respectable man, and he did not, k::ow why he should be deprived of the rights of a free born Erig-liAman b 3 a p erson w ho belonged to the police force. For thirty-fi ve years his character as an honour able man of business h a d b een k n own, and he felt that he ought not to be tou c h e d b y t h e h a nds of a thief-taker ; and he certainly did express himself in that He, at the same time, feeling great indignation at such interference, said that it was his intention to complain to the Lord Mayor upon the subject ; but, upon cooling, he thought it would be as well not to notice it further, and I MONTrAlir 11101!,NIVO, ATM./TV!' 141, - 1.1‘43. the summons to answer the complaint of the policeman was the consequence. The policeman said he had civilly spoken to the gen tleman to move from the spot in which the obstruction was, and that if Mr. Castello ref Used, it would be an example which the rest would fo'.low immediately, so that all accommodation to the public would cease. Mr. Castello stated that the policeman desired him, and the gentleman with whom be was talking upon busi ness, to move on, and said to him, " How do I know that you are a gentleman ?" in a very insolent manner. " My tame," repeated Mr. Castello, " is Jacob Castello. I am well known as a man of honour ; and it is come to a pretty pas 4, if a free-born Englishman is to be treated in such a manner by a common thief-taker." Mr. Jacobs, merchant, of London-road, stated that he was conversing with Mr. Castello peaceably, near Capel-court, when the policeman walked up to him, touched him, and told him to move on. Witness told the policeman, if he had anything to say to say it, with out accompanying the word with the action ; and Mr. Castello observed that it was hard if gentlemen could not speak together on the Queen's highway, without having hands pu►t upon them, or being pulled about by a policeman. The policeman commented upon that ob servation, by saying he did not know whether Mr. Cas tell.) was a gentleman or not. The policeman stated that Mr. Jacobs had given him a great deal of trouble at the same place. The LORD MAYOR —ls there any other witntos for the defence ? Mr. Castello—No, my Lord. I leave this in your Lordship's hands. I protest against having my name mixed up with the stags, ;and people of that description about the Alley. If policemen are to have such power—if the liberty of the subject is to be abridged in this manner, I can no longer call myself a free-born Englishman, but a mere slave, and my friend who is going to a foreign country must leave England with a very unfavourable impression of the nature of the free dom of which we speak. DEPUTY CORNET declared that the nuisance just de scribed had reached a most intolerable height, and he and several gentlemen who had offices and counting house. in the immediate neighbourhood, bore the warm est testimony to the good character and moderate con duct of the policeman, who uniformly exhibited proofs of the most marked forbearance. The LORD MAYOR—There is no doubt at all, accord ing to the admission of the defendant and his witness, independently of the evidence of the policeman, who we know here to be an extremely well-conducted man, that in this case the law has been violated. Tin, consequence of such transgressions is serious, and the magistracy must interfere to check the evil, which increases WiLh the rage of speculation. Mr. Castello is fined 20s, and costs. Mr. Castello seemed to be surprised at the decision, for he had been permitted to talk upon the boasted pri vileges of free born Englishmen without interruption, and evidently imagined that his allusion to slavery would fill his Lordship's mind with abhorrence of the police men. "It shall not end here," said he. Deputy Corney—No ; - I will follow it up, depend upon that. Mr. Castello—l shall go to Parliament, most certainly, upon the subject. What are the rights of a free-born Englishman. if such things are allowed ? Nothing. Deputy Corney—l think, my Lord, it will be neces sary to put up a board containing a notice of the deter mination to carry the law into effect. The LORD MAYOR—No; there will be no occasion. This case and the penalty will, I dare say, become quite public enough to render any course of that kind un necessary. The defendant paid the penalty, and saying that he was thankful to his Lordship, left the Justice-room. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—A man, named Joseph William Bean, who looked like a labourer, was brought up, and charged upon the following evidence with having been the cause of the death of his wife. _ _ Acting-Inspector Teague, No. 410, stated that as he was on duty on Thursday night he received information that at No. 6, Priest's-alley, Tower-street, the wife of the . prisoner had lost her life in a quarrel with him. He immediately took the prisoner into custody, and told him to mind that if he thought proper to say anything it would be used against him. The prisoner said, it he were to be hung for it he would speak the trail). He then stated that he had in a quarrel struck his wife, and thrust her out into the court ; that she returned and was striking at him, and that he was about to strike her again, but was held back by a female who lodged in the house ; that his wife in retreating from him caught her foot against the step of the door and fell backwards and dislocated her neck, and that was the way it happened. Jane Lightfoot, a lodger at No. 5, Priest's-alley, stated t hat as she was sitting on the step of the door, she heard the prisoner and his wife having words together. It appeared to her that Beau had flung a cup of tea at his ife. and immediately a scuffling took place. A Mrs. Jacobs went to part them, and when Bean was going to strike his wife, interfered, and called upon him, for God's sake, to govern his passion ; and Mrs. Bean then caught her foot in the doorway, and fell back with ber neck against the stones or the step. Witness took her up. and she called for a drop of water, and the pri,oner brought the water to give to her. He then went out, and did not return for a quarter of an hour. The sur geon came, and witness held Mrs. Bean's arm while he tried to bleed her, but not a drop of blood came. The surgeon pronounced her dead, and witness understood him to have stated that she had dislocated the marrow of her neck. The LORD MAYOR remanded the prisoner until the issue of the Coroner's inquest shall be known, and de sired Gooch, the turnkey, to let the Coroner know that, if he considered it necessary, the prisoner should appear before him on the occasion. On Saturday it was stated that all the witnesses ha(l been examined before the Coroner, and that the result was a verdict of Accidental Death. Nevertheless, the Lord Mayor pursued the investigation, but eventually discharged the prisoner. GUILDHALL. On Saturday Charles Maynard, the astate-agent in Howland -stre, t, who stands charged with negotiating to take a reward for restoration of some bills of exchange, to the amount of 2,0002, and the other contents of a writing case stolen from the Great Western Railway, was brought before Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes, for further examination. Mr. Clarkson said he proposed to examine, on this occasion, Collard, the officer of the railway, to speak to the finding of certain papers, some of which were partly written in short-hand. He should call pro fessional short-hand writers to show the contents of these memoranda, from which it would be seen that while they bare upon the present case, it might be inferred the prisoner had taken up the business of negotiating the restoration of stolen goods. Justice demanded that he should apply for a remand, inasmuch as there was reason to believe that this was not the first or second transaction in which the prisoner had been engaged, and he should have here after to prefer a second charge in respect to receiving 1501. fur the restoration of a writing-desk, containing railway shares of considerable value, and which was stolen from the Great Western in May last. The Com pany were determined to punish the parties concerned in these robberies if possible. The prisoner had been convicted and sentenced to transportation in 1816, which term he served on board the hulks. He should also have to charge the prisoner with bigamy. Only tee days before he was apprehended on the present occasion he h:fd married Miss Maxted, a young lady of respectable connexions, he having a wife now living whom he married in 1822. He held in his hand a letter which the prisoner had addressed to the young lady, whom he was afraid he should be obliged to call. It was dated the 12th of July. Amongst the papers found at his lodgings were a sort of rough draft of forms to be used in negotiating with parties, anticipations of suggestions that might be made on the other side, and the answers to be given; the mode in which the negotiations might be carried out, and the form in which certain matters might be broached. _ _ _ Mr. Humphreys objected to this course of general statement Mr. Clarkson said some of the phrases had been actu ally used in the letters and conversations upon the pre sent occasion. The letter from Sandhurst, dated July 24, already put in, began, " A stranger called at my office last week, and represented that he had found a travelling-desk, your property. He emphatically asserts that he slid not obtain possession of it dishonestly, for in fact he never received it at all." The next paper was questions to be put at the next interview. "1. Whom have I the pleasure of addressing ?-2. If two parties come, say, \tVlio is the principal ?'-3. If conversation is going on, put a stop to it by saying, ' I can only confine myself to the terms of the advertise ment. Does not your advertisement rest confessed ? Show that you lean on it, for in truth you are a party to the compromise.'—lf they ask, How do you mix your self up in such a matter ?' say, 'You weuld never have obtained possession of the box without my agency, an4i is it not better to receive it through the hands of a re spectable agent in preference to the stained and dirty channel of a practised— " The next paper was as follows : " It appears, from your searching scrutiny, that I must give up a matter not enviable to hands more capa ble of conducting it than myself. You must give up the letters, and with them a redemption from any proceed ings against the party or his agent. The conditions an nexed to your advertisement, offering —1 upon satisfac tory explanation of the circumstances, would deter any man, even if his character were as pure as the driven snow, from giving them up." Mr. Alderman HUGHES, looking at the paper of ques tions and answers, said it was certainly rt curious catechism. _ _ Joseph Collard, the superintendent of the G rea t Wes tern Rail w3y police, was then examined. After he had apprehended the prisoner he searched him and found some papers. which he produced. He also went to the pn,nner's to aging in CharringtoM street, Somers -town, and found some other papers. Mr. Nash, clerk toMa:ors. Swain and Co., solicitors, Frederick's-place, accompanied the officer in making the search, and upon putting together the pieces of torn papr he picked out of the grate, he obtained these documents. Mr. Gregory, of Dorset-street, Liverpool-road, was examined as to the contents of the papers in short hand. He himself used the same characters and the same mode of connecting them, but the hand-writing was bad. In his translation he left blanks where the characters were doubtful. sitg4esting the probable word from the con text. (Mr. Humihreys objf cte dto the admission of any con.j.ctural words.) His examination occupied a con siderable time, as he had to cistinguish what words were in long hand, what in short-hand, and what uncertain. Mr. Fraser, of Cannon. row, a short-hand writer, of 40 years' experience, said he had carefully examined the papers, and he confirmed Mr. Gregory's translation. Mr. Humphreys cross-examined the witnesses, to as certain with what degree of certainty they could rely on their translation. He said he could not oppose the application that the prisoner should be remanded over the present session at the Old Bailey, as there were some other charges to be preferred. Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes said he could :aot think of admitting the prisoner to bail after the state ments he had heard, and with the coreurrence of bath sides, he remanded the prisoner till the 29th inst. :7MARLBOROUGH-STREE7 Armes Smith, aged 68 years, who is in independent circum stances, and resides at No. 26, Green-street, Ray swater-yead, was charged with indecently assaulting a child, named Lucy Lenghurst, aged eight years. The offence was clearly proved, and he was sentenced to pay a fine of 51., or two months' imprisonment. The prisoner not having the money in his possession was placed in the lock-up cell. An elegantly-dressed and remarkably good-looking young female, who gave the name of Mary Dillon, was charged with having been found drunk and incapable of taking care of her self, at two o'clock that morning, under the Quadrant, Regent street. Poliee-constable No. 62 of the C division, stated that on passing through the Quadrant, he saw the defendant sitting on the step of a deor apparently asleep. As he was approaching her she fell on the ground, and on raising her up he found that she was perfectly insensible. With the assistance of a gentleman who was passing by he conveyed her to the station• house, and there found in her possession a 10! Bank of England note, and some gold and silver in a purse. She had also about her a gold watch, chain, and neck chain. superb gold bracelet, and several diamond and other valuable rings. . . . _ Dir. HA RDWZCK (to the defendant)--Do you wish to say anything ? The defendant. made no answer. Inspector Plume, of the C division, said that she was dumb but not deaf. Mr. HA ftnwroc—Has she been so from her birth? Inspector —I do not know, Sir. The defendant was ordertd to be discharged. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY MURDER. AND On Saturday, .rt person who gave his name Edward Long, and who represented himself as the son of a laun dress in Bayswater, was examined before the sitting magistrates at Uxbridge, on a charge of attempted rob bery and murder. Mrs. Harris, who appeared to be still suffering severely from tha injuries the prisoner had inflicted on her, deposed, that on Friday the Bth instant, between eleven and twelve o'clock, she observed from an upper window a man, who afterwards proved to be the prisoner, in the back yard of the premises. He seemed to be begging, but she did not take much notice of him at the time. About ten minutes afterwards she went into the front parlour, when she was thunderstruck at seeing the same man standing in the room, into which he must have got through oue of the windows. That man was the prisoner. She immediately demanded what he did there, when the prisoner passed her, and directly - shut the room door, and told her that his object was plunder or even murder. Witness being dreadfully alarmed, begad screaming violently, upon which the pri soner instantly pulled out a large bludgeon and com menced beating her over the head, arms, and neck. Witness's screams brought one of her women servants into the room, and she had very little recollection of what afterwards took place. Maria Luckit deposed that she was servant to the last witness. On the forenoon in question, hearing her mis tress's screams, she ran into the front parlour. On en tering, she saw the prisoner standing by the centre table, with a large stick brandishing in his right hand over her mistress, who was lying on the floor between two chairs. Witness assisted Mrs. Harris upon her feet, who then jumped out of the window into the forecourt, although witness tried to prevent her. The screams of another female servant, who had run into the garden, where Mr. Harris and the manservant were at work, brought them and some of the neighbours to their assistance, when Samuel Powell, a journeyman tailor, got into the window and seized the prisoner, who, seeing others coming in, said, " Don't hurt me, though lam a housebreaker. I will surrender myself." Sergeant Richard Roadnight, T 11, deposed that on the day in question, in consequence of information he received, he went to Mr. Harris's house, and received the prisoner from Samuel Powell and others who had secured him. The prisoner was without his shoes, and as witness was taking him to the station-house at Hillingdon end, he pulled the silver fork and the orna ment now produced out of his pocket, which witness took, and he said, " There, that is enough for you." The prisoner also said he was not sorry he was taken. He had wanted money, and finding the window open, he took off his shoes and got in. The stick produced (a tremendous bludgeon) witness found in the parlour. It further appeared, from the admission of the prisoner himself, that he had gone out on the evening in question with the stick, with the full determination to rob some one or be transported for the attempt. The prisoner, whose appearance is most ferocious, was committed to Newgate for trial. MARKET NEWS.-(SATURDAY. COVENT-GARDEN. Notwithstanding the supplies of both Fruit and Vege tables were exceedingly large, the general demand ruled active, and previous rates were steadily supported . Potatoes, from 2s 3d to 5s 6d per cwt; Turnips, is 3d to 2s; Carrots, 5s to 6s ; Onions, is to 2s; and Greens, is 6d to 2s 3d per dozen bunches ; Plums, 2s to 4s ; Broad Beans, 10d to is 6d ; Peas, is to 2s ; Gooseberries, Is 3d to 3s ; Currants, 2s 6d to 5s ; French Beans, 2s ; Apples, is 3d to 2s; Pears, 2s to 3s; and Spinach, 8d to is per half sieve ; Cherries, 4d to 8d ; Hothouse Grapes, 3s to 5s ; and English Pine-apples, 4s to 7s per lb ; Cauliflowers, 8d to 3s; Cabbages, 8d to is; and Peaches and Nectarines, 12s to 20$ per dozen ; Horse-radish, 2s to 5s per bundle ; Wal nuts, for pickling, 8d to is 6d ; and Lemons, 8s to 13s per 100 ; Cucumbers, 2d to 8d; and Melons, is 6d to 4s each ; Radishes, 4d per dozen hands ; Green Gages, Is to 2s ; Orleans Plums 2s to 2s 3d ; Small Salad, 2d ; and Mush rooms, 6d to is per punnet •, Strawberries, 4d to 8d; and Raspberries, 4d to 8d per pottle. NEWGATE AND ZEADENNALL. • ' We had a very steady general trade this morning, at in some instances a trifling improvement in value. Beef, from 2s 8d to 38 Sd ; Mutton, 35 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s lUd ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s 2d Ter 81bs. Although we had only a limited supply of Poultry the sales proceeded slowly, and last week's prices were with difficulty supported.' Fowls were selling at from 5s to 9s per per couple; Goslings, 4s to 6s each. NEWPORT. Each kind of prime Meat sold freely; other kinds slowly, at our quotations. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 4s to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 2d per Sibs. EUNGERPORD. For each kind of Meat, the supplies of which on offer were seasonably good, we had a very steady demand, at fully last week's quotations. In Fruit and other articles only a mode rate business was doing. BILLINGSGATE. 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JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SL K ~./NTI , 0 This efficacious remedy CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEE i,. Do- MRS JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOu ..,,, of itiv - 14 ha S s Y b ß e U eri in Thirty Years, and has preserved numerous Children wil 0 tl,O O from Convulsions arising from painfill Dentition. Ae. 6 00 A p the v io tO rup is rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieve y ' e ftics c , lie cooled, end tile inflammation reduced. rt is as Innocent as,nt nits tending to produce the Teeth with ease • and so Pl„ e- rrl ite i t - CP Child will refbse to let its Gums be rubbed ' with it • •r i ,„7" 00 i'"foc be very particular to ask fir JOHNSON'S AMERICA:' - s 9,.,'' 0 ,, general use for e l l i Polf e e l s J r SYRUP, and to notice that the n 1 fr - •" ' -1' " c names of Bare ifY ringdon-street, London (to whotn Mrs. Johnson ',as solder nße are on the Stamp affixed to each Bottle. Pr _„.',ca 2s. 9d• r --- ..-------"---- B/P:gy/S. e 0 Vi. On the 27th of June, at ", • , the wife - f AO 6c. Vincent 8, A o , melt Alves, Esq., of l'. izthu liter. the 114 of On the 11th ha s t ,Rectory, a , at the g T plow rtif e Rev. Alfred 8. Strettell, of a son. the dere On the 13th inst., a t M o ttingham House, Neff the Rev. Paul Ashmore, Rector of Porthkerrr , off , Glamorgan, of a daughter Or e ' On the 14th inst., in Guildford - street, Russell-s 4 . 4 01 of o t James Courtenay, of a son. the •of On the 6th inst., at Sidney Lodge, CarnbridO_Averst the Rev. Dr. Phelps, Vice-Chancellor of the u' go , Cambridge, of a daughter. ~ a dont On the Bth inst., at Fyfield House, near Aull i . to f ot ~.,.., Stone, of Christ's Hospital, of a son. P* -- Ott the 9th inst., at Camden-villas, C amden 0 0 Mrs. Edward Jenner Murray, of a daughter. rY. " ,,tiaret On the sth inst., at South-place, Finsb wife of John Smith, Esq., surgeon, of a son. f id 1 , # MARRIED. R i g ht On the 9th inst., at Fulham Church, the Rig , to P,z, 0 Augustus Loftus, fourth son of the Mareisofle, it Maria, eldest daughter of Captain H. y. Grev Musgrave House, Fulham. f IP DIED. bat, 5013 ° On the 15th inst., at Bungay, aged 23, R° 90 John Childs. jri t W i ieuten— 0 111 r On the 12th inst., at Greenwich , L Bowers,.R.N., aged 60. ife of Vi visr' A On the 14th inst., Martha Dey, t he w - ..,,aliCer ' .0 1 '" Esq., of The Lawn, South Lambeth. Diarian 8 O 1 TO We, .rothertele he 1 41 1don.b r i ` n the everand his her, • bat:A.l it, !tig X ;" lug 1, 1 • I nd] Tota ith 47$ ,1) ti 'l4 %Is 14Itta I\ ''**, LOT, 11l 1110 laiWilt 0V1.14. 1.1.L11 , / , .- In Atoteomb-street, Belgrave.square, Ditu"-- (laughter of the late James Barton, Esq. ~ of G► ii YOIJ I4 11 S' 2, London: Printed and Published by MRDO_ Oa ft No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 2'ke Sun 00:00011 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill t Middlesex, Monday, August 18, 1 845 * ,✓ _------- _._ _ BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from B%d to 9d ; of Household ditto, 6id to 8d per 41bs leaf. RIDE MAXILET. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers and Heifers, 5s 6d to 5s 8d ; Middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 2d ; Inferior ditto, 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per Skin : Market Calf, 6s 6d to 8s 10d; Lamb-skins, is 3d to 2s 3d; Shearlings, 10d to is 6d. HAY WILLILZETS. SMITRFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 4/18s ; useful do., 5/ to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland do., 5/ lOs to 5/ 15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 108 to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to 11 18s ; Wheat Straw. 1/ 18s to 2/ 2s per load. A full average supply and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to 41 18s useful ditto, 5/ to 5/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 12s to 5/ 16s Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 61; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 2l; Who t Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Supply moderate and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL—Coirse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 4 1 16 ; useful ditto, 4/ 18s to 5/ lOs ; tine Upland ditto. 5! 12, 51 15s; Clover Bay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw. 1! 16. to 1/18s Wheat Straw, 21 to 2/ .2s per load. Trade rather dull at the above quotations. New Meadow flay was s+-Ilmg at from 3/5s to 4/ 12,, and New Clover 4l to 5/ per loan. COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A NAVAL. OFFICER.— We have to record an act of great courage and humantty, quite in keeping with the characteri,tics of a British naval officer. On Friday night last, at half-past ten o'clock, the nista being pitch dark, with heavy tain. Mr. Rodney Carter, !wife of her Majesty's ship Daring, and Mr, Richard Carter, mhishipman of the same ship, were proceeding along the pier at Colum bine Quay, Cove, in search of a bo,it to get on board, when the latter gentleman, owing to the extreme darkness of he night, stepped over the edge of the quay into the water. He was en cumbered with a heavy great coat, and not knowing how to swim a stroke, with a strong ebb title making down, was in the most imminent danger, when his companion, Mr. Rodney Car ter, gallantly plunged in after him, and succeeded in laying hold of him as be was sinking the second time. By great exer tions he contrived to keep his you ng s hi pmate ' s head over eater for upwards of ten minutes, until a boat was sent to their assist ance from the Peru, where the watch on deck was attracted by the noise in the water, and lanterns having been procured, both were rescued from their perilous situation, though considera bly exhausted from their long struggle. The gentlemen, we understand. though namesakes, are not related to each other, and, considering the imminent peril of his own life Mr. Rodney Carter incurred, we feel certain that his gallant and meritorious conduct will not be unappreciated or unacknowledged.— Cork Southern Reporter. FEARFUL ACCIDENT.—OD Wednesday evening, about ten o'clock, a horse and gig belonging to Mr. Ledger, of Deptford -bridge, surveyor, having been left at the door of a house in Sydenham, the horse started off at great speed to wards Lewisham, and continued at a galloping pace until it reached the Plough Inn, at the extremity of the latter village, a distance of four miles, when it came in contact with a strong wooden fence on the side of the Ravensbourne, which wasbroke to pieces, and the horse and gig were precipitated a disianee o eight or ten feet into the water. A dairyman, named Sherman ran out of the Plough and jumped into the water, and, with great difficulty and imminent risk, succeeded in releasing the animal by cutting the harness, &c., and drawing the horse under neath the bridge to the opposite side of the road. TUSSAC GRASS.—We learn that Mr. Matheson, of Achany, lately imported from the Falkland Islands a quantity of Tussac grass seed, part of which was sent to the Lewis and sown in half an acre of deep moss land which had been pur posely improved and enclosed by Mr. Nicolson, tacksman of Coll. The seed was put into the ground about the end of Juse last, and in 14 days the grass made its appearance, and it now nearly covers the ground. Although its growth is slow it is steady, and from the success that has attended this first experiment, little difficulty is anticipated in raising this grass to any extent on the moss!andi of the Lewis. —lnverness Courier. 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