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LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 17.—Wind this day N.W., light breeze and hazy. DEAL,DEc. 16.—WindN.N.W.—Arrd. Thomas and Henry. Churchward, Calcutta; :Clara,: Crow, Bombay; Isabella, Gale, Demerata ; Apprentice, New York; Elizabeth, Brown, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, John Gillham, Canning, Bombay ; Pharsalia, :Winsor, New Orleans ; American, Sampson, New York." - Arrd. from the River and sailed, Gleaner, Smith, Boston. Cowie, DEC. 16.—S1d. Fatel Basack, Aden and Bombay. So UTHAMPTON, DEC. 16.—S1d. Recorder, Cape of Good Hope. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 16.—Arrd. Britannia steamer, Boston, left 2d instant, and Halifax, on the 4th. AYR, DEC. 15.—Arrd. Dundonald, St. John's, New Brunswick. CLYDE, DEC. 14.—Arrd. Southampton, Montreal. 15th, Superior, Sierra Leone ; Hamlet, Fergus, St. Thomas. DEAL, DEC. 16. —The Ann, Phillipps, of and from Sunder. land to Rouen, was abandoned off Fairlight yesterday, and soon after foundered; crew saved. The Neriad, Bartlett, from Middleborough to Exeter, struck on the Bunt Head this morning, and assisted into deep water by a boat's crew. PETERHEAD, DEC. 13.—The Imperial, of Spey, in putting back, 10th instant, struck on the rocks near the entrance, and received considerable damage. ORR PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 16.—Plantagenet, Calcutta. BRISTOL, DEC. 16.—Arrd. Janet, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, DEC. 15.—Arrd. Mexican, New Yor k. LIVERPOOL, DEc. 16.—Wind N.W , fresh.—Arrd. Lucinda, Scollay, Bombay ; Dochfour, Wakeman, New York. Off port, Laurina, Paragon, and Lima. The Belle, of Drogheda, for Preston, was driven on the Ilorsebank, near Southport, yesterday afternoon, and it is feared will become a total wreck—crew saved. A large ship was seen on shore on Carysfort Reef, 19th November, with wreckers along side. DUNBAR, DEC. 15.—The Princess of Findhorn was dis masted, 11th inst., off the Redhead, and subsequently aban doned. Crew, except one man, saved by th e Ki ngston, f rom London to Findhorn. SHIELDS, DEC. 16.—The Wilhelmina, Meyer, of and for Memel, from Hartlepool, foundered, 11th Met.. in the North Seas. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A Quarterly General Court of the Directors and Pro prietors of the East India Company was held yesterday at Leadenhall-street at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of transacting business. Mr. PETER GORDON, who, it will be remembered, has at several times interrupted the proceedings, and on one occasion has appeared before the Lord Mayor is his ju dicial eapacity, attempted to occupy the chair, but was repulsed by officers of the Court, who, contrary to custom, were stationed at the doors leading to the inner circle appropriated to Directors. The Hon. Pro _ prietor failing in his first object then got up, and in a long speech " enlightened " those present on the history of the Company, and other particular characteristics of the successive governors. When Sir Henry Willock, the Governor, Mr. Hogg, M.P., Deputy-Gover nor, accompanied by many of the Directors, entered, Mr. Gordon was ordered to be silent, but the Hon. Proprietor not paying attention to the mandate, the question whether he should be turned out was regularly put to the Court and carried, when an officer took the Hon. Proprietor in his arms and carried him out, reading as be went the speech he had intended to perpetrate upon the audience. The proceedings were then formally commenced by the Clerk reading the minutes of last Court. IDOLATARY IN INDIA. Mr. POYNDER then rose to give notice of the following motion-- " That adverting to the change of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, on his recent departure from Bengal, and since reprinted in England, and also to the pointed statements of the Rev. James Peggs, late a Missionary in Orissa, it be referred to the Hon. Court of Directors to consider whether the time is not arrived when such ri!es and usages as contradict the law of nature, and overthrow the first principles of our common humanity' may not be terminated consistently with the ameliora tion of the natives, and the security of our Indian empire." THE RAJA OF SATTARA. The GOVERNOR then called upon Mr. George Thomp son to proceed with his motion. Mr. THOMPSON, before entering upon the business of the day, had to complain of the want of accommodation given to the proprietors. He should, in the course of his address, require to refer to several voluminous re ports—(the Hon. Proprietor pointed to about half-a dozen quarto volumes), —and without the aid of a stand of some kind it would be next to impossible for him to do so. The Governor, Sir HENRY WlLLocir, ordered a table to be brought for the accommodation of the Hon. Pro prietor. Mr. GEonGE THOMPSON said that while the table was b• ing brought, he would ask a question—one of a most important character as respected the rights of Proprietors. He wished to know whether the fifth section of the bye laws, which ordered that notices of motion should for three days previous to the meeting of the Court be inserted in two or more of the London papers, bad in this case been complied with? Sir HENRY WILLOCH said that he was not aware that the section had not been literally complied with, but at all events the Proprietors knew the purport of the mo tion, and that he considered was sufficient for the pur poses of the Hun. Proprietor. The Court had taken the opinion of the standing counsel upon the notice of motion irself, snd his advice was decidedly against its being printed. He should, however, order the opinion to be read to the Court. The legal opinion was read by the clerk, and it con firmed the Governor's statement as to the libellous cha racter of the motion. Instances were cited, and, among others, that of Stockdale's, to show that the House of Commons was not exempted from the statute. Mr. G. 11103IPSON said that, after hearing the opinion of the Learned Counsel, he should say nothing further on that point; but he was so unconvinced by that opinion, that he should perhaps consult higher legal authority. The Hon. Proprietor then proceeded to review the con duct of the East India Company, in relation to the Raja of Sattara at great lcngth, but there being no seconder for any of the resolutions but the last, the Chairman declared the meeting to be adjourned, the resolutions having been negatived unanimously. The Court then adjourned. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The opinion that the decrease of bullion in the Bank of England may in great measure be attri buted to a recent absorption by the Scotch and Irish banks, seems to be considered the true one. This, how ever, is totally unconnected with the subject of railway deposits. The Act affecting the Scotch and Irish bankers came into operation at the beginning of this month, and the notes which they have in circulation are more in number than is allowed by its provisions, unless the exc ss can be represented by a corresponding amount of bullion. Under these circumstances they have, it seems, collected together as much bullion as possible to keep up their circulation at the existing amount. As for the notion that gold has flowed out of the country, that is entirely unfounded. There has, on the contrary, been an uninterrupted influx for some time. Some of the companies formed to bid for railway lines in France have addressed circulars to their sub scribers, in which they claim the payment of Is. on each share, in consequence of the impossibility of making any profitable employment of the deposits for the short period during which they have held them. This proposition seems to have been received with much indignation by parties who were led in the first instance to b lievo that, if unsuccessful in obtaining the line contended for, the sums deposited would be repaid without any deduction whatever. Though the sum seems a small one, it is not the less a breach of the original engagement entered into when those projects were first announced in London; and it is generally under stood that, besides the use of the money, some profit was made by the rate of exchange at which it was re mitted. Only the inferior companies, however, it is probable, will resort to this course; and the parties con cerned ought not, it is evident, to consent to any such deduction. The shares in all the French companies being very numerous, in consequence of the small amount of each share, even a charge of ls. would produce a very considerable sum. The annexed remarks are from a correspondent whose direct connexion with railways gives him the best means of information : " You have frequently asked where are the 10 per cwt. deposits on the new railway schemes to come from? But it appears from a careful analysis of all the new railway schemes quoted in the Liverpool market, that out of 135 only 43 have paid the 10 per cent., even ac cording to their own statement ; and several of these, it is notorious, have not got the deposit paid on near all their shares ; and 48 have only paid 5 per cent., or thereabouts. The standing orders of the House of Lords require, without exception, that 10 per cent. shall be paid, subscribed for, and deposited in the bank on every new railway, before the Bill is introduced into their House. The question arises, will this 10 per cent. ever be paid ? The probability seems to be it will not ; for, referring to the same list, you will see many of these new lines are now at a discount, and others at such a trifling premium that a call of 5 per cent. would soon send them to a discount ; added to which, it is not only the payment of the call that is required, but a subscription deed with 10 per cent. entered by the party subscribing as paid up, must be obtained. Now, who will sign such a deed ? The original sub scribers will mostly have sold their shares, and they will be too glad to get quit of all further liability, and refuse to do anythi ng. And the purchasers, wh o 9 are mow the holders of th:scrip, will they be willing to pay down an extra 5 per cent., and enter into a deed to pay all future calls ? They will see that it is not only the paymen t of this extra 5 per cent. now, which they can most likely ill afford to PRY, but it is also paving the way f or their having heavy call s ma d e upon them after tthe Act is passed. IVill they not have the prudence at wee to see that the first loss is the least, and refuse to pay any more money, or en ter into fresh liabilities, but have t h e concern wound up, the expenses paid, andtheba lance returned to the m, havin g learnt b y experience that they have risked too much already, and that it will be better to get a little back, or even lose all they have paid, sooner than send good money to look after bad ?" A railway company, which seems to find some diffi elltitY in getting in its deposits, has resorted to an ex pedit2nt not new in principle, but stronger, according to a ppeavance, than any that has been tried yet. A circular is sent to the applicants for shares, not simply telling them that they are liable, bat calling on them to pay a portion of their deposits on a certain fixed day, or to give the name of a solicitor who will appear for them in Chancery. This looks formidable, and the threat has created no little alarm among those who heedlessly be came applicants. a 0f...‘ 4 46 Otliiiiiii Aliticqqcurred in the o ffi ce of Landing tilytir. *torts -at Portsmouth, by the death of Mr. llins, whci h that *face for a considerable period, and it is- expected that it will be alled by the promotion of Mr. P. Bamber, t,`ce senior officef of the Landing Department at that port, and wf.. 1 0, from his haying acted in that capacity during the lengthen. `4 Mom- pA Mr. Collins, is considered qualified for the office a 11 , 140 to. 4v, S LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 17. IN RE BEESON. This was a petition on the part of Charles Vere Webb Bedson, and Thomas Rushton, solicitors, praying to be at liberty to except to the certificate of the taxation of costs, made by direction of an order from the Court, of the,2lst day of February last, having reference to cer tain proceedings undertaken in behalf of John M'Arthur Campbell, and Jane, his wife, to whom they had been solicitors, and also praying that the said certificate might be varied as should seem meet to the Court. His LORDSHIP delivered judgment, stating that he considered the petitioners were entitled to have the prayer of their petition granted. EARL NELSON V. LORD BRIDPORT. Mr. HoDcsoN resumed his arguments on the part of the defendant, contending at great legth that the nature of a feud must be regulated by the terms of the grant' that Horatio Lord Nelson's power of alienation was li mited, and that the law of the civil code applicable to the case was that of "delegatus non potent delegart." The arguments of the Learned Counsel occupied the greater part of the day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 17. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) GAMBLING DEBT.-EDWARDS V. MIICKLOW. This was an action taken by the assignees of a bank rupt named Hunt, who at one time kept a billiard-table and a gaming -house, to recover from the defendant, who was a man of fortune, given to billiard playing, and much engaged in horse-racing, the sum of 1601., which he had lost to Hunt at play. It appeared that the defendant played with Hunt at billiards, on the 2d of May, 1845, at his (Hunt's) table, Cork-street, Burlington-gardens. for six or seven hours, and during that time lost 160/. to Hunt, which, however, he did not press defendant for, as he expected to get some information from him (de fendant) relative to some matters connected with horse racing, in which he (Hunt) was also engaged. Having become bankrupt, his assignees now sought to recover the debt. Mr. Runt was examined, and having deposed as to the facts, no other witness was called, and the jury found for the plaintiff 1601, the full amount of the debt. NORTON V. DOWLING. In this case it appeared that defendant accepted a bill for the plaintiff, which he now refused to pay, on the ground that he was not of age at the time of accepting the bill. Two witnesses having been examined to prove the time of the birth of the defendant, the jury found that the defendant was not of age. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec.l7. (Sittings at Nisi Priup, in London, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Si. Common Jury.) SMITH V. JOHNSON. This was an action on the case brought to recover the value of a quantity of property, to which the defendant had pleaded denying his liability. Mr. Martin, with whom was Mr. P e a rson , a pp eare d for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Jervis and Mr. Hugh Hill for the defence. The plaintiff was a ropemaker at Bermondsey, the de fendant the assignee of a person named Sterrey, who formerly carried on business as a sailmaker at the same place, and the action was brought to recover the value of a quantity of property seized by the defendant under the fiat. In 1838, Sterrey being in want of money, nego tiated a loan with the plaintiff for 4381., and gave him a bill of exchange for the amount. Sterrey paid the plaintiff interest upon this sum, and continued to do so down to the spring, when Sterrey's affairs becom ing embarrassed, he gave the plaintiff a bill of sale of his household goods, stock in trade, and furniture, as an additional security for the loan of 4384 Subsequently a fiat in bankruptcy was sued out against Sterrey, and all his household goods and stock in trade were seised and sold under it. Evidence was called with the view of substantiating the case, but it failed to prove that the bill of sale was given prior to the committal of the act of bankruptcy, and the plaintiff was nonsuited. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, ITECEMBER"ris, 1845:3 THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. BARKER. This was an action of debt, brought to recover the sum of 2001. for money lent, and on account, to which the defendant had pleaded—first, that he was never in debted; and, secondly, that the plaintiff was indebted to him 500/. for work and labour done. The plaintiff re plied joining issue upon the first plea, and den) ing that he ever was indebted to the defendant as he alleged. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Paine appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin for the defendant. Mr. JERVIs stated the plaintiff's case. He had the honour on that occasion to appear as counsel for his Serene Highness Charles Frederick Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, who had been reluctantly compelled to bring the present action, to recover the sum of 2001., with interest, which was advanced to the defendant in the month of July, 1842. His Serene Highness, as no doubt the jury were aware, was the possessor of a large income, and was a liberal patron of various arts and professions, Amongst others, his Serene Highness had been a distinguished patron of that to which Mr. Barker belonged. Mr. Barker was a singer of some celebrity, and was formerly employed at Drury lane, and likewise the Princess' Theatres. In the month of July, 1842, Mr. Barker had occasion to ex pend a considerable sum of money about cer tain matters in which he was engaged, but in no account or shape connected with the Duke. Indeed, he believed the matter had relation to the management of the affairs of the late Earl of Co ventry, and to enable him to continue his proceedings in the matter, Mr. Barker applied to the Duke fur the loan of a sum of money. His serene Highness con sented to advance him 2001., and the money was handed over to him by one of his Highness's suite, and Mr. Barker gave a written acknowledgement for the money. Repeated applications had since been made to Mr. Barker to refund the money, but Mr. Barker, not being in a position to do so, and setting up the preposterous claim mentioned in his pleas, the Duke was compelled to have recourse to law to recover the money he had advanced. Baron Andlau was the first witness called. He stated that he was formerly equerry to the Duke, and remem bered perfectly well his Highness lending Mr. Barker the 200/. It was in the month of July, 1842. He had since seen Mr. Barker on the subject of its repayment, when Mr. Barker offered to refund it, by paying out of his salary weekly . instalments of 1/. or 21. On cross-examination, he said he under; tood the money was advanced to Mr. Barker for a certain purpose. It was to enable him to prosecute certain proceedings he had instituted for the purpose of getting the late lord Coventry out of confinement. It was distinctly under stood, however, that the money was to be repaid, and the proceedings were certainly not prosecuted fur, or on behalf of, the Duke. Mr. MARTIN said, after this conclusive evidence of the debt, he would not waste the time of the Court by pro ceeding with the defence, but allow the plaintiff to take a verdict.—A verdict was, therefore, entered for the noble plaintiff for the full amount claimed. COORT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE POULT')N. The bankrupt in this ease was described as a straw plait manufacturer at Luton, and to .day was appointed for the choice of assignees. The preliminary arguments were as to whether the bankrupt was a trader, and the facts were peculiar. It appeared that he had partially built some houses, and let one to his father, who, it was alleged, carried on busi ness as a beershop-keeper, &c. Defendant, however, had signed the requisition to the Excise for the license, and the name, " John Poulton," was over the door. The bankrupt, however, positively swore that the business was his father's, who enjoyed the whole of the profits, bankrupt himself being a commercial traveller. He, however, admitted that he had written letters for goods, and never made any distinction, by saying senior or junior. His wife assisted in the shop, and also bought plait, and made bonnets, which she sent to bankrupt's employers. The Excise officers said that they held the bankrupt liable under the requisition. The Learned COMMISSIONER said, the profits of the wife in the plait manufacturing might, perhaps, be sufficient alone. A Solicitor was called, who proved that when he went to serve the bankrupt with a writ, he saw him serving in the shop, and also entering in a book. Mr. LAWRENCE, for the defendrnt, said he could no longer contend against the fiat, although there was no doubt he had very unintentionally made himself liable — he really intended only to assist his father. The choice-of assignees took place. SECONDARIES' COURT, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Secondary Porrzu JURYMEN RE-FINED.—Four gentlemen, who were fined on the last court day 51. each for non-attendance, were again called on their recognisances. One answered ; another had his fine remitted, as his name ought to have been on the Grand Jury list. The others not answering, were fined a second time, the Secondary observing that it had become absolutely necessary to enforce the attend. ance of jurymen. The only case possessing the slightest interest was— GRAFTON V. BOND. This was an action for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiff is a watchmaker and jeweller, in Eastcheap. The defendant is a gentleman residing at Stockwell. The defendant had put in a special plea, and Counsel held a brief, but the instructions were insufficient, and neither attorney or witnesses were in attendance. Counsel therefore said he would consent to a verdict for an amount to be settled with the attorney. The SECONDARY said that he could not take the con sent, except from the defendant in person or his attorney. Plaintiff must prove his ease. Witnesses were called—the first a "schoolmaster," who said he was always with defendant, and a gold watch chain, seal, ring, snuff-box, and pencil ease, had been sold to defendant either at his (witness's) house, or in plaintiff's shop. The watch had been sent back to be repaired, and plaintiff for some reason detained it. The SECONDARY said the verdict must be for the value of the whole, and defendant's remedy was by action of trover.—Verdict for the full amount. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Before M r . Justice Pm ESON and Mr. Baron A LDERION.) U Martha Br own MURDER THE --- --- -- wa e s a iu ti d i ictecl for the wilful murder of AT WESTMINSTER. Mr. Clarkson defend e d the of of December last. Elizabeth Mundell, prisoner ; and Mr. Bodkin (with whom was Mr. Clarke) s s t t a a t te ed the case for the pro ent was only a sum mary that she con c l us ion was the wife of Ed ward secu tion at some lengtb. A ß t l i s ts r he called— Marymarir of G th az e e e: w id h e o n s e t e a . Gaze, and the daughter of the deceased. Si resides in Little Rochester•street , R ochester- road , i Westminster. i She knew the prisoner at the bar, and h as k for about six months. She ha d latel y lod ged with her mother. She had lodged with her f or three weeks, and :i they lived in the same room, and slept in the same bed. Her mother lived at No. 1, Providence-place, Brewer green,Westmiaster. On Monday, the Ist of December, ) the prisoner called at witness's house at about a quarter to eight o'clock in the morning, and said that Mrs. r Mundell was very ill and had had a fit about r seven o'clock. She also said that witness was required to go there directly. She also said that Mrs. Mundell had called out, "Murder, murder, what are you doing to me ?" On the way to the deceased's lodgings witness asked her why she did not admit the person who had knocked at the door, and the prisoner said that she was holding the deceased's hands at the time. On arriving at the room witness looked towards the bed. There were three chairs on the bed. Witness was turning to go out of the room when she saw her mother lying on her back on a box. She was in her night clothes. There was a cord round her neck ; it was about as thick as her little finger. (The rope was produced.) It was twisted twice round the neck and knotted at the side. The knot was the same as it is now. Witness called out, and some other persons came into the room. A. baker's boy cut the string. Witness went for a surgeon, but he could not come himself, and sent his assistant. There was an in quest held on the body of the deceased the same night. The prisoner was the first witness called. After the inquest was over, the prisoner went with witness to the house of the deceased. The inquest was held at the Coach and Horses, in Dean's-yard. After they got home from the inquest, witness's husband said that he did not like the appearance of the bed, as it was wet. The prisoner remained constantly with witness from Monday night to Wednesday morning. When witness sat up she sat up, and when she lay down the prisoner lay down beside her. In consequence of something that she said on the Tuesday afternoon, wit ness went with her to Bedford-street. The prisoner said that 151. which she had saved in service was there, and she offered to lend witness a sovereign. Witness did not go farther than the corner of the street, as the pri soner requested her to wait there. She was about ten minutes gone. When she came back she said that she had a 5/. note, and that if witness had enough money for the present, she would not change it until the next day. She said that her master had recommended her to place the money with the person in Bedford-street. They then to witness's house. On the morning of Wednesday, the prisoner kissed the body of the deceosed, and turning round to witness, said, " Oh, do you think she is happy 2" They then came out of the room. Her husband asked her if she had any money, and she replied that she had not. That was in the presence of the prisoner. Witness then told the prisoner to get the note changed. Mr. Gaze offered to go, but she would not allow him to do so. She went into the Blue Coat Boy public-house. On her coming out, she said, Oh, they have played a trick cn me—they have given me a Bank of Elegance instead of a Bank of England note. She said that it was the person in Bed ford-street who had cheated her. Mr. Gaze asked her to let him look at it. but the:prisoner hesitated. Wit ness then asked her also, and the prisonner then gave the note to Mr. Gaze. When Mr. Gaze got the note he called witness aside, and showed her the note, and then returned it to the prisoner. He subsevently asked to be allowed to look at it again ; and witness's husband said, " I must know where you got the note from, for my mother had two." The prisoner said, “Oh I Mr. Gaze, she had." She repeated the expression in a tone of inquiry. Witness observed the note at that time, and saw that it had belonged to her mother, as there were two grease spots on it near the corner. When they got in doors witness again asked for the note, and the prisoner hesi tated very much, and then gave it to her. When she saw that witness looked attentively at it, the prisoner made a snatch at it, but witness avoided the movement and folded up the note. She afterwards gave it to her husband, when the prisoner attempted to snatch it. Witnes said, "Martha, I shall not let you have this note until I know where it has come from." The prisoner then went down into the water closet, and afterwards went along the passage towards the door, but was stopped by the landlady. Her mother kept one of these in her pocket in a housewife. That housewife had since been found in the bed. The note produced is the one that belonged to her mother. Mr. Justice PATTESON was of opinion that the person who received the note had better stand up. Inspector Partridge was then sworn.—He said that he had received the note from Mr. Gaze on the Wednesday after the death. [The witnesss identified the note as the one she had given to her husband, and the one that be longed to her mother.] By AV. CLARKSON—Had seen her mother about a week previous to her death. Had not seen the note for three months before the death of her mother. It was in the possession of her father before her mother had it. Her mother sometimes drank a little. Had not seen her mother intoxicated for some time before her death. Had known her mother to have taken poison, but she said it was by a mistake. That was about three years ago. She was then living in Douglas-street. Her family had seen better days ; but her mother was not low-spirited. Don't know what poison her mother took. Her father told her that her mother had taken poison, but the deceased insisted that it was a mistake. When the prisoner came to witness on the day of the murder, witness went instantly with her. Witness did not say, when on the road, that if her mother did not alter she would have her pnt into the workhouse. Witness did say "If my mother dies to-day, before to-morrow, I shall have nothing to answer for." When witness got up stairs and saw her mother dead, she called out. The prisoner asked a Mr. Nightingale to come up and cut the rope, but he declined touching it as the woman was dead. The prisoner was not in the room when the baker's boy cut the rope. Does not know whether Mr. Graham told the prisoner to rub her mother, but she did rub her. Dues not know whether any person said, " She is not dead ; she moves her eyes and her mouth." The pri soner paid Is. 6d. per week for her share of her mother's bed. The prisoner offered to lend witness some money of her own accord. The fact that they were not well off was very well known. Witness saw the prisoner go into the water-closet, but did not see her come out. Her mother was not subject to fits, and witness never knew her to have one. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed herself while insane. Iler mother never' made any attempt on her own life. Wit ness said on the inquest that her mother had taken poison. Witness saw the prisoner at Queen-square. She was in convulsions during the taking of the depo sitions Mary Gaze, re-examined by Mr. BODKlN—Attended the pclice-court twice. She was in convulsions on the first examination, and the case was postponed to the following Monday in consequence. Her mother's age was sixty-one. She was in very good health and spirits when witness saw her a week before her death. Her mother had 7s. per week, and also kept lodgers. She was not at all distressed. By Mr, Justice PATTESON—When she saw her mo ther dead she had her night-clothes on. Could not say if they were wet. Mary Cheshire stated that she resided in the house that deceased occupied. She lived in the room adjoining that of the deceased. Had seen the deceased the day previous to her death. She was then in very good health and spirits. About seven o'clock on the morning of Monday, the Ist, she was awoke by a cry of murder. It was Mrs. Mundell's voice. There was a second cry of murder, and witness then got out of bed, and went to deceased's door. She heard her cry out loudly " What are you doing ? what are you doing ?" The door was fastened on the inside. She hammered at the door, and received no answer, On knocking again the prisoner said that there was nothing the matter. Witness had previously asked what was the matter. On receiving that answer she returned to bed, and then all was silent. In about a quarter of au hour witness heard the prisoner come out of the room, and go to a closet. She afterwards came into witness's room with some firewood in her hand. She said that the old lady had been very poorly. Wit ness told her to go fur Mrs. Gaze, and she said, " I think I will." She then went out of the room and shut the door. She entered the room of the deceased, and shut the door of that also. She afterwards came out with her bonnet and cloak, and went out. Before going, she asked witness to go into the room if she heard the old lady make any, noise. Witness remained in her room until the prisoner returned. There was no no i se in the deceased's room while she was gone. The pri soner came back with Mrs. Gaze in about twenty mi nutes. Mrs. Gaze went into tho room first, and disco vered that the deceased was dead. By Mr. CLARKSON—Had known Mrs. Mundell three months. She used somtimes to get tipsy. When Mrs. Gaze entered the room the girl was close behind her. Witness was examined before the Coroner. Had never known the deceased to Pall out in the night before. There was a lodger in the house whose name was Nightingale. Had never heard of the deceased having attempted her own life. Edward Gaze stated that he is the husband of the first witness. Had seen his mother-in-law about nine days before her death; she was then in her usual state of health. Rememembers the holding of the inquest. After the inquest he went into the room to have the body laid out. On going to remove the bedding to make room for the corpse, it was very wet. On the Wednesday following witness was at the deceased's lodging with the prisoner and his wife. The prisoner kissed the body and said, "God knows all." She said that with her hands clasped. When she went down' stairs she said " Most likely you are short of money. Gaze, and I will lend you a sovereign." Witness thanked her, and she then went across the road to get change for a 51. note. Witness offered to go and get the change, but she would not allow hi n. In about a minute she returned, and said that a trick had been played on her. (The witness here corroborated his wife's statement in every particular respecting the fact of looking at the note and detaining it.) He pro ceeded to say that, on his insisting that the prisoner should accompany him to Bedford-street, she seemed very reluctant to go. When they got opposite the Horse Guards the prisoner fell back into his arms, say ing that she was very ill. He said that he should call a policeman, and she then revived and walked a littl e farther. She again fell into his arms, and said, '° I mur dered the poor old lady, and deprived your wife of her mother," She asked him "to forgive her, and pray for her guilty soul." He then gave her into custody. By Mr. CLARKSON—Those were the words used. On the Wednesday, when the prisoner kissed the dead body and said, "God knows all," his wife was present. Wit ness noticed everything that she said, as he had very strong suspicion of her. The deceased was a very hale old woman, and in very good health. By the CoURT—She was not particularly strong, nor very weak. Her arms were not very strong. By Mr. CLARKSON—The girl at the bar is very much stronger than his mother-inrlaw was. She is a stronger woman. lied heard that his mother-in-law had taken poison two or three years since. Could not say for cer tain whether it was his wife who told him. _ Elizabeth Stevens stated that sbe lives in Prince's court, Lambeth. On the afternoon of the 3d of Decem ber she was near the Horse Guards. She saw the pri- soner at the bar with a soldier. The soldier said to witness, " Will you get me a policeman?" The pri soner said, " Oh, I have done it now—l have done it. Do pray for my guilty soul." John Adams, a police-constable, stated that on Wed nesday, the 3d of December, he was in Scotland-yard. He saw the prisoner brought into the yard by Gaze. She did not appear to be insensible. The soldier gave her in charge to witness. He gave him the note, which has been produced, and witness gave it to inspector Part ridge. The prisoner was present when he did so. He conveyed the prisoner to the Gardener's-lane station. On their way there she said, " Constable, don't expose me, for I have done it." By Mr. CLARKSON—Was examined before the magis trate.—(Mr. Clarkson asked for the depositions of his evidence, but it appeared that no depositions had been taken.) The witness afterwards said that what he had now stated he did not say before the magistrate. Was examined on the 3d of Dec., and was not sworn. Wit ness attended the examination on the Bth, and was sworn at that time. By the COURT—On the examination that took place on the Bth of December, witness told the Magistrate what the woman had said. It was not taken down. Ce uld not say why it was not. By Mr. CLARKSON—Has already sworn that he did not say what the woman had said to him before' the magistrate, but he alluded to the first exam i na ti on o n the 3d, when be was not sworn, and no questions were put to him. Did not speak to the woman when she came into Scotland-yard. Mary F'iskin stated that she resides at No. 11, Rochester-street. Remembers the night that the in quest was held. Was in Mrs. Gaze's room that even ing. The prisoner afterwards came into her room with Mr. Gaze. Mr. Gaze said that there ought to be another inquest next day, as Dr. Atkinson was not satisfied, on account of the state in which the bed-room was found. Mr. Gazo went out of the room and left the prisoner with w i tness . Th e pri soner said that she felt uncomfortable on account of the inquest the next day, and if it was not for the state of the bed she would not care. She also said that it would be a great trial for her, as so many things came across her mind. Witness told her that it was a pity that she did not open the door when Mrs. Cheshire knocked. The prisoner said she was very much excited at the time, as she was holding down Mrs. Mundell in a fit, and wash ing her face with water. At about four in the morn ing she sighed heavily and said, " What are we when we are left alone? we are worse than beasts." Witness saw her on the following Wednesday, and ac companied her to Gardener's-lane station-house. On the way she said, " What will my mother think of me, a murderer, to die on the gallows ?" She asked witness several times to pray for her guilty soul, and said, " I did deprive that poor soul of her mother." She afterwards said " What will my Jem think of me—a murderer—to die on the gallows ?" Was present at the examination of the prisoner at the police court, but was not examined herself. By Mr. CLaisxsoss—Witness went with her all the way from Scotland-yard to Gardener's-lane. The police man walked behind, as she did not like him to walk with her. She asked witness not to expose her. She was raving and-tearing her hair on the way. Harriet Smith stated that she is the sister of the last witness, and is the landlady of the house in Rochester street. Remembers on Monday, Ist of December, after the inquest the prisoner passed a part of the night with her. Mr. Gaze was there, and said that he was not at all satisfied with the appearance of the bed, as it looked as if it had been turned. The prisoner said, that if it had been turned, it must have been turned by her, as there was no other person in the room. Between four and five in the morning she sighed and said, " Oh dear, what are we when we are left alone? we are worse than beasts." On the Wednesday following she saw the pri soner at her house. She went to the water closet, and then went quietly along the passage towards the street-door. She had her bonnet and cloak on. Witness spoke to her, and asked her where she was going ? and she said that she was only going to see if Mr. Gaze was coming. She asked witness which way Mr. Gaze had gone, and she pointed to the right. The prisoner immediately turned in a hurried manner to the left. Witness followed her, and said that she had better stop until Mr. Gaze came back. Witness said that she could not be in a hurry then, as she was not in a hurry before Mr. Gaze went out. The prisoner, however, refused to return, and told witness to tell Mr. Gaze to follow her to No. 9, Bedford-street. Witness stopped her, and Mr. Gaze then came up. By Mr. CLARKSON—Was in attendance at Queen square, and was not examined. The police knew of her being there. Matthew Little stated that he resides at No. 71, Re gent-street, and is in the employ of a baker. Remem bers being called into the house of the deceased. Mar tha Browning called him in. He went up stairs, and saw the body of the deceased lying on a bo x . Hei cut the rope that was round. her neck. By Mr. CLARKSON—The prisoner did not request him to cut the cord. She did not go into the room, but only went as far as the door, and pointed out the place where the body lay. Witness believed that the cord was only once round her neck. Rowe, the beadle of the Coroner for Westminster, stated that he received the rope produced, and showed it to the jury at the inquest. Mrs. James Matthews stated that she is the wife of Captain Matthews. The prisoner was in her service up to the 10th of November. She received only 3.'. 10s. while she was in her service. She left on account of ill ness. Does not know whether she had any money saved up. Never heard any advice given to her as to where she should place her savings. She complained of her head while she was there. Captain Matthews stated that he never had any con- versation with the prisoner about her savings, and never told her where to place them. Francis Partridge, inspector of the A division of po lice, stated that he was on duty at the Gardener's-lane station on the 3d December. The prisoner was brought there in a fainting condition. Constable Adams en tered the charge, and said that she was taken on sus picion of murder. She made no observation until creature, tore her they hair, might and d said i a d s she they: the charge was entered and w it ness h a d rea d i t wasli an nfukedover to her. She said, " I t ' s a ll r i g h t , i t ' s u all right." ortnat e She then o and e with her. After the examination at Queen-square, wit ness searched the prisoner's box at the lodgings of the deceased. He found a piece of cord, which he has since compared with the cord round the woman's neck, and it is similar in every re spect. There were two duplicates in a Prayer book. The Magistrate committed the prisoner on the Bth. Witness was aware that there were witnesses who had not been examined, and informed him of it, but he seemed to think the case sufficiently proved. Charles Bedford, the Coroner for Westminster, stated that on Monday, the Ist of December, be held an inquest on the body of Elizabeth Mundell. The prisoner was the first witness called. Has the notes of her evidence. No medical man was examined at that inquest. Would not have examined such a witness had he presented himself—at least he would not have examined him as a matter of course. (The depositions were here read over.) Mr. C. Davenport stated that he resides at Nos. 4 and 5, Bedford-street, Strand. There is no number 9 in the street. There is no number beyond No. sin the street. There is a silk warehouse between Nos. 5 and 10, occupying the whole of the houses. Mr. Atkinson, a surgeon, stated that he had attended the husband of deceased during his lifetime for more than two years. Saw the deceased last alive about a month before her death. She always appeared in uni form health and good spirits. Had known her altogether about four years. Had never heard of her having taken poison, On Monday, the Ist of December, he was called to her room. She was dead, and must have been dead for some time. The face was swollen and livid, and the eyes wide open and staring. Blood was issuing from the mouth, nose, and ears. There was a cord upon the ground. Witness examined the neck, and found two deep lines on the front of the neck, and only one line at the back. Her death was undoubtedly caused by strangulation. The appearances presented would correspond with such a cord as the one produced, It wss very improbable that the daceased could have destroyed herself. Has drawn the inference that the rope was drawn twice round the neck, and the power was applied from behind. There was no mark of a knot on the neck. Examined the hands of the deceased, but there was nothing peculiar to be remarked with re spect to them. By the counT—if the deceased bad fastened the rope to anything in the wall, and leaned forward, the same marks would have been produced. Examination continued—ln such a case as the one put by the Learned Judge, he would expect to find the body leaning forward, and not lying on the box. There were some pegs in the wall, but they would not have borne the weight of the body. His attention was not drawn to the bed. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Cl4n4ison then rose amidst a profound silence, and addressed the jury. He asked them if they were prepared to believe that the prisoner at the bar was capable of being so artful as his friend had represented her to be ? Could she, within a few hours of the commission of so heartless a murder, have prepared so consistent a statement for the coroner has had been read to the .Court a short time since. But, acting upon the supposition that she was so artful, would she have left the room where the murder a as committed while Mrs. Meedell vvas in the agonies of death, if death bad not already seii.,ed her, to speak to the watchful Mrs. Cheshire? Would she have left the remainder of the cord with which she effected the crime in an open box in the room, open to the examination of every person who chose to come into that room ? Did she not call in every assistance that she could, and manifest every anxiety to do all that she could both for the deceased and her friends ? The Learned Counsel afterwards proceeded to comment generally on the minor points of the evidence in a very able and forcible in e pn o„ eonclusion of 'hp a dress, which occupied nearly two hoers, Mr. Justice PATTESON proceeded to sum up the evi dence at some length. He lamented the manner in which this prosecution had been got UT, The prisoner had been b e f ore th e C oroner , an had stated the facts which had been read to them, but he could not h e lp thi n ki ng that it would have been better to have called Mr. Atkinson. Indeed, Mr. Atkinson ought, considering the appearances he had observed immediately after the death, to have gone before the Coroner and to h te *tated what he had Kea. With regard to the witnesses that had been before the magistrate, and had not been examined, it was much to be regretted that the rest was so. The jury, after consulting a short time, expressed a wish to retire. They were absent five• and -twenty minutes, when they returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Harker, the usher of the Court, then made the usual prcclamation for silence, and the Learned Judges having put on their black caps, Mr. Justice Matteson proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner. His LORDSHIP said, that after a very long, painful, and patient inquiry, the jury had come to the conclusion that she was guilty of the charge of murder of which she was accused. She had had the advantage of a Learned counsel, who had urged every topic in her behalf that was likely either to induce the jury to believe that she was innocent, or that the evidence for the prosecution was insufficient, and the jury, after a full inqniry, had felt that the facts which had been developed were quite incompatible with her innocence. He, the Learned Judge, entirely concurred in the verdict, and did not enteatain the slightest doubt but that she was guilty of this foul murder. It would appear that, while residing with the deceased, she became impressed with the idea that she was possessed of money, and it was very probable that in the first instance her only inten tion was to possess herself of that money, and this had ultimately led to her killing the deceased in a most cruel and deliberate manner. He was induced to believe, from her own statements, that the weight of the crime had laid heavily upon her mind, and that she had already probably turned to the Almighty, and sought forgive ness ; but if she had not done so, he entreated her to make the best use of the short time that remained to her on this earth for that purpose. Her life, by the law of the land, was forfeited, and the crime was of such a nature, and was committed under such circumstances, as prevented him from holding out to her the slightest hope that the law would not be allowed to take its course. lie, therefore, entreated her to make her peace with God, and obtain that mercy from Him which could not be gran tad by an earthly tribunal. His Lordship con cluded by passing sentence in the usual form. _ _ _ The prisoner •Was then asked, formally, whether she had anything to urge in arrest of judgment, the obj&ct being for her to state whether she was in the family way or not. Upon this being explained to her, she said, " I am not guilty." One of the female turnkeys then explained the matter to her, and, as it appeared that there was no ground for an arrest of judgment, the sentence was re corded, and the prisoner was removed from the bar. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) G. R. Mason, late traveller for Stephen Green, Im perial Potteries, Lambeth, was indicted by his employer for embezzlement of three several sums, making to gether 311. 9s. L'cl. Up to the 6th November last the prisoner had been in the employ of Mr. Green for two years and a quarter, during which time Mr. Green's business was consider ably improved by the efforts of Mr. Mason. Mr. Green said he discharged the prisoner from his employment on that day, the 6th November. After making up the accounts Mr. Green asked whether he had not received 141. 2s. 9d. from Mr. Robinson, Croydon. The prisoner admitted he had, and said, on Mr. Green's telling him it had not bet n accounted for, he was notcertain of that, he thought he had accounted for it. He was told that it did not appear on the memorandum of re ceipts ; he said he was going to Manchester, he would look over the memorandums, and if he found it not paid, the amount would be sent. Subsequently to this Mr. Green discovered that he had received two other sums not accounted for-131. 2s. 6d. paid by Mr. Diver, wine and spirit merchant, Yarmouth, on the 26th of April, and 4/. 4s. by Mr. Neil, china manufacturer, Chelten ham, on the 31st of August. The payment of these sums was proved by the gentlemen ; and a long correspondence between Mr. Green _ _ and Mr. Mason, posterior to the 6th of November, was put in and read. The tenor of the prisoner's letters dwelt on the absence of any felonious intention on his part, and his sorrow that his neglect had placed him in so equivocal a position, but begging Mr. Green not to ruin both himself and his family. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury, and then called witnesses to speak to character. The jury, after consulting for some time, found the prisoner Not Guilty. Another indictment, for 151. borrowed by the pri soner from Mr. Green, was then brought beforo the jury, but Mr. Bodkin, who with Mr. Huddlestone con ducted both cases for the prosecution, had instructior.•s not to tender evidence on the second charge, and the jury were directed to find a verdict of Not Guilty. Rosina Eliza Waite, called in the calendar a widow, was indicted for stealing 30 yards of cloth and a quan tity of wearing apparel, value 25/., the property of Baza leel Wall. Mr. ROBERTSON, the counsel for the prosecution, said that Mons. B. Wall, about the middle of Sept. last, was going along London-bridge, when the prisoner accosted him with a tale of distress. She seems to have won the foreigner's heart, for a conversation ensued there and then, and the result was that Mr. Wall agreed to take her home to his house and his bed, to enjoy all the pri vileges of a wife sine ceremoniis, and to receive 10s. a month. The counsel was interrupted in his opening by the Common Sergeant, whose natural antipathy to long stories from the witness-box or the bar is well known, and who, in the present instance, cut short any collateral disclosures of M. 'Wall's system of housekeeping, except so far as it bore upon the facts of the charge. M. Wall said he was a builder, living in Globe-fields. He took the prisoner home to keep his house, where she remained for about two months. It was on the 20th of November that he went to one of his chests, and missed a pair of trousers and some other articles. He questioned the prisoner about them, who admitted having pawned them, in order to get money to redeem her box and clothes, lying at the terminus of the South ampton Railway. She had been to France, but on re turning had been unable to pay her fare from Southampton. M. Wall urged her frequently •to go with him to release her box, but on every occasion she exhibited an unwillingness to go. The missing of something more led him to a stricter scrutiny of the house. He found that be had been robbed of bed clothes, woollen-cloths, and wearing-appaiel to the value of 251. He found, also, thirty pawnbrokers' duplicates in the keeping of the prisoner, the dates of which began with the 7th of October. Jacob Turner, a pawnbroker, identified two of the duplicates found on the prisoner, given for silk hand kerchiefs, which he produced, and which M. Wall iden tified as his. Jane Annesley said she lived next door to the pri soner, who had been in the habit of calling herself Mrs. Wall; had been employed to pledge sev,,ral of the articles mentioned in the indictment, and which were pledged in the name of Waite, given by the prisoner as that of her former husband. John Freshwater said he had taken the prisoner into custody, when she admitted that she had pledged the things, but in the hope of redeeming them again. Jane Scott, the searcher, found 3s. 9id. in money on her, which prisoner said was the remainder of money got for articles pawned ; the rest had been spent for drink. The prisoner, in exculpation, for she had no counsel, said she had pawned with intention to redeem the goois again; that the first time she had been at a pawnbroker's was at the request of Mr. Wall himself, to pledge his watch for 20s. It was submitted to the Court by Mr. BALLANTINE, that the prisoner was, to all intents and purposes, the wife of the accuser; that she did not hold the position of a ser vant, ani therefore it could not be brought into Court as a case of larceny. Several of the bar joined Mr. 13allantine in this defence. The COMMON SERGEANT differed from the Learned Counsel, and proceeded to charge the jury, prefa3ing it with expressing his pleasure that the age of chivalry had not yet gone by. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly re commended her to mercy. The COMMON SERGEANT said, that if individuals chose to go and live with gentlemen as their mistresses, they were not to suppose they could commit robbery on them with impunity. He took a distinction between house hold property and jewellery, which might be given for personal ornament. At the same time, be had to remark, that there were circumstances in the prisoner's case which justified the jury's recommendation. The Court had to take care to evince to prosecutors that they ought to come into Court with clean hands. The sentence he had to pronounce would on that account be light, which was, that sho should be imprisonel one month, and kept to hard labour. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) These sessions commenced on Tuesday at Hicks's hall, Clerkenwell•green. The calendar contains a list of 72 prisoners, 64 of whom are indicted for the commission of felony. ARTICLES OF THE PEACE. Mr. WILDE exhibited articles of the peace on behalf of Elizabeth Chapman against her husband. He ob served that this was a case of considerable aggravation, and called for the serious interposition of the Court. Mrs. Chapman was at present the keeper of a tavern, known as the Ship, which stood at the foot of the Ham mersmith Suspension -bridge, and the violence of her husband's conduct at that place was the cause of her re sorting to the present proceeding. It appeared that about the year 1836, the exhibitant being then a widow with eight children, was the owner of the Weavers' Arms, Spitalfields, and was possessed of the sum of 8001. The defendant made overtures of marriage, which were accepted, and the ceremony was per formed. In the short space of three weeks, how ever, all the defendant's love appeared to have vanished, and thereupon he commenced a series of ill treatment which was presumed, and with good founda tion, to have been caused by the refusal of the wife to sell her money out of the funds. Matters proceeded in this way until she was induced to give up her house in Spitalfields. They then went and took another house at Stratford, in Es,ex, and here the defendant assumed the gentleman, took out a license for shooting, and in the course of a comparatively short period ran through about 1,0001. This second house they now let, and then be came the occupants of the Hanover Arms, in Inlroole'ir mews. Whilst at this pia* the defende e nt, amongst other aets of crnelty, threatened to throw his wife out of the garret window, and constantly drew and threw the spirits about the premises. He was also in the con stant habit of taking women of bad character to the house, until matters had arrived at such a pitch as + , : u induce the wife to apply to the magistr..*L , at Marl borough-street, upon the su b; ,Z - Ci. The result of this proceeding was, that an arrangetnelAt was entered into by which the wife vies IP he allowed to take cer tain articles f.,‘f fkral4tty with her and leave the de fendant. koi,. foiir months this atnte of affairs was allowed to pass on with cogntrt to the wife, for during that petiosi she was n' Together released from the pre husband. About this time a Mrs. Bee, a - - relative, or an intimate friend of the wife, being anxious that she should de something that was likely to be of service to herself and children, took the Ship Tavern, at Hammersmith-bridge, and put her into it as the land lady, by means of an outlay of about 4001. The wife, however, had not been very long in this house ere the d- fendant heard of it, who instantly sold his house in Brooke's-mews and went down to his wire's at Ham mersmith, where he insisted on taking up his abode. Of course he did not pay much, if any, attention to the business, but, on the contrary, would have a num ber of his London friends down to dine and revel without any payment on their part. His next sys tem of annoyance was tbat of drawing off the spirits and then throwing them into the streets ; which, upon being remonstrated with for doing, he followed up by violent threats that he would murder his wife and set fire to the house. Upon one occasion he went out and did not return until three o'clock in the morning, when he broke open the door by the use of some large stones. After having obtained his entrance, he walked up stairs and left the door wide open for the remaining part of the night, without having taken any precaution to prevent the admission of any persons who might think proper to enter. lie had also gone into the cellar and turned the cocks of all the spirit casks, so that the cellar, after a little time, was " deep in spirits." At length the wife was compelled to apply to the magis trates at Hammersmith, who, after hearing the case, directed that the defendant should enter into recogni zances, not only to keep the peace, but to appear at these sessions to answer any complaint that might be made against him. The defendant had been already under sureties to keep the peace for six months, but had again broken it so soon as that term had expired. The de fendant had not now appeared, and therefore the wife had been compelled to exhibit articles of the peace, in order to bring him within the control of that Court. The Learned JUDGE ordered the defendant to enter into his own recognizances to keep the peace for twelve months, himself in the sum of 2001. and two sureties of 1001. each. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. Ford, the printer of Braime's-buildings, Beech lane, Barbican, was brought before Mr. Alderman Hunter for final examination, charged with wilfully setting fire to his printing-office on the night of Sunday, the 7th in3tant. The witnesses were the same who had been examined before the coroner of London. Mr. Wakeling conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Imperial Fire-office, and Mr. Wolfe defended the prisoner. Mr. Wakeling drew the attention of the magistrate to the fact of the prisoner having increased his insurance at a time when his poverty was increasing, as was evidenced by his continually pawning articles down to the time of the fire. 31 duplicates were found by Baker, the ward beadle, at the prisoner's lodgings in Highbury-vale, some of them for Is., and all bearing date from July to No vember. He had removed a quantity of furniture from his premises at Highbury, but not to Barbican. It was sold. Solomon, the foreman, was re-examined—Since the last hearing he had made further search amongst the ruins, and near the spot where the other inflammable materials were found, he discovered a gallon turpentine can. He had found some more shavings in two places, but there was no tar on them. Cross-examined by Mr. Wolfe—lt would not have been where he found it, if the can had fallen in with the ruins of the room above. Re-examined by Mr. Wakeling—lf the tar in barrels had remained where the apprentice described it as being kept, it would not have fallen through upon the shavings and the flour sack. Mr. Green, of Lower Whit,cross-street, agent to the Imperial Fire-office, stated that he let the premises, in Braime's-buildings, to the prisoner four years ago. They were dilapidated, and he took them on a repairing lease. He was bound to insure the building for 1501. On the 20th of November he called on witness, and said he wanted to insure his stock, as he was about to bring a new press on the premises, and, his wife being dead, he should move some furniture in and sleep at the office. He asked if he could not insure property held in him by trust, as paper to be printed, &c. Witness told him he could. The prisoner then insured 1801. on his materials, 201. for property held on trust, 101. on china, glass, and looking-glasses, Si. on pictures and drawings, 101. on watches and jewellery, 201. household furniture, and 'on a subsequent day, 101. rent, payable under the lease. He said his uncle had been burnt, out, and he had pressed him to insure. Two days after the fire, the pri. soner came to him for instructins as to making his claim- Witness observed that he had not removed in the pro perty he intended. The prisoner replied he had not. Witness told him to make out a list of the articles de stroyed. The prisoner said he could not account for the fire, but he was at the premises as late as eleven o'clock on the same night. Baker, the ward beadle, produced the duplicates, and a watch and two rings he found at the prisoner's lodging. One of the rings was of the kind the prisoner said he had lost in the fire. Mr. Wolfe contended that the case was still but one of mere suspicion. Though his client had pawned some things, he might still bees justified in insuring to the extent he did. Mr. Alderman HUNTER said, he had paid very great attention to this case, as it was of a more serious cha racter than usually presented to a magistrate. In a charge of this nature it was almost impossible to get direct evidence against a prisoner, but the magistrate had to see with what certainty he was implicated by circumstantial evidence. In the present case he thought there was strong circumstantial evidence. The mere circumstance of a person talking about the insurance he had effected, or his advising others to take 1 that means of protecting themselves, would not of them selves make much impression on his mind ; but when he coupled such observations with the finding of the tarred shavings and sack, and books steeped in turpentine, all collected in a corner, and that th e corner w h ere th e fire began, he felt it to be his duty, for the protection of the public, to send the case for inquiry before a jury. No one would be more pleased than himself to find the prisoner able to clear himself before a jnry ; but put ting together all the suspicious circumstances elicited in this inquiry, he could not help sending the prisoner to trial. The case occupied the Court for several hours. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Thomas Hulbei t, a strong, able-bodied young man, was brought up on a warrant, by Lacy, the officer of St. George, Hanover-square charged with h a vi ng (con jointly with Elizabeth, his wife, not yet in custody) deserted their children—Henry, aged eight years ; Arthur, aged six years ; and Mary Anne, aged two years—and left them chargeable to that parish. The desertion took place in August, 1842, and the children have since been chargeable to St. George. They were brought to this Court by the directions of the overseers, in order that the magistrates might satisfy themselves as to the manner in which they had been treated at the workhouse. Their appearance was very favourable, and Lacy stated that the boys could read and write. Neither of the parents had been to see their offspring since the time of desertion. The prisoner is a carpenter, for merly in a good way of business, but ruined by his dis sipau d habits. Latterly, however, he has come into possession of several houses left to him by his fathar, and last evening Lacy succeeded in apprehending him at the Plough public-house, Notting-hill. He was committed for one month to hard labour. The wife will be apprehended as soon as possible. Francis Hill, a working man, about 60 years of age, James Wootton, aged 14 years, and William Ellen, aged 9 years, were charged on suspicion of feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. William Wyatt, of No. 17, Brick-street, Picca• dilly, licensed victualler, and stealing therefrom a quan tity of wine, spirits, and other property, to a very con siderable amount. It appeured that between five and six on Tuesday afternoon Mr. Wyatt, jun., accidentally discovered that a portion of the party wall in his wine and spirit cellar had been leosened. On a closer examination he found that such a quantity of brickwork could be removed as would admit a child crawling through from the kitchen of the adjoining house, which the prisoner Hill occupied, the other prisoners lodging with him. The police were immediately applied to, and on searching the kitchen six bottles of wine of Mr. Wyatt's property were found secreted under the flooring. On the mantel-shelf was a bottle of pale French brandy, which had been opened, and a small quantity taken out ; and about the place were found a chopper and a small knife and fork, which had been removed from Mr. Wyatt's cellar. Hill was on the premises at the time, Worther was concealed in a water butt, And Ellen was lying by the side of it, pretending to be asleep. The prisoners merely denied being concerned in rob bing Mr. Wyatt, and were committed fur re-examination, WORSHIP-STREET. r Beijarnin Freeman, described as a fellowship porter, who has been remanded for several weeks on a charge of dangerously wounding a young woman named Mary Ann Webb, by stabbing her with a knife, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham for final examination. The prosecutrix, who had been lying in a very preca rious state in the London Hospital ever since the occur renee took place, and still exhibited the appearance of great weakness and exhaustion, was now brought to the Court in a cab, and in direct evidence fully confirmed all that had been stated by the police and others at the first examination, as to the prisoner with whom she had been living for the last three years, and by whom she had had two children. Returning home on the night in ques tion in a state of ungovernable excitement from intoxi cation, and, without any other provocation on her part than an apparently gentle remonstrance and declining to eat something he had brought home for supper, suddenly rushing at humid stabbing her in the left side with a clasp-knife. The poor woman gave her testimony with the greatest reluctance and the most manifest anxiety to shield the prisoner, who, she stated, had been previously a very sober and industrious man, and very fond of his home, and had made feeling and constant inquiries after her all the time she had been in the hospital. Mr. Smith Ayerst, assistant-surgeon at the 1400 an Hospital, described the nature of the injury the prose cutrix had sustained, which ha said was a penetrating wound below the last rib, an inch and a half in depth, and of considerable breadth, through which a portion of the intestines had protruded I and stated that, thow-l had for a long time b een i n a dancreron. *oa she symptoms had at length yi e ld e d condition, the and he had now the treatment adopted, be ' —. I , reason to believe that she might ea out of positive danger, but that she was still labouring under such extreme debility as in his opinion to render it unadvisable for her to attend at the Central Criminal Court and prosecute the prisoner upon the charge at the present sessions. Mr. Rolphe, assistant to Mr. Pearce, a surgeon in the Bethnal-green -road, gave evidence nearly identical with the preceding, and deposed to being fetched by the pri soner to attend the injured woman immediately after he had stabbed her, of which fact he made a voluntary con fession, and expressed extreme regret for its commis sion ; and Long, a policeman of the K division, to whose custody the accused quietly surrendered himself, also said that on his doing so he was seemingly much affected, The prisoner, who throughout the examination eV hibited great remorse for the consequences of his governable temper, when c a lled upon to an''' vrr i, - o if charge, declared that it wa s w h o lly una ccountable he came to commit such an act, and he c oubi O r l i ; imagine that it ar ose f rom hi s h ea d b e i n g giddy at be time, which deprived hi m o f a ll se lf- con tr o l, and du ds bo should never cease to regret his conduct as lung a s lived. o d The depositions were then taken by the s 0 clerk, and the prisoner w as f u lly com mitted to N WS- for trial. CLERKEN WELL. Jane Gough, a young woman with a child in arms, was charged with ann o yi ng Mr. John . .Aih er a jeweller, residing at N o . 3, Ll o yd- s t ree t, by ringing. his door bell. - venreti A solicitor, whose name did not transpire, arr: - o ss for the complainant, who deposed that on the ere v . ; ffl e night, at a quarter p ast t en o ' c l oc k, the prisoner ,i7nr, to his door and rung his bell. Witness went to the ar e , and seeing her, said, " If 3 ou do not leave my P re° los I will give you in charge." lie then shut the cborivit, she rung the door-bell again nine or ten titnes• ge ness's wife was ill and was alarmed at the nois e ', l gave her in charge. At th e s t a ti on -h o u s e she s_aiu o f would break every window in hi s h ou se. She h l at: said his bell on last 'Thursday night, when he go r e char M ge, but she was then discharged. r. COMBE (to the prison e r)—W hat have yo u t° ss l o to the charge ? The pris o ne r sa id that herself anther) infant in her arms (of whi c h com pl a i na nt was the ill fro te were starving, and she went to g'. e a little mon e Y c oe him. She had made an application to a magistrate ;01 cerning the support of her child, and was told she_„ °3 " o o, summon him ; but she h a d no t t h e p r ice of a sill' which she could not get without it. Mr. COMBE (to complainant)—She was here on. last—was she not ? Complainant—She was. per Mr. COMBE—Did she say she would do you a n Y xoe sonal violence on this occasion ? Corepleina ut said she would break my windows. . Mr. COMBE—Any threat of personal violence ? C°lll plainant—No, not on this occasion. Mr. Comne (to the prisoner)—You must pal do * of 11., or go to the House of Correction for fourteen ve tt The woman said she had no money, and was corm s accordingly. a pith A notorious thief, named H earne , was charg ed attempting to pick pockets at Sadler's Wells Th s;of The prisoner, who although hardly eighteen Y e ° f age, may be said to have p asse d t h e grea ter Par 6 tbe atte life in prison, took his stand at the door of th e k .deors on the previous evening, a m i nute or two b e fore tu; ot ee were opened, when th ere was a l arge crow d an ~bet excitement. He dived int o th at part o f th e creirmb e gen there was a group of females, amongst whom he the to ply his vocation: Reynolds, the constable ° be f o re theatre, had however a sharp eye upon him, an d he could fish up more than one purse, secured hitn• was committed for three months. SOUTHWARK. Thomas Willoughby, a non-commissioned offi Ce l: ( 0 the marines, waited on Mr. Cottingham, for the P°ro. of soliciting his advice under the following e irc stances : r of c The appellant stated that he belonged to the 1; - 11 •si4 cutter, and for the last eleven months bad been be off the coast of Scotland, l e avi ng his wife, whf h ' - ie re' half his pay, in London. Th a t w hilst at Le' t beul ceived information that his wife had been unia' t hts aga him ; upon being apprised of which he ° ;der leave of his commander to come to London, in ° „ 4 e nd ascertain the truth or falsehood of the reP ° ,..'„b esa, accordingly came to town, On his arrival, doped quite quite unexpected, he found that his wife bad ar i . 11 11° the house where he left her, sold off the tin n ai o atbi, had gone to live under the protection of a I. o o ' tradesman, in the neighbourhood of Blackfriars-roafoct. for he (applicant) had ocular demonstration of the, b 4 It / he saw the parties together on the preceding 14, pit h was prevented by some of his friends, who wei - uen t him at the time, from punishing the real delin c i b - i , the way he deserved. The object, therefore, ofpits plication was, to be informed whether the ig a b, could not separate them in such a ma nner that so 00,1 less a woman could no longer h ave an y claim upon that his commander told him that the object v accomplished before a magistrate. ,„, M b ; Mr. COTTINGHAM said, the applicant's corn fl oe, misinformed hint, and that magistrates had not the r Ap plt of separating man and wife; that, however, if t i li n e fidel cant's statement was correct with respect to the D a P 7„ of his wife, he was not bound to maintain her, s iv e!: he would be authorised in shutting his door f a Pr, against her. The Magistrate added that, av e . - for,l' wife consented to a separation, he could not Ina rhi jilor' he did, it would be bigamy unless he obtained a eat in the ecclesiastical courts, and a suit of that de ac s bs s :A was attended with such an e no rmou s expense °I few men could bear it. he The applicant here produced a letter, wine" r was written by his wife the pr ece di n g night, in " sence of a witness who was in Court. .ft ;- e O l t; and - Mr. COTTINGHAM perused th e no te, an P . expressed a wish to see applicant's wife, in ord er t e quaint her of the positi o n i n w hi c h s he stood gard to her husband. That m , as he had mentioneuce, be t the case was not one formagisterial interfe ren t e; under the circumstances he had no objection 40 0: arrange matters betw ee n th e p art i es , s o that oir might be informed of h er exac t p os i t i on , and til i had no claim upon her husband. The applicant said s h e st ill h e ld his nlon' -l y tt„ g and had regularly recei ve d a port i on of hi s Pb r ot the present quarter ; that he considered she entitled to it. vbr Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he could easily sttieel ment by calling at the Navy Pay-office, and reprt'" the facts relative to his wite. spr A messenger having been dispatched for the mist cant's wife, she sent word that it was not conveta e- t her to attend, ani at the same time begged that Magistrate might be infor me d that she was aware 11 0 what had transpired, and that she shoul d promise ad,i;et make any claim upon her husband for the future, a that she was perfectly happy in the cha n g e she " of made. The applicant, who evinced considerable an%ietoSity mind on the occasion, having expressed his thanks Magistrate for the advice, then withdrew. MARKET NEWS.—(Y ESTERA--- c 0 RN-FACC RAM GE. _ m hos _ y e Since Monday, very little Wheat of home P"J os tor, come fresh to hand, yet the show of Monday's unso , " deg rip tiow was fully equal to th e wan t s o f t h e d ea l er s. all is moving oil heavily, at barely the late depression boor quotations. In Foreign Wh ea t—f ree as well as ilrata 4l next to nothing was d o ing ; y e t we can no tice no 001 in prices. The supply of Barley was large. Malt iog oo ro sold at full currencies; but other kinds had a tendency. Malt, Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour, ° ,104" dull, at, in some instanc es , a tr ifli ng a b ateme nt iu V I " A.RRIVALS.• I B arley. oats I 4, f1. 47. 6,9 . 20 qrs. 1,760 4 11 ' ••••".. 4,410 I English • • • • • • Irish •••• • • • • Foreign Wheat. 4,540 qrs. 3,970 1,000 Malt. 1,260 Q rs. WIIITECIZAPEL. the _ d i r The supply of each kind of Wheat being stil l -11 # tiol - i s crease, the general demand ruled heavy, at barelY Id to - prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 33 8d ; Mutton, 33 6d; Veal, is to ss; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per Kb& [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Deafness and Defectio fro )1 Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the con ntri tti C P' 2 5 Son foie ° post.-39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, and ; ale 4 . tie-street, Edinburgh.--Acoustic Instruments.-1 0 ' -- . n ot - 4 Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, i - piece, 6 comfortable, nor more perceptible than having a 1° 7,4011f wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad r * - j o stasi o and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' standing' 0 0 1 %s to join in general conversation, and to catch the t a r distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c. Thq r oe P; o 1,. conversation into the ears to such an extent that i" severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Also, Ear Cornets, French, German, and Spanish Ar t " - P• ' and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every descriptioo. of f ' of those instruments have received the approbst. Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Brt i t :;;;;;I,' newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they aral l ,„ l extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its youth fu l , qt . and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescagi 3 . ; Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Messrs. S. stl " 1 0P- I sous, Opticians, are no t i n any way connecte d with a s is s !,S of the same name in their immediate neighbourhoods ti .• „7„ part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be Ca n „ ti • - o esill' i Observe—Only to be bad at 39, Albemarle-street, ,rt, opposite the York Hotel, and 25, Of burgh. OS 00 [ADYERTISEMENT.]—ASTIIMA, SnonTri- 00 di South Castle-st r e e t ' BREATH, COUGHS, AND COLDS.—A TRULY Si leflelY CASE.—The Rev. 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