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Average Amount. West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud. dersfield 31,678 Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester... 6,357 York Union Banking Company, York 69 921 York City and County Banking Company, York 88,735 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, Nov. 2, 1844. 6,830 LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 6 (Before Sir JAMES WIGRAM.) WOODS V. WOODS.—OPINIONS OF COUNSEL. His HoNoun pronounced judgment in this case. This was a motion by the plaintiffs in a cross suit for the pro duction of documents contained in the schedule to the answer, and admitted to be relative to the matters con tained in the bill. Amongst the documents were a case submitted by the defendant to his counsel, and the opinion thereupon. The defendant had submitted to produce the case, but resisted the production of the opinion; and the only question upon which he was callod upon to exercise his judgment was whether the opinion should be produced or not. According to the admissions in the answer, and to the issue in the cause, there could be no doubt that this opinion might be material to the plaintiff's case, and the plaintiff, therefore, would, prima facie, upon the general principle, be entitled to have it produced, unless the defendant had shown by his answer that the document was privileged. If his answer showed that, it became unnecessary to consider whether the document might be material or not to the plaintiff's case, in either case it would be protected. It was stated by counsel in the argument that Lord Langdale had lately decided a case, in which he stated that he considered the opinions of counsel as not en titled to privilege where it appeared that it might be material to the plaintiff's case. On referring to the cage, however, which was that of Robinson and Wright, it appeared that Lord Langdale recognised the authority of the cases which determined that such documents were generally privileged, and that he afterwards carefully excepted the documents that fell within the scope of the decided cases which established that principle. That case, therefore, left the authorities precisely where they stood before. In order to avoid the repetition of his own opinion on this subject, he would refer to the case of Lord Walsingham against Goodrich. He remained of the opinion which he then expressed, that while the state of the law rendered it impossible that parties should be their own lawyers, and act without professional ad vice ; it was indispensably necessary that the privile4e conceded to professional communications should be main tained, at least to the extent to which it was at present. He had looked into the bill and answer in this cause, and by the answer it appeared that the opinion in question was taken after the dispute had arisen which was the subject of the original and cross cause then before him, and that it was taken for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of counsel for the guidance of the parties in re spect to that very suit. There could not be in his judg ment any doubt that an opinion taken under such cir cumstances was privileged at the time when it was taken ; and he thought it clearly retained its privileges in that suit. He gave no opinion as to the obligation of the defendant to answer any particular charge in the interrogatories. His present judgment was confined exclusively to the production of the opinion itself. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Noe. 5. (Sittings in Banco.) ALDIS V. GARDINER. This was an action brought against an attorney for negligonce in investing a sum of money belonging to the plaintiff, in consequence of which the money had been lost. The action was tried at Liverpool, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, and the jury found for the plaintiff. Mc. lisowLEs now moved for a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. The declaration alleged in the usual manner that the defendant had been retained by the plaintiff as an at torney for fee and reward, and that he had neglected his duty. The pleas were, first, not guilty, and, secondly, that the defendant had never been em ployed as an attorney. The plaintiff was as artist, who had received many acts of kindness from defendant, who had been a patron to him for years. In February, 1840, the plaintiff wrote to the defendant, asking him to invest about 2004 for him, which he had saved from his earnings. The money was lent to a person named Baines, to whom the defend ant had subsequently lent 2001 . Baines' father was joint security with himself for the repayment of plaintiff's money. The younger Baines died insolvent, and the elder Baines gave up his property to his creditors, which only yielded six shillings in the pund. lie moved to set aside the verdict, on tha ground that there was no evidence whatever to show that the defendant had ever been retained as an attorney. There was no bill of cu: is put in—there was no proof given of any payment of fees from plaintiff to defendant, and all that appeared on the trial went to negative such a supposition. Lord DENMAN—You had better hand up the letters which passed between plaintiff and defendant, and w e will see my brother Cresswell on the subject. THE QUEEN V. THE MA N CHESTER AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an indictment against the defendants for a nuisance, for obstructing the public highway in New Bailey-street, Salford, by the erection in the carriage way of that street four pillars, on which they had erected a bridge, over which they had carried a portion of their railway. The case was tried at Liverpool, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, and a verdict passed for the Crown. Mr.WonTLEv now moved for a rule nisi to set the verdict aside, and have it entered fur the defendants, or for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection by the Learned Judge, or at all events that the verdict should be confined to that part only of the works which were the subject of the indictment. The bridge had - been etect,d in the course of the construction of a railway joining the Manchester and Liverpool, and Manchester an .1 Leeds, and Manchester and Bolton Railways, in one common terminus.. The Act of 1826, which was the original Act forming the Company, gave them power to erect bridges over public highways and streets, for the purpose of carrying on their works., -An Act was passed in 1839 empowering the Company to con struct a junction railway, which gave them all the powers of the first Act. That road was not constructed, and in 1842 an Act was obtained for the construction of the present railroad, continuing to them all the powers of the two former Acts, and undzr these Acts they had, the power, as he contended, of erecting these pillars. He had to complain of the summing up of the Learned Judge at common law. He had told the jury that no jury would be doing their duty who could find the erec tion of an obstruction in the public street to be anything but a nuisance. Lord DENMAN—I doubt if he went far enough. lie ought to have told the jury that any obstruction what ever, preventing the passage over a public highway, was a nuisance in the eye of the law. Mr. WORTLEY apprehended that there must be some thing more than mere obstruction to make a nuisance. Beside;, he contended that, under a proper constructitm of the Company's Acts, they were authorised to erect these pillars. There was only one single pillar in ti e carriage-way, and he submitted that, at all evenrs, the writ of abatement ought only to issue as to that one pillar. lie trusted, that if such were the case, some com promise might be come 'to, as bad been suggested by the Learned Judge at the trial. Lord DENMAN—Probably it had better be turned into a case. BAIL COURT, Nov. 6. (Sittings in Banco.) IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES CARUS WILSON-APPLI CATION FOR A HABEAS CORPUS. _ - Mr. PEACOCK, in this case, appliedlO;;;;;it of habeas corpus, directed to John Kanditch, the gaoler of one of the prisons in Jersey, commanding him to bring up the body of Charles Carus Wilson. Mr. Wilson went to reside in Jersey on the 23d of September, and was shortly after arrested and imprisoned. He stated that he was advised, and verily believed that his imprisonment was illegal, and applied several times for a copy of the war rant under which he was arrested. The gaoler told him he had no such document, but on the 29th of September he brought in a paper and left it in the deponent's cell, which stated that he was condemned to pay a fine of 10/. to her Majesty, and to make an apology to the Court for contempt. This did not state what the contempt was, what the Court w as, nor to whom the apology was to be made. Mr. Justice PATTESON asked what the Court was ? Mr. PEACOCK replied that he believed it was the ItOya Court.—Application granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 6. (Sittings in Banco.) BUNTER, APPELLANT ; THE TOWN CLERK OF WEN- LOCK, RESPONDENT. Mr. KEATING applied to the Court under the 6th and 7th Victoria, c. 18, to remit to the revising barrister the case prepared by him in reference to a decision come t during his revision of the list of voters for the borough of Wenlock. The application involved an important question as to the appella, , e jurisdiction of this Court over the decisions of the revising barristers. The appel lant alleged now that in the statement transmitted to the Court by the barrister, facts had been omitted which were essential to the cafe. He had applied to the bar-. rister to insert those facts, but the Learned Gentleman refused to do so. Mr. Keating now moved their Lord. ships to remit the case, with the order of the Court for the insertion of the omitted facts. Mr. Justice COLTMAN said, perhaps those matters which you aver to be facts, were not proved to the satis faction of the revising barrister ? Mr. KEATING said that was not the case. But the barrister said they were not material to the cace ; whereas the appellant maintained that they were so. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that the Court might, perhpi, send back the statement for the insertion of facts, which, after hearing the appeal, they might deem to be material. But they could not interfere as to those matters at present. 4 . Mr. KEATING was preparing to pro. Ted with his at - fitment, when The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that the object of the application was to put the Court in the place of the revising, barrister, whereas their Lordships were re quired to decide upon the statement made by the bar rister. If, upon the hearing of the appeal, they found any insufficient, they would send back the statement to have the insufficiency supplied ; but they could not an ticipate the hearing of the appeal. The other Judges concurred, and the Court refused to interfere. THOMAS V. DUNN. This was an action upen an agreement, in w hi c h the jury found upon the principal count for the defetick the point left to them by the Judge (the Lord CI ief Justice) having been whether the signature of the de fendant had been forged. The plaintiff now moved the Court for a new trial, on affidavits that he was prepared to disprove the allegation of forgery. Their LOU/SHIPS, having part-heard the application, adjourned the further hearing till to-morrow, and the Court t 0.% THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1844. handkerchief, which he considered he had fairly ob tained by such an exhibition of his superiority, until the turnkey interposed his power. M. Legrand justi fied the vigorous means he had adopted for restitu tion upon the maxim of " honour amongst thieves." BOW-STREET. Iluesday Mr. G. W. Jones, the Secretary of tie Hammersmith Suspension-bridge Committee, attended in obedience to a summons obtained at the suit of Mr. G. Lewis, Secretary to the Master of the Horse to her Majesty, to show cause why he had exacted a toll from Mr. W. J. Goodwin, her /11.)jesty's Inspector of Stables, on a pair of horses drawing one of the royal carriages, on the 21st ult., contrary to the provisions of the Company's Act, by which the Queen's horses are. specially exempted. Mr Bolton, of the firm of Bolton and Price, Lin coln's Inn, attended for the comp l a i nan t, and was about to open the case, when Mr. Thomas, the defendant's counsel, questioned the jurisdiction of the Court, and urged that the Ham • viteramith bench was the proper one to take cognisance• of the present case. Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, observed that, as a general rule, all matters appertaining to the Palace and her Majesty's household were submitted to this office, as the chief Police -court. Mr. JARDINE said, there could be no doubt as to the jurisdiction of the Court, and, as the summons had been granted by Mr. Twyford, he should not hesitate to hear the complaint: Mr. Bolton, after directing a tt en ti on t o t h e severa l provisions 'of the sth George IV. (the Company's. Act), by which her Majesty's horses were exempted from toll, stated the particulars of the alleged demand, and observed that the complainant had only been induced to request the interference of a magistrate by the frequency of these interruptions on the part of the Company's officers, and the impediments and imper • tinence to which her Majesty's servants had been con sequently exposed. Mr. Goodwin examined—l am inspector of stables and veterinary surgeon to her Majesty, and had occa sion to pass over the suspension bridge on the 21st of October with a small britschka and a pair of horses belonging to her Majesty; the former had the royal arms emblazoned upon it. I was accompanied as usual by a servant in her Majesty's livery. On reaching the toll-office Mr. Junes, the defendant, stepped out and requested me to atop, at the same time demanding where I came from and whither I was going. I refused to tell him, but said he knew my grounds for claiming exemption, and if he de manded the toll I would pay it, and he must take the consequences. Mr. Jones was a stranger to me personally, but the toll-keeper knew me well, as I had been in the habit of going over the bridge for years previously, sometimes as often a 3 three or four times a week, without paying toll. Cross-examined—l have been asked questions be fore, but have invariably refused to state where I was going, as I felt that the inquiry was impertinent. I have always stated that the horses and carriage be longed to her Majesty, and were therefore exempt. On the occasion in question I was going from Hamp ton-court to the Queen's-mews at Pimlico, on her Majesty's business ; but I admit having repeatedly passed over the bridge in the same carriage on my own business, and having then also declined to pay the toll. Mr. Thomas—Then, I think, the case ought to end here. Mr. JARDINE—Were you on those occasions with her Majesty's carriage and horses ? Witness—Cer tainly, your Worship. Mr. JARDINE—Then the Act clearly exempted him, inasmuch as it specified " her Majesty's horses," without any restriction whatever as to the service in which they might be engaged. The witness was further cross-examined by Mr. Thomas, but nothing material was elicited from him, except an acknowledgment that Mr. Jones and the toll-keeper were both civil to him, although he consi dered the inquiry relative to his mission an imperti nent one. Mr. Jones explained that about five years ago, in consequence of a complaint made by the Company upon this point, the secretary to the Master of the Horse authorised him to ask persons who claimed exemption in the Queen's name, the question which he had put, as civilly as possible, to Goodwin, but which he refused to answer. Defendant denied that he had applied for the toll ; it was paid by Goodwin without any demand being made. He also denied the assertion of the latter, that he claimed exemption. Mr. JARDINE thought that no one could suppose that Mr. Jones had been impertinent, in the general acceptation of the term, but, on this occasion, seeing that the carriage - had the royal arms on it, and that the defendant might have known from the toll-keeper who and what Goodwin was, he was of opinion that the question ought not to have been put. He would hoar the next case hefore poonouncing his decision. A second charge, precisely similar in its nature, was then preferred against the toll-keeper, William Moore, for demanding the toll of Goodwin on a sub sequent day. Mr. JARDINE repeated his conviction that the do mand, in the face of the Act, was altogether unjusti fiable. Ile felt it his duty, therefore, to inflict the mitigated penalty of 51. in each case. Mr. Thomas said the decision would be appealt d against. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James Ryan, between 40 and 50 years of age, one of the waiters at Hawkins's Hotel, No. 29, Albemarle street, was placed at the bar, charged on suspicion of steal ing a letter-case containing a 101. Bank of England note, about 40i. in gold, two gold pins, a go ld penc i l-ease, and other articles, the property of C a p ta i n t h e H on. R.N. It app eare d Lincolnshire,th Dudleyatt the e V p o r o r s s l eo e cn y u Tt Anderson d a l dr r i s av o ye n d e in are' town from Yarbr oug h, evening last, and p u t u p at Hawkins's Hotel. He was waited on by the prisoner, who unpacked, by his directions, a portion of his bag question. On th e g ro a l g lo e' vv i i n ng wh e i v e e h ni w n a g s , tthhee writing-casein h in aving occasion for some money, made a search for the case, but could not find it. He questioned the prisoner about it, but he denied having seen it. Not feeling quite confident that it had been packed with his baggage, he wrote home, and last evening received an answer that it had been placed in a carpet bag, which was a part of his luggage the prisoner had opened. Under these circum stances he made application at the police-station in Vine-street, Piccadilly, and Sergeant Gray, No. 10 of the e division, was immediately engaged in investigating the matter. The constable by dint of much perseverance succeeded in discovering that the prisoner, who was known to be without money lately, had since Friday been very flush of cash, and that he had discharged several small debts he had incurred in the neighbour hood. On Friday night he absented himself from the hotel without leave, and returned at two o'clock on Saturday morning very much ibtoxicated. On Saturday he applied for his wages, which, however, were not paid him, but on his being closely questioned by the con stable, he admitted that he had on Sunday night inclosed to his wife, living at Bath, 131. in money, adding, that he blow sothing of the prosecutor's property. Mr. HARDWICK asked the prisoner if he wished to say aaything in answer to the charge ?—The prisoner said he was quite innocent, and could prove by respectat le witnesses that he had between thirty and forty sove reigns very lately in bis possession. He was remanded until this day week. The following letter was on Tuesday handed to the reporter from the bench : " A. and B. inclose a five-pound note, which they request Mr. Maltby to apply to the relief of the first poor persons he may think deserving of assistance, and request the receipt of the same may be acknowledged in the daily papers." NEWTON V. RIE. In this action for libel, of which the particulars have been frequently before the public, the plaintiff, a bar rister, applied for a rule nisi to enter a verdict in his favour, upon the counts which the jury had found for the defendant.—Rule nisi granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 6. (Sittings in Banco.) RINNERSLEY, AN OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE, V. CROUCH Mr. CROWDER moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict returned for the plaintiff in this case should not be set aside, and a non-suit entered, or the damages reduced to such a sine as the Court should direct, by leave of the Learned Judge who tried the case. This action was tried before Mr. Justice Matteson at the last Bristol Assizes, when a verdict was returned fir the plaintiff for 153 L 13s. It was an action for money had and received on account of a bankrupt named Brown, who had carried on the business of a currier in Bristol. The defendant was Brown's foreman. On the 28th of October Brown left his shop for the pur pose, as he alleged, of going to Cheltenham, but he never returned to his Shop. It appeared that be went to Cheltenham, As he stated, but that he ultimately left this countay. A fiat of bankruptcy was issued against him on the 9th of November following. Crouch conducted the business of the bankrupt from the time of his leaving it till the issuing of the fiat. The action was for money received by Crouch, on account of the de fendant, during that time. An account was produced at the trial, in which the defendant debited himself to the amount of 153/. 135., and for various other sums, on account of the business of the bankrupt, and to the work men employed in it. The Learned Counsel had cou• tended at the trial that the defendant acted in the caps eity of a servant, and that he did not come under the cognisance of certain sections of the Bankruptcy Act, and could not be answerable for money which he had received and paid on account of his employers. lie now reiterated these arguments, and instanced the case as one of considerable importance to the mercantile world. Was a servint to be liable for moneys so paid, and for the acts of a bankrupt, of whose actions and intentions he was wholly ignorant ? The decision of the jury seemed to imply that the defendant was placed in the position of the bankrupt. After considerable discussion, the rule was granted. COURT OF REVIEW, Nov. 6. His Honour Sir J. K. BRUCE was engaged during the day in disposing of bankruptcy cases, none of which pos sessed any public interest. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 6. (Before Mr. Commmission GOULBErRN.) THE DRAPERY TRADE.-IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT BAN. NISTER, OF PORTSEA. _ _ The bankrupt, whose capture in the island of Madeira, and examination at this Court, had excited such interest in the commercial world, was again this day brought up for re-examination. • Mr. EDWIN JAMES, before proceeding with his exami nation, briefly recountered the facts of the case to the Court. The bankrupt, he stated, had delivered a balance sheet which was perfectly untrue, and it bore internal evidence of its fictitious character. The bankrupt had been in business with his brother, and, upon dissolving partnership, he withdrew 722/. as his share of the proceeds. He then commenced trade again in Portsea in the month of April, 1844, and the fiat of bankruptcy was issued on the following July. He had in those four months got goods to the value of 17,690/. 9s. 4d., and had disposed of them again for 11,3211., thus alleging a loss of 4,879/., or 43 per cent. Among other sales effected by him in this period was one to Moses and Son, of Aid gate, of goods valued at 1,0401., but which they pur chased for 269/. 3s. 3d. Another sale to Hodge and Lowman, of Regent-street, of goods invoiced at 200/., and sold for 100 L The purchase was how ever denied by that firm. A third sale to a person named Williams, of goods valued at 2454 was effected for 1401. The bankrupt's expenses, during the period he was in trade, amounted to the enormous sum of 1,9001., being an average of 2001. per week. He (Mr. James) was happy to state that a sum of 3,5001. had been rescued from the bankrupt, his wife, and a person named Quin, who was a sort of general vouchee, in cases of sales and purchases. He (Mr. James) woted not enter into details of matters which would be ren dered sufficiently clear by the bankrupt's own examina tion, and he would therefore at once proceed to question him upon the subject of his schedule. Mr. JAMES—What amount of goods did you sell to Moses and Son, of Aldg,ate ?—The amount stated by me already, 1,040/. Mr. JAMES—What amount de you mean to say you received from them ?—For one lot 2001. and for ano ther 180/. Mr. JAMES—WiII you swear that you received more, from them than 269/. 3s. 3d. Will you swear after look isig at these invoices thatyou receivedmore ?—I thought there was more, but unless there are other receipts this must be the amount. -Mr:-Jastes—Do you mean to represent that the goods you sold to Moses and Son for 2691.'3g. 3d. cost you 1,040/. ?—I should say not, decidedly not.' They cost abut two-thirds more than they were sold at. Mr. JAMES—What do you believe they cost you then? —About 750/. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN—What induced you to put down a different sum then?—l have given up every farthing, and made the best statement I could. Mr. JAMES—Answer his Honour's question.—Those amounts were correct to the best of my memory. - Mr. JAMES—What made you fix on 1,040/. for Moses and Son ? What was your particular reason for so doing ?—I believe to the best of my memory I thought it correct. Mr. JAMES—You have put down to Hodge and Low man goods costing 200/. at 100/. When did you make that sale ?—Either in May or June. The goods were not invoiced in my name, and they have therefore denied the purchase. I sold them in the name of Williams, which is a fictitious name. Mr. JAMES—Did you take the goods there ?—Yes, in a cab, which I took only to Oxford -street, and the goods I took into their place in separate parcels. Mr. JAMES—Do you mean to swear, then, that these goods cost you 2001, and that you sold them 50 per cent. under cost ?—Yes, I should think there was a loss of 50 per cent. Mr. JAMES—You have charged in balance sheet sales to a person named Williams of goods which you say cost you 245/. Who is Williams ?—I believe he was in the drapery trade, but I cannot say where he is now. Mr. JAMES—When did you sell him these goods ? In June of this year. Mr. JAMES—Where did he live then ?—I do not know. I met him in Cheapside. I had met him before. He had lived in Birmingham some years before. Mr. JAMES—Where did you effect the sale ?—When I met him I said, I've got a lot of goods for sale ; and we went in a cab to the wharf, got the goods, and went to a public-house in Oxford-street. I left the goods, and met him at three o'clock, by appointment. He told me that a hawker had given him an offer for them. I ac cepted the offer, met him again, and he paid me the money. Mr.JamEs —Where did you meet him again ?—At the house in Oxford-street, where the goods were sold. I do not know the house, but it was on the right hand side going westward, between Tottenham. court road and Regent circus. Mr. JAMES—How much did he pay you?—To the best of my knowledge, 1051 I gave him no receipt. Mr. JAMES—How was the money paid ?—ln Bank of England notes and gold. Mr. JAMES—In what part of the house were the goods sold ?—ln a private room. Mr.J.t sliss—What did you do with the money ?—Took it to Portsea. Mr. JAMES—How long previously did you meet Wil liams before this transaction ?—About nine or twelve months before. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN—What was this Wil liams, and where did you meet him ?—ln the Johnson's Head, Fleet-street ; and I believe he was assistant to a draper, but where I do not know. Mr. James—When did you get the goods that you al lege had been sold to Williams ?—They were lying at Whitcroft's wharf. Mr. JA Es--What kind of goods were they f—They were shawls and silk handkerchiefs. The shawls were Bannermann's, of Manchester, and Alfred Thomas's. Mr. JAMES—Now attend to this question. Did not you state to Mrs. Quilter—now she is here, so be careful —that you and the man Quin took these goods from the wharf, and that Quin sold them ?—No ; that conversa tion referred to another lot. Mr. JAmEs—What goods then did Quin assist you to take from Whitcroft's ?—I was rather confused, and might have said that Quin went with me. Mr. JAMES—Look at the invoices now produced, and point out the goods sold by the man Williams. But first, were these goods taken from the public-house before you had tho money ?—They were so taken away. I see Bannermann here for 180/, and Thomas for 77L I is. 101 Mr. JAMES—WeII, any other ?—Yes, some others ; but I can't point them out now. Mr. Commissioner GouutunN wished to know if Mr. James had any other case of a similar character to that of Williams ? Mr. JAMES—None, perhaps, that would come under the same category. Before he would proceed, however, to the cash account, he should ask the bankrupt one cr two general questions. To the bankrupt—Was the man Williams ever men tioned to any person before the balance sheet was filed ? —No. Mr. JAMES—Have you any more to add, for his Honour's information, about the disposal of these goods to Williams ?—I have no more to add. His Honour retired for a time, when, in reference to a remark from Mr. James, the bankrupt passionately ex claimed, " So help me God, I have not a guinea left in the world, nor a person on whom I can come for a shil ling. I know you think that.l have a lot cf goods tind money, and all that sort of thing, but it's all false." Mr. JA. Es—Now turn to your balance-sheet. What money had you altogether, from the time of your commencing business in Portsea to the date of the fiat ? —To the best of my knowledge 6,921/ 45., but it is im possible to say the exact amount. Mr. JAMES—Nov, have you not put down a sum, amounting to 1,9001., for expenses during that period ? Do you now adhere to that statement ?—No. The items amount to 1,239/ only from the time rleft Nottingham. Mr. JAMES—Explain the 210/ charged in the balance sheet at page 3 ?—There is a 251. for clothes, 31. 10s. for boots and shoes, 311. 10s. for a watch, and a good deal was spent in theatres and saloons, and such like. Mr. JAMES—Why, the gold watch, ring, &c., is al readyo charged a t p age 1 o f your account. C an you men tin any one place where you ever spent 20/. at once?— No. I cannot. Mr. j"r4-I.°llr 11 ° 1101 4r will And that these sutras are included in a sum of 3101. charged for private ex penses. Your explanation then is, that the money was spent in theatres and saloons ?—Yes, I was rather gay, and spent a good deal of money that way. Mr. JAMES—Now I observe a sum unaccounted for of 2421. 4s. Can you give any account of that money ? No, not the slightest. I only know that I haven't a farthing, and have no claim on any one. Mr. JAMES—You have put down that you have ex pended 441. Bs. in Manchester, Lichfield, Derby, and London. In what time was that spent ?—Twelve days to a fortnight. Mr. JAMES —Have you any vouchers for any of those expenses ?—No. Mr. Commissioner GoLLßußN—These expenses ex tend over a mass of nine pages, and comprise small amounts, exceeding in the aggregate 7,1901. Follow that up, Mr. James, if you please. Mr. JAMES—You have heard what his Honour said. Have you vouchers for the sum of 16,440/. 4s. 3d., which remains after deducting the amounts t 3 your credit ? I have no vouchers but what you have seen. _ _ Mr. JAMES—How then did you come at those very minute sums ? What materials had you to enable you to furnish your accountant with these items ? Here is one, for instance, spent in London, 101. 10s. 6d. ; expenses in London, 16/. iios. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN—Waiter in Vauxhall Hotel 51.; and London, in July, spent 1/. 103. 1(1. Bankrupt—l did the best I could to furnish a correct account from memory. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN—I think, Mr. James, you have carried this far enough to warrant the ad journment; I cannot think of passing the bankrupt on this examination. Mr. JAMES—Have you any other explanation to offer on the subject of your cash account before this part of the subject is concluded ?—None whatever. I've done the best I could. Mr. JAMES then proceeded to press for a com mitment, on the ground that the bankrupt had not furnished satisfactory accounts, but His HONOUR, after explaining to the bankrupt the ob ject of the Learned Counsel's application, asked whether he would wish to consult some professional adviser in the matter ? The bankrupt would feel grateful if an opportunity were given him of engaging counsel to defend him i❑ the maitae. HIS HONOUR said that he was sure Mr. James would be the very last to press the law too severely, especially when the bankrupt was undefended. Mr. JAMES asked whether it would not be expedient to commit him into the custody of the messenger of the Court ? His lloNoun said that he could not decide upon the matter beforehand, and he would therefore adjourn the examination till to-morrow at one o'clock. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE and a full Bench of Magistrates.) John Smith, dressed as a mechanic, and John Stevenson, a most respectable looking young man, were indicted for stealing an umbrella, the property of Hugh Garden. The evidence went to prove that both the prisoners were observed to go into the house of the prosecutor, about night-fall, and Stevenson take the umbrella, which he threw away upon being pursued. The jury acquitted the prisoner Smith; and, having found Stevenson guilty, The Learned JUDGE expressed his regret at seeing a person of the prisoner's acquirements and previous respectability in such a degraded and melancholy posi tion ; however, the law should take its course . Th e sentence of the Court was—that he be imprisoned, and kept- to hard labour, in the House of Correction, for three months. John Perry, aged 13 years, who was found guilty of felony at the last sessions, and judgment deferred for inquiry, was brought up this morning, and sentenced to be transported for seven years. Henry Smith was found guilty of stealing a coat from Mr. J. Wells, into whose house he was admitted fur charity, he being at the time in the utmost state of des titution. The COURT sentenced him to be transported for seven years. _ _ _ - A very old and respectable-looking man, named John W allows, was indicted for attempting to break into the house of Frederick Barry. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and stated that he must have been out of his senses at the time he made the attempt, for he could make no other excuse for his conduct. The COURT said, in consideration of the prisoner's age and previous character, it would inflict but a li g h t penalty. The sentence o f the Court was that he be im prisoned for two months, with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Two well-dressed women of the town, named Bridget 117 Warns and Mary Easton, were brought before Alderman Wilson, under the following cir cuit-is tances About eight or nine weeks ago a gentleman was met, at a late hour of the night, in -Thames-street, by a female, who contrived to rob him of a small bag, containing 4.5/. He subsequently appeared at the. Mansion- house, and charged Mary Euston with the robbery. As, however, he could not positively swear to her identity, and it appeared on being searched at the station-house the woman was found to have no property about her, the case was, aft er a s t r i c t inves tigation before the Lord Mayor, which was adjourned 'from day to day, discharged, in consequence of a fatal deficiency in the evidence. Mary Euston, as might be expected, solemnly protested her innocence, but she, at the same time, intimated to his Lordship that she knew the woman who had committed the rob bery, although she could not tell her name or ad dress. It is proper to state that it is a general prac tice with women who combine the two characters of prostitute and thief, to contrive, with the assistance of some ruffian of the male sex, to lighten the pockets of gentlemen who stay out rather late at dinners, not withstanding the activity of the City police. On Tuesday night, as a policeman was in King William-street, he heard a violent shrieking, and upon going to the spot from whence it came, he saw the Mary Euston, who had been previously charged, quarrelling with Bridget Williams, the other pri. soner. The former, in her rage, said she would let out all she knew, and then accused her adversary of having stolen the money about which she had suffered so much. They were both taken to the station-house, where Mary Euston said that Bridget Williams had promised to give her money to fee counsel to get her out of trouble if she would not split; but that in stead of assisting her, the latter went out of the way until all the cash was spent, and therefore the whole business must come to light for the punishment of such ingratitude. The policeman said that Mary Euston distinctly accused Bridget Williams in the station-house, not only of having committed the robbery, but of having basely broken the promise to send her a sovereign for not " splitting.' That Bridget Williams did not deny the fact charged, but, on the contrary, stated the number of 101. and 51. notes contained in the bag, and admitted that she had spent the whole of the money. Alderman WILSON (to Bridget Williams)—So you robbed the gentleman between you, and when you went off with the money you determined to keep it all yourself ? Bridget Williams—Oh, upon my word, my Lord, I never had a shilling of anybody's money. She came to me quite sudden and tore my clothes. Mary Euston—l never saw her since she refused to help me out of trouble till last night, and as she be haved so treacherously, I resolved to split. I know she robbed the gentleman. Alderman WILSON—How did you know anything about the robbery, except you were both together when it was effected ? Mary Euston--I heard it. Alderman WILSON--And why did you not give information of it before? Mary Euston—l did not know it so exactly as I do now. She told me, if it went to trial, she would pay the expenses. Alderman WILSON—WeII, I hope you have both money enough to fee counsel now, for I think you will want counsel's assistance. One of the officers stated that there were three or four of the " swell-mob," who were known to be the associates of the prisoners, prowling about the Man sion-house. When, however, the Alderman directed some of the police to take any persons of the descrip tion into custody, and place them at the bar, he was informed that they had vanished. The Alderman then remanded the prisoners. An old Frenchman, named Jonas Legrand, was brought up, charged with having picked a lady's pocket of eighteen -pence. There is an odd circum stance connected with the history of the prisoner. A City policeman stated that between three and four o'clock on Friday, as he was doing duty at the west entrance of the Royal Exchange, he saw the prisoner, who was covered with a cloak, busy at work in trying the pockets of fem a l es i n t h e crowd. The prisoner afterwards left the crowd, but having taken off his cloak and hung it over his arm, soon returned And got into the midst of the multitude. Witness, who suspected the prisoner's intention from the com mencement, continued to watch him, and soon saw him lift up a lady's gown, and evidently pull away his hand. Witness seized him by the wrist, and he im mediately dropped a shilling and a sixpence on the ground. The lady, upon being told that she bad been robbed, put her hand in her pocket and said she had lost eighteen-pence. The lady confirmed the greatest part of the police man's evidence, and Alderman WILSON having been informed that the prisoner was an old offender, committed him for trial at the Central Criminal Court. Gooch, the principal turnkey at the Compter, sub sequently mentioned that, on a former . occasion, when the old Frenchman was in prison for picking pockets, he used to amuse himself in giving lest;ons to the boys in that art, and advanced them so considerably in the mystery, that one of them so adroitly whipped the handkerchief out of the pocket of their instructor as wholly to escape his • observation. Legrand, who despised the principle " ante perire sua," or falling a victim to his own cleverness, made an avzful disturb ance in the prison upon missing his property, and his pupil, who proved to be really worthy of such a master, could not be prevailed upon tc a restore the CLERKEN WELL. Mr. David Pattenson Barry, a surgeon at the Lon don University Hospital, was charged with using obscene and disgusting language to a lady in the public street; and 11Iesrs. Jahn Thomas, and Edward Abraham Hallier, with violently assaulting Mr. David Henry Jobson, a gentleman connected with the edito rial department of one of the London journals, and residing at 9, University-street. The body of the court was crowded with medical students, who conducted themselves in so indecorous a manner as to interrupt the business of the court. Mr. COUDE said if they would persevere in their indecorum, he would have them expelled from the court. There were no two classes of persons of any degree which gave th e mag i s trates so much trouble as medical students and attorneys' clerks. If the per sons in the body of the court strove to laugh it off, and treat the complaint as a joke, they would find themselves greatly mistaken. Mr. Jobson deposed that on the previous night, between eight and nine o'clock, he was standing on the footway in University-street, talking to a lady, when the three prisoners, one of whom affected in toxication, passed. Witness did not know them, and had not given them the slightest provocation, when Barry, turning about to the lady, said--(the words were disgustingly obscene and unfit for publi cation). They then walked on. Witness followed them and demanded Barry's card. He refused it, and Hallier, suddenly turning round, struck him a violent blow on the left eye. 'Witness attempted to defend himself, but the whole three fell upon him and beat him so that he bled considerably from the mouth and nose. He received another very severe blow on the temple. A mob of two hundred persons ga thered, and witness eventually gavethem into the cus tody of a constable. Were it not for the timely ar rival of assistance, he would have been dangerously injured. Each of the prisoners sharply interrogated him. He admitted having struck at them in self-defence, and having told them their conduct was the conduct of blackguards. The reason he did not remain longer at the station was, because he went to a surgeon to have his wounds dressed. The lady might not have heard some of the words used by Barry. Thomas—You are telling a tissue of lies. _ _ Mr. COMB —The gentleman is giving his evidence in a highly creditable manner, and you had better not repeat that language. _ _ George B4ricer, - a baker's boy, who 9hpweel to be passing at the time, confirmed, to a great extent, the complainant's testimony, as did Mr. Coldrick, a tradesman, residing at 34, University-street, who nositiv , ly swore he saw all three prisoners strike at Mr. Dobson. Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison, residing at 10, Grafton street, had been talking to Mr. Jobson as deposed to, when the prisoner Barry, turning round to her, mid a You are a lovely creature." She was greatly agi tated by being thus addressed, and did not hear any more. Barry's manner was most insulting. (The lady was greatly confused and agitated.) Police-sergeant 5 E deposed to having arrested the prisoners, who were perfectly sober. The whole neighbourhood was in a state of great excitement, and a mob of three hundred persons, some of whom had witnessed the prisoners' conduct, followed them to the station, and pelted the prisoners with mud. Mr. Jobson's eye was greatly inflamed, and his mouth and nose bleeding when witness came up. His face was also much swollen. Mr. Jobson was perfectly sober. The prisoners, in defence, denied having used the obscene language sworn to by Mr. Jobson, but ad mitted having used th e wor d s s t a t e d b y the lady. Mr. Jobson called them bad names, blackguards, &c. The mob pelted them with mud. COMBE said the conduct of Ow prisoners was, most disgraceful and most cowardly. The person who would be base enough to grossly insult an unof fending lady, would be coward enough to treat the complainant in the manner described. Lie had in tended to send the case to the sessions, but would deal with it summarily, and fine the prisoners 51. each, or two months' imprisonment. Mr. Thomas Ashworth, a chemist and druggist, was charged with embezzling property to a consider. able amount belonging to his employer, and with at tempting to commit suicide. John Latham, a Bow-street officer, deposed that at three o'clock on th e p rev i ous d ay the prisoner came to Bow-street station, and asked witness if he had not received information of a quantity of books having been stolen from a Mr. Ambler, and on witness re plying in the affirmative, he said, would you know the man who stole them ? Witness said he would not. The prisoner then exclaimed, "I am the man who committed that robbery, and I wish to give my self up." He was then locked up.. Mr. Amhler, a wholesale bookseller, residing at 27, Compton-street, Cl er k enwe ll , said about a month ago the prisoner came to him, assured him that he was in indigent circumstances, and requested some kind of employment. Witness, . knowing that his friends were highly respectable, in some time after entrusted him with Prayer-books and Bibles as samples for country customers. In a few days after he received a letter from the prisoner, dated from Bexley. in Kent, in which he stated that he had lost the books, and requested forgiveness. The prisoner's friends having promised to make good the loss, witness commissioned the prisoner to take some books to Mr. Young, in Titchfield-street, Soho. The prisoner delivered the parcel, and borrowed money from Mr. Young. Witness subsequently learned that he had pawned the first parcel of books in several pawn-offices. The books were produced by several pawnbrokers' men. The prisoner's step-father, an elderly gentleman, residing in Baker-street, Clerkenwell, stated that the prisoner was insane ; his father had been seven years in a lunatic asylum, and died mad there, and his brother, a solicitor, cut his throat. The prisoner's father had predicted that his'son would die mad, and he verily believed the prediction would be verified. The'prisoner had twice attempted to commit suicide— once by throwing himself into the New River. He had been in affluent circumstances, but was now much reduced. Inspector Barton deposed that on the previous night, a short time after the prisoner was locked up in the cell, the constable, upon going the "rounds," saw the prisoner suspended there by his neckcloth. He was' at once cut down, and was quite black in the face, and animation suspended. The police-surgeon was sent for, and he was, after a considerable in terval, restored. Mr. GREENWOOD directed Mr. Taylor to be sent for, that he might examine him regarding the state of his mind. Mr. Taylor came and did so, but stated the result to the magistrate in private. Mr. GREENWOOD decided upon remanding the pri soner, and added that Mr. Taylor had required fur ther time to inquire into his state of mind. The prisoner, who conducted himself throughout with perfect composure and decorum, was remanded. MARYLEBOAE. On Monday an elderly, gentleman, named _Make, Was charged under the circumstances detailed in the following evidence Caroline Mitchell, a little girl, nearly 13 years old, said that on Friday last, between eleven and twelve o'clock, she met the prisoner in Queen-street. He beckoned to her, and on her going to him he asked her name and address, which she gave him, and he made an entry of the same in his pocketbook. On Sunday she was standing at her father's door, and he beckoned to her and asked her if she could come out of an evening. She replied that she sometimes came out for her mother, and he pressed her to meet him at the corner of N titford-place, at eight o'clock He then gave her a shilling, and begged that sh€ would not tell her father or mother what he had done. On the same afternoon the prisoner, whilst she was standing at her father's door, beckoned to her, and asked her if she could not come out of an evening, and on her saying that she was frequently sent out by her mother upon errands, he sail he should like to see her at the corner of Seymour-place. He also said he should like to give her a ride in a cab, and some cash besides, if she would go home with him. He took her to an adjacent mews, and there put his arm round her neck, at the sawn ... time saying he would give her some cakes. He also asked her if she would come out for a few hours, and ride in a cab with him. William Mitchell, the father of the girl, stated that on his daughter communicating what had occurred respecting her interview with the prisoner, he met the latter, and collared him, and held him until the arrival of the policeman. It was further shown that on the way to, the sta tion-house the prisoner offered money to a consider able amount to the witnesses, in order to induce them to forego any charge that might be made against him. Mr. RAWLINSON, after hearing the evidence of other witnesses, came to the conclusion that it was his duty to fine the defendant 51. for the assault, and to require him to enter into his own re7.ognizance in 1001., and two sureties of 501. each, for his keeping the peace and being of good behaviour to all her Majesty's subjects for the next twelve months. The required sureties were given, and the prisoner was liberated. WORSHIP-STREET. On Tuesday a neatly-dressed little woman named Jane Brown, was charged with having attacked James Golding, a greengrocer at Shacklewell, with a drawn sword, and attempted to stab him. Inspector Ilowie, of the N division, stated that at five on the preceding eveni ng the complainant came in a great fright to the station-house, saying that he had gone to the prisoner's house that afternoon to request payment of a bill for sundry goods he had supplied to the prisoner and her husband, and on knocking at tho door it was opened by a woman, to whom he delivered the bill. As soon as he had done so the woman called out to the prisoner, who was up stairs, and who im mediately ran down and attacked him with a drawn sword she had in her hand, and with which she swore that she would run him through the body if he attempted to advance a single inch into the house. Directly this threat had been uttered she made a sudden and violent thrust at him with the sword, which penetrated the breast of his coat, and made a large incision, which he exhibited, but by a rapid re trograde movement he fortunately escaped the serious consequences which would otherwise have certainly ensued. The inspector added, that the cut which he observed in the man's coat was on the left side, imme diately over the heart, and the cloth was cut com pletely through to the extent of several inches. Seeing that there were obvious grounds for the com plainant's alarm, he dispatched Braman, a constable, to the house, and he, on arriving there, found her still in the passage with the sword in her hand, which she was flourishing about in a very menac ing manner; by a statagem he however, contrived to take the weapon from her, and conveyed her and the sword to the station. The inspector said, that for some time past a great number of tradesmen in that neighbourhood had been making almost daily com plaints at the station of impositions practised on them by the pasties living in the house, and requesting that the police would lend their aid in recovering property they had been incautiously induced to leave there The prosecutor was not in attendance, though he d given him notice the night before to appear. Mr. BINGHAM said, as that was the ease he was compelled to discharge the prisoner; but that would not preclude the complainant from obtaining justice, as he could take out a warrant against the prisoner another day, and make her answer for the outrage she had committed. The prisoner, who maintained a gritn look of de fiance as she stood in front of the bar, and would not condescend to utter a single word in answer to what had been proved against her, was then discharged, and walked majestically out of Court with an air of triumph. A fellow named George Le Corps was charged by a woman of very respectable appearance, named Platt, with having struck her such a violent blow in the mouth, that it was instantly filled with blood, and two of her front teeth were knocked completely out, one of them having been picked up off the floor by a policeman, and the other very nearly choked her from its being dashed down her throat. Her husband, who interfered for her protection, also received two violent blows in the hice from the prisoner. The wantonness of the assault was fully proved, and the prisoner was fined in the such of 50s. to the queen, and, in default, was setittnced to a month's imprison ment in the House of Correction. TIIA3IES POLICE. TUi,sday, Cap`ain Barker, an eccentric mariner (late nthster of a merchant ship, and now " out of a berth,") charged a woman of the town with robbing him of a silver watch. The prosecutor, when he first got into the witners box, appeared half-seas over. Mr. I.3aonEair thereupon questioned him as to whether he had not been drinking, and he said he had not taken anything that morning but a pint of beer. The magistrate ordered the case to be put back for two or three hours, and also gave directions that strong drinks should in the mean time be prevented from reaching the captain's mouth. At two o'clock, the prisoner was again put to the bar, and Mr. Pelham appeared to defend her. Timothy Hayes, an Irish policeman, No. 201 K, said he met with the parties at four o'clock in the morning, at a coffee-stall in the Commercial-road. They were wrangling, and the captain charged the prisoner with stealing his watch, and he followed her to a house in Buross•street, where, sure enough, he found a silver watch, with a silver chain, belonging to another gentleman, but he could not find the captain's. Mr. BRODERIP —Where did you find the other watch ? Hayes—Well, thin, it was in the gintle man's fob. Mr. BRODERIP—Then it was not stolen ? lives —But it m'ght have been.—(Laughter.) Mr. BRODERIP—And what sort of a house was it ? Hayes—Och, a very respectable house the inside of it, and only tre (three) females there. Captain Barker (loudly)—Don't tell stories. In .cross-examination by Mr. Pelham, the police mut said the captain and the " lady" had a conversa tion, but he couldn't identify the words; but she said sl e was not guilty of the charge. Mr. Pelham—Then, you have identified the words. Captain Barker—Don't tell stories ; hold hard. Mr. BRODERIP inquired if the prosecutor had been drinking since he left the court ? and Hayes replied, " Nothing at all, yer wortchip, ounly a bottle of soda water. I kept him by himself to himself in the back room." The Captain said he had been to the " Earl of Effingham" concert-room to hear a song, and had his watch last about eleven o'clock, and took it out to see what time it was. "He had not been drinking— hold hard—ho had only drunk two glasses of beer. As he was coming down by—hold hard!" After a long pause, be slapped his hand on his thigh, and sung out—" I have it ! London Hospital— and that's where I fell in with her. I missed my watch as soon as ever I went into the house, and I was there about a quarter of an hour." Mr. BRODER IP—Well, you are a very odd man. What was you doing all that time? Witness—Cud dling her up in my arms to be sure. Mr. BRODERIP—And had you seen your watch safe before you began cuddling her ? Witness—Yes, Sir. Mr. BRODERIP—And after the cuddling it was gone ? Witness—Yes, Sir, certainly.—( Laughter.) Mr. Symons, the chief clerk, who was taking the de - positionsi said it was quite impossible to fix the robbery on the woman at the bar on such testimony. The man first said he missed the watch directly he entered the house, and subsequently that a quarter of an hour elapsed before he missed it. Mr. BRODERIP ordered the policeman to get into the witness-box again, and asked him in what state was the complainant? Hayes—Well, he tonic' me nothing—he said he had missed his watch.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. riliODEßlP—What can you be thinking of? Was the complainant sober ? Hayes—Och, yer wurtchip, she was perfectly sober. Mr. Symons—The man—the man. Attend to the Magistrate. Mr. BaoDEare—The policeman does not appear to know the meaning of words. Does he know the meaning of the term " complainant ?" Captain Barker—Hold hard : helm a• port. Hayes, after a pause, answered th e questi o n by saying " the prosecutor, yer wurtchip." Mr. BRODERIP—Was he drunk or sober? Hayes —Not perfectly sober. Mr. FRODER w IP —Have you any doubts about it? Hayes—Yes, I have indeed. Mr. BRODERIP —Now do attend to me. You say one thing and mean another, I believe. What makes you doubt he was not perfectly sober ? Hayes— His fate was perfect, but his spache was bad ; that's my doubts.—(Roars of laughter.) Mr. BRODERIP—NOW do tell me what you mean. Was he or was he not sober ? Hayes—He was not, Sir, when he gave her in my custody. Mr. BRODERIP—Have you_ made any other in qUiries about this robbery ? Hayes—l inquired of them both, Sir.—(More laughter.) - • Mr. Baonsutp said • it•waa in vain to proceed with the case; and inquired for an inspector, and he was informed by Sergeant AlCardell, No. 4 K, that In spector Rutt, who had been in the Court all the morn ing, had been called away on business. Mr. Brode rip then said, it was very much to be wished that an inspector should always be in attendance to hear how the policemen gave their evidence, and to give infor mation when required ; and he directed M'Cardell to report this case to Inspector Rutt. It was quite clear a robbery had been committed ; but from the peculiar way in which the prosecutor gave his evidence, and the more peculiar way in, which the policeman gave his, the woman must be discharged. The policeman was no doubt a most excellent and well-meaning man, but he did not know the meaning of words or what to do on the occasion. He said a brothel was a " re spectable house ;" the prostitutes in it he called " ladies" and other parts of his evidence were qu it e indescribable. The man was from the sister country, and whether he understood the English language and the meaning of some words he had made use of, it was impossible to divine. lie wished M'Cardell to impress on the mind of the inspector that the captain had been robbed, but from the testimony given it was impossible to detain the prisoner. Mr. Pelham said it was most probable the captain had lost his watch before he left the concert-room. Mr. BRODERIP—I don't know that. The police will search them out, but it would be useless to em ploy the policeman just examined. , THE MARBLE FOR THE SCOTT MONUMENT.—Ties ponderous block of marble, the largest, we believe, that has ever been brought to this country, was on Friday brought up from Mr. Maxton's yard, Leith, to Mr. Steell's studio, Randolph-place. The workmen of Mr. Maxton requested to be permitted, at nine o'clock, when the time was their own, to give a hearty pull, in order to be the first, as they said, to set in motion the block that was to form thi statue of the illustrious author of "Waverley," and accordingly, on Friday morning, up wards of one hundred of the workmen drew the large mass from the gate, a considerable distance along the road, amid the loudest cheers. Twenty first-rate horses were then yoked to the track, and, after meaty painful efforts, they succeeded in putting the wheels in motion. They proceeded along Junction-street and up Leith-walk, followed by a csrowd of per sons, which increased at every step. Just before coming to Leith-street, the horses were put to their speed, and took the steep in a gallant style, amidst the cheers of the spectators. The hill was gained in a short time, and the cavalcade went slowly again. When it arrived oppo site the monument great cheering again took place, and the horses were put to their speed. The car arrived at Mr. Steell's studio,' in Randolph-place, a little after eleven o'clock, having been about an hour in its progress from Leith. The streets through which it passed were, in various places, indented with the marks of the wheels. This splendid block consists of 200 cubic feet of marble of the purest quality, weighing upwards of twenty-live tons, and measuring nearly ten feet in tviiit, and from six to seven across. The expense of conveying it from Leith will rot be less than 501.—Caledonian Mercury. CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—Tuesday a case was heard at the Clerkenwell Police-court, which ought to be known throughout the trade. Mr. Sargent, of the Kings and Key, Fleet-street, sent out, to order, one pint less than two gall Ons of spirits. He did so without a permit, under the impression, which we believe to be generally prevalent, that licensed victuallers are privileged to send out, without a permit, any quantity of spirits under twe gallons. While proceeding with the order for delivery, the messenger was stopped by Excise officers, taken into custody, and conveyed before the magistrates at the Clerkenwell Police court. The case having been set forth by such officers, the magistrates declared that a penalty of 1001 had been incurred. Mr. Sargent thereupon stepped forward, and stated that the messenger had acted under his directions, and that he had proceeded under the impression, general he believed, that the law sanctioned his conduct. The magistrates immediately said that under such circumstances they should mitigate the penalty to 25L, repeating that the law only allowed the sending out of quantities under one gallon without a permit. Mr. Sargent immediately paid the fine. It is to be hoped that there may be an appeal to the Commissioners of Excise ; and that in a case of sach obvious correctness of intention, where no infraction of the law was contemplated, Mr. Sargent, who has been only six months in the trade, acting on a general (though it BOW appears erroneous) impression, the penalty may be entirely remitted. THE GAME MANIA.--The most mean and contemp tible part of the game mania is, gentlemen (?) - gating permission (as many do) to sport over the property of . others and seit,eg the - game they kill upon it, even though they have surplus game on their own estates. This is wean and disgraceful in 'the extreme.—Front a Corre spondent. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A CERTAIN CURE TOR AJIT/EMA BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—Read the following case:—James Hohnes, a o stton-spinner, residing at Ancoates, Manchester, had been asthmatical for these last three years; he was frequenZly so bad, that when rising from his bed he could scarce:? speak or draw his breath, and would cough aed spit for ::.alf-an-hour toge ther, and often thought he should be choked; he was much reduced in strength, and after every other means of cure failed he used these wonderful pills; vshich have removed every symptom of asthma, and he is now as free from it as when he was a child.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's estabiish meat, 224, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine hroughout the eiTilisedvorld. TO YANGFANG. (From the Times.) Dear Yangfang,—ln case the great eye of the barba rian editor should ke so bunged up with work tbalit cannot, until this moos is out, look at your pithy ques tions in his Gazette of this morning, let me reply to one or two of them. We are Christians in this country by religion, deaf Yangfang. We have no gilded idols here—no mumbe jumbos pith long arms and square noses, which we fal down and worship. We never go up into a temple W pray to blocks of wood and stone. We are taught here* Yangfang, that covetousness is idolatry. None of us ass covetous—it is against the tenth commandment- - there . fore, none of us are idolaters. Again, in this country, we all like the poor to be fed. We have three Mandarins (called, from their gracious kindness to the poor, the three Graces), who are kept in a great house, called Somerset-house, for the express purpose of seeing, and who particularly like to see, that the poor are fed. No one can doubt, then, that we all like to see the poor fed. The nation puts theie Manden rins in that house, and feeds them for no other purP°! . " They are called indeed, by many, Poor-law Comeau' sioners, and this is a name by which they are very commonly known, but that is because they take care of the poor-law. They have been in this house nearly fourteen years now, but they have not even yet finished with taking care of the law. When they have done wilt taking care of that, some of our poor folks hope that “ may be left to take care of itself, and that then OW three men may look a little after the wealth of the poar. In Cathay, I believe, you would call these thre e men barbarian eyes. In England we are longing to bay ° them put out. You seem to wonder at the condition of the peer, here, and you ask why they are not properly sup lied with work. But how little you can have observed the face of the country, Yangfang, if you wonder at tile* In England we have people that we call " Boards." Now a board, as you well know, is a thick wooden plank, which is sometimes thicker at the head than st the opposite end. If it is soft or yielding, the board is generally thought useless. The harder and denser $ board is, the better, generally speaking. If it splits, it is done fur, as we say. It is also a very common expres‘ sion in this country (as you must have observed in your, travels) that a man is at the same time both boarded and done fur. Now these boards that I speak of are common all over England. They it is who board up the common from the husband—the husband from the wife and chil dren. You ought not, therefore, to wonder that if Por land is boarded all over, the poor should sometimes W done for. Our three Mandarins that I spoke of just now, are like yours. They "grind the faces of the poor"—that is the " real English honest word" which you ask for. An d there is a Great Book, Yangfang, which you may never have heard of, but the words of which are true, that says, in plainer English still, that men who do grind the faces of the poor shall be accursed. One answer more, and I have done. We do, as yo n say, empty our native manure into our rivers, and se nd to Ichaboe for birds'-dung. But the reason is very plain. We like proverbs here in England, and are believers is them ; and we have an old one, that " the farthest + l '"i round is the nearest way home." Now, we are mightili d fond of home, and not a little proud of it either, an„ Ichaboe, as you know, is the farthest way round. De n , ' you see ? We have also another saying iu our bow e l ' tongue, friend Yangfang, which we think something of that "cleanliness is next to godliness." You have bee ° into our churches, I know, and have noticed that, al though in England there are 100,000 very dirty went °' very dirty man is never seen in them. Now, there is se old fashioned impression among some of our penP le ' that it is not a bad thing to worship our God; and I be lieve that it is this impression among others which i° , 4 duces them to do (what at first sight may natur ally surprise you) something towards making them await' " Dirty " with us is a term of reproach. For instanc e !, we call the American nation a dirty nation for fileltiv,e,, our money from us. Anything low and dishonoura b '' we call " "dirty work." You have noticed the barnacle' on the bottoms of your junks at Wangfong. Immorality sticks to a dirty man as close as those barnacles stick t° the junks' sides. Do you see why an Englishman shoul d be clean? But, perhaps, it is not the same with you in your province of Quantang. You must live a long time with us, my dear Yang' fang, before you can quite understand us. Ther e- 1 ,, good as well as evil among us. We have Manda rin ' who brighten, and who never grind the faces the poor. Your friend, Saturday. JOHN BULL. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY'/ CORN EXCHANGE. There was only a moderate supply of English Whe,l it i while the demand fur that article- was someol g active, and prices were steadily supported. The he.. Foreign Wheat was in good request ; but, h i: other kinds, comparatively little was doing. ,T. nh supply of Barley was extensive, owing to Wr it , the demand for it was heavy, at barely the ' f ' e t depression. In Malt very little was doing, Pees prices were supported. Oats, Beans, and were in good request, at full currencies. ARRIVALS Wheat. I Earley. Oats. Flour English. w 1,311) qrs. 2,10 qrs. , 0 0 • 1ri5h.......„ - 1,720 qrs. Foreign • 1,080 Malt. 20 gra. WHITECHAPET. The supply of Meat was not to say large, ye:t the de rnand was in a sluggish state, at bare!) , previous cu r ' rencies.—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton. 2s 4d 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 35 per Blbs by the eiireas,.. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market ;—Daviso n 1 West Hartley, 18s ; Hasting's Hartley, 18s ; HolYwel Main, 18.6 d ; Morrison's Hartley, 16s ; New Tanfiel • 18s 6d ; Tanfield Moor, 19s ; Tounley, 17s • W• Hilda 22s 6d ;W. E., Hetton, 24s 6d •W. ambt o f i, L 24s 3d ; W. E., Stewart's, 24s 6d • W. E., Model l !! Teus, 20s ; W. E., Tees, 23s 9d ; 2 . Merthyr, "' Sidney's Hartley, 18s.—No arrival since last day. WILD FOWL.—(From a Hampshire Correspond —Within the last few days, since the wind has prevail, from the eastward, several large flights of geese, 1 /" 0 geon, and other sea fowl, have visited our coast. The early appearance of these migratory visitors is look ed upon, in these parts, as prognostic of an early winter; as the former are never known to quit the more norther. latitudes, where they breed, unless they are instincti ve l operated upon by climaterial influence The long .g u l punters are busily occupi«-d in training up their tri ti skiffs for their adventurous and hardy pursuits, to w e ; the approaching full moon ; and it is to be hoped 011 they will prove mere successful in their undertaki n g during the forthcoming than they were throughout I". ' last e inter, which proved so unusually mild that the 03 ';, jority of these toiling punters did not, from their labor' ous nocturnal excursions, pick up birds sufficient in nn n ; bFr to recompense them for their expenses attendant - their outfit for the season. BANK FORGERY.—A forgery of 51. notes a ! h .. Stockton and Durham County Bank has just been ti,•; covered, though there is reason to think the a mount circulation is not considerable. One, it has been 0 0 tained, was issued by a joiner at Stockton-upon-Teti named Watson, of a horn the police are now in plirs ti o f The forged notes are very coarse and bad imitations 10 the original. They have been evidently printed fr° o o wooden blocks, on rather coarse blueish paper. Wt 6 be is described as being five feet nine or ten inches in he'b„ o large black whiskers, and a swaggering gait. He i 5 1 , - ; § ; companied by a supposed confederate, with ginger 11 " - o . kers, red face, and marked with the small-pox. n .ite pears that these two parties went together into the „ 01 toria Inn, at Stockton, and called for two glasses offl o and some tobacco, for whi c h they t e nd ere d one of t e , forged .5/. notes. The l an dl o rd, not b e in g able to eit i EJ it, sent it to the post-office, where change was given' ' A D the forgery wait discovered by the post-master abouttbo hour afterward s . Information was then given, taliclo partiA were traced to Darlington, where they ha,u,, s or e ceeded in changing another of the forged notes. eic era all trace of their movements was lost, but police-01, have been sent off in various directions, and the pa r e cannot loug elude their vigilance. ' , Bight notes $ 0 known to have been passed. Watson was some o f confined in Newcastle gaol for smuggling a quantity manufactured tobacco. —name, BIRTHS. • On the 3d inst., at Studley Castle, the Lady of Sir F wd Goodricke, Bart., of a son. of On the Ist inst., at Camberwell, Mrs. Robert Spen ce, daughter. or On the Ist inst., in Selkirkshire, the wife of R. C* ll° pincott, Esq., of Over Court, Gloucestershire, of a son.. or On the 2d inst., at Eaton-place, the lady of T. D. Air' Esq.,daughter. ht On the 2d inst. in Nottingham-place, Regent's-Par —it ' wife of Robert William Peacock, Esq., of a daughter. ..„_ O O On the 3d inst., at Barnard Ctrstle, the wife of Hepworth, Esq., of a son. On the 2d inst., Mrs. James Roberts, Botolph-lan e ' daughter. MARRIED. h On the 24th u]t., at Weston Church, near Bath, al e dir Edward Spencer Phelps, R.N., to Sophia Elizabeth, W e viving daughter of the late Rev. Robert Gatehouse. On the 30th ult., at the Cathedral Church of Peterbcirbe the Rev. Henry Pratt, to Mary Ann Davys, daught 4r ° Bishop of Peterborough. ?dr. jt i On the 3d inst., at Trinity Church, Trinity-squar e, we ft) W. W. Wheeler, to Miss Sarah Sharpe, second clasP" Mrs. Sharpe, of Bland-street, Dover-road. On the 4th inst., at Felix DIED. Hall, the Right Lion. lAiri Western, in 78th year. On the 234 of September, Charles, eldest son of EaWsra Wilkinson, Esq., of Dorset-square, Regent's-park. Of On the 26th ult., at Dreghorn, Archibald 'Trotter, Dreghorn. el d e st On the 28th ult., at Wimborne Minster, Ma r i' daughter of the late Rev. James Mayo. A. St. On the 29th ult., Robert Harvey. the infant son of John Forssinann, Esq., of St. Petersburgh. suithe t/ On the 3d inst., in London, Anna, daughter a -- Pennefather, Esq., or New park, Cashel, Tipperary' e d 70. 4 . On the 3d inst., at Doughty-street, Mary Wad e, °g s% On the 3d inst., Ann, the wife of Mr. Samuel NO Coventry. „Not son On the 24 inst., at Hackney, Richard Miguel , Y° ll ,, of the late Anthony Jones, Esq , of Kingston, Jamal;.`"a.; ~,, the On the 2d inst., at Hawkhurst, Kent, Elizabeth N wife of Henry Young, Esq. —°- rradi l/6 edf On the 3d inst., at Upper Tooting; William 04-11111' Esq., eldest son of the late e. Borradaile, Esq., of 13 On the 2d inst., Mr. Thomas Old, aged 80. Wood' On the 3d inst., George Mitchell Tweedie, Esq . ' o f house, Wandsworth. is of o On the 3d inst., at Hartlepool, Caroline Frances, Christopher Davison, Esq. Elizab eth , On the 4th in Sussex - square, Brighton, Anne, wife of R Can Foster, Esq. no T. jis Printed and Published by MUR No. f Na. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sus Ofaceb es ol 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in th e MiddlOrAT UMW noTelat • 41844. or,, .......... _A toi Or I Ici a 4 aide est tihe