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INTELLIGENCE , 1.; , , , .11 1 I? CUlT.—Croylon, A ny ,,,i le, ref ere Lard thief ketice Tome!. and a COMM,n hey ) cooxe C. WETHitIiFLT., CLERK. This was an aetien brought by the plaintiff sgiinet the d fondant ter criminal conversation with his wife. The ease was of a most extraordinary character, and it is said that the damages were laid at 50,0001. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Montagu Chambers, and Mr. Edwin Tames were for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Channell, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Lush for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant SHKE opened the case, and said that the plain tiff was Mr. John Mynde Cooke, a young man, an attorney, who was very respectably connected, being the son of Mr. Cooke, of Capel Courth Herefordshire, and he came into Court to complain of the most serious injury that could be inflicted by one man upon another ; an injury that had em bittered the morning of his life, and which must deprive him of all happiness hereafter. The defendant was a man of forty-five, a minister of the Church of England, and at present the rector of Byfield, in Northamptonshire, and when he told them that he was charged with incest and adultery with his own daughter, he (the Learned Counsel) was sure the jury would give him credit for feeling the deep re-pontibility of his task in having to lay such a case before them. He would endeavour to lay the facts of this almost un exampled case before them with as much calmness as he could command, and would give the jury that evidence which, in his opinion, made out a clear and unanswerable case on the part of the plaintiff. The defendant was most respectably con nected. He had married a daughter of a gentleman who at the time filled the office of chief magistrate of the City of London, and through his influence he obtained the rectory of Byfield, which was worth 1,100/. a year, and also had a for tune of .20,000/. with his wife. who, however, had the con trol over that sum and she settled it upon her daug hter, the lady whose miscor:duct was that day the subject of their in quiry. In 1839, after her mother's death, the young lady cairie of age, and the money was then transferred by the trusiees to her name, and came under her control ; and it appeared that her father took a splendid mansion in Eaton. plaee, where he lived in a style of great splendour, and far beyond his means ; and it would appear that, with the con sent of the young lady, her fortune was by degrees drawn from the Bank of England, and eventually entirely squan dered away within a little more than two years from the period of the young lady coming of age. The plain tiff was introduced to the family of the defendant about this time. He was a young, man of between one and two and twenty. He had just been admitted an attorney, and was very successful in his profession ; and, having a fortune of his own to the extent of 8,0001., the brightest prospects were before him. In the summer of 1842 he met Miss Wetherell ; he was pleased with her person, and he eventually offered her his hand and was accepted. Mr. Cooke was sincerely attached to the young lady, but he would not deny that he did expect to re ceive some fortune with his wife. Her father objected to the marriage, and the terms of his refusal of Mr. Cooke were barely civil, and eventually the parties were married without his consent at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The young couple went on a tour for a short time, and upon their return the father appeared to be friendly, and they went to pay him a visit at his rectory at Byfield. Two or three days had hardly elapsed when a gentleman named Mob made his appearance, and produced an acceptance of Miss Wetherelde for 500/., and insisted upon his right to look to the newly-marled husband for payment. The plaintiff was shocked at the news, and he felt that he had been cruelly de ceived both by his wife and her father. He knew that he was leeally liable for the debts of his wife, and he therefore felt that it was absolutely necessary for him to know the exact amount of her liabilities and the real position of her affairs. Notwith standing that at this moment the plaintiff felt that he was almost entirely ruined by the treachery of his wife and father in-law, his conduct towards the former appeared to be of the kindest description, and he read a letter from his wife to the pl iintiff couched in the kindest terms to bear out his statement. The result of the inquiries made by the plaintiff satisfied him that his wife was dreadfully involved. All her fortune had been squandered, and she had three acceptances out to a very large amount, and he felt it only due to himself to insist that her father should give an account of his stewardship, and that he should grant him an interview for that purpose. This took place. and the defendant then admitted that he had wasted his daughter's fortune, and that she had nothing left, and that the furniture, houses, and everything they had, had been made over by a bill of sale or warrant of attorney to different pat ties who had adeanced money upon them. From this time Mr. Wetherell offered him every obstruction and oppo sition in obtaining his rights, and his wife invariably took the part of her father in resisting his wishes. After having cottly arid unwillingly accompanied her husband to London front 13)field, she eventually returned to her father, and altlieugh the plaintiff repeatedly, in the most earnest and atfeetionate manner, entreated her to return to him, she in variably refused and treated him with the utmost coldness and anltindness, and he believed he (Mr. Sergeant Shee) should be en'e to setae that the defendant had made the most shameful cheeges against licr husband, and he in time succeeded in en tirely alienating her affections from him. There was, in fact, a total absence of everything like that kind of feeling which whiuld be exp e.trid to animate the breast of a young woman of eix-anal-twenty towards a man to whom she had been married only two months. —( The Learned Sergeant here read some Itet era th it had pissed between the varies confirmatory of his eta tement. ) Alr. Cooke at length was compelled to take pro ceeding; in Chancery, and eventually a deed was executed by which the defendant admitted that he was indebted to his daughter in a sum of 18,000/., and that large arrears of interest were also due to her, and he undertook to repay the amount by yearly instalments of 500/. ; but to show that Mr. Cooke had acted in a perfectly disinterested manner, he did not take any interest under the deed, but the whole amount. was placed under the control and appointment of his wife. Immediately after this deed was executed, the defendant wrote a letter to Mr. Cooke, forbidding him his Ito Ise, re om hating any intercourse with his wife. The " 4, 2 e nt than referred to some other proceedings tiler had tat:en pt ice, 1 , 1,1 sate that all along the plaintiff's wife had evinced the utmost hostility to him, and opposed him in every proceeding he adopted. The plaintiff could not account f , •uch conduct ; but at length he received some information 'which induced the most horrible impression upon his mind, and his subsequent inquiries led to the present charge being rat trle against the defendant. The parties who gave the infor nee ien ere persens of humble station certainly, but he believed of uttldieteshed character, and the result of the inquiries made by Mr. Cooke through their information left no deuht upon his mind that the defendant had been guil• y of the dreadful crimes of incest awl adultery. ile shouldcall before the jury th e servants in the bolsi, in Eaton-square, and they would prove that they had always eatertained a suspicion of the character of the intimacy between the defendant and his daughter, and that, having watched, they ware satisfied that they were in the habit of continually sleeping together as man and wife, and he should also prove that the defendant was seen at all hours of the night in his daughter's bedroom. The Learned Sergeant then stated other Lies relating to the appearance of the; bed of the plaintiff's - wife, which need not be further alluded to, but the effect of which, he said, was to satisfy all the servants that a most im proper intercourse was being carried on. He likewise said he should be able to prove that the defendant had been repeatedly :seen in his daughter's bedroom, nearly naked, and she in the same satiate. This was at the house in Eaton-square, and he said he aboald be able to show that similar proceedings took place at Byfield, and that there the same suspicions were entertained. The Learned _Sergeant then proceeded to state that he should prove that suspicion having been entertained that Mrs. Cooke was in the family way, from her stout apeearance, and other indications, she had gone into the country whh her father, and upon her return there were all the the indications of a miscarriage having taken place. He then went on to say that he should prove that the defendants went neon a country expedition together, and he should show that at the Beaufort Arms, at Chepstow, they slept together as man and wife. After enumerating other circumstances, the Learned Sergeant concluded a very able address by observing, that to talk of the amount of damages in such a case as this was per fectly unnecessary ; if he made it out, he was sure the jury would think no amount cf damages too large, or that any sum could be a sufficient reparation to the plaintiff for the cruel in jury he had received. The following evidence was then adduced:— Sir. Wm. Hastings Reede, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—I knew the plaintiff in this action, and was present at his mar riage with Miss Wetherell. I produce the copy of the certificate of the marriage on the 25th of September, 1842, at St. George's, Hanover-square. The certificate was put in and read. The name of the de fendant's daughter was wrongly described in the certificate as Mary Emily instead of Mary Eliza. Examination continued—Shortly after the marriage I called upon the defendant at alivaree Hotel, for the purpose of asking for some explanation respecting his daughter's property and the liabilities the plaintiff had incurred as her husband. I also w i s h e d to have some information respecting the accommodation bills. The defendant told me that a great portion of her for tuae had been expended in purchasing furniture for the house in Elton-square and at Byfield. The defendant mentioned something to me abut an accommodation bill for 550/., and which his daughter had accepted for him, and added that it was seemed either by a warrant of attorney or a bill of sale. I called a second time, when I met Mr. Nisbet, his solicitor, and he then said that by advice he must decline entering further into particulars. At the first interview he said he should sell the furniture, horses, carriages, &c., and invest the amount for the benefit of his daughter, and then retire from England. On the same evening Mr, Cooke sent his man Johnson, and I `hick Mrs. Cooke also, to take possession of the house in Eaton-place, and I child there the same evening with Mr. Cooke. The defendant and Mr. Nisbet, his attorney, came to the house while we were there. They rang the: bell, and de- mended entrance, but they were not let in. On the following morning, in consequence of an intimation from the police, Mr. Cooke and' myself attended the Queen-square Police-court, and Mr. Nisbet complained that Mr. Wetherell had been deprived tif the possession of his house improperly, and he pro duced a lease. Eventually the magistrate said he should order possession to be given up, and Mr. Cooke accordingly gave directions to his servants to give up possession. Upon this same evening I, Mr. Cooke, and a gentleman named Waddy, went down to Byfield rectory. Mr. Wetherell was there, and after some little parley and hesitation, Mr. Cooke was admitted alone, but I could see what took place inside the house, although I was not admitted. There was an angry discussion, and Mr. Ceoke said he came to demand his wife, and he was anxious she should accompany him back to London. Wit ness heard her voice, and afterwards saw her. She seemed to take part with her father, and spoke very angrily to her leueband, in consequence of which Mr. Cooke said he thous it it better she should not go with hint. He then de manded to lie let out, and after some further angry words he came out of the house and joined us, and we then all re turned to Weedon, about ten or eleven miles from Byfield, and Sir. Cooke appeared to be suffering extreme aguish of mind, and seemed to be still anxious to take his Wife back to London. I and Mr. Waddy afterwards saw Mrs. Cooke, and after some conversation she agreed to go back with him to town, and it was arranged that she should have her lug gage ready at an appointed hour. The letter produced is in Mrs. Cooke's handwriting. They eventually, with Mrs. Cooke, returned to London. I and Mr. Waddy reproached Mrs. Coke with treating her husband in a cold and heartless manner. I thought Mr. Cooke's conduct was proper under the circumstances--it was affectionate and kind. After they arrived in London I had opportunities of observing their con duct, and frequently saw them together. I was anxious to ob tain information from Mrs. Cooke relative to her property, but I did riot find her very willing to give information, and she seemed anxious to screen her father from the inquiry. I was only consulted and acted as a friend of Mr. Cooke's. It was through an intimate friend of mine that Miss Wetherell was introduced to Mr. Cooke. The plaintiff appeared to suffer very severely from what had taken place, and he was so much excited on some occasions, that I deemed it prudent to remain w ith him. Alr. Coke was twenty-three or twenty-four years ohrwhen he married. Mr. Cooke's father was alanded proprie tor of great respectability in Herefordshire, and Mr. Cooke derived an estate from him. Cross-examined —Captain Godsell was the friend who introduced Miss Wetherell to Mr. Cooke. He is a captain on half-pay in a cavalry regiment. I have known him nine or ten years. I never knew Sir. Cooke when iiving on his own estate. It is not an estate, it is merely a farm. It is occupied by a person named Hard wick. It is not in the occupation of Mr. Cooke's elder 'mother. Cooke introduced me to Mr. Waddy, and we were all pretty intimate. I did not know Miss Wetherell until the day she became Mrs. Cooke. No one was present at the wiarriage but myself, Mr. Waddy, Captain Godsell, and Mr. Cooke. It was a runaway marriage. Captain Godsell and Sir. Waddy met us at the church. Mr. Waddy did not lend 111 r. Cooke any money on that occasion. After the marriage have known each other a good many years. Re-examined—Mr. Cooke's wife •I liabilities were pressed upon him. Mr. Cooke has told me so, and that he was served with a writ a fortnight after his marriage. Miss Wetherell is two or three and thirty years old—much older than Mr. Cooke. Mr. G. R. Cerfield examined by Mr. JAMES—I am a soli citor. I know the defendant, Mr. Wetherell, and had met him on some occasions before the marriage of his daughter. After this had taken place I acted as solicitor to Mrs. Cooke, and I believe she was at that time in debt upon different liabilities, acceptances, and accounts of attorney, to the amount of be tween 1,3001. and 1,5001. I do not know the acceptances were for the accommodation of Mr. Wetherell. When I was first called on to act for her, Mrs. Cooke was living in apart ments in Welbeck-street. This was in October, 1812. I re member being sent for one evening to Mivart's Hotel, where I saw the defendant and Mrs. Cooke. I know that at this time Mr. Cooke was very anxious for an interview with his wife, and that Mr. Wetherell took her away with him, to prevent him from doing so, by the back door of the hotel. She wos taken away by stealth by a back staircase, and I was sent down to pacify the husband, who had come to the hotel purposely to have an interview with his wife. I never saw Mrs. Cooke again. It had formally been arranged that they should all meet together on this occasion, but this was frustrated by Mr. Wetherell taking his daughter away. Mr. Cooke afterwards came to me in a very excited manner, and told me that Mr. Wetherell had just made a most extra.• ordinary statement to him ; that he did not believe it, and he hoped 1 should excuse his excited feelings, and give him a plain answer to the question he would put to me. Mr. Cooke then told me that Mr. Wetherell had told him that I had told Mr. Mivart that Mr. Wetherell's daughter was unchaste when he married her. I denied the statement most indignantly, and offered to go at once with him to Mivart's, and we did so. Mr. Mivart came down, and there was another interview afterwards when the defendant was present. Upon his first seeing us, as we got near the house, he ran away. I pursued, and on his refusing to return, I threatened to pull him back by force, and insisted on having the charge cleared up. We then proceeded together to Mr. Nisbet's, and we had some conversation about what had been stated by Mr. Wetherell, and the latter persisted in stating that Mr. Mivart had told him that I had said his daughter was unchaste when Mr. Cooke married her. Me. Cooke then came into the room, and after some strong language it was arranged that they should proceed to Mivart's lintel, but they did not see Mr. Mivart, so that no further explana tion took place. Another appointment was male but Mr. Wetherell did not attend. It was quite false that 1 had ever made any such statement as the one represented to have been made by me. In consequence of these proceed • ings, I declined to act as solicitor to Mrs, Cooke any longer. During the unhappy differences between Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, the defendant appeared anxious to retard a reconciliation, and in all the conversations I had with him, he spoke in most die. graceful terms of Mr. Cooke. and in the very first interview with him he called -him a " man —," and said that he understood he drove about the parks for hire. Cross.examined by Mr. CLARKSON - I was surprised at hearing what I did about Mr. Cooke, and if it had been true, of course no one could be surprised at his refusing to let his daughter go to live with such a man. I knew no thing of the parties until the time I was instructed to act for Mrs. Cooke. Mrs. Cooke was certainly under other lia bilities than a bill for 550/. and a dressmaker's bill. There was a warrant of attorney also for more than 8001. Mrs. Cooke did not say that she wenf in fear of her life from the vio lence of her husband, but Mr. Wetherell said so, and she re. peated it. She did not appear to be serious, and seemed anxious to return to her husband, but her father prevented her, and on one occasion he extracted an oath from her that she would not return to her husband. Mr. Cooke's chief object did not appear to be to get back his wife in order to obtain possession of her money. She had no money. I was offended at the defendant taking his daughter away in the manner he did, and I said I considered Mr. Wetherell's con duct so disgraceful, that I should wash my hands of the whole of the parties. Re-examined—lt was very well known by all the parties that Mrs. Cooke was under liabilities, but still Mr. Cooke was anxious to have his wife back. By Mr. CeaeKsoN—Witness afterwards received Mr. Nis bet's cheque for the sum of 550?., but he did not know where it came from. The deed, showing that Miss Wetherell was originally en titled to a fortune of 20,000/., and that she came of age in 1839, was then put in and read. The various letters referred to by the Learned Counsel, and the settlement, were also put in and read. Eleanor Williams, examined by Mr. SHEE—I was form. rly chambermaid at the Beaufort Arms, at Chepstow, and I am now in the same capacity at the Rummer Hotel, Bristol. I remember a lady and gentleman coming to the Beaufort Arms about two years ago, and they stayed there two nights. There was only one bed in the room, which they occupied. I came to London afterwards, and I went to the Queen's Bench prison. I knocked at a door there, and it was opened by the same gen tleman I had seen at the Beaufort Arms. I went the next morning to the chapel in the prison, and I there saw the same lady and gentleman together. lam sure they are the same who were at the Beaufort Arms, and who slept in the same bed. (The witness then identified the defendant, who was in court, as the gentleman she referred to. ) Cross-examined by Sergant CHANNELL—The gentleman and lady went away in a post-chaise. Did not know what had become of the post-boy who drove them. A gentleman came to her at Bristol to make inquiries about this matter, and at his request she came to London. A lady accompanied the gentle man. She did not know his name. A lady named Baynton wrote to her to come to London. Cross-examination continued—Upon my oath I do not know his name. I don't know whether I have seen the same gentle man in Croydon. I don't know whether Mrs. Banton is here, hut she came with me from London. Mrs. Baynton's is a large house, but I don't know how many bedrooms there are in it. I went to the prison on the morning after I got to Lon don. A gentleman named Screninger went with me. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL here said he should wish to ask whether Mr. Cooke was in Court ? The question was put to the witness Corfield, and he said Mr. Cooke was in Croydon, but he did not know whether he was in Court, Sergeant CHANNELL said he should wish Mr. Cooke to be present, to see if the witness could identify him. Sergeant SHEE said Mr. Cooke ought not to be put to the annoyance of coining forward. Chief Justice TINDAL said the Learned Counsel would use his own discretion. Cross-examination continued—l swear Ido not know the name of the gentleman who brought me into Court this morn ing. It was the same gentleman who came to me at Bristol. 1 don't know what business is carried on by Mrs. Baynton. She paid my fare back to Bristol. Mr. Sergeant SHEE here said he thought it right to state that he had sent for Mr. Cooke. At present he could not be found, but he should be produced in the course of the trial. Mr. CLARKSON—You have sent for him where you knew he was not to be found, Mr. Sergeant SHEE—It is not so. He shall be produced. The cross-examination then proceeded. —Mrs. Baynton still lives in the same house in Seymour-street which she occupied when I first came to town. There are several gentlemen in the habit of going in and out of the house, but I have not seen any of those gentlemen in Croydon. No one has ever shown me a picture or the portrait of any gentleman. Airs. Elizabeth Russell, examined by Mr. JAMES—I am a married woman: My husband is a gentleman's servant. We both entered defendant's service in April, 1843. I was engaged as cook and general servant. There were no other servants in the house at the time. Miss Wetherell had been married, and was living apart from her husband. The defendant and his daughter used to go backwards and forwards from Byfield. Mv husband had orders not to allow Mr. Cooke to come into the house. The bedrooms occupied by the defendant and his daughter were adjoining to each other, and the doors were quite close. There was a dressing-room between the two bedrooms. After I had been in the service a week, I saw the defendant come out of his daughter's bedroom two mornings running, at half-past five o'clock. He had only his dres•i; g gown on. On the first morning he had just opened Mrs. Cooke's door to come out, and he faced me as I was coming down stairs. When he saw me he leaned back, and then came forward. We did not speak to each other. On the second morning I saw the defendant just as he was going into his own room, and h e h a d no thing but his dressing-gown on. On the evening before one of these mornings the defendant had g ,ne out, and Mrs. Cooke told us we need not sit up, for she would sit up for her papa. I was in the habit of taking up the breakfast to Mrs. Cooke in bed, and she used to tell ma to knock at her bedroom door, and if she did not answer, I was to put it on the table, and I have seen her ge into her father's bedroom with nothing on but her night dress and a dressing gown. I used to take up breakfast for both 'of them, and I have always found that two persons had partaken of it. It was my duty to make the beds, but when I first went Mrs. Cooke told me that her father always made his own bed, and I used to make her's for her. My husband used to help me to make the bed s. From what I had seen I had suspi cions, and the appearance of the bed of the defendant's daughter always led Inc to believe that two . persons slept in it. The witness then spoke to other matters that are not 1 of a character to be detailed. The witness proceeded. Airs. Cooke used to pack up the bed linen herself, and I used to think it was very strange conduct, as ladies generally allowed their servants to do such things. Mrs. Cooke always used to lock up her dressing-gown and her night-gown, and I never saw them. I never saw her night-gown off her person, and I used to wonder and look about fur it. I remember the defendant and his daughter going away in August, 1843. Mrs. Cooke was very stout. I could not get her dresses together, and she used to say ker papa should dress her if I could not do it without tearing her clothes. I heard Mr. Wetherell about the same time say that when she went into the country she would get much thinner, and I was to tell the dressmaker not to make her dresses so large. I remember upon one occasion Mr. Wetherell came down into the kitchen one night when they had come horns from Byfield, and he wanted some hot water to make something hot for Mrs. Cooke to drink, as she was not well. I went up with hint with the candle and glass, and I was about to go into her bedroom, but Mr. Wetherell took the things from me, and told me I could not come in, as his daughter was in bed, and he then went in and locked the door. 1 saw Mrs. Cooke the next morning, and she told me she was quite well, and she had merely been fatigued. They went away for ten days in the month of when andpals August, muchthinner, and seemed appeared was thinner altogether. I a s k e d h er if s h e h a d not had a doctor, and she replied that her p a p a an A d im ill. Co S o h k e e was always her doctor. I remember Mrs. Cooke giving me some napkins. There were appearances on them which induced me to believe she had miscarried. I never saw a surgeon or a doctor f o any descrip tion attend upon Mrs. Cooke. I went with the to Queen-square, and I saw the plaintif arrested in her sight. She has told me that she should like to see him transported for life, and she said she should never be happy until she had done She and her father arranged with my husband to get Mr. Cooke token into custody by the constable, and she prevented tee from interfe ing, saying we were her servants, asset were boned to do what she wished. Croce-examined...--I was in the service altogether ab int six moot s. I noticed Mr. Wetherell coming out of his daiashter's le &oven about a week after 1 entered the service. I thought it strange that a daughter of that age should be waited on by her own father. I suspected all along that Mr. Wetherell was carrying on a connexion with his own daughter. I told Mr. Wetherell, after he came home from Queen -square, that I thought he was acting very unkindly to his son-in-law. He replied, '° It shall never be ;" and Mrs. Cooke said to me, " How foolish you are. I should like to see him transported." I had said that I thought they might have lived happily toge ther before ibis was said by the defendant and his daughter. Ido net know what month it was when this happened. I have been at No. 29, Upper Seymour-street, Edgeware-road. I was there about a fortnight ago. I had been subpoenaed, and I wished to know when I should be wanted. A servant opened the door, and I saw Mr. Cooke. There was a lady there, but I have not the pleasure of her acquaintance. Mr. Cooke lodges at the house, I believe. I don't know how long he has been lodging there. I have seen Mrs. Baynton, but I don't know her. I swear I never had any conversation with her. Mr. Cooke lodges with her. Ido not know who or what Mrs. Baynton is. I don't recollect the days of the week when I saw Mr. Wetherell co me out of his daughter's bedroom. I mentioned the circumstance to one or two per sons, and I always suspected he and his daughter were living together as married people. I know that Mr. Wetherell has been in prison at the suit of Mr. Cooke. I remember that a cloak and a cap were missed, but I am not aware that my hus band was charged by Mr. Wetherell with stealing them. We were asked about the cloak, and we told him he had taken the cloak and cap with him when he went into the country. Mr. We therell and his daughter did say that the things had been left in their charge, and they must have taken them or lost them, and Mrs. Cooke was very angry and said we must abide the consequences. We left the service some time afterward 4, but we were not discharged. At the time of the Queen square business, Mrs. Cooke told my husband ho might go and say what he liked about Mrs. Cooke, but she ad vised him not to do anything unless Mr. Cooke gave him 101. or 201. Mr. Cooke did give my husband 10/. I swear that Mr. Cooke has not given me any more money. I was advised not to take any more money from Mr. Cooke or his party. I always said that I would not tell anything against Mr. Wetherell but what I knew to be the truth. I always felt very uncomfortable at having the money, but still 1 kept it. Mrs. Cooke has frequently told me that she should be glad to see her husband transported. I used to tell her that I thought they might have lived happily together, and she used to turn it off with contempt, and say it never should be. I have never represented that Mrs. Baynton was to set me up in business after this trial. Before I was in service I was in the Magdalen Hospital. I placed myself there. I was about seventeen years old when I went to the Magdalen. The witness was then questioned at some length, and she admitted that she had been leading an immoral life. She was in the service once of a person named Cox, anJ she left him with a man, but she did not know his name. Re-examined—She was five years in the Magdalen, and since she came out she had lived a virtuous and moral life. Mrs. Cooke and Mr. Wetherell were aware that I was going to receive the 101. from Mr. Cooke, and this was the trap I have spoken of. Mr. Wetherell wished to borrow some of the 10t., but I would not let any husband give him any. I swear that I expect no money or any benefit from giving nay evidence on this occasion. James Russell, examined by Mr. Sergeant SHEE-1 am the husband of the last witness. We have been married three years. We entered Mr. Wetherell's service in April, 1843. We had no regular engagement, but were recommended to Mr. Wetherell to take care of his house. I have assisted my wife to make the beds. Mr. Wetherell generally went to bed about half-past eleven o'clock, and Mrs. Cooke about the same heur. I have heard the bedroom doors go late in the night, at all hours, two o'clock, three o'clock, and later. I have been into Mr. Wetherell's bedroom as early as seven o'clock in the morning, and have observed that his bed had not been dis turbed. When I observed this, I knocked at Mrs. Cooke's bed room door, and she always answered me, and then about an hour afterwards I have seen Mr. Wetherell in his own bed room, with nothing on but a dressing-gown, with his legs bare, and his stockings hanging about them. The witness then spoke to the appearance of the bed of Mrs. Cooke, and said that in his opinion two persons had slept in it. The witness then went on to say that about the time of the business at the police-office, Mr. Wetherell told him, when he was about to see Mr. Cooke at his chambers, in Clifford-street, that he was not to let himself be bought cheap. He did see Mr. Cooke, and received 101. from him, and when he came back he told Mrs. Cooke and Mr. Wetherell, and laid the money on the table. A policeman was there at the time and he told him to take up the money and mark it, and he did so. Witness made another appointment with Mr. Cooke on the following morning, which Mr. Wetherell was aware of, and Mr. Cooke was then taken into custody. He heard his wife say that she thought it would be better for them to live happily, and Mrs. Cooke told her to hold her tongue, and that all they wanted to do with Mr. Cooke was to get him transported. Before Mr. Wetherell and his daughter went into the country she appeared to be very stout, but when she returned she appeared to be fallen away, and looked very poorly. Cross-examined—l and my wife were in service before we went to live with Mr. Wetherell, and we are now in another service. I have seen Mr. Cooke at the house of Mrs. Baynton, in Seymour-street, and she has been present when we were talking about this matter. She did not sit down and hear what took place, but merely came into the room for a short time, to get what she wanted. On a third occasion, when I went to see Mr. Cooke, she stayed in the room for half an hour. I generally saw Mrs. Baynton when I went. I don't know what business she is. I never saw Mr. Baynton, or any gentleman who passed as Mr. Baynton. Mrs. Baynton is a woman between thirty and forty. She has no children that I know of. Mary Anne Hall, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS —I live in Hill-street, Dorset-square, and am a washerwoman. I used to wash for Mr. Wetherell and Mrs. Cooke from the beginning of April to the latter end of June, 1843. I used to observe that the flaps of Mr. Wetherell's shirts always came to me washed out, and apparently with scented soap. The witness then spoke to the appearances upon the linen of Mrs. Cooke, but her evidence cannot be detailed. She used to remark that Mrs. Cooke was one of the most " delicatest" of ladies that ever she had to do for, because she always washed her papa's linen. Dr. Charles James Cox, the physician to the General Dis pensary, and also in extensive practice as an accoucheur, was then called and examined. To questions put to him by Mr. James, he expressed an opinion that the appearances deposed to by some of the witnesses denoted a miscarriage. He did not, however, speak with positive certainty. Mr. Robert Shoot, also a surgeon arid accoucheur, gave a similar testimony. Margaret Langridge deposed that she was in the service of the defendant and Mrs. Cooke in 1813. Witness acted as upper housemaid. While she was in the service she used to notice the conduct of Mr. Wetherell towards his daughter, and particularly the manner in which he embraced her. She had seen the defendant come out of his room undressed, and knock at Mrs. Cooke's door, and when she came out he would kiss her in such an indecent manner that witness had turned away ashamed. They had neither of them anything more on than a night dress and dressing gown. She had seen this take place several times. Witness bad repeatedly seen the defendant co into his daughter's bedroom, and witness had gone to bed 'eats' • ing him in the room, both of them at the time having nothing hut their dressing gowns on. Upon one occasion when witness NVI3 with them at 11 ) fi Ad Mrs. Cooke went out of her bedroom, and told her she was going to her papa, and she was away for three hours. At this time witness was sleeping with Mrs. Cooke. She was undressed when she went away. She re membered Mr. Cooke coming to see his wife when she was staving at Mivart's Hotel, and Mr. Wetherell and a French waiter pushed him out of the house. Cross-examined—The embracing she referred to took place in 184?. ; that was before the marriage took place. The going into the bedroom was also before the marriage. Witness assisted in the marriage with Mr. Cooke, and she packed up Miss Wetherell's things and sent them to Mr. Cooke's house on the day before they were married. Mr. Wetherell did not know anything about the marriage taking place. When Mr. and Mrs. Cooke went to town together from Byfield, witness accompanied them. They occupied apartments in Welbeck street, and he sometimes stayed out very late at night. lie eventually left Mrs. Cooke al,ogether, and in the coarse of a few day. she returned home to her father. By Mr. CHAMBERS—Mr. Cooke tried several times to be reconciled to his wife after th.s occurred. Elizabeth Revel, wife of Mr. Wetherell's coachman at Byfield, deposed that after. Mr. Wetherell's marriage she and her father used occasionally to come to Byfield. Her attention was attracted to Miss Wetherell's bed by another servant, and in her opinion it had the appearance of two persons having been in it. She likewise said that between three and four o'clock in the morning she had seen the de fendant go into his daughter's bedroom and remain there for twenty minutes. The witness likewise said that since the action had been brought she had seen the defendant in the Queen's Bench Prison, and he asked her some questions, when she told him what she had seen respecting the bed, and he remarked that the best thing witness could do would be to go out of the way. She also said that he did not mind what Russell and his wife said, but he was afraid of witness. He asked some further questions about the evidence, and when she told him what Mrs. 11111 was to prove about the linen, he rubbed his face and turned quite crimson. Cross-examined—Her evidence had been taken down in writing, and she was sworn as to its truth. She had been told that more had been put into her affidavit than she really stated, but upon hearing it read over, she found it was not the case. Sic would not swear that Mr. Wetherell did not say it was all a conspiracy to ruin him and his daughter. She had so much to think of she could not recollect every thing. Mr. Wetherell owed her husband 701., but she did not say to him when she went to see him, that if he would pay her she would go away the next day. i She did say, " Pay me the money, and I'll go to - morrow .• Mr. JAMES here tendered the sworn statement of the witness as evidence to prove that she had now told the same story. Sergeant CHANNELL objected. Chief Justice Throat. ruled that it was not admissible. It was a most extraordinary course to cause a witness to swear to the truth of the evidence he would have to depose to. Evidence was then adduced, to show that the defendant went into the country with his daughter, he gave directions that all his letters should he enclosed in an envelope ad dressed to T. C. Mills, Esq., and it was proved that letters, so addressed, were sent to him at Gloucester, Monmouth, and Chepstow. This closed the plaintiff's case, and the further proceedings were then adjourned. WES TEI? IV CI IWU IT.—Devises, August 13. CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Baron PL+►TT.) Ruth Felhum was charged with stabbing and wounding Mary Barter, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. Verdict—Guilty of a common a,sult, and she was sentenced to three months' hard labour. August 14. (Before Mr. Justice EILLE.) The indictment chareed the prisoner, under the name of George Woodford, with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Woolfurd, by casting or throwing her into the water, by which she wa3 choked, suffocated, and drowned. There was a second count charging the murder to be of a woman to the jurors unknown. The short narrative of the facts of the case, as stated by counsel and proved in evidence, is as follows : The prisoner, who was a showman, and travelled about the country with a learned pig, came to Salisbury on the sth of Marcia last, with his two daughters (one aged 14, and the other 19), and took a bedroom at the White Lion Inn, in Toy s'rect. The next day his wife, Elizabeth Woolford, came and joined him there, bringing with her a boy named Elijah, aged ten years, who was their youngest child. The reason of their not coming together seemed to be that his son had left him some time before, and the mother had been to Southamp ton to fetch him. They appeared to be in a state of great poverty, and they all slept in one room, the man and his two daughters on a bed, and the woman and the child on the floor, on a bed made up there. The man got what money he could for the family by taking the pig round the country for exhibi tion, with him a drum and bugle. They remained at the White havingWh iteion until the 16th of March without anything par ticular occurring, but from the evidence it appeared that the woman was in low spirits, and appeared much dejected. On the evening of the 16th of March, which was Palm Sunday, the prisoner left the house at about seven, and said he was going to the post-office. At this time the deceased and her :wo danehters were in the tap-room of the inn, where they had been dtinki tea. The little toy. however, had again shseoteted from them, which seemed to have hid a great effect en the spirits of his mother. About ten minutes after :he prisoner loft the house the woman Eliz ibeth Weoltord also lett the room, and it is supposed the house immediately after, but no one saw her after she !eft the room in which hey had been sitting. When she lett the room she had no bonnet on. She ne ver again returned to the house. Just before eight o'clock the same evening, a woman in dark clothes, with a red shawl and dark bonnet, and answering the description of the deceased, was seen by two women who were walking along the road lea din g to Salisbury from Loverstock. Loverstcck, it appears, is a village near Salisbury, where there is a river called the Liffy, over which there is a bridge called Loverstock-bridge. The woman was near a place called Milford Hollow , and was going in a direction to the bridge. When seen by the witness she appeared to be crying, running fast, and loo kin g behind her apparently much frightened. As they got on about sixty yards, they met a man whom they identified as being the prisoner; and as he passed them he was going in the same direction as the woman. and was heard to mutter, "I be d---d if Ido not do it." About twenty minutes after thi s the prisoner was again seen looking over Loverstock-bridge into the water. This was about twenty-five minutes past eight. At a quarter before nine he went into the tap-room of Clarke's brewery in Salisbury, and had som e beer and smoked his pipe, when he left and went to the White Lion, where his family were left. When he got there he was asked if he had seen his wife. He said, " No, for he should not wonder if the old fool had hung or drowned herself, as she had often threatened to do." He then went back to Clarke's brewery, and asked for a half pint of beer. He then said to a man called Mitzhell; - who was sitting in the room, " When I went from here I went direct to Newman's (the landlorc: of the White Lion), and saw my children by the fire, comfortable, but not their mother, and they told me they did not know where she was." He then said that he went up stairs, but c ould not find her, although her bonnet and shawl were left in the room, therefore she could not be gone far; that he had been to look for her, but could not find her. He stayed there until near eleven o'clock, and then returned to the White Lion, and knocked at the door. The landlord opened it, and asked him where he had been so late ? He said, " Looking after my b— of a wife, who, I suppose, is drowned." Nothing more was seen of the poor woman until the 9:h of April, when the body of a woman, which was clearly identified to be that of Elizabeth Woolford, was found' in the river Liffy, about two hundred yards below Loverstock-bridge. She had no honnet or shaCel on when found, but a bonnet an d shawl, which were identified to be hers, were found in the water near the place where she was found, but higher up the river. No marks of violence of any kind were found on the body, which presented the ordi nary appearance of a drowned person who had been a long time in the water. Upon a coroner's inquest being held, the pri soner was apprehended at a village some miles from Salisbury, he having left that place with his family for some time. Seve ral witnesses were called to prove statements made to them by the prisoner after the poor woman was missing, but they were all to the effect that he had been looking for his wife, but could not find her, and that he believed that she had either drowned or hung herself, and that he was sure he should not see her again. One witness, however, who was called to prove a statement of this kind, proved a very material fact for the prisoner, which was, that on the 12th of March the deceased woman, whom he had known for some years, had called on him in Salisbury, and on his remarking to her that she was much altered and looked nervous, she said, " I have had a deal of trouble of late, more than I can bear. I am sure I cannot bear it long, but shall either hang or drown myself." Another witness, the servant at the White Lion, also deposed that on the morning of the day on which she disappeared, she (witness) asked the deceased to let her have a chair on which she was sitting for a short time, to hang some clothes on, where upon deceased said. " Pray take it. I shall not trouble this plane much longer." The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Justice EttLE summed up the case to the jury with great perspicuity and minuteness, pointing out to them that although it might be that the prisoner had not lived ',happily with his wife, and might, by his ill conduct, have driven her to commit su'cide, yet it was far from being satisfactorily proved that in any way he had been the active mover to her death by violent means ; but that, upon the evidence produced before them, it was much more probable that she had been driven by despair and misery to commit suicide. He then read over the whole of the evidence, and The jury, after about half an hour's consultation, found the prisoner Not Guilty. During the whole of the trial the prisoner maintained the most perfect self-possession, and repeatedly cross-examined the witnesses, some of whom he charged with perjury and with doming there to swear away his life. At one time, during the examination of the landlord, he became so much excited that it was with difficulty that the gaoler could pacify him ; he. walked up and down the dock, exclaiming, " I never saw the woman that night, on coy soul ! As l ive, ! by It h i te Almighty, I never cast eyes upon her on the day s no ue to listen to that man, he is perjured. lam innocent— innocent—innocent ! He has perjured himself —he has per jured himself !" Upon being asked if he would say anything in his defence, however, he answered quite calmly, " All I have to say is, that lam innocent of the charge." Upon the ver dict of Not Guilty being returned, his fortitude quite gave way, and he fell bank in a chair in the dock and burst into a fit of weeping, apparently inconsolable far some time. This case terminated the business of the assizes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION. HOUSE. Mr. Jacob Hawes Casteto was summoned before the Lard Mayor, for having caused an obstruction at the corner of Capel-court, which leads to the Stock Ex change. The neighbourhood of Capel-cout t has been for some time crowded in an extreme degree during business hours by the lower orders of jobbers—bulls, bears, stags, and lame ducks ; and a police:Lan has been officiating there every day, in order to enable the owners of premises on the spot to obtain access to their own offices, and to clear the way for th- public, who constantly have to meet with impediments from the ex cited speculators. Mr. Corney, the Deputy of the ward, having b.,en applied to by many of the respectable inha bitants, to exerciae his influence in checking so disagree able a nuisance, directed that the police should summon any transgressor of the Sewers Act, and the defendant was accordingly cited before his Lordship. Thomas \V rote, policeman No. 24, stated that on the 9th instant, there being a crowd and a complete obstruc tion on the Queen's highway, he spoke to a gentleman who was in conversation with Mr. Castello to move away from the Q-ieen's highway. Mr. Castello immediately asked how a common thief-taker, like 'witness, dared to speak to a gentleman, and threatened to take witness before the Lord Mayor. As Mr. Castello acted in such a manner as was calculated to increase rather than dimi nish the obstruction, and as frequent complaints had been made of the annoyance to which the owners of premises in the vicinity, and passers-by were subjected, witness was obliged to appeal to the Lord Mayor. The Lone MAYOR—Is it the public way that was obstructed ? Witness—Certainly it is. The LORD MAYOR—Have you any witness to call ? Witness - -No, my Lord, All those who were about the place were jobbers, and others interested in Stock Ex caan,;e transactions. Mr. Castello sail he was very well known in the city of Loudon to be a most respectable man, and he did not lc-low why he should be deprived of the rights of a free born Englishman by a person who belonged to the police force. For thirty-five years his character as an honour able man of business had been known, and he felt that he ought not to be touched by the hands of a thief-taker ; and he ce:tainly did express himself in that manner. He, at the same time, feeling great indignation at such interference, said that it was his intention to complain to the Lord Mayor upon the subject ; but, upon cooling, hs thought it would be as well not to notice it further, and the summons to answer the complaint of the policeman was the consequence. The policeman said he had civilly spoken to the gen tleman to move from the spot in which the obstruction was, and that if Mr. Castello refused, it would be an example which the rest would follow irnmediatcly, so that all accommodation tr the public would cease. Mr. Castello stated that the policeman desired him, and the geatleman with whom he was talking upon busi ness, to move on, and said to him, " flow do I know that you are a gentleman ?" in a very insolent manner. " My name," repeated Mr. Castello, " is Jacob Castello. I am well known as a man of honour ; and it is come to a pretty pas- , , if a free-born Englishman is to be treated in such a manner by a common thief-taker." Mr. Jacobs, merchant, of London-road, stated that he was conversing with Mr. Castello peaceably, near Cdpi-court, when the policeman walked up to him, touched him, and told him to move on. Witness told the policeman, if he had anything to say to say it, with out accompanying the word with the action ; and Mr. Castello observed that it was hard if gentlemen could not speak together on the Queen's highway, without having hands put upon them, or being pulled about by a policeman. The policeman commented upon that ob servation, by saying he did not know whether Mr. Cas tello was a gentleman or not. The policeman stated that Mr. Jacobs had given him a great deal of trouble at the same place. The Loan MAYO2—Is there any other witness for the defence ? Mr. Castello—No, my Lord. I leave this in your Lordship's hands. I protest against having my name mixed up with the stags, ;and people of that description about the Alley. If policemen are to have such power—if the liberty of the subject is to be abridged in this manner, I can no longer call myself a free-born Englishman, but a mere slave, and my friend who is going to a foreign country must leave England with a very unfavourable impression of the nature of the free dom of which we speak. DEPUTY CORNEY declared that the nuisance just de scribed had reached a most intolerable height, and he and several gentlemen who had offices and counting helloes in the immediate neighbourhooi, bore the warm est testimony to the good character and moderate con duct of the policeman, who uniformly exhibited proofs of the mot marked forbearance. The LORD MAYOR—There is no doubt at all, accord ing to the admission of the defendant and his witness, incl.-pendently of the evidence of the policeman, who we know here to be an extremely well-conducted man, that the rage case the l aw. h as been violated. The consequence of such tran sgress i ons i s ser ious, and the magistracy must interf ere to c h ec k t h e ev il, which increases with of speculation. Mr. Castello is fined 20s. and c fists. Mr.. Castello seemed to be surprised at the decision, for I: had been prmittel to talk upon the boasted pri vileges of free born Englishmen without interruption, and 4:videlitly imagined that his allusion to slavery would fill his Lordship's mind with abhorrence of the police men. "It shall not end here," said he. Deputy Corney—No ; I will follow it up, depend upon that. Mr. Castello—l shall go to Parliament, most certainly, upon the subject. What are the rights of a free-burn Englishman. if such things are allowed ? N othin g . Deputy Corney—l think, my Lord, it will be neces sary to put up a board containing a notice of the deter mination to clrry the law into effect. The LORD MAYOR—No; there will be no occasion. This case and the penalty will, I dare say, become quite public criouo to render any course of that kind un necessary. Thl defendant paid the penalty, and saying that he was thankful to, his Lordship, left the Justice-room. CHARD?. OF MANSLAUGFITER.—A man, named Joseph Willa ►e Bean, who looked like a labourer, was brought up, and charged upon the following evidence with having been the cause of the death of his wife. Acting-Inspector Teague, No. 410, stated that as he was on duty on Thursday night he received information FITTN, Lownov, SATtritDAY _,rVVIZT we al; breakfasted at the 13runsw,ek Hotel, and Mr. ant Mrs. CoAte went into t he ei,untry by the Sou:h-Eastern R.iilway. I They returned, and passed through Linden, on their way to Byfield, an ,ut a week af , erwards. \tr. Cooke stayed at Byfield two or three itms, aid the :orreer then returned to Loniton. leaving %Frs. Cook. a- lisfield. Mr. Wetherell W. 4 at th , s time staring at Ntiv4rt'. Hotel, and when I saw him arid in quired after his daughter's property, he said that he and his daughter had been living extravagantly, and that it was nearly all spent. Mr. Wetherell gave me a letter for Mr. Cooke, which I handed over to that gentleman, and I have seen that letter since. On the second occasion, Mr. Wetherell said he saw there was a hostile feeling, and he should &cline making any further communication. I cannot say whether Mr. Waddy e was present when we took possession of the house in Eaton-place. We took possession of the house be tween seven and eight o'clock in the evening, but I do not know whether Mr. Cooke remained there all night. We were at the window when Mr. Wetherell came and endeavoured to obtain admittance, but we did not laugh at him. We did not do anything improper or offensive towards Mr. Wetherell. I cannot recollect whether a dinner had been ordered that day in the house, but I will not swear there was not. I did not dine there. Ido not know whether Mr. Waddy or Capt. God sell were in the house. We were at the magistrate's office the next morning by ten o'clock, and we all started for Byfield the same evening. Capt. Godsell did not accompany us. Mr. Cooke was not admitted immediately ; and I myself never asked or attempted to get in. Mr. Wetherell did say eventually that if Mr. Cooke came alone he should be admitted, and, when he went in, I and Mr. Waddy remained outside. I could hear what Mr. Cooke said as well as Mr. Wetherell. 1 heard no thing about a poker. lam a bill discounter by profession, and have had a good deal to do with Mr. Cooke and Mr. Stratford on the subject of bills. Mr. Cooke owes me money ; at least, lam upon his schedule in the Court of Bankruptcy. I owed him money before his marriage, but he is now my debtor to the extent of 6001. or 7001. I never supplied cards for Strat ford and Mr. Cooke to play together. Cooke and Stratford a, Aral:7ST Ifi4til that at N. 6, Priest's-A:oy, '.Tuner-.treat, the wife ( it the prisoner had lost her life in a quarrel with him. Flo innue&ately to the prison,..r into cieitody, and him to mind that if he th , iug proper to say t-iny;h:tig would be wed against him. Thu prisoner stiitl, 1 - I'3 were to b., hung fir it he Kuutei ..peril: the tru h. lie thea stated that he had in a quarrel. struck lii3 si he, an:i thrust her out into the court ; that sliu returned and was striking at him, and that he was about to strike her again, but was held back by a female who lodged in the house ; that his wife in retreating from him caught her foot against the step of the door and fell backwards and dislocated her neck, and that was the way it happened. Jane Lightfoot, alodger at No. 5, Priest's-alley, stated that as she was sitting on the step of the door, she heard the prisoner and his wife having words together. It appeared to her that Bean had flung a cup of tea at his wife, and immediately a scuffling took place. A Mrs. Jacobs went to part them, and when Bean was going t o strike his wife, interfered, and cal l e d u p on him, for Gods sake, to govern his passion ; and Mrs. Bean then caught her foot in the doorway, and fell back with her neck against the stones or the step. Witness took her up, and she called for a drop of water, and the prisoner brought the water to give to her. He then went out, and did not return for a quarter of an hour. The sur geon came, and witness held Mrs. Bean's arm while he tried to bleed her, but not a drop of blood came. The surgeon pronounced her dead, and witness understood him to hare stated that she had dislocated the marrow of her neck. The LORD MAYOR remanded the prisoner until the issue of the Coroner's inquest shall be known, and de sired Gooch, the turnkey, to let the Coroner know that, if he considered it necessary, the prisoner should appear before him on the occasion. BOW-STREET. Louis Lemoine, and John Thomas Hall, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Jardine, charged with obtaining shares in the Portberry Railway under false pretences. The case had been adjourned several times. William Wood, Clerk to the Great Western Railway Com pany, at the offices in West Strand, proved that Messrs. Os borne and Co., correspondents of the Company at Fulham, had written a letter of allotment to a Mr. Dethick, of Fulham, and that this letter was produced by the prisoner Lemoine, at the office in West Strand, on the 26th July last. The prisoner, by means of this letter, obtained ten scrips, but it having been discovered that he was not the person he repre sented himself to be, he was given in charge to a policeman. George Willis said that he was an assistant to the last witness, and that on the 26th of July last the pri soner Lemoine came to the office and produced the allotment letter directed to W. Dethick, and said that he wished to sign the contract deed. The deed was handed to him, and be signed " William Dethic," omitting the final k. As the name was spelled " Dethick " in the letter of allotment, the omission of the k caused witness to suspect the prisoner was not the right person. He expressed his suspicions to the prisoner, who at first insisted that he was Mr. Dethick, but after some &vote said that he had been sent by a person, who had pro mised to give him half-a-crown for his trouble, and that that person was Mr. Dethick. A policeman was then brought, and Lemoine was given in charge. Policeman Messeler, A. 41, said that on the 26th of July he was sent for to take the prisoner into custody on a charge of forgery. The prisoner said that his name was not Dethick, but that he had been sent by a man who had met him in the street. He then took him to the station at Bow-street. Some time after that he received information from Lemoine, in consequence of which he went to a house in Marylebone, where he found the other prisoner. He told him that he had come to arrest him on a charge connected with railway shares, in which Lemoine was concerned. Hall said that he had sent Lemoine to get the shares for a third party, named Dethick. Mr. William Dethick, contractor, of Richmond-road, Ful ham, said that he had not authorised either of the prisoners to obtain shares for him, nor to sign any deed in his name. He had never applied for shares in the Portberry Pier Railway, nor had he authorised any person to apply for shares for him or in his name, in that or in any other railway. He knew nothing of either of the prisoners. The letter of application for the shares was here produced, and the witness denied having written it. On seeing the al lotment letter, he said that it was directed to him, at his ad dress, but that he had never received it, and now saw it for the first time. The prisoners reserved their defence for the present. Mr. JARDINE said that there was sufficient evidence to jus tify him in committing the prisoner Lemoine for forgery, and that by his own admission to the constable, Hall was an acces sory before the fact. The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute, and the prisoners removed. Etirt Witition THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES ONE CLOSING. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock .. 9lOl/, 211 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 99 % 1 /4 c 391/ New 3% per Cents. 102%3/4% 102 1 A South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account . Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., Iy 2 d 49 51 pm. 51 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICE Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 Ditto, Account 3514 351/ Ditto. Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 39% 39 39 Ditto, Passive Dutch, 21 /e per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific lO O l/ / % 100% PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSINt , It XILWA.Y SH PAID. ARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 138 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 3% % Canterbury and Dover.. 1 % 2%/ Chester and Holyhead... 15 Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 /. 2 l% Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester 1 Cornwall Direct Northern I,ublin and Belfast June 21 12 — Dublin and Galway..... 2% 2 3 / 4 1A . Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 20 11 / s 197 ii 20 1 % 20 Ditto New 4/. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....51.135. 4d... Eastern Union Ditto Extension ~ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto New 1 4 Shares... 2 1 /, lll Ely and Bedford ..4reat Western Ditto Fifths Leicester and Bedford. 225. 2 N I / 4... London and Birmingfun keStock) 220 224 224 Do. 1 / 4 Shares - London and Blackwall. 161.135. 4d l O l / 2% lO% Do. New London and Brighton... 50 Do. consolidated Bths... 35 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 24 1 /4... ....... Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. London and Manchester (Remington's) Lond. & S. Western 411 6 s 10d 7 2 1 /2 78 79 Do. New London and York 2 l /Q 4% : h 5 Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 76 2Ol . . Do. 1/ Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do Sixteenths ..... ... 4 1 4 1234 Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. New Quarters ... 2 8 ~ Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 225....... 634 6% P Midland 100 17 5 1 /2 17 5 1/ Do. New Newcastle and Darling ton Junction .. 25 ...... 51 52 1 / 2 Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 / 2 2 4 1 /4 23 1 / 2 24 1 / 2 24 1 / New Ross and Carlow... 225. North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% lB North Staffordshire 225....... 3 1 /s l / 4 p......., North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 14 Do~ New Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 / 2 NIA Portsmouth Direct 2% 4 % 1 /4 Preston and Wyre Richmond 1 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central 1 / 2 P ...._ 2% 88 104 _ti,3/, 7 3 / 4 201 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union 22s. Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales 2 3 /4 3% South Midland 225....... 5 1 A South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... Do., No. 1 8 Do., No. 2. Do., No. - 3 Staines and Richmond,- 1 .s South Wales ..... -.... ... 2 .1 h 5 % 1 /2 Trent Valley Welch Midland West Cornwall ............ 1 %... .. Waterford and Kilkenny 1 York and Car1i51e......... 2 3 % 3 lh_- -.- York and North Midland 50 Do. Extension .........14 2 4 3 /4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens-, 6 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ......... .... ..... 2 .. Dutch Rhenish Great North. of France ( Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... 2 1 , g ,Jamaica Junction........ 1 Do. North Midland... 1 Louvain and Jeineppe... 4 ... . 4 1 / 2 Luxembourgh Namur and Liege Orleans and Bordeaux-. 4 ...... 12 11 1 / 8 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan- _ _ _ neron's, Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 21/,. Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 ...... 2 1 / 2 Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 ..... . 2 5 /A Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse .... 6 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's Verona and Ancona...... 3 West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Commercial of London 20 London & Westminster 20 BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUG. 15.—Both refiners and grocers continue to take off everything that is brought for ward, and prices have still an upward tendency. The con sumption is going on very satisfactorily, and the trade seem to have confidence that present rates will be at least supported. I Bristol Mercury. 31,-1:t1(11' IN TEl.l.l(_, EN CE. cons.. rya Arar.r.T. Prices per ton :0 the of the 1;o 13s 9d; 11.J41:11e's West Hartley, 16s; aia. 15s :")1 ; Hastings IL2rtley, 15s 6(1; Holy wcli 1i;,:; Old l' , ! -- top,l:3s 6,1; Ord's 11ed;teugh, 13s 6d ; 1Z HartlPy, 15s ; Taylor's West 11.trilev, Lis 6,1; West Wy 15s :Id; ‘Vall',-ead, Bewicke and Co., 175 ; ILlda. 16,9:1; Eden Main, 17s 3d; Wall's-end, Braddyl's Hetton, 18s ; East Hetton, 16s 6d ; Hetton, 18s ; Lambton, 17s 6d; Russell's Hetton, 17s 3d; Stewart's, 18s ; Caradoc, 17s 6 , 1 ; Heugh Hall, 17s; Kelloe 17s 6d ; Adelaide Tees, 17s 6d ; Brown's Deanery, 16s 9d ; Cowndon Tees, 16s ; Eden Hartlepool, 15s 3d; Gordon, 16s ; Richardson's Tees, 16s ; Seymour Tees, 17s 3d; South Durham, 17s; St. Helen's Tees, 163 3d; Tees, 17s 6d; West Cornforth, 17s ; West Tees, 16s ; Anderson's Garesfield Coke, 23s 6d; Derwent water Hartley, 15s ; Eden Hartlepool Coke, 24s ; Hartley, 15s.—Ships arrived, 10. FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, AUG. 15, 1845. A dispatch has this morning been received by the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, from the Earl of Aberdeen, K. T., dated Chateau de Bruhl, 12th August, 1845, stating, that the Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Albert had arrived, in good health, at that place, on the even ing of the I 1 th instant, having disembarked at an early- hour of that morning at Antwerp ; and that her Majesty was met, at Malines, by the King and Queen. of the Belgians, who accompanied her Majesty as far as Verviers ; and that, at Aix-la- Chapelle, her Majesty was received by the King of Prussia ; and, after seeing the principal objects of inte rest and curiosity in that town, was conducted by the King, with every mark of honour and distinction, to the Chateau de Bruhl. CROWN-OFFICE, AUG. 15. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. CITY OF CHICHESTER.—Arthur Lennox, Esq., coin. monly called Lord Arthur Lennox, Clerk of the Ord. ounce. . 13onoucit OF WARWICK.—Sir Charles Eurwieke Douglas, lint., one of the Commissioners of Grcenwieh Hospital. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 9. Corps of Royal Marines.—Second Lieut. C. M'Arthur to be First Lieutenant, vice H. C. M. Hawkey, absent without leave. WHITEHALL, JUNE 12. The Lord Chancel,or has appointed Ralph Darlington, of Wigan, to the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court o Chancery. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —DEFECTIVE SIGHT AND HEARING RELIEVED, Instruments and Spectacles sent into the country by post, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Newly-In vented Spectacles, Powerful Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Micro scopes, &c.—Patronized by his Majesty the King of Hanover, her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, their Graces the Archbishops of Canterbury, York, and Dublin, the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyle, Marlborough, and Manchester , Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, Cork, Elphin and Kildare. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Oculists and Opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construc tion. Immediately they are placed r before ht, imper fect :vision, either by day candleg that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, and every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also the most Powerful Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood , ner in any part of the county. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-stree t, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. [ADVERTISENIENT. j —THE ORIGINAL METALLIC TABLET STROP, WITH FOUR SIDES. — Mr. George Saunders , inventor and manufacturer, No • 25, Strand.—This article has been in extensive use for the last thirty years by the first cutlers, who pronounce it to have no equal in producing a fine smooth edge to a razor, so necessary to shave with comfort. They may be had of the following cutlers : —Lowcock, 38, Cornhill ; Lund, 24, Fleet-street ; Davis, 69, and Looker, 42, Leadenhall-street ; Verinder, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard Millikin, 161, Strand; Coleman, Haymarket ; Philp and Whisker, 67, St. James's - street; Warner, 25, Sackville street ; Paget, 195, Piccadilly ; Kingsbury, 152, and Durha m, 201, Regent-street ; Einslie , 46, S. Martin's-lane ; R o binson , 53, Bishopsgate-street ; Carter, Paris ; and Lamprey, Dublin. The fact of their being sold by the above makes it superfluou s for the inventer to speak f urther in their favour. —George Saunders, No. 25, Strand. [AD VERTISEM ENT.] —THE EARL OF ALDBOROLTGI I AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this Mt' raculous medicine, after every other means had failed. —See e xtract of his lordsh or ip's letter, dated Villa Messin , Leghan. February 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway ; Sir, —I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home , and all over the continent, had not been able to effect—nay, net even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. ( r•eignoil) ALDBOROUGH." These wonderful pills will cure any disease of the liver and stomach.—Sold (also Hollow ay'a Ointment) at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand; and by all medicine venders throughout the civilized world. The Chancellory of the Duchy e f Schleswic Hol stein Lauenburgh has just published the following reseript • " It has come to our knowle d g e that the sin g in g societies. och . Schleswic and Holstein have a do p ted a tri- coloured flag wh they carry in their processions and dis p la y at their f als, e stiv with or without the armorial bearings of Schleswic and g° l ', stein. This flag being consid ered as the s y mbol of a politics' party, and as it may occasion disord ers, we forbid that it be henceforth used." THE GINGER-BEER CASE.—The adjourned inques i t . u pon this singular case, in which a little girl named Ru t '' Goldsmith died after drinking a por tion of the contents Of $ ginger-beer bottle, was resumed on Tuesday last, when I),f' Brett stated, that, on analyzing the contents of the stomach' he had found arsenic, which he had no doubt had eaused death'. He entirely freed Mr. Evans from blame , and considered th mode in N,hich his ginger-beer was manufactured to be a berm less and proper method. The jury, after a short absence kora the Court, returned a verdict to the effect that the child con, to its death by arsenic, administered by the f ather unknowingq, from a ginger-beer bottle, but that there was no evidence show how it came there. The Coroner suggested to Dir . " Evans, and, through him, to every ging er-beer manufactur % the propriety of looking, if possib le, more carefull y to tu washing of their bottles.—Liverpool Albion. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF MANY OF THE NOBILTTirg" ALLEN'S COMPOUND ANTIBILIOud? PILLS, prepared by Thomas Allen, late of Mile-end-r03_,0 Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and Licenti't.:d of the Apothecaries' Company , and a pup il of the late eccentric T`i celebrated John Abernethy, Esq., F.R.S. ; twenty. two years a cipal Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. D urin g a Prara;.,, trial of twenty years, these Pills have be en found an thy pI remedy in eases of indigestion, liver, and bilious complaintS• ryh derangements of the digestive organs and obstructions, a slag p o i. action of the liver and bowels, which occasions more or less t ll ,, e li o, lowing symptoms, viz., heartburn, giddiness , acidity, Ileaua-and slcknoss, spasms, and flatulent distentions of the stomac h bowels, drowsiness and dimness of sight, an uncomfortable se.TA tion experienced at the pit of the stomach soon after eating, Igo. feeling of a weight of oppression, appetite impaired, breathing cult, tenderness about the region of the li ver, bowels irregular, 1' times obstinately costive with languor and depression of spirits. In boxes at Is. 14c1., 2s. Pd., and 4s. lid. Sold by Mr. Allen, Chemist, 24, Grafton-street, Fitzroy - square , Lon don ; and M ost r`• spectable druggists. Agent for Mile-end, Mr. Wilkes, Druggist. G°WL AND'S LOTION.—This well-kn°l and highly appreciated appendage of the British toilet ba3rfec, nearly a century past maintained unrivalled reputation as a P e r o• remedy for all impurities of the skin, together with the valuable lia)cot perties of a preserver and sustainer of the complexion of the genial nature, removing every trace of sallowness and dise olo u ra i i icil and promoting the transparency and brightness of the skin, W constitute the peliar gras of a e coplexin. " ltobt. Shaw, cu London, ce tin m " is in white letters on the Goverlael Stamp, without which none is genuine. Price 2s. 9d ; 59. Quarts Bs. 6d. Sold by all Perfumers and -- SEA SICKNESS. THOMPSON'S REMEDY.—lncomparablY twboe best yet offered ; in a trial extending over two years itvent found efficacious in 93 cases out of every 100, in curing or Pr e „ v big sea-sickness. It is tasteless, readily administered, and 170 given with perfect safety to an infant. The packet of eight p° more only occupy the bulk of a small card-case, and weighs tittle coy than half an ounce. The steady and increasing sale of this 0010 efficacious remedy for sea-sickness induces the propriet ors to it o mre generally known.Ch Sold by the proprietors, T. Thompson and Son, chemists , „Ipi , street, Liverpool ; wholesale by W. S. Rumsey (sole agent or 1:4 don), wholes Ale chemist, 3, Queen-street -place, City ; and in ite‘ i had retail of the most respectable chemists throughout the,,sford. Kingdom; of Dietrichsen and Hannay, Sanger and Squire' ' fr et; street ; Savory and Moore, New Bond-street and Regent-siret; Godfrey and Cooke, Fisher and Toiler, Bullock, CondUlaleff Burfleld, Strand; T. Keeting, St. Paul's Church-yard ; and T. 4, Cheapside, in packets, at 2s. 9d. and his. each FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND 00 6 4- # Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. e).'"' Just published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed enveloP 0 THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical NV° the Infirmities of the Generative System in both sate:.olo' on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of re ,l The baneful effects of solitary indulge- ce, neglected sYPlw' s fo uoi c ,d toms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Engrav r eovva by observations on Marriage, with plain directions for the ..,`', 0 1.1f."1. certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., -L 9 04 - Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and IllaY,'"kr. their residence, 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-ST 63, 0 0.. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and C°;•:000° ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Purkiss, ifO rl street, Soho ; and all Booksellers. , A An - ti " We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Friend, embracing most clear and practical views of a series of _Tim o s t hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority 'w e 0, 48 dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. cenfB l$ however confess that a perusal of this work has loft such fir o rdis4, impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, bul„rd wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering fi'lidAre; cretion, to profit by the advice contained is its pages."—Agutireeted,i The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exeinslvelY "ess, the mire of nervous and sexual debility, irregularitY , w e tislOg i/ a of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities r v• - „ excess, &C. In bottles, price 11s., or the quantity of f°'!!„.., 00 A7 bottle for 335., by which 1 Is. are saved. The five-pound be had as usnal. a ntf - ST P ,I, The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an_ , n litic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood golly blotches on the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and ttooerc ,art, affections arising from improper treatment or the ef r ':ctS rri removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptio 7- _,S of the s > 6fl' f lls. and 335. per bottle. 4,4'• PERRY'S PURIFYING SPEClneetlectual remedy for piLLs r price 2s. 9ur6Z and 1 Is. per box, are the mos mation, irritation ef tin 'bladder, &c., without hindrance W Consultation fz ; e, If by l e tt er , 11. Mi nu te detail of ca ses Ito/ ece'lo Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for consultatiolu, ti o 2, „e. stric sidence, 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford .s treet, London. fr om I fis 5 till 8. On Sundays from 1U till 12. One personal vis it Coss/Iry to affect a permanent cure. BJRTFIS. w . Gel , On the 27th of June, at St. Vincent's, the wife of rn f tb ° ell Alves, Esq., o f a daughter. On the 11th inst., at the Rectory, Taplow, the lad , ' ° ii r ' Rev. Alfred B. Strettell, of a son. ttli u On the 12th inst., at Southampton the lady ile g Tolland, of the Royal Engineers, of a , daughter. Oa On the lath i”!t., at \Valthamstow, the lady °I r Raikes, Esq. of a son. ifif e° On the 13th inst., at Mottingham House, Kent, th e "TIP the. Rev. Paul Ashmore, Rector of Porthkerry-0" _,,,. 10 - Glamorgan, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., in Guildford-street, Russell - square, James Courtenay, of a son of Cap f j ord MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at Fulham Church, the R iglitlfc'vionOr Augustus Loftus, fourth son of the Marquis of Elf; ‘'i t ;sl., e. Maria, eldest daughter of Captain H. F. Grey ih e ' Musgrave House, Fulham. DIED On the 15th inst., at Bunga.,v, aged '23, °f 11 , 1 soil i , John Childs. f WI iiii lli On the 12th inst., at Greenwich, Lieuteran r, a d 11° ' Bowers, 11. N., aged 60. On the 14th inst., Martha Dey, the wife of - , - , o v-1 , I.loberb Esq., of The Lawn, South Lambeth. gilliceo" In Motcomb-street, Belgrave.sc,pare, Mstian , daughter of the late James Barton, Esq. _- 7 ,, ,, , --- -- " " o i ------T-------.------ - -06, Lo.i . don : Printed and Published by MURP ° is o' 11 v -4'4 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun in Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in ale %"' Middlesex, Saturday, August 16, 1845. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Lazarus, clothes dealer, Marylebone-lane, to surrender Aug. 22, at two, and Sept. 26, at half p ast eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place. W illiam Parsons, corn dealer, Wood-street, Princes road, Lambeth, Aug. 26, at hall-past one, and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. Birchin-lane ; M`Leod and Stenning, London street, Fenchurch• street. David Davis, dealer in regimental and court dresses, Jerreyn-street, St. James's, Aug 22, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard ; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. J. T. Taylor and T. P. Watkinson, plumbers, York terrace, Regent's- park, Aug. 26, at eleven, and Oct. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Grimaldi, Stables, and Burn, Copthall court. George Frederick Kerschner, victualler, Castle Inn, Holloway, Aug. 22, at half-past ten, and Sept. 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Et fwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Fisher, Queen square, Bloomsbury. John Marsh, grocer, Brewood, Staffordshire, Aug. 23, and Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Robinson, Wolverhampton. John Cadogan, jun., warehouseman, Brecon, Aug. 29 and Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Adamson, Ely place, London. Jacob Richard Owen, sharebroker, Aug. 25 and Sept. 5, at twelve, ut the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdillon, Bedford-row, Lon don ; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tidswell, Manchester. PRICI , , OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Aug. 12, 1845, is 345..4d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) COURSE OF EXCHAIs Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight l2 6 Rotterdam 2 13. 12 81 Antwerp Elamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Frankfort on Maine 122/ Petersburgh, 3Us — Berlin Vienna, Kee. fl. 3M. 10 3 Trieste, ditto Madnd 36i Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville GE.—(YESTERDAY Gibraltar...., Leghorn .... Gen 021 ....... Milan . Venice .... ....... ..... so 65 25 95 Napless 40 Palermo, tier oz 1201 Lisbon 634 Oporto Rio Janeiro .... 23 Bahia Buenos yi New York. 4 1 / 2 10% 2 Yi 3 1 / 2 2 1 A 22 1 /, 11).; 3 11 ,4 123/4 31 4 p 3 % 24 393 ii 7 % 2 1 4 p 3% LSU 7% 35A1 2ii i 3% 251/4 2 2 3 / 4 2% 8 Philad'!)[•ll4l - PRICK 4 BULLION, OZ Foreign .1-‘,l,l,bars E 3 17 9 Porto a! Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Poubloons 0 0 0 New :N.,!'?] s 0 4 Silver !ti tars U 4 Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an SOUTHWARK ELECTION. - MEETING OF THE FRIENDS or SIR WILLIAM. MOLESWORTH.—Last evening an influential meeting of the electors of the borough of South wark tv,,s held at the Queen's Head, High-street, to devise means to secure the return of Sir William Molesworth to Par liament. The Committee formed the previous evening was enlarged to one hundred, and the canvassing books delivered out with the intention of commencing the canvass the beginning of the week. Certain explanations were given of the course which had been taken by the Reform Association in bringing sir William forward which were deemed satisfactory to the great body present, also with regard to his views on the May nooth question. On Monday evening a general meeting of the electors is announced to take place at the Bridge Hotel, at which it is stated Sir William will make his first appearance. To-day his address was forwarded to every elector in the borough, 6,000 in all, so by this time every voter has a copy of it. The other candidate, Mr. Jeremiah Pilcher, issued his address at six o'clock in the evening. Beyond this we did not hear of any movement in his favour. Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey has declined standing as a candidate at present, having intimated that to be his intention yesterday forenoon to a depu tation of the electors that waited on him. CHATHAM DOCKYARD.—The Right lion. the Earl of Haddington, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., Vice-Admiral Sir W. H. Gage, G.C., the Right lion. H. T. L. Corry, with Captain Brandreth, Director of Engineering and Architec tural Works ; the Hon. Captain R. S. Dundas, Storekeeper General; Mr. Loyd, the head engineer of works at Woolwich Dockyard ; and Mr. Pease, private secretary to the Hon. T. L. Corry, visited Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday, the 12th inst. Their Lordships, on landing at the Queen's stairs, were received by a guard of honour of the Royal Marines, consist ing of two sergeants and 50 rank and file, under the com mand of Captain Finmore, with First Lieutenant Henry Bremer and First Lieuteaant A. Ramsay, who bore the Queen's colours. The band of the Royal Marines, on their Lordships passing, played "Rule Britannia." Their Lord ships were received by the Captain-Superintendent, Captain W. H. Shirreff, and other officials of the yard. The purport of their visit was to inspect the store-houses, ropery, and anchor wharf ; after which they inspected the ships building and those in dock, and also the mast and boat-houses, and the paddle-box boats built for the Retribution steam-frigate, now in dock, which are beautifully made, being each 39 feet 9 inches in length, and each capable of containing 250 persons. Their Lordships, after further progress , proceeed to the saw mills, when Professor Airey, of Greenwich, introduced his model of a saw-machine for cutting timber in various shapes, to which it is understood their Lordships will give their atten tion. Their Lordships, after inspecting the new metal mills in course of completion (the roof of which is of very beautiful construction, made of iron), and inspecting the im provements now being carried out by Messrs. Baker and Co., returned to the residence of the Captain Superintendent, where they partook of a luncheon, and at half-past 2 o'clock pro ceeded in the Admiralty barge on board the Janus steam sloop, which vessel was cast off from the sheer hulk, and pro ceeded under steam down the river with their Lordships and Captain Shirreff, followed by the Black Eagle Admiralty steamer. The rate of the speed of the Janus was about three miles an hour, the wheels revolving about five times in a minute. On its arrival in Gillingham-reach their Lordships seemed to have had enough of the vessel, for they left it, and proceeded on board the Black Eagle to Sheerness, at which port their Lordships dined, at the Port Admiral's residence. Acccrding to a Vienna letter of the sth inst., the Emperor of Austria has issued a Cabinet order that no new grant for the formation of railroads, within the empire, shall be made to private companies until the year 1850. By this period all the railroads now in construction must be finished. This determination will prevent capital from being absorbed in these undertakings, and at the same time put a stop to the in ordinate speculation in shares. In June last, the aggregate number of passengers by the Austrian railroads was 1,103,000, being 87,000 more than in the corresponding month of last year. THE RISLEYS ON TIIE CONTINENT. The conti- - nental papers continue to teem with the most enthusiastic en comiums on the performances of the Risleys, father and sons. So great has been their success in the principal cities of Europe, that they have been obliged to forego engagements amounting to twenty thousand florins, in order to open in Paris at the Porte St. Martin, at their stipulated time— the first week in August. One of the Vienna papers contains a long and highly complimentary notice of their appearance at the St. Joseph theatre, in that city, last month, where they took the phlegmatic Germans by surprise. The Vienna critic says, " The beauty of the performance of the Risley% does not con sist so much in the exhibition of muscular strength as in their adroit;elasticity and their indescribable grace. 'I he father is a fine handsome fellow—the boy's beautiful children. The spec tator is surprised and delighted at their feather-like leaps, and their bounds are as daring as if their bodies were made of India rubber, instead of veritable bone and muscle. Their elegant silver dresses, the variety of their feats, the novelty, and above all the refined and classic taste that marks every phase of their performance at once stamped their popularity in this city. A hurricane of applause followed their efforts, and the ballet which introduced them, by M. Pickier of Brussels, contributed much to their success." LITERARY CURIOSITY.—The learned Secretary to the University of Glasgow is about to publish a perfect literary and political curiosity—the old Glasgow Courant, from the 14th of October, 1745, to the 13th of October, 1746—which gives a complete detail of the movements and romantic ad ventures of the Pretender. As a record of news, notices, and advertisements of the inhabitants of Glasgow 100 years ago, we have every reason to believe that Mr. Meikleharn's is the only copy of this paper in existence. The particulars of the mode of publication will be found in another page. We understand that se eeger are the people of Glasgow to posz , egs this curious record, that several hundred copies were subscribed for in one day. terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. - BAN V :ENC.' LAIN (From last Night's G.zette) An Account, pursuant to the Act ith i0. , 1 Bth o Victoria, cap. :12, for the \V eek eading on Satordly, tto 9th nay of August, 1845. ISSUE DEPAItTMEN Notes issued ...... 29,141,605 Other securities 2,964.900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,151,836 Silverbullion 1,959,769 £29,141,605 £29,141,605 J. R. ELSEY, Deputy Cushier. Dated the 14th day of August, 1845. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capita 114,553 ,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, savings banks, Commis sioners of National Debt, and divi dend accounts) 4,03 , 1,767 Other dep05it5......10,187,7 80 Seven day andother bills .03,166,517 £33,166,517 '.I.SEY, Deputy Cashier. ;t, 1845. R. Dated the 14th day of Augi Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 11.634,159 Notes 7,682,465 Gold and silver coin 528,049 for ORD ELDON'S APERIENT PIL LS, w e , habitual Costiveness, have been the means of P!„ 5 0 1 cure to many thousands ; they are peculiarly adapted for Per,„. both sexes who are of sedentary habits ; they are patronise 60- nobility and gentry, and are the mildest and most eillanci ° ' S ctne extant. 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