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- r began at once to break the windows th a -41 - burn • . At the spot where the prose for had ACM . 1 , •lt , , t t # : \ • ' vN ) ./ g a bullet was found, abou three min', 7P- 1- r . - • . , Q • I -" • 4 1 , ) " a' erwards which on being touched blackened fingers; the pistol was also found then warm. ,4s` „ . 0 . fir- ' • \ -q4,L. sr w t j . - out' /- • \.•` ""*/ • ° AEU- CONTRACT for BALTIC lIBAIP. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, March 12, 1850. etlltoConntiissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral toti n s" united Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereay give tb,,,:e that on TUESDAY, the 9th April next, at One o'clock, Co - i f h nlbe ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to " 4 0t for supplying To RIG& and PETERSBITEGII lIEMP. rib uto 7 delivered at her Majesty's Dockyards, according to a Pis- Ile I,' winch, with a Form of Tender may be seen at the said Office. SIC ....older will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, (441' noticed , unless the party attends, or an agent fur him, xv! thorised in writing. an& 'render must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, , 114 Isi i n the left-han 1 corner the words "render for Hemp,, and be delivered at Somerset-place. gas. been ►utes the lur- ~•~ G lona were sent for, and they found that the prose cutor had received a very severe contusion at the back of the neck, the skin being broken, some blood having flowed, and a swelling, about the size of a hen's egg. Th e neckcloth also exhibited an indention. One of the surgeons inquired of the prisoner whether he had intend e d to shoot the prosecutor ; to which he made no reply. Tae surgeon then said, " Surely you did not intend to shoot Mr. Nixon ?" To which the prisoner replied, " I do not know that;" but would not say anything more. Subsequently, when in custody, he said to the constable that neither Nixon's life nor that of his child was safe, as he would sooner see it dead than under Nixon's pro tection. THURSDAY N 0 .1 7 79311 LONDON , 4 - - MARCH, 14 ) 1850. [PRICE SD. Lon_ ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. -1: or STOLEN, on Monday, the 11th day "March, 1850, the undermentioned Bark: of England Notes, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The PROGRAMME for the present season is respectfully submitted to the Nolsility, Subscribers, and the Patrons of the Opera, with the con/Went hope that the arrangements will merit the continuance of the approbation and distinguished pa tronage which have so pre-eminently marked former seasons, anti maintained the established reputation of her Majesty's Theatre as the centre of refilled art and the re-union of rank and talent. PUBLICATIONS. LAW INTELLIGENCE• VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, March 13. (Before Sir J. KNIGHT BRUCE.) ' IIAWE.ES V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY he had just received, and this man then left them, and the person who had made the purchase and the other man were then seen to go to the shop of Mr. Field, another tradesman in Ship-street, where a second forged note was uttered; the prisoner standing outside of the shop while the act was being effected. The parties got away at this time; but two of the shopmen of Mr. Neave swore positively to the pri soner being the man who had passed the forged note t their employer's shop ; and it would seem that im mediately after losing sight of him one of the shop men met him close to the spot, and immediately recog- ised him and followed him for a considerable distance, intending to arrest him when he saw a policemen. The prisoner observing that he was watched, turned round and asked the witness what he wanted wiJi him, and on his telling him he should give him into custody, but without stating what charge he had to mike against him, the prisoner stammered out, "I haven't. I didn't. lam a respectable man, and I will satisfy you of it if you will go in here," pointing at.the same time to a public-house. Mr. BALLANTINE, on behalf of the prisoner, made a most earnest and forcible appeal to the jury, stating that the defence he was instructed to make in answer to the charge was that the witnesses were mistaken as to his identity, and that, in point of fact, 1 he was not the man who had uttered the forged note to the prosecutor, and who had afterwards acted in the manner described by the witnesses. He said it was admitted on behalf of the prosecution that the prisoner was a person of good character, and,he should show them by distinct and undoubted testimony, that up to the present moment there had never been the slightest stain upon him, and he asked them whether it was not unlikely, nay, almost impossible, that such a persm should on a sudden forget his duty, and join with a gang of persons of this description to plunder his neighbours by an act of this character, which was very seldom resorted to except by complete adepts in crime. o quested the plaintiff's brother that he might be al lowed to write to the plaintiff during his absence, and on his return pay his addresses to her. The brother having mentioned it to his sister, she consented, and on his return from Atnerice, in six months, he visited at the house as the young lady's intended husband, continuing in business as an attorn e y i n B a nk-street, Sheffield. During 1844 the plaintiff frequently stayed at the house of the defendant's father, and she was received there as the son's future wife. The defen dant treated the plaintiff with great affection, and in January, 1845, having entered into partnership with an attorney named Sewel, who resided at Halstead, in Essex, before he left for that place he had an inter view with the p'aintiff's brother, to whom he said that, disiiking "scenes," he had not mentioned it to his father and mother, but that if they asked about the engagement, he might tell them that he (the de fendant) intended to do everything that was right ; that he had insured., his life far 2.0007., and that he made a will leaving everything be had to she plaintiff. The defendant did not remain long at Halstead, as in the autumn of 184.5 be left it, and went into the office of Mr. Aldatn, an attorney at Sheffield ; but during the time he was at . Halstead, he came over several times to see the the plaintiff at Sheffield. They corresponded, his letters being written in a most affec tionate manner, and the plaintiff visited at the defen dant's father's house. In May, 1846% the defendant left Sheffield,and entered into partnership with an attorney named Dixon, at Wakefield. After he went to 'Wake field he visited the plaintiff but seldom ; and the poor girl having become dreadfully altered, and her health having suffered, her brother went over to the defen• dint on the 18th of January, 1847, and told him how altered and ill his sister was, owing to his not having been to see her, or written to her. The defendant said to the brother that she was making herself un happy without cause, and that he wculd see her the following day ; but he never went again. He wrote, however, a number of letters, excusing himself from going over to Sheffield in a variety of ways, but it was quite evident from his letters and conduct, that he no longer had affection for the plaintiff. In a letter, dated the 27th of February, 1847, he avowed that, owing to certain connexions of the plaintiff's, he hed been " deprived of any pleasure in seeing her, and almost regarded it as a task." Things went on in this way, the defendant avoiding seeing the plain tiff; and his letters having assumed a completely altered tone, the plaintiff, being much distressed, wrote to the defendant a letter; and receiving no answer, wrote the following : " Sheffield, April 2, 1847. 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. COLBURN'S NEV NOVELS. To be had at all the Libraries. £l,OOO, dated Jan. 14, 1850. No. 05,e87. 500, „ „ 2, „ No. 50,712. „ No. 50,713. .r.o e lrr lci ent of the above Notes have ir.2en stopped at the Bank of 'se a h n —v er Will give such information as will lead to the recovery of 'lllitie re- Inentioned Notes within 21 days from this date shall be r ermy d to receive the above reward, or a proportionate part thereof . e°Very one or more of the Notes so recovered, if lost, or upon le , Ap ni 'uQ conviction of the offender, if stolen. Nat',., 4 7 to Messrs. Bush and Mullens, solicitor . , St. 3lildred's-court, ; or to J. or D. Forester, Police-office, Mansion-house, ird n ; <12_44 March 13, 1851. k II GUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39 , TIIROGMORTON-STREET, BANK ; And 14, PALL-MALL. Chairman—The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR. Leh Deputy -Chairman—WlLLlAM LEAF, Esq. Arden, Esq. J. Ilumphery, Esq., Aid. M.P. t4;4°lßanbur Es q . tiupert Ingleby, Esq. Thom Bates, L Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. 44414FamPlin, Esq. ;Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq. 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O N- - BOTIS OR LOW PREMIUM BRANCH. Iketl - 'ables on the non-participating principle afford peculiar ad !lie tO the assured, not offered by any other Offic—for here I !iect is the least possible outlay,:the payment of ascertainsum Itie, r ed to the Policy-holder, on the death of the Assured, at a re , ef Prem. ‘. ." ) ... t .!klErMst .etnn I wrIOLE TERM. PRIDE and IRRESOLUTIO.N, By the Author of " The Disci pline of Life." The SCOTTISH CAVALIER. By James Grant, Esq., Author of " The Romance of War," &c. COMPANY. This was a bill for specific performance. In 1847, the defendants had a Bill before Parliament for the construction of a railway which was to run from Wisbeach to Spalding, in Lincolnshire, by which a junction was to be effected between the London and York Railway, and the p ro p ose d A m b erga t e , Notting ham, and Boston J u n c ti on . Th e proposed junction was refused by the Parli amen t ary C omm ittee, and it was then proposed to make a different line, diverging through the plaintiff's property, for which, however, the necessary notices had not been given, and the plaintiff strongly opposed it. An agreement, how ever, was entered into between the plaintiff and the defendants, by which the plaintiff was to receive 13,0001. for his property, which consisted t f.his rej.- deuce and five acres of land. The def,ndants now resisted the performance of the agreement, on the ground that they had no power to make it, and the plaintiff being tenant for life could not make a title. His HONOUR said that the defence seemed to fail in law, in equity, and-not to be remarkable for honesty. There was nothing in it, as it appeared to him, ex cept a desire to escape from the performance of a con tract fairly made, because it suited one of the parties to escape from it if possible. It was said that there might be a great difficulty in finding the money. With that the plaintiff had no concern. It was said the defendants would not be entitled to take or hold this property. That might or might not be so, but in the particular circumstances of the case that was also a point in which the plaintiff had no concern, con sidering the contract which had been entered into. It was then said that the Acts of Pa:litment were such that a title could not be given to the company to that portion of the lands for which the plaintiff was tenant for life only. It would be-for the Master to say how that part of the case stood, and if the Master should be of opinion that a good title could not be made, it would then be incumbent upon the Court to say whether such defence would be ope n t o th e de fendants, b u t thi s was no t the time to decide upon that question. It was also suggested as an objecti on , th a t one even price having been given for the land s o f which the plai n tiff was tenant for life and tho se f or which he was tenant in fee-simple ; if that were so, the Master would have to make an apportionment be tween them. Under these circumstances, he should make a decree for specific performance, and refer it to the Master to inquire whether a good title had been shown, with liberty to state special circumstances. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Madame SONTAG Will have the honour of appearing in several New Characters (in addition to the parts personitie , by tins Great Artiste in the past season), ono of which has been expressly written for her. Mdlle. PARODL Mdlle. CATHERINE HAYES, Madame GIULIANI, Signora IDA_ BERTRAND , A Contralto of great reputation from La Scala and other great Theatres of Italy ; her first appearance ; Signora MALVINI, her first appearance at this Theatre. Signora CASALONI, Signora LUCCLOLA, her first appearance at this theatre, Signora MALPASU lA, Mahe. S kRA, Signora GRIMALDI. In addition to the above combinaVon of talent, an engagement has at length been effected with the eminent soprano, Madame FREZZOLINI. THE FAVOURITE TENORS, Signor GA It DO NI, Signor CALZOLARI, Signor MICIIELLI, his first appearance in London, And Mr. SIMS REEVES. An engagement has also been effected with the admired Tenet* Signor BOCARDI, from the San Carlo, Naples, his first appearance. In cross-examination it was elicited that the pri soner had on a former occasion made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide. Mr. POWER, for the defence, urged that the whole governi ng hi s conduct of the prisoner showed that h e h a d b een at c th o e nd ti ti m et e ; incapable of r e c f p d r i d rec h t e l i n n g g. and hai to hi, previous conduct on former occasions, he must be taken to have. been insane. ADVENTURES of a GOLDFINDER. Written by Himself. IV. The PETREL. A Tale of the Sc.a By a Naval Officer. V. The WILMINGTON'S. By the Author of "Emilia Wyndham." PASSAGES in the LIFE of Mrs. MARGARET MAITLAND, of tintly Side. Written by Herself. VII. LEONARD NORIIANDALE. By the Hon. C. Stuart Savile. The CHIEF BARON summed up and told the jury, that nothing could be more dangerous than to iref-r the insanity of a man at the time he committed a crime, from the mere fact that he had committed it. Ills L-irdlhip further remarked that, though the opinion of medical men on the subject of insanity might on some occasions he impugned as irrational, still it would be more irrational to find a man insane without any medical evidence at all. The jury deliberated for some time, and then inti mated that they could Lot agree. The CHIEF BARON direct, d them to retire and consult further, and said that he must again warn them of the dangers that would threaten society were it to be known that by adding violence enough to the absurdity which more or less attended every crime, a man disposed to take the life of another might secure himself from the punishment due to his offence The jury, after being absent for an hour, returned into court and delivered a verdict of Guilty with in tent to kill. Sentence deferred. VIII. ROCKINGIIANI ; or, The Younger Brother. Second Edition, Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. " Familiar in their Mouths as HOUSEIIOLD WORDS." Shakespeare. On Saturday, March 30, will be published, price 2d.: or stamped for post, 3d. (also in Monthly Parts), No. 1. of ITOUSEHOLD WORDS. A WEEKLY JOURNAL, designed for the Instruction and Extertainment of all Clasies of Readers. Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS. London: Office, No. 10, Wellington-street North (where all com munications to the Editor must be addressed) ; and sold by all Book sellers and Newsmen. THE FAVOURITE BASSI CANTANTI, COLLETTI, Sig. BE LLETTI, sig. F. LABLACHE, Sig. LORENZO, his first appearance at this Theatre, And Signor LABLACIIE. Arrangements are still pending with other celebrated artistes of the highest merit. Director of the Music and Conductor, M. BALFE. The most strenuous efforts have been made to impart complete less in the cast of Operas by the careful selection of the secondary INFLUENCE OF WOMEN IN FRANCE. Now ready, in 2 vols. post tvo., with Eight Portraits of remarkable French Women, price 2as., elegantly bound in embossed cloth , Nv OMAN IN FRANCE during the Eighteenth Century. By JULIA KAVANAGII. " Which among us will be ever tired of reading about the women of France? especially when they are marshalled so agreeably and discreetly as in the pages before us."—Atheme " Miss Kavanagh's picture of the manners of a most remarkable epoch is dr mil with boldness, precision, and skill."—Globe. `• Miss Julia Kavanagh is evidently a writer of esprit, who has got through a task rather scabreux with great skill, delicacy, and sue cess."—Daily News. " Clever and interesting volumes, beautifully illustrated."—Morn lug Advertiser. " A book of eminent and peculiar interest." —Weekly Chronicle. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. parts. Shortly after Easter will be produced a Grand Opera, expressly written for the Troupe of her Majesty's Theatre, by M. Halevy, entitled " La Tempesta," founded on Shakspere's Lyrical poem. The dramatic portion by the celebrated author M. Scribe. The Italian poem by Sig. Gianone. .M. Halevy and M. Scribe are en gaged to come over to England to preside over the production of this opera. In addition to the most esteemed works of the Repertoire of former years it is intended to produce Mayer's "Medea," and as many of the following Operas as other arrangements will permit : Iticei's " I'rigione di Edimburgo," Lortzing's " Burgomaestro di Saardam," and Auber's forthcoming Opera "Le Predigue," which will be produced under the superintendence of their celebrated Composers Il Domino Nero, of Auber ; the opera arranged, and the recita tives composed for the Italian stage expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by 31. Auber. Gluck's Ifigenia in Aulide, Spohr's celebrated opera of Faust, and the favourite operas of the past season—Don Giovanni, Nozze di Figaro, Il Matrix - 11mile Segreto, Lucia di Lammer tniiir, Puritani, L'Eiisir d'Aneore Don Pasquale, Cenerantola, Due Foseari, I Lombardi, Norma, La Sonnambula, I.a Favorita, II Barbiere, Semtramide, La Gazza Ladra, Lucrezia Borgia, Linda di Chamouni, Otello, &c.; and ROSSilli'B Conte Ory and Matilda di Sha bran, &c. &c. The greatest attention has also been bestowed upon the ORCHESTRA, And whilst the services of the following em others, have been retained, additions of made, and the whole system remodelled, In improved, with a view to perfect execution. included: 31. Tothecque M. JacquinVii 31. Zeiss . Yadaud Mr. R. Hughes M. Steglick M. Oury 31. Remusat M. Isla Platti Sig. Biletti ' Mr. Winterbottoln Sig. Anglais Mr. Haycock 31. Marin M. Deloffre M. Lavigne 31. filet M. Pluys Mr. Horton 31. Muller Mr. Collins Sig. Tamplini M. Stephan, &c. Leader of the Orchestra • • • • M. TOLBECQUE'. „ Ballet •• ~ • • M. NADAUD. Poet and prompter .. • • Sig. CRIPPA. THE C lIORUS has been selected with the utmost regard both as to vocal and dramatic efficiency, and comprises many additions from the Con nent One Year 10 to to to to Seven Years, With Profits 46 , 1 7 8 £0 19 1 £ 1 15 10 . 1 11 1 2 7 266 1 60116 9 3 0 7 1 14 1 1 19 10 4 6 S 3 3 4 3 17 0 6 12 9 Without Profl X 1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 The Learned Counsel then called a number of re spectable witnesses, from whose testimony it appeared that the prisoner was engaged in the business of a miller at Thighton, and that he was so employed up to five o'clock on the evening in question, and he did not leave his house, which was some distance from the prosecutor's shop until seven o'clock, and this was the time the offence was alleged to have been com mitted. Usher witnesses also spite to seeing him at other places after this period, and his time appeared to be accounted for entirely until the hour when he was taken into cus tody, and the evidence upon these points was of the most satisfactory character. The prisoner also re ceived a high character for honesty and good con duct ; and it appeared that he had been to school at Brighton, and that he had constantly resided there for the last eight years, and was known to a very great number of the tradesmen, and therefore it was sug gested, on his behalf, he wa s a m os t un lik e ly p erson to have mixed himself up with a n y suc h t ransac ti on as the one in question, as it must have almost insured detection. LIIIBAIIN'S SELF-INSTRUCTOR IN GERMAN. Just published, price 6s. 6d., HE SELF-INSTR.UCTOR in GERMAN, Containing : I. DER MUfIIWILLIGE (Ilio Wag). A Comedy, in Five Acts. By Kotzebue. 11. DER NEFFE ALS ONKEL. A Comedy, in Three Acts. By S ta~no half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit L'bt ` 4 Years, or owe-third of the Premium may remain for life as a .rith,:n the policy at b per cent., or may be paid off at any time el kin ` notice. Lo an . l s Paid in ono month after proofs have been approved. Th, ,' ' , Pon approved security. tl4rt r 2edical officers attend every day at Throgmorton-street at a before two o'clock. With a Vocabulary and Copious Notes. FALCK LEBAIIN. Author of " German in One Volume," " Practice in German," &c London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. inent talents, amongst importance have been irmonised, a,:d greatly The following will be E. BATES, Resident Director, This day is published, in 1 vol., fcap. Bvo., price Gs. 6d., Vir OMAN'S PRIEN . DSIIIP. A Story of Domestic Life. GRACE AGUILAR. Author of " Horne Influence." TIN PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL tip - E ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (EnrollQd under the Y Society's Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND. Established 1840. 111 11°" '" B • TRUSTEES. 0,4 s 91' n • arm 7, Esq., M.P.Prescott, Esq. ankey, Jun., E. Baron L L. I . de Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. policies issued in the year 1818-434, for ,C 85,110. Do. do. do. 1849-568, for 115,865. "My dear Edwin,—Will you tell me what I can possibfy have dene to offend you so seriously that you will not even answer me vs hen I write to you. I am certain there is something that I am ignorant of ; and this I am convinced of, that you have been deceived by st me one, who has not scrupled to magnify my faults, and that to a great extent. lam sure you will rot tre:t me with this indifference else. But what cau Ido ? You refuse to see me, although I offered to meet you any where, or do anything you wished; and in doing this you deny me the opportunity I have of convincing you that I don't deserve it. Edwin, I can no longer bear this state of things—it is tAterly impossible. Once more I ask you, as a particular favour, to write and tell me what your intentions are. ..... " The character of Florence is that of a high-minded woman, as nearly perfect a picture es a human picture can be. The book is one of more than ordinary interest in various ways, and presents an ad mir Able conception of the depth and sincerity of female friendship." —Weekly Chronicle. Groombridgo and Sons, 5, Paternoster-row. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Mardi 13. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBIANQWE.) VAUXHALL GARDENS.-IN RE BLAIN AND PEARCE. This was the certificate meeting in the matter of the bankruptP, Henry Blain and Charles Thomas Pearce, described as of Vauxhall Gardens. It will be recollected that the bankrupts pissed their last examination on the 11th of January last, and that Blain had been a bankrupt in 1835 or 1836. The private balance-sheet of 13Iain shows unsecured creditors amounting to 2021. ; assets, consisting of good debts, 2951. His liabilities amounted to 7511., including a liability of 631. on the part of Baron Von Rothen. The estate of C. T. Pearce showed debts to a small amount, the assets being stated as nearly sufficient to pay 203. in the pound. The joint balance-sheet, extending from March, 1849, showed the following results —To sundry creditors 2,5191., joint capital 4001., profits as set forth in the Royal Vauxhall Gardens' account 7,379/., by property 0/. Os. Od., Vauxhall-garden expenses 9,6931., partners' drawings 2011, losses on property 4001. NEUBER'S WHITE LIQUID GLUE, for Glass and Chinl, without smell, and not Per Bottle. affected by hot water 6d. and Is. Improved Liquid Glue, for Wood, Stone, &c., without smell, 6d. is. and Is. 6d. Waterproof Naptha Glue, for all purposes - 3d. and 6d. Water Varnish 6d. and Is. At the General Liquid Glue Depot, 549, New Oxford-street. " For repairing anything short of a ` kingdom out of joint,' cr ' a broken constitution,' this Improved Liquid Glue seems quite up to the mark. We have tried it on a china dish, a wooden box, and a meerschaum pipe, with equally satisfactory results."-•,Builder, Dec. 30, 1348 Ep Increase •••• • • .. .. 134, for £ 30,755 %(ietad,,escrption of Lifii Assurance effected daily : Last Report „`_*Qteci led Prospectuses, showing the very pecultar advantages dat e this Association (especially the rights to nominate any t °te receive the amount of a Ire Policy, tree of Legacy or Pro -4:lyel`Y. or any expense whatever, a privilege which is almost ex contluei to this office), may be had at 42, Moorgatc-street, Maitre de Chant des Chceurs—Professor RONCONI. Mdlle. PAItODI will appear at the opening of the theatre in Mayer's Opera or " Medea." Madame SON TAG will appear at the re-opening of the Theatre after Easter, and will make her debut as NorMa, in " Don Pi.squale," and immediately after as Angela, in " Il Domino Ncr:," of Auger. Madame FItEZZOLINI will arrive towards the middle of April. After which will be produced 11 Burgoinaestro di Saardam, the part of the Burgomaestro by Sig. Lablache. Shortly of er will be produced the new Grand Opera of La Tempesta. Mr. BALLANTINE was about to proceed with the case for the prisoner by ceiling other witnesses to character,' when Mr. Clarkson had a private commu nication with his Lordship, after which The CHIEF JUSTICE addressed the jury, and said that the Counsel for the prosecution did not like, in so serious and important a case, to take upon himself the responsibility of withdrawing from the prosecution, but he (the Learned Judge) thought that after the evi dence which had been adduced he might ask the jury whether they did not think the case was too doubtful to justify them in finding the prisoner guilty of the se rious crime with which he was charged. The evi dence for the prosecution, unanswered, certainly made out a cage of grave suspicion, bat when they heard the evidence for the prisoner, and the character which no doubt he was entitled to, it became most important to consider whether it was probable that such a per son should, on a sudden, jump from his position of respectability, and become the assistant and associate of felons and forgers. For his own part, certainly, he considered this most unlikely, and he must remark that a person in the prisoner's position was a most un likely person to be sought out for such a purpose, as those who engaged him with such an object must be perfectly well a ware that he would be enabled to identify them and bring them to justice. .At the same time he wished it to be understood that there did not ap pear to be any ground for casting the slightest impu , tation upon the witnesses for the prosecution, and there was very little doubt that they were mistaken in supposing the prisoner to be the man. The jury almost immediately said they were unani mously of opinion that the evidence did not establish the case against the prisoner, and they therefore re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. The verdict was received with a lottd demonstration of applause, which was with difficulty checked. The prisoner was ordered to be immediately discharged. Ey order of the Board, PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary. ..„..s.l_eh 8, 185 0 . 4ER MOST GRAOIOUS MAJESTY'S Vl srr to IRELAND, illustrated by a grand moving DIO 14.1tid With some of the most charming scenery In tha t countr y , o Tg the l o vely LAKES of KILLARNEY, by Mr. P. PHILLIPS, kttr eh ',Eli at the Chinese Gallery, H yd -park Corner, on MONDAY, e ' B . Daily at Three, Evening at Eight. Ati • Admission, Is.--Reserved Seats, 2s. I nteresting; historical record of the event may be had at the " Yours most affectionately, " EMILY LAYCOCK." In answer to this the defendant sent a letter, dated the 31 of April, 1847 ; and after alluding to the foolish manner in which she made herself miser able he says, " You cannot suppos e that I shall f e el much pleasure in meeting you when I can expect nothing but tears and miserable looks. As to my in tentions, I have not had any of one kind or another." About the 25th of May the plaintiff wrote again to the defendant, not having heard from him— " My dear Edwin,—l should very much like to bear from you, if you can spare time to write a few lines, just to let me see that you sometimes think of me, and when you feel inclined to see me you must not be afraid of meeting with either t-ars or miserable looks, for you will not see either one or the other. Do not be long before you write to me. " Believe me yours affectionately, DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be hat of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvallio, 147, Fleet, street ; Mann, 29, Cornhill ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Timo." CoNTENTs:—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cnrsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home —Music—The Drama On Eating, Drinking, gleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. TIIE BALLET. The Direction of her Majesty's Theatre has not thought it would be justified, by the unprecedented magnitude of the Lyrical resources now collected, in diminishing in the smallest degree the attractions of the Ballot Department, the source of so much recreation to the Subscribers and the Public, and the following arrangements hare been effected : ➢ldlle. CARLOTTA GRIST, Mdlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, Signora AMALIA FERRARIS, From the San Carlos, Naples, her first appearance at this Theatre, And Mdlle. ROSATI, Supported by Signora Gambadella, Madame Petit Stephan, :Mlles. Rosa Vergniaud, Ausundon, Julienne, Lamoureaux, Fanny Pascales, Dethier, &c., &c. B. PAUL TAGLIONI, M. GOSSELIN, &c., With a numerous Corps de Ballet, which has been greatly In creased by the accession of fresh talent. Arrangements are pending with other artistes of great attraction. Maitre de Ballet, N. PAUL T IGLIONI. Sous Maitre de Ballet, and Master of the French School of Chore graphy, M. GOSSELI RegisSeur de la Danse, and Master of the English School of Chore graphy, M. PETIT. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor PUGNI. Principal Artist to the establishment, Mr. Charles Marshall. The Costume Department will be directed by Mr. Coombes and Miss Bradley, under the superintendence of Madame Copere. Principal Machinist, Mr. D. Sloman. Head of the Property - Department, Mr. Bradwell. The Subscription will consist of the same number of nights as last season. Other arrangements of peculiar interest are in progress. .11 " ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. REGENT-STREET. ZP ,I 7 Ti. Bishop's Lectures on Music, with Vocal Illustrations, ,tt j tr ,. 4Vay, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings at Eight, and on Tues 0114nursda—, y and Saturday, at Three o'clock.—lllustratlons oo V eloo. ° TY, by Dr. Bachhoffner, on Wednesday and Friday, at One Lent.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Lecture on the Philosophy p e ,„"ti c Recreation, Mornings and Evemngs.—A Lecture by J. 'Per, Esq. on the Chemical Relation of the Metals —Dissolving London ' in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, with a Lecture.—Also, a Series of Views of Rome.—Experi '" With the Diver and Diving-bell, &c., Sze. Admission. Is. —Schools, Half-price. The Royal VauxhalliGardens' account is as fol lows :—To goods purchased and paid for 3,1861., goods purchased and unpaid 7111., to Risley, his shire of the rotunda receipts 512/., gross profits 7,3191. By receipts at the gardens derived from all sources 11,9391. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Tols. Y.l I. A VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. M. CHARLES, *ol. Ir. THE LAKES OF KILLARNET ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WIIAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID " That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner voudy-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules tor the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. The fiat was issued upon the bankrupts' own peti tion upon the 11th October, 1849. Mr. Moss, the solicitor to the assignee?, offered no opposition. Mr. DUPREE appeared for a creditor to oppose, but not having given notice of opposition, he could not be hoard. " EMILY F. laycocK." To this the defendant sent the following answer : " Wakefield, May 27, 1847. kItGYLE SUBSCRIPTION noons, Great Windinfll-street, St. J tines's. T h . Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAUTIENT, jun. 4. ° ACADEMY, for Tuition arctice of DANCING, is fo x OPEN for the Season. Teaching s by Professors Calkins, „!3'. and Franconi. It ti s ,,',.r.Terms of Private Tuition apply at th e calce.—Terms of Sub " ' lO , for morning end evening practice : — Six months , 51 . 55. ; 14 month, 1 , Is • - one evenhig, Is. Subscribers' tickets not r eferable. s'Z ) 45 Academy will open for evening practice at it Quarter to Eight k, and terminate at half-past Eleven precisely. • "My dear Emily,—l do not at present feel at ali in clined to invite a repetition of what has occurred during the last twelve monihs, and I thick it will he for the ad vantage of both of us that I should not rick it. TIIE PASSIONS " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringementi. The casualties of licentiousness and.dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. Y. "Yours, "EDWIN JOHN PICKSLAY. " I send you this rather that be accused of not an sw•ering your let te rs." His HONOUR having remarked upon the necessity of keeping a cash-bo . ok, which had not been done in this case, and the expenses exceeding the profits, sus pended the certificate of each bankrupt for six months; when granted, to be of the third class, and protection to be granted in the meanwhile. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." rHOGRIMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art •f rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and Its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-live years Medical and Forensic Referee in these ,natters. Reception hours daily till five. Evenings, seves t.lll nine. 10, Lrgyil place, Regent-street. To this the plaintiff replied, telling the defendant that she had discovered that he wished her to under stand that he had no longer any affection for her, and added, "Is this really the truth, Edwin, and do you no longer regard me with feelings of affection ?" Subsequently, on the 31st May, 1847, the defendant wrote to the plaintiff a letter, in which he said— "l believe it will be better to part now than eneeavour to keep up appearances of confidence for a time, only to end in disappointment, and have to part in anger. I tell you candidly and plainly I cannot perform the part which would bo expected of me. I trust that you will agree with me, and be content to let us retain a sincere friendship for each other." In her reply, dated June 33, 1847, she said : "My dear Edwin,—Although I have been in some measure prepared for the trial I have now to bear, yet scarcely can I believe it is anything but a dream; and what I have suffered lately from anxiety of mind has left me but little strength to bear it at present. I feel almost heartbroken. Had we but known each other for a year or two, it would have been different ; but how long is it since you first sought to win my affections? You know full well how long and fondly 1 have loved you, and therefore you may have some idea of what I must feel now. 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THE FORGERIES UPON THE BRIGHTON BANK._ NORTHERN CIRCUIT—York, March 12. Joseph Hasland, 29, described as a scissors' grinder, was indicted for feloniously uttering at Brighton a 51. note of the Union Bank of that town, knowing the same to be forged and counterfeit, and with intent to defraud. CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Baron RoLFE.) John Swift and John Wood were charged with a highway robbery, attended with violence, on the 15th of January last. Mr. Hardy and Mr. 'Wood prosecuted ; the pri soners were undefended. WHOLESALE FISH-MARKETS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,-1 never heard that there is any city or town in Great Britain where a wholesale fish-market is by law established, except London. The wonder to be excited by this announcement is, the wholesale mar keting system is one of the prime causes that raises a market in value and respectability ; and be cause other large cities and towns have no regular wholesale marketing system, is the reason their mar kets are inferiorly supplied to London, and the fisher men along the coast are so backward fer improve ment. The law that at one time regulated London wholesale fish market, and which unquestionably was the law that raised the market to the eminent posi tion it has arrived at, was (I understand) as EXHIBITION, 1851. tiE NJ AMI N EDGINGTON, anticipating an 11e,,,, _overflow of visitors from all parts of the world, to the magni qr;t%xhibition to be held in 181, is preparing afterO Z ) N, that none need fear a resting-place the fAtigu . es of Rt h ' 443 '. The public are respectfully invited to inspect his Emigrant C 4% with cot slunz, &c., at his Emporium for Marquees, Tents, ` 2 Duke-street, Southwark, foot of London -bridge. ECM'S PAPIER-MACHE TEA TRAYS are decidedly the most unique and elegant ever manufac , • The designs are various , as w ell as the prices, and the t7 ol nical may he suited as easily a s those whose wealth entitles '1 , " 1 to seek for the most recherche articles which art can produce. l A Z_Papier• macho work - tables, work -boxes, tea-caddies, writing ,7_. inkstands, hand screens, card - bo xes, are really superb. e[ll ti le • has a stock of dressing-cases not to be sur p assed ; also an im -It"e assortment of writing-desks , table cutler y , Sheffield plated , &c. His cushioned bagatelle tables aro renowned for their construction. —Manufactory, 4 Leadenhall-street, London. " EMILY F. LIYCOCK." To this the defendant sent an answer urging her to agree with him that it would be better for both of them that they should remain friends, and regretting that she should have taken the breaking off of the en gagement so much to heart, and assuring her that no thing but paramount conviction could have made him destroy the fond dream of his early years. Since this letter all communication between the plaintiff and de fendant had ceased, and the defendant married a Miss Starker in 1849. The Learned Sergeant, having read the letters, asked the jury whether they had ever heard of such conduct in good and civilized society ? He defied the defendant to offer any one instance of impropriety or suspicion against the cha racter of the plaintiff, whose happiness in this world had been so completely blighted by the mean, cowardly, unmanly conduct of the defendant; and besought them to give such damages as they might think the case required. Mr. MARTIN addressed :the jury for the defendant, and contended that if the defendant were the mean, cowardly scoundrel, hypocrite, and cheat, which he had been described to be, the young lady ought to go down on her knees in thankfulness for having escaped being united to such a man. The fact was, the young man's affections had in course of time changed, and if that were so, what could lead to such a state of misery as would certainly follow, had he, with no affection for the woman, led her to the altar, and promised to do that which, in his heart, he knew be could not perform ? The connexion had ceased in June, 1847, and no action had been brought during all the time which had since elapsed ; but the de fendant having married in the summer of 1849, then it was deemed requisite to bring the present action. But the defendant relied upon what he considered to be a release from the promise which he had made to the plaintiff. 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Bailliere, 219, Regent-street:; and may be had t) f all booksellers in town and country. letter dated the 31st of May, from the defendant to the plaintiff, in which he said, "I tell you plainly that I cannot perform the part that would be required of me," and her answer of the Si of June, in which she says " Since it is your wish we will part." His LORDSHIP said that he did not think that waa a release. The defendant's sister having been called as a witness, THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustreted by 96 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ` 4 e s • PHYSICAL VSQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND I MPEDIMENTS TO hiARRIAGE. Vey, Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just yublished, price 25. 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In announcing this the Fourth Season of the Royal Italian Opera, the Directors cannot but express the greatest satisfaction in being able to present a Programme to their Subscribers which will at once demonstrate both their intention and ability still further to carry out the extended views of the original projectors of that great undertaking. Tile exertions, the difficulties, and the immense pecuniary out lays which have taken place since the commencement of the Royal Italian Opera, such as indeed are but rarely separable from the first formation of all great undertakings, are well known ; and when it is considered that these exertions have been made, these difficulties encountered, and these large sums devoted to the gradual building up and completion of the establishment, with a view rather to ulterior than to immediate profit, it wilt not appear surprising that the present Directors find themselves in a position to offer to their audiences during the forthcoming Season a series of Lyrical Enter tainments totally unrivalled in any theatre in Europe. The Royal Italian Opera now possesses the following immense re pertoire, viz. —Twenty-eight Operas, each of which is complete in itself, with Music, Scenery, Decorations, and Costumes, and capable of Representation at a few hours notice. Rossini. S em i r amide • • • • • • • • • • La Donna del Logo • • • • • • • • Rossini. L'ltaliana Algierl .• • • • • Rossini. Il Barbiere di ieviglia .. Rossini. La Gazza Ladra .. Rossini. • . • • • • Rossini. 11 Tancredi • • Cenerentola • Rossini. La G u glielmo Tell Rossini. Ernani • • • - • • • .. Verdi. .. Verdi. I Due Foscari • • • • • • • .• .• Bellini. Norma La Sonnambula Bellini. I Puritan' Bellini. I Capuletti o Montecc hi • • Bellini L e s Huguenots • • • • • • • • • Meyerbeer. Robert le Diable • • Meyerbeer. Le Prophete .• Meyerbeer. Lucia di Lammermoor • • • • • Donizetti. L'Elisir d'Amo ro •• .. • • • • Donizetti. Lucret ia Borgia • • • • • • Donizetti. Anna B o lena • • • • • • • • • • Donizetti. Maria di Rohan • • • • • • • Donizetti. La FaVOrita • • • • • • • • • Donizetti. Linda di Chamouni • • • • • • .. Donizetti. D on Giovanni • • .. Mozart. Le Nezze di Fig .ro • • • • • . • • Mozart. Masaniello • • .. .. • • • • Auber. Il Ma t r i m onio Segreto • - Cimarosa. During the present Season, of the following Eight Operas, five :at least) will be produced, viz.:— Parish - la •••••• .• • • • • Donizetti Guido o Ginevra ••• • • • Halevy (For the first time in England.) Fldelio ••• • • • (For the First Time on the Italian Stage in England.) Iphigenia in Tauris • • • • • • Gluck, (For the First Time in England.) La Juive . . (For the First Time in Eng'and.) 11 Bravo ... • • (For the First Time in England.) II Franco Arciero (Der Freischutz) Weber. (For the First Time on the Italian Stage in England), and Mose in Egitto, with the new arrange ments and additions, by the Composer • . Rossini. (For the First Time, in this Form. in England.) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera "LE PROPIIETE," having, from unavoidable circumstances, been produced nearly at the end of last season, may also be regarded as a new opera. In fact, the few re presentations then given will little more than serve as rehearsals ne cessary to so elaborate a work. With such a repertoire already existing—with works of such magnitude in contemplation—and with such an establishment at their command, it only remained for the Directors to select a com pany of vocalists of the highest order, and they feel assured that when the following enumeration is perused, it will be allowed that the Royal Italian Opera can alone boast of so distinguished an as semblage of artistes. THE ENG aGEMENTS FOR THE PRESENT SEASON ARE— SOPRANI-3ladame Grisi, Madame Castellan (her first appear ance these two years), Mademoiselle Vera (her first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera), and Madame Viardot. CONTRALTL—Mademoiselle de Merle and Mademoiselle d'Okol ski (her first appearan ce at the Royal Italian Opera). TENORL—Signor Mario, Signor Enrico Maralti (from the Theatre La Felice at Venice, his first appearance in England), Signor Luigi Mei, Signor Soldi, Signor Lavia, and Signor Tamberlik (from the Theatre of San Carlo at Naples), and the Grand Opera at Barcelona, this first appearance in England). ItAssl BARITONL—Signor Tamburini, Monsieur 'Massol, Signor Rommi, and Signor Renconi. BASSI PROFONDL —Herr Formes (from the Imperial Theatre of Vienna, his first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera), Signor Tagiiafieo, Signor Polonini, Signor Rache, and Mon ancesieurat Zelgerthe R(fro oyalm the Academic Royale at Paris, his first appear Italian Opera). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Mr. COSTA. The ORCHESTRA, acknowledged to be the completest and most talented in Europe, will remain as last season. The Military Band will be ander the superintendence of Mr. Godfrey a nd CHORUS will exhibit the same efficiency a nd perfection as heretofore. The plan of limiting the performance of Ballets to short Diver tissements, and those incidental to Operas , having gives universa l satisfaction last year, it will be continued during the pre sent season. Maitre de Ballet, Sig Casati ; Prompter, Sig. St enterasl. The spectacles arranged by Mr. Harris. Artistes Costumiers, Mrs. E. Palley and Madame Marzio ; Decorator, Mr. Blamire ; Machinist, Mr. Allen; Scenic Artistes, Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. The SEASON will commence on SATURDAY NEXT, March 16. with Weber's Grand Opera IL FRANCO ARCIERO (Der Freisthutz). With entirely new scenery, costumes, and decorations. Thu principal characters by Madame Cnstellan, 3ldlle. Vera, Signor Enrico Maralti, Herr Formes, M. Massol, M. Ro mmi, Signor Luigi Mel, and Signor Enrico Maralti (his first arpearance in England). Tickets for Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be taken for the night or season. Subscribers for the season will have the option of paying their subscriptions in advance (as heretofore), or by monthly instal ments. The terms may be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre (corner of Bart-street and Bow-street), which is open from Eleven till Five o'clock. Price Threepence, CONDITION and CLAIMS of BRITISH SEAMEN ; with a Plan for their Int , rovement. By B. 11. BOND, R.N. Published by J. Ridgway, Piccadilly; and P. Steele, 2, Spring gardens. On the recclpt of five posta6e stamps by D. Steele, a copy will be cent by post. follows;: " All fish brought to London City must be taken to Billingsgate market, and sold by wholesale to retail dealers. The market to be opened at four o'clock in the morning, sales to commence at five, and the market to be clean scrubbed and washed out at one P.M." The duties of fish factors and salesmen are those of commission agents. They also act as inspectors and judges for regulating the market. They stand in a position betwixt the public and the fishermen, to see that justice is done to both parties. When cargoes of fish are consigned to factors, they dispose of them to the best advantage for the fishermen's interest, and they see that the fish are in a wholesome condition before disposing of them to the public. The " Lon don Directory" of this date exhibits a list of about fifty factors and salesmen, and about four hundred fishmongers. The factors and salesmen being paid by commission from the quantity and quality of fish dis posed of, causes them to have a direct interest in look ing after the fishermen, to urge them on to industrial habits, to improve their mode of capture, to produce quality and quantity, &c. Little doubt need be en tertained but the rise and progress of the welled smack system of fishing fur supplying the London market with living cod was the work of fish factors and salesmen in the first instance. I have long been of opinion, that were wholesale fish markets established in all large cities and towns throughout Great Britain, the effect would have a di rect influence to promote fishery improvements. When salesmen saved money from their profession they embarked it to improve the fishing trade ; they purchased smacks and hired crews for them, thereby becoming smack owners and governors over those crews. One principal cause that has prevented im provements from going forward amongst a great por tion of the fishing population has been that most of the boat property and gear belong to themselves. The crews are shareholders ; the profits arising from their earnings are equally divided. They are quite their own masters, can go to sea when they like, or stop on shore when they like. Having no commis sion agents looking after them to stimulate them on to enterprising pursuits, after a good haul stimulants of another description sometimes make the profits look small. The metropolis of Great Britain being the focus where all others look for an example to copy from, any suggestion for improvement (if considered as such) will be admitted. The considerable increase of fish now sent to London market since land carriage com menced has increased the number of hawkers of fish tenfold. Like all other trades overdone, many of those individuals find it inconvenient where to go and get a cheap, clean wash. Now that improvements are being made in Billingsgate-market, an idea lat terly occurred to me that if there was either a floating bath, or a bath-house erected close to the market, it would be considered a great acquisition by many. This idea I throw out w i th a view that it may attract i the attention o f those nterested. I am, Sir, &c., H. DEMPSTER. g F O REIGN BOOKS FOR PROFESSIONAL USE.-- The Lords Commission ers cf the Treasury havin had under their consideration a memorial, praying that some packages of books shipped at Ostend for the port of London may he delivered free cf charge for duty, the same being intended for the professional use of the ap plicant as a teacher of languages in this country, th e i r Lordships have been pleased to direct their secretary to convey their command to the proper authorities of the revenue for the free delivery of the books in question for the purpose stated. The prisoner pleaded Guilty. Joseph Green, 38, brass founder, also pleaded Guilty to a similar charge. Henry Clarkson, 35, labourer, was also charged with uttering a forged note of the same bank. Mr. CLARKSON, who was instructed to prosecute io all these cases, in addressing the jury, said that from the facts which would be disclosed in the evidence, there could be no doubt that this prisoner and the two men who had pleaded guilty, were part of a gang of persons who had made it their dishonest business to come to Brighton, on Saturday the 23d February, for the purpose of passin g f orge d 51. no tes of the old Union Bank in that town, and who succeeded in doing so to a very considerable extent. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the circumstances under which the charge was made against the prisoner, and it appeared that upon the evening of the day men tioned the prisoner went into the shop of Mr. Sams, a grocer, in North. street, Brighton, and purchased a small quantity of tea and o th er artic l es, t h e price of bwehitcehodaemred in ountedpatyomtehoret what e shillings appearedand a ge nuine Si. note of the U n i on B ank. I t seem ed that the chief constable of Bri g ht on h a d t h e sa me after noon received a commu n i ca ti on from Bi rm i ng ham to t p o e n b n e y a , n d a the effect that persons with forged notes were likely to pay a visit to this town, and he immediately sent notice to that effect to the different tradesmen, and while Mr. Sams was in the act of tendering the change to the prisoner, for the forged note, Mr. Lashmer, a neighbour, came in, and informed him of the notice given by the police, and Mr. Sams upon this asked the prisoner to wait a moment while he examined the note he had • t him. just given Imme diately upon his saying this, the prisoner rushed out of the shop, leaving behind him the articles he had purchased, the change, and also an umbrella, but the prosecutor pursued and stopped him, and gave him ints custody. Besides this, it was proved that upon the same evening the prisoner passed two other forged notes at the shops of different tradesmen. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, told a very lame story about his having picked up the note which he had presented to Mr. Sams ; and with regard to the uttering of the others, he asserted that the witnesses were mistaken in his identity. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Chief Justice WILDE having observed that it was perfectly clear that the prisoner made a trade of passing forged notes, and upon the mischief that such a proceeding was likely to occasion in a commercial community, sentenced him to be transported for life. Mr. CLARKSON made an application to the Court in reference to the prisoner Green, who had pleaded guilty to a similar charge. In this case he said, that upon his being searched 17 sovereigns were found in his possession, as well as eight other forged notes, which were concealed under his stocking. fie had succeeded in passing several other forged notes to dif ferent tradesmen in Brighton, and the good money was, no doubt, part of the c h a nge he had received ; and under these circumstances be had to request that the Court would make an order for the 17 sovereigns to be divided among those tradesmen who had been sufferers by the prisoner's proceedings. His Loansnie made the order. Robert Steward, 23, miller, was then charged with the offence of uttering a forged Si. note of the same description. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Johnson defended the prisoner. The case appeared to create a good deal of interest on account of the position of the accused party, who, by the opening of the counsel for the prosecution, was admitted to be a tradesman carrying on a respect able business at Brighton, and was, therefore, not likely to be mixed up with a gang of depredators of this description. From the evidence adduced for the prosecution, it appeared that on the same evening when the other utterings took place, a man went to the shop of Mr. Neave, a linendraper in the King's road, Brighton, and purchased a silk handkerchief, which was paid for with a foreign Si. note, and he re ceived the change and left the shop. It would:appear that from seine cause or other a suspicion was enter tained:that alllwas not right, and the man was followed I and seen to join two others at a short distance, and to hand one of them something, supposed to be the change It appeared that on the day in question the prose cutor, Mr. Abraham Mallinson, who is a chemist at Gawthorpe-green, near Lepton, in the West Riding, was returning home from Huddersfield market, and on his road went into an inn called the Tandem, where he had a glass of ale ; between eleven and twelve o'clock he left the Tandem in company with several others, all of whom left the prosecutor in a short time, with the exception of a man named Wilby, who, with the prosecutor, proceeded across the fields to Gawthorpe-green. When they got into a field called Ox-field, they were attacked by several men, who struck them with bludgeons, and felled them to the ground. The prosecutor, Mallin son, was rendered insensible ; and Wilby bad his ear cut through, and was so severely injured, that he was confined to bed for some time. Mallinson was taken to the house of a Mr. Ramsden, and when Wilby got up he picked up a bludgeon and part of another blud geon, and joined Mallinson. On feeling their pock. ets, Mallinson found that he had had 149. and a memo randum taken from him, and Wilby 1/. 2s. 6d. Nei ther Mallinson nor Wilb y cou ld id en tif y th e p r i s oners, but in order to substantiate the charge against them, the ostler at the Tandem stated that he spoke to them at half-past ten at the Tandem door, and that, in an swer to a question they put to him, he told them that Mallinson and Wilby were inside ; and a blacksmith, who lived close by, likewise saw them near his shed. The next morning a bricklayer named Smith went with a boy to the spot where the robbery took place, and there they found two pools of blood, and from thence they traced footsteps tainted with blood to a platform near a quarry, where marks were in the snow as if several persons had been standing, and there an invoice, on the back of which was a memo randum, and which was :the same taken from Mr. Mallinson, was found. Smith, together with a po liceman and several others, then traced the footmarks for some distance until they came to the high road which leads to a village called Lascelles Hall ; then they lost the footsteps, but not until they were within thirty yards of the houses in which the two prisoners slept. In the morning they were apprehended, and the shoes of Wood and clogs of Swift were taken from them, and upon compari son with the footmarks, which had been traced all the way from where the robbery took place, by making impressions by the side of the footsteps made by the robbers with the clogs and boots belonging to the prisoners, they were found to correspond in every respect; and in further. proof it appeared from the statement of the policeman, that although scores of clogs of the kind worn by the prisoner Swift were made, yet, by being made by the eye, and cut with a knife, nearly every clog was varied in some trifling degree. The prisoners each denied having bad any part in the robbery, and stated when taken up, that they could prove they were weaving at half-past ten on the night in question, and afterwards went to bed. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. There was a second charge against the prisoners for attacking and robbing another person about six weeks before the robbery for which they had been tried. This, however, was not gone into. His LORDSHIP, in ordering sentence of death to be recorded, told the prisoners that in all probability that sentence would not be carried into effect, but that they would be transported and be slaves for the rest of their lives in a foreign country. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSOPI and a Special Jury.) LAYCOCK V. PICKSLAY - BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Oliver Ferrer ap peared for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. Jones for the defendant. This was an action brought to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage, to which the defendant pleaded, amongst other pleas, a release by the plaintiff. It appeared that the plaintiff is a daughter of a hair seating manufacturer, in the town of Sheffield, and the defendant is an attorney at Wakefield. In the year 1843, the plaintiff then being about 23, and the defendant being about 22, became acquainted through a brother of the plaintiff's ; and in that year the de•. fondant, being About to proceed to New I°A; re- Mc. Sergeant WILKINS replied in an eloquen and forcible address. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 4001. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Aylesbury, March 13. CROWN COURT.—(Before the Lon]) CHIEF BARON.) George Arnold was indicted for having feloniously shot at William Nixon. with intent to murder him. Mr. Prendergast, Q.C., and Mr. Sanders con ducted the prosecution; Mr. Power appeared for the defence. The prisoner is married to the niece of the prose cutor's wife. In the course of the year 1848 the prisoner fell into bad circumstances , and his wife sought refuge with her aunt, whose husband is a shop keeper in Stoney Stratford. She and her child were rEceived, and the prisoner remained in London ; he was, however, dissatisfied with the arrangement, and from time to time he sent letters to the prosecutor, containing applications for money, and also threats. Both were disregarded, and, on the 10th of July last, while the prosecutor was standing in the street in front of his house conversing with a person at work there, the prisoner came up the street behind him, and fired off a pistol, at the same time saying "D— you." The prosecutor felt hims e lf s t ruc k, and ran into his house the backway ; the prisoner ran into the house also, but by the front door, and POLICE INTELLIGENCE fI'ORSHIP-S7'REE7'. TilE HANGMAN AND HIS MOTHER.—This being the day appointed for the adjourned hearing of a summons against 'William Ca?craft, the public exe cu.ioner, issued at the instance of the parish officers of the Witham Union, in E=sex, for refusing to sup port his aged mother, who has been for some time past an inmate of that workhouse, a considerable de gree of interest was excited, and the court was incon veniently crowded by persons, amongst whom were a number of well-dressed women, anxious to obtain a sight of the defend :ant and his parent. At the hour appointed for the examination the de fendant did not make his appearance, and the magis trate having determined to hear the evidence in his absence, M. Cope, the governor of Newgate, was called, and proved that the defendant was in the re ceipt of a guinea per week for his public services from the funds of the Corporation, which the witness was in the habit of paying him, on their behalf, every Sat urday. Mr. HAMMILL directed a warrant to be issued for the apprehension of the defendant, but he shortly after entered the court, and his mother. Sarah Calcraft, who was compelled, by her infirmi ties, to be seated during the examination, was then called, and stated th a t s h e was 74 years f age, and had been for the last three weeks an inmate of the w khouse at Hatfield Peveril, in the IVitham union , having become totally destitute, and constrained in consequence to throw herself upon the parish. Pre vious to that she had been sheltered for two years by her married daughter, at Hatfield, with whom, upon entering the workhouse, she had left the few trifling art'c'es that had not already been sold to supply her immediate wants ; and before that had addressed three letters to the defendant, whom she had not seen for nearly three years, requesting assistance, but she had not received anything from him ; and he had not even answered one of her communications. She had only one other child, a son, but he had been brought up to no regular employment, was sometimes in ser vice, end jobbed about the country, earning a shilling in any manner he could. The defendant, she be lieved, was in circumstances to support her ; a', in addition to the salary he received from the corpora tion, he had another business, and carried on the trade of a bout and shoe meker. Mr. HAMMILL asked the defendant if he had any reasonable grounds to assign for refusing to contri bute to his mother's maintenance ? Defendant— Well, I should he very happy to support her if it was in my power, but it is nut, and as to what she says about the profits I derive from my shoemaking business, I can assure 3ou that I have not earned a penny at that for a great number of weeks. I have sustained a very severe personal injury ; in lac., you never saw such a arm as I have got. I can nei ther get my coat on or off without assistance, and, after being confined to my bed with it for more than two months, had a doctor's bill sent in to me fcr 101. 3s. G which lam totally incap a bl e o f p a yi ng at present, and he must wait for it. I admit that I re ceive a guinea a week from the City, but that is all we have to live upon ; and when you deduct out of that 4.e GI. for rent and the cost of a Sunday's dinner, you will find that there is not much left. It is not from want of feeling that I do not support my mc ther. She was in much better circumstances than I am. She had a large quantity ef good furniture and a number of silver spoons ; and I cannot see why she applied to the workhouse people at all. Mr. HAMMILL—Have you got any children to support ? Defendant—Yes, I have got three of them. Mr. Heatsfien—How old are they ? Defendant (roughly)—As old as you are. Mr. Hemenee—Then if that is the case, they cannot be much of a burden to you ? Defendant— No, but they come sometimes, and of course put me to some expense extra. Mr. HAMMILL — WeII, you are clearly liable for the support of your mother, which is rendered impe rative by an Act as old as Elizabeth, and I feel it my duty to make an order upon you for the sum of 3s. per week. Defendant—Ah, but you will never get it from me. I cannot pay it, and if you do, I must run in debt, I suppose. Mr. Hemetree continued—l shall make an order upon you for the sum of 3s. per week for your mother's support, as long as she continues chargeable to the union workhouse, together with the costs at tendant upon the present proceedings against you. Defendant—Oh, very well, you may make your order if you like, but it's out of my power. Mr. Shee, the relieving-officer of the Witham union, said that the parish officers had no wish to press hardly upon the defendant ; and previous to their being compelled to take this course against him, he (the witness) bad written a note to him requesting him to come to some arrangement and avoid a e public l e e x t t a e m n i n a T t i h o e n , butcost e h e e t e o u ok rr e n d o notice hy h rbringing wh g ie a g te v t h e e r mother up to town, and other expenses, amounted to 11. 9s. Gi.; and he hoped that amount would be in cluded in the order. Mr. HAMMILL expressed his assent, and the order was about to be made, when The defendant turned 'round • sharply upon the re lieving officer and said, " Well, now, suppose I took my mother to keep myself, what would you allow me for her ? Come, that's the point. Certainly, if you allow me something for her, I may be able to get on, perhaps." The officer expressed his intention to adhere to the order, as he believed the mother ,would prefer being in the union. The mother—Oh dear, yes alive s ls e h l o d uld he n e o e t fe be inthe I a week in L on d on ; w h ere as he country, if they even left me upon t he common. COM pforretfeebriebetihnegrei.n the workhouse , for lam ver y The defendant thereupon leaned over his mother, with apparent feeling , told her flingnessto t h a e ke w a C s a v re er e y f e h e e rr r, y a e n h d e , to e sh x o p u re ld ssin h g ave hi h s ad wi mdienfge for warddefendant pushed him aside, and gently raisin g her, with his to raise her out of her chair , come there • and upon the order made, and one of the officers theco d her waist, carefully supported her out of arm round being the court. LAMBETH. Yesterday Mr. Elliott delivered his judgment in a case of considerable public importance, whi c h h a d been argued before him on a former day. The facts are these :—A street, called Bond-street, which is situate in South Lambeth, and between the South Lambeth and Wandsworthroads, not having been in cludtd in the Surrey and Sussex turnpike trust, the public were enabled to pass throug h it , and go to, and from the Nine Elms railway station without the payment of toll. This, s i nce t h e om i ss i on h as b ee n discovered, has been a great saving to the public, and a corremponding loss to the trustees of the trust, who have the gates on their own hands, and the latter have been mos t anx i ou s to include it in their commission. Oa the sth of last month the surveyors to the parochial board of highway, by order of that body, took it on themselves to stop all thoroughfare thr oug h B o nd-street by placing posts and ropes across it, and the consequence was that the public were compelled to go along the turnpike road, a n d to pay the toll. in this state things .remained until the 16th, when Mr. Lavington, who is agent to Messrs. Davis, the extensive railway carriers in the Old Bailey, directed one of his waggoners to force away go tll e n b a r T r i h e e r man and pass did t s h o r: u a g n h d the ior t streethewithwilful his wag . Air. Davis was - summoned to this cowl. On the