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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF CO.`vi MONS, April 10. `OUN VY COURTS EXTENSIOg BILL. ..e , ntinued front our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) . B. DENIaION had been a little surprised to see . eid progress which had been made of late years • new system of julicature ; and he could not help urging the House to pause before they consented to the proposed extension. Ono of his objections to the Bill • • eves, that it would do away with a great part of the beitetit of the existing Act. It was proposed to establish a c Art of appeal, but if such a provision were assented to, very few decisions in these courts would give satisfac tion. A. Bill of this nature was of too great a magni tude to be brought in by a private Member, and should, he thought, have been introduced by the Government 1 1 3 ,. upon it: own responsibility. The country had not yet heel sufficient experience of the working of the present Act, and on that ground he should oppose any further extension of it. kdt Te Mr. MITCHELL supported the Bill, and said the delay Lel he' aed expense consequent upon a trial in a superior court was so great that solicitors were in the habit of telling their clients that they had better be robbed of 100/. than • • run the risk of a trial for that sum before a nisi prius he.. Actions in those courts were seldom or never teteil before two years,nd after getting a verdict some leigel quibble might be started, and a new trial obtained, and perhaps no definite result was ar t rived at until after the lapse of four or five - rani. by which time the property in dispute might, to use a vulgar expression, have eaten off its own head. lode= a, so great was the dislike of parties to enter a , . su lernar court, that in 99 oases out of 100 they settled their dhe)n:es by arbitration. • ell. HENLEY would vote against the second reading. e. - ,If tee Bit were reseed, it would effectually destroy the usefulness of the existing county courts, which were noye working very well, fier if the judges had to deal iarga sums and important points of law, they would .. be omapelled to slur over all cases of a minor character. h'hiemumber of debtors in th e y ear 1845, b e f ore t h e eeseser courts came into operations, was 2,047, in 1846, • th h. year of the new Act, the number was 3,847, and it had swelled. up to 8,784. This showed the of the Bill; add he should not be disposed to • r its extension. ele COCKBURN gave his earnest support to the readieg of this Bill. He could not see any ma :. fference between 204 and 50!., and whea he saw tee:, eitsee courts had already worked well, he did not • L' 7 P telly they Should not exten d t h e i r j ur i s di ct i on . I t d that they were doing away with trial by jury. este eatertained a deep sense of the good which trial •h f :eery had done for this country in political cases, but 04 : , ! : of property and common law he thought thett very frequently a single judge was a more edieit tit tribunal.--(Hear, hear.) With juries which .1- • caule es got in Westminster and Guildhall, and in many 'ef tie towns, acid a judge of the superior courts presid ine,'; he, thought that this country could present the finest e te e s ethereal iu the world; but the experience of many years t ;hi him that tlast was not always the case with juries elsieh were got at many of the assizes. They had a r- example in the equity courts, where there were • ,ies. An objection of this kind was disposed c ~/ the proviso in the Bill, which gave a right -peal to all who thought fit to claim it. There was euint which appeared to have been passed over by every Gentleman who had spoken -on the subjec:e and. thet 'was, that with the exception of London and West minster, justice was only administered at intervals of •• twice a year in the country. It was all very well for Hen. Gentlemen to get up in the House and eulogise the stets of the law in this country. True it was that it was inipessible that the character of judges could stand higher than the character of the English judges did; but when they considered the number of the tribunals which existed, the. prolixity of the pleadings, and the fact that the law was a sealed boOk to the great mass of the people, he tboeeht that was not a state of the law which called for ce!oey—far from it. One of the signs of the times wheel he hailed with great delight was, that the most eminent lawyers were becoming gradually mere and snore sensible of the many abuses in the law, and were ashamed of them. This was why it was thet they saw his Iloucurable and Learned Friend .the Solicitoe-General, and even the Attorney-General, coming forward as law reformers. He could only say that he gave his earnest and cordial support to the t• second reading of th e Bill , which he considered was a l• • greet step in the direction of reform. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL thought that he should be waatifig in his public duty if, regardless of all imputhtions on his motives, he did not state that this Bill, if passed, would entirely destroy the good working of toe county courts. But first he would beg to say that, in regard to the hints which had been thrown out by the and Learned Gentleman the Member fur Ponte ,,, e fract, that those reforms had long been under the . . jeter , ceesoleration of Government. Every argument which oee t ,Attler been urged by the supportets of the Bill had been efe 4 ,,-deeented not to the sum of 50/eebut to the general ju s riAation of the superior courts`.: He did not wish to see anything in imputation of the gentlemen connected esh:l. the county courts, but he thought that the clause ." to the increase of salaries had much to do with tbe introduction of this Bill. He did not state this rashly, for he held in his hand a circular addressed by . the ekrks of the county courts throughout the country to the mayors in different parts of the kingdo m , eiag et short form of petition to be presented by them • to :.i.e House praying that all officials should no ter e,er be paid by tees, but by salaries. It was Fee v evident that the, question of salaries was at the bottom of the introduction of this measure. " • - The :heasure was so sweeping in its character that it crbuld net only take away the jurisdiction of the supe-. roe courts over sums between 201. and 50/., but would reeethdi every local court which existed in the kingdom fee the recovery of small debts. eThe Bill allowed ' the plaintiff and defendant to be sworn wad examined, and he would ask the sup ' - "erieters of the Bill if they were prepared to introduce " I "tifri.riinciple into the superior courts? Lawy ers k now treh % l - ii* instances where such a privilege had been al l' '-: the plaintiff and defendant had sworn point blank " • heireetha at each other, and there could be no doubt that the of this measure, if passed, would bo to encou rage the crime of perjury. But there was an , other objection to the Bill. The fact of having a ,hhjtedeee.veleo resided in the district and a local jury would ko open to the suspicion that partialities might be shown - The , decision of cases. He considered that the Bill :e Atte Tull of objections, and would be fraught with great : - htlitto2er It' pot into operation, and begged of the House see teinause beforeit , eav e an assent to the second reading. er? AGLIONBY gave his cordial support to the and bore testimony, in his own person, to the grie aons,effecte of the present system of adjudication. MULLINGS could not understand the course which,was .taken by the Government with re , geed to, this Bill. 'H e b ad not been converted by ttie erguirients Which had been used by the Learned A'eorhey-General. Ho should give his cordial support !tle it, for ho considered, that it was a Bill which, with - rof..Tenee to the movements of reform which were abroad • frie this day, was a Step in the right direction. He thought it Would confer a benefit upon the public at large. Mr. HUME wished to remind the Attorney-General that he had not answered a question put to hi m , w h et h er ehe would advise a client of his to go into the superior flour's br the recovery of a sum cf a smaller amount than 100/. He (Mr. flume) should support the Bill' be- cause he thought it would do more for the public in the saving of time, trouble, and expense in law proceedings, edhan any:Other measure. He was astonished at the Go , „..,4iefnment . opposing themselves :to such a measure as „ the present. He hoped that the House would overrule 1 01 the technical objections ,which had been raised ..itpast it, „ 7%.. FITZROY replied. He was quite ready to sub m it . hia Bill to all the suggestions which had been thrown out during the present discussion; all he asked the House , I ,vaa to confirm the principle of the Bill by passing the gcteohd tread inc. Genera He could not allow the Attorney s slighting remark with referenoeoto the feeling of thi "Iv mintr • on this Bill. There was no doubt but a§ ,e subject on which the country at large felt* very strongly and ho was convinced that in bringing ' frirArd thia le e : exeieee tneasure he was .acting in accordance with , 11,3 i -r hea d wishes of the country. ,s- • sense then divided, when there appeared— ., , .EPretbe second reading of the Bill ... 144 Against it ItleihritY tot the second • reading — 67 77 see re=entering the gallery we found HUME inquiroirneetwhether, after this ,deneonstra , . ee lite feelib,i. persevere on this subject, the 1: .4' ernment would G. G REY saw that , their opposition to it? ~ •se t b. opp ose • t h e , i _ e _7 ho s uld certainly feel it his tint he could not h s r t : te w et hti a t salaries proposed by the p r opposition it eda.meet with from the GovernMent „etILIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. House should go into .h,*:W.A.RT . moved that th s. cell-1.41 . w on this Bill; . , )'onel SIRTIIOR,P thought 'the poorer classes had ra tes enough; without imposhag.freah ones for • et a , eurpose of recreation and entertainment. - This Bill ve l eiel he partial in its. operation; it would be bene tet .tt . to ,People residing i n, and ift the vicinity o f, lo ge `ttierlis e but the people residing in the agricultural die .' t'fi' ',hew - Meld not be in a situation to avail theroset ves He objected to the principle of the Bill n w how far it might go, and he would move • tholiouse resolve itself into a Committee on this I "l`th thi6) thlY six months, and he would take the sense of `eat us. on that question. • ''''''' NEN VI ) EGATR granted that it was most desira ;,.; that the means of 'information should be supplied to • 'roPlet but he thought it most unwise to tax the :1107iPtni"rneidnabe°r:l'eceg-hsss" or ° counties for purposes not • . Pill, believing necessity He would, there`ore, oppose that it to introduce was undesirable *,coil a measure at a time Svteed se extensively, an w d hen agricultural distress pre ng towards the town: di hich - disttess was rapidly , el" re STANFORD th ough i . 44e..ratepayers in a boro ug h sh was objectionable that , xtotice of. the intention . d have only ten days poses of the Rik. as was evY a rate for the pur- He did not, however, object hiTh rit) " d b y au e spirit or pr i nc i p l e the Bill. c.€ the Bill. He th ou gh t it was ht that the did not provide that the librarieevearnsdigmuseums to the p e nblic for any boereetbd under it were to be open to atte° he tested periods: When the Bill went into shenld'move an atnendrnent, that every rect°o"l ;vicar, or' eineumbetit of a parish in which it was sou • 14' o intro ; attee it, should lee an ex •offi'cie member of the committee or 'council of any p u bli c lib rary or museum established 'miler the Bill. • MIME supported the Bill. Mr. LAW objected to the principle of the Bill, because ,it ;axed the more influential inhabittnts of a borough fur •the establishment of a library fur the benefit of the less intluential inhabitant; to bc phiend under the control sof .the town Couneits.---(dear, hear.) He thought it srni time enough- to go into Committee on such • , I , LONDON, THE g UN, Mr. EWART moved the following amendment :—ln clause 1, line 13, after the words " it shall be lawful," to insert " for the town council of any municipal borough (tbe population of which, according to the last account taken thereof by authority of Parliament, ex ceeds ten thousand persons), for the purpose of determi ning whether this Act shall be adopted for such borough,to convene a meeting of persons rated to the relief of the poor within such borough, by notices signed by the mayor, or five members at the least of the said council, and given three clear days at least before such meeting by fixing the same on or near the door of the town-hall of the said borough, and on or near the door of the church or chapel of every parish or chapelry wholly or in part within the said borough, stating the special purpose of such meet ing; and, if it shall be resolved at such meeting by two thirds of the voters there present, that this Act shall be adopted, then it shall be lawful for such town-council." After a short discussion, in which several Hon. Members suggested that a notice should be published also in the local newspapers, Mr. B. DENISON observed that many ratepayers never saw a newspaper, and he, therefore, thought that the better plan would be to send each a printed circular. Mr. WALPOLE suggested that the notice should be posted upon the town-hall and every church and chapel in the borough, and inserted in two newspapers, printed and published and circulating in the borough, fourteen clear days before holding the meeting. After a long and irregular conversation, in which almost every Member of the Committee took part, this suggestion was eventually agreed to. Mr. STANFORD proposed an amendment to the effect that in order to make the rate legal one-third at least of the ratepayers should be present at the meeting, and assenting to the rate. After soave discussion, The CHAIRMAN, at the suggestion of Mr. EWART, re. ported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Wed , nesday next._ _ _ The - Parish Constables Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday week. The Exchequer-bills (9,200,0001.) Bill was read a third time and EUssed. Mr. MIJLLINGS moved for a copy of any Treasury minute made at the times of or relating to the appoint ments of Lord Denman and Lord Campbell respectively to the office of Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench; and of any letters-or written communications which passed on those occasions between such Chief Justiccs and any member of or connected with the Government, or on their respective behalf; and of so much or any part of the letters patent granting such office to the Lords Denman and Campbell respectively, as appointed or fixed, or related to their respective salaries as such Chief Justices. _ Mr. HAYTER had no objection to produce any docu ments that were public ones, but he must decline any private ones. If the motion was confined to any Treasury minute there would be no objection to it. Mr. MULLINGS was only anxious to obtain the official documents on the subject. Mr. HAYTER said that all official letters on record would be produced. Mr. MULLINGS said that would answer the purpose he had in view. The motion as amended was then agreed to. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at Six o'clock. STATE €W TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TgESDAY.—The market has re covered what it appeared to have lost in tone on Thursday last, and the- sellers of yarns have shown increased firmness at the improved rates of this day week. But the buyers have held back with their usual caution, and the aggregate business of the day has been of very limited amount. At the previous quotations, however, there has been a disposition to operate rather more freely- for home consumption ; while, for the eastern markets, we have continued to experience a very fair demand, at full prices, fur No. 40's to 60's. But the buyers for Germany and Italy do not seem to gain confidence at all ; and they have accordingly taken only such small parcels as might be neces sary in the way of assortment. For 40-inch shirtiugs there continues to be a very active demand ; and, as the makers are generally under contract, still higher priCes are obtainable by those who have anything to sell. In 45 inch thirtings there is a larger business doing, and in some kinds of madapollams also. But printing cloths are quiet, and long cloths, T cloths, and domestics, exceedingly dull. RocnnALr, MONDAY. —We have had another slack market to-day ; the attendance of buyers has been limited, and those few have shown no disposition to purchase. The merchants have been offering less money for pieces; but the manufacturer cannot afford to take a lower rate, with wool at its present price. Ma.ccrxtriELD, TUESDAY.—The fast week havieg been a holiday time, there has been a partial cessation of business ; but, since the mills have resumed work, we bear of a better feeling in the market for goods, some of the naanufacturers having received fair orders. In the thrown silk market prices de not as yet assimilate to thatlof the raw material; and unless an- advance in this article takes place we apprehend a lessened production—indeed there are already symptoms of slackened trade amongst the throwsters. The dyers are only partially supplied with work: The raw silk market remains without alteration. HUDERSFIELD, TUESDAY. --There has not been much variation, if any, in the state of our:market. Since the last report things have remained pretty near l y in the same state. There has been very little doing in the warehouses ; the stock, however is very low, and the manufacturers are employed in pre paringET RD 4.Y.—Although the a tt en d ance a somewhat much g r e l a a t r egre amount t SAThe coming season. HALIFAX, for in our Piece Ha t ll o t h o a - d v a e y be w e a n s There is more inquiry for y arn of busi ness , and prices have undergone no alteration. in the quot a ti on s. The wool m' but without any chan ge market , is more animated, but we can no t re p or t A ny advance upon late rates. LEEDS , TUESDAY.—No new feature to notice in the woollen trade since last week. The markets are again dull ; but price s a r e firm, and stocks low. The manuf acturers are still making large deliveries direct to the merchants; a Bill this day six month, because by that time people's heads would have become cool, and they would be dis pos,,d to dispense with the Bill altogether. Be would theretere vote for the amendment of the Gallant Mem ber (Colonel Sibthorp). Mr. BERNAL thought in no case should the Bill be introduced into a borough, except with the sanction of two-thirds of the inhabitants. i Mr. BROTHERTON supported the motion for going into Committee. The Bill was only permissive, and the rata sought to be levied was only a halfpenny in the pound. The House was desirous of lessening taxation. Could they better attain that object than by educating and elevating the great body of the people? He considered the measure would be a great boon to the working classes, and be besides a means of diminishing crime throughout the country. It remained for the members of the Universities to oppose this Bill—(Hear) —who objected to anybody being educated besides their own class.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BUCK objected to any measure at the present time that would throw increased taxation upon the people, and of all persons in the world town councils were the last who should be entrusted with carrying such a Bill into operation. Mr. WALTER said the Bill would be of little use if parties were not allowed to take books home for perusal. i Mr: ANSTEY thought it was unfair to cast ridicule upon the Bill because it provided libraries and not books for the people. The main question was, whether the introducer had made sufficient concessions to induce the House to assent to it, and being of opinion that he had done so, he would vote for going into Committee. Lord J. MANNERS complained that libraries and museums should be placed on a better footing than churches, schools, and hospitals. Mr. EWART, in reply to questions, said it was not his intention to apply the Bill to Scotland or Ireland, but the insertion of a few words was all that would ho necessary if the House wished the benefit of the measure to be extended to those countries. Mr. BRIGHT thought that the objectors to this Bill deprecated that the people should learn, through the instrumentality of this Bill, things which it would be better for them not to learn. It had been said that the agricultural classes would be excluded from participating in the benefits of this Bill ; but he would remind the House that those classes were not called upon to contribute one farthing to the support of the libraries sought to be instituted by this Bill. The Bill was only permissive in its nature; he thought, too, it was most excellent in its object, and he would give its second reading his most cordial support. Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER could not understand why Scotland should have been excluded from the opera tion of such a Bill.—(Hear.) He had always under stood that the people of Scotland were as intelligent as those of any other part of the United Kingom— (Laughter)—and he could not understand why the people of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Dumfries—(A laugh)—and other places in Scotland should be excluded from participating in a measure thought to be so laudable and desirable by those who advocated it. Ho could only say that he thought it was the wiser course to leave this and all kindred objects to be supported by voluntary rather than compulsory contributions. Mr. W. J. FOX said in one point of view the Bill would be exceedingly beneficial in that, under it, structures would be built which would form a per manent depository for the books which might be accumulated as a library for the people in a town. He had known cases where considerable num bers of books, which had been collected by the working classes with the view to the formation of a library for their mutual improvement, had in course of time been squandered and lost for want of a place of public deposit. Having such places of public deposit provided for them, the people, so disposed, would be furnished with a greater inducement for collecting books and objects for libraries and museums than is at present supplied. Mr. MUNIZ said, on the last occasion he voted against the Bill, but as the Hon. Member for Dumfries had made several concessions to meet the objections which had been urged, he should now give it his support. The HOitse then divided, when there appeared— For going into Committee ... ... 99 For the amendment, ... ... ... 64 Majority ... ... ... —35 The House then went into Committee, Mr. BERNAL in the chair IRELAND. SALES UNDER THE ENCUMBERED ESTATES ACT, DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING.—Four sales of small properties were this day effected before the Com missluners. The first was in the nature of a perpetual annuity of 2001. per annum on lands in the county of Wexford, and was sold fur 2,9001., or 14} years' purchase. The second was a small property in the county of Clare, held on lease fur ever, the rental amounting to but 241. per annum, sold for 3101., or about 13 years' pur chase. The third was of a simple estate in the county of Cavan, producing a rental of 110/. per annum, sold for 2,5501., or 23 years' purchase. The last was a small property in Monaghan of about 501. per annum, which sold for 8101., or little over 16 years' purchase. ABOLITION OF THE IRISH COURT.—In a reply to a circular addressed to the Irish Members, Mr. R. J. Tennant, M.P. for Belfast, states that it is his inten tion to vote for the abolition of the Viceroyalty of Ireland, and denies that the measure can inflict any injury on that country. ITALY. The first instalment of the Rothschild loan reached Rome on the 20th ult. The Costituzionale of the 2d inst. states that the splendid illuminations and other matters which were in preparation at Rome for the reception of the Pope have been suspended, it having beer learned that his Holiness's return is deferred, Austria having coun selled Pius IX. to postpone his entry into Rome till the question of the ecclesiastical privileges in Pied mont is settled. The Pope, in this case, will stop at Terracing, or some other town in his dominions. MALTA. We have received a Malta Mail of the 30th of March. It contains a protest of the Bishop of Gib raltar against certain articles in the proposed code of criminal law for the island, as also against an over bearing disposition displayed by the Roman Catholic members of the Council of Government entrusted with the amendment of the said code. The follow ing is the protest : " We, the undersigned, George, by Divine permission, Bishop of Gibraltar, being by virtue of our office, and by the authority of her Majesty's letters patent, invested with the power of exercising episcopal jurisdiction according to the ecclesiastical laws of England in all places belonging to the Church of England with in the island of Malta, and being ordinarily resi dent within the said island, have considered it to be our duty to examine those articles of the proposed code of Criminal Laws for the said island which are entitled Concerning offences against the respect due to religion, ' as amended by the council of Go vernmeet, and having found that it is therein proposed to make the Church of Rome the dominant Church in Malta; to declare it to be exclusively the Catholic Church; to class the Church of England and the other religious bodies of her Majesty's subjects as dissentients from the Church of Rome as it at present exists in the said island; and to enact heavier penalties for offences against the Roman Catholic worship than for offences against others; there fore we, the bishop aforesaid, do hereby protest in the strongest manner against the adoption of the said Articles, for the following reasons:— " 1. Because whatever may be the privileges granted to the Maltese, the supremacy of the English Crown carries with it of necessity the supremacy of the religion of the Queen and of the people of England, and estab lishes it by the law of the land in every colony and de pendency of the empire, Malta included. " 2. Because this proceeding of the majority of the Council in attempting to make the Church of Rome dominant in Malta, and to declare the religion of the said Church to be exclusively the Catholic religion, is an attack upon the supremacy of the Crown and the fun damental laws of the empire, and an invasion of the rights and privileges of the Catholic and apostolic Church of England. " 3. Because the attempt to class the Church of Eng land and other bodies of her Majesty's subjects together, as being merely dissenters or dissentient from the Church of Reme as it at present exists in Malta, is an insult to the religion of the Queen and of the people of England. "4. Because the enactment of greater penalties for offences against the Roman Catholic worship than for offences against the worship of other Christian churches is a violation of the principle of equal protection for all classes of her Majesty's subjects, and of the rights and liberties of Englishmen. "5. Because neither the clergy nor the people of the Church of England in M a lt a h ave g i ven th e least' occa sion for any such proceedings, they having been careful on all occasions to avoid giving offence to their Maltese fellow-subjects in all things connected with their religion. " — Given at Gibraltar Palace, in the city of Valletta, this twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty. "G. GIBRALTAR. " To his Excellency the Right Hon. Richard More O'Ferrall, Governor of Malta, ece." (From the Malta Mail, of March 30.) Oa Sunday last, we are informed, notice was given in the Roman Catholic churches, that for the future no intermarriages would be permitted between parties, one of whom prof e s se d th e Roman Catholic and the other the Protestant faith, except under a solemn promise that the children to be born thereof should be brought up in the Roman Catholic faith. On the same day, public notice was given from the altar of the cathedral church of St. Paul, that for the future no banns of marriage would be published, or the solemnity perfdrmed between parties as above; of opposite religious faith, if either had sworn, in the court of the Roman Catholic Bishop, to bring up the children in the Roman Catholic faith. His Lord ship the Bishop of Gibraltar concluded, and we think with much reason, that the parents who would consent to such a sacrifice had better themselves embrace the profession to which the children are thus, by parental weaknefs, so unceremoniously condemned. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1850. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *l5B Diseases of Uncertain Seat ••• ••• ••• • 54 Tubercular Diseases ... 186 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 162 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... '37 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 253 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• ••• ••• Malformations... ••• ••• 4.0 • Premature Birth ... - .• ••• Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age ..• ••• ••• ••• ••• Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not speeified ... 63 ... 9 ... 26 ... 62 ... 35 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Enumerated, 11i)41. West Districts... 301,189 North Districts.. 376,568 Central Districts 374,199 East Districts ... 393,067 South Districts.. 503,346 1,124 Deaths in corre. Deaths spending week in the 011849. Week. 163 192 173 1 ,•• 76 290 ... 182 ... 210 ... 187 ... 224 ... 321 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males ... Females .. : "• 994 ... 1,124 ... 560 ..„ 564 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 697 ... 646 Total ... 1,343 *ln this number are included 17 •by Scarlatina, 34 by Typhus Foyer, 15 by Diarrhoea. and 2 by Cholera. MURDER AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Last night (Sunday), between eight and nine o'clock, in consequence of information which had been received at the Cheltenham police-station, Superin tendent George Seys, and Sergeant John Shekleton proceeded to one of the common lodging-houses in Milsom- street - , and there arrested two men on a charge of murder. Their names are Maurice Murphy, aged 21, a native of Blarney, county Cork, and Patrick Sullivan, aged 22, of Minchinstown, county Cork. In their possession the officers found a quantity of wear ing apparel covered with blood--a pocket-book, razor, pieces of comb, and other trifling articles. The cir cumstances which led to the apprehension of these parties we will now endeavour to detail. It appears that on Friday afternoon information was received at the police-station, Newport, Mon mouthshire, that the body of a woma n , name d J ane Lewis, aged about G 5, was found in a brake, near Nancotch- wood, and adjacent to the Bassalleg-road, the e r rig ba h c t k, ey W e i , th aa an if a w w i fl'thuaw:osut ;stone in o r on the cheek, a quantity of blood at the back of i fil n Yi s ci t nt r eg u d m oD e nn nt, severe bruises on the left eye, scratches the head, and the front part of her dress torn h as a l e t t h h o e u g b back c t i ( 11 a p a h r o t doyf hadth e d op re e s n ; w as as if co w v i e t r h ed vi w ol i e t n h n m e ; ud w , been dragged over the ground. It was found that deceased had lived at. Pontymaswn, about two miles from Bassalleg; and that on Wednesday morning she had come to Newport for the purchase of some ) i D nt e s a s s in a g nd th o e th H er an t d rifl p i n o g st a a rtic li l t e t s le ; walking by herself towards Bassalleg, where she was aafntedr w fi a y s e la o s . t el s o e c r , to receive her weekly parochial allowance. About six o'clock the same evening a young lad, named Henry Phillips, son of Mr. William Phillips, of Nan tech. Farm, observed a quantity of peas scattered on the ,road, almost close to the gate, within a few yards of which the body of the poor old woman was dis cove; •ed on Friday, by her son, at two o'clock in the after; loon. It appears that the deceased, not having retur, aed to her house on Wednesday, her husband, who is a cripple, sent information of her absence to their son, John Lewis' night watchman under Sir Char"es Morgan, at Bassalleg, who accordingly came towanis Newport on Thursday, and on passing the gate wli'ere the peas had been observed on the previous night f !It a presentiment !that his mother was in' a shed, sit dated at the top of the brake. Fie stated that THURSDA Y on going there he happened to turn his head around, and then saw some dark object ]ying near the road hedge, and this he speedily found to be the body of his mother. An inquest was commenced on Saqir day, but adjourned.. The prisoners, who seem very determined charac ters, left Cheltenham, in custody of the police, at three o'clock this morning, for Newport, where they will be examined before the magistrates. Information has since been received that the same men have been concerned in an almost equally appal ling transaction in this county. Mr. Benjamin Meredith, aged 72, of Aylburton, was stopped between six and seven o'clock on Friday night, on the high road, at Purby, in the parish of Lydney, by the two ruffians, and there severely beaten, the crown of his head being kicked in, and the poor man left for dead. The raEcals decamped with a sil ier watch, pocket•book, umbrella, receipt stamp, and other articles which they found on his person. Mr. Meredith was afterwards found by some passers-by, and conveyed to the nearest house. Medical assistance was speedily rendered, but the un fortunate man has been unable to speak since, and lies in a most precarious state.—Cheltenham Journal. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The Commissioner of a certain nobleman arrived lately in —, one of the islands of the Outer He brides, to make his half , yearly collection of rents, to make new arrangements of crofts, and to enact other things which, if really carried into effect, will form a fit ting topic for the public prints. And all this with the advice and concurrence, and at the instigation, of the leading man of the party referred to, in whose house he took up his short residence. We say short, for be fore a tithe of his intended task was done, Mr. Com missioner suddenly made his retreat. One of the sweeping arrangements really carried into effect, was the displacing young M r . of M—, from an office to which he had only been lately ap pointed. Not content with this unpopular. , and ill-advised act, Mr. Commissioner, it is said, and believed by all in the place, wished also to disappoint the well-known hopes and wishes of Mr. M— in another and more interesting quarter ; but Miss Jessie M--, of B--, was nut to be won by this Commissioner Plenipotentiary. She was determined that Mr. M— should not be further in jured, and that in this matter the Commissioner, with all his legal acumen, should be outwitted ; for he had gone but a few hours from B—, with her refusal to comfort him, when young Mr. M— and his Jessie eloped together. The affair was managed most dexterously ; his vehicle was speedily brought into request—Miss M— at dead of night made her escape, and spi ritedly, with her lover, through moss and fen, soon reached the conveyance. Crack went the whip of the postilion on the foremost horse—louder still the lash by Mr. M—; off sprang the spirited steeds, and in less than two hours, in a dark and murky night, the happy pair w e r e a t th e por t o f L—, several miles off. Our Commissioner C— was all the while heavily slumbering at L—, waiting the sailing of the mail packet. Never mind that. The vessel Mr. M— had in waiting was immediately boarded, the crew had their sails unfurled and all in, readiness, the anchor was quickly weighed, and the lovers were speedily wafted on wards by a favouring gale, and far, far at sea. Mr. M—'s servant had returned home before it had transpired that his master had stormed the citadel of 13— and carried off his lovely prize. Who can envy Mr. Commissioner's feelings when he heard that " the lass he left behind" was now " o'er the maddies and awa'." Little did he think, when practising the back step to the sonorous tones of the bagpipes, and acting the agreeable during all the previous week at B—, that the plans were then forming by which he was so soon to be left a luckless and unpitied suitor. Tus SEQUEL.—Pursuit was made early in the morning after Mr. M— and his affianced bride. One party, along with the Commissioner, started in one direction, and a servant, headed by a stout disciple of Malthus, who is one of the larger tenants in the north of the island, set off in another ; anct• these, along with a gentleman on a neighbouring estate, immediately proceeded further north, to the Bay of T—. The vessel of Mr. M— had pre viously entered that bay, and lay quietly at anchor. He little thought that chase would be given in that direction; and while he and his betrothed were com fortably seated at tea in the small cabin in the even ing, the pursuers boarded the vessel. The door of the cabin was violently burst open, and here a scene occurred of the most painful and yet interesting nature. Mr. M— was assailed with the warmest invective, and the object dearest to his heart was tried and tempted in every way to leave him—but all in vain. She clung to Mr. words of the favourite song of h er own . Al —,virtually using the .4 Before I'm forc e d to b rea k my faith, I'll lay me down and dee: For I hae pledged my virgin troth, Brave Donald's fate to share, And he has gi'en to me his heart With a' its virtues rare." After a long interval, the fair fugitive and Mr. M-- were decoyed on shore, on the assurance that they were n o t to be sep ara t e d. Scarcely, however, had they stepped ashore, when the promise was shamefullyv most violated; and, for the lovers were instantly separated, 'cruelly, not permitted to ex change either looks or words. Mr. M---- proceeded to —, and next day the uncle carried off his niece to It --. A stormy week of wind and rain succeeded. The wind moderated however, and favoured Mr. M— in the daring ad venture now to be narrated. He arrived off the coast of 11.-- at night, with two large half-decked boats, and a company of some twenty-four brave retainers, who would venture their lives for gallant "young Donald." The man cn guard at 11,-- was instantly tied to the post of the gate to prevent his procuring any succour. Mr. M— and his men speedily obtained access into the house, and, without entering into de tails, suffice it to be said that Jessie, who was in the same bedroom with her aunt, was quickly awakened, as soon dressed, and in the arms of her protector and dearest friend. The uncle, of course, was also aroused from hie slumbers, but only to act a most unexpected part. Mr. M— Peremptorily asked the uncle, in the presence of all, " Are you a magistrate ?" and on his answering in the affirmative, Mr. M— then put the question, at the same time taking her hand, "Jes sie, are you my wife?" and on her emphatically say ing "Yes," he replied, " And I am your husband." This was a most adroitly executed part of the drama. The uncle must have felt keenly the awkwardness of his position—when, instead of proving, as he thought, the protector of his niece, he was, as a Justice of the Peace, called upon to act a most important part in' the solemnization of the marriage he was so heartily opposed to. We dwellers in Scotland verily believe, that a marriage valid and legal in the eyes of the law of Scotland was then and there con tracted. In less time than our readers can peruse this narrative, Mr. and Mrs. and their faith• ful retainers were safely on board, steering for the op posite shores. Such a dashing and chivalrous exploit we scarcely expected to hear of in the nineteenth century, it is worthy of the ancient days of knight errantry; and, surely, there is not a lass in a' the land but will admire the conduct of young M---, and not a gallant youth but will applaud the heroism and sorely-tried faithfulness of his beauteous bride, —Court Journal, of April 6. POBT•OFFICE NOTICE.—The United States' Go vernment having established mail packets between New York and Chagres, in connexion with a line of packets pro keeding at regular intervals from Panama to San Francisco, the public may avail themselves of this line of communication for their correspondence to Galifornia and Oregon, by specially addressing " ria New York," or via the United States," any letters or news papers they may desire to be so forwarded. The com bined British and United States' postage upon letters for California and Oregon, sent by this route, must be pre paid, and will be, upon a letter not exceeding 1 4 an ounce in weight, 23 sthd., exceeding 1 h an ounce and not exceed ing 1 ounce, 45. 11d., and so on, according to the scale in operation for charging inland letters. The postage will be the same, whether the letters be conveyed from this country by British itishteoar combined Übniniteedd British ant anpaickuetes.itedNsetwastpesapepresstwegilel be liable of 2d. each. • EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Saturday, Mr. Peter Hay, the superintendent of police at Stroud, received a telegraphic message from Stafford, via Gloucester, that a man named William Pridelhad absconded from Glasgow, having em bezzled the sum of 500/. belonging to his employers, and that he was expected to call at, or send to, Stroud post. office for a letter. Mr. Hay found that a person answering the de acription of William Pride had arrived in Stroud the previous evening, and proceeded on to Nailsworth by the omnibus which left the former pl a ce at half-past seven. Mr. Hay th ereupon made th e best of his way to Nailsworth, and as certained that Pride had taken up his quarters at the George Hotel, in that town. He happened to be just then abroad, so the superintendent determined to wait. After the lapse of an hour, Pride appeared, and was forthwith taken into custody. A 101. note and 26 sovereigns were found on his person; and there was a great quantity of luggage, which the officer also took under his care. Pride is a native of Nailsworth, but has not resided there for several years. He has been conveyed to Glasgow, where the case will be en tered into before the proper authorities.— CheltenAanz Journal. INCENDIARY FIRES IN FaArfcE.—The departmental journals still just continue to give accounts of the progress of in eendiarisrn. A part o f the com munal forest of Borderes, near the been neighbourhooddest royed. of sso Tuesday os. Tlha The t fourst con.fire siderable was th a t on t h e f arm o f a M. Fortville, at P as l y . s took place i n The stables, barns, and other outhouses, with all they con tained, were destroyed, the dwelling-house alone escaped. So determined were the incendiaries to effect their purpose that a rivulet which ran before the house, and the water of which would have served to extinguish the fire, was, on the previous evening, turned from its course by the miscreants. Dommiers, Ambleuy, and Juvigny have also suffered. At Seurre (Cote d'Or), on Sunday last, a fire broke out, and be fore it could be got under, two houses were destroyed. Soon afterwards, when all the people who had been present had returned to their homes, a second fire was discovered, i4hich, in a short space of time completely destroyed 17 cottages. During the night se v er a l other fires were seen in diff eren t parts the country.—Galignanes lifessenyer. EVENING, APRIL 11, IaSO, FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DL VIDENDS. At the Court, 13,singtiall-t?•eet. G. S. Naish wid T. I. Gleunie. Fu,rringdon-street, Snow-bill, general ironmonaer3, May 2, at eleven—J. Melville and W. F. Street, Austin-friars, City, mer• chants, May 2, at, twelve—W. S. Woollatt, City, draper, May 2, st one—W. L. Collins, Wood street, Westminster, brewer, May 2, at one. In the Country. J. Cary, Shepton Mallett, Somersetshire. printer, May 2, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Gardiner, Bir mingham, provision merchant, May 1, at twelve, at the Court, Birminxham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. • F. C. Christy, F. Adams, and J. P. Hill, Rotherhithe, engineers, 153., on Thursday, 11 th inst., and three fol lowing Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. A. Charman, Downside, Surrey, farmer, 2A., on Thurs day, 11th inst., and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basing hall-street. J. Morrison, Craven-street, Strand, tailor, 5s on Thursday, 11th inst., and th ree following Thursday, bet%% oin eleven and two, at the office of Mr. StaisfAd, Basinghall-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. SS. Woollatt, Holborn-hill, draper, May 2, at one— C. J. Carttar, Greenwich and Shooter's-hill, solicitor, May 1, at eleven. In the Country. G. F. Sharpies, Manchester, hosier, May 1, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. C. Bremer. Mark-lane, merchant, certificate of the second class—F. King, Oxford, auctioneer, certificate of the second class—S. Shepherd, Cullompton, Devonshire, merchant, certificate of the second class—T. Hart, Cul lompton, Devonshire, baker, certifi ca t e o f th e secon d class—W. Cornish, Bristol, cabinet maker, certificate of the second class—G. E. Inger, Nottingham, druggist, certificate of the first class—J. C. North, Stamford, Lin colnshire, coal dealer, certificate of the second class—B. Hewett, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, licensed vice tualler, certificate of the second class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Wood and W. H. Wood, mercers and drapers, Horncastle, Lincolnshire—Mary Ann. Edwards and J. Hughes, booksellers and publishers, Ave Maria-lane, Paternoster-row—F. I. Welch, J. B arrows , an d A nn Bradley, ironmaster s and coal merchants (as far as re gards Ann Bradloy)— W. Smith and F. L. Wood, auc tioneers and appraisers, Liverpool—G. Ince and G. North, plumbers and painters, Brunswick-street, Poplar —J. Bacon and F. Bacon, tanners, Bermondsey-street, Southwark—J. Wipell and J. Wignall, butter factors, Keigbley, Yorkshire—S. Holroyd, E. Marriott, and C. Hare, manufacturing chemist, Huddersfield—W. Binns and W. Binns, woollendrapers, Sunderland—W. Hill, W. Hill, jun., J. Hill, and R. T. Hill, manufacturing chemist :, Liverpool (as far as regards J. Hill)—J. Lumb, T. Simpson, T. Sykes, W. Brown, P. Lightfoot, and W. Sykes, glass bottle manufacturers, Castleford, Yorkshire —G. Page and J. Woodrow, curriers and leather cut ters, Norwich—B. Pridie and E. Hinton, gold and silver smiths, Birmingham—A. M. Gardiner and A. Coates, leather dealers, Manchester —G. S car l et and G. B. Scarlet, merchant tailors, Newcastle-upon-Tyne C. Preston and T. Greaves, attorneys -at-law, Kingston upon-Hull—J. Sutcliffe, T. Sutcliffe, and R. Waite, corn dealers, Bradley Mill and Barnoldswick, Yorkshire— H. Sslwood and S. Sketchley, attorneys, Horneastle, Lincolnshire—J. G. Spence and T. Griffiths, joiners and packing case makers, Manchester—R. B. Preston, W. W. Willink, and H. J. Sinew, civil engineers and foun ders, Liverpool (as fir as regards W. W. Willink). INSOLVENT PETI TIONERS. John Brightwell, Oxford. John S wire, sets., Oldham, Lancashire, clogger. Joseph Little, Hutton, Cumberland, grocer. Michael Alman, &la.), attorney. Robert Cowles, jun., Yoxford, Suffolk, cornehandler. George Price. Bristol, agent. Charles Matthew Palmer, Cambridge, tailor. Robert Ward, Carlisle, Cum!). rland, innkeeper. Samuel Wightman, Framlinghain, Suffolk, coachbuilder. William Gais:brd. Bristol, baker. George Thomas. Bristol, ironmonger. James Grimes, Monks Coppenball, Cheshire, bookseller. George Davenport, Monks Coppenball, Cheshire, inn keeper. Thomas Newman, Saxmundham, Suffolk, shopmln. Jeremiah Ea;taugh, Darsham, Suffolk, blacksmith. Daniel Carr, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, bailiff. James Reeve, Swefling, Suffolk, shopkeeper. Charles Anthony Everett, Southwold, Suffolk, innkeeper. John Hayward, Woodbridge, Suffolk, cooper. Daniel Dann, Witaesham, Suffolk, dealer. James Bush, Aldborougb, Suffolk, butcher. George Statham, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, bailiff. William Rice. Sheerness, grocer. J. Glasscock, Eastchurch, Kent, grocer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Walker, Stonehaven, cattle dealer, to meet within the Mill Inn, Stonehaven, April 15 and May 20, at twelve. J. Brown, Edinburgh, plumber, to meet within Dowell's-rooms, Edinburgh, April 15 and :day 6, at two. D. Jeffrey, Glasgow, manufacturer and merchant, to meet within M‘Munemy's Bowling-green Timm, Glas gow, April 15 and May 4, at twelve. ASSIZE INTELLIGE7NCE. NORFOLK alßCUlT.—Norwich, April 9. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIOUTMAN.) John Humblethorpe, aged 21, was indicted for shooting at Susan Lingwood, on the 26th of July last, at Griston, with intent to murder her. Mr. Couch appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Power was counsel for the prisoner. The prosecutrix is a young woman of 25, who pursues the occupation of a dress-maker at Bradeabarn, in this county, and sometimes sleeps at the house of her uncle, Mr. Warman, at Griston, ii which village the prisoner lives, following the trade of a carpenter. These two young people made the acquaintance of each other in the harvest time of 184 S, and the attractions of the young lady being considerable, the boy fell a ready victim to their power. He courted her with an ardour peculiar to "first love," and was accepted as a lover. They walked and talked together, and all seemed pros perous in his eyes. Their " course of true love," how ever, soon felt the truth of the poet's observation. The mistress became estranged: other young men pursued her. He became jealous of a certain currier, and ulti mately the engagement was put!off, in spite of his earnest entreaties. In this state of things he addressed several impassioned letters to the object of his affections, but without effect. She became alarmed at his conduct, and having engaged herself to one James Hopson, a rival of the prisoner, she seems to have repaired to her uncle's house in the month of July last. On the 25th she was overtaken by the prisoner, whom she dismissed finally. In that night her uncle heard the rep or t o f a gun, which seemed to have been discharged in the house. As no other sound followed that report except the barking of a dog, Mr. Warman fell asleep again ; but on getting up next morning he learned from his niece, who slept in a front room on the first floor, that she had found a bullet embedded in the chest of drawers in her room. On this the room was examined, and it was dis covered that the bullet had entered at the window, and had passed through the window and bed curtains, and across the foot of the bed, cutting a hole or two in a dress which was thrown on the bed when taken off at night. Connecting these facts with the report in the night and the conduct of the prisoner, the ground was searched in the garden opposite the window, and about 15 yards off were marks of trampling, while the grass betrayed the approach and departure of some person from the spot. The policeman, when called in, tracked the course of the bullet, which seemed to have crossed the bed of the prosecutrix, within a foot of th e b o t t o m of the bed, t o h ave grazed the top of the dress which was lying upon the bed-cloth es and to have struck the drawers in the room some few inches higher. The window of the room was ten feet above the ground, and the head of the bed more than five feet from the track of the bullet. The prisoner had been in the room upon some previous occasion to make some repairs in the way of his trade, and knew,perfsctly well the situation of the bed. Suspicion was at once directed to the prisoner, in whose house was a recently-discharged gun, and a rough bullet, corresponding in size and shape to that fired into the bed-room. These facts having been proved by Mr. Warman, the police, the prosecutriss, and other witnesses, Mr. POWER addressed the jury for the prisoner, whose act, wanton and unjustifiable as all must deem it, he sub mitted that the jury could not stigmatise us a felony, and construe into a deliberate attempt on his part to murder a being whom he fondly and distractedly loved. They would rather, as he contended, look upon his act as a mad step, adopted for the purpose of frightening the prosecutrix into an abandonment of her engagement with his rival. If he harboured any to any one, that person would be his more favoured rival. It was clear that he entertained a most devoted affection for his former mistress. She had often changed her mind ac cording to her own admissions, and the prisoner might well fancy that she might be induced to return to her former suitor, if he could but alarm her. This was his evident object in firing at her window; fur it must be ad mitted that if he had intended to murder, or even to injure her, he had abundant opportunity to do so, even at that spot. Uuder all the circumstances of the case, he (Mr. Power), while he condemned most thoroughly the con duct of the prisoner, trusted that the jury would feel a reasonable doubt that the prisoner was actuated by the intention imputed to him by the indictment, and incline to the belief rather that ho intended to fire up into the room, but with no notion that the bullet would hit her, or take the course it did. Mr. Justice WIGHT3IAN left it to the jury to say whr ther they thought the prisoner, when he fired the gun into the window, meant to strike the person of the pro secutrix as she lay in bed. They would tske into con sideradon all the facts which bad been proved as to the position of the prisoner when he fired the gun, and the direction of the bullet, and say whether they thought he was actuated by either of the intents laid in the in dictment. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after a long absence returned a verdict of Not Guilty. James Pegg. aged 26, Charles Flegg, aged 28, John Frang, aged 23, William Capes, aged 2.5, James Capes, aged 28, Robert Wright, aged 28, and Charles Muynug, aged 22, were charged with having entered on the night of December 24, a certain plantation called Ash Car, in the p4rish of Wighton, the property of the Earl of Leicester, for the purpose of taking game. Mr. Prendergast, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Henry Milk appeared for the prosecution; Mr. 'William Cooper and Mr. Couch defended the prisoners. Zlt appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel and the evidence of the various witnesses, that the seven prisoners, in company with a . man of the na me o f Strin ger(-against whom the grand jury ignored the . bill), were at a public-house at Walsiegham, kept by a man of the . . . name of Minns, on Christmas-eve, th e n i g ht i n ques tion. A ren t s o f the name of Broughton was, with other people, present, and was iudeed by the prisoner Wright it be lad a mind to go far a wale that eight, telling. him they were going to Wareham Car. This Broughton de clined. This witness, in cross-exainieation, state .1 he was great-nephew to the keeper Claxton. The prisoners and Stringer left Minns about twelve o'clock, when they proceeded to the house of John Flegg, a brother of the prisoner of that name, - where they had more drink, and left again about one , i'cloek, each of them armed with some weapon —one of the Fleggs had a gun, the others had sticks and bludgeons—leaving Flegg's house by the back way, whence the footmarks of eight men were traced over several fields in the direction of the place where a contest took place between the poachers and the watchers, in which Sellis, one-of the latter, received a blow which brought on concussion of the brain, from which, however, he had recovered. Mr. COOPER addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soners, contending that the evidence of the identity of each of the prisoners was insufficient, and the jury could not safely return a verdict of guilty on such evidence, whereby the prisoners would be subjected to transporta tion for fourteen years. Mr. Justice Wiairricot summed up most impartially and at great length. After two hours' deliberation, the jury returned into court with a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. Mr. Justice WIGUTMAN then said if he only knew who it was that had struck Sellis the blow he should certainly have transported him ; but as there was some doubt about it, he would not send seven men out of the coun try. He then sentenced Charles Flegg to six months' hard labour, and a week in solitary confinement ; the other prisoners to a year's hard labour, the last week to be solitary. George Arnold, aged 20, was charged with having, in company wrth three others, on the 24th of December, been found armed in Tersfield Wood, at North Lipham, the property of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk. Mr. Newton prosecuted, and Mr. C. Cooper defended the prisoner. _ It appeared from the evidence of William Barkham, gamekeeper in the employ of the Duke of Norfolk, that he was undressing, after h av i ng b een out watch i ng, at about three o'clock in the morning of the 25th of De cember la-t, when he heard persons in Tersfield Wood, close to his house, which is situated in the wood. He looked out and saw three persons, who spoke to him. He called up his grandson, Henry Barkham, and they pro ceeded out together. The grandson, being more fleet of foot, came up to the men, four in number, at a gate leading out of the wood. They were looking up into ' the trees. One of the number had a gun with him, and the others were armed with sticks. Wilhy, a person who died in Norwich gaol a short time since, while awaiting his trial upon this charge, was the first who saw him, and said, " Here is one of the fellows," and knocked Barkham down; he, however, soon recovered himself, and returned the compliment with interest, and in doing so lost his stick; undaunted, however, he "went at" the other three poachers', when the prisoner, whom he well knew by sight, knocked him down, saying "Let us kill him." Young Barkham shouted out, "Arnold, I know you." On this the three men set off, leaving their companion Wilby lying in the ditch. On Wilby being searched, a gun-case, apparently belonging to a new gun, was found on him, as well as some snares. Arnold was afterwards taken into custody by the police, and was sworn to by the 'witness, H. Barkham, as being the man who knocked him down. It was attempted to be made out by the pri soner's counsel that Wilby had died from the effects of the blow he had received; but the governor of the gaol was called, who stated that a coroner's inquest had been held on his body, and that the jury had returned a ver dict of death from natural causes. Mr. COOPER, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, inveighed in strong terms against the hardships of the game•laws, saying it was to be regretted that men could not be cerwitte.l to pursue their own avocations without restraint, and questioned the accuracy of the evidence of identity. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN, in summing up, said, what ever might be urged against the game-laws, as they were at present, it was not to be tolerated that people should go arme I at night for the purpose of taking game, and, if interrupted by gamekeepers, to attack them in Conn.. quence of their not permitting them to break the laws. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the pri soner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant Anams.) Mary Ann Johnstone, 21, was indicted yesterday for having stolen a Bank of England note of the value and for the payment of 101., two half-crowns, and eight shil lings, the moneys of Louisa Amis, from her person. Mr. CARTER, who,appeared for the prisoner, cross-ex amined the prosecutrix, and endeavoured to show, by questioning her from the depositions taken before the magistrates, that she had prevaricated in her evidence. She negatived every question the Learned Gentleman put to her, and said she had spoken nothing but the truth throughout the case. In consequence of an observation from the Learned Judge, Mr. CARTER said he would put in as evidence for the prisoner the whole of the depositions, to show that the prosecutrix had said that today which she had not said before the committing magistrate. It was most unfair towards a prisoner that counsel should be interrupted in the discharge of their duty, and it was not the first time his privileges as counsel had been interfered with in that court. The Learned JUDGE-It would be more consistent with your duty, as counsel, to put in the depositions, and not make comments until the proper time comes. Mr. CARTER begged his Lordship's pardon. He was not making comments, nor was he doing anything his privileges as an advocate did not authorise him to do. The learned JUDGE—I am the authority here, and I say you are. Go on with your case. Mr. CARTER—I must and do insist upon my privileges, as the the prisoner' s a d vocate , not being interfered with by The Court. and it is impossible that I can perform my duty to my client if the judge puts a limit on my dis cretion, and takes the case out of my hands outirety. The Learned JUDGE—I am not taking the case out of your hands at all, but I tell you plainly, so that you may understand me at once, that if you think it is within your discretion to assail the character of a respectable witness, and impute to her that for which there is no pretence, I shall put a limit to that discretion. You must not, and shall not do it. The depositions were then put in, and the examination of the witnesses being concluded, Mr. CARTER addressed the jury —The position cf a counsel in a case circumstanced as the present was diffi cult in the extreme, and he felt bound to say that the course his Lordship had adopted in limiting his dis cretion, and interfarieg with his unquestionable privi lege as the prisoner's advocate, was most unfair, most unjust, and most ungenerous, especially when his client, if declared guilty of the crime imputed to her, was liable to be transported for a very considerable period. The course the Learned Judge had taken was not an example befitting a court of justice; he, as counsel for the woman at the bar, had a right to com plain of it, and he deemed it his duty to raise his voice against any limit being put upon the discretion of counsel into whose hands the interests of the innocent, as well as the guilty, were confided. His Lordship had crippled him in this manner on the previous day, and he could not but complain of it, as it was calculated to inflict gross injustice upon prisoners, whose jaws were padlocked by the law against those of their prosecutors. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upon the facts of the case. The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, said no judge bad a right to impose any limit upon the discretion of counsel, so long as that discretion was fairly and pro perly manifested on behalf of a client, but he very much doubted whether a judge had not the power, and was bound also to exercise it, of placing a limit upon a counsel's indiscretion. He could not allow counsel to ruthlessly assail the character of a respectable witness, without the slightest ground for so doing, as had been the case with respect to this poor, helpless, but respectable widow. He was determined to preserve regularity in the court, and he would not allow counsel to run at the character of witnesses, against whom no real complaint could be made. Thu counsel for the prisoner had taken this course in two or three instancee, and appeared de termined to persevere; but if that was the issue joined between himself and the bar, they should soon see which was the stronger of the two. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to six months' bard labour. The COURT ordered 11. 18s., taken from the prisoner, to be giien to the prosecutrix. Elizabeth King, 19, pleaded guilty of having obtained, by false pretences, the sum of 5/. from George Salter, with intent to cheat and defraud him of the same. The clergyman of the parish in which the prisoner lived, a lady with whom she had lived as servant, and the prosecutor spoke very highly of her character, and the latter strongly recommended her to meroy. It ap peared from their statements that the prisoner had been tbe victim of some scoundrel who had induced her to commit this and other frauds, by pretending that be would take her to America with the money obtained. He got the money from her as soon as she had obtained it, and decamped, leaving her to take all the consequences of those acts he had instigated her to perform. The Learned JUDGE very feelingly addressed the prisoner, hoping this would be her first and last step in crime, and sentenced her to ten days' solitary con finement. POLICE INTELLIGENCE: MARL B ORO UGH- AST EET. CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE INSPECTOR.—InSpeCtOr Mall, of the C division, appeared bef ere Mr. Hardwick to answer a complaint made by a French gentleman, named Charles Dondayne, of having illegally taken him into custody, and having acted with incivility and vio lence during the time he was in custody: Mr. Ablett, who appeared fur the complainant, said his client had been taken into custody by the inspector, and afterwards rekase‘i, without being taken before a magistrate. An application was made to the inspector to know on what authority he acted. The inspector inti mated that he tietPd on a warrant from one of the Secre taries of State. But applying at the Home Office, and also to the Commissioners of Police, no clue could be obtained as to the authority under which the inspector bad made the arrest. As it vi as inferred the inspector had neglected and violated his duty, the present pro ceedings had been instituted with the view of obtaining redress. Mr. Wontner, for the inspector, wished know whether the magistrate's decision would be received as final by the complainant ? He should object to the present form of proceedings if an ulterior object was intended to be pr. moted by them. Mr. Able t, on behalr a his client, said the magi strate's judgment would be considered final. M. Dondayn e , w h o gave hi s evidence in Frac!), I then sworn., He said he lived, on the 19th Fehrusrp; Ne. 10, Arund e l-pl ace . O a the morning of tint tleY4 was aierrned at a noi se i n th e h ouse The door o f room iu emeh he was sitting with his wife was fort d open, and th e i ns p ector an d two constables in ni clothes, with a Fr i c h ma n, entered the room, and '0 inspector seized hires by the cell ar , an d said be,!, 'there fdr he purpo s e of ass i st i ng i n h i s extradition o; the country. The in s p ector s h owe d no warrant or of , , authority fur this proce e di ng . Hi s room was searc hed , if he was a r o bb er . li e was ta k en into the street , held by the arm while being conveyed to Vine-str station•house, and was locked u p i n a sma ll ce ll in to station-house. He remained in durance about elg, hours, and durin g th at per i o d h e was not taken bet b :„ , magistrate, nor bef ore the Conanaissioners of About live o'clock in the afternoon he was told he ellg leave the station-house. • ( Cites, -examined—Was a t a il or, an d carried on businoo formerly at St. 'Omer. Did not pay his debts before quitted France; but had time been allowed he shi, have been in a conditi o n t o pay hi s creditors. Lefiri Omer on the 28th June, 1849. Brought away o° ,l goods, but left a deal of property behind in big bola% St. Omer, sufficient he consid ere d to pay hi s debts. 'l,l not know whether he was a b an k rupt i n France, ttle,l4l it ass probable since he bad lef t b e h ad been WWI, bankrupt. Had received no intimation of being a bo ll rupt before he quitted Fiance. Mr. Hardwick did 'not wan t t hi s sort of evi.a e O(4 He wished to kuuw what the authorities of St. OVA e thought of the proce,dius of the complainant; evlie'Pl his acts anieuut e d, according r to the French law, I° fraudulent bankruptcy. fct Mr. Ablest said this would not alter the meet it nothing in the international law would justify tie spc ctor in the proceedings he bad adopted. Mr. HARDWICK sa d it might have an effect 00 character of the charge, if it could be shown thatAl inspector had acted o n s ome d ocument, which el o r possibly presets a justification for taki ng t h e comp 's° into custody. Mr. Wontner said he was prepared to show the MO rity under which the inspector acted. St Mr. Ablet; said, if i t s h ou ld turn out thero sufficient authority, he hoped the circumstancesof necessary violence would have their proper weight. Mr. Wontner said, according to the law, if a en rupt absconded from F rance an d secreted himself i n tip country, on a requisiti on t o t h e F rench Ambassador, s, .application would be mad e t o th e F ore i gn Minister Po and the polite would then be invested with authority r, assist in the extradition of the bankrupt. A requisiP:o, in the present case , h a d b een sent to the proper salvo rides, and the Foreign-office had sent a notifi c ation 4 the police, and on this notification the inspector acted. When the complainant was taken into custo dy Mr. Jardine inspe c t e d t h e papers re l at i ng to the FrObs process, and, finding one document was wanting, nde j was of opinion the com pl a i nant cou l d not be ha over to the French authorities until that link was 5 „4 14 plied, and the complainant was in consequence releel f from the custody of the police. He would further slyr ja that the French cou r t s h a d, s i nce t hi s transaction, two demned the compl a i nan t to fi ve years' iasprisenraeoto his conduct with reference to his bankruptcy. He o s quite sure that the court, under all the circumstsevio would see that the in s p ector h a d d one no more thane duty in acting on the notification to the police in d resting the.coznplainant ; and, with respect to the ell'"i°,l of improper violence, he would only refer to the gerl, o l good conduct of the inspector, an d t h e character lie r always borne since he joined the police. A French notary from St. Omer proved that be cl o o g over to this country with official papers, deaisou„),, the extradition of' the complainant a s a fraudulent bs"9iff rupt. The papers were lodged at the French erobe' and Lord Palmerston'e notification was immediatell ° o 4 tained. After the notification was obtained, wir d i applied to Inspector Wh a ll to ta k e the compttOile into custody. Witness went with the inspector 0 .,10 complainant's lodgings, and gave t h e complainan t 1 p the custody of the inspector. Afterwards p roc eedo go Bovt-street, and one of the m ag i strates told hiel,tl3ool, was a paper defici e nt, and on t hi s account he did D pi take the compl a in an t b ac k to F rance. Was pre'oo during the arrest of th e comp l a i nant, and coul d stn that no violence was used by Inspector Whall. a bet The official docume n t was th en put in, toge`,D, with a copy of th e sen t ence o f th e F rench court on ' complainant. Cross-examined—Had power to execute a erir l o il process. Th e no tifi ca ti on was i n the name of 4)100 D Jndayne. Know the complainant to be 0 , person referred to in the notifi ca ti on, though he noir b. t sumed the name of Charl e s D un d ayne. W as certate..ts complainant was a bankrupt w h en h e was ta k e n I" 'custody on the 19th of February. Mr. Ablett contended that the inspector had eXer fir il his duty in acting on the n o tifi cat i on, i n place or est applying for an English magistrate's warrant. Tlie: e tification was addressed to a police magistrate, and sw o p gistrate was applied to after the arrest; but, in the lo t sence of a material document, the magistrate would re ; grant a warrant. The insp ec t or m i g h t h ave eonsidtie he was only doing his duty, b u t h e conten d e d ou r y nicipal laws did not justify the proceedings of the spector. Mr. HARDWICK said the whole matter turned 01 to question whether the r equ i rements o f t h e l aw had' 1'4,130 complied with in the arrest of the complainant." ld Act of Parliament was very complicated, and it e i ."iy hardly be expe c t e d that police-officer would be f a i t master of its detail s . It a p peare d that an irregol6",b, had been com m itt e d i n t h e fi rst i nstance by del French officer, who applied f or t h e ass i stance of del police to take the complainant into custody, 11 %e , the authority of the notification from the For e c office, instead o f fi rs t o b ta i n i ng a warrant fr_los. magistrate. It was natural to suppose that a P°lao officer should believe he was justified in acting request of a French officer, armed with a n otifioe o ; from the Foreign-office, but as th e law required the t v io , application for a warrant should b e ma d e i n t h e firi;eol stance to a magistrate, it wou ld b e b etter, to Pre'io• irregularity for the f u t ure , if th e police wereemade iy quainted with this provision, so that they might utet:,.(l with all the stepeot a somewhat complicated Act oft& liament. Under the circumstances of the ease,l",") sidering that this was the first case of the kindle "' e a a police-officer bad been called upon to put the into - 0 , tional law into farce —considering also that the C° ol plainant was clearly identified as the right persone '‘ o o that he bad been subjected by the French court to it , years' imprisonment in the galleys as a fraudulent t o t rept, he thought it was i m p oss ib le to say that the 01110 had neglected or violated his duty. With respect 10 „ e . charge of undue violence, that bad been sufficientilLo gatived by the evidence of the French officer, and Le also opposed to the well-known character of the leer tor. The charge therefore must be dismissed. sk° Mr. Beresford, the supe r i nten d en t, sa id b e wou ld i o i it known in his division that constables were not to 9 11,0 foreign police, unless a m ag i strate ' s warrant wet ' produced. LAMBETH. 1 DARING ROBBERY BY A LLEGED A GENCY O F rf ll REFORM.—Yesterday Jane Knight was finally axial', ' before Mr. Elliott, on a c h arge o f b e i ng concerned viyi two other pF rsons, not in custody, in robbing Mr. Cher,. John Cowell, a young gent l eman , res id ing in Queell. row, Walwortb, of three sovereigns and a half. , . 1 , 4 1 From the evidence of th e p rosecutor i t appeare d t' o f on the night of Monday week, between the hors e d eight and nine o'clock, w hil e on hi s way h ome he stoPPf, at the end of a small street l ea di ng ou t o f the :1111°,5" road, and when r e turni ng i n t o t h e Alb any - roa aJ , b o W prisoner came up to him, thrust her arm itt his. asked him what he would stand to drink. He reP he l nothing; and was endeavouring to get rid of her, !tc - a d two men came up, and addressing the prisoner, des} es she would leave the gentleman alone. Both the ° a l appeared in a hurried manner, for the purposeo 1 4. the prosecutor thought, of ridding him of the P o % soner and her i m p or t un i t i es; b ut i nstead of "Ihis so, one of th em pl ace d a woollen rag to ao, faCe, which in s t an tl y d epr i ve d h im of utterance. '"„j however, struck out w ith hi s h an d s at the party, P7O received himself from one of the me n a v i o l ent blog,h'e the pit of the stomach, which instantly f e ll e d hi m ground and deprived him of recoll ec ti on f or some 02"; ments. On recovering, he found that his assailants met, gone, and so ill did he feel, th a t it was w ith some died culty he could make his way ho me , an d h e was condo to his bed for several days after. s o f The statement of the pros e c u t or as t o th e identitY o the prisoner was corroborated by two constables, 0 , bad seen her both going t owar d s an d com i ng awa y ft ° ,4 the place where the robbery h a d b een comm i tte d, I" the prisoner was fully committed for trial. of Wiliam Hodges, a brickl a y er i n t h e employme nt the South-Western Railway Company, was fully CO o f mitted for trial on a charge of stalling 211bs. weight be lead, their prop er ty, an d w hi ch he had removed *ogle roof of a house adjoining one he had been sent to repPl IRTHS. Dors et On the sth i ns t., at the Rectory, Melbury Abbas, D° - . the lady of the Rev. 11. T. Glyn, of a son. On the Gth inst., at Faringdon, Berks, Mrs. G. F. Cro of a son. On the 6th inst., at Heath-house, Stepney, Mrs. Bunl lsl3an of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at the Rectory, South Kelsey, f.inco lfi. shire, the wife of the Rev. L. Parkin, of a daughter. e . On the 9th inst., the wife of F. R. Jones, of Westbourn villas, Westbourne-green, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Walton, the lady of Captain Pl' : IL T. Thompson, lart.,of a daughter. „t v On the 7i h inst., at Heatheote•street, Mecklenbtirb square, Mrs. G. Johnson, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., in Eaton-square, the lady of GAO ° Gladstone, R.N., of twin daughters. 1141tRIED. Of On the 4th . inst., at Tamworth, James Dalton, r ,0 4,10 Fillingliam•manor, to Anna M ar i a , second daughter 01' late R. Woody, Esq., M. U., Moat-house. Tamworth. ' On the 9th inst , at St. Peter's, Stepney, Thomas, seco son of the late T. Barker, Esq., of Layton-hall, near °'c or mond, Yorkshire, to Elizabeth Hannah, second daughter T. N. Wilkins, s., of Coborn-street. ow-road. t i l e On the 2d inst. E , q at St. Michael's Chur ß ch, in the City' Rev. Robert Mandeville Rodwell, rector of NaWcastle, to_ Mary, third daugh er of the Bishop of Limerick.- DIED. On the sth inst., at Tenterden, aged 82, Vandelure Esq., formerly captain in the Kent militia. 1 0 On the 7th i ns t., i n U pper N orton-street, Marylebone;cm, . Cornell, Esq , one of the chief clerks in the office of Wo o Forests, and Land Revenue. ' On the 7th i ns t., a t t h e P a l ace-green, K ens i ngton, Eliza beth, the wife of J. H. Good, Esq., aged 62. On the 7th inst., at Brighton, Martha, relict of the it—e ° ' E. Green, rector of Burford, Salop. On the 7th inst , at Bedford-square, aged 52, A. CamPJ Esq., late principal officer oilier Majesty's Fisheries, Londe,., On the 9th i ns t., i u S ac k v ill e - s t ree t, Prout, OL v F.R.S.. aged 6-1. On the Bth inst., at Denmark-hill, Surrey, Thomas lr ' Mel.or, Esq., aged 81. 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