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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME RC UI T.—Croydon, August 15. (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and a Common Jury. ) COOKE V. WETHERELL, CLERK. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the de fendant for criminal conversation with his wife. The case was of a most extraordinary character, and it is said that the damages were laid at 50,0001. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Montagu Chambers, and Mr. Edwin James were for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Channel], Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Lush for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant SHEE opened the case, and said that the plain tiff was Mr. John Mynde Cooke, a young man, an attorney, _Aliso was very respectably connected, being the son of Mr. Cooke, of Capel Court, Herefordshire, and be came into Court to complain of the most serious injury that could be inflicted by one man upon another ; an injury that hail em tiitereil the morning of his life, and which must deprive hint of all happiness hereafter. The defendant was a man of forty-five, a minister of the Church of England, and at present the rector of Byfield, in Northamptonshire, and wizen he told them that he was charged with incest and adultery with his own daughter, he (the Learned Counsel) was sure the jury would give him credit for feeling the deep reslonsibility of his task in having to lay such a case before them. He would endeavour to lay the facts of this almost un exaanpled case before them with as much calmness as he could command, arid would give the jury that evidence which, in his opinion, made out a clear and unanswerable case on the part of the plaintiff. The defendant was most respectably con nected. • He had married a daughter of a gentleman who at the time filled the office of chief magistrate of the City of London, and through his influence he obtained the rectory of Byfield, which was worth 1,1001. a year, and also hail a for tune of 20,000/. with his wife, who, however, had the con trol over that sum, and she settled it upon her daughter, the lady whose misconduct was that day the stibject of their in y. In 1939, after her mother's death, the young lady came of age, and the money was then transferred by the trustees to her name, and came under her control ; and it appeared that her father took a splendid mansion in Eatons place, where he Hied in a style of great splendour, and far beyond his means ; and it would appear that, with the con sent of the young lady, her fortune was by degrees drawn from the Bank of England, and eventually entirely squan dered away within a little more than two years from the period of the young lady coming of age. The plain tiff was introduced to the family of the defendant about this time. He was a young man of between one and two and twenty. He had just been admitted an attorney, and was very successful in his profession ; and, having a fortune of his own to the extent of 8,0001., the brightest prospects were before him. In the summer of 1942 he met Miss Wetherell; he was pleased with her person, and he eventually offered her his hand and was accepted. Mr. Cooke was sincerely attached to the young lady, hut he would not deny that he did expect to re ceive some fortune with his wife. Her father objected to the marriage, and the terms of his refusal of Mr. Cooke were barely civil, and eventually the parties were married without his consent at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The young couple went on a tour for a short time, and upon their return the father appeared to be friendly, and they went to pay him a visit at his rectory at Byfield. Two or three days had hardly elapsed when a gentleman named Mobett made his appearance, and produced an acceptance of tsliss Wetherell'e tor 5001., and insisted upon his right to look to the newly-married husband for payment. The plaintiff was shocked at the news, and he felt that he hed been cruelly de ceived both by his wife and her father. He knew that he was legally liable for the debts of his wife, and he therefore felt that it was absolutely necessary for him to know the exact amount of her liabilities and the real position of her affairs. Notwith standing that at this - moment the plaintiff felt that he was almost entirely ruined by the treachery of his wife and father in-law, his conduct towards the former appeared to be of the kindest description, and he read a letter from his wife to the plaintiff couched in the kindest terms to bear out his statement. The result of the inquiries made by the plaintiff satisfied him that his wife was dreadfully involved. All her fortune had been squandered, and she had three acceptances out to a very large amount, and he felt it only due to himself to insist that her father should give an account of his stewardship, and that he should grant him an interview for that purpose. This took place, and the defendant then admitted that he had wasted his daughter's fortune, and that she had nothing left, and that the furniture, houses, and everything they had, had been made over by a bill of sale or warrant of attorney to different parties who had advanced money upon them. From this time 'Mr. Wetherell offered him every obstruction and oppo sition in obtaining his rights, and his wife invariably took the part of her father in resisting his wishes. After having coldly and unwillingly accompanied her husband to London from Byfield, she eventually returned to her father, and although the plaintiff repeatedly, in the most earnest and affectionate manner, entreated her to return to him, she in variably refused and treated him with the utmost coldness and unkindness, and he believed he (Mr. Sergeant Shee) should be able to show that the defendant had made the most shameful charges against her husband, and he in time succeeded in en tirely alienating her affections from him. There was, in fact, a total absence of everything like that kind of feeling which would be expected to animate the breast of a young woman of six-and-twenty towards a man to-whom she had been married only two months.—( The Learned Sergeant here read some lett era that had passed between the parties confirmatory of his statement.) Mr. Cooke at length was compelled to take pro ceediegs in Chancery, and eventually a deed was executed by which the defendant admitted that he was indebted to his daughter in a sum of 19,0001., and that large arrears of interest were also due to her, and he undertook to repay the amount by yearly instalments of 500/. ; but to show that Mr. Cooke had acted in a perfectly disinterested manner, he did not take any interest under the deed, but the whole amount was placed under the control and appointment of Iris wife. Immediately after this deed was executed, the defendant wrote a letter to Mr. Cooke, forbidding him his house, or from having any intercourse with his wife. The Learned Sergeant then referred to some other proceedings that had taken place, and said that all along the plaintiff's wife had evinced the utmost hostility to him, and opposed him in every proceeding he adopted. The plaintiff could not account for such conduct • but at length he received some information which induced the most horrible impression upon his mind, and his subsequent inquiries led to the present charge being made-against the defendant. The parties who gave the infor mation were persons of humble station certainly, but he believed of unblemished character, and the result of the inquiries made by Mr. Cooke through their information left no doubterpon his mind that the defendant had been guilty of the dreadful crimes of incest and adultery. He shouldcall before the jury the servants in the house in Eaton-square, and they would prove that they had always entertained a suspicion of the character of the intimacy between the defendant and his daughter, and that, having watched, they were satisfied that they were in the habit of continually sleeping together as man and wife, and he should also prove that the deendant was seen at all hours of the night in his daughter's bedroom. The Learned Sergeant then stated other facts relating to the appearance of the. bed of the plaintiff's wife, which need not be further alluded to, but the effect of which, he said, was to satisfy all the servants that a most im proper intercourse was being carried on. He likewise said he should be able to prove that the defendant had been repeatedly seen in his daughter's bedroom, nearly naked, and she in the same state. This was at the house in Eaton-square, and he said he should be able to show that similar proceedings took place at Byfield, and that there the same suspicions were entertained. The Learned :Sergeant then proceeded to state that he should prove that suspicion having been entertained that Mrs. Cooke was in the family way, from her stout appearance, and other indications, she had gone into the country with her father, and upon her return there were all the the indications of a miscarriage having taken place. He then - went on to say that he should prove that the defendants went .upon a country expedition together, and he should show that at :die Beaufort Arms, at Chepstow, they slept together as man and wife. After enumerating other circumstances, the Learned ;Sergeant concluded a very able.address by observing, that to 'talk of the amount of damages in such a case as this was per :fectly unnecessary; if he made it out, he was sure the jury - would think no amount cf damages too large, or that any sum could be a sufficient reparation to the plaintiff for the cruel in jury he had received. The following evidence was then adduced:— . . Mr. Wm, Hastings Ileede, examined by Mr. Cit MBERS .know the plaintiff in this action, and was present at his mar xiage with Miss Wetherell. I produce the copy of the certificate of the marriage on the '2sth of September, 1842, at St. Ceorgs's, Hanover-square. The certificate was put in and read. The name of the de fendant's daughter was wrongly described in the certificate as Mary Emily instead of Mary Eliza. Examination continued—Shortly after the marriage I called 'upon the defendant at Mivart's Hotel, for the purpose of asking for some explanation respecting his daughter's property and the liabilities the plaintiff had incurred as her husband. I also wished to have some information respecting the accommodation bills. The defendant told me that a great portion of her for tune had been expended in purchasing furniture for the house in Eaton-square and at Byfield. The defendant mentioned something to me about an accommodation bill for 550/., and which his daughter had accepted for him, and added that it was secured either by a warrant of attorney or a bill of sale. I a:ailed a second time, when I met Mr. Nisbet, his solicitor, and :he then said that by advice he must decline entering further ,into particulars. At the first interview he said he should sell :the furniture, horses, carriages, &c., and invest the amount for she benefit of his daughter, and then retire from England. On the same evening Mr, Cooke sent his man Johnson, and I slunk Mrs. Cooke also, to take possession of the house in Faton-plan, and I oiled there the same evening with Mr. C,,,oke. The oefendant and Mr. Nisbet, his attorney, came to tiie house while we were there. They rang the: bell, and de s aande . d entrance, but they were not let in. On the following aornitig, in consequence of an intimation from the police, Mr. c7ooke and myself attended the Queen-square Police-court, and Mr. Nisb e t com pl a i ne d th a t Mr. Wetherell had been .leprived of the possession of his house improperly, and he pro sluced a leaie. Eventually the magistrate said he should order •Dossession to be given up, and Mr. Cooke accordingly gave !ireetions . to his servants to give u p p ossess i on . U pon thi s :s ame even ir g I, Mr. Cooke, and a gentleman named Waddy, - vrent down to Byfield rectory. Mr. Wetherell was there, and some little parley and hesitation, Mr. Cooke was admitted ~done, but I could see what took place inside the house, ,iitiriugh I was not admitted. There was an angry discussion, sand 31r. Cooke said he came to demand his wife, and he was ;anxious she should accompany him back to London. Wit l'ess heard her voice, and afterwards saw her. She seemed to take part with her father, and spoke very angrily to her I , ltsbaiiri, in consequence of which Mr. Cooke said he thossgi.t it better she should not go with him. He then de sAairled to be let out, and after some further angry words he came out of the house and joined us, and we then all re urned to Weecton, about ten or eleven miles from Byfield, td Mr. Cooke appeared to be suffering extreme anguish of slirnd, and teemed to be still anxious to take his wife hack to London, I and Mr. Waddy afterwards saw Mrs. Cooke, a id after some conversation site agreed to go back with him to town, aril it was arranged that she should have her lug gage ready at an appointed hour. The letter produced is its Mrs. Cooke's handwriting. They eventually, with Mrs. Cooke, returned to London. I and Mr. Waddy reproached I`, Ins. Cooke with treating her husband in a cold and heartless imannem. I thought Mr. Cooke's conduct was proper under to circumstances—it was affectionate and kind. After they s• :rived in London I had opportunities of observing their con • ani frequently saw them together. I was anxious to ob- Vein information from Mrs. Cooke relative to her property, ) at I did not find her very willing to give information, and she t eased anxious to screen her father from the inquiry. I was • my consulted and acted as a friend of Mr Cooke's. It was ▪ htough an intimate friend of mine that Miss Wetherell was introduced to Mr. Cooke. The plaintiff appeared to suffer story severely from wh it had taken place, and he was so much on Foffle ocea , ions, that I deemed it prudent to remain ith him. Mr. Cooke was twenty-three or twenty-four years 4 Itrwhen he married. Mr. Cookes father was alanded proprie- CT of great respectability in Herefordshire, and Mr. Cooke 4-frived an estate from him. 'Crons-examiaell—Captain Godsell was the friend who lint.roduceit Miss Wetherell to Mr. Cooke. He is a captain on half-pay in a cavalry regiment. I have known ' , him nine or ten years. I never knew Mr. Cooke when Alvin;; on his own estate. It is not an estate, it is merely a farm. It is occupied by a person named Hard tvi'ck. It is not in the occupation of Mr. Cooke's elder trother. Cooke introduced me to Mr. Waddy, and we were 21 pretty intimate. I did not know Miss Wetherell until t..e day she became Mrs. Cooke. No one was present at the arriage but myself, Mr. Waddy, Captain Godsell, and Mr. Cooke. It was a runaway marriage. Captain Godsell and 11:r. Waddy met us at the church. Mr. Waddy did not lend Xr. Cooke any money on that occasion. After the marriage we all breakfasted at the Brunswick Hotel, and Mr. and Mrs. Cooke went into the country by the South-Eastern Railway. They returned, and passed through London, on their way to Byfield, about a week afterwards. Mr. Cooke stayed at Byfield two or three days, and the former then returned to London, leaving Mrs. Cooke at Byfield. Mr. Wetherell was at this time staying at Mivart's Hotel, and when I saw him and in quired after his daughter's property, he said that be and his daughter had been living extravagantly, and that it was nearly all spent. Mr. Wetherell gave me a letter for Mr. Cooke, which I handed over to that gentleman, and I have seen that letter since. On the second occasion, Mr. Wetherell said he saw there was a hostile feeling, and he should decline making any further communication. I cannot say whether Mr. Waddy was present when we took possession of the house in Eaton-place. We took possession of the house be tween seven and eight o'clock in the evening, but I do not know whether Mr. Cooke remained there all night. We were at the window when Mr. Wetherell came and endeavoured to obtain admittance, but we did not laugh at him. Wo did not do anything improper or offensive towards Mr. Wetherell. I cannot recollect whether a dinner had been ordered that day in the house, but I will not swear there was not. 1 (lid not dine there. Ido not know whether Mr. Waddy or Capt. God sell were in the house. We were at the magistrate's office the next morning by ten o'clock, and we all started fur Byfield the same evening. Capt. Godsell did not accompany us. Mr. Cooke was not admitted immediately; and I myself never asked or attempted to get in. Mr. Wetherell did say eventually that if Mr. Cooke came alone lie should be admitted, and, when he went in, I and Mr. Waddy remained outside. I could hear what Mr. Cooke said as well as Mr. Wetherell. 1 heard no thing about a poker. lam a bill discounter by profession, and have had a good deal to do with Mr. Cooke and Mr. Stratford on the subject of bills. Mr. Cooke owes me money ; at least, lam upon his schedule in the Court of Bankruptcy. I owed him money before his marriage, but he is now my debtor to the extent of 600/. or 7001. I never supplied cards for Strat ford and Mr. Cooke to play together. Cooke and Stratford have known each other a good many years. Re-examined—Mr. Cooke's wife 's liabilities were pressed upon him. Mr. Cooke has told me so, and that he was served with a writ a fortnight after his marriage. Miss Wetherell is two or three and thirty years old—much older than Mr. Cooke. Mr. G. R. Cerfield examined by Mr. JAMES—I am a soli citor. I know the defendant, Mr. Wetherell, and had met him on some occasions before the marriage of his daughter. After this had taken place I acted as solicitor to Mrs. Cooke, and I believe she was at that time in debt upon different liabilities, acceptances, and accounts of attorney, to the amount of be tween 1,300/. and 1,5001. 1 do not know the acceptances were for the accommodation of Mr. Wetherell. When I was first called on to act for her, Mrs. Cooke was living in apart ments in Welbeck-street. This was in October, 1842.. I re .nember being sent for one evening to .Mivart's Hotel, where I saw the defendant and Mrs. Cooke. I know that at this time Mr. Cooke was very anxious for an interview with his wife, and that Mr. Wetherell took her away with him, to prevent him from doing so, by the back door of the hotel. She wos taken away by stealth by a back staircase, and I was sent down to pacify the husband, who had come to the hotel purposely to have an interview with his wife. I never saw Mrs. Cooke again. It had formally been arranged that they should all meet together on this occasion, but this was frustrated by Mr. Wetherell taking his daughter away. Mr. Cooke afterwards came to me in a very excited manner, and told me that Mr. Wetherell had just made a most extra ordinary statement to him ; that he did not believe it, and he hoped I should excuse his excited feelings, and give him a plain answer to the question be would put to me. Mr. Cooke then told me that Mr. Wetherell had told him that I had told Mr. Mivart that Mr. Wetherell's daughter was unchaste when he married her. I denied the statement most indignantly, and offered to go at once with him to Mivart's, and we did so. Mr. Mivart came down, and there was another interview afterwards when the defendant was present. Upon his first seeing us, as we got near the house, he ran away. I pursued, and on his refusing to return, I threatened to pull him back by force, and insisted on having the charge cleared up. We then proceeded together to Mr. Nisbet's, and we had some conversation about wh it had been stated by Mr. Wetherell, and the latter persisted in stating that Mr. Aileen had told him that I had said his daughter was unchaste when Mr. Cooke married her. Mr. Cooke then came into the room, and after some strong language it was arranged that they should proceed to Mivart's Hotel, but they did not see Mr. Mivart, so that no further explana tion took place. Another appointment was made but Mr. Wetherell did not attend. It was quite false that I bad ever made any such statement as the one represented to have been made by me. In consequence of these proceed • ings, I declined to act as solicitor to Mrs. Cooke any longer. During the unhappy differences between Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, the defendant appeared anxious to retard a reconciliation, and in all the conversations I had with him, he spoke in mast dis graceful terms of Mr. Cooke. and in the very first interview with him he called him a " man —," and said that be understood he drove about the parks for hire. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARICSON—I was surprised at hearing what I did about Mr. . Cooke, and if it had been true, of course no one could be surprised at his refusing to let his daughter go to live with such a man. I knew no thing of the parties until the time I was instructed to act for Mrs. Cooke. • Mrs. Cooke was certainly under other lia bilities than a bill for 5501. and a dressmaker's bill. There was a warrant of attorney also for more than 800/. Mrs. Cooke did not say that she wenf in fear of her life from the vio lence of her husband, but Mr. Wetherell said so, and she re• peated it. She did not appear to be serious, and seemed anxious to ret urn to her husband, but her father prevented her, and on one occasion he extracted an oath from her that she would not return to her husband. Mr. Cooke's chief object did not appear to be to get back his wife in order to obtain possession of her money. She had no money. I was offended at the defendant taking his daughter away in the manner he did, and I said I considered Mr. Wetherell's con duct so disgraceful, that I should wash my hands of the whole of the parties. Re-examined—lt was very well known by all the parties that Mrs. Cooke was under liabilities, but still Mr. Cooke was anxious to have his wife back. By Mr. CLaaKsoN--=Witness afterwards received Mr. Nis bet's cheque for the sum of 550!., but he did not know where it came from. . The deed, showing that Miss Wetherell was originally en titled to a fortune of 20,0001., and that she came of age in 1839, was then put in and read. The various letters referred to by the Learned Counsel, and the settlement, were also put in and read. Eleanor Williams, examined by Mr. SHEE—I was formerly chambermaid at the Beaufort Arms, at Chepstow, and I am now in the same capacity at the Rummer Hotel, Bristol. I remember a lady and gentleman coming to the Beaufort Arms about two years ago, and they stayed there two nights. There was only one bed in the room, which they occupied. I came to London afterwards, and I went to the Queen's Bench prison. I knocked at a door there, and it was opened by the same gen tleman I had seen at the Beaufort Arms. I went the next morning to the chapel in the prison, and I there saw the same lady and gentleman together. lam sure they are the same who were at the Beaufort Arms, and who slept in the same bed. (The witness then identified the defendant, who was in court, as the gentleman she referred to.) Cross-examined by Sergant CHANNELL—The gentleman and lady went away in a post-chaise. Did not know what had become of the post-boy who drove them. A gentleman came to her at Bristol to make inquiries about this matter, and at his request she came to London. A lady accompanied the gentle man. She did not know his name. A lady named Baynton wrote to her to come to London. Cross-examination continued—Upon my oath I do not know his name. I don't know whether I have seen the same gentle man in Croydon. I don't know whether Mrs. Baynton is here, but she came with me from London. Mrs. Baynton's is a large house, but I don't know how many bedrooms there are in it. I went to• the prison on the morning after I got to Lon don. A gentleman named Screninger went with me. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL here said he should wish to ask whether Mr. Cooke was in Court? The question was put to the witness Corfield, and he said Mr. Couke was in Croydon, but he did not know whether he was in Court, Sergeant CHANNELL said he should wish Mr. Cooke to be present, to see if the witness could identify him. sergeant SUER said Hr. Cooke ought not to be put to the annoyance of coming forward. Chief Justice TINDAL said the Learned Counsel would use his own discretion. Cross-examination continued—l swear I do not know the name of the gentleman who brought me into Court this morn ing. It was the same gentleman who came to me at Bristol. 1 don't know what business is carried ou by Mrs. Boynton. She paid my fare back to Bristol. Mr. Sergeant SHER here said he thought it right to state thi t he had sent for Mr. Cooke. At present he could not be found, but he should be produced in the course of the trial. Mr. CLARKSON—You have sent for him where you knew he was not to be found, Mr. Sergeant SHEE—II is not so. He shall he produced. The cross-examination then proceeded. —Mrs. Boynton still lives in the same house in Seymour-street which she occupied when I first came to town. There are several gentlemen in the habit of going in and out of the house, but I have not seen any of those gentlemen in Croydon. No one has ever shown me a pisture or the portrait of any gentleman. Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, examined by Mr. JAMES—I am a married woman. My husband is a gentleman's servant. We both entered defendant's service in April, 1843. I was engaged as cook and general servant. There were no other servants in the house at the time. Miss Wetherell had been married, and was living' apart from her husband. The defendant and his daughter used to go backwards and forwards from Byfield. My husband had orders not to allow Mr. Cooke to come into the house. The bedrooms occupied by the defendant and his daughter were adjoining to each other, and the doors were quite close. There was a dressing-room between the two bedrooms. After I had been in the service a week, I saw the defendant come out of his daughter's bedroom two mornings running, at half-past five o'clock. He had only his dressing gown on. On the first morning he had just opened Mrs. Cooke's door to come out, and he faced me as I was coming down stairs. When he saw me he leaned back, and then came forward. We did not speak to each other. On the second morning I saw the defendant just as he was going into his own room, and he had nothing but his dressing-gown on. On the evening before one of these mornings the defendant had gone out, and Mrs. Cooke told us we need not sit up, for she would sit up for her papa. I was in the habit of taking up the breakfast to Mrs. Cooke in bed, and she used to tell me to knock at her bedroom door, and if she did not answer, I was to put , it on the t a bl e , an d I have seen her go into her father ' s bedroom with nothing on but her night dress 'and a dressing gown. I used to take up breakfast for both of them, and I have always found that two persons had partaken of it. It was my duty to make the beds, but when I first went Mrs. Cooke told me that h er father always made his own bed anti I used to make her's for her. My husband used to help me to make the beds. From what I h a d seen I had suspi cities, and the appearance of the bed of the defendant's daughter always led me to believe that two persons slept in it. The witness then spoke to other matters that are not of a character to be detailed. The witness proceeded. Airs. Cooke used to pack up the bed linen herself, and I used to think it was very strange conduct, as ladies generally allowed their servants to do such things. Mrs. Cooke always used to lock up her dressing-gown and her night-gown, and I never saw them. I never saw her night-gown off her person, and I used to wonder and look about for it. I remember th e defendant and his daughter going away in August, 1843. Mrs. Cooke was very stout. I could not get her dresses together, and she used to say her papa should dress her if I could not do it without tearing her clothes. I heard Alr. Wetherell about the same time say that when she went into the country she would get much thinner, and I was to tell the dressmaker not to snake her dresses so large. I remember neon one occasion Mr. Wetherell came down into the kitchen one night when they had come horns from By field, and he wanted some hot water to make something hot for Mrs. Cooke to drink, as she wa s not well. I went up with him with the candle and glass, and I was about to go into her bedroom, but Mr. Wetherell took the things from me, and told me I could not come in, as his daughter was in bed, and he then went in and locked the door. 1 saw Mrs. Cooke the next morning, and she told me she was quite well, and she had merely been fatigued. They went away for ten days in the month of August, and when they came back Mrs. Cooke appeared much thinner, and seemed very pale and ill. She was thinner altogether. I asked her if she bad not had a doctor, and she replied that her papa was always her doctor. I remember Mrs. Cooke giving me some napkins. Therewere appearances on them which induced me to believe she had miscarried. I never saw a surgeon or a doctor of any descrip tion attend upon Mrs. Cooke. 1 went with the plaintiff's wife to Queen-square, and I saw the plaintiff arrested in her sight. She has told me that she should like to see him transported for life, and she said she should never be happy until she had done it. She and her father arranged with my husband to get Mr. Cooke taken into custody by the constable, and she prevented me from interfering, saying we were her servants, and were bound to do what she wished. Cross-examined—l was in the service altogether about six months. I noticed Mr. Wetherell coming out of his daughter's bedroom about a week after I entered the service. I thought it strange that a daughter of that age should be waited on by her own father. I suspected all along that Mr. Wetherell was carrying on a connexion with his own daughter. I told Mr. Wetherell, after he came home from Queen-square, that I thought he was acting very unkindly to his son-in-law. He replied, "It shall never be ; " and Mrs. Cooke said to me, " How foolish you are. I should like to see him transported." I had said that I thought they might have lived happily toge ther before this was said •by the defendant and his daughter. Ido not know what month it was when this happened. I have been at No. 29, Upper Seymour-street, Edgeware-road. I was there about a fortnight ago. I had been subpoenaed, and I wished to know when I should be wanted. A servant opened the door, and I saw Mr. Cooke. There was a lady there, but I have not the pleasure of her acquaintance. Mr. Cooke lodges at the house, I believe. I don't know how long be has been lodging there. I have seen Mrs. Baynton, hut I don't know her. I swear I never had any conversation with her. Mr. Cooke lodges with her. Ido not know who cr what Mrs. Baynton is. I don't recollect the days of the week when I saw Mr. Wetherell come out of his daughter's bedroom. 1 mentioned the circumstance to one or two per sons, and I always suspected he and his daughter were living together as married people. I know that Mr. Wetherell has been in prison at the suit of Mr. Cooke. I remember that a cloak and a cap were missed, but I am not aware that my hus band was charged by Mr. Wetherell with stealing them. We were asked about the cloak, and we told him he had taken the cloak and cap with him when he went into the country. Mr. We therell and his daughter did say that the things had been left in their charge, and they must have taken them or lost them, and Mrs. Cooke was very angry and said we must abide the consequences. We left the service some time afterwards, but we were not discharged. At the time of the Queen square business, Mrs. Cooke told my husband he might go and say what he liked about Mrs. Cooke, but she ad vised him not to do anything unless Mr. Cooke gave him 101. or 201. Mr. Cooke did give my husband 101. I swear that Mr. Cooke has not given me any more money. I was advised not to take any more money from Mr. Cooke or his party. I always said that I would . not tell anything against Mr. Wetherell but what I knew to be the truth. I always felt very uncomfortable at having the money, but still I keet it. Mrs. Cooke has frequently told me that she should be glad to see her husband transported. I used to tell her that I thought they might have lived happily together, and she used to turn it off with contempt, and say it never should be. I have never represented that Mrs. Baynton was to set me up in business after this trial. Before I was in service I was in the Magdalen Hospital. I placed myself there. I was about seventeen years old when I went to the Magdalen. The witness was then questioned at some length, and she admitted that she had been leading an immoral life. She was in the service once of a person named Cox, an .1 she left him with a man, but she did not know his name. _ _ . Re-examined—She was five years in the Magdalen, and since she came out she had lived a virtuous and moral life. Mrs. Cooke and Mr. Wetherell were aware that I was going to receive the 101. from Mr. Cooke, and this was the trap I have spoken of. Mr. Wetherell wished to borrow some of the 10L, but I would not let my husband give him any. I swear that I expect no money or any benefit from giving my evidence on this occasion. _ James Russell, examined by Mr. Sergeant Su EE-1 am the husband of the last witness. We have been married three years. We entered Mr. Wetherell's service in April, 1843. e had no regular engagement, but were recommended to Mr. Wetherell to take care of his house. I have assisted my wife to make the beds. Mr. Wetherell generally went to bed about half-past eleven o'clock, and Mrs. Cooke about the same hour. I have heard the bedroom doors go late in the night, at all hours, two o'clock, three o'clock, and later. I have been into Mr. Wetherell's bedroom as early as seven o'clock in the morning, and have observed that his bed had not been dis turbed. When I observed this, I knocked at Mrs. Cooke's bed room door, and she always answered me, and then about an hour afterwards I have seen Mr. Wetherell in his own bed room, with nothing on but a dressing-gown, with his legs bare, and his stockings hanging about them. The witness then spoke to the appearance of the bed of Mrs. Cooke, and said that in his opinion two persons had slept in it. The witness then went on to say that about the time of the business at the police-office, Mr. Wetherell told him, when he was about to see Mr. Cooke at his chambers, in Clifford-street, that he was not to let himself be bought cheap. He did see Mr. Cooke, and received 101. from him, and when he came back he told Mrs. Cooke and Mr. Wetherell, and laid the money on the table. A policeman was there at the time and he told him to take up the money and mark it, and he did so. Witness made another appointment with Mr. Cooke on the following morning, which Mr. Wetherell was aware of, and Mr. Cooke was then taken into custody. He heard his wife say that she thought it would be better for them to live happily, and Mrs. Cooke told her to hold her tongue, and that all they wanted to do with Mr. Cooke was to get him transported. Before Mi. Wetherell and his daughter went 'nto the country she appeared to be very stout, but when site returned she appeared to be fallen away, and looked very poorly. Cross-examined—l and my wife were in service before we went to live with Mr. Wetherell, and we are now in another service. I have seen Mr. Cooke at the house of Mrs. Baynton, in Seymour-street, and she has been present when we were talking about this matter. She did not sit down and hear what took place, but merely came into the room for a short time, to get what she wanted. On a third occasion, when I went to see Mr. Cooke, she stayed in the room for half an hour. I generally saw Mrs. Baynton when I went. I don't know what business she is. I never saw Mr. Baynton, or any gentleman who passed as Mr. Baynton. Mrs. Baynton is a woman between thirty and forty. She has no children that 1 know of. Mary Anne Hall, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—I live in Hill-street, Dorset-square, and am a washerwoman. I used to wash for Mr. Wetherell and Mrs. Cooke from the beginning of April to the latter end of June, 1543. I used to observe that the flaps of Mr. Wetherell's shirts always came to me washed out, and apparently with scented soap. The witness then spoke to the appearances upon the linen of Mrs. Cooke, but her evidence cannot be detailed. She used to remark that Mrs. Cooke was one of the most " delicatest" of ladies that ever she bad to do for, because she always washed her papa's linen. Dr. Charles James Cox, the physician to the General Dis pensary, and also in extensive practice as an accoucheur, was then called and examined. To questions put to him by Mr. James, he expreased an...9Finion that the appearances deposed to by some of the witnesses denoted a miscarriage. He did not, however, speak with positive certainty. Mr. Robert Shoot, also a surgeon and accoucheur, gave a similar testimony. Margaret Langridge deposed that she was in the service of the defendant and Mrs. Cooke in 1813. Witness acted as upper housemaid. While she was in the service she used to notice the conduct of Mr. Wetherell towards his daughter, and particularly the manner in which he embraced her. She had seen the defendant come out of his room undressed, and knock at Mrs. Cooke's door, and when she came out he would kiss her in such au indecent manner that witness had turned away ashamed. They had neither of them anything more on than a night dress and dressing gown. She had seen this take place several times. Witness bad repeatedly seen the defendant go into his daughter's bedroom, and witness had gone to bed lea,. ing him in the room, both of them at the time having nothing but their dressing gowns on. Upon one occasion when witness was with them at Byfield Mrs. Cooke went out of her bedroom, and told her she was going to her papa, and she was away for three hours. At this time witness was sleeping with Mrs. Cooke. She was undressed when she went away. She re membered Mr. Cooke coming to see his wife when she was staying at Mivart's Hotel, and Mr. Wetherell and a French waiter pushed him out of the house. Cross-examined—The mix - acing she referred to took plat it in 1842; that was before the marriage took place. The going" into the bedroom was also before the marriage. Witness assisted in the marriage with Mr. Cooke, and she packed up Miss Wetherell's things and sent them to Mr. Cooke's house on the day before they were married. Mr. Wetherell did not know anything about the marriage taking place. When Mr. and Mrs. Cooke went to town together from Byfield, witness accompanied them. They occupied apartments in Welbeck street, and he sometimes stayed out very late at night. He eventually left Mrs. Cooke al ogether, and in the course of a few days she returned home to her father. By Mr. CHAMBERS—Mr. Cooke tried several times to be reconciled to his wife after this occurred. Elizabeth Revel, wife of Mr. Wetherell's coachman at Byfield, deposed that after. Mr, Wetherell's marriage she and her father used occasionally to come to Byfield. Her attention was attracted to Miss Wetherell's bed by another servant, and in her opinion it had the appearance of two persons having been in it. She likewise said that between three and four o'clock in the morning she had seen the de fendant go into his daughter's bedroom and remain there for twenty minutes. The witness likewise said that since the action had been brought she had seen the defendant in the Queen's Bench Prison, and he asked her some questions, when she told him what she had seen respecting the bed, and he remarked that the best thing witness could do would be to go out of the way. She also said that he did not mind what Russell and his wife said, but he was afraid of witness. He asked some further questions about the evidence, and when she told him what Mrs. Hall was to prove about the linen, he rubbed his face and turned quite crimson. Cross-examined—Her evidence had been taken down in writing, and she was sworn as to its truth. She bad been told that more had been put into her affidavit than she really stated, but upon hearing it read over, she found it was not the case. She would not swear that Mr. Wetherell did not say it was all a conspiracy to ruin him and his daughter. She had so much to think of she could not recollect every thing. Mr. Wetherell owed her husband 701., but she did not say to him when she went to see him, that if he would pay her she would go away the next day. She did say, " Pay me the money, and I'll go to-morrow."' Mr. JAMES here tendered the sworn statement of the witness as evidence to prove that she had now told the same story. Sergeant CHANNELL objected. Chief Justice TINDAL ruled that it was not admissible. It was a most extraordinary course to cause a witness to swear to the truth of the evidence he would have to depose to. Evidence was then adduced, to show that the defendant went into the country with his daughter, he gave directions that all his letters should he enclosed in an envelope ad dressed to T. C. Mills, Esq., and it was proved that letters, so addressed, were sent to him at Gloucester,Aonmouth, and Chepstow. This closed the plaintiff's case, and the further proceedings were then adjourned. two daughters were in the tap-room of the inn, where they had been drinking tea. The little boy, however, had again absconded from them, which seemed to have had a great effect on the spirits of his mother. About ten minutes after the prisoner left the house the woman Elizabeth Woolford also left the room, and it is supposed the house immediately after, but no one saw her after she left the room in which they had been sitting. When she lett the room she had no bonnet on. She never again returned to the house•. Just before eight o'clock the same evening, a woman in dark clothes, with a red shawl and dark bonnet, and answering the description of the deceased, was seen by two women who were walking along the road leading to Salisbury from Loverstock. Loverstock, it appears, is a village near Salisbury, where there is a river called the Lilly, over which there is a bridge ealled Loverstock-bridge. The woman was near a place called Milford Hollow, and was going in a direction to the bridge. When seen by the witness she appeared to be crying, running fast, and looking behind her apparently much frightened. As they got on about sixty yards, they met a man whom they identified as being the prisoner; and as ,he passed them he was going in the same direction as the woman, and was heard to mutter, "I be d-d if Ido not (to it." About twenty minutes after this the prisoner was again seen looking _ over Loverstock-bridge into the water. This was about twenty-five minutes past eight. At a quarter before nine lie went into the tap-room of Clarke's brewery in Salisbury, and had some beer and smoked his pipe, when he left and went to the White Lion, where his family were left. When he got there he was asked if he had seen his wife. tie said, " No, for he should not wonder if the old fool had hung or drowned herself, as she had often threatened to do." He then went back to Clarke's brewery, and asked for a half pint of beer. He then said to a man called Alit:hell, who was sitting in the room, " When I went from here I went direct to Newman's (the landlort: of the White Lion), and saw my children by the fire, comfortable, but not their mother, and they told me they did not know where she was." He then said that he went up stairs, but could not find her, although her bonnet and shawl were left in the room, therefore she could not be gone far; that he had been to look for her, but could not find her. Hestayed there until near eleven o'clock, and then returned to the White Lion, and knocked at the door. The landlord opened it, and asked him where he had been so late ? He said, " Looking after my 1)-- of a wife, who, I suppose, is drowned." Nothing more was seen of the poor woman until the 9,h of April, when the body of a woman, which was clearly identified to be that of Elizabeth Woolford, was found in the river Liffy, about two hundred yards below Loversteck-bridge. She had no bonnet or shawl on when found, but a bonnet and shawl, which were identified to be hers, were found in the water near the place where she was found, but higher up the river. No marks of violence of any kind were found on the body, which presented the ordi nary appearance of a drowned person who had been a long time in the water. Upon a coroner's inquest being held, the pri soner was apprehended at a village some miles from Salisbury, he having left that place with his family for some time. Seve ral witnesses were called to prove statements made to them by the prisoner after the poor woman was missing, but they were all to the effect that he had been looking fur his wife, but could not find her, and that he believed that she had either drowned or hung herself, and that he was sure he should not see her again. One witness, however, who was called to prove a statement of this kind, proved a very material fact for the prisoner, which was, that on the 12th of March the deceased woman, whom he had known for some years, had called on him in Salisbury, and on his remarking to her that she was much altered and looked nervous, she said, " I have had a deal of trouble of late, more than I can bear. I am sure I cannot bear it long, but shall either hang or drown myself." Another witness, the servant at the White Lion, also deposed that on the morning of the day on which she disappeared, she ( witness) asked the deceased to let her have a chair on which she was sitting for a short time, to hang some clothes on,where upon deceased said, "Pray take it. I shall not trouble this place much longer." The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Justice ERLE summed up the case to the jury with great perspicuity and minuteness, pointing out to them that although it might be that the prisoner had not lived ;happily with his wife, and might, by his ill conduct, have driven her to commit suicide, yet it was far from being satisfactorily proved that in any way he had been the active mover to her death by violent means; but that, upon the evidence produced before them, it was much more probable that she had been driven by despair and misery to commit suicide. He then read over the whole of the evidence, and The jury, after about half an hour's consultation, found the prisoner Not Guilty. During the whole of the trial the prisoner maintained the most perfect self-possession, and repeatedly cross-examined the witnesses, some of whom he charged with perjury and with coming there to swear away his life. At one time, during the examination of the landlord, he became so much excited that it was with difficulty that the gaoler could pacify him ; he walked up and down the dock, exclaiming, " I never saw the woman that night, on w y soul ! As I live, by the Almighty, I never cast eyes upon her on the Sunday ! It is no use to listen to that man, he is perjured. lam innocent—. innocent—innocent ! He has perjured himself—he has per jured himself I" Upon beiTrg asked if he would say anything in his defence, however, ho answered quite calmly, " All I have to say is, that lam innocent of the charge." Upon the ver diet of Not Guilty being returned, his fortitude quite gave way, and he fell back in a chair in the dock and burst into a fit of weeping, apparently inconsolable for some time. This case terminated the business of the assizes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAIVSION-IIOUSE. Mr. Jacob Castel:o was summoned before the Lord Mayor, for having caused au obstruction at the corner of Capel-court, which leads to the Stock Ex change. The neighbourhood of Capel-court has been for some time crowded in an extreme degree during business hours by the lower orders of jobbers—bulls, bears, stags, and lame ducks ; and a policeman has been officiating there every day, in- order to enable the owners of premises on the spot to obtain access to their own offices, and to clear the way fur the public, who constantly have to meet with impediments from the ex cited speculators. - Mr. Conley, the Deputy of the ward, having been applied to by many of the respectable inha bitants, to exercise his influence in checking so disagree able a nuisance, directed that the police should summon any transgressor of the Sewers Act, and the defendant was accordingly cited before his Lordship. Thomas White, policeman No. 24, stated that on the 9th instant, there being a crowd and a complete obstruc tion on the Queen's highway, he spoke to a gentleman who was in conversation with Mr. Castello to move away from the Queen's highway. Mr. Castello immediately asked how a common thief-taker, like witness, dared to speak to a gentleman, and threatened - to take witness before the Lord Mayor. As Mr. Castello acted in such a manner as was calculated to increase rather than dimi nish the obstruction, and as frequent complaints had been made of the annoyance to which the owners of premises in the vicinity, and passers-by were subjected, witness was obliged to appeal to the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR—IS it the public way that was obstructed ? Witness—Certainly it is. The LORD MAYOR—Have you any witness to call ? Witness --No, my Lord, All these who were about the place were jobbers, and others interested in Stock Ex change transactions. Mr. Castello said he WAS very well known in the city of London to be a most respectable man, and he did not k=-pow why he should be deprived of the rights of a free born Englishman by a person who belonged to the police force. For thirty-five years his character as an honour able man of business had been known, and he felt that be ought not to be touched by the hands of a thief-taker ; and he certainly did express himself in that manner. He, at the same time, feeling great indignation at such interference, said that it was his intention to complain to the Lord Mayor upon the subject ; but, upon cooling, hs thought it would be as well not to notice it further, and the summons to answer the complaint of the policeman was the consequence. The policeman said he had civilly spoken to the gen tleman to move from the spot in which the obstruction was, and that if Mr. Castello refused, it would be an example which the rest would follow immediately, so that all accommodation to the public would cease. Mr. Castello stated that the policeman desired him, and the gentleman with whom he was talking upon busi ness, to move on, and said to him, " flow do I know that you are a gentleman ?" in a very insolent manner. " My same," repeated Mr. Castello, " is Jacob Castello. I am well known as a man of honour ; and it is come to a pretty pas,, if a free born Englishman is to be treated in such a manner by a common thief-taker." Mr. Jacobs, merchant, of London-road, stated that he was conversing with Mr. Castello peaceably, near_ Capel-court, when the policeman walked up to him, touched him, and told him to move on. Witness told the policeman, if he had anything to say- to say it, with out accompanying the word with the notion ; and Mr. Castello observed that it was hard if gentlemen could not speak together on the Queen's highway, without having hands put upon them, or being pulled about by a policeman. The policeman commented upon that ob servati6n, by saying he did not know whether Mr. Cas tullo was a gentleman or not. • The policeman stated that Mr. Jacobs had given him a great deal of trouble at the same place. The LORD MAYOR—Is there any other witness for the defence ? Mr. Castello—No, my Lord. I leave this in your Lordship's hands. I protest against having my name mixed up with the stags, 'and people of that description about the Alley. If policemen are to have such power—if t h e lib erty o f t h e su bj ec t is to be abridged in this mann er , I can no l onger ca ll m y se lf a free-born Englishm an , but a mere slave, and my friend who is going to a f ore i gn country must l ea ve England with a very unfavourable impression of the nature of the free dom of which we speak. DEPUTY CORNET declared that the-nuisance just de scribed had reached a most intolerable height, and he and several gentlemen who had offices and counting house* in the immediate neighbourhood, bore the warm est testimony to the good character and moderate con duct of the policeman, who uniformly exhibited proofs of the tnost marked forbearance. The LORD MAYOR—There is no doubt at all, accord ing to the admission of the defendant and his witness, independently of the evidence of the policeman, who we know here to be an extremely well-conducted man, that in this case the law has been violated. The consequence of such trausgressions is serious, and the magistracy must interfere to check the evil, which increases with the rage of speculation. Mr. Castello is fined 20s. and c ists. Mr. Castello seemed to be surprised at the decision, for he had neon pormittel to talk upon the boasted pri vileges of free born Englishmen without interruption, and evidently imagined teat his allusion to slavery would fill his Lordship's mind with abhorrence of the police men. " It shall not end here," said he. Deputy Corney—No ; I will follow it up, depend upon that. Mr. Castello —I shall go to Parliament, most certainly, upon the subject. What are the rights of a free-born Englishman. if such things are allowed ? Nothing. Deputy Corney—l think, my Lord, it will be neces sary to put up a board containing a notice of the deter mination to carry the law into effect. The LORD MAYOR—No; there will be no occasion. This case and the penalty will, I dare say, become quite public enough to rend er an y cou rse of that kind un necessary. The defendant paid the penalty, and saying that he was thankful to his Lordship, left the Justice-room. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGUTF.R.—A man, named Joseph Winin 13c(_, who lookel Ii! 01 Int).Auir, " S V ° ll 4 1 ! t. up, and chargel upon the following evidence with having been the cause of the death of his wife. Acting-Inspector Teague, No. 410, stated that as he WU 04 duty ou Thursday night ho received iniargotiou that at No 6, Priest's-alley, Tower-street,-the wife of the prisoner had lost her life in a quarrel with him. He itnmediately, to,,k the prisom:.r into custudv,. and pal him to mind thin ithe thought proper:to . S4anythint; would be used against him. The prisoner said, if he were to be hung for it he would speak the tru h. He then stated that he had in a quarrel struck his wile, and thrust her out into the court ;•- that she returned and was striking at him, and that he was about to strike her again, but was held back by a female who lodged in the _house ; that hiS wife in retreating from him caught her foot against the step of the door and fell backwards and dislocated her neck, and that was the way it happened. Jane Lightfoot, alodger at No. 5, Priest's-alley, stated that as she was_ sitting on the step of the door, she heard the prisoner and his wife having .words together. It -appeared to her- that Bean had flung a cup of tea at his wife, and immediately a scuffling took place. A Mrs. • Jacobs Avent to-part them, and - when Bean was going to - strike his wife, interfered, and called upon him; for God's sake, to govern - his pa,Sion ; and Mrs. lleah then caught h,•r fUot, in the, door Way, and fell back with her neck against . the stoiies or the step. Witness took her up, and she called for a drop of water, and the psi-over broluht, the water to give to her. He then went out, -and did not return ter a quarter of an hour. The stir -gem' came, awl witness held Mrs. Bean's arm while he tried to bleed-her, but 'not a drop of blood came. The surgeon pronounced her dead, and witness understood him to have stated that she had dislocated the marrow of her neck. The LORD MAYOR remanded the prisoner until the issue of the Coioner's inquest shall be known, and de sired Goo* the turnkey, to let the Coroner know that., if he considered it necessary, the prisoner. .should appear before him on the occasion. BOW-STREET. Louis Lemoine, and John Thomas Hall, were placed at the bar, before Mr. Jardine, charged with obtaining shares in the Portberry Railway under false pretences. The case had been adjourned several times. William Wood, Clerk to the Great Western Railway Com pany, at the offices in West Strand, proved that Messrs. Os borne and Co., correspondents of the Company at Fulham, had written a letter of allotment to a Mr. Dethick , of Fulham, and that this letter was produced by the prisoner Lemoine, at the office in West Strand, on the 26th July last. The prisoner, by means of this letter, obtained ten scrips, but it having been discovered that he was not the person he repre sented himself to be, he was given in charge to a policeman. George Willis said that he was an assistant to the last witness, and that on the 26th of July last the pri soner Lemoine came to the office, and produced the allotment letter directed to W. Dethick, and said that he wished to sign the contract deed. The deed was handed to him, and he signed " William Dethic," omitting the final k. As the name wai spelled " Dethick " in the letter of allotment, the omission of the k caused witness to suspect the prisoner was not the right person. He expressed his suspicions to the prisoner, who at first insisted that he was Mr. Dethick, but after some dispute said that he had been sent by a person, who had pro.- mised to give him half-a-crown for his trouble, and that that person was Mr. Dethick. A policeman was then brought, and Lemoine was given in charge. Policeman Messeler, A 41, said that on the 26th of July he was sent for to take the prisoner into custody on a charge of forgery. The prisoner said that his name was not Dethick, but that he had been sent by a man who had met him in the street. He then took him to the station at Bow-street. Some time after that he received informati.m from Lemoine, in consequence of which he went to a house in Marylebone, where he foand the other prisoner. He told him that he had come to arrest him on a charge connected with railway shares, in which Lemoine was concerned. Hall said that he had sent Lemoine to get the shares for a third party, named Dethick. Mr. Wiliam Dethick, contractor, of Richmond-road, Ful ham, said that he had not authorised either of the prisoners to obtain shares for him, nor to sign any deed in his name. He had never applied for shares in the Portberry Pier Railway, nor had he authorised any person to apply for shares for him or in his name, in that or in any other railway. Ile knew nothing of either of the prisoners. The letter of application for the shares was here . produced, and the witness denied having written it. On seeing the al lotment letter, he said that it was directed to. - him, at hii ad dress, but that he had never received it, and now saw it for the first time. The prisoners reserved their defence for the present. Mr. JARDISE - said that there was sufficient evidence to jus tify him in committing the prisoner Lemoine for forgery, and that by his own admission to the constable, Hall was an acces sory before the fact. The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute, and the prisoners removed. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Devises, August 13. CROWN COU RT—( Before Mr. B iron PLATT.) 0 Ruth Felthum was charged with stabbing and wounding Mary Barter, with intent to do her same grievous bodily harm. Verdict—Guilty of a common assult, and she was sentenced to three months' hard labour. August 14. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE. ) The George v( ind ic tment )oiford c h w a t g h e d th t e h e wilfulprisoner, murder o t f h e name of Elizabeth Woolford, by casting or throwing her into the water, by which she was choked, suffocated, and drowned. There was a second count charging the murder to be of a woman to the jurors unknown. The short narrative of the facts of the case, as stated by counsel and proved in evidence, is as follows : The prisoner, who was a showman, and travelled about the country with a learned pig, came to Salisbury on the sth of March last, with his two daughters (one aged 14, and the other 19), and took a bedroom at the White Lion Inn, in Toy street. The next day his wife, Elizabeth Woolford, came and joined him there, bringing with her a boy named Elijah, aged ten years, who was their youngest child. The reason of their not coming together seemed to be that his son had left him some time before, and the mother had been to Southamp ton to fetch him. They appeared to be in a state of great poverty, and they all slept in one room, the man and his two daughters on a bed, and the woman and the child on the floor, on a bed made up there. The man got what money he could for the family by taking the pig round the country for exhibi tion, having with him a drum and bugle. They remained at the White Lion until the 16th of March without anything par ticular occurring, out from the evidence it ,p eared that the woman was in low spirits, and appeared much dejected. On the evening of the 16th of March, which was Palm Sunday, the prisoner left the house at about seven, and said he was gig to the post-offroe. At this tiate the deoessed sad her ' MARKET INTELLIGENCE. COAX. IVIARMET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :-Adair's Main, 13s 9d; Bud Ale's West Hartley, 16s; Chester Main, 16s 3d; Hasting's Hartley, 15s 6d ; Holywell Main; ,1_,OSI:Old Pon top, 13s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 13s 6d ; Ravedsworile's West Hartley, 15s ; Taylor's West Hartley, 15s 6d West Wylam, 15s 3d; Wall's-end, Bewicke and Co., 17s ; Hilda, 16s 9d ; Eden Main, 17s 3d; Braddyl's Hetton, 18s ; East Hetton, 16s 6d ; Hetton, 18s ; Lambton, 17s 6d; Russell's Hetton, 17s 3d; Stewart's; 18s ; Caradoc, 17s 6d ; Hough Hall, 17s ; Kelloe 17s 6d ; Adelaide Tees, 17s6d ; Brown's Deanery, 16s 9d; CoWndon Tees, 16s; Eden Hartlepool, 15s 3d ; Gordon, 16s ; Richardson's Tees, 16s ; Seymour Tees, 17s 3d ; South Durham, 17s • St. Helen's Tees, 16s 3d ;__Tees, 17s 6d ; West Cornforth, 17s ; West Tees, 16s ; Anderson's Garesfield Coke, 235,6 d ; Derwent water Hartley, Iss •, Eden Hartlepool COke, 21s ; Hartley, 15s.—Ships arrived, 10. (From the London New Price Current of Aiia, . 11,) - SUGAR.—To-day West India 'Sugar was greatly wanted for all purposes ; but higher prices being again insisted upon tended to check business, and the sales amounted to 412 hhdslnd tres, making the total (pan thy sold for the week 2,740 hhds and tierces ' and the rise in prices Is per cwt—if merchants had taken rates rather under those quoted, refiners and grocers would nearly have cleared the market of every sort. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was purchased with eagertiess by the home trade, and prices closed firmly at 67s to 68s for brown, and at 69s per cwt for standard lumps. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held for.43s to 43s 6d per cwt, and there is yet nothing offering,f,of sale, MAURITIUS.—AII descriptions ate gre4ly,wantedsnil the few parcels on offer by private cone act have. been again cleared off the mamet at a further improvement in prices. At a public sale of 6,401 bags held this afternoon, the biddings were very animated, and the whole sold, establishing an advance on the rates of the last auction of 2a to 4s for yellow, and 3i to 5a per cwt for brown qualities. EAST INDIA. This afternoon Bengal was much wanted, and 600 bags at auction sold at very high rates —fine grainy white like pieces fetched 63s to 64s 6d, good 59s 6d- to 60s, damp 58s 6d to 63s 6d, and low yellow not grainy 48s to 49s 6d per cwt. The public sale of 2,797 baskets of Java Sugar, daty paid, with ertificate, attracted a large attendance, the rade ; the.principal part was dispfised . "4„,4' 001. partitively moderate rates ; they AtreZe:tidalilitlyir under the prices accepted of late by private treaty ; the home trade were the chief buyers; fine fine strong yellow went at 545 6d to 555, fine 53s to good 52s 6d, low 51s 6d to 525, fine white at 58s good 55s 61 to 5 7 5, fine fine strong grey 55s 6;1 to 565, good and fine 53s to 545, low and middling 51s to 52s 6i, fine greyish brown 59s 6d, and washed 48s to 54s 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.—There has been an extensive demand for West India; prices are still advancing, and rule Is to Is 6d above those of this day week. The private sales amount to I,qoo puns—Antigua at 22; to - 22 s 6d, very fine 235, Demerara and Trinidad, old 18s to 19s per cwt. At public sale St. Vincents fetched 19s per cwt. Bengal Treacle has been purchased more freely, and prices, are looking up. - - FOREMY.—The market has again been scantily sup plied with all descriptions of Foreign Sugar. Holders of Brazil have refused to, sell but at fully former rates. A floating cargo of brown Pernambuco sold at 25s 3d per cwt for Refining, the buyer paying landing charges. Porto Rico is held fur the former value, but there has been only a limited business transacted. Yellow Havannah is_ less waited, but liolders show firm ne4s, and ask very full rates. At public sale Trinidad de Cuba was taken in at high rates, namely, middling strong yellow at 29s to 30s, good 30s 6d to 31s, fit:e 31s 6d to 32s 6d. very tine bright 33s to 34s 6a; and two hits of good white 39s to 40s per cwt; since the sale, however, a part has been sold• rather-.under these rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon was in excellent re quest privately, and prices closed firmly at 47s to 47s 6d per cwt for good ordinary ; at auction 106 bags were offered—real good ordinary pale, mixed with a few blacks, was taken in at 48s, which was above the value ; but, Plantation sold, middling bold coloury but unclean at 735, sea damaged 67s Gd ; 72 bags of Singapore Java fetched 363 Gd for good ordinary but mixed, and 33s to 24s per cwt for low ordinary ; 18 cases of Mysore, fine ordinary green at 48s ; 30 casks of Demerara were mostly bought in—fine ordinary at 53s 6d to 545, good ordinary 48s to 50s, being more than it was worth. TEA..—To-day the trade came forward with increased freedom, and several parcels of Tea were sold at full prices, indeed in some cases Black fetched a small ad vance, it being difficult to purchase common sound Congou under 91d per lb cash. SeicEs.—Today several parcels of Black Pepper were sold privately at the advanced rates previously quoted ; at public sale 188 robins and 166 bags of Ceylon sold at 31d for half heavy brown, and 82 bags of Malabar at 31(1 per lb. Smarrs.—The rates previously established have been fully supported for all descriptions of Jamaica Rum this week, and exporters and the home trade are yet desirous to purchase, especially of the better descriptions. In Calcutta an extensive business has been transacted at an advance on former rates of d per gallon ; 900 casks having been sold at Is 9d to is 91d per- gallon proof with certificate, and the quantity remaining in first hands is trifling. Demerara is wanted, and fetch very full rates; 2s 10d paid for 100 puns 34 per cent over proof, and 2s lld to 3s Id far small parcels of superior quality. Leeward Island is wanted , but a fu rther advance in prices being insisted upon checked business, and only small par eels have been disposed of at Is 10d to Is 101c1 per gallon proof strength. Brandy has been in much better request, and an advance in prices has taken place. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838, hlids 4s 7d, pans 4s sd; ditto 1839, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d; ditto 1840, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d; ditto 1841, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 2d, puns 4s; ditto 1843, hhds 4 s id, puns 3s I Id; ditto 1844, hhds 4s, puns 3s 10d; middling and good middling of the various vintages 33 2d to 3s Bd, low 2s 10d to 3s; and Bordeaux 2s 8d to 2s 9d per gallon. Geneva firm at is 9d to is 10d.• Eng lish Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gallon, nett cash. DICE.—For every description of Bengal the demand has been very extensive this day week, and a consider able advance has taken place in prices ; all on offer by private contract has been bought up principally by ex porters and speculators—the rates given exhibit an ad vance on those of this day week of 4s to 6s per cwt, and in all 28,000 bags have been sold. For Madras the inquiries have been numerous, and a considerable advance in prices has taken place, but the supply is far from ample for the demand. Java is greatly wanted, arc! woul4 fetch 14s to 18s per cwt, but there is none y, t :-; the market. For Cleaned Rice the demand has been extensive, and much higher rates are obtained. Tapioca has been purchased with more freedom, and stiffer rates are paid. Arrowroot hat, bean in goal sad higher rate§ sre girm, TALLOW.—Thisidsernoon, _at_public sale 1,016 pkgs of South American Tallow mostly sold at 37s 64 to 43s 9d, very low 28s to 35s ;41 casks of N6r - th 'American 39s 9:1 to 416 61 1'204 ca4;:s of Australian 35'; 3:1 to 40s 9d ; 57 casks Of 355 . 3 d to 40S dd;' 2 casks of Portugal 40s 3d '; 44 casks of Bremen - 41 s to 4ls ;38 casks of Cape 40s 64 to 41s 3d, and 10 Casks of Italian 39s Gd to 40s 6d per ewt. OlLS.—This afternoon Sperm Oil fetched easier r“tos, 50 tuns at auction sold at 78/ to 801 for Sydney. For Southern prices are firmer for the better, but inferior sorts are cheaper ; 41 turiS at auction sold at 261 to 281 tOs, low and very low dark 241 lOs to 251 lOs per tun. FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE. Auc. 15, 1845. A dispatch has this morning been received by the Honourable Sir James Grahath, from' the Earl of Aberdeen, K. T., 'dated Chateau de Bhilit, 02ili August, 1845; stating, that the Queen and ll,s Royal Ilightv , ss Prince Albert had arrived, iii g )ott health, ut that pace, on the even ing of the llth in6tant, having disembarked at early hour of that morning at Antwerp ; and that her Majesty was wet, at Maline, by the King and Queen of • the Belgians, who accompanied her Majesty as far as- Yowlers ; and that, at Aix-la- Chapelle, her Majesty j was received by the King of t'russia ; and, after seeing the principal objects of inte re:,t and curiosity in, that town, was conducted by the King, with every mark of honour and distinction, to the Chateau de Bruit], CROWN-OFFICE, AuG. 15. DIE:URI:RS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAH LIA 31 ENT. CITY OF CHICIIESTEIL — ArthUr Lennox, Rig., COln mociS?• called Lord Arthur Lennox, Clerk of the Ord mince. _ . BOROUGH OF WAR WIUK.—Sir Clarks Eurwicke Douglas, lint., one of the Commissioners of Greenwich HHosp►tal. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 9. Corps of Royal Alarincs.--Second Lieut. C. M'Artbur to Le First Lieutenant, vice H. C. M. Hawkey, absent without lea%e. . _ , WHITEHALL, JUNE 12. The Lord Chancel or lia4 appointed Ralph Darlington, of Wigan, to the bounty' palatine of Lancaster, Grunt., io be a Master .Faxtraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. , B INKRUPTS. Joseph Lazarus,. clothes dealer, Marylebone-lane, to surrender Aug. 22, at two, and Sept. 26, at half past eleven, at the Court of 13aukruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place. William Parsons, corn dealer, Wood-street, fritices road, Lambeth, Aug. 26, - at halt-past one, and Sept. 25, •at cleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; M'Leod and Stenning, London street, Fenchurch; street. - David Davis, dealer in regimental and court dresses, Jeriuyii-street, St. James's, Aug 22, at half-past eleven, and Si3t. 25, at eleven, at *the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard ; Lewis and Eiy-place, Holborn. J. T. Taylor and T. - P. Watkinspn, plumbers, York tt-rrace, Regent's. park, Aug. 26, at eleven, and Oct. 2, at twelve, at the Court of, Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Grimaldi, Stables, and ::urn, Copthall court. • George Frederick Kerschner, victualler, Castle Inn, Holloway, Aug. 22, at half-past ten, and Sept. 30, at twelve, at the ojurt of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Fisher, Queen :Aware, Bloorn , Sbury. ' J din Marst4 grocer, BreWood, Staffordshire, Aug. 23, and Sept. 20, at -Olovir, - at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Robinson, Wolverhampton. John Cadogari,,,jun., warehouseman, Brecon, Aug, 29 and Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official as s ignee, Bristol ; Adamson,. Ely , place, London. Jacob Richard Owen, sharebroker, Aug. 25 and S. - -pt. 5, at twelve, tit the- Manchester District Court. Hobson, official -assignee, Manchester ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory; and Bourdillon, Bedford-row, Lon-- don ; Hitchcock, Buckl,l,.and Tidswell, Manchester. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price'of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for, the week ending Aug. 12, 15-P, 4d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of cus.toins no or pay4le thereon on the im portation thereof into G,.cat Britain. - (Dividends, &e., in our next.). COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY., ‘.rnit , -r. - dam CF. 12 8 Unto, at sight l2 6 EicAterdam 2 U. 1 8 , 2 ..... Leghorn . ... SO 65 'thinoa . . 25 95 Antwerp 26' 20 lan /NI nbuizh M. B. Altona 13 15 Venice • gaples . Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months Larsenles 25 95 - Bourdeaux 'Frankfort on Milne ; 1221 7 :4, Petersburgh, 3 Us.. Berlin - 40 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M. 10 3 ri este, ditto - 10 4 l'al.grino, 1.6 r 0z... 120,* Lisbon ....... .534 Oporto . Rio Jaac"••.> ..... balua Buenos • . Niadnd 364 Cadiz '4l.lbao . Barcelona &ovine Philad?'l.l+4 , ...... PM - CAA ;7 nut.uoN, tEtt oz Foreig!: bars. £3 17 9 Portty,:i• lAold Coin - 3 'l7 5 New Poublaons 0 0 0 New Silver !o tlArs . '3 4 11 SOUTHWARK ELECTION. MEETING OF THE FRIENDS or Sia WILLIAM MOLESWORTH.—Last evening an influential meeting of the electors of the borough of South wark w..s held, at the :Questa - ea Head, High-street, to devise means to seenre'the retorn Of -Sir William Molesworth to Par liament. The Cemmittee formed the previous evening •was enlarged to one hundred', and the canvassing books delivered out with the intention of commencing the canvass the beginning of the week. Certain explanations were given of the course which had been taken by the Reform Association in bringing 'ir William forward which were deemed satisfactory to the great body present, also with regard to his views on the May nooth question. On Monday evening a general meeting of the electors is announced to take place at the Bridge Hotel, at which it is stated Sir William will make his first appearance. To-day his address was forwarded to every elector in the borough, 6,000 in all, so by this time every voter has a copy of it. The other candidate, Air. Jeremiah Pilcher, issued his address at six o'clock in the evening. Beyond this we did not hear of any 'mhvenient in,:his favour. Mr. Daniel 'Whittle Harvey-hat. declined star:l,644re h candidate at present. having intimated that to be•hirintention yesterday forenoon to a depu tation of the electors that waited on him. CHATHAM DOCKYARD.—The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., Vice-Admiral Sir W. H. Gage, G.C., the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, with Captain Brandreth, Director :ef Engineering and Architec tural Works ; the Hon. Captain B. S. Dundas, Storekeeper General ; Mr. Loyd, the lit ad engineer of works at Woolwich Dockyard; and Mr. Pease, private secretary to the Hon. T. L. Corry, visited Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday, the 12th inst. Their Lordships, on landing at the Queen's stairs, were received by a guard of honour of the Royal Marines, consist ing of two sergeants and 50 rank and file, under the com mand of Captain Finmore, with First Lieutenant Henry Bremer and First, Lieutenant A. Ramsay, who bore the Queen's colours. • The ,band of the Royal Marines, on their Lordships passing, played 'Rule Britannia." Their Lord ships were received by the Captain-Superintendent, Captain W. H. Shirreff, and other officials of the yard. The purport of their visit was to inspect the store-houses, ropery, and anchor wharf ; after which they inspected the ships building and thtise in dock, and also the mast and boat-houses, and the paddle-box boats built for the Retribution steam-frigate, now in dock, which are beautifully made, being each 39 feet 9 inches in length, and each capable of containin g 250 persons. Their Lordships, after further progress, proceeded to the saw mills, when Professor Airey, of Greenwich, introduced his model of a saw-machine for cutting timber in various shapes, to which it is understood their Lordships will give their atten tion. Their Lordships, after inspecting the new metal mills in course of completion (the roof of which is of very beautiful construction, made of iron), and inspecting the im provements now, being carried out by Messrs. Baker and Co., returned to the residence of the . Captain Superintendent, where they partook of a luncheon, and at half-past 2 o'clock pro ceeded in the Admiralty biarge on board the Janus steam sloop, which vessel Was cast off from the sheer hulk, and pro ceeded under steam down the river with their Lordships and Captain Shirreff, followed by the Black Eagle Admiralty steamer. The rate of the speed of the Janus was about three miles an hour, the Wheels revolving about five times in a minute. On its arrival in Gillingham-reach their Lordships seemed to have had enough of the vessel, for they left it, and proceeded on board the Black Eagle to Sheerness, at which port their Lordships dined, at , the Port Admiral's residence. BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The printed regulations in every book of instructions delivered to every engineman, and to all the officers and servants of this railway, prohibit the em ployment of an engine at the,back of any train, except under special circumstances ; and on inquiry recently made from one end of the line to the other, the answer is that no such instance has ever yet occurred. Acccrding to a Vienna letter of' the sth inst., the Emperor of Austria has issued a Cabinet order that no new grant for the formation of railroads, within the empire, shall be made to private companies until the year 1850. By this rriod all the railroads now in construction must be finished. This determination will prevent capital from being absorbed in these undertakings, and at the same time put a stop to the in ordinate speculation in , shares. fn June last, the aggregate number of passengers by the Austrian railroads was 1,103,000, being 87,000 more than in the corresponding month of last year. THE RISLEYS ON THE CONTINENT. The conti nental papers continue to teem with the most enthusiastic en comiums on the performances of the Risleys, father and sons. So great has been theft success in the principal cities of Europe, that they have been obliged to forego engagements amounting to twenty thousand florins, in order to open in Paris at the Porte St. Martin, at their stipulated time— the first week in August. One of the Vienna papers contains a long and highly complimentary notice of their appearance at the St. Joseph theatre, in that city, last month, where they took the phlegmatic Germans by surprise. The Vienna critic says, " The beauty of the performance of the Risleys does not con sist so much in the exhibition of muscular strength as in their adroit:elasticity and their indescribable grace. he father is a fine handsome fellow—the boys beautiful children. The spec tator is surprised and delighted at their feather-like leaps, and their bounds are as daring as if their bodies were made of India rubber, instead of veritable bone and muscle. Their elegant silver dresses, the.variety of their feats, the novelty, and above all the refined and classic taste that marks every phase of their performance at once Stamped their popularity in this city. A hurricane of applause' followed their efforts, and the ballet which introduced them, by M. Pickier of Brussels, contributed much to their success." LITERARY CURIOSITY. --The learned Secretary to the University of Glasgow is about to publish a perfect literary and political curiosity—the old Glasgow Courant, from the 14th of October, 1745, to the 13th of Octolser, 1746—which gives a complete detail of the movements and romantic ad ventures of the Pretender. As a record of news, notices, and advertisements of the inhabitants of Glasgow 100 years ago, we have every reason to believe that Mr. Meikleham's is the only copy of this paper in existence. The particulars of understandofthemode of publication will be fo und in a nother page, that so eerier are the people of Glasgow to possess this curious record, that several hundred copies were subscribed for in one day. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in terview with the Chwoellor of the Exchequer yesterday. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victorillt cap. 32, tOr the IN eek ceiling on. Saturday, the 9th day ,ugust, 1815. NUteS issued ISSUE DEP 29,141,605 £29,141,605 J. 1: Dated the 14th day of Atigt BANKING DI ARTM ENT. Government debt 11,015, 1° ' m Other securities... 2,984,9°' Gold coin and bul lion Silver bullion. '' ... 131,9158910 l'ioprieturs' capita 114,553,000 'Zest Public deposits (in cluding quer, S:ivings knikA, ;:ioners of Nat iunal DOA, and divi acnd aecuuntr,) 4 034,767 (4t!ii,r Seven day and ot her 1,050,22( £9.9,141,6( ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. st, 1845. , bovernment secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 11,634,159 N o t es 7, 682,465 Gold and silver ,528,049 coin £33, 16!i,517 J. R. £33,16 6 , 51 Deputy Cashier. 3t, 1845. Dal ell thu 14th day id Aug [ A DVERTIS EM ENT.] —DEFECTIVE SIGHT Al, HEARING HELIEVED,IIPIIMMeDIS and Spectacles sent into me country by post, 39, Albemarle- street, Piccadilly, New vented Srectaeles, Powerful Telescopes, Opera Glasses , Mie s ' ? scope:, &e.—Patronized by his Majesty the King of Hanover' her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, their Graces Archbishops of Cesar. bury, York, 'and Dublin, the Dukes of Dev ntshire, Norfolk, Argyle, Marlborough, and Manchester, Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, Cork, Elphin and Kildare' !Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Oculists and Optician s ' have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construe' tion. Imm.•diat ety they are placed before iroP e k r ; feet vision, either by day or candlelight, I" mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at oil removed, and every object becomes clear and distinct , so the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant! and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. iti su the most Powerful Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasso2 Microscopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instrurne7 for relief of extreme deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. au : d h Solomons, Opticians, are not in any way connected o ,Ltc od , person of the same name in their immediate neighbour' be nor in any part of this country. To prevent m istake:', cautious, and observe—Only to he had at 39, Albemarle' s ' . Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. .LlO [ADVERTISEMENT. ..I—THE ORIGINAL ME TA-- M h S, TABLET STROP, WITH FOUR SIDES .— Mr. George Satlt6.- , inventor and manufacturer, No • .23, Strand.—This article 4r; been in extensive use for the last thirty years by the fin e cutlers, who pronounce it to have no equal in producing a. smooth edge to a razor, so necessary to shave with coin 8, They may be had of the following cutlers :—Lowcock, 3 42, Cornhill ; Lund, 24, Fleet-street ; Davis, 69, and Looker , , Leadenhall-street ; Verinder, 79, St. Paul's Chur ch y aiu Mill.kin, 161, Strand ; Coleman, Haymarket ; Philp 10S Whicker, 67, St. James's-street ; Warner, 25, S a ckri" e " . street ; Paget, 195, Piccadilly ; Kingsbury, 152, and Durhn sth ' 201, Regent- street ; Einslie, 46, S. Martin's-lane ; R obing 53, Bishopsgate-street ; Carter, Paris ; and Lamprey, Dublt The fact of their being sold by the above makes it superflu_dee' for the inventer to speak further in their favotir.— Ge org- Saunders, No. 25, Strand. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —THE EARL OF ALDBOI10;11 AND HOLLOWAY'S PIL LS .—An astounding cure by this t ra-mlous medicine, after every other means had failed. 7.„ extract of his lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghel';% February 21, 1845.—" To Professor Holloway ; Sir,- 1 _ A o to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a d is° 7bB in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent Of bo faculty at home, and all over the continent, had not be en to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienhe_A (Signed) ALDBOROUGH." These wonderful pills will any disease of tLe liver and stomach.—Sold (also Hollowed; Ointment) at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Stil ls and by all medicine venders throughout the civilized world,. The Chancellory of the Duchy of Schleswic 11?; stein Lauenburgh has just published the following rescript • A It has come to our knowledge that the singing Schleswic and Holstein have adopted a tri-coloured flag they carry in their processions and display at their festip, with or without the armorial bearings of Schleswic and . .l stein. This flag being considered as the syMbol of a lie".. - be party, and as it may occasion di,orders, we forbid that i* henceforth used." „ a st Tits GINGFR-DEER CASE.—The adjourned '° societies; upon this singular ease, in which a little girl n ame , - of s Goldsmith died after drinking a portion of the contents 15,, ginger -beer bottle, was resumed on Tuesday last, vthe% c lu Brett stated, that, on analyzing the contents of the st om he had found arsenic, rich he had no doubt had caused cl e too lie entirely freed Mr. Evans from blame, and considere'„, mode in which his ginger-beer was manufactured to be al O t ° less and proper method. The jury, after a short absenc e m e the Court, returned a verdict to the effect that the child eaii, to its death by arsenic, administered by the father unknowi lj g to from a ginger-beer bottle, but that there was no evidettliv show how it came there. The Coroner suggested t° r ep Evans, and, through him, to every ginger-beer roanufacto the the 'propriety of looking, if possible, more carefully t° washing of their bottles. —Lioerpoo! Albion. --- • rt • • UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF MANY OF THE NoBIL,-, A L EN ' S COMPOUND ANTIBILI Uu A.roA PILLS,' prepared - by Thomas Allen, lath of Mile-elitte Member of the It , y - al College of Surgeons, London, and Lic e . ld of the Apothecaries' Company, and a pupil of the late eccela rl p rat' celebrated John Abernethy, Esry , ; twenty-two ye ar !,,tctic s ! cipal Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. During a trial of twenty years, these Pills have been found an yor remedy in cases of indigestion, liver, and bilious complaifil;,ggis b derangements of the digestive organs and obstructions,_,° s the i action of the liver and bowels, which occasions more ....nodle; lowing symptoms, viz., heartburn, giddiness, acidity, ;di an' sickness, spasms, and flatulent distentions of the stain osa" bowels, drowsiness and dimness of sight, an uncomfortable w ith A tion experienced at the pit of the stomach soon after estiq' feeling of a weight of oppression, appetite impaired, breatbinir owe cult, tenderness about the region of the liver, bowels irregU l , 3 „'„ times obstinately costive with languor and depression of sPn . "'" o, jaw In boxes9d., and 4s. 6d. Sold by Mr. A" c o t Chemist, 24, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, London ; and ni spectabl: druggists. Agent for Mile-end, Mr. Wilkes, Druggist. OWLAND'S LOTION.—This well-k,n„, for VX and highly appreciated appendage of the British toilet nfect nearly a century past maintaiued unrivalled reputation as 8 ,,,P e pre' remedy for all Impurities of the skin, together with the valt ia ' f oo5" perties of a preserver and sustainer of the complexion of t he lion' genial nature, removing every trace of sallowness and disco1010;00, and promoting the transparency and brightness of the skin , constitute the peculiar graces of a fine complexion. " Robt. Shaw, London," is in white letters on the GoY erritn i; Stamp, without which none is genuine. Price 2s. 9d ; SS. Quarts 85. 6d. Sold by all Perfumers and Chemists. SEA SICKNESS. ---- b e rip HOMPSON'S REMEDY.—lncomparab . .!; f ito IL best yet offered ;in a trial extending over two years t v olt' l found efficacious in 93 cases out of every 100, in curing or lat e ,yo sca-siekness. It is tasteless, readily administered, an d T o rcic r° given With perfect safety to an infant. The packet of clab..t„lt tote only occupy 013 bulk of a small card-case, and weighs 1 1 ",',70/. 11 , than half an ounce. The steady and increasing sale of t ''' efficacious remedy for sea-sickness induces the proprietors t° it more generally known. Sold by the proprietors, T. Thompson and Son, chemists , C, street, Liverpool ; wholesale by W. S. Itumsey (sole agent 10,4,4 don), wholes Ale chemist, 3, Queen-street-place, City ; an d , had retail of the most respectable chemists throughout thoosforte Kingdom ; of Dietrichsen and Hannay, Sanger and Squir e ',..sre ct ! street; Savory and Moore, New Bond-street and Regen.l.gree',' Godfrey and Cooke, FlPher and Toiler, Bullock, Condu it Burtield, Strand; T. Keeting, St. Paul's Church-yard; and" 4, Cheapside, in packets, at 2s. 9d. and 11s. each. LORD ELDON'S APERIENT PILL S ' do, habitual Costiveness, have been the means o f 2; 0 0 °51 a7, 4 cure to many thousands ; they are peculiarly adapted for P. 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FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND On 6d'' Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. oe) 3s Jest published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envoi°, o rilllE SILENT FRIEND; a Medical Wc )r . ; as 4 it the Infirmities of the Generative System in both se % tor stil on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means ei o o , st p The baneful effects of solitary indulge* cc, neglected sYP II— . foll ° :of toms, &c., are folly pointed out. Illustrated by Engraving',', v iov"4 by ot,servations on Marriage, with plain directions for the :.,00,`"it certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, London. 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