The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-14 00:00:00

„... , 7 Tiolrfliceti - P tti, - tt ti * ~,,ii , Alf: • • •• • READING RACES. (THIS DAY.—BY EXPKEsS). The Reading Sakes. Gray Tommy ... F by La.aereost, out of Cytherea Old Rowley ... Won by a length. Six ran. ... 1 ... 2 „. 3 TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Nothing doing. Six o'cLocx. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. (THIS DAY.) The numbers to-day exhibit a slight increase over Wednesday's return. The class of visitors is much of the same kind; but the prorogation of the National As sembly has enabled many of the representatives to visit London this week, among the chief of whom is M. Leon Faucher, who may be observed busily engaged in the Crystal Palace each day. M. de Zwecht, the Bavarian Minister of the Interior, is also now in London for the same purpose. We are glad to perceive that many of the exhibitors who have exerted themselves to forward articles to the Great Exhibition worthy of the 0CC63i013, are likely to meet with the commercial reward which they deserve. The Coalbrookdale Iron Company have sold their re markable gates fir 1,5001., and have received orders for other copies of :tem. tier Majesty also has purchased Bell's AndrrAneda, with its pedestal. Messrs. Winfield have made many sales—a chandelier to Prince Albert, a nd eandF,labra to the Prince of Prussia. Messrs. Minton send the'ir dessert service to Austria by order of her Majesty. Besidr s these, the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Reid, to the Governorship of Malta is a mark of appre eia%ion of the great services which he has rendered to the Undertaking, which will meet with general approbation. Mr. DUO), Colonel Loyd, and other gentlemen con nected with the Executive, are at present at o,borne House, where they have gone to consult with the Illus trious President of the Commission on several important matters connected with the Exhibition. The police returns of to-day are as follow: — At 11 o'clock ... 15,118 At 12 o'clock ... ••• •-• 29 165 At 1 o'clock ... 37, 261 At 2 o'clock ••• ••• ••• 41,948 At 3 o'clock ••• ••• ••• 45,429 The thermometer stood during the greater part of the day at 74. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. FIRST EXA' tIN A.TION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE, 1851. FIRST DIVISION. Briggs, Henry—University College.,s T Carpenter, Alfred—St. owls Hospital. Carter, Henry Vandyke — St. George's iloapitaL E kin, James —University College. Evans, Evan—University College. Flower, William Henry—University C o ll ege . Gould, Henry—University College. Rillier, Thomas—University College. ivioney, Frederick John—St. Thomas's Hospital. Mushet, William Boyd—University College. Playne, Alfred—King's College. Ramskill, Josiah—Guy's Hospital. Robbs, William Edward—King's College. Roberts, William—University College. Roche, James Martin—University College. Tunzelmann, Julius Woldemar de—University College. Winter, John Newnham—Guy's Hospital. SECOND DIVISION. Barker, Walter Goodyer—London Hospital. Clarke, Erlin—King's College. Doubleday, Jarnes—Guy's Hospital. Evans, Charles Reeves—University College and Paris. Franks, Henry James—Queen's College, Birmingham. Grundy, Robert—University College. King, Henry Stavely Thaddeus—King's College. Langford. William—King's College. Roberts, Elias Jones—Richmond Hospital, Dublin. Wilkinson, Richard—Ring's College. SEABORNE MAILS. DT signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-oleo by the night—and It by the morning—dispatch.] I When made up in From what' PLACES. General Post-Wince port die- When When London: patched. — America (by Brit. pkt.)N Aug. 15 .. .. Liverpool.. dug. 17 America (by U.S. pkt.) N. Aug. 19 .. ..ILiverpool .. Aug. 13 America (by U.S. pkt.) M l Aug. 13 .. .. !Southampt. Aug. 21 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month IPlyraouth Sept. 6 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo.lDover .. Aug. 18 Belgium .. .. •- N Daily • • .. ..!Dover .. Daily Brazil , . .. M 9th of the month ,Southampt. Sept. 16 Buenos Ayres • . .. M 9th of the month ISouthampt. !Sept. 16 California(viaChagres)Mi2d& 17th of month ,Southam pt. Aug. 20 Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month !Plymouth.. Sept. 6 Constantinople' .. • • Ni7th 17th 27th of molDover .. Aug. 20 Central America .. 5112 d. & 17th of mon. \ Southampt. Aug. 20 Channel Isles • • .. NllSion., Wed., & Fri. Soutkampt. Tn. Th.S a Chili .. .. .. . 51117th of the month Southampt. Aug. 20 France .. .. M &NlTwice daily .. Dover .. Twlcedall; Greece' • . .. .. N,7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Aug. 20 Hamburgh .. .. NlTuesday & Friday London .. Tees. Sat. Holland .. —M' & Satur. London .. ,Moß.Ther Honduras .. .. . Nll7th of the moath'Southampt. /Aug. 20 Ireland .. .. M& NlTwice daily !Holyhead .. Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) M' 20th of the monthiSOuthanapt. Aug. 23 India (via Marseilles) 1 7th& 24th of month 'Dover .. Atli,. 15 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. 4 , 20 th of the month Southampt. Aug. 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. .. N 7th& 24th of month Dover .. Aug. 15 Mexico .. .. .. M2d of the month.. Southampt.! Sept. 5 Madeira .. .. ~Al 9th of the month ISouthampt. !Sept. 15 17th 19th 27th' 1 Malta' _ .. N il7th I Dover Aug. 13 & 30th of month Naples* .... • • N, l sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Aug. 22 Papal States' .. .. Nl5 th 15th 25th of molDover .. Aug. 22 Peninsular.. • • .. 31,7 th 17th 27th of mo'Southampt. Arrived P eru .• .... .. Mll7th of the month ISouthampt. !Aug. 20 Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15th 25 th of mo Dover • . !Aug.2 1 West Indies .. .. M 17th of the mouth Southampt. Aug.j 20 West Indies (except Havanna 8c Nassau) 51,2 d of the month .. Southavapt.lSept. 5 1 . The mails to those o ountries thus marked ( 11 ) are conveyed by French packet v!el. Marseilles CALIFORNIA. — MaiIs to and from California, via the United States are now despatched and due by every American packet. The next West India and Peninsular mails will be made ep on the morning of the 18th instant, in consequence of the 17th falling en a Sunday. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY TIiAFFIC.-It will be seen, from the railway returns for the past week, so far as they , have been ascertained, that the receipts of the Lon don and North-Western have this'week reached the enormous amount of 70,0001., and that the increase on the corresponding week of last year is close on 17,0001. It will be seen that in the Great Western and the London and South-Western, and the Great Northern, the " takes" last week were also enormously great. DIVIDENDS ON THE LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT.--A dividend of four per cent., including income-tax, will be declared at the half-yearly meeting of the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Company. COR S AND BANDON.—The Chief Justice of the Central Court, Dublin, has given permission to issue warrants for the a pp re h e nsion of the parties charged with having placed the obstructions on this line, be tween Upton and Cork, and with having been con cerned in the late riots, and also if necessary, to prefer indictments. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON._ The meeting of proprietors is adjourned to the 27th, In consequence of the inability before that time, of the committee lately appointed by the shareholders, to make a satisfactory report. HEREFORD AND SYIREWSBURY.—The works are proceeding ac ti ve l y b e t ween Sh rews b ury an d L u dl ow, to which points the line is expected to be opened be fore the end of the year. OPENING OF THE FOREST OF DEAN.—It has been announced that this line will be positively opened on the 25th inst. The first locomotive has been placed on the rails at Over, near Gloucester, and it is to be employed in the completion of the works. VALE OF NEATII.—It I S expected that this line will be opened i n the course of the next fortnight or so. THE PROPOSED RAILWAY BETWEEN BURY ST. EDMUNDS AND NEWMARKET.—Mr. C. F ane, t h e chairman of the Newmarket Railway C ompany, in a letter to Mr. T. K. Eagle , r es p ectin g the connexion of a line of railway from New m arket to Bury St. Edmunds, states that the directors are anxiou s to ex tend the line to the latter town as soon as the branch to Cambridge is completed, and so make a co mp l ete communication from Ipswich to Cambridge and the north and west of England. A SINGULAR. CONIIIAT.—A few days ago the fol. lowing singular circumstance was witnessed by a person on , tea r,oad between Odell and Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire .—A '\vis making its way from an adjoining field across the _ w.ith a young partridge which it had killed, in its mouth, w ag en ta i i t wa, pursued and attacked by two skylarks and a in the, air, then three assailants, acting in concert, rose a little peati n „. , ' r en pounced down on their ruthless enemy, re to aba z d, uti h, attacks so furiously that the stoat was obliged they renew e d , 3 h P e r i 7. Each time he attempted to regain it generous svrnpic• attack with increased fury, manifesting a the air, and ev , t ! , Y with the fate of their fellow-tenant of Incin g a courage which was quite admirable in birds of those pacifies the narrator of the criesstance close by, and, feeling some At length the stoat espied misgivings as to his own'lsme' safety amidst so many enemies, he ran off with the ute los ,„ tridge behind. — Noetham p p t o e n V e a r ving the plump little par- SUPPLY OF GAS TO TtiEur'l,l. i-IRTROPOLIS. Few things show more forcibly the effect of free and unrestrained competition than the reduction which has recently been made in the price of gas by all the great Igneenterzolitan gas corn _ . Price o nt oo w panies. But a short time since the feet.hich feet—a gas was supplied throughout London was 9 aertificial At this moment it is just half, or 4a. Gd. per P l'.9 ' rate which enables every householder to otabitlaoiwun° greater' light at a very considerably less cost than and, of course, when compared with other kinds of candles, as as wax or stearine, the saving in favour of gas is This reduction has been obtained for the public chiefly h . , consequence of the proceedings of a new gas company, which obtained an Act on the condition of supplying gas at 48. per 1,000 feet, and is now carrying out this condition in a bona fide manner. AN ALDERMANIC JOKE.—We have already sent twenty pounds anonymously to the Chancellor of the Exche quer, to try and quiet our conscience for having perpetrated the following : —During the late Paris fetes, somebody a o ' f 'k t e, in the hearing of an Alderman, what was the cause Ville? residence ie of the Prefect being called the Hotel de called the Hotel de 1" was the Aldermanic reply ; " it's OVer!"*--Punch. yea/ because it's so beautifully carved All SUN, RAILWAY TRAFFIC AND THE EXHIBITION. It appears that the increase of traffic on railways in the United Kingdom from the lst of January to the 27th April last was 11.15 per cent. over the cor responding period of 1850; the increase in the month of May was at the rate of 865 per cent. ; the increase in the month of June was 19.67 per cent. ; and the increase in the month of July was 20.2 per cent. over the corresponding period of 1850. On comparing the receipts in the cor responding period of 1850 with those of the preced ing year (1849), it appears that up to the 28th April, 1850, the general increase amounted to 1359 per cent. ; in the month of May to 6 . 65 per cent. ; in the month of June to 29.77 per cent.; and in the month of July to 15 . 1 per cent. The increase of traffic on eight railways included in the above, having their termini in the metropolis, from the Ist January to the 27th April last, was 7 per cent. over that of the cor responding period of last year; in the month of May it was 11.27 per cent.; in the month of June 28 65 per cent. ; and in the month of July 36 9 per cent. On comparing the receipts on the metropolitan lines in the corresponding periods of 1850 with those of 1849 it appears that up to the 28th of April the general in crease in the traffic amounted to 2.9 per cent. ; in the month of May it amounted to 7.55 per cent : ; in the month of June to 8-88 per cent.; and in the month of July to 5.8 per cent. over the same month in 1849. This shows that the Exhibition has had a very considerable effect in increasing the traffic on the metropolitan lines since i ts o p enin g on the Ist May. The general increase on the latter lines up to the per cent. against 2 9 per cent.end ofatAprtihle was 7 corresponding period of 1850 (over 1849) ; up to the end of May the increase amo unted to 8.1 per cent. against 4 04 per cent. ; up to the end of June the increase amounted to 11.89 per cent. against 490 p er cent. in the corresponding period of 1850 (over 1849) ; and up to the 26th of July the increase amounted to 508,4931., or 15.8 per cent. against 154,4741., or 5.04 per cent. at the corresponding period of 1850 over 1849. The general traffic of railways in the United King dom was, up to the end of April, 11.15 per cent. ; up to the end of May, 10.5 per cent. ; up to the end of June, 12.13 per cent. ; and up to the 26th of July, 974,7721. or 14.08 per cent. over the corresponding period of 1850. The total increase of traffic on railways in the United Kingdom up to the 27th of April last, amounted to 398,2801., of which the metropolitan lines took 114,924 or 28 85 per cent. ; up to the 31st of May the total amounted to 506,840/., of which they took 180,3431., or 35.6 per cent. ; up to the 29th of June the total amounted to 711,7201., of which they took 322,4181. or 45.3 per cent.; and up to the 26th July they amounted to 974,7721., of which the metro politan lines took 508,5941., or 52.2 per cent., leaving 466,178/. or 47 8 per cent. for the other lines. The total receipts at the end of those periods on the metropolitan lines respectively were 1,753,283/., 2,399,179?., 3,037,0631., and 3,727,4471.; and on the other lines respectively, 2,216,6191., 2,933,7981., 3,542,0211., and 4,171,8151. From the above figures it would appear that the increase of traffic on the metropolitan lines, arising entirely from the Exhibi tion, up to the 26th July, amounted to 220,9831., namely, 19,6251. in May, 71,0351. in June, and 130,3231. in July.—Railway Journal. HEALTR OF LONDON DURIAG THE WEEK (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The sickness to which young children are subject at this period of the year is apparently the cause of a progressive increase in the mortality during the last three weeks. In the week ending July 19, 873 deaths were registered in London ; in the two following weeks they were 956 and 1,010 ; and in that ending last Sa turday they rose to 1,038. Making allowance for in crease of population, and excluding the year of epidemic cholera from the comparison, it does not appear that the present return differs materially, as regards the gross amount of mortality, from the average experience of cor responding weeks in the years 1841-50. This season of the year, when the general popula tion usually enjoy some improvement in health, affects injuriously the lives of infants ; and from whatever cause the fatality which it brings to children has been exceedingly aggravated in London during the last six years. In the five corresponding weeks of 1841.45 the deaths from diarrhcei varied from 16 to 62 ; in those of 1846-50 the lowest number was 106, and the highest 195; and in the week ending last Satur day this complaint was fatal in 136 cases. The total number last week arising from diarrhaia, dysentery, and cholera was 162 ; and of those only 21 occurred among adults. _ _ In the present return the whole number of cases ascribed to diseases of the zymotic or epidemic class is 334 ; amongst which, besides those already mentioned, are 22 caused by small-pox, 19 by measles, 25 by scarla tina, 28 by hooping-cough, 10 by thrush, 50 by typhus, and 9 by erysipelas. In the two previous weeks severally 12 fatal cases of cholera were registered; in the present return the num ber has increased to 16. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING TIIE PAST WEEK. SUNDAY.—Three-fourths of the sky were covered with cloud during the morning, and the whole was clear for the most part during the remainder of the day. Electricity— Nothing was shown at any examination. Mospay.—The sky was free from cloud till noon, one fourth covered till sh. P.M., and overcast afterwards; cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirrostrati. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. TUESDAT.—Three-fourths of the sky were covered till lb. P at., from this time till 6h. P.M. it was generally clear, and overcast afterwards; cumuli, cirrostrati, and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Positive, and tension strong at 9h. P.M. WEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day ; cirrostratus. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate during the afternoon. THURSDAY.—The sky was covered with cloud till near noon, and for the most part clear during the remainder of the day; cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirrostrati. Electricity— Positive, and tension strong during the afternoon. FRIDAT.—A small amount of cloud prevailed occasionally during the morning, otherwise the sky was clear throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension variable through out the day. SATURDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day ; cirrostratus. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at oh. A.M. was 64.0 0 ; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 61'0° ; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 64.5 8 and 59.6 0 respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 29.91 in. at the beginning of the week to 30•12 in. by 9h. AM. on the sth; decreased to 29.86 in. by 3h. P.M. on the Bth; and increased to 29'93 in. by the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 9, 1551. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*334 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 52 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ••• ... 203 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 119 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 42 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• ••• •• • ... 79 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver , and other Organs of Digestion... ... ••• -•• ••• ... 61 Diseases of the Kidneys, &C. •• •.• ••• 10 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 7 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ••• ••• ••. 0 Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• •.• 2 Premature Birth ••• ••• ,•• ••• ••• 29 Atrophy •• ••• ••• ••• •• • ••• 23 Old Age ••• 45 ••• ... ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 23 Causes not specified ... ••• ••• "• ••• 0 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1,038 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, eponding week in the 1851. of 1850. Week. West Districts... 376,3:32 . . 147 ... 170 North Districts.. 490,441 .. 190 ... 204 Central Districts 392,986 ... 181 ... 179 East Districts ... 485,336 ... 240 ... 234 South Districts.. 616,545 ... 239 ... 251 T0ta15........ 2,361,640 ... 997 ... 1,038 Males ••• ••• ••. 536 Females ... 502 THE BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... ... ... 749 Females ..• ••• ••• ..• ... 728 Total ... ••• 1,477 *ln this number are included 25 by Scarlatina, 50 by Typhus Foyer, 136 by Diarrhoea, and 16 by Cholera. SOCIALIST AMUSEMENTS IN PARIS.—A soldier was recently drinking in company with two workmen in a public-hous e at Grenelle. A man with a huge beard and a broad-brimmed hat came in, and in a loud voice cried, " Citizen, give rne a glass of wine if I were to take two I should be an aristo !" On perceiving the soldier he began singing a song in which the army was grossly insulted. He then abused the President cf the Republic in the grossest terms. The soldiers and workmen protested against such language ; this led to a quarrel, and the quarrel to blows- The public-house keeper interfered, but was was grossly ill treated by the demagogue. At last the man was secured and taken to the guard-house. - THE BREED OF PARTRIDGES.-011 T sporting friends in this district (neighbourhood of Southampton) will regret to bear that withi n the last ten d ays the voung birds have died in scores, having been subject to what is techni cally termed the " gapes." Covies have been reduced from sixteen and eighteen to half that number. The breeding season, however. has been so favourable there will be no lack of sport. Young pheasants are very numerous and for ward; indeed the breed has been more favourable than for years past. The same remark applies to hares. It has been no uncommon thing to see full-grown leverets for a month past, being much earlier than usual. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of New South Wales. FOREIGN REPRINTS OF ENGLISH BOOKS.—An or dinance books has s n of the passed by the Court of Policy, Britis h Guiana, admitting into this colony foreign reprints of Eng eer:ayment of an ad valorem duty on the bona fide price the collecti 29 p cent., wh ereo f fi ve per cen t. i s to go to ng officer, and the remainder to the English au thor. The publi cat i on of this ordinance has excited a warm controversy is Our Col, at once convince our English cop y right 3 1 a reference to which will authors that even in this distant land they have a sturdy and resolute champion. ....Demerara Colonist., ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug 12. CROWN CO Uli,T.L(Bere Mr. Baion MARTIN). At the summer assizes last year two men were convicted of a rape on a young woman, named Mary Anne Bennett. At the following spring assizes she was tried for perjury alleged to have been committed on that trial, and the two men who had been convicted and sentenced to transportation on her evidence were brought from Woolwich and examined as witnesses against her. She was then convicted of perjury, but some points of law having been reserved for the con sideration of the Court of Appeal, Mr. Justice Tale fourd, who tried her, deferred passing sentence. On the argument in the court above the conviction was upheld; and Mr. Baron Martin now passed the sen tence upon her which Mr. Justice Telford directed-- the heaviest sentence that could by law be passed— transportation for seven years. Adonijah Edward Jordon , 29, was indicted for ma liciously setting fire to the dwelling-house of his mother, Mary Jordon, she being therein. Mr. Skinner conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Scotland the defence. The first witness examined was the mother of the prisoner, 79 years of age, and she stated that for some time back she had lived separately from her husband, her house and his being a few hundred yards apart. That on the Bth of March last the prisoner went to the Bath Hospital, in consequence of a disease of the blad der. Previously to this he had lived for the most part in her house, and had not shown any improper conduct towards her. On the 7th of June he returned from the hospital to her house, and was equally well con ducted down to Sunday, the Gth of July, sleeping with her in her only bed. On that night, about nine o'clock, the prisoner came home, and appeared excited as if from the effects of drinking. Upon going up to bed, he began to abuse her about her having talked of his disease, cussed her several times, said that his father had given him the bed when a boy, and threatened that it should be the last time she should sleep in it, and that he would " pay her out, and do something grand for her." She was very much alarmed, and went and complained to a neighbour, and passed the remainder of the night at her sister-in-law's, close by, and did not again see the prisoner until the next Wednesday. After she left the prisoner was seen going towards his father's house, and returning with him to his mother's house, and soon after they both came out, the father carrying a bed. The person who saw them spoke to them, and blamed them for their conduct in taking away the bed, upon which the prisoner told him to mind his own business ; and afterwards the father was heard to say, " It is a pity she is not dead," and then the prisoner said, " If she does not die within this week I'll kill her." A simi lar threat was used by the prison'er, in the hearing of a neighbour, who went up to his room immediately after the old woman left, and talked to him about his conduct. The prisoner slept the rest of that night with his father. On the following morning (Monday) he was left in the house by his father, and when his father returned in the evening the prisoner had left, and the door of his house was broken open and the bed taken away. Between twelve and one o'clock of that day the prisoner was seen at a public-house about a quarter of a mile from his mother's house. There he had three or four pints of beer, and left soon after, and returned again about five o'cl ock in the afternoon, and left finally at six. Before leaving he said he had had a quarrel with his mother, and upon being told that his mother used to speak highly of him, he said, " she won't ever any more," and that he had something on his mind. At six o'clock he went to another public house, nearer to his mother's house, and had some more drink, and left about half-past ten. At about quarter to twelve he was met by two persons about two hundred yards from his mother's house, and going in the direction of it ; and at ten minutes to twelve he was seen not more than twenty yards from it. At this time there was no appearance of fire about the mother's house. A next-door neighbour of the mother heard the clock in her house strike twelve, and just afterwards she looked out of her bedroom window, and saw the corner of the roof of the mother's house, which was of thatch, on fire, and the fire coming over from the back to the front. She gave the alarm, and another neighbour, seeing the fire, ran into the house and rescued the mother, who was at that time asleep, having gone to bed about nine o'clock, and, as she said, carefully put out her candle. The latter person described the fire as burning from the outside inwards, and it was proved that there was a heap of stones at the back of the house, from which a person might with ease reach the roof. A box, partly filled with lucifer matches, was found at the father's house. The pri soner was not seen by any one near the house after the fire, and on the following Tuesday he was taken into custody. He then gave a false statement as to his name and occupation, denied having set fire to the house, and resisted being taken into custody. After wards, on his way to prison, he used expressions showing that he expected to be punished for setting fire to the house, and was regardless of it. Mr. SCOTLAND having addressed the jury for the prisoner, The Learned JUDGE very carefully summed up the whole evidence. The jury retired, and, after an absence of an hour, returned into court, and found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy. Sentence of death was recorded, but his Lordship said to the jury that their recommendation would be made known at the proper quarter, and he thought it would probably have the effect of reducing the punish ment to transportation for a limited period. NORTHERN CIRGUI I:—Lancaster, Aug. 12. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Jane Threlfall, aged 27, was charged with having, on the 27th June last, endeavoured to conceal the birth of her infant child by secretly disposing of the dead body. Mr. Alfred Milnes conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Joseph Pollock defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner, who had been in service in Preston, left her place in the month of March last and went to her mother's house in Wharles. After she had remained there some time she had every appearance of being in the family way, and on the 24th of June she had increased so much in size that many of the neighbours observed the con dition in which she was. Shortly after this, viz., on the 26th of June, her size was so much reduced that suspicions were raised and reports spread in the neigh bourhood that the prisoner had been delivered of a child, and as no mention was made of such an event having taken place the police made inquiries about the mat ter, and on the 30th of June a policeman, accom panied by a surgeon, was sent to the house where the prisoner was, who on being questioned as to whether she had bad a child denied that such was the fact, upon which she was examined by the surgeon, who at once pronounced that a birth had taken place. Inqui ries were then instituted, and it was found that the prisoner had left her mother's house on the 27th of June, having a basket on her arm. She proceeded to the house of a Mrs. Parkinson, going across some fields which was not the direct way of proceeding. This was the day on which it was observed that she had decreased in size. In consequence of this the fields and ditches around were searched, and in a ditch near the footpath evidence of a birth having taken place was found, and in another ditch, near Mrs. Par kinson's house, a dead child wrapped up in a pocket handkerchief was di,covered. Mr. PoLLocic addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that there was no evidence to show that she had been delivered of a child, and even if they should be satisfied that that was the case there was no evidence to show that the child found was the pri soner's child, or that she had concealed a child in the manner alleged in the indictment. _ _ His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury re. turned a verdict of Not Guilty. NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester. Aug. 12. CIVIL SlDE.—(Betbre Mr. Justice WI(IIITMAN and a Common Jury.) REDDISH V. PRIESTNALL.. This was an action brought by Anna Arminal Reddish against William Priestnall, for a breach of promise of marriage. The damages were laid at 1,0001. The defendant pleaded-1. That he had made no promise; 2. That if he did it was dissolved by mutual consent, and he was released by the plaintiff. Mr. Evans, Q.C., and Mr. Welby conducted the case for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Herbert Jones that of the defendant. _ _ Mr. EvaNs stated the case to the jury. This wa s an action for a breach of promise of marriage, and as such related to one of the most important events in life, and therefore deserved the most careful consi deration which the jury could devote to it. The plaintiff came before them, and sought at their hands compensation in damages for the destruction of hopes which for five long years the defendant had delu sively induced her to cherish. Through his miscon duct she was now thrown back in the world, having lost many of the best years of her life, and find ing herself exposed to the sneers and ridicule of the ill-natured and the malicious, who are ready enough to impute in such cases some fault or disqualifying circumstance in the lady as the reason for her rejec tion. It appears that in 1842 the defendant first be came acqu'sinted with the plaintiff. She was the daughter of a respectable corn and flour dealer living in Stockport, and the defendant at that time was an apprentice to Mr. Drinkvrater, a mercer and draper in the ,same town. The defendant seems to have been struck with the young lady's appearance, at their first interview. His master soon observed he was much of his time away from the house in the evening. He questioned him as to where he spent his time, and on hearing the circumstances he made no objection. In 1843, the plaintiff having gone on a visit to a married sister in Liverpool, a correspondence by letter was commenced between the parties, and renewed whenever she went from home, down to 1848, when the defen dant made p journey to London, where he met his LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST l4, 1851. present wife. He wrote to the plaintiff from London, from Y orkshire, and also from the Isle of Man on an occasion when he visited that island. In his first letter he styled the plaintiff "Madam," and concluded, "Yours respectfully;" to which she replied without any heading or title to her letter; and in the second he apologised for commencing so coldly, and addressed her " Dear Anne ;" concluding, " Yours affectionately." In this letter, and in others, he gives her news rela tive to the success of the drapery business. "We are furnishing the funeral of Mrs. Middleton, to be in terred at St. Luke's Church, on Wednesday morning next. Send me word how Mary likes the print dress from our shop. I shall expect you to bring me an ac count of the fashions in Liverpool. We are going to push the trade this season," &c. In the second letter he grows warmer, styling her " My doer friend." He here says, " I am not so hearty, feeling a little Liver poolish (the plaintiff was then in Liverpool), but it is no go. I must be resigned to my fate. You have all the nice times of it yourself. Miss Kerr says so. Yes, you're going off, and not telling one. We are very busy, the factory lasses can now afford to purchase finery, to which you know they are very subject in Stock port." The fourth commences " My dear Anne," and gives the plaintiff an account of his excursion to the isle of Man. In the interval between the fourth and fifth letters, the plaintiff went to Matlock, in Derby shire, for the benefit of her health. She addressed to the defendant the following letter from that place:— .My dear William,—l arrived quite safe at my jour ney's end. It was very pleasant travelling, and a beau tiful day; indeed how could it be otherwise, when I was coming to Derbyshire? I rested the first night, and the next day I went to Matlock Bath. We went to look at the bath, and then sat in a beautiful alcove with a marble fountain, just opposite, that throws up water more than a yard high, and glasses for the company to drink. Then we walked down on the parade, and went into Adams's Museum. I was very much pleased with it, and should have enjoyed it much more had you been with us to have shared in the pleasures. Ihave not been on the river yet. There are some beautiful lovers' walks on the opposite side, and I intend to go, if I am without my love. We went to Cromford on Saturday, being market-day, to see the' stirrings' there; and we saw Willersley Castle, Mr. Peter Arkwright'a seat; it is a pretty place; and on the Sunday we went to Mr. Ark wright's church. May I expect a letter towards Satur day, as I shad be in Matlock at the week's end. Believe me, with kiadest love, to remain, yours sincerely, " ANNE." To this the defendant replied in a long and important letter. (The Learned Counsel read the correspon dence in full, but it is impossible to give the letters in extenso here.) The defendant expressed himself very warmly, saying : "I wish I could join you in those rambles and walks. My heart attends you through all changes. . . Take care of your health. I should propose that you bathe at Matlock. I think I should. You know that, my dear Anne. I often reflect (and with pleasure, too) upon my first interview with you, more particularly my first im pression, as marking that critical period of my life on which so much depends. We are, I trust, convinced that our happiness depends in a great measure upon our mutual conduct, and I earnestly pray God to give us his blessing, &c. " Yours faithfully and affectionately. " WlLLrem." In his sixth letter the defendant says, "I am just sealing up your letter, and in my walk (not the lovers' walk you speak of) will post it. I say take care of your health, and let me know how you are going on. Good bye, all things must have an end. Yours, &c." In his seventh letter he complains that another week of separation " seems to him a very long time." He adds, " Yes, my dear Anne, lam looking forward the same and cherish the hope that we shall, some time, live happily together. I fear you will think I am going too far, knowing you are (I often tell you) a doubtful creature. I own these serious matters must be guided by reflection. You have the dictates of my heart; and I trust in the blessing of Almighty God for the fulfillingof them. May I expect a letter from you towards the usual time, Wednesday ? I shall be glad if you will be so good. All things must have an end, or I could write all the way to Matlock. Let me hear from you. In the meantime I remain, &c." In his eighth letter the defendant says, "My heart has followed you through all your rambles if, or though, you have been without a gent. Are they scarce in that country ?" Numerous letters passed between the parties down to the year 1848 (the Learned Counsel read several of them), the tenor of which, the jury must see, was such as would lead to the conclusion that the defen dant intended to marry the plaintiff. But in that year he went to London, and upon his return his conduct changed. At first he wrote from London with his usual cordiality ; he gave wonderfully minute de scriptions of every street he passed through, every public or other building he visited. In his second letter from London he says— " I have been through the Greenwich Hospital, Surrey Gardens, Cremorne Gardens, Post-office, Bank of Eng land, Royal Exchange, the Tower, St. Paul's, House of Lords and Commons. Hero I saw Prince Albert. The royal carriage was in waiting outside, and being very near to him I took off my hat and had the honour of a personal move from him. Yesterday we were at Hampton Court, and dined at Chelsea, at a Mr. Wollett's, tea merchants, dined at six P.M. in first-rate style. To-day we have been through the largest lace-house in the world (in the City). I have really seen some beautiful and grand sights, which I cannot here describe. I have kept an account of all, and which I shall examine when I return. This morn ing I received a letter from the shop (Mr. Gaskell). I am well, and believe me to remain," &c. But this unfortunate visit to London had a fatal effect upon the plaintiff's happiness and their further corres pondence. He came back, and thenceforward avoided the society of the plaintiff. It was shortly whispered he was soon to be married to another. He has mar ried another, and set up business on his own account in Stockport. In the course of their c o urt s hip he had given the plaintiff a Bible, in which he had written her name with his own hand; and he had furthermore presented her with his portrait. £The Learned Coun sel here produced a bold-looking profile of the de fendant (who was in court), in black paper, mounted on a small piece of white card board, and a gilt-edged Bible carefully covered with crimson cloth.] It was was well known in the neighbourhood that the plaintiff were engaged, and, in cense odoubt, many favourable opportuni tiescinleoefe; honourablenaahnedlost,d efendantn settlement in that most desirable of all sublunary conditions—the married state. Evidence would be given that she had declined the attentions of a gentleman because of her engage ment with the defendant; and she was now compelled to come before a court of ju s ti ce an d as k re p ara ti on at the hands of a British jury. But though some allevi ation, damages could never make adequate compensa tion for the cruel injury she had sustained. The plain tiff was a young lady of unsullied character and deli cate honour ; he was at a loss, therefore, to conceive what could be the defence to the action ; but he was sure it could not be an attack upon her reputation. Everything showed that the defendant was a cool cal culating man ; .he found a woman with more money than the plaintiff, and therefore he heartlessly cast her off. But an English jury, acting as husbands and fathers, would mark their sense of his conduct—would estimate justly the injury she had received, and give her damages accordingly. George Drink water—l am a mercer and draper in Stockport. The defendant served his apprentice ship with me. The letters placed in my hands are in the defendant's handwriting. [Mr. Sergeant Jones admitted that all the letters read were written by the defendant.] I observed that in 1844 the defendant was frequently absent from the house. I believe I spoke to him on the subject. He said I knew where he went. The defendant left my house in the spring of 1850. His habits were careful and saving. He told me he had saved something like 2001. He had a legacy left him. He is now in a respectable way of business. Cross-examined--The defendant came to me in 1838. Whilst he was with me he was a quiet well conducted young man. He was about fourteen when apprenticed to me. He was afterwards my assistant, and kept my books part of the time. My good opinion of him was unabated to the last. Ido not call his shop a large one. 401. a year would be a high rent for such a house and shop as he lives in. The de fendant's father was a small tenant farmer at Buck leigh. He might rent a farm of thirty or forty acres. Mary Reddish—l am mother of the plaintiff. My husband is a corndealer at Stockport. I first knew the defendant eight years ago, when he came to visit my daughter. He came three or four times a week ; sometimes in the day, but mostly in the afternoon. They used often to be alone. Sometimes he brought her home. When she was in Matlock he called as usual, and took tea with us. In 1845 my daughter and the defendant went to pay a visit to her sister in Liverpool. He continued to pay attention to my daughter till December, 1849, when he ceased his visits altogether. He went to London in 1848, and after his return he came to see my daughter less fre quently. My daughter's spirits were much depressed, and I asked him what was the matter between them. He caid there was nothing the matter. I said, "It was expected you would have been married before this." My daughter, who had been at church, came in just at the time, and said, i 6 Oh, William, we were to have been married before this, but you now say you will not be in circumstances to marry for four or five years." He said, " I know I have done wrong." The rest of the family then came in, and the conversation was interrupted. Afterwards I met him in the street, and asked him to call at the house as usual, for the neighbours would think it strange his passing the door. I once told him he had sisters, and he should treat my daughter as he would like to have his sisters treated by others. Cross -examined—The conversation I had with the defendant on the Sunday alluded to, and the meeting in the street, both took place in 1848. The defendant came regularly to our house on the Sunday after noon, and was regarded as one of the family. When I met defendant in the street I may have said to him, "the muter will be much grieved if you do not call and see us." My daughter is either 34 or 35, I can not exactly say which. I have had so many children that I cannot keep the ages of all in my mind. I have five daughters. I have a 114phe w an attorney. He con ducts the present action. My daughter once told use the defend ant wanted his own letters back, but she said he might keep hers, but she would not give up his. He returned her letters some three months after the con versation we had on the Sunday. My daughter afterwards asked the defendant whether he was not keeping company with Miss Watkinson. He said he was. She told him she would write to her and in form her that he was under a promise of marriage to her as soon as he should be in circumstances to do so. She did so write, and offered the lady to answer any questions, but no notice was taken of the letter. Re-examined—lt was after my daughter heard the defendant was keeping company with Miss Watkin son that he brought her back her letters. It was in December, 1849, that she learned he was keeping company with Miss Watkinson. My son is managing clerk at an attorney's in Carlisle. Samuel Reddish-1 am brother of the plaintiff, and have known the defendant many years. In 1844 I was with him, and my sister, the plaintiff, in Liver pool. I understood they were engaged to each other. They acted as people in such circumstances usually do. When I heard defendant was going to be married to Miss Watkinson I called on him and told him proceedings would be commenced against him if he married. He said he had visited the house only as a friend. I told him he had come to the house too often, and with a different purpose than from mere friendship. He admitted he had done wrong. Mrs. Turner, a married sister, gave evidence that a Mr. Cotteen, a gentleman in the Customs, wished to pay attentions to the plaintiff. He sent a ring to her, but she declined to receive it. She spoke to defendant's visiting the plaintiff in Liverpool, at wit ness's house. They went out together to the Zoolo gical Gardens. The plaintiff showed me a Bible and a portrait, which the defendant gave her. This closed the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant H. JONES submitted that no evidence had been given of a promise to marry, and therefore there was no case to go to the jury. His LORDSHIP, however, thought there was some evidence to go to the jury, the question for them being, whether they would :infer a promise from the letters and the statements of the witnesses. The Learned SERGEANT then addressed the jury for the defence. There were, he said, in this case, two issues for their consideration—the first being, whether the defendant ever promised to marry the plaintiff; " when" (to follow the special allegation in the declaration) " he should be in a position to set up business for himself;" and the second whether—sup posing the jury should think that such a contract was made between the parties—it had not been rescinded by mutual consent, and the defendant relieved from the obligation to marry the plaintiff. It had been said by his Learned Friend, in opening the case to the jury, that the defendant had rejected the plain tiff because he had found a lady with larger means than she possessed; but not one tittle of evidence had been given in support of that statement. He would not trouble the jury with reviewing the letters; they had been read by plaintiff's counsel, and he had purposely spared the Court the infliction of having them read by the officer. He would confidently ask the jury whether they could discover the merest shadow of a promise in the entire correspondence ? Certainly he could not. The warmth was all on the side of the plaintiff. The defendant styles her " Dear Anne," and she replies "My dearest William." As to the Bible and picture, no evidence had been given that they were ever presented by the defendant to the plaintiff. It was true there was the plaintiff 'a name in the Bible written by the defendant ; but what of that ? He (the Learned Sergeant) had himself often been asked to write a person's name on the cover of books because he happened to write a good hand, and that was probably the case here. Those articles had, however, artfully been put in to create a prejudice against the defendant, and for the plaintiff's benefit. Supposing the jury, however, should infer, from the circumstances, that the defendant had promised to marry the plaintiff, this was, at all events, not a case for heavy damages. The defendant had never in sinuated or uttered a syllable against the plaintiff. They were unsuited for each other; there being a difference of seven years in their ages in the plaintiff's disfa vour. The defendant was a green young man when the affair commenced, and the lady had greatly the ad vantage of him. At the marriageable age women are much sharper and more subtle tacticians than young men. In the present case the lady was the suitor, and not the gentleman. The Learned Sergeant next reviewed the evidence at great length, and with much ability, contending that it altogether failed to establish a promise by the defendant to marry the plaintiff. The Learned JUDGE summed up with equal mi nuteness and care, telling the jury that as in these cases formal promises are seldom made, it was enough if, from all the circumstances of the case and the cor respondence, they could infer that an intention to marry had once existed between the parties, and no release been given by the lady. As to the question whether the defendant had been absolved of his pro mise by the plaintiff, so far from there being any proof of that, the evidence in fact, was the other way, for she had expressly refused to absolve him, declining to give tip his letters, and her brother threatening pro ceedings in a court of justice. But the question was entirely for the jury, who would take into consi deration the means of the plaintiff, who was in a house and shop of 401. a year rent, and had received no benefit, in the shape of property, on the death of his father. The jury consulted, and in five minutes returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 20/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Thomas Birchmore, aged 72, and James Skegg, aged 68, persons haring the appearance of labouring farm servants, were brought before Mr. Alderman Moon under the following circumstances. Sir H. W. Carden, Alderman and Sheriff, was present during the hearing of the case. Charles Clarke, officer of the London-bridge-wharf, said—At half past eleven o'clock this morning the Albion steamer, trading between London and Bou logne, arrived at the London-bridge-wharf. From what was told to me by Mr. Unsworth, of Fish-street hill, who was a passenger, I took the two defendants into custody, and brought them here. I said to them "Do you know St. Alban's ?" and they both replied that they did. I then asked them to accompany me me to the Mansion-house. Alderman MooN—What is your present charge against them ? Witness—l brought them here be cause Mr. Unsworth informed me that there was a reward for their apprehension for bribery at the recent St. Alban's election. Alderman Moon—Then, upon the authority of Mr. Unsworth's stating to you that there was a reward for their apprehension you took them into custody, and brought them here? Witness—l did. Alderman MooN—Since they have been in custody hare you made any inquiry as to whether a warrant for their apprehension is in existence? Witness—Yes. Alderman MooN—Have you been able to find any such warrant? Witness—lnspector Beckles, who Is stationed at the House of Commons, told me that he had received instructions not to take any further pro ceedings in the case. Alderman MOON—Have you been to the office of the Speaker ? Witness--I have, but I could get no information there. Alderman Moor—Did you ask the inspecter, when you went to the House of Commons, upon what au thority he stated to you that he had received instruc tions not to take further proceedings ? Witness—l did not ask him that. Alderman MOON—Then you did not apply to the Sergeant-at-Arms ? Witness—l did not. Knowing the inspector, and the man White or Wright, who has been ss long looking for them in the first instance, I thought they could give me every information. Alderman MooN—Since you have taken these per sons into custody have you seen the bill offering the reward for their apprehension? Witness—Yes. Alderman MOON—Has that bill any printer's name attached to it ? Witness—ldid not notice the printer's name. Alderman Moox—To whom does the bill refer you to apply for the reward ? Witness—To the Se cretary of State for the Home Department. Alderman MooN—And where did you see that bill ? Witness—At the Mansion-house. Alderman MOON—On the outside of the Mansion house ? Witness—No ; below stairs, in one of the offices. Scott (the Mansion-house officer)—lt is in the po lice-office below stairs. Alderman MOON—Can you get me one of those:bills? Scott—lt is pasted on the wall. I cannot get it off without destroying it; but the purport of it is that the prisoners, when apprehended, are to be delivered into the custody of the Sergeant -at-Arms, and the application for the reward is to be made to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury. Alderman MooN—Did y ou go to the Treasury a t all ? Witness--I did, and from there I was referred to Mr. Maule, the Solicitor to the Treasury. Alderman MooN—What information did you get from Mr. Maule ? Witness—l saw Mr. Maule, and he told me that be knew nothing at all about it. Alderman Moor/ wished to know from Mr. Good man whether bills of this nature were put up at the Mansion-house without its being ascertained from some official personage that there was proper autho rity for the act. " This," said Alderman Moon, "is either a forgery or it is an official document. If it is an official document, of course there is proper autho rity. But, if it is a forgery, there are n ) sure means of punishing the parties who have committed it." Mr. Goodman (the chief clerk) said he understood that the bill had been forwarded to Forrester, the officer. Scott (the Mansion-house officer)--It has the Queen's printers' names (Messrs. Eyre and Spottis woode) attached to it. Alderman Moos—Am I to understand that the Government do not intend to proceed further with the matter, and that they have abandoned it alto gether ? Mr. Goodman—The question is, whether there is a warrant in existence upon which to detain these men, and, if so, with the commission of what offence does it charge them. Alderman MOON—The date of this reward which has been offered for their apprehension would have a great deal to do with it, because, Parliament being prorogued, I should have thought they would have been discharged from custody if they had been ap prehended. The question is, whether it is a magis trate's warrant or a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Commons, or whether there is even a war rant in existence at all. The same power that issues a warrant might cause it to be withdrawn. The ques tion is, whether there is any charge against these men, and the officer who apprehended them atates that he has applied at the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, that he has also ap plied at the office of the Speaker, as well as to the Solicitor to the Treasury, and the inspector of the police, and that he has not been able to hear of the existence of any accusation against them. I wish to know how long this bill has been posted at the Man • sion-house ? Mr. Goodman—The proclamation was made about two months ago. It was a proclamation by the Queen in Council. Alderman Aloort—l imagine that when Parliament is 'prorogued this reward ceases. It appears to me that we have no right to detain these men. Is there any further charge against them ? Clarke (the Thames wharf officer)—No. Alderman Moort—Then I consider that they are entitled to their discharge. The defendants were then liberated. MARY LEBONE. Mrs. Janet Munro, a fashionably•dressed person, residing at No. 13, South-bank, St. John's-wood, was charged before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Broughton, with having been drunk and disorderly. Mr. Herring, solicitor, attended for the defendant, who came up to the court in her carriage, and re mained in a private room until a number of other charges were disposed of; she was stated to be the wife of a military officer, now abroad, and, in the regular course of business, she would have been called upon to answer for the alleged offence on last Monday, had not a surgeon's certificate been produced setting forth that she was not well enough to appear. Mr. Herring, at the outset, addressed a few words to the magistrate, to the effect that, on the part of his client, he was ready, in order to save the time of the Court, to plead guilty, and submit to any fine which might be imposed. Mr. BROUGHTON, however, refused to adopt such a course, and at once determined upon hearing the whole of the evidence. Throughout the proceedings Mrs. Munro sat at the attorneys' table, by the side of her legal adviser. The first witness called was police-constable Bain bridge, 105 D, who deposed that at half-past three on Monday morning the defendant was brought to the Molyneux-street station by an officer, into whose custody she had been given for using abusive lan guage, and five or six minutes afterwards her car riage, in which was one of her female servants, was driven up to the station door by her coachman; the charge was not pressed against her by the gentle man making it, and he expressed his intention of taking out a summons against her, in the event of her annoying him again ; she then left the station house and created a considerable disturbance. Mr. BROUGHTON—TeII me what she really did. Witness—She began hallooing, and continued to make a great noise, and, on my advising her to get into her carriage and go peaceably home, she said— " I'll see you first. I'll stop here as long as I think fit. I dare you to interfere with me ; and I'll make you remember this, for I'll have Mr. Ro binson, a solicitor in Spring-gardens, and another so licitor from the City." She j um ped about and swore she'd be d— if she would go; and, in consequence of the noise she made, many persons who had been disturbed threw up their windows. I told her that if she did not go away I should take her inside, when she ex claimed, " You brute !—lay your hands upon me if you dare !" I laid hold of her to take her into the station, when she seized hold of the icon railing. I at last got her in ; and Sergeant Pearce, the acting in spector, then gave her another opportunity of going , away if she thought fit to do so. Mr. BROUGIITON—In what state was she? Wit ness—She was quite drunk. By Mr. Herring—The noise outside lasted about ten minutes. lam sure that the defendant was not merely excited ; she was decidedly much the worse for drink. Sergeant Pearce was sworn, and he said, that as Mr, Holder, who made the charge in the first instance, would not press it, and as the constable did not hear of any of alleged abuse, he (witnes4) let defendant go. Soon after she had gut outside he heard a great noise, and saw her walking up and down in front of her brougham. He begged of her to take her seat, and go home; but she vowed that she would not ; and he then told Bainbridge, that if she persisted in the disturb ance he must do what he knew to be his duty. He (Bainbridge) brought her into the station after the lapse of ten minutes from the period of her first quiting it, and witness then gave her another opportunity of going away, as her carriage and servants were waiting close by; but she would not avail herself of the offer, and she was therefore charged and locked up. At eight o'clock she was liberated upon bail. Mr. BROUGHTON — Was she drunk, or not? Wit. ness —She was drunk, Sir. By Mr. Herring—l did not hear her make any charge against Mr. Holder or any one with him, about any property having been stolen from her premises. I am certain that she was not merely excited, she was really drunk. Mr Herring, in addressing the magistrate, said it would ill become him to urge, that because the defen dant was a " lady," more favour should be extended to her than to any other in a humbler sphere of life. The fact was that she believed that she had been robbed by one of Mr. Holder's party, who had been at her house, and that, owing to the charge not being taken when preferred by her at the station-house, she became much excited. If she really made use of the low expressions sworn to, such conduct was the effect of excitement, and not to be attributed to defendant having indulged in drink. Mr. BROUGHTON (to Sergeant Pearce)—After the charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct was made, did the defendant make to you a charge of felony against either of the parties in attendance at the station ? Pearce—She did not, Sir. Mr. BROUGHTON, in the course of the remarks which he made upon the evidence adduced, alluded to his having had defendant before him upon a former occasion, and said it was quite clear that drink had made a very great change in her appearance, and that if she was desirous of keeping up the character of a "lady," as she described herself to be, it wou!d be ne cessary for her to reform her conduct altogether. It was in his power to commit her at once to the House Correction, but as the inspecting sergeant had not in the first instance deemed it imperative upon him to lock her up, but gave her an opportunity of going home, and as she had not offered any kind of violence to the police, he should convict her in the penalty of 405., or seven days' imprisonme n t, f or d run k enness and disorderly conduct in a public street. The fine was immediately paid, and Mrs. Munro made her egress by the front door, through ,which, prior to the case being called on, she had entered. W ORSHIP -STREET. Angus Brown John Wright, and James 111‘Cor mach, three soldiers of the Royal Horse Artillery, were placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with the following scandalous outrage at the house of Mr. William Syers, a tavern keeper in High street, Shoreditch. Captain Algey, of the division to which the pri soners belong, attended to watch the case, and Mr. Vann, the solicitor, conducted the prosecution. Miss Emma Harrison, a remarkably fine young woman, the daughter of a substantial farmer in Nor folk, and who was painfully agitated and affected while giving her testimony, stated—l am at present staying upon a visit at the house of Mr. Syers, having come up from the country with some friends to se e the Exhibition, and at half-past eleven last n i g ht I went to bed in the back room on the second floor. I had not been asleep more than two hours when I be came sensible that some other person was present, and upon thoroughly awaking found a man i n my b e d , lying by my side, with one of his arms round my neck, and totally undressed, with the exception of his shirt. This man I can positively swear was the pri soner Brown, whom I had seen, previous to retiring t 3 rest, in the public parlour of the house, to which he had come in the course of the evening, and I heard him ask if he could be accommodated with beds for three. When I awoke and found his arm round my neck in the manner I have described, I also saw an - other man standing at the foot of the bed, who had on dark trousers, but no coat. He was one of the other two prisoners, but which I cannot say, but I dis tinctly saw that he had military trousers on. I was dreadfully terrified, and screamed loudly, and, en treating the men for God's sake not to hurt me, sprang out of bed as rapidly as I conld. The prisoner Brown leaped out of bed also at the same time, and, running to one of the closets in the room, closed the door, and endeavoured to conceal himself. Mr. Syers, who had been alarmed by my screams, at that mo ment hastened into the room to my assistance, fol lowed by his wife, and Mrs. Syers, suspecting some body was concealed there, went to the closet, and, finding Brown standing there upon some steps, seized him firmly by QUO of hie legs,excluimieg " Come out, you villain," and the prisoner didise. Syers in the meantime returned to the room and secured Browns expressing his determination to hold him until the police came, and, hearing one of the other two priso ners, who were also present, privately exclaim to his companions, " We are three to one ; let us kill the --." I hurried out of the room during the struggle which ensued between them, and running in my fright into the bedroom of the witness Collins, concealed myself there in my nightclothes under the bed until the police had effected an entrance and secured the soldiers. The witness added, that she had no conver sation whatever with either of the prisoners previous to the commission of the outrage, and the only time she had been nigh them was once when she handed them some beer at the request of the servant, who vies otherwise engaged. Mr. William Syers deposed—l am the landlord of the house in question, where the prisoners last night engaged some beds ; they all returned together about a quarter to one this morning to sleep, and I showed them their beds, which were in one of the attics. About flee minutes afterwards one of them came to my room door to ask for a light, which I gave him, and after that saw all three in their room, p a rtially undressed. In a few minutes subsequently I heard loud shrieks in a woman's voice, and on opening 1 11 1 door I saw one of the prisoners go into his own room, with nothing on but his shirt, and cautiously close the door after him. This I can positively state was not the prisoner Brown, but one of the other two men. I then ran into the last witness's bed-rooms from which the screams appeared to me to have pro ceeded, and found her in great terror, sitting on the side of her bed in her night-dress. On being made acquainted by her with the prisoner's infamous conduct, I hastened out of the house for a police man, and, on returning, almost directly after, saW my wife pulling Brown out of the closet by the legs. He had nothing on, also, but his nightshirt but I laid hold of him, and a violent contest ensued between us, in the course of which both my wife and I were thrown down. I was flung upon the bed by Brown, and held there by the throat until the entrance of the two other prisoners, will likewise caught me by the throat, which they bald with such force as to leave the marks of their fingers upon my neck. (The witness here exhibited his neck to the magistrate, and displayed the marks he referred to.) The witness added that in the course of the struggle between them his night-dress was completely' torn into ribands, and the bedstead and other articles of furniture were broken to pieces, the men conduct', ing themselves with great determination, and one or them uttering the exclamation about killing him, as they were three to one, before referred to. The men then forcibly dragged him from that bedroom into the one occupied by the witness Collins, where they wer e at length secured by the police, and where he saw the first witness, Miss Harrison, concealed in great terra beneath the bed. Mr. Henry Collins, the next witness, said—l re• side at Birmingham, but am at present staying at the last witness's house, where I slept last night. I wept to bed at twenty minutes past twelve, and was awoke some time after by loud cries of " Murder," female voice, in a room opposite mine. I got up t° learn the cause of it, and the instant I opened WI door the first witness, Miss Harrison, rushed in le great terror, and tried to conceal herself. I a fter' wards saw the three prisoners drag Mr. Syers with great violence out of Miss Harrison's room into mine , where they flung him upon the bed, but the polic e fortunately came in at the moment and took all three into custody. Stringer, a constable of the City force, deposed to having, with the assistance of two other officers, take° the prisoners into custody, and that upon finding Wel in the room of th e l as t w it ness , C o lli ns , th ey wer e el l three more or less undressed. When called upon for their defence the prisoners severally expressed the utmost possible contrition for their gross misconduct, which they attributed to the effects of partial intoxication, and entreated the 151 a• gistrate to deal leniently with them. Mr. D ' EYNCOURT, however, told them that be c 0 .1 1,: sidered even the f u ll es t summary powers w i t h which he was invested wer e w h o lly i ncommensura t e to del,: adequately with such an ou t rage , an d h e th ere fore fe lt it his duty to commit the whole of them for trial. The depositions were thereupon taken by Mr. Hurlstone, the second c l e rk, b u t, u p on hi s p ro ceeding to read them over, the prisoners (one of whom' Brown, a well-made and handsome-looking fell" had been crying convulsively ever since he 0 , 51 placed at the bar, and appe a red to b e complete!): abashed by his degradin g p os iti on ) earnes tly entreats c: the Magistrate not to send th e m f o r t r i a l, as it mu st be the inevitable ruin of them, and this appeal being seconded by an equally earnest one from Ar. Sy er and the prosecutrix, Mi ss H arr i son , w h o seerne a scarcely less affected than Brown himself, and el • pressed great repugnance to being subjected to a s e ' cond public examination, Mr. D ' EYNCOURT at length said, that in cons!" quence of such an earnest appeal from the prosecutrl% herself, seconded by th e o th er person most i nteres ts dt Mr. Byers, and also in consideration of the two prin cipal witnesses residing at such distances as Birnung.: ham and Norfolk, he f e lt b oun d t o acce d e to t h e cour",, suggested; but in doing so he should mark his set?: of the prisoners' conduct by inflicting upon them highest amount of penalty he could impose. I' • should therefore order the prisoner Brown to pay Le penalty of 51. for the aggra va t e d assau lt upon , !". young lady, or i n d e f au l t to un d ergo two mon ths 111 6 1 / prisonment in the H o u se o f C orrec ti on ; a se cond ; for his attack upon Mr. Syers, or two months more , a ,/ commence at the expiration of the first term ; 0 each of the other prisoners to pay th e f u ll penalty v o Si. each, or in default to stand committed for ts'l months respectively to the House of Correction. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, AUG. 13. a t STOCK EXCHANGE.—The m ar k et was ra th er more buoy" i to-day, and stock was freely disposed of. The t r aneactl*, were—Great Western, O r i gina l Shares, 84 3 4—Ditto, Nog h Shares, 14 1 4—Wilts, S ,merset, an d W e y mou th, 45 1 ,4,. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 13. STOCK EXCHANGR.—The market continues dull, witho u t alteration in prices, and b us i ness limited. Th e t ransa ctio l3 .• were as follow : —Caledonian, 11 1 4—Great Western, 86 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 49% London a n d N ort h-Weste,,Ti ~ New Quarters, 3 1 ,i p.—Midland, 42 3 4—South-Eaatern P" Dover, 22%. MANCHESTER, AUG. 13. STOCK EXCRANOIL—The business to-day was very limit in amount, and prices rather lo wer. T he transactions W A as follow :—East Lancashire, Q uar t ers, 13 % —Lancash i r e Yorkshire, 49—South-Eastern and Dover, 22. BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The brokers were chiefly engage to-day in the settlement of the fortnightly account, Ah so far as Birmingham was conc - rued, was extremely There were:no transactions reported. 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