The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-24 00:00:00

Vtirb Inition EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) MOSELEY V. HOUGHTON. This action was brought by Mr. Moseley, a dentist, carrying on business in Berners-street, Oxford-street, to recover fifty-two guineas, for two sets of artificial teeth, supplied to an old lady, between sixty and seventy years of age, who resided at Leamington ; and it was tried at the last assizes, before Mr. Baron Rolfe, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. HUMFEET now applied for a new trial, on the ground of affidavits impugning a certain portion of the evidence. The plaintiff, it appeared, was in the habit of advertising in newspapers that he would visit certain provincial towns for the purpose of giving advice as a dentist, and supplying teeth, and among them was Leamington, where he said he could be consulted on particular days, at his residence in Lower-parade. The defendant visited a person whom she supposed to be Mr. Moseley and ordered two sets of teeth, which were supplied to her, but they did not fit her mouth, and finding a i d subseqnently that Mr. Mosely was represented by an assistant, and only made his appearance in Leam ington once in three months to collect his accounts, she refused to pay his bill. When Mrs. Houghton returned home, after having a set placed in her mouth, her daughter found that she could neither speak nor eat ; and the only fact made out by Mr. Moseley was that he made the teeth on the atmospheric prin ciple, which was perfectly true, for the atmosphere appeared to have such an effect upon them that when she attempted to speak the sound emitted from her mouth more resembled a whistle than anything else . : —(Laughter.) A cast was simply taken of her mouth at Leamington, and the teeth were made in London, and he called several dentists of eminence at the trial to show that it was impossible by such a summary mode to fit a mouth with the necessary ex act n ess. y r . Baron RoLFE observed that one set was ordered to be „made larger than the other. Mr. lIUMFREY said the plaintiff wanted the second set a little larger, in order to take the wriakles out of .IScr face, and give it a fuller appearance.— (Laughter.) He apprehended, from the nature of the advertisements, that personal attendance was im plied ; for the services to be rendered were not of an ordinary nature, which might be performed by an agent or deputy, such for instance as selling hats, but required :great skill and care. It could not be said, if such eminent surgeons as Mr. Brodie, Mr. wrence, or Mr. Cooper, were to intimate they would receive patients on a 'particular day, that the advice of an assistant could be considered as valuable or as an equivalent in case they should not be them selves personally present. The Court granted a rule. T TERSA LL'S—T HIS EVENING Six o'CLocx. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAXES. 9 to 1 agst Harriott 10 to 1 apt Osterley 18 to 1 agst Velox METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 25 to 1 agst Snowstorm 30 to 1 agst Testator 30 to 1 agst Ellerslie 30 to 1 agst Retail 30 to 1 apt Ada Mary CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Glauca 20 to 1 agst Miss Ann 20 to 1 agst Fugleman 25 to 1 agst Peep o'-Day Boy 25 to 1 agst Whim colt 33 to 1 agst Chantrey 33 to 1 agst The Flea 40 to 1 agst Roland; 100 to 1 agst Melody DERBY. 8 to 1 egst Ghillie C:4llum 9 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 18 to 1 apt Voltigeur INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On TUesday (William Cubitt, E q., President, in the chair) the paper read was, "On the Periodical Alternations and Progressive Permanent Depression of the Chalk Water Level under London," by the Rev. J. C. Clutterbuck. The author began by defining the chalk wa t er l eve l to be, " the height to which the water rises at any point or continuous series of points in the chalk, or from the chalk in perforations, through the London and plastic clays, above the chalk." The term " artesioid" was used to describe those wells sunk through the London and plastic clays, in which the water rose fi.om the chalk, or the sands of the plastic clay formation, above the level of those strata, though it might not rise to, or overflow the surface of the ground. Reference was made to papers read before the in stitution in 1842 and 184:3, in which it was shown that the chalk water level was described by an in clined line drawn from the highest level at which the water accumulated in the chalk, to the lowest proxi mate or vent, or outfall ; a'general rule, which was found to hold good, not only wher e th e water was -found by sinking into a permeable stratum, but where, as in the London Basin, the water rose from a per meable stratum, through perforations in any imper meable stratum above it. The example treated of in the paper was described by a line inclining at an average of about thirteen feet in a mile, from the outcrop of the London and plastic clays to mean tide level in the Thames, below London-bridge-. The height to which water rose in the Paris Basin, from the lower green sand, was adduced in confirma tion of that rule. Before the Artesian well at Grenelle was bored, M. Arago calculated that the water would rise above the level of the soil at Paris, as it rose above that level at Elbeuf, near Rouen. The height at which the water was found in the lower green sand, near Troyes, being one hundred metres above Paris, and one hundred and thirty-one metres above the sea, the author found that a line drawn from that point, to the level of the sea at Havre (where the green sand cropped out), passed over Paris and Elbeuf at the - elevation to which the water actually ruse in both places. A calculation based on the same principle (taking the level of the water in the lower green sand, at Leighton Buzzard, at two hundred and eighty feet above the sea), showed that if the chalk and gault were bored through in London, the water from the green sand would rise one hundred and fifty feet above Trinity high water mark. Passing from the natural, to the actual condition of the cha.k water level, under London, there was a general permanent, depression of from fifty feet to sixty feet below Trinity high water mark. Measurements of a well in London, in which the level was seldom disturbed, showed periodical alterna tion, coincident with the exhaustion and replenish ment of the chalk stratum by natural causes, to the amount of four feet six inches, and a permanent de pression of one foot six ine 4 bes per annum, or twelve feet in eight years. Again, referring to former calculations, it was shown that the margin of this depression was extend ing in a greater ratio towards the north than to the south, or S.E. Since 1843, the level was perma nently depressed at Hampstead -road ten feet ; Cam den Town, nineteen feet ; Kilburn, twenty feet ; and Crieklewood, ten feet. The limit of the depression being, in 1843, between the latter places. Allusion was then made to the influx of water at the point where the Thames passed over the outcrop of the sands of the plastic clay formation, and the chalk, as a point to be determined by geological inquiry, and oonnected with observations as to the action of the tides on the level, and the chemical quality of the water, in that neighbourhood. The general conclusion drawn from all these facts was, L . -let the rapidity of exhaustion from Artesian wells under London, greatly exceeded the rapidity of supply; that the amount of defalcation was marked, and could be measured by the extension of a progres sive permanent depression, proving that the supply o f water froin the chalk stratum became each year more precarious, and less to be depended upon, even should there be no addition to the Artesioid wells in and around the metropolis. In the discussion which ensued it was shown that only such a supply of water percolated annually through the chalk stratum as could be accounted fir by the discharge from the rivers of the upper dis trict. The results yielded by Dalton's Rain Gauge, as used by Mr. John Dickinson, were adduced in proof of this position. The chemical analysis of the water from wells sunk into the chalk showed the probability of alnsh n in flux of the tidal w a t er of the Thames to replenish the vaccuum caused b y t h e i mmense extent cfpuem pump ing from the London welie. Oa the other kind it was contended, that from the great extent of surface whence the chalk derivi-cl its supply, there might be such a surplus store of water as would warrant any amount of pumping, for the do mestic supply fJr the metropolis. The discussion was announced to be continued at e.:4llf349a,eeting of Tuesday, January 29th, which would bi hit/MY delvted to it. • • .• .—A deputation of friends of Dr. Aehilli l Thai c f the Hon. A. Kinnaird, the Rev. g . - 134114 1 9 011 Lev. George Scott, and L. a J. Tonna • dan interview with Lord Palmerston, Ri tma('Por'" office, on Tuesday, when they placed In his 1/rtrell4ib's hand the copy of the memorial which thel litjttal addressed to the French Government, THE FEMALE EMIGRATION. (From the Chronicle.) We elsewhere lay before our readers a document which will be perused with earnest attention by all who interest themselves in Mr. Sidney Herbert's plan of Female Emigration. It is the Report of the Sub-Committee appointed to consider " the most advisable mode of ensuring to female emigrants a proper reception on reaching the ports of their desti nation in our colonies." But it embraces various other topics of primary importance, connected with the management of this benevolent enterprise ; and, as it has 'been received and adopted by the General Committee, we may regard it as presenting an epi tomised summary of the principles on which the undertaking is to be conducted. The leading points of this report may be briefly stated. First, as regards the proper selection of emi grants it is proposed (inter alia) that candidates should not exceed thirty-five years of age—that they should be " entirely free from any mental or bodily defect likely to impair their usefulness as settlers" — and that "their characters for industry and morality should be satisfactory." Next, it is recommended, with a view to the effectual protection of the emi grants during their transit to the colonies, that they should be sent out on board Government emigration ships, in the event of the Colonial Land and Erni gration Commissioners being satisfied that the charac ter of the emigration is such as to entitle it to their sanction; otherwise,!that they should go out "in small parties, on board free emigrant ships, with a view of securing to them that protection which the presence of married couples and families interested in the mainte nance of order and decency would, to a certain degree, afford." And it is further suggested that, in the latter case, the emigrants should be placed, during the passage, under the charge of matrons, to be selected for the purpose, and that the utmost caution should be used in ascertaining the characters of the officers of the ships." With regard to the third head —namely, the aid and protection to be ensured to the emigrants on landing—we are informed that, by an arrangement with the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, they will, on reaching the colonies, "be received by Government officers, who will be instructed to give them all the assistance and advice they may require, as to the rate of wages, the .places where employment may be most readily obtained, and other similar points." In other respects, likewise, it will be seen that substantial temporary aid will be afforded to the emigrants during the interval that may elapse before - they are provided with employment. Under the fourth head of the Report, which relates to the costs of outfit and passage, some interesting particulars will be found, which will still further show the solicitude of the Committee, both to place the character of the emi gration beyond the reach of doubt or cavil, and to improve to the uttermost the pecuniary means en trusted to their disposal. The most cursory reader of this document cannot fail to be deeply impressed with the painstaking anxiety which the • Cornmittee evince, to exercise, in all respects, a wise and prudent stewardship over the funds confided to them, and to preserve this great and noble work of benevolence free from any admixture of evil or any risk of failure. Those who have the best means of information as to the state of feeling in the colonies are strongly of opinion, that it is all-essential to the success of the undertaking to choose only emigrants whose moral character and industrial capabilities will bear the fullest scrutiny ; and that, if there were any feature in the scheme calcu lated to awaken suspicion on the part of the colonial public as to the characters of those sent out, the leading aim of the plan would be most seriously marred. Both as regards the future welfare of the emigrants themselves and the general interests of emigration, it is matter of primary necessity to send out (especially at first) none but those who will be acceptable to the colonies, and whose moral and industrial qualifications are such as to insure their success. In a word, the principle on which the Committee have proceeded is, that the unexception able quality of the intended emigration is a matter of capital moment, not only with reference to the sen tinkents and feelings of the colonies themselves, but as regards likewise the permanent interest which the mother country has in seeing colonial society con stituted on a sound moral and material basis. The stress which the Committee lay on this and similar topics in their Report ought completely to remove any lingering scruples on the part of those who have hitherto hesitated to support the under taking, through an apprehension that they might be indirectly contributing to weaken the motives to virtuous conduct, by assisting destitute persons of equivocal repute. It is at all events impossible to allege now, that a subscription to the Female Emigration Fund can in any way have the effect of, impairing the prudential sanctions of virtue, by placing some who have yielded to temptation in a better position than others who have withstood it. It is put beyond all doubt by this report that every shil ling of the fund will be expended in promoting the welfare of the most meritorious class of the distressed —in removing from the sphere of vicious and degrading influences those who have not fallen victims to them—and thus in practically teaching the poor the inestimable value of a good character. We earnestly commend this consideration to the minds if those benevolent and conscientious person.- whuse generous sympathies with the object of the en terprise may have been checked by ethical scruples. The relief of destitution will, in this instance, ope rate as a direct encouragement to virtuous principles and habits ; and the larger and more numerous the emigration, the more conspicuous will be the moral lesson. On all our readers we would once more emphati cally urge the claims of this admirable charity. Looking at the studious precautions adopted with reference to the selection of recipients, their prepara tion for their new destination, and the aid and pro tection to be afforded them during their passage and on their arrival ; and looking at the social wants of our colonies, and at the incalculable importance of rendering them attractive outlets for our vast, increasing, and adventurous population—we cannot hesitate in saying, that never did a charitable under taking come before the British public with more numerous and more powerful titles to energetic and munificent support—never had the contributors to a scheme of beneficence ampler reason for assuring themselves that they are doing real, permanent, and unalloyed good. THE LATE EBENEZER ELLIOTT. There is just issued (by C. Fox, Paternoster-row) the first of two volumes, entitled " More Verse and Prose, by the Corn-law Rhymer." The following is its preface : " The Elgin marbles are representations] of the processions, and battles (the everyday occurrences, and common-place) of old Greece; and the Elgin marbles are poetry in tho highest. "In England, railway meetings and speeches are everyday occurrences ; and the evil doings in railways constitute a drama of horrors, compared with some of the actors in which, Rush (the wretch who paid him self in blood fa- unexhausted improvements) was a stainless angel has not that drama its poetry ? Perhaps a hundred millions have been wasted in un wanted railways ! I did my best to prevent that waste; and though I cannot know that any of my writings or sayings will live, I desire that my chil dren and theirs shall know (through them) that I did my duty while others were supine. " To be summoned on a jury is an everyday occur rence in England ; but if I bad never been summoned on a jury, I should not have known that there is a class of men in England, whose capital (worth at least two thousand millions) may be said to be in a state of outlawry, left, without any legal protection, to the mercy of another class, who may appropriate, and with perfect impunity proceed to devour it at any mo ment ; for the customary law, called custom of the country,' established by tenants as their sole reliance, is not binding on landlords. Say not that this state of things has not its poetry I " Bets, Bubbles, and Banking' are everyday mat ters in England ; but such things have furnished the means for carrying on, in my time, wars which have cost the lives of ten millions of men ; in the infinite horror of which, Trafalgar and Waterloo were but trifling though splendid incidents ! Now, to conse crate in the poetry of sculpture this tremendous com monplace, a Phidias only is wanted. In due time, that Phidias will be found ; and then, our days of de gradation will have their Parthenon. " In the meantime I claim to have been a pioneer of the greatest, the most beneficial, the only crimeless Revolution which man has yet seen. I also claim to be the poet of that Revolution—the Bard of Free trade, and through the prosperity, wisdom, and lov ing-kindness which yree-trade will ultimately bring, the Bard of Universal Peace. I know not that my claims will be conceded ; the world will lose nothing if it be not conceded, nor will I complain, but neither will 1 hate a jot of my right; for self-sacrifice in concession to wrong has ever been the root of worst humiliation—and tyrants come of slaves. " It is remarkable that Free-trade has been carried by the middle classes, not only without the assistance of the w orkinge classes, but in spite of their opposi tion. When I became a Free-trade agitator in 1824 I could nut find ono respectable shopkeeper who thought the corn-laws an evil. The merchants, to a man, thought them beneficial-. Exactly in propor tion to the plunder-power exercised on his fortunes by the aristocracy, did the would-be squire idolise his destroyers ; and I had discussed the question ten years in all ways—by speech and writing, in prose and verse—before I made my first Sheffield convert of the mercantile class, William Ibbotson, Esq., of Globe Works. Did I not think I bad done a feat ? Yes, I felt it through my heart's core. But then came Feargus, and his blarney ' • trades-unionism, fierce in its imitativ e glory • and chartism, with its stone-blind selfishness; 411 fig hting for the enemy 1 Wiseheitd, SON, LONDON, THURSDAY at last, was born of Empty-Pocket, in a respectable neighbourhood; and from that moment monopoly began to tremble. " EBENEZER ELLIOTT. " Margate-hill, near Barnsley, Oct. 17,1849." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, BRISTOL, JAN. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was again firm to-day, and a good business has been done, but the only alterations in prices were—Great Western, Quarters, 16 5 4 1 —Ditto, 171. Shares, 5% dis. EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1850. cheque for 2001. in part liquidation for this claim. The security held by the Commercial Bank realised after deducting expenses, 3,2001, their claim being 4,290/. That was without reference to other accounts and bills overdue. Thomas Webb had been lent 1501. on his promissory note, and other sums, making a total of 2861.. for which Gibson said he held sufficient security. Money had also been advanced to one James Smith. Webb was a client of Gibson's, and man he (Sturt) would not trust with a shilling. Webb and Smith were particular friends of Gibson, and Smith was one of the assignees. Mr. Gibson was •to. day examined at considerable length, and deposed that at the death of his father in 1840, he reeeive'l upwards of 8,0001., and had also received 2,750/. from his wif.. The total amount of property at one time in his possession was 14,1501., and after deducting all liabilities he had a net balance of 9,824/. The property with the Commercial Bank cost 6,6661., and had realised 3,600/. Sturt had come to him, at his office, several times upon the sub ject of the bankrupt. and Mr. Cuttwell, the manager of the Commercial Bank, had been spoken to also. Paid 1,2001 into Mr. Sturt's hand on the morning of the 17th of February, 1844. He was told that Sturt was a person to he trusted. Terms were made between witness and Sturt on the road from the Commercial Bank, that salaries were to be according to profits, and he (Sturt) was to furnish a balance sheet, showing profit end loss every three months, and at the end of the year, if the result was not satis factory, he should stop. Had made repeated appli cations since March, 1846, for a balance sheet, but had not got one. Had often asked Mr. Sturt as to whether the bank was paying, and his answer was in the affirmative. It had been stated by Mr. Sturt that money had been drawn from the bank over which he had no control. He (Sturt) had been engaged in litigation respecting an action of libel, and witness told him that unless he gave it up the bank would give them up. The letter on which the libel was founded was not written by Mr. Gibson. The result of that action was—damages, 1001., the costs being upwards of 5001. He had nothing to do with those proceedings. Money had been drawn out of the Commercial Bank after office hours, and after notice to the contrary was given. Another action of trespass was brought against Mr. Sturt, and the result was nominal damages of 1001. and costs 2001., which was paid out of the joint assets. The aggre gate amount of joint assets drawn out of the bank by Sturt must be about 2,0001. for the purpose of litigation. In an account furnished to Gibson's brother, these costs were put down as assets. The firm had no right to pay these costs, which affected the stability of the bank, and the bankrupt (Sturt) upon being spoken to on the subject, said that it was nothing to witness. He was determined to close the bank after an intimation from his brother. He then gave notice to Sturt that he intended to dissolve the partnership ; that was in November, 1847. Upon the insertion of the notice of dissolution in the London Gazette, he determined to call the creditors together. The bank stopped on the 3d of December. When witness asked for the books to put them in the hands of an accountant, so as to satisfy his brother and the creditors, Sturt replied, " If you do that my character as a hanker is gone for ever." After this he (Gibson) said that if he (Sturt) would give an account of the affairs of the bank, his brother and friends would wind the concern up and pay the credi tors in full. An unsuccessful application for the ledger had been made. What cash there was in the bank had not been handed over. Subsequently he obtained possession of the books, but he and hi; brother, a first-rate accouatant, could not arrive at the state of affairs of the bank, owing to the state in which the books had been kept. The deficiency of the bank, as shown by the account produced, was about 2,000/. The account prepared by Mr. Begbie showed the liabilities of the bank prior to a meeting of creditors to be 23,0001., the assets being 18,0001.; thus leaving a balance of 5,0001. When the creditors assembled it had reduced to 2,0001., but how it had so reduced he (witness) could not tell. His property (valued at 6,0000 and good debts were not inserted in the statement put be fore the creditors. He had offered to charge his property to the extent of the deficiency of the bank upon the supposition that it was between 2,0001. and 3,000/. The property had been sold by Mr. Pain, and realised about half the valuation. It was valued at 6,0001. It was mentioned at that meeting that there was a sum of money owing to the Com mercial Bank. He paid all the notes of the St. Alban's Bank which were then in circulation ; had paid other moneys on the part of the bank, amounting in the whole to about 1,800/. This'was in pursuance cf a resolution made at the meeting of creditors. He raised the 1,8001. by a mortgage of his life interest and other property. Afterwards he gave notice to leave his house, parted with his car riage and horses and servants. Had not drawn any thing from the bank since the stoppage. His average expenses down to 1847 never exceeded 8001. a year. While his income was 2,6201. his expenses were 1,2471. Ever since the year 1837, after payment of all expenses, he invariably had a balance of from 100/. to 2001. The amount of deposits in the bank at the time of the stoppage did not exceed 3,0001. Of the 4,0001. drawn out of the firm, 2,000/. was for or dinary purposes. Some of his clients were customers of the bank. Upon thanking Mr. Freeman for sign ing a resolution, he said that I was honest, being an honest man ; but as to Sturt, nobody gave him a good name. Witness was very sorry to make these remarks. Freeman brought an action, and he defended it, think ing it very hard that he should get all his property, and thereby have a preference over other creditors. Had made no terms with Freeman, and he had since ex pressed his sorrow at having brought the action. He (Gibson) denied having said about the time of the bank stopping that they must take care of them selves, the same as other people did. Had paid all the notes in circulation; but one had since been threatened to be put in by Mr. Sturt. By Mr. BAGLEY—Had put down everything he received and paid from year to year. Did not know that Sturt was a man without capital ; but, as he was living very respectably, believed him to be a man of 2001. or 300/. a year. Commenced the bank on Sturt's statement. Did not ask Sturt if he had any property, but joined him from charitable motives. Kept a private pass-book of the bank. Had it made up once a year. At the end of the year 1844 should say it was made up. Knew that the Commercial Bank were creditors, and during four years he had. paid into the St. Alban's Bank three sums of 1,500/., 1,000/., and 500/. respectively. That was the capital on which the firm started, but it never had been said that it was treated as a cash advanced from him (Gibson), and from which he was to draw. He told Miss Markham, who put 1001. into the bank, jokingly, that in the event of the bank stopping he would give her a hint. On the 2d December, 1848, the writ was served on him in Baymant's case. Did not recollect Mr. George, the plaintiff's attor ney, offering to countermand the proceedings if he (Gibson) would give a cognovit of the admission of the debt. Mr. LINKLATER here said that he wished to cave the time of the Court, by stating that he should have to go very fully into the examination of Mr. Gibson, and he had to ask that the meeting be adjourned, it being now half-past four o'clock. Mr. Gibson said it would be of great inconvenience to him, if such a course were adopted. Mr. LINKLATER—And there is not a farthing for the creditors. Mr. LAWRENCE thought this an ungracious remark. It was then arranged that the hearing of the case be adjourned till Monday next. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Jan. 23. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) John Thomas Simpson Jones, a respectably dressed man, aged 3e, who was stated to be one of the most notorious begging-letter impostors in England, was indicted for having obtained, by false pretences, two halves of a 61. Bank of England note, and also the further sum of 31., from Mr. J. Collinridge, a gen tleman of fortune residing at Sunbury in the county of Middlesex. Mr. Phinn and Mr. Lempriere conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Prendergast appeared for the defendant. Mr. PRENDERGAST said he had to apply to the Court for tha postponement of this case upon the ground that the defendant was prepared to plead autrefois acquit. To enable the defendant, however, to do so, it would be requisite to obtain the record of the former trial of the defendant upon the same charge. The trial having taken place at Bath, as yet he was instructed that the lefendant had not sufficient time to procure the record. Some discussion having arisen upon thi s applica tion, and it appearing that the defendant had been committed on the 9th inst., The Learned JUDGE held that he had had ample time to send for the record, and directed that the trial should at once proceed. The defendant was thereupon arraigned, when he pleaded autrefois acquit, but as he was unable to pro duce the 'word of the previous trial, and as he was not prepared to put in that plea in writing, and also refused to advance any other plea, The Learned JUDGE desired that the plea of " Not Guilty" should be entered. James Brewer said—l am now a prisoner in the gaol of Bath under a conviction for having obtained money under false pretences, or rather through the means of "begging letters." I have known the de fondant about three years. In last July we both lived in lodgings at 21, Lillington-street, Vauxhall — road, where, upon a particular occasion, I showed the defendant a letter which the present prosecutor had given me, by which I was to obtain medical treatment at the dispensary in Bath. The defendant at once took down the prosecutor's address, and soon afterwards he wrote a letter to that gentleman, which be gave me to take down to Gravesend for the pur pose cf putting .it into the post-chits / 1 4 tbAt LIVERPOOL, JAN. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was rather dull to-day, and prices are somewhat lower. The transactions were as follow : Caledonian, Preference, 8 Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, VA dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 9—Liver pool, Chester, and Stockport, 5 c. dis.—London and North- Western, 117 c. Ditto, New Quarters, 1% p. Ditto, Quarters, 335. 9d. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, Preference, 84— Midland, 44 —Ditto, Halves, 3s 9d. dis. South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 61. 13s. 9d.— York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and 8., Exten sion Nos. 1 and 2), dis.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1650, 98s. 9d. dis. _ _ MANCHESTER, JAR. 23. Swot ExcHANGE. I —But little business was done in our Stock Exchange to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow : —Caledonian, Preference, 7 1 / 8 East Lancashire, 12 3 / 4 —Ditto, Preference, Quarters (min. 6), 7 3-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7 .5-16 dis.— Ditto, 321. (late Extension), 9LA dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2 p. Ditto, Man chester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 1 9-16 p.—Man cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 8 5-16— North Staffordshire, 10 dis. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 23. STOCK EXCHANGEL—The share market was very dull to day, and prices were lower. The only transaction was— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), dis. YORK, JAN. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Great Northern, 71 3s. 9d.—Leeds and Bradford, lO2—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, 10—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), 1118. THE DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY.—A sad acci dent took place upon the Dundee and Perth Railway, on Saturday, at one o'clock P.I. A train arrived at Perth, with a signal that a special goods train was following., The moment the train arrived the engine left to cross. the line, to be turned at the company's depot. Attached. to the engine was a carriage, in which were seated Mr. Cragie (station-superintendent) and Major Cleghorn. This carriage was pushed by the engine, which went down the wrong line ; but before starting, the signal was put on to stop the special train. The driver of the special train, however, took no notice, but ran past the signal 150 yards, and the engine ran into the carriage, which was therefore between the two engines, both of which were going at a great speed. The carriage was at once smashed to pieces, and the two gentlemen very much hurt; Mr. Cragie so much so that no hopes are entertained of his recovery. Major Cleghorn is not so seriously injured, and is expected t.) recover. The driver and stoker t . f the engine that pushed the carriage, when they saw the special train approaching reversed their engine and jumped cff, leaving it is supposed the steam on;, for after the accident, the engine ran away in the opposite direction, without any person upon it. By the time it arrived at the junction with the Scottish Central line, it was going at a speed of sixty miles an hour ; but the man at the points fortunately turned it into a side line, where it pitched into a goods train that was formed fur starting, breaking many waggons to atoms. JANUARY FLOWERS. —Not more than three or four kinds of wild-flowers can be found, even as occasional visitants of the English field, at this season. The daisy that " never dies" is the flower which we are most likely to find on a January day, when the sun has melted the snow from the grass. The simple daisy was once a flower of great renown, and was called in England either Herb Margaret or Day's-eve; and it still bears the name of Marguerite in France. It was the device of the un fortunate Margaret of Anjou, and when that Queen was in prosperity, her nobles wore it in wreaths in their hair, or had it embroidered on their robes. That noble minded woman, Margaret of Valois—the friend of Erasmus and Calvin—she who could retire from the admiration and glitter of courts to study her Bible and her own heart—she, too, had the daisy-flower worn in her honour, and was called by her brother, Francis 1., his " Marguerite of Marguerites." The daisy grows in fields throughout Europe, and is as common in the Italian fields as in ours. The children of Italy gather it as an early favourite, and call it Pratolina (meadow flower).— The Gardener's Hive. ASSASSINATION IN CORSICA.--.A. notorious Corsi can bandit, named Tancredi, was a few days ago tried before the Court of Assizes of Corsica, on the charge of murdering, at different times, a man named Morelli, a man named Andre Natalli, a man named Dominique Martini, and, finally, for attempting, on the 24th of March, 1849, to murder some gendarmes. The several cases of murder were clearly proved sgainst the prisoner ; and it was shown that for a lung time he hal teen aecust , med to carry off young girls to caves and forests and there commit violence on there, that he had levied contributions on the peaceable inhabitants of the villages, that he had committed so many excesses cf all kinds, and had exercised such a system of terror, that in some places the villagers had left their fields uncultivated, and had abandoned their flocks and herds. No one, in fact, ventured to resist the audacious bandit; and the people did not even dare to ass ist . or give hospitality to the gendarmes sent to arrest lima. W hen he murdered Natalli, the son of the latter was present, and in an agony of despair cried, "Oh when will your turn come?" "Not until after yours," calmly replied the bandit, as he reloade 1 his gun by the side of the corpse. Notwithstanding the monstrous guilt of the prisoner, the jury in convicting Wan declared that there were extenuating circumstances, and he was only con demned to hard labour at the hulks for life. ' LORD BROUGHAM'S EXPERIMENTS ON LIGHT.-' Lord Brougham read on Monday at the Institute, Wore a most numerous and brilliant auditory, a paper giving a detailed account of the experiments on light, on which he has been for some time past. engaged. His Lordship not only explained the r ature and result of his late scientific researches on this subject, but at great length went through, on the black beard, a series of mathema tical calculations and d emonstrat i ons i n support of h i s views. The paper and explanations were listened to with the greatest interest, and his Lordship was fre quently greeted with most enthusiastic applause, as well as warmly congratulated at the close by the numerous scientific men present. When the noble academician had concluded, M. Arago observed, " how much the scientific world was indebted to the Noble Lord for his exertions;" adding," that these most interesting experi ments and demonstrations, which Lord Brougham bad conducted on the Newtonian theory of attraction, he (M. Arago) believed he could explain by the other theory which some philosophers supported. He would probably at some future sitting explain his views on the matter to which he then adverted." Part of the curious apparatus invented by Lord Brougham, for his expelri meats (beautifully made by Soleil of Paris), was dis played on the table, and excited a considerable share of coriosity.—Gulignani. PROTECTION MEETING AT YORK.--YORK, WED NESDAY EvENING.--In consequence of a requisition, numerously sigi.ed by the owners and occupiers of land, merchants, tradesmen, and others, resident in the county of York, a meeting was held this morning at the De Grey Rooms, to take into consideration the best means for the restoration of protective duty on corn. Lord Harewood took the chair. Several resolutions, denouncing free trade and in favour of protection, were unanimously carried, and the proceedings passed off in a very orderly marner. RNCOMBERED ESTATES COMMISSION.—The average rate of purchase that may be offered for eitat!s sub mitted for sale by the commissioners has become a subject of anxious speculation. Previous to the pe riod of sale the commissioners are to receive pri vate biddings, subject, of course, to the public sale subsequently. It is stated that there are parties ready to offer .twenty-two years' purchase for the ex tensive estates of Mr. John O'Connell, of Greena. situate in the county of Kerry, and which will be the first sale under the commission. So much depends upon peculiar circumstances, such as the amount of rent and the solvency of tenants, that it may be difficult to form a criterion of the actual market value from any particular case. In that of the O'Connell estates there are several distinct properties, including well-secured head -rents, whilst others are let in the ordinary way to the occupying tenants. But, supposing those estates all round to be very well circumstanced, 22 years' purchase would be an excellent price, proving the existence of full confidence on the part of the bidders in the value of Irish land as a profitable investment. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SHOREDITCH.—Yesterday (Wednesday) morning, at a few minutes past six o'clock, the premises of Mr. H. T. Bushell, a hat manufacturer, at No. 114, High-street, Shoredich, were discovorei to be in flames. After some trouble the inmates of the premises on fire. as well as those surrounding, were made sensible of their danger, and they all succeeded in making a safe retreat, but not before the flames had penetrated the roof, and were pouring forth with such fury as to threaten the adjoining pr , perty with destruction. The engines of the parish were re markably early in arriving, and were followed by four more belonging to the brigade, and that of the West of England Office from the Waterloo-road. Fortunately the fire-plugs of the East London Company yielded an abundance of water, from which the engines were set to work, but by that period the flames had obtained possession of the workshops under the second floor' and had extended through the top of the building, co that some considerable time elapsed before the con ilagration could be subdued, and not until the staircase, &c., on the second floor were burned out, the greater part of the roof destroyed, and the stairs and workshops under very considerably burned and damaged by water. Ne. 115, ii the same stret t, in the tenure of Messrs. E. and M. Bushell, milliners, &e., has the stock in trade and staircase damaged by witer and removal. The hatter's premises were insure I, togeth3r with the con tents in the British Empire Mutual-3ffic?; and the mil liners' premises were insured in the Atlas-office. LINCOLN'S INN.—The Right ion. T. B. Macaulay has recently been elected a beneher of Lincoln's lon. The circumstances under which the election took place are equally honourable to the society and to Mr. Ma caulay. This distinction W, it will be recollected, usually restricted to Queen's Counsel, a dignity which Mr. Macaulay has not attained, ho having, as is well known, long ceased to practise at the bar. The Right Lion. Gentleman's name, however, remained on the society's books. Some short time ago he sent in the usual for mal notice to have his name erased therefrom. On the receipt of this notice, Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce brought the subject under the consideration of the bench, and by a very large majority it was resolved to call, in the person of Mr. Macaulay, an utter barrister to the bench et Linares Inn. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 23. GASKILL V. SHEEN. The plaintiff in this action was an advertising agent, and the defendant was the proprietor of the Bedford Mercury. The action was brought to re cover a sum of money which it was alleged had been twice paid, on the latter occasion by mistake. In order to prove his case at the trial, the plaintiff pro posed to give in evidence certain letters written to the defendant, but there admission was objected to by the defendant, as it was not shown that any answer had been sent to them, or that the defendant had made any admission that he had received them. The evidence was admitted by Lord Denman, who pre sided at the trial, and the plaintiff obtained a verdict for 71. 7s. 9d. ; but subsequently this Court granted a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the evidence had been improperly received. Mr. M. CHAMBERS and Mr. PIGGOTT now showed cause against the rule, and contended that the letters were admissible, not as evidence of the facts therein contained, but as showing that certain representations were made to the defendant, and that he was silent. This tended to show that the defence which he after wards set up was not true, for, if it had been, there could be no doubt that he would have set it up in answer to some one of the four letters which had been sent to him. This defence was that the plaintiff had cheated him by deducting 25 per cent. as discount from the debt which he owed the defendant for adver tisements inserted in his paper. Mr. O'MALLEY and Mr. Srzsx supported the rule. The COURT decided that the rule for a new trial must he discharged, as the evidence was properly ad mitted, not as evidence pf the facts contained in them, by which the defendant might be concluded, but merely to show that a demand was made, and that when he was afterwards seen by the writer the de fendant made no allusion to them. There were some other technical points which the Court also decided in the plaintiff's favour. Rule discharged. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 23. (Sittings in Banco.) COBBETT (A. PAUPER) v. SLOMAN. Mr. BRAMWELL appeared in this case to support a demurrer under the following circumstances :—The action was brought against the defendant (who is well known as a sheriff's officer) to recover penal ties amounting to 1001., for removing the plaintiff from a lock-up ho use t o the Fleet Prison, so far back as in the month of June, 1840. The .plaintiff was in custody under a commission of rebellion issued by the Court of Exchequer when the removal took place ; arid the declaration alleged that such a removal was illegal under 31 Charles 11., c. 2, without a writ of habeas corpus. The defendant pleaded to this declaration, that the alleged grievance occurred more than two years before the commencement of the present action ; to which the plaintiff replied that he was a prisoner and in custody until within two years of the commencement of this action ; and to this replication there was a demurrer. The Learned Counsel now contended that the limita tion of two years was applicable to an action of this kind, although the plaintiff was a prisoner. lie also submitted that a commission of rebellion was not a criminal proceeding; and that it was only where persons were in custody on a criminal charge that the statute on which the action was founded applied. Mr. Cobbett was heard in person in support of the replication, and argued at great length that a com mission of rebellion was a criminal proceeding, and entitled to the protection which the statute afforded to prisoners who were removed from one custody to the other without the sanction of the established tri bunals. After hearing counsel in reply, The BARONS delivered their judgment, being un animously of opinion that the declaration was bad, as it disclosed no sufficient ground of action. The proceeding under which the plaintiff was in custody when removed, though in some sort a criminal mat ter, was not a criminal matter within the meaning of the Hibeas Corpus Act ; and the clause in that Act subjecting parties to penalties for removing prisoners was meant to protect persons in custody from hav ing their trials delayed. On this ground judgment must be fur the defendant. The Court being unani mouily in favour of the defendant on this point, it was unnecessary to give any opinion on the question raised by the plea. Judgment for the defendant. CORBETT (A PAUPER) V. OLDFIELD AND OTHERS. This was an action by the same plaintiff as in the last case, for false imprisonment, to which the defendants pleaded, in justification, that the plain tiff was arrested under an attachment issued by the Court of Chancery for non-payment of costs, in a suit instituted by one of the defendants against the plaintiff, as executor of the will of his deceased father, Mr. William Cobbett, so far back as the year 1840. The plaintiff demurred to the plea of justification. Mr. Cobbett occupied the Court some hours in support of his demurrer, but the grounds urged by him appeared to be of such little weight, that The COURT, without calling upon the Counsel who appeared to support the plea, at once decided that the justification was sufficient, and was well pleaded, and that the defendant was entitled to judgment upon de murrer. The Court also complained of the waste of the public time by frivolous proceedings, adopted in cases similar to the present, and in which plaintiffs sued as paupers. COBBETT (A PAUPER) V. OLDFIELD AND OTHERS. This case, 'which stood next on the list of demur rers, involved, as we were informed, points similar in substance to those involved in the former case, and the parties were the same in both cases. The CRIER BARON said the Court declined to hear an argument repeated in this case such as they had heard in the last, and ordered judgment to be entered for the defendants. He also inquired the name of the counsel by whom the demurrers were signed in those cases ? The officer of the court stated that the de murrers appeared to have been signed by Mr. James Watson. Mr. MARTIN, who appeared for the defendant, ob served that these vexatious proceedings, instituted from time to time by Mr. Cobbett, cost the defend ants no less than 6,000/. It was a very gross case. Mr. Cobbett said the costs came chiefly from his estate.— (Laughter.) Mr. Baron PARKE—it is a very cruel case, and if members of the bar who take upon them to certify pauper cases will not, as it is clearly their duty to do, satisfy themselves that the plaintiff has a good cause:of action, some other course must be taken to prevent the time of the Courts from being wasted, and de fendants seriously injured by the institution of such actions. Judgment for the defendant. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 23. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) THE ST. ALBAN'S BANK--IN BE GIBSON AND STURT. These bankrupts were bankers at St. Alban's, and the proceedings in the case have been frequently before the Court and frequently reported in our journal. The bankrupts came before the Court this morning upon the adjourned application for their cer tificates. The joint balance-sheet extends from February, 1844, to August, 1849, and is as follows : Dr. To creditors ••• ••• £3,218 0 8 Commercial Bank holding security ... 4721 10 0 Liabilities... ••• ... 102 0 0 Profits ..• ••• ••• ... 3,784 7 3 CapitAl borrowed of the Commercial Bank on deeds of Gibson snd joint note cf the firm ... ..• 1 500 0 0 Total ... ... ••• —.X11,826 17 11 Cr. By debts, good, doubtful, and bad ...:13,149 7 1 Law expenses ... .•• ... 1,27 k 18 11 Bank premises ... ... ••• .. 1,302 19 11 Demls held by Commercial Bank... ... Trade expemses ... ... ..• ... 9,167 12 3 Preliminary expenses in anticipation cf a partner's loss with J. S. Story • 73 8 9 E. Gibson, balance 2d December, 1847 ... 1,027 18 6 G. Stile, balance ... ... ~. ••• 766 2 5 Total ...Z11,826 4 7 Mr. Bagley and Mr. Linklater represented the cre ditors, and Mr. Lawrence supported Gibson. The bankrupt Sturt deposed that in the action brought by B3ymant he had allowed judgment to go by default. There were proceedings in Chancery to which Gibson had pleaded. The result of INT manes action was, damages 2261., and costs 1021. He denied having given Miss Markham (a secured creditor) any other assurances than a jocu lar remark that if the bank was going wrong he would give her notice to that effect. At that time he had no idea of a stoppage taking place. His expe rience in the banks of Messrs. Muskett and the London and County Bank proved to him that his profit and loss account was made up in the usual manner. It would have been more regular if a ba lanoe-sheet had been struck at the end of each year. He was labouring under some disadvantages as to the position of the bank from year ►o year, he having had no previous examination. The official asFignee said that this was in conse quence of Mr. Sturt's conduct in abiJing by hi, statement, thereby frustrating attempts to obtain de sired information. The bankrupt—We shall have more of that by and-by, Mr. Groom. Mr. George —Mr. Groom will be called out. The bankrupt further deposed that Mr. Gibson had not been give❑ credit for the 1,500/. advanced by the Commercial Bank, whose account on the 7th of October, 1847, was 4,9,50/. Upon the 23d of July, 5001. was placed to the credit of Mr. Gibson, asmoney advanced by him, it having been previously advanced by his brother, and previeu3 to certain title deeds being deposited, On the, Nth of August he gave a This is the letter [The letter was then read, and was as follows.] : "Gravesend, July 30, 1849. "Sir,—Permit toe to aidress you in a case of charity at the earnest entreaty of James Brewer. a young man whom you have been very kind to on several occasions, ald so_onr , months ago you gave him 1/. 3s. to him to Lc. mington. lie was orderA hero for the Feow:fit of sea-bathing, but the. am being too heel for his delic..,te frame he hal been advised to endeavour to gain admis sion to the Consumption Hospital, Br mpton, near 'Lou don. He is in very distressed ci'rcuu Ague s, end has no meats of paying the fees of that institution, and is also indebted here to his landlady for batird, &c. Your kind ness to him ta-f, ore induces hies t hoop- you migf t once more, and for the last that., render him some little as sist Ltic), to enable him to make up 505., all that he is de ficient of. I have taken more than usual interest in his case, having given him some linen and 1/. 10g. in cash, Which is as much as my limit -d meals will permit me to do. The 2a,1 intelligence of a death in my family obliges me to leave home in a few hours for Scot'and, • and I will be absent sums weeks; then f ore; you will bo., pleased to return an answer to the poor youth himself, along with the enclosure, which is of impontanee to toile, addressed—' James Brewer, post-. ffice, Graves-nd, li-nt ; to be left till cal:ed for;' and I hive instructed Miss Scott, my sister, to acknowledge the rote pt f , r him. Trusting that the motive which actuates MO in cAnplying with the requlst will be de , m , d an apology, "I am, Sir, yours, &c., JOHN H, SCOTT, M.D. " To John Collinriclgc, Esq., BAlo." The witness then continued—l posted eight or nine other letters at the same time as I posted this one which has just been read, and when I went to Gravesend, a few days afterwards, I received several letters in reply to them. One of these replies was from the prosecutor, enclosing a Post-office order for 31., and another was from the late Queen Dowager, forwarding a donation of 51. Having obtained cash for the Post-office order I returned back to London, and then the defendant and myself divided the 81. equally between us. Shortly after this I went to reside in Bath, and the defendant, with a woman of the name of Farr, who lived with him, also went down to live with me. I am the person referred to in the above letter, but it was all a fiction as to my wanting to get into the Consumption Hospital at Brompton. The letter was written by the defendant. Cross-examined—l have been what you call a "begging letter impostor" for about three years. I was led into the system by a companion of the de fendant's of the name of Sullivan. I have not obtained my living by' the means of any employment since the year 1843, in the course of which year I was thrown from a coach in the Somerset-road, by which accident I was severely hurt. There were two of these charges brought against me at Bath ; but I pleaded to one of the indictments, and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. I do not anticipate that the sentence will he mitigated in the event of the present defendant being convicted upon this occasion. Inspector Tate, of the constabulary cf Bath, and another officer of that body, produced a number of " begging letters," and answers to such letters, which they had found in Brewer's house. They also pro duced several volumes of the Court Guide, a copy of Burke's Peerage and of Dodd's Peerage, and Dodd's Parliamentary Companion, all of which they had found in the same house. The officers in their cross-examination said, that Brewer and the defendant had been apprehended on suspicion of having stolen a gold watch, and that it had been whilst they were searching the house in which they lived that they had found the letters and books. The prosecutor then proved that he had received the letter above cited, and that believing that the re presentations it contained were true he had forwarded the Post-office order for 3/. The post-mistress next proved that the money had been paid to the prisoner, to whom the letter had been addressed, and by whom it had been received, " There was no such person," she added, " as Dr. Scott living in Gravesend." This was the whole of the evidence offered in re spect of the count in the indictment for the fraudu lent obtaining of the Post-office order for 3/. Evidence was then produced in reference to the fraud of obtaining the two halves of the Si. Bank of Eng land note, from which it appeared, that whilst the defendant was living in Bath, he had by some means or other discovered that the prosecutor was remotely related to the family of Collinridge, in Northumber land, whereupon he at once assumed to be one of the same family, and wrote a letter, and procured from Mr. Collinridge a Si. Rink o: England note. Evidence was then given to prove that this letter was in the handwriting of the defendant One of these witnesses lived at 21, Lillington-street, and she stated, furthermore, that the defendant sometimes had assumed the names of M'Kinlay and of Masai? ' and that he frequently had gone out dressed as a clergy - man. The defendant had oftentimes told her that he obtained an excellent income by sending begging letters. Mr. PRENDERGAST, on the part of the defendant, submitted that this indictment could not be main tained, and advanced that proposition upon the ground that in respect of both of the counts in the indictment the venue was wrongfully laid. The fraud wa's charged to have been committed in the county of Middlesex, whereas in the one case the money had been received in Kent and in the other in Wiltshire. Thu 4, therefore, the completion of the fraud hld been effected in thou two counties, and not in Middlesex. He submitted, therefore, that the indictment was bad. Mr. REINN. on the other hand, contended that the completion of the fraud had been accomplished so soon as the prosecutor had parted with and posted the money at Sunbury, upon the faith of the truthfulness of the statements which had been put forth in the de fendant's letters. The Learned JUDGE was of opinion that the venue was correctly laid. He would, however, if the parties wished it, send up a case for the opinion of the Court of Exchequer Chamber. Both counsel assented to his proposition. Mr. PRENDERGAST then addressed the jury at con siderable length on behalf of the defendant. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury eventually returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. PHINN said, he thought it was necessary that the Court should be informed that the defendant was one of the most skilful as well as most impudent of " begging-letter" impostors that had ever been known ; and he had been running his career for some time with vast success. lle had assumed every class of character. At one time he was a clergyman, at another he was a physician, and at another he was deputed by a religious society. It was in the first and the last named of these characters that he had obtained several large contributions from the late Queen Dowager. Ile had also been the accomplice of a man who had recently been sentenced to trans portation. llorsford, the Mendicity officer, here stated, that within the last three years the defendant had been in custody seven times, and had been convicted on three occasions. The Learned JUDGE sai( l , that the extent of the frauds which the defendant had committed might be guessed at from the many and the high names which he found in the letters which had been handed up to him. It was perfectly clear _that his depredations upon the benevolent had been carried out to a very large extent. The defendant must be remanded until the next sessions, when he must be brought up for judgment, and in the meantime he would prepare and send up the case for the opinion of the Court of Ex chequer Chamber. The defendant was then removed. THE ARGYLL ROOMS. In the course of the day the grand jury ignored a bill of indictment which had been preferred before them by Stowell, the informer, against F. Bryer and another, as the proprietors of the Argyll Rooms, in Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. James Barton was brought up, charged with hav ing forged a cheque for 151. upon the banking firm of Rogers, Olding, and Co , of Clement's-lane. He had been apprehended by Storey, an officer, in Dean street, Soho. The officer held another forged cheque for the same amount, and purporting to be signed by the same drawer, upon the same house, which cheque had been presented at the house by a woman of in different character. John C. Payne, of Holborn-bars, boot and shoe maker, said,—The prisoner owed me a long-standing account of 41. 18s., and he called upon me on Monday fortnight, and said he was very sorry he could not call before, that he had just received a sum of money on his deceased mother's account, and he came to pay me, if I could change a cheque drawn by a Mr. Ben nett upon Rogers and Co., which he produced. Ile said, " I should not have brought it to you, sir, but I received it since five o'clock, and I want to be off to my work at Kingston the first thing in the morning." I rather demurred as to cashing the cheque at first, and asked him who Mr. Bennett was, to which he replied that the gentleman was his mother's agent or exe cutor, and was conducting her affairs. I knew that his mother was dead, and after some hesitation I gave him the difference between the debt due to me and the amount of the cheque, or rather in mistake 10,;. more. Next mori:ing I felt uneasy about the matter, and I went,to the banking-hou.e and presented it. The clerk wrote upon it "No account," and I then applied to the police. A gentleman from Rogers's banking-house said the person who drew the cheque kept no account at the house. The prisoner, upon being asked whether he was desirous to ask any question of the witness, or to say anything in explanation of the cause of the accusation, said, " Nothing at all." He was remanded till Thursday. William Garrett was charged with having stolen a chest, which contained cigars to the value of 181. licdington, the officer, said the prisoner was one of Ave persons who bad robbed a _lady some time ago. Four of the thieves had been transported for the offence, but the prisoner had get away upon that caiion, Tne prisonar—l was not in that robbery, and B°l3/e of the police know that I was not. Another of the ac ti ve o ffi cers o f th e City force sai d t!ai prisoner was well known in other parts of the town by the iieliname of " the Fidler," and ha d been conce7mal in very extensive street ri bberies. Alderman llumenaar—l think we shall be able to seed you :d air your companions this time, and I cow' mit you for tri:d accordingly. WEST tIINSTEI?. A respectable-looking woman, about 35 years Of a i ry-, presenied herself before Mr. Broderip on Toes' day w ith a letter from a benevolent lady a t Chel se3 ' who recommended her case t o t h e a t ten tion of t he magistrate as one deserving pecuniary assistance. t It appeared from the lady's communication , al , : the bearer was a M rs . J o h n T urner, o f 5, 13°/"; street, Chelsea, th e wi f e o f a veter i nar y surge— -1; who, with her two young children , hal ) althoug f o merly moving in a r es p ec t a bl e sp h ere , been She soma time past i n th e mos t a bj ect state o f wa nt. S a had for some time after the loss of her has b t earned a scanty sub s i s t ence f or h erse lf and rally by her needle until her health became so seriously impaired an d h er s i g h t so muc h offec'et that she was unable to continue her work, and 'e into great di s tr ess . Sh e h as f or t h e l ast two Yee' rs been residing with an aged and afflicted mother-lad law, a Mrs Sarah Turner, the relict of a retire„t tradesman, who possessed Considerable property , u' e owing to the nec essar y expense o f b r i ng i ng u p ben family, with a vari e ty o f un f oreseen m i s f or tunes, ',7 1 , means became exhau s t e d, an d s h e was f oun d with b et children and Mrs. J o h n T urner b y t h e beneYs'" re, lady above alluded to in the deepest distress. • .. Mr. BRODERIP having, as usual, directe d that la quiries should be made by one of the summse in b g e officers, , the latter yesterday reported to him th at d account given was in every respect quite corr ect, 0 , 13 h vi that it was, as stated, a mos t d eserv i ng case, ta bi d c y had been frequently reliev e d by th e kind-heartedl.' who had recommended it. Mr. BRODERIP, before wh o m reports of the r est3l : of inquiries int o o th er cases were brought at the sl i f o f time by the officer s , a n d t o w hi c h various sums eth ec j the scanty means a t hi s di sposa l were avr e.. ` -A a - a ; directed that the poor widow should have 106.1 which she expressed her gratitude. CLE RK EN WELL. yiolen t William Davis was c h arge d w ith h av i n g assaulted and wounded P a t r i c k M ooney , of S h e ' b i's Saint's-court, Milton-street, St. L u k e ' s , by Wh ic " life is placed in danger. al di' Police-constable Jeremi a h Fi n d en , N o . 300, • (Ist vision, said th a t a t a b ou t t h ree o ' c l oe k Yestecir.ta morning he wa s on d u ty i n M acc l es fi e ld- s treet, road, when the prisoner rushed out of the 1 17 0 ,1 No. 7 in th a t s t ree t, an d t o ld hi m t h at hi s wife d, brought home a man who was in his (prisoner's) out and he wanted him (witness) to interfere to turn to out. Witnes s sa id h e cou ld not, an d a d v ised P ts 'ide. go and order hi m away , an d h e wou ld s tay °t at o The prisoner left, and shortly afterwards vvr tis e, heard cries of "M ur d er, " w h en he entere d ths, u , ° ;to in company of C ar t er, 17 3 G , and on proc eer t bs the first-floor back apartment they ful ln 'ating prisoner and the injured man Mooney fiffr de g and struggling together, the latter being uncif e- bis and bleeding profusely from frightful wounds '` r) a go head. The prisoner was taken to the station.ll/0. and Mooney was conveyed to St. Bartholomew'si'pe. pital, where he was now confined to his bed in rilous condition. On making inquiries, it was ek certained that the p r i soner returne d home ed pettedly and found M ooney i n b e d . M rs . Davi ,in s h - " — o lis him to jump out o f th e w i n d ow, out o f which the threw his clothes ; b u t h e was a f ra id ; •aha .° „ — tbs prisoner discoveri ng hi m th ere, he struck him ° L f ste head with a shovel and inflicted several ( 109 ,1' the wounds. Witness found Mooney's ' c lothes 11 .. c is. back-yard. He pr o d uce d a surgeon's certifica te ro ils scribing the nat ure o f th e wounds and the da n g er state of Mooney. Carter, 173 G, confirmed this testimony. ,„„i s itt Mr. COMBS inquir e d w h e th er M rs . Davl s '''„itieff attendance ?—Carter r e pli e d th a t s he Was yr outside the court. h t Mr. COMBE directed that she should be b r°u v ia. 4 in, when a tall, portly, vigorous-looking wort i r F ri' introduced into the witness-bo x . She said tr ht the soner was her husband. On the pr e vious nig m. man Mooney accosted her in the City-road, a l l ov er lowed her home ;he forced himself into the e 0 1 , -0O and then into her bed-room, a n d h e wo uld not... j, the place. She told him several times to g° "pa but he would not. He undressed hi ms elf: be told him that w h en . h er h us b an d ca me hor;,, i th would catch it. He wanted her to go to bed t to him. She would not do so ; a n d when he w en ilet bed she threw his clothes out of the windovv• t hy ' husband did not come home for five hours after " in when she let him in, and told him that a m a n 0 9 bed snoring. , Th is; Mr. COMM (to the prisoner)—Y ou h ear all ""be do you believe it ? P r i soner —N o ; I doll - lieve it. Mr. COMBE—Nor I; you must be very nrc — - if you do. a - tile The prisoner said nothing t o th e c h ar ge, °n case was remanded until the fate o f Mooney °' • ' made known. SOUTH WA RK. A r esit a Edw. Connor and Henry Johnson, two we ii— , - e d oo men, were brought before Mr. A'Beckett, chsrbiories on susqicion of having committed several W r it the and robberies which have lately taken Ole of 150 parish of Lambeth. Ther e we r e upwar° -obi% skeleton keys of all sorts and capable of a o street-door locks, latches, an d room doors, foul' the lodgings of one of the prisoners. A a 6i i % b Policeman 67 L stat e d th a t b etwee n five -n o' o'clock that morning, w hil e on duty in the C nrn tiv e road, Lambeth, his att en ti on was drawn t 0 tb eptlp prisoners, whom he observed lurking about, aPPb3e r. bo th . , watching his movem en t s. K now i ng them to ad thei sure character s , h e went towar d s them, I - floe". walked away together ; and, finding he f,cfren' them, they th en separate d an d wen t in uP,..-0,13° directions. He (the p o li ceman ) pursued C °l3l fb - ea he ran away, and secur e d hi m i n t h e N e w: cut, "ea out immediately flung somethi ng away , which tub bar to be a skeleton k e y an d a pa i r o f p li e rs, used 100 the glary for opening the street-doors of hous es 00 , 0 f latch. The policeman a dd e d th a t recently taps e d , !liises in the district had been e ntered by 0 1 10 skeleton keys, and plundered of property ° to sae considerable amount, and that he had reason t pect the prisoners were concerned in them• fl ing e , Policeman 66 L stated, th a t th e same MI „" an earlier hour he observ e d th e prisoners 10v'; and, having concealed hims e lf f rom view, b e e l, of 8- walk up the steps of two houses, and appare n : h l effect an entrance with s k e l e t on keys, but being bolted on the inside as well as locked . rn - wati not suceeed in their object. He then saw t he ,:ble 6l f away, and they were followed by police-cens—.oit ° 14, who secured Connor, while he went in P Ol.- M r ' ,„ ust,„ s , the other prisoner, and, on taking him inw s trP found in his pockets a skeleton key, ine ife ,, e , - 101P re j and also a box-of composition for taking ; ;1 sions of the wards of any description of I° " o ute some of the same substance was found o n , 0 - o ers' ; the skeleton keys in the possession of the P r f P r t " ' Sergeant Harris, 6 L, stated that lat e ' pe ace " t , t) soners were taken into custody be Prtotre e i Connor's house, No. 2, New-street, W ebm- ble in company with Romayne, a police-consta 16 on searching underneath his bed, they disco hi s wife , skeleton keys. A woman, who passed a 3 /1 . 0 0 01 1 and was at home at the time, was a sked r e 't - to b e e the keys, and she said that they did not belong u O r e husband (meaning Connor), but that ti e d i cbld brought and left there by a young many Wi : R name she was unacquainted, but whom 14— ,„ know if she saw him again. n os , 0.. Romayne stated that he searched the li f ".l dOP, ferred to, and found in her possession severs po fi de cates relating to property pledged at differe - or . 1- n t brokers' shops in the name of Mary Conn con st t. - ii (Romayne) knew both prisoners to be the or acle' associates of thievrv, and knowing their c h il d til lj us ei he had been watching them for some leng t h Wl° a suspecting that they were concerned in tu ,, e n son h . es tli robberies in the district. He added that Ju' e - e t i been in custody a few days ago at Bovi' at l e ys..' 0 another man, upon whom we r e f ou nd skeleton"' o boe, latter was convicted upon the occasion, but e"eocop was discharged, since which period he ha a / 1 11 0 144 r stantly in the company of Connor, his ' e • sorer. 0 8 r ob Mr. A ' BECKETT said, he should rem and of s- e sonars until next Monday ; the circumstancedstbe a vast number of skeleton keys being ib uti s tar ° o, house of one of the prisoners evinced the n_tinde.o their calling, and the woman should also be re:P:001 in order to ascertain whether the duplicates her possession related to stolen property tbe re o. On the lath lust, at Shoreham, Sussex , t he 11 ' li p of Rev. N. Woodard, of a son. t he fea t, On the lath inst., at Frognal, H I a mpstee Henry 11. Gibbs, Esq., of a son. On the `Atli inst., at the vicarage, Chart N- t he the wife of the Rev. W. A. Vaughan, of laiess(b'ou•nt., gents, On the 21st inst., at Alhury-place, c wife of A. C ,ssels Howden, Esq., of a son. pc DIED. Joe gap. On the 16th inst., Grace, the relict of t he 17. Chalmers, D.D., of Edinburgh. op ta ns ce On the 16th inst., at L'Orient, 13 r ittanY,_, th at P Levescoute, R.N., many years British Consul " f t he aged 64. relic t On the 20th inst., at Newmar-street, Lucy , if 0f W late Thomas Cafe, E-q., age d 75. ' Milne, On the 20th inst., at Ilig,hgate, 0-rs• James Milne, Esq., aged Sa ke - On the 21st inst., William Bateman, Esq.,• t. ington, Middlesex, aged 75. 4if II L..ndon: Printed and P u bli s h e d by MU R ' I ?-itca J.4 ,, 0 ti ° To. 112, Strand, Print e r, at The Sus thC CO -- strand, in th,2. Precinct et the StiveY• m bliddlooz, Thurticlay, Jwauall 24, 186°. P 2 , .. t.