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LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 13. LORD NELSON V. LORD BRIDPORT. Mr. TURNER, on the part of the defendants, con tended that the claims of the plaintiff could not be sus tained. and went at great length into the arguments on the side of the appellant, to show that, according to the um aping of the terms of the will of Lord Horatio Nel son, and the evidence that had been adduced, the case eirlearoured to be made out had failed. He also pro ceeded to argue that the distinction of a feudum dep. derails, as given by the plaintiff's counsel, was at -va riance with that of some of the most eminent writers. 'I hese arguments occupied the time of the Court (liiriug the NI hole day. VIOE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Dec. 13. (Before the VIM-CHANCELLOR of England.) THE EARL 01 DARTMOUTH V. THE SHEFFIELD SUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, Mr. BEznism, applied today, ezparte, for a special injunction to restrain the defendants, the Sheffield June ti, t Railway Company, their workmen. servants, and agents, from cutting down trees and doing other acts Upon the lands of the noble plaintiff. The plaintiff had to objection to the Company entering upon the lands under the Company's ConsolidA.tion Act, to bore and tLke levels, but he objects to their cutting down trees, which they were proceeding to do, and to prevent which he applied for an injunction. il:s floistortt, without the least hesitation, granted the injunction. (Before Vice-Chancellor WhutAx.) PIIILISY V. SIBLEY. 'l'tiis case appeared on his Honour's paper for a further hearing to-day. Mr. Anderton and Mr. Bolt ceneluded their arguments in reply, on behalf of the plaintiff Sibley and infant, who appeared by his repre eentatives, to complain of a mal-administration of trust on the part of the defendant. llis HONOUR, in giving judgment, remarked with ;'rat severity on the conduct of the plaintiff, who had filed the bill without intimation of such intention being given to the defendant. That course, he said, was Lever resorted to save in cases where there existed a probability that parties would remove to evade the suit, a suspicion which could not have been entertained in the present instance, situated as the parties were. In timation ought to have been given, and, even if a breach of trust had been made out, they ought to have appled to defendant to repair the breach. But as this had not been done, his Honour doubted whether defendant was not entitled to the consideration that if application had been made, the money would have been paid, and on that ground whether he were not entitled to the costs of the suit. What affected his Honour's judgment on this point was, the evidence put in bea rin g pain fully against the trustee, and the defendant's answer, which was by no means satisfactory to the Court. Previous to the month of June there had btea a long correspondence, and from June till August, when the bill had been filed, there had: been a great lapse of time, without any reparation of past default by fulfilment of the trust, whereas the defendant's answer would have led the Court to suppose he had been all the time anxiously looking for the opportunity of profitable in vestment of the money, and had been employing Mr. Blag for this express purpose. In a letter the defendant ex pressly said the money had been invested ; after this letter Mr. Blag, on behalf of defendant, said the money hid been invested oa defendant's farming stock; that he could not therefore repay it at the time, but would do so alter harvest ; the truth of which statement is denied by the defendant, but Mr. Blag does not deny having made it. His Honour could not help remarking on the effect this evidence could not but produce on the Court, to the prejudice of the defendant's case, especially as in his answer he merely says the money, 2651., was all the time either in his own hands or in the hands of his banker. Altogether, the Court was of opinion that this trustee ha I been guiity of a breach of trust, and ordered that he should pay the costs of the suit. The mother of the infant was continued guardian, and appointed, pro tempore, trustee of the infant's estate. ' COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 13. (Before Lord DENMA.N.) MCIR V. WARD. This was an action taken by the plaintiff, who is an architect, against the defendant, to whom he had f 4r nished drawings, plans, and specific itions for a large private residence; bat the rate of per centage demanded by the phindir the defendant considered too large, and therefore resisted the claim. The Jury found fur the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 13. STEWART V. STEELE. This was an action to recover damages for the injury (Sitting at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a London Special Jury.) done to a ship belonging to the plaintiff, by the Enter prise, a steam-ship of great aiz and burden, running into it. This was the second trial of the case, a rule for a new trial having been obtained in the course of last year. The case for the plaintiff was not concluded when the Court rose, and it is expected to o_!cupy the Court at least two days. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec.lll (Sittings at Nisi Prius in London, before the Loan CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) MAYHEW V. PIPER. This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover 37/. 10s., for a breach of contract, to which the defendant hail pleaded, denying altogether his liability. The plain tiff, it would appear, had been employed by the defendant as traveller; but a short time ago, , the defendant being on the eve of bankruptcy, the defendant discharged the plaintiff without paying him a quarter's salary or giving him a quarter's notice, which it had been previously agreed he should do before he could be at liberty to ter minate the engagement. For the defence, it was urged by Mr. PETERSDORFF, that the plaintiff on discovering that the defendant was in pecuniary difficulties, solicited his discharge, and the defendant knowing that there was a situation in Messrs. Copeland and Company's establishment open to the plaintiff, consented to put an end to the contract which existed between them. The LORD CHIEF BARON told the jury in his summing up, that bankruptcy or insolvency was no answer to an action for a servant's salary, and the only question they had to consider was that of damages. The defendant protested that he discharged the plaintiff for the advan tage of the plaintiff himself, but it was for the jury to decide whether he had done so or not. Generally speaking, it was to the disadvantage of a person to be suddenly dismissed from his employment, but it often happened that the disadvantage was much less in one case than in another, and it was the amount of disadvantage which had resulted to the plaintiff from his discharge which must guide the jury in assessing his damages. They were not bound to give him the whole of the quarter's salary ; but, as the defendant had failed to crake out his pleas, they must give him some da mages. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict for the plaintiff for the full quarter's salary. FRAZIER V. FOX. This was an action of trover, brought to recover a Bible, to which the defendant had pleaded the general issue. Mr. Ihunfrey appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Jervis for the defendant. Mr. 11173IFREY stated the plaintiff's case. The plain tiff wee the agent of the London Gas-light and Coke Company, and the defendant a retired licensed victualler. The action was brought to recover possession of a Bible, an article nr a curious nature, which was for merly the property of his late Royal hlighness the Duke of Sussex. The jury would remember that his late Royal Highness had a very large collection of Bibles in possession at the time of his death, which were sub sequently sold by public auction, and various persons heeeme the put chasers of them in the hope arid expectation of making profit by them, and amonest those purchasers was the plaintiff; who le:tight one of the Bibles for nine or twelve guineas. His Royal highness was late Greed Master of the head lodge of Odd Fellows, and plaintiff purchased the Bible in the hope of disposing of it to advantage to one of the 1 mieor beiges in town. The plaintiff and the defendant at the time of the purchase were in flue habit, amongst others of their friends, v r frequenting the Man-in-the . loom Teve-n, Vine street, Piccadilly, and in the course of one of these visits the pleintiff mentioned the pratese he lied made t the defendant, and the object he had in view in making the purchase. The plaintiff, after exa mining the B'ble, which was one of the Oxford edition of 1841, slid }seinel and embellished in a most costly style, eaal he belonged to an Odd Fellows' lodge, and promised, if plaintiff' a ould entrust him with the Bible a short time, he wonld endeavour to dispose of it for him. The plain tiff* immediately consented, and the Bible was handed over to the defendant, but from that day to the present the plaintiff Ind been unable to recover either the value of the Bible or the Bible itself. Evidence keying been adduced in support of this state meet, Mr. JEttvlai addressed the jury for the defendant. He admitted . that'th e Bibl e was exhi bi ted by the plaintiff at the Man-ea the-Moon, but he should call a witness to prove that his client left the tavern on the evening in question in company with the witness, who observed tam he had no parcel or Bible in his possession. The f act was, however, th at either the plaintiff' inadvertentlyor the de fendant l e f t the Bible . at the Union, in Air-street, Regent-street, and the landlord of that house, who was a most respectable man, found it wrapped up in brown paper upon his parlour ta bl e. In thecourse of a conversation a tow days afterwards Mr. Fox diselosed to the landlord of the Union, whose name was Chapman, that the pl a i nt i ff had brought an action against him to recover a Bible. Mr. Chapman, upon hearing this, said, " Oh, I can stop that action, for I have the Bible," and immediately sent a mutual friend to the plaintiff to beg of him to stay all legal pr ocee di ngs , an d send to the 'Union for his Bible, but lie refused to do any thing of the sort, and the astion was allowed to proceed to maturity. It was cle ar , *her- r, ire, that tile defendant had keen guilty of no con version, and the verdict must be in favour of his client. It mattered not whether the defendant or the plaintiff left the Bible at the Union ; they were both in the habit of frequenting the house, and it was just as likely that the plaintiff' left it as the defendant ; but this he repeated, mattered not ; the defendant having been guilty of no conversion, was entitled to their verdict. Witnesses were called to prove these facts. After which Mr. riumritr.v replied—There was no doubt that Mr. Fox had been guilty of gross negligence in leaving the Bible at the Union, and this fact alone entitled the plain tiff to recover. If it did not, and his Learned Friend's argument were allowed to prevail, a man intrusted with a large sum of money to pay a bill miht go into a gambling-ho use, and lose it all, and when g called upon to restore it, he would he entitled to say, " Oh, I've lost it ; but never mind, you will get it bye and bye. I have been guilty though of no conversion, and you can't recover against me. ' The Learned LORD CHIEF BARON said all the jury had to decide was, whether the defendant had converted this Bible to his own use ; they had nothing to do with the casual loss. It was enough for them to determine if he had been guilty of a conversion ; and if they thought he had, their verdict must be for the plaintiff. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. Unless Mr. Loftus was a per suffered himself to be so of the brothel at Boston. per fect id. iot he could not hay s were the result of blinded! ar to the real character of these persons. It had been a , and vested that all these charb ,e ' l e. Loftus and other a cons Piracy, in which the wife of Sys re a sentence of parties. had engaged, in order to proms' adultery. But divorces 'against him by reason of his where w as the proof of anything like cons.virticY ? Some parts I >f Ilse case were in themselves extr , "InelY impro bable, when considered with reference to etherparts, and the, • whole res gesaa proved beyond all d. the, " improts4 bility vanished. The occurrences at Mr. L.'s 3 own hoe se took away the improbability of the tran.`aes dons el sewhere, which the Court could not treat e' mere it .ventions. But what took place in September, 1 1844 !! The Bishop of the diocese, being informed of the conduct of Mr. Loftus, sent for hint, and, according to Mr. Lcd tus's own acknowledgment to Mr. Arthey, he expresla id to the Bishop his hope that he would be lenient toward i him, and allow him 2001. a year out of his living. Mr. Loftus, moreover, applied to Mr. Arthey for the certificate he had promised to give him, to the effect I..hat the criminal indulgence be had been charged with st as requisite in his state of health. It was sinful.- ; tunate that Mr. Loftus had carried this suggestion, givers, as Mr. Arthey says, half in joke, to an extent whirl that gentleman had never intended. It had been urged in behalf of Mr. Loftus, that a good character, such. as he had received, should weigh in a doubtful case::; but this was not to his (the Learned Judge's) mit its Se doubtful case ; there was no doubt in his mind tie - tht' facts had completely established most profligate co aduct on tine part of Mr. Loftus ; that the articles heed been most sully and substantially proved ; and it had been admitted that, if proved, nothing short of a sentence ot' deprivation would be adequate to meet the justice of the case. He (the Learned Judge) had, therefore no hesitation in pronouncing that Mr. Loftus had incurred the penalty of deprivation of whatever preferment he posses-lied, either in the diocese of Norwich or elsewhere in the p ,sovince of Canterbury, and he condemned him in the costs olf the proceedings He directed the sentence to be announs'ed in the usual manner on Sunday week, the 21st Deem/his.. The Proctor for Mr. Loftus prayed that ths: sentence might not issue till after 14 days, in order that be might appeal. It was afterwards decided, in conformity with the case of Dr. Free, that the sentence should be signed (which was done), and ordered to bo transmitted to the regis trar of the diocese, but not to issue till 15 days ; and that it be not published till Sunday, the 28th December. THE OFFICE OF THE JUDO PROMOTED BT BROOKES he had purchased the gin "to encourage hir - , t o kill hi s wife," and told him where to find the bottl,„ The bottle produced was a half-pint glass bottle, 'a ith a little gin left in it. Prisoner appeared to be ''...ffected by liquor, but knew what the was saying at Glen time. He after wards talked rationally, and on th e Monday next, the deed having been committed on the; Friday, he made an assignment fur the benefit (f hia creditors. He made two attempts to get his throat open, it having been sewed up, and actually did that ‘)11 the following Tuesday. George Lowther, constable of Selby, proved that the deceased had said, when wider the impression that she could not recover, that " he laid one hand on her shoul der, and then banged the other hand against her' belly." She referred to her husband when saying this. This witness said he had given a copy of what he could say about it to the prisoner's attorney. 'Thomas Hemingborough had been nine years and a half with the prisoner as journeyman shoemaker, but did not live in the same house. Had heard prisoner charge deceased with having had improper connexion with him (the witness). Witness declared there was not the slightest foundation for the accusation. lied heard pri soner himself say that he did not believe it. Cross-examined by Mr. HALL—Witness knows one lloby, a sliti.ernaker, who has a stall in Selby. Has seen deceased near lloby's stall, sitting there, while he and Roby were talking together. _ _ ARCHES' COURT, Dee. 12. THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY CLARKE ♦GAINST HEATHCOTE. This was a proceeding against a clergyman named Heathcote, who had been convicted of an attempt to commit a certain offence, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. He had given an affirmative issue to the articles exhibited against him in this Court (that is, he had pleaded guilty), and the sentence stood over, in order to ascertain whether this Court had power to degrade, the counsel for the promoter pressing fur a sentence to that extent. Dr. PHILLIMORE (with whom was Dr. R. Phillimore) —who had argued that the Judge of this Court, as offi i cial Principal or Dean of the Arches, could inflict de gradation—now admitted that he could find no prece dent, and suggested that it was a fit case fur the Court, under the 122 d canon, to invoke the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to pronounce the sentence. Tile form of the sentence porrected in this case was founded upon the only instance that could be found in this Court or the Consistory Court—namely, Johnson's case, in 1692, when three bishops had pronounced the sentence, in the absence of the then Bishop of London, Rho was under suspension at the time. In that case the party was deprived of his orders, and reduced to a layman. Sir 11. JENNER FusT—Under the ancient canon law, six bishops were required to deprive a clerk of his offi cium. If this is to be a case of degradation from orders, it is a very different thing from depriving of office. I am not prepared to say that, if the Court should be of opinion that it is a case for degradation, there should not be a certain number of bishops present. I am, however, of opinion that in this case justice will oe satisfied by deposing this gentleman from the ministry, and the Court would be entitled to pro.. nounce that sentence of itself. If you correct a sentence to that extent—namely, deposing him from the ministry —that is depriving him of authority to officiate—l will Mr. John Birkett, the medical man, described the wound given to eeceased, It was in the lower part of the belly. A portion of the omentum was protruding from it, and deceased died of that wound at about eight o'clock on the evening of Saturday the 2d of August. At eight in the morning of that day he had to'd her he had no hopes of her recovery. Sac said, "I'm a mur dered woman, but I freely forgive him, and don't allovs him to come into my presence." She did not mentio n any name. The wound was such as the knife would produce, about one inch long, and three inches in depth. That on the prisoner was about one inch deep, and three inches long, but of less depth towards the windpipe. At about nine: o'clock on the Ist of August the prisoner said he was sorry for what he had done. He said he had got the gin a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes before he had done the deed, and that it was to "stimu late him to do the act." He added something about his jealousy, and said that Hemingborough and his wife were too friendly, and that was the cause of his doing it. Witness had attended him for some years. Was not aware of his ever suffering from an aberration of mind. Attended him in June, and he had then been very in temperate ; he was excited, and had pain in the head anti fever, for which witness had bled him, and given him aperients. He was capable of j u d g i ng o f Lis own conduct. Never knew of his having delirium tremens. Mr. HALL„ this being the case for the prosecution, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, which he did in a speech of considerable length, contended that the charge. of murder was not made out ; that at most it was bis, a case of manslaughter, from the absence of premedita:Lion ; but that it was rather a case in which the prison:,e ought to be acquitted, on the ground that he was ins, ane at t h e moment of committing the act. His LORDSHIP differed with the priscAter's Counsel in imply could maic e b e a in t e prisoner,he o f T hi h s e lane wsinogultdhathist from the deadly nature of the weapon. were employed. As to the question of insanity, if tl.se.% jury believed that although the prisoner had been voluntarily a drunkard, yet that his habits of intemperstnce had so affected his mind as to have rendered him a person of unsound understanding, it would be for them to acquit him upon that ground ; otherwise it would be their duty to convict bins ' if they believed the facts stated of the crime with whi c h ho was charged. The jury retired for nearly thirty-five minutes, and then Acquitted the prisoner upon the ground that.he was insane at the time he gave the wound. The case occupied the whole day, till past seven in the evening. _ _ _ sign it. THE OFFICE 01 THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY KITSON AGAINST LOTTUC. Sir H. JENNER FIST gave his sentence in this case, in which the office of the judge had been promoted by the registrar of the diocese of Norwich against the Rev. .Arthur Loftus, vicar of the united vicarage of Fincham St. Marton, and rectory of Fincham St. Michael, and also vicar of the vicarage and parish church of Holghton, otherwise Helhoughton, with the vicarage of Rainham St. Martin annexed, all in the county of Norfolk. The case came before this Court by letters of request from the Bishop of Norwich, and the articles (which the Learned Judge read in detail) in substance charged Mr. Loftus with frequenting houses of ill-fame ; having intercourse with prostitutes ; hiring women of that description as domestic servants, and, whilst retaining them in his service, having carnal inter course with them. In his defensive allegation he had denied these charges altogether. It could not be doubted, the Learned Judge observed, that the offences imputed to Mr. Loftus were exceedingly grave, and, if proved by credible testimony, it had been admitted on all hands, that nothing short of deprivation would be a sufficient censure to be inflicted upon him. It unfortunately hap pened in these cases, that the witnesses produced in sup port of the. charges were mostly persons of bad character, upon whom the Court could not place implicit reliance, coining as they did to confess their own infamy ; but they were competent witnesses by law, and the Court was not at liberty to reject their testimony, though it must look carefully to see how far their testimony was credible per se, and how far it was confirmed Ely the evidence of other witnesses, or by the general circumstances of the case. It had been argued, that in a case like this, the unblemished character which Mr. Loftus had enjoyed up to the spring of 1844, according to the testi mony of eleven or twelve gentlemen, including clergy men, magistrates, and Members of Parliament, ought to have great weight; and undoubtedly those gentlemen had deposed that they never had a suspicion or surmise unfavourable to his moral character, and that he was a person least likely, in their estimation, to be guilty of the acts with which be was charged. Mr. Loftus, therefbre, came before the Court with all this testimony in his favour, in addition to the presumption of innocence which every person was entitled to until his guilt was proved. But it might appear that, notwithstanding the character given of him by these respectable witnesses should be true, a change in his conduct had taken place, and that such high character may have been forfeited by him. Before entering upon the evidence in support of the articles, the Learned Judge adverted to the statement made by Mr. Arthey, a medical attendant of Mr. Loftus, that in the year 1141 the health of Mr. Loftus was highly deranged; that in consequence of proceedings in the Ec clesiastical Court of Norwich, in which Mrs. Loftus had sued her husband for a divorce on the ground of cruelty, in which she had failed, he was in a highly excited state; and that he had advised Mr. Loftus, on the occa sion of his leaving home in September, 1843, on account of his health, to cohabit with some decent female, of ferin,,, though half in joke, it' he "got into a scrape" thereby, to give him a certificate that should extricate him. The articles charged Mr. Loftus with being in the habit of resorting, in October, November, and December, 1843, and in many of the mouths of 1844, accompanied by Henry or Harry Twiddy, his footman, or butler, to a house of ill-fame, kept by Mrs. Sconce, in Birdcage-row, Lynn, and there committing adultery with ene or more prostitute or prostitutes; and that, on one occasion of his resorting to this house, he sent for a prostitute named Chilvers. Mr.. Sconce, the keeper of this bro thel, had been served with a compulsory summons; but she was confined to her bed at the time, and had not been examined. Mary Anne Chilvers, however, had been examined, and she proved that she had been sent for by a person passing as Mr. Loftus ; but the Learned Judge considered that the evidence did not establish this charge against Mr. Loftus. The next charge imputed to Mr. Loftus, that, on a day shortly before Christmas, 1843, he and Henry Twiddy accompanied a woman of ill-fame, named Mary Foreman, in Boston, Lincolnshire, to her residence, a common brothel; that they passed that night there, each with a common prostitute ; that Mrs. Foreman, at the express instance of Mr. Loftus, hired or engaged two prostitutes, named Jemima Cross and Sarah Warsop, of Boston, to enter his service in the ostensible capacities of housemaid and cook; that these two women accordingly went to the vicarage house at Fincham, in December, 1843; and that, during the time they remained in his service, Mr. Loftus and Twiddy, with Mr. Loftus's privity, had habitually criminal inter course with them, and committed adultery, or fornica tion. Upon this charge Mrs. Foreman had been examined, and she proved her meeting with Mr. Loftus and Twiddy in Beston, their visit to her house, their sleeping at it with two womem, the wish expressed to her by Mr. Loftus that she would engage two women for him as cook and housemaid; and that, in accordance with a letter from Twiddy, she sent Cross and Warsop to Fincham. Cross, one of these women, of the age of 19 or 20, had also been examined, and proved that she was hired by Mrs. Foreman, that she proceeded to Fincham, and that the evening of their arrival at the vicarage Mr. Loftus came down to the pantry, where they were, and said to Twiddy, " Remember, Henry, I am to have the housemaid (Cross), and you the cook ( kVersep)." She further stated, that for the first month she slept, with Mr. Loftus, and after that with Twiddy It had been said theft this story was so improbable that it destroyed the credit of the witness; that it was inconceivable that a gentleman in the position of Mr. Loftus, with so high a character, should have been guilty of such an atrocious act; and at first blush it did appear to be most improbable and scarcely to be believed. But this story did not de pend upon the single testimony of the woman Cross, for the other woman, Susan Warsop, had been examined, and she, though actuated by feelings favourable to Mr. Loftus, confirmed the evidence of Mrs. Foremen as to the hiring of these two women, as well as that of Cross as to what took place on their arrival at the vicarage. She admitted that ;she had been connected with Twiddy, but she refused to answer the question whether she had had carnal connexion with Mr. Loftus. Upon this point, therefore, she did net affirmatively corroborate the testi mony of Cross, who stated that when she began to sleep with Twiddy there was an interchange of night cona• 1 panions, and that Warsop slept with Mr. Loftus; but she did not contradict Cross upon this point, and upon other points she confirmed her. Here, therefore, were two girls, one le or 20, the other 22 or 23, hired by the keeper of a brothel, admitted into the parsonage house of Mr. Loftu-, the incumbent of a parish, with whom he and his butler were cohabiting, his family then consisting only of these women, Twiddy, and Emanuel, a page. For a fort night after the arrival of these two women, Mr. BeEs, flee curate of Mr. Loftus, resided in the house ; but at the end of a fortnight Mr. Balls quitted the house, for what reason did not appear. Now, it was a most ex traordinary circumstance, that Mr. Bells, the curate of the parish, who had actually resided in the parsonage house whilst these women were there, and was so com petent to give evidence, had not been examined by Mr. Loftus in support of his allegation as to character ; for he would have been a most important witness to show the propriety of the conduct of Mr. Loftus at this time. There was another important circumstance. It appeared that about Christmas, 1843, Twiddy, and the women Cross and Warsop were infected with a loathsome disease, for which they were attended by a medical person, Mr. Gent. Mr. Loftus could not hare been ignorant of this fact, and, therefore, it was established, that a person in holy orders, the rector of a parish, allowed these three persons to remain in his service after he knew they were all infected with this dis ease. From the interrogatories, it did not appear that Mr. Loftus himself was infected, and it had been argued that this fact afforded a presumption that Cross's story was altogether untrue. But the interrogatories had been expressly confined to the three persons, Twiddy, Cross, and Warsop, and the medical witness stated that he did not attend Mr. Loftus at this time. Although, there fore, there was no affirmative evidence to show that Mr. Loftus participated in this disease, there was nothing in this absenc e of proof which contradicted the evidence of Cross. But what happened in March, 1844? Cross was, or considered herself to be pregnant, and she had recourse to some medicine to procure a iscarriage, or an abortion ; and, although he I not (the Learned Judge) believed that Mr. Loftus was y tai t i o en thi; act, 101 l knew of the fact after the result h P a r r yet when, owing to the scandal her case had created Cross was obliged to be discharged from his service, he gave her the following certificate:—" Fincham R,ectorY Downham-market, March 21, 1 8. 14 .—Jemim a Cro ss has lived with me about five months, and is honest and un derstands the duties of housemaid; she left from the situation being too much for her strength.--Arthur Loftus." Was this proper conduct on the part of a person like Mr. Loftus, who could not be ignorant of the real facts? But this was not all. When Cross was discharged, another girl, Maria Ward, was hired to replace her, by the intervention of the same Mrs. Foreman, the keeper (Before Mr. Justice Thule). William Lyon, aged twenty-five, was indicted for havi❑b, on the Ist of July last, at Bolton, in the East Riding, feloniously assaulted Mary Ann Leak, and vio lated her person. Mr. Matthews and Mr. Pickering were counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr. Dearsley defended the pri soner. Convicted—Sentenced to be transported for life. Adam Farrand, aged twenty-five, was charged with a similar offence upon Elizabeth Clegg, at Qeick, on the 30th of November. Mr. Pickering and Mr. Hardy appeared to prosecute ; and Mr. Bliss defended.—The prisoner was Acquitted. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) PIRACY.—Thomas Sheazle, John Copplesion, Herman Hinka, Thomas Boyle, J. M'Cann, and Heary Matthews, were indicted for making a revolt in the ship in which they were employed as mariners. The captain of the vessel, John Dodd Peat in, stared that the Champlin, the vessel in question, left St. John's, New Brunswick, on Thursday, the 21st of August last, with a cargo of timber, bound to Dungarvan. The pri soners were part of the crew. They had received 5/. advance, the half of their wages, for the trip. The weather for the first two days was fine, but the vessel made a little water, not more, however, than ten mi nutes' pumping in the two hours would clear. On the Saturday morning, about nine o'clock, when the mate's watch was summoned on deck, all the crew except Hinka (who was at the wheel), the mate, and the cook, came in a body to the quarter-deck and told the captain the ship should go no further, but must return to St. John's. Boyle was the chief spokesman, and called to Hinka to put the helm up, while the others proceeded to square the yards with the intention of bringing the ship round. Matthews, who was the carpenter, said the ship would make more water, and they would go no further. The captain called to Hinka to keep the vessel in her course, and Hinka obeyed. The men then went forward and went below. They were almost immediately followed by Hinka, who, when asked by the captain what he was going to do, said he would do as the rest. The men re mained below, and refused to do duty for thirty-two hours. Shortly after they had gone below the wind fresh ened, and it became necessary to shorten sail. All hands were called for this purpose, but did not make their ap pearance. Both the captain and mate went to the fore castle, and desired them to come on deck, but they re fused. The captain, mate, and cook, after great labour and some peril to the ship, succeeded in ahortening sail, though of course in an imperfect manner. On the Sun day morning Boyle came aft with the bread-kit in his hand, and asked for some bread. The captain, who had all the provisions below, and had put out the galley fire, said they should have nothing until they would turn to and pump the ship. Boyle then said they would let the water come up to the forecastle deck ; that they would then take to the boats, and leave him to walk the plank. On the afternoon of Sunday, the Noble, of Lubeck, in the ;United States, came in sight. The captain of the Champlain hoisted a si4nal of di s t ress , an d was b oar d e d by the captain of the Noble. He stated the condition of his ship and crew, and was advised to go into Machias, in the state of Maine. The second:mate of the Noble was put on board, and on the vessel being put about the crew returned to their work and pumped the vessel. She was quite clear six hours before she got to Machias, which was on the afternoon of the Monday. On the Sunday afternoon the captain observed two plugs stick log out of the vessel's bow , a short distan ce un d er water —these were shortened by some one bef ore th e vesse l got to Machias, an d were then found t o b e fl ush w i th the sheathing and blackened over. On an examination at Machias they proved to have been thrust from the inside into two holes, which had been bored through the bot tom of the vessel from the forepeak. Two of the revolters escaped at the Madeiras, and the others were sent home under the treaty with the United States. shiTphery found the prisoners Guilty, and his Lord ship sentenced Boyle to twelve months' imprison ment , Matthews to nine, and Hinka and the other to s i x. PeasoewrENG • VOTER.—Richard Bent was indicted for personating a voter at the late municipal election fur the borough of Bolton. It wail clearly proved that the prisoner, who is a shoe maker at Leigh, handed in u voting paper in the name of John Malden, and alleged that he was the party there described. IThe prisoner was convicted. A motion was made in arrest of judgme n t, on the ground that, in the first four counts, framed on the pro visions. of the Act, which make it penal " w ilf u ll y ' , to give false answers to the question specified in the Act, to be put to persons tendering their votes, the word wil fully was not inserted, but the words " falsely and ma liciously ;" a hick it was contended would not supply th e omission. As to the last two counts, in which it was charged that the party personated a voter with intent tr, contravene the provisions of the Act of Parliament, this, it was alleged, did not amount to a description of any offence at common law. His LORDSHIP, after hearing a lengthened argument, said judgment would be postponed, to allow time for a more mature consideration of the objections, the de. fendant remaining out on bail. The business of the assizes concluded to-day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. CHARGE OF ARSON.—John George Ford was again brought up for further examioation, charged with setting fire to his house in Braimes• buildings, Beech- lane, Barbican. A report of this case appeared in our paper yester day, when the Magistrate declined proceeding further, and the officer was told he might convey the prisoner to Newgate, under the coroner's warrant. At a later period of the afternoon the Coroner bein g informed of the de c i s i on o f the Alderman, arrived, and said that having heard the result of the proceedings be fore the worthy Alderman, he wished to explain to the magistrate the reason why he had sent the ease before him. The prisoner had caused two houses to be burned down, one of th em hi s own. Th e b u rning of this was a felony by statut e , b ut not b y common law, therefore . he, as Coroner, sent it before th e mag i strate f or i nqu i r y. At the sam e could tak e no cogn i za nce of that °fierce, and time he must be permitted to express his surprise that the solicitor for the Imperial Fire-office had stated that he had no evidence to offer, or instructions to prose cute. He c e rt a i n l y expected the fi re - o ffice would be th e first to support a prosecution, and take care that the ends of justice were secured, and he was surprised to fine] the solicitor was not prepared to say what course neintended to pursue. He had committed the prisoner for burning the house next to his own, which was an offence by the common law as well as by the statute. The solicitor for the fire-office said, the Company were not indifferent to the subject, but really had nut determined wh at course to pursue. He thought the remarks were most uncalled fur by the Coroner,, as the Queen was the prosecutor. The Alderman said, that under these circumstances he had heard enough to justify a remand for further examination. Alderman HUNTER now wished to know how they in tended to proceed against the prisoner ? A clerk from the firm of Messrs. Le Blanc and Co., solicitors to the Imperial Assurance Office, said that the Company were not aware of the proceedings that had taken place before i n, ' 6 " - /It lk.T Ai ir% -I NG IjRCEMBER 15, 1845. THE • 2 T 4.1 IN 1J A. - 1 Av kl IN DAV MORN _ , the Coroner until the previous day. They now came forward to prosecute on public grounds. Mr. Wakeling, on behalf of the solicitors to the Com pany, conducted the prosecution; and Mr. Wolfe, from Mr. Flower's office, appeared for the defendant. A number of witnesses were called; but as the sub• stance of their evidence has already appeared in our columns, there is no occasion for repetition, as there was no new feature developed. Mr. Wakeling applied for a remand, as there were two witnesses absent who might give material evidence. Mr. Wolfe contended that there was not the slightest occasion for a remand, in consequence of there not being a tittle of evidence against the prisoner. In fact, he ought te. be discharged. Alderman HUNTER thought he should remand the prisoner for further examination until Tuesday next, for the pr oduction of the other two witnesses. Mr . Wolfe applied for his client to be let out on bail. Al Berman HUNTER said he could not ceneent to that, and • the prisoner was removed from the dock. BO W-STREE i Friday Charles Shannion alias Vineeet, a lock emit h, was charged bethre Mr. Jardine with breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Rivers, in Gott er-place, Tottenham Court-road, and stealing a desk and other articles, value 201., the property of a lode er. Me. Rivers stated that, on Thursday evening he was sitting with his family in the front kitchen, when he heard some person walking about in the room above; a•ad being aware that his lodger, Mr. Burch, a medical Fto dent, was not ut bane, he proceeded up stairs. On am - tering the parlour he discovered that the desk produced had been taken away. He then went to the hall door, which he found open, and cried " Stop thief !" w'oich attracted the attention of a number of boys, among whom was his son; and having gone in pursuit, they overtook the prisoner near the gate of the Univer sity College, with the desk in his possession, which he threw on the pavement, and tried to make his escape, but was overtaken in a short time, and given in charge. The constable who apprehended the prisoner stated that when he asked the prisoner why he was running away, he replied, that hearing a number of boys crying out he wanted to deceive them by running away, but he could give no account of the skeleton keys found upon him. Several boys were in attendance to confirm the above account, but as their evidence was dispensed with till a future day, the prisoner was ordered to be remand, d. GiteuteE OF FORGERY.— Thomas Caiske was brought lip for final examination, charged with uttering a forged cheque for 401., with intent to defraud Messrs. Drum mond and Co., bankers. Mr. Bush conducted the prosecution. The prisoner entered the banking-house of the prose cutors on Wednesday morning, with a letter, purporting to be written by Mr. Thomas Edwards, his uncle, who resides at Straden House, Chelsea, requesting to be fur nished with a cheque-book, as be kept an account at the house, which was furnished him, and in the course of an hour and a half he called again with the cheque produced for payment, but upon comparing the signature with the paid vouchers of Mr. Edwards, it was discovered to be a forgery, and the prisoner was detained until a constable arrived, who found in his pocket a book from which the cheque had been extracted, and which he had received a the bank the same morning. Mr. Edwards said that he had not seen the prisoner for the last two years. The signatures to the cheque and the letter applying for the cheque-book were both in the handwriting of the prisoner, with which he was well acquainted, and he never authorised him to sign his name. The prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial. William IVakei ow, Robert John Bradheer, William Bradheer, Richard Bradheer, 'Thomas Leadgrove, and Thomas Watkin Wynne, all of whom appeared to be mechanics, were charged with creating a disturbance at the Palace Court, in Scotland-yard, and with assaulting the officers in the execution of their duty. It appeared from the statement of the officers con nected with the Palace Court, that a case was tried in which the defendant happened to be a friend of the pri soners. After the case had been tried, the jury were allowed to retire from the Cour: for a thort time under the protection of an officer. Previous to their retiring for the purpose of considering the verdict, and on going outside the Court one of the prisoners attempted to speak to a juryman, which Kelly, the officer in charge, prevented by pushing him away. The circumstance drew the other prisoners to the spot, and they not only attempted to rescue the one who was taken into caetody, but also ill-treated Pinner, another officer, who inter fered. On the termination of the cause the confusion in the Court became so intolerable that the Judge directed one of the prisoners to be given in charge. One of the prisoners said that the officers were deter mined to take revenge on him, because about six weeks back his goods were seized by them for a debt due by another person, for which he brought an action against them in the Court of Exchequer, and they were deter mined to persecute him. Mr. JARDINE said that the charge was of too serious a nature for him to deal with, and as it would occupy a considerable time to take the whole of the depositions preparatory to sending the prisoners to the sessions, they should find two sureties in 10!. each to appear again to answer the charge on Tuesday next. WORSHIP-STREET. Three men, named John Se-utt, Win. Wren (both of them in the employ of Mr. Twogood, proprietor of the Blue Boar Inn, at Ahlgate), and Joh Bates, a railway porter, were brought up for examination, charged with stealing several parcels of property. Mr. Nobler, the solicitor, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. IV. Heritage for the prisoners. James Reeve, a carrier between London and Col chester, who had been repeatedly robbed of parcels en trusted to him for transmission by the Eastern Counties Railway, was at the Blue Boar on the day in question, and after his waggon had been loaded he insisted on having it unloaded again for his own personal inspection of the contents, and he then discovered a paper parcel was missing from one of the hampers. On searching about he found the parcel in a shed on the premises, and then packed it and five other parcels together in one wrapper, and the waggon being again loaded it was driven to the railway, and the contents there deposited in a railway truck. Reeve, who had followed, went him self by . the same train to C o l c he s t er , k eep i ng t h e truck with his goods in sight all the way; but when he, assisted by a railway porter, unloaded the truck at Colchester, he found only four parcels in the package in which he hod himself packed six, and upon his return to London he caused the apprehension of the three prisoners who bed been employed in loading and unloading the waggon be fore he started. Sergeant Barker, 11 H, produced some pieces of woollen cloth, waistcoating, &c., and also some fine green tea, which had been found on searching the residence of the prisoner Strutt. Nothing material was found in the possession of the others, except that Bates had two savings' bank books, containing entries of two sums of 301. and 201., to the credit of that prisoner and his wife separately on one day. Two of the clerks in the employ of Messrs. Nash, woollen merchants in Cheapside, stated that the pieces of woollen, &c., produced, found in Strutt's possession, corresponded precisely with goods contained in a parcel made up by them for a Mr. Bryant, at Colchester, and sent to the Blue Boar, to be conveyed by Reeves, the carrier, to the railway. John Bunnings, clerk to Messrs. Wyley and Co., wholesale grocers, in the City, stated, that on the 16th of October, he sent to the Blue Boar a parcel, containing 51b. 6os, of tea, directed to Mr. Rowe, at Ticklebury, in Norfolk, but it had never been delivered to the latter. He believed the tea now produced to be a part of the same, but he could swear positively to a paper bag pro duced, as having been made by himself. Sergeant Barber requested a further remand to con tinue his inquiries. Mr. Heritage submitted that against Bates there was no case whatever. The Magistrates remanded Strutt for a week, but ad mitted both Bates and IVren to bail. HORSE STEALING.—John Trindle, formerly a cabri olet proprietor, was charged with stealing a bay mare belonging to Robert Webb, a general dealer at Hackney. The latter took the mare to Smithfield yesterday se'n night, but did not sell it. The prisoner, who offered to procure a customer, walked home with him, and saw him turn the mare to graze in the London field. On Thursday the mare was missed, and the prisoner being apprehended at a public-house on Thursday night, the animal was found in a cart at the door. He was remanded. LAMBETH. Miss Selina Sainfield, the daughter of the principal engineer in her Majesty's dockyard at Portsmouth, who had been charged at this Court, on Monday last, with having made two attempts to commit self-murder by swallowing large doses of arsenic, was brought from Lambeth Workhouse for final examination before Mr. Henry. The prisoner, on her last examination, attributed her attempts at self-destruction to her having been obliged in the first instance to leave her home in consequence of her father getting married to a second wife, and refusing to contribute to her support ; and she herself not being able to earn a subsistence at stay stitching, at which she had been employed. Her brother, on the contrary, de clared she and her sister had left Portsmouth with two common vagab on d s , an d h a d su b sequently been leading dissolute lives in town, and that this was the real cause of his father withdrawing his support from them. He (the son) how ever un d ertoo k to see hi s father on the subject, and th e pr i soner, i nstead of being committed to prison, was sent to Lambeth Workhouse. Mr. Steel, residing at 19, Brunswick-street, Stamford street, deposed that Miss Stanfield had occupied an apartment of his house for fifteen or sixteen months, and while there had conducted herself with strict pro priety. Her father paid her rent of ss. a week, but ul timately withheld it, in consequence of some represen tation, or rather misrepresentation of her conduct by a lady, " a friend to the family." The prisoner, while at his house, u se d somet i mes to wor k at d ressma k ing with his (witness's) daughter, and at other times at stay stitching, and, in so far as he had observed, seemed anxious to earn a living. Mrs. Garrett, at whose house the prisoner more re cently lived, also gave her a good character for pro priety of conduct. Mr. Henry Stanfield, the prisoner's brother, who is an engineer, here said th a t, in accordance with his promise on Mond a y l ast , h e h a d v i s i te d hi s father in reference to the present charge against his sister, and had received his assurance that wh a tever the law compelled him to pay for the prisoner's support, he should do . so, or he should b e per f ectly sat i sf i e d to pay any sum his Worship should, un d er t h e c i rcumstances , cons ider sufficient for her maintenance. The brother went on to say, that, not withstanding all that had been said by Mr. Steel a n d Mrs. Garrett, he wa s sorry to say the prisoner's habits were far from moral or proper, and in confirmatio n o f this, he b egge d to h an d to the magistrate for his perusal two letters he had selected out of a number of a similar description. Mr. HENRY, after looking at the letters, desired that they Weis t P t banded to the prisoner. This was done, and Miss Stanfield acknowledged she knew the writers of both, and that one was addressed to her sister and the other to herself. Mr. HENRY remarked that the contents of the letters went to show that their conduct was not strictly proper. He, however, suggested, as the best course, that the pri soner should be allowed ten shillings a wesk by the father for her support. Her brother said that this sum should be carefully con tributed; and, after much crimination and recrimination between brother and sister, the latter agreed to go back to Mrs. Garrett's for the present. SOUTHWARK. Wm. Gila, the man who has been for some time prac tising the most gross imposition, by pretending to be dumb, owing to his having his tongue severed from his mouth by a ship's crew who mutinied while he was on board, was brought up for re-examination, on the charge of committing a violent assaalt on a young man named John Kearns, the particulars of which have already ap peared. The prisoner had been an inmate of St. John's Work house, into which he was admitted in the early part of last week, having been found in a destitute condition in that parish, and supposed to be deaf and dumb. As the parochial authorities were anxious to discover where he had been previously living, he was accordingly taken from the workhouse en Saturday last, and on the way to the Vine-yard he got into a violent rage, seized the officer who was conducting him to the place, and attempted to throttle him. A sailor named Kearns, on interfering, was attacked by the prisoner, and rendered insensible by a blow of a stone. In the course of the examination on Wednesday last, the circumstance of the prisoner being suspected as a most gross imposter was mentioned by a Mr. Owen, the landlord of the Yorkshire Grey, in Thames -street, to which house he was sent by the French Consul, under the supposition that he was a native of Boulogne, and that his loss of speech arose from his tone ue being cut out in order to prevent the pos sibility of his giving information relative to a mutiny in a vessel on board of which he was at the time, and which was afterwards scuttled. In the course of Mr. Owen's narration, he stated that when the prisoner was sent from his house, over to Boulogne, it was ascertained that although the prisoner, by signs, had intimated that he was a native of that place, the authorities there discovered that he did not belong to that country, and the fact of his hiving the perfect test! of his tongue was also proved beyond all question. For the purpose of putting the fact beyond all doubt, the Magistrate (Mr. COttinghtim) directed that the pri soner should be remanded until this day, for the purpose of giving the captain of the City of Boulogne steam vessel an opportunity of attending to give evidence of the fact of the prisoner being gifted with the faculties of hearing and of speech. Yesterday Capt. Tune, of the above vessel, accordingly attended, and up to his arrival the prisoner still assumed to be deprived of the loss of speech, and when he was led from the cell into the Court, on seeing the captain of the City of Boulogne, he held doe n his head and tried to conceal his face, but said not a wo:d. Mr. `Name, addressing Capt. Tune, asked him if he had ever seen the prisoner before ? The captain said he had, and that by direction of the French Consul he took the prisoner to Boulogne on the 27th of July last ; that at that period he was supposed to be deaf and dumb. arid a native of France. On the passage the prisoner continued to be mute, and upon his arrival he was handed over to the French authorities. The prisoner was here observed to smile, but he stil remained silent. Captain Tune proceeded to state that, on the day fol lowing that on which he delivered the prisoner into the hands of his supposed countrymen, and had given then a relation of his sufferings in being deprived of his tongue, he (the captain) attended an examination during which it was discovered that the prisoner had the perfect use of his tongue, for, on being threatened with being sent to the galleys, he became quite out rageous, and abused all present, announcing himself an Englishman, and that he had committed no offence against the laws of France. On this discoveoy the pri soner was returned to his (the captain's) charge again, and he brought him back to London, where he was landed, and he heard no more of him until he was ap prised of his being in custody at this Court, and that he still assumed to be deaf and dumb ; that his name was not Giles, but Sharpe, and that from his dialect he was supposed to be a Scotchman. Mr. TRAILL, to the prisoner —Now ynu have heard Captain Tune's statement of what occurred at Boulogne, what have you to say? The prisoner, for the first time, then gave ample proof of his having the power of speech by saying, " I have got nothing to say, your Worship." Mr. TRAILL—Then there is no truth in the circum stances you made known by signs, of your tongue having been cut out by the crew of a ship which was afterwards scuttled ? Prisoner—None, Sir. Mr. TRAILL—What could have been your object, then, in practising such a gross deception on people, and pre tenereess, also, to be a Frenchman ? Prisoner—l only did it, Six, to see a little of the world. I have seen France.—(Laughter.) Mr. TRAILL—How long have been assuming the character of a deaf and dumb man ? Prisoner—For some time, Sir. I was let into the secret by a woman in Scotland, who taught me to put away my tongue, so that people might think I had none in my mouth. I had not spoken a word for weeks until I got over to France ; and, thinking they were going to punish me, I thought it best to announce my country. Mr. TRAILL—Where do you come from ; what part of Scotland, for you speak in a strong Scotch dialect ? Prisoner—l am not a Scotchman at all, your Worship. I am an Irishman, and was born in the county of Antrim, but have been a long while in Scotland, in Aberdeen, and in Glasgow. Do let me go this time, your Worship, and I shall never be deaf and dumb again as long as I live. Mr. Corner, the clerk to the guardians of St. John's parish, trusted the magistrate would not let the prisoner escape punishment, for although it was not deemed ex pedient by the parochial authorities to go to the expense of a prosecution, still they were desirous that he might be summarily dealt with for the violence he had ex hibited in the workhouse, where he had smashed the windows, and actually armed himself with an iron scraper, and threatened to hew down any person who approached him. Mr. Mena. said that he never knew of a more artful impostor. He then imposed fines on the prisoner for the assault and the wilful damage he committed, and in de fault he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, and at the expiration of that period he was to find sure ties for his good behaviour, or be further imprisoned for six calendar months. The prisoner was thee locked up. THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN. —Dennis Driscoll, an Irish coal-whipper, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with committing a very aggravated assault on a police-constable named Blake, No. 137 K, who is at present in the London Hospital. Eneas M'Allen, a policeman, stated that about two o'clock in the morning, he was in nigh-street, Shadwell, and heard the cries of murder, and upon going to the spot whence the noise proceeded, he saw the prisoner standing over Blake, and kicking him as hard as he was able. He went in pursuit, and took him into custody, and on returning to Blake, he found him in a most de plorable condition, with a severe cut over the left eye, from which the blood was streaming profusely. There were several contusions on his face; and he also com plained of pains in the limbs caused by the blows and kicks he had received from the prisoner. He assisted Blake to the hospital, and the surgeon dressed his wounds, and advised him to remain there. Police-sergeant Townson stated that Blake's face was very much disfigured when he came to the station-house, and in making the charge, said he found the prisoner very drunk, and making a disturbance with a female; that he interfered, and told him to go on about his busi ness, and that the prisoner then struck him a violent blow, knocked him against the shutters of a house, and then beat and kicked him in a dreadful manner. The prisoner, in reply, said Blake was drunk, and knocked him about with his staff; and that he hit him in self-defence. Mr. BALLANTINE—Was Blake intoxicated? Town son—No, Sir, he was quite sober. He is one of the most steady and quiet men in the force. Mr. BALLANTINE asked if the wound on the forehead appeared to have been inflicted by a kick, and was an swered in the affirmative. The prisoner, when called on for his defence, made a very plausible one. Ile said he was going home from the Borough, and went into a night-house to light his pipe. As he was coming out he met the police-constable Blake, who was intoxicated and had not a leg to stand upon, that he asked him for liquor, and because he refused to treat him with any he struck him with his " baton" over his head and legs, and as he could not stand that he hit him again. Mr. BALLANTINI—You are a very promising man in• deed to be asked for liquor. One would think you had not much to spare. The prisoner, whose rags would not fetch sixpence if offered for sale, said he was well to do in the world, and that when he told the policeman not to hit him, he raised his staff a second time, and then he put his hand out, and the policeman fell down. Mr. BALLANTINE—And you wish "me to believe all this. Did the policeman kick himself while he was down ? The Prisoner—He fell on his hands and face and wounded himself, and I left him where he was. The prisoner was then remanded. GREENWICH. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT. —William Thomas, alias Henry Williams, was brought before Mr. Grove, charged with the following daring robbery : Police constable Evans, 190 R, of the detective force, drp:+sed that having heard that a young man in the em ploy of a pawnbroker at Swansea, had robbed his master of a large quantity of watches, plate, jewellery, and wear ing apparel, he was on the look out, and on the pre vious night, in the Broadway, Deptford, he overheard the prisoner at the bar inquiring for an omnibus tq Lon don. Witness got into conversation with him, and in answer to a question, the prisoner said he was from North Wales, and that his name was Harry Williame. that he was residing at the Spotted Dog in the Strand, and had been a pawnbroker's assistant. From the pri soner's accent, and the description given of his person, he took him into custody. On searching the prisoner at the station, he found two valuable gold seals, a duplicate of a new suit of clothes, and a silk purse containing IL Ss. Witness afterwards went to the Spotted l)og in the Strand, and there found in the apartments in which the prisoner slept, a large carpet-bag, filled with wearing apparel, two more go ld sea l s, and numerous duplicates relating to watches and other property, portions of which had been pledged at Gloucester, Swansea, and London. Mr. David Davis, an auctioneer at Woolwich, deposed that John Moss, his brother-in-law, carried on the busi ness of a - pawnbroker at Swansea. From information, communicated by letter, from that gentleman, he was in duced to wait on th e C omm i ss i oners of Police at Scot- _. _.. __s AGAINST CRESSWILL. The argument in this case was resumed, but it is still unfinished. PALACE COURT, Dec. 12. (Before Mr. W. CORRIE, Judge, and a Common Jury.) COMMITTAL OP ♦ GENTLE3IIN-CIWIDERLAIN V. NOKES. In this case a judgment had been obtained against the defendant for a debt of 16!., and the present application was for an order of committal against him. Mr. G. COLSON, plaintiff's attorney, said that he had made several applications to defendant for payment, but although he had promised payment he had never done so, and he (Mr. Colson) had no alternative but to press for his committal. The JUDGE—Can he pay ? Mr. COLSON—Oh yes. He is a gentleman residing at Bromley, in Kent, keeping six horses, and having re cently purchased an estate for 60,0004 _ _ • The - .Jur.GE—Then I shall commit him for forty days to the common gaol of the county. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRC WT.—York, Dec. 11. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) CHARGE OF MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. -George Watson was charged with having, on the Ist tf August last, at Selby, committed the crime of wilful murder, by inflicting one mortal wound and stab on the body of Elizabeth Watson, his wife. Mr. Bliss, Mr. Monteith, and Mr. Overend were counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr. Hall and Mr. Travis appeared for the prisoner. Joseph Jeap was the first witness called for the pro secution. He stated that he was a journeyman shoe maker with the prisoner, who had for many years been a master shoemaker, carrying on a considerable business in the town of Selby. The prisoner and his wife were nearly of the same age, about 40. They had two chil dren, a boy of 14 and a girl of 17. He bad two shops at his residence in Selby, in the same building—a front sale shop, and a front workshop, at the back of one of which there was a passage leading to the dwelling• house. The prisoner had employed a good many hands in the business. His conduct towards his wife had been generally bad. He used to abuse her both by blows and ill-language. On the morning before the deed was done the prisoner was drunk. On the 31st of July, the day preceding, he had been drinking. :He was at the back door leading into a yard, sitting there with the deceased. He had a tract in his hand, showed it and said to witness, " What dust thou think of this ?" (referring to something written on it). Witness looked and said, " You will never stand it." He replied that he would. Witness asked "If it was all well with him ?" Prisoner said, " Yes ; he would never have any more drink as long as he lived." His wife, who was by at the time, said she hoped he would give over drinking. Next day the prisoner came into the shop and gave witness some directions about cutting out some shoes, but returned after, saying he would go and lie down for awhile, and then do it himself. It had been his practice to lie down for awhile in the middle of the day, whether ill or well. He complained then that his head ached, but appeared to be sober and collected. He left, and returned in about three-quarters of an hour to the shop. Witness believed deceased was in the shop then. The prisoner's face looked red, and he asked the witness if it was not red. He afterwards went out in the direction of the market-place, towards a gin shop, kept by a person named Wilson. He came back again in the " thick end" (hest part) of an hour. Soon after that witness heard a cry of " Oh, come into the house, father has stabbed mother 1" He went into the house, and onward to the yard. Deceased was standing then against a doorway next the yard. She was screaming as loud as she could, and pointed down the yard, exclaiming, "He is cutting his own throat." Prisoner was then six or seven yards off, and appeared to be cutting his throat with a short and sharp shoe- khife. Richardson, Robinson, and Carts, three other men in his employ, then came out from where they were at work to him. Some of them took hold of him while witness went for a doctor. On his coming back, prisoner said to him, " Now, my lad, Joe, I've done for ner," and added that one of the men, Thomas Hemingbo rough, " might take her now." Witness hadiheard him swearing at her while she was crying, and many a time he had got between her and him, to enable her to get from him and out of the house. He used to came home drunk, ask for money, and abuse her, but had ob served nothing particular of that kind within three months before the let of August. On cross-examination, the witness said that deceased was an excellent and kind person. The prisoner had been of drunken habits for about five years. He used frequently to complain of headache. About the Ist of June last he was under a sort of confinement, but never saw him, except at that time, in a dangerous state. He then seemed to be not exactly as he should be. About a fortnight before, and while sober, he was swearing at the deceased, He had fits of drunkenness once a month, or once a fortnight, or a week. Reexamined.—The prisoner was jealous of the man Hensingborough. He said that man had been too fami liar with deceased ; but he had nut said so till within four or five weeks before her death. At the time he was under confinement lie appeared not to be right. Mrs. Hester Lowther said, that she is a widow, living next door to the prisoner's house. Liquor and bad com pany had " made him a very unkind man." On the Ist of August the deceased had called witness into pri soner's house. She then found him sitting smoking. He appeared very sober. The first he said war, " I'm determined to become a new man." Then he showed her a tract, on which he had written that "he was never to touch spiritous liquors from that time ever more," and " that he had knelt down and kissed the book." His wife sat next him, and he kissed her, and shed tears, and appeared to be very penitent. On the same evening, about eight, the witness heard screams from the deceased. Went to see her in bed soon after, and heard her say she thought she should never get better. At about nine that evening saw prisoner in his own house. He was sitting bleeding from the neck. He shook witness by the hand, blessed her, and said he should never see the light of another day. He talked in a random way, and mentioned a great many people. Witness asked him if he had had any liquor, and he said he had, but he had no appearance of it, and he seemed to be quite sober. Ile blamed a man named Hemingborough, and said " he had silenced that concern," or had put a stop to that connexion," or to that effect. Rachel Bean (a friend of the prisoner's family)—Had been at the house several times oa the day in question. He then seemed quite collected. Had never seen him and his wife better friends hefore. Saw the deceased imme diately after she was stabbed. She was at the kitchen door, looking into the yard, and cried out, " Oh, he has stabbed me. Never mind me ;go to him—be is cutting his own throat r Witness said to him, " Oh, Mr. Wat son, you have done for your wife." He turned round, and grinned twice, looking towards deceased. He then said, "D—n it, then, I'll do for myself." He had the knife then, and began to haggle and saw his throat with it, but did not use much force. Robinson, the workman, then went to him. William Richardson, a young man of twenty, and ap prenticed to the prisoner, recollected the unkind treat ment of prisoner towards his wife ; but not that he had abused her at any time within a fortnight before that day. Heard the prisoner say that he had stabbed his wife, " that he knew she would die, and that he wou ld _ . . _ kill himself." Prisoner also said that it was Mrs. Cape3's sister who had caused it. About a quarter of an hour later prisoner said that he had "done for" his wife, that he hoped she would die, and that he meant to kill her. He said he had "got a gill in order to give him a good heart," and that they would find the bottle in the leather house, on a shelf there. William Robinson confirmed much of the preceding testimony. He took the knife from prisoner's hand. Heard prisoner say, "She would hare no more of her Tom Hemingborough," and such like. Joseph Canis, also apprentice to the prisoner, said he heard the prisoner say, " I've done for her." I've stuck it into her entrails. I know she won't get better." Also heard him say that "he had a gill before, to make him hare a good heart to it." James Eathmell, constable of Lilly, went to the pri soner's house on the evening of the Ist of August. The prisoner at once told him he had stabbed his wife, with out being asked. The witness here produced the knife, a shoemaker's knife, having a blade of about four inches in length. The prisoner said he would kill his wife, if he had not already done it. Said she was cohabiting with a man named Hemingborough. He said, also, that kY.) MARKET NE WS.-(SA T TIRO CO'4•ENTGIIM DZAT. i v fel l For the time of year, we had a full average suPP- , pv Fruit and Vegetables on offer, while the demand at very full prices. O NIIITERPaD. Each kind of Meat comm G anded a steady sale, at h fp , of currency. Oth erw i se, t h e demand was in a sltigip!'" _ . 4 21 13 1 IXTGALTEI &MD 1.1114.31MNI1Jaa." 1 :4011 - . Although the supply o f M ea t h ere was ra th e r the trade waa firm, and prices were well supported.. — "nse j 5s to 108; Geese, as to 72; Docks, is 3d to 2a 5,1 ; 4 1,7, Rabbits, is 4d t o I s 10d ; Wi ld ditto, Gd to 10d; P i t 01, tc 8d ; and roasting Pigs, 8 s t o lO s eac h ; F o wls, per couple; Pheasants, 3s to 4s; Partridges, le 34 1 t. Hares, 2s 3d to 3s Gd; and Grouse, 1s 3d to is 10d et c NZWPOiT. 1,411 Beef, from 3 s t o 3 s 10d ; 'Mutton, 3s 4d to 45 6d; 2dto 5s 2d , and Pork, 4s;to 54 4d per 81bs. 11 XX.111CG8G8ZIS. e , 0; Turbots ' 8s to ICa; Cod-fi s h, i s 6d to 8 s; C ra b s , 4d pee Lobsters, 8.1 to 3s and 'Whitings, 4d to 8d each; d f,elk 6d to ;is 3d p er pair; salmon, is 2d to le 6d per lb; i ll Ed to 10d per lb. . - 33 CH E T A WECIPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to as ad; Mutton, 4d to 4,6 d; 4, to ss; and Pork, Se 6d to 53 2d per Sibs. .D. The prices of Wheaten Brea ERZ d in the metropolis 9d to 9id; of Household ditto, id to Eid per 41b5 loa b HIDE vuuticm. a 64 11 P Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d per lb ; =°' t, 721 b, 3d to ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3 4 d to 3i'l 4 °' 1 ,60 881 b, 3Ad to ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4td ; 000, 1041 b, 41d to sd; Market Calf Skins, each, 33 8d to tit n P Hides, 13s ; Polled Sheep, 3s to 3s 7d; Half-breast to is 6d; Downs, 2s 6d to 3s. fet P/X41511.21:13T B. CO .1 Smrrarrn.D.-I,leadow nay, St 103 to 41 158; ditto, 4/ 10s to Si 153; Oat Straw, 11 83 to 1/ 105 Pel A eol. Wheat Straw, 1/ 103 to 11123 per load. Supply 111.- and trade firm. Oft CUATTIZRL. II4 D.-111eadow Hay, I/ 103 to 4/ 173 ; ditto, 4/ 101 to 5/ 153; Oat Straw, 1/ 93 to 1/ 113 P el :A/ s r Wheat Straw, 11 12 a t o 11 14s per load. Trade Itisaw full prices. L tth HITECHAtEL.—Meadow Ha 318 e to 4/153 ; yin 4/ 108 to 61 ; Oat straw 11 8. to 1/ 101 ; W A hea -11 101 to 11 12 3 per load. fair average supply, an d s demand. Al 3 RICULTURAL REACTION.—We are 14,1 ff glad to learn that the leading Conservative gentry i n s' Lancashire have been holding meetings in different 1 ) . 1 fel the division for the purpose of devising the best 113 ,7 0 ,01 0 ,.. counteracting the proceedings of the League, and et 0 0,.5 time to increase the strength of the Conservative ca us° fol l 7, 4 registry. The Barnes of the gentlemen who are themselves in this matter are a sufficient guarantee t ba i gher work will not b e a b an d oned until their objec t b gained.—Cumbergand Parquet. days NEW KIND OF GAME.—Not many " B Jl n d Major-Geneial Wyndham's gamekeeper caught all;it, e ° , o rion crow in a trap, which he took home skinu7 to ,7", r threw the carcase out. A female who lives nea t gamekeeper's house gathered up the carcase of the cr° ioot," the impression that it was the remains of a pheasea t ' e keer n , home, and roasted it for dinner. On seeing the ga ry t be passing by the house in the course of the afternoool, man inquired of him if pheasants were not very dr3 ret ro ro stating at the same time that she had found One ha 4 tai_A skinned, and had roasted it for dinner, but that it ha ber ," more fat and b u tt er t h an i t was worth !--C um Parquet. gl it r The Railway St'ndard says that Alexand er A P' dell, Esq., banker, of Maidstone, has bee n appoint rector of the South-Eastein Company. A tea 8 3 1 SiffrwßEcx.—ln $ lett er f rom Barra, -lififb Ult., we have th e f o ll ow i ng: — " A ve , sel, the cre w ° Sb. - are all Spaniards, was lately stranded near Alasda/ei ere d imbedded in sand, so th a t th e amount of i n j ury eu te Ce P b ; not yet been a scer t a i ne d . Th e crew of the unfo rtno ° o lo t were all saved b y means o f a rope cast from her toiii 3 g , shore. Part of the cargo, which co ns i s t s o f fisb' cost° landed, but cannot be sold until the Comptroller of arrive from Stornolnverness Courier. 'tb lig 6 1 The town of Brakel, in .Rhenish Prussiat Ap ord iA magnificent Capuchin Convent, was almost entirely u „ - e by fire on the 21st ult. The church and a few st y " ings were alone left standing.—Galignani. leg SUICIDE.— On Friday afternoon Aft. . t ic M.P., held an inquest in Dr. Costello's private 10 1 0 11 lum, Wvke-house, Syon-lane, Isleworth, th e w ho . /f a t Mr. John Whiteside Hall, aged sixty four years, t•P' d found with his throat cut in one of the water-closetsr jode; institution on the morning of Wednesday last. AT the e ll investigation the jury re , urned a ver dict . The, ec rey t ceased destroyed him- elf with a knife which he b a d obtained, being at the time a patient of unsound' u ll se d no portion of th e i nqu i ry did i t appear who the decea or his place of residence and connexions. T 5 P O l [ADVERTISEME NT .] —F EMALE COMPLA.- rie rtse. Holf.LoWAT's PILLS. —So great are the known / P h 0 if. Holloway's Pill s , th at a great many titled ladies and ot e fo as' purchasing them in large quantities to distribute to P t. lies. These Pills act in so wonderful a manner upo.“, tu n e t ot and constitution of females generally (even on mi l f g ebor; breast), that whether taken when entering into sl t hisP ° or at the turn of life, or any other time, a few doses() medicine will always produce the desidered effect by _, L e health when e very ot h er remedy has failed. Soil tit , I"' druggists, and at P ro f essor Holloway's F,stablis lune Strand, London. BIRTHS. ~, of i On the 6th inst., at Lonsdale-square, Mrs. D. Bob daughtelh Fr ejer° On the 10th i ns t., a t Torrington-square, Sire. Pollock, of a son. p, fr tl>•On the 10th i ns t., a t S tou l ton Parsonage , W°re—ter, wife of the Rev. Henry Lloyd Oswell, of a daughter. is o f 0 On the 10th inst., at Uxbridge, Mrs. Edward ii r ° ° daughter. RI c • bid On the 11th inst.,at Castle-street, Southwark, M . i . F. Bickert on , o f a d aug h ter, still• born. e, tbe On the 11th i ns t., at B e df ord House, Tavistock-sclu— wife of John B. Cardale, Esq., of a sor.------- HARRIED. Ai 'His . / On the Gth inst., a t St. Cl ement D ares , St r and, Mr dO. Kirck, to Eliza Lucy, second daughter of Mr. T. Buci' jl- Trinity-square, Southwark. ‘r . On the 10th inst., a t St o k e Al ban y, N or thampton , Stanbrough, Esq., o f B erners - s t ree t,London, to F r g to o # : eldest daughter of the Rev. E. Griffin, Rector of Albany. bit* On the lOth inst., at the parish Church, Seaton, 010,w Charles Green, E sq ., so li c i tor , to M ary A nn e, second da l *" of Major James Henderson, K.H. n IC" On the 11th ir.st., at St. Giles's-hi-the-Xiel,d.s,oitirdptrsiigb- B. Legard, of the Bengal Army, to Anne Maria, thira ter of B. 0. Walker, Esq., of Bedford-square. C. )3 ' On the 11th inst., at St. Marv's, Islington, the o f Jeaffreson, A.M., to Harriet Fleetwood, eldest aught° Benjamin Laurence, Esq , of Camden-villas. DID. „ s at On the 9th inst., at Eli g, near Southampton, Lieub e " George Forder, R.N. On the 10th inst., at Homerton Mrs. Nash, aged 61. tha On the 10th in s t., a t Uxbridge, ' Jenny dull, relict of late W. Hull, ag e d 75. R. On the 11th inst., at Trinity-square, Southwark, Mt• Bocquet, aged 73. —.meg o f London: Printed and Published by AftlitDO YOUS 4 I, I , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct o the SaToy, in the Oeuav Middlesex, Monday, December 16, 184. --- • .421 land-yard. He had subsequently received a letter fry the inspector at the Gret.nwifihPolice-station. S tn immediately came over, and identith.d the prio n ‘ r d I the police cell, for whose a; prehension a roya l ; twenty guineas had b een offered by his brother - in'; s He prayed that th e p r i soner m i g h t b e sent to Svia,r 3 b, 11 for examination. Th e pr i soner, he understood, "Ise, sconded on Saturday night by the mail to Glouc e '' and from thence by similar means to London, sPi Mr. GROVE acqui esce d i n Mr. Davis's request , to the prisoner w a s h an d e d over to Evans, the otkicer apprehended him, to be conveyed forthwith to So l° for trial. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. rio LONDON, DEC. 13.—Wi n d thi s d ay at noon, We 111- a , e alv breezy and hazy.—The B arnar d C ast l e, H eate d , from ton, arrived in the River, was in contact, on the 10th v!",,„, with the Good D es i gn , o f Yarmouth, and received siderable damage. RAMSGATE, OEC. 12.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Wa ld° Atentreal be OFF DOVER, DEc. 12. Juno, Lee, Africa; J•=— ti Holdrness, Predger, Richebucto. isPOE.TCVOCTII, Duo. 2.—Wind N. t o Q 1,4 G beis law„Johnston, Cape of Good H o p e and Calcutta; 158 and Ann Lums ien Ceylon ; Elle n , Irving, Moulmeinio, ram, Ihlder, Rio :Janeiro; Countess of Durham, Co Doc Bahia; Richmond, Thomas, Pernambuco; Brightman , ' Demerara; Apollo, Milne, Grenada. Bitturaner.—Arral. Loscopha, Newfoundland. Arrd‘ Liveitpoor„ DEC. 12.—Wind E.N.E. mo derate-1 4 for Champion, Davis, N ew fb uu dl an d . The Bounty Calcutta, in beating down the river, ran on shore in 7.aesg Bay, end remains; and the Nepton, for Isatavia, ran Ti r o the Prince's Pier, and has conic to an anchor, with bol"' stove, ktc. eelot i; CLYDE, DEC 10.—A rr d. E squ i rnaux, M•C eag, cjd Royalist, Crosby, Halifax English, Pictou. 10th, Cone, Cuth, Demerara; 11th, Chusaan, Laird, Bom bes Sidney, Park, Honduras. flo ° MARGATE, DEC. 12.—The Sarah Fleming, Fleming , of Alexandria to Dundee, drove on shore on the mow' eig. Kingsgate last night, during a heavy ale;g cargo disclual e i, Ara. Dim 11.—The Industry, R4d, of and front Wel dir for the ' Clyde, came on'ehore in the North Bay to-day' ring a heavy gale at N.W. CORE, DEC. 10.—The Eagle (steamer) is on shore ea ill. bank off Oliver's Point, but is expected off next tide . —tea BERWICK, DEC. 12.—Th e brig Mercury, of Colchn( was wrecked last night to the northward, coal laden, w"' and two men drowaed. GOOLE, DEC. 10.—The Exchange, Brown, frolni_a, mouth to this port, struck on the Server, at Brough, day, and sunk. _AA fro° FiCARBOROUGR, DEC. 12.—1 t blew a ver y h e avy w -- o rtv the northward yesterday, and continued till four thiO" ing, and is now blowing fresh at N.E. 0 1i0f DEAL, DEC. 12.—Wi n d N . N.E ., squally.— A rr d. ai7 ,- Ger M'Leod, Quebec. Sld. Assam, M`Alpine, Calcutta , i r e dyne, Halliday, Monte Video; Suonie, Dahlberg, Ei °;111 0; CowEs, DEC. 12.—SId . H ever, J ohansen, St. no-- „, 0 Irene, Fazer, St. Thomas's ; Colonia, Hickerstein, St. Th° KINGSTOWN, DEC. 10.—Arni. Wave, St. AndleTet ro or SLIGO, DEC. 11.—Wind N.W., squally.—Arrd. 9 hair, Brennard, Quebec. AO• BELFAST, DEC. 10.—Arrd. Britannia, Mass eutanlo , Mearna, Quebec ; Empire, Montgomery , , Quebec. iebi• DUNGARVON, DEC. 10.—A rr d. .Rncer Power, Mira f r etO WMITSTABLE, DEC. 12.—The Ebenezer, WiddaP , Sunderland, in running for this harbour, drove on 113 6 back of the pier, but received very little darnage- d oi Neptune, Rommens, from Ostend, drove on the main ife° the gale last night, but is expected off next tide, weather moderates. 1.0 1(1 1 PorerearoUTH, DEC. 12.-Th e Eli za , Paterson, troll, geOP to Ascension, came i n t o th e h ar b our this morning, " leak. e t CARDIFF, DEC. 12.—The schooner reported on sea' Breaksea Point y es t er d ay, i s t h e S i byl, Wickham, frtabowd port to Wexford ; h as b een got off, and is now in lir" Harbour. vi i t Oe d BRIDLINGTON, DEc.l2.—Th e s hi pp i ng i n t h e Bay ' t le '- loss of sails, spars, anchors, &c., during a heavy N.N.W. to. N.N.E. About 200 sail now at anchor. 0 0 YARMOUTH, DEC. 12.—A schooner reported g t 9 olsl Mercury, of Roch es t er , f oun d ered i n the Roads Yesase° evening during a h eavy ga l e at N .W. Some sa i ls lase picked up marked " It. Canning, maker, Maidstone; supposed to be saved. NAJaoN ,„r-vrpr ,4ttEAT • Th e 13,1 to annuare tl , ` , CE UIl 'WEI osZEORGE NIL S. Wihe Meeting Th 'llright, Esq Tic kets of ad 6 in 'Fleet -street ,„,,ats will in fu ,7 v atian at the C 4 e ee ,,,ting ; and irade is es , ` o a pplication ► EAS THE Col INDIA ( tZat a PROPII at the Quart 77,0,e held at thei ii`u Instant, h... -subsant-Color st at ement o theT "me Pro] Th at the tame t7:l,lyterly ,9tetnber 18 glta.ded betwe csa Mahar: Whereas ki s '. ally o f the bi p Ltt e Sollowit - 7rot s:— I C. ? • t i .N do That ub 'dud Ise I '1 4 ,• 11 (1 *hat N p'rt fir :\`(:) matt he n ay:t l'hi s 1).101 frld that \ i You ju Niv ,9 h Ur r eq l v , 0 are 'tit ref.; sendth . k4cl,ca Ithefa Iv f , ...s pro vi, M'et