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

THE . •SUN, THE GREAT EXHIBITION, 1 good crop. No ethange has taken place in prices. The police returns of yesterday show a considerable `The estimate of the duty is raised to 18,000/. INIMIM. • iminution in the number of visitors to the Cry stal -------- CR( .Palace, as compared with those of Tuesday. The DEATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL O'SUL- A heavy showers of the morning no doubt were in a great LIVAN, D D. cony rart the cause of this falling off ; but Tuesday has We regret to announce the death of this distin- Ann always, since the commencement of the shilling da y s, guished clergyman, who was for the l as t thi r ty years was I been the most crowdAd day in the week. The majority chaplain of the Royal Military School in the Phcenix- on tl of visitors yesterday were of the middle class, and a great park. He was a gentleman of high literary attain- and number of foreigners were also present. ments, and, like his brother Mortimer, possessed elo- bandl rou The numbers up to three o'clock were as follow: quence of the first order. The Daily Express, in an 14,657 11 o'clock 12 „ 36,381 clergyman, says : sider 1 „ 41,368 " Dr. O'Sullivan's writings were on every varied sub- f 2 „ 44,257 ject that suggests itself to a man whose profession may our( 3 „ the a The numbers at the same hour on Tuesday were 55,451, almost be said to have been literature. His style was up he showing a difference of 11,000 between the two da y s. formed at an earlier p eriod than that of most of the tenci Notwithstanding the heavy rains of the morning the writers who have of late years addressed the public; ~, the ' th erm o m eter rose to 78, only 2 deg rees below Tuesda y , a n d it more ofte n reminds us of Goldsmith in i t s truth train when the sun shone out with so much more brilliancy of delineation, or of Swift in its perfect purity of lan and power. guage, than of any one modern author; but his style A Only one season ticket was sold. The money taken at was in truth his own, and nnborrovred from any model, licio the doors amounted to 2,2641. 10a., making the total the direct and almost transparent medium in which the motl receipts 2,265/. los. The pollee report gives the num- thoughts of a very contemplative and a very original N ber of visitors as 47,817. mind were happily communicated. Like Southey's Scot earlier and better prose works, such as ' E,priella's T STATE OF TRADE. Letters' and his papers in the Annual Review, there was p H s , in O'Sullivan's writings a perpetual sparkling of wit time (From the Manchester Guardian.) which brightened and gave life and animation to every lIANCHESI44II7 TUESDAY.—The same features which thing he said. You saw that the writer was himself a Thai I marked the business of last week have characterised man of joyous spirit, and the difference between him _aanati this day's market, and that perhaps in a somewhat and an ordinary man discussing the same subject was as 13 _ t decided way. The demand for yarns and goods has as the difference between such a book as ' Fuller's Church der. been of a general kind, for various markets, and of History,' alive and brilliant everywhere with of barren in In considerable aggregate amoun t. Amongst the ' buyers tier's, and some ragged school compendium o Magazine rren tows there is no disposition to speculate, but on the facts, and names, and dates. In subjectsl the duets h n of Irish University ywere contrary, a prevailing caution which scarcely his o c l . th e e be r e p v e e r that there is not anywhere the same heruct.i ventures to pay the least advance in price • the i. whilst the sellers, though prompted by the demand amount uannt we original and most important information to raise their terms for many articles, and yet so brought together on a subject which, had it not been frome placed on record within the last few y ears, must have unwilling to let orders pass them, as to render their a l toge ther perished, as in his account of the E mme tt s , he be success o n ly barely appreciable, in the most favour- and Tones , an d Sheares's of 1798. Of the passing disea able cases, during the course of a week. Goods suit- events of his own times—the h struggles of the Irish giver able for India and China have been less in request Church, .the F r t e h o s Churc movement hc in Scotland, and shoul publicur h w h i with have reference n c e . t o . its he wl than they were last week ; but the manufacturers the n om o in t f i o na r e - her.'' of to English America--the maintain the sliht advantage they then gained incolonies mation so valuable as that supplied by him from price. At the low s previous rates, there have been some to time in the University and in Blackwood 's Magazine. era! purchases of mule yarns suitable for the quarters just What the Church and what society has lost, or rather not o a named. The scarcity of domestics and T cloths, corn- what might have been easily gained for both, no man Afte pared with the degree in which they are wanted, can estimate. , causes them still, in s ome d eg ree, to harden in value ; '‘ The last task with which Dr. O'Sullivan was e n- fatbe and the same statement holds good as to the warps g aged was the publication of a Church Catechism. It hour and pin-cops, from which those fabrics are woven. is drawn up with exceeding simplicity; yet there is no cur.) There is a similar tendency in spinnings adapted to one doctrine taught by the Church that is not brought to t the Germa n trade, and the merchants are now yen- forward in this little work, not alone in the language of in t turing t o opera t e mo r e freely than of late. Other our Church formularies, but a l so i n th e p assages of priso descriions of erns are firm. Printing cloths of Scripture from whi c h th a t l anguage i s f orme d ; an d a f ter Lions y different widths are worth fully as much as they also renththe' accompanying recollection that it is sh e e . who are to be taught, and that the clearest and does were last week, and other medium goods remain most direct language is that in which it is fitting that lar tl steady. explanations which are t o rema i n on th e memor • should ce , re, ROCHDALE, MONDAY. — There has been an average be expressed. This little catechism has been int ) r n oduced -" ' demand for flannels t o-da y , but chiefl y in the lower into many schools, and we have seen letters from several after qualities. The wool trade has been dull. The co- clergymen speaking of it in terms of high praise. condi lonial wool sales in London now being held, and an "Dr. O'Sullivan's death took took place on Wednesday with advance being fully established, the holders are not last, and on Saturday his remains were interred in the he w anxious to quit their present stock at former prices. churchyard at Chapelizsd." fathe MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Since last Tuesday's and t report our warehouses have been canvassed by se- THE ROYAL NORTHERN AGRICUL- bed t veral buyers from London and Manchester, but up to TURAL SOCIETY. that the present little business has been negotiated. Ma- The annual gathering of this association cons- aqu nufacturers yet complain of their unsatisfactory menced on Thursday last in Aberdeen, and was well be hi prices. Thrown silk —more business doing, at firm attended by the principal landowners and proprietors and I prices. Raw silk—the deliveries continue exceed- in that part of Scotland. e The show of animals is de- and 1 ingly good, and firm prices, with an upward ten- scribed as having been admirable in quality. The had dency. most successful competitor for the prizes awarded to that HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has not been sheep was the Duke of Richmond. The show of imple- " shE so much doing either in the Cloth Hall or war e hou se ments was not numerous, but good. A dinner was on hi to-day as on e last few market days. The demand given in the evening at the Mechanics' Institution, house has been mainly for goods of very low quality, and at which Lord Saltoun presided, supported by the more or new patterns of fancy woollens ; but the amount Duke of Richmond, Admiral Gordon, M.P., Colonel quarl purchased has scarcely equalled an average quantity. Leslie , Colonel Fraz-r, Colonel Lumley, and others. two 1 The wool warehouses have not been busy. The On the health of the Duke of Richmond being pro- in th staplers complain of a want of trade ; but although posed, his Grace congratulated "th e no rthern meeting was the sales in this latter department have been light to- that from year to year their shows exceeded in merit this day, many of the staplers have been pretty busy those of the years that preceded them. He had the during the past week. been delighted at seeing so many good cattle in the the HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—ScarceIy any buyers have showyard, and he was further delighted with what tweli been in our piece-hall to-day ; and the inquiry for he heard of what was seen in the markets, proving bedri worsted goods is far from active. Yarns are still in as it did that stock was much improved, for they the n the same depressed condition, and the quotations are might depend upon it that if good stock would not the f almost nominal. There is not much doing in long pay, bad must be indeed a losing concern." In re- She , wool, which has undergone no alteration in price. plying to the toast of " The Royal Agricultural So- the I Noils and brokes, being rather scarce, are somewhat ciety of England, Scotland, and Ireland," the Noble who more inquired for, at slightly improved rates. Duke took occasion to make the following observa- aboul tions : out 1 --- HOP INTELLIGENCE. "We landowners may originate these societies if we fire t will, but we cannot maintain them unless supported by prove (From the Maidstone Journal.) the tenant-farmers of the country.—(Applause.) We of th MAIDSTONE.—The hop grounds in this district may subscribe our funds, and I say we ought to do so, reach contiuue to flourish and have a very healthy and but it is the practical farmer—the individual who, from mete] luxuriant appearance, the burr developing itself well, daylight to dark, witnesses every one of the processes - loner and rapidly turning into hop. There are, however, not and pursuits of agriculture—who alone can support a few pieces of slack bine which of course cannot pro- these great societies. — (Applause.) Depend upon the " duce many hops. It is also useless to attempt to con- it , gentleme n, t he motto of the Ro y al English! into .. s i teal the fact that in some parishes not far from u 3 Societ y is a ri g ht one— ' Science with Practice. 9 1 n You may write a thousand books on what farming ought house there is a good deal of mould. On the whole, what o be, and a hundred to one if you do not exclude the ward with blight, mould, and slackness of bine, our esti- t important element of the climate under which the expe- show mate of the crop is a very moderate one. riments are to be tried.—(Hear, hear.) Give me, there- fire t BAR3IING.-011T hops are coming out, but we make fore, the practical farmer who knows his laud and its M no fresh bine—we shall grow about half last year's capabilities. I speak not of men prejudiced against all im- priso crop. provements, but of the intelligent and practical farmer, who Tt LOOSE.—Our best grounds are getting a little into will bring his experience to bear on theories, overthrow- whol hop, and promise fairly for quantity and quality, but ing many that may sound well with pamphleteers or book- rra , all those infected with vermin are worse every day. sellers. — (A laugh.) Do not let me be understood to ' We calculate on about the crop of 1849. d am p any m a n f rom experiments or endeavourin g to retur LINTON.—Some have improved a little ; others write on these subjects; but I recommend that, before but 5 parti es w rite, .they t take te advice of Se] have gone back ; the cold winds prevent their making those who practically should kno a l w the subject they speak said t much progress ; there appears to be a want of consti- of.—(Applause.) As a practical agriculturist and as made tution this year; they cannot make way as they do a landowner, I say that it is the duty of the land- woub some years. owner to make the experiments. If they fail, we must meat WEST FARLEIGII AND YALDING.—SinCe my last bear the loss; but if we succeed, I know well that the communication some pieces of hops have certainly zealous enterprise of the farmers of this district will N( improved, but many are worse and more decidedly adopt them, if I prove that I evidently improve the cul- CR blighted; the time is past for their recovery, the crop tivation of my soil, and open my boolts to show the cost; Ja therefore must be a short and bad one. The last for, gentlemen, it is nonsense to talk of improvements on th three or four days have been cold and the wind high unless they pay.—(Hear, and applause.) Can there be birth —this is much against the crop at this critical time ; in the world a greater 'humbug than asking me to lay dead the vermin is not dead in many grounds, thus they out fifty pounds if I only get back tea? No; the menu- m i daily get worse. Even in the best patches blight is facturers never think of manufacturing at a loss, and - r _ 4 , l why fi should we the farmers do so? Gentlemen, I am u" found, and poles and even hills black and fruitless. I r that these societies have been of great use to It believe the district from West Farleigh to Maidstone s t a h t e ls co e u d nt yat large. I think these meetings of advan- serv i c to be as good or better than any, but even here many tsge, in enabling the owners and the occupiers of land Marc failures occur. to meet with gentlemen representing the intelligence Wha WATEEINGEUEY.—The bine appears to want for and enterprise of the manufacturing towns. It is of she h great importance th a t we be in the same bo a t, a n d th at moisture, partly occasioned by the drought and partly and c by the vermin. There is a little improvem en t in we should pull together, and all I can s ay i s th a t I wi ll in ei , willingly pull the stroke oar with them.—(Applau se .) some of the best grounds, but very trifling, allowing diticsr I will nut pursue that line of remark an y f u r t h e r, but I for the time of year. h o p e an d t rus t th e ti me i s not l ong to come when we, the 2 TESTON.—Some of the hops in this parish are th e landowners, may feel it to b e p ru d ent to l ay ou t our sti`Pi' looking better than some of the adjoining parishes, capital in further improvement of our land.—(Hear, hear, bourl and where there is a fair quantity, which is very and applause.) For the compliment you have paid me andl general, they grow freely and promise an average I thank you. but I wish that to the owners and occupiers taken crop, should no calamity attack them. of land I could say I was satisfied with the times we live ter, Menewoaeu.—Some of the best grounds slightly in. —(Loud spplause.)" panie improve, but the bad ones get worse ; the prospect The other speeches were of the ordinary descrip- prisol altogether is no ways chewing. tion, and do not require notice. The show was to she h NETTLESTEAD.—We have a fair share of bine, continue on Friday, when some of the animals were upon which is now throwing out burr and hops, perhaps exposed to sale ; but (according to the Aberdeen once i rather slowly, yet they show greatly the effects of the Herald) the expectation of the sellers were so high ries sil blight in appearance of want of moisture. that very few changed hands. prison BOUGHTON AND SUTTON.—The hops have slightly June, improved during the week, and the general opinion is SEABORNE MAILS. the hi that these parishes will grow from 5 cwt. to 6 cwt, [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-olnee fields per acre• by the night-and at by the morning-dispatch.] This Mel-Rpm—Some grounds are making considerable When made up in i From what when had di progress, while others are past recovery. PLACES. General Post-office; port dis due. fields STAPLEIII3RST.—_'here is no improvement in our ----•.-- near t hops. The easterly winds have been rather detri mental. The 1 opinion is that there will be f America (by Brit. pkt.)NAug. 15 .. .. Liverpool.. Aug, 17 place genera hops out of the W ea l d. America (by U.S. pkt.) MlAu g 13 .. ..ISouthampt. lAug. 21 handk CItANEVELOOK.—We are authorised in reporting a Africa i (west cosat)- 31114th of the month l'Plymouth Sept. 6 st 8e1giagria............... N N D l9 ail th: 30th of mo.,ll3 oo o v v e e r r .. D Aug l .ls„ . Mr. still further improvement in the plantations, a con -•and cc siderable number of which we have again visited and Braz il A • • ' • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Sept.i y 16 .. M 9th of the month Southampt. 'Sept. 16 she ha aeeaces ereo se examined, and we find the bine • growing, the burr c ß al ue if n e o rn s I Ayres - Selic 17th of month Southampt. 0 should developing itself more prolific than cou ld h a ve been Cae of Good Rope Nildth of month Plymo ut h.. Sect. Aug. 6 ev id en expected, and in some places a good spr i n kli ng of c' centralo p n t a n t A i etn America i a . : : zl 7 2 t d h B l,7 l t 7 h t 2 h 7 o t p of mo l l s ) o o u v t e l f g. 20 N Mon., Wed., ' Sr F n ri.lSoutk:m m soner'i hops (of various sizes) already displaying Channel Isles •• .. 1 'Pt Ta u ! : T 2 l4 ° . S a their pendant flowers. We believe the duty w ill exce ed Chili • • • • •• • M 17th o f the month jSouthampt . A ug . 2 0 His France .. .. M.& N Twi ce d a il y .. - jDover .. Twicedail; mann( 100,000/. Greece* • • • • •• N 7th 17th 27th efmo I:lover - Aug. 20 turner TENTERDEN.—The hops in this neighbourhood are Hamburgh • • .... N Tuesday & Friday 'London .. Taes. Sat. ~ ;Tolland Honduras ...... .... 31.8, B ig Tvri f i l e i e l o e fd s. tahi Sz leyna. S . a o t ii u t r ii.. I s , ijo o ou r i l yt d hh o ae n madp:t. .. T . : ll :iii on e. . e T 2do l: 37 No/ improving, particularly the best gardens, an d we 31 20th of the month ;Southampt. Aug. 23 anticipate a good share with the rest of our n e i g h- N i 7th& 24th ef month Dover .. Aui. 15 CIVI] tedidliaaarrvvilaa3SioallrstehillamesP;) hours. ki2Oth of the month Southampt. Aug. 23 TONBRIDGE.—Many of the hop plantations present (and doubtless this is an appearance of improvement m i.r s 7 ,7 ; , & orif 2 t 4 thia t , h ei e 9m f th m . onthDov Thi liaseoduitthelapnteoann) (via the case to a certain extent), but the prevalence of Mexico . . j. ~ kild of the month.. Southampt. Southampt.Souteliramp. Sept 5 ASept.lls6 Reddi: easterly wind during the week has bad the effect of promiE checking the growth of the burr, preventing the de-1,000/ ' v elopment that we generally experience in this month Malta „ „ N a 1 & 30th of month i l Dover Aug. 18 made Nish e when the weather is hot and dry, with the wind in a Napless .. .. .. Nth 15th 25th ofmopover - Aug. 22 by mu 1 . OV ( Tir able quarter. Papal States* .. N 511115th 25th of mo, Dover •• Aug. 22 Peninsular„ • • .31 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Arrived Mr. ` - rrvoar, proportion of Peru ..... . 21117th of the month Southampt. Aug. 20 case fc the h AND SHOREHAM.—A small prop West Indies Tuscany* .: ' N'sth 15th 25th of mo,Dover • • Aug. 22 °P rilantatio • • • • • n in this district is progressing very N/kladadrsietireeffirra aneB.)e.a n . ..7: West Indies that o ,w fav t o .ll,ll.3 aeill.lY, and is likely to grow from seven to eight I i Mr. acre. Havanna & N.. ( . .. cep . ... t M l i7th of the month iSoutharapt.jAug. 20 au) M i 2d of the month ..,Southaeapt. Sept. 5 an act Ey N"°4l)'---W h a ve * The mails to those countries thus marked ( 5 ) are conveyed by as sue grounds in our e been through the hop paai-eemeaallanact° French packet viK Marseilles. lingstene Castle pa s rish, as well as Farningham, Lul- ec AlnolwFOlN Chislehurst, or,. utton-at-Hone, St. Mary Cray, are r The next West India due by every „ i. i Americ . an pack b e e t. made lip on derail and from California, via the United states in life The bine generaPe"it°n, Chelsfield, and Shoreham. the morning of the 18th instant, consequence s of the 17th falling plaint; ,-,n nrnan.f. f. ~c __ y is Very slack. full of vermin_ mid en a Sunday• ii i i i ;uarmad will comps WATERINGBURY. — The bine appears to want for moisture, partly occasioned by the drought and partly by the vermin. There is a little improvement in some of the best grounds, but very trifling, allowing for the time of year. TESTON.—Some of the hops in this parish are looking better than some of the adjoining parishes, and where there is a fair quantity, which is very general, they grow freely and promise an average crop, should no calamity attack them. MEREWORTH.—Some of the best grounds slightly improve, but the bad ones ge t wurse ; th e pros p ec t altogether is no ways chewing. NETTLEsTEAn.--We have a fair share of bine, which is now throwing out burr and hops, perhaps rather slowly, yet they show greatly the effects of the blight in appearance of want of moisture. BOUGHTON AND SUTTON.—The hops have slightly improved during the week, and the general opinion is that these parishes will grow from 5 cwt. to 6 cwt, per acre. M ARDEN.—Some grounds are making considerable progress, while others are past recovery. STAPLEHURST._There is no improvement in our hops. The easterly winds have been rather detri mental. The general opinion is that there will be few hops out of the W eald. CRANEcaooK.—We are authorised in reporting a still further improvement in the plantations, a con siderable number of which we have again visited and examined, and we find the bine growing, the burr developing itself more protia, than could have been expected, and in some places a good sprinkling of hops (of various sizes) already displaying their pendant flowers. We believe the duty will exceed 100,0001. TENTEaDEN.—The hops in this neighbourhood are improving, particularly the best gardens, an d we anticipate a good share with the rest of our neigh bours. TONHRIDGE.—Many of the hop plantations present an appearance of improvement (and doubtless this i s the case to a certain extent), but the prevalenc e o f easterly wind during the week has bad the effect of checking the growth of the burr, preventing the de "lopment that we generally experience in this month 7, Ilea the we a th e r i s h o t an d d r y, with the wind in a "curable quarter. °Tr e l ab AND SHOREHAM.—A small proportion of the h op favour w at Tantation in this district is progressing very o t. per L e and is likely t o g r ow fr om s even to eight ErNspon,n: grounds in our parish , have been through the hop lingstone Castleparish, as well as Farningham, Lul- Chislehurst, Co r i i Sutton-at-Hone, St. Mary Cray, The bine generaillyntoni Chelsfield, and Shoreham. slack, f u ll o f ve r m i n , an d i no prospect of gr ow l s , ver y as g w a h h a y t hops. Judging from our prospect, as well hear from below the hill, the duty cannot reach w50e,000/• Inexperienced people have been backing 8 0,0001. • look FRITH AND CRAY FORD. ti duty. th e e v , e e r had our hops look so bad. Mr. Colyer's miserablyo growing3ad as foul as they well can be, and no ci Z ln at c , e bu f t they are any hops. Mr. Stonbam's look bine not half up the poles, and covered with lichee'r;etnhioes chance of growing a hop. The ground about only suitable for growing raspberries and early pota toes. We regret to hear they are about being grubb e d up, for they give employment to labourers all the year round. CANTERBURY.—The last two or three excessively hot days have caused the hops to throw out a little fresh bine, but no burr appears on it. Very little progress has been made by the burr since last week, and prospects, on the whole, are fully as vermin continues very numerous; many g bad. The rounds are new quite black, and positively stink. WoacEsTEL—The plantations in this neighbour hood lire progressing favourably, and should the pre sent lane weather continue, hopes are entertained of a company P mananY with S O CIALIST AM 8 USEMEN T IN PARIS.—A soldier two workmen in a p w u a b s li r c e . c h e u n u tl s y e adtriankreinugellien. alou d huge beard and a broad-brimmed hat came in, and invoice cried, take two I he " Citizen, give me a g l a ss of wine : i f I were t should be an aristo !" On p erceivin g the sold l ier singing a song in which the arm y wa s grossly insulted. beganle then abused the President ( f t he Re p ublic in the grossest terms. The soldiers and workme n protested against such language; this led to a quarrel, and the q uar rel to blows. The public- house keeper interfered , but wa s w as grossly Ili treated by the demagogue. At last the man was secured and taken to the guard-house. . THE BREED OF PARTRIDGES.—Our sporting friends in this district (neighbourhood of Southampton) will sixteen an in d eighteen ig h t e en to ho , ve et d. t te o d b . ear that within the last ten days the young birds termed the scores, "gapes." Covies have been reduced from havingh ablefetah a subject to what is techni callyseaso h number. The breeding n, owever, has lack of sport. Young been so favourable there will be no ward; indeed the ngpheasants are very numerous and for years past. The breedsame e has been more favourable than for no uncommon thin g to see r remark applies to hares. It has been than applies leverets for a month past, being much earli er Dispatches were received office, from the Governor of _ V yesterday a t th e Colonial oElT South Wales. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug 12. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron MARTIN). At the surnm-r assizes last year two men were convicted of a rape on a young woman, named Mary Anne Bennett. At the following spring assizes she was tried for perjury alleged to have been committed on that trial, and the two men who had been convicted and sentenced to transportation on her evidence were brought from Woolwich and examined as witnesses against her. She was then convicted of perjury, but some points of law having been reserved for the con sideration of the Court of Appeal, Mr. Justice Tal fourd, who tried her, deferred passing sentence. On the argument in the court above the conviction was upheld; and Mr. Baron Martin now passed the sen tence upon her which Mr. Justice Talford directed— the heaviest sentence that could by law be passed— transportation for seven years. Adonijah Edward Jordon, 29, was indicted for ma liciously setting fire to the dwelling-house of his mother, Mary Jordon, she being therein. Mr. Skinner conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Scotland the defence. The first witness examined was the mother of the prisoner, 79 years of age, and she stated that for some time back she had lived separately from her husband, her house and his being a few hundred yards apart. That on the Bth of March last the prisoner went to the Bath Hospital, in consequence of a disease of the blad der. Previously to this he had lived for the most part in her house, and had not shown any improper conduct towards her. On the 7th of June he returned from the hospital to her house, and was equally well con ducted down to Sunday, the 6th of July, sleeping with her in her only bed. On that night, about nine o'clock, the prisoner came home, and appeared excited as if from the effects of drinking. Upon going up to bed, he began to abuse her about her having talked of his disease, cursed her several times, said that his father had given him the bed when a boy, and threatened that it should be the last time she should sleep in it, and that he would "pay her out, and do something grand for her." She was very much alarmed, and went and complained to a neighbour, and passed the remainder of the night at her sister-in-law's, close by, and did not again see the prisoner until the next Wednesday. After she left the prisoner was seen going towards his father's house, and returning with him to his mother's house, and soon after they both came out, the father carrying a bed. The person who saw them spoke to them, and blamed them for their conduct in taking away the bed, upon which the prisoner told him to mind his own business ; and afterwards the father was heard to say, " It is a pity she is not dead," and then the prisoner said, " If she does not die within this week I'll kill her." A simi lar threat was used by the prisoner, in the hearing of a neighbour, who went up to his room immediately after the old woman left, and talked to him about his conduct. The prisoner slept the rest of that night with his father. On the following morning (Monday) he was left in the house by his father, and when his father returned in the evening the prisoner had left, and the door of his house was broken open and the bed taken away. Between twelve and one o'clock of that day the prisoner was seen at a public-house about a quarter of a mile from his mother's house. There he had three or four pints of beer, and left soon after, and returned again about five o'clock in the afternoon, and left finally at six. Before leaving he said he had had a quarrel with his mother, and upon being told that his mother used to speak highly of him, he said, " she won't ever any more," and that he had something on his mind. At six o'clock he went to another public house, nearer to his mother's house, and had some more drink, and left about half-past ten. At about quarter to twelve he was met by two persons about two hundred yards from his mother's house, and going in the direCtion of it ; and at ten minutes to twelve he was seen not more than twenty yards from it. At this time there was no appearance of fire about the mother's house. A next-door neighbour of the mother heard the clock in her house strike twelve, and just afterwards she looked out of her bedroom window, and saw the corner of the roof of the mother's house, which was of thatch, on fire, and the fire coming over from the back to the front. She gave the alarm, and another neighbour, seeing the fire, ran into the house and rescued the mother, who was at that time asleep, having gone to bed about nine o'clock, and, as she said, carefully put out her candle. The latter person described the fire as burning from the outside inwards, and it was proved that there was a heap of stones at the back of the house, from which a person might with ease reach the roof. A box, partly filled with lucifer matches, was found at the father's house. The pri soner was not seen by any one near the house after the fire, and on the following Tuesday he was taken into custody. He then gave a false statement as to his name and occupation, denied having set fire to the house, and resisted being taken into custody. After wards, on his way to prison, he used expressions showing that he expected to be punished for setting fire to the house, and was regardless of it. Mr. SCOTLAND having addressed the jury for the prisoner, The Learned JUDGE very carefully summed up the whole evidence. The jury retired, and, after an absence of an hour, returned into court, and found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy. Sentence of death was recorded, but his Lordship said to the jury that their recommendation would be made know❑ at the proper quarter, and he thought it would probably have the effect of reducing the punish ment to transportation for a limited period. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lancaster, Aug. 12. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PUTT.) Jane Threlfall, aged 27, was charged with having, on the 27th June last, endeavoured to conceal the birth of her infant child by secretly disposing of the dead body. Mr. Alfred Milnes conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Jo4eph Pollock defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner, who had been in service in Preston, left her place in the month of March last and went to her mother's house in Wharles. After she had remained there some time she had every appearance of being in the family way, and on the 24th of June she had increased so much in size that many of the neighbours observed the con dition in which she was. Shortly after this, viz., on the 26th of June, her size was so much reduced that suspicions were raised and reports spread in the neigh bourhood that the prisoner had been delivered of a child, and as no mention was made of such an event having taken place the police made inquiries about the mat ter, and on the 30th of June a policeman, accom panied by a surgeon, was sent to the house where the prisoner was, who on being ques ti one d as t o w h e th er she had had a child denied that such was the fact, upon which she was examined by the surgeon, who at once pronounced that a birth had taken place. Inqui ries were then instituted, and it was found that the prisoner had left her mother's house on the 27th of June, having a basket on her arm. She proceeded to the house of a Mrs. Parkinson, going across some fields which was not the direct way of proceeding. This was the day on which it was observed that she had decreased in size. In consequence of this the fields and ditches around were searched, and in a ditch near the footpath evidence of a birth having taken place was found, and in another ditch, near Mrs. Par kinson's house, a dead child wrapped up in a pocket handkerchief was discovered. Mr. POLLOCK addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that there was no evidence to show that she had been delivered of a child, and even if they should be satisfied that that was the case there was no evidence to show that the child found was the pri soner's child, or that she had concealed a child in the manner alleged in the indictment. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury re :timed a verdict of Not Guilty. NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester, Aug. 12. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Common Jury.) REDDISH V. PRIESTNALL. This was an action brought by Anna Arminal EAdish against William Priestnall, for a breach of promise of marriage. The damages were laid at 1,0001. The defendant pleaded—l. That he had made no promise; 2. That if he did it was dissolved by mutual consent, and he was released by the plaintiff. Mr. Evans, Q.C., and Mr. Welby conducted the case for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Herbert Jones that of the defendant. Mr.EvArissiiitel the case to the jury. This was an action for a b reac h o f prom i s e of marriage, and a s such related t o one o f th e mos t important events in life, and therefore deserved the most careful consi deration which th e j ury cou ld d evo t e to it. The plaintiff came before them, an d soug ht at their hands compensation in damages for the destruction of hopes which for five long y ears t h e defen d ant h a d delu sivelyinduced her to cherish. Through his miscon duct she was now thrown back in the world, having lost many of the best years of her life, and find ing herself exposed to the sneers an d r idi cu l e o f the ill- n atured and the malicious, who are ready enough to impute in such cases some fault or disqualifying circumstance in the lady as the reas on f or h er rejec tion. It appears that in 1842 the defend an t fi rst be came acquainted with the plaintiff. She was the daught e r of a respectable corn and flour dealer livi ng in St oc kp or t, a nd the defendant at that time was an apprentice to Mr. Drink water, a mercer and draper i n the same town. The defendant seems to have been struck with th e y ou ng lady's appearance, at their first interview. His master soon observed he was much of his time away f rom t h e h ouse i n the evening. He questioned him as to where he spent bis time, and on hearing the circumstances he made no objection. In 1843, the plaintiff havin g gone on a v isit to a married sister in Liverpool, a correspondence by letter was commenced between the parties, and renewed whenever she went from home, down to 1848, when the defen dant made p journey to Louden, where he met his -~, ~c ._ _, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1851 present wife. He wrote to the plaintiff from London, from Yorkshire, and also from the Isle of Man on an occasion when he visited that island. In his first letter he styled the plaintiff "Madam," and concluded, "Yours respectfully;" to which she replied without any heading or title to her letter ; and in the second he apologised for commencing so coldly, and addressed her " Dear Anne ;" concluding, " Yours affectionately." In this letter, and in others, he gives her news rela tive to the success of the drapery business. "We are furnishing the funeral of Mrs. Middleton, to be in terred at St. Luke's Church, on Wednesday morning next. Send me word how Mary likes the print dress from our shop. I shall expect you to bring me an ac count of the fashions in Liverpool. We are going to push the trade this season," &c. In the second letter he grows warmer, styling her " My dear friend." He here says, " I am not so hearty, feeling a little Liver poolish (the plaintiff was then in Liverpool), but it is no go. I must be resigned to my fate. You have all the nice times of it yourself. Miss Kerr says so. Yes, you're going off, and not telling one. We are very busy, the factory lassescan now afford to purchase finery, to which you know they are very subject in Stock port." The fourth commences " My dear Anne," and gives the plaintiff an account of his excursion to the Isle of Man. In the interval between the fourth and fifth letters, the plaintiff went to Matlock, in Derby shire, for the benefit of her health. She addressed to the defendant the following letter from that place:— "My dear William,—l arrived quite safe at my jour ney's ond. It was very pleasant travelling, and a beau tiful day; indeed how could it be otherwise, when I was coming to Derbyshire? I rested the first night, and the next day I went to Matlock Bath. We went to look at the bath, and then sat in a beautiful alcove with a marble fountain, just opposite, that throws up water more than a yard high, and glasses for the company to drink. Then we walked down on the parade, and went into Adams's Museum. I was very much pleased with it, and should have enjoyed it much more had you been with us to have shared in the pleasures. Ihave not been on the river yet. There are some beautiful lovers' walks on the opposite side, and I intend to go, if I am without my love. We went to Cromford on Saturday, being market•day, to see the' stirrings' there; and we saw Willersley Castle, Mr. Peter Arkwright's seat; it is a pretty place; and on the Sunday we went to Mr. Ark wright's church. May I expect a letter towards Satur day, as I shall be in Matlock at the week's end. Believe me, with kindest love, to remain, yours sincerely, " ANNE." To this the defendant replied in a long and important letter. (The Learned Counsel read the correspon dence in full, but it is impossible to give the letters in extenso here.) The defendant expressed himself very warmly, saying : "I wish I could join you in those rambles and walks. My heart attends you through all changes. . . Take care of your health. I should propose that you bathe at Matlock. I think I should. You know that, my dear Anne. I often reflect (and with pleasure, too) upon my first interview with you, more particularly my first im pression, as marking that critical period of my life on which so much depends. We are, I trust, convinced that our happiness depends in a great measure upon our mutual conduct, and I earnestly pray God to give us his blessing, &c. " Yours faithfully and affectionately, " ' In his sixth letter the defendant says, " I am just sealing up your letter, and in my walk (not the lovers' walk you speak of) will post it. I say take care of your health, and let me know how you are going on. Good bye, all things must have an end. Yours, &c." In his seventh letter he complains that another week of separation " seems to him a very long time." He adds, Yes, my dear Anne, lam looking forward the same and cherish the hope that we shall, some time, live happily together. I fear you will think I am going too far, knowing you are (I often tell you) a doubtful creature. I own these serious matters must be guided by reflection. You have the dictates of my heart; and I trust in the blessing of Almighty God for the fulfillingof them. May I expect a letter from you towards the usual time, Wednesday ? I shall be glad if you will be so good. All things must hive an end, or I could write all the way to Matlock. Let me hear from you. In the meantime I remain, &c." In his eighth letter the defendant says, "My heart has followed you through all your rambles if; or though, you have been without a gent. Are they scarce in that country ?" Numerous letters passed between the parties down to the year 1848 (the Learned Counsel read several of them), the tenor of which, the jury must see, was such as would lead to the conclusion that the defen dant intended to marry the plaintiff. But in that year he went to London, and upon his return his conduct changed. At first he wrote from London with his usual cordiality ; he gave wonderfully minute de scriptions of every street he passed through, every public or other building he visited. In his second letter from London he says— " I have been through the Greenwich Hospital, Surrey Gardens, Cremorne Gardens, Post-office, Bank of Eng land, Royal Exchange, the Tower, St. Paul's, House of Lords and Commons. Here I saw Prince Albert. The royal carriage was in waiting outside, and being very near to him I took off my hat and had the honour of a personal move from him. Yesterday we were at Hampton Court, and dined at Chelsea, at a Mr. Wollett's, tea merchants, dined at six P.M. in first-rate style. To-day we have been through the largest lace-house in the world (in the City). I have really seen some beautiful and grand sights, which I cannot here describe. I have kept an account of all, and which I shall examine when I return. This morn ing I received a letter from the shop (Mr. Gaskell). I am well, and believe me to remain," &c. But this unfortunate visit to London had a fatal effect plaintiff's happiness and their f u rth e r corres pondence. the ee. He cane back,"and th ence f orwar d avo id e d upon the society of the plaintiff. It was shortly whispered he was soon to be married to another. He has mar ried another, and set up business on his own account in Stockport. In the course of their courtship he had given the plaintiff a Bible, in which he had written her name with his own hand ; and he had furthermore presented her with his portrait. [The Learned Coun sel here produced a bold-looking profile of the de fendant (who was in court), in black paper, mounted ou a small piece of white card board, and a gilt-edged Bible carefully covered with crimson cloth.] It was was well known in the neighbourhood that the plaintiff and defendant were engaged, and, in conse quence, she lost, no doubt, many favourable opportuni ties of an honourable settlement in that most desirable of all sublunary conditions—the married state. Evidence would be given that she had declined the attentions of a gentleman because of her engage ment with the defendant; and she was now compelled to come before a court of justice and ask reparation at the hands of a British Jury. But though some allevi ation, damages could never make adequate compensa tion for the cruel injury she had sustained. The plain tiff was a young lady of unsullied character and deli cate honour ; he was at a loss, therefore, to conceive what could be the defence to the action ; but he was sure it could not be an attack upon her reputation. Everything showed that the defendant was a cool cal culating man ; he found a woman with more money than the plaintiff, and therefore he heartlessly cast her off. But an English jury, acting as husbands and fathers, would mark their sense of his conduct—would estimate justly the injury she had received, and give her damages accordingly. George Drinkwater—l am a mercer and draper in Stockport. The defendant served his apprentice ship with me. The letters placed in my hands are in the defendant's handwriting. [Mr. Sergeant .Jones admitted that all the letters read were written by the defendant.] I observed that in 1844 the defendant was frequently absent from the house. I believe I spoke to him on the subject. He said I knew where he went. The defendant left my house in the spring of 1850. His habits were careful and saving. He told me he had saved something like 2001. He had a legacy left him. He is now in a respectable way of business. Cross-examined—The defendant came to me in 1838. Whilst he was with me he was a quiet well conducted young man. He was about fourteen when apprenticed to me. He was afterwards my assistant, and kept my books part of the time. My good opinion of him was unabated to the last. Ido not call his shop a large one. 401. a year would be a high rent for such a house and shop as he lives in. The de fendant's father was a small tenant farmer at Buck leigh. He might rent a farm of thirty or forty acres. Mary Reddish—l am mother of the plaintiff. My husband is a corndealer at Stockport. I first knew the defendant eight years ago, when he came to visit my daughter. He came three or four times a week ; sometimes in the day, but mostly in the afternoon. They used often to be alone. Sometimes he brought her home. When she was in Matlock he called as usual, and took tea with us. In 1845 my daughter and the defendant went to pay a visit to her sister in Liverpool. He continued to pay attention to my daughter till December, 1849, when he ceased his visits altogether. He went to London in 1848, and after his return he came to see my daughter less fre• quently. My daughter's spirits were much depressed, and I asked him what was the matter between them. He said there was nothing the matter. I said, "It was expected you would have been married before this." My daughter, who had been at church, came in just at the time, and said, " Oh, William, we were to have been married before this, but you now say you will not be in circumstances to marry for four or five years." He said, " I know I have done wrong." The rest of the family then came in, and the conversation was interrupted. Afterwards I met him in the street, and asked him to call at the house as usual, for the neighbours would think it strange his passing the door. I once told him he had sisters, and he should treat my daughter as he would like to have his sisters treated by others. Cross-examined—The conversation I had with the defendant on the Sunday alluded to, and the meeting in the street, both took place in 1848. The defendant came regularly to our house on the Sunday after noon, and was regarded as one of the family. When I met defendant in the street I may have said to him, " The muter will be Laugh grieved if you do not call and see us." My daughter is either 34 or 35, I can not exactly say which. I have had so many children that I cannot keep the ages of all in my mind. 1 have five daughters. I nave a nephew an attorney. He con - ducts the present action. My daughter once told me the defendant wanted his own letters back, but she said he might keep hers, but she would not give up his. He returned her letters some three months after the con versation we had on the Sunday. My daughter afterwards asked the defendant whether he was not keeping company with Miss Watkinson. He said he was. She told him she would write to her and in form her that he was under a promise of marriage to her as soon as he should be in circumstances to do so. She did so write, and offered the lady to answer any questions, but no notice was taken of the letter. Re-examined—lt was after my daughter heard the defendant was keeping company with Miss Watkin son that he brought her back her letters. It was in December, 1849, that she learned he was keeping company with Miss Watkinson. My son is managing clerk at an attorney's in Carlisle. Samuel Reddish-1 am brother of the plaintiff, and have know❑ the defendant many years. In 1844 I was with him, and my sister, the plaintiff, in Liver pool. I understood they were engaged to each other. They acted as people in such circumstances usually do. When I heard defendant was going to be married to Miss Watkinson I called on him and told him proceedings would be commenced against him if he married. He said he had visited the house only as a friend. I told him he had come to the house too often, and with a different purpose than from mere friendship. He admitted he bad done wrong. Mrs. Turner, a married sister, gave evidence that a Mr. Cotteen, a gentleman in the Customs, wished to pay attentions to the plaintiff. He sent a ring to her, but she declined to receive it. She spoke to defendant's visiting the plaintiff in Liverpool, at wit ness's house. They went out together to the Zoolo gical Gardens. The plaintiff showed me a Bible and a portrait, which the defendant gave her. This closed the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant H. JONES submitted that no evidence had been given of a promise to marry, and therefore there was no case to go to the jury. His LORDSHIP, however, thought there was some evidence to go to the jury, the question for them being, whether they would :infer a promise from the letters and the statements of the witnesses. The Learned SERGEANT then addressed the jury for the defence. There were, he said, in this case, two issues for their consideration—the first being, whether the defendant ever promised to marry the plaintiff; " when" (to follow the special allegation in the declaration) " he should be in a position to set up business for himself;" and the second whether—sup posing the jury should think that such a contract was made between the parties—it had not been rescinded by mutual consent, and the defendant relieved from the obligation to marry the plaintiff. It had been said by his Learned Friend, in opening the case to the jury, that the defendant had . rejected the plain tiff because he had found a lady with larger means than she possessed; but not one tittle of evidence had been given in support of that statement. He would not trouble the jury with reviewing the letters; they had been read by plaintiff's counsel, and he had purposely spared the Court the infliction of having them read by the officer. He would confidently ask the jury whether they could discover the merest shadow of a promise in the entire correspondence ? Certainly he could not. The warmth was all on the side of the plaintiff. The defendant styles her " Dear Anne," and she replies "My dearest William." As to the Bible and picture, no evidence had been given that they were ever presented by the defendant to the plaintiff. It was true there was the plaintiff's name in the Bible written by the defendant ; but what of that? He (the Learned Sergeant) had himself often been asked to write a person's name on the cover of books because he happened to write a good hand, and that was probably the case here. Those articles had, however, artfully been put in to create a prejudice against the defendant, and for the plaintiff's benefit. Supposing the jury, however, should infer, from the circumstances, that the defendant had promised to marry the plaintiff, this was, at all events, not a case for heavy damages. The defendant had never in sinuated or uttered a syllable against the plaintiff. They were unsuited for each other; there being a difference of seven years in their ages in the plaintiff's disfa vour. The defendant was a green young man when the affair commenced, and the lady had greatly the ad vantage of him. At the marriageable age women are much sharper and more subtle tacticians than young men. In the present case the lady was the suitor, and not the gentleman. The Learned Sergeant next reviewed the evidence at great length, and with much ability, contending that it altogether failed to establish a promise by the defendant to marry the plaintiff. _ _ The Learned JUDGE summed up with equal mi nuteness and care, telling the jury that as in these cases formal promises are seldom made, it was enough if, from all the circumstances of the case and the cor respondence, they could infer that an intention to marry had once existed between the parties, and no release been given by the lady. As to the question whether the defendant had been absolved of his pro mise by the plaintiff, so far from there being any proof of that, the evidence, in fact, was the other way, for she bad expressly refused to absolve him, declining to give up his letters, and her brother threatening pro ceedings in a court of justice. But the question was entirely for the jury, who would take into consi deration the means of the plaintiff, who was i❑ a house and shop of 401 a year rent, and had received no benefit, in the shape of property, on the death of his father. The jury consulted, and in five minutes returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 201. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Thomas Birchmore, aged 72, and James Skegg, aged 68, persons having the appearance of labouring farm servants, were brought before Mr. Alderman Moon under the following circumstances. Sir R. W. Carden, Alderman and Sheriff, was present during the hearing of the case. Charles Clarke, officer of the London-bridge-wharf, said—At half past eleven o'clock this morning the Albion steamer, trading between London and Bou logne, arrived at the London-bridge-wharf. From what was told to me by Mr. Uns worth, of Fish • street hill, who was a passenger, I took the two defendants into custody, and brought them here. I said to them "Do you know St. Alban's ?" and they both replied that they did. I then asked them to accompany me me to the Mansion-house. Alderman MooN—What is your present charge against them ? Witness—l brought them here be cause Mr. Unsworth informed me that there was a reward for their apprehension for bribery at the recent St. Alban's election. Alderman Moon—Then, upon the authority of Mr. Unsworth's stating to you that tbere was a reward for their apprehension you took them into custody, and brought them here ? Witness—l did. Alderman MooN—Since they have been in custody hare you made any inquiry as to whether a warrant for their apprehension is in existence? Witness —Yes. Alderman MooN—Have you been able to find any such warrant? Witness—lnspector l3eckles, who is stationed at the House of Commons, told me that he had received instructions not to take any further pro ceedings in the case. Alderman Mooti—Have you been to the office of the Speaker ? Witness—l have, but I could get no information there. Alderman MOON—Did you ask the inspecter, when you went to the House of Commons, upon what au thority he stated to you that he had received instruc tions not to take further proceedings ? Witness—l did not ask him that. Alderman MooN—Then you did not apply to the Sergeant-at-Arms ? Witness—l did not. Knowing the inspector, and the man White or Wright, who has been ss long looking for them in the first instance, I thought they could give me every information. Alderman MooN—Since you have taken these per sons into custody have you seen the bill offering the reward for their apprehension ? Witness—Yes. Alderman MooN—Has that bill any printer's name attached to it ? Witness—ldid not notice the printer's name. Alderman MOON—To whom does the bill refer you to apply for the reward ? Witness—To the Se cretary of State for the Home Department. Alderman Moos—And where did you see that bill ? Witness—At the Mansion-house. Alderman MooN—On the outside of the Mansion house? Witness—No; below stairs, in one of the offices. Scott (the Mansion-house officer)—lt is in the po lice-office below stairs. Alderman MooN—Can you get me one of those:bills? Scott—lt is pasted on the wall. I cannot get it off without destroying it; but the purport of it is that the prisoners, when apprehended, are to be delivered into the custody of the Sergeant -at-Arms, and the application for the reward is to be made to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury. Alderman MOON—Did you go to the Treasury at all ? Witness—l did, and from there I was referred to Mr. Maule. the Solicitor to the Treasury. Alderman Mooti—What information did you get from Mr. Maule ? Witness—l saw Mr. Maule, and he told me that he knew nothing at all about it. Alderman Moox wished to know from Mr. Good man whether bills of this nature were put up at the Mansion -house without its being ascertained from some official personage that there was proper autho rity for the act. " This," said Alderman I\loon, "is either a forgery or it is an official document. If it is an official document, of course there is proper autho rity. But, if it is a forgery, there are no sure means of punishing the parties who have committed it." Mr. Goodman (the chief clerk) said he understood thftt the bill had been forwarded to Forrester, the officer. Scott (the Al msion-house officer)—lt has the Quoen's printers' names (Messrs. Eyre and Spottis woode) attached to it. Alderman MooN—Am I to understand that the Government do not intend to proceed further with the matter, and that they have abandoned it alto gether ? Mr. Goodman—The question is, whether there is a warrant in existence upon which to detain these men, and, if so, with the commission of what offence does it charge them. Alderman MooN—The date of this reward which has been offered for their apprehension would have a great deal to do with it, because, Parliament being prorogued, I should have thought they would have bee❑ discharged from custody if they had been ap prehended. The question is, whether it is a magis trate's warrant or a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Commons, or whether there is even a war rant in existence at all. The same power that issues a warrant might cause it to be withdrawn. The ques tion is, whether there is any charge against these men, and the officer who apprehended them states that he has applied at the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, that he has also ap • plied at the office of the Speaker, as well as to the Solicitor to the Treasury, and the inspector of the police, and that he has not been able to hear of the existence of any accusation against them. I wish to know how long this bill has been posted at the Man • sion-house ? Mr. Goodman—The proclamation was made about two months ago. It was a proclamation by the Queen in Council. Alderman Moo N—l imagine that when Parliament is prorogued this reward ceases. It appears to me that we have no right to detain these men. Is there any further charge against them ? Clarke (the Thames-wharf officer)—No. Alderman MooN—Then I consider that they are entitled to their discharge. The defendants were then liberated. MARY LEBONE. Mrs. Janet Munro, a fashionably- dressed person, residing at No. 13, South-bank, St. John's-wood, was charged before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Broughton, with having been drunk and disorderly. Mr. Herring, solicitor, attended for the defendant, who came up to the court in her carriage, and re mained in a private room until a number of other charges were disposed of; she was stated to be the wife of a military officer, now abroad, and, in the regular course of business, she would have been called upon to answer for the alleged offence on last Monday, had not a surgeon's certificate been produced setting forth that she was not well enough to appear. Mr. Herring, at the outset, addressed a few words to the magistrate, to the effect that, on the part of his client, he was ready, in order to save the time of the Court, to plead guilty, and submit to any fine which might be imposed. Mr. BROUGHTON, however, refused to adopt such a course, and at once determined upon hearing the whole of the evidence. Throughout the proceedings MI4. Munro sat at the attorneys' table, by the side of her legal adviser. The first witness called was police-constable Bain bridge, 105 D, who deposed that at half-past three on Alonday morning the defendant was brought to the Molyneux-street station by an officer, into whose custody she had been given for using abusive lan guage, and five or six minutes afterwards her car riage, in which was one of her female servants, was driven up to the station door by her coachman; the charge was not pressed against her by the gentle man making it, and he expressed his intention of taking out a summons against her, in the event of her annoying him again ; she then left the station house and created a considerable disturbance. Mr. BROUGHTON—TeII me what she really did. Witness—She began hallooing, and continued to make a great noise, and, on my advising her to get into her carriage and go peaceably home, she said— " I'll see you first. I'll stop here as long as I think fit. I dare you to interfere with me ; and I'll make you remember this, for I'll have Mr. Ro binson, a solicitor in Spring-gardens, and another so licitor from the City." She jumped about and swore she'd be d— if she would go ; and, in consequence of the noise she made, many persons who had been disturbed threw up their windows. I told her that if she did not go away I should take her inside, when she ex claimed, " You brute !—lay your hands upon me if you dare !" I laid hold of her to take her into the station, when she seized hold of the iron railing. I at last got her in; and Sergeant Pearce, the acting in• spector, then gave her another opportunity of going away if she thought fit to do so. Mr. BROUGHTON—In what state was she? Wit ness—She was quite drunk. By Mr. Herring—The noise outside lasted about ten minutes. lam sure that the defendant was not merely excited; she was decidedly much the worse for drink. Sergeant Pearce was sworn, and he said, that as Mr. Holder, who made the charge in the first instance, would not press it, and as the constable did not hear of any of alleged abuse, he (witness) let defendant go. Soon after she had got outside he heard a great noise, and saw her walking up and down in front of her brougham. He begged of her to take her seat, and go home; but she vowed that she would not ; and he then told Bainbridge, that if she persisted in the disturb ance he must do what he knew to be his duty. He (Bainbridge) brought her into the station after the lapse of ten minutes from the period of herfirstquiting it, and witness then gave her another opportunity of going away, as her carriage and servants were waiting close by; but she would not avail herself of the offer, and she was therefore charged and locked up. At eight o'clock she was liberated upon bail. Mr. BROUGHTON — Was she drunk, or not? Wit ness—She was drunk, Sir. By Mr. Herring-4 did not hear her make any charge against Mr. Holder or any one with him, about any property having been stolen from her premises. I am certain that she was not merely excited, she was really drunk. Mr Herring, in addres-ing the magistrate, said it would ill become him to urge, that because the defen dant was a " lady," more favour should be extended to her than to any other in a humbler sphere of life. The fact was that she believed that she had been robbed by one of Mr. Holder's party, who had been at her house, and that, owing to the charge not being taken when preferred by her at the station-house, she became much excited. If she really made use of the low expressions sworn to, such conduct was the effect of excitement, and not to be attributed to defendant having indulged in drink. Mr. BROUGHTON (to Sergeant Pearce)—After the charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct was made, did the defendant make to you a charge of felony against either of the parties in attendance at the station ? Pearce—She did not, Sir. Mr. BROUGHTON, in the course of the remarks which he made upon the evidence adduced, alluded to his having had defendant before him upon a former occasion, and said it was quite clear that drink had made a very great change in her appearance, and that if she was desirous of keeping up the character of a "lady," as she described herself to be, it would be no. cessary for her to reform her conduct altogether. It was in his power to commit her at once to the House Correction, but as the inspecting sergeant had not in the first instance deemed it imperative upon him to lock her up, but gave her an opportunity of going home, and as she had not offered any kind of violence to the police, he should convict her in the penalty of 405., or seven days' imprisonment, f or d run k enness and disorderly conduct in a public street. The fine was immediately paid, and Mrs. Munro made her egress by the front door, through which, prior to the case being called on, she had entered. WORSHIP-STREET. Angus Brown, John Wright, and .Tames .3l'Cor mock, three soldiers of the Royal Horse Artillery, were placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with the following scandalous outrage at the house of Mr. William Syers, a tavern keeper in High street, Shoreditch. Captain Algey, of the division to which the pri soners belong, attended to watch the case, and Mr. Vann, the solicitor, conducted the prosecution. Miss Emma Harrison, a remarkably fine young woman, the daughter of a substantial farmer in Nor folk, and who was painfully agitated and affected while giving her testimony, stated—l am at present staying upon a visit at the house of Mr. Syers, having come up from the country with some friends to see the Exhibition, and at half-past eleven last night I went to bed in the back room on the second floor. I had not been asleep more than two hours when I be came sensible that some other person was present, and upon thoroughly awaking found a man in my bed, lying by my side, with one of hi s arms round my neck, and totally undressed, with the exception of his shirt. This man I can positively swear was the pri soner Brown, whom I had seen, previous to retiring t) rest, in the public parlour of the house, to which he had come in the course of the evening, and I heard him ask if he could he accommodated with beds for three. When I awoke and found his arm round my , neck in the manner I have described, I also saw an - other man standing at the foot of the bed, who had on dark trousers, but no coat. He was one of the other two prisoners, but which I cannot say, but I dis tinctly saw that he had military trousers on. I was dreadfully terrified, and screamed loudly, and, en treating the men for God's sske not to hurt me, sprang out of bed as rapidly as I could. The prisoner Brown leaped out of bed also at the same time, and, running to one of the closets in the room, closed the door, and endeavoured to conceal himself. Mr. Syers, who had been alarmed by my screams, at that mo- _ ment hastened into the room to my assistance, fol lowed by his wife, and Mrs. Syers, suspecting some body was concealed there, went to the closet, and, finding Brown standing there upon some steps, seized him Armly by one of his legs,exclainlitig 41 CQUIOVII; you villain," and the prisoner didlso. Mr. Syers in the meantime returned to the room and secured Brown, expressing his determination to hold him until the police came, and, hearing one o f th e o th er t wo priso ners, who were also present, p r i va t e ly exc l a i m t o his companions, " We are three to one ; let us kill the I hurried out of the room during the struggle which ensued between them, and running in my fright into the bedroom of the witness Collins, concealed myself there in my nightclothes under the bed until the police had effected an entrance and secured the soldiers. The witness added, that she had no conver sation whatever with either of the prisoners previous to the commission of the outrage, and the only time she had been nigh them was once when she handed them some beer at the request of the servant, who was otherwise engaged. Mr. William Syers deposed—l am the landlord of the house in question, where the prisoners last night engaged some beds ; they all returned together about a quarter to one this morning to sleep, and I showed them their beds, which were in one of the attics. About five minutes afterwards one of them came to my room door to ask for a light, which I gave him, and after that saw all three in their room, partially undressed. In a few minutes subsequently I heard loud shrieks in a woman's voice, and on opening mY door I saw one of the prisoners go into his own room, with nothing on but his shirt, and cautiously close the door after him. This I can positively state was not the prisoner Brown, but one of the other two men. I then ran into the last witness's bed-room, from which the screams appeared to ins to have pro ceeded, and found her in great terror, sitting on the side of her bed in her night-dress. On being made acquainted by her with the prisoner's infamous conduct, I hastened out of the house for a police man, and, on returning, almost directly after, saw' my wife pulling Brown out of the closet by the legs. He had nothing on, also, but his nightshirt ; but I laid hold of him, and a violent contest ensued between us, in the course of which both my wife and I were thrown down. I was flung upon the bed by Brown, and held there by the throat until the entrance of the two other prisoners, who likewise caught me by the throat, which they held with such force as to leave the marks of their fingers upon my neck. (The witness here exhibited his neck to the magistrate, and displayed the marks he referred to.) The witness added that in the course of the struggle between them his night-dress was completely' torn into ribands, and the bedstead and other articles of furniture were broken to pieces, the men conduct ing themselves with great determination, and one of them uttering the exclamation about killing him, as they were three to one, before referred to. The men then forcibly dragged him from that bedroom into the one occupied by the witness Collins, where they were at length secured by the police, and where he saw the first witness, Miss Harrison, concealed in great terror beneath the bed. Mr. Henry Collins, the next witness, said—l re' side at Birmingham, but am at present staying at the last witness's house, where I slept last night. I went to bed at twenty minutes past twelve, and was awoke some time after by loud cries of " Murder," in 2 female voice, in a room opposite mine. I got up t° learn the cause of it, and the instant I opened ID" door the first witness, Miss Harrison, rushed in in great terror, and tried to conceal herself. I after wards saw the three prisoners drag Mr. Syers with great violence out of Miss Harrison's room into m ine, where they flung him upon the bed, but the police fortunately came in at the moment and took all three into custody. Stringer, a constable of the City force, deposed to having, with the assistance of two other officers, taken the prisoners into custody, and that upon finding then! in the room o f th e l ast w i tness, Collins, they were al' three more or lass undressed. When called upon for their defence the prisoner B severally expressed the utmost possible contrition for their gross misconduct, which they attributed to the effects of partial intoxication, and entreated the Ma" gistrate to deal leniently with them. Mr. D ' EYNCOURT, however, told them that be con• sidered even th e f u ll es t summary powers w i th w hich i he was invested were w h o ll y i ncommensurate to dee adequately with such an outrage, and he therefore felt it his duty to commit the whole of them for trial. The depositions were thereupon taken by g Hurlstone, the second c l er k, b u t, upon hi s proceeding to read them over, the prisoners (one of whom , Brown, a well-made and handsome-looking fellovrt had been crying convulsively ever since he W 66 placed at the bar, and a pp eare d t o b e completelfd abashed by his degrading position) earnestly en treate, the Magistrate not t o sen d th em f or t r i a l, as it nins b be the inevitable r u i n o f th em , an d t hi s appea l being, seconded by an equa lly earnest one f rom Mr. Syer: and the prosecutrix, Miss Harrison, who seerae" scarcely less affected than Brown himself, and el' pressed great repugnance to being subjected to a se' cond public examination, Mr. D ' EYNCOURT at length said, that in conga" quence of such an earnest appeal from the prosecutrix herself, seconded by the other person most interested? Mr. Syers, and also in consideration of the two prin cipal witnesses residing at such distances as Birminir ham and Norfolk, he felt bound to accede to the course suggested; but in doing so he should mark his sena° of the prisoners' conduct by inflicting upon them th e highest amount o f p ena l ty h e cou ld i mpose . 11° should therefore order the prisoner Brown to pay° penalty of 51. f o r th e aggrava t e d assau l t upon !Lie, young lady, or i n d e f au l t to un d ergo two months' 111;, prisonnaent in the House of C orrec ti on ; a seco nd n" for his attack upon Mr. Syers, or two months more, t c n i commence at the expiration of the first term; 6D each of the other prisoners to pay the full penalty n .5/. each, or in d e fa u lt t o stan d comm i tte d f or t2 41,s months respectively to the House of Correction. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, AUG. 13. STOCK EXCHAKOE.—The market was rather more buoy to-day, and stock was freely di spose d o f . The trans actio!,l/. were—Great Western, Original Shares, 84 3 4—Ditto Nevi Shares, 14LA—Wilts, S meNet, and Weymouth, 44i. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 13. STOCK EXCHANGH.—The market continues dull, withou t alteration in prices, and b us i ness li m i te d . The transsett, were as follow:.—Caledonian, 11 1 4—Great Western, 8 ' Lancashire and Yorkshire, 49X London and North-Westerl Dover, New Qua 22%. rters, 3% p.—Midland, 423 / 4 —South-Eastern $ll MANCHESTER, ALTO. 13. business to-d a y was very/limiter! STOCK EXCHANOK.—The in amount, and prices ra th er l ower. T he transactions 5c...,8 as follow :—East Lancashire, Quarters. 13%—Lancashire Yorkshire, 49—South-Eastern and Dover, 22. BIRMINGHAM, Ana. 13. g STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th e b ro k ers were chiefly engir ed i .b, to-day in the settlement o f th e fortnightly account, , so far as Birmingham was concerned, was extremely LP There were;no transactions reported. 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