The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-09 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 8. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and a Special Jury.) TOPHAM V. PRICE. ',Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The case occupied the whole of the day, and a great number of witnesses were examined on the part of the plaintiff to prove the value of the property on the pre mises at the time of the fire, and to show that the plain tiff was the party interested in the policy, and at nearly yeo Week the case for the plaintiff closed, when The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the defendants, took an objection to the principal plea in the declaration filed by he plaintiff, and contended that it had not been proved n evidence that the plaintiff was really the party in erested. After a desultory and technical discussion between the counsel on both sides, his Lordship allowed the ob jection. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was then proceeding to ad dress the Court and jury for the defence on the other issues upon the record, but having intimated that he also had a great number of witnesses to call, and that pro bably the case for the defence would occupy as long, if not a longer period of time, than that already occupied in the opening on behalf of the plaintiff, the further pro ceedings were adjourned until to-morrow (this day). Mr. Jervis, Mr. James, and Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General, the Solicitor- General, and another Learned Gentleman for the de fendants. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. Hill, the solicitor, appeared on behalf of two in habitants of Lambeth-hill, Doctors'-eommons, to obtain a warrant to apprehend the keeper of a disorderly house in that thoroughfare. He had served notice on Mr. Hodgson, the Superintendent of the City Police, to ap pear and be bound by the Magistrate to prosecute the offender at the next sessions ; and to warrant the Ma gistrate in so binding him the inhabitants were prepared to make oath that they had the necessary evidence to sustain the indictment. He had also given notice to the overseers that he had served notice on the Super intendent of Police, as required by the statute. Mr. Hodgson had not obeyed the notice, by which he had forfeited 201, and the overseers objected to be bound to prosecute. Mr. Ferrer said the overseers did not decline to do their duty, but they prayed for an adjournment for a fortnight, in order that the object might be effected with out anything like the expense of a prosecution, of which the two inhabitants themselves would have to bear their portion. It was a small parish, and it was desirable to avoid great expenses. Upon obtaining a conviction the two inhabitants would be each entitled to a sum of 101. out of the poor rates, but he did not suppose this had stimulated them to take this unusual course, instead of allowing the inquest to present the nuisance to the Court of Aldermen, who would have instituted a pro secution. Mr. Hill said that this reward had no weight with his clients. They had complained to the parochial authori ties, and the nuisance had been permitted to continue for nine months. Finding the law would enable them to suppress the evil at their own will, they had determined to do so, and he saw no reason for permitting the nuisance for another fortnight. Mr. Farrer said be objected to the form of the notice. There was a ward beadle residing in the same parish, and he was the proper person to be bound. By the statute notice was to be given to the constable of the parish or place, or other peace officer of the like nature where there is no constable. Mr. Teague, the chief clerk, thought this was a good objection. Thought the old system of constables, chosen by each precinct or parish, was suspended as long as the p 'lice force was maintained, yet each ward had a beadle, wt:o was sworn as a constable. He was the officer ap parently indicated, and his local knowledge would be advantageous in such proceedings. Mr. Alderman HUNTER said, as a lawyer, his opinion was worth little, but applying his common sense to in terpret the statute, he thought, too, the ward beadle was the proper constable to be bound. Mr. Hill referred to two sections of the City Police Act, to show that the force were clothed with all the powers and functions that appertained to a constable. Mr. Farrer said he had no wish to screen the offen ders, but only to avoid a needless expense. In the ward where he resided such annoyances were always put down in a week. Mr. Alderman Wilson, and all the Common Councilmen went in a body to the house, and gave the party a few hours' notice to quit. If this did iiot suffice, all persons concerned in carrying on the nuisance were instantly proceeded against, and a watch man and lanthorn were placed at the door. Mr. Hill still pressing to go on, Mr. Alderman HUNTER said he would be guided by the City Solicitor. The City Solicitor attended, and having heard the ar guments of the Learned Gentlemen, he said the point raised was of too much importance to be settled hastily, but he thought as a ward was a recognised division of the City. and the ward beadle was a peace officer, he answered the description of constable of the " place." He would write to the parties when he had considered the matter. The parties retired. CLERKEIVWELL. Emma Oldfield,about fifteen years of age, was charged with uttering a counterfeit sixpence. The prisoner, when placed in the dock, wept bitterly. Ann Culpig, barmaid at the Half-moon, Islington, de posed that the prisoner asked for change of sixpence on hat day at two o'clock. Witness gave it to her, when she threw d Avn the sixpence, which bei ng a bad cne, the prisoner was arrested by police-constable Walker, who was in the house at the time. Mr. G REENWOOD.—Did she try to get away ? Wit ness—She did not. I discovered the money was bad directly, and Walker arrested her. The sixpence was handed to the Magistrate. Walker, the constable s said that when arrested, the prisoner said her aunt, who lived at Brompton, had given her the sixpence, on the previous day, and that she did not know it to be bad. She subsequently said hei aunt lived at Bayswater, and "ave a false address. The prisoner, who was crying all the time, when asked for her defence, said her aunt had given it her ; her aunt lived at Brompton. She said Bayswater by mistake to the officer. Mr. GREENWOOD4S Brompton and Bayswater the same place ? Prisoner—Yes, sir. The Clerk—What bridge do you go over to Bromp ton ? _ . _ l'ti.,oner—Over no bridge. The father, a very decent poor man, living in Ford ham's-grove, Lawer-road, Islington, said he had sent his daughter to a neighbour's house on that day, and never was more surprised than when he heard she was in custody. She had been to her aunt's, in Brompton, with her little brother, and the aunt always gave them 6d. each. Mr. GREENWOOD-But how is it that she said her aunt lived at Bayswater ? The father said her aunt had formerly lived there, and that it was a mere mistake on the part of the child. Mr. GREENwoon—But she gave a false address. The father said that was very wrong ; but he sup posed the prisoner was flurried. Walker said the prisoner had attempted to pass the Gd. in a cake shop, but it was refused. Mr. GREENWOOD asked the father whether he was willing to go bail for the prisoner's appearance at this Court on Saturday next, when the Solicitor for the Mint would be in attendance. The father said he was perfectly ready. Mr. GREENWOOD said he would require him to do so to the amount of 201. The Clerk said he did not think the sixpence was a bad one at all. Mr. GREENWOOD —It tastes like a bad one. inspector Thatcher, after examing the coin, said he ielt sure it was a perfectly good one. The Clark—You may . depend upon it, sir, it is a good sixpence ; but I will weigh it. The Cerk accordingly got the scales, put a good six pence into the one, and the coin in question into the other, but it stood the balance and was not found wanting. A person in Court acquainted with mineralogy, said the sixpence was perfectly good. He would have no hesitation whatever in exchanging one of his own for it. Mr. GREENWOOD discharged the poor child, telling her father he must produce her at the Court on Saturday next, if required. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Radbone and James Lloyd were brought before Mr. Maltby for further examination, charged with having stolen a quantity of plate and wearing apparel, from 40, Little Pulteney-street, the property of Mr. Henry Olive, coffee-housekeeper. The evidence against the prisoners mainly depended on the testimony of an intelligent little girl, the daughter of a lodger in the prosecutor's house, and another witness who accidentally recollected seeing the prisoners, in com pany with a third person, come out of the prosecutor's house with a hag and a bundle, on the day of the rob bery. Mr. Olive proved that on Tuesday week he discovered that an upper room in his house had been entered by the help of a skeleton key, and had been robbed of spoons, a gold guard chain, and other valuables, worth about 301., besides a quantity of his own wearing apparel. 11faria Healey said on the day of the robbery she re collected seeing a man go up stairs, and shortly after wards come down, and leave the house with a bundle and a bag in his possession. By the light of the gas lamp she had a perfect view of the man, and she could swear that he was t he p risoner Llo yd. Mr. Robinson, who attended for the prisoners, cross examined this witness, but failed to shake her testimony in any material point. Henry Stevens said he saw Lloyd come rmeober o b uto y f , th w e i; pro secutor's house on t he evening of the blue bag. The prisoner crossed over the street, and joined two men, one of whom was the other prisoner Radbone. Police-sergeant Wells said, from information he re ceived he went to Henry-street, Llampstead- . road, and there saw the prisoner Lloyd , who was immediately re cognised by the girl Maria Healey. On seeing witness, the prisoner attempted to escape , but was stopped and secured. Witness then went into a house where Rad bone lived, and on searching the room found an immense number of skeleton and other keys, and a blue bag ex actly resembling the bag seen in Lloyd's possession on the evening of the robbery. Mr. Robinson contended, as no stolen property was timed to the possession of the prisoners, that there was no case against them, and they ought therefore to be liberated. Mr. Clarkson, who appeared for the prosecution, hoped no magistrate would consent to discharge. parties accused of felony, and clearly identified, merely because the property had been so cleverly concealed as to defy discovery.; Mr. MALTBY said be should remand the prisoners for a few days. Mr. Clarkson said he presumed the remand could only be for the purpose of preparing the depositions, and therefo,re his future attendance would be unnecessary. Ann Cummins, an Irishwoman, was charged by the parish authorities of St. George, Hanover-square, with having deserted her four children in the street, and with having previously stripped them of their clothing fur nished by the parish. Lacy, the messenger of the parish, said the woman's husband had deserted her for some time. The parish had several times taken the woman and her children into the house, and clothed and supported them at the expense of the parish. The practice of the woman was to take her children out of the workhouse, strip them of their clothes, and then leave them in the street. The last occasion on which, the woman so acted was very recent, and the parish had resolved to proceed against her for her misconduct. The children were now in the work house, and well taken care of. The woman said she wanted the parish to find her husband. She denied having sold any of the clothes given to her and her children by the parish, except a flannel petticoat, which she was willing to pay for. Mr. MALTBY sent her to prison for a fortnight. MARYLEBONE. bonnet and cloak on, and asked witness, in case she heard any noise in deceased's room, to look in. Witness said she would. Witness heard no more noise after, though she stood on the landing-place and listened. When Mrs. Gage came she heard her cry out in the room, " Oh, my mother is dead !" Witness did not go into the room but ran for a doctor. Witness had not the presence of mind to ask the prisoner the meaning of the cries she had heard from Mrs. Mundell. The old lady was not accustomed to cry out so. Prisoner had lived three months with deceased. Edward Gage, a private in the Foot Guards, is the husband of Ann Gage. The first time he had any suspicion of murder was on Monday even ing, when he was pulling out the bed-sacking out of the bedstead on to the floor, for the purpose of laying out the body. fle'saw something which he thought was not proper. When the bed was turned over he saw a great deal of wet on the under side of the bed, and two folds of sacking that had been under the bed were wetted through. The upper side of the bed was quite dry, but the sheets, on examination, were found to be wet. The female who laid the deceased out would not touch the body till a surgeon was sent for. Witness went for Mr. Atkinson, but he did not think it necessary for her to go. On Wednesday, about eleven o'clock, they went to see deceased. Prisoner went with them, shuddering, and kissed the corpse, and said, closing her hands, as in the form of supplication, " God knows all !" Prisoner then said she had a 51. note—she was going a shopping. Witness asked her to allow him to go and get change over the way, as the landlord of the house knew him. Prisoner had promised witness the loan of a sovereign. Prisoner refused, and went herself to get change at a public-house (the Blue-coat Boy). She came back and said the gentleman had played a trick on her. She said he had given her a Bank of Elegance note instead of a Bank of England note, and prisoner asked what she should do with it. He bade her go back immediately. Prisoner asked him to go with her. He asked to look at the note. She hesitated, and then gave it to him. The moment he saw it he recog nised it, by two marks of grease, as one he had seen in his mother-in-law's possession. Witness then went home to put on his regimentals to go across the Park with prisoner. Prisoner made excuse that she wanted to go and see the people where she had obtained the note, and on the way proposed to go and see Jim, a soldier in the same company with him. He objected, and they went on, through the Horse Guards, up towards Charing cross, where she fell back on witness's arm, and said she was so ill sho could go no further that day. He said if she could go no further he must get the assistance of a policeman. " Good God!" she said, " don't call a police man; I will try and go further." Witness then assisted her across the road, and she then fell back in his arms. Prisoner said, " I can't keep it no longer. I murdered the poor old lady, and deprived your wife of a good mo ther." Witness had suspicion of her, but did not let prisoner know this. She then caught hold of witness, and asked him to pray for her guilty soul, and forgive her. Witness then called out for a policeman, and gave her in charge. Witness knows the note, and has identified the one produced in Court as the one he had in his hands repeatedly from the deceased. He had asked deceased why she should keep them. " Oh," she said, " they are no harm, and not heavy to carry about." Saw deceased on the Saturday before in good health. • Elizabeth Stevens, 5, Prince's-court, Commercial road, Lambeth, said on Wednesday last, about one o'clock in the afternoon, she was going to Bayswater. She passed the soldier and prisoner in Whitehall, where the latter fell back in his arms, and said, " Oh, I have done it, I have done it, for God's sake pray for my soul." Witness was then asked by the soldier to find a policeman. Mr. Atkinson, surgeon, 16, Armondy-terrace, said he had known the deceased for about two years, when he attended her husband, who was dying. Deceased had not been attended by him. Her health was generally good and her spirits even. Was asked to attend the body twenty minutes past eight o'clock on Monday morning. His assistant, being in the surgery, went. In consequence of what he said, witness went himself a quarter before nine o'clock. On entering the room he found the body on a box two feet and a nalf long; the spine and the back part of the head rested on it. He wished to ascertain whether death had been caused by hanging or strangulation. The cord by this time had been removed. Supposing the deceased had committed suicide, he tried whether the pegs above could have supported her hanging, but they could not. He then examined whether strangulation had' taken place. This he was convinced was the mode of death, for the cord had been passed twice round the neck and tightened from behind, as a part there was left un marked. The two lines were visible round: one-half the neck in front, but on the back only one mark was visible. He found no marks on the bands of deceased made by the strong power requisite to produce the marks on the neck, and he saw no place on which deceased could be suspended. There were scratches on the upper lip, as though done by the deceased in the effort to get air when being suffocated. The cord produced corre sponds with the mark on the neck. Had death come by hanging, the marks, instead of :being horizontal, would have been slanting, and crossing as they did the cacti lege, which is vulgarly called Adam's apple, the deceased might thereby have had power to cry out. From the state of the bed described by Gage, Mr. Atkinson would conclude that deceased had died on the bed. The MAGISTRATE then committed the prisoner to take her trial for the murder of Mrs. Mundell, at the Central Criminal Court. William Daer, who keeps a shop, 8, Queen's-build ings, Knightsbridge, said he found that, for the three past Sundays, his till had been robbed, while himself and his wife were at chapel. He set himself and the police to detect the thief, and for this purpose marked the money left in the till on Saturday night last. He saw the same money in the till five minutes before eleven in the forenoon of Sunday, and missed it immediately after coming from chapel. No one was left in the house ex cept the female servant, nor could any one get into the shop without her leave. Mr. Daer has a moveable par tition which he always put up and fastened on the Satur day night, the door in which was locked with a patent lock, and prevented access to the shop where the till was. On Snnday forenoon the female prisoner was left alone in the house at the hour for worship •, policeman 2 B, being in concert with the complainant, kept ways,b, and saw the stable-boy, William Knigh , come about half-past twelve o'clock and pull the bell. The female prisoner, Mary Maley, admitted him. Mr. Daer, on coming home, was told of what had happened. Both the prisoners were in the house when he went in, and he found upon examination of the till that 14s. 6(1. marked money, and a fourpenny-piece, un marked, were gone. Mary Maloy, on being accused, said she had not gone to the till, and did not have the money. When Knight, who had left the house, was found, the policeman got from him the money in ques tion, besides quantities of candid orange-peel, figs, and citron. The female now admitted having allowed him to take the fruit, but not the money, and showed police. man that the boy got into the shop by taking down one of the boards which line the back of the counter, a mode of entrance not suspected by Mr. Daer. In a drawer in the kitchen, where the female prisoner admitted having secreted some articles, was found some tea and sugar, and in her box a quantity of isinglass and prunes, to• gether with four books, which complainant believed to be his also. The amount taken in all, including the money, might be 18s. Mr. Daer seemed to have had a high opinion of the boy Knight. He had got him from St. George's-school, and during the three years which the prisoner has spent in his service he had never had any occasion to suspect him of anything improper. Both prisoners were committed to take their trial. Jacobus Bordeau, a Frenchman, charged two young prostitutes with stealing his gold watch. One of the girls, he said, met him on Saturday night, and took him to her room, where he was, altogether, three or four hours. Another girl, however, who had a black eye, had come in to the same room, and was em ployed by the Frenchman to go out for some beer with a shilling which he had given her. M. Bordeau said he could talk some English. De girl not wid de black eye cut my guard ; I did not have feeling of it in de moment; she had her arm—(here M. Bordeau threw himself in the attitude of embracing round the neck.) De girl wid de black eye was so long away ; when she came back she was wid four or five men. Ido not know how much (many) de four or five men came into de room, and de front man charged me one shilling for de room. No, I shays ; and do girl widde black eye shays,' You shall pay de shilling for de room, dis is de master ortle room." I shay, I have no shilling, I have but ono crown. De man shay he give me shange, and I give him de crown. He 1 iy down on de table tree sixpences, and shay he had no more, he would go and fash (fetch) more shange. When dat man go out, de next man come forward and put de tree sixpences in his pocket. De girl wid de black eye den shay, " You mustn't stay no longer in de room." I say I shall no go down de stairs till I got my shange. " You may stay," she said, " sho long as you like," and dey all go out. I den feel for my watch, it was away. De man could not take it. The policeman who took them in charge, said, on being called in, he found the girl without the black eye in the room, and took her in charge. She said she had not stolen the watch, it was the other. This other was taken into custody afterwards, but the watch had not been found. The Magistrate remanded them till Monday next, which was duly communicated by the officer in Court to Monsieur in the best French he was master of—that is, in Westminster English, with an additional strain of the voice, and an attitude intimating anxiety to inform the gallant foreigner. Society had both been altered to 10/., and he was unable to give any conjecture by whom the alteration had been made. Mr. Dunning, the secretary to the Bookbinders' Society, proved that at various periods during the Litter end of the year 1844, and the commencement of 1845, he made four payments of 101. to the defendant, as secretary of the Mitcham Club, in repayment of the money that had been advanced by them. In cross-examination, the witness said that the money was advanced to assist the men against their masters during a strike. Mr. Hill then made some further inquiries as to whether a sum of 1,500/. had not been expended for the same object ? but Mr. Humphries objected, and contended that an in quiry of this description was entirely irrelevant, as the magistrates had nothing to do with the question whether the society, or the object for which the money was advanced, was legal or illegal, but the only point at issue was, whether the defendant had embezzled the money or not. The magistrates decided that they should not go into the question of the legality or ille gality of the object for which the money was advanced, but should confine themselves strictly to the question of embezzlement. Mr. Hill then said he should have argued that under the circumstances the bench had no jurisdiction, and that the charge ought not to be entertained, but as the bench were of a contrary opinion, he should not, of course, argue the point. The MAGISTRATES, after a short deliberation, said they thought there was sufficient evidence to warrant them in sending the case for further investigation, but they should take the personal recognizance of the defendant in 401., with two sureties in 201. each, for his appearance at the assizes to answer the charge. Wm. APCarthy, a corporal in the Royal Marines, sta tioned at Deptford, and who was for some time a constable in the D division of police, was brought up in custody, and placed at the bar, charged with having stabbed in the eye with his bayonet a young man named John Muggeridge. Prior to any evidence being gone into, Inspector Tedman handed to the Magistrate a certificate from one of the sur geons at Middlesex Hospital, which set forth that the suf ferer was, owing to a wound inflicted upon him, unable to attend. Wm. Henright was the first witness examined, and his statement was as follows :—I live at 15, Grafton-court. Between nine and ten o'clock last night I was standing at the corner of Girth-passage, and two girls were there, one of whom was named Elisabeth Dibley. Prisoner was there, and he spoke to one of the girls, when Dibley said to her, " If you don't go away, and have nothing to say to him, I'll tell your brother." Upon this the prisoner slapped Dibley 's face, and she returned it ; Muggeridge, the wounded man, came up, and said to the girl, " What's the matter ? Come home with me, and if he follows us we'll chuck him out of the window." Prisoner said, " Will you ?" Muggeridge then repeated the threat, the girl also saying, "So we will." The prisoner then put his hand to his side, and drawing forth his bayonet, made a thrust at Muggeridge, whom he stabbed some where in the head ; he then returned his bayonet to its sheath. Mr. RAP/LIMON—Did he say anything at the period of his making the thrust as you have stated ? Witness. —No, sir, and I don't know for Certain whether he really intended to stab the man or not. When I saw the stab I ran away. Inspector Tedman said the witness told him at the station-house that he saw the prisoner wilfully thrust his bayonet into Muggeridge's eye. He was remanded till Monday next. On Saturday last, a man named Thos. Kent was brought to this Court, charged with having quieted the service of his master, Mr. Brown a baker, carrying on business at No. 7, Chapel-street, Edgware-road, without giving him proper notice. The case was proved ; and The Magistrate told the prisoner that unless he could make his peace with his matter, he should be committed for 14 days. The parties retired into the outer office, but as they could not come to any arrangement, the prisoner was locked up. At five o'clock, the prisoner was conveyed in the van to Clerkenwell, and shortly after his arrival there, he became so ill as to render it necessary to call a surgeon. He was promptly attended to, but in the course of a few hours, he died from the effects of poison, which he had taken on his way to his destination. A phial, marked " poison," was found upon his person. Mr. Chesterton, the Governor of the House of Correc tion came to the Court to-day, and had some conversa tion with Mr. Rawlinson, relative to the particulars con nected with the distressing case. VICTIMISING at SOUTHAMPTON. About a fortnight since, or a few days over that time, a tall ex-military-looking man, about forty -five years of age, with a rubicund countenance, and wearing an espe cially great coat, which even reached to his ankles, honoured Mr. Solomon, of the Railway Hotel, opposite the South-Western Terminus, with his custom. He selected one of the best private rooms, breakfasted, lunched, dined, teaed, and supped its a style which showed he had been used to an epicurean table occasion ally, if not habitually. The landlady, the chambermaid, the waiter, and the boots, were all delighted with the affa bility of " the military gentleman in 21;" while the inge nious cook was proud of the difficulties proposed in his varied orders fur dinner. When a bill of about 12/. had been accumulated in the bar-book, Mr. Solomon thought it advisable to test the military chest, and on Monday last the waiter apprised " the military gentleman in 21," that he had to settle his monthly account with his master, and should be glad of a settlement with him self. " Certainly," said the military gentleman ; " send your master to me." Mr. Solomon,jun., presented him self and the account at the same time, upon which the military gentleman took out his cheque-book, and drew one for 201. on Coutts's Bank, looking as if he expected to receive the change. On the son giving the cheque to the father, the latter proceeded to " No. 21" himself, and explained to its military occupant that it was dated Southampton, and being out of the London boundary for drawing cheques on London houses, was not legal. The military gentleman apologised for the error and drew another, dated London, signing his name " Keith An drews." He subsequently asked the waiter for the change, but Mr. Solomon happened, unfortunately, to be quite out of change at the moment. Mr. S. sent the cheque up by the mail train at night, desiring the messenger to apply at nine precisely at Coutts's, and if the cheque was dishonoured to send a message by telegraph from Nine Elms, apprising him of the fact. The cheque was presented, and the messenger informed that the party had no account, and that cheques had been palmed off by a military gentleman of the same name, upon (among other victims) the host of the Bedford Hotel, Covent-garden. The messenger proceeded to the Nine Elms station, delivered his message, and came down in due course himself. Mr. Solomon was waiting soon after nine at the Southampton station for a com munication, but as no one came, he felt assured that all was right. Still his change did not come in so fast as to make him press the difference upon Mr. Keith Andrews till his messenger should arrive. Mr. Keith Andrews, howevtr, did not press it. as he was going to pay an hour or two's visit to Cowes, and desiring a fly to be sent for, ordered dinner, which among other things embraced a roast duck, which he desired might be seasoned accord ing to his particular directions, as a former one had not been so piquantly flavoured in that regard as he could have wished. Having got into the fly, he left ; but a sort of misgiving came over the chambermaid on disco vering that Mr. Keith Andrews had taken away his hair-brush and comb, two shirts, and a Russia leather case, which formed the whole of his camp and domestic equipage. Mr. Solomon rushed to the railway—still there was no communication—for the simple, but most unfor tunate reason, that the wires were out of order, or some disarrangement or accident had taken place that day—though, for aught we know for the first time. The arrival of his messenger soon explained the mys tery ;—the stranger did not return to his exquisitely seasoned duck. The next day Mr. Solomon received a letter from Mr. Keith Andrews, dated Southampton, but with the Winchester post-mark on it, in which the writer begged Mr. Solomon's pardon, and to acknow ledge he had no account at Coutts'a—but he had drawn on them at his son's request—(having an assortment of cheque-books, of course), asking Mr. Solomon to keep the little affair secret, as he should be in Southampton again in about a week's time, and would call and settle. Of course such a request, if complied with, would save the military gentleman the immedate search of the po lice.—Hampshire Advel tiser. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVINII!TG, DECEMBER •, 1848. REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. BRITISH. Sensitive as all parties have become by the constant rumours of intended, alterations, the first shot on Thursday made a great impression. The way in which the attack was followed up was certainly not calculated to weaken the belief that, by some means or other, the Times had become possessed of information respecting the doings at the late frequent meetings of the Cabinet Council ; the subsequent announcement in the Standard gave rise to hope, but did not allay fear ; and up to the present moment the utmost doubt and uncertainty are felt. In this state of affairs, the regular course of trade has been interrupted ; and so averse are all parties to enter into fresh engagements whilst the important point re mains undecided, that business in corn has been com pletely paralysed. At the principal provincial markets the effect has been quite as serious as at Mark-lane ; and so shaken is public confidence in the present Ministry, that nothing can now be expected to put the trade on a sound footing, except an official denial of the statements referred to. Even before this new source of uneasiness came into play, the going over of Lord John Russell and Lord Morpeth to the League had male some impression on the minds of holders of wheat, and the somewhat firm tone which cha racterised the trade last week was not maintained, busi ness being decidedly dull at several of the leading mar kets held on Tuesday and Wednesday. The reports from Liverpool, of Tuesday, informed us that sellers had begun to manifest a greater desire to realise; whilst purchasers had displayed less inclination to add to their stock. Wheat, consequently, fell id. to to 2d. per Nibs., flour Is. per sack, meal Is. per load; whilst prices of spring corn and pulse had also a down ward tendency on that day. Later in the week the depression was materially increased by the news from London, and on Friday business was at a complete stand. From most of the other influential towns the advices are of a similar character; and the well-grounded calcu lations of an advance in the value of agricultural pro duce have been for the present wholly upset by the mere possibility of a legislative interference with the existing state of things. Under there circumstances it may not be altogether useless to enter into an examination of the probable con sequences of a repeal of the corn-laws; we do not mean the ultimate, but the immediate consequences. The first point for consideration is, whether the abolition of the duty would cause a larger present importation (the presumption of which has unquestionably been the main reason of the depression in prices). We think it will not require very subtle reasoning to prove that, so far from increasing the foreign supplies, the first effect must be to throw greater difficulties in the way of our ob taining wheat from abroad, should we really need it. When, some weeks ago, it was currently rumoured that the British Government were about to issue an order in Council to admit foreign corn free, prices imme diately advanced materially all over the Continent, and we have no hesitation in asserting that the same effect will be produced on the markets abroad by the late accounts from thence. The orders which may have been sent out will therefore remain unexecuted ; mean while the time is fast approaching when frost must put a stop to shipments from the Baltic, and until the spring we cannot reasonably calculate on receiving any quan tity from that quarter beyond that already bought. In the Mediterranean the only ports at which there are any available stocks of moment are Marseilles and Leghorn, at both of which places prices were previously too high, as compared with quotations here, to :tempt our mer chants. The prospect of a free trade with England would be quite as sure to raise the value of the com modity there as elsewhere; and though shipments might be made from thence throughout the winter, we feel fully satisfied that in the first instance holders of wheat would demand such extravagant rates as greatly to en hance the difficulties of obtaining large supplies. From Canada nothing beyond what is now on passage can be expected till next summer ; and by the latest accounts from the United States we learn that flour had risen, on the strength of the supposition that England would buy largely, to fully the value of the article here. Whatever therefore, might be the ultimate effect on prices of agri cultural produce, a present repeal of the corn-laws would certainly not lessen the evils of scarcity and high prices which the agitators for a repeal pretend to dread ; and we would caution farmers not to be led away by a sense less panic to sacrifice their property through needless alarm. Contrary to what is customary just before Christmas, when farmers generally require cash for a variety of purposes, and therefore send supplies to market freely, the arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been very small this week, only 3,284 quarters having been reported up to this (Saturday) evening. The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane by land car riage samples from the home counties has also been trivial; notwithstanding which the trade has remained in a very quiet state. Of the few runs shown on Wed nesday on the Essex and Suffolk stands —(from Kent there was literally nothing offering)—only the best par cels could be placed at Monday's currency; and as fac tors were not inclined to accept less money for the ordi nary kinds, the extent of business transacted was unim portant. On Friday it would have been impossible to have sold even by submitting to a material reduction; and as holders did not place sufficient credence in asser tions to deem themselves warranted in accepting less money, business was at a perfect stand. Holders of free foreign wheat have also, up to the present, remained firm, and being unwilling to take the reduced rates, at which alone progress could have been made in the dis posal of the article, scarcely a bargain was closed either on Wednesday or Friday. So far from speculation in bonded wheat having ken increased by the rumours of an intended alteration in the laws, the reverse has been the case; importers have been induced thereby to insist on higher terms, which, however, they have found it impossible to realise, and even less has been done in the article this than the preceding week. Flour has become very difficult of disposal, and, though no variation has occurred in quotations of town-mane facturei, country-made flour might have been bought on rather easier terms at the close than in the commence ment of the week. The arrivals of barloy have been quite moderate, and the best malting qualities have been taken off at about the currency of Monday last ; secondary and inferior sorts have moved off somewhat tardily, still previous prices have been nearly supported. The transactions in matt have been on quite a retail scale, and the value of the article has remained nomi nally unaltered. The market has been rather sparingly supplied with oats, and of the 16,464 quarters reported, a considerable proportion came to hand previous to Monday's market. There has, nevertheless, been a plentiful show of samples at Mark-lane, a large quantity of the abundant supply re ceived from Ireland last month still remaining unsold. O❑ Wednesday it was difficult to induce the dealers to con tinue theeir purchases at Monday's reduction, and to have sold largely on Friday a further decline must have been submitted to. It is now pretty certain that the duty on this grain will not fall below the present rate 3s. per quarter—but whether the bonded stocks will be entered for home consumption whilst there is a chance of the corn•laws being altered is questionable. Beans and peas have come to hand sparingly, and no variation requiring notice has occurred in prices of these articles since the beginning of the week. FOREIGN. By the most recent accounts from the principal Baltic ports we learn that, under the belief that no immediate alteration in the corn•laws was contemplated by our Government, much of the excitement by which the grain trade had been characterised in the early part of the month of November had subsided ; and though the smallness of the stocks had caused holders to remain pretty firm, the tendency of prices had been decidedly downwards. Letters from Dantaic of the 29th ult. state that, though an abatement of 2s. to 5a per qr. had been sub mitted to, comparatively little business had been done during the week ; the latest sales had been at from 545. to 575. for fine high mixed qualities, and fair mixed had sold at from 51s. to 535. per qr., free on board. It was estimated that the stock in granary at that port con sisted of about 200,000 qrs., comprising all descriptions 4a01cf22 November, quality a d 02 1 un t y dg ; but it . was nCit expecied thit supplies of any importance would come forward from Poland, as the greatest scarcity was said to prevail both in the upper and lower districts. At Warsaw prices were actually higher than at Dantzie, wheat being worth 578., and rye 455. per qr. at that place. The accounts from Konigsberg are of much the same character as before, and there seems little chance of that port ha q v irnt anywere esgraintm wheat,a te d t o a held esparel3do,aotfooforr from qrs., r i s p s 7 2,ysr e .oeh n ftl i t aog . wt h6iyho T teishel. h yhep e r eeen much higher about uci t s i car r hy. e , stock of corn in granary there was, at the close of to pricesquality. ef barleyßye was n d e q o u a a t l s l higher than in the British markets. At the Lower Baltic ports fair supplies were, we are informed, beginning to be brought forward by the farmers, which, with the somewhat dull reports from hence, had rendered sellers a little more reasonable in their pretensions. bhysAtot orders h ß draae o ovlr s lefsi t e oc thdfher k goet , on ml fineasB2Silesia, s boughtt crop fis qualities freeon described es of rhi be wheat ,eardda, sa might, very r g o3 h s. .t, to 51 o n fine.t e; thels quality t i Letters from St e tti n , o f th e 26 t h an d 29th, s t a t e th a t renewed activity h a d b een i m p ar t e d to th e gr a in trade, 0525. anocid. perthat q p r. rices of wheat had again At Hamburgh, on the 2d, the demand for wheat was less active than the previous post day ; a few further purchases had, however, been made for shipment. For good soi to 611bs. red Seale, 525. 3d. per qr. free on board had been paid, and corresponding rates for other descriptions. For spring shipments little or nothing had been done. The advises from the Mediterranean are not so lively this week, the news that no order in Council for the free importation of grain had been, or was likely to be, issued by the British Government, having greatly checked the disposition to speculate. .At Marseilles, on the 29th of November, business was decidedly dull, and fine Polish Odes: a, weighing 611 to 621b5., might have been bought at 435. 6d. to 445. per qr. free on board. Freight to England was, however, 7s. 6d. to 7s. 9d. per qr. At Odessa, on the sth ult., great excitement continued to prevail, and the price of wheat had actually been driven up there 40s. per qr. free on board.—Mar k- lane Express. ACCIDENT TO TIIE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE MAlL—Yesterday (Friday) morning, as the Lancaster and Carlisle mail was coming down the hill on the other side of Farleton, on its way to Kendal, one of the wheels came off, and the horses were thrown to the ground. Fortunately the coach was not upset, but remained on the three wheels, and the passengers sustained no injury. The bags were forwarded to Kendal in a post-chaise, which was procured with all speed from Burton, and the passengers were conveyed on wards in a carriage from the same place.— Westmoreland Gazette. CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN INDIA. (From the Manchester Guardian.) We are exceedingly glad to be enabled to communi sate to our readers some facts of a very encouraging nature, derived from the report of a deputation from the Manchester Commercial Association, appointed to confer with the Directors of the East India Company, on the importance of an increased and improved supply of cotton from India. The deputation consisted of the Chairman of the Association, James Aspinall Turner, Esq.; Wil liam Steuart, Esq. ; James Atherton, Esq. ; and John Peel, Esq.; and we learn from their report, made to the Directors of the Commercial Association on Thursday last, that having obtained an appointment with Sir Henry Willock, the chairman, and Mr. Hogg, the deputy-chair man, of the Court of Directors, they waited upon these gen tlemen at the East India House on the 28th ult., and were received by them in a manner which showed the import ance attached by the Court to the object of their mission. The deputation, after referring to the interest manifested about five years ago by the East India Company in the improved cultivation of cotton, and the visits made by the chairman, deputy-chairman, and other members of the Court, to Liverpool and Manchester, for the pur pose of obtaining information on the subject, expressed their full belief that that interest continued unabated ; but observed, that they could not help expressing some disappointment that so long a period had elapsed without any appearance of the expected improvement, as the cotton imported from India was as detective as ever, both in quality and cleanliness. They observed that this dis appointment was strongly felt in the manufacturing district, more especially at the present time, owing to the critical position of our relations with the United States. After pointing out at some length the deficiency in the staple of the different varieties of East India cotton, which were illustrated by samples, and adverting to the loss and inconvenience sustained by cotton spin ners from the dirty and unmerchantablo state in which East India cotton was too frequently received in this country, the deputation expressed a desire to obtain in formation as to the prospects of an improved culture of cotton in India, and to be favoured with the opinion of the Court of Directors as to the ultimate success of the efforts which they understood to have been used for that purpose. The Ceraiamart, in reply, expressed his satisfaction that the deputation had done the Court of Directors the justice to believe, that their attention and efforts had already been directed to the important subject of im proving and extending cotton cultivation in India. He assured the deputation that the Court was fully aware of the importance of this subject both to this country and to India, and that their continued efforts might be fully de pended on. He begged to remind the deputation, that the East India Company were prevented now by law from becoming either cultivators of the soil, or from engaging in mercantile transactions ; that such occupa tions and undertakings must be conducted by private capital and industry, aided and encouraged by the Com pany ; that the Company had not ceased, by all the means in their power, to foster and promote such im provements as were practicable. That they had sent out, at considerable expense to themselves, persons competent to conduct experimental farms, and to in struct the native population in the better cultivation and cleaning of their cotton; that they have provided a great number of machines which had been lent to the natives; that large quantities of uncleaned cotton had been pur chased from the growers, and resold to them, after hav ing been cleaned by the Company's machines, in order to encourage them to procure and to use such machines themselves. That the culture of cotton from American seed had been carried on to a considerable extent; and although it appeared that such cotton deteriorated in quality in the Bengal and Madras districts, owing to the want of a proper degree of moisture (an evil, however, which might probably be remedied by proper irrigation), it had been found that on planting the same seed i❑ the Dharwar district, the cotton produced retained its American character ; and that, moreover, the seed raised from the plant grown in that district produced cotton better than even that produced from the Ame rican seed originally planted. That it had been ascer tained, that this district of Dharwar was admirably suited for the culture of cotton from American seed ; that the climate there had been compared with the dis trict of the Mississippi ; that a very large surface of land was available for the purpose ; and that, at the pre sent time, upwards of 15,000 acres were under cultiva tion, and producing cotton of superior quality. That it appeared that this cotton being found to be of so su perior a quality to that usually grown, was eagerly pur chased by the native manufacturers, and that conse quently little of it comparatively had yet found its way to this country. Anxious, however, that the English spinners should have an opportunity of fairly testing its qualities in comparison with American cotton, the Court of Directors had sent out orders that 5,000 bales of the best and cleanest cotton which could be procured, should be purchased in each of the three presidencies, and shipped to this country. The deputation were reminded that all that came within the province of the Company was to foster and encourage the efforts of others ; and this they were most anxious to do, being per fectly aware of the importance of the object, both to this country and even more to India, inasmuch as success must very materially increase the revenues of the Com pany. It was recommended, that enterprising men in Manchester should turn their attention to the subject ; that they should form establishments for buying the cotton from the natives, cleaning and exporting it to this country ; and the chairman felt confident that more would be accomplished by Manchester heads and Man chester cash than anything that could be done by the Court of Directors. Various samples of cotton were exhibited, to show the progress which had been made, both in improving the quality of sutton grown in India, and in the mode of cleaning it. Those samples, which were grown in Madras and Bengal, had the same short and tender staple which has always characterised the cotton im ported from those districts ; whereas the samples grown in the Dharwar district, from American seed, were very superior, as were also some samples of indigenous cotton, grown also in Dharwar ; and to whatever extent such cotton can be produced, the deputation feel no doubt, it would form a substitute fur a similar quantity of middling and fair American cotton. The CHAIRMAN, in conclusion, intimated to the depu tation, that the Court of Directors would be glad to communicate again with the Manchester Commercial Association, and to give attention to any information or suggestions which might be brought before them on this important subject. During the interview, the chairman and deputy chairman of the Court of Directors were attended by their secretary, Mr. Melvill, and the botanist of the Company, Dr. Royle, both of whom showed an intimate acquaintance with the cultivation of cotton in India. Dr. Royle. in particular, is well known to have paid great attention to the subject, and he has since trans mitted to the deputation a report upon the progress of improved cultivation in India, which was read at the interview with the chairman and deputy-chairman of the East India Company, which we are enabled to subjoin, and which, though it repeats, to seine extent, the statements of the chairman, will be interesting to many of our readers:— OBSERVATIONS ON THE COTTON EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA, BY DR. ROYLE. The experiments on the culture of the American cot ton in India, and of the native cotton, according to the American method, as well as on the cleaning of cotton with American gins, were commenced in 1840 by ten American planters ; three of whom, however, very shortly gave up their engagement. The experiments on the cleaning of cotton seems to have been completely successful, as the work was done effectively, quickly, and cheaply, with very little injury to the staple, as is evident by the reports of brokers, and by the prices at which the cotton was sold at Liverpool. The native weavers also bought the native cotton at an increased price, as more valuable to them on account of its cleanness, &e. Groups of gins established in favourable situations would aff ird a large supply of very good cotton for the English manufacturer, and the undertaking would yield a good profit, especially if the same parties could ex port it. The culture of American cotton in India has not been so successful. It failed in the northern part of the Ben gal presidency from two very dry seasons, and also from the general dryness of the soil and climate at particular times ; and apparently owing to the American planters not employing irrigation at these times, as is done in the similar climate of Egypt. The culture of American cotton failed at Broach and at Goruckpore and Rungpore, from the excessive heat and dryness of the weather immediately the rains ceased, that is, late in September and early in October ; like wise from the depredations of innumerable insects. But even in these situations, the cotton plants recovered themselves and yielded some cotton, It is probable that a little irrigation, even at the end of September or be ginning of October, might save the plants, by enabling them to support the enormous evaporation caused by the great dryness. Too much moisture, however, causes the plants to run too much into leaf. In all these situations the culture of the native cot ton was much improved by the partial adoption of the American method, that is, as far as suitable to the cli mate. The planters on the Bengal side considered the cultivation as susceptible of great improvement. On the Bombay side the native culture is more, indeed by some highly, approved of. Mr. Mercer states that the cotton of Centrallndia is generally of good quality, and some of it long in staple, when grown in good black lands. It requires only more careful picking, cleaning, and packing. At Coimbatore, though the climate is not altogether favourable, the culture of American cotton has now pro ceeded for some years, and though with occasional draw backs, yet upon the whole with success. The draw backs have been a few storms and occasional droughts ; but cotton, which has been highly approved of by Man chester manufacturers, has been produced ; and Dr. Wight, the superintendent, is of opinion that he can carry on the culture with profit. Complete success has, however, only attended the ex perimental culture of liharw•ar, and it is remarkable that some of the best American cotton was produced here in 1834 (the specimens are still in the India (louse, and were seen by Mr. Mercer and other planters when in London), showing that there must be some permanent cause for this uniform effect. The cause is no doubt the climate, which Mr. Mercer says is more like the Missis sippi climate than any he has been in in India. The elevation (being above the Ghauts) modifies the climate, which also feels the influence of both monsoons and rains, so that it never becomes excessively dry, and is never inundated with too much rain, as the force of the moonsoon is broken on the Ghauts or mountain ous range. The culture of American cotton has here been yearly increasing in quantity, from 600 acres the first year (1842), to, it is calculated, 15,000 acres this year, when Mr. Mercer thinks that not less LAMBETH. Selina Stanfield, a young woman, whose manner and language indicated her having had a liberal education, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with having made two desperate attempts to destroy herself, by swallowing on each occasion a large dose of audanum. From the evidence, which had been taken at some length, it appeared that the prisoner resided with two of her brothers, at 17, Webber-street, Lambeth, and the latter had treated her so indifferently that, on Wednes day last, she took one dose of poison, and on Saturday morning another. The last dose was so powerful, that she must certainly have lost her life, had not the stomach pump been effectually used at the station-house. Mrs. Garrett. the landlady of the house, deposed that though the brothers of the prisoner earned as much as fifteen guineas a week each, they occupied a room in her house, for which they only paid 2s. a week, and they so neglected the prisoner, that she, the landlady, was obliged to allow her, from a feeling of humanity, to sleep sleep upon a sofa, without charging her anything for it. The prisoner said her father was the principal civil engineer in her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth, and in the receipt of an income of from 6001. to 7001. a-year. About two years ago her father married a second wife, and not wishing, she supposed, to have them at home with their stepmother, he sent her and her sister to live with a person at Greenwich, where they remained for some time, their father paying forty guineas a-year each for their board and lodging. This he, however, con sidered too expensive, and refused to pay it any longer ; and the consequence was, that they were obliged to leave. They then dame to town, and by their needles, and by the occasional assistance of their father, they were enabled to make out a scanty existence. Her sister soon after became an inmate of the Female Asylum, in Pentonville, and she, the prisoner, struggled on as well as she could—her father and brother, who held a lucra tive situation in the Southampton Docks, giving her a trifle now and then to assist her to pay her rent. Latterly, however, her father discontinued his gifts, and the consequence was, that she was left solely to herself, and endeavoured to maintain herself by stay stitching, but so wretched was the pay for such work, namely, fourpence a pair for stays which took her eight hours to do, that she had made up her mind to do no more at it, and told the person who supplied her with them so, on taking the last parcel. Mr. HENRY—Is it true that you took laudanum on Wednesday last? Prisoner—lt is true, sir. Mr. HENRY—Where did you procure the laudanum on that occasion? Prisoner—l got two pennyworth at a shop in the Blackfriars-road, and one pennyworth at a druggists in the New-cut. Mr. HENRY—What did you say you wanted it for? Prisoner—l said it was for a person who had a tooth ache.' Mr. HENRY—Where did you get the laudanum on Saturday, at the same places? Prisoner—l got two pennyworth at one of the places where I got a penny worth on the Wednesday, and the person who served me jokingly asked me how my friend's tooth-ache was, and then served me; the other two pennyworth I got at another shop. After some further proceedings, Mr. HENRY remanded the prisoner, to give time for communication being made to her father, and with a view of something being done for her. QUEEN-SQUARE. MURDER OF MRS. MUNDELL.—This case was brought before the Coroner's Court last week, when a verdict was given that deceased had committed suicide. Sus picions, however, fell upon a young woman, now in custody, Martha R, owning, who, it seems, had been living with the deceased at the time of her death. Further inquiry confirmed the suspicion of murder, and the manner and language of the prisoner were of a character such as allows little room for doubt who has been guilty of the deed. The facts need not be detailed, as they will appear in evidence. The prisoner was brought up before Mr. Bond on Wednesday last, and remanded till yesterday, when she was again brought into Court. The prisoner is a good-looking young woman, of poor condition. She seems to labour under the deepest agony. She had to be lifted on both occasions into the dock, where she was accommodated with a chair. Throughout the examination yesterday she continued in a reclining posture, her eyes shut, her features deadly pale, seemingly unconscious of what was going on. Her breast displayed marks such as might have been in flicted by herself in the agony of despair. The first witness called to-day was Ann Gage, the daughter of the deceased. Her evidence last week was read over to her, which she again confirmed, She said she lives at 11, Rochester-street, Rochester-row. She knows the prisoner, who has lived with her mother for the last three months. It was on Monday morning last that she came to witness's room, and said her mother had had a fit, and screamed out " Murder, mur der !" She (prisoner) said no person had gone into the room, for the door was locked. Witness rose from bed and went to deceased's lodgings. When she went into the room she looked into the bed, and found that empty, but afterwards saw deceased lying on a box. A. rope was fastened twice round the throat of deceased, and her mother was then quite dead. Since the inquest they had had reason, from the prisoner's manner and conduct, to suspect her. On Tuesday morning prisoner had asked her to go with her to the corner of Bedford-street, Covent-garden, where she expected to get some money. Witness went with her to near the place, when she was left by the prisoner for a time. Prisoner, when she came back, said she had got a 5/. note. Next morning prisoner went over to the " Blue-coat Boy " public-house to get change of the note, but when she returned to witness's house she said the gentleman had played a trick upon her by giving her a Bank of Elegance note. Wit ness's husband, on this, wished to see the note, and prisoner, after waiting a moment as if unwilling, gave it to him. That note had marks of grease on it. The note produced in Court is the same. Her husband, upon seeing it, said to witness, " Your mother had two notes like that." Witness had often seen them, and one of those notes was marked with two spots of grease. , Mary Cheshire said she lives at 1, Providence-row, L Brewers-green, in the same house with the deceased. On the night of the murder she was awakend by the cry of " Murder, murder." She knows it was Mrs. Mundell's voice. Before witness could get up, she heard deceased cry again, " What are you doing to me? what are you doi ng to me?" She went and knocked at the door of deceased's room, but received no answer. Knocked again, and after a time the prisoner said, in a ow voice, 6 Nothing i s th e matter." She is certain the prisoner was the party who made answer. She tried the door but found it locked, when she returned to her bed. She had not been thero more than half an hour when she heard deceased's room door un locked and some one knock at hers. Sh e ca ll e d out, "Come in," and the prisoner, with a bundle of fire -wood in her hand, came into her room, and said the old lady i s very poorly. Witness answered, 4 `lfsheis very poorly, g o for her daughter." After a little time she said she would, and went out. prisoner came in again with her CROYDON. At the meeting of the Croydon bench of magistrates on Saturday, a person of respectable appearance, named James Tompson, who formerly filled the office of secre tary to the Mitcham Block-Printers' Benefit Society, was charged with having unlawfully embezzled and secreted 301., the moneys of the society. The case caused a great deal of interest on account of the circumstances connected with it, and also from the fact of one of the grounds of defence set up being, that the money had been originally advanced by the Block- Printers' Society to the Bookbinders' Society in London for an illegal abject, viz., to support the men during a strike against their masters. Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, appeared in support of the charge, and Mr. Hill attended on bi half of the de fendant. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that in the year 1839 the Mitcham Society lent two sums of 201. to the Bookbinders' Society, and this loan re mained outstanding until the year 1844, when it was repaid in four sums of 101. each, and at this period it appeared that the defendant acted as secretary and treasurer to the association, and it was alleged that he had only accounted for one of these sums of 101., and had appropriated the remaining 301. to his own use. Mr. Wade, who acted as secretary at the period when the sum was advanced, proved that fact, and he likewise stated that the entries of the advance of the two sums of 201. whiah were made on the books of the Mitcham SHIPWRECK AT SCILLY. By the arrival in Penzance last evening from Scilly, of the Lionesse, Captain Tregarthen, we have intelli gence of another of those disasters on the rocks of Scilly, which call louder and more emphatically than words can express, upon the Trinity Board, and ask the question—Where is the long-talked of and greatly needed lighthouse on the Bishop Rock ? but, alas, echo answers—where ? It appears that on Monday last, the Ist instant, about four A.M., the barque John Esdale, Captain Jackson, laden with deals from Green Island, bound to London, struck upon the western rocks of Scilly, and soon be came water-logged ; when the masts were cut away, and the vessel drifted out to sea. About seven A. 3/. s h e was discovered to the south-west of th Agnes, and shortly afterwards boarded Islandtheardedby ofS. t pilot-boats belonging to Scilly, four of which took the barque in tow, and suc ceeded in getting her into " Smith's Sound," where she is now lying at anchor, but most of her cargo has floated out, and the ship's bottom is supposed to be nearly gone. Captain Jackson and his crew were landed at St. Mary's in the afternoon, and arrived at this port in the Lionesse. Happily, in this instance, the lives of the men were preserved—but the crew of the next ship that may strike upon these terribly dangerous reefs may not be so fortunate ; and is not a single life of more value than the cost to the public of the erection of a light house? Verily the members of the Trinity Board must either be the most apathetic set of men under heaven, or they can care little for human sacrifice. Here is a group of islands — situat e at the entrance of the British undeayseesehe first British cases, rendered im t of a beacon to direct I C na h inn a de n n, n , t e ry l , a a dd n ae ( n ! g w be - h c u hick mf a r r eo e wm , a i r n t dh -emb wantoan the mariner, and apprise him of his danger, and we ven ture to assert that the absence of a light has caused hundreds of poor sailors to meet a watery grave, by their vessels being suddenly brought up by the rocks re ferred to, and swallowed in the foaming billows of the Atlantic, and thus amid the ecstacy of soon meeting their relatives and friends, have the poor fellows been hur ried, it may be unprepared, into the presence of their Creator. Could the bitterness, the woe, the wailings of the poor widow and orphan reach the ears of the mem bers of the Trinity Board, we think they would lose no time in issuing orders for the erection of what ought to have stood upon the Bishop Rock at Scilly long ago— namely, a lighthouse. Let us hope that our weak effort to arouse the atten tion of that Board may not be altogether in vain ; and that ere long we may have the satisfaction of announc ing that a commencement of the work has taken place. —Penzance Gazette. PRACTICAL SOLUTION OF THE RAILWAY DE POSIT DIFFICULTY.—The subject of the railway deposits has, for some time, and very justly, occupied the attention of the public, and of the moneyed interest, in relation to the dis turbances in the currency that would be necessarily excited were the large sums required to be lodged in the Court of Chancery to be suddenly withdrawn from general circulation. A practical solution of this difficulty has, however, been hit upon by the managers of the Irish Great Western (Dublin to Galway) Railway, which, if generally and judiciously put into operation, will much diminish the ex pected embarrassment of the money market. The Company to which we refer yesterday transferred the large sum of 81,0001. (being the deposit of ten per cent. on their capital required by the standing orders of Parliament), to the ac count of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery. In pursuance of an application from the Provisional Com mittee to the Court, the whole of this money is now in course of gradual investment in Government Stock. By avoiding hurry in this latter operation, it is obvious that the entire of the deposit will, in this case, be returned into the general circulation of the country without being productive of any derangement whatsoever of currency or credit. We trust other bona fide companies may profit bv this example, -end thereby at once show the best evidence of their own sta bility, and do what in them lies to remedy the mischiefs of the railway mania.—Dublin Evening Mail. SUPPOSED MURDER.—Ann Meyriek, the wife of John :Myrick, a young woman, aged tw ent y -three, was, on Tuesday morning last, drawn from the Merthyr and Cardiff Canal, quite dead. On being taken out of the water, the body bled profusely; and upon some examination the blood was found to issue from several frightful gashes on the lower part of her person ; and the bank of the canal was literally covered with blood from the place where she was taken out to an old archway crossing the canal, a distance of forty yards. There is reason to believe that she was mutilated in the shade of the arch, and that a struggle ensued between the victim and murderer along the banks of the canal leading to wards her home, ending in the plunging of the unfortunate being into the canal. There is no positive evidence to the commission of the deed, As far as we have been able to ascertain, the following is all that the authorities are yet assessed of, which it will he seen is purely circumstantial. The unfortunate victim of brutality was last seen at one o'clock on Tuesday morning, when, in company with her husband, she left the Heathcock Tavern, both being at the time quite intoxicated. He was seen coming home about that time alone. In the morning he was found asleep in his own house, his head resting upon a table, and he had evi dently not been to bed. He affected not to know what had become of his wife; and stated, that on their way home he had turned one side, while she went another, and he had not seen her since, until she was drawn out of the canal. This is his statement. So much suspicion, however, attaches it self to him that he was secured and taken into custody.— Monmouthshire .21ferlin. THE ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAYS.—The deposits of 21. 2s. per share are offered to be returned, minus 2s. for ex penses—a very equitable offer.—Hampshire Advertiser. than a million of pounds of American cotton will bi produced. The culture has been taken up by the ns" Lives, who find it more profitab'e than any other,,6'3 they get more of it per acre, and obtain a higher Pr:ee for it, without extra expense in culture. The seed, in stead of deteriorating, seems to Mr. Mercer to impro v e; and :o re-assume more of its Mexican c haracter, an; he has no doubt of the complete success and extencleu culture of American cotton in this district, especial l Y a few of the natives have bought and are using t. a American gins. It only requires capital to be aP,Plit to it by those interested in the improvemen t and tension of cotton culture in India. As the climate Dharwar is favourable, there is no doubt that ther e is much of very similar climate throughout Central Indio, where so much cotton is already grown by the natives! and which tract the present experiments seem to ha" avoided, for the sake of keeping near water carriage* The favourable soil and climate may be found in variou s parts of the Souther Mahratta country—Deccan. Cl 2. deish, the territories of Nagpore and Hyderabad, ere tending almost to Cuttack and to Bundlecund , the Ghauts, an dto Malwa. Guaerat may also be e l vourable. Hence there is ample space for the c ontinue' almost unlimited extension of cotton culture in Indio. WELSH RAILWAYS. With regard to the Welsh railways, we believe Iv? may say that all the lines whose surveys were in 3 fort; ward state have succeeded in depositing their p l a ns time. In Carmarthen the Clerks of the Peace have t l ; ccived lans, sections, and book of references of South Wales, Great North and South and Worcest,ei; Welsh Midland, Carmarthen Mineral, and Welsh land Continuion to Cardigan. The plans, &c., of the following projected were d, posited at the office of the Clerk of the P ence, : the county of Pembroke, at Haverfordwest, on Sin", night, after eight o'clock :—Welsh Midland, Great Nor' , and South Wales and Worcester, Milford and ila ve n l fordwest, Saundersfoot and Tenby, South Wales; :1 0 the plans, &c., relating to the two following wer e t he deposited at the office of the Clerk of the Peac e for r town and county of Haverfordwest—Milford an d Osve fordwest, South Wales. ads In Cardiganshire we learn the following ha ve .41, 0 the necessary deposits:—The Birmingham an d ' - be chester Continuation and Welsh Junction Railwal' h ire Great North and South Wales Railway, the Radnor!". and Aberystwith Railway, and the Welsh Midland way.— Welshman. PREPARED WOOD FOR RAILWAY SLEEPERS. 'O l 4 In the Paris Academy of -ssos Siences, at its last g h ee' M. Arago read a long communication from M. Beti nor on the preservation of wood for railway and ot her ;as. poses. It is now four years since DI. Boueherie ento, municated to the Academy a series of experi p ei ro isg proving that he had discovered a cheap means of fey is into the pores of woods liquids capable of Ong cisee great durability and entirely new properties. w t 0 that time many patents have been taken out r e. France and England for different modes of P ro , serving wood, and each discovery has been claimed as infallible, as Kyan's process was thous s• ee be for a time. Of all these discoveries, howev er, s iss only has been practically worked to any exte rit t i ze all Payne's process, which consists in forcing out s od and juices of the wood by an exhausting supplying the vacuum by a mixture of iron ell u s f e l As to M. Boucherie, the public, although thaelb,ol him for the activity with which he had dement; hid his theory by experiments, had begun to infer that , e l OO (in the presence of Payne's process, a patent for Wb . D o' been taken in France by Mr. Banner, who is at t el , - ,, A meat forming a company for working it on a larg ee L — p oo abandoned all idea of turning his discoveries to a PTO' account. Itwould appear, however, from the presenes 0 0 . 1 munication to the Academy, that M. Boucheri e been idle. He has, on the contrary, been contintlft bi experiments, and submitting them to the test of ti e d order that any objection which might be offered un disci be replied to by facts. In November, 1842, one 13 ,a 0 $ pieces of wood, of different kinds, of the length en d used for railway sleepers, were prepared by n • r It is known to all persons who read the account g i .. o • 0 4 the time of M. Boucherie's process, when he Pr e lor his first paper to the Academy, that it consists in t A tels troduction of solutions by a sort of filtration. see containing the liquid, is placed in contact w i 'L i siej end of the wood ; the pressure produced by the level of the liquid a little above to Aid the wood, suffices for its perfect impregnat i° ,, n ithes B the exception of the central part, or heart. Se e " - AO pieces of wood were left in their natural state ; 1,1 00 were impregnated to only half their length , an relict' in the entire lengths. The liquids used wer e Y.' r elic neous acid, sulphate of copper, chlorurate Of pi e or nated calcium, double chlorurate of sodium all ewe cury. The wood was buried in the groun d ' at Co d depth of a few centimetres, in an enclosed yard, $ piegne, where they remained nearly three Yeers'fee taking them up recently the prepared wood v los p ared perfectly sound, and that which had not been Pre,ster entirely rotten. As the process of preparation, ,seer meat, and disinterment, was performed in the Pr a oar of the authorities of Compiegne, who have giv en . , jollb S tificate to the effect stated by M. Boucherie , P a y for can be entertained as to the results obtained. S'ssif et cherie's mode of preserving wood is not very canape and it is attended with this great advantage—th e ; 0 0 11 71 sorts of timber, which are never used in their 7. 4 otv' state for railways or building purposes, on se t : i ' vr ith their want of durability, may, he says, be use u a e ste l ' much better effect when thus prepared than the de duct timber in its natural state ; and thus, even after wale ing the cost of the process of preservation, the syoe is very great. We confess, however, that we I 'o lo means convinced as yet that M. Boucherie's Faith which is, in fact, but a modification of that o, , sot le o Marjery, and others, is the best. Within the P days we have seen in the journals a Pac e d stating that the Directors of the Paris and Be e e see , way have been compelled to take up, in consequared decay, some of the sleepers which had been preP i,l O. the introduction of metallic salts. The 111°c/ s e t of P r pregnation may not have been the sense as tt 000 $ ' Boucherie, but the results must be nearlY t oe s era Payne's process is essentially different. Il e P sir $ ..4 wood to be prepared in a receiver, where Ol i o le juices are driven out by exhaustion, and the ea ,;,,elf ii : then filled up with a material that is compao'besio:; destructible. The cost of the operation mes,,,t's precg be quite as small, if not smaller, than with 1 " of M. Boucherie.' big I. •a hi 0 His Excellency Baron Dedel, acconsrdelentag°o daughter, embarked at Dover on Saturday eto ' 4 " board the Princess Mary, for Ostend, on his w s l i setl ig _ s , Hague. His Excellency will be absent about Avf [ADVERTISEMENT.] DEFECTIVE Si°llo-11011 HEARING RELIZVED.—STECTACLES AND INSTIOSiIIy,rO-0, FREE, BY YOST, INTO THE COUNTRY. —Teit iDIOn' sO IOIO O O , the Hon. George Cavendish, to Messrs. S. and Y or k . i cs sei 39, Albemarle .street, Piccadilly, opposite th e 0 41 Gentlemen—l approve verylmuch of the spectac les I P oi* from you ; I have made use of glasses fur mane 04 1 ;4 never met with any to enable me to see equal tO 9" . i f 5113 . e' eA less inconvenience to my eyes; I have sent you $ 0.1°50 please to put in a pair of yours, exactly the same e s ow/Plies and you will oblige, yours obediently, George a Sly: - .0 Leixlip Castle, Ireland. Major-General Sir 1 1 ° rIsr i s sd r- re stone begs to say, that the Spectacles he has pO two rjraea time in use, have fully redeemed the assurance of • vtDss S. and B. Solomons as to their excellence, an prel"soto so much comfort and advantage from their use , iytbeease to every other kind of glasses which he has bee li ke of Ifesis stmt habit of making nse of for a great naran s ter!jst 13, Norfolk -street, Park-lane. General Browne:"... jariT r olo desirous to express the comfort and advantage he " — e st; "Pi his advanced age of 70 years, and after two i t oofd from the use of Messrs. S. and B. Solomon' ne w4 .,stri spectacles. Their valuable invention fully meri t the e t ,s4C7e , they have received. Address, Adlington Hall, Li e 14 1 _, 0 0 Improved Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glass it A n s . scopes, &c.—Caution—Not in any way connected : of the same name in their immediate neighbourhnogl vent mistakes be cautious, and observe — Only t° /0 Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York 0 - 13 .1311 11 0 /6 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—BOTANIC IVATBO • ollieg 08 GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, an u d_ is Ise the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the be l l ',„tk y ob of the two above-named articles, applied alterne te s i stie l e s tanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and es, ber einsi and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If any fu r ' f itint o silt was required of the virtues of bear's grease for ren_lotiti,or preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the irtortb 0r preserving and the length of hair obtained by some of the 01' 0 0 rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Rose.ed 119, and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first intro: l l7u i be ; it s of bear's grease in this country, and who fat a° o ther sie mals, recommend the public to purchase Done otli c h s perd their names and address printed on the pot, or th% spr their obtaining a spurious article. All vegetable e' the hair are worse than useless. g r° ' BIRTHS. rlints biA On the 4th inst., at Rhualissa, near Mold, - bt Alfred Truman, of a daughter. tbe Siv On the 4th inst., in Brunswick-square, Brighten , o f Ben d rse H on. Lady Headley, of a son. On the sth inst., at Blackheath-hill, Ws. lien bide a son, still-born. On the sth inst., at the Guildhall, Mrs. Richardson, of a daughter. _ 4 4 MARRIED. a cist S t er On the 2d inst., at All Saints, Norwood, Fra t, to , :e te son of G. Langstaff, Esq., of New line, youngest daughter of M. W. Livermore, FA' „Of hill, 'Norwood, Surrey. j Call i fttl V On the 3d inst., at St. Pancras Church, Mr. • m a of Bedford-street, Bedford-square, to Mrs. Mqb s •l'. wood, of Ilaynham-terrace, widow of the late , von t( wood, of Wells-street, Oxford-street. Basinghall-streeofsse o es, . t ir s to J Lim e te rt On the 3(1 inst., Francis M. Walsh, Egg est daughter of J. Croker, Esq., of Ballynage r i le s ' i vich , 14° It et' On the 4th inst., at Claydon .;hurch, near P,. i e etel 3 Rodwell, Esq., to Elizabeth, eldest daughter Colonel Kirby, Royal Artillery. s pa DIED. ere, Ge°To4 On the 27th ult., at Buckland, Brecknocks TreslcLast Charlotte, wife of colonel Benfield. Des Voeux , c`; ‘, the I P'` On the 28th ult., at Barnes, Surrey, Margar daughter of Mr. C. W. Doyle. sirDe e . bilf s. i t P7 bl ra On the 2d inst., at Seapa.rk, near Forres , ?‘ Davie , On the 2d inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wigms to e ' 0 44 son of the late J. Pratt, Esq. 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