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--• , r im ) 4.1 , • r :r 4 ...; °:1;r / •? • 4/e1; , A fi t ' ; A! , - • •• tt• ti 6 „,.. „ 3 4 * - L • „ l 4 /)..., „,: - 4 iyar , • D A 0 r, _ 9: / , , 4 v„-: • IT . • ~~ • - GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. The London and North-Weqtern and Midland Railways hav ing advertised a large reduction in Fares, by their circuitous routes betvrcen London and York, Harrogate, Hull, Bradford, Leeds, on and after the sth April, 1851, This is to give notice, that the CHARGES of the Great Northern Railway Company for PASSENGER FARES will in no case exceed those by the London and North-Western and Midland Route. By order, SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. King's-cross, March 31, 1851. Wakefield, Doncaster, She Meld, Lincoln, and Peterborough, :ore ; .~ v "~ N ° . 18,258.] LONDON , MONDAY E E - S MARCH 31, 1851. [PRICE SD. R ACES. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNUILL, LONDON. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, March 27. CIVIL SlDE.—(Boforo Mr. Justice TALFOURD and Special Juries.) HARRISON V. MORGAN.-BREACH OF PROMISE OF CHESTER GRAND CUP DAY. MARCUS'S SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN from LONDON to CHESTER and BACK, in ONE DAY, FOR TWENTY SHILLINGS. A Special Express Train will leave the Euston•square Station, on WEDNESDAY MORNING, April 30, at a Quarter before Six punc tually, for Chester, returning from the General Station, Chester, at Half-past Five the same Evenine. Fares for the Double Journey. Third Class.. • • .. 255. I Second •• • ... 30s. i First • • • • •• •• • • 40s. Enclosed Carriages. Passengers will be taken up at the following stations : Watford •• •• • • ...... 6 A.M. Bletehley ••..•• .. • • 6-50 A.M. Tring ..... •• • ....... 6.20 A.M. Wolverton .••••• •• • • 7-10 A.M. Leighton ............ 6.30 A.M. Ellsworth • • .... • ... 7-20 A.M. Tickets, bills, and information can only he obtained of Mr. 11. R. Marcus, manager and conductor, Crosby Hall. Chambers, and 25, Eishopsgate-street, London. No information can be given at the Euston Station. DIRECTORS. f i r. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. 1 *John Rawson, Esq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S. f*Edmund S. Symes, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. f*Clement Tahoe, Esq. 0 111. C. Maher, Esq. f Joseph Thompson, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. f*Augustus Vigne, Esq• AUDITOR. iProfessor Wheattono, F.R.S. PHYSICIAN. tJ. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SURGEON. f*E. S. Symos, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. t . W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &e. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANker.s. t * Mesirs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, tMeSSTS. Suttee, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall- HIRE SB URY and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. (2AL7TION.—The signature of the nadersigned officer of the company having been forged to an advertisement in the Morning Newspapers, to which the name of JOHN WEBSTER is attached, the shareholders are cautioned against being misled by the adver• tisement alluded to, the statements made being as inaccurate as the signature is unauthorized. Steps are being taken to prevent a simi far imposition being repeated. By order, street. *NV. Tatham, E5q.,22, - ihrogmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,000/. GEO. KNOX, Secretary. 31st March, 1851. OFFICIAL EXHIBITION CATALOGUES. Advertisements will continue to be received for insertion in the Official Catalogues during the whole time the Exhibition remains open ; but as the Contractors are bound to pay a penalty of 501. a day if they do not deliver the First Edition to the Royal Commission by the 28th of April, those Advertisements intended for the first ,five series of 20,000 each of the Small Catalogue, and of the First Editions of the Illustrated, and French, and German Catalogues, Must be sent to the Contractors by the 15th of April. • SPICER BROTIIERS,WhoIesaIe Stationers Joint Contractors to the W. CLOWES and SONS, Printers , 3 Royal Commission. Official Catalogue Office, 29, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Table the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned by the Society. Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered awl acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities in the hands of third parties. *TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. APRIL. Price Is. PRINCIPAL CONTENTS : A Review by De Quincey of Lord Carlisle's Lecture on Pope. The Doelino of Pauperism. Curiosities of Cowell's " Interpreter." The Working Man's Way in the World. The Seige of Smithfield. Monks and Martyrs. March Gales and the Clovernment. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Ne Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,000/. ; the amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cont, on their Premiums in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original stun assured by each Policy varying from 20 to 68 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. .. __ __ _______ _________._ ____________ ("JOCKS'S MUSICAL MISCELLANY, for ------ A .,,i. Annual Policy Bonus in ..-, V) APRIL. 2d., stamped 3d. Contents : Perma- Lord of all Power and Might (original anthem)—l will give thanks A cent Re -God Sate the King, by Arne—Literature—The Music of the Camp Age.' 0 ~: Pre- taken addition Bonus in ductlon of Corelli—Sacred Lyric, by Mrs. Crawford—with Intelligence, T F,E, miuma. out in to Sum Cash. Annual ,Sketches, Scraps, &c. Assured. Premium. London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington - street; S im p kin, --- 'Marshall, and Co. ; and all Music and Booksellers. £s. d. £a d. £s. d. 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 Licensed by Act of Parliament. 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 A RGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL- £ 4 a.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 60 1 STREET, ST. JAMES'S. 000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 811 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 (Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun. , 57, Brompton - square.) 1843 118 10 10 55 10 10 8 1 10 OPEN EVERY EVENING, 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 9 11 With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1 LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, Licensed by Act of Parliament. A RGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, ST. JAMES'S. (Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-square.) OPEN EVERY EVENING, With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt. Eloors open at Half-past Eight o'clock — Dancing to commence at Zilne and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission, One Shilling. ALL POLICIES INDISPUTABLE. ENGLISH AND CAMBRIAN ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, For Life Annuities, and Loans, and for Perpetrating Leasehold and Copyhold Property. Chief Office-9, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, Blackfriars, London. I "Declined" Lives taken at equitable rates. Life Policies " indisputable" and not liable to forfeiture. Policies of five years' standing not void in cases of suicide. Policies granted from 201. to 5,0001. Special tables to suit the working classes, tc whom the advantages Of Life Assurance are at present almost wholly unknown. Medical men remunerated in all cases. Immediate, survivorship, and deftrred annuities and endowments granted, and every other description of risk contingent on human life. _ _ . Loans granted on undoubted security of every description, upon afore advantageous terms tl the borrower than in any other office, and at one-half the customary charges. If on personal security the sureties must be resident in or near London. Claims payable three months after satisfactory proof of death. • Prospectuses and any further information may be obtained from the Manager. C. W. BEVAN. Resident Manager. U N LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. gRARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-lIALF TO FOUP-FIFTHS. Policies effected with this Society after Midsummer, 1850, and re lbaining in force at each Septennial period of division, will PARTI CIPAT g IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits of the Society ac tNing after Midsummer, 1850, in proportion to their contributions t 4 those profits, and according to the conditions contained in the . eciety's Prospectus and Act of Parliament. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives 4 te much lower than in many other old-establishcd offices, and Insurers "Se fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad dition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of remiums. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. LA W LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church, March 14, 1851. Xotice Is hereby given, that the Books for Transferring Shares in 151 Society will be Closed on Thursday, the 20th instant, and will be I. t e-onened on Thursday, the 10 th day of April nex t . The Dividends )r the year 1850 will be Payable on Monday, the 7th day of April text, a n d o n any subsequent day (Tuesdays excepted) between the 4 bArs of Ten and Three o'cloek. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. Pelicles for the whole term of life effected durine the present "ear will participate in the profits to be declared to the end of 1854. T HE POWER OF MONEY. Some men hoard their wealth, and do nobody good, While by others it's foolishly spent ; But MOSES, who long by the public have stood, Remember why money was sent ; By commanding the markets, they buy a large stock Of the best, when the prices arc cheap, And they alw tys take care that the public who flock To their mart, shall the benefit reap. Thus the wealth that to some folks would be of no use, Is employed for the good of mankind, For MOSES and SON in their baying profuse, To deal fairly are always inclined. What they buy is the best, and its made up in style, And they pay for a thing when it's done ; The smallest of profits content them the while, They sell fifty to any shop's one. See the price at which MOSES will sell a good coat, Or a vest, or a hat, or a shawl, Or trovrsers, or boots, or a habit, and note, They are cheaper and better than all. Then MOSES and SON, may they long keep their health, And of money the benefit reap, For they share with the public the use of their Wealth, And supply them with clothes, good and cheap. A handsome Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis, on application. ..,.The new edition of " Everybody's B ook, containing a full report the late important trial, may be ha d g ratis, on application, or by I. ietter, post free. MOSES and SON have no connexion with any other house in Cr out of London, except the following 14,L d onon City Establhment, 151, 55, 156, an 157, Minorles, 83, 85 , and 86, Aldgate, is opposite the l d Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New O xford-street, 1,2, kn 3 , Hart-street, all communicating. b Lradford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Branch, , Far t ailors, lefileld Clothiers, 36 Ilatte g rs, ate. Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe lers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlem en. b__he Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sia "aay, when business is resonsed till Twelve o'clock. Ici l'on parte Francaise. Qui si parla Italiano. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqui so habla Espanol, _ . DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-rew theary 14 1 , Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or direct from author , - ‘ 4 One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and ratienal Use of Time." s ti F°Nrictrrs:—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ha 21ons about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, .1.78t.A, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country 'PR and RftrnbleS—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Home "icThe Drama—On Eating, D r i n ki ng , sl ee ping, B a thi ng , A i r, t. Ease, Occupation, &c., &o. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Volt. Vol I. VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCHIOF EDINBURGH, &C. Vol. IL ZSLr L&& OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES 07 DUBLIN, &c. HI. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three score years and ten oar coarse may ran." Pepalar review of almost every form (cause and cure) of tier bit,l'th:BlQnrig,3"-debibesets the man of pleasure, business , er study, and em k;,"4ll old age, with tables and rules for the diet and p h y sical regn 'on of every-day life. IV. TIIE PASSIONS. What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." tlt ikra.rEcT : Lite's- pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The a dvent lithe passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of e...lltiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.. V. - THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." tax= :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re „7ll regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and ..tce on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, mad pr, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. t.„ 3ll cal defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. -mes, a r4. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.R. (1827), L.S.A. Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these 1) rm. R•orrtiol hours inlly till fly.. litvoniturs. seven till nine -ol ace Regent-gtrnet. • - 4 .'1,1E1a ON THEi ISLOICET OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Curo. It FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON 4TEEL. Published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish , and Man,. !n a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the §ither, for forty-two Atareps, ELF-PRESERVATION; a it s . Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on te ut iiteret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, lie e ? aCquired at an early peried of life, which destroy Ge 3.81 cal and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural gP, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhoo4 ; with Practical Itef v4 tions on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Ski-oas Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, trtt e t t4, e, and all Diseases and Derangements results from Inolls ,.bere 6 3 as adopted by Lallcmand, Ricord, and other eminent mem ille„,,' the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, pr e Ziktieg the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Re- IlkTtive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and flinctions, I tabit" Various Injuries that are produced in them by solitary I, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, 1,0% 3 . 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE , LONDON. Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin 74fh,TIonorary M em b er o f the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Society of Edinburgh, B:c., 2, c• tl e !• s work contains a plain and complete description of the ana ttode, n d Physiology of the reproductive or,";ans, and of their relative %j• "s in health y and disease. The author, who has taken the kilest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo- VC inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man tia, l4 's exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to I 'd... —kati alent of these complaints. He may be consulted with ad tkte7.,e by all those whose constitutions may have become debili 4,wireugh secret practices acquired is youth, or by the excesses of ` ,l ' Years, whereby the pleasures of life ore marred, the objects tes j , i ar riage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un /424; misery and regret. eeittblished by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; StArie Titchborne-street, fat a .arliet ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-stree't ; Al ar m, 23, Cornhill , Isl e p by p el t tee forty -t wo s t a mp s , f rom the author's residence , who consulted on these disorders person 4 ily, or by letter, daily, til l 144 ft M 4 boas S Watt IN SIX LANGUAGES-FORTIETH EDITION. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR TEE PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Enstrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured ENgravings on tstee;. O v PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. A Sew and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d. ny post, direct from the Establishment. 3s. Gd. in postage stamps, All Communications being strictly confidential, the Authors have discontinued the publishing of Cases. THE SILENT FRIEND, a M e di ca l W or k on the exhaustion and physical decay of thu system, produced by ex zessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, , ollowe4 by observations on the Married State, and the disqualiflca- Haut which prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO.. 19, Berners-street, Ox , ord-street, Lon don. Published by the Authors ; and sold by Strange, 21, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; and Gor on, 146, Leadenhall-street, London, PART f. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART If. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from imection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Env av [Jigs. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Tale important part the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TOE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and so xual debility, impotence, &c., 11s. and 335. psr bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, II s. and 335. per battle. Ferry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d-, 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic, inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, A minute detail of the 'case is required: age, habits, and posi tion in society. si. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Efts blshMent oaly by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Parry, s vge oas, are in attendance daily at 19, Borners-street, Oxford street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sun day from Eleven to One. _ - RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MARCH 29. ..._ _ STOCK EXCHANOI. —The market has been flat and in animate to-day, partaking of the character of the London market. No business of any consequence was done. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 29. STOCK EXCHAfIGH.—The business to-day has been very limited, and the market closed flat and heavily. The transactions were as follow : Aberdeen, 16 1 4 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 7 1 ,4 dis.—Ditto, late Chester and Birkenhead, 21 3 % c.— Ditto, 221. Shares, 3% dis.—Caledonian, 14 %—Chester and Holyhead, ea new, 24—East Lancashire, IN—Ditto, Preference, Quarters, 7 3 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 60—Liverpool, Crosby , and South p ort, li P .— London and North-Western , 130—Ditto, New Quarters, 51,1 p.—Ditto, Fiftbm, 516 p.— Dl anc hester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, Preference, 124, c.—Ditto, 6/. New Preference, 4 p.—Midlaud, 62 —Ditto Halves, 131 A dis.—North British, 104—South-Eastern and Dover, 271—York, Newcastle, snd Berwick, 2114, Shares, :—East Anglian, 181, T 7 MANCHESTER, MARCH 29. STOCK r.KcyfAx ----GE.— The transactions to-day were as fol low —East Lancashire, 175 , 3%.....Eastern Counties, 7 3 4 Di Preference, Quarters, 8— Manchester, Sheffield,A— . tto, and Lincolnshire, 10/. Preference, 12 1 4 —North British, 10' 3 4_—York and North Midland, 27%. BIRNII NGE I AI,I I, I — A - R cH 29. STOCTC ExcHANGE.—The following were among the closing prices this afternoon :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2 3 4 dis.—Birmingham, Wolverham p t on, an d Stour Valley, 107; 3 —Midland, buyers, 6314—London an d North-Western , Quarters, 5 1 4 p.—North Stafford s hi re, 6% dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 31/, dis.—Ditto (B) , 2/. 13s. 9d. — Ditto, Preference, 111 A—South Staffordshire, 2% dis. A CAUTIOUS ETUDGE.••••• The late Chief Baron O'Grady, father of the gallant officer, Lord Guillamore, aide-de-camp to her Majesty, tried t wo most notorious fel lows at the Carlow Assizes for highway robbery. To the astonishment of the court, as well as of the prisoners them selves they were found not guilty 1 As they were being re moved from the bar, the judge, in that manner so peculiarly his own, addressing the gaoler, said, " Mr. Murphy, you will greatly ease my mind if you keep these two respectable gentlemen until seven or half - past s eve n o'clock ; for I mean to set out for Dublin at live, , Luxuries mere necessaries, and I should lik e to have at least two hours' start of them. ' s o e u s s r i c o en o f which gives no s of pleasure, an d become enjoyment, but the privation of w hich i s a positive pain._ ries soon cease t t h o e b possession os s —Eliza Cook's Journal. A FALL.---Samuel Chifney, once the compa n i on and friend of princes and nobles, and who almost vi e d w i th them in the style of his living, figured in the Newmarket County Court on Thursday as a petitioner for protection un d er the Protection Acts. On a former occasion Mr. Kitchener, on behalf of Mr. Faircloth and Mr. Clark, opposed the order, on the ground that he had not given up his house and fur niture. Mr. Naylor, on this occasion, appeared as counsel for Chifney, and stated that a schedule of the furniture had been filed, which had been identified as belonging to other parties, and as to the house, the will of the late Mr. Thorn hill was also filed, which showed that the insolvent had only a personal privilege in the use of it, and not an estate for life. The friendship of parties who wished that the insolvent should spend the remainder of his days in peace would enable him to pay 1001. into the hands of the assignees. The case was then adjourned, the judge advising the creditors to accept the offer. — Cambridge chronicle. •I' - 11 1)1404 Cii1,..11.4 8, and 00k h Was l e case ut be atiens e veral town, 3tition or the ating, ich he g been de.i. iiion al e side• Less of taken ❑t pro -1 with pposed i with d with of the ly the ,rkeley liberty ;r resi served it after ty was Le day. G, of 112, Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence ist Tropical Climates. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and S Viet., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office al' 3 —Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to time, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fitly per cent. of the nett excess Rill be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. t National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire t * Both Offices. THE HUMAN HAIR. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL is justly renowned throughout the world for its remarkable virtues, in nourishing, preserving, and beautifying the human hair. Its operation in cases of baldness is peculiarly active ; so that, in numerous instances wherein other remedies have been tried in vain, ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL has superseded the ornaments of art, by effecting a complete restoration of beautiful hair. In the growth of whiskers, eyebrows, and mustachios, it is also unfailing in its stimulative operation. For children it is especially recom mended, as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair, and rendering the use of the fine comb unnecessary. Price 3s. 6d. and 7s. ; or family bottles (equal to four small) at 10s. 6d.; and double that size, 21s. _ Lne Wrapper'or earn bottle or tug genuine article are these words in two lines, " ROWLANDS' MACASSAR, OIL." The same are engraved on the back of the wrapper nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,02111 letters. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Batton-garden, London, and by all Chemists and Perfumers. IN RE AUGUSTA TALBOT, A WARD OF C•URT.-DOYLE V. WRIGHT. At the conclusion of the Solicitor-General's argu ments, and, after a few words from Mr. Parker, claim ing a right to vindicate the conduct of Lord Shrewsbury, Mr. Rour said, what was asked with respect to Lord and Lady Shrewsbury was, that in consequence of charges made in measured language, they should be de pt of all share in the care Mid custody of the infant. That was the second object of the petition, and the third was, that Mr. Berkeley have access to her. The grounds of the application were, in fact, that Dr. Doyle, in dealing with the orders of the Court, had committed a fraud on it. They were first charged with sending her improperly to a convent for education, and then, having withdrawn her from it, they were charged with sending her back again, in order that she should become a nun. Now, how far could such a relief be founded on the prayer of the present poi tion? That petition would lead the Court to believe that the petitioner, for eight years,was totally ignorant of the movements of the infant, and believed her to be tra velling abroad under the care and custody of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury. Tho petitioner further stated, that he believed the mind of the infant was un duly influenced with regard to a marriage with M. Roc hefoucault of France, and that the Countess bad de clared, if she did not fall into her views, she was deter mined Miss Talbot should take the veil, and accord ingly sent her back to the convent with the avowed object. It was further alleged that Dr. Doyle silently acquiesced in all these proceedings, and did not interfere in any way, and the petitioner concluded by praying that the infant should be placed in other hands, and that he (Mr. Berkeley) should have access to her at all rea sonable times. These were the grave charges on which the Court was asked to make an order. Until the peti tion was opened, Dr. Doyle did not know what he had to meet, but now that it was opened, he thought he might say the case was as futile as could be well ima gined, and that ho had done right in not asking any time to prepare to answer it. The Vice-Chancellor bad distinctly declined to interfere with the education of the infant under the guardianship of Dr. Doyle, and no case had been made to impeach the propriety of that determination of the Court. It was insinuated that the Countess of Shrewsbury had attempted to form a marriage between one of the Rochefoucaults of France and one of the Talbots of England; and that because her views on that subject were resented by the infant, she had banished her to the convent with the view of compelling her to take the veil. But all these things were abandoned in the opening of the petition, and a something else was set up, which was equally deserving, from its want of any foundation, of the censure of the Court. Referring to the past conduct of Dr. Doyle, the Learned Counsel said that at one time he had pro posed New Hall in Essex, or Spetisbury in Yorkshire, as fitting places for the education of the infant; but that was during the life of the mother, Mrs. Berkeley. Afterwards, from the change of circumstances, he had placed her in the convent at Taunton, in what he believed to be the proper discharge of his duty, and he had continually visited her there, and watched over her welfare. He throughout acted under the obli gation he believed he had incurred with the father, and no imputation was cast on him. If Mr. Berkeley thought there was an impropriety in sending her to Taunton, he ought to have complained; but he did not. He gave her up. lie either knew she was there, or he did not. If he knew she was there, he ought to have moved; if ho did not know she was there, he was guilty of neglect on his part in not ascertaining where she was. But no complaint was made till 1843, and then it was not a complaint of the school, but of the amount of the allowance in regard to it. But she was placed there with the full concurrence, and indeed at the request of Lord and Lady Shrewsbury. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to read the affi davit made by Dr. Doyl© in 1843, when his Lordship postponed the further hearing till Monday, but requested to see Mr. Bolt and the Solicitor-General in the mean time in his private room. The following is Miss Talbot's letter to the Lord , " MISS TALBOT TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR. " Taunton, Tuesday, Feb. 18. "My Lord,—You will of course see that I have written an answer to Mr. Craven Berkeley's FALSE statements; and lam sure in such a case you will think it only just for me to express myself what is the pure truth, as I have done. It is scarcely credible how a GENTLEMAN can act as Mr. Craven Berkeley has done; for I asure you, my Lord, he was down here at the con vent himself on the 14th of February. He then asked me a numerous sET FORM of questions, as if he had some object in view, but wished to get a little information beforehand, and at his departure he said he should come again and bring with him a little HALF -sister of mine; no opposition was made, for how could we know how Mr. C. Berkeley intended to act? but after the manner in which he has spoken of the convent at Taunton,where I have spent the happiest days of my life, and whore I have experienced for nine years the most unchanging kindness, how could I read his petition and not feel a just indignation at such conduct; so that it is now, my Lord, my own free and deliberate wish never again to see Mr. Craven Berkeley; should I meet him anywhere he would not surely be the first to address me, and most assuredly 'should not. He has disgraced himself for ever in my eyes, and I should think in the eyes of every just and reasonable person. Believe me, my Lord, I ALONE in this house, have shown any feelings of indignation, for all under this roof are too good to let any feeling rise but that which every one must naturally feel, compassion for so WEAK AND DIS HONOURABLE a man. This letter your Lordship is at liberty to show to whom you please. I do not feel to have said more than I ought. I have spoken strongly of Mr. C. Berkeley's conduct, but I have not passed the limits of truth and justice. I must add, that every word of the letter is FROM MYSELF. lam alone while writing it, and therefore no one CAN allege that I have been prompted by any one. Every word is the result of my own thoughts and reflections. Mr. Norris, whom I saw on Monday, told me of your Lordship's wish that I should go up to town again and see a little more of the world. It will cost ME much CERTAINLY TO LEAVE TAUNTON, where are all my dearest and truest friends; but your Lordship acts for the best, and I would not therefore on any account oppose your wishes. After Easter I shall bo ready to yield myself, and again enter a world, WHOSE CHARMS I CAN NEVER VALUE. "Thanking your Lordship for the kind interest you have taken in my welfare, " I remain, yours respectfully, " AUGUSTA TALBOT." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE; HOME ClRCUlT—Kingston, March 29. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE has been engaged during the last two days in trying common jury cases, and the list has been gone through with such celerity, owing to the absence in many cases of anything like a defence, and in others to the causes being entirely undefended, that there are very few common jury causes remaining to be disposed of. The special juries will be taken in their order ou Monday morning. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. BARON PARKE.) . George Roberts, 32, and Charles Dowe, 11, were in dicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Resta Moore, and stealing three silver spoons, a pair of gold spectacles, a coat, and other articles, his property. Mr. Garth conducted the prosecution. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Coun sel for the prosecution, and the evidence that was ad duced in support of it, that the prosecutor occupies a house at Epsom, a portion of which, on the ground floor, was let as a branch of the West Surrey Bank. The robbery in question was committed on the night of the 31st October, and it was evidently the intention of the prisoners to have plundered the bank, from whence they no doubt expected to have obtained a large booty. The house was all locked up as usual on the night previous to the robbery, and about two o'clock on the following morning a person named Holland, who lived next door to the bank, was awoke by a light shining into his window, and upon looking out he saw two men, whom he clearly identified as the prisoners, in the act of examining the drawers in the back office of the bank. He afterwards saw a third man, and upon his giving an alarm the light was extinguished and the pri soners and their companion attempted to make off. The two prisoners were, however, stopped by the police close to the spot, and upon their being searched several arti cles that had been stolen from the bank were found in their possession, and also a chisel, the size of which corresponded with marks that appeared upon the iron chest of the bank, and also upon some other places of deposit which the prisoners had succeeded in forcing open. Dowe said nothing in his defence, and Roberts said that he met Dowe by accident near the town of Guild ford, and that, as they were walking along, he saw him pick up a bundle which contained all the articles that were found in their possession. The jury, without any hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. Mr. Baron PARKE said, in passing sentence, that the crime of burglary had been so much on the increase that it was absolutely necessary it should be put down by severe punishment. If any evidence had been adduced to show that the prisoners had been ever convicted of a ny other offence, be should certainly have sentenced them to he transported for life, and as it was, they must expect to pass the greater portion, if not th e w h o l e , o f th e r emainder of their existence m a state o f s l avery. He then sentenced the prisoners to be transported for 20 years. Both the Courts rose to-day at three o'clo c k, an d t h ey were adjourned to ten o'clock on Monday morning. OXFORD ClRGUlT.—Monmouth, March 28. Mr. Justice Patteson did not reach here till half -past 7 last evening. At the sitting of the Crown Court this morning a number of the prisoners having pleaded " Guilty," His LORDSHIP said, they should stand aside till to morrow, as he had not had time to read the depositions, having be en y ester d a y detained for five hours at Here. ford by one obstinat e , ill-conditioned juryman (a special juryman, too), w h o came into court and asked questions, and e xposed himself aw fully. Hui Lordship P Was engaged the greater part of the day in trying cases of which the details are unfit for pub licattou. MARRIAGE. Mr. Sergeant Allen and Mr. Gray were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Whateley and Mr. EX. Richards , for the defendant. Amelia Mary Grace Harrison was the plaintiff, and William Morgan was the defendant. The plaintiff was the daughter of an attorney's clerk living in Monnow street, Monmouth; and the defendant was a malster living in Inch-lane in the same town; and the action was for a breach of promise of marriage. The only plea was that the defendant did not make the alleged promise. Mr. Sergeant ALLEN having stated the plaintiff's case in a very eloquent and feeling address, the following witnesses were called:— William Henry Steele Harrison, examined by Mr. GRIY—I am managing clerk to a solicitor in this town, and father of the plaintiff. She was twenty on the 6:h of this month. The defendant is a widower in this town, and carries on the malting business, and is a member of the town council. First became personally acquainted with him in May, 1848. At that time he declared himself a suitor for my daughter's hand, and continued down to November last year to visit her. His visits were received in that character. She was allowed to walk out with him, and ho occasionally took her to church. In October last I received a letter from Mr. Thomas Hancock, an Excise officer, and showed it to the defendant. Upon receiving that letter I wrote the next day (on the ith October) to the defendant. I posted the letter myself. (The letter was here called for, but de fendant's counsel said they had no such letter.) The effect of the letter was, that I had received a letter from Mr. Thomas Hancock, offering marriage to my daughter; that I thought it fair to him to mention it; that I wished to know his intentions respecting my daughter; and that he could not again see her till he had given such explanations as I should think satisfactory. On the 12th October my daughter came out and called me and my wife into the parlour. The defendant was there. Mrs. Harrison said to him, " I hope your are now pre pared to give your answer;" and he said, " I came here on honourable terms." She said, " I knew that from the first, and, if not, you would not be allowed to visit her." I said, " Mr. Morgan, that is no answer. Do you mean to marry her, and when?" He said he would marry her in December. Mrs. Harrison said, "This is the first week in October. Suppose we say the first week in December." He said, " Very well, the first week in December." I said, " Mr. Morgan, we have only your word for it," and he said, " My word is as good as my bond." He then added, " Will you new shake hands?" and ho shook hands with us all. I said, Now, Mr. Morgan, I will give an answer to Mr. Han cock." I had shown him previously Mr. Hancock's letter. I wrote on the 14th to Mr. Hancock, declining his visits, as Mr. Morgan was my daughter's accepted suitor. The letter to Mr. Hancock was mentioned to him. Down to the 21st of November, he continued Mk visits. He took her to church the next Sunday after the 14th of October. Previously to the 21st of November some wedding dresses were made up. I had a conver sation with him about the wedding cake. Mrs. Harrison said, "It was time to order a cake." I proposed Mr. Bowen. Mrs. Harrison proposed Mr. Barnley, and the defendant said, "Mr. Barnley, by all means, as he came out like a trump at the last municipal elec tions."—(Laughter.) I heard the wedding dresses talked about in plaintiff's presence. I asked Mr. Barrett, the governor of the gaol, to be of the bridal party. I asked Mr. Dennis to act as bridegroom.— (Laughter.) On the 21st of November I heard that a message had come from defendant by his housekeeper. I and Mrs. Harrison went immediately to defendant's. The first thing we said was, " Mr. Morgan, what do you mean by the mes sage you sent by your housekeeper, that you do not mean to marry my daughter?" He said he had never promised to marry her. Mrs. Harrison said, " You are a villain of the blackest dye." He said we wanted to force him into a marriage. Mrs. Harrison got into a passion, and repeated the phrase, that he was a villain of the blackest dye, two or three times. He said, "You have not it in writing; do your best—do your worst." I said as I was going away, " If there is justice to be had in the land, you will be made to suffer for this." When my daughter heard of the defendant's refusal she became very ill, and did not take her clothes off for three days and nights, and has since contined very delicate. A few days after that he got into the room where my daughter was, and she screamed, and I and my wife ran into the room and there saw her fainting. I said to him, " You see what a wreck you have made, you villain;" and he answered, " You need not put yourself in a passion, all will be right yet." Cross-examined by Mr. WIIATELEY—Have been clerk for 12 years to Mr. Owen. I was in the medical profession before that, in the wholesale drug line in Hertfordshire, and was dispenser at the same time to the West Herts Infirmary. Defendant used to come to our house frequently, and when he wanted a glass of spirits he sent out for it. I never drank any; Ido not drink spirits. He was generally sober —al‘saya sober. I never saw him drunk in all my life. My daughter told mo she had seen him a little drunk. I have heard that he is given to intoxication. I never saw him drunk. I heard that he was very often drunk, and he is drunk now, I dare say.—(Laughter.) When he came to our house he used to go with my daughter sometimes into the parlour, sometimes into the kitchen. Mr. Han cock is not here to-day. He never entered my door; he never was in my garden. Before he went away he came to my door and said I had written a most gentlemanly letter. I never saw him but once. I live in Monnow-street. I write my letters in the office and post them as Igo home. It was not quite so near to go to his house as to the post-office. Mr. Gabb lives with Mr. Price, next door. Mr. Gabb never jumped over our garden wall. Mr. Morgan was foolish enough to fancy that he saw it. He was so jea lous that he would be jealous of a dog. My daughter went to Bristol in May, 1850, while Mr. Morgan was in Scotland. She stopped at Mrs. Grossnige's, in Charlotte street, Queen-square. Mrs. Grossuige is dead. My wife went at the end of a fortnight to bring her back. She went to Bristol again with a young woman named Eliza Parry. She then stopped away only ono night. Eliza Parry was a young woman who was out of a situation, and who paid my daughter's expenses in order to go with her there. The defendant is about 53—not very old. He is not much older than I am. r" Well, but you were to be his father!"—Laughter.] the copies of the letters I wrote to Mr. Morgan wore destroyed after the promise was made. Mr. Hancock is now in Ireland. Re-examined—Defendant told me that he had 1001. in the gas-work property; in the funds to the amount of 4,0001,; that his malting business was worth 2001. a year; that he had a bit of land over Monnow for which he paid 600/. I said, " Then you are a 10,0001. man." By his LORDSHIP—I destroyed the copies of the letters which I wrote after I had an explanation with him in 1848. He then promised to marry her in the spring. Mrs. Susan Harrison—l am the mother of the plain tiff. My daughter came from school in 1847. Defendant irst became acquainted with her in May, 1848. After he came the first time to our house he visited her daily. The first time he came I said, " I wish, Mr. Morgan, to know your intentions respecting ray daughter ?" He mid, " They are quite honourable." I said, "My daughter is quite a child. You are old enough to be her father. I hope you will consider seriously whether you vault a wife. On no terms but honourable ones can you see her." He said, "Do you think I am a villain?" lie visited her continually, and took her to church on Sundays. Saw him when Mr. Hancock wrote the letter in October, 1850. The letter was received on Sunday. On the Monday Mr. Harrison wrote to defendant; he time on Tuesday, and said " Where is Mary ?" I said, "You shall not see her till you have answered Mr. Ilarrison's letter." He said, " I will answer it now. I will say yes." I said, " That is no answer. You must see Mr. Harrison or write to him." I read to Mr. Morgan the letter of Mr. Harrison to Mr. Hancock, and he said it was a very proper, gentlemanly answer. Mr. Harrison afterwards came in and asked him whether he would merry his daughter, and he said he would before Clxistmas. I then said, " This is the first week in October; say the first week in December." Ho said, „" Very wed," and turned round and kissed my daughter. Had a conversation with him on the preceding Wednesday, wlen Mrs. Yates was present. He sent Mrs. Yates to knew whether he could see my daughter. Nothing was sail about the marriage while Mr. Yates was there. Wien ho was at the door I asked him for his answer, an& he said he would give it in the course of the week. Miry then came up, and he made her promise not to sei the exciseman till he had given her father an answer. H® afterwards said, in Mrs. Yates's preseace, that he would marry her before Christmas. On the following Tuesday he gave his definitive answer. After that I frequently told him I was preparing for the wedding. Ile made no remark in particular. He said he should wsnt a set of shirts. When the wedding -cake was mentioned we were all present. (The witness repeated whit had been said by her husband.) I gave Mr. Barn ley th© order for the wedding-cake, and it was prepared to put in his window. About the 21st of November defindant's housekeeper came down and delivered a twinge to my daughter. It made my daughter very ill. I and my husband went up to defendant and spoke about the message. Ho said, " You have been trying to inveigle me into a marriage, but I never intended to marry your daughter." (The witness's account of the rest of the interview corresponded with that given by het husband.) Cross-examined—The exciseman is 23 years of age. He was never in our house, I never heard of his escap ing suddenly from the house when Mr. Morgan came. Mr. Morgan suspected that he had seen Mr. Gabb jump ing over the garden wall. The exciseman is good look ing. Mr. Morgan never got drunk in our house. Never drank half-a-pint of gin at our house. He once sent for haF-a-pint of gin on New Year's eve, when there was a little party at our house. My daughter went to Bristol in May. When I went there she was in the house. I never heard she was acquainted with Mr. Gonaersall, the actor, or Mr. Jeaaton. Her father was angry with her, as Mr. Morgan had not given his answer, and she was anxious to get a situation as companion to a l a d y . 1 did not know the day she was to go. When she was gone Mr. Harrison went to Mr. Morgan, as he thought Mr. Morgan knew where she was. I did not know with whom she went. The second time she went, she went with a poor friendleas girl whom I took in, who had been in service in two or three respectable places in Mon mouth. She said she could not get employment in Mon mouth, and if my daughter would go with her to Bristol she would pay her expenses. My daughter was gone three days.. She spent one night in Bristol, was one day going and one day returning, as the girl paid only her carriage fare there and back. My husband gets 60/. a year.. _ Re-examined—Mr. Morgan lent her money to go to Bristol in May. The fare the girl paid for her was 3s. by the coach and It. Gd by the boat. I and my husband were cousins. My grandfather was Dr. Steel, a physicia❑ of great practice at Colef)rd. bars. Elizabeth Yates, the wife of a greengrocer in Monmouth—Had seen Miss Harrison and the defendant walking together frequently. On the 9th of October saw Mr. Morgan talking to the plaintiff at her father's door. I said I was happy to see them together. He said Mary had said she was going to see the exciseman. I said I was sure she was not. Mary said, "If you will act honourable to me, I will not see him." She'said, o " William, answer my father's letter." He said, " Mary, I will." She asked if he would marry her in a week; ho said, " No; but I will before Christmas;" and turning to me added, "Betsy, you are a witness." I left them there together. He was then quite collected. Cross-examined—He was, I think, quite sober. I should rather say he was sober than that he was drunk. Mrs. Marian Wilson, the wife of a dyer in Monnow street—Knew that the defendant kept company with Miss Harrison. Had been with them when they were in company. The defendant sent me with a message to the plaintiff. She did not come on my message. Ano ther message was sent and she came. It was a Thurs day in October. Her mother came and fetched her away. My daughter was invited to be bridemaid. Mr. George Williams, a draper in Monmouth, re ceived from Mrs. Harrison an order for wedding dresses. In November went to Mr. Harrison's, and saw the plaintiff very ill on the sofa. Mr. WHITELEY addressed the jury for the defendant, in a very eloquent and humorous speech, contending that there could be no happiness in •uch a marriage as the defendant had proposed to enter into; that the plaintiff could entertain no feelings of affection for such a man as the defendant was described to be, but was merely the instrument of an artful father and mother in in veigling the defendant in moments of drunkenness or weakness into a promise of marriage ; that no im putation whatever was cast upon her character ; and that the probability was, as soon as this case was over, whatever damages the jury might give (and he trusted they would be exceedingly moderate) would be employed to set up her and the exciseman in house keeping. There was no pretence of blighted affections, no pretence of any such attachment as ought to exist be tween persons about to enter into the married state; and it was the most fortunate event for her that the defen dant did not press her into an union from which by no chance could she derive the slightest happiness. Mr. Justice TALFOURD, in summing up, said the jury should consider that the defendant had disclaimed all imputation upon the character of the plaintiff, and that she lost by his conduct the opportunity of rising to a station of considerable wealth and respectability, which she would no doubt have gained only by a sacrifice of the feelings natural to her age, and had also lost the op portunity of marrying a young man, less wealthy, no doubt, than the defendant, but in a respectable sphere of life, and whose age was more suitable to her own. The jury, after a few minutes' consideration, returned a'sgerdiet for the plaintiff—Damages 2001. The verdict seemed to give great satisfaction to a court, which was crowded almost to suffocation by the young folks of Monmouth. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, March 29. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) Robert Carter, Robert Mason, IVilliam Goddard, and George Hobbs, were indicted for maliciously wound ing George Coates, on the night of the 14th of Decem ber last, with intent to murder, to resist their lawful apprehension, and also to do some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Evans conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Palmer defended the prisoners. The prosecutor is the head-keeper of Mr. Villebois, the occupier of Marham-house in this county, and it appeared that, his master being absent, the house and shooting had been let to Sir John Lister Kay, and that the keepers " went along with the shooting." On the night in question the keepers were aware of the presence of poachers in one of the woods attached to the house, and having hastily armed themselves with guns and sticks, they set off in pursuit, accompanied by a large Newfoundland dog. When they reached the part of the wood whence the report of firearms had proceeded, they came up to five armed men, who all presented their guns, and ordered them to stand back. The prosecutor, however, replied, " No, my lads, we have had enough of that before ; now we will have something else !" and made towards the poachers. At that instant one of the latter shot the dog, and a second let fly right at the bead keeper's body, he being distant only three yards. Fortunately the keeper's gun and his left arm intercepted the bulk of the shot; but the effect of the shock was to cause the involuntary discharge of the keeper's weapon into the air. Immediately after this another poacher fired his gun at the second keeper, but with such unsteady aim, that the contents of his barrel having passed through the coat and pockets of the object. lodged themselves in the posteriors of a third poacher, named Hobbs, who had become mixed up in the mil& with the keeper. This contretemps put an end to the conflict, for the fifth poacher took to his heels, and the other four, who are the prisoners, were shortly after wards secured. His LORDSIIIP having directed an acquittal on the second count, on the objection of ➢lr. Palmer to the authority of the keepers to arrest the poachers, left it to the jury to say whether the prisoners were actuated by either of the intents laid in the other counts. The jury found all the prisoners Guilty generally, and they were thereupon sentenced to be transported for life. William Hooks was also sentenced to the like term of transportation, he having been convicted of a similar offence the day before. John Trundle and William Girling were indicted, together with William Trundle, for wounding William Rose with intent to resist the apprehension of the said William Trundle, and also with intent to do the said William Rose some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Evans conducted the case for the prosecution; Mr. Prendergast, Q.C., appeared for the defence. At the last assizes for this county, a cause " Upcher v. William Trundle," was tried, which terminated in a verdict for the plaintiff, and the damages and costs consequent thereon amounted to 250/. In due course a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum was issued against W. Trundle, and the sheriff issued his warrant to his bailiffs, Greenacre and Gamble by name. Mr. Greenacre, knowing that William Trundle was a very violent character, thought he could but execute his duty by a finesse, and he accordingly submitted the warrant to two policemen, named Dunt sad Rose, whom he di rected to proceed to the residence of the defendant, while he followed after. It appeared, however, that adopting the better part of valour, ho remained at Svvaff ham, some two miles from the residence of W. Trundle, and was there at the time that Dunt and Rose attempted to arrest the defendant. As might be expected, they met with resistance from him, as well as from the two prisoners who aided him, and were present at a moment when, before his escape, he seized a stick and inflicted a severe wound on Rose. Under these circumstances, Mr. PRENDERGAST contended that the arrest was un lawful, as the bailiff, to whom alone was intrusted the real authority to arrest William Trundle, was too far distant from the scene of action to be even constructively present. The prosecutor was, therefore, a mere tres passer, and was lawfully resisted by the prisoners and William Trundle, and there was no foundation for this prosecution. - Mr. Justice ERLE coincided in this view of the facts. There was no doubt that, to render au arrest on civi process legal, the bailiff must either make it in person or be so near to the spot as to be within call or reach, so as to be constructively present. Here the bailiff was shown to be two miles distant, and consequently the pri soners were entitled to au acquittal. The jury thereupon said Not Guilty. March 27. CIVIL SlDE.—(Beforo Lord Chief Justice JEnvls and a Special Jury.) ABBOTT v. BACON". Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Palmer were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Prendergast and Mr. Evans were counsel for the defendant. This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to re cover damages from the defendant for a libel, imputing to him the commission of larceny. The plaintiff, until his " resignation" in November of the last year, was a. superintendent of the Norfolk rural police —a force which is under the command of Colonel Oakea,l as chief constable; and it appeared that the defendant, who is the proprietor of the Korwich Mercury, had caused to be inserted in that journal on the 28th of December last an article imputing to the plaintiff that he had been seen to steal from the shop of Mr. Abrahams, a chemist re siding at Dereham, were the plaintiff was stationed, a pot of pickles, some cigars, a brush, and other things, which, on being followed from the shop, ho had " dis gorged." To the declaration the defendant pleaded "not guilty," and a justification, asserting that the plaintiff had stolen a pot of capers, a cigar, a tooth-brush, a bottle of macassar oil, and some rotten stone, from tho shop of Mr. Abrahams. The case for the plaintiff, which consisted of the technical proof of publication and proprietorship, having been shortly proved, Mr. PRENDEItGAST addressed the jury for the defen dant in a highly humorous speech, and; then proceeded to call witnesses in support of his client's plea of justi fication. Of the evidence of these it may be said that it proved a strong case of larceny in respect of the capers, a less strong one in respect of the toothbrush, one yet weaker as to the macassar oil, and as to the cigars and rotten stone none at all. Two of the witnesses deposed to the fact that Col. Oakes had said to the plaintiff in their presence, after he had heard their story, " Abbott, I am afraid you are guilty, as the witnesses agree," and that the plaintiff had not said anything in reply. Colonel Oakes was then called, iu reply, by the plain tiff, uud he said that he had not made use of that ex pression to the plaintiff, and that the plaintiff had pro tested his innocence in the strongest way on the occa sion alluded to. Air. PREZIDNROAST then called for the production a the " orders" issued by the witness to the force. In one of these, issued immediately after the occasion just men tioned, Colonel Oakes announced his acceptance of the plaintiff's resignation under the strongest conviction of his guilt after rigid examination;" and in the other, issued after a charge against the plaintiff before the ma gistrates had fallen to the ground in consequence of the non-attendance of witnesses, the Colonel relieved the plaintiff from the stigma which the former had cast upon him. Mr. PRENDERGAST replied on this additional evidence; and, after the general reply for the plaintiff by Mr. Ser geant BYLES, The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the case to the jury, and alluding to the two orders of Colonel Oakes, ob served that the first was rashly issued if the plaintiff had protested his innocence in the manner and on the occasion described; and the mere fact of the non-at tendance of the witnesses ought not FO to have altered the opinion of a person in Colonel Oakes' situation, on the innocence or guilt of an accused man, as to have in duced him to issue the secund order. He (the Chief Justice) was of opinion that the jury must dismiss as unproven the charges of stealing the rotten stone, the cigars, and macassar oil. They must determine whether the plaintiff had stolen the capers and the toothbrush. or either of them. It they should find that he had not stolen anything they must give the plaintiff adequate damages, not considering that they were, as the counsel for the plaintiff had suggested, to teach lessons to edi tors, nor reducing the damages because the plaintiff happened to be a poor man. If they thought that he had stolen one or two of the last named things they would say what damages the plaintiff was entitled to in respect of the charges which they considered not proved. In estimating the amount in that case they must take into consideration the fact that they found him to have stolen something. The jury retired for a few minutes, and on their re turn found that the plaintiff had stolen the capers, but not the toothbrush, and that if he was entitled to any damages at all they assessed them at one farthing. - The verdict was then entered for the defendant. THE CASE OF MISS TALBOT. (From the Times.) Bad as the case had been presumed to be against the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury and the two Roman Catholic priests, Drs. Doyle and Hendren, the presump tion falls far short of the reality. Hitherto we have been compelled to speak from a knowledge of isolated facts, but now, thanks to the investigation before the Lord Chancellor, we are enabled to set forth the story in all its bearings. To be sure it was no great stretch of the inductive faculty to draw correct inferences from the few facts actually ascertained. Baron Cuvier and Professor Owen from the sight of a simple bone or vertebra have been able to divine the perfect organiza tion and entire fabric of :some strange antedeluvian animal. So it was possible to argue back from one of Dr. Hendren's falsehoods to the whole tissue of treachery and deceit of which Miss Talbot had been the object. It was evident enough from what we already knew that there was at the bottom of this iniquitous business a deep-laid scheme for immuring the young lady within the walls of a nunnery, and securing possession of her property. But this might, or might not, have been the inspira tion of the moment. It seemed clear that the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury had found themselves un able to force their young relative into a marriage from which her feelings revolted, and which her judgment disapproved, and had they determined to hand her over to the priests. They could calculate with perfect secu rity that her ample fortune would be a sufficient bait to induce persons of this class to second their selfish and un worthy views to the utmost of their power. And had it not been for the providential interference of Mr. Ber keley at the critical moment, and for the instant expression of public indignation, the unfortunate young lady lay bound hand and foot at the mercy of the intriguing crew by whom she was surrounded. Let us only consider her position. The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, her closest relatives, unable to drive her into an unsuitable marriage, had gone abroad. They had parted from her in bitterness and anger, and, ere their departure had cast her into a convent. The Lord Chancellor, her guardian in last resort, appears to have had a kind of jaunty idea that of her own free will Miss Talbot was stopping, during the absence of Lord and Lady Shrewsbury, as boarder in a convent. The Earl of Shrewsbury, in the course of a conversation at Alton Towers, where Lord Truro had been staying, had told him as much, and ho was satisfied. No hint of Miss Talbot's intended profession had reached his ears. There was no assistance to be expected from that quarter. It was not very probable that a timid, inexperienced girl of 19 years of age, with her soul well bent down to " Holy obedience," and her every act strictly controlled by the convent staff, should concoct and forward a petition to the Lord Chancellor, praying to be relieved from duress. With her Protestant relatives, with her stepfather, and her uncle, she was not allowed to hold any communica tion, unless, indeed, a brief interview under the prac tised eye of- the Superior deseevea the name. The next person in this melodrama is Dr. Doyle, one of the new patent Wiseman-bishops. But this Dr. Doyle WAS the man who, according to the indignant statement of Miss Talbot's uncle, had abused his spiritual influence at her father's death-bed to procure his own nomina tion to the office of her guardian. He was the man who had endeavoured to remove her from her mother's care while she was yet en ailing and sickly child. Ho was the man who, having undertaken the office of her guardian, discharged his duty so effectually that he allowed Miss Talbot to be returned to the convent " as a boarder"—so he tells us —and only found out the other day that she was waver ing in her notions, and might not improbably become a nun. Dr. Doyle, the astute old Roman priest, knew the meaning of a course of conventional influence as well as a skilful physician understands the effect of henbane or opium! Finally, we have the truth-loving Dr. Hen dren; and the mild, dissuasive Superior of this Popish Dotbeboys-hall. Consider for a moment the position of a girl so situated, born in such a position in society, and heiress to such a fortune, and entangled in the meshes of such a crew! There she lay at their mercy, without a friend or counsellor in the world, without one whole some influence to dispel the clouds that had gathered round her path 1 Now, we trust it is by this time clearly enough under stood that the effect of a nun's profession is to transfer her whole property to the community of which she may form part. 'This appeared in the course of the Blackrock investigation, in which it was stated that the two nuns were as completely compelled to sign as though a pistol had been held to their heads. Furthermore the Solicitor- General on Saturday called attention to the following rule of the Council of Trent, which provides " that the property of all religious men and women ought not to be held by them separately or privately, but be handed over to the Superior or Superioress to be incorporated with the property of the convent." The practice of the Ro man Church has invariably been in consonance rather with this Tridentine canon than with the one quoted by our valuable correspondent, Dr. Hendren: But, after all, it is mere idleness to waste discussion upon such a point. While she remained exposed to conventual influences Miss Talbot was as blind a tool in the hands of those by whom she was surrounded as the staff in a Jesuit's grasp. The best evidence of the fact is to be found in a letter at the conclusion of our Chancery report of this day. It is written ostensibly by Miss Talbot to the Lord Chan cellor ;' but—poor girl I—she had little enough to do with its composition. Every word bears the stamp of the dirty intriguers by whom she was surrounded. She is made to write that every word of the letter is from herself. "I am alone while writing it, and therefore no one can allege that I have been prompted by any one ; every word is the result of my own thoughts and reflec tion." Wo do not suppose that Miss Jerningham was actually standing over the young lady in the attitude of a flagellant. The complaint is that the letter was written from a nunnery at all. The date is the proof of the duress. Such a letter as that the composi tion of a young English girl of nineteen years of age ! the opening of it would do credit to a heard-headed writer to the Signet, and its conclusion is as gross a piece of Hendren-cum-Jerningham as was ever turned out from the walls of a nunnery. " It will cost me much to leave Taunton, where aro all my best and dearest friends; but your Lordship acts for the best, and therefore I would not on any account oppose your wish. After Easter I shall be ready to yield myself, and again enter a world whose charms I cannot value." We know not how much it will cost Miss Talbot to leave Taunton, but to havo remained there would most assuredly have cost her exactly 85,0081. How does the conclusion of this letter tally with the first attempt to persuade the Chancellor that Miss Talbot was residing at the convent for a temporary purpose, entirely discon nected with any idea of her ultimate profession? The truth is that before any stir was made in the matter the plan was to represent Miss Talbot to her Protestant relatives in the character of a postulant, in order to remove her from their influence. Next, when an application was made to the Chancellor, it was found impossible to brave the consequences of so audacious and attempt to embezzle the property of a ward of Court—the postulant pro , hic vice subsided into the boarder. But Dr. Hendren s un fortunate letters had appeared in t h e 7 lines, but Mr. Craven Berkeley had too accurately remembered his converartions with Miss Jerningham. Miss Talbot was then set forth as a sort of " p ostulant unattached;" ' as one who had simply assumed the name in order to be come entitled to the privileges of a boarder, but with out the remotest idea of profession. What, then, is the meaning of the concluding phrase of Miss Talbot's letter to the Chancellor—even if we leave honest Dr. Hend ren's indiscreet confidences out of the question? It would be difficult in a case of this kind to apportio n the share of blame due to every party to this foul trans action. A very heavy responsibility rests upon the s h ou lders of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsb ury. Through a long course of years they entirely negle c t e d their young relative. They left the heiress of so consi derable a fortune to receive her education in a paltry establishment at 40 guineas per annum, including board, washing, sheets, towels, and the pri nc i ples and practice of the Roman Catholic religion, W hen they fi n ally took her into her family she was cast out by them again at the end of twelve weeks, because she refused to be dragooned into an This tnarriages And what Ras the form of the rejection? innocent young girl was consigned once more t o t h e walls o f an institution in which iv; 1 1 140 years her ogul hqd been drilled into obedience, to be there " dissuaded" from taking that tal step which would convert her existence into a wear - and monotonous misery. As for the priests, they but act according to the routine and tradition of *Us office.. It is well that their conduct should be de nounced, because it is well just now that the practical leaning of their creed should be brought home to the - understanding of every man; and, what is of more im portanw, of ever woman throughout the country. •• (From the Daily News.) There is a reason for silence with regard to cases pending in.the common law courts that does not apply to Chancery cases. Juries aro employed in the common law courtsrand all jurymen have not had the advantage of that intellectual training which enables men to dis miss irrelevant facts and unsupported averments from their mind. They cannot all forget in the jury-box what they have heard out of it. A judge who has grown grey in legal controversies is in no such danger; the more a case is argued from every point of view the more likely he is to arrive at a sound decision. There is no danger of the Lord Chancellor's being puzzled and misled by any amount of extra judicial polemics about the case of Miss Talbot. And with all possible respect for Lord Truro, it must be said that he does appear to be in need of a fillip to remind him that the lady's case is ono of public concern. He has from the beginning taken it very quietly, and seems to wish that all the world should do so likewise. He was un moved by the first intimation he received that Miss Talbot was in a nunnery. He pooh-poohed Mr. Craven Berkeley's first application. He insists upon keeping the name of the lady who is to have the temporary charge of Miss Talbot a profound secret. On Thursday last he " craved of the bar to be protected from matters which may be interesting to the public generally in a large view, but which do not immediately relate to this lady." The Chancellor has from first to last kept cry ing, " Hush! do not make a noisel—let us get this dis agreeable business wound up as quietly as possible." His Lordship doubtless means well, ,but he is in the wrong. The question at issue is not merely whether a young lady has had fair play at the hands of her guar dians. It involves the wider questions of in how far conventual establishments may or have been rendered subservient to the grossest oppression of private indivi duals, and how far the Court of Chancery is able to check such abuse or has been watchful to do so.' - The half-told tale of Miss Talbot warrants the darkest sus picions of domestic tyranny and neglect on the part of institutions established to defeat oppression. These sus picions may be wrong, but if they are, the public; mind can only be disabused of them by the most full discus sion. If they are well-founded, the interference of the legislature as well as the courts of law is imperatively called for. The more the story of the Taunton convent is probed the worse it looks. Let us begin by adverting to cumin]• stances of which the Romanist aide of the question might have taken advantage, but of which they h ave n o t dared to avail themselves. It is an awkward circum stance that the mother of Miss Talbot should have been separated from her husband, and that she should have contracted a second marriage only two months after his death. That the late Mr. Talbot should have allowed his daughter to remain with her mother, is, how ever, sufficient to warrant the belief that the separation was owing solely to incompatibility of temper, having its origin possibly in the difference of creed. The hasty second marriage is somewhat repulsive to our bourgeois conscience; and the reference in a petition presented to the Court by the late Mrs. Berkeley, to the advantage - which her son might derive from becoming a Protestant convoys no very favourable idea either of her judgment or temper. All these considerations, however, are ut terly irrelevant to the proceedings now under discussion. The imputations respecting Mr. Craven Berkeley's motives are too palpably groundless and too contempti ble to deserve a moment's attention. Having thus disposed of the Protestant parties to the question, let us now look to the conduct of the Roman ists. The late Mr. Talbot appointed his spiritual director guardian to his children, and left all his personal property to the Reverend Gentleman. How much that amounted to has been carefully concealed. The property of the children, which has now come to vest in Miss Talbot alone, is estimated to amount to 85,0001. Almost the first step taken by the reverend heir and guardian was to attempt to separate the daughter from her mother. This he attempted to do before he was aware of the latter's somewhat hasty second mar siege, without assigning any sufficient ground for the separation; and it was accompanied by misrepresenta tions as to the state of the child's healt4. In this proceeding be was abetted by the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury. On the death of the mother the Court of Chancery recognised the rights of the guardian on the understanding that the Earl and Countess were to take charge of the child. AS far as yet appears the Earl and Countess seem to have paid no attention to the child whatever till the sprinc , of 1850. Miss Talbot, with her high descent and large fortune, was consigned to a convent for her education. The cost of her maintenance and education there was about half the sum allowed by the Court of Chancery; it indicates a style of education quite incon sistent with her worldly prospects; except daring one brief visit to Alton Towers the young lady was kept mewed up in her convent. All this looks very like a predetermination to make a nun of her. In 1850 the girl of eighteen years was suddenly trans planted from her dull and narrow conventual existence to the world of fashion. No sooner had she emerged into this new sphere, than attempts were made to dispose of her in marriage. Her reverend guardian had some Englishman in view for him; her uncle and aunt wished to bestow her and her fortune on a cadet of the house of ' Roehefoueault. The young lady did not submit to be made a.mere passive instrument of the plans and combinations of others. Sho refused to become the wife either of the English or the French candidate for her hand. Immediately the interest taken in ber by her noble relatives cooled, and she was left to herself. Secluded as she had been from the society even of re lations, the girl, yet in her teens, whistled off by the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, had no one to con sult but her ecclesiastical guardian. Shrinking from a (to her) strange and unaccustomed world, the idea of re turning to the only home she had known since her mo ther's death naturally presented itself to her. To this there were great objections. The Court of Chancery was not likely to approve of such an arrangement. The regulations of the convent prohibited her being admit ted as a resident. Not only was this step objectionable in itself; there were grave obstacles in the way of carrying it out. That these obstacles should have been over come or evaded betrays a predetermination in some quarter that the step should be taken. She was smuggled into the convent in contravention of an existing order of Chancery, and without any ap plication having been made to get a new one. She was led to believe that she could only be admitted into the convent on assuming the character of a postulant. She assumed that character, but, as she herself has declared, o❑ the understanding that it was a mere matter of form, and withont any intention of becoming a nun. What passed within the convent walls is unknown, and may possibly never be revealed; but some facts have been placed upon record to which we now request attention. Miss Talbot denies that she was intended to become a nun. On the contrary, the superior of the convent told Mr. Berkeley that Miss Talbot was "as likely to become a nun as not." The so-called Bishop of Clifton has gone further: ho has declared that Miss Talbot earnestly prayed to be allowed to become a nun. Dr. Doyle admits that he heard " that some such notion had passed through her mind, and that she was wavering." All three confess that they deemed it highly probable Miss Talbot would end by becoming a nun; and they all pretend to have attempted to dissuade her from the in tention—an intention which we have her own authority for stating she never entertained. There is only one possible interpretation of all this; it was resolved that Miss Talbot should not only appear to be, but should be, a postulant. And the end to be attained by thus in veigling her is frankly admitted by the person calling himself Bishop of Clifton: it was, that her fortune might go to enrich the Romish Church in England, which he alleges to be very poor. Mr. Hendren stands convicted by his own admission of having deliberately contem plated this consummation; Dr. Doyle and Miss Jerning ham of having at least connived at it; the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury of having, after their attempt at marriage-brokering was frustrated, abondoned their niece to the machinations of the ecclesiastical trio. And it is admitted that Miss Talbot was debarred from inter course not only with her father-in-law, but with her only sister. This is all that is at present known. But taken in connexion with the case' of the sisters Macarthy, which occurred a few years ago in the convent of Blackrock, in the county of Cork, it shows the necessity for a search ing inquiry into the case of Miss Talbot, and for the adoption of measures adequate to secure society against the juggling of priests and devotees. Unless the facts, so pregnant with suspicion, to which wo have adverted, be fully disproved or explained, it is the duty of the Court of Chancery to remove its ward from the influence and control of her guardian and his accomplices. It is to be feared that this aid comes too late. It is barely possible that the influence of the insidious training of t ea years can now be effaced from the mind of the Young lady. Unless that mind be of far more than average strength and independence, her future life is doomed to be tormented by awful doubts and anxieties, by struggles to emancipate herself from the superstitious One hand, and from so carefully instilled on th e ' from insurmountable suspicions of the good faith and affection of her spiritual instructors on th duty of the Legislature to put a c h eck u D on o ther. The n s uch machi nations as have been proved in th e ease of t he Blackrock Convent, and all but proved in the case of the Taunton Convent, is equally clear and less difficult. This is no question between Protestants and Bornanists. The lat ter have as real an interest as the former in the user tion by the secular power of an authority to prevent an organizr.‘d priesthood fro g abetting the vindictive oppres sion of young Pe o pl e b._ relation whose selfish s c h emes they have thwart e d , and o f playing upon devotional ysen timent to augment their own wealth and power. The State is bound to protect its citizens from the intrigues of priestcraft, and all who are its tools or accomplices. It is alle ge d that the clergy of o ther sects are as faulty as those o f t h e R on lish Church; this, if true, would be a reason for holding all equally in check, but it is none for tolerance of the jugglery of any one of them. Without underva l u in g the Ecclesiastical T itles Bill, it is clear that there are evils it cannot touch ; tangible ev i ls t h a t the State can and ought immediately to grapple with. A more stringent and compreh ens i ve law o f ni ortmain is needed ; a law on the subject of death ;a law to su pp res s, and control conven o b l e ., d i f t e t s h t t m b e a n tar y impossible,b eq u e ttso isregulate d tual establishments, is needed. But, above all, the in. troduction of a pervading and sufficient system of secular instruction is needed. 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