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- Ss a - rnreciairl, as if suet !•1 - zoos res:,ectively were tenants I r iit,, szibiect iu impeachine .l- . fur waste. And be it enacted, That in every ease of improvements effected under the powir or audio! ities last here inbe,f we contained, the said of Public Works shall have the like power of determin ing and sig , ifs IN; the amount of increased rent or re its, if any, winch the oci.up ers ut such lands ought immediateh - ol prospectively to pay. by reason of such im provemsuts, and which ilicreas r4-nt o r rents shad be paid and may he recovered in like ;winner, as respectively here inbefore provided in res i lect of improvements made by means of loans from the said Commissiooers. the second reading of th On the question being put for , clause, - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to"k the same objection to it that he did when the Noble Lord pro posed it on a former oc casion. He must, therefore, resist the introduction of the clause. Viscount NEWRY said it es tates placed in their hands was not flir to refse trusteas es the power of improving trust property Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL urged upon Government the necessity of reconsidering their deci'ion upon this clause. A g ood deal of land wou ld remain unimproved if they did not. After a few words from Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, Mr. HUME said, it appeared to him that it private indi viduals could be found to advance money to improve pro perty in Ireland, it would be much better to take it from them than from the public purse. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Hon. Member for ALmtrose misunderstood the meaning of the clause. rt was not to enable trustees to advance their trust money under this Bill, but to expend it in the improvement of their own land. _ . Mr. HUME thought that the present was not a fitting op portunity to go into the subject. The Earl of LINCOLN hoped that the Government would consider the subject at the present time. He thought it desirable that some provision should be intro duced into the measure as speedily as possible, and that those Acts introduced a few years since by the Duke of Richmond and the Hon. Member for Berkshire, might be taken as a basis for those provisions. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD wished to express his dissent against clauses 34 and 44 of the Bill, the former clause giving the Commissioners power to enter on the lands of any person against their wishes, and the second clause gave them power to increase the amount of the rents, and he would give notice that upon the third reading of the Bill he would move that those two clauses should be expunged. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL thought it of great importance that capital should be set as free as possible for employment at the present time in Ireland. Mr. AGLIONBY thought that it was the duty of the Government to bring in a Bill upon the subject, and not allow the expense and trouble of doing so to be borne by any individual Member of the Howe. Mr. LABOUCHERE said, he agreed in the observation that this was a measure with which the Government could more easily deal than any individual Member. He hoped sincerely that the Government would be able to introduce a in. asure upon that subject, but he would entreat the House to remember that the Government could not pledge itself to bring in any other measures than those which they had introduced until !hey had been able to see what progress they could make with those which they had undertaken. The Government had been asked during the course of the day to hriag in n ► less than three Irish measures. Mr. MORE OTERRALL said that if such a measure WAS brought in, it ought to be done so by her Majesty's Go vernment. Property in Ireland was under such restrictions, that the proprietors were prevented from raising money to improve their estates. Af er some further discussion, the amendinent we, negatived. Lord COURTENAY moved that the following clause be added to the Bill :—( Ulcers/in:lnel Companies for im provement of Land in Ireland. en) pun emit to borrow money for the purrs. , of this Art. ) And whereas so cieties or companies incorporated ov Act of Parliament, or established by charter. in Ireland or in England, for the im provement of land in Ireland, or far reel oiaihg lend in Ire land, may be desirous of apple hies for advances of money under the provisions of this Ac', but •loubte may arise whether .tuch soeieiies or conipaoies are wi tele toe pro vi4ions of this Act, and whether they are an horised t • bar ;iv money, by reason of the ebseece. of special autholityin their Acts or Charters of Insurporatien, by reason of the powers to borrow, therein contains not having arisen, or being inappicable to this Act ; be it t;ere fore enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the trustees or directors of any such society or company, incor porated by Act of Parliament or by Royal charter, solely for the improvement of land in Ireland, or for reclaiming land in Ireland, and which society or company shall he en titled to any such lands proposed to be improved raider this Act for an estate in fee, or under and by virtue of any lease hrlives renewable for ever, or for a term of years whereof forty years or more may be unexpired at the time of applica tion for a loan under this Act, to convene a special general meeting of the shareholders, with such notice as may be required by the respective t.ct, or Charter of Incorporation, and specifying in such notice the object of such meeting, and to submit to such meeting a proposition for borrowing money under the provisions of this Act; and, if the mejority of the shareholders present at such meeting shall authorise the directors to borrow a sum of money under the provisions of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commis s!oners of Public Works,. if they shall think fit, upon the appli cation by memorial of the trustees or directors for the time being of such society or company, to advance any sum of money not exceeding the sum by such resolution of the special meeting authorised, upon the security of a rent-charge, or rent-charges, under this Act, although such society or company may not have powers independently of this Act to borrow money, or may have special powers of borrowing which shall not have arisen ; and in any such case such trustees or directors for the time being shall or may be considered as owners wider the provisions of this Act, and they are hereby authorised to do all acts which any owner of land, as defined in this Act, is authorised and em powered to do in relation to loans to be made, or rent-charges to be created, under this Act, or any works of improvement to be executed under the same, or other the purposes of this Act ; and upon any advance being made to the trustees or directors for the time being, of any such society or company, under the provisions of this Act, the lands belonging to any such society or company, and mentioned in the order of the said Commissioners, shall be charged and chargeable with such rent-charge, or rent-charges, as by this Act provided in respect of any loan or advance thereunder, and subject and liable to the like provisions and regulations as in this Act contained in relation to such tent-charges and the priority of the same. On the motion for the second reading of the clause, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the objects contemplated in the Noble Lord's clause had been so nearly provided for in the Bill that he really did not see a necessity for adding to its general provisions. LortICOURTENAY said the prat'. sse I object ofthe Bill was to give employment to the poor, alit he had never looked upon it as calculated to benefit property in Ire land. It was with the former view that he had proposed this clause, but as be was not disposed to throw any impediment in the way of the Bill, he would, with the permis-ion of the House withdraw the clause. The clause was ace rdiinsly withdrawn. An amended clause, proposed by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, was then agreed to. The further consideration of the report was then post poned till Friday next. LOAN BILL. The Loan Bill was then real a third time and passed. REPORT OF THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS. Mr. STRUTT said he wa: unab:e to lay the report of the Railway Commissioners upon the table of the House, in con sequence of a great number of inaccuracies in the informa tion furnished by the railway companies themselves. He very much regretted that such was the fact, but the fault did not lie with the Cemmissioeess, but the railway com panies themselves. The House then adjourned at Six o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes are? Proceedings of the House of Commons. TUESDAY, MARCH 9. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be given to bring in a BOA for Hitt total repeal of the Punishment of Death." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 41. Aglionby, H. A. Escott, Bickliam Pechell, Captain Balne, Walter Fielden, John Strickland, Sir G. Barclay, David Harmer, Sir John Tancred, H. W. Barnard, E. U. Hindley, C. Thornely, T. Bewring, Dr. Hutt, William Trelawny, J. S. Brotherton, Joseph Kelly, sir Fitzroy Turner, Edmund Brown, W. Lawless, Cecil Walker, Richard Castlereagh, Vise. Mackinnon, W. Warburton. H. Christie, W. D. M'Carthy, Alex. Williams, W. Crawford, W. 6. Mulles, it Itonckton Yorke, Henry B. Currie, R. Morison, General ])ennistoun, J. Muntz, G. F. TELLIES. D'Eyncourt, C. T. O'Brien, C. Ewart, William Duncan, George O'Connell, John Hume, Joseph Ellis, Wynn Pattison, James MAJORITY—NOES, 81. Acland, Sir T. Grey, Sir G. Parker, John Adderley, C. V. Raiford, Sir Henry Patten, J. W, Aldam, William nestle, Archibald Peel, Colonel Arundel, Earl of Henley, J. W. Protheroe, E. Baillie, 11. J. Herbert, Sydney Pulsford, Robert Baring, Henry Heron, Sir It. Pusey, P. Baring, Thomas Dope, G. W. Rashleigh, W. Barrington, Viscount Howard, C W.G. Reid, Colonel Bellew, R. M. Ingestre, Visct. Round, C. G. Bennet, I'. Inglis, Sir It. Russell, Lord J. Bentinek. Lord G. James, Sir W. C. Scrope, G. I'. Berestord, Major Jervis, Sir John Seymour, Lord Berkeley, Craven Law, C. E. Shaw, F. Buller, Air J. Y. Lawson, Andrew Sheppard, T. Carew, W. H. Polo Lefroy, Anthony Sibthorp, Colonel Chichester, Lord J. Lincoln, Earl of Smith, J. A. Clay, Sir W. L indsay, Colonel Smythe, G. Clerk Sir G. MacAulay, T. B. Somerville, Sir W. Clive, Vise. _Mackenzie, T. Spooner, Richard Douglas, Sir H. Manners, Lord J. Stuart, V. Duncembe, 0. Matheson, James Stratt, Edward Dundas, Sir David Miles, William Vesey, lion. T. Entwisle, W. Monahan, J. H. Vyse, R. H. R. H. Fellewes, E. Morpeth, Viscount Wortley, J. S. Ferguson, Sir Ti. Newry, Viscount Wrightson, W. B. Frewen, C. 11. .N , )rt Island, Viscount TELLERS. Gladstone, J. N. Palmer, Robert Tufnell, H. Graham, Sir James Palmer, G. Craig, W. G. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedio9. , of !he Rouxe of C'ommung.) TUESDAY, 31.1,11.Cil 9. The andernamed Railway [till was presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time:— Gloucester and Hereford Railway and Canal Purchase— " for constructing a Railway from Gloucester to Hereford, with Branches therefrom to be called The Gloucester ant Hereford Railway,' audio transfer to suc h C ompany t h e liereford4dre andoucestersttire. Canal Nayi ation, and for other purp-ses connect e d t h erewith. " g The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com mitted, and referred to the. Committ. e of Selection : Manchester, Buxton, :t1,110: k, and Midlands Junction De viations. Mold (front Mold to join the Chester and Holyhead Railway). Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 2—Exten.. slops and Amendment). Great t a Great Indian and L'mehouse R il- Regen s Comp any (Paddington way and Branch). The undPrnarned Railway Bill waA withdrawn : Glasgow, Paislev, at , d Glasgow Gaud). and to the Caledonian Rai le " a ' ‘ t ' two ) FAISPATIEB (To be divided o STAN DIN TEE. STANDING ORDERS COll 11 lowing Resolutions were reported Irons the above , : in the case of the Manchester Corporation Water ,gewer to sell to the Manchester and Salford Water 4.pany) petition, the standing orders ought to be hk`with:—That the parties be permitted to proceed .tZ • ;r Bill. 11 Warhat in the case of the Rathmines Improvilnent \1 1 41\ 13 . • AV .77 . 1 7 kiri[11 :1 6 '" '.7 N THURSDAY _?!fIORNINa:, MARCH 11, 1847. THE SU_lsa, LONDO, jr,imm.as• , ......1f............ * .... t i }n, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be r•ertnitted to proceed with !heir Bill. 3. That in the case of the Manchester and Southampton Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dis pensed with. 4. That in the case of the Waterford Road petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with .—That the par ties be perinitt,l to proceed with their Bill, on proving before the Com.oittee on the Bill that the Notices have been inserted in the Dablin Gazette sod County Newspaper for three successive we-ks in the month of December last. .L..A.W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCEii Y. March 10. (Sittings in Lincoln's Inn.) THE HUNGERFoRD MARKET COMPANY V. THE CHARING CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY. This important case, the facts of which have from time to time appeared in The Stat, came before the Lord Chancellor this morning, oa au appeal trout the decd ;on of the Vice-Chancellor, who directed that the differences be tween the two companies slit uld be submitted to a jury. Mr BETHEL ( who, with Mr. Gifford, appeared tor the Market Company) pitceeded .o address his Lordship iu support of the appeal. He said be had hoped that sonic arrangement would have been come to between the parties. which would have put an eno to legal proceedings, but unfortunately the conduct of the Bridge Company had prevented any amiable underatanduig being come to be tween them, as the proposal which they had made, and from which they refused to depart, was of the most objectionable kind. What they proposed was, that each pas senger disembarking at the float, shoulu be under the obliga tion to receive Irons the collector of the Bridge Company a ticket to entitle him to go over the bridge to the market; so that the, huri.lreds who thus disembarked—and some times three hundred disembarked at the same titne— would only be permitted to have egress by producing this ticket at the iron gates on the Middh.sex side, so that, in fact, but one person could pass out at once. Now, this was a mode of egress which was open to the greatest objection, as, on long days, half an hour or three-quarters of an hour might not untrequently elapse from the time of a passenger leattiug the steam-boat to the time of his obtainingegress at the gates. Fortunately the Market Company had the means of showing the utter futility of such a plan by the affidavit of Mr. Ilawes, the Deputy Chairman of the Bridge Company. He stated that the railing off of six feet would be attended with most serious co-sequences to the great crowds continually embarking amid disembarking at the float, particularly on Sundays, when seve - al thousands passed to and fro, and as the number was increasing, greater iticonvenience c , uld not fail, to be the result. In afloa t he sated that it would be quite impossible that such an immense numbsr of passengers could pass on aod off by a passage only six feet wide. It was clear, how ever, that the m ditet company had no right to demand more space, and therehire they must be content with it. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired the nature of the pro vision which gave the Market Company the right they claimed. Mr. BETHEL said a covenant in the lease gave the Market Company "free and uninterrupted access" over the bridge to the float. The Bridge Company reserved to themselves the right of railing off a compartment ut six feet fur this purpose. Mr. BOLT, who appeared for the Bridge Company, denied that the Market Company were to have an " uninterrupted" right of way. Mr. BETHEL went on to urge, on the faith of this affidavit, that it would be quite impossible for the whole of the steam boat passengers to pass to and fro in this we, owing to the obstructions. Not only would the greatest contusion be created by the toll-gates, as the parties would have to pass out and in one at a time, but a continual series of squabbles would be the natural result of the confusion which they would engender, and in addition would destroy . the value of the accommodation which the bridge itself professed to afford. Mr. Hawes stated, that frequently during the summer Sundays, 10,000 persons passed over the bridge in a few hours and that a gate which was kept closed during the week, was obliged to be kept open on those days. They should, in tact, state that the bridge itself, without the addition of the steam-boat passengers, was insufficient for their own passengers. lie went on to state that the width of the 'midge between the chains was only 13 feet, and that for some parts it was only 12 feet 2 inches; or that if 6 feet were taken, little more than 6 feet 2 inches would be left for the ordinary passage of the bri. , ge ; and that a person might say he was going to the steam ' boats, and bs allowed to pass • but there w is nothing to pre vent him from going to the Lat. getting a ticket there, and so being enabled to chest the bridge. The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to know how persons passing acres- the bridge to the other side were to be dealt. with. Mr. Rosy said they would have to pay at the Lambeth side, and rice rural. Mr. BETHEL contended that even that plan would be most inconvenient, and would enable persons to use the bridge, and to iacoinmode the steam-boat passengers, without paying the toll ; and, consequently, without having any right on die bridge at all. The Learned Gentleman then read a list of various objections, which had been made to the offers of the Bridge Company. It was simply set forth that the mode of access by turnstiles was not such an one as the Market Company was entitled to, that the bridge passengers would be pressed upon the steam-boat passengers, and that great inconve nience would be the result, and an evasion of the toll rendered extremely easy, so much so, that thou sands would adopt it, and that therefore the interests of both companies would be injured ; besides, a con tinual squabble would be going on as to whether the pedestrians had or had not landed from the iaeam-boats; the place would obtain an unenviable notoriety and offered an excellent field for pickpockets. The advan tage of this bridge consisted not only in its cheapness, but in the saving of time; but if these turn-tables were placed as proposed, loss of time to passengers would be the re sult, and the advantage of the bridge materially deteriorated, as to many the logs of five or six minutes was often of serious consequence. It had been proved that 2,000,000 had landed at the float in one year, four fifths of whom landed in the summer months alone; but what delay would take place if they were compelled to pass off in" single file." When the cause came first betore his Lordship the Bridge Company contended that the obligation of distin guishing the steam -boat passengers from the public rested with the Market Company, who stated in reply that every ob struction bad been offered to prevent the free ingress and egress of the passengers. They contended further that they were not entitled to the full benefit of the covenant, in con sequence of not having devised any proper plan by which the passengers might be distinguished, where , :s the Market Com pany contended that the covenant did not impose any such obligation upon them. The Vice-Chancellor having decided in the way men , toned, they now came before the Court in the same condition as on the former occasion, with the ex ception of the affidavit of Mr. Hawes, arid that the company bad consented to remove the hoard they had erected. No of would be gained by raising the question before a jury, as the facts were riot in dispute between the portico, as the right of the Market Company was admitted. It mast be looked at simply as a question of construction ; besides, the delay of an action would be a clear obstruction of justice, because the Market Company had the undoubted right Id free access over the bridge to the pier without obstruction. There was no reason why the toll-gates and turnstiles should not be removed to the first pier, so that the passenger traffic would not interfere with the bridge traffic, and, what was most important, would not be impeded. He trusted his Lordship would decide against the decision of the Vice- Chancellor, and order the removal of everything preventing the free ingress and egress of the steam-boat passengers. Mr. GIFFARD followed briefly on the same side. Mr. Roar then proceeded to address his Lordship on behalf of the Bridge Company. He contended, if his Lordship acceded to the injunction prayed for. that the toll-gates and turnstiles would, in contravention of the Act, have to be removed to the pier next the Mid dlesex side, and that part of the bridge thrown open to the whole world, or else the bridge would have to be shorn of half its dimensions, to the great injury of its legitimate pur pose, for a great portion of its length. But the Bridge Com pany had always beet, arid were most willing to listen to any suggestion from the Market Company, by which their own objects might be promoted without injury to the inte rests of the Bridge Company. To throw open the bridge to the first pier would be utterly destructive of its int, rests; but, in reply to all the propositions of th t Bridge Company, they had received a reply, " You can't do that—we claim a free way of 6 feenor sotneother free access to the float ; but we shall accept no other term; than these." Toe Acts of both com panies simply gave them power to enter into contracts with each other. This was evident from the fact that they were not to be permitted to take merchandise over the bridge to the flat without the permission in writing of the Bridge Company. The Market Company had no power over the bridge; it could do nothing in connexion with it without the sanction of the proprietors. By the lease it was expressly stipulated that the Bridge Company were to be empowered to build their toll-houses on the Middlesex side, "south of the tavern," and they bad done so in pursuance of that right. The Bridge Company were also to have an uninterrupted right of way through the market to the bridge; but to say that the Market Company were to have " uninterrupted and un rerricted" way was incorrect, as the toll-houses so erected could not but be considered to some extent obstructions. The LORD CHANCELLoR said it clearly appeared by the lease that a space of six feet was to be appropriated to the Market Cotnpany, and to be railed off. Mr. Roar reputed that the company were willing to make all consistent and suitable provision for the accommodatioo of the Market Company. Fur instance, they might hay, an abutmeat of three feet on each site of the bridge; but if the bridge were opened in the way proposed it would be almost impossible to distinguish the steam-boat passengers from the others. Certainly the Bridge Company had never impugned the right of way without paying toll; but they were not compelled to remove the hoarding at the stairs until the Market Company had discontinued the pier now used by them. They proposed to have three turnstiles, so that the fullest accommodation might be given the steam-boat passengers, and if they were dissatisfied with their servants they might epaulet servants of their own. The turnstiles would not let a person come back without producing an authority to pass, so that they could not well use, in that case, the bridge without paying. The question, he thought, was one which came within the province of a jury. However, be trusted his Lordship would riot grant the injunction prayed for, but leave the company to adopt one of the many plans that had been proposed for the protection of their mutual interests. The Loan CHANCELLOR said the words in the covenant were perfectly clear—the Market Company had an undoubted right of way, free of toll, to the pier. He had heard nothing to lead him to form an opposite conclusion. It was equally clear that the Bridge Company ha - 1 refused to comply with theconditions of their lease. Nocloubt at the time it was made the question of distinguishing the passengers did not enter into their consideration, but that did not alter its meaning. He felt it his duty, therefore, to grant the injunction as prayed for,—namely, that the objectionable hoard should be removed, and that free ingress and egress should be given by the Bridge Company for the steam-boat pas.. sengers. The removal of the turnstiles was a question not before him, and therefore he could give no opinion upon it ; but it appeared to him that both parties were injuring themselves by these proceedings. No doubt, if the parties could frame a proper question for the decision of a jury, no objection might arise as to the adoption of such a course, but he could not recommend it. 5. That in the case of the -hrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amendment and Bra.iches petition, the stand ing orders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the exception of that part which enables them to make a Branch from ' Wo!verhampton to Wellenhall. That the Committees on: the two preceding Bills do exa mine, in the first place, how far such orders have been com plied with ; and do report the same to the House on the re- ' port of the Bill. 6. That in the case of the South Devon Railway (Exten sion and Amendment) petition, the standing:orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 7. Th:tt in the case of the York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improvement, &e.) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :--That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. First, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Smrrif.) MANCHESTER, LONDON, AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. In this case the Examiner decided that the standing orders had not been complied with. There was no other case on the list to-day. REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS DURING THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 6. I Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the w ee k. Males ... ... ... 526 Males ... ... ... 714 Females ... ... 482 Females ... ... 676 Total ... 1,008 Total ••• 1,390 THE HANOVER JEWELS. MEMORANDUM OF PROCEEDINGS WITH RESPECT TO JEWELS CLAIMED BY THE CROWN OF HANOVER FROM THE BRITISH CROWN. The claims of the Crown of Hanover are of twofold origin, and embrace jewels of two classes:- 1 Jewels originally belonging to the electors of Hanover, and bequeathed to his successors in the electorate by King George 11. These jewels were brought over from Hanover to England by order of King George 111. on his accession. 2. Jewels which King George 111. bought of his uncle, the Duke of Cumberland, for 54,000 L, and gave as a wedding present to Queen Charlotte, who beqeathed them (in the events which have happened) to the House of Hanover, to be settled in the direct line of succession of that House as established by the laws and constitution of the House of Hanover. The jewels of beth classes were claimed by the Crown of Hanover immediately after the demiee of King William IV. (which caused the Separation of the Hanoverian from the British Crown); and they were delivered into the possession of her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, with notice that they were so claimed in the month of July, 1837. The claim to Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels (Class II.) was afterwards preferred in an offiei•J shape, in a letter ad dressed by Mr. Pemberton to Sir Henry Wheatley, son of the King's executors, under date the Bth of November, 1837. And the particulars of both claims were stated officially to the Secretary of the Lord Chancellor, in a letter dated 4th December, 1837. The claim to Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels (Class II) was referred to the Law Officers of the British Crown ; the claim to the A , cient Hanoverian Jewels (Class being reserved for dipleinatic correspondence between the Hano verian Minkter in this country and her Majesty's Secretary it State for For e ign heirs. Vanoue oleections were raised by her Majesty's law officers to the claim to the legacy jewels, which were answered by the counsel of the Crown of Hanover; and ultimately, after two years' correipoedence, it was agreed that, for the purpose of o:itaining a judicial decision upon the claim, the legacy jewels should be deemed to be still in the possession of the executors of King b'illiarn IV., and that the King of Hano ver should file a bill in Chancery against the executors and against her Majesty's Attorney. General, asserting his right to tee jewel , , and praying the delivery of them, and that the executors and the Attorney , General should forthwith put in Vteir answers to the bill, so that the question might be brought to a speedy decision. Accordingly, the bill was filed on the 20th August, 1839. The defendants did not put in their answers till November, 1840; and the cause being at length brought to issue, wit nesses were examined on both sides, but the depositions mained under seal. _ . This vas the state of the proceedings on the claim to Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels (Class IL) in the month of November, 1813. Io the meanwhile a correspondence has been carried on between the Hanoverian Minister in this country and the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in regard to the ancient Hano verian jewels (Class I.) The first official movement upon the claim to the ancient jewels was a note addressed by Baron Munchausen to Vis count Palmerston, under date 18th April, 1839 . • which was followed by a subsequent note, dated 10th August, 1840, stating. in compliance with Lord Palmerston's requisition, the grounds upon which the jewels were claimed by the Crown of Hanover, and the documents by which the claim was supported. To this note of the 10th August, 1840, no answer was re turned till the 29th of December, 1842, when it was answered by Lord Aberdeen. The correspondence was continued during the year 1843, an injerval of two or three months being suffered to elapse between every note of the Hano verian Minister and the reply to it on the part of her Ma jesty's Government. The result of the correspondence was an agreement on the part of both the Hanoverian and the British Governments, that Commissioners should be appointed to inquire into and determine the quesiien of right with respect to the jewels claimed from the British Crown by the Crown of Hanover, including as well the jewels claimed under the will of Queen Charlotte, as those claimed as being originally Hanoverian, or as passing to Hanover under the will of King George II.; and that the commissioners should be Lord Lyndhurst, the then Lord Chancellor, Lord Langdale. the Master of the Rolls, and the late Lord Chief Justice Tindal. The commivion was accordingly issued, dated 18th of December, 1843, appointing the above-named CoT mission ers to hear and determine the premises. and empowering them, or any two of them, to proceed from time to time in the execution of the commission, and to report their proceed pigs and what they should find and determine therein. . A A statement of the claim of the Crown of Hanover to the ancient klinoverian jewels (Class I.) was delivered to the Commissioners and to the Treasury solicitor on the 18th of January, 1844, accompanied with - the documents on which it rested, and the corre,pontlence which had passed in rela tion to it. And a statement of the claim to Queen Char lotte's legacy jewels ((}lass II.) was delivered on the 23d of February, 1844, the advisers of the Crown of Hanover having waited in vain diningthe interval fur a statement in answer to their firs. head of claim. The statement on behalt of the British Crown, in answer to the two claims of the Hanoverian Crown, was not de livered till the 1•lt4 of June, 1844. The reply to it was delivered on the 9th of July. The first meeting of the commissioners to hear the claims was held on the 1 Ali January. 1845; and the meetings were continued at long intervals till the 28th June, 1845, when the arguments on both sides were concluded. No judgment has yet been given ; and - by the death of the late Chief Justice Tindall, which happened in July, 1846, the commission has been annulled. In the same month in which the late Chief Justice died, the Hanoverian Minister made tbe following proposal to her ‘lnjesty's Government :—" Although in point of law, Lord Lyndhurst and the Master of the Itr , lls, as the two surviving commissio,ters, may not, under the striet terms of the com mission, be enabled to report, is proposed that, by the consent of the respective Governments, the surviving com missioners shall determine and report in like manlier, and tnat their report shall be as binding in all respects as if the late Lord Chief Justice were still alive; and that all neces sary authorities shall be given to the surviving commission ers for that purple." To this proposal no answer was returned. But on the 18th of Decem'mr, 1846, Viscount Palmerston transmitted to Count Kielmansegge a statement. which his Lordship had obtained from Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Langdale, and which he treated as decisive against the claim of the Crown of Ha nover to Queen Charlotte's legacy jewels; and he proposed that the King of Hanover should withdraw his claim to any jewels as having passed under the will of Queen Charlotte, ,till leaving open his other claim to any portion of the jewels in dispute. In answer to Lord Palmerston's proposal, Count Kielrnan segge, by letters dated January 7, 1847. referred his Lordship to the offer which t2ount Kielmansegge had made in July, 1846, and expressed the readiness of his Government still to abide by it, and to acquiesce in any determination which the two surviving commissioners might deliberately come to upon the whole case referred to them ; but he declined to be bound by an informal expression of opinion, which but par tially touched even that part of the case which Lord Palmer. ston considered it to decide, and left the rest of the case alto gether undecided and uncertain. Thus tbe matter reas at present, and Count Kielmansegge has in vain urged Lord Palmerstone to reply. March, 1847. FOREIGN CORN.—The arrivals of corn from the continent of Europe, during -the last three or four days, which are doubtless much less in number than would be the case were it not fur the prevalence of a strong north easterly wind, have comprised an unusually large number from the ports of Denmark and the Hanoverian dominions, which, in addition to those mentioned in our journal of Monday, as having taken place from Holland and the neigh bouring states, in the absence of arrivals from the usual countries of supply, assume a degree of considerable im portance at the present time. NOTTINGHAM :MARCH FAIR.--This large annual fair commenced on Monday last, under favourable auspices, the weather being tine and mild. There was rather a large show of cattle of all descriptions, which readily exchanged harms at the prices maintained for several weeks past. The supply of cheese was less than an average, and prices ranged front 625. to 685.; inferior quality from 455. to 50s. per cwt. Trade is still flat, but, if anything, a shade better. MURDEROUS ATTACK BY A CONVICT AT PORTS- MouTH.—On Friday morning, at six o'clock, as the convicts were employed in slowing away their hammocks, one of the prig , ners, a oung man about 20 years of age, who is under g>ing sentence of transportation for 15 years, two of which nave expired, made a desperate attack on Mr. Meatyard, the chief mate, kv striking him over the head with a broomstick, to which a piece of chain was attached, felling him to the deck by the second blow ; and there appears to be no doubt that the villain would have accomplished the murder of his victim, if one of the keepers, named Duncanron, at whom the prisoner also threw the broomstick, had not run to the chief mate's assistance. So serious are the injuries inflicted on Mr. Meatyard. that he continued insensible for four hours, and now lies - in a dangerous state. This atrocious attack has been communicated to Mr. Capper, of the Home Office, and the culprit will, of course, be dealt with as he de serves._ Ile has only one arm. We understand that his ha pr d nti mpr rein liou sya k i e ft d ho ri o e n tattl i : t i t i ce t ,h 1 i e e, ff tmo lt a i d r t , oe, w foa i t rn h d o h u i tm t h. a tt t — t e m s e t m i p n ot g interfere . ore L 7 A .e So e)r o gu r G TOCK Excu ' M uitizN ido e tt w h , i : c e. 7 _anGd lGaslgasogwo:vi; 9d.lluin,blane, Donne, and to-day w ere _c Ael . ANC h 9 ARCH B.—The sales 47s.—Edinburghnetraalle,dtmianandDum frartonshire, 475. 2 L G l.— iaa din o hm it h and Perth (New), 59e. E‘7.st Indian, 61. 1 marnock, and Ayr,3B% halves, 211,_r and Cartslwei '-e-anchester aGnidarw' 171. _wiailaw and uampton, I6s. —Ditto, Halves,23B.6d. Airirie, and Monkland Junction, 5V m 6d.—North British, Halves, aud :Newcastle, Preference, 8%. Y° l " l " St 494 VICE-CHANCERY COURT, March 10. (Before the VICE•CIIANCEI.LOR of ENGLAND.) TILE PUOVRIETORS or THZ PATEWs JOURNAL V. NEWTON AbID orates. Mr. Stuart, Q.C., and Mr. Renshaw, appeared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. J. Parker and Mr. Eldertou, for the de fendants. This was a suit for an injunction to restrain the defendants from publishing t he drawings and the tranlation ofan article on the protection for passengers by railway from injury. The plain t iffetated that the document was originally written in French, and for the use of the members of the C.iamber of Deputies in France only. The proprietors of the Patents Journal had caused a translation of this document to be made, together with illustrations, in the way of engravings, from drawings. These had been copied by the defendants, and the question arose as to whether any public documents were in titled to copyright ; as, if they were not, there was no ground for suing for the injunction now sought. There was also a ground of defeuce, inasmuch as there had not been time to make a suffici , nt reply. On the part of the plaintiffs, it was contended that .uffieient notice had been given of their proceeding, and tl 114 the defendant ought consequently to have been ready. Mr. Renshaw, on behalf of the plaintiffs, further contended, that although it was allowed that no copyright could subsist in public documents, which were meant for the use of all the members of the state, yet that, according to the decision of Lord Eldon in several cases, there was a copyright in an original translation. Time was given for reply. end, if you hat -e any questions to puS to the witness, put then properly. Prisener—l s ey it is all false. James Ely, a :share and intelligent lad, deposel that he MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. was in the sere ice of Mr. Jeffery, of Tinntry. On Sunday, Mary Brian was indicted for steeling tour chairs and see " 7- the Ist of Notes ether last, he obtained p rntiseion from his ral other articles, the property of Wm. Bright, master to go at d see his mother. He came beck about a The prisoner formed an intimacy with th e prosecu tor, •marter past six , t'clock, and on going along the close he saw, with a quantity of furniture, and s a e he thought, a beast getting up from under a thorn bush, t w h h e t 3 i , se re i s n i t d e e l d i e r i , s i u i i i , p e l r i e: ( l t t i but on going ..g ainer," he saw it was a man. The man I r:either's) house. Eventually the prisoner removed to (oiler lodgings in Drury-laea and there watkee l on the fast er. Seeing that he Os it ness) was observ er who the man was. Where lie came up they both sold a portion of the furniture; but some disagree- ive him, eee mete celled out and told eim to stop. At the meat arising between the m, the prosecutor gave her in ' _laid his hand on his right shoulder and charge fur robbery, on account of tour of the chairs she had ttsoiamidwe.iht,n,eLevatali?d,tnh.woethrokr; sold. r: e no are von going?" Police-constable 25 F had charge of the case, and in giving Mr. Je ,eice PArrasow—Cart you tell me who the man his evidence hesitated, and was unable to answer any of the was? V eitness--" Yes, the prisoner, Jams Brunt." Wit questions put to him by the Jude. He seemed to nogg, poi ming to his master's house, replied that he was have forgotten every word the prisoner said by way the goinis I want.' tl :ere. The prisoner then said, " You are just the lad of explanation when taken into custody , or when tue " Witness rejoined, "Oh, am I ? Then I think you charge was entered by the inspector at the station-house, von't hi ire me, though." Prisoner instantly pulled a knife although he detailed all the conversation before the magic- : mt. o f l e 's seat pocket, and struck him on tie bat and head, trate by whom she was committed for trial. d t h en pulled it back again. He gave him another job on and then a , and the hat fell off. While this was going The 'Assiereer-J epee said he should like to know how it for was that this p ,liceinan could remember every word telling thea 0 . ie• prisoner exclaimed, "The people at the farm ee,d not give me anything; have you got any agaiest the prisoner, while he could not remember one word I w ou r . t' • which told in her favour. Ni) poison was more ready than he was to give the police every protection, but such a fact 1 -as slie money in e eur pocket?" Witness replied, " No; if I had a der N w h I would give it to you." Ile then said he would refpenne e deserved severe comment. He threw him up by the heels on the itness. The jtoy at once acquitted the prisoner , and 'murder ana got his hands on his throat. Witness saw him The LEARNED JUDO said he should not allow the police- el' o "n - • • f his knife, when in that position reaching out o r which was man in this ca , e his expenses. stuck in hi s (witness's) hat at some distance, but it was too Ann Shand Halris, a very elegant and lady-like female far cff, and he could not obtain it without getting T up. hey in her manners and ale - Rater:cc, was indicted for stealing a got up together, when the prisoner caught hold of the knife coat, the property of Cnarles Vandergucht. i and passed it round witness's throat. He marked his throat It appeared that the prosecutor lodged with the priaoners r • chin 'th the the wink sharp point of the knife. Witness who kept a board aed lodging-bons: in Bentinck-street, under . dike, butwhether he • el - • made his escape over a jump "d tit er it Marylebone, and, according to the prosecutor's statement, . ldnot tell. He tl prisoner stretch tt •• or not he con site pawned his coat, without his knowledge, for ss. hand to lay hold of his "smock." Witness never stopped The prisoner said the p••osecutor owed tier at the time thet . coat wee pawl ei 4/. 18s. for board and lodging ; and in re-Murder until he got home, when and out "" 1 running . crying 1 he told his master of what bad occurred. They went out ply to her ht ark ! wledged that he owed her IL 103. I together in search of the prisoner, but could not find him. The jury n tarn i a verdict of uilty. When on the pound he recollected having Ids halide on the She was next i 'dieted for stealing a china plate, half a , er% face, but did not know whether or not lie had fing er gla-ses, and other articles, the property of Pe ;sell c i te d him. lie seine observed slits in his hat, and also Miss Elizabeth Clew - er. sera, , • in November last took the house in Ben-n e prisoner felt s hee In the ba . p His face was scratched. The constable, Thomas tinck-street, furnished, from the prosecutrix, at a rent of next day. . took •ofland frock. possession witness's let 170 guineas a e s ear. and • used it as a board and lodging- Copperihweute. stifled by the prisoner—W hen did you see me? house. From information the protsecutrix received, inquiry 9r"ss - ex 3 ' . was made at two pawnbrokers in the neighbourh .oe, Witness—l sae' Pt' e first o • n the Sunday morning. soon after when it was ascertained that the above articles, which nine o'clock. Y•'° feet „ d to me,"Good and then went ' • morning • and I said formed part of the furniture of the house, had been pledged. to you, "Good moelefee 6again, T b•V? ". The prig lilt. • denied that she had pawned the articles Mr. Thomas Jefleies, farmer, of um e, ems, sworn, stated hers‘lf. They were part of the furniture used by a lodger that the last witness , e came home between six and seven 'clock nhe ni slit of Sunday, the Ist of November, crying who pawned them, then appealed to tier mercy, and in a " , short time afterwards left her, owing her 211. She begged nut , Murder! and ei "l' d , cribell the manner in which lie" 1 had ia They t eetit out in search of the assailant, been assaulted. , the Learned Assistant Judge to read the agreement en but. could not find bins. a etey found, however, the boy's hat feted into between her and Miss Chewer. bundle. When he cam" in he wee bleeding profusely The Learned Judge real the document, which stipulated '! from nd head. The skin of t he head was divided half an that the prisoner should deliver up the house and furniture inch the . liNv. . at first thought the boy at the end of a year in the same condition in which she re- inchwide in two p aces. h e 1 t r n es ti • -vas. Could . not swear y ,path . more iejured than really . ceived them, either paying for, or causing to be made, suchene positively that he had ever seen the pm. rbegging, repairs or restorations as were necessary. ; The prisoner—l am innocent of it atil. if ever I get The prisoner in both cases was undefended, and Mr. Payne, . clear of it, 1 will go to th e Queen and make you (witness) with the assent of several of his learned brethren beside him, said he would undertake the prisoner's defence, and address pay for it. apprehended theprisoner, and Thomas Copperthwaite the jury. The Learned Gentleman ascribed the prosecution took the knife he now produced from his possession. The as having been got up in revenge, on account of rent being wound on the boy's head seemed to have been produced unpaid, and which she was prevented from paying, because ms by such an instrument. The risoner, when apprehended, she ceuld not get the money wheel was due to her by those - • • P • had a small scratch on his face. Witness also produced the whom she boarded and lodged. He wonld wish again to ask prosecutor's hat. It presented two cuts, effected by some Mr. Vandergucht how much rent he owed the prisoner at the sharp instrument. time his coat was pawned? The prisoner—That man has got money to come and swear Mr. Vandergucht replied that what he stated was, that he anything. He has got a sovereign and a shilling. I saw it. now owed her 305., but when the coat was pawned the debt I am as innocent as a bob • unborn might amount to about 6/. He was one of her lodgers; heft . 3 • This was the case for the prosecution. owing her a good deal of money. he time for you Mr. Justice Parrasox—Now, prisoner, is t Mr. PAYNE contended there was ro evidence of stealieg to say anything in your defence, if you choose . established against the prisoner, because she had not put it This prisoner—l don't know the boy; out of her power to get the property back, against the time me to be sworn. her contract required her to give it up again to the prose- eh.. Justice Parrissox—No, I cant allow you to be sworn, cutrix. , e but von may say anything you like. The ASSIsTANT-JUDGE, in addressing the jury said, with The • respect to the previeus conviction, he should respite judgment whole affair; repeated that he was until next sessions as there were circumstances connected l,r air; he knew nothing of the h, prosecutor. th Justice PATTESON here inquired . • w said it prisoner with the case into which lie should wish to make further in- i e got his living? when the witness Addison said it was by quiry. The question for them to consider was, whether the . begging. property was pledged with the intention of stealing it. The gaoler of Louth prison, in answer to questions from The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, when the Learned pose that the risoner wags emetimes not in a the judee, de d• Judge said in this case, he would also respite the judgment ~ Itt fandwhen in his tid aeoia sa e o mind, to the next sessions. very viceent. -- Mr. Cellison, the Clerk of the Arraigns, observed that one o• the jurymen knew the prisoner, and could speak to the state of his mind. Mr. Justice Perrasom—Well, I see no reason why a jury man should not give his evidence upon such a question. Mr. Dean, a tradesman of Louth (one of the jury), then depesed, that he had known the prisoner for many years, and thee he was generally considered by the inhabitants not to possess his proper reason. Sometimes he was known to eat putrid matter which fell from the butchers' shambles. In his opinion, at times, he did not know right from wrong; the present was the first time he had ever known him guilty of an act of violence. Mr. Justice Pesrwesox, in summing up the case to the jury, observed that the charge aeainst the prisoner was, ac cording to the evidence adduced, for stabbing with an intent to commit murder, or do some bodily harm. It was one or the other of these; the other counts in the indictment ought not, therefore, to be taken at all into their considera tion. The jury would then have to consider whether at the time he committed the offence the prisoner was possessed of his proper reason—not whether or not, when he committed the assault he knew the murder was contrary to the law of God and man. If they believed that tie did not, then they would acquit him on the ground of insanity; if they be lieved that he did, then they would find him guilty of stab bing with the intent to murder or do some grievous bodily harm. The jury Acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity, and he was ordered to be detained to await her Majesty's pleasure. The Court this morning was occupied with the trial of two cases, one an attempt to commit a nameless offence, in which the prisoner was convicted and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour; the other a charge of a rape against an Irishman named William Daley. There was a second count, charging the prisoner with the assault with intent to commit. The jury had not returned a verdict when our parcel left. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) MELVILLE AND ANOTHER V. CHRISTIE AND ANOTHER. This was an action upon the case. Mr. Humfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Waddington appeared as counsel for the plaintiffs; Mr. Whitehurst, QC.,forthe fendants. The action was brought to recover the sum of 2701, being the value of a vessel called the Ino, under the following circumstances :—The plaintiffs represent at Boston a branch of the National and Provincial Bank of England. The de fendants were the official and trade assignees of a person of the name of Carroll. The amount in dispute was admitted. Tne question, whether the plaintiffs were entitled to recover, depended upon two points • first, was an act of bankruptcy committed by Carroll on the 2d of January? and, if so, se condly, had the bank notice of that act of bankruptcy before the transfer of the Ino to them? The negativing those questions would establish the pleintiffee rights. It appeared Carroll was a person interested in certain vessels and cargoes, and, among others, in a vessel called the Inc, and its cargo, consisting of from 25 to 30 tons of carrots. Carroll lodged in the house of a widow named Harrison, and there appeared to be no doubt that being in difficulties in December, and having a bill becoming due on the 2d of January, that he quitted Boston for Sheffield by coach on the morning of that day, the object of his going, as was now alleged, being to ex pedite the sale of the cargo of the Ino, in order to enable him to meet and satisfy his pecuniary engagements At the time Carroll quitted Boston he did not discharge his lodgings which he held as a weekly tenant, but contented himself by saying to Mrs. Harrison, " that he was going into Yorkshire, and might be absent a week, a fortnight, or a month;" but it also appeared that the day after he quitted Boston he wrote from Sheffield to a friend of his, of the name of Green, stating where he was, and giving his address at " The Lincolnshire Potato Warehouse, Sheffield." It seems that ru mours had been afloat that Carroll had left Boston to delay, if not defeat, his creditors; and upon that rumour coming to the knowledge of the bank, steps were taken to seize the Ino. Upon this becoming known to Green, the friend of Carroll, he wrote to the latter, who, thereupon came to Boston, and ultimately got the vessel released upon payment of 30/. down, and agreeing to pay 71 or 8/. per month, or more if lie could. until the claim of the bank was satisfied. In the meanwhile a conveyance of the Ino having been made to the bank as a collateral security, a flat in bankruptcy was issued out against Carroll by the holder of a dishonoured bill, and the present defendants were appointed assignees. By their direction the Ino was sold, and the proceeds formed the sub ject of contention on the present occasion. There was evi .lence that he had been denied by young Harrison, who re fused to give his address to one of the crede ors ; and in reply to a letter written to Carroll by Harrison, mentioning what he had done, and asking whether he had done right, the answer of Carroll was, that he had done quite right. Ulti mately the questions submitted to the jury were, the two already mentioned; namely, had Carroll committed an act of bankruptcy? and, if so, was it brought under the notice of the trustees of the bank before the transfer of the Ino took place? The jury answered both questions in the affirmative, and consequently a verdict passed for the defendants. There were some other cases , but this was UK ' onl y one of :11.• public importance. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXP 0110 GIRL: I I:—Uxfiwd, March 9. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant GAZZLEE.) Aden HoVeld was indicted for having, in company with two other persons, entered iuto a wood belonging to the Duke W Marlborough, tor the purpose of poaching. It was proved that two of the pi isoner's accomplices were seen in the wood, and that the prisoner was seen a few yards outside it, acting in concert with them. The prisoner was undefended. Mr. Co•KE, who appeared for the prosecution, cited some decisions to show that it was not necessary under the statute that all the three men should have been bodily in the wood, and asked his Lordship, who expressed an ntention to rule otherwise, at least to reserve the point for the fifteen judges, as there were conflicting decisions upon it. His Lottustur said, however, as he had no doubt whatever on the point, he would not reserve it; and then told the jury that he was of opinion that all the three men must have been bodily present in the wood, in order to satisfy the statute, which was a highly penal one, and therefore should not be strained against the prisoner. The jury thereupon Acquitted the prisoner. NORFOLK GIRGUI I.—Aylesbury, March 9. This circuit commenced yesterday, the commission for the county of Bucks having been opened at three o'clock by the Chief Baron of the Exchequer. His Lordship was met out side this town by the elegant cortege of the Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild, by whom tne office of high sheriff has been entered upon with a degree of magnificence com mensurate with the dignity of the law and the welt-known liberality of the occupier, and unprecedented in these parts. This county, which has been characterised at agricultural meetings as one which was ' 6 from end to end pre-eminently Conservative," liae hitherto earned that title in one sense by the niggardly manner in which the shrievalty has been dis• charged by its squires, and it has been reserved to the Baron de Bethschild to rescue his adopted county from this oppro Mimi!. It is said that the present assizes will be signalised by a series of magnifici•nt entertainments, to which the bar, as well as the magistracy and clergy of the county, have been in cited, a circumstance which has only once before occurred within our recollection on this circuit, when the office of high sheritl for Norfolk was lilted by Sir James Flower, some years since. a special ju r y. His i a n i g by the day by an uniutere,tin g The Civil Court was opened this morning, at ten o'clock, by Mr. Justice Coleridge , there being aa entry of seven Lord shipt:a causes, e w s, as en n e m o in f action of ejectment , w herein the title to a certain "sterile dell" was in issue. i ss y . i c c c h u p i s i t d o r d t u r r i On the Crown side the calendar is lighter in quality than that which this county generally furnishes at the spring ,sizes; but it contains the names of nearly 70 prisoners; of these there ate upwards of 50 charged with ordinary larcenies, one with arson, two with cutting and wounding, three with burglary, tine like number with manslaughter, two with horse-steating, four with night poaching, two with sheep-stealing, and two with felonious assaults. CROWN UOURT.—( Before the CHIEF Ratios.) The proceedings of the day in the criminal court were not of a very interesting description. • Ile following may be selected as a fair sample. James Jackernan, aged 48, and Thomas Blake, aged 24, were respectively indicted for stealing and receiving two sacks and a quantity of peas and beans, mixed, on the lat of January last. Mr. Wells appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Prender gast defended the prisoners. The prosecutor is an eAtensive farmer, living on the bor ders of Oxfordshire, and occupying a farm in this county, where, during the last season, he grew a large quantity of peas and beaus in one field. On the Ist of January last orders were given to the bailiff to send off 24 sacks of these articles to Oxford market, and they were accordingly loaded in a waggon one night. The farm being remote from the high road, the waggon and its contents were left standing in the road opposite the barn, the intention being to start at three in the morning. At that hour the carter discovered that two of the sacks had been abstracted, and a vigorous search was instituted after the lost property. In the course of M indav, the 4th, tte house of Jackernan, the village con stable, was searched. but nothing was found in it, though a new sack, marked with the Froseeutor's name and containing two peas corresponding in quality and character with those in question, was discovered l.)itig on the top of au oven which was outside the house and exposed to public view. Soon after this r•uspicion fell on the p risoner ; fur the ho use of one Sawyer being sear c heti , arri the missing quantity of pe as an d beans being found, and shown to have been there carried by Blake, it was ascertained that he had fully admitted his guilty partiiip,tion in the transaction, concerning which be gave a long account. His Loabsitir having left the case to the jury, they ac quitted Jacket nan, but convicatal Blake. Sentence deferred. MI DLAII.D CI lit U 1 l.—Lincoln, March 9. CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Justice PArrEsox.) Yesterday, Samuel Kinder and Thomas Frudd were charged with being armed in the night of the 30th of October last, at Fillingthun, in this c.ninty, and, together with other persons, entering certain lands in the occupation of William Glover, for the purpose of taking game. Mr. Wildman conducted the prosecution, and Mr. W. H. Adams defended the prisoners. The circumstances of the case were fully detailed in The Sun. at the period when they occurred. It appeared that tour persons, of whom the prisoners were two, were met by a keeper on the estate of Mr. Dalton, of Fillingham hall, and, on the watcher asking them their business, one of them struck at hint with the butt end of a gun. The consequence was that the piece exploded, the contents en tered the body' of the assailant (the muzzle of the gun being presented in the direction of his belly), and he died on the pt. A coroner's inquest was held upon the body of :he deceased, and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." The two prisoners were apprehended, but the third man escaped. -',The charge to-day was proved by the evidence already ebblished, and The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentence deferred. CHARGE OF ArrEMFT TO "WADER. James Brunt, who was represented to he a common beggar, but who had the appearance, when placed in the box, of being a working mechanic, was indicted for stabbing James Ely, with intent to murder him. There were other counts, charging the prisoner •%ith cutting with an intention to maim, to disable, or to do some grievous b,dily harm. Mr. WiLnmaN, without any opening observations, pro ceded to call witnesses in suppori of this prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. Betsy Jeffery deposed that she was the daughter of Thomas Jeffery, a farmer, residing at Tumby, near Horn castle. She saw the prisoner coming to the door of her father's house some day in the month of October last. He asked for alms, but she refused to give him anything, be cause, as she stated to him, he came so very often. The prisoner replied, "I hop.: Almighty Goa will set a curse unon the house," and added, " I will serve you out before I have done." 11y the prix •oor—Had seen him at the door often, but she would not say 100 times. By Mr. Jusi t'ArrEsos—The time of which she spoke was a few day a before tile boy Ely was injured. It might be 10 days before. Susan Addison being sworn, stated that she had known ' the prisoner for many years. On Sund - ty. the let of Novem ber, she saw him about a mile and a half from Mr. Jeffery's house, going in that direction. Witness said to him, "Jemmy," but lie would not speak She cAltinued " Wnat ! not speak, Jemmy, to au old n,ighb ,, ur ?" lie s,til re maimed silent, but took something oat of his coat pocket and r 3 ss" ,l on. This was about half-past four o'clock on the Sunday afternoon. Prisoner —That is false. I was in bed at the time. ("1 he prisoner spike in a wild and heated manner.) Mr. J us. ice PArri,soN—Prismer, von stand there ch a r ge d 1 with a (Tittle which, atlttcts your lite. - Pray be calm and quiet, WESTERN ClRCUlT—Salisbury, March S. NISI PRIUS COURT. Mr. Justice Williams, having disposed of all the civil cases, took prisoners. Anna Maria Sampson was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of January, silver teaspoons and o th er p ro p ert y b e l onging t o Ism New. her master. Mr. Slade conducted the case for the prosecution. From the evidence these very extraordinary facts were elicited :—Mr. and Mrs. New, with their three ail4ren, lived in Castle-street, Salisbury, and the prisoner had lived two years and a half with them, during some part of that time as their only servant. She had been considered trust worthy. Ott the evening of the 30th of December. Mr. and Mrs. New were from home. On their return in the evening they fOund they could not open the door with the latch-key, as "ley had been in the habit of doing. Having tried to Open the door, they heard an upstairs window open, and in a short time the prisoner opened the door. She was in considerable alarm, and she then told them a most extraor dinary. story. She said that about ten o'clock she had heard the front door open very gently, she went into the passage and she saw a man there who had on worsted slippers; he asked tier it her master was at home? She replied that he was, but was engaged. He then walked into the parlour, and she followed him. He then pulled out a pistol, and threatened to blow her brains out if she did not tell him where the plate was. She said " You wouldn't do that," and retiring before him towards the fire-place, a thought occurred to her ab ou t t h e b e ll , an d s h e sa i d , " M y master is engaged with two gentlemen up stairs, I will ring the bell." The man then struck her with a bunch of keys on her head, and immediately retreated. The next day Mr. and Mrs. New were again out, but Mrs. New was spending the even ing in the ne i g hb our h oo d, w h en a mos t ex traordinary kind of letter was br oug ht to h er , an d w hi c h was in the prisoner's handwriting; it was to this effect:— "Mv dear Madain,—l was in the nursery about utie bell trnine o'clo c k, grating up the bread for the here. ring ge n tl e; I we:i t to th e d o or, and thereote, an wa l s d h tl aeisaekmed me to an who came last night. He said he had a note, give it to my master. I did not take it. I have written this that Mr Falford may speak to Mr. Blake about it, as I am certain he was the sante man. He The man went one way and the boy hl another.tremble d a boy so with hin much la ma fra e y a o n u 't viiii write be hardlytt better.—Tour able u r t oubreeta this.i d en t " MARY." This letter, of course, i,ccasioned MrP. New considerable ap prehension ; she return( d home immediately, and the pri soner gave her the same account as she had given in the letter. Not only Mr. and 111. rs. New, but almost all th e i n- habitanis o i f the towit became in great alarm : for th e ace . unt given by the girl spread all over the city. The servant I lived two rea rs and a halt with IMr and Mrs. New, and therefore not the s!igh..est suspicion was creat e d as to her ! veracity. Nothing further, however. took pl ice till the 9th ofJanuary, when ahaut two o'clock in th e n urn i ng N lr. and Mrs New were ;woke by , 1 great nose ows id e the door, and they heard the prisoner crying put, "There's a m a n ' n the house—there's a man in the house." Mr. New opined his dour, am! tinind the prisoner standing there with a inebt in her hand. She said, " There's a man in the 'sense, he has Just run down stairs;" she then said, n Sir, look here, he has done this ;" and Mr. New dun saw a carvieg-knife apparently sticking in her body. Mr. New'e first act was to take the knife out, which turned out only to have been in her dress, for no blood came, and she complained of no pain. Mr. New then went down stairs, and the girl followed him. He found the front deer was sate. The parlour th or, which had been locked the night Beth. e, was open. They eent into the parlour; there was a bundle ot things on the table. A cupboard in the parlour had been broken open, and three silver teaspoons and other things had been taken away. He then went into the passage, and on the passage floor he found a pair of silver sugar tongs. The passage-door, against which a chair had been placed the previous evening, was wide open, and the chair had been put back against the wall. The back door was open. The prisoner minted out. to him that the upper bolt had been withdrawn, and she suggested that it must have been done by a man putting his arm through a hole at the top of the door, which was left open at night as a kind of air-hole to the larder. The staple of the lower bolt had been drawn out, but the wood there was so rotten that a child might have done it. Mr. New then went to the nursery, and saw a missionary-lsox on the table, which had . been broken, and th e money taken away. He then went into a pantry that was in the nursery, and the prisoner then-said to him that the knives we. e gone. There were not any knives there there About this time Mrs. New went to the study window and gave an alarm. The police came, and Mr. New opened the :boor and let them in, together with one or teen other persoes They made a search in the house and in the back garden, but could not find any one, nor could they see any marks to lead them to suppose that any one had g o t over t h e wa ll . U pon examining the bundle which was found on the parlour table, they discovered many things belooging to Mr. and Mrs. New; still no suspicion was entertained of the pri soner. About noon, however, Mr. Hill. who was the attor ney for the prosecution, asked the prisoner to show him wfiet had occurred in the night, and she took him to the d ffe.rent rooms, and to the back door, and p..in - ed 'eat where the party must have put in his hand to have undone the bolt ehe also took him to the bottom of the garden, and showed bins the spot where she said the thief had got over the wall. Mr. Hill narrowly looked at the wall, but could not discover any marks whatever. He then went into the ho se with the prisoner; they went into the pantry and the nursery. She took from the shelf a lot of knives, and said that bundle had been retied and left in the parlour. Mr. Hill asked her if she was certain the carver had been in the bundle; she said she was, because she had put it. in the bundle herself. He asked her how the parlour door had been opened, and she said some one had said that it had been opened with a key; that she had locked it herself the night before, and had taken the key up into her own room. She said the only doors that had been brokers open were the back door and the cupboard door. Mr. Hill said none of the doors of which she had [the keys had been forced; and she said they had not. In about half-an-hour after this, Mr. Hill chirged her with having concocted all the proceedings of the night with the intention of robbing her roaster. She said, " Oh, don't say so," He said the things had been found in her box. She sal I she would not believe it until she had seen them, and if there were any things in her box they must have been put there to injure her character; or, if she lied done it herself, it must hare been when she did not know what she was doing. The inspector of police' asked the pri soner to show him her boxes. She pointed out one in her room that was open, and in it he found some books and a work-cane. He told her she was charged with stealing a great variety of articles. She said she had not stolen them. She then went up a step or two, put her hand up to a beam, and produced the throe silver spoons. Mrs. New identified the different articles, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and The prisoner was sentenced to one year's imprisonment with hard labour. NORTHERN cmcrur—York, March 8. Saturday being the commission day, the business at these assizes commenced this morning, when Mr. Baron Rolfe pre sided in the Crown Court, and Mr. Baron Alderson at Nisi Prins. The criminal calendar, which is less heavy than some others of late, contains the names of seventy-nine persons, and these are charged as follows :—With stealing from the person, 19; • burglary, 9; robbery with violence, 4; stabbi ng or wound ing, 6; rape, 2; attempting ;rape and robbery, 3 ; stealing from a dwelling-house, ; manslaughter, 3; sending a threatening letter, 1 ; housebreaking, I ; embezzlement, 1 ; horse-stealing, 1; sheep-stealing, 1 ; forgery, 1 ; robbing a shop, 1 ; larceny, 3; attempting rape, 1; concealing the birth of a child, I ; bigamy, 1 ; riot, 9. Their Lordships took their seats at the usual time for the first day of the assizes, soon after twelve o'clock. Nothing of public interest occurred on the civil side, the whole after noon being occupied in trying two causes, one in which the question was as to the right to goods seized under a distress, and the other an ejectment. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron R.LFE.) William Fisher was indicted for having, on the 12th of March, 1844, along with others, broken and entered the shop or warehouse of Isaac Beaumont, at the parish of Gildersham, near Leeds, and stolen therein a large quantity of prints, merinos, cloths, silk handkerchiefs, &c. Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Pickering appeared for the prose- cution, and Mr. Overend for the defence. The indictment, charging the prisoner with this offence, was one upon which several other men, concerned in the same transaction, have been already tried. Their trial took place in July. 1844, and they were convicted upon evidence similar to that now adduced against Fisher. He having escaped, from fear of detection, soon after the burglary, was not committed until January last. It appeared, from the evidence of Mr. Beaumont and his wife, that at the time of the offence they kept a shop, dealing in groce•ies and drapery, in Gildersham. Their shop, and a warehouse connected with it, were broken into on the night of Wednesday, the 12th of March, and the goods above-mentioned taken away. The robbery was discovered at an early hour hour the next morning by a witness passing by on going to his work, who perceived a ladder put up against a window, the shop door open, and one of the sacks employed by the robbers lying at the shop door- Sarah Hudson, wife of Joseph Hudson, one of the men transported in 1844, proved the circumstance of her husband, his brother James, the prisoner, and others, assembling to gether at the house of Jo,aph, at Westgate-conimon, near Leeds, and settling upon the mode of proceeding, to effect the robbery. They had all started off at ni4ht, carrying sacks in which to put their booty. Two oft Item only, her husbartd and the prisoner, returned the next morning at an early hour, bringing a large portion of what they had obtained at Beaumont's. The prisoner, who also lived at Westgate common, escaped, taking his wife with him, and leaving be hind them four children. the youngest but a year and a half old. The wife had, before her departure, taken some of the stolen property, in a box, to deposit with a female neighbour, to whom she reported herself ac setting off for Sheffield, her husband having, as she represented, been "paying her," (giving her a beating). The prisoner was convicted. His Lonostur, after remarking upon the seriousness of the crime, and the daring with which it had been perpetrated, sentenced him to be transported for 20 years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. o:causal , : or FORGERY. Charles Brown, a plumber, in very respectable business in the City, was brought before the Lord Mayor, in the custody of Michael Haydon (City policeman No. 274), charged with having forged a bill of exchange fur 228/. 15s. Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Forgeries and Frauds, appeared for the prosecutor, and Mr. Hobler for the defence. William Henry Williams, clerk at Glyn's banking-house, stated that a bill for 2281. 155., dated the 2d November, drawn by the prisoner, upon Messrs. Moses awl Son, of Ald gate, and purportipg to be accepted by him, and to be in dorsed by the prisoner to Mr. W. P. Gray, was received at the banking-house, from Mr. Gray, who was a customer there. Mr. Gray, lead merchant, Cammomile-street, stated that he was in the habit of supplying lead to plumbers, and that he had known the prisoner thirteen or fourteen years, and had frequently had business transactions with him. Witness received the bill produced from the prisoner to take up another bill, which the in isouer intimated that he could not honour, and which had been drawn by witness upon him. Witness thought the prisoner said he had some difficulty in settling with Messrs. Moses and Son, in consequence of their refusal to mix their trade account with their building ac count. On the day the bill became due witness received a letter from the prisoner, stating that it was a forgery, and that another bill which would become due in a month was also a forgery, but that the estate c-uld pay twenty shillings in the pound, and that witness should not sustain any loss. In his cross-examination by Mr. nobler, Mr. Gray said he knew the prisoner to be engaged for Mr. Moses, and he considered tilt bill to be in paynkut of part of the work done for the latter. Mr. Hobler—You have done a good deal of business with him? Mr. Gray—Yes; or he would not owe me 640/. Mr. Isaac Moses stated that his tat her having retired from business, he carried it on at the premises at Aldgate and the Mim rivs alone lie had known the prisoner many years, and had paid hint, for the last t ansaction they had had, with a cheque upon Robarts and Cu., as was his custom; and never on any occasion had givea him a bill of exchange. He b,lieved the body of the hill to be in the prisoner's hand writing, and had the same opinion as to the letter directed to Mr. Gray. Mr. Bush having stated that another forgery would on a future day be produced, The LORD MAYOR remanded the prisoner till Nednesday next. 7-- Francis .3PReilly was charged with having embezzled considerable sums of money, the property of Mr. R. D. Rea, of Upper Thames-street, merchant. Mr. Child, of the firm of Wive and Child, attended for the prosecution; and Mr. Clarkson, the banister, and Mr. J. Solomon, appeared for the prisoner. William Sanderson, chee , emonger, of Hackney-road, said, l am i n the h a bit of dealing with Mr. Rea. I owed hini on the 17th March, 1815, 25/. 14e. 6d., and on that day 1 paid the prisoner that sum, and took his receipt, and on the Bth July I paid him a further sum of 401., and took his receipt. Mr. Charles Lickfold, cheesemongers, Islington, al-o a customer of Mr. Rea, said, on the 28th of August, 1845, 1 paid the prisoner 200/. on account of Mr. Rea, and the pri toner signed the acknowledgment I produce. A clerk and book-keeper to Mr. Rea said the prisoner was collector in the house, and it was his duty to account for all sums of money he received every evening or the following. morning to the cashier, to be entered in the cash book, but no such entries were made respecting the sums of 25/ 145.6 d. and 401. ; but on the ',9th of August, 1845, credit was given by the prisoner, in his handwriting for 115/. It was proved t! at the prisoner had not at all accounted for the 25/. 14s. 6i 4 . or the 40/., or the difference between the 1151. and the 2001. received by Mr. Lickfold. William Rea, in his cross-examinutiou by Mr. Clarkson, said the prisoner left my employment at the end of 1545. I believed he was a defaulter when he left me. I repeatedly pressed him for his private account, not fur these deficiencies. In June last I received 121., but not directly from him ; other circumstances induced me to take these steps, and if it had not been for these circumstances, I should not hare acted. The sum for which he has been a defaulter is 2921. 93. 7d. Mr. Clarkson—Have not these defalcations been placed to his debt ? Mr. flea—They have been mixed together b• my y clerk, not by me. Mr. Clarkson—lf he had offered you the money since 1846, wowd you not have taken it ? Mr Rea— I would. In his re-examination, Mr. Rea said he had m: de the pri s,rl:•r 4 , lvanceS to supply his necessaries, and sued him for those advances. Mr Clarkson submitted that there was no ground for de taining the pris , ner in custody. lle ado.itted that the pri soner bad received the several sumo, but how had Mr. Rea, upon the kn..wledge that the prisoner had so received the noyiev, ? Why, he had allowed the accused to go at large, and treated the deficiency as a mere debt. It e “ would be idle to send such a case to a jury. It would never_ler b en dured that a person should say to his servant, It nee in l e, s g o o r , and pay me when you can, but if you don't pHs 16 mouths, I'll prosecute you as a felon." The case_ was evi dently got up to operate as a•screw, to compel the payment ti what was, upon show,,,, 01 tue . 11111.1tP, ill); upon the part of the prisoner. iiiii~Nii MARRIED. by the °l. : On the 9th inst., at St. 'Michael's Church, Coventry. - ... o0 1 • 1 Collisson, Mr. Frederick By ers, of Devon p ort, to Mary Ja'''' daughter of Francis Hart, Esq., of Stwichall Villa, CoventrY. DIED. , setlef On the 24th Feb., at Flor ence, Edmund Lomax, Esq, o' I'ark, in the Cot.nty of Surrey. rooy, On the morning of the 9 t h inst., Allan Eliza Isepha Clo d au ghter of the late Captain Allan C ameron, Bengal H o rse Ar On the 28th ult., at Exmouth, Anne Itornby, aged 87. , n iriO r 0,1 the 4 th inst. , a t Bri g hton, the Rev. George Henry G.) r - -, of Ilenhafn, Essex , aged :,1. )t al . On the 6th inst. , at bliddleton House, Sussex, Vice-Adraa Tomlinson, aged 83. On the 7th inst., at the Royal Hospita l, Greenwich; Philip Carts Le Geyt, Esq., aged 68 On the 7th lust., in Alexander. square, Brompton, Abigail, On Robert. Bradley, Esq. On the Stli inst., Christopher Graham, Esq., of Herne-hil.. too On the Ist inst., at Southampton, Frances, widow of ThcanaS ." demon Rudd, Esq. • .etott. on te 3d inst., at Averhm Rectoy, Notts, Henry John D Req., la h te Captain in the 7th a (Queen's r Own) llussars, nod 32 'ite0ri On the 4th inst., at Ilainilton - terr aee, St. John's -Wood. "-• an, Esq., aged 63. --------- -- - - - -------- i,on , ton; i•rinteit And Published by Ai URDO YOITNO, of 2 .i . 0. 0 1$ 01 ,,,, tih , e 1. yo Primer, , ~t Th. ...u. , i t•111e.... l' 10 • 112 . Str' nd ' in the “ ;;; 131 11, 1547. In tilt County of .111t1,11eses, Thtuldskr , ." Mr. Child argil' d that the prisoner, who had been treated with the utmost. liberality by his client, bad committed the acts imputed to him, and that the creit it given; o him by hit i indulgerit mast er had ' nu reference to the defalcations of wh i rl he had been guilty. 'fife t_oen MAYOR said he could not help viewing the charges against the prisoner as arising from an experiment such es Mr. Clarkson had alluded to, and was of opinion that the case would not stand for a moment before a jury. It Was quite obvious Mr. Rea knew that the prisoner had COns' himself, find might long ago have made him reaped:, sible. At the same time that the prisoner must be discharOt it was proper to intiirm him, that if the charges had bee! brought fifteen or sixteen months ago, the position in whi c h he would stand would be essentially different from that 11/ which he at that moment appeared. WORSHIP -STREET. About eighteen months ago an application was made to Mr. Bingham, late magi s t rate o f t hi s o ffi ce, f or a wore° t against two men, named Closer and Hill; the former harial, represented himself to be the owner and landlord of a om" shop in the dying business in Finsbury, and the latter 3 0111 ' c put upon the premises by a sheriff's officer to take pooses s ' vt &c. The applicant, a young female. then explained tols! magistrate that the man Closer, if he were, as he had 5 4 ° 4 her lather, but of whom neither herself or her sisters had th e slightest recollection, a b ou t t wenty years ago left hi s ton 1 in embarrassed circumstances, and the whole of the good s t i &c., were sold by the sheriff. Some friends rallied ro ln e them and purchased s o m e o f t h e furniture, and in the n om of the eldest sister b us i ness was cart i ed on, and continued lbt a space of nearly tw en ty years , w h en t h e mother died, and then it was that Cl oser so su dd en l y made h i s apeesra,ni, with Hill, to take possession of goods and premises. Bingham, in reply to the applicant, said that yeah Closer or Hill had any right there whatever, Ss the business belonged to the eldest daughter; and I 51• ward, the officer, was sent to inform them that unless tht, itnmediately withdrew, w arrants wou l d b e gran ted for the apprehension; and th e trespassers, with evident reluctant decamped. 11 Rhin the last two or three days Closer og`,7, made his appearanc e; anot h er application was made t°, l " magistrate, Bmugliton, and Hayward was again desi re( ' to call at the house, an d on hi s arr i v i ng there be enc °ll . hi r tered Close:-, who said that h e h a d ta k en an i nventor y 0, ,. goods, and should stop there. Hayward replied, that the goods which he stat e d b e l onge d to hi m were sold by ,h sheriff upwards of twenty years since. That the 7 0 ""' women had, by their own industry and perseverance , tur nished another home for themselves, and that unless he ceased annoying them, means would be at once resorted to. to eject him. Hayward added, that be had this morning called upon the young wome n , w h en h e learnt t h a t thou tormentor had quietly disappeared. MARKET NEWS-(YESTERDAYA A moderate quantity of E ng li s h W heat has been reeolve" mt . ) to our market this week; yet the number of sample that grain on offer to-day was small. About 500 quartr.re:: red were taken for shipment to France, at very tull pric e : In white qualities a steady business was doing at the ' l ate ill!: provement in value. Foreign Wheat was in good request 7 French account, and the trade must be considered firm , Monda3's adva .ced rates. Both Barley and Malt were ceedingly dull in sale, at barely stationary prices. The e u l; ply of Foreign O a ts b e i ng l arge , t h e sale for all kinds heavy, hut we can n o tice n o f urt h er depressi o n i n val ue and Peas very dull ; b u t Fl our and Indian Corn 7 quite as dear. Wheat. 2,380 qra. ARRIVALS. _, . I Barter. o at , 1 r MI ip o u s r p, 1,340 qrs. 2 , 1 20 qrs. i ... 3,770 57290 I ---... I Malt, 1,530 qrs. WHITECRAPEL. We had a very slow inquiry here to-day, on the folloir il4 4o terms: Beef, from 2s 8d t e 3 s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and P or k, 3 s 6d to 4s 10d per 911* English ...... Irish. •• •• • . •• Foreign ...... DIVINITY and PHYSIC in FRANC! One ..f the most singular cases ever submitted court of justice was recently brought before the tri b n , of Correctional Police of; Draguigan (Var). 11 :,1 el ni( r, vicaire of the parish of Callas, was aenn-4 having administered to three persons substances r o of nature injurious to their health, an offence sr!, ol punished by the third paragraph of the 317th article., the Penal Code. A d ecease d P eer o f France haildS7i peered, left a sum o f 2,000 f. per annum to the parr Callas, part of which was destined for the curer o , part to the mainten an c e o f p u bli c worsh i p. Th i s r eYeP oo added to the incomings of the parish priest, rendered of situation a very enviable one. M. Garnier, vicairte the parish, became sm itt en w i t h an i rres i sta ble pi sire to exchange his own subordinate situation for tbs: a i ctrl. Ile accordingly d e t erm i ne d if poss ib le so to dt e e his ecclesiastical su p er i or w i t h t h e li v i ng, a s - to i_ o * him to resign. To ac com pli s h t hi s o bj ect h e bit ncort singular pl an : — ll e h a d esta bli shed i n the village s tbe of pharmacy, an d h e trans f erre d i t to the k i tc h e n of 4 worthy cure. The pharmacy was particularly L r stocked with j a l a p, senna , emet i c-tartar, an d ° r nauseous drugs ; and by some strange f ata li t y it e° pened that not a single dish, not a basin of soup, n boo cup of coffee, was served up to the cures table wi t irbs being dosed with senna, jalap, or tartar. ,_e consequence wa s th a t t h e poor cur e "` s stomach the awfully out of order; the jalap and tartar k e r - g o n; good man in a s t ate o f perpetual in°:ntly when engaged in hi s sacre d d ut i es, he free' bie had to hurry away with most unseemly haste.' cheeks lost th e ir ros y fl us h ; an d f rom, as t h e Rev•_,,Pi , be Smith would say :" a fat a n d o ily ma n of G od , l it became as lean as Shaspeare's apothecary. isv4ll the worthy man resolved on trying to recover his het by a visit to his birth-place ; and no sooner was 1 1 bjs of reach of the jalap, senna, and emetic-tartar h is vicaire, than his stomach became perfectly tranqui d . digestive organs did their duty with their usual Pai s , larity, the rosy flash of health returned to his che e and his whole frame began to re-assume that sis t te he a of digni fi ed fatness so b ecom i ng to churchmen. -no returned to his pari s h, b ut a l as I immedistelY a f te r the hid taken up his abode at the parsonage' h et t ac k s on senna, tartar, and pap recom mence d t heir a in his pair stomach, keepi ng th e h o l y man in e ti %u itir cessant state of th e mos t h arrass ing by• went. lie was at l as t s o worn ou t by th e P o sicking to which he was subjected that he threw °P i o. living in despair. To the vicaire's great disaPP ° t he ment he was not nominated to the 'vacant plac e per Bishop of the diocese sent a clergyman to take e v e porary charge of th e pari s h, b u t a f ter a f ew weeks with the jalap, senna, and emetic tartar, the nov o jr tionary was worn to a skeleton, and compelled „iooP mend of the prelate another sphere of duty. The . oir then sent another priest, but on him, too, the ind`,,o l able vicaire tried tartar, senna, and jalap, and the y •r the effect of soon wearing out his patience. " °SA ing at. the parish," said he in his evidence to the. or " I went to the chur c h an d sa id mass . I was then 1 4 ti oe feet health. I subsequently went to the parsonage%gt to and took a cup of coffee ; shortly after I paid a o'o the mayar and whilst in c onversa ti on with hirtepea seized with an attack in the bowels, which compe" bite to hurry all at once f r o m hi s p resence , leaving., Jr greatly astonished at my ext raor di nar y suchlelh oe to parture." These strange circumstances having C . . 0 , 1.1 0 the knowledge of the Bishop, h e cause d a n in c l w olif ° be instituted, which led to the discovery that tbe v ot he had constantly mixed jalap, senna, tartar, an d a6 O horrible concoctions, with the food the cure 80 . 0 two temporary successors, and that he had donei e ye the hope of getting appointed to the living. t th° proved, too, that when the offender learned t 1 3 ,1 1 , 41 10 Bishop bad become acquainted with his misccuu u to li o endeavoured to induce a young girl, belonging h o at parish, to state in confession to another priest tl t o. was she who had deluged the food of the reveren: e . with the emetic, the senna, and the jalap. On Toll fusel to do this the curate deemed it p ru d en t to let and since then he has not been b ear d o f. But th e prosecution proceeded against him in his absenc e ' bi on his guilt being pr ove d, t h e C ourt con d emne d hid 0 default to four years' imprisonment and to a fin e francs.— Galignani. • for ° A LONG W ORD .—Th e All geme i ne Zeitungl,g,.„ gir t its readers that a s oc i e ty ha s b een established in n" l , l :ip t iii C. couraging tight •lacing. The German editor pleased w d t leir on this harmless association the following formidable — a lio' Jungyirmenzimmerdurclischwindsuchttoedtungs-gegen, r c og' Otherwise the " Anti- killing-young-women-by-Iv death-society. CANTERBURY ELECTION.—On Tuesday 'Co ter' Plumptre Gippe issued an address to the electors of t ' 0 tb 6 bury. Mr. Hipps put up in 1837 with M r . Bradsbav r, -two P, , Conservative interest, but was defeated. The notri,it i ilv fixed fur Saturday next, and the el ec ti on f o r the w` Monday. a Colonel Sir W. R. Clayton, Bart., has isst i t e address to he electors of Great Marlow, declaring bi n s candidate on the first vacancy.—Bucks Advertiser. the AMERICAN Rica.—A vessel just arrive— A il l er icik Surrey Canal, from Charleston. United States of i t lip °r has brought the large quantity of 25,500 bushels of P• rice in the husk. [ADVERTISEMENT.] AMPtiTATION AND " v 1; Of CATION NO DOUBT PREVENTED BY Ilottoway's I'iLLS !..or NlENT.—Extract of a letter, dated Jan. 6, 1.47. To Prole'"rnist,:e lewny. Si.—!r beg to s:ate, for your satisfaction and the is t . ° H , ItA e j . of the afflicted, the Perfect cure your Ointment and . 1 : 1 ; ear 0 effected on Inc. I have bad a very bad leg since Juno laV e o t j, by a bruise ; so much so, that gangrene set in, which I n %nlc v t ur be apprehens.ve that amputation should take place, but, " - „ate c ,;,• by the use of your invaluable Ointment and Pills, it is no" ' ; ,, r iec - t healed and sound. (Signed) JAMES M. 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Bi dda D e( On the 7th inst., at Charing-cross, the lady of Ornst Esq., of a daughter. the Wi fe On the 7th lust , in Welbeck street, Cavendish-squ are, IVilliam Wardroper, Esq., of a son. 000 A On the 7th inst , Mrs. David Wothetspoon, of LYnd" Pe On ckham, of a son. the 7th inst., Mrs. Montgomery, of Brentford, of a datig llL t° On the 7th hist., in York-street, Portman-square, 3111' Rodweil, of a daughter. :P T° On the Sth inst., in Hyde-park-gardens, the lady of Henri Wheeler, Esq., of a daughter.